Seeing Yu Jiao laughing, Liu Yaoyu said, "What are you laughing at? Am I wrong? Big brother is the best."
Yu Jiao smiled and agreed, "Yes, yes, big brother is the best."
Liu Yaoyu was satisfied, and pulled Yu Jiao and said, "How about asking big brother to help you find a perfumer? The fragrance of the flower paper of Yaxuan Pavilion is easy to dissipate and does not last long. If you can make a paper with a fragrance that lasts for a long time, it should be very popular among the young ladies of the aristocratic families."
"No need for now." Yu Jiao sat down at the table, took a pen from the pen holder, and said, "I want to try making a few incense sticks first."
"You can also make incense?" The more Liu Yaoyu got to know Yu Jiao, the more she was amazed at how much she knew at such a young age.
Yu Jiao wrote down the names of several spices on the paper and said, "I occasionally dabbled in them when I was studying medicine. I think if the paper was infused with elegant fragrance that can calm the mind and refresh the heart, scholars would like it, and ladies in the boudoir would like the fragrance of flowers even more. I will try to mix the scented cakes and pills first, and I will ask you to help test the fragrance when the time comes."
"Okay, Jingrong and Shen Wan also like this kind of elegant thing. I will help you find a few more people to try the fragrance." Liu Yaoyu agreed immediately, "Leave it to me."
As the two were talking, a maid from Liu Yaoyu's courtyard came into the room and whispered, "Second Miss, Miss Wei is here to see you."
"Wei Min? Why is she here?" Liu Yaoyu was also a little surprised. Ever since Wei Min made a scene in the pavilion in the back garden that day, Liu Yaoyu later realized that for some reason, Wei Min didn't seem to like Yu Jiao very much.
Although Liu Yaoyu often played with Wei Min, Yu Jiao was her third sister, so she still knew her limits when it came to being too close to her. The Liu family was protective of their shortcomings, so she often talked about Song Jingrong, Cui Qiong and Shen Wan in Yu Jiao's ears these days, but never mentioned Wei Min.
Liu Yaoyu got up from the couch, put on her shoes, and said to Yu Jiao, "I'll go back to the courtyard and come to your place for dinner in the evening."
Yu Jiao agreed with a smile.
The maidservant at the side said, "Miss Wei is in the Third Miss's courtyard. She came here with me."
As soon as the maid finished speaking, Wei Min's voice came from the door, "Why? Miss Third doesn't want to invite me in to sit down?"
After hearing this, Liu Yaoyu subconsciously looked at Yu Jiao's expression. She saw that her face was very calm and she couldn't tell anything. However, the faint smile that was on her lips when she was talking to her just now had faded.
I couldn't help but blame Wei Min in my heart. Why is this guy so unpleasant the moment he opens his mouth?
Yu Jiao put down her pen, motioned for Jian Jia to invite Wei Min in, looked at Wei Min and said, "Miss Wei, you are overthinking. You are on good terms with my second sister, so there is no reason for me not to welcome you."
Wei Min understood the meaning behind her words, and she was only being polite because she was on good terms with Liu Yaoyu.
Wei Min's expression stiffened slightly. Last time in the pavilion, she realized that although Miss Liu San grew up outside, she was very articulate and not a soft persimmon that could be easily bullied.
"What wind brings you here?" Liu Yaoyu was afraid that Wei Min would say something inappropriate again, so she spoke quickly.
"The angry wind is so infuriating." Wei Min took off his outer coat, handed it to the maid, and sat down without being invited.
Yu Jiao asked Jian Jia to serve hot tea. Wei Min poured himself a cup of tea and looked around the room. His eyes fell on the branches of wintersweets in the vase on the table. He said, "It's freezing cold outside, but Miss Liu San's place is full of fragrance. The tea warms the room. There's no wind blowing, and no cold weather. It's really a happy place."
Liu Yaoyu couldn't help but frowning when she heard her sarcastic words. She felt a little unhappy. "Your Wei family is so poor that you can't afford floor heating? If you feel that your house is cold, the floor heating in my yard is warmer than Third Sister's. You can move to my yard and I will help you through the winter."
Liu Yaoyu's words were already somewhat impolite. Wei Min must have lost his mind to come to their house and speak in such a strange foreign accent.
Wei Min felt a little embarrassed. She didn't want to fall out with Liu Yaoyu, but she was angry in her heart. Especially when she came to Liu's house and saw Liu Yujiao so leisurely and contented, as if nothing had happened, she became even angrier.
"Who needs your help? I just casually said that your third sister's room is warm. Do you have to be so mean to me?" Wei Min retorted.
Liu Yaoyu also got angry after hearing this, and was quite speechless, "I'm mean to you? Wei Min, are you so angry that you lost your mind? It's obviously you who said something unpleasant, and you still expect me to say something nice?"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Wei Min did not talk back.
Yu Jiao pulled Liu Yaoyu to sit on a chair and handed her a cup of hot tea. She knew that Liu Yaoyu was protecting herself, but if the two of them really quarreled in her yard, it would be difficult to end.
After all, Wei Min is Liu Yaoyu's good friend, and Yu Jiao doesn't want her to cause any damage to their friendship.
Wei Min doesn't like her, so she will just avoid him from now on.
Liu Yaoyu drank a cup of tea and calmed down. She glanced at Wei Min, who still had a cold face, and said in a calm tone, "Let's talk calmly. This is the second time. The last time you and my third sister met for the first time in the pavilion, you spoke rudely. Wei Min, Yu Jiao is my sister. If you don't like her, you'd better not come to our house in the future to avoid hurting the relationship between you and me."
"You are going to alienate yourself from me just because of your third sister who you just found?" Wei Min said a little aggrievedly, "We have known each other since childhood and grew up together with Jingrong and the others. Your third sister has only been back in Beijing for a few days?"
Liu Yaoyu didn't want to argue with Wei Min, so she just said, "You have to know that she is my sister. No matter how close we are, we can't transcend the blood relationship. As an older sister, I can't just watch outsiders embarrass my third sister again and again."
Wei Min looked at Yu Jiao, with a hint of resentment in her expression, "She knows why I am targeting her."
Yu Jiao looked puzzled. "I have only met Miss Wei twice. I should not have done anything to make Miss Wei hate me."
Wei Min sneered and said sarcastically, "Miss Liu San is really heartless. You are comfortable and at ease in the mansion, but the person who stood up for you was not only punished but also imprisoned in the mansion. I just can't stand it."
Liu Yaoyu was stunned when she heard this. Yu Jiao subconsciously thought of Gu Yun, and a hint of nervousness appeared on her usually calm face. "Miss Wei, please explain clearly, what happened to the young Marquis Gu?"
Wei Min saw Yu Jiao's expression and asked, "You don't know?"
Liu Yaoyu asked in confusion, "Why did you bring up Young Marquis Gu for no reason? Did something happen to Young Marquis Gu?"
Wei Min heard that Liu Yaoyu didn't know about this either, and the sneer on his face subsided a little. "Your mansion shouldn't be so closed to the news. Young Marquis Gu was caned 80 times by the emperor, and his tiger talisman was confiscated. He was dismissed from his post as the commander of the Five Cities Military Department and placed under house arrest in the mansion."
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