"Qi Zhe..." Wei Min whispered the name, she just felt it was very unfamiliar. She couldn't remember which young man in Beijing had this name, it didn't sound like a character, either. If she knew the surname of this man named Qi Zhe, she could ask someone about it.
While thinking, Wei Min walked towards the East Garden. When she arrived at Liu Yaoyu's yard, the maid informed her and invited her in.
Liu Yaoyu was talking to Cui Qiong in the side room. She was really frightened in the flower hall just now. Although she had seen many big scenes with her status, she was still a young girl who had never been married and had never had any experience. She had never had a face-to-face encounter with a dangerous person like Cheng Ying, even though he was going for Yu Jiao.
After Cheng Ying left, Liu Yaoyu was helped out of the flower hall by a maid. Her legs and feet were weak and her inner clothes were soaked with cold sweat.
I returned to my yard and drank three or four bowls of hot tea before I came to my senses.
Talking and laughing with Cui Qiong also brought her out of her frightened state.
Seeing Wei Min come in, Liu Yaoyu glanced at her and said nothing. Although there was some unpleasantness in Yu Jiao's yard last time, they had been playing together since childhood. Since Wei Min came, she didn't have the temper to avoid her.
Wei Min sat down on the chair by herself. She peeked at Liu Yaoyu's expression and said with a smile, "What? Are you still angry with me?"
When she smiled like this, the atmosphere eased. Liu Yaoyu said with a smile, "How dare I get angry with Miss Wei? Miss Wei always scolds people and makes them eat the stigma. I am very afraid of her."
Wei Min smiled and was about to pinch her, "Nonsense, if you say that, wouldn't I be more powerful than those palace teaching maids?"
Cui Qiong didn't know that the two of them had been having a quarrel. Seeing them making a fuss, she started laughing too.
The three of them were playing around, and the atmosphere returned to what it was before, as if all the barriers were gone. Liu Yaoyu felt relieved. She was really worried that Wei Min would become estranged from her, but the friendship they had growing up together would always make people miss it.
After a while of commotion, Liu Yaoyu felt sweaty all over because of the floor heating in the house. She had just returned from the flower hall and was covered in cold sweats. She was so focused on drinking tea to calm herself that she forgot to change her clothes.
She stood up and said, "You two sit for a while, I'm going to change my clothes."
Cui Qiong and Wei Min let her go. After she left, Cui Qiong saw a box of scented pills on the footstool. Seeing that Liu Yaoyu placed it so casually, she thought it was not something valuable, so Cui Qiong opened it casually. A plum fragrance came to her nose. The smell was very familiar. She seemed to have smelled it on Shen Wan.
Cui Qiong pinched a scent pill and put it into the small gold enamel nine-peaches incense burner in the house to burn. After a while, a light plum fragrance slowly spread in the house, the smell was very refreshing.
Wei Min stood beside the incense burner with her and suddenly said, "I just heard someone mention a man's name. They said he was very extraordinary."
Cui Qiong was so focused on the incense pills that she thought she would have to ask Yaoyu for the box of incense pills later. After hearing Wei Min's words, she asked without paying much attention, "What's his name? And who is such a skilled martial artist that he could catch your eye?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I just happened to hear it from other people. I was a little curious because I heard them praising that man to the heavens." Wei Min said in a very natural tone.
Cui Qiong also became curious after hearing her say that, "We all know all the famous young men in Beijing. So you haven't heard of that man either?"
Wei Min shook her head and pretended to think, "I think his name is Qi Zhe. I don't know which family he is from. I haven't heard of him before, but I heard from them that he is very handsome and can outshine all the young men in the capital."
Cui Qiong chuckled and said with a look of disbelief, "This is a bit exaggerated. There are so many talented and beautiful young men from noble families in Beijing. Not to mention others, even my second brother is a handsome and elegant gentleman."
Wei Min also smiled, "I feel the same way, but I'm just very curious about what this Qizhe looks like to be praised so highly."
Hearing footsteps coming from the inner room, Wei Min pretended to be casual and said, "I wonder if Yaoyu has heard of it..."
Liu Yaoyu had changed her clothes and was walking out of the inner room. After hearing what Wei Min said, she asked, "What do you mean I haven't heard of it before?"
Cui Qiong was always talkative. When she heard the question, she smiled mockingly and said, "Have you ever heard of a man named Qizhe? Some people say that he is so handsome that he can outdo all the other men in the capital."
Liu Yaoyu was stunned. She remembered Yu Jiao told her that her brother, Master Yu, who came from Qingzhou to take the exam, was named Yu Qizhe.
"Where did you hear this?" Liu Yaoyu asked.
Wei Min peeked at her expression and said, "Have you heard of this name? I accidentally heard someone talking about him, and I was curious about what he looks like and which family he belongs to? He can outshine all the young men in the capital."
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