Before Yu Jiao could ask her why she was so out of tune, Liu Yaoyu started talking about her cousin's nonsense. "I heard from people in my hometown that cousin Li Chu had a wandering Taoist priest as his master since he was a child. In the early years, he insisted on going to a Taoist temple to practice, which made his aunt very worried. He was the only son of the Wei family, and his aunt and uncle almost didn't have another son. Fortunately, the wandering Taoist priest suddenly disappeared later. I don't know if he passed away. Cousin Li Chu has been quiet for a few years."
It sounded very unorthodox, Yu Jiao chuckled, and the two of them walked through the corridor and entered the flower hall.
Liu Yaoyu pulled Yu Jiao and stood outside the doorway, whispering, "I heard that cousin Li Chu became obsessed with refining elixirs a few years ago and has become famous in Liangzhou. My aunt's house was full of smoke and fire all day long, and my uncle was so angry that he drove cousin Li Chu out of the house. Who knew that those rich people who wanted elixirs directly funded the construction of a Taoist temple for cousin Li Chu. My aunt was so scared that she quickly took people to smash the Taoist temple overnight and took my cousin back home.
Yu Jiao couldn't stop laughing. This cousin Li Chu sounded like a lazy guy, but he was also a genius.
"Those who came to ask for the elixir came back home again. My aunt was in a lot of trouble, so she sent cousin Li Chu to the capital..."
Yu Jiao was still laughing when Liu Yaoyu suddenly stopped talking and pulled her with an embarrassed look.
When Yu Jiao raised her head, she was met with a pair of mischievous eyes. The man was wearing a green Taoist robe, with narrow eyebrows and eyes, and was handsome and unrestrained. He had a Taoist bun on his head with a wooden hairpin inserted. He was standing in the hall with his hands behind his back, staring at Yu Jiao and the other person with a smile on his face.
Liu Yaoyu shyly called Li Chu "cousin". Yu Jiao also felt a little embarrassed and was caught talking about others behind their backs.
"You are my second and third cousins?" Wei Lichu chuckled. "It seems that my two cousins know a lot about me."
Liu Yaoyu gave a dry laugh, took Yu Jiao's hand guiltily, and walked into the flower hall.
Liu Yu and his wife were sitting at the top. On the chair to their left sat a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed simply. He had an elegant look and looked somewhat like Liu Yu.
Liu Yaoyu lifted the hem of her skirt and bowed, "Yaoyu greets Second Uncle."
Liu Zhen responded with a gentle smile, and said kindly, "Yu girl has become more and more beautiful every year, and she has become a grown-up girl."
He looked at Yu Jiao again, his attitude still gentle and kind, "This is the third girl, right?"
Liu Yu smiled and nodded, "It is the third girl Yu Jiao, the youngest in the mansion now." Liu Yu then said to Yu Jiao, "This is your second uncle."
Yu Jiao bowed and called him "Second Uncle".
Liu Zhen smiled and said, "Your father wrote a letter to Liangzhou, mentioning the matter of finding you and returning to your ancestral home. Your eldest uncle, third uncle, and aunt all asked me to bring you a coming-of-age gift, saying that when they have time, they will ask your father to take you back to Pingliang Prefecture. They have not seen you yet."
Yu Jiao pursed her lips and smiled. Liu Yu said gently, "It's time to take her back to Pingliang Prefecture and let the brothers meet her. But I have a job to do and I can't leave. When the spring comes and it's warm, let Jiang Mei bring the children back to Pingliang Prefecture to visit relatives and live in Pingliang Prefecture for a while."
"That would be great." Liu Zhen said happily.
Liu Yu said, "Second brother, why don't you take Li Chu to live in the capital for a while, and when spring comes, go back to Pingliang Prefecture with Jiang Mei and the others."
Liu Zhen hesitated for a moment and did not agree immediately. He said to Wei Lichu, who was standing nearby and wandering in the flower hall, "Come over and meet your two cousins."
Wei Lichu walked over leisurely and said jokingly, "I saw you at the entrance of the flower hall just now."
Liu Yaoyu's face flushed, and she complained to Yu Jiao in a low voice, "Cousin Li Chu is such a nasty person!"
"How rude! These are your second cousin Yaoyu and third cousin Yujiao." Liu Zhen was obviously troubled by his nephew Wei Lichu's unruly behavior. He was not at all gentle when speaking to him as he was to Yaoyu and Yujiao.
Wei Lichu was not annoyed after being scolded. He turned around and said with a smile, "Hello, cousin Yaoyu and cousin Yujiao."
Liu Zhen frowned at his unruly appearance and said, "This is your aunt's cousin Li Chu. Your aunt is very annoyed by him, so she asked me to bring him to the capital. You should play with him less on weekdays to avoid being led astray by him."
"Second uncle, I'm still here!" Wei Lichu smiled helplessly.
Liu Yaoyu chuckled and almost laughed out loud.
Madam Liu tried to smooth things over, "The rooms have been cleaned up. Second brother and Li Chu must have been exhausted from the long journey, so why not go and rest first."
Liu Zhen took a step behind and asked Wei Lichu to follow the servants to settle in the courtyard first. He said with a distressed look, "Qiu Niang really had no other choice, so she asked me to bring him to the capital for you to discipline. You must keep an eye on him and don't let him buy another alchemy furnace and make elixirs in the capital."
Qiu Niang is Wei Lichu's mother and Liu Yu's younger sister. Although Liu Yu has lived in the capital for a long time in recent years, he often exchanges letters with Pingliang Prefecture. His younger sister often mentions Wei Lichu's absurd behavior in her letters.
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