Yu Jiao was already used to Wei Min speaking frankly, so she nodded calmly.
Wei Min laughed at himself. It turned out that when one likes someone, it is impossible to hide it. Even if one keeps his mouth shut, his eyes will always follow him.
"In a few days, it will be the Lantern Festival." Wei Min sighed, and then whispered, "It has been six years since the Lantern Festival in the fifth year of Mingzheng."
Her face was filled with memories. "I was only twelve years old that year. The Lantern Festival on Chang'an Street in the capital was very lively every year. My younger brother and I took the maids and servants to the street to watch the lanterns. My younger brother was too playful and got separated from me on the street. I was very anxious and asked my personal maid and servant to look for him. Who would have thought that they would meet the beggar."
"They dressed up as beggars. I was too young at the time and had no defense at all. I fell for them and was knocked unconscious." Even though it has been many years, Wei Min still feels scared when she talks about it. She didn't know fear when she was young, but when she thinks of it these years, she feels lucky and grateful for surviving. "If my daughter falls into the hands of those human traffickers, her fate will never be good. She will either end up in a brothel or be sold to Jiangnan to be a skinny girl."
Yu Jiao didn't know what to say. Since ancient times, human traffickers have been the most despicable. When encountering them, not only a family is destroyed, but also a person's life that should have been peaceful.
"It was Gu Yun who saved me from them back then." Wei Min's expression was filled with emotion as she spoke. She looked at Yu Jiao with bright eyes and a fiery paranoia in her words. "The first person I saw when I woke up was him. He was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time, and even more chivalrous and high-spirited than he is today."
Over the years, she has rarely revealed this matter. She was young when the accident happened, and she just knew that she must not make her parents worry, so she kept it a secret after returning home.
It was not until a few days ago that she told her father and mother about this.
That was why my father agreed to let my mother go to the Annan Marquis's Mansion to test the Annan Marquis's wife's attitude. If the Gu family was willing, my father would find a matchmaker to arrange her marriage.
From Wei Min's description, Yu Jiao could imagine Gu Yun at the age of fifteen or sixteen, dressed in fine clothes and riding a horse, doing chivalrous things.
The young man has a sincere heart. He helps others when he sees injustice. He is passionate and kind. No wonder Wei Min falls in love with him at first sight and has secretly admired him for many years.
Wei Min said with some joy and trepidation, "My mother said that we will go to Annan Marquis's Mansion after the third day of the New Year. I don't know if Gu Yun is willing..."
Wei Min was a little melancholy when she said this. She looked at Yu Jiao and said, "I know you have no feelings for Gu Yun. I was thinking about him before. Gu Yun has never been as good to any other woman as he is to you. I was watching from the sidelines and felt really bad. That's why I kept saying things that put pressure on you. I'm sorry."
Yu Jiao smiled and said, "I have accepted your apology. Anyway, I wish you can get what you want."
Although she didn't know much about Wei Min, she had loved Gu Yun for so many years and was deeply in love with him. If Gu Yun was interested, it would be a happy marriage.
Although Wei Min said that just now, she was not so sure in her heart. After all, Gu Yun was such a good man...
Seeing Yu Jiao blessing her so openly, she felt relieved, and the smile on her face became bigger. She said sincerely, "Yu Jiao, thank you."
Yu Jiao was somewhat envious of Wei Min's courage to love. Having a secret crush is a very difficult thing. The joy, sadness and heartache are all unique to oneself, but the person being loved is completely unaware. Wei Min dared to love and fight for it. In this era, she should be considered a rare and extremely brave woman.
After Wei Min had a talk with Yu Jiao, her mood became inexplicably cheerful. She was looking forward to the third day of the New Year passing quickly so that her mother could bring back news as soon as possible.
Hope it's good news.
Perhaps influenced by Wei Min, when Yu Jiao returned to the pavilion and looked at Yu Qizhe, her mind suddenly became much clearer.
She should be like Wei Min, fighting for what she likes and getting things clear, instead of being like this now, where the two of them say nothing and both are suspicious and upset in their hearts.
But not long after, a servant came and invited Yu Qizhe to the front hall.
Yu Jiao heard from Shen Guan that the reason Yu Qizhe came here today was because his father, Academician Shen, had brought him here. Shen Jinchun had long intended to introduce Yu Qizhe to Liu Yu. Later, he learned that Yu Qizhe had such a connection with the Liu family, and that he was Yu Jiao's brother, not an outsider, so he brought Yu Qizhe here today.
Liu Yu knew that Yu Jiao had deep feelings for the two siblings of the Yu family. Shen Jinchun had also praised Yu Qizhe's literary talent in front of him. When he saw him today, he found that Yu Qizhe was tactful in his actions. He casually tested him with a few sentences of writing, and Yu Qizhe answered fluently and with clear ideas. He was indeed talented, which Liu Yu appreciated very much.
The Qingliu government was in need of talents at that time and there was a shortage of talent in the court. If he could be on the list and enter the court in the future, Liu Yu would naturally promote him.
Yu Jiao was very happy for Yu Qizhe. She had thought about bringing Yu Qizhe to meet Liu Yu, but she knew very well that if she introduced Yu Qizhe to Liu Yu, Liu Yu would be friendly to Yu Qizhe because she had stayed in the Yu family before, but he might suspect that Yu Qizhe was eager for quick success. After all, Liu Yu had been in officialdom for many years, and his mind was bound to be deeper. He might very likely ignore Yu Qizhe's talents.
However, the recommendation of Mr. Shen had a completely different effect.
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