Chapter 65 As You Like
Pei Yunjin watched Lu Sui take the woman upstairs. She stood there in a daze, not moving for a long time.
Until her younger sister Pei Yunzhu came to find her, she saw her staring at the stairs to the second floor and asked curiously, "Sister, what are you looking at?"
Pei Yunjin retracted his gaze: "I just met Lord Lu."
"Lord Lu? Grand Tutor? Where is he?"
"Going upstairs." Pei Yunjin turned and walked to the counter beside her, picking out jewelry absent-mindedly. Pei Yunzhu called her twice, but she didn't respond.
Until the other person pushed her gently.
"Sister, what's wrong with you? You've been distracted."
Pei Yunjin put down the hairpin in her hand, her face not looking good: "I suddenly feel a little unwell, let's go back home."
"Ah? Sister, are you feeling unwell?" Pei Yunzhu became anxious when she heard this, and hurriedly helped Pei Yunjin out.
Pei Yunjin just shook his head and said nothing.
It was not until he got on the carriage and left the gold and jade-inlaid carriage that Pei Yunjin could no longer suppress the sadness in his heart and his eyes instantly turned red.
Seeing her like this, her sister Pei Yunzhu was shocked.
"elder sister……"
"Yunzhu, Lord Lu..." Pei Yunjin was choked with sobs and couldn't even speak.
"What happened to Lord Lu?" Seeing that she was just upset and didn't say anything, Pei Yunzhu was extremely anxious. "Did Lord Lu bully you?"
Pei Yunjin shook her head, took a deep breath, and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
After calming down, he spoke softly.
"I just saw that Lord Lu was accompanied by a girl."
"Girl? Are you sure? I've never seen a girl around the Grand Tutor before." Pei Yunzhu's words made Pei Yunjin's face look even worse.
yes!
She had never seen a woman around Lu Sui before, so when one suddenly appeared today, she became uneasy.
But soon, Pei Yunzhu comforted her again.
"Maybe it's the girl from the Lu Mansion?"
"No." Pei Yunjin shook his head, "I've met both girls from the Lu family."
She paused and continued, "The girl just now didn't seem to be from the capital. Her accent was somewhat similar to Rui Ning's."
"Sister Fan?" Pei Yunzhu hurriedly asked, "Sister Fan's hometown is Sucheng. Could it be that the woman is also from Sucheng?"
Fan Ruining, the second daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the younger sister of Concubine Rou in the palace, is also a well-known noble lady in the capital and has always been on good terms with Pei Yunjin.
She spoke with a Jiangnan accent and was gentle and pleasant. In addition, she was beautiful and came from a noble family, which attracted many young men in the capital to fall in love with her.
Pei Yunjin didn't say anything.
She leaned to the side, her bright face showing sadness, loss and sorrow.
Pei Yunzhu is a girl who only cares about her sister. When she saw her sister so sad, she immediately became in a bad mood too.
She frowned and snorted, "Sister, what are you afraid of? She's just a woman from outside. You're the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's family. No matter your family background or talent, you're a perfect match for Lord Lu. Lord Lu doesn't choose you over her? Wouldn't that be foolish of him?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Pei Yunjin scolded her lightly, "Why are you shouting so loudly? If outsiders hear it, won't they laugh at me?"
"Oh, my dear sister, I just saw that you were sad." Pei Yunzhu held her arm and shook it gently. "Maybe that woman is a cousin of the Lu family. Sister, don't think too much and be happy."
Pei Yunzhu did not comfort Pei Yunjin.
But in order not to worry her sister, she forced herself to cheer up and smiled at her.
After returning home, Pei Yunzhu stayed with her sister for a while before returning to her own yard.
As she entered the room, her face darkened.
"How dare you snatch Lord Lu from my sister? I want to see who you are." She called Shui Lian, the head maid, and said, "Lord Lu has a new girl by his side. Can you help me find out who she is?"
"yes."
…
At this moment, the second floor is inlaid with gold and jade.
Jiang Yueyao was shocked when she saw the jewelry filling the entire table.
There was a dazzling array of colorful jewels, sparkling pearls, and glittering headpieces and hairpins made of pure gold, all of various styles, novel and exquisite, and each one struck her heart.
Jiang Yueyao looked up at Lu Sui who was sitting beside her.
"Sir, you are really rich."
Lu Sui drank the tea handed to him by the shopkeeper without raising his head.
"You can only choose one."
"Sir, have you forgotten what you said last time?"
"What?" Lu Sui looked up at her.
"Just the day before yesterday, when we went to watch the dragon boat race, you said that the carriage inlaid with gold and jade was yours and asked me to pick it out..." She stopped talking and just stared at him.
Whenever Lu Sui said "no", she would accuse him of breaking his promise.
Unexpectedly, Lu Sui curled his lips.
He sneered, "I can't remember anything else, but I remember this clearly."
"Is it okay, sir?" Jiang Yueyao reached out to grab his sleeve and gently tugged at it. Her already soft voice became unbearable when she started to act coquettishly. "Yes, yes, yes, yes... hm?"
The last "hmm" was really touching.
Lu Sui looked at her helplessly and pulled the wrinkled sleeve out of her hand.
"As you like."
"Thank you, sir." Jiang Yueyao raised the corner of her lips, "You are so kind to me, sir."
Lu Sui ignored her and talked to the shopkeeper next to him about the recent situation in the store.
Jiang Yueyao didn't want too much.
She first picked out a purple crystal begonia bracelet for the fourth young lady of the Meng family. The bracelet was extremely beautiful, but not expensive.
It’s not that it’s not expensive, there’s no such thing as cheap ‘gold inlaid with jade’.
But compared to the pile of jewelry in front of him, it was the most inconspicuous one.
It was really exquisite. Jiang Yueyao thought about Meng Zhixia's appearance and felt that it suited her perfectly.
In fact, Jiang Yueyao had thought about it a long time ago. She was just a small female shopkeeper of Wanhe Tower. Her entire family property was not as valuable as a few dresses of other noble ladies. She could not afford to give expensive gifts.
If she tries to show off by giving expensive gifts, people will think she has other intentions.
After choosing a gift for Miss Meng Si, Jiang Yueyao picked one each for Sister Lan and Aunt Chun.
Both of them have white jade hairpins, which are of excellent quality yet very low-key.
When it was Chenyu's turn, she was in a dilemma.
The older sister was even plainer than her. She wore a single bun all day long, secured with a hairpin whose material was impossible to tell. She had nothing on her body except the jade pendant around her neck.
After all, she is a girl. She thought about it and picked out a pair of tourmaline crystal earrings for her.
When it was her turn, she hesitated for a long time.
Because there were two things she liked at first sight, one was a coral bead hairpin, and the other was a pearl flowing hairpin. She was torn between these two headpieces, and when she was hesitating about which one to choose, someone walked behind her.
The man picked up the coral-red beaded hairpin with his slender white fingers, and with his other hand gently held her head as she tried to turn back, and awkwardly inserted the hairpin into her raven-black bun.
Then she picked up the pearl hairpin and inserted it on the other side.
Jiang Yueyao turned around and looked at Lu Sui who was standing behind her.
Then he shook his head: "Do you think this looks good?"
Lu Sui took a step back, looked at her carefully, and finally seemed to agree with his own aesthetic taste.
"Yes, jewels and jewels."
This evaluation was indeed high, but Jiang Yueyao couldn't accept it.
She took off the pearl hairpin, then changed the position of her hairpin in front of the mirror and turned back to ask Lu Sui, "How about this? Will it look better?"
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