Chapter 64: Show off my stunning beauty
When Jiang Yueyao said "eight sons", Lu Sui was so angry that he couldn't even eat.
"Don't be so kind as to ask for revenge. I think you're here for revenge."
"How could that be? Doesn't your Excellency like a son? I heard that there was a wealthy businessman in the capital whose wife gave birth to four daughters in a row, and his concubine gave birth to three more. He was not willing to give up, so he took another concubine, and that concubine gave birth to two more daughters. The businessman was so angry that he jumped into the well. After he was rescued, he opened his eyes and kept saying 'I want a son, I want a son'."
"So what if it's a son? So what if it's a daughter?" Lu Sui scalded a few more pieces of fish and placed them on the plate in front of her. "Sons and daughters are all the same. It's just that I don't plan to get married, so I've never thought about this question."
"You're not planning on getting married?" Jiang Yueyao was stunned. "Why?"
"Why must I marry my own son?" he asked Jiang Yueyao.
"Because... because you are the eldest son of the Duke of Yingguo and the Grand Tutor. You are so powerful and your family is so wealthy. People don't marry because they are too poor to afford it. You don't have these concerns."
"Power and wealth are all fleeting, external things. Everything in this world, except you, is illusory." Lu Sui put down the chopsticks in his hand, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.
Jiang Yueyao didn't say anything for a moment.
She looked at him through the faint white mist of the fish pot, but it seemed that she could not see his face clearly.
I just felt that the look in his eyes when he looked at me was indifferent and compassionate, very much like the Buddha above the Buddhist temple hall, high and mighty, yet looking down on everything, without desires or requests, and with compassion for all living beings.
It also seemed like he could leave her at any time.
She felt inexplicably anxious.
She really didn't like this feeling.
She also doesn't like Lu Sui like this.
"May it be illusion or material possessions, but I feel that since we're here, we should experience and enjoy life." She said anxiously, "Your family, your friends, and the girl you might fall in love with someday..."
"It's all worth it." She continued, "Sir, don't go to Xiangguo Temple again during your rest days, and don't listen to the abbot's lectures. I'm afraid you're so free from desires now because of his influence."
Her anxious look came into view.
Lu Sui asked her, "Why are you so anxious if I don't get married?"
Jiang Yueyao was stunned for a moment, then started talking nonsense.
"You won't marry, so naturally you won't keep a concubine. I'm determined to be your concubine. If you really have no desires, how can I show you my charming beauty?"
Lu Sui was amused by her words.
"Evocative beauty? Do you have it?"
“…”
"Why aren't you talking?" Lu Sui cooked some shrimp balls for her. "Where is your stunning beauty? Show it to me."
Jiang Yueyao gritted her teeth: "Lu, Sui!"
When Lu Sui heard that she dared to call him by his full name, his face darkened: "What did you call me?"
Jiang Yueyao immediately became timid.
She muttered quietly: "Who told you to say bad things about me?"
"I'm just telling the truth." Lu Sui put the cooked shrimp balls into her bowl. "You dare to be disrespectful in front of me? You are the best in Daye."
Jiang Yueyao immediately started to show off again.
"Is that so? Then does the lord have some different feelings for me too? For example, the kind where you feel like you've missed me so much after not seeing me for a few days."
“No!”
"Oh, no rush, take your time, I'm still young anyway."
Qingshu, who was guarding outside the private room, listened to the conversation going back and forth inside and looked up at the sky.
The expression on his face was somewhat speechless.
When it comes to relationships between men and women, it's true that those involved are often confused, while those who are watching can see things more clearly.
Last time, the girl just got on Master Yuan's carriage, but the master's face was so cold that it could freeze someone to death.
When he came out of the yamen, he saw the girl and Master Yuan were reluctant to leave, and his face became frighteningly dark. He didn't even want to wait for a second and directly ordered Qingxuan to drive away.
Alas, it has come to this, and you still say you have no desires or demands?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
His master had long been fascinated by the girl's charming beauty and could not extricate himself, but he was the only one who didn't know it.
Let’s not talk about anything else. If the girl tells the master now who she wants to marry, the master can send someone to assassinate that person.
Don't you believe it?
Oh!
Let's wait and see.
It was still early when we came out of Yipintang Fish Town.
When the carriage passed by the gold-inlaid jade-inlaid palace, Jiang Yueyao lifted the curtain and said to Qingxuan, the driver, "Stop, stop."
Qingxuan pulled the carriage over.
Lu Sui, who was resting with his eyes closed, raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Yueyao who was about to get off the car.
"What are you going to do now?"
Jiang Yueyao jumped off the carriage, turned around, lifted the curtain, and smiled at him.
"We just happened to be passing by, shall we go in and take a look?"
Lu Sui didn't say anything, but he had already stood up and got off the carriage.
Seeing him following behind, Jiang Yueyao boldly entered the gold and jade-inlaid room.
It was still early and there were many customers in the building. The shopkeeper who was receiving guests hurried out to greet Lu Sui when he saw him.
"How come you have time to come here?"
Just as Lu Sui was about to reply, a surprised female voice came from the side.
"Lord Lu?"
Lu Sui tilted his head slightly, looked at Pei Yunjin who was walking over, and nodded gently: "Miss Pei."
Pei Yunjin didn't expect to see Lu Sui here.
She knew that Lu Sui never liked to join in the fun, let alone go shopping. Other young masters would often accompany their female elders or girls to shop, but she had never seen Lu Sui do that once in all these years.
Therefore, meeting him in Jinxiangmanyu today was a pleasant surprise for Pei Yunjin.
She walked up to him and bowed softly.
Then she stood up and looked up at him with eyes as gentle as water.
"How come Lord Lu has time to go shopping today?"
Lu Sui glanced at Jiang Yueyao who had gone to the side to look at jewelry, and spoke softly while looking away.
"I happened to be passing by and came in to take a look."
Seeing that Pei Yunjin wanted to say something, he spoke first: "You go ahead, I have something else to do."
As he said that, he went upstairs.
The shopkeeper followed him, but Lu Sui took a few steps and then stopped.
He turned back and raised his hand to point at Jiang Yueyao's figure, "Go and call her up."
"yes."
The shopkeeper turned around and walked up to Jiang Yueyao, saying respectfully, "Miss, Master Lu is calling you."
"Ah?" Jiang Yueyao was infatuated with the cabinet full of gorgeous headdresses. When she heard someone calling her, she quickly turned around to look.
When she turned around, not only the shopkeeper saw her beautiful face, but even Pei Yunjin who had been standing beside her saw it.
She first wondered why Lu Sui was here?
Because when they came in just now, she didn't see Jiang Yueyao.
But when she watched Lu Sui go upstairs, she saw him stop, turn around, point to a place on the first floor and say something.
Pei Yunjin looked in the direction of his finger and saw a girl wearing a light red chest-length skirt.
The other person had his back to her at the time and she couldn't see his appearance.
But soon, the girl turned around...
Since she came of age, Pei Yunjin has been hailed as "the most talented woman in the capital" by the young masters of aristocratic families.
The so-called "first talented woman", "talent" is secondary. For men, "appearance" is more important than "talent".
Pei Yunjin has been beautiful since she was a child, and she has always been the proudest of it.
But at this moment, when she saw Jiang Yueyao's face, she was stunned for a moment.
The cheapest dress, the most vulgar water red, the most ordinary double spiral bun, with only a simple glass crabapple flower on the bun, and no decoration on the ears, and the neck is bare...
But it was just this one woman who easily caught her attention.
At this moment, Jiang Yueyao had already walked towards Lu Sui.
"I haven't finished reading it yet." She said reluctantly.
"The second floor is the treasure." Lu Sui's voice was light and slow.
He was completely different from the cold tone just now.
"Really? Your Excellency is so majestic and powerful." The woman's voice was sweet and charming.
"Sir, in my next life, I will serve you like a slave..."
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