Chapter 71 The Drunkard's Intention Is Not to Drink
Ji Yangqing: "Your brother-in-law and I will come too."
The others shook their heads and went to play leaf games, Liubo chess, or continued to go to the boat to enjoy the scenery.
After a while, Dihui found the blueprint of the promotion chart and the spinning top, moved the fruits and food in the middle of the table to the side, and spread the blueprint on the table.
Several squares are marked on the promotion chart, with the image of the superior official and his name written on it. The game is played by spinning a top. There are four characters "Virtue, Talent, Merit and Corruption" on the top. When the top stops spinning, the characters are converted into the number of squares the chess piece moves. The piece moves back when it stops at "Corruption". The one who reaches the center of the board "Grand Master", "Grand Protector" or "Grand Preceptor" first wins.
After the picture was laid out, Su Xingyu shouted, "I want to turn first!"
"Spin it." Mingzhao handed him the spinning top.
Su Xingyu arched his little body, reached out and put the spinning top on the drawing to spin. The spinning top spun and finally stopped on the word "cai".
Shi Jianli took the chess piece, skipped over Bai Ding from the "starting point", and placed it on the "Tong Sheng".
Then Mingzhao spun the top, stopped it on the word "gong", and placed the chess piece in the "an shou" square.
When Ming Zhouqing was spinning the top, Su Xingyu watched it intently. After watching it for a few rounds, he also spun the top a few times himself. But he was not so interested anymore and started to daydream.
He rested his little chin in Shi Jianli's arms and smiled sweetly at Ming Zhao: "Uncle Ming, I still want to eat roast goose."
Mingzhao also picked up a piece of roast goose with chopsticks, dipped it in sauce and fed it to him.
Ji Yangqing looked at his son who had completely forgotten about his parents and shook his head helplessly. Then he saw Mingzhao still looking at Shi Jianli with gentle eyes, and he was surprised and laughed.
They look like a family of three.
She glanced at her husband beside her again and felt that Mingzhao's marriage was a bit bumpy.
Mingzhao had just gone to the border when she fell in love with Su Zhuochen during the spring examination of the following year and called off the marriage. The two families finally decided to maintain the engagement and change the candidate.
Later, Aunt Yuan arranged a marriage for Mingzhao with a girl from the Yang family, but the girl from the Yang family died of illness, so Mingzhao's two marriages were unsuccessful. But seeing the look in his eyes when he looked at the girl now, perhaps his true love had not yet arrived.
In the past, when they were engaged, the boy was fifteen or sixteen years old and was in love with Ai. He called her Sister Ji with a clear look in his eyes, and was gentle and polite, without any sign of shyness at all.
Whether he really regarded her as a respected sister or he was really not smart, Ji Yangqing found it boring.
The prince of the Duke of Anguo's mansion was handsome and talented, but she felt that she did not want to spend her life with him because he was respectful, kind, and patient towards her, but he had no affection for her.
Ming Zhao was indeed gentle, and the Ming family had a good tradition. If she just fulfilled her engagement and married him, Ji Yangqing would have a stable and wealthy life. But for her, it was the same as for others, and she didn't want the same thing.
She was born into the Fuguo Duke's Mansion and was already wealthy, so that would not change no matter who she married.
So when she later met Su Zhuochen, Ji Yangqing told her father that she didn't want to go through with this child marriage. The two families had a very good relationship, and the elders were open-minded, so her marriage to Ming Zhaohuan was easily cancelled without any hurt feelings.
Some people may say that she is stupid, but she already has the wealth and glory that others pursue, so what's the harm in being stupid?
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Perhaps because it was his first time playing, Su Xingyu had exceptional luck, winning both rounds and reaching the third position first. The little guy was thrilled. But after a few rounds, he grew sleepy and fell asleep in Shi Jianli's arms.
Ji Yangqing asked the wet nurse to come and take the little guy to sleep. She smiled and said to Shi Jianli, "Xingyu is very active. It's rare for him to stay in someone's arms for so long. He can't sit still after I hold him for a while and keeps squirming around."
Shi Jianli replied to her: "Xingyu is very well behaved."
"He likes you very much."
Shi Jianli smiled at her.
Mingyuelin and Ji Rangzhou came down one after another at this time, looking in good spirits. She glanced at everyone's seats, and with a smile on her lips, she approached Shi Jianli and Ming Zhou in the middle and asked, "Are you playing the promotion game?"
"Well, do you want to play? I'll give you a seat. I've had enough fun." Ming Zhou replied to her.
"No, I want to eat lunch."
Ming Zhou and Wen Yan looked at Shi Jianli again, "Cousin, how about you? Are you hungry?"
Shi Jianli nodded, "Some."
It was already past noon, but she had just been playing and didn't realize how much time had passed. Now that Mingyuelin had said that, she felt a little hungry, and the fruit was not enough to fill her up.
"What do you want to eat? Ask them to get it from the restaurant on the other side." Mingzhao waved at Tianyu.
"Whatever you want." Ming Yuelin pushed the people on both sides, "Sister Li, please move over a little, Third Brother, you move over a little too."
Shi Jianli moved closer to Ming Zhaohuan, and the hem of her skirt pressed against the corner of his clothes. She reached out and pulled it back, glancing at him secretly, but met his gaze.
Mingzhao's lips curled slightly as he turned to look at Tianyu. "Order some fish soup. The fish from Taiyuan Lake look plump and should taste good."
"Yes, sir."
Shi Jianli loosened her grip on the hem of her skirt and turned to glance at Ming Zhaohuan's profile.
"I don't mind either." Ming Zhouhe glanced at the person opposite him, then said to Ming Yuelin, "Can't you sit between big brother and cousin?"
My cousin was not very relaxed when eating out, so he sat next to her so that he could help her pick up some food.
Mingyuelin sat down and said, "I'm going to sit here."
Ji Rangzhou sat next to Su Zhuochen. Seeing that there was room on his other side, he looked towards her and said, "It's spacious here."
Ming Yuelin looked over with a puffed face, "I've already sat down, I won't move."
Did she want to sit here? She had other intentions!
Ji Rangzhou met her gaze, was silent for a moment, and nodded, "Yeah."
No one else wanted to order any dishes, so they let Tianyu order whatever he wanted.
Soon the food was served, and Mingzhao tilted his head to indicate that it was going to rain.
Tianyu understood and served Mingzhao a bowl of fish soup. Then he asked Shi Jianli, "I remember Miss Li likes to eat fish. Would you like some soup too?"
Shi Jianli nodded.
Tianyu completed the task, symbolically filled a bowl for Mingyuelin, retired, and went to find Tianfeng and the others.
Shi Jianli lowered her head and drank the fish soup. Perhaps the fish soup was really delicious, or perhaps for other reasons, the corners of her lips unconsciously curved up a little.
After finishing the late lunch, Shi Jianli walked around the third floor, then sat on the soft couch by the window, slowly sipping the sweet tea and looking at the scenery not far away.
After sitting for a while, I felt a little sleepy.
Mingzhao came over and said softly, "If you're tired, go and rest for a while. There are bedrooms on the pleasure boat. We plan to have dinner before returning home today."
Shi Jianli turned to look at him and nodded, "Okay."
She stood up, walked past him, paused, and said, "You too."
A faint lotus fragrance drifted by, Mingzhao lowered his eyes and saw the tassels in her hair swaying gently and the jade beads of her forbidden steps colliding, making a pleasant sound.
The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he was in a good mood, "Yeah."
Shi Jianli found a bedroom and went in. It was very tidy and filled with pleasant incense. Shi Jianli took off her shoes and socks and took a nap.
When I woke up, the bedroom window was half open, and I could see the pleasure boat slowly sailing back. The sky was bright and the lake was clear and emerald.
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