The man's eyes were slightly closed, and from Shu Hua's angle, her slightly curled eyelashes were clearly visible. Her thin, unpainted lips were pursed in displeasure as she mumbled that she wanted some wine.
His crescent-white robe accentuated his slender figure, and his long, dark hair was tied up with a jade crown and secured with a translucent jade hairpin, giving him an air of nobility.
However, the smell of alcohol on her skin inevitably marred her appearance. If it weren't for her demeanor, she would almost have mistaken her for just an ordinary drunkard.
But that's about right.
Shu Hua watched quietly for a while, then, finding it uninteresting, she turned to leave and prepared to go upstairs. Unexpectedly, the drunkard seemed to sense her gaze and suddenly looked at her.
Shu Hua's gaze inadvertently met his.
One second, two seconds...
Shu Hua blinked and looked away, but then heard a series of crackling sounds. She subconsciously looked up and saw that the drunkard was running towards her!
There was a light in her eyes that she couldn't understand!
"Your Highness Consort Jing!"
Upon hearing this sudden address, not only was Shu Hua startled, but everyone else in Yu Xian Zhai also instinctively stood up and looked in their direction.
Shu Hua: "..." What are you looking at her for? She didn't even know Consort Jing was here.
Unexpectedly, in that brief moment of distraction, the drunkard rushed up to her, grabbed her sleeve and wouldn't let go, his eyes, which had been slightly closed, now wide open.
Faced with his burning gaze, Shu Hua frowned, looked away uncomfortably, and tried to shake him off, but he held her tightly.
The drunkard lowered his breathing and tentatively asked, "Consort Jing, is that you?"
Shu Hua's expression turned cold; this person had mistaken her for Consort Jing. However, she couldn't shake them off right now, and with so many people in the Imperial Immortal Pavilion watching them, it was detrimental to her reputation no matter what.
"Let go!" she said coldly.
To her surprise, the drunkard didn't resist and obediently let go of her sleeve. Shu Hua had just breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him grab his other sleeve.
Shu Hua: "..."
The moment her face hardened, she saw him staring at her with a pitiful look in his eyes. She pouted and whispered, "Consort Jing, you're so fierce..."
Shu Hua suddenly had a headache.
She could tell that this person meant her no harm, but this back-and-forth wasn't a solution. She was the legitimate daughter of the Shu family, and many people knew her, especially after her marriage to Shangguan Jingci.
His actions were truly inappropriate.
However, seeing this childlike side of him, she softened and asked him in a low voice, "Who are you?"
The person in front of her seemed to see that she had finally stopped being cold towards him. His eyes lit up slightly, his mouth stopped pursing, and his voice rose slightly as he said, "I am Cai Fengyin, courtesy name Xunzhi."
Cai Fengyin was overjoyed. He never expected that going out for a drink, just like any other day, would lead to him running into the person he had been longing for.
The previous Prefect Cheng had told him that Consort Jing had been heartbroken over Prince Xu's affair and had become a nun. He had been saddened by this for a long time, drowning his sorrows in alcohol and becoming increasingly melancholic. But unexpectedly, Consort Jing, who had resided in his heart for so long, had actually returned.
And he's not even bald!
“Alright, let’s find him.” Shu Hua took a step to the side, and Cai Fengyin followed suit. “I’m telling you, I’m not Consort Jing. You’ve mistaken me for someone else.”
Cai Fengyin was taken aback by her words, and her lips pouted again as she said unhappily, "You lied to Xunzhi, you are clearly Consort Jing... The Prefect has already told me, how could you lie to me!"
Which prefect is so treacherous!
Seeing his persistent attitude, Shu Hua felt a bit of a headache, but this wasn't the place to talk, so she decided to go into the private room first. To avoid suspicion, she also brought the waiter along.
Unexpectedly, Cai Fengyin seemed to know that she was going to resist him. As soon as he sat down, he lay face down on the table and refused to open his eyes no matter how much Shu Hua called him.
After sitting there for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Shu Hua lost her appetite. She whispered a few words to the waiter, who then left.
Cai Fengyin's ears twitched because he heard Shu Hua speak.
"Xunzhi, it's getting late. I need to go back to my residence, otherwise my family will worry. You should go back early too." She lowered her brows and looked at the wrinkled sleeve under the table, speaking calmly.
"..."
Cai Fengyin remained silent.
"Besides, I'm not the person you're looking for. If you really want to find her, you should go find her, not me here..." She paused, as if searching for an adjective.
Cai Fengyin was caught off guard by her pause and, after a moment, heard her say, "...pulling and tugging."
"..."
Cai Fengyin buried his face in the crook of his other arm, his lips drooping unhappily.
What... Does she hate him that much? He already knows she's Consort Jing, and she still wants to lie to him. Cai Fengyin snorted inwardly, even more unhappy.
He never imagined that Prefect Cheng would lie to him. After all, given his status, everyone who met him would address him as "Young Master." Prefect Cheng clearly wouldn't dare to lie to him.
So, she must be lying to him.
In the short time it took to talk, the waiter who had gone downstairs came back up and, under Shu Hua's calm gaze, tremblingly handed her the scissors.
Cai Fengyin was puzzled when he didn't hear any movement. He thought Shu Hua had given up and was secretly pleased when he heard a "snap" and his hand fell off by itself!
No, no, no... no, it should be said that what he was holding fell down.
Cai Fengyin looked up in surprise and saw Shu Hua calmly place the scissors on the table. "If you like them, they're yours."
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