Chapter 165 What kind of master-master do you like?
Dongfang Qi felt bitter in his heart, but he had to try hard to explain: "It's not appropriate now, let's wait for some time."
There were some things he had wanted to say clearly for a long time. But seeing Lin Qingyue's confused look, it was obvious that she had no other intentions towards him.
Dongfang Qi was afraid of breaking the window paper. If he made her unhappy, they might not even be able to be friends in the future.
So, during dinner that night, Dongfang Qi quietly probed, "By the way, you and Dongfang Yan have been divorced for over two months. Have you ever thought about remarrying?"
"Remarry?" Lin Qingyue blinked her watery eyes twice, and suddenly burst into laughter. "Am I crazy? I finally escaped from one hell of a pit, and I'm digging myself into another one? I'm not that stupid!"
Dongfang Qi: "..."
He silently poured Lin Qingyue another bowl of soup. "You can't stay single forever just because you met the wrong person once, right?"
Lin Qingyue stopped smiling and looked at Dongfang Qi suspiciously.
Dongfang Qi was afraid that his thoughts would be discovered, so he quickly said, "It's just a casual chat. If you don't want to talk about it, let's change the subject."
Lin Qingyue suddenly became dazed: "I understand!"
Dongfang Qi was so shocked that the meat on his chopsticks fell off. "What did you understand?"
Lin Qingyue said: "You want to be my matchmaker!"
Dongfang Qi: "..."
Lin Qingyue asked with a smile, "What kind of master-master do you like?"
Dongfang Qi: "..."
Lin Qingyue's face was filled with a cynical smile: "If others talk about matchmaking, I may not pay attention. But if you really want to introduce me to someone, I would like to meet them."
"By the way, is the person you want to introduce to me a prince or a minister, or a young man from a poor family?"
"I'm not picky about status, the only thing is that I have to marry into the family - I don't mind if I change my surname or not. But I'm not the kind of woman who serves her parents-in-law and regards her husband as the most important thing. So she can only marry into the family and not marry me, to avoid trouble."
Dongfang Qi was silent for a long while before asking, "So, your condition for finding a husband is just marrying into the family?"
Lin Qingyue joked heartlessly, "Of course he has to be someone I like, someone who shares my temperament and someone I can drink and chat with. If he's someone like Dongfang Yan, who disgusts me at first sight, I won't bother with him even if he changes his entire family's surname to mine."
Dongfang Qi compared them one by one in his mind: similar temperaments, pleasing to the eye, able to drink and chat happily... all of these are fine. My father is an emperor, surrounded by a bunch of palace servants who don't need a daughter-in-law to take care of him, and he is not the type of person who would deliberately torture others.
So, all in?
So seeing the hope in the east, he was in a good mood and ate another bowl of rice.
Lin Qingyue looked at him suspiciously: What on earth is he so happy about? I was just joking, he's not really going to matchmake me, is he?
After finishing the meal, Lin Qingyue continued her lecture.
When it was almost midnight, Dongfang Qi finally stood up and said goodbye: "It's getting late, you should go to bed early."
Lin Qingyue stood up and said, "I won't sleep anymore. I should go to Xie Shouzheng's house soon."
Dongfang had almost stepped over the threshold when he suddenly turned back and asked, "What are you doing at Xiaohui's house?"
Lin Qingyue told Dongfang Qi what had happened to Xie Shouzheng.
Dongfang Qi then came back and sat down again, saying, "I'll go with you later."
Lin Qingyue asked, "Didn't you say a few days ago that you were extremely busy preparing for the reception of the Prince of Feng?"
Dongfang Qi said, "The Prince of Feng has not arrived yet, so tonight is a good time. Besides, it's too late at night, and if you go to Xiao Hui's house alone, it will be bad for your reputation. With me by your side, no one will dare to say anything nonsense."
Lin Qingyue couldn't help but laugh: "You come to my place for classes every night, aren't you afraid of affecting my reputation?"
Dongfang Qi said, "That's why I always have guards with me when I go out. You didn't ask the servants to leave when you were teaching, so you weren't alone. Xiao Hui's family only has three elderly people, and they go to bed early. Although you act uprightly, you still have to be wary of what people say."
Lin Qingyue knew that Dongfang Qi was doing this for her own good, so she said nothing more and simply pushed a stack of talismans over to him. "Since the Crown Prince wants to stay, I have nothing better to do anyway, so why not draw a few more talismans to consolidate my studies!"
Dongfang Qi asked, "What kind of painting is it?"
"Gatekeeper talismans, when pasted on the door, can protect the house and ward off evil spirits. The Xuanjing Division has limited staff, and it's inconvenient for people in some remote areas to report problems. So, I think if I draw more, I can solve many problems. In the early stages, I'll draw 10,000!"
Dongfang Qi smiled helplessly: "So, you are using me as a tool?"
So, for the next hour, Dongfangqi carefully drew the talisman stroke by stroke, even though his knuckles were numb.
When he raised his eyes, he saw Lin Qingyue sitting beside him, drawing the gatekeeper talisman with a pen.
The candlelight cast an orange halo on her cheeks, adding a touch of gentleness.
With a crackling sound, the candle flame flickered and his heart trembled slightly.
Behind him, the shadows of the two people had quietly snuggled together without him noticing when.
It seemed as if they had been dependent on each other like this at some time in their previous life.
It was almost midnight when Lin Qingyue put down her pen: "It's almost time, Master Xie should go home."
Xie Shouzheng's home is not far away, and it only takes a quarter of an hour to walk from Zhuque Street.
As soon as Xie Shouzheng stepped into the house, he saw Lin Qingyue and Dongfang Qiqi.
His eyes lit up, and he ran cheerfully to Dongfang Qi, "Your Highness, why are you here so late? What? You're here for a case? So, Your Highness, you're worried that I won't be able to sleep well tonight, so you came to help me find that little devil who's disturbing my sleep?"
"Your Highness..."
Xie Shouzheng was so moved that tears streamed down his face. "I knew that my position in His Highness' heart was unique! Woohoo, I'm so moved..."
Seeing that his snot and tears were about to rub against him again, Dongfang Qi quickly pushed him away with disgust: "It's getting late, go to sleep!"
So Xie Shouzheng wiped his tears and walked inside with Lin Qingyue and Dongfang Qi.
"Your Highness, you should have let me know beforehand if you were coming so I could buy some good wine and food so we can have a nice drink. Old Liu is old, and his hands are shaking when he cooks. I'm too lazy to ask him to cook."
"Business is more important, Xiao Hui, go to sleep."
"I was feeling quite sleepy and tired, but when you saw me, Your Highness, all my sleepiness disappeared immediately. How about we have a candlelit chat at night?"
"Are you going to sleep or not? If not, we'll leave!"
"Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep right now."
Lin Qingyue was so amused by the master and servant that she couldn't stop laughing. She whispered to Dongfang Qi, "Master Xie is so loyal to you, can't you be more kind to him?"
Dongfang Qi said, "I can't give him anything, otherwise he would have gone crazy. I often wondered whether the thing I picked up was a wolf or a dog."
Xie Shouzheng had already pushed the door open and entered his bedroom, not forgetting to turn around and greet: "Your Highness, would you like to sleep with me? My bed is very big."
Dongfang Qi felt a deep sense of powerlessness: "Business is more important, you should get some sleep."
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