That afternoon, Ren Yaoqi had just returned from the princess's Jiuyang Palace, but found that Xiao Jingxi, who had gone out in the morning, was in the house.
"Didn't you say you would be back in the evening?" Ren Yaoqi asked in surprise.
Xiao Jingxi smiled slightly, stood up and asked, "Anything happening this afternoon?"
Ren Yaoqi thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to go to the Lanxi Palace to copy Buddhist scriptures from the Empress Dowager."
Xiao Jingxi walked up and gently pinched Ren Yaoqi's nose: "I'll have someone tell the Concubine that you won't be going today. Go change into something light and comfortable to go out."
Ren Yaoqi slapped Xiao Jingxi's hand away and asked doubtfully, "Are you going out?"
Xiao Jingxi blinked: "Take you somewhere."
Ren Yaoqi was very curious: "Where?" They rarely went out together after getting married. Looking at Xiao Jingxi like this, it didn't seem like there was anything important going on.
Xiao Jingxi gently pushed Ren Yaoqi's shoulder and pushed her into the inner room, saying with a smile, "Go change your clothes first, and we'll talk in detail later."
Ren Yaoqi had no choice but to call the maid in to help her wash and change clothes.
Xiao Jingxi sat aside and waited for Ren Yaoqi to finish her makeup before walking over. He bent down and looked at Ren Yaoqi in the mirror. After looking at her for a long time, he frowned.
Ren Yaoqi was a little confused: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Jingxi turned around and looked at her, then said, "Something seems to be wrong."
Ren Yaoqi was both amused and annoyed. She glanced at him and said jokingly, "What's wrong? Did you only realize today that I'm wearing a painted skin? Master Xiao, please read less of those messy books in the future."
Ren Yaoqi's words started when she accidentally found a vernacular novel that was popular among young ladies in the boudoir on Xiao Jingxi's bookshelf.
Xiao Jingxi coughed lightly upon hearing this, and his ears turned slightly red, which surprised Ren Yaoqi.
In fact, since the two got married, someone's face has become thicker and thicker. Ren Yaoqi hasn't seen Xiao Jingxi's ears red for a long time.
Ren Yaoqi didn't know that Xiao Jingxi had worked very hard to pursue the beauty in the past. As reserved and proud as the Second Young Master Xiao was, he naturally couldn't lower himself to ask others for advice on how to pursue the girl of his choice. However, the Second Young Master Xiao believed that there was no knowledge he couldn't learn as long as he set his mind to it.
So there was a period of time when the second young master Xiao would read in his study room with a lamp on when it was late at night and no one knew that the noble and cold second young master Xiao was secretly reading a series of vernacular novels in his study room at that time.
Everyone has secrets, and the Second Young Master Xiao is no exception. He never imagined that these books would eventually be seen by Ren Yaoqi, and that Ren Yaoqi would occasionally bring them out to make fun of them in the next few decades.
If he had known earlier...
Xiao Jingxi nonchalantly avoided Ren Yaoqi's teasing gaze, took out a piece of black ink from her dressing box, dipped it in water, and said seriously, "The right eyebrow is too light, I'll draw it for you." As she spoke, she lifted Ren Yaoqi's chin with her hand and focused on drawing her eyebrows.
Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jingxi with a smile for a while, then forced herself to suppress her smile and let him go.
The Second Young Master Xiao was still frowning with dissatisfaction: "Don't laugh, don't blame me if the painting gets messed up later."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then Xiao Jingxi's hand trembled, and his eyebrows were indeed blurred.
After the two of them packed up and came out, Xiao Jingxi finally regained his usual noble and cold demeanor in front of outsiders. Only Ren Yaoqi couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
After getting on the carriage, Second Young Master Xiao finally lost his patience and said, "Madam, if you smile at me again, are you trying to make your lip balm go bad?"
Ren Yaoqi was stunned for a moment before realizing what he meant. She couldn't help but glare at him fiercely, then turned her head away and ignored him.
Originally, Ren Yaoqi thought Xiao Jingxi was just taking her somewhere in Yunyang City, but she didn't expect the carriage to actually leave the city gate and onto the official road. Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised to find that the carriage was actually heading towards Baihe Town.
"Where are we going?" Ren Yaoqi asked after lowering the curtain.
Xiao Jingxi poured Ren Yaoqi a cup of tea and smiled slightly: "Guess?"
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