After touring the garden for a quarter of an hour, everyone returned to the flower hall, where chrysanthemums of various colors were also displayed, which was very appropriate to the occasion.
"Master Shen and Madam Shen, please take a seat. Although it is late autumn, the sun is still a bit strong outside. Please drink some tea to quench your thirst."
"Okay, thank you, ma'am."
Chen Li followed Pei Yu out of the county magistrate's mansion and got into his carriage. "Where are you going?"
"Nowhere to go. The weather is nice today, perfect for boating on the lake."
Chen Li nodded. Indeed, there was nothing else to do except these.
"If you don't want to go boating, how about we go hiking?"
Hearing this, Chen Li took a look at the clothes she was wearing. Just looking at the gold and silver threads on it, it was clear that this set of clothes was not cheap. If she wore this clothes to climb a mountain, she would be climbing a mountain of gold and silver.
Seeing the meaning in her eyes, Pei Yu asked: "Do you want to go hiking or boating? If you want to go hiking, you can change your clothes."
"Mountain climbing."
I haven't exercised for a long time, so I want to exercise today.
"good."
Pei Yu lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked Tianqing outside to drive the carriage to the clothing store.
They soon arrived at the clothing store. Pei Yu picked out two of the best clothes in the store. After changing into them, they took a carriage out of the city.
Thirty miles outside the city there is a high mountain called Tianmu Mountain, which is named because the shape of the top of the mountain resembles an eye.
Later, because the scenery on the mountain was quite nice, people who came to study often climbed up to look into the distance, so it became a scenic spot in Qingxi County.
"Which mountain are we going to?"
Chen Li was wearing a green dress, which was made of pure cotton. It was very comfortable to wear and well worth the price of fifteen taels.
Pei Yu did not wear black clothes today. Like Chen Li, he chose a white dress. The two of them looked quite appropriate standing together.
"Tianmu Mountain."
"Oh, where is it? I know it, but I haven't been there yet. Wouldn't it be too slow to take a carriage there?"
"Tianqing is already waiting outside. The food and horses are ready."
Chen Li followed him out. Since she had him, she didn't have to make any arrangements for traveling, as he would arrange everything for her.
Chen Li only looked at the two horses, "Ayu, is it just the two of us?"
Pei Yu used to be a machine that attracted hatred, and many people were chasing him. Now he doesn’t even bring bodyguards?
Pei Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "No, just the two of us will be fine."
"Then let's go."
Neither of them is a killjoy type. Since they have made a decision, they will do it. If they don't take action, it will all be empty talk.
The two men rode their horses through the county town of Qingxi County, and only sped up after leaving the county town. The two horses were fast, and they arrived at the foot of Tianmu Mountain in less than two quarters of an hour.
There is a horse shed at your feet. You can watch over the horses for a few copper coins. If you need to feed them with food and grass, you need to give extra silver.
After Pei Yu fixed the horse, he walked towards Chen Li carrying a bundle on the horse's back.
Chen Li was looking at the scenery at the foot of the mountain. Maybe because there were so many people climbing the mountain, there were many small vendors at the foot of the mountain, selling food and toys, and it was quite lively.
"Is there anything you want?"
"No, these are for little girls to play with."
Pei Yu curved his lips into a smile, looking at her sideways, "Our Ah Li is also a little girl, if you like anything, just buy it, I'll pay for it."
Chen Li turned around and smiled, there was an indescribable charm in her eyes, and Pei Yu was dazzled.
"No need, let's go, let's go hiking first, otherwise it will be late when we get down the mountain."
Pei Yu looked at her smiling face with a deeper gaze, and replied softly, "Okay."
"By the way, if we go hiking, it will be too late to come back. Please have someone notify my parents and tell them to go back after the banquet and not wait for us."
"Well, I have already arranged it."
The two of them were talking as they walked up the stone steps up the mountain. Just looking from the back, they looked like a perfect match.
Chen Li stood halfway up the mountain. They passed many scholars and young ladies from aristocratic families along the way. In less than half an hour, they arrived at the pavilion halfway up the mountain.
Rest for a while in the pavilion. From here, the view of the halfway up the mountain is also very nice. There are many maple trees on this mountain. Although they have not formed a forest, when the leaves turn yellow in autumn, they are dotted among the green trees, creating a unique scenery.
The two of them had only stood there for a while when they saw a girl coming up the small path leading up the mountain, followed by her maid and attendants.
When the girl looked at Pei Yu's face, there was a flash of obsession in her eyes, but when she looked at Chen Li, there was a hint of disgust.
This girl was someone they met on the way up the mountain, and she didn't say anything. Shen Li offended her without doing anything.
"Ayu, your bad love life has come, you are responsible for solving it yourself."
It goes without saying that it must be Pei Yu's face that has attracted bad luck in love.
Chen Li raised her hand and touched Pei Yu's side, "It seems that this face is not only liked by me, but also by others."
Pei Yu held her hand and said, "It's useless even if they like me. I belong to Ah Li."
Seeing the two of them being so intimate as if no one was around, Miss Bai Yuwei, the second Bai family member, felt a surge of anger in her heart for no reason, and hurriedly brought her maid forward to spoil the atmosphere.
She just looked down at Yingying and bowed to Pei Yu, her posture was really graceful.
"My name is Bai Yuwei. I wonder who this gentleman is and why I have never seen you in Qingxi County."
She kept a very humble attitude. Any other man would have been unable to resist talking to her, but Pei Yu was not an ordinary person.
He didn't even glance at her, and continued to sit there with Chen Li to look at the scenery below the mountain.
The pretty smile on Bai Yuwei's face was a little stiff, but she quickly concealed it.
"Sir, I..."
"Noisy!"
The smile on Bai Yuwei's face froze, and then she forced out an awkward smile.
"My dear, our meeting is destiny. I wonder if we can climb the mountain together?"
Since there is no hope with Pei Yu, he has transferred his hope to me. Then Miss Bai will be disappointed.
"Sorry, no chance, I can't."
Now Bai Yuwei couldn't even maintain the stiff smile on her lips. Who are these two people?
The maids beside her didn't dare to look up, but kept their heads down and trembled.
Seeing that the two men ignored her, she lowered her head to adjust her skirt, then walked into the pavilion and sat down opposite them.
His eyes fell on the two of them intentionally or unintentionally, trying to judge who they were by their clothes.
She did recognize that the clothes they were wearing were bought from a ready-made clothing store in the county town. The clothes were quite expensive, so she naturally had an impression of them.
However, apart from this, there were no marks on the jewelry they wore, so it was impossible to tell which family they belonged to.
In her opinion, Chen Li and Pei Yu had good temperaments and must be the young masters and young ladies of the city's families, but she had never seen them before.
Her gaze became more and more unscrupulous. Pei Yu and Shen Li could no longer tolerate it and just stood up and left.
Bai Yuwei wanted to follow him, but Pei Yu threw a dart at her feet, scaring her so much that she fell to the ground.
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