"The governor must have been so taken aback by our sister Lian'er's beauty that he brought forward the wedding date..."
Amidst the sounds of flattery, Yi Ning remained expressionless, gripping the jade earrings even tighter.
*
Luo Shenyuan met Lu Jiaxue who came out of Luo Mansion on the road.
Luo Shenyuan first called for the car to stop. Then he lifted the carriage curtain and asked with a smile, "Could it be that the governor has time to come to the Luo residence?"
Lu Jiaxue heard Luo Shenyuan's voice and also opened the carriage curtain. All around him was a blanket of frost and snow, with only white smoke rising from the horse's nose. He said, "What a coincidence this trip, meeting Lord Luo."
Lin Yong, who was standing nearby, watched with his eyes fixed on the nose and his nose focused on his mind. No servant dared to speak.
"I heard that the governor intends to take my sister as a concubine? I think you are here to discuss it." Luo Shenyuan said again.
Lu Jiaxue smiled when he heard this: "Your sister is so cute, I really can't let her go. Although she can't be your principal wife, she can always be your concubine."
"Sister Yi Lian will surely be delighted to be liked by the Lord Commander," Luo Shenyuan said slowly. "In that case, I will not disturb the Lord Commander. I will return home first."
He lowered the curtain and his face became expressionless, without a smile.
Lu Jiaxue saw his carriage returning home, then he lowered the curtain and told the driver to continue.
The light snow gradually turned into heavy snow, and it continued to fall until night.
The maid that Luo Yining sent out to inquire came back.
The maid's buns were still stained with unmelted snow, and her face was red from the cold. "Third Madam, I've inquired carefully, and those two maids rarely leave the courtyard. They focus on serving the Sixth Young Miss and never ask about anything else. They don't talk much."
Luo Yining had originally thought that Lu Jiaxue had sent these two people here to gather information. But after hearing this, he felt that it was impossible. Someone who was sent here so openly would naturally be wary, and these two people were definitely not used for this purpose.
Yi Ning rewarded the maid with a bag of silver coins and told her to go and rest without waiting for her.
The heavy snow had not stopped when Luo Shenyuan returned.
Outside the window, the north wind blew, and the snow fell from the trees. The servants replaced the quilted cushions in the room with black fox fur cushions, which were luxurious and beautiful. Luo Shenyuan had been with Zeng Heng for several years and had no shortage of money. It was just that he was a member of the Qingliu Party, so sometimes he couldn't spend it.
"You're back." Yi Ning half-knelt in front of a small table, carefully tracing the pattern, preparing to make a pair of winter knee pads for Luo Shenyuan.
She dipped her brush in vermilion and said, "Third brother, come help me paint orchids. I can never get it right." The house was heated, but she wore a coat trimmed with rabbit fur and a pair of delicate white jade earrings. A shoe and sock lay casually on the edge of the bed, giving off a casual air of life.
Luo Shenyuan walked over, approached her from behind, and took the pen from her hand: "Where do you want to draw it?"
Although they are already husband and wife, they don’t get to be this close to each other very often in their daily lives.
Yi Ning held her breath slightly. She pointed to the painting, and he leaned down even further, his body smelling of the cold outside. With one hand, leaning against the edge of the table, he added the orchid with a few simple strokes.
"Is this enough?" Luo Shenyuan asked her.
"That's enough." Yi Ning actually found his voice low and pleasant, and she was a little dazed. He held her in his arms again, and she was so tense that she dared not move.
His hands were beautiful, slender and strong. When his sleeves were rolled up, a white ribbon appeared, revealing the meridians on the back of his hands.
Why haven't you let her go yet? Haven't you said enough?
Yining felt that the atmosphere in the room was a little ambiguous.
He suddenly added, "I heard Lu Jiaxue came here today. Did you see him?"
"My mother asked Luo Yilian to go and pay her respects to him. She was afraid that she would be nervous, so she brought a few of us sisters-in-law with her," Yining explained.
"Yeah." Luo Shenyuan didn't show any expression. He looked at her thin, red, soft lips for a moment, then lowered his head and asked, "Meimei, are you done with your pattern?"
"We're still short of a few egrets," Luo Yining said, and asked him puzzledly, "What's wrong?"
"Let me help you draw." He picked up the brush in his left hand, dipped it in ink, and with just a few strokes, a line of egrets flew up into the sky.
Sure enough, there is □□.
Yining found it difficult to learn.
Then he put down his pen, took a book and sat down to read it, and asked her, "You know about the bandit incident in Guizhou not long ago, right?"
Of course, Xi Ning knew about this. It had caused quite a stir recently.
Seeing that she knew, Luo Shenyuan continued, "The emperor dismissed the post of Governor of Guizhou, and Wang Yuan proposed that I take the position."
Yi Ning was shocked when he heard this and put his brush back into the brush holder: "How can this be possible!"
The post of Provincial Governor was of the second rank, but for Luo Shenyuan, this promotion was actually a demotion. Moreover, Guizhou was dominated by Wang Yuan's followers, and Zhou Shuqun had been completely exhausted by them. Even if he could govern, it would definitely take a lot of effort. He would be away from Beijing for several years, and since he was not a Provincial Governor like Huguang or Guangdong, his career would probably be hindered.
In her excitement, she almost knocked over his tea.
He moved his teapot away. It was hot tea. He said, "It's not certain that he will go. Don't worry."
How could Yi Ning not be worried about him? Seeing him sipping tea leisurely, she said, "You're not in a hurry, so why should I be? I just want to ask you if there's a solution. If the emperor asks you to go, can you really go?"
Without even looking up, the third brother said, "Guizhou is in such a mess right now, it really needs someone to take care of it. If you ask me to go, I'll go."
Only when Yi Ning looked at him did Luo Shenyuan put down his book and said with a smile, "It's not that easy to transfer an official from the capital to another place. The Ministry of Revenue has to discuss it before it's submitted to the Cabinet for a final decision." He continued, "Besides, the Ministry of Works is a mess too. There aren't many people who can clean it up besides me. The Emperor won't let me go unless I'm willing to do so."
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