After Zhao Hao and the young county lady finished their dinner, they toasted each other in the private rooms one by one, and finally asked the guys downstairs to shout together:
"Mr. Zhao will pay for all the expenses tonight!"
Amid the cheers of the guests, he waved goodbye and left Weijixian.
Li Mingyue had been waiting for him outside the restaurant. Seeing that Master Zhao did not change his expression and walked out as usual, she could not help but admire him and said:
"Brother, you have a lot of energy!"
"Ahem." Zhao Hao coughed awkwardly and said, "I just drank plain water."
"ah?"
"What? Minors are not allowed to drink alcohol, and the same applies to you." Zhao Hao stood on the steps, wanting to touch her head affectionately.
But the little county lady had too many accessories on her head. They looked really nice, but it was hard to know where to start. Zhao Hao could only gently tap her white forehead.
"I know..." Li Mingyue dragged out the words, covered her head, and protested: "I'm not my brother, do I need my elder brother to remind me of this kind of thing?"
"Okay, I'm sorry for saying too much." Zhao Hao saw the carriage coming and said with a smile, "Let me take you back."
Li Mingyue whispered, "Can we go back?"
"Okay." Young Master Zhao readily followed suit and strolled side by side with Li Mingyue in the night market of Dengshikou.
Just like the Caijiaxiang Night Market spawned by Weijixian, the twenty or thirty high-end restaurants in Dengshikou also gave birth to a large night market that is as prosperous as a temple fair.
Li Mingyue likes the hustle and bustle the most. She was feeling a little sad at first, but when she saw so many things on the street, she suddenly became happy again. She took Zhao Hao to fish for goldfish, put on bamboo hoops, and make dough figurines. They had a lot of fun.
As a result, it took a full hour to reach the gate of the Princess's Mansion, a distance of less than a mile.
Li Mingyue was twisting a pair of lifelike little dough figurines in her hands. She blushed and pondered for a while before handing the girl with a head full of pearls and jade to Zhao Hao.
"Don't lose it. Return it to me when we meet again."
"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded and took it in his hand, feeling that the plot was somewhat familiar.
"We'll see each other soon!"
The young county lady said this confidently, and then she spun lightly in front of him, and the pleats on her pleated Liuxian skirt all unfolded as she spun.
Under the light, the magnificent sight of flowers in bloom and bees and butterflies flying appeared before Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao could not help but stare in amazement, thinking that the embroidery skills of the Ming Dynasty were truly divine...
He was dazzled when he suddenly felt a fragrant breeze blowing towards him. The young county lady seemed to trip and fell into his arms.
Zhao Hao quickly reached out to catch it, but it was empty.
When he opened his eyes wide, he saw that it was Li Chengen who rushed over and grabbed the girl's arm from the back door...
"That was a close call." The young master took credit with a lingering fear on his face, "Sister, you almost fell."
Li Mingyue turned around and looked at Li Chengen with a look that looked like he was dead. "Thank you."
Zhao Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head. He found that Li Chengen had changed his clothes from head to toe. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Chengen, didn't you say you wanted to play all night tonight?"
"Hi, hi." Li Chengen let go of Li Mingyue and stood firm, then laughed dryly and said, "Plans can't keep up with changes."
I finally stayed at the Fire God Palace tonight to pray for his brother and sister and didn't go home, but who knew that this kind of thing would happen again...
Li Chengen had no choice but to cancel the plan and returned home disappointed.
But when I got home, I found that my sister had not come back yet.
Li Chengen couldn't stay there any longer, so he quickly took a shower, changed his clothes, and hurried out to look for her.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw Li Mingyue, who was dizzy, falling straight towards Zhao Hao.
How could this be possible?
Li Chengen rushed over quickly, just like a meteor chasing the moon, and managed to grab his sister...
Zhao Hao asked Li Chengen what happened, but the young master avoided the question.
Young Master Zhao was not a meddlesome person, so he waved goodbye to the brother and sister who had a very good relationship, and got on the carriage following behind him.
The young county lady had been standing at the door, watching the black carriage leave Shiwangfu Street, then she stopped and waved.
Then he suddenly pulled out the Embroidered Spring Sword of the Jinyiwei beside him.
"Help!" The young master was so scared that he ran away, and his screams echoed throughout the Princess's Mansion!
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Chunsong Hutong.
When Zhao Hao got home, the third watch had already sounded.
But he found that the light was still on in the west wing.
That was originally the room of Zhao Shizhen and Zhao Shixi. But Zhao Shizhen was so absorbed in his invention that he forgot to eat and sleep. He had long since moved out of the west wing and slept in the laboratory in the back courtyard with Zhang Jian.
Xiwa said that she would go to bed after dinner every day...
Young Master Zhao walked over curiously and pushed open the half-open door.
Then I saw Xiwa, with a pale face and lifeless eyes, curled up in the corner of the bed, tightly wrapped in a quilt, with nine wet pieces of paper stained with colorful ink in front of her...
Looks like someone has been played with.
"Hey, Xiwa, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Hao's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that?
"Uncle, do you think what a person can and cannot do in this life is all predetermined by fate?" Xiwa asked in a vague tone.
When Zhao Hao heard Xiwa talking about philosophy again, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile, "Why, unlucky again?"
"Yeah." Zhao Shixi nodded, then shook his head, as if trying to shake off the unbearable scene. After a long while, he squeezed out a few words and said:
"Painted boat, spend money, get on board, and leave empty..."
"You wanted to go to the pleasure boat to spend money, but when you got on the boat you stepped on empty air and fell into the water?" Zhao Hao then realized that those were nine tickets.
"Yeah." Xiwa nodded, tears dripping down her face. "I drank a little and saw double. At that time, I saw three steps to get on the boat. I was too embarrassed to ask which one it was, so I gritted my teeth and took a gamble, but I missed..."
"You call this having a drink?" Zhao Hao laughed angrily.
"Okay, I admit that I drank too much..." Xiwa lowered her head and said in a low voice, "Who said that the wine with a very fresh taste is so delicious?"
Zhao Hao was about to say, "Who told you to go to that kind of place...", but then he remembered that he owned that place, so he changed his words and said, "Who told you to drink? Are you an adult?"
"I'm seventeen..." Xiwa shrank her head.
"You can't drink alcohol either!" Zhao Hao wanted to kick him in the ass, but he was wrapped too tightly. He could only slap him on the head and said:
"Are you all right?"
"Luckily, Li Chengen jumped in just in time and pulled me out of the water." Xiwa shook her head and said, "He also wanted to take me to another place to calm my nerves, but I refused. I would never dare to go there again."
"You said the same thing last time." Zhao Hao touched his chin and said, "The time before that, too."
"I really didn't want to go out. But Li Chengen insisted that the evil-repelling items he bought for me had all been blessed..." Xiwa said sadly with deep regret.
"What evil-repelling treasure?" Zhao Hao opened his eyes wide. He had never heard of it before.
Xiwa angrily took off the jade pendant around her neck, the Buddhist beads and dog teeth on her wrists, and then reached behind her back and pulled out a three-foot-long peach wood sword. She threw them all on the ground and said angrily:
“That’s not scientific at all!”
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