"Ali, you're amazing!" Before Pei Chuan could say anything, Pei Mingyue's face was full of admiration and praise.
The two subordinates also nodded secretly. Yes, he is bold and careful, and decisive in action. He is more suitable for serving in the Dali Temple than any of them.
Su Li was at a loss for words. Since she met Pei Mingyue, she discovered that she really liked praising others.
Pei Chuan had someone splash water on the flower thief to wake him up, and after confirming his identity again, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Over the past six months, Prince Yong'an has come to inquire about the progress of the case every now and then. The emperor also mentioned it from time to time during the morning court. Today's morning court was even more so. His words and deeds were questioning the ability of the Dali Temple. He was even a little afraid to go to court. Alas!
Now that the flower thief has finally been apprehended, he finally has an explanation and can finally sleep peacefully...
"Someone come!"
Two guards with swords came in from outside and said respectfully, "Sir, what are your orders?"
"Take him away."
"Yes!" After the two men carried the flower thief out of the Shaoqing's room, Pei Chuan turned around and sat upright at the desk. He took out a piece of paper and pen, wrote a note, handed it to one of his subordinates, and said to Su Li, "Madam Su, there is a reward of 110,000 silver coins for the capture of the flower thief Zeng Tian. Go and collect the reward and then go back..."
"Thank you, sir." Su Li bowed.
"Madam Su, please come this way!" The subordinate next to her motioned for her to follow.
"Then uncle, I'm leaving too!"
After Pei Chuan nodded, Pei Mingyue followed Su Li down with a smile.
After leaving the Dali Temple with a huge amount of banknotes, Su Li was in a very good mood: "Ayue, come on, I'll treat you to dinner."
"OK!"
After Su Li sent back the hired carriage, Pei Mingyue happily pulled Su Li into her carriage.
It was already two or three in the afternoon. She was fine, at least she had eaten some breakfast. But Pei Mingyue didn't even have breakfast, so she must be starving.
The two of them went to Mingyue Restaurant and booked a luxurious private room. They ordered a table full of dishes and two pots of sweet wine. There was no other way, as neither of them could drink strong liquor. At this time, Su Li missed the Coke in his previous life.
She poured wine for them both and picked up the wine glass: "Come on, Mingyue, cheers!"
"Okay!" Pei Mingyue raised the wine glass: "Cheers!"
Putting down the wine glass, Su Li asked, "When you went home, your parents didn't scold you, did they?"
"Of course not," Pei Mingyue said nonchalantly, "Except for my grandmother, my whole family scolded me. My father even made me kneel in the ancestral hall for two days as punishment. If my second brother hadn't asked me to go to Qingyou Temple to pray for him, I would still be in the ancestral hall now."
Then he laughed, "But it's all worth it, because I ran away, and the marriage I was supposed to have arranged didn't happen. Now my parents don't dare to arrange a marriage for me casually, hehehe!"
Su Li smiled and said, "Congratulations, you got what you wanted!"
"Hehe! Who said it wasn't!" Pei Mingyue poured wine for the two of them: "Come on, come on, cheers, congratulations on my freedom of marriage!"
"cheers!"
“Knock knock knock!”
The two put down their wine glasses and picked up their chopsticks to eat when there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it?" Pei Mingyue was puzzled. The waiter didn't need to knock on the door when serving the dishes. Who would look for them at this time?
"It's me, Ji Tingyou." A voice came from outside the door.
Ji Tingyou?
Su Li raised her eyebrows. Is this the Ji Tingyou she knows?
Pei Mingyue stood up and walked around the screen. Just as she was about to open the door, the door of the private room was opened first.
Ji Tingyou had already recognized Pei Mingyue's voice outside. Seeing her, he said with a cheeky smile, "Sanbao was right. Pei Mingyue, when did you come back?"
"Just got back two days ago!"
"You're so disloyal that you didn't even take me with you when you ran away from your marriage!" Ji Tingyou complained.
"Take you with me?" Pei Mingyue was shocked. "Brother, I'm running away from my marriage. Taking you with me wouldn't be like eloping. Besides, what's our relationship? We were almost engaged. I'm taking you with me because you think we're not close enough?"
What's the meaning?
Su Li pricked up her ears. It turned out that the person Pei Mingyue ran away from was Ji Tingyou?
Judging from their conversation, the relationship between the two seems to be pretty good...
Ji Tingyou paused and laughed: "That seems to make some sense!"
"But you should at least tell me, that's really unfriendly of you!"
"Next time for sure!" Pei Mingyue said with a smile, "By the way, come with me and I'll introduce you to a friend."
"Who is it?"
"A friend I met when I left Beijing."
"Ali, I..."
The two walked around the screen. Pei Mingyue was about to introduce Su Li to Ji Tingyou when Ji Tingyou was surprised: "Sister Su!"
"Ji Tingyou, nice to see you again." Su Li stood up and greeted with a smile.
"What? Do you two know each other?" Pei Mingyue looked at Ji Tingyou and then at Su Li with a look of surprise.
Ji Tingyou said: "I know..."
The three of them sat down, and Ji Tingyou briefly told the story of how he was kidnapped last year, fled to Taohua Village, and was rescued by Su Li.
"You were kidnapped? Who did it?" Pei Mingyue didn't want to marry Ji Tingyou. Of course, Ji Tingyou didn't want to marry her either, but this didn't prevent them from being good friends. Ji Tingyou was almost harmed by someone, so she was naturally worried.
Ji Tingyou sighed: "Who else could it be? Sigh, it's better not to say..."
Pei Mingyue knew about his family's affairs and who he was referring to. Seeing that Ji Tingyou didn't want to talk more, she didn't insist and changed the subject: "It seems that this world is too small. We have all met Ah Li."
"Yeah, if it weren't for Sister Su, I might have died..."
Pei Mingyue quickly said, "Me too. If it weren't for A Li, I might have been sold too..."
Su Li had a headache. Seeing the two of them looking at her, she wanted to express her gratitude, but she quickly interrupted them: "Don't say those sentimental words again, I can't stand it. Hurry and eat, I'm starving!"
She asked Ji Tingyou again, "Do you want to eat with us?" They hadn't even started eating yet.
Ji Tingyou paused and said, "Eat."
Su Li asked the waiter to bring another set of bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses.
The three of them drank a glass before they started eating.
Pei Mingyue and Su Li were so hungry that they didn't bother to talk and just focused on eating.
Ji Tingyou had just finished lunch and was not very hungry, but he still ate some food from time to time and then drank a glass of sweet wine.
After we had eaten and drunk our fill, the waiter came in, cleared the table, and served us tea.
"Sister Su, why did you come to the capital? Did you encounter any difficulties?"
That doesn't seem likely. We're already in the capital. Why don't you go find him if something really happens?
"My husband is a candidate for the Spring Examination this year, and I followed him to the capital."
Ji Tingyou was surprised. He hadn't expected Su Li's husband to be a scholar. To be able to participate in the Spring Examination, his grades must be quite good. "I see. What about Pei Zhao and Chu'er? Did they come to the capital with us?"
"Zhao'er became a disciple of Mr. Song from the Haohan Academy last year and is now studying there. Chu'er became a disciple of the divine doctor Huitian and is now studying medicine in Qiongzhou."
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