White Moonlight of Powerful Officials at large

Chapter 48

Speaking of Zhao Xizhi, the eldest daughter of Zhao Shangshu's mansion.

On the night of the banquet, she asked the maid who accompanied her to fetch water lamps. She intended to cross the bridge to release the lamps, but unexpectedly there were a lot of people on the bridge.

Fortunately, there was no danger, and he was rescued by the second son of the Shen family.

The empress specially invited unmarried men and women to a banquet, and everyone knew what the intention was, and such a charming accident happened, Zhao Xizhi looked at Shen Jin several times immediately.

He was quite a gentleman, and when he rescued her ashore, he immediately put on the cloak that his servants had on her, so as not to let others look at her disheveled appearance with all her clothes wet.

She also looks quite upright, with the elegance of a literati and the cold air of a soldier, much more touching than when she looked at the portraits before.

Moreover, he is only at this age, and he has already made great achievements in battle. His father is the Minister of Rites, and she can be regarded as a good match with her...

Zhao Xizhi immediately thought about it.

It's just that Shen Jin looked at her, wondering if it was too cold, his face turned a little pale, silently cupped his hands and left.

She thought he was a little shy, or worried that she would be discussed and her reputation would be damaged, so she left in a hurry.Unexpectedly, on the way back, her personal servant girl told her that the first person who jumped into the water to save her was not Shen Jin at all, but the eldest son Pei You who was recognized by the Duke's mansion not long ago and became famous in the capital this spring. .

And Shen Jin didn't jump into the water to save her, but Wen Ning, who had been infatuated with Pei You for a long time and had a marriage contract with Shen Jin, also jumped down, and Shen Jin followed closely behind.

"That girl from the Wen family doesn't know how attractive she is. She has been divorced from that little general of the Shen family for so long, yet he still misses her so much that he threw himself to save her and jumped down after her." Her maid Xiaotao said.

Oh, what charm can it have?It's a foxy kung fu.People in the army have always had a bold and unrestrained style, and the daughter of the Wen family is such a shameless woman, maybe the two of them have lost their innocence long ago.

Zhao Xizhi twisted the handkerchief and thought about it.

After thinking about it again, the first person to jump into the water was Pei You who looked like the bright moon that day?If it wasn't for Wen's daughter and that Shen Jin messing up the situation, wouldn't it be...

On the second day, Shen Jin's parents came to the door, and Zhao Xizhi hurried to express his attitude before his father saw the guests: "Father, my daughter really has no intentions of Shen Jin, if they try words, don't respond."

Then Shen Jin is a man who marches and fights outside. If you marry him, won't you be a widow?What's more, how can he compare to the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion?Before that, there were rumors that His Majesty also valued Pei You, and she would never have dared to conceive of assigning him to Princess Zhaohe.

But the banquet has been going on for so long, and His Majesty has not conferred a marriage, has he?And Pei You was the first one to dive into the water to save her, maybe... maybe he was interested in him?

After rejecting the Shen family, the more Zhao Xizhi thought about it, the more she felt that it should be so.

She only met Pei You twice in total.Once, when he won the first prize, he rode a horse through the streets, and the people around him talked a lot. This is not just the top scholar, so Tan Hualang should also be pointed at him.Sitting in the tea house, she saw him sitting on the horse with light eyebrows and eyes, neither surprised nor happy, and let the people on the street throw flowers on him, thinking what a pity, such a handsome and handsome man, he was born in a poor family.

The second time was at the banquet.She saw that he had only one servant with him, and his clothes were not very luxurious, and even the hair crown that tied his hair was not made of gold, but the noble air was flowing all over his body, as if it would be sacrilegious to look at him more.

What a pity, it is His Majesty's favorite candidate for the most beloved princess.

But in fact, he clearly... is interested in her!

The more Zhao Xizhi thinks like this, the more he feels restless.She has missed it twice, is she going to miss the third time?

And after this experience, I went to see the portraits of men my mother sent her before the banquet, none of them could compare to Pei You!
She is the most beloved eldest daughter of the Minister of the Household Department, and she should be matched with such an amazingly talented and noble son as Pei You!

She said a few words on the sidelines in front of her father, Zhao Zhai just shook his head: "Your Majesty attaches great importance to the son, who can't see it? Even the eldest princess can't decide his marriage."

But even if it's not Princess Showa, there are still several little princesses in the palace. If you really wait for His Majesty to give you a marriage, when will you get her?
Zhao Xizhi wandered around at home for a while, and bravely asked Xiaotao to send greetings to the Duke's mansion.So what if the eldest princess can't be the master, as long as... as long as the prince is interested in her, what can His Majesty do to him?
I don't want this invitation, but the prince actually accepted it!
Zhao Xizhi felt that the whole person was stepping on the clouds, and there was a secret joy in her heart that was about to burst out. She wished to tell everyone that the noble son who was as tall as a snow lotus on the top of the mountain was really interested in her!
On the appointed day, which is today, Zhao Xizhi started to dress up early in the morning. She changed her makeup several times, and changed her clothes again and again. Reincarnation, making sure that not a single strand of hair went wrong, went out with satisfaction.

Pei You had arrived early, there was an attendant at the door, and when she saw her coming, she quietly opened the door for her.When Zhao Xizhi thought that the eldest son was waiting for her, her heart pounded. When one foot stepped over the threshold, the soles of her feet felt a little weak. Fortunately, Xiaotao kept supporting her.

"My concubine has met the son of the world." Just after entering the door, Zhao Xizhi saluted gracefully.

After all, whether she was going out privately or had a private meeting with the man, Zhao Xizhi put on the veiled hat, and leaned over again, unable to see clearly what was in front of her, only heard a clear male voice: "Miss Zhao, please sit down."

Zhao Xizhi's heart beat faster.

She took off the veiled hat, and her eyes suddenly became much brighter. When she looked up, she saw a man wearing a sky-blue brocade robe and a silver crown, but he was also very elegant, with a pair of meaningful eyebrows and eyes, and a straight bridge of nose. There is a tiny red mole on it, revealing a little style.

This was the first time that Zhao Xizhi saw Pei You clearly at such a close distance, and her heart stopped beating for a moment, she hurriedly lowered her head and stopped looking.

She sat down in a panic, and was looking for a few topics that she had prepared before in her somewhat blank mind, when the person opposite asked: "Miss Zhao, what do you think of today's clothes?"

Zhao Xizhi was startled, clothes?

Looking up hastily, her face blushed: "Naturally...Naturally, it suits my son very well."

"What do Miss Zhao think of this color?" Pei You asked again, with a flat tone, but there was no ambiguity.

But Zhao Xizhi still didn't dare to raise her eyes, so Nuonuo replied: "It's pretty..." His face became even redder.

Pei You looked at the opposite woman with blushing cheeks, lowered her head and narrowed her eyes. She didn't want to entangle her too much, and said directly: "I heard that Miss Zhao often goes to Lin's Cloth Shop to buy fabrics?"

Zhao Xizhi blinked, a little dazed by the sudden question, and subconsciously answered, she did often go to Lin's cloth workshop.

"I have always liked sky-blue color. I saw a piece of sky-blue cloth at Lin's Cloth Shop a while ago. Although there was only a small sample of it, I was already happy. The shopkeeper said that Miss Zhao bought the only piece of cloth. Is there such a thing?"

These words are not only not ambiguous, but even kind of... Zhao Xizhi thinks, it's like an interrogation in court?
She raised her eyes, the son of the world was obviously a civil servant, but there was coercion in his eyes, she hurriedly lowered her eyes, her heart beat faster again, but it was completely different from the heartbeat when she just entered the door.

Pei You glanced at Wang Qinsheng beside him, and Wang Qinsheng unfolded the prepared scroll on the table.

"Miss Zhao, let's take a look, is this cloth still in the house?"

Zhao Xizhi looked up again, and saw that on the scroll on the table, a piece of cloth was painted so realistically, the color and dark lines made people want to reach out and touch it to see if it was paper or cloth.

"This fabric..." Zhao Xizhi really thought it looked familiar, but couldn't remember it for a while.

"It's still early, Ms. Zhao is not in a hurry, but think about it slowly." Pei You pushed the window open a little, didn't look at her, just leaned on the back of the chair calmly, looked at the stage downstairs calmly, It seems to be listening to a play.

Zhao Xizhi became even more flustered.She... she bought fabrics from Lin's cloth workshop, there were seventy or eighty if not hundreds of pieces, and every time she bought one type, she bought it all at once, and the shopkeeper was not allowed to buy any more, lest someone would clash with her.

This... Is the elder son mocking her arrogance?
"Girl, this seems to be March, you like that piece of material." Xiao Tao reminded her in a low voice.

Having said that, Zhao Xizhi immediately remembered.

In fact, she prefers bright colors. She has always disliked this kind of sky blue fabric, but at that time, she saw that the fabric was very shiny, and it was the most expensive piece in the audience, costing 20 taels of silver.

Extremely expensive, naturally excellent.

It's so good that it can stand up to her.

She bought it.

But not long after I bought it back, I still didn't like it, so...

"My son really likes this piece of cloth?" Zhao Xizhi twisted the handkerchief and said, "I did buy one, but..."

She couldn't say that she likes the new and dislikes the old, so she said: "But there is a nanny in my concubine's room. I saw that she likes it, so I gave it to her. If the son likes it, after I go back..."

"No need." Pei You withdrew his gaze from the stage, "A gentleman doesn't take what others like."

Zhao Xizhi breathed a sigh of relief, it happened more than half a year ago, and Mother Li probably made that piece of cloth into clothes long ago.

Just about to say something more, Pei You said: "It's getting late, the sky is dark and the road is dark, Miss Zhao should go home as soon as possible."

Zhao Xizhi: "?"

You said it was still early just now, but now you say it's not too early?

"The concubine has brought her followers today, and the concubine has also greeted the family, the concubine..."

Zhao Xizhi originally wanted to say "my concubine will accompany the son to finish the play", but seeing Pei You's eyes on the stage gradually became darker and then colder.

She turned her eyes to look at the stage, where Xiaosheng was rapping in a drawn-out tune: "Young girl again, Xiaosheng adores girls, and is willing to go up the mountain of knives and into the sea of ​​fire for you, not to mention that the lake water in winter is like a boiling oil pan, and Xiaosheng also loves you." It’s not wrong to dance as usual!”

Hua Dan was moved to tears, and hugged Xiaosheng: "Wen Lang!"

when--

Pei You suddenly put down the teacup in his hand, and knocked it on the tea table with a loud sound.

Zhao Xizhi's shoulders shook in fright.

"Concubine... Concubine is going home first." Her voice was trembling.

It's not how heavily Pei You put the teacup, but his expression at this time... There is still warmth on the face, but there is a chill in his eyes, like a hidden sword, how can Zhao Xizhi, who has been in her boudoir for a long time, pass by this time? world.

Xiao Tao was also terrified by the fright, and hurriedly helped her girl away.

As soon as the two of them left, the wing room seemed much cleaner, but the opera under the stage was still babbling and singing.Wang Qinsheng was just looking at the delicate and timid girl from the Zhao family, and didn't pay attention to what was happening on the stage. He was also wondering why his young master suddenly became unhappy, so he only heard Pei You say, "Go and ask, where is the stage?" The theater troupe who came, who wrote the script, and who allowed them to be on stage."

Wang Qinsheng scratched his head and hurried away.

Pei You was the only one left in the room, and continued to watch the audience expressionlessly. Mr. Wen and Miss Youyou fell in love with each other and tied the knot. There was lively applause and teasing laughter from the audience, and some people even made fun of it: " Come, come, come and guess, can Miss Wen get what she wants like in the play?"

Pei You's gaze became thinner, she gritted her teeth and let out a sneer, then said in a low voice towards the door, "Gu Fei."

Gu Fei came in immediately, bowed and waited for orders.

"Go and bring Wen Ning from Mrs. Wen's house." There was a sullen feeling in his voice that he didn't realize.

Gu Fei was taken aback, Wen Ning from Honglu Temple's Minister Wen Daren's family?A girl's house, go pick it up now?Cough... no, please.

He glanced at the sky outside.

Pei You put down the teacup, raised his eyes, his eyes were colorless, and glanced at the window across the wall: "The next room."

(End of this chapter)