Night comes quietly like thick ink.
Because December is the natural festival, when the whole country celebrates, it is inevitable to stay up all night and there is no curfew.
The Snow Willow Fireworks shipped from Huai'an began to bloom as soon as the night fell, illuminating the route to Beijing as bright as day.
There are even more pedestrians in every city. Even the temperature difference between day and night is too big, but it can't stop the enthusiasm of pedestrians on the street.
The Jiujiang Tavern in Pingkangfang was even bustling with people. Some were enjoying the lanterns at night, and some were booking private rooms to play leaf cards.
Among all the sensual dogs and horses, there was only one person who was leaning on the fence and silently looking at the passers-by downstairs.
He only wore a white round-collared robe tonight and stood facing the wind, shaped like a pine and cypress. But he was born with good looks, and the bright and dying fire shone on his jade-like face, which only made the girls who were also standing on the second floor admiring the lively market of Pingkangfang feel a little drunk for a moment. No more wine.
They secretly looked at the handsome young man and only made some discussions from time to time.
Obviously, they were all thinking about whose husband this husband belonged to. Such an appearance made people couldn't help but feel happy.
Finally, a woman in a pomegranate skirt suddenly whispered, "Isn't that Mr. Lu?"
Just this sentence made other people understand. After all, although there are many adults named Lu in the capital, this is the only one who can make the girls fall in love.
I learned that this person was Lu Zhizhang. For a moment, everyone's thoughts became more and more shaken. There was even a girl who believed that her family background and appearance were very outstanding and only took the initiative to walk up to Lu Zhizhang. The woman smiled and greeted Lu Zhizhang, "Master Lu, what a coincidence, we actually meet again. Could this be... Destiny doesn’t work out.”
However, Lu Zhizhang obviously had no impression of the woman. He looked at her lightly, and then asked softly, "Who are you?"
The woman was a little embarrassed for a moment, but she still managed to smile and said, "I am Feng Junyue, the daughter of Governor Feng. Didn't your Excellency come to my house as a guest a few days ago?"
After hearing this, Lu Zhizhang seemed to have some impressions. However, although he still looks like a gentle gentleman today, I don't know if it is an illusion or something else. Lu Zhizhang has a vague coldness that repels people thousands of miles away. " What's wrong, girl?"
Feng Junyue was a little embarrassed for a moment, but the other sisters were still watching from a distance. She herself had indeed been secretly in love with Lu Zhizhang for a long time, so she felt somewhat unwilling to do so.
She always wanted to find an opportunity to at least express her feelings to Lu Zhizhang.
Therefore, even though he knew that Lu Zhizhang was absent-minded today, Feng Junyue still used the courage of being half drunk to confess to Lu Zhizhang, "Master Lu, please accept my sachet."
After she finished speaking, she just handed the vanilla bag in front of Lu Zhizhang.
Lu Zhizhang didn't want to but refused without thinking, "I can't accept this thing. You'd better give it to someone who is more in line with your wishes."
"But apart from you, there is no one else in my heart." Feng Junyue, who was sending the sachet, was also willing to risk it all. She only whispered.
Lu Zhizhang stopped looking at her. He said bluntly, "But Lu has no intention of the girl. Besides, Lu has already made an appointment with his sweetheart today, so it's hard for him to accept the girl's wishes."
Lu Zhizhang had made his words so clear. Feng Junyue was just stunned. Naturally, she could no longer insist on giving away her sachet. She could only say "I know" in a daze.
And Lu Zhizhang seemed to be really waiting for someone. After explaining his words to Feng Junyue, his eyes fell under the restaurant again.
There are many people coming to the restaurant today. After all, this Jiujiang Restaurant is the highest restaurant in this area. From here, people can almost have a panoramic view of the entire Shangjing.
So even though today's excitement has been going on for a while.
There are still cars and horses coming and going from time to time downstairs. There were naturally a lot of female relatives coming and going, but most of them only covered their faces with curtains and hats, so it was hard for the people standing upstairs to tell who was coming.
But Lu Zhizhang obviously didn't care about this.
After waiting for who knows how long, Lu Zhizhang was waiting, and a girl in white wearing a curtain suddenly patted Lu Zhizhang's shoulder gently.
"Renqing." The woman called Lu Zhizhang's nickname softly.
I know his nickname,
And not many people called him like this, so Lu Zhizhang naturally turned around immediately after hearing this.
The woman had obviously just come up from downstairs. She was wearing white clothes and was still wearing the beaded necklace he had given her when he was exchanging letters with her.
And the maid who accompanied her was obviously the maid who had often sent letters to the two of them during this period.
He naturally recognized these, so although he felt that Jiang Nianjiao seemed to be a little fatter today than before, he didn't think too much about it, and the originally uninterested expression on his face turned into surprise.
The movement here naturally attracted other girls who were already curious to look this way. For a moment, everyone seemed to want to see clearly who was coming from the white gauze of the curtain.
What kind of woman can capture Lu Zhizhang's heart?
It's a pity that the woman refused to lift the curtain.
"I thought you wouldn't come today." Lu Zhizhang said with joy on his face.
The woman chuckled softly and said, "You invited me over, why wouldn't I come? Besides, the night sky today is indeed beautiful."
Lu Zhizhang didn't notice anything unusual. After all, he had a plan in his mind. He smiled earnestly and said, "Although the night sky is beautiful, it's windy here. Let's go sit in the private room. I booked the Fengziya on the third floor." The night view of Qujiang from the window there is also unique."
The woman nodded, but still had no intention of lifting the curtain on her head. And she clearly looked worried at the moment.
However, Lu Zhizhang didn't care, so he didn't take off the woman's hat. He didn't say much.
Then the two of them went to the inner room with different thoughts.
But when Lu Zhizhang was about to invite her to the private room on the third floor, she suddenly said, "Actually, I also booked a private room."
Hearing this, Lu Zhizhang just said, "You'd better go to my place. After all, I'm the one who invited you here today. I can't let you spend money."
The woman frowned secretly when she heard this, and her tone was "But besides myself, I actually invited other people over..."
Lu Zhizhang didn't expect that the other party actually invited other people over, but Lu Zhizhang still smiled and said, "Then let them come together."
The woman's original intention seemed to be just to tell him this. After hearing what Lu Zhizhang said, she naturally just said hello, and then she turned to the maid beside her and said, "Ah Lu, go to the private room and take a look, and then I will help you." I'll go and vacate the private room. Then come find me in the private room No. Feng on the third floor."
The maid named A Lu naturally understood her young lady's hint.
She only responded lightly, and then she did not go to the first floor for a refund. Instead, she turned around and went to the private room on the second floor.
But no one cares about these details.
After the two of them entered the door of the private room with a font number on the third floor, when Lu Zhizhang was about to push the door open, he seemed to be afraid that the other party would run away after seeing what was going on in the room, so he only took one step before pushing the door. Grabbed the other person's hand.
However, the woman had no intention of struggling.
Lu Zhizhang then pushed the door open with his hand.
And as the door opened, he saw that this private room was filled with guests. He originally thought that the woman whose wrist he held would flee from here immediately, or blame himself for why he brought himself in front of so many people.
Unexpectedly, she didn't seem to resist the matter. Lu Zhizhang didn't know what medicine she was selling in the gourd.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were on them. .
Lu Zhizhang only said softly to the woman before entering the door, "Jiaojiao, I think it's time to explain our relationship to outsiders. I like you very much, and I also want my family and friends to see you. I don't think you can You’ll mind.”
He said this partly to test Jiang Nianjiao's feelings, and partly to take revenge on Jiang Nianjiao for denying that she had nothing to do with him in front of the Holy Emperor.
Since she didn't want people to know about their relationship, he wanted to make their relationship known to everyone and make their affairs no longer a secret relationship. It's about honest communication.
He wanted to see if she could still say that she wanted to keep the third prince's integrity by then.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhizhang even felt a sense of revenge.
It's just that he didn't wait for Jiang Nianjiao's reaction. Instead, he waited for a call from behind him, "Master Lu?"
Lu Zhizhang couldn't help but turn around when he heard this, and then he discovered that a middle-aged couple and a young gentleman were standing behind him, and they were also accompanied by the maid named Alu.
Naturally, he is no stranger to these three people.
After all, he also participated in the chrysanthemum banquet a few months ago, and the chrysanthemum banquet was hosted by Qi Guogong's family.
"Mr. Lu, you said so too. We have already booked a private room. Why are you spending so much money to invite us over?" Mrs. Qi Liu Wanjun smiled so hard that she couldn't see her teeth.
After all, although she has been arranging the marriage between her daughter and Aunt Du's son these days, it is actually a last resort.
After all, if it were the former Duke of Qi, they wouldn't be able to set their sights on an ordinary person like Du Zechi.
She had no better choice to go to Aunt Du at that time.
Now that Peipei can deal with Lu Zhizhang, she will naturally not care about Du Zechi anymore. Anyway, if they can get into the Lu family, their future life will not be any worse.
Lu Zhizhang was a little surprised when he heard this. The people he invited today were all relatives and friends. When did he invite them over again?
However, although he had doubts, he still invited the three people into the private room.
After the guests all sat down quietly, he just took Jiang Nianjiao's hand and said loudly, "Uncles have been worried about Zhizhang's marriage before. Zhizhang is also very grateful in his heart. However, Zhizhang already has someone else in his heart. Apart from her, Zhizhang can no longer tolerate it in his heart." It’s someone else, so today I want to ask all my uncles and friends to be witnesses.”
