comprehensive:"……"
How should he answer this? To be honest...
He weighed the pros and cons and was so entangled that he was sweating.
If you say something unscrupulous about the princess, your lie will definitely be exposed on the day of the banquet.
"Are you thinking of how to fool me?" Shen Lansui pointedly cut through his confusion.
Zhou Quan said with a smile: "How could it be possible, Princess... She has a beautiful face and elegant demeanor. She has a different kind of beauty from Madam. It's hard to tell her apart."
Shen Lansui laughed and said, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, and it's hard for you."
Zhou Quan is bitter, haha, but no, I have used all I have learned in my life. I wish I had read more books back then.
Fortunately, Shen Lansui didn't worry about her appearance. She thought for a moment, tapped her fingertips on the side of her face, and asked curiously: "The princess is so beautiful, and she likes your young master so much, why isn't he attracted to her?"
In fact, she wanted to ask Lu Xingyue why he married a girl from the Mu family, but she felt that she had been tight-lipped about this topic after trying it before. She was afraid of exposing others, so she changed her story temporarily.
Zhou Quan said in embarrassment: "This subordinate really doesn't understand. He doesn't take the initiative to say who the master likes, and it's not easy for the subordinates to ask. At that time, the princess even defended the master in public and angrily rebuked those who gossiped. The subordinates listened. After saying this, everyone was quite moved, but the master was so stubborn that he didn't give the princess any response."
Shen Lansui was surprised, "Is this happening?"
She nodded, "It seems that Princess Rong Zhao is also a sweetheart. I must get to know her well if I have the chance."
What she said was sincere and she was genuinely interested in Princess Rong Zhao, but it didn't sound that way to Zhou Quan's ears.
He hesitated to speak and looked at Shen Lansui.
Shen Lansui felt itchy at the place where the wound had been, and couldn't help but press his heart and frowned.
comprehensive:"!!!"
As expected, the madam is still unhappy!
"Ahem... Madam, don't take it too seriously. That's all in the past. It's been a long time. Master has never liked the princess, let alone now that he has Madam."
Zhou Quan patted his chest and promised.
Shen Lansui blinked in confusion, "Huh? I didn't take it to heart."
Zhou Quan looked at her meaningfully, with an expression that said he had seen through something but would not tell her.
Shen Lansui: "..."
No, there is something wrong. Why do you feel that your brain circuits are not on the same channel?
"I really didn't take it to heart, don't think too much about it." Shen Lansui repeated it again.
Zhou Quan nodded: "I understand, I understand."
Shen Lansui: "..."
What exactly did you understand?
She picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the slightly cold tea, and asked hesitantly: "Do you really understand?"
Zhou Quan smiled, "That's absolutely true."
Shen Lansui suppressed the weird feeling in his heart, waved his hand and said, "Then go and do your work, I have nothing to do."
"Yes, I'm resigning." Zhou Quan bowed his hands and stepped back. When he saw the sun outside the door, he sighed and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He turned his head and glanced at the door behind him, sighing in a low voice: "Human, love is sad."
After pondering for a moment, he turned back to the study. The master must know about this!
…
It was night, Shen Lansui was sitting cross-legged on the couch, drawing with a pen by the light of an oil lamp.
The small carved window was half open, and the cool night breeze made the paper pages rustle. Shen Lansui was so absorbed in painting that he didn't notice that the wind suddenly got stronger, and several pieces of paper flew past like snowflakes.
"Why--"
Shen Lansui reached out to grab it, but unexpectedly caught a big warm hand.
She was stunned for a moment, and the owner of the hand was also stunned. Their eyes met. Lu Xingyue retracted his hand first, leaned over and picked up the paper that fell on the ground.
Shen Lansui retracted her hand, put down the paper and pressed it down with a paperweight. When she turned her head, she saw Lu Xingyue approaching suddenly. She subconsciously leaned back, and Lu Xingyue's big hand pressed on the back of her head.
"do not move."
"What's wrong?"
Shen Lansui stopped obediently.
The two of them stood and sat together. This posture looked like Lu Xingyue was holding the person in his arms.
Shen Lansui could clearly smell the faint fragrance of his body after bathing, and the hot air brushed her face through the white tunic.
She subconsciously held her breath and raised her eyes to look at him.
Lu Xingyue's expression remained normal, and he raised his hand to brush her long hair from behind to her ears, "If you move further, your hair will fall into the lamp."
Hearing this, Shen Lansui quickly grabbed his hair and took a look.
Lu Xingyue let go of her, "It's not overheated yet."
"Thank you." Shen Lansui breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took a ribbon from the side to tie up his hair.
During the end of the world, for the convenience of fighting, she basically never had long hair. She would cut it off if it exceeded the ears. When she saw that she had long black and shiny hair, she was quite happy.
This feeling was very novel, and she cherished it. If she was really burned, she would be so distressed that she couldn't sleep.
Lu Xingyue's eyes paused on the ribbon for a moment following her movements.
When Shen Lansui looked over, he lowered his head and glanced at the paper in his hand. There was a hollow butterfly drawn on it, with tiny gems embedded on both ends of the butterfly wings. Although it was ink-colored, it was not difficult to imagine what it would be like How exquisite it would be when made into a real object, he had never seen this painting method before.
He raised his eyebrows lightly and sat down opposite Shen Lansui, "Why are you painting this?"
"Isn't there a jewelry shop in my trousseau? The business is not very good. I went to check it out that day and found that the jewelry styles sold there are too old and not suitable for the preferences of the noble ladies of Yangdu today. I don't understand jewelry crafts, but I can draw, so I wanted to try drawing myself and let the craftsmen do it.”
As she said that, she handed the pile on the side to Lu Xingyue and said with a smile: "Take a look, does it look good? Give me some suggestions."
Lu Xingyue didn't refuse, he took them one by one with his hands and started reading them.
His expression was focused, and the side of his face was shrouded in warm light, making him look a little more gentle.
Shen Lansui looked at him with his chin in his hands, and the questions he had during the day suddenly appeared in his mind.
It feels reasonable for the princess to like Lu Xingyue. Heroes are always easy to make people's hearts flutter, but who does the hero like?
"Is there something on my face?" Lu Xingyue asked without looking up.
"Well, it's kind of pretty." Shen Lansui said casually.
Lu Xingyue paused and raised his eyes to look over.
Those green eyes sparkled under the light, so beautiful that you couldn't help but take your breath away.
Shen Lansui was still amazed when he looked at it again, and murmured: "Especially these eyes."
Lu Xingyue's eyes moved slightly and he suddenly lowered his head, "Don't talk nonsense."
The words were spoken softly and had no deterrent effect at all.
Shen Lansui couldn't help laughing, "Oh."
Both of them were silent, only the lanterns were exploding mischievously.
"The paintings you drew are very beautiful, but they may not be completely replicable in real life. If they are too novel, it will be difficult for people to try them. Someone needs to start this." Lu Xingyue put the papers one by one on the table.
Shen Lansui sat up straight, "You mean, one person needs to step forward and try it first, so that others can see the effect and feel better, then they will consider buying it?"
