Fu Jinan only lowered his head to sip the tea and said nothing. The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.
"Haha, haha." Lu Jiuchen couldn't help but laugh dryly: "It's not like you two. If word spread, you would think that the emperor abused the Marquis and Master Shen."
He raised his arm and touched the person next to him who had his head down and was shaking the tea cup gently, and said: "You can go back and talk to the emperor's uncle. Mr. Shen needless to say, the prince pays him filial piety every year." There is so much tea. The Marquis is a hero of our Jin Dynasty, why don’t we even have such ordinary Pu’er tea in our house?”
Luo Ran said hurriedly: "The young prince misunderstood. We drink more green tea in the south of the Yangtze River, so at first I thought it was good to drink Pu'er."
"Oh~" Lu Jiuchen deliberately lengthened his voice and was about to say something else. Suddenly he saw Fu Jin'an turning his head, staring at Luo Ran for a few breaths, and said, "You can't drink tea, especially Pu'er. It's not good for your health."
"Pfft! Cough cough cough!"
Shen Xiqing almost spat out her tea and choked herself to the point of coughing.
And a certain culprit didn't know it, and was still telling the maid outside: "Go and ask if you have hot milk in the kitchen, and bring a bowl to Miss Luo. It's cold, and drinking milk is good for your health."
The last words were said to Luo Ran.
Luo Ran frowned and stared at him angrily.
Fu Jinan seemed helpless and said dotingly: "Be good and be obedient."
Boom!
Shen Xiqing finally couldn't help it, waved away Yue Boyao's hand that patted her back, and said: "Little prince, brother Yue, I'm sorry, my mother and my grandmother are still waiting for us, excuse me!"
Then he said to Fu Jinan: "Master Fu, please give way, you are blocking my cousin's way!"
Fu Jinan's face turned cold. Yue Boyao was a little worried and called softly: "Xiqing..."
Shen Xiqing ignored him and continued to stare at Fu Jinan.
Fu Jinan chuckled, turned around and asked meaningfully: "Am I blocking your way?"
Luo Ran stood up, his black crow eyelashes drooped slightly to hide the look in his eyes, he relaxed slightly and said softly: "Thank you, Master Fu, for your noble hand."
Fu Jinan didn't speak, just stared at her.
The little girl has very good skin. Just the forehead that touches him is so white and tender that it makes people want to take a bite when they look at it.
He didn't speak, and Luo Ran didn't get up either, still maintaining his saluting posture.
Yue Boyao wanted to speak, but Lu Jiuchen stopped him with his eyes.
After a stalemate for a few breaths, Fu Jinan suddenly retracted his long legs, leaving only a foot's width between him and the pavilion pillars, and said: "Miss Luo, please."
Luo Ran glanced at the distance and said, "Thank you, Mr. Fu."
So he turned slightly sideways and tried his best to close the hem of her skirt. However, I don't know whether the man did it intentionally or unintentionally. When she was about to leave, he suddenly turned around and accidentally rubbed her thigh with his knee.
Although she was separated by a thick dress, she still couldn't help but tremble. Fortunately, Shen Xiqing was in front of her to support her, and the two of them left.
Yue Boyao looked at the backs of the two little girls running away, and he couldn't bear it, and said: "Brother Fu, Sister Ran has been timid since she was a child. If she does anything wrong, please forgive me."
Fu Jinan glanced at him and smiled: "I almost forgot that Hengzhi also stayed in Jiangnan for four or five years."
Hengzhi is the name of Yue Boyao. He nodded and replied with a smile: "Yes, in Jiangnan, thanks to the care of the champion, otherwise I would not have returned to Beijing so smoothly."
Fu Jinan nodded and suddenly said: "Hengzhi is not young this year, right? Can Marquis Yongding arrange an engagement for you?"
Yue Boyao was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "I just came back, how could it be so fast?"
Fu Jinan's lips curled up slightly and he said, "If Hengzhi is serious about it, let the Marquis go to the Shen family to propose marriage as soon as possible. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be too late for you to regret it."
When Yue Boyao heard this, he became a little nervous. Over the years, he had always liked that lively and cute little girl and wanted to marry her back as soon as possible. But he was in Jiangnan and couldn't bear her leaving home at such a young age, so she waited until now.
Just as he was about to ask why, Lu Jiuchen said slowly from the side: "I heard that the emperor is going to have a draft this fall. After all, the prince is quite old. Mr. Shen is half of the prince's teacher. Boyao, you have to hurry up!"
Yue Boyao hurriedly stood up and bowed: "Hengzhi, thank you both for informing me."
After leaving the pavilion, Fu Jinan's tongue gently swept the corner of his mouth and said: "Changying, go check and see where Shen Yuzhi is going to take her!"
Don't think that he didn't understand the meaning of Shen Xiqing's half-sentence. If you want to take someone away under your nose, it depends on whether he is happy or not.
Lu Jiuchen clicked his tongue and shook his head: "Ouch, is someone worried?"
Fu Jinan raised his lips: "It's not me who should be anxious."
After leaving the pavilion, Luo Ran did not feel relaxed at all. On the contrary, he felt even more uneasy.
Judging from Fu Jinan's behavior these two times, he didn't seem to care at all about their relationship being discovered, and he had a vague intention of letting others know.
Just like that day at the foot of Fahua Temple, he deliberately showed his intimacy to let his cousin know. It was again today, Bu Shen Xiqing had been staring at her since she came out, as if he wanted to stare her out of a hole.
"By the way, the little maid just said that Princess Anzhen and Miss Fu were fighting. What happened?"
Luo Ran avoided his cousin's gaze uncomfortably and tried to change the topic.
But Shen Xiqing was not fooled at all, and leaned against the tree with her arms folded: "Ranran, you can't fool me today. If you don't explain the matter between you and that Master Fu clearly, I will tell grandma!"
Luo Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he held her arm and shook it, and said pitifully: "Cousin, I have just returned to Beijing for a few months, how can I have anything to do with him? I haven't even said a few words to him!"
Shen Xiqing looked at her suspiciously: "Then why did he act so, so..."
She wanted to get close to her, but she was afraid of ruining her cousin's reputation, so she didn't say anything.
Luo Ran also acted as if he didn't understand. He frowned and thought for a moment, then suddenly grabbed her arm and said, "Cousin! Do you think he is taking revenge on me?"
Shen Xiqing stood up straight and asked, "Why?"
Luo Ran blinked and said, "Think about it, I broke off the engagement with the Fu family. Although they didn't say anything, they must have felt that they had lost face in private. Otherwise, at Luo Ruxue's hairpin ceremony last time, Why did Fu Mingzhu still try to pour hot tea on me?
The same goes for Fu Jinan. He is the eldest son of the Fu family. Even if the outside world says that he has a bad relationship with Duke Jingguo and his son, no matter how bad it is, it is still a matter behind closed doors. Outside, he must still have to save face, especially people like them. ! "
Speaking of what happened at the hairpin ceremony last time, Shen Xiqing felt regretful: "It's all my father's fault! If he hadn't punished me not to go out, would that Fu Mingzhu dare to bully you like that? Well, you are right! We are not a family. If you don’t enter a house, their whole family will be shameless!”
The more she talked, the angrier she became, and finally she pulled Luo Ran away angrily.
Luo Ran was almost knocked off her feet and asked hurriedly: "Cousin, where are you taking me?"
