Liu Yunqing was in a daze for a while, then picked up the account book he brought back and looked at it. Just after reading a few pages, I heard the footsteps of someone entering the door.
"Lian'er, you go and have a rest. I have to read the account book before I can sleep. It may be very late." Liu Yunqing said without raising his head.
"I brought you some pastries, let's have some." The visitor came directly to Liu Yunqing, took away the account book from Liu Yunqing's hand, and placed a food box in front of Liu Yunqing. Liu Yunqing looked up and saw that it was Xia Jingyao who came in.
"It's so late, what are you doing here?" Liu Yunqing did not reach out to open the food box.
"Are you avoiding me these days?" Xia Jingyao stared down at Liu Yunqing.
"No, why am I hiding from you? Don't think about it. There are a lot of things happening in the store these days, so I leave early and come back late." Liu Yunqing explained quickly.
"That's good. I heard that this osmanthus cake is delicious. Try it to see if it suits your taste." Xia Jingyao opened the food box, reached out and took out a piece of osmanthus cake, and put it to Liu Yunqing's mouth.
"I'll do it myself." Liu Yunqing reached out to pick up the cake in Xia Jingyao's hand. Xia Jingyao used his other hand to hold Liu Yunqing's outstretched hand, and his eyes signaled Liu Yunqing to open his mouth. Liu Yunqing glared at Xia Jingyao, opened his mouth and took a bite. Xia Jingyao sat next to Liu Yunqing and fed Liu Yunqing one bite after another of the cakes in his hand. When Liu Yunqing finished eating, he carefully wiped her mouth.
"I've finished eating. You can go back and rest. I still want to read the account book, so I won't give it to you." Liu Yunqing reached for the account book placed next to him. Before Liu Yunqing could get the account book, he was hugged by Xia Jingyao.
"Xia Jingyao, what are you doing? Let me down." Liu Yunqing struggled.
"What do you think we can do when a man and a woman live together in the same room?" Xia Jingyao carried Liu Yunqing to the inner room and put Liu Yunqing on the bed. Before Liu Yunqing could speak again, Xia Jingyao had already kissed her lips. Liu Yunqing resisted for a while and then began to respond. A moment of spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. When Liu Yunqing woke up, the sun was already three in the sky. Liu Yunqing opened his eyes, and Xia Jingyao was no longer around. Liu Yunqing felt like he was falling apart and secretly complained about Xia Jingyao, but there was a smile on his face that couldn't be concealed.
Hearing the movement in the inner room, Lian'er walked in quickly.
"Miss, you're awake. When the Marquis left, he told Lian'er not to disturb the young lady's rest. He said that the young lady was tired last night and that she should wait until she wakes up naturally." Lian'er looked at Liu Yunqing with a smile on her face.
"Who are you? Where did you hide my lady's Lian'er? Hurry up and return my lady's Lian'er." Liu Yunqing stared at Lian'er with a serious face.
"Miss, what's wrong with you? This servant is Lian'er. Miss, don't you know Lian'er?" Hearing Liu Yunqing's words, Lian'er's smile disappeared and turned to worry, and she reached out to touch Liu Yunqing's forehead.
"You must be scared. Let's see if you still dare to see my joke." Seeing Lian'er like this, Liu Yunqing immediately laughed happily.
"Miss, you scared Lian'er to death. Lian'er ignores Miss." Lian'er knew that she had been deceived and turned around angrily.
"Ouch, my lady's Lian'er is angry." Liu Yunqing stretched out his hand to pull Lian'er to the bed and began to tickle Lian'er.
"Hahaha, miss, if you don't stop, hahaha, Lian'er will fight back, hahahaha." Lian'er said and started to fight back, and the two of them rolled around on the bed. The laughter attracted Haitang. Looking at the two people laughing and playing, Haitang couldn't help but raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
After Liu Yunqing finished his lunch, he took his account book and looked at it in the pavilion in the courtyard. Lian'er brought tea and cakes to Liu Yunqing. By the time Liu Yunqing finished reading the account book, it was already dusk. Liu Yunqing raised his head and looked at the horizon. The sunset was so beautiful.
At this moment, He Wu came to Qingyun Courtyard with his servants, each of them holding something in their hands.
"Madam, these are the young master's things, where do you think you should put them first?" He Wu asked when he saw Liu Yunqing.
"Why should the Marquis's things be placed in Qingyun Courtyard? You should take them back quickly. Qingyun Courtyard is already small, and it will be too crowded if you put his things in it." Liu Yunqing quickly refused.
"Starting today, I will move to Qingyun Courtyard and live with you." Xia Jingyao walked in from outside. Liu Yunqing looked at Xia Jingyao in surprise, then stepped forward and pulled Xia Jingyao aside.
"Xia Jingyao, what are you doing? How can you move to Qingyun Courtyard? I don't agree. Please ask them to move everything back." Liu Yunqing said in a low voice and hastily.
"I asked you to move to Jingyuan. If you don't move, I will have to move here. Lian'er, you instruct them to move things in." Xia Jingyao turned to Lian'er and said.
"Yes, Lord Marquis." Lian'er happily directed the servants to put things away.
As soon as the servant who delivered the things here left, Butler He brought some wine and food. Liu Yunqing asked Butler He to put the dishes on the table in the courtyard.
"Xia Jingyao, if you do this, you will bring hatred to this young lady." Liu Yunqing said helplessly as he sat at the table. Last night, Zhao Zi just came to drive away Liu Yunqing, and tonight Xia Jingyao moved into Qingyun Courtyard. This is a naked provocation and humiliation for anyone to see.
"You mean Xiaozi." Xia Jingyao poured wine for Liu Yunqing and himself. Xia Jingyao deliberately turned away the servants. He just wanted to be alone with Liu Yunqing.
"You also know that she came to Qingyun Court last night to ask me to leave the Hou Mansion. Today, you moved here with great fanfare. If it were me, I would be furious." Liu Yunqing felt a little sorry for Zhao Zi was so upset, what he did was so irritating.
"I have always regarded Xiaozi as my younger sister, and I have never thought of getting married to her. I also didn't expect that she would go to your Majesty to ask for a marriage. Don't pay attention to her words, the hostess of the Marquis Mansion only wants to marry her. There will be one, and that is you Liu Yunqing. For some reasons, Xiaozi will stay in the Hou Mansion until the New Year. After the New Year, everything will be solved." Xia Jingyao explained to Liu Yunqing, also to reassure Liu Yunqing.
"Xia Jingyao, will you stay in Fuchang County forever?" Liu Yunqing suddenly remembered what Zhao Zi said last night.
"No, there are still many things waiting for me to do." Xia Jingyao replied without hesitation.
"Oh." Liu Yunqing picked up the wine in front of him and drank it all. It seems that what Zhao Zi said is right. Xia Jingyao has his own ambitions, Liu Yunqing thought to himself.
"Why do you ask so suddenly? Are you reluctant to leave here? Didn't you always want to go to the Imperial Capital before?" Xia Jingyao looked at Liu Yunqing curiously.
"Yes, I have high aspirations, and one day I will make a name for myself in the imperial capital. When the time comes, I will support you." Liu Yunqing was full of pride.
"Then I am waiting for that day." Xia Jingyao was very cooperative.
"By the way, I bought you a jade pendant before. Just wait, I will get it for you." After Liu Yunqing finished speaking, he walked towards the room and came back soon with a wooden box.
"This is a pair of jade pendants, one for you and one for me. If one day we get separated, we can still recognize each other with this jade pendant. Which one do you want? I'll let you pick first." Liu Yunqing took out the two jade pendants. , put it in front of Xia Jingyao.
"Then I want this piece." Xia Jingyao picked up two jade pendants, looked at them carefully, and then chose one.
After the two of them had eaten and drank enough, Lian'er and the others also tidied up the inner room. Xia Jingyao put Liu Yunqing on the bed and had another spring night.
