As soon as Mr. Liu's tea was brought to his mouth, he rushed out in a hurry, looking at the Hongzhang envoy galloping towards the palace gate with an expression of surprise.
Previously, the sound of horse hooves came closer, passed by in a flash, and then faded away. He thought it was some dandy kid from some family who drank too much, ignored the dragon's laws, and galloped around the city!
Just as he was about to mutter about how long it would take for the patrolling military guards to take this guy into custody at the Wuwei Yamen, he heard a few words from the envoy Hong Ling.
"Great victory in the North!"
"Great victory in the North!"
"Great victory in the North!"
After muttering a few words about the great victory in the North, the smile on Liu Mingzhi's face grew stronger.
Looking at the blue but slightly gloomy sky above his head, Liu Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief, all of a sudden eliminating two of his worries. This year is really an excellent year!
He raised his tea cup and drank the warm tea in one gulp. Young Master Liu hunched over and walked towards the hut of Gua Tan.
Hong Ling Envoy, who has been rushing for eight hundred miles, just entered Beijing today, which means that it will take some time for Zhou Baoyu, Ye Baotong and other generals to escort the Western Turks and Tsarist Russian generals back to Beijing.
He had just come out of the palace and had already heard the news of the great victory in the North. There was no need to enter the palace again now.
Later, Song Qing would send someone to invite him to the palace, and he could simply refuse by saying that he knew the news.
While Liu Mingzhi was deep in thought, a beautiful figure came in carrying a tray. It was Ren Qingrui who had returned again.
Looking at Mr. Liu who was sleeping on the recliner, Ren Qingrui placed the tray on the low table without hesitation.
"Na! Food!"
Young Master Liu quietly opened one eye and glanced at Ren Qingrui: "What have you prepared for today?"
"I can't read it myself!"
"Hey! You stinky girl, you have become more capable, haven't you? I provide you with food, drink, and shelter, and yet you slapped me on the nose.
Don’t forget that you are my young master’s little pedagogue now. Can any pedant talk to his young master like this? "
Ren Qingrui snorted, picked up a piece of roasted sweet potato, tasted it slowly, and said vaguely: "Eat it if you like it! At worst, you can just drive me away."
If you don't let me live in your house, I still don't want to live there!
At worst, I'll go and join my sister Yun and live in my sister's house! "
"Sister Yun? You have a sister in the capital? Why have I never heard you mention it?"
"Hmm! Can't the rhymes be the same?"
"Grass!"
Young Master Liu uttered a famous saying, sat up straight, picked up the bowl and chopsticks facing him and took a look at the food on the tray.
Braised beef, duck neck in sauce, cold tofu, radish soup, and the fragrant roasted sweet potato on the side plus a pot of fragrant, already heated bamboo leaf greens.
"It's a luxury. It's a luxury for two people to eat."
Young Master Liu said it was extravagant, but his hands were not slow, he picked up the bowl and chopsticks and began to eat happily.
Ren Qingrui had just eaten half of the roasted sweet potato in her hand, and Young Master Liu had already eaten half of the food and wine on the tray.
"You...did you just see it?"
Young Master Liu made a move, raised his brows and glanced at Ren Qingrui, who had shy brows and evasive eyes, and vaguely understood what she meant by her question.
Naturally, Mr. Liu would not tease this little girl who was still a young girl without any bottom line. He could only pretend to be stupid and look at Ren Qingrui blankly.
"Ah? What did you see? What did you see? Are you talking about today's meal?
Well prepared and very much to my taste! "
"No...no, my sister told me...about the book!"
"What's wrong with the books? It's good to read more! I'm not busy here. Isn't it normal for you to read poems and books to pass the time when you are bored?"
Glancing at Young Master Liu's blank expression, Ren Qingrui's heart suddenly relaxed, she silently held the sweet potato in her hand and chewed it slowly, without answering any more.
Liu Dashu saw the situation and stopped talking. While eating the food and wine, he glanced at Ren Qingrui from time to time.
Secretly, this girl is becoming more and more beautiful. Even if she wears ordinary clothes and is dressed as a book girl, she still gives people a beautiful and appetizing feeling.
Compared with the childish and youthful look he had when he was at the Yingzhou Palace in Northern Xinjiang, the current Ren Qingrui is simply different!
Every smile, every move has a heart-pounding feeling.
such a pity!
Still a little too dry.
Although she is as beautiful as the Queen, she is still an untouched little girl after all, so she does not have the same whims and whims as when she stays with Yun'er, Sister Ya, Wanyan... they are charming women. idea.
It always feels a bit unsmooth.
If I had been surrounded by such a beautiful young woman who was the most beautiful woman in the early years when I first came to Dalong, I guess their children would have run away by now.
Now! As I get older and my mind becomes more and more mature, it is unrealistic to say that I have no interest in films about young girls like Ren Qingrui.
But I don’t have any strong thoughts.
He still likes Sister Ya, Shan'er, Chen Jie, He Shu... there are more plump and charming women like them.
There aren't many reasons, just one word.
Run!
Don't ask how moist it is, ask how moist it is.
Although Young Master Liu only peeked a few times from time to time, with the two of them surrounding a small low table and such a distance, Young Master Liu peeked so many times that it would be difficult for Ren Qingrui not to notice.
The delicate face raised her reddish eyes and glanced at Young Master Liu. Ren Qingrui lowered her head hastily. The originally sweet and delicious roasted sweet potato in her hand was now tasteless.
My heart is beating like a deer, beating like a deer. Has this rotten piece of wood finally realized its own beauty?
"You...why are you always staring at me?"
"Uh huh... Huh! Which one of your eyes did you see me staring at you? If you have any eye problems, see a doctor as soon as possible."
Ren Qingrui's pretty face froze, her jade-like nails dug into the sweet potatoes uncontrollably, she glared at Young Master Liu angrily, and looked outside the shed: "You - you just clearly had it! "
"This young master wants to see how long you can eat this sweet potato?
Otherwise, I would be sick! Let the beautiful women with protruding fronts and backs come and go on the street without looking at you, and look at you as a dry little book boy? "
"you--"
"What are you doing? Hurry up and eat your food.
I said, today is twenty-eight, and the Chinese New Year is just a month and a few days away.
The years are ruthless, just like a white horse passing by.
One month is fleeting, why don't you hurry back home to reunite with your parents?
Isn't it a good feeling to live alone in a foreign country?
It's still too late to go back now. If you delay any longer, you won't even be able to get a mouthful of hot soup for the New Year's Eve dinner when you go back. "
Ren Qingrui's delicate body sitting on the stool trembled slightly, her lips pressed together tightly and she fell silent.
After a moment, Ren Qingrui raised her eyes to glance at Young Master Liu, then lowered her head to stare at the sweet potato in her hand.
"Are you driving me... driving me away?"
Liu Mingzhi felt Ren Qingrui's tender and pitiful eyes looking at him at that moment. He stared blankly at Ren Qingrui without saying a word, and a feeling of irritation suddenly arose in his heart.
This familiar scene is so similar to the scene when Lian'er was in Liu Mansion in Jiangnan more than ten years ago!
Putting the wine glass heavily on the table, Liu Mingzhi picked up his coat and stood up and walked towards the outside of the shed.
"I'm full. There are no customers today, so let's close the stall in advance!
I'm going to take a walk outside the city! "
"Brother Liu!"
Liu Mingzhi paused in his steps and silently tied the cloak on his body.
"Girl, you are only twenty years old at best this year, and my eldest brother is about to be forty.
Some things are destined but not destined.
Go back and rest early!
After all, the capital is not a place for you to stay for a long time. "
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