Before a few people even approached the small pavilion, the woman in the pavilion had already come out to greet them. I saw this young lady from the Yan family, who was about twenty-eight years old, wearing a light pink plum blossom embroidered gold jacket, a long pleated skirt with emerald green lace, and a pair of snow-white cloth shoes on her feet.
With black hair like smoke and a face as bright as peach, she walked up to a few people, then gave a golden gift and said softly: "His Royal Highness, Your Highness the Princess." Xu Huaigu looked at her carefully and saw that this woman's appearance was indeed true. Extremely stunning.
A delicate oval face, with a hazy look between the eyebrows and eyes, a straight nose, and a peach-like face. With this exquisite and meticulous dress, she has the freshness of a girl and a unique charm, which is indescribable. No wonder Chu Wenze looked at her with such admiring eyes.
And as expected, this woman was Yan Ruoli who he met in the tea shop that day, which made Xu Huaigu cautious again.
Xu Huaigu looked at Chu Wenze specifically and saw that his face was full of smiles. Looking at the woman, he was fascinated by her appearance and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
It seems that Chu Wenze still has some interest in Yan Ruoli, so the matter becomes even more complicated. Yan Ruoli glanced at the two people behind Chu Wenze, with some surprise in her eyes, and said, "These two look familiar to me, where have I seen them before?" Upon hearing this, Chu Wenze looked at Xu Huaigu and Xu Huaigu curiously. Gu Sanyue asked, "Is Miss Yan's full name Yan Ruoli?" The woman nodded excitedly, so Gu Sanyue smiled and said, "So it's Yan Ruoli, Miss Yan, you are really a noble person." I forgot, didn't we just meet two days ago? In the tea shop of Fuyao Sect." Yan Ruoli suddenly came back to his senses, and smiled lightly: "Look at my memory, brothers, these two days I was busy with the ferry business, so although I had some leisure time, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was coming today, and I had to spare time to accompany him. I spent a lot of time preparing, so I told you what happened to the girl last time. I forgot, I hope the girl won’t blame me.” Gu Sanyue smiled and said, “What’s the matter? Girls are ladies, so it’s normal for them not to remember these little things about us. But last time the girl tasted tea and said that my tea was good, I wanted to come. The girl must be someone who knows tea. Why don't you ask the girl for advice tonight?" Yan Ruoli smiled sheepishly and said, "I'm really sorry, I didn't even prepare tea tonight. His Highness the Crown Prince said he would come. Drinking, so I prepared a few pots of good wine. As for drinking tea, let's wait until the tea party tomorrow morning." Gu Yuyue was self-satisfied, and then Yan Ruoli looked at Xu Huaigu again, opening her eyes in surprise again. , said: "Ah, I remembered, isn't this the guy who delivered tea to me last time? Why are you following this landlady too? Do you think his tea is good, so you follow him?" " Seeing her surprised look, Xu Huaigu couldn't tell for a moment whether he was pretending or it was true.
However, he was naturally reluctant to brush off her intentions, so he could only smile politely and said: "We have known each other in the Fuyao Sect. We have made an appointment to go down the mountain and travel around the world together. This will not wait until the landlady has made enough money. We're going to visit Xicheng." Yan Ruoli nodded as if she suddenly realized something, and unconsciously wiped her temples with her little finger, giving off a charming aura.
Chu Wenze looked at them in surprise and asked doubtfully, "Did you know each other before?" Xu Huaigu then told Gu Sanyue about opening a tea shop on the steps of Fuyao Sect.
As for Yan Ruoli, they also met in the tea shop. The more Chu Wenze listened, the more surprised he became. But when she heard Yan Ruoli bring the bowl of tea to Xu Huaigu, there was a hint of loneliness in her eyes that could not be concealed.
This naturally did not escape Xu Huaigu's eyes, but he also knew that this matter could not be defended. The more he defended it, the more people would worry about it.
Anyway, I am innocent in my heart, so I don’t need to care about what others think. After exchanging pleasantries, Yan Ruoli, as the host, squinted her eyes and said with an inviting smile: "Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he would come to the beach for a drink. The little girl specially picked a few pots of cherished fairy wine from the wine cellar at home. Homemade wine. They are all good wines that cannot be bought on the market. Please come and taste them." Several people agreed. Chu Wenze walked in the front, walking side by side with Yan Ruoli, while Chu Xiuyang It seemed that he had known that they would be like this, and he just followed them silently, while Xu Huaigu and Gu Sanyue walked at the back.
A group of people entered the pavilion and saw an exquisite small stove placed on the table. The small charcoal fire was burning red and glowing red in the dark night.
There is an exquisite small copper pot on the small stove. There is half a pot of water in it. Some rose petals are specially added to the water, which exudes a faint fragrance. A silver wine pot is placed in the water to warm it.
A slight smell of wine came out from the spout of the wine pot, and suddenly the pavilion was filled with the sweet and mellow aroma of wine. Xu Huaigu took a breath of the alcohol, and couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart that the Yan family was indeed the richest family in Fusang Country, and the wine was excellent.
Whether it was the Immortal Drunk with a big bead in a pot, or the peach blossom wine he drank in Baihai, they were far behind this one. Only the Chinese fermented rice wine he had at Yu Qin's place could compare with this wine. .
Yan Ruoli gently lifted up her sleeves, revealing her snow-white wrists, gently picked up a pot of wine, and poured a glass for Chu Wenze first, then Chu Xiuyang, and then Xu Huaigu and Gu Sanyue.
Finally, she poured herself a glass, then picked up the wine glass gracefully, smiled brightly, and toasted to Chu Wenze: "Your Highness, it is rare for you to come to my Yan family once on weekdays. How come you have left the palace today? You have time to come." Little lady, come here to talk about it?" Chu Wenze toasted with her, drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp, and said with a helpless smile: "Actually, Xiuyang and I came to Yan's house this time. It was not what my father meant. Originally, my father The emperor sent us to Fuyao Sect, but because Xiu Yang and Sect Master Luo had some conflicts, we went down the mountain first. Isn’t tomorrow the Lantern Festival? Xiu Yang has been wanting to see it, so I thought You might as well stay outside for a few more days and watch the Lantern Festival before returning to the palace. Why don't you come to visit you as soon as I have time? It's just a pity that your two brothers are not at home." Lin Ruoli heard this After speaking, he frowned worriedly and asked: "I saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Princess coming alone without any bodyguards. If something goes wrong, how can our Yan family afford it?" Chu Wen Ze waved his hand with a smile and said: "It's okay. In fact, there are people following us all the time, but they didn't show up in the dark. Besides, our brother and sister's identities were well hidden during this trip, except for the people around me. Brother Xu and Miss Yue Yue. In addition to the people from the Fuyao Sect, there should be no other insiders, so you don’t have to worry." Yan Ruoli drank a glass of warm wine, and now there was a hint of drunkenness on his face. Deep red.
Under the darkness of night, she looked even more charming. Chu Wenze looked a little drunk. It was rare that Chu Xiuyang also knew the priority of the matter. At this cocktail party, he only focused on drinking and didn't even say a word. Therefore, this gathering seemed like a private meeting between Chu Wenze and Yan Ruoli.
After drinking for three rounds, Chu Wenze began to ask about some household matters of the Yan family.
"How is Mr. Yan's condition now? Did the doctor Gao who brought him from his hospital treat him well?" When the topic came up, Yan Ruoli couldn't help but lowered his eyes in loneliness, and said worriedly: "That doctor Gao brought me from his hospital?" The imperial doctor naturally has great medical skills. However, the disease the old man suffered was too complicated and he was old, so he did not recover well. There was nothing the imperial doctor could do about it. According to him, the old man should only have a few months left. Chu Wenze couldn't help but put down his wine glass and sighed, and said consolingly: "Well, don't be too sad if I leave you. It is human nature to grow old, sick, and die. What's more, Mr. Yan is already over seventy, which can be regarded as a long life. I think back then. He also worked in the shopping malls of Fuso Kingdom for most of his life before he passed down this large family business. Having accomplished such a great undertaking, his trip to this world was not in vain. He must have left with satisfaction. ." At this point, Yan Ruoli couldn't help but shed a few tears quietly, lowered her head and said with a sob: "I don't care about the family fortune or not, it's just that my father has always loved me the most, and now he suddenly said that he would leave me. , how can I not be sad? What’s more, my two brothers are only thinking about competing for this huge family business. I am often the only one accompanying him beside the hospital bed. Others say how good our Yan family is, but I don’t know that in this merchant’s home, people’s hearts have long lost the warmth of ordinary people, and only cold power and money are left!” Chu Wenze frowned, with a bit of sullenness on his face, and defended Yan Ruoli and said: “How unreasonable! Mr. Yan is not going to die soon. He has raised them all his life, but they are still in the mood to fight for the family property at this time. If the Yan family's property falls into the hands of these two people in the future, I don't know what it will be like!" Yan Ruo Li quickly wiped away his tears and said softly: "Don't say that to my brothers. They have no choice but to do it. After all, the old man has fallen now, and someone must support the family business. They have been busy working on those few ships these past two days." The ferry business has been quite effective in attracting merchants." Chu Wenze sighed, looked at her pitiful appearance, and said lovingly: "Ruoli, you are just too kind. . You should be born into a family of princes, not among merchants. Anyway, in a few days, I will propose marriage to my father and marry you to the prince's house, how about it?" Yan Ruoli hurriedly said shyly. He lowered his head, his ears were red, his eyes were as charming as silk, and he said coquettishly: "There is still someone here, your highness, what nonsense are you talking about? Your highness must be drunk, how about I send you back first?" Chu Wenze laughed heartily and said: "We have only had a few glasses of wine now. Our brother Xu is not even a little bit drunk. It is rare that he comes with me. I will drink a few more glasses with him. But you are already drunk." Your face is all red, why don't you go back first, and we'll see you at the tea party tomorrow morning." Yan Ruoli was already so ashamed that after hearing Chu Wenze's words, she said goodbye and went back to her room to rest.
Chu Xiuyang felt that the wine was meaningless, so she said goodbye to Chu Wenze and went back to the room to sleep. So Xu Huaigu, Gu Sanyue and Chu Wenze were the only ones left in the Guanhai Pavilion.
Xu Huaigu was drinking while listening to the conversation between Chu Wenze and Yan Ruoli, and was getting excited.
Unexpectedly, there is such a connection between the Yan family and the royal family. It seems that what Chu Wenze said about marrying Yan Ruoli back to the Prince's Mansion was probably to use the name of the wedding after Mr. Yan passed away. Congratulations to the Yan family.
According to folk rules, children can get married within 30 days after their parents get married. The purpose is to celebrate the occasion.
If there is no marriage within thirty days, it will not be possible within three years. Obviously, Chu Wenze can't wait for these three years anymore.
However, what Xu Huaigu is most curious about is whether there is any relationship between Chu Wenze and Yan Ruoli?
Are the two using each other, or do they have a true love? Xu Huaigu couldn't see through either. Anyway, Chu Wenze seems to be an honest and honest person, but he is the prince of Fusang Kingdom after all. It is impossible to explain without some tricks. Maybe it is just not revealed, and Xu Huaigu can't be sure.
He held the wine glass and looked at Chu Wenze with interest, thinking to himself: "A royal highness, a prince, and a rich lady from a merchant family, let's see what kind of grievances and hatreds will arise."
