I also saw that the entire courtyard was sparsely populated. Compared with the maids and women in red and green in Shou'an Hall walking back and forth, looking around, the entire Yuqing Courtyard was almost deserted. I could only see an old woman with a hunchback in the distance. He was bending down to clean the fallen leaves on the ground, but there was no one else there.
There were not many flower decorations in the yard, but as I got closer, I saw dozens of green trees placed at the entrance of the yard. The bottoms were tied with ropes, and they were arranged neatly. At the entrance of the courtyard, it looked like vegetation that had just been dug out from somewhere and was about to be planted.
All are neatly placed at the entrance of the courtyard, which is very eye-catching.
Liu Yingying looked towards the patches of green plants, and saw tiny flowers blooming on several of them. Just when she was about to take a closer look, Yao Yulan beside her suddenly opened her mouth. , asked: "Hey, are these jasmine trees?"
Yao Yulan pointed to the jasmine trees and said with a little surprise.
When Wu Yong heard this, he glanced back slightly and said, "Miss Yao has good eyesight." After a pause, he added, "Miss Yao, does she recognize the jasmine tree? Many people only recognize the flowers but not the trees."
Yao Yulan said a little embarrassedly: "Brother loves to drink tea. I planted several jasmine trees at home before, so I recognize him."
Wu Yong said: "That's it."
As he was talking, Wu Yong suddenly pointed at the jasmine trees and said to Yao Yulan and Liu Yingying: "These trees are all wild jasmine trees dug from various mountains. They are extremely rare. Those are from... Among the orphan trees collected from various tea piles, several of them are just-cultivated orphan trees that have never appeared on the market before—"
Wu Yong said casually.
Yao Yulan was a little surprised when she heard this, and asked: "Are these all going to be planted in the open space in the backyard?"
After a while, he couldn't help but murmur to himself: "I didn't expect that the eldest young master actually... likes jasmine..."
Yao Yulan said this in a very low voice, but unexpectedly, Wu Yong, who was walking in front, still heard it. Wu Yong pondered for a moment, and suddenly said with a half-smile: "Young Master didn't like jasmine in the past. It was only recently...that I suddenly started researching——"
Wu Yong's words seemed to have a meaning. While he was joking and talking, when he looked back, he seemed to have glanced across Liu Yingying's face.
When Liu Yingying rolled her eyes, she was also a little surprised.
What does Shen Lang mean by this move?
She said she liked jasmine tea and asked him to prepare it, so he uprooted the entire cherry forest and planted this jasmine tree instead? Are you really prepared to be obedient?
Do you obey her words like this? Inexplicably, he was somewhat following her wishes? Inexplicably, there's something deeply affectionate about it?
However--
Oh, Liu Yingying believed his ghost!
If you really want to follow her wishes, you shouldn't ruin her marriage.
If you really want to be deeply in love, you will know that what she wants is status and a real marriage, not these imaginary things.
Liu Yingying didn't know what medicine Shen Lang was selling in the gourd.
A person who is about to get married will plant a sea of flowers because of her joke? The only thing Liu Yingying could think of was to deceive the little girl.
After all, Liu Yingying had never forgotten the scene of the two of them falling in love with each other in the secret room that day. The one named Shen was obviously obsessed with her body and very satisfied. He probably wanted to continue with her, but... She didn't want to be responsible, so she thought of giving her a candy, selling it well, and then coaxing her into rekindling her relationship with him?
Ha, Liu Yingying saw this kind of scene and this kind of method many times when she was in the brothel.
I didn't expect that the man named Shen could be so bad.
He was simply worse than the prostitute in that brothel. The customer at least paid back the money, but this guy named Shen just wanted to have sex for free!
It's a pity that Liu Yingying is not an inexperienced little girl.
After bypassing a group of jasmine trees, they entered the courtyard. The courtyard was huge. Wu Yong led them to the west, went deep into the corridor, and entered the backyard to a quiet courtyard. They saw the courtyard in the center. Waiting outside a room was a little boy of eight or nine years old, dressed in white, with two round temples on his head, with a strand of hair hanging down on each side of the temples. From a distance, he looked like a little fairy boy.
When Fairy Tong saw them coming, he calmly entered the room to report. After a while, he came out and said sternly to the leader Wu Yong: "Young master, let you in."
Upon hearing this, Wu Yong knocked Xiantong on the head and said: "Little old-fashioned."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Fairy Tong glare at Wu Yong, and then glanced at Liu Yingying and Yao Yulan behind Wu Yong.
He swept it lightly, and when he was about to take it back, he suddenly saw the little fairy boy looking startled, and suddenly his eyes fell on Liu Yingying's face between the two of them again, looking at her intently.
I don't know whether he was stunned by Liu Yingying's beautiful face or what, but the stern little fairy boy opened his eyes slightly and looked at Liu Yingying with an unbelievable look in his eyes.
Liu Yingying saw the little fairy boy staring at her intently. When she passed by him, she slowly raised her hand and touched his temples. She saw the little fairy boy pursed his lips and looked at her, as if he wanted to hide, but finally endured it. Without hiding, Wu Yong saw this scene, and Wu Yong looked dissatisfied and said: "Hey, you old-fashioned little guy, why do you still have two faces?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the little fairy boy again saying with a serious look: "Don't keep the young master waiting for a long time."
Wu Yong was choked by these words, but he was unable to refute. After a while, he laughed and cursed and immediately led Yao Yulan and Liu Yingying into the house.
I saw that this room was huge, it was a study room. Everywhere I could see, except for the windows, were actually large tracts of book walls. The book walls rose from the ground and submerged into the roof and eaves of the house. They were densely packed. It was full of books and bamboo slips, and there was an escalator next to the book wall specifically for picking up books. At first glance, it was quite shocking. Liu Yingying had never seen so many books in her life.
Yao Yulan's expression was also the same as hers.
Obviously, this is her first time here.
The house is divided into three rooms, with an inner room on the east and west sides. Wu Yong led them to the inner room on the west side. The inner room was blocked by a huge ancient screen. Next to the screen was a pagoda, half a person high, with a wisp of green smoke in the pagoda. Slowly rising, the room is filled with the faint scent of sandalwood.
It has the solemnity and flavor of entering a temple to offer incense.
Looking at the green smoke, for some reason, Liu Yingying suddenly remembered the day when Mrs. Shen celebrated her birthday, when Shen Ye, the second young master Shen, came up to her and sniffed her, and suddenly said in shock: "On Miss Liu... …It smells…”
Liu Yingying asked him what it smelled like.
He replied: "The smell of incense."
Liu Yingying inexplicably felt that Second Master Shen was referring to the smell right now: the scent of sandalwood.
Could it be that Shen Er noticed something?
While hesitating, Wu Yong's voice sounded again, respectfully reporting: "Young Master, Miss Yao has arrived."
After a pause, he added: "Miss Liu happens to be here too."
While speaking, Wu Yong slowly turned sideways, Liu Yingying and Yao Yulan all looked up, and saw a low couch set up under the south window sill. There was a low table on the couch, and there was a person sitting cross-legged on both sides of the couch. .
He was dressed in mysterious clothes and had an aura of high aura. However, on this day, he let down his long hair, which was tied up high, and gathered it slightly behind his head. It was half tied with a jade hairpin, and his long hair was half hanging down. This is rare. It was completely different from the soaring power of the past, and it inexplicably added a bit of...lazy and casual flavor.
Even Liu Yingying couldn't help but look sideways when she saw it.
That person is naturally Shen Langshi, the owner of Yuqingyuan.
The other person was about twenty-five or six years old, with an ordinary appearance, but elegant and broad. He should be the eldest son's staff, Yao Yulan's brother Yao Rucheng.
Liu Yingying's eyes passed over the two of them, and then passed directly across the person in front, and fell straight on Yao Rucheng, and she couldn't help but take a second look.
I heard that brother Yao Yulan was born in Juzi. I thought that he was already old, but he didn't expect that he was so young.
I also saw that although this Yao Rucheng was not a handsome man, he had the aura of a broad scroll in his body, which was different from the scholarly aura of Mr. Shen Liu.
There was something special about this temperament, which made Liu Yingying take a second look.
After a moment, Liu Yingying subconsciously looked in the direction of Yao Yulan beside her, but she saw Yao Yulan quickly glanced ahead. After a while, she immediately lowered her gaze. She, who had always been calm and generous, seemed to be a little shy and nervous. , the hands placed in front of the waist and abdomen slightly tightened the handkerchief in his hands. After a long time, he tried his best to adjust his expression, and then said with a graceful and elegant look: "Lan'er has seen... the eldest son..."
After a pause, he said again: "Brother."
Liu Yingying withdrew her gaze, and just as she was about to follow the salute, she raised her gaze and saw the two people on the couch looking at her one after another.
Shen Lang's cold and sharp eyes shot toward Liu Yingying's face.
Chapter 093
The moment her eyes met Shen Lang's, for some reason, Liu Yingying didn't even want to be polite and just followed Yao Yulan, feeling lightly blessed.
The two looked at each other, and Liu Yingying pretended to be unfamiliar.
Shen Lang also quickly withdrew his gaze and turned a blind eye to her. He only looked at Yao Yulan and said calmly: "No need to be polite."
Yao Yulan slowly raised her head and quickly glanced at the other party.
At this time, Yao Rucheng saw his sister's arrival and couldn't help but smile and said: "Lan'er, why are you here?"
Yao Yulan reported with some embarrassment: "Recently, the girls in the mansion are raising silkworms, and I followed suit when I had nothing to do. Today, I was picking mulberry leaves in the eldest son's backyard with Miss Liu. I didn't expect that I just came here. So he was invited by Guard Wu."
Yao Yulan told the truth.
Yao Rucheng raised his eyebrows when he heard this. After a moment, he turned to face Shen Lang, shook his head and said with a smile, "My sister is ignorant and is disturbing the quietness of the young master."
But Shen Lang looked calmly and said: "It doesn't matter."
After a pause, Shen Lang suddenly said without changing his expression: "She is not the only one who is harassing me."
When he said this, Shen Lang's expression was normal, without any strange color on his face. He only slowly picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a light sip, as if he didn't have much deep meaning.
However, as soon as these words were said, the huge study room suddenly fell silent.
Wu Yong immediately looked at his nose and touched his nose, pretending not to hear.
When Yao Yulan heard this, she subconsciously turned her head and glanced at Liu Yingying's face behind her.
When Liu Yingying heard this, she pursed her lips and rolled her eyes in her heart.
So, what does it mean?
Could this sentence mean that she alone was disturbing his tranquility?
hehe.
Liu Yingying instantly sneered twice in her heart.
After a while, his chest rose and fell slightly.
When Yao Rucheng heard this, he seemed a little surprised, and subconsciously followed Yao Yulan's gaze back. The moment his eyes fell on Liu Yingying's face, he saw Yao Rucheng's eyes suddenly froze, and he settled. He looked at Liu Yingying intently, as if he was seeing someone he shouldn't see.
The next moment, I didn't know what I thought of, and I immediately turned my gaze towards Shen Lang.
But he saw Shen Lang holding up the teacup and drinking lightly with a calm expression on his face, without any strange color on his face.
Then I saw that Yao Rucheng's eyes were a little strange.
Liu Yingying is naturally beautiful. Anyone who sees her for the first time will be amazed. Liu Yingying has long been accustomed to the surprise of others, but Yao Rucheng's look is not just stunning. , like the surprise after seeing Liu Yingying, and the surprise after seeing Shen Lang's expression, in short it was a little strange, but I couldn't tell what was strange.
However, in just a moment, he saw that Yao Rucheng's expression had returned to normal. He couldn't help but raise his eyes and look at Liu Yingying's face again. After thinking for a long time, he was just curious and said: "Lan'er, this is Is it Miss Liu who lives in the same courtyard as you?"
While talking, Yao Rucheng nodded friendly towards Liu Yingying.
As soon as he finished speaking, before Yao Yulan could respond, Liu Yingying, who had looked cold just now, actually smiled and nodded proactively towards Yao Rucheng and said, "Mr. Yao."
While talking, Liu Yingying was still looking at Yao Rucheng and gave her a faint blessing.
Yao Rucheng didn't expect that Liu Yingying would take the initiative to greet him. He was flattered for a moment, and his expression changed again. After a while, he smiled and asked tentatively: "Miss Liu... do you recognize me?"
I saw Liu Yingying smiling and saying: "Last time I ate the grapes Mr. Yao brought back from the Western Regions. The grapes were very sweet, and I didn't even thank him."
Yao Rucheng looked stunned for a moment, then realized that he had originally sent grapes to Yao Yulan on the day he returned to the Shen family. When he learned that someone had joined the West Courtyard, out of etiquette, he also sent grapes to the West Courtyard.
For a moment, he smiled and shook his head and said, "So... that's it."
