Lu Bicheng couldn't bear it when her sweetheart was said like this, and retorted: "Uncle, you are not allowed to say that about him!"
Yan Fengsheng became even more angry when he heard this: "How dare you talk back to me? I've turned against you! Let me tell you, you have to agree to Master Hu's matter even if you don't agree to it!"
Lu Bicheng said anxiously: "No! Because of me, Li Yu and I have made a private decision for life!"
Yan Fengsheng was shocked: "What did you say?!"
Yan also asked anxiously: "Have you already lost your virginity to him?"
Lu Bicheng nodded.
Yan said anxiously: "Daughter, this will destroy you. If he is just playing for fun, he will completely destroy you!"
Yan Fengsheng pointed at Lu Bicheng, and her blood surged: "You, you!"
But Lu Bicheng said: "He said he would propose marriage openly and openly after the new year!"
Yan Fengsheng seemed to have lost all strength and slumped down on the chair: "Absurd, ridiculous! Losing your virginity before marriage is a great shame to the family!"
Lu Bicheng ignored it and said: "I am his person in life, and his ghost in death! Anyway, I am married!"
Yan Fengsheng suddenly stood up again: "Who do you think I am! I tell you, don't even think about leaving home!"
Yan Fu felt very strange after hearing this: "Li Yu, that Li Yu from the Capital University?"
Lu Bicheng nodded.
"It's him!" Yan Fu was stunned, paused for a long time, and then said to Yan Fengsheng: "Brother Feng Sheng, Li Yu is the emperor's master after all."
Yan Fengsheng said angrily: "Imperial Master? Does the Imperial Master have an official position? He is just an Imperial Master of Western learning, and you are not ignorant of the current power of the palace. What is the use of the Imperial Master?"
Yan Fu accepted it calmly. He had already worried too much about Lu Bicheng. He knew that this girl was terribly high-spirited and that no one could look down on her. She chose one herself, at least she would not regret it, so she persuaded her again: "Brother Feng Sheng , the raw rice has been cooked, so don’t be angry.”
"Cooked rice? If you don't have children, you can't count it as cooked rice!" Yan Fengsheng said helplessly, "That's all, let's be a concubine for the adults from now on!"
Yan Fu said: "In fact, Li Yu is indeed a good person."
Yan Fengsheng disagreed: "This kid is full of tricks. At that time, Master Yuan cleverly overpowered me. I was really angry."
Li Yu probably never expected that Yan Fengsheng would think so, and she was fine at the time.
However, it is true that Li Yu did something wrong in this matter, because the last time we met Yuan Shikai together was the year before last. At that time, Li Yu promised to visit Yuan Shikai after returning to China, but he went abroad again not long after returning.
After all, it has been more than a year since I visited.
Then he took Lu Bicheng around all over the year. Yan Fengsheng thought that Li Yu was just playing for fun, and the key was to sleep with him! At the same time, I made a fool of myself, and of course I was angry, so now I have no good words at all.
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Lu Bicheng wiped away tears and returned to her bedroom, took out the letter paper and wrote a poem.
Before Yan Fu left, he came over to persuade him and said, "Bicheng, Brother Shucai is a good man. I know this. There must be some misunderstanding. I will go back and ask him carefully."
Lu Bicheng put the words in an envelope and gave it to Yan Fu: "Master, please give it to him when you return to Beijing."
After putting it away, Yan Fu said: "You must not go on hunger strike again. I have told Brother Feng Sheng that I will not embarrass you again in the short term."
Lu Bicheng wiped away her tears and said, "Thank you, master."
Yan Fu left Yan Fengsheng's house and couldn't help but mutter to himself when he got out: "When did this boy Li Yu hook up with my beloved disciple? I didn't even know it. I'm so confused!"
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Beijing, Dongchang Hutong.
"Bang bang bang!"
Feng Ling rubbed her eyes and opened the door: "Who is knocking on the door so hard so early in the morning?"
After the door opened, Yan Fu at the door asked loudly: "Where is Li Yu?!"
Fengling recognized Yan Fu and said, "Master hasn't gotten up yet, I'll go and report."
"No need! I'll go find him directly!" Yan Fu ran inside after saying that.
Feng Ling chased after him: "Sir, I really haven't gotten up yet."
Yan Fu had already pushed open the bedroom door. Li Yu looked sleepy and asked in confusion: "Master Yan?"
Yan Fu happened to see the Happy Buddha and the Erotic Pictures on the table, "Well, Li Yu, tell me quickly, why did you taint our beautiful girl Bicheng?"
Li Yu said: "Master Yan, please be clear, we are free to fall in love."
"Free love?" Yan Fu pointed to the things on the table, "How do you explain these things?"
Li Yu quickly explained: "I got it from Liulichang. I just wanted to see if it was genuine."
He put on his clothes and continued: "Master Yan, I am really planning to propose marriage this time after the Chinese New Year, and I am already preparing the betrothal gift."
Yan Fu said: "No matter what, you must not let down my beloved disciple! Otherwise I will not let you have good fruits to eat!"
Li Yu raised his hands: "I, Li Yu, swear to God, if I dare to be sorry to her, I will immediately become a demented fool."
Yan Fu sighed: "You still say that you are not stupid, but now Brother Feng Sheng has a strong opinion of you."
Li Yu said: "It happened for a reason. At that time, the imperial court suddenly ordered me to go to the United States with the mission. There was nothing I could do. Master Yan, do you know this?"
Yan Fu knew indeed, so he said: "I really don't blame you, but now you have to think of a way to get past Brother Feng Sheng."
Li Yu said: "I have already found a matchmaker."
Yan Fu asked: "Who?"
"Mr. Tang Shaoyi, the former Tianjin Daotai and now the Right Prime Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs," Li Yu said, "In addition, Mr. Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili, will also issue an order."
"Master Tang is right," Yan Fu, who is also from Beiyang, nodded, "Where is the betrothal gift?"
Li Yu said: "I'm still thinking about this. I don't know what Uncle Yan Fengsheng likes."
"I can help you with this matter," Yan Fu said.
Li Yu was overjoyed: "Please ask Master Yan for advice."
"I'm here to help Bicheng," Yan Fu said. "Brother Feng Sheng has two hobbies. He has two pots, one is a snuff bottle and the other is a purple clay pot."
Li Yu received the advice and immediately said: "I will definitely buy the best in the capital."
Yan Fu said: "The purple clay pot can be made by Shao family in Yixing. I heard that Rongbaozhai recently acquired an osmanthus purple clay pot made by Shao Quanyin. It was previously owned by the number one scholar Lu Runxiang. It has been on the market for many years and is now valued at 800. Two, I can help you buy it."
Li Yu immediately made a bow: "Master Yan has great magical powers."
Yan Fu continued: "As for the snuff bottle, you can go to Ma Shaoxuan, one of the four famous painting masters in the capital. This man also has many praises for you. It will not be difficult to buy a high-quality snuff bottle from him."
Li Yu knew nothing about art. With guidance, he didn't know how to avoid many detours. The key was to be able to do what he liked.
The Shaw family was very famous in the field of purple clay pots in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China; and Ma Shaoxuan's snuff bottles were even more unique. They later won a gold medal at the Panama International Exposition and were priceless.
Li Yu said gratefully: "I really don't know how to thank Master Yan."
Yan Fu waved his hand: "When you get married, it would be nice if you asked me for a wedding drink. I also have a letter from Bicheng here for you. Please accept it and read it. I'll go to the shopkeeper of Rongbaozhai first. Let’s chat.”
Li Yu still wanted to persuade him to stay: "Master Yan, don't you stay for a cup of hot tea?"
Yan Fu had already stood up: "No, please do your job well first, and it will make me worry. There are also these things that are unsightly, so don't put them in the open."
Li Yu looked at the happy Buddhas and said with a smile: "I put them in the bedroom, not in the open."
Only then did Yan Fu realize that he was still in the bedroom and said with a smile, "I'm leaving."
After sending Yan Fu away, Li Yu immediately opened the letter. Inside was a poem by Lu Bicheng, "Wish Yingtai is Near":
"The silver vase holds the jade well, and the autumn thoughts darken the Wuyuan.
Dip in the fragrance of Lu, and the dream falls into the distant sky.
I pity E Yue the most for her frown and general weight loss, but I have to say goodbye and see you again.
Tired of condensing the sky, but the sick leaves are guarding the frost, and the red orchids are weeping.
The stagnant powder is sticky and fragrant, and the sleeves are quietly searched.
The figures in the small column are melancholy, mixed with the smoke and fog, and turn into a court of deep resentment. "
Lu Bicheng's talent is undoubtedly very strong, and he is proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting.
She deliberately compared herself to Zhu Yingtai, showing her painful lovesickness.
Li Yu doesn't have this talent, but he must reply and think hard. He can't write a limerick and go back.
After thinking about it, he could only imitate the writing style of Lu Xun, the super great writer of modern times, and write a modern article to send back. Li Yucai felt as if he was having diarrhea and wrote:
"I was probably sick. I felt uncomfortable. I swallowed a pack of medicine and then went to sleep with my clothes on. I felt dizzy and had no strength to do anything. It lasted seven days if I took the medicine, and it would last seven days if I didn't take the medicine. I have always known it. I sniffed sadly, good guy, one side is blocked, and the other side is still blocked.
It's been very cold at night recently, especially in my heart. It's surprisingly cold. The two quilts are a little tired in the face of this cold winter provocation. Maybe only the care of the girl I like can make me feel warm. "
After Li Yu finished writing, he went out and drove to mail the letter himself.
After sending the letter, I went to visit Ma Shaoxuan without stopping.
Snuff bottles have been serving the upper class since they entered China, so they have a high starting point and are quite popular in the palace.
Ma Shaoxuan is good at "poetry and painting at the same time". His works are very elegant and are very popular among literati.
After Li Yu entered the door, he introduced himself: "I am Li Yu. It's a pleasure to meet Mr. Ma!"
Ma Shaoxuan really admired him very much: "Li Yu, who won the Nobel Prize! Please come in!"
After some pleasantries, Li Yu said: "I have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Hall. I would like to ask you for an inner-painted pot."
Ma Shaoxuan was quite polite: "It's easy to talk about. Does the emperor have any paintings or poems that you want to inscribe?"
Li Yu said: "No, sir, feel free to use it, but I will give it away to others."
"I understand," Ma Shaoxuan said, "It's just that it's close to the New Year. If you want to get the pot, you may have to wait until after the New Year."
Li Yu cupped his hands and said: "After the new year, I will leave a deposit of 300 taels."
Ma Shaoxuan declined and said, "I don't dare to accept the emperor's money."
Li Yu smiled and said: "You're welcome, sir, the pot can be of great use to me."
Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief, it was going well.
