In the afternoon, Bai Yu'an and Wen Changqing went off duty together. They walked to the palace gate and just separated from Wen Changqing. When they turned around, they saw Chang Song standing next to them.
Bai Yu'an didn't know when this person stood next to him, silently, and couldn't hear a sound.
Changsong lowered his head and glanced at Bai Yu'an, then said in a low voice: "My master invites Mr. Bai to come over and ride in a carriage with him."
Bai Yu'an looked over Changsong and looked behind him. When he saw Shen Jue, he stood in front of the carriage with his hands behind his hands and talked to his colleagues. He nodded silently without even looking at her.
After Changsong left, A Tao stood next to Bai Yu'an and said, "Young master, are you going to Shen Shoufu's carriage?"
Bai Yu'an tilted her head and whispered in A Tao's ear: "I may have to spend the night at Shen Shoufu's house tonight. If I don't come back at night, you can just go to sleep in peace."
A Tao was shocked when he heard this and almost couldn't speak properly: "Master, why do you want to..."
Bai Yu'an sighed in anger, looked at A Tao and said in a low voice: "I lost the chess game."
Only then did A Tao understand why Bai Yu'an cared so much about winning or losing in the chess game.
She looked at Bai Yu'an with a panicked expression, and was about to speak, but Bai Yu'an seemed to already know what A Tao was going to say, so he whispered in her ear: "But don't worry, nothing will go wrong."
A Tao looked at Bai Yu'an blankly: "But just in case..."
Bai Yu'an's face calmed down, her jade-white face was cold and clear, and her eyes were like autumn frost: "A Tao, believe me, there is nothing wrong."
A Tao's eyes were still a little worried, but seeing Bai Yu'an's determined expression, she could only say: "That slave is waiting for the young master to come back."
Bai Yu'an nodded, looked at Shen Jue again, and saw that the person standing next to him had left, so he walked over.
Shen Jue stood there with her hands behind her hands and watched Bai Yuan's red robe approaching, then looked at her face, and then got on the carriage with a change of eyes.
Bai Yu'an saw Shen Jue get on the carriage, paused in front of the carriage, then opened the curtain and went in.
Shen Jue was sitting in the middle. His robe was so wide that there was only so much space in total. Bai Yu'an chose to sit opposite Shen Jue.
When the curtains were lowered, most of the light in the room fell out. Not to mention the gloomy weather, the mood also became silent.
Neither of them had any intention of talking. Bai Yu'an lowered his eyes and remained silent, while Shen Jue glanced at him from time to time.
The delicate and graceful figure, sitting there in the breeze and the moon, her downturned eyebrows are even more beautiful, kind and desolate.
The carriage stopped, Shen Jue glanced at Bai Yu'an, got up and walked out.
Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue's back and got out of the carriage.
The two entered the house one after another, with Shen Jue walking in front and Bai Yu'an following behind him.
Bai Yu'an thought she was going to the attic where she played chess last time, but she didn't expect Shen Jue to take Bai Yu'an to her yard.
The last time Bai Yu'an came to see Shen Jue, he entered this courtyard, but today was afternoon, so he could see more clearly in the courtyard.
The courtyard is quite large, but there is only one row of main rooms and not even side rooms on either side.
The last time I looked at the layout of the house, there wasn't even a main room. I thought this was Shen Jue's daily resting place, not for receiving guests.
Entering the house, Bai Yu'an saw the paintings hanging on the wall again.
She thought about it in her heart, but still couldn't help but ask: "Shen Shoufu, what is the painting on the wall?"
Shen Jue had already entered behind the screen in the inner room at this time. When he heard Bai Yuan's words, he just said lightly: "Although the painting is not very good, it still has two points of artistic conception."
As he spoke, Shen Jue's deep voice came from behind the screen: "Master Bai's paintings should be better than these paintings."
Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue's changing figure behind the screen, and felt choked in her heart. She didn't want to admit that the painting was hers.
After a while, Shen Jue changed into regular clothes and walked out from behind the screen. Upon seeing this, the butler standing outside the door quickly asked, "Sir, do you want to serve the food now?"
Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an and asked, "Master Bai, do you want to eat now?"
Bai Yu'an nodded.
I was thinking whether I should stay here to eat anyway, or finish my meal earlier.
Shen Jue waved his hand, and Butler Lin immediately understood and hurriedly went out to let people prepare the food.
After passing through several curtains, Bai Yu'an and Shen Jue were sitting in the small hall at the end. There was a charcoal fire burning in the room, and the incense burner on the side cabinet was slowly burning incense, which made Bai Yu'an feel a little tight in the chest.
A maid sat kneeling next to the small table, carefully pouring tea for the two of them.
The tea was very unique. It smelled of magnolia as soon as it was poured out. The fragrance lingered in your mouth as you drank it. It tasted a bit sweet. Bai Yu'an drank two more cups without realizing it.
Both of them ate in silence during the meal. After finishing the meal and rinsing their mouths with fragrant tea, Bai Yu'an looked at Shen Jue and asked, "Will the official stay here today?"
Shen Jue raised his eyebrows and looked at Bai Yu'an: "Let's see what Mr. Bai wants today."
After having dinner with Shen Jue, Bai Yu'an naturally wanted to stay, so he said with a silent expression: "Then I'm going to bother Chief Shen tonight."
Shen Jue raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then smiled: "It's not a disturbance, I'm just afraid that Mr. Bai is not sleeping properly."
Bai Yu'an was stunned. Did she sleep irregularly?
But now she has no intention of arguing with Shen Jue here.
She looked at the sky and said to Shen Jue: "It's still early in the morning, why don't Chief Shen play a game of chess with the official?"
Bai Yu'an had already planned to play a game of chess with Shen Jue, but she was procrastinating and could not play until midnight.
As soon as the Yin hour passed, Shen Jue went to the morning court and could rest for only an hour.
You won't have to wash up and go to the couch for an hour, you can just lean on it and rest.
Bai Yu'an's abacus was quite good. Shen Jue could naturally see Bai Yu'an's little thoughts, smiled calmly, and took Bai Yu'an to the inner room.
There was a chessboard on the table in the inner room. He looked at Bai Yu'an and raised his eyebrows: "Since Mr. Bai is interested in playing chess, I will naturally accompany you."
Bai Yu'an breathed a sigh of relief and reached for the chess pieces.
Bai Yu'an knew that his skills were inferior to others, so he took the initiative to place the black stones on the chessboard, and then looked at Shen Jue.
There was no other expression on Shen Jue's face. As long as Bai Yu'an liked it, he would accompany her.
I took a white stone at my fingertips and played it without thinking.
This game of chess did not go as Bai Yu'an expected. Only half of the game was played at night. If this continues, it will end at least late at night.
But gradually Bai Yu'an felt more and more wrong, and she unknowingly ate several of Shen Jue's balls.
Moreover, Shen Jue's behavior became more and more unorganized, as if he had left a trap for her to eat his eggs.
Finally, he couldn't help but look at Shen Jue, with very confused eyes as to what he meant.
Shen Jue looked at Bai Yu'an's cheek under the warm candle. It was as touching as an epiphyllum at night. It had to be held tightly to prevent it from passing away.
He placed another chess piece randomly, looked at Bai Yu'an and said with a smile, "Master Bai, it's time to sleep."
