In the flower hall of the palace of Wu Jinkang, the doctor of the Ministry of Works and Restoration Department, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Mrs. Wu saw that her daughter had come to interrupt again, but she had no choice but to say: "Yue'er, why don't you come to see your cousin Zhang Cheng?"
Wu Tingyue put down her embroidery frame, stood up, bent down and saluted, "Tingyue has met my cousin."
Zhang Cheng also quickly stood up and said: "Sister Tingyue, there is no need to be polite..."
Only halfway through speaking, Zhang Cheng was stunned. What caught his eyes at this moment was a delicate beauty with an oval face. Under her curved willow eyebrows, she had a pair of charming almond eyes, as bright and clear as stars.
Under the blue clothes, her skin was as white and flawless as gelatin, showing a faint red color. The small red lips and the whiteness of the skin were even more obvious. At this time, she was looking up, but she saw Zhang Cheng staring at her with a pair of handsome eyebrows. Watch for yourself.
He couldn't help but smile lightly. A pair of small dimples were evenly distributed on both sides of his cheeks. When he smiled lightly, the dimples were looming on his cheeks. Zhang Cheng was fascinated by his cuteness like a fairy.
She gently put down the embroidery frame, stood up slowly, put her small hands like catkins on her slender waist, and saluted Zhang Cheng: "Ji Xuuzhu has met General Zhang."
When she spoke, her thin lips were as tender as rose petals, and her voice was extremely sweet and clear, which made people feel indescribably comfortable. This girl in green clothes was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and although her face was full of It exudes gentleness and is full of delicacy, but there is also a hint of coldness.
Looking at the beauty standing in front of him, Zhang Cheng seemed unable to take his eyes away. Her figure was graceful and graceful, and in Zhang Cheng's opinion, she was not as petite and frail as other girls.
He estimated that the beauty in front of him was about 1.6 meters tall, slightly taller than other women of the time. A pair of "Brother Su" stood proudly under her pink neck.
"Cheng'er, Miss Ji is saluting you!"
Mrs. Wu's reminder brought the intoxicated Zhang Cheng back to reality.
His handsome but rough face was also flushed. Zhang Cheng smiled slightly awkwardly and said, "Miss Ji, there is no need to be polite. Zhang Cheng was a little rude when he met Miss Ji for the first time. Please forgive me!"
"How come we, the great hero of the Ming Dynasty who conquered all three armies and defeated the slave chiefs, have so many red tapes?"
Miss Ji did not sit down, but what she said left Zhang Cheng speechless.
"Mrs. Wu, Xuanzhu would like to take a step to talk to General Zhang Cheng. Is it convenient?"
As soon as Miss Ji said this, everyone in the flower hall looked at her in surprise. No one could have imagined that such words could come from the mouth of a lady like Miss Ji.
No one raised any objections to such seemingly disrespectful words. All eyes in the flower hall were focused on Mrs. Wu, watching how she would make a decision.
As for Zhang Cheng, his eyes never left Miss Ji. He couldn't bear to turn his head and look away for a long time, until he heard Mrs. Wu saying in his ears: "Mother Wu, take the maids down to prepare some food. The two girls must be very hungry too." Panic."
After saying this, Mrs. Wu stood up, waved her hands and said to her daughter: "Yue'er, come here, I have a few words to say to you."
Wu Tingyue walked past Zhang Cheng with a puzzled look on her face. She didn't forget to make a face at him and said, "Look at my sister Ji, you are so shameless!"
Zhang Cheng was awakened by Wu Tingyue's words, and realized that he had really lost his temper. As soon as he withdrew his scorching gaze, he heard Mrs. Wu say: "Let's go outside to talk to my mother."
A burst of soft footsteps gradually faded away, and Zhang Cheng could faintly hear Wu Tingyue stamping her little feet, as if she didn't want to leave. He was still standing in the flower hall, looking a little embarrassed and nervous.
Seeing that everyone had exited the flower hall, Ji Xuanzhu raised his eyes again and looked at Zhang Cheng, and said calmly: "Have you seen enough?"
"Young lady is as beautiful as a fairy. How can you see enough of her in just one moment?"
What Zhang Cheng blurted out shocked him, and he quickly clasped his fists and gave a deep salute: "Zhang Cheng is so angry, please don't take offense to Miss Ji!"
Ji Xuanzhu lightly covered his chin with his tender white catkins, and smiled slightly again, making Zhang Cheng look intoxicated. He watched Ji Xuanzhu sit back on the round stool, but he was still stupid. He stood there blankly staring at others.
"General Zhang Cheng, why don't you sit down? Do you still want me to invite you before you sit down and talk?" Ji Xuan opened his bamboo sandalwood mouth softly, and his voice was light and graceful, which was extremely pleasant to the ear.
Zhang Cheng smiled hoarsely, shook his head slightly, and sat down as he was told. He was really annoyed in his heart. He had lived two lives, how could he lose his composure in front of such a young girl.
He slowly raised his head, and his mind was filled with emotion again. It was true that no one could sit in his arms without chaos, it was just that everyone sitting in his arms was not charming enough.
Zhang Cheng forced himself to calm down and said softly: "Zhang Cheng was indeed a little abrupt today. He was so disrespectful in front of the young lady. It's really inappropriate!"
"You dare to shoot Dorgon with an arrow, you are a fierce general who can kill Ma Zhan and Yue Tuo, and you are a general Zhang who comes and goes easily in the army of ten thousand horses. How can you be afraid of a little girl like me?" Ji Xuanzhu seemed to be asking Zhang. Cheng's gaffe didn't bother him at all, and he actually made a joke to Zhang Cheng in his words.
"Although Bailiang Steel is strong, how can it be as strong as Zhizhirou!
Zhang Cheng is very lucky to meet the young lady in this life. If he can ride on the frontier with the young lady again, he will have no regrets in life! "
He also didn't care about Ji Xuanzhu's smiling questions, but his words revealed full of admiration.
The corners of Ji Xuanzhu's mouth raised slightly, and her two dimples were looming in her intoxicating smile. She stood up with a slight smile and walked out of the flower hall.
When she passed by Zhang Cheng, Ji Xuanzhu said softly: "General, if you want to ride with Xuanzhu on the frontier and ride side by side, please come to my house and place a letter of appointment as soon as possible!"
She smiled and left behind a faint fragrance. Zhang Cheng turned around and looked at the graceful figure, his eyes focused on Ji Xuanzhu's back.
A gust of warm wind blew by, and the faint fragrance spread around. Zhang Cheng was still intoxicated by the increasingly faint fragrance, and his mind was filled with the beauty's fairy-like voice and smile.
"Ahem, it's time for General Zhang to come to his senses!"
Mrs. Wu walked into the flower hall at some point. He looked at Zhang Cheng who was still in a daze with a smile on his face and spoke.
Only then did Zhang Cheng come back to his senses. His embarrassment was noticed by the aunt of the Wu family whom he met for the first time. His face was also green and red, and he said sarcastically: "Zhang Cheng has lost his manners today, so he calls me aunt." It’s a joke.”
"How does General Zhang feel about that? Does the general like this fairy-like figure of Miss Ji?"
Mrs. Wu had a very strange expression on her face. She looked confident and curious, but also had a hint of ridicule.
Zhang Cheng saw it in his eyes, but didn't care. He bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "Zhang Cheng sincerely asks my aunt to go to Bachelor Ji's house in the Hanlin Academy to pay Naji the gift and hand over the letter of appointment."
After a pause, he continued: "Zhang Cheng has no relatives in the capital, so I can only trouble my aunt to the end for this matter. I also ask my aunt to work hard to complete this matter. Zhang Cheng will definitely be rewarded in the future!"
