"Brother, at my age, he has already met my sister-in-law." The first words Sheng Xuanyuan spoke were about to pull Sheng Xuanyao into trouble. Sheng Xuanyao twitched the corner of his mouth and replied with a smile: "Indeed, Auntie, there have been rumors that the Shenglu and Lu clans have a good relationship and are getting married. Why don't you listen to Yao'er first?"
When it came to the marriage between the two clans, Shen Wei stopped talking. The reason why such rumors spread was because she and the Lu family's mistress Yang Suyong casually mentioned it at a banquet one day, but unexpectedly it spread further and further. After getting married, it finally came true: his son fell in love with someone from his Lu family and wanted to propose marriage!
Sheng Shangpei looked at his youngest son calmly: "Xiao Jing, continue talking."
"Yes, father." Sheng Xuanyuan responded: "The girl I like is a direct disciple of Sect Master Lu, and her name is Lu Xiyan. She and I were classmates in Yize, and we have experienced life and death together. I am not in a hurry to get married. , it’s just an engagement to prevent outside rumors from spreading to the world and causing harm to others and ourselves.”
Sheng Shangpei nodded.
Sheng Xuanyuan was a little unbelievable. He had even made plans to travel around the world with Qiong Yi: "Father, are you... agreeing to this?"
"So what if you don't agree? Didn't you send the gift to Mr. Lu?" Sheng Shangpei turned back and continued to observe the chess game, "We have already made a statement, so taking it back is not a joke? It will hurt the face of our clan. "
Sheng Xuanyuan cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, dad."
Hearing that Sheng Shangpei had agreed, Shen Wei said no more and just asked, "How is that girl?"
"She is a kind person." Sheng Xuan replied resentfully, "If mother wants to see her, I will invite her over."
Sheng Xuanyuan's words only made Sheng Shangpei completely distracted from the chess game. Shen Wei was not surprised at all. Based on her understanding of Sheng Xuanyuan's temper, this child not only loved to contradict her, he was also good at doing everything, saying no The brigadier general has brought him, and he may want to bring him to the Spring Festival Banquet tomorrow to cause a big farce. With this thought in mind, she moved from the side room, leaned out from behind the curtain, and stood with her hands behind her back.
"In that case, please come and see me." Sheng Shangpei waved his hand, "Instruct the servants to prepare tea. Xuanyao, this chess game may have to wait for a while."
Sheng Xuanyao wanted to invite Sheng Zijing, who was staying in the side room, to join in the fun, but he also felt that calling his second brother would make the already lively atmosphere even colder and add embarrassment to the girl, so he thought to himself: That's all. , don’t scare your siblings. He responded: "Dad, I'm looking forward to it."
Sheng Xuanyuan was still in a daze when he walked out of the hall. Things went unexpectedly smoothly, so smoothly that his previous preparations were basically useless. He patted his face and walked quickly upstairs, his steps a little hurried due to excitement. He opened the door of the room where Qiong Yi was and called her: "Qiong Yi!"
Qiong was also pruning the flower branches and looked back at him, only to see him walking quickly with a smile on his face and holding her hand: "My parents agreed!" When he said it, his words could not be suppressed with enthusiasm.
Qiong Yi didn't know why he was in such a good mood at first, but he was stunned when he heard this: "Really? It's so easy..."
"real!"
Qiong also caressed his cheek and became happy because Master Sheng and his wife agreed to the engagement. She said, "My master hasn't agreed yet. See how happy you are."
Sheng Xuanyuan took the scissors from her hand and put them on the table. "Master Lu is kind-hearted after hearing this. He is determined to speak." After saying this, he gently held her braid and rubbed and played with it with his long knuckles.
"My master...sometimes he is easy to talk to, and sometimes he is..." Qiong Yi muttered, and Sheng Xuanyuan pulled her out the door, "Go and meet my parents."
Qiong also squeezed his hand: "Okay."
The two of them went to the luxurious hall downstairs together. The chessboard on the table in the hall had been removed, and a few cups of steaming tea were brewed. Sheng Shangpei and Shen Wei were sitting at the main table chatting. Sheng Xuanyao moved from his seat in the middle of the hall to the side of the hall, and was gently pressing the tea lid with the tea lid when he saw Sheng Xuanyuan leading the people in calmly, looking straight past him to the people behind him.
Qiong also felt the gazes of the three people sitting in the room. She concentrated her attention and saluted, "Master Sheng, Mrs. Sheng." Then she turned around and said to Sheng Xuanyao, "Young Master."
At first, Sheng Xuanyao felt that this short girl was fair and graceful, not a rare beauty. After she opened her mouth and heard her voice, he couldn't help but secretly thought: This voice is really the beauty in the box.
Sheng Shangpei withdrew his gaze, raised his hand to gesture to the desk chair at the side of the hall, and said: "Miss Lu, please." Sheng Xuanyuan led her to sit over, Qiong Yi's palms were slightly sweaty, and she sat behind the wooden chair and inhaled gently. He was angry, then raised his head to look at the Shengs and his wife, their eyes slowing down.
During the moment when Sheng Xuanyuan left and called for someone, the three of them talked to each other about "Lu Xiyan". They only knew that there was indeed such a person among the eight direct disciples of Lu Bin's sect, and no one knew about him at all.
Shen Wei ordered his servants to serve Qiong Yi tea and asked, "How old is Miss Lu?"
Qiong also replied: "Madam, Xiyan is only twenty-eight years old now."
Seeing that her attitude was natural and generous, neither humble nor arrogant, Shen Wei's eyebrows relaxed: "Since you are the direct disciple of Sect Master Lu, you want to come to your majestic hall and be a relative of the Lu family. Do you know what position you have in the clan?"
Sheng Xuanyuan frowned, and just when he was about to speak, he heard Qiong Yi reply: "Madam, I have neither father nor mother since I was a child. I just worshiped my master by chance."
Shen Wei was startled, and within a few breaths, he felt extremely keenly that this woman's aura was strange, and there were some ghosts mixed with her body. It was not only rare, but also reminded her of some past events. In addition, she also felt the soul that Sheng Xuanyuan carried for her, and she couldn't help but secretly thought: It turns out that it's on her, and this guy Sheng Jin knows how to protect her.
Shen Wei lowered his eyes and drank tea: "It's an unfortunate time for me to ask."
Qiong Yi chuckled and shook his head: "Madam Wuxin, I have no intention of hiding my life experience, and I don't care."
Sheng Shangpei could tell at a glance that Qiong Yi was already a high-level monk after breaking through the realm. He couldn't help but think to himself that at this child's age, he had entered the realm a few years earlier than he had. It was true that his spiritual heart was comatose. He is a rare good seedling, so it is not surprising that Lu Bin was adopted from an orphan as a direct descendant.
Turning his gaze on Sheng Xuanyuan, Sheng Shangpei asked, "What is it about my son Sheng Jing that makes Miss Lu like him?"
Sheng Xuanyuan turned away from his father, and Qiong Yi held his breath for a moment before replying: "He... has a calm temperament, is reliable, knowledgeable, courageous, and has extraordinary cultivation." As he said that, he turned to look at Sheng. Xuan Yuan, with a smile on his brows and eyes, said, "Everything is top-notch."
Sheng Shangpei twitched the corners of his mouth, his beard trembled slightly, and then smiled with relief: "Xiao Jing, no one at home will praise you like this."
Sheng Xuanyuan gritted his teeth and his face turned red: "Yes, Dad."
Sheng Xuanyao picked up the tea cup and drank tea, but his eyes were entirely focused on Yao Di's blushing and shy expression. Anyone with a discerning eye could easily see that one thing dropped another, but they didn't know who caught whom.
His younger brother is not an honest and peaceful person, but a fox.
I thought that my parents had always been cold and talkative, so when the Lu family girl came, they would be uncomfortable because of the awkward situation, but I didn't expect that this Lu Xiyan girl was quite talkative. Sheng Xuanyao thought as he looked at Qiong Yi who was smiling and talking. The few people talked about very little daily life, and within a few words they talked about spiritual practice and anecdotes about the world. Qiong Yishun added a sentence or two when necessary. He was neither cold-hearted nor familiar with anecdotes, which made him a little worried about her at first. Sheng Xuanyuan relaxed his mind.
Qiong Yi took a sip of tea and thought: Mrs. Sheng and the sect leader are not as difficult to get along with as Sheng Jin said.
"Xi Yan, are you going to the spring banquet tomorrow?" Sheng Xuanyao asked, "Can you go to Jiuhua Mountain with us?"
Only important figures among the five clans could go to the Spring Festival Banquet. Sheng Xuanyao knew in his heart that the possibility of Lu Bin taking her there was very slim.
"No, thank you for your kindness." Qiong Yi shook his head: "You still have to abide by the rules."
Hearing her decisive and direct response, Sheng Xuanyao just responded silently. Before his thoughts could return to his senses, he only heard the childish cry of a child coming from outside the door: "Daddy!"
Qiong also looked towards the door, and saw a girl wearing a pink thick shirt and skirt running in with a begonia flower in her hands. Her small face was white and rosy, and her two round eyes were as bright as ripe grapes. Black and bright: "Grandpa! Grandma! Look! The flowers given to Fei'er by the beautiful sister on the roadside!" She raised the flower branch above her head and ran all the way to hand it to Sheng Shangpei and Shen Wei. When Shen Wei stretched out his hand to pick it up, she took it away again. He walked back and carefully held it in his arms. He walked to Sheng Xuanyao and reluctantly handed it over: "I want to give it to daddy!"
"This child!" Sheng Xuanyao took the begonia flower and said with a smile.
Qiong Yi thought to herself that this female doll was none other than the niece Fei'er mentioned by Sheng Xuanyuan. At this moment, another person came in from the door. Qiong Yi looked at her and breathed a little unconsciously: "That woman is extremely beautiful. She has a beautiful face, skin as white as jade, piercing eyes that are long and charming, a nose that is like a mountain extending between her eyebrows, which rises straight and falls softly, her lips are dyed crimson, and she is delicate and charming, and her figure is tall and graceful. Really stunning.
Qiong Yi never thought that she would be so beautiful that her heart beat wildly. She thought that the looks of the Sheng family here were amazing enough, but they were far from comparable to this woman.
"Father, mother, Hanchuan is here to say hello." Qin Hanchuan pursed his lips and smiled, bowed slightly, and then walked to the empty seat next to Sheng Xuanyao. "Huh?" She couldn't help but exclaimed after catching a glimpse of Qiong Yi out of the corner of her eye. She looked at Sheng Xuanyuan with a profound look: "Xiao Xuanyuan, who is this?"
"She is the girl I love. I brought her to get to know my parents and my sister-in-law." Sheng Xuanyuan said calmly in a low voice.
Qiong Yi had long heard about Qin Hanchuan's beauty and reputation. When he saw him today, he was really extraordinary. He stood up and bowed his hands in salute: "I'm honored to meet you, Senior Qin. I, Lu Xiyan, also call me Qiong Yi."
Qin Hanchuan stared at her with interest: "Xiao Qiong Yi."
Qiong Yi's face began to heat up due to nervousness, and she turned around and sat down after replying. Sheng Xuanyuan saw that she was not panicked when she met and talked with her parents. Instead, her hands and feet were confused by Qin Hanchuan's laughing teasing, and she quietly He went down to the table and held her hand.
Qiong Yi's face turned even redder after he held her hand, and the words "she is the girl in my heart" kept ringing in her head.
"Why is Xiao Qiong Yi's face so red? Are you feeling unwell?" Qin Hanchuan pressed his knuckles like green onions against his chin, looking at Qiong Yi's lowered head and asked with concern.
"No, it's not..." Qiong Yi raised his head and looked at her. Seeing that her expression was half sincere and half teasing, he lowered his head again: "...it's not uncomfortable."
At this moment, Sheng Xuanyuan seemed to see himself who was usually teased.
He scratched the palm of her hand with his fingertips evilly, but she brushed it away.
