On the afternoon of the day when she received the holy decree, the mother-in-law of the Four Princes' Mansion came to the He Mansion to find He Linwan and said that Yuan Xiang was waiting for her at the Cyclamen Teahouse.

Generally speaking, the invitation should be at least one day in advance, but He Linwan and Yuan Xiang are familiar with each other, so they don't have to care about these etiquettes, He Linwan cleaned up and went to the teahouse to make an appointment.

Just after the Lantern Festival, the red lanterns hanging in front of the shops on both sides of the street have not yet had time to be taken down, and the afterglow of the New Year is exuded everywhere, and the cyclamen teahouse is still as lively as ever.

He Linwan let the shopkeeper lead him directly to the third floor, and went to the room where Zhao Qingqing usually stayed, and as soon as the door was opened, he saw Zhao Qingqing and Yuan Xiang sitting by the window talking.

Seeing her come in, Yuan Xiang immediately got up and stepped forward, "I heard that the decree of marriage has been issued?"

Yuan Xiang's expression was very worried.

"Yes. He Linwan nodded.

"Then you ......"

He Linwan took Yuan Xiang's hand, and gently pressed her to sit in the position she was sitting in before, while saying with a smile: "Sister Yuan, don't worry, let's talk slowly." ”

Zhao Qingqing raised his eyes and glanced at Yuan Xiang, playing with the tea Gu in his hand and sneered: "Look at you, this makes the emperor not anxious and the eunuch anxious." ”

After He Linwan sat down, she smelled the aroma of wine, she looked at the ceramic bottle on the table and Zhao Qingqing's tea Gu, raised her eyebrows and said, "Your teahouse doesn't sell tea, but sells wine instead?"

Zhao Qingqing rolled his eyes, picked up the small bottle of wine and poured it for He Linwan, and said lazily: "As soon as someone comes to my teahouse today, he is worried about this and that, and when I look at her like this, isn't it going to spoil my good tea?"

He Lin looked at them with a smile and said sincerely, "Let the two sisters worry." ”

Zhao Qingqing waved her hand and said with a smile: "I'm not worried about you, only your sister Yuan is worried." ”

He Linwan looked at Yuan Xiang and was thinking about how to explain, but Yuan Xiang couldn't hold back and asked, "Li Yu asked to marry you, is it really to use you to deal with your father?"

He Linwan pondered for a moment, feeling that the explanation was too complicated, so he simply half-jokingly said: "I am not dissatisfied with this marriage, because ...... I've had a crush on him. I don't care what his purpose is, anyway, as long as he becomes a relative, he is my person. ”

Yuan Xiang: "......"

Zhao Qingqing was stunned, laughed out loud, clapped his palms, and said to He Linwan playfully: "It is worthy of He Hero!"

Yuan Xiang didn't know what to say anymore.

He Linwan raised his tea Gu with wine, and said to Zhao Qingqing and Yuan Xiang with a smile: "Two sisters, even if this cup of wine is you congratulating me on getting what I want?"

Zhao Qingqing picked up his wine and touched Yuan Xiang with his elbow, "Don't hurry up and serve the wine, let's congratulate the hero on getting what he wants and hugging the beauty!"

Yuan Xiang also laughed, shook his head, picked up his wine, and sincerely blessed He Linwan: "Congratulations to you for getting what you want, I hope you will be happy in the future." ”

The three of them touched their glasses, drank them all, and smiled at each other.

At this time, the shopkeeper pushed the door and came in, "Girl!"

There was a look of anxiety on the shopkeeper's face, but after glancing at Yuan Xiang and He Linwan, he did not report it.

Zhao Qingqing was pouring wine, and he didn't raise his head and said, "Is there anything you can't say?"

The shopkeeper hesitated and said, "It's the son......"

Zhao Qingqing poured the wine for a moment, then put the wine down, stood up, and said to Yuan Xiang and He Linwan with a smile: "Probably my brother came back with a letter, you guys talk first, I'll go and reply to him." ”

Zhao Qingqing followed the shopkeeper and left.

He Linwan looked at their backs as they left in a hurry, thoughtful.

"Sister Yuan, has the elder brother of the Zhao family never returned to Beijing?" He Linwan asked Yuan Xiangdao.

Yuan Xiang nodded, "Yes, he said that he was busy with business outside, and he hadn't returned to Beijing for a long time, and when I got married, he prepared a heavy gift for his family to send to my mother's house to add makeup to me, but he never showed up." ”

He Linwan nodded, lowered his eyes and stroked the tea Gu in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhao Qingqing left and didn't show up again until they were about to leave the teahouse.

The shopkeeper sent them downstairs to the carriage, and said apologetically: "There is suddenly some urgency over there in the main house of the Zhao family, and my girl can't get out, so she has neglected the two distinguished guests today." ”

Yuan Xiang smiled and said: "What is the relationship between us and Sister Zhao, using the shopkeeper to talk about these scenes? ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Yes, yes, the small one must convey it." ”

After leaving the cyclamen teahouse, He Linwan and Yuan Xiang traveled the same way, and then they went back to their respective mansions.

It was a cloudy day, it was getting dark early, the shops on both sides of the road were lit up, and the streets and alleys were shrouded in the gentle red candle flames.

He Linwan leaned on the pillow to think about things, Chunxiao couldn't stand the quiet atmosphere in the car, and couldn't help but open some curtains to look out.

"Huh, why is there still someone putting Kong Ming lanterns today? shouldn't it be yesterday?" Chunxiao couldn't help but say.

He Linwan opened his eyes and glanced out casually.

At this time, the carriage had already left Zhengyang Street, and the coachman probably took the road by the moat in order to avoid the flow of people, and a Kong Ming lantern was rising crookedly and with great difficulty, as if it could blow it into the moat below as long as a slightly stronger wind blew.

"This lamp is really ugly! I'm afraid I was embarrassed to take it out and put it with other people's lamps yesterday, right?" Chunxiao whispered and mocked mercilessly.

He Linwan didn't speak, closed his eyes and planned to continue to raise her god.

But I heard an extremely familiar cold voice outside: "But the eldest girl of the He family is driving?"

Chunxiao was so frightened that she immediately covered her mouth, her eyes widened, she looked at He Linwan and whispered, "Did the slave and maid say bad things about people and was heard by the main master?

He Linwan opened his eyes and said nonchalantly: "What you said is the truth, what are you afraid of being heard." ”

When Chunxiao heard this, she immediately became angry, "What the girl said is right!

The man outside continued to say in his characteristic cold tone: "Can Xue delay Miss He for a while?"

Chunxiao's courage just now immediately wilted as if he had leaked air when he realized who this person was, and his expression was a little worried.

He Linwan frowned, originally didn't want to pay attention to the person outside, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind and ordered the driver outside: "Stop." ”

The carriage stopped, and He Lin got out of the carriage late.

Xue Xingyi stood under a willow tree by the river, dressed in black, and looked at this side quietly.