CHAPTER IX
By the time Shen Ruyu left from Shanshui Tower, the sun was about to set.
She boarded the carriage and thought for a moment, then softly told the coachman to go around from the west. She remembered that Cui Wenjun mentioned to her that there was a stall where the clay figures were made, and the craftsmanship was ranked among the top in the entire capital, and the clay figures were notoriously lifelike.
Shen Ruyu sat in the carriage and began to imagine what kind of clay figurine she would pinch at that time.
Speaking of which, the last time she went out, it was a few days ago when she went to the flower viewing banquet held by the male emperor with Cui Wenjun. It's just that she doesn't know how to appreciate flowers, so she said that she would bring a pot of the best flowers back to Ruzhuo, and finally picked a pot of Wujin Yaohui after picking flowers for a long time, and her eyes were about to pick flowers.
It was an imposing crimson peony, which might be appropriate for a nobleman in his thirties and forties, but it would be very inappropriate for a fifteen-year-old girl who was in the middle of her innocence.
In fact, Shen Ruyu originally wanted to pick some peony flowers with fresh and soft colors, such as white jade, bean green, or pink peach blossoms, but in the end, it was strange, but she felt that Wujin Yaohui was the most suitable.
Because it gives people the feeling that is most consistent with Shen Ruzhuo's temperament - obviously a girl who has just recovered from a serious illness, but a fifteen-year-old girl, like this flower, shows an unspeakable and expensive sense of oppression.
Shen Ruzhuo really liked the peony very much, but Shen Ruyu inexplicably wanted to give her some more gifts that were more in line with her current age and more lively, such as clay figures, animal puppets, beautiful dresses and jewelry.
In the end, Shen Ruyu went home with a clay figure girl wearing a platinum embroidered flower shirt and a golden water green skirt with an innocent smile.
When she stepped into the house, Shen Ruyu was still thinking, looking at this clay man's smile, I don't know if Ruzhuo will gradually be able to smile so beautifully, at least not always look gloomy after being liberated from illness.
It's just that as soon as she entered the door, someone came to report that Cui Wenjun had been waiting for her for a long time.
"Wen Jun?"
Shen Ruyu subconsciously looked up at the sky, only to see that it was already sunset, if she was still ready to go home, it would be impossible to reach her home before dark anyway - this is the rhythm of preparing to stay overnight?
I had just finished discussing with my henchmen how to deal with this "internal security leader" who was "hidden" in the shadows and held many people in his hands, and as soon as he went home, he ran into the main owner head-on, even if it was Shen Ruyu, he felt a little weak.
"Did Wen Jun say anything?" Shen Ruyu asked the people suspiciously, but no one could say why, only that Cui Wenjun didn't seem to be in a good mood.
Not in a good mood?
…… It seems that there are many things that are worth her mood.
Shen Ruyu thought about one thing in her heart, and the leg that was originally going to walk towards Ruzhuo's courtyard had to change her route, and returned to her courtyard first, just in time to see Cui Wenjun sitting on the pavilion in the middle of the lake, holding her chin boringly, watching the koi fish in the lake occasionally emerge from the water and spit bubbles.
"Do you just watch them spit bubbles? I don't take anything to feed it. ”
That stunned appearance really made Shen Ruyu quite unaccustomed, she habitually made a joke, but Cui Wenjun was not as energetic as usual.
"Wen Jun?" Seeing that she was so embarrassed and spiritless, Shen Ruyu called out with some hesitation, "What happened?" ”
Shen Ruyu originally wanted to say hello first and send the clay figure to Ruzhuo and come back, but looking at Cui Wenjun's dejected appearance, Shen Ruyu raised the lifelike clay figure in his hand, and it was really difficult to leave like this.
"Ruyu ......" Cui Wenjun called her in a low voice of rare mourning, and when she approached, he hugged her waist and buried his face in her arms. Why did you come back? ”
"How long have you been waiting?" Shen Ruyu didn't answer her question, she gently patted her back with a sense of reassurance, and asked rhetorically. "Is there anything you're looking for me in a hurry?"
Cui Wenjun hugged her arm and didn't speak for a while, Shen Ruyu turned around and ordered the maid behind her to go and clean up the guest room, at this time, Cui Wenjun grabbed her sleeve and raised her face, "Ruyu, let's sleep together tonight!" Ever since we grew up, we haven't slept together or whispered to each other. ”
Shen Ruyu was slightly stunned, she saw that Cui Wenjun's eyebrows were shrouded in a layer of gloom, and she obviously had something on her mind.
In her era, when female friends were intimate, not to mention sleeping together, even kissing each other was not a big deal, but in this era, adult women paid special attention to manners and postures, and even intimate actions of holding hands and hugging arms were rare, and Shen Ruyu was a little unaccustomed to it for a while.
However, is there a secret talk in the boudoir?
Recalling the private whispers of the girls at night, Shen Ruyu smiled and nodded, "It's okay." We don't seem to be so close since we grew up. ”
When she said this, even if she had something in her heart, Cui Wenjun was still a little embarrassed, "Yes, yes?" ”
After a simple dinner, Shen Ruyu, who had a very regular schedule and rest, loosened her long hair and walked towards the bathroom, she hated that this kind of intimate thing was also served, so it was not until she came out of the bath that a maid had the opportunity to send the letter to the doorman.
"Sanniangzi, this is the letter raft that the eldest lady of the Wang family just delivered."
Zijun?
Shen Ruyu was only wearing profane clothes, but fortunately there was a wide robe outside, she took the letter with some confusion, only to see that there was no handwriting on the envelope, only a red seal trace in the lower right corner - printed with complex characters similar to seals, it was the three words Wang Zijun.
It was a seal that they made together, Shen Ruyu and Cui Wenjun each had one.
It's just that it's so late, what can't Zijun send tomorrow?
Shen Ruyu thought suspiciously, and while walking towards the bedroom, she opened the letter, and then she paused in the corridor.
There was only one sentence on the raft in the envelope, and the handwriting was neat and beautiful, not as free and easy as Wang Zijun:
Tomorrow night, I hope to be able to meet with Qing for a while, see you or leave.
The payment is, Wen Ming.
Shen Ruyu suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart - she seemed to know why Cui Wenjun looked so devastated.
It was only after the letter was destroyed that Shen Ruyu returned to the bedroom.
Cui Wenjun was already lying on the bed, she was lying on her back inside, her long hair was scattered on the pillow, her eyes were looking at the top of the bed without focus, until she felt that Shen Ruyu lifted the quilt and lay beside her, then she turned around and grabbed Ruyu's arm, leaned over and spoke softly.
"Ruyu...... Am I bad? ”
Shen Ruyu was slightly stunned. "How......?"
"Look...... I, my personality is not stable, I am not tactful enough to deal with the world, I often offend people when I speak, I don't know it, I am not proficient in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and the only thing that is okay is the skill of playing the flute, but there are mountains outside the mountains, there are people outside the people, there is nothing to be proud of at all, you say, am I not very bad? ”
"Who said that? Your flute never plays lightly, I wonder how many people want to hear you play a piece day and night but can't? Although you are known as 'crazy', when it comes to Cui Wenjun, who doesn't praise you for your talent? ”
"Really?" Cui Wenjun looked at Shen Ruyu with little confidence and asked.
"Nature is true." Shen Ruyu replied with great certainty, and then asked tentatively, "What happened?" How could you suddenly say something like this? ”
This time, Cui Wenjun hesitated for a while, bit her lip and leaned on Shen Ruyu's shoulder, and finally gave a definite answer. "Wen Ming is back."
- Sure enough.
Shen Ruyu let out a long sigh in her heart.
“…… What's going on? Wen Ming...... Isn't it because of his frailty that he has been kept in the Taoist temple? Is it because you're going to get married next year? ”
Cui Wenjun snorted, "...... No, he came to ask for a divorce. ”
Thinking of the letter she had just received, Shen Ruyu suddenly didn't know what to say for a while.
“…… This, but your marriage has been concluded by your parents since childhood, and next year will be the wedding date, and both families have begun to prepare, how can you say that you can withdraw it? ”
"I don't know...... However, he said that he wanted to become a Taoist priest and would never marry for the rest of his life. ”
"Become a monk?" Shen Ruyu was stunned for a moment, and seemed to feel that this reason was very ridiculous, "Don't worry...... Your father won't allow it. ”
"But I don't know what he said to my father," Cui Wenjun said in a muttered voice: "My father and mother are approved." ”
Shen Ruyu: "......"
Although they have not seen each other much since childhood because of the difference between men and women, the marriage contract is a wonderful, shy and special connection.
Although they don't know each other, their names are the most special to them.
Even if they have no contact with each other like strangers, but they seem to have been friends for a long time, as the marriage date is getting closer and closer, Cui Wenjun has dreamed about each other countless times, and has never stopped fantasizing about the appearance of each other and the life after marriage.
She swore to herself that she would treat him well, and they would be kind and loving, like a fairy couple.
But there is still a year to get married, but the other party ruthlessly said that he would break off the relationship.
As soon as he thought of this, Cui Wenjun threw himself into Shen Ruyu's arms full of grievances, "Ruyu, I'm disgusted!" ”
"Am I that bad?" Cui Wenjun said unwillingly, "Would he rather be a monk than marry me?" ”
Shen Ruyu listened to her childish words, and suddenly laughed for a while, "How are you?" She rubbed Cui Wenjun's long hair like a small animal, "Really, in the entire capital, I can't find a better and more likable woman than you." ”
She held her in her arms and looked thoughtfully at a shadow behind Cui Wenjun, but her tone was as soft as ever, "If he wants to withdraw from the marriage, then retreat." Otherwise, it will really become a pro ...... in the future."
With Wen Ming's stubborn temper......
"Aren't they also disgusted with each other? Why, Mo Fei, do you like him? ”
"How is that possible!" Cui Wenjun obediently nested in Shen Ruyu's arms, thought for a while when he heard the words, and then shook his head decisively, "I haven't seen him a few times......
It seems that because of comfort, Cui Wenjun's tone became much softer and calmer, "But although I don't like it, it's just very uncomfortable to be divorced......
"Then did he say why he wanted to get out of the marriage? Could it be that he fell in love with another woman? ”
"I don't know...... Probably not, right? But as he spoke, Cui Wenjun suddenly thought of something, propped himself up suddenly, and gasped, "Oh my God! Wen Ming has often lived in Taoist temples since he was a child, and the Taoist temple where he is located and the Taoist temple where Wang Zijun is located are only a few miles away - they can't be hooking up behind my back!! ”
Shen Ruyu looked at her who reacted violently and blinked, Cui Wenjun suddenly lay down and nestled into her arms, "But...... If he has a woman he likes, he will divorce me...... Alas, this era is too strict for men, and he can muster up the courage to withdraw from marriage for the person he likes, and I admire him for daring to pursue his own happiness...... If that's the case, I hope he can finally be happy with the person he likes......"
Shen Ruyu lowered her eyelids and changed the topic disappreciatively, "Are you okay?" Then go to sleep. ”
She remembered the letter raft that had forged Wang Zijun's mark and could be delivered directly to her, and suddenly let out a rather impatient "tsk" in her heart.