Qi Wangfu, study.

Wu was reporting to Li You on the operation of the Magpie Trading Company this year, and Yu Chi Baoqi asked to see him.

Wu Wei Wei Chi Baoqi made tea and said, "Lord Wang, Baoqi, you talk, I'll go out first." "As he spoke, he was leaving.

"Please wait a minute." Yu Chi Baoqi said.

"Oh?" Wu stopped and looked at him curiously.

Yu Chi Baoqi said with some twist: "Lord, princess, the minister has something I want to ask you." ”

Wu sat down and asked, "What is the matter, please say." ”

Yu Chi Baoqi was a little shy, and his face was a little red, but his face was darker and he couldn't see it, he hesitated for a while, and finally said the purpose of his coming.

It turned out that Yu Chi Baoqi fell in love with Gu Ruoyu, took care of her in every way, and won some of her favor, but Gu Ruoyu's enthusiasm for Yu Chi Baoqi was still like leaving, and there was no further warming. Yu Chi Baoqi felt helpless, so she came to consult Li You.

After listening to Yu Chi Baoqi's words, Li You and Wu Du were happy for Yu Chi Baoqi's sincerity to Gu Ruoyu.

Wu smiled: "Baoqi, you want to ask about this matter, but you have found the right person, my prince is a love saint, I was conquered by him all of a sudden, let him give you ideas." As she spoke, she stared at Li You vigorously, meaning to look at Baoqi, and then look at you, Li You, a flowery guy.

Li You's face did not change color and his heart did not beat, and he seriously became a love instructor for Yu Chi Baoqi. He inquired in detail about the relationship between Yu Chi Baoqi and Gu Ruoyu, and felt that it should not be a big problem.

He said: "Baoqi, don't worry about this matter, if you really like her, you have to like her for the rest of your life, why rush at this time?" So you have to be patient.

You haven't been together long enough, and you haven't been through trials together, what you should do is to continue to care for her, be happy for her joy, worry about her troubles, and stand up when she is in danger, so that she feels that you are a person you can trust, can rely on, and can be entrusted with for life. ”

Yu Chi Baoqi swore and said: "I, Yu Chi Baoqi, swear that I will love Gu Ruoyu for the rest of my life." ”

Li You asked, "You, it's useless to swear to us, you have to say this to Ruoyu." Well, I'll teach you a trick, and you're ......."

Wu clapped his hands and smiled: "Good idea, leave this matter to me." ”

After an autumn rain, the autumn wind carries a hint of chill, blowing the black locusts on the roadside, and the leaves rustle.

A carriage left the industrial city and headed for Chang'an City. In the carriage, Gu Ruoyu looked thoughtfully at the scenery outside the window in confusion. She is now living in the dormitory of the Industrial City, and she has not been to the Qi Palace, but today she received an invitation from Xiao Wanyu, saying that the palace was going to hold a family banquet and invited her to participate.

Before leaving, Gu Ruoyu went to find Yu Chi Baoqi to ask for leave, but found that he was not in the Industrial City, Gu Ruoyu was slightly disappointed, and for some reason, she somewhat hoped that Yu Chi Baoqi would go to the Qi Palace's mansion with her for a banquet.

Qi Wangfu.

When Gu Ruoyu entered the Qi Palace, she saw Xiao Wanyu's personal maid waiting for her at the door, and the maid said, "Gu Xiaoniang, the princess is not in the dormitory, she is waiting for you in the prince's restaurant." ”

Gu Ruoyu, accompanied by the maid, came to the restaurant, and when the white tiger saw her, he opened the door for her with a smile.

Suddenly, a rain of flowers appeared in front of Gu Ruoyu's eyes, and countless petals flew towards her, and the petals flew all over her body.

Then, there was warm applause in the restaurant, and Gu Ruoyu saw that Li You, Xiao Wanyu, Wu, Ash Naqing, Murong Ling, Gao Henian, Liu Feixu, Zhang Guigui, Yin Guanghao, Xue Rengui and others, as well as several maids in the laundry room who were good with Gu Ruoyu, there were dozens of people, they all smiled at themselves and applauded warmly.

Gu Ruoyu was a little confused, and she didn't know what was going on.

At this moment, a person came out from behind the screen, he pushed a small cart, and the cart had a huge cake on it, and many candles were inserted on it, and he smiled and walked towards Gu Ruoyu.

This person is Yu Chi Baoqi, he dressed up carefully today, and he looked a lot more handsome, and he took out a big bouquet from the lower level of the cart. Wu couldn't help but feel a little distressed when he saw the big bouquet of red flowers, and in order to make up this bouquet of flowers, he pinched all the flowers that bloomed in the palace.

Yu Chi Baoqi held the bouquet in both hands and said to Gu Ruoyu: "Happy birthday." ”

Gu Ruoyu knew his birthday, and in order to commemorate this day, Gu engraved his birthday on the golden lock. Since she was born, she has been living a lonely and poor life, never had a birthday, let alone seen such a scene, her heart was sour, and tears gushed out.

Yu Chi Baoqi handed her a white handkerchief very gentlemanly, and waited for her to calm down a little. He said to him, "Ruoyu, today is your birthday, please allow me to take the liberty of celebrating you." ”

As he spoke, he lit the 15 candles on the cake and said to her, "Please close your eyes and make a wish." ”

Gu Ruoyu closed her eyes, her long eyelashes flickered slightly, and she made a wish in her heart. She opened her eyes and blew out the candles on the cake in one go.

"Happy birthday to you!" The people who had rehearsed in advance sang the "Birthday Song" together. Gu Ruoyu shed tears of joy again.

After this scene, the relationship between Gu Ruoyu and Yu Chi Baoqi quickly warmed up.

That is, from today, this way of celebrating birthdays has become popular in Chang'an, and then with an unstoppable momentum, it has crossed mountains and rivers, crossed the ocean, and spread all over the world.

Since the opening of Chang'an City for commercial operations, there are many shops on both sides of the streets, and large and small liquor stores are everywhere, which has become a good place for people to socialize.

On this day, in a small wine shop, several scholar-like people were drinking and chatting. A scholar said: "You have all heard that the famous craftsmen who participated in the engraving art contest carved the engraving plates for printing banknotes for the household department, and made great contributions to the imperial court. They were supposed to be rewarded, and guess what the court rewarded them with? ”

A scholar asked, "You are a person, you love to appetize people when you speak, so you can just say it." ”

"yes, you can say it quickly." Several other scholars were also urging him.

The scholar said: "Not only did the court not reward them, but they also imprisoned them, forbade them to return home, and forbade their families to meet them. ”

"What? That's too much. How could the imperial court do this? A scholar said angrily.

"That is, what is the difference between this and the practice of Qin Shi Huang, who was a scholar and a Confucian?"

"It's too much, who will dare to do things for the court in the future?"

"That's it, that's it."

The scholars were indignantly talking, and the other guests in the liquor store were asking them about it.

Such news circulated everywhere in the Great Wall, and public opinion was in an uproar.

Early Dynasty, Taiji Palace.

Li You had already heard rumors about the imperial court imprisoning the engraving craftsmen, and he kept an eye on the court to see who was stirring up the matter.