She also looked back at Jiang Yuelan with a smile and said, "What, Jiang Shao is afraid that the little girl will not be able to marry, so she wants to be a matchmaker for me?" ”

Jiang Yuelan's eyes gradually blurred, and said with a smile: "Don't dare, don't dare." Miss Li's heart is good, how can I be worried about getting married, I'm just afraid that I will miss such a ...... if I ask too late."

"Jiang Shao, you're not authentic." Ruan Mingyu suddenly interjected, still with a smile on his face, but there was already coldness in his words, "Is this going to dig the corner of the Jingbao Pavilion in front of the junior brother?" ”

Jiang Yuelan sighed, turned the wine glass in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said: "Ruan Shao's calf protector is too much, people are working for you Jingbao Pavilion, and they didn't marry you Jingbao Pavilion." There is a way to be a fair lady, a gentleman, even if you are the boss, you can't care about other people's men and women. ”

"I'm going to take care of it." Ruan Mingyu even smiled, "She is the one who serves in my room." ”

Jiang Yuelan was surprised: "You put people in the room?" ”

Li Jingshan's eyes froze, and she was about to speak, when she heard a coquettish voice next to her: "Jiang Shao, you are drunk!" ”

Li Mingyan slammed the cup on the table, and said in a lazy voice: "Yo, look at the two, the two of you are doing this, I don't know, I still think that you are fighting for the green and upstairs and the flowers, but you can save some face for the two of us." As he spoke, he glanced at the two of them separately.

Ruan Mingyu was the first to react, and said with a smile: "It's not that you eat too much wine, and you are angry." There are many offenses, and Sanniang forgives. ”

"It's just a joke." Li Mingyan accepted it when she saw it, "It's all my own people, and I won't remember anything when I wake up tomorrow." Don't spread it out and make people laugh at it. ”

Jiang Yuelan was also busy, "Sanniang said yes. ”

Li Mingyan wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and pulled Li Jingshan to get up, "My sister will accompany me to go outside to breathe." ”

Li Jingshan hurriedly got up, confessed to the two of them, and went out.

It was already the weather of the lunar month, and out of the private room with charcoal fire, the cold wind outside blew through the skin like a knife. It's a lot more sobering.

Li Mingyan leaned against the railing of the corridor and suddenly asked, "Ah Shan, you answer me honestly." Are you tempted by Ruan Shao? ”

Li Jingshan's heart jumped, and she opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to answer. She thought she was hiding her mind very well, but she didn't expect to be glimpsed one after another to see the truth.

When Li Mingyan saw her look, she had already guessed that she was not far from ten. She sighed and asked, "Then Ruan Shao really accepted you into the room?" ”

"No, there isn't." Li Jingshan hurriedly denied it, "I, I'm just doing some rough work in the other courtyard." ”

Li Mingyan smiled noncommittally, took her hand and said, "Since you call me master, I'll ask a few more questions." Then did Young Master Ruan say how to place you? ”

"Placement? I—We don't have anything. Li Jingshan lowered her head and said in a panic: "He, he doesn't know my mind." ”

Li Mingyan looked at her deeply, and said with a sigh: "Silly girl, even we outsiders can see it, do you think you can hide Ruan Sanshao's poisonous eyes?" ”

She patted Li Jingshan's hand lightly and said solemnly: "I only ask you, are you willing to be a concubine for him?" ”

Li Jingshan suddenly raised her head and saw Li Mingyan staring at her. Something suddenly appeared in her heart, and she couldn't help but turn pale.

Ruan Mingyu knew everything, but he didn't say anything for a long time. There are only two possibilities, one is that he doesn't like himself at all; The second is that he can't give himself any promises.

So he chose not to mention it.

With his attitude towards himself these days, Li Jingshan does not believe that he is indifferent to him, then it can only be that he cannot give each other a promise for the future!

Li Mingyan looked at her, a trace of pity quietly appeared in her eyes, pulled her to the small tearoom to sit down, and told her eloquently, "My sister works on an errand in Jingbao Pavilion, but she doesn't know the origin of the owner, right?" Listen to what I'm going to tell you. ”

"As far as I know, the Jingbao Pavilion Ruan family is already a family in the capital. The head of the Ruan family has three sons-in-law, although Ruan Sanshao's eldest brother is in business, he is married to the daughter of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the second brother is still the granddaughter of the old man of the Hanlin Academy. ”

Now is the season to eat oranges, Li Mingyan casually picked up the oranges in the fruit basket and peeled them. Breaking the new orange with a slender hand, a very pleasing sight, Li Jingshan remembered the orange she ate in the side hall of the Jingbao Pavilion for no reason.

"Master Ruan got this third son in middle age, he was born with gold and jade, and he was spoiled when he was a child, so he could have grown up according to the posture of a gentleman. Unexpectedly, he showed extraordinary talent for treasure appreciation at a young age. Later, he made a name for himself in the business world. The current head of the Treasure Hunting Pavilion, that is, his father, was pleasantly surprised. ”

Li Mingyan split the orange in two and handed half of it to Li Jingshan. She took it silently, and the crisp aroma of oranges lingered on the tip of her nose, like the smell of oranges roasted in the side hall that day.

Now that Ruan Sanshao has made a name for himself in Minzhou, he will have to return to the capital in the future, and maybe he will be able to take over his father's head seal. If this is the case, even if Master Ruan allows him to make nonsense in ordinary times, he will never act rashly in the matter of marriage. ”

Li Mingyan paused and looked at her deeply, "Have you thought about it now?" ”

Li Jingshan was silent, peeled off the half of the orange one by one, and slowly put it in her mouth to eat. The fragrance of oranges lingering on her fingertips was the same as the aroma of Ruan Mingyu feeding her oranges that day.

Li Mingyan's words are clear to her. With her current status, even if she is Ruan Mingyu's concubine, she is still promoted, but I am afraid that it is still an outer room that cannot enter the gate of the Ruan family.

Li Jingshan finished eating the oranges, looked up at Li Mingyan, and her eyes were also clear, "Master rest assured, I will never be a concubine, nor will I share favors with others." ”

Li Mingyan let out a sigh of relief and joked: "Then you will die of that piece of heart as soon as possible." Ruan Shao, that person, can only be watched from a distance, but not blasphemous or playful. ”

She sighed with emotion: "Besides, you are so talented, why should you wronged yourself? ”

Li Jingshan looked at Li Mingyan and knew what she said.

Thinking of the shrewd and capable women I met, even if they were like Zhang Qiaoyan and Li Mingyan, it was inevitable that the family would receive a second or even a third room. Only Mrs. He, because the husband is a wealthy man, can raise her eyebrows and not accept concubines.

Li Jingshan suddenly felt a chill in her heart. Is this a hurdle that women in this era can't avoid?

When they returned to the private room, they didn't know how the two men had resolved the saber rattling and tension of Fang Cai, and they were hooking their shoulders and backs, and they were pushing the cup and changing the lamp in a brotherly manner.

This banquet was drunk until the end of the four watches. Li Jingshan and Ruan Shu Ruan Mo helped Ruan Mingyu, who was staggering, back to the other courtyard, and the man was already drunk and unconscious.

Ruan Shu Ruan Mo made hot water and sent it to the room, so he found an excuse to exit the room, and closed the door.

Li Jingshan wiped Ruan Mingyu's hands and face, waited for him to sleep well, and stood by the bed for a long time.

Under the warm yellow light, Ruan Mingyu's face is delicate like a carving, his eyebrows are like ink, his complexion is like jade, and every stroke is like a fine painting.

Who doesn't love such an interesting soul wrapped in such a beautiful skin? Li Jingshan thought, but love is selfish, Ruan Mingyu, I want you to belong to me completely! Otherwise, I don't want it at all!

Li Jingshan packed up her things and walked out of the main room lightly.

What she didn't know was that after the door closed softly, Ruan Mingyu opened her eyes silently, turned her head to look at the door, and the emotions in her eyes were surging in the dark night - he deliberately created such a good opportunity, but that Nizi walked out without looking back?!

The small friction on the wine table tonight made him suddenly realize that the brilliance of Li Jingshan's jade was so dazzling that it could not be concealed, and now even if he stood side by side with Li Sanniang, he was not inferior at all; Even the sons of families like Jiang Yuelan are also attracted.

He was so proud that he drank a few more glasses, and he was deliberately teasing her with the intention of drinking, just waiting for her to take the bait. But I didn't want Li Jingshan to even give him a chance, so she went straight out!

Ruan Mingyu actually had a subtle sense of frustration. No woman, after having his admiration, can still get along with him day and night, and deal with him so calmly and self-controlled. This aroused the desire and hope for conquest in his heart.

With such an excellent girl, what man wouldn't want to be included in the middle of the class?

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The New Year's Festival is approaching, and the Jingbao Pavilion has an annual meeting.

This year, the Jingbao Pavilion is more prosperous than last year, and the sales amount has more than doubled compared with last year. The dividends they received had already made their faces smile, and Ruan Mingyu had made an extra sum of money, which made them even more unable to close their mouths.

"This year's fruitful dividends are not only due to the efforts of the major managers, but also thanks to the design workshop's continuous innovation and the design of a number of new series, so that the jewelry style of Jingbao Pavilion has been invincible."

Ruan Mingyu held an envelope in his hand and smiled at everyone: "At the beginning of this year, our design workshop was also expanded, and in order to develop better in the future, we need to set up a position in charge to manage and supervise the design and creation of jewelry in the store." The person in charge is in this envelope, and the shopkeeper Hong will announce it. ”

Everyone was busy listening to it, but everyone had a bottom in their hearts. Li Jingshan's achievements this year are obvious to all, and this position in charge belongs to her, which is well deserved.

Ding Mo raised his legs, looked at the woodcarved couplets on the wall, and pursed the corners of his mouth slightly.

Li Jingshan also heard the news for the first time, and she looked at Ruan Mingyu with slight surprise. Young Master Ruan pinched the daffodils and stamen on the table and didn't look at her.

Tsk, is this to surprise me, girl, I'm not fooled. Li Jingshan straightened her expression and watched the shopkeeper Hong pull out the appointment letter in the envelope.

"I hereby appoint the head of the design workshop of the Minzhou branch of Jingbao Pavilion," the shopkeeper Hong glanced at Li Jingshan, "for Ding Mo, Ding is in charge." ”

Li Jingshan's eyes suddenly widened.

Ding Mo sat up straight with the armrest of his chair.

The leaders also looked at each other, and saw the same surprise on the faces of others as they did themselves.