Chapter 6: Choosing a Son-in-law
In the early morning of the next day, Lu Xiangxue arrived at Du Yiyi's yard early and personally cleaned up and dressed her up, Lu Xiangxue had a pair of skillful hands that Du Yiyi thought was inferior, a black hair intersected and twisted on her hands, suspended on the top, and formed a Ling Xuan bun, like a cloud coiling back, shaking but not falling off, and then decorated with gold jewelry, which made Du Yiyi's slightly childish face a little noble and solemn. The clothes that Lu Xiangxue specially sent yesterday were from the Splendid Garden, and their texture and craftsmanship were not to be said, and when worn on Du Yiyi's body, they also had a bit of the delicacy of a big lady.
Today she was sent on a blind date like a cabbage, Du Yiyi was not interested in her glowing self in the mirror, Lu Xiangxue saw that she was displeased, and kept whispering in her ear to persuade her.
"Yesterday, the husband specially invited the four princes, and I want to let him attend tomorrow, Yiyi, this is your great blessing!"
Du Yiyi smiled bitterly, it seems that Shen Ke did not tell Lu Xiangxue about last night's incident, that is to say, Shen Ke also decided that the fourth prince would not come today.
"He is a medicine jar, I have difficulty moving, if I am lucky enough to be able to enter the eyes of the four princes, it is indeed my blessing."
"How can you say that the four princes, in the past two years, the emperor has invited a miracle doctor, and most of the four princes' illnesses have been cured, if he had never participated in this kind of banquet before." Lu Xiangxue glanced at Du Yiyi with disgust, it is self-evident that she is complacent, Shen Ke's face, but few people will not give it, and she, who is a lady, naturally has a light on her face.
"Mother Xu, help me out for a walk." Du Yiyi smiled and bowed her head without arguing.
"Yes." Mother Xu's eyes swept over Lu Xiangxue and helped Du Yiyi's right arm.
"Yiyi, sister-in-law will go first to see if everyone is there." Saying that, Lu Xiangxue raised her eyelids again and instructed Xu's mother: "Take good care of Miss." ”
Mother Xu replied with a slight blessing.
Seeing Lu Xiangxue flying away, Du Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief, it is indeed not an easy thing to face the strange eyes of so many men at once, today's banquet for her is not good for her, but it is a happy event for Lu Xiangxue, if she is in love, then Lu Xiangxue has no worries, if she is not in love, she will inevitably be humiliated because of her reputation.
She wasn't worried about her already ruined reputation getting worse, but there was one thing she had to worry about, she, a frog sitting in a well watching the sky, didn't know how much face Shen Ke, who made Lu Xiangxue complacent, have in it.
"Mother Xu, what is the relationship between Shen Ke and the four princes of the current dynasty?" This is her only uncertainty.
"Miss, the crown prince has not been established for a long time, and the four princes have their own merits, and the general holds the military power tiger talisman, what do you say, what should be the relationship between the four princes and the general?" The corners of Xu's mother smiled with joy.
"That said, it should be excellent." Du Yiyi's heart was cold, and her hands and feet were weak.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Mother Xu hurriedly helped Du Yiyi to the slider and sat down.
"It's okay, I'll just rest." Stretching out her hand to support her forehead, Du Yiyi touched the cork tied to the thigh joint, her mind was calm and calm, the four princes may have come to welcome Shen Ke in order to win over them, but now it is the emperor who is in charge, with her disgraceful reputation, how can she marry into the royal family and become a princess, let alone the crown princess, her worries may just be too much.
Now the person in charge of the house is only the emperor above 10,000 people.
Gulping out a few breaths, Du Yiyi touched her legs tied with cork, and got off the soft couch with difficulty, this was the day she had been looking forward to getting out of the Shen Mansion for a long time, and she couldn't disrupt her plans because some people who shouldn't have appeared, she always had to go on a blind date, how to go on this time in a chic way This time broke the unfavorable comments of the outside world on her bad opinion and made the world look at her with admiration, that is, what she has to do at this banquet this time, only to wash away the stigma of the past and attract attention and become famous, in order to truly control their own destiny.
"The guests have arrived, and now my husband is taking them to the garden, go, help Yiyi out, and I will take her to the backyard for a walk." Lu Xiangxue, who entered the courtyard with a smile on her face, looked up and met Xu's mother, and quietly made a look with Xu's mother, and Lu Xiangxue's voice sounded again: "All the people who come here today are kings and grandsons, nobles, and nobles, and they are so blessed, so blessed!" ”
In the house, Du Yiyi walked all the way to the door of the house with the wooden stick that Shen Ke ordered to be fixed on the ground in order to facilitate her to exercise her legs.
"Sister-in-law is bothered."
Mother Xu is right, in this society, in the end, people who are exquisite and well-behaved and well-mannered are popular, and her sharpness is too revealing for a while, and it is not good for her to go toe-to-toe with Lu Xiangxue.
Lu Xiangxue saw that she seemed to be looking forward to the banquet in her well-behaved actions, and smiled even more happily: "Yiyi, we are a family, where do you want to be so polite to outsiders, if you choose a good husband today, my sister-in-law will be really happy." ”
Du Yiyi lowered her eyes and smiled obediently, and walked out of the yard with Lu Xiangxue under the support of Xu's mother.
The backyard last night she was familiar with the vanilla, vanilla said last night, Shen Ke banquet guests, usually take to the backyard for a walk, thinking of the four princes she saw in the pavilion last night, Du Yiyi sighed, beautiful is beautiful, but there is no manly spirit, such a person, even one percent of Shen Ke. The handsome and resolute Shen Ke is the beloved person in the hearts of many girls, and the Shen Ke that Du Yiyi liked in the past is not completely unreasonable. Why did she have such an idea again, she rubbed her eyebrows, smiled lightly with Lu Xiangxue, who cast an inquiring gaze, and continued to move forward.
It seems that Du Yiyi's influence on her has begun to affect her brain, Shen Ke, how much did Du Yiyi love this man in the past? Will you die and leave such a deep obsession?
The backyard is stacked with greenery, Lu Xiangxue said, Shen Ke's guests are all drinking by the Jiuqu stream, Du Yiyi can't go too fast, which makes her invisibly have a bit of a ladylike and gentle atmosphere, left and right around the flower garden, Lu Xiangxue took her to a waist-high bush, here and Jiuqu Creek can be faced, shrubs can also cover the body, Lu Xiangxue's meaning is to let her see what she likes first, Du Yiyi took a look, I saw those kings, grandsons, nobles, and dignitaries sitting next to the Jiuqu stream, drinking, talking, laughing, and having a good time.
She had never seen a man in Dahe before, except for Shen Ke and Shen Fu, and the femininity of the four princes last night doubled her favor towards Shen Ke, but she thought in her heart that it must be because of Du Yiyi's obsession in the past, and now that she has seen the appearance of these nobles, the good impression of Shen Ke in her heart has skyrocketed.
Shen Ke, who was sitting in this group of nobles in gorgeous costumes and hand-shaking incense fans, his handsome and resolute face was dazzling, compared with Shen Ke's domineering, these so-called celebrities and nobles in Lu Xiangxue's mouth seemed too feminine and heavy, and they had lost a little masculinity.
Is it Du Yiyi's obsession again? Du Yiyi closed her eyes tightly for a long time, and shook off the words of praise for Shen Ke in her mind.
"Yiyi, look at that, that's Yan Xinglu, the eldest son of Taiwei Yan, who writes well and is talented, I heard that he is the descendant of Yan Zhenqing, a master of calligraphy, and among these princes and grandsons, he also has some fame." Lu Xiangxue pointed to the third man in a cyan silk costume who was sitting under Shen Ke's right hand.
Du Yiyi opened her eyes and saw the person she said along Lu Xiangxue's green and slender fingers, and just then did she see that this Yan Xinglu lowered his head and drank, but he didn't notice him.
Yan Xinglu has a pair of good-looking eyes, deep and bottomless, as if he can collect the sun and moon streamers, gather all the brilliance, his eyes under the mottled shade of the willow tree, directly hit Du Yiyi's heart, making her unconsciously in a trance, ignoring the corners of his mouth.
Even when Du Yiyi recalls this glance a long time later, she will still be shocked by these eyes.
This glance at each other was just a moment, and it seemed like ten thousand years, across the bushes and a cobblestone path and the row of willow trees beside the Jiuqu stream, Du Yiyi saw Yan Xinglu smile at her friendly and kind.
This man not only has a pair of deep and keen eyes, but when Lu Xiangxue and Du Yiyi's eyes fell on him, he was already keenly aware of these two eyes.
Now that it has been discovered, there is no need to hide it any longer, Lu Xiangxue smiled at Yan Xinglu Yingying, and took Du Yiyi to the cobblestone path.
Seeing that there were people, everyone's laughter stopped abruptly, and they raised their eyes one by one to look at the two people who came to Yingying, who came today are all young celebrities in the capital, and they have already heard that Shen Ke has such a sister who made such a thing some time ago, no need for Shen Ke to say it clearly, as long as they move their minds, they will know the purpose of Shen Ke's banquet today.
"Husband." Lu Xiang Xuelian walked lightly in front of Shen Ke.
"Everyone, you also know the insiders, Shen didn't introduce much, this is Shen's sister Du Yiyi." Shen Ke walked in front of Du Yiyi with everyone's eyes.
"Miss Du is polite." Everyone sitting on the stone bench bowed their heads and said hello to Du Yiyi, they were all nobles in the capital, if it weren't for Shen Ke's banquet, they wouldn't be here today, and they didn't have to compliment Du Yiyi.
Under dozens of strange gazes, Du Yiyi smiled and bowed, not that she didn't want to salute, but because her legs couldn't bend flexibly. When she lowered her head, she glanced at Yan Xinglu with the peripheral vision of her eyes.
Looking at Yan Xinglu closely, the shock brought to her by those eyes is still undiminished, dressed in a cyan shirt, a jade belt around his waist draws his tall figure, a black hair half tied and half draped behind him, his complexion is as fair as if a woman has been coated with fat powder, his bones are heavy and cold heavenly temple vessels, and a pair of pupils cut autumn water, which is the only poem that Du Yiyi can use to describe him.