capital girl

Chapter 67

The Huihui Building in Beijing is where students gather. This is the favorite place for many students to gather when they are in autumn. They chant poems, paint, play chess, taste tea, and chat here. This is the place where many students' dreams come true. The place where students regret all their lives, because they shed tears here again and again.

"Young Master Meng, you have been selected as the No. [-] Scholar." A student waved the report that he had just copied from the Ministry of Rites, and rushed into the Huihui Building and shouted.

"No. [-] scholar, Mr. Meng is the No. [-] scholar..." Immediately after, more people shouted.

Meng Shiyu was sitting in front of the window with a book when suddenly many people rushed in to bless him.

Meng Shiyu responded with a flat face, returning the salutes one by one with a respectful attitude.

Of course, there are envious eyes and jealous tone, but it doesn't matter anymore.

He thought that he would not be selected as the number one scholar, because the king of Yan once asked him to do things in a low-key manner. He was a poor student, and he wanted to crush him like he was crushing an ant.

King Yan is too impatient, his hypocrisy will be torn off eventually, and he will not be able to take that position.

Now it seems that King Yan's words in front of His Majesty are not so effective, because the choice of who is the number one scholar is actually a sentence of His Majesty.

Meng Shiyu came out of Huihui Tower, and according to the weather, Yulou was going to Jingdong Wharf.

"Congratulations, young master..." Xiao Qi said with a smile as he followed Meng Shiyu.

"Your son, when did I ever care about these things?" Meng Shiyu's expression was indifferent.

"Well, so the number one scholar is in the young master's pocket." Xiao Qiyou raised his head and smiled proudly, his face was bright with sunshine.

"Has Miss Yulou arrived?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"It's coming soon, Xiao Wu is watching over there, we will definitely be able to catch up by riding there." Xiao Qi said that I am very dedicated.

Others don't know, but he knows the position of Miss Yulou in his young master's heart.Although his young master usually pretends to be indifferent, in fact, every frown and smile of Yulou girl affects his young master's heart.

Meng Shiyu led Xiaoqi out of the city on horseback, and arrived at Jingdong Wharf half an hour later.

"Mother, is this the capital city? It's so prosperous!" Li Yukun stood at the bow of the boat and shouted excitedly, waving his arms.

"Come down, don't embarrass my old lady, act like a small place going to the city to go to the market." Zhang Xiulan reprimanded with a smile on her face.

Seeing Zhang Xiulan's pink cheeks, Li Yulou couldn't hold back her excitement, and smiled with her lips pursed.

"Miss, where are we going to live in Kyoto?" Chuntao asked while packing her things.

They didn't even think about it on the way.

"Daddy is in the capital, so he should have prepared a place to live!" Li Yulou said.

"Master is unreliable..." Chun Tao looked at Li Yulou's reminder, with a little helplessness in her tone.

Li Yulou glanced at her mother and wanted to ask, but found that Zhang Xiulan was standing on the bow of the boat with her son excitedly, thinking about it, forget it and let her be happy for a while.

The boat finally docked, but it started to rain lightly.

The pier was filled with smoke, and the rain was so cold that it hit people in the face with a shiver.

"Why is it raining? It's still raining so cold, this place is really freezing to death." Zhang Xiulan muttered as she packed her things.

Naturally, the capital here is much colder than Xiuzhou.

"Xiulan, here..." Li Xu's figure finally appeared in the sight of Li Yulou and others in a haze.

"Dad, dad..." Li Xu waved his arms excitedly, as if he was the only one who couldn't feel the cold.

"Old man, I'm here..." Zhang Xiulan also shouted.This made the other female relatives who came on the pier at the same time look sideways.

Li Xu came to Zhang Xiulan with an umbrella, smiling all over his face.Zhang Xiulan was also happy, although the two of them would be separated for a period of time every three years, but that was already three years ago.

Every time before, Zhang Xiulan went to the pier to pick up Li Xu, but this time it was Li Xu who picked up Zhang Xiulan.

"Father, where is the carriage?" Li Yulou asked without excitement.

"The carriage...there is no carriage..." Li Xu looked blank, as if asking him about the carriage was an absurd question.

Li Yulou,...

"I just said that the master is unreliable." Chuntao put the bundle on the shelf, covered it with a rainproof cloth, and muttered.

"You didn't bring the carriage here, so what should we do with these things?" Zhang Xiulan's excitement just now was also wiped away, as if the autumn leaves falling on the ground were caught in a gust of autumn wind.

"Just hire a carriage at the pier..." Li Xu said easily, "Yukun, you go..."

Li Yukun also felt that his father seemed unreliable, but he still agreed to find the carriage.

But the pier is full of boats today, and it is raining, the carriages have already been booked, only the ox carts.

"Why don't you want anything..."

Zhang Xiulan complained wearily.

Li Xu also felt embarrassed, he didn't think of hiring a carriage at all, he himself came in an ox cart.

"Yulou, it's better for you to go, run faster, and see if you can get a carriage out of others' hands." Zhang Xiulan looked at Li Yulou and said.

There are two men in the family, one only knows how to read and has no understanding of human nature, and the other only knows how to mess around, so he is spoiled very ignorant.

Li Yulou agreed, and went to look for the carriage, and he saw the white and handsome face of the young man under the oil-paper umbrella in the hazy mist.

She thought she had misread it, so she took a closer look and was sure it was a boy.

Li Yulou's heart was pounding, I haven't seen her for several months, does the boy still remember her?
Such doubts arose in her heart.

She took two steps forward, then stopped again, filled with timidity.

The boy raised the oil-paper umbrella a little higher, and a pair of clear and bright eyes shone on her body through the rain and fog.

The girl stood there looking at the boy's tall and straight figure, which seemed to be a bit taller, and her lips were so tender that they almost dripped water.

"What are you doing standing up, you're getting wet..." Meng Shiyu stepped up to Li Yulou's side in two steps, and put the oil-paper umbrella on top of her head.

"It's okay... I'm wearing a bamboo hat, why are you here?" Li Yulou asked, his voice trembling, almost shaking the rain and fog, causing a layer of ripples.

I don't know if it's because of fear or cold, but my body is shaking with the sound.

"Is it cold?" Meng Shiyu said as he took off his cloak and put it on Li Yulou.

"The capital here is much colder than Xiuzhou, where is the carriage, why don't you take the carriage?" Meng Shiyu asked.

"Daddy didn't hire a carriage. There are too many people on the pier today. There is no carriage. I came out just to find a carriage..." Li Yulou felt so ashamed.

Meng Shiyu thought of Li Xu's image of a big man who didn't touch his hands, knew what happened, and said, "Don't worry, I'll go find the carriage, you go pack your things, don't run around..."

"Shigure, is it okay?" the girl called out to the young man's back.

"Of course, wait..." The boy waved his hand at her with a firm tone.

The girl felt infinite comfort and ease.

(End of this chapter)