capital girl

Chapter 72 The Provocation at the Banquet
Li Yulou ordered Chuntao to pour a cup of tea for Zhou Ying, and then said, "I've only been here for two days, and I haven't found time yet, where do you live?"

"I'm in Nancheng, more than half an hour away from here. It won't be so convenient for us to meet in the future." Zhou Ying's voice was earnest, and she looked a little sad.

"Nancheng..." Li Yulou showed embarrassment on his face, "We will be very close soon... But, where does Master Wu live?"

"He..." A faint pink color appeared on Zhou Ying's cheeks, "He is in the west of the city..."

Li Yulou,...

"Oh, you are, wedding dress, are you and Meng Shiyu okay!" Zhou Ying looked at Li Yulou with a worried expression.

"It's okay..." Li Yulou had a shy look on his face, "What's wrong?"

"Now he is the hottest topic in the capital. Everyone says that he is so beautiful. Many people are waiting for the list to catch a son-in-law. What princes and nobles, even princesses and princesses are eager to try. Can you help Meng Shiyu get promoted?" Zhou Ying excitedly talked about the gossip she had heard about Meng Shiyu during this period.

Li Yulou wasn't nervous at all, he pursed his lips lightly and smiled faintly, "Shi Yu is not that kind of person..."

"Our wedding date has been set."

"What..." Zhou Ying looked at Li Yulou in surprise, "When?"

"The sixth day of September..." Li Yulou lowered his brows shyly, his eyelashes fluttered slightly, and he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.

"The sixth day of September... that's nine days later..." Zhou Ying looked incredible.

Li Yulou nodded, "Well, soon, I'm embroidering a wedding dress, and I haven't finished embroidering it yet. I knew I should have worked harder when I was in Xiuzhou, so I was caught off guard..."

Li Yulou's face was full of happiness and worry, which made Zhou Ying pinch her face in anger.

"Are all the clothes inside ready?" Zhou Ying flipped through Li Yulou's wedding dress and inner clothes.

"For the clothes inside, just wear your usual clothes..." Li Yulou said.

"Then how can I do it... Hey, I think you can't even embroider the wedding dress well before you get married. You have to consummate the house on the night of the wedding. How can you do it if you don't wear a new underwear? I'll help you embroider the wedding dress, although my embroiderer Ordinary, but it’s okay to deal with it, you can design some inner clothes yourself, such as bellybands, busts, and..."

Li Yulou's cheeks became hot when Zhou Ying said it, and he suddenly remembered that night.

Do you have to prepare some underwear for Shi Yu, after all, he doesn't have a maid to serve him.

Li Yulou suddenly felt that his feet hit the back of his head, and there was more to do.

Zhou Ying took Li Yulou's wedding dress and went home to help her embroider it.

Walking halfway, I found that the street was congested and it was impossible to drive, so I had to find a teahouse to stop and wait. Only then did I know that the No. [-] Scholar Parade passed through.

Zhou Ying slapped her head, she was planning to take Li Yulou out to watch Meng Shiyu parade through the street, so why did she forget.

Then she smiled shyly again. They will be husband and wife from now on, and they can look at it however they want.

In the private room upstairs, Cao Xiu saw that Meng Shiyu was still wearing a half-worn robe, and his wooden hairpin was still unable to conceal his beautiful face and radiant temperament, and his teeth were itching with anger.

Her marriage with King Yan is about to be finalized, and the emperor will issue a decree to confer a marriage. This is enough to give their Cao family face, but she still doesn't want to give up.Meng Shiyu is really beautiful.

"Sister, look at that number one scholar is very good-looking, why don't you snatch him and make him your son-in-law!" Princess Anping said to Princess Anle with a gloomy face.

"Well, it's pretty..." Princess Anle took a sip of tea and looked at Princess Anping, "You like him, I heard that he is from Xiuzhou, and he is from the same academy as the county consort..."

Zhao Nian glanced at Zhao Ci, and gritted his teeth, "You inquired clearly..."

Princess Anle smiled, "I don't like such an outstanding man, so I'll find a mediocre man who only knows how to recite poems and paint, understand life, and understand taste..."

"Sister, are you looking for a man? You are looking for a playmate." Princess Anping said in disbelief.

"Who says men are all the same," Princess Anle laughed, "Such a self-motivated man should be reserved for the emperor, let him serve the court and the country, it is worthless to stay in my back house, you know , the son-in-law basically cannot sit in a position of real power."

"Third brother, why are you trying to grab the limelight..." Princess Anping glanced at King Yan with a bright smile, and curled her lips.

"He's not trying to grab the limelight, he's trying to be a green leaf, a foil..." Princess Anle said coldly.

At the end of the parade, all the new scholars were brought into the palace to sit.

When the banquet started, newcomers like them naturally regarded themselves as transparent people.

After several rounds of drinking, there were too many officials. Although Meng Shiyu huddled in a corner low-key and wanted to be a little transparent, he was still caught out.

"Has Mr. Meng ever been engaged?" The Minister of the Ministry of War went straight in. There was a girl in his family who was waiting to find a good son-in-law.

Meng Shiyu stood up and said respectfully, "Thank you, Sir, for your concern. For the student's wedding banquet on the sixth day of September, if any adult has time, you can..."

Although Meng Shiyu's voice was not loud, it reached the ears of everyone present.

Suddenly there was the sound of a wine glass shattering.

King Yan sat on the futon with his body tilted, in front of him were broken porcelain pieces all over the floor.

He looked at Meng Shiyu with evil eyes, and his whole body exuded murderous aura.

Meng Shiyu obediently sat back in his seat, and the servant hurriedly ordered someone to come up and clean up the broken porcelain pieces.

"What's wrong with the third brother? Why did you suddenly get angry at the happy scene? Could it be that the third brother is a man who is the new champion..." King Jin broke the inexplicably awkward silence at the scene with a smile.

King Yan looked at King Jin like a knife.

King Jin smiled, "Or he married your beloved woman..."

The officials below looked at their noses, noses, noses and hearts one by one, silently thinking that it had nothing to do with me, nothing to do with me.

Everyone was surprised how King Jin would suddenly come forward.King Jin is the empress's son, according to the difference between his son and concubines, King Jin should inherit the throne the most.

But the emperor doted on his concubine and doted on King Yan, which made the succession of the throne confusing.

King Yan has always had a good reputation, good looks, good conduct, and great talent.

But many people know that Yan Wang's good reputation is all exchanged with hypocrisy, and it will collapse someday.

And Jin Wang has always been a good man, not fighting or grabbing, but his younger brother looks like a big brother.

Therefore, no matter Jin Wang or Yan Wang, there are supporters behind them.

"Fourth brother, I'm joking. I've heard that the number one scholar is talented and upright. Today I see that it is indeed the case. I am very happy that I have such a new champion in the Zhou Dynasty. When I got excited, I smashed the wine glass..." King Yan said Said with a forced smile.

Immediately, several officials smoothed things over, and the banquet, whose atmosphere had almost collapsed, finally returned to the normal track.

But the atmosphere is always weird.

The news that Meng Shiyu was going to get married on the sixth day of September caused quite a stir among the Xinke Scholars.

(End of this chapter)