The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 130

Shangyuan Festival is a rare and auspicious day, and the capital city is very lively from day to night for three consecutive days.

Guo Baozhu would join in such excitement every year. When she was young, her father and elder brother accompanied her, but when she grew up, her elder brother was the only one.

Guo Zijing will be in the palace for the next two nights, and only Shishi is free this night. After lunch, he habitually asks his sister, "Should we go out at dusk?" At this time, my sister likes to eat street stalls, and she doesn't have dinner at home.

Guo Baozhu blinked at her elder brother, pretending to be very regretful, and said: "Look at me, I forgot to tell my brother, I have already made an appointment with my sister-in-law, A Zhu, and I will go to watch the lanterns with them tonight, brother, you can go shopping by yourself." Bar."

Guo Zijing was silent for a moment, "You don't need me to accompany you this time?"

Guo Baozhu smiled and shook his head.

Guo Zijing twitched the corner of his mouth.

Yes, why should I use him to accompany me? I spent a lot of money buying jewelry last time. Tonight I can at most buy a new and beautiful lantern. It will be an eyesore if he goes there.

He flicked a chestnut hard on the top of his sister's head, and Guo Zijing got up and went back to the house.

It's just right not to go, and he doesn't want to join in the fun. The lanterns are the same every year, so there's nothing to see.

Guo Baozhu watched his brother go away, but the smile on his face disappeared, and he frowned and looked into the distance, as if he had something on his mind.

I went back to the house and took a nap, woke up to wash up, and the sky darkened.Guo Baozhu changed into a moon-white brocade robe, taking advantage of her maid Jingui's inattention, quickly took out her favorite small dagger and hid it in her cuff.After tidying up, Guo Baozhu looked in the mirror and saw that the boy inside was no worse than his brother, so he went to bid farewell to his parents with satisfaction.

Mrs. Guo gave her a headache when she saw her outfit, but she also knew that the girls often wore men's clothes when they went out tonight, so she just told her: "You must stay with your uncle and the others at night, and you are not allowed to go out to play by yourself. If your sister-in-law tells you If you run around, I will punish you and not allow you to go out for a month."

Guo Baozhu squeezed her mother's shoulder flatteringly, and said coquettishly: "Don't worry, mother, don't you know my brother's temper? With him watching and my sister-in-law in charge, I can't sneak out even if I want to. Then Mother, you and Daddy can watch the lanterns at home, I'm going!"

After speaking, he turned around and ran away, Jingui, who was also dressed in men's attire, hurriedly followed behind.

Mrs. Guo looked at the sky outside, and said to Guo Yi not at ease: "Why don't you send her to the door of Zhao's house?"

Guo Yi, who had prepared a surprise for his wife, didn't want to go, "Just take a carriage and go directly to Zhao's Mansion, I don't need it." After speaking, seeing his wife frown, Guo Yi pulled him up from the chair flatteringly, She whispered: "Alright Lianrong, Baozhu often goes to Zhao's house by herself, don't worry, let's go, I will show you something."

He was very mysterious, Mrs. Guo guessed something, so she stopped urging him.

But halfway through the Guo family's carriage outside, Guo Baozhu suddenly called to stop.

Jingui looked outside and asked suspiciously, "What's the matter, Miss?" Zhao's was only two blocks away.

Guo Baozhu smiled at her, pointed to a teahouse on the corner of the street and said, "Go there and drink tea until I come back to find you. As for where I go, you don't care, and you are not allowed to tell Mrs. Madam when you turn around, do you understand?"

Jingui suddenly had a bitter face, and grabbed Guo Baozhu's arm to prevent her from leaving. She was so anxious that she was about to cry: "Girl, where are you going? Can you take me with you anyway? What if something happens to you... "

"Shut your crow's mouth!" Guo Baozhu shook off Jingui's hand vigorously, and threw a piece of broken silver to her, "If you don't want to drink tea, just sit in the carriage, whatever you want!" He finished speaking neatly He jumped out of the carriage, threw another piece of silver to the coachman, and gave the same instructions, then opened the folding fan with a snap, and went to the front street.

The coachman was still in a daze, waiting for Guo Baozhu to leave, and asked Jingui blankly: "Didn't our girl make an appointment with Mrs. Zhao? What should we do now?" Don't report to Mrs. Madam, something happened to the girl They can't get better, they report back and anger the girl, but they still have no good fruit to eat.

Jingui was also at a loss, but suddenly remembered something strange.She has been serving the girl every step of the way. It seems that she has never heard that she has made an appointment with the Yanping Hou Mansion. If there is an appointment, the girl has already said it. Why did she wait until yesterday evening to mention the lantern viewing?
After hesitating for a moment, Jingui finally gritted his teeth: "Forget it, let's do what the girl tells us!" Although the girl was naughty since she was a child, she never caused any serious troubles.

The lights on the street were bright, and Guo Baozhu walked towards the most famous wonton shop on the street familiarly, staring at the willow trees on both sides, as if looking for someone.There were many passers-by on the road, and he was almost hit by someone because he was distracted several times, so when he saw a handsome young man with his back against the trunk under a willow tree in front of him, Guo Baozhu lost his temper and walked over there angrily.

Because he didn't know where the prospective daughter-in-law would come from, Ji Zhao kept looking around. When he finally found Guo Baozhu, Guo Baozhu was already in front of him. Ji Zhao was startled, and instinctively took two steps aside.

Seeing that he was not pleasing to the eye, Guo Baozhu stopped and said, "Tell me, if you let me come here for nothing today, I will break your leg!"

She was tall and slender, and she was full of heroism that could not be expressed in men's clothes. She was really like a handsome boy.All Ji Zhao's preparations were useless, his heart was beating nervously, but he was also unprecedentedly happy.Thinking of Guo Baozhu throwing a bowl to remind him to run away that day, Ji Zhao's heart was as sweet as eating honey, and he was not afraid of her anymore. He took two steps towards her, looked into her eyes and said, "You are reluctant to beat me, otherwise day……"

"That day I wanted to hit you with a bowl, don't think about it!" The young man was no longer capable, he was standing there, and for some reason, being stared down by Ji Zhao condescendingly, Guo Baozhu was also a little flustered.Not wanting to get entangled with the restaurant anymore, she asked him directly: "What's the matter with you calling me out?"

Under the light, the girl's big eyes were bright and beautiful, Ji Zhao couldn't help but tell the truth: "I miss you..."

As soon as he finished speaking, seeing Guo Baozhu raised his foot and clearly wanted to kick him, Ji Zhao immediately ran to the side alley, "Baozhu, I'm telling the truth. Ever since I saw you shoot arrows at Zhao's house that day, I've been thinking As for you, I wish I could see you every day...Don't chase Baozhu, the alley is dark, I'm afraid you will trip..."

"Shut up! If you shout again, I'll hit you more!" Guo Baozhu was furious, and threw his folding fan at the black shadow in front of him.

Ji Zhao was chased and beaten by his father and grandmother since he was a child. He was not good at beating people, but he was very good at hiding and beating.Hearing the sound of the wind, he swiftly dodged to one side and avoided the folding fan, but was too busy hiding on it and forgot his feet, tripped by something in the darkness, and fell down with a plop.

Guo Baozhu laughed loudly: "You deserve it, this is retribution!"

It took Ji Zhao a while to stand up, leaning against the wall and shouting in pain: "Baozhu, I got stabbed in my arm, it seems to be bleeding..."

"Let's just bleed, it's better if the whole arm is crippled!" Guo Baozhu slowly stopped laughing, and cursed after a few steps, but his eyes were fixed on the figure in the darkness.There are lights at both ends of the alley, so you can't see your feet clearly, and you can still see a hazy shadow on your upper body. Seeing Ji Zhao holding the other arm with one hand, looking down at the wound, Guo Baozhu tentatively walked over, "Quickly say, what is your name?" Why did I come out, don't say I'm leaving!"

Ji Zhao looked up at her, feeling extremely wronged: "I'll tell you if you help me bandage the wound, don't worry, it's definitely related to you!"

Guo Baozhu didn't believe it, so he stood opposite him and said, "What if I help you, and you talk nonsense? I'm not that stupid."

There were noisy voices on both sides, but Ji Zhao felt that only Guo Baozhu's crisp and playful voice was in his ears, which was better than Ding Dong's spring water.Thinking of their marriage, he put away his hippie smile, lowered his voice and said, "Do you know why I delivered the letter to you last night? Because not long before that, someone sent me a note with your name on it." .”

Guo Baozhu was stunned, "My name? Impossible, why did I write to you for no reason?"

"I know it wasn't written by you. Although I haven't read your words, I know it was definitely not written by you just by looking at the contents of the letter. You hate me so much, why would you say that to me?" Ji Zhao There was a little more self-deprecation in the calm voice.

Guo Baozhu felt a little uncomfortable suddenly, she lowered her head and asked him: "It's written in the letter... Forget it, just give the letter to me." It's not like she didn't understand anything, so she vaguely guessed that the letter was probably something about love between children.

Ji Zhao was silent, then walked towards her holding his arm.Just when Guo Baozhu thought he was going to give her the letter, Ji Zhao raised his sleeves and stretched out his arms in front of her, looking at her blurred face in the dark, and said, "You clean up the wound for me first, and I will send the letter to you." Here it is." It was obviously a threat or a bargain, but he said it in a pitiful way, without any momentum.

Guo Baozhu turned her head, "You..."

"Baozhu..." Ji Zhao lowered his head slightly, his forehead was about to touch hers, "Just help me this time."

He got so close suddenly, Guo Baozhu pushed him without thinking, Ji Zhao staggered back, but held her hand tightly, no matter how hard Guo Baozhu struggled, he would not let go.Guo Baozhu was so angry that he kicked him, Ji Zhao simply stuck to the wall and kicked her obediently, but his hand still refused to let go, "You hit me, I prefer this to you helping me bandage my wound."

Extremely rascal.

Guo Baozhu had nothing to do with him, seeing that he didn't resist, he simply rolled up his cuffs: "Where did you put the letter?"

Ji Zhao turned around, stood with his back against the wall, raised his head and said, "It's on the chest."

"Take it out quickly!" Guo Baozhu kicked his leg.

Ji Zhao smiled at her: "If you don't help me, you can take it yourself."

Guo Baozhu laughed angrily, "You think I'm afraid to take it, don't you?" After speaking, he stepped on one of Ji Zhao's boots hard, and put his hand directly into the hem of his clothes to touch.Wearing thick winter clothes, of course she couldn't touch him, but Ji Zhao was so excited that his mouth was dry. He looked around, turned around suddenly, and it was him who pressed Guo Baozhu against the wall, "Baozhu, you..."

"Get up!" Guo Baozhu panicked and pushed him hard, but Ji Zhao is a man after all, how could she push him?
"Well, it seems quite warm to be close together like this, but it's important." Afraid of completely angering Guo Baozhu, Ji Zhao let go after pressing for a while, and he didn't need Guo Baozhu's help when he put down his sleeves, "Baozhu, you...don't Don't hit, I'll tell you right away!"

Guo Baozhu was in a fit of rage, he would not listen to him, he punched and kicked people.Ji Zhao hid for a few times and stopped. He lay motionless on the wall and beat her, begging for mercy while baring his teeth and screaming in pain: "Why are you angry? It's you. You touched mine first, and I didn't do it." What...Baozhuzhu, the Baozhu who wrote to me said you liked me, and asked me to go to the Jiuqu Bridge to take a boat to watch the lanterns, what do you think that person meant?"

Guo Baozhu stopped moving, "By the Jiuqu Bridge?"

Ji Zhao didn't seem to be in pain at all, and said excitedly: "Yes, Baozhu, that person obviously has other schemes, no matter what the purpose is, it is aimed at both of us, since she wants to see me, I will naturally go there Look, do you want to watch the excitement?"

Of course Guo Baozhu wanted to go, but she didn't want to go on the same road as Ji Zhao: "You go and see her, I'll see from a distance who is pretending to be me!" I don't know why the other party is so mysterious.

She turned around to leave, Ji Zhao saw it, rushed forward and grabbed her hand, and pulled her forward without giving Guo Baozhu a chance to speak: "I saw what she was doing, I want to watch the fun with you, let's go Baozhu, if you go late, you won't be able to see anything!"

"You, let me go, I'll go by myself!"

Guo Baozhu couldn't help but ran a few steps with Ji Zhao, struggling while running, but Ji Zhao didn't listen, and didn't let go until he was almost out of the alley.There were so many people on the street, it was hard for Guo Baozhu to make another move, so he gave him a hard look and then walked towards the Jiuqu Bridge.Ji Zhao followed closely behind her, Guo Baozhu stopped and chased people away, and he stopped, Guo Baozhu continued to walk, and he continued to follow, and halfway went to the stall to buy a lantern...

As they walked, they gradually became walking side by side.

At this time, Guo Baoyan was sitting in a black-covered boat by the bridge, silently preparing for the mother and daughter's plan.

She has never met Ji Zhao, nor has her mother. She only heard that he is an extremely outstanding son. Although he is not as young and promising as Zhao Chen, his family background is also very good, and it is worth her risk to win. If he succeeds, she will be The wife of the eldest son of the Zhongyihou Mansion.

As for the chances of winning, Guo Baoyan lowered his head and smiled, and twirled the jade bracelet on his wrist.

She has never been worse than Guo Baozhu.

The outside of the boat is shimmering, reflecting the moonlight in the sky and the lights on the shore. The girl in the boat is sure to win. On the other side of the capital, King Rui Tang Tao is standing in front of the window of a private room and looking at the street scene, and he is also confident.

(End of this chapter)