Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Fifth: Raising Cases with Eyebrows (2 in 1)
This novel gathering is still going on.
It seems that Ye Ruoxi is not helping the men choose their female companions purely based on her ever-changing thoughts. She will also talk to the women at the table from time to time, or ask Li Jinshu and Du Yifu for some information, and think about it for a while.
Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at "Yuanyang Pu".
Li Jinshu was standing next to Ye Ruoxi at this time, being looked at by the women by the stream. Although he felt a little embarrassed, he still did not forget the junior brothers he had brought with him.
Especially Zhao Rong, who ranks first among the juniors.
Li Jinshu had been paying attention. At this moment, seeing Zhao Rong sizing up the woman who he found very "troublesome", Li Jinshu couldn't help but have a headache.
I used to think that my junior brother was quite calm...after all, he was still too young and had a young mind.
This age is also the most difficult to persuade. At worst, it is rebellious. It feels like any gap can be crossed and any mountain and sea can be leveled. At best, it is scholarly and fearless. The same is true for women.
Over the years, Li Jinshu has seen too many such examples in the academy.
Ye Ruoxi, who ordered another pair of "Mandarin Ducks", glanced out of the corner of her eye and noticed his frown.
She followed Li Jinshu's line of sight and saw an academy student wearing Qingjin. She had seen him following Li Jinshu before, and she felt quite young and mature. She didn't expect that... well, he was also a bit fancy, and it was hard to keep his eyes open, but that's it.
normal.
Ye Ruoxi looked at Zhao Lingfei who was making tea with a smile on her face, and then looked at Ji Ganyi behind Zhao Rong, thinking for a moment.
She turned around and whispered to Li Jingshu: "I will choose another good woman for him."
Li Jinshu wanted to thank him in his heart, but the next second he was glanced sideways by Ye Ruoxi, who coughed lightly and said no more courtesy.
After a while, it was finally Zhao Rong's turn.
Ye Ruoxi smiled and said: "What do you call the young master?"
Zhao Rong: "I am Zhao Rong, whose name is Ziyu. Miss Ye can just call me Zhao Ziyu."
Ye Ruoxi pretended to look carefully up and down, and said to the women on the bank of Nuan River: "Well, he is indeed a young hero of the academy... Ziyu, come with me, my sister has already thought of it for you, Junior Sister Lin is just right."
After saying that, without waiting for Zhao Rong to say anything, she turned around and walked towards a certain direction of Nuanxi. There was a pretty woman that Ye Ruoxi had already chosen, a junior sister with a gentle and well-behaved temperament.
But.
After walking a few steps, Ye Ruoxi found that the eyes of many people in front of her were still behind her.
The academy student named Zhao Ziyu did not follow.
Ye Ruoxi looked back strangely.
Zhao Rong was originally hesitant about how to call her, but when he saw this, he went straight to the point: "Thank you Miss Ye for your kindness. Miss Lin, I'm sorry, but I already have a female companion."
He cupped his hands apologetically, turned slightly sideways, and walked in the direction he had been watching for a long time.
Ye Ruoxi was stunned, has a female companion?
In an instant, she glanced at Li Jinshu with a complaining look, but the next second, Ye Ruoxi realized that Li Jinshu ignored her, but looked straight at the direction Zhao Rong was leaving, and subconsciously took two steps forward.
, I almost want to chase after him.
Ye Ruoxi reacted immediately and quickly turned around to look.
In her field of vision, Zhao Rong only left her with a tall and straight figure at the moment, and in the same direction as this receding figure was a woman in a skirt quietly making tea.
And there are many people who are paying attention to this scene like Ye Ruoxi, because Zhao Rong is already ranked high in the queue, and he is the first man so far to reject Ye Ruoxi's choice and find a female companion on his own, not to mention those behind Zhao Rong.
The Taiqing students and academicians who were still waiting eagerly in the queue.
Zhao Rong could feel more and more eyes coming from all directions, and even the laughter of the women at the gathering gradually became quieter, but his face remained calm and his steps were steady and steady.
From the moment Zhao Rong stepped into the Four Houses of Taiqing to find Qingjun, he expected that he would often get a lot of "fussy" looks and face all kinds of stares. A few days ago, he couldn't help but steal
After getting close to Qingjun, certain things have changed, these expectations have gradually come to pass, and he has gradually gotten used to it.
Whether he is worthy or not is an outsider's feeling, but emotions are a matter between him and Qingjun.
Being interfered with by other people's eyes and comments is like being interfered with by a third party, which is the greatest disloyalty between a man and a woman to each other.
Therefore, Zhao Rong had no worries at the moment, but... was a little worried.
He stared at the table that was getting closer and closer. Zhao Lingfei was still playing with the tea with her eyes lowered, seemingly not caring about the activities at the gathering or Zhao Rong who was walking towards her.
The lady's anger must still be gone. If she still has a temper, it's best not to go...
He thought so, but Zhao Rong still walked to the stream and stopped in front of Zhao Lingfei's desk.
At this time, he did not sit down immediately, but lowered his head and cast an inquiring gaze, waiting for her to look up.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three breaths.
Zhao Lingfei still did not raise her head to look at the man blocking her sunlight.
Zhao Rong coughed lightly, and reminded... "Qingjun."
Zhao Lingfei still ignored her.
The venue, which had been quiet for a while, gradually started to erupt with waves of discussion.
Ye Lanzhi was sitting on the table near Zhao Lingfei. When she saw the scene in front of her, her expression was a little strange, but immediately, she nodded lightly, "Senior Sister Lingfei, you did a great job, just to let him go for a while, if it is still like that day in Four Seasons
Just like Tang, after being secretly kissed, if you still bury your head and cover your face without saying anything, you will be bullied to death by him in the future...
After the boring academy student in front of him walked aside, Ji Ganyi took a few steps forward and relaxedly waited for Ye Ruoxi to reveal the arrangements he had made. As a result, the next moment, Ji Ganyi suddenly turned his head and straightened.
Staring at Zhao Rong's back, he frowned slightly as if he remembered something.
However, when Ji Gan saw Zhao Lingfei ignoring Zhao Rong, he chuckled and shook his head.
But at this time, facing this situation, others thought it was reasonable and expected.
Liu Kongyi glanced at Zhao Rong, who was standing motionless in front of the original table, and stopped paying attention. Instead, he kept looking at Zhao Lingfei with his eyes. Seeing her cold and clear goddess posture, Liu Kongyi curled his lips slightly.
.
I don’t know why all of you men like this kind of tune, you bastards?
Ever since Zhao Lingfei entered the palace, whenever the men talked about the outstanding women in Taiqing Palace, this loner and rarely socialized Zhao Lingfei would always be ranked in front of her.
Seeing that things had developed into this embarrassing scene, Ye Ruoxi frowned and glanced at Li Jinshu who was holding his sleeves with one hand and looking anxious.
"How come you, junior brother, don't understand so much..." Ye Ruoxi stopped mid-sentence. The matter has reached this point and there is no point in talking more.
Li Jinshu blamed himself, "I'm sorry, Miss Ye, it's all my fault for not telling him earlier..."
As he said this, he was about to go to Zhao Rong's place.
Ye Ruoxi raised her hand to stop her and said helplessly: "Wait a minute, as a senior brother, don't go. It will make your junior brother even more embarrassed. I'll do it."
She looked around and winked at the red carp girls beside her.
One of the girls, a round-faced girl with a red face who was snickering, saw this and quickly stepped out of the queue ahead of the other sisters, volunteering to walk towards the place by the stream where everyone was paying attention.
The discussion on the field gradually grew louder, and began to contain some low laughter.
However, at this moment, Zhao Rong didn't pay attention to the teasing laughter in his ears. He just glanced at the seat next to Zhao Lingfei with some annoyance, where there was a cup of fragrant hot tea, emitting white smoke.
Zhao Rong twitched the corner of his mouth and stood in front of the table.
Zhao Lingfei still sat with her eyes lowered.
To outsiders, this seemed like an embarrassing scene of rejection, but between the two of them, there was a special tacit understanding and... silent communication.
Hey, madam, please give me some more hints. Don't say anything, don't even give me a look.
Also, does this cup of tea mean that you want me to sit up and move on my own, or am I overthinking it, or does it mean another kind of driving away, asking me not to bother you for the time being?
Concubine Zhao Ling waited for a moment and saw that Zhao Rong was "well-behaved" and motionless. She was a little satisfied but also a little anxious.
Brother Rong'er, please sit down quickly. This cup of tea is not for you, but for someone else. You are still standing there stupidly. In the lecture hall a few days ago, you... why didn't I see you being so honest and obedient when you kissed me? You don't care about this.
I haven’t apologized yet, why don’t you ask me to sit down and ask you to sit down...
Zhao Rong didn't know that there were so many psychological activities under Zhao Lingfei's calm appearance. He was turning his head and staring at the person making hot tea on the table.
Suddenly, Zhao Rong's face suddenly became clear.
As the saying goes, guests are served with plenty of tea.
I see……
He thought he understood the lady's meaning, so he looked closely at the height of the tea. However, what made him speechless was that the height of the cup of tea in front of him was between satisfaction and dissatisfaction. What did the lady mean? It was difficult...
…
How could Concubine Zhao Ling have imagined that Zhao Rong had such rich association skills? When she saw that Zhao Rong was still not sitting down, she suddenly became a little anxious.
With her head lowered, Zhao Lingfei puffed her lips slightly, and the next second she reached out to pick up her teacup, ready to take a symbolic sip. When she put it down, she touched the table hard, and at the same time "knocked" the wooden bump to let him
A point of inspiration.
However, what caught Zhao Lingfei off guard was that as soon as she picked up the tea cup, Zhao Rong left at the table without looking back.
Zhao Lingfei's narrow eyes suddenly opened...
Zhao Rong turned around and left, sighing slightly in his heart. Serving tea? Okay, I understand, let's see the guests off.
When he turned around, a girl with a round face and a red carp appeared next to Zhao Rong at the right time. She bowed playfully and said, "Young master, can you sit with me? I just have some questions that I would like to ask you. I hope you will."
Don’t dislike me, young master.”
The two of them had become familiar with each other on the way up the mountain. After saying this, the round-faced red carp girl winked at Zhao Rong quietly, well, it turns out that she is a fake idiot with a lustful heart and a lustful courage, hee hee...
Zhao Rong saw the narrow smile in her eyes and felt a little helpless, but he also knew that this was probably the ladder that Miss Ye had arranged for him. Although he didn't care about the looks from around him, it was not easy to refuse the kindness of others.
Zhao Rong nodded lightly, "What's your name, girl?"
"My name is Luzhu."
The two of them prepared to walk to the empty table beside them.
Luzhu leaned to the right and got close to Zhao Rong, wanting to whisper a few words to tease this funny fake idiot.
Zhao Rong said without looking back: "I have a wife, don't get so close."
Luzhu snorted softly, "Oh, you're bluffing me again. You have a wife and you still..."
The next second, her words suddenly stopped.
Because, a woman whom Luzhu never expected blocked their way, and before she could think too much about it, the woman reached out her hand without any delay and took the fake idiot beside her away...
The students and academicians at the gathering looked at Concubine Zhao Ling in astonishment, who had lowered her head and said nothing. After Zhao Rong and Lu Zhu left, they suddenly looked up, as if they had seen something, and saw her face turned pale, and she suddenly looked up.
She stood up, hurried forward, and stopped in front of Zhao Rong and Lu Zhu. What followed was a scene that surprised everyone even more. Zhao Lingfei stretched out her hand to snatch Zhao Rong over, held his hand, and pulled Zhao Rong with her head.
He returned to his seat without looking back.
The air at the gathering was somewhat silent and solid.
Countless eyes met and deviated from time to time, you looked at me, I looked at you, and then the eyes couldn't help but focus on the man and woman who still held hands even after they sat down.
Concubine Zhao Ling squeezed Zhao Rong's hand and brought her husband back to his seat.
Concubine Zhao Ling's face gradually returned to color. She bit her lip, but did not dare to look at Zhao Rong. Instead, she lowered her head, stretched out her jade hand and carefully patted the dust on Zhao Rong's kneeling mat, with a low eyebrow like a kitten.
Just after Zhao Rong turned around and left, Concubine Zhao Ling was in a state of confusion. Especially when she heard the voices laughing at Zhao Rong around her, she felt extremely harsh.
Zhao Lingfei suddenly realized that these days, his accommodation and flattery to her had made her willful, and the willfulness just now, while ignoring her husband's feelings, might make him lose face.
Therefore, Concubine Zhao Ling was instantly frightened, thinking that Zhao Rong had hurt the man's self-esteem by her, so she turned around and left.
So, she chased after him regardless of her own safety.
Concubine Zhao Ling quietly raised her eyes and glanced at Zhao Rong's expression.
She thought for a moment, picked up a cup of tea with both hands, and handed it to Zhao Rong with a raised eyebrow.