In the evening.
The streets are bustling with activity.
Hawkers shouted and pedestrians walked by.
People buying groceries, shopping, and eating, all in groups of three or four, talking to each other, the noise was loud and quite bustling.
Luo Qingzhou finally went out alone.
Bai Ling ignored him.
Xia Chan also went to the backyard to practice sword.
Luo Qingzhou had no choice but to sneak out through the back door and put on a mask in the alley.
Wandered around the streets for a while.
He went directly to Spring Garden Alley.
Chunyuan Alley is only about three streets away from the Qin Mansion, so it is not too far.
Enter the alley.
Seeing that there was no one around, he took off the mask on his face, put on a loose Confucian robe, and concealed the aura of a warrior.
He suddenly transformed into the usual gentle and elegant scholar.
Search house by house.
At the deepest part of the alley, an old mansion with peeling paint on the door was found.
There are a few big words written on the plaque above the door: Hundred Flowers Garden.
"Winter! Winter! Winter!"
He went up and knocked on the door.
At the same time, he took out two rolls of rice paper from the storage bag.
After knocking for a long time, no one came to open the door.
Isn't he here
He waited for a while, and just as he was about to leave, a childish and timid voice suddenly came from the door: "Who?"
Hearing this, Luo Qingzhou quickly said, "My last name is Luo, and I'm here to deliver something."
"Luo? Is that Mr. Luo?"
The voice inside the door suddenly became excited.
"Squeak..."
The door opened immediately.
A little maid in a yellow dress appeared in the doorway. She stared at him with her big, lively eyes, and said excitedly, "It's Master Luo! Please come in! My young lady is playing the zither in the pavilion. If she knew you were here, she would be very happy."
Luo Qingzhou was slightly surprised: "Do you know me?"
The little maid nodded with a smile on her face and said, "Yes, Miss, you have many portraits of Mr. Luo. They were all painted by Miss herself. They look very much like Mr. Luo. I recognized him at the first sight."
Luo Qingzhou asked in confusion: "Who is your young lady..."
The little maid smiled and said, "You will know once you go in, please come in."
Luo Qingzhou took a look inside but did not go in. He raised the scroll in his hand and said, "I am here to deliver something for His Highness. I asked your young lady to come out for a moment. I have something else to do. I will leave after I deliver the things."
The little maid pouted her lips and said, "Sir, if you don't come in, my lady will be very sad."
Luo Qingzhou stared at her for a few seconds and guessed, "Your young lady... is a beggar?"
The little maid opened her eyes wide and asked, "Sir, how did you know?"
When Luo Qingzhou heard this, he didn't dare to go in anymore, and hurriedly said, "Go and call her over, I have something else to do and I have to leave soon."
Seeing that he was in a hurry, the little maid could only say unhappily, "Well, please wait a moment, sir."
After saying that, he left in a hurry.
Luo Qingzhou stood at the door without taking a step inside, secretly pondering the eldest princess' intentions.
Could it be that the eldest princess has not given up yet and wants that beautiful girl to get close to him
Or maybe, is it simply to let the flower-bone girl live here and pass on stories and news to her
Not long.
A slim young girl in a bright red gauze dress came hurriedly over with the maid.
The girl had a slim and graceful figure, a slender waist, a majestic chest, straight and long legs, fair skin, a pretty appearance, and a coquettish look that naturally revealed itself between her brows.
As she walks, she is like a delicate flower swaying in the wind, with various postures.
This girl was none other than the girl named Hua Gu.
"Mr. Luo..."
Hua Gu came closer, looked at him with sparkling eyes, and said in a soft and seductive voice: "Except for me and Xiao Huan, there is no one else in the mansion. It's getting late, why don't you come in, I will make some dinner for you, and I will accompany you to play in the garden for a while, okay?"
Luo Qingzhou handed over the two rolls of rice paper in his hand and said, "Since it's getting late, I naturally have to go home to have dinner with my wife. Miss Huagu, please take the things and give them to His Highness when the time comes. You should know that the things inside are very important and must not be lost."
Hua Gu's expression darkened, she stretched out her delicate hand to take it, and said aggrievedly: "Sir, do you hate me so much?"
Luo Qingzhou bowed and said, "Miss Huagu, you are too kind. You and I have only met twice. How can you say that you dislike me? I do have a wife waiting for me at home. I am sorry."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Hua Gu hurriedly reached out and grabbed his wide sleeves, and said in a trembling voice: "Master, don't be afraid, I will not be as shameless as before. I just want to talk to you, chat with you, and stay with you for a while, I have no other intentions."
Luo Qingzhou looked at her and said nothing more.
Hua Gu raised her pretty little face, her watery eyes full of charming and pitiful expression, and pleaded softly, "Master, please..."
I don't know if the string on her chest was not tied properly or if her breasts were just too big, but the string suddenly loosened, revealing an alluring whiteness and deep cleavage.
Luo Qingzhou was stunned and glanced subconsciously. While he was in a daze, he suddenly felt a familiar chill. His mind instantly cleared up. He quickly took her hand away from his sleeve, stepped back two steps, and said seriously: "I'm sorry, Miss Huagu, I am a scholar, I know the rules of propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, and I know the difference between melon fields and plum trees. It's really inconvenient for me to go in. Goodbye!"
After saying that, without any hesitation, he turned and left.
Hua Gu stood at the door, staring blankly at his back as he walked away. Then she sighed inaudibly and turned to go into the house.
Luo Qingzhou strode towards the alley entrance.
When she was halfway there, she suddenly turned around and looked at the corner next to her, and said in surprise, "Hey, Chanchan, weren't you going to come out? When did you come?"
Xia Chan leaned against the wall, crossed her arms, holding the sword in her arms, and looked at him coldly.
The alley was silent for a moment.
Luo Qingzhou said: "Come on, I'll take you to eat something delicious."
Xia Chan stood there, still not moving. The sword in her arms seemed to be ready to move, and the aura around her became increasingly cold.
Luo Qingzhou didn't dare to pretend anymore and had to explain: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't come here secretly to date another woman. The person just now was the princess's man, named Huagu. I once begged the princess to help save Xiaolou and her mother, and the reward I gave her was stories and military strategies. The things I wrote in the study this afternoon were for the princess. I was going to ask you to come over tonight to deliver the things, but you... I was wrong, I shouldn't have bullied Bailing..."
Xia Chan stared at him coldly for a while, then asked, "Where did you look at her just now?"
Luo Qingzhou's heart skipped a beat and he said, "Face. When she spoke to me, of course I looked at her face."
"Oh."
"Oh, and there are skirts!"
Xia Chan stared at him with cold eyes, and her beautiful hair swayed behind her without wind.
"Chest..."
Luo Qingzhou said awkwardly, then with an innocent look: "Originally I was looking at her face, but the rope around her suddenly loosened, and something seemed to pop out. I thought it was a hidden weapon, so I subconsciously took a look... Chanchan, it's not my fault..."
Xia Chan said nothing more and turned away.
Luo Qingzhou quickly followed and said, "In fact, I just took a look and didn't see anything, and I didn't do it on purpose. No one is perfect, and you just saw that the son-in-law has firmly rejected her temptation, right?"
Xia Chan ignored him, walked out of the alley and continued walking forward.
But just after crossing a street, she suddenly stopped, looked left and right, tightened the sword in her hand, and a hint of nervousness appeared in her eyes.
She is lost.
Luo Qingzhou quickly walked up to her and said, "Come on, I'll take you to dinner."
Xia Chan's pretty face was still as cold as ice: "No."
"Then you just stand here by yourself. Don't blame me if you get lost. You will be sold to a mine by human traffickers and forced to dig every day. You will be exhausted to death."
Luo Qingzhou turned around and walked towards the street on the left.
After walking for a while, he turned around and looked.
As expected, the girl followed him silently and pitifully, holding the sword. When she saw him looking at her, she stopped immediately, turned her pretty face away, and looked away.
Luo Qingzhou seemed to hear her voice: Humph.
"Chanchan, come, stay with uncle. Uncle needs your protection. There are so many people here. It will be troublesome if we get separated."
Give this girl a way out.
Xia Chan hesitated for a while, then walked over with a cold face, her eyes still staring at him coldly, unwilling to be outdone.
Luo Qingzhou pretended to be afraid of her, turned his head away, avoided her sight, and continued to walk forward with a guilty look on his face.
Xia Chan then withdrew her gaze and followed him silently.
"Chanchan, do you want to go to the restaurant or eat at the stall over there?"
When they reached the entrance of an alley, Luo Qingzhou asked.
An enticing aroma wafted over from the alley.
Xia Chan stopped and looked at the snacks on the stalls in the alley. She hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Is the restaurant expensive?"
As she said this, she subconsciously touched the purse around her waist.
Luo Qingzhou pondered for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be too expensive. The environment in the restaurant is good, quiet, and the food is a little cleaner. Here, there are many people, it's noisy, and the food may not be so clean. But as for the taste, sometimes the food in the restaurant is not necessarily better than here."
Xia Chan thought for a moment, looked at him and said, "Then... the restaurant."
She took a look at his clean robe and his elegant and graceful appearance, and thought to herself: He is a scholar, he likes quietness and cleanliness... A restaurant should be more suitable.
"Okay, my son-in-law is treating us tonight, eat whatever you want!"
Luo Qingzhou walked in front, looking for a better restaurant on the streets on both sides.
Xia Chan followed behind, took a look at his handsome profile, and muttered to herself: No, I don’t want that.
She said she would support him and wouldn't let him pay for it.
And she always bullied him secretly, making him so pitiful every time and taking away so many of his things every time, so she should treat him to a meal.
Luo Qingzhou quickly found a restaurant.
Just as the two were about to go in, several figures suddenly walked out of the restaurant.
One of the figures was very familiar to Luo Qingzhou.
The man was also stunned when he saw him.
The two stopped where they were, staring at each other, neither speaking.
"Luo Yu, what's wrong? Do you know this person?"
One of the tall young men in a blue robe asked, his eyes fell on the young man outside the door. He looked him up and down several times, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and his Adam's apple moved a few times.
Luo Yu's mouth twitched, and he smiled faintly: "Brother Meng, he is the scholar I told you about, my Chengguo Mansion's bastard, Luo Qingzhou."
Then he sneered and said, "Of course, he may have changed his surname and become a servant of someone else's family."