After a lot of information flashed through his mind, Lu Ce said carefully: "Sorry, we can't do it for the time being."
After listening to Lu Ce's words, Wen Qingzhu laughed.
This was only the first time they met in this life. According to Lu Ce's character, not directly saying that he couldn't is already giving her face.
"I have to tell you if I can't for the time being." The smile on Wen Qingzhu's face slowly faded.
Her eyes shone brightly under the light of the lights, and she looked into Lu Ce's eyes and said, "Jiang Yue wants to marry Jiang Dejia to Fu Lie, and he also plans to let me pave the way for King Rui. What do you think I should do? "
As soon as these words came out, Lu Ce's eyes froze and he stopped holding the teacup in his hand.
The two people looked at each other quietly, and a sharp cry for help came from the lake.
"Help!"
"Help... help..."
Wen Qingzhu looked sideways towards the lake and saw torches and figures flashing there.
After retracting her gaze, she reminded: "Mr. Lu, isn't the place cleared here? Since that girl can come in, her identity must be not simple, so you'd better go over and have a look."
Lu Ce stood up and bowed slightly to her apologetically: "I'm sorry."
Looking at Lu Ce's back as he quickly left, the corners of Wen Qingzhu's mouth curled up slightly.
In her previous life, she heard that Lu Ce had a romantic affair in Lingcheng. It seemed that the girl who fell into the water was unintentional.
After waiting for a while, Lu Ce still didn't come.
Wen Qingzhu glanced at the lanterns around him, and then looked at the other end of the suspension bridge: "Lv Tao, let's go find Mr. Qiao. It's not good to keep him waiting for a long time."
"Master Qiao is here too?" Lu Tao didn't react for a moment.
But Wen Qingzhu walked far away, and she could only follow quickly.
Returning to the private room, Wen Qingzhu directly called the girl who was waiting outside.
"I'm looking for a young master named Qiao Hu. Go find him and tell me that I, Wen Qingzhu, am here. He came back."
The girl nodded and was about to leave when she was stopped by Wen Qingzhu again.
"Wait! I heard that the flower carvings in Lingcheng are good, and the ones in Ruyilou are even better. Give me a pot."
"Yes." The girl turned around and left. After gently closing the door, the room became silent.
After a while, the flower sculptures were delivered, but Qiao Hu did not arrive.
The girl delivering the wine explained: "Master Qiao is indeed at Ruyi Tower, but one of him fell into the water and needs to wait for a while before he can come over."
"Oh? This formation is just a coincidence." A smile bloomed on Wen Qingzhu's face.
He glanced at the flower carvings on the table, touched the smooth and exquisite wine bottle, and sighed: "It seems that I can't drink a bottle today. I'll come back next time."
Following the girl's lead, Wen Qingzhu came to a small isolated courtyard.
When they arrived at the door, they were stopped.
The girl said apologetically: "I have to go in and report it first, and then Mr. Qiao agrees."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ce's voice came from the small courtyard: "No, let them in."
The person who was blocking Wen Qingzhu withdrew his hand.
Wen Qingzhu walked in slowly, and happened to see the still suave Lu Ce.
He stood in the courtyard with the same expression as before he left.
But Wen Qingzhu was so familiar with him that Lu Ce's heart was probably already ups and downs.
"Mr. Lu, what a coincidence." Wen Qingzhu couldn't help teasing him.
Lu Ce calmly changed the subject: "I didn't expect Miss Wen to know Mr. Qiao."
"Actually, it's not difficult to guess. After all, the Qiao family is in the situation it is today because of the Yang family, and Qiao Hu has been staying in the capital. It's hard for me not to know him."
As he was talking, a girl came out of the room with the door open.
She wore a goose-yellow spring shirt with sleeves, a riding skirt embroidered with ginkgo flowers, and a pair of snow-white auspicious cloud boots inlaid with gold rims. Her black hair stood up high and was fastened with a silver crown. She did not apply makeup on her face, but she still looked His features are clear and heroic.
"Lu Ce! Stop for me, young lady!"
The girl walked down a few steps and suddenly stopped when Lu Ce turned sideways.
She stared at Wen Qingzhu and suddenly understood something: "Today's Qiandeng Lake is prepared for her!"
"Miss Zuo, she is my friend." Lu Ce's expression remained unchanged and he looked at the girl quietly.
Hearing the last two words, Wen Qingzhu raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Just now Lu Ce said he couldn't be friends with him, but now...
Wen Qingzhu slowly looked at the girl, and suddenly understood something in his heart.
She smiled slightly and said hello to Lu Ce: "Miss Zuo."
Immediately afterwards, Qiao Hu came from the corridor on the left and saw Wen Qingzhu at a glance.
But he walked directly to the girl and touched her forehead very affectionately: "I told you to drink the ginger soup before coming out, why don't you disobey me!"
"I don't want to drink ginger soup unless Lu Ce cooked it!" The girl looked at Lu Ce with a stubborn expression, but her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Just now at the lake, Qiao Hu saw Lu Ce for the first time, and he felt wary.
Because something happened to the Qiao family, he had been hiding in the darkness of the capital incognito since he was a child. His ability to observe people's words and plot people's minds was unparalleled, but he was also very powerful.
Otherwise, Fu Lie would not have grown up safely.
The first time he saw Lu Ce, Qiao Hu felt that this man was like a black sea, vast and boundless, swallowing everything.
"Master Lu, thank you for saving Bing Ning just now." Qiao Hu stepped forward and politely thanked him, but the uncontrollable vigilance in his heart still leaked out.
"You're welcome, Mr. Qiao." Lu Ce said modestly.
But Lu Ce's appearance made Qiao Hu even more unhappy. He never thought that the man his cousin longed for could actually be such a man.
Wen Qingzhu saw Qiao Hu's displeasure and felt a little surprised.
He and Lu Ce are the same type of people. Why is it that Qiao Hu has no hostility towards him, but has such deep hostility towards Lu Ce
Could it be that he likes this left girl
wrong! Qiao Hu likes Jiang Dejia, and Wen Qingzhu will never be wrong about it!
As if aware of Wen Qingzhu's gaze, Qiao Hu looked over and said, "Did Miss Wen know Mr. Lu before?"
"No, I came here because of his reputation. Today is the first time we meet." Wen Qingzhu explained.
Zuo Bingning, who was standing behind Qiao Hu, stared at Wen Qingzhu in surprise: "You actually know this woman!"
"What is this woman!" Qiao Hu's heart trembled and he immediately corrected her, "This is Miss Wen Qingzhu Wen, Fu Lie's... friend."
"Brother Fu is good friends with her?" Zuo Binning immediately touched her face and whispered, "Do you men all care about your appearance?"
Wen Qingzhu couldn't help but chuckle.
Zuo Bingning immediately frowned and showed an unhappy look: "Why are you smiling? Am I wrong? Men are all the same. I didn't expect Brother Fu to be like this... "
The more she spoke, the more aggrieved she became. She looked at Lu Ce sideways with her lips flattened, and said aggrievedly: "Even you are like this now! Humph!"
Wen Qingzhu suddenly realized that he particularly liked this girl.
No matter what emotion is shown on her face, whether she is happy or unhappy, it is so simple, making people like her who are ups and downs in the intrigues seem to see the light.
She glanced sideways at Lu Ce, who finally frowned.
Although the amplitude was very shallow, Wen Qingzhu could tell that Lu Ce was very special to the girl in front of him.
At least take it to heart.
So she explained with a smile: "Brother Fu is still the Brother Fu in your heart, and Young Master Lu is still the Young Master Lu in your heart. Miss Zuo, please don't get me wrong."
In the previous life, when Wen Qingzhu died, Lu Ce was still alone, and she still felt a little regretful.
Although she and Lu Ce didn't meet often, they had a strange and tacit cooperation many times before.
It's like old friends who have known each other for many years can understand what the other person is thinking without communicating.
This time, she not only met Lu Ce, but also met the girl Lu Ce had always cared about.
Wen Qingzhu took the initiative to walk to Zuo Bingning, took her wrist, and felt for her pulse.
"What are you doing!" Zuo Bingning subconsciously wanted to take action, but found that Wen Qingzhu's fingertips were cold, so he still touched her wrist.
Feeling Wen Qingzhu's kindness, Zuo Binning immediately stopped her hand and just pulled her hand away.
Wen Qingzhu smiled kindly, then turned to Lu Ce and said, "There's half an hour left today, why don't you accompany me to make ginger soup."
"You!" Zuo Bingning immediately stared at her with wide eyes.
Wen Qingzhu knew that Lu Ce would agree, so he turned to the girl next to him and asked her to take him to the kitchen.
The kitchen is right in the direction Qiao Hu came from.
When Wen Qingzhu walked to the corridor, Lu Ce followed him.
When he arrived beside her, Lu Ce looked at her doubtfully as he walked.
But he didn't ask anything.
When he arrived in the kitchen, Wen Qingzhu ordered some herbs himself, and the cook quickly picked them up and brought them to him.
Wen Qingzhu checked the quality and said to Lu Ce behind him: "Miss Zuo is in good physical condition, but she has not had enough rest recently. The cold air from falling into the water entered her body this time. If you don't pay attention, you will get wind-chill."
With Lu Tao's help, Wen Qingzhu weighed the medicinal ingredients, put them into a bowl, and placed them directly on the desk next to him.
Wen Qingzhu glanced at the kitchen and found that there was only sugar.
When he was about to speak, he heard Lu Ce speak: "Go to the steward and get a portion of Qiao's old brown sugar and red dates from Du's pharmacy in the south of the city."
Wen Qingzhu turned around slowly, and Lu Ce also looked over.
The two looked at each other and instantly understood what each other was thinking.
He lowered his eyebrows and saw that Lu Ce had already taken the medicine bowl that Wen Qingzhu had placed on the desk.
"Mr. Lu, we have such a tacit understanding. It seems like we have known each other for a long time." Wen Qingzhu liked this feeling very much.
As long as she made one move, Lu Ce would be able to understand what she was thinking and then make the next move.
Lu Ce stared slightly, looking at Wen Qingzhu, and the doubts in his heart became more and more serious.
Wen Qingzhu walked to a row of jars, pointed to the third earthenware jar and said, "Master Lu, do you want to choose this as a medicine jar too?"
Lu Ce was indeed choosing a medicine jar just now, but he didn't expect that Wen Qingzhu would also choose this one.
He walked to Wen Qingzhu's side and waited quietly to look at her: "Have I seen you before?"
"I've seen it."
In the previous life.
Lu Ce's eyes became more solemn, but Wen Qingzhu saw Qiao Hu and Zuo Binning standing at the kitchen door from the corner of his eyes.
Qiao Hu had a serious look on his face, and there was a lingering suspicion all over his body.
But Zuo Bingning had an indignant look on her face, simply showing that she was angry.
Wen Qingzhu ignored Qiao Hu and smiled directly at Zuo Bingning: "Master Lu is preparing to cook, and he is very considerate and sent someone to buy the best brown sugar and red dates."
As soon as these words came out, Zuo Bingning suddenly lost his anger and looked at Lu Ce in confusion.
Qiao Hu understood and reminded her softly: "Your sunflower water will come in two or three days."
Zuo Bingning was pleasantly surprised after knowing the meaning of brown sugar and red dates.
When I was about to walk over, I suddenly realized that this kind of thing was a private and confidential matter of the girl's family.
Suddenly, Zuo Bingning's face turned red, as if someone had splashed red paint on his head.
"I! I, I..." Zuo Bingning began to speak incoherently.
She felt extremely ashamed, but also very surprised. She turned her head randomly and pulled Qiao Hu away casually.