During the two days since Jiang Yunzhu returned home, Shen Fengming continued to read books and deal with some matters of the Qilin Guard, but he always felt that something was missing. Until he saw the vibrant spring scenery, he suddenly thought of the sentence "Flowers are blooming on the road, you can go home slowly."
He wanted to see Jiang Yunzhu, so he came.
Just then he saw Jiang Yunzhu leaning forward at the window looking at him.
In spring, the window is half open, and the beautiful person is half hidden. The moment she sees him, there seem to be ripples in her eyes like cutting water.
Shen Fengming suddenly understood something. He got off his horse and walked quickly towards Jiang Yunzhu's house.
He seemed to be coming with a storm, and Jiang Yunzhu's heart suddenly began to beat fast. She turned back from the window and looked towards the door. She could hear his footsteps, getting closer and closer, as if stepping on people's hearts.
At this time, Shen Fengming had already arrived at the door. He did not knock, but pushed the door open and walked in, then closed the door behind him.
The room seemed to become smaller suddenly.
Shen Fengming stared at Jiang Yunzhu with dark and cold eyes.
Jiang Yunzhu's heart beat faster. She smiled to cover up her mistake. "Mr. Shen?"
Shen Fengming took out a box from his sleeve, opened it, and inside was a white jade hairpin.
"Miss Jiang, I carved it myself and want to give it to you." Shen Fengming picked up the white jade hairpin and handed it to Jiang Yunzhu.
Jiang Yunzhu looked at the hairpin and her mind went blank.
In this era, men and women could not give each other gifts casually, especially something as intimate as a hairpin. Moreover, he said that he carved it himself.
He... Jiang Yunzhu looked up at Shen Fengming.
Her face was like lotus petals, white with a hint of pink, as if with a halo. Her slightly raised chin revealed her graceful jawline and those bright and fragrant red lips, and also brought them closer to Shen Fengming, as if silently inviting him.
Shen Fengming's Adam's apple rolled, he slowly lowered his head, and his red lips slightly opened.
Jiang Yunzhu suddenly woke up. She took a step back, looked away, and asked stutteringly, "Has Mr. Shen had lunch?"
"No."
"I'll do it for you." Jiang Yunzhu said and walked out.
When her body was intertwined with Shen Fengming's, suddenly, a hand grabbed her wrist. The hand had thin calluses on it and was very strong. It grabbed Jiang Yunzhu's wrist and seemed to take away half of her strength.
"I have something to tell you." Shen Fengming said, and he gently pulled Jiang Yunzhu back. In fact, maybe he used too much force, or maybe Jiang Yunzhu was not prepared, she actually bumped into his arms.
A strong chest and a thumping heartbeat.
Jiang Yunzhu quickly stepped back, pushing him away with her hands, her face flushed.
Shen Fengming let her go, but took two steps forward.
There was a table behind Jiang Yunzhu. She wanted to stay away from him, so her lower back was pressed against the table and it hurt.
Shen Fengming noticed that something was wrong with her, and with a little force on his hands, he easily placed her on the table.
Jiang Yunzhu sat on the table, her legs faintly touching his. His legs were long and strong, giving people a sense of being unshakable.
Jiang Yunzhu didn't dare to look up or move. She lowered her head, her eyes fixed on his thin waist.
Her slender neck seemed to be dyed with a layer of pink, like the finest jade.
Shen Fengming lowered his head, looked at the whiteness that was exposed on her face, and picked up the white jade hairpin again, "Miss Jiang, my surname is Shen, my name is..."
Jiang Yunzhu suddenly started. What was he going to say? His name was Shen Fengming
"You want to give me this hairpin?" Jiang Yunzhu didn't know what she was thinking and suddenly interrupted him.
"Um."
Jiang Yunzhu went to look at the hairpin again.
The white jade hairpin is pure white all over, and the head of the hairpin is carved into the shape of a blue phoenix, which is lifelike, exquisite and gorgeous.
Jiang Yunzhu had seen good things before, and she immediately knew that this hairpin was priceless.
"I'm afraid it's too expensive," she said.
Shen Fengming inserted the white jade hairpin into her hair. Her black hair was like clouds, which complemented the white jade hairpin perfectly.
Jiang Yunzhu noticed his movements, and the warm white jade hairpin was inserted into her hair little by little. She tensed her body.
"Miss Jiang."
"I'll go cook for you." Jiang Yunzhu slipped down from the table and walked out.
This time Shen Fengming did not stop her. Jiang Yunzhu ran to the kitchen in one breath, then supported herself on the kitchen chopping board with her hands and took two long breaths. Only then did she feel calmer and her mind could work better.
At this moment, she thought of the white jade hairpin on her head and quickly reached out to pull it off.
What next? She stood there, holding the white jade hairpin, with thoughts swirling in her mind.
In fact, she didn’t know why she interrupted Shen Fengming.
Maybe she felt that things were fine as they were now, and if he told her his name, everything would seem different, and she didn't like that kind of change.
Jiang Yunxiu came today and mentioned Lin Tingan again. Jiang Yunzhu remembered many things in her dream.
She took care of everything for Lin Ting'an. Lin Ting'an knew that she didn't want to be a concubine, so he tried his best to resist the Marquis of Anping, and finally married her as the young lady of the Marquis's mansion. Everything seemed so beautiful, as beautiful as if it was written in a storybook.
In fact, Lin Ting'an cared a lot about her background. He quietly replaced all the servants in the mansion so that no one would mention the fact that she was a maid in the mansion.
In public, he did not allow anyone to mention her background, and hoped that she could learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting like those ladies from wealthy families, and become a real "young lady of Anping Marquis's mansion." He even wanted her to recognize Minister Pan as her godfather, and tell the public that she was Minister Pan's long-lost daughter.
But in fact, Jiang Yunzhu did not feel that she was inferior to others, and she did not want to learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting. The two often quarreled about this.
Jiang Yunzhu really didn't like Anping Hou, his wife, the old lady, the young masters and young ladies in the mansion, and even the noble ladies and relatives. It was only when she was with Qin Yao that she could put down her airs and eat and play at will.
So she didn't like the life in Anping Marquis' Mansion, thinking it was like a cage, suffocating.
What about the Shen family? The Shen family is a large and aristocratic family. Shen Fengming's mother, Princess Danyang, is the emperor's sister, and his father is Academician Shen. Matters at court, family affairs, plus Shen Fengming's own troubles, it's enough to make him feel overwhelmed.
No, why should I think so much? Jiang Yunzhu suddenly realized that she didn't seem to like Shen Fengming that much, so how could she talk about marrying him.
Moreover, Shen Fengming might not necessarily marry her. Maybe he just wanted to have a chance encounter like "Daming Lakeside", or maybe he just wanted her to be his mistress or concubine? After all, her status was there!
I was really dizzy just now. Jiang Yunzhu slapped her forehead, put away the white jade hairpin, and prepared to return it to Shen Fengming later.
Then she prepared to cook, which still made her happy.
What to do? She saw a duck and an oven in the kitchen. When she ordered an oven last time, she also ordered one for her home, but it seemed that Tan Debao didn't like to use it. This oven was still very new.
It just so happened that she could use it to make roast duck. The roast duck was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and it was delicious with the sauce and rolls. Moreover, roasting the duck took a long time, and she didn't want to see Shen Fengming now.
After preparing and marinating the duck, she made lotus leaf pancakes.
This process took half an hour.
After the duck was finally marinated, it was put into the oven. Jiang Yunzhu's oven was custom-made for baking snacks and sesame cakes, so she could only roast the duck in a steaming oven, which was even slower.
Jiang Yunzhu simply moved a chair and sat on it, looking at the beautiful scenery of the mountains in the distance while waiting for the duck to be cooked.
The weather is particularly good today. The sky is clear blue and white clouds are floating in the sky, which contrasts with the mountains and is as beautiful as a painting.
Shen Fengming sat in her room. She could see the distant mountains and that person by looking up through the window.
The aroma of roast duck wafted in, but he was not in a hurry at all. He first looked around the furnishings in the room, and then he sat there waiting.
Once he made up his mind, he was always patient.
Another half hour passed, and Jiang Yunzhu began to wonder if Shen Fengming had fallen asleep or couldn't wait to leave, so she got up and looked into her room. She saw Shen Fengming sitting there, with his eyes downcast, like a statue.
No, the feeling of him being ready to strike out was not like that of a statue, but like a dormant leopard.
Jiang Yunzhu gritted her teeth, took out the roast duck and started slicing the duck meat.
Soon, a large plate of duck slices was ready. Jiang Yunzhu found a large tray, put the duck, lotus leaf cakes, sauces and a few plates of fresh and crisp vegetables on the tray, and made a bowl of seaweed and egg soup. There was really no way to delay, so she carried the tray into the house.
"Mr. Shen, you must be hungry. Eat quickly." Jiang Yunzhu put the tray on the table, then took out the food on the tray one by one and said to Shen Fengming.
Shen Fengming looked at the things on the table and saw that the duck meat was like clove leaves, thin and crystal clear. Only Jiang Yunzhu's craftsmanship could make such good things.
"Just dip the roast duck in sauce and roll it up in a pancake with the vegetables and eat it." Jiang Yunzhu said.
“Yeah.” Shen Fengming washed his hands, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a few slices of duck meat and put them into the lotus leaf pancake, then added sauce and his favorite vegetables, then rolled up the pancake directly with his hands and put it into his mouth.
Generally, noblemen would not eat with their hands, as they were afraid of losing their manners.
But Shen Fengming didn't seem to have that concern. Moreover, this action was very pleasing to the eye when he did it.
The slender fingers twisted the snow-white lotus leaf cake as if they were twisting a snow lotus.
Shen Fengming's hands are really beautiful, with well-proportioned bones and flesh.
Jiang Yunzhu suddenly felt hungry. She looked at the time and it was already 3 p.m., and it was almost time for dinner.
Shen Fengming seemed to say that he didn't eat lunch.
Jiang Yunzhu felt a little ashamed that she had delayed it until now.
Forget it. If you stick your head out, you will get a knife. If you hide your head, you will get a knife too. Jiang Yunzhu took out the white jade hairpin and pushed it towards Shen Fengming. "Mr. Shen, I am unworthy of it. You should take it back."
Shen Fengming paused while twisting the lotus leaf cake, "What if I really want to give it to you?"
Call him selfish or overbearing, he suddenly realized that he couldn't watch her marry someone else. As for what she wanted, he could work hard.