happy day

Wu Luan walked around the mansion, and finally entered Qiurui's yard.Dai Dai, Yurou and the others are young and hot-hearted, it is hard to guarantee that Xiao Xiangyun will not be able to, Wu Luan does not want to be stimulated again.

Qiurui entered the mansion as a maid at the age of nine, and followed her since she was a child. She is gentle, steady, and considerate.Wu Luan not only loves her, but also has family affection.It is precisely because of this that he comes to Qiurui's place the least, and he only comes to eat and chat, but rarely stays overnight.

Qiu Rui was embroidering a snow-green scarf in the room, and she was startled when she saw Wu Luan coming in, "You don't want someone to inform you first, and the slaves are ready."

Wu Luan patted her hand with a smile, "Is there anything to prepare for?"

Wu Luan lay sprawled on Qiurui's bed.Qiurui asked cautiously: "Have you eaten? The servant girl's dinner has already been withdrawn, I will ask the kitchen to make some more food and bring it over."

"No need." Wu Luan said lazily with his head resting on his hands, "I don't have much appetite either. Just grab whatever you have in your room."

After hearing this, Qiurui washed her hands, picked out two of Wu Luan's favorite snacks, served them on an agate plate, and made another cup of ginger tea, "Although the weather is getting warmer, it's very cold at night, don't be too cold. Be greedy for cold, be careful of stomach problems."

Wu Luan took a sip of Qiurui's hand and lay back down again.Qiu Rui took off the gold bracelet and gemstone ring from her hand, and with her ten slender fingers, she massaged Wu Luan's forehead.

Wu Luan let out a sigh of relief, "It's better to be here with you."

He casually took the sweat scarf that Qiurui was embroidering, on which was a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the water, and it was almost finished.The mandarin duck's coat color is bright, and the feathers are embroidered with gold thread, which is very delicate and lifelike. It can be seen that Qiurui put a lot of effort into it.

Wu Luan gestured on her waist, and said with a smile, "You are the best at embroidery in this mansion. You embroidered the apron I wore when I was young. It's just been so many years, and you still like to embroider mandarin ducks the most." He will Putting the sweat towel aside, "Master is getting older now, and wearing this fancy one is easy to make people laugh. You can embroider me with a bamboo orchid pattern or a landscape one when you have time later. It's okay, something simple, don't be too troublesome." .”

Qiurui carefully folded the sweat towels and put them in the box, "You are wearing clothes made by an embroidery shop outside. I'm afraid my craftsmanship won't catch your eye. If you don't mind, I'll embroider a plain one for you later. .”

Wu Luan has always been considerate and careful with women. Seeing that she put away her sweat towel, she thought she was upset, so she put her arms around her waist, moved herself into the bed, and let her sit in front of her. I like it, you can embroider it for me, and I will tie it when I am not going out in the mansion."

Qiurui was stunned for a moment, covered her mouth and smiled and said: "You said it was fancy, how dare I give it to you. Anyway, I will embroider another one."

Wu Luan stretched out her hand and twisted her nose, "Aren't you willing to give it? I still want that one!"

Wu Luan and Qiurui joked for a while, and after bathing and washing in her place, Qiurui stood in front of Wu Luan and changed his clothes.She is three years older than Wu Luan, and it is when a woman is at her most charming, like a ripe peach.

Wu Luan looked down at her white and greasy bent neck, and couldn't help but reach out and stroke it.After changing clothes and lying on the bed, already a little moved, he reached out and patted the bed next to him, "After washing up, I'm wearing that rouge-colored pajamas embroidered with begonia flowers, I like to see it."

Qiu Rui had a bit of reluctance on her face, "Master, don't you want to go somewhere else?"

Wu Luan grabbed her hand and kissed it, "I'm here with you tonight."

Qiu Rui pulled out her hand, pursed her lips, and stood in front of the bed with her head down.

"What's wrong?" Wu Luan asked.

"Slave... Slave is inconvenient today." Qiu Rui twisted the handkerchief in her hand until water was about to come out.

The interest that Wu Luan had cultivated so easily was dampened, and she couldn't say anything, so she just smiled and said, "Then I won't do anything else but sleep with you in my arms."

Qiurui persuaded with a smiling face: "Why don't you go somewhere else, since the slaves can't serve you, and occupy you for nothing to make other sisters want to see."

This time Wu Luan also felt bored, and dejectedly put on his outer clothes and went back to his yard.Entering the room, he fell on the bed, stretched out his hand to hook it, and hugged the long pillow, but suddenly remembered that Yun Jue was stuffed into his room by the old lady that night, and he came home late drunk, he also hooked Yun Jue in the same way, and hugged Yun Jue in his arms middle.

The desire/thought that has subsided has come back, and it is more intense.Wu Luan couldn't help but imagine what it would be like if he hugged him when he was awake.With this thought, I feel even more unbearable, and I can't sleep peacefully all night.

Days had to go on, and the next day, Wu Luan prepared a generous gift and sent it to Liu's residence, and invited the first-class wife of the Duke of Wei, Mrs. Chu, to come forward to negotiate the marriage date with the Liu family. All very nice, warm and detached.The wedding date was set on the eighth day of August, five months later. The two families checked the almanac, and it was a rare and auspicious day for everything.

Wu Luan maintained a respectful and decent smile on her face, her manners were thoughtful, and her attitude was sincere, which made Liu Yushi very satisfied. After all, she was a person who was about to get married, so she looked much more serious.

Next, the Marquis Mansion will be preparing for the wedding. Wu Luan is unwilling to wrong Liu Yihan, and plans to build a new house in the east corner of the garden, near the lake, as a new house.Wu Luan is filial, so she wants to take this opportunity to renovate the courtyard where the old lady lives. As she gets older, she always feels that the house is not bright.

So it was busy again, looking for craftsmen, designing drawings, setting a construction schedule, purchasing wood and stone... Although Steward Xue is fully responsible, but the key questions still need to be asked Wu Luan's meaning.

Since he was going to live with his first wife in the future, Wu Luan also spent a lot of thought on discussing everything from the layout of the room to the small things like planting flowers and plants, and Wu Luan was exhausted after a few days.

Today, I was talking to Butler Xue about the carvings on the wall in the front hall. Butler Xue said, "The courtyard where you and your wife live can be more elegant, with plums, orchids, bamboos, chrysanthemums, or landscape flowers and birds. The old lady's courtyard Let’s pay homage to Aunt Diaoma, it’s auspicious and festive!”

Wu Luan slapped her thigh, and suddenly remembered that the emperor's brother-in-law told him to hold a birthday banquet for King Pingxi, Jiang Xun, and he hadn't finished yet.Presumably Cai Pei knew that he had been robbed outside the city, and feared that he might be frightened, so he dared not come to him.And Wu Luan himself forgot all about it.

Since it was an errand, he had to do what he had to do, and he didn't care, but he had to win face for his sister in the palace.

Wu Luan learned his lesson this time, and brought more than [-] guards with him, and the group rode their horses and headed straight for the fireworks square outside the city.

The owner of the fireworks shop, Lao Yuan, knew that the nobleman was coming when he saw the battle, so he went out to greet Wu Luan in person, and invited Wu Luan to the front hall for the guests. introduce."

Wu Luan stepped into the door, and saw a slender and tall figure in the room, dressed in a green shirt, the back alone was unparalleled in the world.Wu Luan's heart beat like a drum, as if it was about to jump out of her chest.

The man turned around, time seemed to freeze at this moment, only his dazzling elegance was in the world.Facing Wu Luan's shocked and fiery eyes, the man showed a slight smile on his handsome face, and his thin lips parted slightly, "Young Master Wu, don't come here without any problems."

Since he was in a private fireworks workshop, Yun Jue deliberately concealed Wu Luan's identity, instead of calling him "Uncle Guo" or "Lord Hou", he only called him "Young Master".

Wu Luan's throat tightened, and she couldn't speak, only nodded.Wanting to back out, the two legs were nailed in place as if out of control.

Yun Jue stretched out his hand to invite, "Sit."

"Okay." Wu Luan was finally able to make a sound, and walked over to sit on the chair.Yun Jue also sat on the chair beside him a few tables away.

The clerk brought two celadon three-talent cups and put them on the table, "This year's Tieguanyin, the two young masters will use it slowly."

Yun Jue picked up the tea boat, lifted the lid of the bowl, and lightly flicked the tea leaves floating in the tea soup. His slender fingers looked whiter against the celadon, and the joints were distinct but not obtrusive. Wu Luan peeked at it and thought he had never seen it before. Such a pleasing picture.

Yun Jue raised his eyes to look at Wu Luan. Wu Luan was like a thief who was caught on the spot while stealing. Guilty, he hurriedly looked away, took a sip from the teacup in a concealed manner, and the hot tea soup rushed into his mouth. Wu Luan was scalded. I almost jumped up, but I swallowed hard all the time, with a calm expression on my face.

"Where do you live now?" Wu Luan cleared his throat to break the silence first.

"I rented a small courtyard in Liuli Hutong in the south of the city." Yun Jue replied, "I have also saved some money over the years, and I wanted to buy it, but after thinking about it, I decided to forget it, so it is more convenient to have nothing to worry about."

"Oh." Wu Luan replied, and there was no topic to talk about, just drinking tea silently.

"Are you here for the fireworks of the birthday banquet?" Yun Jue asked.

"Exactly. I went to the Beijing Fireworks Supervision Bureau. The old boy in charge is really stingy, so he agreed to give out five boxes after his mouth was worn out. It doesn't take the time to set off a cup of tea, which is useless for birds."

The boss at the side smiled and said: "The Fireworks Supervision Bureau has a lot of things, and it is necessary to prepare the nobles in the palace to come and set off fireworks to watch the excitement. Naturally, there is not much spare. Unlike our place, guest officer You can order whatever you want, and we have as many fireworks as you want. And we also have a variety of fireworks, beautiful colors, and new designs every year, ensuring that you look festive and fresh.”

The boss pointed at Yun Jue, "This young master ordered [-] boxes of this year's new Huoshuyinhua and Jinyumantang a few days ago. These two kinds of gunpowder/powder are very useful, and they have added new colors. They exploded in the air like colorful thunder , can be seen from miles away.”

"Okay, then come ten boxes of the same." Wu Luan said indifferently, "Another fifty boxes of other styles. I will send someone to pick it up in three days."

The boss looked distressed, "Of course the old models are in stock, but this new model needs to be made now. The shop has just finished the goods ordered by this young man. At present, some raw materials still need to be purchased and prepared. I'm afraid it won't be possible to make them in three days." Finished twenty boxes."

Yun Jue interjected: "It's okay, just keep up with this young master, give him what I ordered first."

Wu Luan shied away, "Why do you have the nerve to rob you?"

Yun Jue smiled, "I liked watching fireworks since I was a child. I liked the colorful splendor at that moment, and then only the silent sky full of gunpowder smoke remained. I bought it just to watch the excitement, no matter what day I watch it. It's the same. Your use must not be delayed."

"I can order the old model." Wu Luan shrugged his shoulders, "Anyway, that old miscellaneous hair has been nesting in places where birds don't lay eggs all year round, and I haven't seen anything good. Buy some fireworks to celebrate, don't worry about his new ones. If you pay, you can send him away."

Yun Jue bowed his head and drank his tea without saying a word.

Wu Luan's heart moved, and she pretended to ask him casually, "Are you watching the fireworks alone?"

Yun Jue paused with a cup of tea in his hand, "I was born like duckweed, and I am a person. In fact, although fireworks are colorful, they are the loneliest. They bloom and then perish, and disappear in the most beautiful time. The splendor is left to The sky, but the loneliness is left to myself.”

The water vapor rising from the tea cup engulfed Yun Jue's picturesque eyebrows and eyes. Although he was smiling, Wu Luan felt inexplicably distressed when he saw it.

It just so happened that the assistant sent the accounting slip, "My lord, you ordered ten boxes of Fire Tree Silver Flowers and ten boxes of Gold and Jade Mantang, totaling 200 taels of silver."

Before Yun Jue took the bill and looked at it carefully, Wu Luan snatched it from his hand with a "snap", "Isn't it just to watch the fireworks? What are you doing with this waste of money? I'll hand over the bill to Cai Hulu later, and let him He paid money from him. After three days, my master will take you to watch the fireworks, and promise to find you the best spot in the middle."

Wu Luan roared away with a group of guards, and the boss sent them out, still bending over to salute the dust raised by the horse's hooves.

Yun Jue sat still and continued to drink tea.

The buddy came over to refill tea, Yun Jue asked: "The fireworks were made according to my requirements, right?"

The clerk whispered: "Don't worry, son, the fireworks are doubled with gunpowder, which is guaranteed to be big and beautiful. It's just to be set off in an open place, but be careful not to let the water escape."

Yun Jue nodded, got up and gave the assistant two ten taels of silver ingots.The clerk took it over with a smile on his face, put it in his arms, and asked courteously, "Master, you have been waiting here for the past few days, but is there someone you have to wait for?"

When Yun Jue passed by several cases, his fingertips brushed over the teacup that Wu Luan had just drunk, which seemed to still carry the warmth between Wu Luan's lips and teeth.

He withdrew his hand, "It's over."