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    ☆, beacon smoke and clouds 12

    This night, they went to Guan Mansion for dinner. When Li Zheng and Yao Ji arrived, Li Yuan was playing cards with several ladies.There is a Mrs. Lin whose husband works in the city hall. In the past few days, because of the critical illness of the president, many people want to go to the Li family to explore.Since there was no hostess in the handsome mansion, the wife’s diplomatic methods could not be used. Li Shu followed her husband back to She’s home to set up defenses, and Li Yuan’s place became their favorite place.

    Li Yuan was in perfect condition, and the other people sitting with her were all family members of the Huai Army generals. They played cards all afternoon. Mrs. Lin didn’t listen to a word of accuracy. When she heard that Li Zheng was coming to her sister’s house for dinner, she smiled and said: “The young marshal is here, we all want to meet him.”

    How could Li Yuan ask her to go and sing in front of her brother? She didn’t answer. She wiped the card in her hand and turned around with a smile to tell the servant: “Miss Kong is here too? Ask the kitchen to cook some of her favorite dishes. Please come here and I’ll talk to her.”

    Because when she mentioned Yao Ji, one of them, Mrs. He, asked, “Is she the young lady from the third young master’s fiancée’s family? I have seen that young lady before. She is a very beautiful woman.”

    Just as he was talking, the servant came to welcome Yao Ji.She’s dressing up today is so different from usual that even Li Yuan can’t help but admire her in her heart.She is indeed a very well-born person. What is rare is that she is elegant and generous, yet her words are as gentle as water, giving people a feeling of spring breeze.

    No wonder her brother likes her, Li Yuan thought, and hurriedly went over to hold Yao Ji’s hand, talking to her affectionately, and then scolded her: “You didn’t come even if I asked you to come and play. How come you go when Dong Ting invites you, and you are so different from me?”

    Yao Ji lowered her eyes and replied gently: “That’s not the case. It’s just that my wife is busy here and I’m afraid it will disturb her.”

    “What did you call me?” Li Yuan feigned anger and glared, “If you call me that again, be careful I get angry.”

    She looked at Yao Ji with a smile like this. Yao Ji couldn’t help but feel a movement in her heart. Her ears felt hot and she called softly: “Sister.”

    Li Yuan then showed her face and introduced the people present to Yao Ji. The ladies all joined in and said, “Mrs. Guan won money today, so it’s time to show off.” Li Yuan asked the servant to go to the dressing box upstairs to get a box, and when she opened it, she saw a pair of pearl earrings lying on the black velvet cloth. The earrings were not dazzling, just a faint white light, but flawless, as bright as the bright moon.

    Everyone couldn’t help but gasp while watching. Mrs. He said: “This is the most precious Nanzhu. I heard that Nanzhu is produced once every ten years, and only dozens of them are produced each time.”

    Li Yuan took the earrings and wanted to put them on Yao Ji. It was so precious. How could Yao Ji want it? She just refused, but Li Yuan said: “No object is precious. The earrings are given to you with my heart. If you don’t want them, you will waste that heart.”

    Yao Ji is a very smart person, but she couldn’t hear the implication in these words, so she knew that the earrings were given to her by Li Zheng, and she just used Li Yuan’s hand to cross the road.Her heart felt sweet, and her ears felt even hotter.She lowered her head slightly and asked Li Yuan to help her put on the earrings. This jewelry was very eye-catching. It was set between her ears, but it didn’t overwhelm her at all. It made people think that she was a slim beauty, and only she could match the pair of pearls.

    Naturally, the ladies were full of compliments, and Mrs. Lin was especially hard-working. She couldn’t help but guess in her heart that it seemed that Marshal Li was quite good to his sister-in-law, otherwise Mrs. Guan wouldn’t give her face like this.These ladies gathered together and loved to talk gossip. Within a few days, everyone in the upper class knew that the second young lady of the Kong family was very respectable in front of her brother-in-law, so no one was surprised that Li Zheng invited her out to eat or ride horses again.

    Mr. Kong was even more happy to see the result, and even complained to the eighth aunt at home: “If the eldest sister is half as sensible as the second sister, I will worry less. Even the second sister knows to please her brother-in-law, but she doesn’t care about her fiancé at all.”

    How did he know that it was not Yao Ji who was favored by Li Zheng, so she was treated so politely, and it was Marshal Li who worked hard to please him, but it was Marshal Li.

    It’s just that Yao Ji was busy dating Li Zheng, so she temporarily ignored Nanyuan Society and missed many progressive activities.She didn’t want to do this, but Li Zheng and she couldn’t be together openly. The man was usually busy with official duties, so he always tried his best to squeeze out some time to see her. If she refused, she would feel very sad.

    Yi Qiu thought she was busy with family matters: “Your sister and Marshal Li’s wedding is coming soon, and it’s time for the family to get busy now.”

    These words reminded Yao Ji that Li Zheng and Kong Yu’s wedding was scheduled for March of the following year, which was not far away.Although Li Zheng has discussed this matter with her, if the engagement is not dissolved, they will not be able to be together.A family like the Kong family would never do such ridiculous things as sisters marrying on behalf of each other. Only when the two families cancel their engagements and remain silent for another year and a half can they talk about the future.

    But Li Zheng didn’t know why, even though they had expressed their feelings to each other, he didn’t think of a way to cancel the engagement.Yao Ji thought he might be too busy. The war between the Hunan and Shu armies had finally affected the Huai army. There was also the presidential election. There were so many things going on that it was normal not to take care of them for a while.

    She made up her mind to find an opportunity to remind Li Zheng, and it happened that Li Zheng sent Yu Cheng to invite her to go to Fengshan Villa to relax.It’s October now, and the upper forests on Maple Mountain are dyed like fire.There were no classes in the university this week, so Yao Ji was a little hesitant – there happened to be an event at the Nanyuan Club.

    But Mr. Kong said: “Your brother-in-law specially sent someone to invite me. Wouldn’t it be rude if you didn’t go?”

    Yu Cheng laughed at the side and said: “Mr. Kong is serious. What the Third Young Master means is that it depends on what Miss Kong wants. But if Miss Kong is afraid of being restrained by going to another courtyard, don’t worry, there is no one else there.”

    After hearing this, Mr. Kong asked casually: “Why didn’t Dongting go to the other courtyard to enjoy the scenery?”

    Yu Chengdao: “The army is busy. The third young master has been at the camp for days, but he can’t spare the time.”

    He said this, but Yao Ji knew that was definitely not the case. After all, she still didn’t want to betray Li Zheng’s kindness, so she packed her clothes and went to Fengshan.Unexpectedly, the car broke down on the road. It rained heavily the day before and the road up the mountain was muddy.Yao Ji carried a small suitcase and got out of the car to check it out. She accidentally dropped the suitcase on the ground. The lock on the suitcase was knocked open and almost all the clothes in the suitcase were stained.

    Because she knew that Li Zheng liked to see her wearing cheongsam, except for a set of clothes he usually wore in school, she brought all cheongsams with her. Now she couldn’t wear them anymore, and she couldn’t help but feel annoyed.

    Yu Cheng sent her to Fengshan on Li Zheng’s order. When he saw this, he comforted her: “Miss Kong, there is no need to worry. There are servants in the courtyard to wash clothes. If it is inconvenient, I will order someone to go down the mountain to buy new ones.”

    Yao Ji politely declined the offer. Seeing that the sesame gauze dress was still clean because it was placed in the innermost part of the box, she changed into that dress and put it on after arriving at the other courtyard.

    It was a very common style. Among the female students on the street, nine out of ten were dressed like this. When she wore it, it was different from him.Li Zheng hurried to the other courtyard in the evening, still holding the riding crop in his hand, and saw a girl in plain clothes and black skirt standing under the flower stand. Her long crow-crow hair was tied into a braid, and she wore the pair of southern pearl earrings given by he. The wide-sleeved gauze shirt on her body was the color of the blue sky and water.

    He couldn’t help but froze there, and saw the girl raised her head and smiled at him.

    Li Zheng was a person who kept his emotions and anger secret. Even in front of the one he loved, he rarely lost his temper, let alone in front of his subordinates.At this time, he couldn’t care about anything. He felt as if there was a fire in his chest, like a fish longing for the sea. Pulled by the desperate joy, he threw the horsewhip, stepped onto the flower bed in a few steps, hugged Yaoji tightly, picked her up and spun around in circles several times.

    Yao Ji was so embarrassed that she quickly slapped him: “Someone is watching!”

    “Let them see!” Li Zheng ignored her and hugged her tighter.He is so happy, this happiness overflows from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, teaching Yao Ji’s heart is like being soaked in honey, soft and sweet.

    It’s great, she thought. If time can last forever, just teach it to stop at this moment.

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