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"You want me to express my opinion?" Zhao Shu's thoughts turned slightly. He held the cup to his lips, but did not drink. Instead, he used his eyes to see Zhao Qingyan's reaction.

Zhao Qingyan looked at the table with lowered eyes. She maintained a faint smile on her lips, as if she did not care about her own reaction. However, his fingers were curled up habitually on the table, showing the nervousness in his heart.

Zhao Shu understood. She raised her head and drank the wine cleanly, then said with a faint smile, "Of course I want to drink it. Brother Mo dragging this out for so long is a joyous event." Wishing you both the same heart, children and grandchildren. We've also been waiting for this day for a long time. "

When Zhao Qingyan saw Zhao Shu's expression, she secretly heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Then I'll thank Imperial Brother first. Thank you for your auspicious words."

Zhao Baiyi didn't notice the strangeness in their words and merely finished his wine, then he gave Zhao Qingyan a toast, "Big bro is right. You've waited a long time for your wedding day, and you're finally willing to give up?"

Zhao Qingyan threw up his hands helplessly, "After all, I can't refuse anymore. If we get married, we'll get married. Isn't it the same as playing around with second brother?"

Zhao Baiyi said, "You have a better personality than me, and you also know how to take care of people. You're definitely stronger than me."

Zhao Qingyan raised her eyebrows gently. "That might not be the case."

Zhao Shu sighed, not knowing what to say about them. "Isn't it good to have someone to share a relationship with? must you treat it like a burden? "

Zhao Qingyan denied it, "I don't think so. I was afraid that I would become a burden to her, and furthermore, how could I sympathize without feeling for her? "It's not like royal brother doesn't know about me. How can I bear it if someone falls asleep with me?"

Zhao Shu glanced at him. "It's because you're not sleeping well that you should find someone to take good care of you."

Zhao Baiyi agreed. "That's right. If you don't marry the number one beauty of the martial arts world, who else do you want?"

Zhao Qingyan saw that another 'lesson' was coming and quickly said, "Stop, didn't I already say I'm going to marry her? In just a few months, you're going to be fired, is that not good enough? "

Zhao Shu didn't say much and only said, "You should cherish them."

Zhao Qingyan smiled as he mumbled to himself casually, "Compared to her, I am more willing to marry an ordinary girl who loves me."

The crowd only saw his mouth move a few times, but they did not hear what he said. They could not help but ask, "What did you just say?"

Zhao Qingyan smiled, "It's nothing. I might have gotten infected by the oil smoke, but I don't have much appetite." How about you guys eat? "

Zhao Chou stuck out his tongue. "I forgot that Brother Mo's health was not good, and I even asked Brother Mo to cook so many dishes."

Zhao Qingyan ruffled her hair and laughed without a care, "It's alright. It was not easy for Xun Er to ask me to make some delicious food, how can I refuse? "It's been a long time since we've had a meal together, and we've talked about it. It's all thanks to you.

Zhao Duo blinked. "Then we should get together more often. In the future, Brother Mo doesn't need to cook personally, just eat from the kitchen."

Zhao Baiyi teased, "Do you really love him that much?"

Zhao Chou glared at him and said unhappily, "It's because of you that I've exhausted Brother Mo."

Zhao Baiyi deliberately curled his lips and turned his head away. "When a child is older, he really can't take care of himself. This way, we can forget about Second Brother's kindness towards you." Your Big Brother Mo is only a few years older than you? When you were young, I hugged you to coax you to be happy, did you forget? Hmph, it's only been a few years and you think of me as a bad guy now? "

Zhao Shu and Zhao Qingyan stared blankly for a moment, their expressions changing slightly. Zhao Shu covered her mouth with the empty wine glass and looked at Zhao Qingyan.

Zhao Qingyan also knew that Zhao Shu might look at him, so he suppressed the discomfort in his heart. He smiled and caressed Zhao Chou's hair. "See, did you make second brother unhappy?" Ye Zichen took the opportunity to glance at Zhao Baiyi.

Zhao Baiyi's expression was the same as usual, without any pretense. Although Zhao Baiyi wasn't the sort of boorish person who would reveal his thoughts, he wasn't good at scheming and camouflage, and he wasn't the least wary of these brothers of his. With just a single glance, Zhao Qingyan was certain that he had said this by chance, and that he had not been assigned to do so by Zhao Shu.

Zhao Rui shrunk his neck: "Brother Mo, don't touch my hair anymore, I'm no longer a child!"

Zhao Qingyan had already calmed down, and retracted her hand along with Zhao Zhuang's complaints, smiling as she said, "Second brother, did you see that? "I'm not even going to touch her hair anymore. We're both in the same world."

Zhao Baiyi laughed, "Look, I'm blushing. Am I getting shy? "Tell me, why is that?"

Zhao Shu also returned to normal. She put down her wine cup and smiled slightly. "I guess it must be because you hugged her when she was young."

Zhao Rui's face turned even redder, and he said angrily, "Big Brother, don't speak nonsense, it's not like that!"

Zhao Baiyi suddenly realized something, "That's because I feel ashamed for treating her brother like this."

Zhao Rui said, "No way!"

Zhao Boyi's face hardened. "Exactly!"

Zhao Rui said, "No!"

Zhao Baiyi immediately said, "Definitely!"

Zhao Rui panicked, "It's you, it's not you either!"

Zhao Baiyi was stunned for a moment before he smiled, "Alright, I understand."

Zhao Chou also realized that he had accidentally spoken the truth. His face grew even redder as he glared at Jiang Chen. "You're really annoying, second brother!"

Seeing that Zhao Zhuang was anxious, Zhao Qingyan could not help but urge him with a smile, "That's enough, Second Brother. Don't tease her anymore."

Zhao Shu agreed. "Yeah, Yunyi, you just need to know. Don't say it."

Zhao Chou was even angrier as he snorted heavily and turned his head away.

Zhao Qingyan looked at the two men who were looking at each other with a helpless smile. She scooped up a bowl of lotus soup and handed it over to Zhao Zhuang, "Alright, don't be angry. "Come and drink some soup. Do not get angry while eating. It is bad for the body and will easily make you ugly."

Zhao Duo hesitated for a moment, then obediently received the bowl of soup and lowered his head to take a few sips.

Zhao Qingyan picked up some of her favorite dishes and placed them into her bowl. When he saw her sipping the soup, he couldn't help but smile, "Do you like it?"

Zhao Duo nodded, "Yes, it tastes good."

Zhao Qingyan said, "Drink as much as you want. After a few more bites, you won't feel angry anymore."

Zhao Chou, who was also a child, calmed down after a few words of coaxing. He looked at the pile of dishes in front of him, then looked at the food that Zhao Qingyan had only eaten a few bites of. "Aren't you eating too little?"

Zhao Shu said, "That's right. You've been picking out the fish bones for Xun Er, but you haven't had much to eat. Since she's already so old, let her eat by herself. If not, let the servants come over. Although Zhao Duo was slightly dissatisfied, he also knew that Zhao Shu was speaking about something and did not raise a single objection.

Zhao Qingyan looked at the delicious food on the table and smiled bitterly, "Royal brother, I really don't have any appetite. I usually eat pastries and drink porridge, but I'm not very hungry when it comes to proper meals. Royal brother, you don't have to worry about me.

Zhao Shu ignored him and said directly to Jin'er, "Bring your young master a bowl of porridge. Otherwise, he'll feel bad drinking so much wine again."

Jin'er responded with a smile. She took out a big bowl and filled it with porridge and placed it in front of Zhao Qingyan. Without waiting for him to complain, she stepped aside.

Zhao Qingyan sighed lightly. She picked up the spoon and scooped a spoonful of porridge into her mouth before swallowing it. He had no intention of eating the tasteless porridge even if he had to dry it.

Zhao Baiyi looked at his son, who was talking nonstop, and said with a worried tone, "You don't like to eat, but you still haven't changed. When can Su'er eat a few bites less?" "You have to watch every day, if you're not careful you'll eat too much."

Zhao Qingyan frowned and swallowed the last spoonful of porridge in the bowl. He let Zhao Baiyi look at the empty bowl and said, "Look, I ate a lot."

Zhao Baiyi's eyebrows jumped, "Actually, there's only one thing that I'm curious about. Can you really taste it? Why do I feel like eating food is worse than medicine? "

Zhao Qingyan said snappily, "Of course I can taste it. Zhu Yanyan hasn't reached the point where I can't taste it." Avoid talking about the second half of his question.

Zhao Baiyi didn't bother to ask and asked about another thing. "You should be fine for a few months, right? Is the wife busy? The incident with the Puppet Palace is over, do you want to go out and play together? "

Zhao Qingyan was stunned. "Go out? It's already so cold. Where are you going? "

Zhao Baiyi enigmatically asked, "Don't you know there's something fun to do near the Mansion of the Marquis of Trojan Horse?"

Zhao Qingyan shook his head and said, "I don't know. I've been busy with all kinds of trivial matters recently. I don't even know about the anecdotes in the martial arts world."

Zhao Baiyi said, "Next month, around the time you get hired, there will be a competition for the first trump card on the pleasure boat not far from the Mansion of the Marquis of the Trojan Horse. In addition, it was said that he was the leading player in the martial arts world in recent years. It was said that apart from those brothel ladies, there were also many young masters and young misses who could participate, sitting behind heavy curtains and touching their zither to their poems. After setting up the gambling house, there was still a famous calligraphy and paintings in the top few positions. How about it? Are you interested? "

Zhao Xu was a bit confused as he asked, "Young noble and young miss are going to compete together with those brothel ladies?"

Zhao Baiyi understood what he meant and explained, "Rules and regulations in the martial arts world are much fewer. Things like this happen only once every few years, and it's quite lively. Moreover, it was just playing the zither in front of the poem, and it was also covered by the curtain, so he didn't have to show himself in front of others. Naturally, he could sense something. "Seventh brother?"

Zhao Qingyan came back to her senses. Seeing Zhao Baiyi looking at her, she smiled apologetically. "I was a little absent-minded earlier. You didn't say anything important, right?"

"Nothing important," said Zhao. "I'm just talking about the trump card issue with Little Xu."

"What a trump card …" Zhao Qingyan pinched her eyebrows and said, "I know that. Once every three years, I always wanted to come back. I was delayed the first two times." But time is not convenient, is it? Go for a betrothal gift, and I'll go with you to the cruise liner? That's not appropriate, right? "

Zhao Baiyi said, "Nothing is inappropriate, right? The Mansion of the Trojan is a family of ten, so Master Hou wouldn't care too much about these things, right? "If he cared so much about these customs, he wouldn't have let you drag it out so much. Mu Qing Han should have gotten married into the Qi King Manor two or three years ago."

Zhao Qingyan smiled bitterly. "That is true, but isn't that a little too inconsiderate?"

Zhao Baiyi said, "Aiya, it will definitely be fine. Master Hou definitely won't mind." Seventh Brother … "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Zhao Qingyan looked at him deeply and said, "I know. Bai Zhen must have told you about it, right?"

Zhao Baiyi was surprised. "How did you know?"

Zhao Qingyan sighed and said helplessly, "Other than him, who else would tell you that there's going to be some interesting stuff going on there? I'm sure of it just by the way you promised. Other than the marquis himself, only Young Master Bai is left to tell you that the marquis won't mind. "Alright, I understand. I'll go."

When Zhao Baiyi heard this, he could understand the meaning behind Bai Zhen's words of invitation. "Do you think that the Duke of Trojan Horse is planning to use this opportunity to test the character of his beloved husband?"

Zhao Qingyan's eyebrows twitched. He couldn't help but hold his forehead and ask, "Can you not speak in such a weird manner? My character? Who was going to test the character of their son-in-law until the betrothal gifts arrived at home? I think either Bai Zhen or Wen Lun would like to see me. "

Zhao Baiyi asked, "Who is Wen Lun?"

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Here's the "leading card" is the author's own bullsh * t name...

The Courtesan Belle selection event only occurred five years or so after the book's background. Compared to the phrase "appear", it should be said that "form" was a little more compatible. Song Dynasty people loved to play, and there were often competitions between brothel girls. For the sake of the accuracy of the time of formation of the word "selection", the author decided to replace the word "lead" with a little less.

Etiquette: There is nothing to do in the martial arts world. When the water in the lake had yet to freeze over in the early winter, a poem or painting was painted on the boat. While the renowned courtesans were singing and dancing, some of the young masters and mistresses would participate in the event and the organizers would provide some prizes.

This story is pure fiction, and it is no coincidence that it is not true.