Wei Dongling stammered, "Well, you know, I'm still young. How about we wait for a few more years and then see?"
Yu Zixi's face darkened instantly. "You're already sixteen! My mother was pregnant with me when she was your age!"
Wei Dongling forced a smile. "My young lady hasn't gotten married yet. I'm just worried about her."
Yu Zixi: ...
The next day.
At the General's Mansion.
Qi Jinxuan saw Wei Dongling embroidering another sachet in her hand, which was as badly embroidered as the previous one. She couldn't help asking, "Are you embroidering another one?"
Wei Dongling sighed. "Didn't I kick Young Master Yun into the water last time? He threatened me to embroider one for him too!"
Qi Jinxuan was a bit stunned and softly asked, "Is this one for Young Master Yun?"
Wei Dongling replied, "Sure is. It's really a tear - jerking story." Suddenly, she remembered that the sachet Qi Jinxuan had embroidered for Young Master Yun before had been returned. She quickly explained, "Miss, I really don't mean anything else. I just want to express my apology to the young master. It'll be easier for us to invite him out in the future."
Qi Jinxuan picked up the cup on the table, took a sip, and then softly said, "Isn't it inappropriate to give a sachet as an apology?"
Wei Dongling hesitated. "I... I don't know how to do anything else. I can't play the zither well either. I thought that since it's so ugly, Young Master Yun probably won't even take it, but at least I've shown my sincerity."
Qi Jinxuan lowered her eyes. "Do as you like."
Wei Dongling quickly added, "Miss, I have absolutely no feelings for Young Master Yun! You know that I'm already engaged. And recently, I've found that Young Master Yu isn't a bad person. He's actually quite nice to me."
Qi Jinxuan nodded and said, "I naturally trust you. It's just that a sachet is supposed to be given to one's beloved. It's a bit inappropriate for you to give it to Young Master Yun."
Wei Dongling thought for a while and replied, "You're right. But last time the young master was angry with me and asked me for it... I can't very well refuse..."
Qi Jinxuan's eyes were full of doubt. It took her a long time to nod and say, "Since that's the case, you can embroider it. But should we change the pattern?"
Your pattern is just ridiculous! Are you sure you won't feel ashamed to give it out?
Wei Dongling made a bitter face. "This one is the simplest. I really can't embroider anything else."
Qi Jinxuan: ...
Shangguan Yun was stunned when he held the Peppa Pig sachet that Wei Dongling had given him. He stared at it for a long time, then turned to Wen Hao and asked, "What... what on earth did she embroider?"
Wen Hao looked at the sachet in Shangguan Yun's hand with its rough embroidery and extremely ugly pattern. Twitching the corner of his mouth, he replied, "Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know."
Wei Dongling randomly grabbed a beggar in the alley behind the Prince's Mansion and chatted with him. "You mustn't tell anyone about what I told you! Especially don't say it was me who told you!"
The beggar held the silver coins that Wei Dongling had rewarded him with and said indignantly, "Don't worry, miss! I'm very tight - lipped! I definitely won't blabber around. I can't believe that such a handsome Young Master Shangguan Yun would do such a thing!"
So, one day later, most of the capital knew that Shangguan Yun had taken Qi Jinxuan boating on the lake and they had both fallen into the water.
Some people were chatting after meals. "Wasn't it said that the Crown Prince wants to marry Miss Qi? Why is Miss Qi still having an ambiguous relationship with Young Master Yun?"
Someone else said, "Miss Qi probably won't be able to marry the Crown Prince now. She'll have to marry Young Master Yun!"
So, all the young ladies in the capital were heart - broken. "It must be that shameless eldest daughter of the Qi family who seduced my Young Master Yun!"
Lord Qi Er heard this news and rushed over to ask if it was true. He saw Qi Jinxuan with her head down, blushing with shame and not saying a word. Lord Qi Er couldn't help but shed tears. How could the daughters of the Qi family be like this, one after another! Then he turned around and quickly went back to write a letter to the general.
The instigator, Wei Dongling, was sitting on the wall, smiling from ear to ear.
Qi Jinxuan blushed below and said, "Isn't this inappropriate for us?"
Wei Dongling laughed brightly and replied, "As long as you can marry Young Master Yun, anything is appropriate!"
Just as she finished speaking, a figure emerged.
Yu Zixi stood on the wall, looking more miserable than someone who had eaten shit.
When Qi Jinxuan looked up and saw Yu Zixi coming, her thin body trembled. Without even saying hello, she turned around and left.
Wei Dongling waved her hand like a lucky cat and nodded at Yu Zixi with a smile. "The night is really nice tonight. Why aren't you in the brothel?"
Yu Zixi's face got even uglier. He roared, "Wei Dongling! Why does Shangguan Yun have an identical sachet?"
Can you just give this stuff out in batches?
Wei Dongling said, "Well! I kicked him into the water. I have to show my apology, right?"
Yu Zixi's eyes were almost spitting fire. "Is it appropriate for you to give a sachet to him? You can only give it to me!"
Wei Dongling sat up straight and nodded perfunctorily. "I promise I won't embroider for anyone else. Is that okay?"
"No! You have to get it back!"
Wei Dongling was dumbfounded. "What did you say? You don't take back the things you've given away!"
Yu Zixi glared at Wei Dongling angrily and roared, "You must go!"
Wei Dongling was speechless. "Yu Zixi, are you being reasonable?"
Yu Zixi's face turned black with anger. The veins on his forehead were throbbing. He grabbed Wei Dongling, jumped off the wall, and pinned her against the wall with a wall - slam. "You gave a love token to another man behind my back, and you're asking me if I'm being reasonable?"
Wei Dongling struggled weakly and shouted, "It wasn't a love token!"
Yu Zixi lifted his knee to hold down Wei Dongling's legs and grabbed her two delicate wrists with one hand. He threatened fiercely, "I'm just asking you, are you going to get it back?"
Wei Dongling protested, "How can I even say that?" Seeing Yu Zixi's even angrier expression, she kept shouting, "How about I compensate you in another way? Is that okay?"
Yu Zixi raised his wrinkled eyebrows. "It's not impossible. Call me husband and this matter will be over."
What?
Wei Dongling got angry. "Humph! No way!"
Yu Zixi threatened, "Are you going to call me?"
"No!"
Yu Zixi gritted his teeth and stared at her. "Then don't blame me." Saying that, he reached out his wandering hand.
Wei Dongling was panicked. "What... what are you doing?"
Yu Zixi's hand touched Wei Dongling's waist and then climbed up to her armpit, tickling her.
"Aha - ha - ha - ha..." Wei Dongling was ticklish. She laughed like an asthmatic donkey. While laughing wildly, she begged for mercy. "I was wrong! I was really wrong! Ha - ha - ha - ha..."
"Are you going to call me?"
Wei Dongling struggled and laughed. "I was wrong... Ha - ha - ha. Please... please forgive me..."
After tossing around for a while, Yu Zixi's eyes looking at Wei Dongling gradually softened. He gently kissed her on the cheek and then let go of her hands.
A little maid who happened to pass by saw this scene. She was so scared that she screamed and ran away covering her face.
Wei Dongling was instantly stunned. The corner of her mouth twitched. She glared at Yu Zixi angrily and scolded, "Yu Zixi, do you want to die?"
Yu Zixi turned around and took two steps back to avoid her kicking leg. He whispered, "Wei Dongling, Tian Qi hasn't sent a letter. He may be in trouble."
Tian Qi? Wei Dongling was stunned for a moment and quickly realized that he was talking about that secret guard!