Guisu also joined in the conversation.
"The Second Lord has given instructions that every piece of clothing should be unique, with different styles and patterns, and it must meet Your Ladyship's satisfaction. That's why the shopkeeper said to wait until Your Ladyship has tried on the clothes before leaving."
Zhao Luoning was greatly surprised to hear this. Could Ji Shisu dote on a woman to such an extent?!
The shopkeeper probably thought these strict requirements were put forward by Zhao Luoning, which was why he said to wait for her to finish trying on the clothes before going back.
With such high standards, it was likely that a large deposit had been given.
Chen Chuliu was feeling jealous when she heard Guisu sigh over there.
"Your Ladyship's clothes can't even last a day. The Lord's requirements are really difficult to meet."
Hearing this, although she knew asking might humiliate herself, Chen Chuliu couldn't hold back her curiosity any longer and asked, "Why does the Second Lord tear such beautiful clothes?"
"Ah? Don't you know, Concubine?" Guisu pretended to be surprised with an exaggerated expression.
Guisu sized Chen Chuliu up and down. Her mouth opened so wide that it could fit an egg, and her whole face seemed to say, "You don't even know this?"
But soon, she nodded as if suddenly enlightened.
"Concubine, you haven't been favored by the Lord, so it's not your fault that you don't know. What the Lord wants to tear is only our Lady's clothes. I think the clothes you're wearing now can last you for years. How could you understand our Lady's troubles?"
Chen Chuliu finally understood what they had been talking about when they mentioned tearing clothes.
This wasn't just humiliating herself; it was like handing the knife of heart - stabbing to the enemy with her own hands.
Chen Chuliu couldn't bear to stay here any longer.
If she listened any more, she might really die of jealousy.
She said goodbye in a hurry and fled.
She almost forgot the original purpose of coming to Zhao Luoning's room.
After she left the room, Zhao Luoning, who had been smiling all the time without interrupting, threw the clothes in her hand aside and straightened her face.
"Guisu, you did it on purpose, didn't you?"
It wasn't the first time Ji Shisu had bought clothes for her. He always just asked Guisu to send the clothes over, and Zhao Luoning only needed to try them on to see if they fit.
Guisu and the others would never say a word about how good the materials of these clothes were or how strict the requirements were.
As for how Ji Shisu had instructed the seller, they never mentioned it at all.
"Please forgive me, Lady. The General asked me to protect you. He specifically told me to keep an eye on Chen Chuliu's every move. No matter what she said to you, please believe in the General's sincere love for you and don't easily believe the slander of villains."
So that was the case. Zhao Luoning didn't know whether she should praise Guisu for being smart and adaptable or say that Ji Shisu had foresight, knowing that Chen Chuliu wouldn't give up easily and having informed the people around her in advance.
However, at this moment, Zhao Luoning wasn't very happy. Instead, she felt a bit disappointed.
When she saw Guisu stand up for her and confront Chen Chuliu, she was quite touched. For a moment, it was as if she had seen Caixue.
She had still held a glimmer of hope.
Unexpectedly, this girl Guisu was just following Ji Shisu's orders.
Yes, in Shiguan, she had no one on her side.
Zhao Luoning was a bit tired and said, "Don't I know what little tricks she's playing?"
Guisu quickly bowed and apologized.
"Your Ladyship is right. It was my mouthy fault."
"Forget it. Step back."
Guisu responded and stepped out, leaving Zhao Luoning alone, staring blankly at the gorgeous clothes.
Ji Shisu didn't hear about this until midnight.
After a busy day, he had just taken a break when he heard about this from Yuchi. In a hurry, without even changing out of his military uniform, he rode his horse back to the residence overnight.
But he found the room empty.
"Ning'er?"
He searched every corner of the room, but there was no sign of Zhao Luoning.
It was the middle of the night, and even the guards were asleep. She didn't know any martial arts. Where could she have gone?
Not only Zhao Luoning but even Guisu, who served her, was nowhere to be seen.
Ji Shisu had seen Chen Chuliu's methods before.
She was good at sowing discord. She must have said something that made Ning'er suspicious.
This was just Zhao Luoning's bad habit. She always hid things and never said them out.
He was afraid that Ning'er had taken what Chen Chuliu said to heart. If she decided to leave, he, Ji Shisu, would be the most wronged person in the world.
If Zhao Luoning really wanted to avoid him, Ji Shisu wasn't sure he could find her.
Just like the time when Zhao Luoning disappeared a year ago.
Ji Shisu had spent a great deal of effort looking for her. After more than a month without any results, if Zhao Luoning hadn't shown up in Shiguan by herself, he might have lost her at that time.
"Chen Chuliu?!"
When he uttered these three words, Ji Shisu gritted his teeth.
He blamed himself for being too merciful back then. Seeing that she was a helpless woman.
Since she wanted to become his concubine to find a shelter, he fulfilled her wish and married her.
The old saying was really right. The bottomless pit of desire could never be filled.
If anything happened to Zhao Luoning, he would surely skin Chen Chuliu alive.
"My Lord?"
Yuchi had just come back from searching outside. Since Lord Ye was resting in the residence, it was not appropriate to make a noise and disturb him.
Yuchi could only take two or three people to walk around outside the residence. Not finding Zhao Luoning, he had to come back to report.
As soon as he entered the door, he happened to hear Ji Shisu gritting his teeth and uttering Chen Chuliu's name. Just as he was about to ask if Ji Shisu wanted to arrest Chen Chuliu, he heard Ji Shisu ask.
"Have you found Ning'er?"
The people below immediately knelt on the ground. Yuchi clasped his fists and lowered his head. Everything was self - evident.
"Go and arrest Chen Chuliu for me. Ning'er's disappearance must be related to her!"
These words were almost roared out, scaring several people who were used to seeing life and death to tremble.
Suddenly, they heard a rolling sound on the roof.
If it weren't for the extraordinary hearing of martial artists, and after Ji Shisu's roar, the room had fallen into a deathly silence, this tiny sound would have been really hard to hear.
There was someone on the roof!
This realization made everyone quickly enter a state of combat readiness.
Ji Shisu didn't even think and rushed out of the room. He used the osmanthus tree in front of the house to fly onto the roof.
By the moonlight, the scene on the roof almost made him faint. The person he had been looking for for so long was sitting on the roof, having a drink under the moon with Guisu, with a plate of peanuts in front of them.
The thing that had just rolled down was a peanut that had accidentally fallen.
He had been so worried below, while they were having such a leisurely time on the roof.
Seeing that it was Ji Shisu who had flown onto the roof, Guisu quickly stood up. It was not convenient to bow on the roof, so she just clasped her fists as a salute.
"I'm damned. Please punish me, my Lord."
Ji Shisu was also greatly puzzled.