Adhere to the gentleman's principles

Zhao Junning returned to the Zhao residence with the roses she won. When she entered the attached hospital, she saw Meng Xiangning and Zhao Nian waiting for her in the lobby. Zhao Junning went to greet them, "Dad and Mom." Meng Xiangning looked at Zhao Junning and asked, "Did you go to the flower viewing party today?" Zhao Junning said timidly, "Yes, but Mom..." Meng Xiangning smiled and said, "I thought I really didn't like crowds. It's nice to see you look like a mom today."

Zhao Junning asked, "Mom, you won't scold me?" Zhao Nian said, "Why should we scold you? Dad and mom just felt that you were too strict with the rules in the past and didn't look like a daughter of a general. Now it seems that dad and mom were too worried. Girls don't have to keep themselves locked up in a cage."

Zhao Junning lowered her head shyly and breathed a sigh of relief. In her heart, my father and mother said the same thing to me in my previous life before he ascended the throne. I didn't expect that I would still feel the same after my rebirth. It's great. Zhao Junhao hummed a little tune and returned home. He saw Zhao Junning, Zhao Nian, Meng Xiangning, and Meng Xiangning lowered her head and returned to her room shyly. Meng Xiangning asked in confusion, "What's wrong with this child?"

Zhao Nian snorted coldly: "She likes Ye Jin'an, the daughter of Jiedushi Ye Shang. I saw her today and she has been following the girl around half of Bianjing." Zhao Junning smiled and thought: It was the same in the previous life. It's a pity that the lovers in the previous life did not end up together. Meng Xiangning smiled and said: "The girl is a good child. She has been polite and modest since she was a child. She is the opposite of our Junhao. They can make a pair and discipline this boy."

Inside the room, Zhao Junning rested her chin on her hand, thinking about playing dice with Li Ziyan today. Fuling stood by and said, "Miss, you are not so happy just because you beat Young Marquis Li for this rose, right?" Zhao Junning said, "Yes, I am very happy." Zhao Junning thought: How can he remember me if I don't beat him a few times and let him fail? I know him too well, he is the most competitive in his last life, and today he lost to me and his face turned green. Fuling looked at Zhao Junning's grinning face and shook her head and sighed.

Two days later, Zhao Junning said to Fuling, "My mother's birthday is in three days. I have to buy some birthday gifts for her." Fuling said, "Isn't it in three days? Why are you in such a hurry to buy it today?" Zhao Junning said, "Get ready early! Let's go." Fuling asked again, "But why do we still have to wear veils?" Zhao Junning replied, "I am weak and the veil is to keep out the wind!" Fuling seemed to understand and said, "Oh."

The two of them walked to the most prosperous West Street. Zhao Junning walked to the largest rouge shop, Luoxiafei. The shop owner came out and said to Zhao Junning enthusiastically, "Miss, you are here to buy rouge. Do you have any good ones in the shop? Can you come in and take a look?" Zhao Junning nodded and said, "Okay."

At this time, not far away, Li Ziyan, Shen Congwen and Xu Wenhe were hiding in a corner watching Zhao Junning. Xu Wenhe said, "Li Ziyan, you are too vindictive! Do you really want revenge?" Li Ziyan said, "I have never lost in a casino. I lost to a little girl the day before yesterday. If it were you, you would not bear a grudge. I heard from my mother yesterday that Zhao Junning is a lady from a noble family, gentle and decent, who can only read and write, and does not go to crowded and noisy places. I really know how to pretend. Look at her proud expression when she beat me that day."

Xu Wenhe said: "Jun Ning is a smart girl who can learn things quickly, but she is really gentle. We have known each other since we were young. Your mother didn't lie to you."

Li Ziyan glanced at Xu Wenhe: "You don't fall in love with Zhao Junning again, do you? Wang Ningyi just left not long ago, and you have known each other since childhood, how come I don't know you?" Xu Wenhe said: "What are you thinking about? When you were a child, you lived with your parents in Pingliang and you returned to Bianjing when you were ten years old. Although Junning also stayed in Pingliang at that time, she had been learning the rules at home since she was six years old. Later, she continued to learn when she returned to Pingliang. Now it has been eight years. She still wears a hat and veil when she goes out, even during festivals. Maybe she has grown up and her personality has changed."

Shen Congwen scratched his head: "But Li Ziyan, it seems that Zhao Junning is a very decent girl. Why don't we just forget it?" Li Ziyan was furious after hearing this and lowered his voice to scold the two of them: "What do you mean by forget it? You are too disloyal. You just said you were good brothers, but now you regret it." Xu Wenhe sighed and said: "Okay, okay, I just hope Junning doesn't bear a grudge and doesn't complain to Ning Yi later."

In the rouge shop, Zhao Junning looked around. The proprietress came to her side with a handkerchief in one hand and asked, "Miss, do you like any of these?" Zhao Junning asked, "Madam, I want to buy a box for my mother as a birthday gift. Do you have any recommendations?" The proprietress nodded and said, "Yes, Miss, come here. This rouge is the best of the new batch. It's suitable for everyone. It smells fresh and feels very comfortable on the skin."

Zhao Junning picked up the one recommended by the lady boss and smelled it. Then she picked up the one next to it that was also newly served and smelled it and asked, "What are the names of these two?" The lady boss said, "The one I recommended to you is called Green Peach, and the one you picked is called Autumn." Zhao Junning smelled it again and said, "Let's go with these two."

Zhao Junning looked at the lipstick beside her and said, "Is this lipstick new too?" The lady boss smiled and said, "You have a good eye, this one is the best seller, it's called Yuehua." Fuling looked at the lipstick for a long time, Zhao Junning looked at Fuling beside her and said with a smile, "I want this one too."

After saying this, she paid two silver coins and gave the lip balm to Fuling beside her, saying, "Hey, do you like it?" Fuling was stunned when she saw Zhao Junning giving her the lip balm. Zhao Junning asked again, "Why don't you like it?" Fuling shook her head, feeling a little overwhelmed, and took the lip balm and said, "I like it, I like it. Miss, why did you buy me the lip balm?"

Zhao Junning smiled and said, "Today is your birthday. I don't know what you like, but you must like it since you stared at this lipstick for a long time." The proprietress packed the rouge Zhao Junning wanted and came over. She said in a very gentle tone, "You have a very close master-servant relationship. This is the first time I've seen a master buy such a good lipstick for his maid. You are a good master, girl."

Fuling nodded and said, "What the boss lady said is right. My young lady has always been very kind to the servants in our house." The boss lady handed the rouge to Fuling, and Zhao Junning said, "Okay, let's go." The boss lady saw the two of them out of the rouge shop and waved her handkerchief, saying, "If you like it, come back next time."

Zhao Junning nodded and said in a sweet voice, "Okay, thank you, Madam boss." Hiding in a corner, Li Ziyan saw Zhao Junning walk out of the rouge shop and patted Xu Wenhe and Shen Congwen beside him and said, "Come on, follow me."

Zhao Junning then went to the cloth shop Xiuyunfang. The shop assistants were greeting other customers. Zhao Junning took a fancy to the dark blue waist skirt with emerald pattern and walked up to it and said, "This will look great on my dear girl."

When the lady boss saw that Zhao Junning liked the dress made of the best fabric in the store, she stepped forward and said, "Young lady, you have good taste." Zhao Junning took a look and said, "This is it, lady boss. I'll come to pick it up in three days."

After paying the money, Zhao Junning walked out of the cloth shop. When Li Ziyan, Xu Wenhe, and Shen Congwen were about to step forward to stop him, a man ran up to Zhao Junning very quickly and bumped into him. When Zhao Junning looked at the man, he had already run away, and behind him was a group of men and women holding sticks and chasing him, shouting, "Stop, you thief."

Zhao Junning touched her waist and said, "My money." Fuling touched her waist and the two of them followed. Xu Wenhe and Shen Congwen were stunned. Li Ziyan put away his folding fan and said, "Don't be stunned, hurry up and chase."

The three of them also chased after him. Fuling shouted as she ran, "Stop." Xu Wenhe and Shen Congwen jumped onto the roof with their light skills and blocked the thief's way with a few leaps. Zhao Junning, Fuling, and the men and women who were chasing them also stopped. The thief was not giving up and attacked Zhao Junning and Fuling in the front with a dagger. Zhao Junning and Fuling retreated repeatedly. Li Ziyan kicked a brick nearby and hit the thief's knee. The thief fell to his knees, and many jewels, silver, and Zhao Junning and Fuling's purses fell from his body. Li Ziyan walked over, picked up the two shining purses and looked at the two of them, and the thief kneeling on the ground was caught by the county soldiers who came after them.

Li Ziyan looked at the two money bags and asked, "Are these yours?" Fuling nodded and said, "Yes, young marquis."

Li Ziyan took a look and said, "It is indeed beautiful. Here you go." He returned the purse to the two of them. Zhao Junning bowed and said, "Thank you, young marquis." Li Ziyan said, "Oh, don't. This kind of thanks is too much. Try another one."

Zhao Junning asked, "Change? What?" Li Ziyan said, "Miss Zhao, you are a big shot in our Bianjing, why do you always wear a bamboo hat? Miss Zhao, your beauty is so stunning that I, Li Ziyan, have long admired it. Why don't you take off your mysterious veil and let me see it, so that I can repay your kindness today?"

Zhao Junning wanted to hit Li Ziyan when he teased her, but when she thought about it, Li Ziyan treated her badly because she beat Li Ziyan the day before yesterday. Naturally, Li Ziyan was unwilling to accept the trouble and what's more, Li Ziyan had no memory of his past life and he just saved her. Zhao Junning thought: In this world, if I say more to him, there will be a quarrel. Li Ziyan dared to tease me before I married you. If I didn't like you in my previous life, I can't get entangled with him in this world where men are superior to women. I can't suffer any loss if he teases me like this.

Fuling stood in front of Zhao Junning and said, "Young Marquis, please be careful. My young lady is not married yet. You are so unrestrained to approach my young lady. Stay away from our young lady." Li Ziyan looked at Fuling and said, "What's wrong with me? I'm quite far away from your young lady. Little girl, I saved you just now!"

Zhao Junning pulled Fuling behind him, took a step back and said, "Young Marquis, Junning is an unmarried girl. It is not good for Junning to take off her hat outside. I hope you will not embarrass her."

Li Ziyan said, "It's not difficult. Miss Zhao is pure and lovely, a graceful lady, with a natural beauty, as beautiful as a fairy. I just said that Miss has been in love for a long time." Zhao Junning was shocked and said, "Young Marquis, why are you so direct?"

Xu Wenhe and Shen Congwen sneered: "Pfft." Zhao Junning smiled in disbelief: "Young Marquis, please don't joke with me. We just met the day before yesterday."

Passers-by glanced at him without meaning to. Li Ziyan raised his eyebrows and said, "This is a joke! Miss Zhao beat me that day and I've been thinking about her day and night. I was hoping to meet Miss Zhao today. I didn't expect that God would help me."