The stunning beauty of Qing Dynasty

Seeing that the men he had chosen had no legal wives, Lin Zerui nodded with satisfaction.

He dismissed the students who had married or fiancées, leaving behind the three people who were still single: Chen Anping, Shen Chenxing, and Zhang Xinghe.

Looking at the nervous Chen Anping, Lin Zerui smiled, easing the serious atmosphere and making Chen Anping relax a little.

Lin Zerui looked bitter and said, "I am talking to you about this today because I have something to ask of you. As you know, I have a lost eldest daughter who just returned to the capital. She... suffered a lot. I feel guilty about her and I want her to have a happy life in the second half of her life. I want to find a good husband for her. Anping, Chenxing, Xinghe, are you willing to meet my Qingqing?"

Father Lin’s words were very clear.

Chen Anping, Shen Chenxing and Zhang Xinghe were stunned.

The three of them were silent for a long time.

It was Chen Anping who spoke shyly: "If the teacher doesn't mind me, I would like to meet Miss Lin."

Looking at the other two students who remained silent, Lin Zerui's eyes condensed, but after seeing Chen Anping's words, his eyebrows relaxed a little: "Since Xiaoping is willing, the teacher must let your wife find a good opportunity for you to meet him."

"Well, thank you, teacher." Chen Anping murmured, holding back the heat on his face. The sound was almost inaudible to him if Lin Zerui had not come closer.

Lin Zerui patted the young man beside him on the shoulder with a kind look on his face, "You are such an introverted boy, if you have a wife, you won't be able to do that in the future."

"Yeah." Chen Anping nodded in a daze.

Here, looking at Lin Zerui who looked cold at them, Shen Chenxing and Zhang Xinghe did not move after all.

Choosing a wife is of different levels of importance. A teacher is a teacher, but they also know that the teacher's eldest daughter is just an abandoned commoner girl. No matter whether Lin Zerui really loves this eldest daughter, the title of the eldest daughter of the Lin family cannot shake their minds. What's more, the eldest daughter was raised by a peasant woman. I think she didn't learn the rules well, and the housekeeper is not capable enough. Besides, how can a country girl raised by a peasant woman be good?

Adding up all these shortcomings and comparing them with the image of a beautiful, virtuous and beneficial wife in their minds, Shen Chenxing and Zhang Xinghe naturally retreated in silence.

However, now that Lin Zerui saw that one of them had agreed, he was no longer so unhappy with them.

After speaking carefully to Chen Anping again, he turned aside and left.

After waiting for Lin Zerui to leave, the three of them walked out of the yard with different expressions.

Seeing the three people coming out, several others also gathered around.

The more mature-looking young man among them asked curiously, "What is the teacher talking about in there?"

Chen Anping recalled what he had promised before, and his ears turned red. "Nothing, just some private matters."

"Private matter? Hey, why is Anping's face so red?" the man laughed.

Shen Chenxing, who had a dark mind and had similar grades to Chen Anping, couldn't stand Chen Anping being so proud, and said sarcastically: "Oh! Our college student Chen Anping is about to become the teacher's son-in-law, how can he not be happy? I'm afraid that the teacher will say more in the future autumn examination!"

Shen Chenxing's jealous words were like a sharp bird call that broke the harmonious atmosphere of the academy.

At this time, Shen Chenxing seemed to have forgotten that he rejected his teacher because he looked down on the teacher's eldest daughter who was raised by a peasant woman. Now he was jealous of Chen Anping because he had a relationship with the eldest lady.

Chen Anping frowned, and the corners of his mouth, which were originally raised, were pursed tightly.

Seeing the tense atmosphere, the young man who asked the question slapped his gossipy mouth in annoyance and tried to smooth things over with an awkward smile.

"Hahaha, so that's how it is. Well, I suddenly remembered that Master Liu's homework has not been finished today. Well, I'll leave first. We'll talk later. We'll talk later." As he said this, the young man did not forget to pull away his friends who were watching the show.

He whispered, "Be careful not to talk about what happened between them or you'll get into trouble."

"Yeah." The young friend looked at the jealous Shen Chenxing and the depressed Chen Anping reluctantly, and finally left.

Zhang Xinghe looked at the two of them, not knowing who to hold on to for a moment, so he could only stand there in silence, awkwardly.

Chen Anping frowned and looked at his mortal enemy Shen Chenxing, finally revealing the sharpness of this usually kind-hearted man.

"If I heard correctly today, Brother Shen didn't say anything when the teacher was here just now."

So how do you have the nerve to be angry with him now?

After hearing what Chen Anping said, Shen Chenxing's face turned red and then pale.

He turned his head away stiffly, "Oh, let's put it this way. I just can't stand seeing a villain like you succeed."

Seeing Shen Chenxing's stubborn look of refusing to admit it, Zhang Xinghe couldn't help but feel embarrassed for him.

Although the teacher's choice of a son-in-law is a matter of mutual consent, and everyone knows that Du Ming, you refused and are jealous of others who got the benefits of that marriage. Aren't you too shameless, brother?

Zhang Xinghe thought to himself that although he was a little jealous of Chen Anping's benefit of becoming his teacher's son-in-law, he also knew that it was what he deserved. As for Shen Chenxing making a fuss, Zhang Xinghe felt that he was losing face.

Shen Chenxing is a narrow-minded person. It seems that I cannot become close friends with him.

Zhang Xinghe made a detailed count in his mind.

Looking at the two people confronting each other, Zhang Xinghe still gave the embarrassed Shen Chenxing a way out, and the atmosphere between the two became less tense.

The moonlight faded and the morning light began to rise.

Yunjin Pavilion fell into a strange atmosphere again.

The servants passing by secretly looked at the dreamy beauty leaning against the window with fascination on their faces.

Ever since this empty courtyard welcomed this thin young lady, the servants of Yunjin Pavilion have been looking like this, watching this young lady, who was abandoned among the common people, become more and more beautiful day by day, to the point where her appearance now makes people's hearts tremble at the mere sight of her.

Dai Gui, who was sweeping the floor in the yard, looked through the window with a stern face at the beautiful woman holding a book in front of the bed. At this time, he no longer had any reluctance to be forced to stay with this young lady. His heart and eyes were filled with the beauty in the distance.

The ambitions in my heart are becoming stronger and stronger.

Xiang Lian happened to be walking by and saw Dai Gui, who was not sweeping the floor properly and secretly looking at the young lady, and she was furious, "What are you doing!"

"Dai Gui, if you don't clean properly, I will tell Madam to replace you."

"Okay, okay, I'll sweep it right away. I'll sweep it right away." Dai Gui concealed the jealousy and resentment in his eyes, lowered his head and complained in his heart.

It was just that Xu Yi happened to be noticed by the eldest lady. She was just a personal maid and acted like a manager in the courtyard. What was so great about that? Damn it. When he works hard in the future and catches the eldest lady's eye, she must sell this dead maid.

Xiang Lian looked at Dai Gui with his head down as if he was regretting something, rolled her eyes and walked inside.

What a disgusting servant, he peeked at the young lady every day without any reverence in his heart. If there were not so few servants in the courtyard, she would have asked the young lady to replace him long ago.

Come inside the house.

Qingyin looked at Xianglian who was holding a plate of peaches, smiling, "What's the matter? I heard what you were saying in there just now."

She would never put those dirty things in front of an innocent lady.

Xiang Lian suppressed the disgust she had just shown towards Dai Gui's disgusting servant and looked at the young lady with a smile on her face: "It's windy outside, and some leaves have fallen. I'll ask the servant to sweep them up, young lady."

Qingyin understood what Xianglian meant and knew that she was not telling the truth, so she skipped the topic and ignored it.

"Where did this peach come from?"

Speaking of the peaches in her hand, Xiang Lian also forgot her previous anger and said excitedly: "Miss, these peaches are Qingyang peaches, a specialty of Qingzhou County. I heard that they are juicy and sweet, and are one of the most delicious peaches. These Qingyang peaches were sent by General Cui, a good friend of the eldest son. The eldest son got a box and specially sent one to you, young lady. Please try it. Do you like it?"

"Brother?" Qingyin was slightly surprised.

Qingyin, who hadn't seen Lin Nanxu in the backyard for a long time, tried hard to recall the memories of her previous life. Did Lin Nanxu give anything to her original body in the previous life?

Qingyin was thinking. To outsiders, it looked like a stunningly beautiful girl lowered her head in a daze, as if she was moved.

Xiang Lian thought that her young lady had stayed in the yard for too long. The young lady, who had not felt the love of her family for a long time, did not dare to believe the things her brother sent her.

Family members know their own affairs. After Xiang Lian followed the young lady for a while, she also realized that the master and mistress of the mansion did not pay that much attention to the young lady.

Xiang Lian, who still didn't know Lin Nanxu's true identity, comforted Qing Yin: "Miss, don't be sad. The eldest master still cares about you. I heard that you have the most Qingyang peaches, except for the ones that the master and the mistress have."

Qingyin nodded, "Brother, you are very thoughtful."

"Since big brother has sent peaches, Xianglian, we have picked some fresh chrysanthemums in the yard to make scented tea. You can pack a jar and send it to big brother later."

"Yes, miss, I'll go right away." Xiang Lian responded coquettishly.

……

East Courtyard, Linfeng Pavilion, Lin Nanxu's courtyard.

In the study, a fair and cool young man was reading a book seriously.

An abrupt sound interrupted the silence in the room, and regular knocks were heard at the door.

Lin Nanxu frowned slightly and looked towards the gate.

"Come in."

One of the eldest son's honest-looking confidants walked in, holding an antique wooden jar in his hand.

Feeling the increasingly powerful aura coming from the young master, he looked at the ground with his eyes and nose and his heart and said:

"Master, the young lady got a can of chrysanthemum tea from the peaches she made. Do you want it or return it..."

"Stay."

"Ah...?" The confidant was stunned. The eldest son of their family has always been heartless. After he grew up, he was still indifferent even to the master and the mistress, and never accepted gifts from others. If he had not seen the eldest son grow up into what he is now, he would even doubt whether the young master was not a human being at all.

"I said accept it." Lin Nanxu rubbed his slightly wrinkled brows, and looked at his confidant with his deep and cold eyes.

The confidant quickly suppressed his inner surprise and said respectfully, "Yes."

The young master might treat this poor real lady differently, the confidant guessed, and he valued the young lady even more in his heart.

When the servant was about to leave, Lin Nanxu stopped him.

"Make me a cup of chrysanthemum tea."

"Yes, young master." The confidant concealed the surprise in his eyes and walked out.

After a while, a cup of steaming chrysanthemum tea was brought over, and the servant quietly left, leaving the owner of the study room with a quiet space.

The chrysanthemum tea on the table was emitting a little steam. Lin Nanxu took a look at it, as if he was scalded, and forced his eyes back to the book he was reading.

Half a minute later...

The young man was holding a cup of hot tea, his bony fingertips slightly red, and the steaming mist floated over his extremely handsome face, softening its aggressiveness and adding a touch of softness.

Lin Nanxu took a sip with an expressionless face, and the tea tasted refreshing and elegant.

Just like the owner who brought this tea, it is refreshing and natural, with a lingering fragrance. It makes people like it at first sight, not disgusting, and yet attracts attention.

The young man drank a whole pot of hot tea without realizing it, looked at the empty teapot in his hand awkwardly, and fell into deep thought.

So he is thirsty?

"Xiao Linzi, bring another pot of chrysanthemums. Ask her to send it."

"Yes, sir." A servant's response came from outside the house.

A new pot of chrysanthemum tea was brought.

The result of the young man drinking too much tea was that he had to go to the toilet several times.

Those who didn't know the truth in the mansion would think that their eldest master had a stomachache.

For this reason, Lin Zerui, who accidentally overheard some gossip in the backyard, showed special concern for his most promising adopted son when he met Lin Nanxu, "Xu'er, you are feeling a little unwell. Why don't you let your father find a doctor for you?"

Noticing that Lin's father's eyes deliberately lingered on his lower abdomen, Lin Nanxu's face darkened slightly.

His eyes were slightly resentful, and he deliberately emphasized the words he explained, "Thank you, father, but I just went to the toilet a few more times because I drank a few more cups of tea."

Father Lin, who had made a big mistake, was annoyed and said carelessly, "Oh, so that's how it is."

However, Lin Nanxu frowned slightly when he saw Lin's father's excitement. What good thing had happened to Lin's father?

Lin Nanxu suddenly became curious and asked, "Why is father so happy today?"

Thinking back to the important matter, Father Lin paused. Oh, right, today Chen Anping and his eldest daughter were going to meet for a blind date in the East Courtyard, so as not to disturb Nan Xu, he should also tell him.

After thinking about it, Father Lin told the reason for his happiness today.

Listening to Lin's father's words, Lin Nanxu's brows furrowed more and more, and his expression became more and more gloomy.

Thinking of the owner of that pair of calm eyes, Lin Nanxu said, "Father, Qingqing just came back, there is no need to let her get married so soon."

Father Lin didn't think much about it and explained with a smile: "It's okay, you know Qingqing's identity, it's not time to get married yet, let them take a look first."

Seeing that Lin's father had made up his mind, Lin Nanxu no longer denied him, but added calmly: "Since it is my eldest sister's marriage, I will also take a look for her. Is father willing?"

"Of course you can come." Thinking that Lin Nanxu was taking care of his eldest daughter for his sake, he nodded happily.