The Precious Lady – Chapter 289

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第289章 清白得很
一直嚷嚷着不肯嫁人的红梅此刻完全钻钱眼里去了,把温婉先前恶补的营销话术学得那是一套一套的,此刻张嘴闭嘴都是“好男人给好女人买瑞果浆”“xx家小哥出手大方值得嫁”“哥哥真棒好厉害”。

温婉表示真没眼看,要不是陈妈和柳依依坚守原则,她真怕魏铮觉得她手底下都是红梅这种恨嫁的属下。

哪知下一秒。

陈妈扯着嗓门:“哎哟,这李家公子出手太大方啦,我要是年轻二十岁,保管挑李家小哥做如意郎君!”

温婉:……

冷不丁被热情抢货的姑娘们撞了一下,整个人往前一呛,眼看就要扑向那人。

温婉惊恐。

生怕像后世偶像剧情节里一样,男女主一撞就来个原地转圈什么的狗血场面。

好在。

魏铮及时侧身让开前面的空间避免温婉撞入他怀里,又伸手一抓,抓住她的手腕一擒。

温婉登时站定。

魏铮便立刻松手。

两个人之间…清风明月,清白得就像是大学男生宿舍舍友躺在床上一夜衣服都不会脱的关系。

魏铮忽而笑道:“难怪温师妹要求烟火表演的时间必须在巳时。”

他扭头,看向河道旁边温家酒坊的展铺,又一想到刚才那闹剧落幕中间留足大概一刻多钟时间,刚好让看客们有足够时间下定。

“听老师说师妹做生意能掐会算。以前不信,现在……信了。”

温婉眯着眼睛笑:“我只是一个平平无奇但略有姿色的酒坊小老板罢了。”

魏铮被她逗笑,就因为温婉这句话,他的视线无意识的多停留在她脸上片刻。

嗯,确实算是略有姿色。

只不过,大陈朝好山好水,光是京都,称得上“颇有姿色”的女子就能从城西排到城东。他这辈子见过最多的,便是颇有姿色的小娘子。

魏铮从不喜以貌取人,更不喜评价姑娘家的外貌,只是既然温师妹都不在乎被人评价,他也难免孟浪了两分。

平心而论,温婉是个貌美的妇人,否则也不会叫修文师弟如此迷恋。

他只是单纯觉得温婉这张脸看着舒服,白白净净的、不施粉黛、五官轮廓柔美且和谐,眼睛随时含笑,给人亲近之感。

她的身上还有那种让他莫名觉得舒适的皂角香气,这气味…他总觉得似曾相识,却又想不起来。

可若是贸然问女子用什么熏香,那……也太孟浪了。

魏铮含笑应道:“师妹答应过要送我瑞果浆,可别忘了。”

“忘得了别人,也忘不了侯爷。”

这话一语双关,温婉微愣,随后又直通通的补了一句,“我说的是酒。”

补完后又发现画蛇添足。

温婉干脆闭嘴,“那啥。看烟火吧。”

就他们两个人单独站在河边看烟火,温婉也觉得不对,干脆转身就走,“侯爷,我还得上去照顾孩子。”

魏铮似也发现温婉这一刻的异常,他只笑笑,却未多问,只是侧身让开。

而程允章却站在河岸高处,他本是来寻温婉的,想着看温婉到底准备了什么节目,谁知却低估了今日这人流,他缓步行走于人群之中,最后到了温婉展台上,却看见魏铮和温婉两个人躲在堤岸下的大柳树处窃窃私语。

柳树掩映之下,两个人靠得很近,远远看去…当真是男才女貌的一对。

这一刻,程允章停下了脚步。

他只是远远看着他们。

他好奇,他们在说什么。

瑾瑜师兄和温师妹之间有什么需要避讳外人的话要说?
等了片刻,直等到烟火飞冲,河面上一阵噼里啪啦,程允章甫一回头就在灯火绚丽之中看到一张熟悉的脸。

“孙小姐。”

天空“砰”的一声,五彩的烟花在头顶炸响,人群中传来一声又一声的惊呼声。

“程公子。”孙兰芝今日穿一身鹅黄色对领水袖夏衫,打扮素净,身后还跟着一位上了年纪的夫人,程允章心头微觉异样,却还是朝那夫人拱拱手:“孙夫人。”

那孙夫人上下打量程允章,神色间颇为热情,“哎!程公子也来逛灯会?”

“是,刚好闲来无聊,便出来走走。”

“刚才我看你程家的展台也很热闹,展台上那一副字就是出自程公子之手吧?”

“随手写的,入不了夫人的眼。”

孙夫人越看程允章越满意,虽说以孙家的权势地位,这播州城的男儿可以随便挑选,可问题在于…似程允章这般年纪相仿、洁身自好又前途光明的男子可是打着灯笼也难寻。

孙夫人宠爱女儿,自然早已将程允章的人品、爱好、性情都打探了个一清二楚。

甚至还撺掇自家夫君将程允章平日里的文章拿来研究一番,这程允章考上进士之事是板上钉钉!
因此孙夫人对程允章极为客气。

程允章却无力招架孙夫人的热情,他知晓两家私下议亲之事,又想着母亲定然还没有同孙家说起他要入京,也难免孙夫人将他当做孙家未过门的女婿对待。

他不好亲自出面分说,只能假装不知情,任凭孙夫人热络。

程允章余光瞥一眼孙兰芝。

见那小娘子样貌秀丽,进退得宜,若没有遇见温师妹,或许他真会同意这门婚事。

只是,这小娘子再好,也不是温婉。

程允章正要不动声色的抽身离开,好在孙夫人很快将注意力落到河岸边那柳树下的人影,“哎,那不是温小娘子和…嗯?魏大人?”

孙夫人眉头微皱。

那两人举止亲密,又藏于人后,孙夫人自然多心。

都说寡妇门前是非多,更何况是温婉这样容貌俊俏的年轻寡妇?
孙兰芝连忙拉扯住母亲,“娘,温姐姐是督抚大人的师兄,两个人许是有正事要说。”

程允章难免多看一眼孙兰芝,视线却很快收回,“是。师兄有公务要请师妹帮忙。”

孙夫人自然是千年修成的人精,闻言只一笑:“这是自然。”

心中却暗道:商人们汲汲营营,鬼知道这温婉用了什么把戏哄得姚老爷子昏了头收她做义女,眼下别是把算盘打到魏大人头上去了?

The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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