“I’ve not waited for a while. Your highness comes here just after I arrived.” Yang Zijin said with a smile.
Then she reminded Wei of her side, “Wei, this is Commandery Prince.”
“Your highness.” Wei gave a salute.
Lu Jing felt it was late and said, “Nice to meet you. It’s late, so let’s go. It will take some time to go to Lian Sheng’s house.”
As they had discussed before, both Lu Jing and Yang Zijin did not prepare a carriage. Since they believed that they must show their sincerity while visiting others.
Then they walked towards Lian Sheng’s residence.
…
At this time, Lian Sheng was preoccupied with making a batch of furniture in the inner courtyard.
His apprentice Luo Ming stepped forward and said, “Sir, someone came to visit.”
“I have told you not to come here to disturb me when I’m working.” Lian Sheng complained angrily.
Then Lian Sheng asked, “Who?”
“He was a Commandery Prince and young master.” Luo Ming replied anxiously.
Lian Sheng just replied with one word, “No!”
Commandery Prince was so warm-hearted that he even brought a person that they didn’t know. Thinking of this, Lian Sheng continued to work and ignored them.
Yang Zijin and Lu Jing waited for a long time, but Luo Ming didn’t come back until they were preparing to go looking for him. Luo Ming was disappointed.
“Your highness, my master is busy now, so he doesn’t have time to meet you.” Luo Ming said euphemistically.
Commandery Prince knew Lian Sheng’s temper, so he said to Luo Ming, “Go ahead. Take me to see him. I wonder how busy he is!”
“Your highness, I’m afraid I can’t. If master knows that I take you in, he must beat me.” Luo Ming said with embarrassment.
Commandery Prince frowned slightly, looked at Luo Ming and said, “It’s okay. You just have to take us to the door.”
After Commandery Prince said this, Luo Ming didn’t refuse anymore and nodded.
Asking Ji and Wei wait for now, Yang Zijin and Lu Jing came to the inner courtyard and saw that Lian Sheng was looking down to make something, which looked like a cabinet or something.
Lu Jing said first, “Lian Sheng, since you are busy now, we will wait for you aside.”
Seeing that Lian Sheng didn’t say a single word, they took a seat beside him.
Almost an hour later, Lian Sheng didn’t even raise up his head. Yang Zijin felt that they just wait, so she decided to take the initiative.
Seeing Yang Zijin get up, Lu Jing hastily pulled her sleeves, beckoning her to wait.
Yang Zijin smiled and said to Lu Jing, “Your highness, you don’t need to worry, and I have my own way.”
Yang Zijin was confident, so Lu Jing let go.
She walked to Lian Sheng, took out a piece of paper, and painted something on it.
She said to Lian Sheng, “Sir, could you help me to see what else needs to be modified?”
Then Yang Zijin sent the drawings to Lian Sheng.
Lian Sheng, who was about to lose his temper, just glanced at it. Then he grabbed the drawing in Yang Zijin’s hand, and stood up suddenly.
“Where did you get your drawings?” Lian Sheng asked with a shocked expression.
Sure enough, the drawings were the most attractive thing to the carpenters.
Lu Jing sitting aside was worried about Yang Zijin. He had thought that Lian Sheng would shout at Yang Zijin, but he didn’t. It was unexpected that Mr. Yang even made Lian Sheng respond like this. Lu Jing could not help thinking that Yang Zijin was not a simple businessman.
Yang Zijin replied, “I painted.”
“Did you paint it yourself?” Lian Sheng questioned Yang Zijin somewhat.
The young man in front of him just nodded.
Lian Sheng couldn’t help looking at Yang Zijin up and down. He looked like only sixteen years old. If these drawings were really drawn by him, where did he get the inspiration?
He had never seen the style on the drawing, but he noticed that every small detail on the drawing handled very well. He must study this drawing carefully.
Thinking of this, Lian Sheng asked, “Could you sell me this drawing. I’ll give you as much money as you want.”
“I think you misunderstood, sir. This time I came to ask you to create these objects according to the drawings. I have never thought of selling them.” Yang Zijin replied.
Hearing this, Lian Sheng was suddenly discouraged, “Then please come back. I will not take this job.”
His attitude changed so quickly that Lu Jing on the side hadn’t figured out the reason yet, only to see Lian Sheng continue his work.
However, Yang Zijin did not worry at all. She said to Lian Sheng with a smile, “It’s my pleasure to meet you today. So goodbye, sir.”
Lian Sheng was silent.
Just out of the inner courtyard, they heard Lian Sheng sighing.
Yang Zijin smiled slightly. If Lian Sheng had seen her design drawings, he could not help accepting it. No cats could bear not eating fish. It was just a matter of time.
Lu Jing on the side certainly also saw that Yang Zijin was playing cat and mouse with Lian Sheng. He thought that Mr. Yang was indeed brilliant.
Somehow, the news that Lian Sheng asked Yang Zijin’s design seeped out, and it was heard by someone with a certain purpose.
A man, who wanted to be a student of Lian Sheng for a long time, knew and wanted to get the drawings to realize his dream.
At night, the man put on his nightclothes and slipped quietly to the back door of the mansion of Marquis. He was going to climb the wall.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he climbed up to the wall, he was seen by the guard in the mansion of Marquis who was going to the toilet. Then he was caught with his hand tied behind his back. When he was interrogated, he was so frightened that he said his purpose completely. He wanted to steal the drawing of Yang Zijin.
After knowing that, they decided to ask a person to stay to monitor him. They were going to tell Yang Zijin in the morning, because after all, he wanted to steal Yang Zijin’s things.
In the next morning.
Wei told the matter to Yang Zijin,” Young Master, last night the guard caught a thief.”
“A thief?” Yang Zijin did not believe it.
This is the mansion of Marquis. Who dared to steal things in the mansion of Marquis? Did he think that there was empty in the house when Marquis Shuo was not here?
“Yes, Young Master, and you were the aim.” Wei continued.
Yang Zijin was surprised again, “Me?”
“Now the bodyguard is waiting for you to decide how to deal with the person.” Wei nodded.
Yang Zijin, who had not yet fully believed, asked again, “Did he tell you why he came here?”
After all, the mansion of Marquis boasted so many rare and precious things. But she really could not figure out why this thief would aim at her.
“He said that he wanted to steal your drawings,” Wei replied.
Yang Zijin nodded thoughtfully, “Deliver him to the police station.”
“Yes, sir.” Wei said and walked out.
The thief was delivered to the police station and confessed everything. The official thought it was his first to steal and he had failed actually. So, he was put in prison for seven days as a punishment.
As soon as this happened, Yang Zijin once again became a celebrated figure who had raised a heated discussion. Everyone was wondering what kind of drawings that even attracted Master Lian Sheng, and that even made someone take the risk to steal.
Some people admired it while some were jealous.
But Yang Zijin didn’t care about it.
There was a martial club not far from the Blossoming Peach before. She remembered that it seemed to be sold and was under renovation for a long time.
But recently when passing by, Yang Zijin discovered many people who dressed up like drifters. She wondered whether something would happen in Jing City.
The news of stealing the drawings was naturally heard by Lian Sheng. He felt that the matter was caused by himself. He couldn’t help feeling guilty and asked Lu Jing about Yang Zijin.
Lu Jing once again invited Yang Zijin to Commandery Prince House. When Yang Zijin arrived, she saw Lian Sheng was also there.
She then greeted Lian Sheng, “Hi, master. Nice to meet you.”
Lian Sheng nodded and made a wink to Lu Jing aside.
“Mr. Yang, just chat with the master first. I’ve suddenly found something left to do, and I’ll come back soon.” Lu Jing smiled knowingly.
“Mr. Yang, sit down, please.” Lian Sheng said to Yang Zijin.
She no longer restrained herself and sat down. This time it was to meet Lian Sheng that Commandery Prince invited her. She had guessed why Lian Sheng wanted to meet her this time.
After Yang Zijin took a seat, Lian Sheng said apologetically, “The news spread outside had a lot to do with me. If I didn’t want to buy your drawings that day, there would be no further events.”
“Never mind, sir. I didn’t care about it. Someone knew and spread it with bad thoughts. You should never be to blame.” Yang Zijin said.
Lian Sheng shook his head, “Anyway, it happened because of me, and caused trouble to you. I owe you an apology, so I promise to make the items on the drawings for you as soon as possible.”
“It’s really my honor to get this opportunity, sir. You don’t need to say sorry.” Yang Zijin said immediately.
Lian Sheng felt that Yang Zijin was a modest person, and he appreciated her very much.
Lian Sheng then asked functions of these things, because the wood used for each thing was different. Yang Zijin told Lian Sheng one by one.
Lian Sheng was totally amazed by Yang Zijin’s ideas!
Knowing that Yang Zijin planned to build a place for children to play, Lian Sheng felt that walnut was the best choice for its characteristics and performance, but its price was much higher than that of ordinary wood.
So he asked Yang Zijin, “Considering that it’s a children entertainment place, I believe that walnut is most suitable for creating these things, but….”
“Are you worried about the cost, sir? Just tell me.” Yang Zijin asked when she noticed the hesitation of Lian Sheng.
Lian Sheng shook his head and said, “Price will be no problem, but walnut wood is rarely used for making such things. I’m afraid it’s hard to collect so much in Jing City at once.”
“Don’t worry, sir. If it is not enough in Jing City, I will go out of the city to buy some. The only thing you need to pay attention to is just the work.” Yang Zijin dispelled Lian Sheng’s concerns.
Lian Sheng nodded.
They had been chatting until evening. Lian Sheng had estimated how much wood they needed, and told Yang Zijin he would come once the raw materials were ready.
At dinner time, Lu Jing came out. He noticed that they were talking happily and that an agreement had been reached.
After going back, Yang Zijin set about preparing.
The Woman Flower Xian had found the account room and replaced himself.
Then he went out of town to buy walnut wood according to the instructions of Yang Zijin.
Xian was buying wood while Yang Zijin was also busy in Jing City.
She found that there was empty in the backyard right next to the Blossoming Peach. She then asked Lu An to inquire about it and prepared to buy it as the venue for Lian Sheng’s work.