Chapter 9: The Beginning of the Willow Month
As soon as he entered, Manyue was sitting on a chair, holding a fruit in his hand and nibbling on it. Zixiu still wanted to say a few words about her, but Manyue just said aggrievedly: "Brother, I'm hungry." "Just now she was in the Lu Mansion, so many pairs of eyes watched, I was embarrassed to say that I hadn't eaten enough.
Zixiu hated that iron could not become steel, poked her forehead, and said, "Aren't you very angry, you will only call your brother when you have something." While complaining, he told the kitchen to cook her something to eat.
Lu Changfeng walked alone on the empty street, the moonlight stretched his figure slender, and he kept rubbing the jade pendant he wore on his wrist. Now that the old monarch is in poor health, the struggle between the princes is becoming more and more intense, and the king of Mengzhao has a heavy army but his position is unknown, and he even went to Beijing to make a pilgrimage under the pretext of illness, and only sent a pair of children to come.
The position of the crown prince is in vain, and the eldest prince and the second prince are fighting endlessly, and it is impossible to say which side has a better chance of winning. There has been a lot of peace between the two in recent days, but everyone knows that the sea is always very calm before the storm. He looked up at the waning moon in the sky and sighed softly, this road is really uneven.
Because the vassal kings from all over the country came to the pilgrimage and there were many female dependents in their entourage, the queen mother in the palace specially chose a good day, held a dust-washing banquet, and invited the female dependents and several ladies of the family accompanying the vassal kings. Manyue was also invited, she didn't know anyone, and she didn't have much interest in socializing, she just sat in her seat and watched those ladies and ladies praising each other.
The maid Momoki followed her, chattering endlessly, like an annoying sparrow, and Manyue simply covered her ears and lay on the table without looking at her.
The guests sat down one after another, and when the guests arrived, the graceful and luxurious queen mother on the first seat said a few words and raised her glass. Since the return of the Nine Heavens, the wine has not been touched by the moon anymore.
Fortunately, Anding also came, so I sat next to her and talked to her. Someone came late and came forward to apologize to the queen, and the queen was also very generous and didn't bother with her.
Manyue smelled a faint fragrance of gardenias, and a fragrant breeze blew in front of her, and a figure sat down beside An Ding. She poked her head out to see that the girl was a little shy, and smiled at her, timidly like a little beast, and this smile made the eyes of the wild moon straight.
The girl's body was thin and delicate, like a reed in the wind, and she was about to break at any moment, and she was really sick. I can't bear to be good-looking, my skin is much whiter than others, and my eyes are round like a deer, and I can see that people's hearts are melting. A little bit of rouge, but the eyes are like autumn lips like peonies.
Manyue thought, if those foxes of the Tu Shan clan have her appearance, as long as they cover their hearts and cough twice, others will be eager to give her their hearts and livers, so why bother to do it yourself.
She slowly moved to Anding's side, walked around, and sat between the two of them. She turned her head to look at the girl and asked cautiously, for fear of being abrupt: "What's your name?" ”
The girl was flattered, she didn't expect a girl with a raw face to come up and talk, "Liu Yue." ”
Manyue's hand on the table stretched out halfway, glanced at her, afraid of scaring her, forcibly withdrew it, gave a thumbs up, and praised: "Good name." Although she didn't even know what her name was, it was always right to praise first.
Liu Yue was amused by her, "Thank you for the compliment." ”
An Ding looked at her sneaky appearance, couldn't help laughing, and quipped: "The little county lord doesn't have to be so careful, the younger sister is weaker at the beginning of the month, and her courage is not so small." ”
"You know her?" Manyue turned to Anding, looked at Liu Yue again, and asked, "Can I go to play with you often?" ”
She thought very simply, that is, to bring all these favorite people and things back to Nanxu, and she always had to go home, and she would not be able to see these beauties at that time. The lifespan of mortals is only a hundred years, and such a good-looking skin is still a dry skeleton in the end, what a pity. If you go back to Nanxu with her, she will be able to see them every day, and she can help them stay young forever, isn't it the best of both worlds.
But the punishment said that if they rashly brought people back, they were unwilling. In the end, it will only hurt both sides, and the bamboo basket will be empty, so it is better to coax the beauty to be happy first, and naturally I am willing to go back with her.
Liu Yue nodded, "Of course you can." ”
What Si Xing didn't expect was that he just wanted to change Uncle Xiao's bandit temperament and use it to bluff her, but Manyue was implementing it very seriously. He often secretly rejoices that it is because the little uncle does not understand the world, so if he is a little more shrewd, he has to screw his head off if he is so deceived.
Manyue went to Liu Yue twice, she was weak and the weather was cold, and her family didn't let her go out. Back to her house to drink tea and eat snacks, even if the beauty is on the side, Manyue is an idle person, can't help but want to jump twice, just plan to wait for the weather to improve and then go to Liu Yueyue.
Everyone is busy with their own affairs, she can only stay in the Sword Pavilion, watch the shopkeeper settle accounts and entertain people, and touch the fresh silver that has just entered the account from time to time. She slumped in her chair and complained, "It seems that the master is right, there is nothing fun here, it is not as good as Nanxu." ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly came over, "The owner, there are a few scoundrels down there, and they have to buy and sell by force." I really can't stop it, so go down and have a look. ”
Her hands were itching when she had nothing to do, and the sandbag was delivered to the door, and she turned around and went downstairs. Several people were standing in front of the counter, and when they saw her, they smiled and said to the shopkeeper behind her: "This is your host, what can the little girl do, go back and call your father." ”
After the leader finished speaking, several people laughed together. Manyue was not angry, she clasped her hands, raised her chin, and asked, "What's your name, what are you doing in our store?" ”
The man looked at her posture and was very disdainful: "If you don't change your name, you won't change your surname Cao Zhengming, do you know who my father is, Uncle Cao Wenyi!" Pack up your baggage and hurry up to get out of me, this shop, the master has taken a fancy to it. ”
It's the first time that Manyue has met such a stupid person, who does bad things and reports himself to his family, seeing that he is born tall and big, I am afraid that the food he has eaten for so many years is only a long body and not a brain.
She took a few steps closer, turned her head and asked the shopkeeper, "Do you remember the name?" When I look back, I remember to tell the executioner. "Asking the torturer to make some stumbling blocks for him and asking him to drink cold water and stuff his teeth is much more relieving than scolding him.
The shopkeeper Ermu nodded, and he couldn't think of anything else about him. Manyue raised her eyebrows at Cao Zhengming and said, "Don't send it." Then he raised a foot and kicked him in the chest, Cao Zhengming was behind the door, Leng Buding was kicked by her, fell backwards and tripped over the threshold, rolled a few times and collapsed on the ground screaming.
There was a circle of people quickly around the door of the store, and it was rare to see the most lawless gentleman in Shengjing, and the people around him pointed and pointed, and no one went to report to the official, all waiting to see him look foreign.
Cao Zhengming sat up and spit out a mouthful of blood, he pointed to the wild moon leaning against the door, "You dare to beat me, you are dead, believe it or not, my father will put you in prison!" ”
"If you can't beat me, let's go back and sue, if you can't beat the big one, you can call the big one out, and if you can't call the old one out, the bullying straw bag, no matter how powerful your father is, you're just a waste." Manyue didn't even bother to look at him.
"You—" Cao Zhengming was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Someone in the crowd suddenly applauded, and Cao Zhengming roared angrily: "Whoever clapped it, get out of here." They rushed to the side, for fear that they would be angry with the bully if they retreated too late.
Lu Changfeng heard An Ding mention that this shop was opened by Manyue's nephew, so he came to take a look, but he didn't expect to see such a wonderful scene, "Little county lord, so majestic." ”
When Manyue saw him, she was very surprised: "Lu Changfeng, why are you here." ”
Cao Zhengming was furious, and his fingers moved back and forth between them, "You are a group, have you long wanted to calculate me, it is too deceitful!" ”
This little girl actually knows his father's nemesis, and they definitely colluded to fix him together!
"Ugh." Lu Changfeng waved his hand, looking like he was watching a play, "This is the little county lord of Mengzhao, who came to celebrate the birthday of the monarch, how can he say that he is calculating you." ”
His face changed, and he said with a little regret: "It's that Gongzi Cao offended the little county lord and didn't know how to repent, this account Uncle Cao Guo is very difficult to calculate, Gongzi Cao, ask for more blessings." ”