Just as Feng Yu and Dou Dou were rejoicing in their conversation, a bustling noise came from downstairs. Feng Yu frowned, and couldn't help but stand up to look down, only to see a fat headed big eared well-dressed man holding and stroking the hand of the young lady who was beating a small drum next to Mr. storytelling.
"This little girl looks pretty good, why don't you come back with me and be my concubine?" The fat man looked lecherously at the girl who was beating a small drum.
"Great sir, please let me go!" I'm just a country girl. " The girl who was beating the drum was very resistant to it. She just wanted to find an ordinary person to live her life. If she followed such a person, wouldn't she be like a lamb in a tiger's den? No!
"As long as you follow me, I will definitely treat you well. I guarantee you that you will eat, drink and drink spicy food. " The fat man paid no attention to her and instead felt that it was her fortune to be able to become her concubine.
"Uncle, I beg of you, I don't want to. Please let me go. " The woman choked.
The originally calm man couldn't help but sulk when he saw the girl resisting him so much. That damned girl was so shameless. Someone come, take him away. "
With the command given by the man, many servants appeared and grabbed the girl.
"Damned girl, it's your fortune that I like you. If you don't know what's good for you, I'll make you submit to me." "Take him away." As he spoke, he had the group of servants carry the girl and follow him.
There was a wave of sighs below the stage, but no one dared to speak up. Feng Yu originally wanted to come here. This was the Treasure Bamboo Pavilion, the largest teahouse in the capital. Usually, those who came here were nobles, so Feng Yu didn't want to interfere. However, this person was truly too excessive. She actually dared to forcefully snatch a commoner's daughter in broad daylight.
Just as Feng Yu was about to take action, she saw a concealed weapon strike the fat man's leg, causing him to immediately kneel down.
"Aiyo, who is it?" The fat man said angrily, "Who dares to hurt me in secret? Come out!"
"Whap." Another pebble flew over and directly hit the man's face. The force was so strong that the man turned his face away. Feng Yu felt pain as she watched. Then, with a "pa pa pa," a handful of stones flew out and the servants who were holding the girls fell to the ground one by one.
When the other onlookers saw the man kneeling on the ground and his bunch of bullying servants, they couldn't help but burst out in laughter. The young girl who was beating a small drum ran out in a fluster upon seeing this.
Feng Yu was curious as to who actually had such great strength even though they were so far away from the pavilion. She raised her head to look at the direction the stones flew out from, and all she saw was the back of a person as he turned around to leave.
Feng Yu felt that the back of that figure was extremely familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before. Thus, she told Dou Dou to wait upstairs while she chased after that figure.
"Young master, please wait." Feng Yu shouted to the back of the group in front of him.
When the figure heard Feng Yu's voice, it paused for a moment before slowly turning around.
Reflecting in Feng Yu's eyes were familiar faces. "It's you!" Feng Yu looked extremely surprised.
The man smiled warmly at Feng Yu. "What a coincidence, long time no see, we've met again."
"Why are you here?" He recalled the scene he saw just now and could not help but say with a smile, "Dou Dou and I heard about the book in the Bamboo Pavilion, and coincidentally saw the scene where young master heroically saved the beauty."
When Xiao Mingmo heard Feng Yu's words, he laughed and said, "phoenix girl is joking.
Feng Yu said with a smile, "Young Master's temperament is quite straightforward." She then thought of something and said, "That's right, I've met you many times, but I don't know how to address you."
"I am Xiao Mingmo."
"If Young Master Xiao doesn't mind, you can come with us to the private room to listen to the show."
Feng Yu felt that Xiao Ming was like an old friend to him. She did not know why but every time she saw Xiao Mingmo, she would feel exceptionally relaxed and amiable, unconsciously wanting to befriend him. So she invited Xiao Mingmo to listen to the show.
Since Feng Yu had invited him, then he would very readily agree to it. " Since phoenix girl has agreed to meet you in person, then this humble one will do whatever you need me to do. "
Xiao Mingmo followed Feng Yu back to the Treasure Bamboo Pavilion, and started listening to the storytelling together with Dou Dou and Feng Yu. As for Dou Dou, he was also a guy who wasn't afraid of strangers, and after a short while, he had gotten to know Xiao Mingmo, so there were no laughter from time to time from the private rooms.
This time, Xuanyuan Zhan had finished his business early and returned to the palace.
After returning to the residence, he wanted to go and see Feng Yu and Dou Dou. Thinking about how he had been busy searching for blood droplets for the past few days, and couldn't even properly accompany Feng Yu and Dou Dou, he couldn't help but feel an interesting sense of guilt.
Once Xuanyuan Zhan returned to his residence, he rushed to Feng Yu's courtyard only to discover that both Feng Yu and Dou Dou were not there.
"Greetings, Your Highness." Wan Er saw that Xuanyuan Zhan had returned.
"Yes." Xuanyuan Zhan asked, "Why aren't Dou Dou and Feng Yu in the palace? "Where did you go?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, it was early in the morning when the Young Prince wanted to go and listen to a book. The wangfei couldn't refuse and had no choice but to accompany him." Wan Er replied.
"They went to the teahouse?"
"The wangfei went with the Young Prince to the Pin-Bamboo Pavilion."
After Xuanyuan Zhan asked which teahouse Feng Yu and Dou Dou were studying at, he looked up and saw that it was still early, so he decided to go to the study to take care of some official business. He would go and fetch Feng Yu and the others later.
Xuanyuan Zhan took care of some official affairs in the study room for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, he thought to himself that it was time to go and fetch Feng Yu and the others.
Within the Treasure Bamboo Pavilion.
Dou Dou and Xiao Mingmo would clap every now and then when they heard the interesting part, even if they heard the funny part, they would still laugh out loud.
Xiao Mingmo looked at Feng Yu who was sitting opposite to him, and realized that Feng Yu did not have the slightest bit of restraints that ordinary women had. Seeing Feng Yu's candid smile, Xiao Mingmo could not help but become distracted, but very quickly, Xiao Mingmo realized that he had lost control of himself.
Xiao Mingmo couldn't help but mock himself in his heart, what's wrong with him? This woman was only a mother who had a child, why would she always be able to attract his attention so easily?
Outside the pavilion, Xuanyuan Zhan heard the cheerful laughter from time to time mixed with the laughter of the men and he couldn't help but be a little confused. Yu Er didn't know much people in the capital, so how could a man be with them?
Xuanyuan Zhan pushed open the door to the private room and walked in. The laughter that was originally loud and clear inside had stopped because of a person who suddenly entered. When Dou Dou saw that the one who had entered was actually Uncle Battle-King, he could not help but throw himself at his happily, "Uncle Battle-King."
Xuanyuan Zhan caught Dou Dou and carried him as he sat in a private room. Seeing Feng Yu looking at him in confusion, he explained, "I came back early today. I heard from the mansion that you guys were here to listen to the show, so I thought it was getting late and came to pick you up. This is? " Xuanyuan Zhan turned and look at Xiao Mingmo.
"Oh. This is Young Master Xiao Mingmo Xiao. " Feng Yu said, "He and I have met a few times, and we can talk a lot. Coincidentally, we met today, so I invited him to come with us."
When Xuanyuan Zhan heard Feng Yu speak about that person's name, he couldn't help but be stunned. Xiao Mingmo, could it be that person from the Xiao family?
"This is …"
"I know." Just as Feng Yu wanted to introduce Xuanyuan Zhan to Xiao Mingmo, he saw that Xiao Mingmo had not bowed and paid his respects to him as a matter of etiquette, "Greetings Battle-King, I have long heard of Battle King's great name, as expected, you live up to your name upon seeing you today."
When Feng Yu heard that Xiao Mingmo knew that Xuanyuan Zhan was the Battle-King, she couldn't help but look at Xiao Mingmo puzzledly. Seeing Feng Yu's puzzled gaze, Xiao Mingmo swept her gaze over Dou Dou and gave Feng Yu a small glance.
That's right, when Xuanyuan Zhan came in just now, Dou Dou called him Uncle Battle-King.
When Xuanyuan Zhan saw this small interaction between Feng Yu and Xiao Mingmo, he could not help but feel a little jealousy in his heart.
"Young Master Xiao need not be so courteous." Xuanyuan Zhan replied, "Young Master Xiao is surnamed Xiao, and there are very few people in our country who use the Xiao surname. I wonder if Young Master Xiao is that Xiao Family's Xiao Mingmo."
Hearing Xuanyuan Zhan talk about the Xiao family's Xiao Mingmo, Feng Yu immediately understood something and looked at Xiao Mingmo with an expression of disbelief. She didn't expect that was actually a member of the Xiao family.
"That's right." Xiao Mingmo decisively admitted it.
The Xiao family was one of the Four Major families. It was said that the Xiao family had helped the founder of the Xiao Kingdom to pacify the country, so why would they appear in the capital?
Feng Yu, however unenlightened, still understood a little, "You're from the Xiao family? "Then did you come to the capital for …" Feng Yu could not believe it.
"You guessed it right. The entire Xiao Kingdom is saying that the blood droplets are missing. Naturally, I came here for the blood droplets as well." Xiao Mingmo smiled as she looked at Xuanyuan Zhan. It was as if you knew all about it.
"It's getting late, we should go back." Xuanyuan Zhan intentionally changed the topic, "If Young Master Xiao doesn't mind, you can come with us, and we can also properly receive Young Master Xiao as a guest."
"I appreciate the Battle King's kindness, but I still have matters to attend to, so I'm afraid I can't go now." Xiao Mingmo said: "How about this, next time if there is a chance, I will be the host, I hope His Majesty the Battle-King can show me some respect."
Hearing him say this, Xuanyuan Zhan did not feel it was right to force him to stay, and after all, she had never really wanted to bring him home to eat, "Since that's the case, this king will not force you."
After sending Xiao Mingmo off, Xuanyuan Zhan took Dou Dou and Feng Yu back to the Battle King Manor. Along the way, Xuanyuan Zhan didn't say a single word.
However, Feng Yu did not say it out loud. On the way, she did not care about how unhappy Xuanyuan Zhan was in their hearts, and only focused on chatting and laughing with Dou Dou. The two of them completely ignored the Xuanyuan Zhan who was seated at the side.
Seeing Feng Yu clearly do something wrong, yet still talking and laughing with Dou Dou without knowing it, and not knowing how to coax him, Xuanyuan Zhan's face became even uglier.
Feng Yu had actually been secretly observing Xuanyuan Zhan's expression the entire time. Alright, she admitted that she did this on purpose, but honestly, Feng Yu was a bit pleased with herself when she saw how Xuanyuan Zhan cared for him and Dou Dou.
After eating dinner, Xuanyuan Zhan stayed in the study room by himself, unable to calm himself. He had thought that Feng Yu would come over to coax him after returning to the residence, but now that he had used up all his dinner, why hadn't he come over yet?
Xuanyuan Zhan really couldn't wait any longer and went to Feng Yu's courtyard.
"Your Highness."
Feng Yu, who was sitting in her room, couldn't help but smile when she heard Wan Er calling for him.
Xuanyuan Zhan pushed open the door and entered. He grabbed onto Feng Yu and forced her to face him, "Speak, what is your relationship with that Xiao Mingmo? "Also, is he interested in you?" Xuanyuan Zhan asked in a crackling voice. It was all about that Xiao Mingmo, and every sentence he spoke was filled with jealousy.
Feng Yu could not help but bitterly smile. She thought that she had teased him enough, so it was time to tease him.
Thinking about it, no matter when Xuanyuan Zhan acted this way in front of others, he would always have a cold and aloof look, so when had I ever seen him like this before? 'Alright, in fact, only I can see his appearance. I feel really happy inside, 'Feng Yu thought to herself.