by Ning er
Having heard what was said, Yun Qian Meng subconsciously took a glance at Xie Shi, yet she discovered that she was sitting upright in a corner wearing her usual expression, seemed as if she didn’t hear Chu Nan Shan’s implied meaning in his words, maintaining the same radiance on her smiling face, such kind of skill was truly surprising!
“Yes, grandpa! Granddaughter-in-law will take her leave now!” But, since Chu Wang had already made an excuse for her, Yun Qian Meng naturally wouldn't disappoint him, facing the two elders in front of her she bent her knees, under the assistance of the servant girls she climbed up to Xiang Fu’s horse carriage.
“Xiaojie!” The sky had already turned dark, the bid snow had just stopped during the recent days, the dark sky was already decorated with stars, it also seemed quite beautiful, but since the snow had just melted, the temperature was still low, Mu Chun appreciated the scenery outside for a while, then feeling cold she released her grip on the curtain.
“What’s the matter?” When the horse carriage passed through the long street Yun Qian Meng saw the new store that Rong Yun He and she opened, but this time since the Lantern Festival wasn’t over, the common people were still immersed on the New Year celebration, all the shops had closed their doors earlier, aside from the lanterns that every family lighted on the long road, it was quite rare to see passers-by walking in the midst of the cold night.
“My lady, don’t you feel that Er Furen laughed a bit fakely?” Seeing her lady master was staring at the scenery on the long road, Mu Chun whispered the thoughts in her mind “Moreover, why would Lao Ye suddenly visit our house? Furthermore they had also brought along the second young master with them! If it wasn’t for the presence of Er Furen and the Xie sisters, if this thing spread out, it will certainly ruin my lady’s reputation!”
Mu Chun was fighting for her justice, Yun Qian Meng’s eyes exposed a smile, afterwhich she simply remarked “Their main purpose this time clearly wasn’t just visiting me! Don’t you see that the Er Furen of Wen family has come to visit soon after? That was their main purpose!”
Hearing this, Mu Chun immediately felt worried, she anxiously said “Then are we just their stepping stones?”
Watching Mu Chun’s anxious expression, Yun Qian Meng stretched out her arms then lightly patted her head, this girl wasn’t able to keep calm sometimes “Which is why grandpa had reprimanded Er Niang on my behalf earlier! Regardless of the plan in her mind, in the future she will learn to restrain herself!”
And earlier based on Xie Shi’s behavior, she had a dignified attitude as the head of the household, despite the fact that serving the father-in-law being the duty of a daughter-in-law, but her every move had gone beyond expectation, she actually didn’t wait for Chu Wang to speak and allow Chu Jie to dine with them inside the same, then she voluntarily made her decision, which was not surprising that grandpa had kept his silence during the meal.
And earlier inside Xiang Fu, Xie Shi’s actions by strenuously inviting Wen Er Furen, was not only limited to simply pulling their relationship closer with them, she had intentionally made Wen Er Furen saw Chu Qing Yang, also mentioned about the marriage of her daughter, the intended desire among it was self-evident, this actually made Yun Qian Meng having a hard time to guess their intentions, after all, if they wanted to fight over Wang Ye’s position, whether Chu Qing Yang or Chu Jie, they needed to find a more reliable and powerful relatives by marriage, but Xie Shi would always hid Chu Jie away not allowing anybody to get close to her, yet she always brought the Xie sisters along appearing in public, that was also incomprehensible!
“Sigh, if Xiang Ye was able to come home earlier, then our lady master wouldn’t have to face these troublesome matters!” Seeing Yun Qian Meng’s face seriously turned gloomy, Ying Xia whispered these words in Mu Chun’s ears.
“En!” The other three servant girls nodded their heads simultaneously.
The night sky had turned darker, permitting all the servant girls to retreat out of the inner room, after washing herself Yun Qian Meng reclined down in the center of the brocade quilt, her arms were slightly opened, her palm was touching the side of the bed where Chu Fei Yang was supposed to be as it went downwards, the matters that lingered on her heart had eventually settled down a bit, until the latter half of the night she was able to close her both eyes, her consciousness drifted off as she went to sleep.
This time, a panel of wooden window in the inner room which was tightly closed was being lifted open by someone, afterwhich a slender figure quietly landed on the carpet in the inner room, that black figure walked quietly on tiptoe as it closed the wooden window properly, afterwhich striding the extremely light footsteps it quickly approached beside the bed, those slender white hands slowly lifted up layer by layer of draperies, watching Yun Qian Meng who was sleeping inside of it with her brows still slightly furrowed, that black figure couldn’t help but also furrowed his brows.
Removing his cloak and outer clothing, that black figure quickly took off the boots in his feet, using his fastest speed to go inside the cotton quilt which was seeping with fragrance, when a small hand suddenly moved towards his cheek he held it in his palm, afterwhich with the slightest effort he pulled Yun Qian Meng, who was now with her eyes wide open yet coldly staring back at him, he pulled her closer to his arms.
“You sneaky man!” Yet unexpectedly, his own wife who had never seen her own husband for quite a long time didn’t throw herself at him as he expected, those reproachful words, made Chu Fei Yang lowered down his head, using the newly mustache in his chin to softly rub Yun Qian Meng’s gentle skin, with a bit of vicious tone he asked “Did you miss me, hmm?”
The pricking sensation came through her cheeks, Yun Qian Meng immediately stretched out her hands to push away the troublesome Chu Fei Yang, yet she discovered that his ability to stick on to her was brought to the point of perfection, once he seized her palm he would purse up his lips and kiss her twice, for a moment Yun Qian Meng’s cheeks were hurt, her palm itched, and her heart was greatly angered.
“Did you miss me, Meng’er!” Seeing Yun Qian Meng was occupied with breaking off from his attack, under the hazy lights, Chu Fei Yang was able to see Yun Qian Meng’s pink undergarments which got exposed in midair while struggling, her chest bulged out fully plumped causing the raging inferno to rush forth to his eyes, his body tensed up like it had never been before, his palm contained a surprisingly hot temperature as he grabbed on to Yun Qian Meng’s little hands which were waving at him in the air, in a rough voice he asked again.
Even if it was in the middle of the night, Yun Qian Meng was still able to feel Chu Fei Yang’s scorching hot gaze on her, his rough voice as well as the burning heat that spread out from his wrist, causing Yun Qian Meng to lift up her eyes and exactly found Chu Fei Yang’s eyes, with one hand slightly struggled free from his palm, gently caressing the handsome face which she hadn’t seen for a couple of days, until the pricking sensation can be felt in her palms, Yun Qian Meng thoughtlessly laughed “I thought that, you would always appear in front of everybody fresh and cool!”
Yet unexpectedly her gentle laughs caused Chu Fei Yang to slightly raise up his brows, his eyes looked like they were longing for something, without saying anything further he pulled her closer in his arms, bearing a sense of satisfaction he exclaimed “When a soldier marched on to fight in a battlefield, he will be too preoccupied that he wouldn’t pay attention to his own appearance! Do you think that those soldiers were like the scholars inside the capital who only make their semi-incomprehensible talks, treating their own outer appearance like a part of their lives? You ignorant girl, fancy that I’ve left Chen Wang and Hai Chen Xi behind, spurring the horse to full speed to get home, contrary to what I’ve expected you had actually started to make fun of your own husband!”
Although his tone of voice was full of anger, but the kisses that landed on her face were abnormally gentle, and when he lowered down his head, Yun Qian Meng had lifted up her lovely face, meeting his lips
as she delivered her own thoughts.
Inside the cotton rose covering veil it was a charming and gentle scene, the moon blushed as it hid inside the layers of clouds, even those glittering stars seemed to have almost lost their brilliant rays of light…...
“Ah!” Early in the morning, Mu Chun was carrying the copper as she entered the inner room, she quietly laid the copper basin down on the wooden frame, yet she discovered that there was an additional pair of boots in the couch her lady master, Mu Chun was frightened as her facial complexion suddenly turned pale like a piece of white paper, covering her mouth she immediately dragged Yuan Dong who was following behind her, her trembling fingers were pointing at that pair of boots, tears gradually formed in her eyes.
Yuan Dong was also being stupefied by the situation in front of her, what had really happened last night? With her martial skills, it will be impossible for her not to detect the thief who sneaked into her lady master’s room, now that such thing happened, what will be the best thing that she should do?
The two of them went deathly pale as their hearts suddenly trembled, they couldn’t imagine the consequences that this incident will bring once it spread out, they could only quietly approach the bedside, Yuan Dong even took out a dagger from her sleeve, planning to kill so that the dead man will tell no tales…...
This time, a big hand gently lifted open the thick and heavy drapery, revealing Chu Fei Yang’s slightly angry face, those slightly cold pair of eyes were staring at the two servant girls who slowly approached the bedside, his mighty expression caused the back of the two girls to be drenched in cold sweat, looking at the face that suddenly appeared in front of them, the two of them managed to react after a long time “Xiang… Xiang Ye……”
But before they could finish speaking, Chu Fei Yang made a hand gesture to hush them, after which he quietly came down from the bed, then whispered his instructions to the two of them beside their ears.
When Yun Qian Meng woke up, it was already almost noon time, rubbing her both eyes, she was about to get but discovered that her four limbs were sore, she couldn’t help but silently cursed Chu Fei Yang, yet discovered that Chu Fei Yang was already not beside her.
“My lady, you’re awake!” A small hand lifted up the drapery, revealing Mu Chun’s smiling face, seeing Yun Qian Meng was looking fabulous, Mu Chun smiled like a kitty who was just having an affair.
“Where’s Xiang Ye?” Supporting her waist as she sat up, Yun Qian Meng stared at Mu Chun, then she put on her shoes then stepped down from the bed.
“Xiang Ye had already went out to attend the morning assembly! Before he leaves he instructed humble servants to assist my lady to bathe and change clothes, he said he will take my lady to a place once he returned back!” Mu Chun assisted Yun Qian Meng as they approached behind the screen, afterwhich she opened the cover of the wooden bath tub, the steam inside immediately came out.
Yun Qian Meng looked at the hot water in front of her which was surging with steam, then she nodded at Mu Chun, after she retreated out of the room, she untied her undergarments then stepped inside the bathtub, immersing her sore body inside the hot water which had the fragrance of the medicine, her mind was guessing what sort of place he will bring her to afterwards.
“When will you ever change your old habit of refusing other people to serve you?” Little did she know that, after thinking about the things, Yun Qian Meng had actually fell asleep inside the tub, if Chu Fei Yang didn’t come home earlier, Yun Qian Meng nearly slided down to the bottom of the bathtub, bearing his infrequent anger, Chu Fei Yang stretched out his arms then carried her out from the water, pulling the towel that was suspended on the screen he wrapped it around her body, his eyes was angrily staring at the person in his arms.
“Hmm?” Yun Qian Meng was instantly woken up, looking at her own wretched appearance, she pushed Chu Fei Yang away instantly, afterwhich she dodged herself behind the screen, she picked up the clothes which was already prepared in advance then quickly put them on layer by layer, then with a head full of wet hair she walked out, then she curiously asked “Where will we go after a while?”
Chu Fei Yang was evidently still angry at her, he pushed her shoulder down sitting in front of the dressing table, he fetched a clean and soft towel then carefully wiped the water off her hair, then she saw Mu Chun carefully walked ahead, then she assisted Yun Qian Meng to fix a simple yet elegant hair bun.
After Yun Qian Meng finished tidying herself up, Chu Fei Yang quietly sat down on the bedside reading a book, the cold expression on his face didn’t fade away as time elapsed.
Yun Qian Meng secretly sighed, being resigned she walked ahead, with both hands she held up that handsome which had regained its usual romantic and elegant appearance, smiling as she spoke “If you refuse to speak, then I will go ahead and visit Wang Fu instead! You might as well neglect my position here in this household, there’s no need for you to just ignore me!”
After speaking, she actually prepared to turn around and leave, but before she could take one step further, she was being hauled inside his arms, on top of her head an awkward voice echoed “Today you are not allowed to go anywhere, you just need to stay beside me!”
After speaking, a warm hand lifted up Yun Qian Meng’s lower jaw, before she could manage to dodge out of the way, a deep kiss was planted on her lips, feeling pleased he released her, pulling her hand they walked out of Chu Xiang Fu, carrying her up on his horseback…...
Chapter 141: You Should Take the Job! | Chu Wang Fei
“Where are we going?” Seeing Chu Fei Yang had actually used his own warhorse, no bodyguard followed beside him, Yun Qian Meng asked knitting up her brows.
Since the group of emissaries from Bei Qi was already gone, the capital and the harem inside the imperial court seemed to be utterly peaceful. But the more it appeared to be calm, the more it seemed strange, it can’t be prevented that in the midst of tranquility big waves of blades and swords will begin to surge up violentl. Chu Fei Yang was again in state of being envied by other people, once he committed a mistake, not to mention it will cause Chu Xiang Fu to fall into an impasse, even Chu Wang Fu will also be very likely to meet its disaster.
For some reason, Chu Fei Yang was not carrying the sword he habitually had hanging on his horse’s back, only bringing himself as he left the gates of the capital.
“You will know after a short while!” Placing Yun Qian Meng in front of his chest, Chu Fei Yang pulled out his own cloak then covered her from head to toe, so as to avoid the cold and raw chilly wind to scratch Yun Qian Meng’s skin, holding the reins in one hand seizing the correct path, his other hand was tightly embracing the person in front of his chest, not permitting anything bad to happen to her.
Seeing Chu Fei Yang being mysterious, Yun Qian Meng didn’t ask anything further, so as to avoid distracting Chu Fei Yang.
The sound of horse hooves continuously echoed beside their ears, the horse below them was vigorously straddling its four limbs, striving to move ahead, as the cold wind whistled past them, although they were wearing thick cloaks, Yun Qian Meng was still able to feel that, the cold wind still penetrated through the cloak which was tightly pressed onto to her cheeks, although it contained the coldness, yet it was relaxing, more comfortable than having to face those upper-class women!
The horse below them ran wildly for almost an hour, when Yun Qian Meng felt sleepy its speed had gradually slowed down, Yun Qian Meng felt a hand grabbed her on the waist again, afterwhich the cloak covering her head was being gently lifted open by a huge hand, a natural scenery with vast expansion of snow appeared in front of her eyes.
“This place is?” The honorific daughter rarely went of the house, even if she was to attend a feast, her social circle will never be far away from the capital, consequently when the horse carried the two of them halfway up to the mountain, her eyes seemed to be puzzled.
“This is just an ordinary unknown mountain!” Knowing that Yun Qian Meng’s heart was in doubt, Chu Fei Y
ang laughed as he spoke, although he allowed Yun Qian Meng to expose her head, but the cloak was still wrapped around tightly in her body, to prevent the cold wind to penetrate through Yun Qian Meng’s body!
Hearing Chu Fei Yang’s explanation, Yun Qian Meng’s eyes surveyed the surrounding environment, underneath the brilliant white snow cover was a vast area of forest with dense vegetation, from time to time the snow would roll down from the branches of cedar trees, producing burst by burst of collapsing sound, frightening the perch of birds in their branches, their warbling sound suddenly echoed within valley which was as quiet as the night.
This time they passed through the winding pathway to the mountain stream, it barely could fit in two not so spacious horse carriage at the same time, going uphill the pathway appeared like the shape of a dragon, Chu Fei Yang had slowed down their advancing speed, permitting the horse to find its balance going through the pathway to the mountain stream, his expression seemed less cautious and schemomg unlike what he was in the royal court, his facial appearance seemed auspicious and tranquil, the tranquility and gentleness on him made Yun Qian Meng’s heart doubted, could it be that he had brought her here to see someone.
“Cold?” Fixing the cloak on Yun Qian Meng’s chest, he had completely covered her body inside the fox fur cloak, but after Chu Fei Yang saw Yun Qian Meng’s slightly reddish tip of the nose, he asked feeling a bit worried.
The air in the mountain was fresh and clean, when inhaled into the lungs it brightened up the spirit, on top of that this place contained no struggle from the secular world, as compared to the flourishing incense burning in Pu Guo An, Yun Qian Meng was actually more fond of this pure land, she preferred to see it exhibiting its beauty which was free from any contamination.
