Chapter 38 I’ll Pay You Back Next Time

Jiang Yueyao rode in a carriage, while Yuan Zheng rode on horseback.

His eyes fell on the swaying curtain of the carriage from time to time, and a smile appeared unconsciously on his handsome face.

When they arrived at Wanhe Tower, Jiang Yueyao got off the carriage.

Yuan Zheng also got off the horse.

She walked towards him and said with a smile, "I'm here. Where are you going, Master Yuan?"

"I..." Yuan Zheng casually mentioned a place, "I made an appointment with a friend to go to a teahouse."

Jiang Yueyao nodded gently: "Young Master, please go and do your work. You are welcome to come to Wanhelou when you have time. We have a few new signature dishes in our store. You can come and try them."

She took the initiative to invite him, so Yuan Zheng naturally agreed.

"Okay, I'll bring my second sister with me next time."

As he spoke, he jumped onto his horse, glanced at Jiang Yueyao again, and then rode away.

Jiang Yueyao withdrew her gaze, turned around and entered Wanhe Tower.

At this time, it was past dinner time and there were only a few tables of guests in the lobby.

Daman, the waiter serving in the lobby, was about to greet her when he saw her back, but was startled to see her face flushed red.

"Boss, what's wrong with your face?"

Jiang Yueyao sat down weakly behind the counter, raised her hand and touched her cheek lightly, and she shivered with pain.

"What else could it be? I was just unlucky and got slapped."

"A slap? Someone from the Governor's Mansion?" Daman shouted, "Why would they do that? Why would they hit you when nothing happened?"

Just then, Sulan came over from the kitchen.

As soon as I heard this, I ran over immediately.

When he saw Jiang Yueyao's little face swollen and red from being slapped, his eyes reddened.

"Why were you beaten like this?"

She reached out to touch her, but was afraid that she would be hurt, and her heart ached.

Jiang Yueyao hurriedly comforted her: "It's okay."

Then he explained: "It wasn't the people from the Governor's Mansion who beat him up, it was Princess Xiangning."

She sighed: "It's just bad luck that I ran into her."

"Princess Xiangning again?" Daman was filled with indignation. "Boss, you don't know that Princess Xiangning is simply a plague..."

As soon as he said this, Erman beside him covered his mouth.

"Are you going to die?!"

Daman and Erman are brothers, twins who look almost the same, but Erman is more stable and has a mole on the tip of his nose.

There are guests eating in the lobby. If this news gets to Princess Xiangning's ears, Daman will definitely be skinned alive.

They are just ordinary people and cannot be provoked.

Jiang Yueyao waved at the two of them.

"Go ahead and do your work, I'm fine."

Then he looked at Sulan: "Do you have any ice cubes? Bring me some."

Sulan hurried to the back and after a while, brought back some ice cubes.

She wrapped the ice in a handkerchief and gently applied it on Jiang Yueyao's face.

The coolness was applied and the burning pain on my face was immediately relieved a lot.

Seeing that her eyes were still red, Jiang Yueyao coaxed her: "It's okay, I will avoid her when I see her in the future. If we can't afford to provoke her, we can afford to avoid her."

Sulan gritted her teeth in hatred.

"We have no grudges against her, so why does she have to embarrass you like this?"

"Didn't you hear what Daman said? She's the plague god. Whoever touches her will be unlucky." Jiang Yueyao suddenly remembered something and suddenly became happy again. "Do you think Pei Yu knows that Princess Xiangning is like this?"

"Why mention him?" Su Lan hated him even more. "They are really worse than each other."

Jiang Yue Yaole: "So they are a perfect match made in heaven."

…

The news of Jiang Yueyao being beaten in the Governor's Mansion reached Lu Sui's ears in the evening.

He had just come out of the palace at that time.

Qingshu: "The bugs in the dish might have been deliberately put there by Princess Xiangning. How could a woman so careful normally make a mistake in such a big thing?"

Seeing that his master remained silent, Qingshu continued, "Fortunately, the people in the Governor's Mansion didn't pamper Princess Xiangning. Young Master Yuan rescued the girl and even gave her some ointment."

Lu Sui, who was originally leaning on the soft pillow with his eyes closed, finally opened his dark eyes when he heard the word "ointment".

"Mr. Yuan? Who is that?"

"The eldest son of the Yuan family, Yuan Zheng, deputy commander of the Imperial Guards."

Qingshu glanced inside the carriage again and waited for a long time, but the master didn't say anything.

He hesitated and asked softly, "Are you going back home directly?"

"Go to Wanhe Tower."

"Yes." Qingshu immediately became alert.

The girl was beaten, how could the master not care?

That was the girl he brought back from Su City. If he slapped her in the face, wouldn't that be slapping his master in the face?

Besides, the girl has been bullied and must be feeling upset right now. If the master goes to comfort her, won’t her mood be improved?

Qingshu thinks he is very smart.

The carriage passed through Taichangfang, then through Pinglefang, and arrived at Jinxiufang, the most prosperous and lively area in the capital.

At the end of April, the capital city was warm and the spring breeze was gentle, neither too cold nor too hot.

On the long street of Jinxiufang, people come and go, the hawkers' shouts and the bustling sounds coming from the roadside restaurants and teahouses come one after another, and the pedestrians are also happy in the midst of it.

The carriage from the Taifu Mansion stopped at the gate of Wanhe Tower.

Qingshu jumped off the carriage, took a look at the busy scene in Wanhe Tower, and turned to look at Lu Sui who was getting off the carriage.

"I've noticed that since the young lady became the shopkeeper, Wanhe Tower seems to have become even busier."

Lu Sui didn't say anything. He straightened his official robe and strode into Wanhe Tower.

The lobby of Wanhe Tower was already full of people.

Jiang Yueyao was coming down from the second floor, still holding a teapot in her hand. When she looked up and saw Lu Sui, her eyes lit up.

"grown ups----"

Lu Sui frowned when he saw her jumping down the stairs in two steps.

When the person came to him, he spoke in a deep voice.

"What does it look like to jump and dance?"

As soon as they met, he became mean to her.

Jiang Yueyao put away her grinning mouth and looked a little unhappy.

"I'm not usually like this. I saw you." She put the teapot aside and looked up at him. "Are you coming to dinner, sir?"

Lu Sui's gaze happened to fall on her face.

Although the swelling has subsided a lot, obvious red blood vessels can still be seen on it.

You can imagine how hard the beating was.

He withdrew his gaze and walked towards the backyard.

"Come with me."

Seeing that he seemed angry, Jiang Yueyao hurriedly followed him.

Seeing him heading towards Shifang Pavilion, Jiang Yueyao quickly reminded him.

"The Shifang Pavilion is occupied today, but the Manyue Pavilion is empty. Why don't you go there, sir?"

Lu Sui didn't reply to her. Instead, he walked up to the pavilion on the side.

The terrain here is relatively high, so a pavilion was built here with tables and chairs for guests to come here to drink tea and chat after dinner.

But the guests are all having dinner now, and there is no one here.

Lu Sui went in and sat down.

Jiang Yueyao also followed in.

There was hot water on the side, and she was about to make tea for him.

Lu Sui spoke.

"Stop being busy."

Then he said, "Come here."

Jiang Yueyao put down the teapot, stood up and walked towards him.

She squatted beside him, looked up at him, her eyes filled with confusion.

"What's wrong?"

Lu Sui didn't say anything.

He raised his hand, pinched her jaw with his slender fingers, and applied a little force to straighten her little face.

His gaze dropped, gloomy and terrifying.

"Next time she dares to hit you, you'll have to give her back fiercely."