Chapter 113 Lang Zhi's Clever Tongues Coax Qing Yue

After seeing Yuqing off, Langzhi hurried back to knock on Qingyue's door, "Tuanyue! Tuanyue! I was wrong! Open the door, I'll apologize to you properly!"

Lang Zhi didn't know whether Yu Qing's soup was sweet or sour, but he certainly got a good taste of the cold shoulder Qing Yue gave him.

He tried to coax her a few times at the door, but it had no effect, so he casually strolled into the kitchen.

"Lord Langzhi! Aren't you... worried?" Xuanfeng looked at Langzhi's relaxed demeanor and asked with some confusion.

Langzhi glanced at Xuanfeng, "You really have no experience! Do you even know why they're acting this way?"

"Why?"

“Because… I’m jealous!” Langzhi said, raising her eyebrows.

"Jealous?" Xuanfeng never thought that someone as aloof as Qingyue would be jealous of Langzhi. Even if Qingyue was really jealous, what was the reason for her jealousy?

"You little brat! Were you looking at my Yuqing just now?" Langzhi said irritably. "A woman hates it when her man looks at other women! Be more careful next time!"

Xuanfeng rolled his eyes and said disdainfully, "Since Lord Langzhi knows this, why did you still provoke Miss Yuqing?"

Lang Zhi quickly waved her hand and said, "I didn't provoke her! It's just that she's been a bit... I don't want to hold her back, but... look at how your aunt is always giving me the cold shoulder... so I..."

Xuanfeng couldn't stand it anymore. "Lord Langzhi! My aunt has always been like this! Don't nitpick at my aunt just because you have feelings for someone else!"

"I had no designs on you! It was someone else who came to me!" Lang Zhi retorted, then pointed at Xuan Feng and said, "I'm warning you! Watch your words and actions! You must have been glancing at my Yu Qing just now, which is why you angered my daughter!"

Xuanfeng rolled his eyes at Langzhi again, "I'm just wondering why she has a memorial tablet when her talent is so mediocre... This is the important matter!"

"Forget it! Women don't care if you're doing serious business or not! But..." Langzhi opened the pot lid on the stove, and white steam rose up, revealing plump white steamed buns and light soup.

Langzhi laughed and said, "Look! They're thinking about us! Just let them be angry, and you'll find a chance to coax them later, it'll definitely work!"

Xuanfeng had no experience, but seeing Langzhi's confident demeanor, he was somewhat reassured despite his initial skepticism.

Qingyue peeked through the crack in the door and saw Langzhi and Xuanfeng, each holding a bowl of soup in one hand and a steamed bun in the other, squatting on either side of the kitchen doorway, eating and drinking.

"One is a Heavenly Emperor! The other is a Mountain God! How can they be so unruly?! What kind of behavior is this?!" Qingyue became angrier the more she looked.

"Your Majesty, how about... letting Lord Langzhi come in for a meal?" Su'e asked softly.

Qingyue sat at the table with a cold face, watching Feihua happily eating her vegetable soup, and said unhappily, "Why did you let him in?! To eat vegetable soup?"

"It's delicious!" Fei Hua suddenly looked up and said, "Yao'er likes it!"

Qingyue sighed as she looked at Feihua, "Feihua, why are you just like Yao'er?"

"Yao'er? Ah..." Fei Hua sighed, mimicking Qing Yue's expression, and said earnestly, "It's tough!"

Qingyue's heart suddenly skipped a beat...

Su Yuyao peeked out the window while chewing on a steamed bun. "So stupid! Why didn't he just knock on the door again and apologize?! So clueless!"

"Miss! Why are you angry with the master?" Bai Er really couldn't guess the reason why Su Yuyao was angry.

Su Yuyao stuffed all the steamed buns into her mouth, puffed out her cheeks, and said, "Hmph! All men are the same! Grandpa Langzhi is willing to look at Yuqing's chest! Uncle Mi is willing to look too! Now even Xuanfeng is willing to look!"

"Oh dear! My lady!" Bai Er tugged at Su Yuyao's arm and patiently advised, "Is Lord Xuanfeng the same as them?! If Lord Xuanfeng were such a vulgar person, he would have already had something with Fairy Feihua! Besides, how can you be sure that Lord Xuanfeng was looking at Miss Yuqing's breasts?"

Su Yuyao looked at Xuanfeng squatting at the kitchen door, thought for a moment, and said, "I...I'm not sure..."

"If you can't be sure, why are you keeping Lord Xuanfeng outside?!" Bai Er asked with some resentment.

Su Yuyao pursed her lips and looked at the pitiful Xuanfeng, her heart softening.

Bang! Qingyue opened the door and walked out with a serious expression.

"Ah?! Oh no!" Su Yuyao quickly opened the door and rushed to the kitchen doorway, grabbed Xuanfeng and ran back into the room, closing the door tightly.

"Girl!" Xuanfeng exclaimed in surprise, "You're not angry anymore?"

"Don't speak!" Su Yuyao glanced nervously at Qingyue, who was hurrying through the crack in the door, and said in a low voice, "Remember! If Her Majesty asks later, just say that you went to have dinner with Grandpa Langzhi! Do you understand?!"

Xuanfeng looked at Su Yuyao, who seemed quite serious, and suddenly felt amused and curious. Just how capable was this girl of turning danger into safety?

"Your Majesty!" Yao'er saw Qingyue walking to the door and quickly opened it, smiling as she said, "Your Majesty! Have you finished breakfast?"

"Yao'er!" Qingyue rushed into the room, grabbed Su Yuyao, and looked closely to see just how difficult it would be. Why couldn't I see it?

"Ah... Your Highness, Xuanfeng wanted to have dinner with Grandpa Langzhi himself! I didn't lock him out!"

"Aunt!" Xuanfeng suddenly spoke up, deliberately saying, "Yao'er got angry for no reason just now and wouldn't let me into the house to eat. Now that you're here, please help me ask her what I did wrong. Once I understand, I can correct myself!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yuyao frowned and stared at Xuan Feng with wide eyes, "Xuan! Feng! What did I do?!"

"So you're not angry anymore?!" Xuanfeng tilted his head and asked with a mischievous grin.

Su Yuyao's nose, eyes, and mouth were all contorted with rage. "You bastard! How dare you harm me?!"

"Yao'er!" Qingyue heard Su Yuyao's thoughts and instinctively scolded, "How can you be so ill-mannered?! Is this how you put Xuanfeng first?!"

"I……"

"Tuan Yue!" Before Su Yuyao could even defend herself, Lang Zhi interrupted her.

Langzhi chuckled and sidled into the house, moving closer to Qingyue. "Look at you, you're arguing with the child again!"

Qingyue glanced at Langzhi but ignored her.

“Tuan Yue! It was my fault last night! I know you mean well! But Yao’er is still young, we have to teach her slowly…” Lang Zhi said with a grin as he took Qing Yue’s hand.

"Let go!" Qingyue struggled angrily.

"Your Majesty!" Su Yuyao seized the opportunity to press Qingyue's hand into Langzhi's hand, "Actually... I learned it from you! I treat Xuanfeng the way you treat Grandpa Langzhi!"

"What did you say? You child! You were the one who started it..."

“Your Majesty! I have a question for you. Although I was the one who first prevented Xuanfeng from entering the house, your subsequent actions were the same as mine! Does that mean... I did the right thing?” Su Yuyao asked with a smile.

“You…” Qingyue wanted to retort, but didn’t know how to say it.

"Then let me ask you a different question. Now that I've brought Xuanfeng back, was what I did right or wrong?"

“Uh…yes…” Qingyue was suddenly a little confused.

"Since inviting them back was the right thing to do, then not letting them in earlier was the wrong thing to do!" Su Yuyao winked at Lang Zhi, then helped Qingyue slowly out of the room. "Since we were wrong earlier, we have to correct it now, right?!"

"Uh... change it?"

"Grandpa Langzhi! Please help the Empress back to her room! She has agreed to let you in!" Su Yuyao said happily.

Taking advantage of Qingyue's confusion caused by Su Yuyao, Langzhi quickly put his arm around Qingyue's shoulder and said, "Oh dear, Tuanyue! You're always angry with Yao'er! Our Yao'er is so well-behaved! Well..."

Langzhi whispered in Qingyue's ear, "I was wrong, really wrong! Your Highness, please don't hold it against me! I just love Your Highness's temperament! Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to choose you from among so many fairies with such discerning eyes!"

Qingyue chuckled and symbolically struggled free, "You're so unserious!"

Seeing Qingyue smile, Langzhi felt relieved and continued to coax, "Tuanyue, give me a chance to be presumptuous too. I've thought of you for thousands of years and I always listen to your every word! It's just that I was a little impulsive about Yao'er... But who can blame me when Yao'er's origin is our child?!"

"I disciplined her all for your sake!" Qingyue's anger subsided considerably, and she pouted playfully, "And you were still so mean to me!"

"My fault! My fault!" Langzhi rubbed Qingyue's shoulder. "You can punish me however you want! But Yao'er... we owe her so much! So..."

"I understand!" Qingyue said, pursing her lips. "I wasn't trying to scold her just now. It's just that Feihua said Yao'er was having a hard time, which made me a little short-tempered. And when I heard Yao'er talk about Xuanfeng like that, I couldn't control my temper..."

“Ah! Yao’er has indeed had a tough time! Think about it carefully, how difficult her journey has been! Orphaned, without any relatives or friends, she followed Xuanfeng around, and then she encountered all those things… That’s why I’m so concerned about her!”

“That’s true…” Qingyue said, patting her chest, “I thought Yao’er was going to be in danger again!”

"You all need to listen to Feihua less in the future! If it weren't for Feihua last time, would Yao'er have been in danger?!" Langzhi started to feel distressed and fearful as soon as she mentioned it. "I gave Bi Rong a good beating, but I'll let Feihua off the hook for now!"

"Your temper hasn't changed at all in thousands of years!"

Langzhi laughed and said, "No matter how explosive my temper is, it won't work on you. I still have to apologize to you, my moonlight beauty!"

Qingyue burst out laughing again, "You're so unserious!"

Seeing that Qingyue had calmed down, Langzhi boldly said, "Don't be angry with Yuqing anymore. She made vegetable soup for Yao'er and Feihua early this morning. She put so much thought into it..."

Just as Qingyue's eyes were about to turn fierce, Langzhi quickly pulled her into his arms, saying, "You are a concubine! We won't argue with a mere woman!"

Seeing that Lang Zhi had coaxed Qing Yue away, Su Yuyao turned around with her hands on her hips and glared at Xuan Feng, who was looking smug. "Xuan Feng! What did I tell you?! You actually exposed me!"

Xuanfeng chuckled and pinched Su Yuyao's cheek. "You little rascal! You're quite good at fooling people!"

Su Yuyao brushed Xuanfeng's hand away and said seriously, "Xuanfeng! This is not a joke! This is a very serious matter! Your situation is special, and mine is naturally not much better! We can only overcome the risks by cooperating with each other! If you don't protect me and instead undermine me, you are undoubtedly pushing me into a dangerous situation! How can I help you then?!"

Su Yuyao's words, though simple, deeply shocked Xuanfeng. Xuanfeng carefully examined Su Yuyao, recalling the first time he met this girl…

Back then, the girl loved candied hawthorns. Even standing upright, she wasn't as tall as a city gate tower. She needed her mother to feed her, and when she was scolded or beaten, she could still shamelessly whine and beg for forgiveness. But after she met me…

Xuanfeng's smile faded, and he looked at Su Yuyao with pity, saying earnestly, "I'm sorry! It was my fault! From now on, I will always protect you, and I will never undermine you or push you into dangerous situations!"

"That's more like it!" Su Yuyao smiled broadly. Seeing that Xuanfeng agreed with her idea, she felt an indescribable sense of peace and satisfaction, and even a little bit of unspoken superiority.

Xuanfeng stepped forward and embraced his girl, whispering, "Just now, I carefully examined Yuqing. Her talent is mediocre, yet a memorial tablet was erected for her..."

Su Yuyao pressed against Xuanfeng's chest and said with a smile, "You don't need to explain to me, I was just being too willful!"

Xuanfeng lowered his head and kissed Su Yuyao's head, then asked, "Girl, Yuqing shouldn't have had a memorial tablet. Now that her tablet has been blown up, what do you think I should do?"

Su Yuyao raised her head, blinked, and said, "Is this difficult? Yu Qing's situation is definitely not unique to her. I think we should examine all the memorial tablets in Jiujiao Hall and remove those that don't meet the requirements!"

"Then... how do we explain those who were eliminated?" Xuanfeng asked Su Yuyao, squinting at her.

"What do we need to explain?" Su Yuyao tilted her head and said with a smile, "We should make them explain how the monument was erected!"

Xuanfeng felt even more at ease. He kissed Su Yuyao's forehead deeply, "Little girl, let me take you out for a walk!"

"Really?" Su Yuyao couldn't believe her ears. "Are we going to play right away?"

“Yes! Let’s go right away!” Xuanfeng nodded and said.

"Great!" Su Yuyao jumped out of Xuanfeng's arms, ran outside, and shouted, "Fangchun Granny! Quickly get Feihua ready, Xuanfeng is taking us out to play!"

Xuanfeng frowned and followed her out. "Girl! Are you taking Feihua with you?"

"My lord!" Bai Er said with a smile as he filled the water jug, "Every time Young Master Guan Yue takes Miss out, Miss always brings us along!"

After saying that, she picked up her crescent blade and slingshot and chased after Su Yuyao into the yard to help her get dressed.

Su Yuyao excitedly pulled Qingyue along and said proudly, "Your Majesty! Xuanfeng is taking me on a mountain patrol! This is the first time he's volunteered to take me on a mountain patrol!"

"What patrol? I'm taking you out to have fun!" Xuanfeng said affectionately.

"We can't waste any chance to play!" Su Yuyao checked her equipment and then took Feihua, who was staring blankly at the sky, by the hand. "The steles in Jiujiaotang are not set up properly. Let's go to Yue'er first and have him check all the steles in Jiujiaotang. Then we'll go patrol the mountain and sound him out!"

Xuanfeng tugged at Su Yuyao somewhat awkwardly, "Feihua's body... I'm afraid it's not suitable for patrolling the mountain?"

"No, don't worry!" Su Yuyao patted her chest and said, "I always see the flying flowers very well!"

Xuanfeng chuckled and scratched his nose, looking at Langzhi. Langzhi immediately understood and laughed, saying, "Oh dear! Girl! You're going out to handle some business this time, it's so inconvenient to bring Feihua along! You can leave Feihua at home for now, and when the follow-up work on the flood is all done and everyone has time, let's have a lively get-together under the big tree, and we'll all go together then! Okay?!"

Qingyue also saw through Xuanfeng's thoughts, and gently stroked Su Yuyao's face, saying softly, "You silly girl! Can't you even see what Xuanfeng means?"

"Huh?" Su Yuyao looked at Xuanfeng and saw that he was gazing at her affectionately. When she met his eyes, her heart started to race again.

Su Yuyao blushed and lowered her head, squeezing Fei Hua's hand and saying, "Fei Hua, um... how about you stay home today?"

"No!" Feihua shook her head firmly. "I have to go out and play!"

"Feihua, be good!" Qingyue pulled Feihua over and said softly, "Yao'er has official business today, she's not going out to play. If you go with her, you'll be very bored!"

Feihua turned around blankly and looked at Xuanfeng, "You...don't want me anymore..."

Xuanfeng was wholeheartedly showering Su Yuyao with love when he heard Feihua's words and suddenly felt guilty.

"Feihua! Xuanfeng didn't abandon you, it's just that this time, we really have important business to attend to!" Su Yuyao avoided the sensitive topic of feelings and said with a smile, "Let's go out and play after everything is finished! Okay?!"

Fei Hua looked at Su Yuyao again and said expressionlessly, "You stole him away."

Xuanfeng rushed forward to protect Su Yuyao, and Qingyue also tightened her grip on Feihua's arm.

Su Yuyao smiled and said, "No one will be taken away, and I won't take anyone away!"

As she spoke, she took Xuanfeng's hand, "Feihua! Wait at home! I'll bring you something delicious when I come back!"

Surprisingly, Feihua didn't make a scene; she simply watched Su Yuyao and Xuanfeng quietly, her eyes filled with envy and reluctance...

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