Gu Yingxia pondered over a chess game, and after an hour she finally solved it. She called out to the outside of the room, "Ah Qing, pour some tea."
Ah Qing leaned against the wall, feeling sad.
Gu Yingxia called out several times before Ah Qing heard her. She came in with a teapot and raised her hand to pour tea into the cup. Even when the cup was full, she still had no intention of stopping, so Gu Yingxia hurriedly stopped her.
"It's full."
After being reminded, Ah Qing woke up as if from a dream, "Master, I'm sorry."
"What's wrong with you? Why are you so absent-minded?"
Ah Qing lowered his head to clean the water stains on the table without saying a word.
"Didn't you have enough dinner?"
Ah Qing was silent.
"The new palace dress doesn't fit?"
Ah Qing was silent again.
"You and Chuchu had a fight."
Ah Qing retorted loudly, "I didn't argue with her. I made her porridge out of kindness and even used my own savings to buy pearl oysters, intending to extract the pearls and grind them into powder for her face. And yet she didn't thank me and was even angry with me."
"If I had known she was so ungrateful, I should have poisoned her porridge and killed her."
"He said he was going to poison her, but in his heart he was more worried about her than anyone else."
Ah Qing bit her lip and said, "Who is worried about her? I am not worried about her."
Gu Yingxia stood up and told Ah Qing to follow: "Come on, follow me and resolve your conflict."
After saying that, he led Ah Qing out. On the other side, Gu Yinwei also came with Chu Chu. The two sides met in the flower hall. Gu Yinwei and Gu Yingxia sat opposite each other. Chu Chu and Ah Qing were hesitant to each other, and neither of them was willing to give in.
They looked at each other and then turned their heads away.
Chu Chu: "Hmph."
Ah Qing: "Tsk."
"Chu Chu, speak nicely." Gu Yinwei reminded.
"Aqing, don't be stubborn." Gu Yingxia patted Aqing on the back and said softly.
The clouds in the sky are white and soft, and the flowers on the ground are blooming. Roses, wild roses, and white peonies are of different shades of dark and light. When the wind blows gently, the clothes, eyes, and even the depths of the soul are filled with fragrance.
A group of white butterflies fluttered in the air. Gu Yingxia held her chin and watched. The scenery she saw included butterflies and flowers, as well as white clouds and morning glow. It was a beautiful time and she should be free and unrestrained, even singing a song or dancing. But why did they have to quarrel? One had a red face and a thick neck, and the other had a sad face. It was not appropriate at all.
A stream of water sprayed out from the east side of the flower wall, pouring on the flowers, making the red ones redder and the green ones greener. Beautiful flowers need gardeners to take care of them regularly, and friendship also needs to be maintained regularly.
After a stick of incense, the gardener finished watering the flowers.
Ah Qing and Chu Chu also resolved their conflict, and they talked and laughed without further ado.
In the evening, Gu Yinwei set up two large round tables in the pavilion, on which were two steaming soup pots.
There were many vegetables on the table, including marinated spicy beef, tribute vegetables, seasonal vegetables, dried redfish, mushroom slices, fresh tripe, yellow throat slices, shrimp paste, etc.
There were four palace maids at a table, Xiaoyu sat on the east, Chuchu sat on the south, Aqing sat on the west, and Biantao sat on the north.
The Empress Dowager, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Zhen sat at the same table.
There was a full moon hanging above their heads, and people on the ground were drinking, eating meat and singing happy songs.
Gu Yingxia drank two glasses of fruit wine, took Chuchu's hand, and promised solemnly: "Chuchu, listen to me, even if my third sister doesn't help, I still have a way to heal your face."
Concubine Zhen supported Gu Yingxia, "Concubine Xian, you are drunk."
"I'm not drunk. I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. If you don't believe me, let's have a fight and see who's better."
"Yes, yes, you can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk." Concubine Zhen advised kindly.
"It's okay if you don't want to show me the sword dance."
A drunkard is scarier than a real madman, and he's dancing with a sword?
"If the sword slips out of your hand, it won't hurt others, but it will hurt yourself." The virtuous concubine advised her with good intentions.
Gu Yinwei did not stop her, "Give her the sword and let her dance."
Ah Qing took out an unsharpened sword. Gu Yingxia took it and began to dance with the sword in the moonlight.
At first, her swordsmanship was disorganized, like a clumsy stone chiseler, hammering here and there, giving people a very bad impression.
Gradually, her wrist regained strength and her sword moves became more coherent.
The night is cool like water, and the full moon is like a disk.
Gu Yingxia held an ancient Qingsong sword in her hand and danced out twelve phantoms, leaving everyone present stunned.
The sword skills in Gu Yingxia's hand became faster and faster. She raised her hand and chopped at the stone bench in the pavilion, breaking it into two. Gu Yingxia was not affected at all, but changed her sword moves, stabbing the green bamboo outside the pavilion from top to bottom.
Half a minute later, she was exhausted and the sword fell out of her hand.
Chuchu found an abacus from somewhere and started counting while turning the abacus.
"Breaking three luminous cups is worth five hundred taels of silver, and destroying one stone bench is worth one thousand taels of silver."
Ah Qing immediately jumped out to defend his master, "Chu Chu, you calculated correctly, didn't you? Three luminous cups cost five hundred taels, so why did you think a stone bench would cost one thousand taels?"
"Listen to me as I tell you a story... Ugh, listen to me as I tell you a story."
Ah Qing crossed her arms and said, "Let's keep making up stories."
"The stone table, stone chairs, and this octagonal pavilion are all matching sets, built by the same master architect. If one stone bench is damaged, all the matching sets will have to be replaced."
"And this piece of green bamboo, that must be worth at least eight hundred taels. Adding up all the miscellaneous things, it makes a total of three thousand taels."
"Thank you. You could have robbed me, but you deliberately calculated a score to deceive me."
Ah Qing was obviously not convinced, so the two started bickering again.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
