Meng Yuxiu frowned slightly, glanced at Ke Shou with a strange expression, and said, "So, the entire General's Mansion knows exactly what I did."
Ke Shou immediately fell silent. Meng Yuxiu had never told anyone about this matter, but everyone in the mansion was watching closely the affair between him and Chang Lili. Any slight movement would spread throughout the entire mansion.
"It seems this matter will be known to everyone again tomorrow." Meng Yuxiu's brows furrowed with worry.
Ke Shou immediately raised his hand and vehemently assured everyone, "General, I will absolutely not tell anyone about this!"
Seeing Meng Yuxiu's appearance, he also became worried. After thinking for a while, Ke Shou said, "General, you can bring some more snacks. It seems that the kitchen has learned how to make pastries."
Meng Yuxiu shook his head slightly: "This time is different, there aren't enough pastries."
Ke Shou asked curiously, "General, what exactly did you do to make Miss Chang so angry?"
"I..." Meng Yuxiu's face showed some regret when he mentioned this, but then he looked at Ke Shou warily and said unhappily, "This is between her and me."
Ke Shou reluctantly withdrew his curiosity and tried hard to recall what he usually heard his subordinates whispering. When those who were married got together, they mostly talked about trivial family matters, such as their wives getting angry, and then they would gather together to discuss how to stop their wives from always getting angry.
"General, it is said that young ladies love jewelry and clothing. Why don't you send some to Miss Chang?" he said in a serious tone.
Meng Yuxiu thought about it and felt it was a good suggestion, but when he thought about appearing in front of Chang Lili with exquisite jewelry, he couldn't imagine her smiling happily.
On the contrary, he felt that if what he had was a manual on mechanical arts, or gold and silver treasures, Chang Lili would probably jump for joy.
He suddenly realized that, given Chang Lili's situation, it would be more practical to give her gold rather than cosmetics, clothes, or jewelry.
"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Is there anything you need to report?" Meng Yuxiu asked while pondering for a moment.
Ke Shou instantly regained his usual cold and stern demeanor, bowed, and said, "General, recently a rumor has been spreading widely both inside and outside the city."
Meng Yuxiu frowned slightly: "Rumors? What kind of rumors would require you to come and report them to me?"
"Rumors say that General, you have recently brutally slaughtered many people from small countries that have been incorporated into our Yun Kingdom," Ke Shou said. He didn't understand how such rumors could have arisen, or who was spreading them.
Meng Yuxiu was somewhat amused and exasperated: "This rumor is quite interesting. There's no smoke without fire. What do you think the person who spread this rumor is up to?"
Ke Shou pondered for a long time, but had no clue: "This subordinate doesn't know either, General. Should we send someone to keep an eye on things?"
“No need,” Meng Yuxiu waved his hand and said, “If you try to control these rumors, you’ll only give people something to talk about. Besides, it won’t do us any harm. If it gets to the Emperor’s ears, it might be a good thing.”
Having firmly grasped the truth, I said no more.
Inside the Light Machinery Department, everyone was busy at work. Zhang Ziqing calmly hammered and polished, while Chang Lili was somewhat flustered.
While her subordinates were busy working, she angrily said to Jiang Yingxue, "We're both from the Light Machinery Department, yet you're so biased towards him and not me! That's so unfair!"
Her words were blunt. Jiang Yingxue's intentions were obvious to everyone, but now that this secret had been exposed, she was still just a young girl, and her ears immediately turned red.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I just... I just can't stand it! Don't talk nonsense! We still have old scores to settle!" Jiang Yingxue's face turned red and her neck thickened.
She said this while explaining the human body structure to Zhang Ziqing, her voice neither too loud nor too soft, so Chang Lili could hear it.
They were busy and full of passion all day long. Zhou Lue looked at them with satisfaction, but there was also a hint of loneliness in his eyes. He couldn't understand why Chang Lili was unwilling to become his disciple and learn martial arts. What were the disadvantages?
In this cheerful and positive atmosphere, even the drunkard uncle's drinking movements became more elegant and brisk, and he lost much of his usual melancholy.
His gaze as he looked at the young people became distant. Looking at them, he was reminded of his own youth, and he couldn't help but sigh, "Youth is truly wonderful."
At noon today, someone delivered another delicious and plentiful meal, along with two plates of delicate snacks.
Chang Lili immediately recognized it as Meng Yuxiu's doing. He probably knew that she was still upset about what happened that day and wouldn't calm down anytime soon, so he specially brought her some snacks to calm her down.
But it's too perfunctory to serve just two desserts to everyone.
Seeing everyone else raising their hands to eat the snacks so politely, Chang Lili hesitated for the first time. Seeing everyone eating so happily, she suddenly felt unwilling. As the saying goes, if you don't eat, you're a fool.
Before she could reach out, the guard who brought the food called her aside, handed her a food box, and said softly, "Miss Chang, this was specially sent by the General. He said it was for you and he hopes you will like it."
Is this a new pastry recipe from the kitchen? If so, why not just put it on the table for everyone to eat together? This seems like an unnecessary charade.
She was a little unhappy as she lifted the lid of the food container, but after a quick glance, Chang Lili was stunned.
As soon as the lid was lifted slightly, a golden color wafted out. It turned out that the food box contained not pastries at all, but gold bars...
Chang Lili's eyes lit up, and she took the food box with both hands.
The guard was about to leave when Chang Lili called him back with a questioning yet dangerous tone: "Wait, Meng Yuxiu... asked you to deliver gold bars to me?"
The guard obediently returned and respectfully said, "The general only instructed me to give this to Miss Chang. As for what's inside, I don't know."
Suddenly, Chang Lili's blood boiled, and her face flushed with anger. She suppressed the urge to yell, and said indignantly, "What do you mean, General! You actually..."
What happened between her and Meng Yuxiu was of course unknown to others, but everyone was obviously curious. The guard waited for her to continue, while Jiang Yingxue and Zhou Lue, who were ten meters away, looked like they wanted to stick their heads over directly.
She immediately changed her tune, saying, "Your general is so direct! So perfunctory and so disrespectful! I don't want this. Take it back to your general and tell him to keep it!"
He then stuffed the rather heavy food box of gold bars back into the guard's hand.
She was truly furious. What did Meng Yuxiu mean by this?
Although they almost had something happen, thankfully nothing did in the end. But what did Meng Yuxiu mean by this? Was he going to pay her off with money afterwards? What kind of person did he take her for?
She was so angry she was about to explode, but then she thought back to what had happened between them. She had indeed suggested that Meng Yuxiu pay for the solution, saying that as long as he gave her the money, she would forgive him and disappear from his sight.
However, things are different now.
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