Zhao Yuenu nodded like a little adult.

She held Zhao Lingfei's hand and looked around, "Sister Lingfei, where is Sister Qian'er? Why can't I see her?"

"Qian'er has just entered Xiaoyao Mansion. According to the rules of the mansion, she has to participate in a trial in the Cangyuan Secret Realm. She has not returned yet."

Zhao Yuenu shook her head. "I thought Sister Qian'er had sneaked out to play alone again without me..."

Suddenly, the little girl in the pink skirt, who was a head shorter than her peers, brightened up her eyes.

"Doesn't that mean that today, Nunu will be the only one to protect Sister Lingfei? Hehe, Sister Lingfei, tell me quickly, is there any toad that wants to eat you? I will chase him away!"

Concubine Zhao Ling looked down at Zhao Yuenu's eager look and felt helpless.

"Don't act like your sister Qian'er and don't call others toads. This is very rude. You are a girl, so you should..."

Zhao Yuenu grabbed the hem of Zhao Lingfei's skirt with both hands, looked up and said seriously: "Sister Lingfei, you must be a good wife and not talk to those questionable men, otherwise my brother-in-law will be so sad if he finds out."

Zhao Lingfei: “…”

Zhao Yuenu said in a serious tone, "Sister Qian'er told me a long time ago that I would supervise you closely when she is not around."

Concubine Zhao Ling stared at this little follower that Qian'er had carefully trained. She opened her rosy lips slightly, but before she could say anything, she was interrupted by the little girl again.

Zhao Yuenu pointed at him, her lips red and her teeth white, and recited clearly: "My brother-in-law is dignified, handsome, graceful, tall and mighty, gentle and elegant, talented and beautiful, seven feet tall, with teeth and hair, drunken jade and decadent mountains, like butterflies and mad bees..."

"Hey~"

After the little girl had used all ten fingers, she found that she didn't have enough fingers. She sighed and wrinkled her nose.

"Sister Lingfei, why are you still not satisfied? There is such a good man in the world. Yue Nu has never seen him in her dreams... Sister Qian'er said that my brother-in-law is out there all day long, working hard for the people of the world to prevent the sinking of Shenzhou and to maintain peace in the mountains and below... Well, my brother-in-law is really working hard. If I were Sister Lingfei, I would definitely wait for him to come back at home."

Concubine Zhao Ling was speechless for a moment, and she pursed her lips as she stared at the little girl in the pink skirt in front of her who looked like a little adult.

When Zhao Yuenu saw Zhao Lingfei's look, she thought that her earnest teachings had taken effect. She nodded with satisfaction, thinking that Sister Qian'er would be able to record her merits in the list of achievements when she returned.

Zhao Yuenu gently patted Concubine Zhao Ling's hand and comforted her in a childish voice:

"Alright, alright, it's fine as long as you know you're wrong and stop in time. But you must be alert, Sister Lingfei. Sister Qian'er said that cheating in thoughts is more terrible than cheating in actions."

Concubine Zhao Ling was at a loss for words. What was going on?

At this moment.

The chatter of people around me seemed to be quieter.

Concubine Zhao Ling turned her head and looked.

She saw a young man in white cloth and carrying a sword walking slowly towards the remote location where she and Zhao Yuenu were.

The young man with the sword on his back had an ordinary face and simple clothes, except for a small golden sword pattern embroidered on the cuff of his white clothes, which particularly attracted attention. The sword on his back was wrapped in layers of white cloth.

The appearance of the young man with a sword on his back was inconspicuous on the Wangque Terrace where many immortals gathered.

But wherever he went, many monks gave way to him.

"Oh, who is this person?"

"Hey, wait, that hidden blade pattern, is it from Tianya Sword Pavilion?"

"Jiang Chebai, don't you know him? He left Taiqing Mansion only a few years ago, he was very famous at that time... He joined Tianya Sword Pavilion right after graduating from Taiqing Mansion, and is now a disciple of Da Sikou."

"Hiss, that great Sikou..."

"Look, it's Senior Brother Jiang. Senior Brother Jiang has also come to attend Senior Brother Cheng and Senior Sister Lu's ceremony."

"I think the drunkard's intention is not to go to the bar?"

"Oh, what's the point of this?"

"Well, that's not the point...Okay, it's just my guess, but don't say anything."

"Okay, okay, tell me quickly..."

A small number of people on Wangque Terrace noticed the commotion here, especially those from Taiqing Mansion who came with Concubine Zhao Lingfei, and they were all talking about it at this time.

Jiang Chebai pushed through the crowd, ignoring the words that were clearly audible to him, and walked towards the direction he found the first time he came in with a calm expression.

The pace is neither fast nor slow.

However, when he saw the woman in white tilt her head to look at him.

A moment.

Jiang Chebai's steps became disordered, and his steady breathing, which he had repeatedly adjusted while climbing the mountain, suddenly stagnated and then became a little rapid.

The sword behind him, which was forged from Taiyin colored glaze iron, also began to tremble slightly.

To others, the trembling sound sounds a bit like the chirping of cicadas.

only.

Jiang Chebai, who was very familiar with this sword, knew it.

This time the vibration was different from before...it was joyful.

Yes.

Every time he got close to that woman, this sword, named Han Chan (Cicada) given by his natal flying sword, felt joyful.

I don't know why, but Jiang Chebai knows it's not because of him...

Jiang Chebai had a thousand thoughts in one breath, and he quickly put these random thoughts behind him.

He took a deep breath, then pursed his lips. The chill in his heart instantly attached itself to the sword behind him and stopped the trembling.

Jiang Chebai adjusted his pace and walked steadily to Concubine Zhao Lingfei.

On his habitually dull face, he tried his best to pull the corners of his mouth into an arc.

"Junior Sister Lingfei, what a coincidence, you are here too."

Jiang Chebai found that he hadn't smiled for a long time and felt a little stiff. He was secretly annoyed and thought that he must smile more in the future.

Zhao Lingfei smiled faintly, "Senior Brother Jiang."

Jiang Chebai's heart trembled when he saw her smile. He swallowed his saliva and was about to speak when he was interrupted by a little girl in a pink skirt who felt obliged to do so.

Zhao Yuenu walked with her short legs and came between Zhao Lingfei and Jiang Chebai in an instant, and asked cautiously: "Who are you? What are you doing here to my sister Lingfei? Are you shameless enough to want to eat swan meat?"

Jiang Chebai slowly lowered his head and looked at the petite girl in a pink skirt, who looked as if she was on guard against thieves. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "Junior Sister Lingfei, this is..."

"Her name is Zhao Yuenu. She is my adopted sister and a direct descendant of the Duyou Zhao family."

Zhao Yuenu nodded her head, "Yes, I am also Sister Lingfei's flower protector. Tell me what you are here for, or I will let Axiao throw you into the sea!"

Jiang Chebai glanced at a towering giant who was more than ten feet tall and standing outside Wangquetai not far away.

He saw a man with a long face and arms, a black body and hair, staring at him with eyes wide open. At this moment, he seemed to notice him glancing at him, and smiled at him, revealing his sharp teeth.

Jiang Chebai raised an eyebrow but ignored it.

Tianya Sword Pavilion is not in Duyou City, but in the North Sea. He often goes out to sea. There are many alien species on the North Sea, and he has seen quite a few giant clans.

Jiang Chebai smiled and said, "My surname is Jiang, my given name is Chebai. Are you a descendant of the Duyou Zhao family? I know the ancestor of the Zhao family, Zhao Jinyi. Who is he to you?"

Zhao Yuenu folded her slender arms and raised her head and said:

"He's my grandpa. Don't try to make friends with me. I don't fall for your tricks. Tell me now! Are you planning something bad to Sister Lingfei? I'm telling you, stop dreaming. Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself..."

Jiang Chebai smiled helplessly and glanced at Zhao Lingfei.

Zhao Lingfei sighed slightly, bent down, and put her hands on Zhao Yuenu's thin shoulders, "Yuenu, stop making trouble. Senior Brother Jiang must have come to see me for something. Don't think about it. We need to talk about business. You can go play aside first."

"Hmm." Zhao Yuenu looked back and forth at Zhao Lingfei and the other person with suspicion.

She looked at Jiang Chebai's face and felt that he was too ordinary. How could he compare to the handsome, elegant and unparalleled brother-in-law that Sister Qian'er described?

Sister Lingfei should not be blind, right?

Zhao Yuenu stretched out her little hand and waved it back and forth in front of Concubine Zhao Lingfei.

Well, I guess I'm not blind. Such an ugly toad shouldn't pose any threat...

The little girl nodded mysteriously and said to Concubine Zhao Lingfei in a crisp voice: "Sister Lingfei, you must be a good wife."

After saying this, he ran away without waiting for Concubine Zhao Lingfei to respond.

Wearing a little pink dress, she was as lively as a colorful butterfly on the Wangque Terrace.

Concubine Zhao Ling watched Zhao Yuenu go away with a smile on her pretty face.

Jiang Chebai smiled and said, "Junior Sister Lingfei, your sister is quite cute."

Concubine Zhao Ling turned around and nodded slightly.

"Yue Nu is still an ignorant child. She is at the age when she is very naughty. She just said something wrong. I apologize to Senior Brother Jiang on her behalf. I hope Senior Brother Jiang will not blame me."

Jiang Chebai said hurriedly: "Junior Sister Lingfei, what are you talking about? It's normal for children to say whatever they want. Why would I care? Junior Sister, you are too polite."

Zhao Lingfei smiled and said nothing more, but turned to ask curiously:

"Brother Jiang suddenly came here, are you here to see me? But the Grand Secretary has a letter to give to Mr. Bai?"

Jiang Chebai stared blankly at the beautiful face that he had been thinking about for half a year. He felt that he could not see enough. He wanted to nod in agreement with the first half of Zhao Lingfei's words, but he was afraid...

I haven't seen her for half a year. How come she has lost so much weight?

The clothes are also simpler, but they are all good-looking, as long as it is her...

Jiang Chebai didn't think much about Concubine Zhao Ling's bun. As for Zhao Yuenu's advice to "be a faithful wife" before she left, he just regarded it as a child's talk.

Although the wife of the Confucian scholar would wear her hair in a bun, the hairstyles of other women in the mountains were very flexible and varied, and wearing their hair in a bun was also very common.

In addition, Jiang Chebai had never heard of the rumors in Taiqing Prefecture. After all, he had been busy with the rebellion of the great demon in Zhishui Kingdom for most of the year. In addition, he left Taiqing Prefecture very early and no longer paid attention to the things there.

Moreover, when he was in Taiqing Mansion, he had very few friends, and they were all monsters like him. After graduation, most of them went their separate ways. Some were as busy as Jiang Chebai and rarely saw each other for several years, or they had left Wangquezhou and went to a wider world to travel far away to sharpen their swords.

Therefore, he had no doubts about the bun and plain clothes, and even wondered in his heart whether she knew that he liked simple clothing style, so...

"Brother Jiang?"

When Concubine Zhao Ling saw Jiang Chebai staring at her in a daze, she frowned slightly.

"Ah, no, no, Master has no letter to deliver... A few days ago, I happened to be doing some work in Li Du, and I ran into my junior brother from the Tai Qing Mansion in the Xin Ran Sect. He invited me to attend the Taoist Couple Ceremony of his junior brother and sister. I couldn't refuse his kindness, so I came today."

"Oh." Zhao Lingfei nodded, then suddenly frowned and spoke.

"What's the current situation of the great demon rebellion in Shishui Country? Has the murderer been caught? Why did they want to kill our Zhao family's branch?"

Jiang Chebai remembered that the woman before him also had the surname Zhao, so he thought about it and told her some things he knew, but he did not mention some secret inside stories.

After all, knowing too much is not good.

Not long.

The ceremony was gradually drawing to a close.

A corner of Wangquetai.

Jiang Chebai finished talking about the affairs of the Zhishui Kingdom in general. Seeing that Concubine Zhao Ling was looking down to digest what she was saying, he also remained silent for a moment.

Suddenly, his expression changed, and he said with a smile: "I heard that there is a new young gentleman in Siqi Academy. It seems that Master Zhu will have to pluck out a handful of beard again."

Zhao Lingfei came back to her senses and burst out laughing when she heard this.

The funny part of this anecdote is unique to the students of Taiqing Prefecture and the disciples of Linlu Academy.

Mr. Zhu is the principal of Linlu Academy.

He was also a Confucian scholar at Taiqing Prefecture. Almost all the students in the prefecture had taken his classes. They knew the old master's character and were particularly kind to him.

Taiqing Prefecture and Linlu Academy, one is the highest institution of learning that gathers the best talents in Wangque Continent, and the other is a Confucian academy that occupies half of the continent's cultural quintessence.

The two are very close to each other, and students from the palace often visit each other.

There are many interesting things.

This time, a new young gentleman was born in another Confucian academy, and everyone couldn't help but turn their attention to Linlu Academy.

So, wouldn't Mr. Zhu, who has a weird temper and is used to stroking his white beard, be worried about the lack of fresh blood and pull out his beard?

Can't Taiqing Mansion tease the scholars of Linlu Academy again?

When a beautiful woman smiles, she is full of charm.

Not only did Jiang Chebai feel a little nervous, but he also couldn't take his eyes away.

It also made many students who were paying attention to the situation here stare at them.

Jiang Chebai's heart was filled with joy at being able to make the beauty smile, and he felt that he had never been so close to Concubine Zhao Lingfei.

Jiang Chebai had seen many beautiful women. Even when he was in Taiqing Mansion, there were many fairies who were the center of attention among the students in other mansions and had hinted at their love for him.

But he was indifferent.

I feel that the only three interesting things in this world are the sword in the heart, the wine in the hand, and the close friends around.

but.

He fell in love on that day.

It was not because of Concubine Zhao Lingfei’s extremely beautiful face, but because of the moment that made his heart tremble.

That day.

He went to Taiqing Xiaoyao Mansion for the second time to help his master deliver a letter to Mr. Bai.

He had met Concubine Zhao Ling when he first came here and knew that she was Mr. Bai's disciple. He also handed the letter to her last time.

When I first met Concubine Zhao Lingfei, I just thought she was extremely beautiful, with elegant clothes, and was pleasing to the eye. Besides, I was also surprised that the Han Chan sword behind her trembled for some reason when she approached this Junior Sister Zhao.

The second time he delivered the letter, he did the same as last time and took it directly to find Concubine Zhao Lingfei.

I still remember.

That afternoon.

The breeze is gentle and the sun is shining brightly.

The birds' songs are melodious, bringing a sense of tranquility.

He found her by a lake.

There are lotus flowers and mandarin ducks on the lake, but no one is idle by the lake. From afar, she is the only one sitting on a piece of bluestone with her slender figure, lowering her head, fiddling with something.

He approached with his sword on his back.

Then, I bumped into a spring breeze.

Just see.

She was lowering her head, her pair of flawless white jade hands holding delicate embroidery and needlework.

She bit her cherry lips gently, her eyes dotted with a teardrop mole narrowed slightly, and she was concentrating intently on the needlework in her hands, as if she was facing the most difficult thing in the world.

She threaded the needle carefully.

One stitch.

Two stitches.

Suddenly, she retracted her hand.

She slightly opened her jade lips and put the slender finger into her mouth, sucking it again and again with an aggrieved expression.

But when her eyes fell on the pattern on the embroidery, she smiled foolishly again.

With one hand she continued to tightly hold the needle that was pricking her, and with the other hand she gently held the embroidery in her arms. She tilted her head and looked tenderly at the mandarin ducks on the lake.

That moment, that scene, was completely different from the cold and dignified look she showed when I first met her.

Jiang Chebai had already stopped.

Staring blankly.

The cicadas on his back trembled with his heartstrings.

I don't know what the embroidery in her hand is, it seems to be two fat ducks...

But that's not the point.

The point is, he knew it was her.