“Look, I also have Phoenix Tears. Does that mean I’m a menace too? If so, then let me be a menace with you.” She joined his ranks without hesitation.
Yuwen Sheng didn't mind her nonsense, but he laughed when she said she would stay with him no matter what, and even presented so-called "evidence".
His eyes were squinted into slits, and he looked genuinely enjoying himself.
He knew that Zheng Quchi definitely didn't know the true meaning and origin of "Phoenix Tears". His thoughts were unpredictable. One moment he was having a wicked idea to see her frightened expression, but the next he didn't want to reveal the truth and scare her.
"You always seem to make promises so easily. What if you go back on your word later?" Yuwen Sheng seemed to be seriously considering this, worrying about the future.
Going back on your word? Isn't that the kind of behavior only scumbags and gold diggers would do?
She felt that every word she said came from the bottom of her heart and that the situation he described did not exist.
...Besides, she didn't seem to make any particularly serious promises.
"I'm not a casual person. If I say something, I will do it, and I will never go back on my word."
He saw that when she gazed at him, her eyes shone like stars, without any evasion or strangeness, only pure trust and affection.
He murmured softly, "Me too."
Zheng Quchi grinned when he heard this, his mouth never holding back.
"Then we're quite a good match."
As soon as she finished speaking, she froze. After a moment of silence, Yuwen Sheng tilted his head and smiled at her like a white magnolia, his lips rippling with a gentle warmth that conveyed tenderness.
"You're right."
She couldn't look him in the eye for a moment, then suddenly turned to look behind him and stammered, "Um, were there people following you earlier? Where are they?"
"They're following behind, you just can't see them."
Following behind, yet unable to see... Why does that sound so creepy?
Moreover, it couldn't be that he was leading a group of people out in the middle of the night to enjoy the moon and take a stroll. Zheng Quchi belatedly realized that he might be on a "mission".
"Don't you have something urgent to take care of?"
"Um."
"Then put me down, you go do your thing, I'll go back by myself."
He asked, "Where are you going back to?"
Zheng Quchi: "..."
Go back to pretending to be a man and working as a laborer.
Since she couldn't come up with a legitimate reason to leave, Yuwen Sheng eventually took her to the Sifang Guild Hall.
Nestled between green tiles and red walls, its prominent eaves highlight its high value. The high-flying signs and flags, along with the exquisite yellow lanterns hanging along the roadside, make this small area of Fuxian County seem like a feng shui treasure land, bustling and sleepless at night.
The road is filled with the fragrance of fine carriages and fine horses; this is a place where merchants gather.
Zheng Quchi turned her head curiously to look around. Since she transmigrated to Fuxian County, she had been wearing coarse cloth clothes and living in the most basic mud-brick house. The people who came and went were either farmers or craftsmen.
She rarely gets to see so many "high society people" at once.
Yuwen Sheng's appearance did not attract much attention. After putting Zheng Quchi down, he covered her head with his cloak, partly to keep her warm and partly to prevent others from seeing her true face.
"Wait for me in the side room."
He took her small hand, put the Shura mask back on, and led her through the main entrance. Everyone who passed by him was filled with terror. Just as they were about to kneel and pay their respects, he pointed a finger to his lips, his smiling eyes narrowed slightly, and warned them to be quiet.
Zheng Quchi couldn't see, but she always felt that there should be many people around her. But the strange thing was that wherever Liu Fengmian led her, the chatter and laughter would suddenly stop a second later, the pause was particularly abrupt and strange, leaving her completely baffled.
And those shadows cast on the ground, which were originally standing long and intertwined, crouched and shrank as they passed by... What were they doing? Squatting down? Or... kneeling down?
Why are you silent again?
Because they couldn't see, they could only rely on their hearing to distinguish their surroundings. However, despite the bustling and lively Sifang Guild Hall, they inexplicably fell into a quietness that seemed as if time had stopped after entering.
"Liu... Liu Fengmian?" She squeezed his fingers and called to him.
Yuwen Sheng guessed that she must have sensed something, which was why she called him somewhat uneasily.
“An official from Taiyuan has come to the guild hall,” he said.
Officials in Taiyuan?
The capital of Ye State was Taiyuan. Generally, those who could serve as officials in Taiyuan were basically part of the central government. Local officials and powerful gentry would show various forms of awe and respect when they met... which seems to be normal.
But perhaps it's a bit too much... reverence, almost to the point of being completely silent.
At the same time, there was another strange feeling in her heart.
Others would practically grovel before Taiyuan officials, so why is Liu Fengmian so calm and collected? Could it be that serving Yuwen Sheng as his subordinate would allow him to become so arrogant and disdainful?
Yuwen Sheng led her to an elegant reception hall in the east wing. Behind the hall was a screen depicting flowers, snow, moon, and birds. He placed Zheng Quchi behind it and sent someone to deliver a brand-new matching dress.
It was a very beautiful skirt. Zheng Quchi wasn't quite sure what it was called, but it was somewhat like a ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), with trousers, a shawl, and a half-sleeved garment. In short, it was quite complicated to wear.
She picked through them, admired them briefly, and then, losing interest, tossed them aside.
Have you ever seen a craftsman wearing a skirt to move stones? And such a gorgeous and bright long skirt at that.
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