Chapter 420 The Taoist Priest Arrives with Sword
Thump thump thump—!
There was a knock on the door.
In the inner courtyard of the Prince's mansion, by the lakeside, Ouyang Rong knocked for a long time, but there was no response.
"Strange, where is Junior Sister?"
He muttered to himself, glancing around. It was only morning, and the lakeside garden was quiet.
Logically speaking, even a lazybones should be up by now.
Is Junior Sister taking a nap?
Unlike Li Guo'er, Junior Sister has very few maids in her courtyard. Unless they come to clean regularly, she usually lives alone and is quite independent.
This also made it convenient for Ouyang Rong to cuddle and flirt with his junior sister every time he came.
However, ever since the last time, when his junior sister scolded him for coming too openly during the day, making him easy for Aunt Wei, Li Guo'er, and Cai Shou and other maids in the Prince's mansion to secretly laugh at him and make him feel embarrassed.
Ouyang Rong learned his lesson and either came less often during the day, or he took a detour to avoid the maids and servants.
Today was no exception. He moved with agility, dodging everyone along the way, making it seem like he was sneaking around even in broad daylight.
But you know what, it does have a thrilling, almost adulterous feel to it.
Ouyang Rong coughed.
Seeing the faint figure of a maid appear in the distance, knocking again might attract attention.
"Is Junior Sister still sulking and refusing to open the door, or is she not here...?"
Ouyang Rong tried pushing the door and found that it was ajar, unlocked from both the inside and outside.
Ouyang Rong went directly to the hospital.
"Junior Sister?"
The courtyard was spacious, and the echoes reverberated.
Ouyang Rong curiously wandered around and found that there was indeed no one there, and no one was sleeping in the boudoir either.
Walking back into the courtyard, Ouyang Rong saw a stone table next to the swing with plates and bowls: a bowl of porridge, a bowl of tofu pudding, and a jar of pickled radishes.
Breakfast is for one person.
There was still half a bowl of porridge left in the bowl. I don't know why I didn't finish it. My chopsticks were neatly placed on the rim of the bowl.
Ouyang Rong reached out and touched the bowl of tofu pudding; it was still warm.
It seems they haven't been gone long.
"He put down his chopsticks halfway through his meal and ran off somewhere."
Ouyang Rong shook his head.
He went to the kitchen, filled a bowl with porridge from the pot, returned to the stone table, and sat down to eat.
"Oh, so you hid a jar of pickled radishes, huh? A gift from Master Shandao? Junior Sister, why don't you share some with us..."
Someone muttered to themselves as they ate their rice.
He didn't eat anything when he left home in the morning, mainly because he was afraid that eating too much would make him sleepy. Hunger can sometimes keep him clear-headed and rational.
Because he has been going to Rongzhen's place every morning recently to check on her progress and deal with her, it can be said that he has done a very good job as an inside man.
So he usually buys a hot pancake from the market and eats it when he returns, around nine or ten in the morning.
I came here today on an empty stomach, originally intending to nibble on my junior sister's... cough cough...
Speaking of which, his junior sister hasn't come to see him for two or three days.
Ever since I caught Ouyang Rong in the Yunshui Pavilion health tea room last time, I've been ignoring him.
At that time, Yan Liulang was very loyal and stepped forward, bringing up his five wronged sisters to take the blame for Ouyang Rong and Li Dalang.
After hearing this, Qin Xiaoniangzi's expression softened, but the junior sister beside her remained tense and unmoved. Until the day of parting, she did not utter a word, tossed her ponytail behind her head at Ouyang Rong, who was smiling and trying to talk to her, and walked away with a cold and arrogant back view.
This made Ouyang Rong feel a little awkward that day.
It seems they're not buying into Yan Liulang's attempt to take the blame.
Ouyang Rong sighed.
I thought that my junior sister would only be sulking for a few days, and like before, she would calm down on her own, find a way to back down, and then happily come to find her senior brother again.
But it wasn't until last night, when Zhen Shuyuan was having dinner, that she took the initiative to ask him if he had made Wanwan angry. It turned out that Zhen Shuyuan had sent Wei Lai and Ban Xi to invite her junior sister over for a home-cooked meal, but she declined because she felt unwell.
Ouyang Rong then realized the seriousness of the situation.
In the past, no matter how angry she was, as long as her aunt sent someone to invite her, the junior sister would always come to the family banquet. Moreover, she would dress up as a lady, quiet and elegant, and in front of her aunt, she would not lose any of the prestige of being a noble lady of the five surnames. Her aunt was very satisfied and liked her very much.
But last night's family dinner was made up of an unprecedented excuse.
"Stomach ache? Didn't Qi cultivators stop menstruating a long time ago...?"
Ouyang Rong muttered to himself.
It seems she's really angry, a bit different from usual, the kind that won't be easily appeased without some effort.
Ouyang Rong put down his chopsticks and took out a red handkerchief from his bosom.
He touched it with his palm; a red handkerchief wrapped around something, quite round, like a bead.
Ouyang Rong didn't open it; he stuffed it into his sleeve so he could take it out later to coax her.
He found this while tidying up his things last night.
After arriving in Xunyang from Longcheng, I almost forgot about this item... a crystal-clear luminous pearl that faintly emits a beautiful, hazy moonlight in the darkness, and looks quite valuable.
This was something he brought from the Pure Land Palace. When he first went down the mountain to control the floods, he casually gave it to his junior sister, whom he didn't know well at the time. She was short of money at the time and used it to redeem Hu Ji from her servitude. However, Hu Ji betrayed him, and it was Ouyang Rong who helped clean up the mess...
The process was somewhat complicated, and in the end, the luminous pearl returned to Ouyang Rong's hands. However, the junior sister felt very guilty and was too embarrassed to mention it again. Ouyang Rong was also afraid of reopening her wounds, so he didn't take it out in front of her again, and the matter was dropped. The luminous pearl has been left untouched until now, neither given away nor pawned, mainly because Ouyang Rong is not short of money and doesn't need to sell it.
However, the two are currently very close and have already pledged their love in private; all that's missing is an engagement.
So, if you send him another luminous pearl and say a few sweet words, he might just make his junior sister, who is surprised by the gift, overjoyed, reminisce about the past, and lie in his arms, reminiscing about bygone days.
"To make a woman happy, you need some techniques, sigh, only routines win people's hearts..."
Ouyang Rong coughed once and continued eating.
Just then, faint footsteps and conversations came from outside the courtyard. Ouyang Rong could hear the clear voice of his junior sister from afar, and it seemed that Li Guo'er was also there.
He perked up and stood up, but then he heard an unfamiliar male voice and frowned.
"Why didn't you send a message to inform Sanshan before you came to Xunyang Prince's Mansion? If it weren't for the fact that Dalang happened to be out and saw you, how long were you planning to wait outside?"
Li Guo'er's voice rang out.
The unfamiliar male voice hesitated for a moment: "It's much more lively than the Su family mansion in Longcheng before."
The junior sister asked in a clear voice, "How long did Fellow Daoist Lu wait in line at the door?"
"Three days," the male voice, addressed as Fellow Daoist Lu, replied. "The gatekeeper has been telling me to be patient."
"So you're just going to wait patiently?"
Li Guo'er couldn't help but ask, her tone immediately shifting between exasperation and amusement:
“There are many people in the Prince’s Mansion now. The old people from Longcheng are no longer here. Master Lu is carrying the token of Master Yuan. No one at the gate recognizes you, so they will naturally think you are just some random person.”
The swordsman seemed speechless, then murmured:
"The Heavenly Venerable Who Saves All Beings."
It's here... There's another big chapter coming at midnight (whispering).
(End of this chapter)
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