Chapter 109 I have an idea, Deputy General Ma, would you like to hear it?
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Liu Shu, who was mentally mocked by Li Shiyue as "still a child," slowly turned his neck to look down from the kang (a heated brick bed). He was curious about what "Little Lady Li," whom his elder brother Liu Tan had told to "please sit down," looked like.
Li Shiyue possessed exceptional senses, and the moment she sensed Liu Shu looking over, she immediately turned her head back to look.
Liu Shu was somewhat surprised by this sudden eye contact with Li Shiyue, but he was, after all, the Crown Prince!
Moreover, he is now in a safe environment, with his elder brother here, so why would he be afraid?
He naturally met Li Shiyue's eyes openly, and he was somewhat surprised by Li Shiyue's appearance.
Although they were some distance apart, he could tell from the voice that it was a young woman, but upon closer inspection, she appeared to be a young man with a masculine hairstyle, dressed in a drab gray outfit with many stains on his clothes.
Even after washing her face, Li Shiyue still looked like a pretty young lady;
But coming from a royal family, Liu Shu had grown up surrounded by beauties. In Andong, his family was the most powerful, and he had seen the noble ladies of various families at numerous banquets.
To him, Li Shiyue was even more beautiful than Li Chunli standing to the side, and Qin Tao was also mature and charming.
With Li Shiyue's attire, coupled with the blood-stained, unsheathed woodcutter's knife at her waist, no one would believe that she was truly a beautiful young woman.
Liu Shu nodded slightly to Li Shiyue. Li Shiyue suppressed the urge to curse, stiffened her neck, bowed her head, and returned the greeting. After all, Liu Shu was of high status and had been injured.
However, Li Shiyue wasn't angry because of Liu Shu's attitude; it was because the electronic voice of that garbage system in her mind finally rang out the moment she made eye contact with Liu Shu.
She hadn't completed the task the system had given her before, and she thought the system would tell her something like "task failed." But the useless system remained silent, so Li Shiyue forgot about it.
Who would have thought, hehe, that it would jump out and give you a scare when you forgot about it!
"Scenario triggered, mission discovered. Host, please seize the opportunity to leave a deep impression on the male lead!"
Once the impression level reaches 50%, the task is considered complete, and you will receive 100 points and a chance to win a prize.
Host, please actively complete tasks and become a favored concubine as soon as possible!
If the situation weren't so inappropriate, Li Shiyue would have really wanted to go berserk and swear a few times.
Putting aside the fact that the original male protagonist, Liu Shu, looked like a middle school student at this point, even if he were a handsome man with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, who would want to become someone's appendage—a favored concubine?
For Li Shiyue, who has a modern soul, the term "favored concubine" is an insult!
The anger was still rising in her chest when she heard Liu Tan speak up beside her: "Miss Li, I'll have to trouble you to tell me about my brother's matter."
Beneath his deep, powerful voice was a face with sharp, angular features.
Li Shiyue turned to look at Liu Tan, who had said those words, and a plan came to her mind!
"They said it left a deep impression, but they didn't mention any romantic feelings between the two men and women!"
Li Shiyue stood up abruptly with a "bang," so fast that the stool she was sitting on became unstable and she fell backward.
Li Shiyue calmly righted the overturned stool, then spoke forcefully and clearly to the somewhat surprised Liu Tan.
"Even though we know in our hearts that we can make a proper living by planting crops next year, there is still a winter before spring arrives, isn't there?"
"To be honest, young master, I am strong and eat a lot—at least twice the amount an ordinary man eats!"
Li Shiyue pretended to be shy and smiled demurely at Liu Tan before continuing, "So, I set my sights on the horses the barbarians brought!"
Horses are expensive! A single horse can be worth tens of taels of silver!
...After my sisters and I returned with our horses...Qin Tao's family invited my mother to treat the unconscious prince.
"So that the young master would know, my mother once learned from the herbalist and has a method for treating headaches and fevers. Our village is remote, and it was nighttime, so Qin Tao invited my mother over."
Li Shiyue suddenly bowed and raised her hand to greet Liu Tan and Liu Shu on the kang (heated brick bed), saying, "Young Master, Young Master, at the time my mother only thought that Qin Tao and the others had rescued a young master from a wealthy family. She really didn't expect it to be the Young Master!"
Then, Li Shiyue vividly recounted how she had led Li Wangshui and his group to find other horses. When she got to the exciting part, she even drew the machete from her waist.
However, just as she was drawing her sword in a moment of passion, Zhao Da, who was standing next to Liu Tan, also drew his sword. Li Shiyue quickly put down her sword and looked at Liu Tan with a slightly embarrassed expression: "Please forgive my rudeness, young master. I just..."
"It's alright, continue. You're allowed to take the knife."
"Miss Li, what happened next? What became of the horse?"
The question that followed was actually asked by Liu Shu, who was lying on her back on the kang (a heated brick bed)!
Not only was Li Shiyue surprised, but even Liu Tan was somewhat astonished.
Suddenly faced with so many pairs of eyes, Liu Shu felt a little embarrassed, but after blushing slightly, he said again, "Miss Li's storytelling skills are better than the storytellers we keep in the manor."
Haha, I was completely captivated by it.
Li Shiyue's face was beaming with joy; how could she not be happy?
With the system interface in her mind showing her ever-increasing favorability rating, how could she not be happy!
"Yes, Your Highness," Li Shiyue nodded to Liu Shu, then turned to Liu Tan and nodded again: "Young Master, I simply stepped forward and swung my sword like this." Li Shiyue then reenacted the scene of him cutting the horse's leg and head with his sword.
They talked for about fifteen minutes before Li Shiyue finally recounted in detail what happened after she met Ma San.
That's how it is.
As for how Liu Tan will handle Liu Shu's matter after hearing what she said, that's beyond Li Shiyue's control.
Anyway, after she finished speaking, Liu Tan thanked her and left the house. Ma San even came out to see her off.
Once outside the courtyard, the system in Li Shiyue's mind started ringing!
"Wow, these young middle school students are so easy to fool!"
"What has reminded you of, Miss Li? Why are you so happy?"
Li Shiyue was overjoyed with the 100 points she had just received, and she couldn't hide the joy on her face.
Li Shiyue looked at the dozen or so tall horses tied up outside Qin Tao's house. Among them was a horse that was completely black without a single stray hair and had a very bushy tail.
Li Shiyue remembered that this was Liu Tan's horse.
Turning her head, Li Shiyue looked at Ma San with a big smile: "Deputy General Ma, does your army accept horses?"
Do you want the horse we finally managed to rescue?
Ma San didn't get an answer from Li Shiyue about why he was happy, but he did hear Li Shiyue ask him if he would take in horses.
These words startled Ma San. Before he could answer, Li Shiyue took a half step closer to him and lowered her voice, saying, "I have an idea, Deputy General Ma. Do you want to hear it?"
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