Chapter 140 Flattery must hit the mark.
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After Ma San unloaded the entire cart of wine at the kitchen, he led Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian to the main room to see Liu Tan.
This military garrison was actually like a larger village. The soldiers lived in rows of houses with small courtyards, but each house only had one room and lacked a kitchen.
That's because the garrison had its own separate mess hall, which was responsible for feeding all the soldiers.
Li Shiyue was looking at the house, which was similar to her own but much larger, and asked Ma San, "So, the eldest young master lives here?"
"Hey, how nice it would be to be in the garrison?"
"Hurry up, come inside, it's cold outside."
However, once you walk through the yard and into the house, a wave of warmth greets you; the house is very warm.
Then, the first person Li Shiyue saw was not Liu Tan, but Zhao Da!
Zhao Da, the bodyguard, was standing at the door rolling his eyes. Hehe, Li Shiyue happened to see him doing that. I wonder what they were talking about inside before Li Shiyue and the others arrived.
"Deputy General Zhao."
Li Shiyue bowed and greeted the person, and Zhao Da also stood at attention to return the greeting, saying, "Miss Li has arrived? I'll go in and announce your arrival right away."
There was no need for Zhao Da to lift the curtain and enter the room to announce their arrival. Liu Tan, who was already waiting inside, shouted directly to the outside, "Is it Miss Li? Quickly, please come in."
Then, Li Shiyue was politely invited inside. Li Shiyue thought to herself, "Why does Liu Tan's voice sound so urgent?" It turned out that Liu Shu was sitting at the lower seat in the room.
As soon as Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian entered, they bowed and greeted Liu Tan, who was sitting at the head of the table. Before Li Shiyue could even lower his hand, Liu Tan turned to Liu Shu, who was sitting at the lower table, and said, "Young Master, look, things have come full circle. Miss Li has arrived. I have something to say to her. You should hurry back. It's quite cold outside, so don't linger on the road."
Before Liu Shu could speak, Liu Tan stood up and pointed at Zhao Da: "Hurry up, send someone with Zhao Guang'an to lead a group of people to escort the young master back to the palace!"
Liu Tan stood up, and Liu Shu also stood up. He smiled at Liu Tan and said, "Brother, if you don't want to go back to the Prince's Mansion for the New Year, then don't go back."
Please don't send me back so soon; I'd like to stay outside a little longer.
At this point, Liu Shu turned to look at Li Shiyue: "Last time I heard Madam Li speak, it was quite interesting. It's just a coincidence that we've run into each other again today."
When Li Shiyue saw Liu Shu's smiling face, he knew that something must be going on between the two brothers!
"Brother, why don't I stay and listen?"
The maid beside me is also from Liujiatun, the same village as Lady Li.
Since Crown Prince Liu Shu has spoken in such a humble manner, how could Liu Tan possibly refuse?
Therefore, Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian sat down opposite Liu Shu. Li Qiutian was hesitant to sit down at first, but after watching Li Shiyue sit down directly, she cautiously sat down in front of the chair, but only sat on half of her buttocks, not daring to sit down completely.
At this moment, Li Qiutian once again admired Li Shiyue in his heart, "Shiyue is really amazing. She is always nervous when talking to these important people."
Why would Li Shiyue be stage-frightened?
After completing these system tasks, Li Shiyue had already discovered that as long as two or more main characters from the original book appeared near her, whether they were the male and female leads or supporting characters, a task would definitely appear!
In other words, it's something like "context-triggered, task discovery..."
So, when the mission was announced at the garrison gate, she knew there would definitely be a scene like this today.
Look, look, here it is!
Li Shiyue sat down, picked up the hot tea on the high table and drank it. This was the first time she had drunk proper tea, so she had to drink a few more sips.
While she was taking a couple of sips of tea, Jiu glanced up at Liu Tan, who was sitting at the head of the table, and then looked sideways at Liu Shu, who was sitting opposite her, and Li Chunli, who was standing behind Liu Shu.
Li Shiyue's mind was in turmoil as she pondered how to handle this mission.
"...The mission is complete when the female lead, Li Chunli's, anger level reaches 50%!"
"No, the final quantitative standard is actually calculated based on Li Chunli's anger level?"
Does this mean I have to compete with other women here?
"Really, why do women have to make things difficult for each other?"
However, Li Shiyue thought about the tempting reward of "two hundred points" again, and finally decided: "As long as she doesn't provoke me, I won't say anything."
If she provokes me, I won't care that we're both girls.
While they were drinking, Liu Tan asked Li Shiyue, "Miss Li, I heard from Ma San that you brought this general a roe deer you hunted?"
Li Shiyue quickly put down her teacup and was about to stand up to reply, but Liu Tan said, "Sit down and talk, sit down and talk."
Even while sitting down, Li Shiyue still bowed and clasped his hands in greeting to Liu Tan at the head of the table, saying, "Yes, from boarding the ship at Dongmou Port to settling down in Liujiatun, we have been able to rely on the help of the eldest son and all the soldiers along the way."
I was thinking that with the New Year approaching, I should properly thank the eldest son.
Unfortunately, my family is poor, and all I have is my strength. I chased this roe deer up the mountain all night for most of the day, and finally managed to catch it last night.
"Now that I've caught it, I think I should send it to the eldest young master while it's still fresh."
Li Shiyue suddenly looked up at Liu Tan and smiled beautifully: "Hehe, I know that the young master has no shortage of meat to eat, but this is the heartfelt gift from this village and I hope the young master will not find it offensive!"
"Tell me, is what I said unpleasant to hear?"
Li Shiyue thought to herself, "Giving gifts isn't just about giving them; you have to say the right things and flatter them to their heart's content to make the gift worthwhile."
Didn't you see that Liu Tan's usually stern face curled up into a smile under Li Shiyue's words?
Suddenly, Li Shiyue paused for a moment, but it was only for a fleeting instant. When she looked again, she was smiling again.
He heard Liu Tan say, "...I'll accept your kindness this time, but don't act like this again. I know you're strong, but those mountains and forests aren't..."
Li Shiyue didn't pay attention to what Liu Tan said after that, because she was really confused at the moment.
She looked at the value in her mind that indicated Li Chunli's anger level. It had jumped to 9% right after she finished speaking, and then Liu Tan said something that increased the value by 2%.
It's already risen to 18%.
If Li Shiyue hadn't restrained her neck, she really would have wanted to turn around and look at Li Chunli.
She was truly stunned; she never expected that Li Chunli would be jealous of her!
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