Chapter 104: Chunxian Pavilion's Goal (Part 1)
"Okay, now that everyone is here, go talk to Shuyao."
After Mother Ning responded and left, Mo Jingchen held the jade porcelain teacup with embossed patterns in his hand, staring at Su Yue in the crowd, with a calculating look in his eyes.
On the sandalwood table next to Mo Jingchen was the opened letter.
The letter recorded in detail some of the things that Su Yue had experienced, which were the findings of Mo Jingchen's people's investigation.
Mo Jingchen narrowed his eyes again and again, and knocked on the sandalwood table with his slender left hand.
When Su Yue and her mother were sent to the countryside, she was only nine years old. No matter how arrogant and domineering she was, she was still a child after all.
So the letter begins by stating that Su Yue had been severely bullied by three servants during his five years in the countryside, but was powerless to resist.
But for some unknown reason, before returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Su Yue, who had a high fever, suddenly changed her temperament and was extremely cruel to the servants who bullied her and her daughter.
When he returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he was able to calmly fight back against all the big and small frame-ups by Concubine Liu and her daughter without losing the upper hand. He was also very disdainful of Concubine Liu's false goodwill, as if he could see through it.
This was a very abnormal thing. After all, the letter said that Su Yue, who had not yet gone to the countryside five years ago, was very close to Aunt Liu.
This change is really too abnormal.
In addition, he felt that there was something fishy about the bet with the emperor and the offering of Isatis root.
Mo Jingchen didn't understand what the people around Su Yue and the emperor were thinking, but a girl who was only fourteen years old,
He was so sure that it would rain in March that he could stock up on the necessary medicinal materials for treating colds in advance. Moreover, the letter showed that there was less than a month left for Su Yue to make the bet with the emperor.
The rain showed no sign of stopping, as if it would really be just as Su Yue said.
There is also the hoarding of medicinal materials. Even if Su Yueyan clearly hoarded Isatis root only because she has some medical skills and inferred it, is it really the case?
Where did Su Yue's medical skills come from? The letter clearly stated that Su Yue had never met any great medical professionals in the countryside.
The only person he came into contact with was a country doctor, whose medical skills were mediocre and not at the same level as Su Yue's usual performances.
Su Yue's actions on the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, apart from predicting the time of rain and stockpiling medicinal materials, made Mo Jingchen feel that Su Yue was very extraordinary.
Dongyou has the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, and Moguo has the Imperial Master. They are all people who can observe celestial phenomena, calculate the weather, and predict national events.
Even the State Master of the Mo Kingdom would not dare to guarantee that what he predicted would definitely happen. Why is Su Yue so sure?
After thinking so much, Mo Jingchen could only guess that behind Su Yue, there must be someone more powerful than their Mo country's national master.
Moreover, that person, in addition to having superb deduction skills, is also very likely to have extremely high medical skills.
This was undoubtedly great news for Mo Jingchen. After all, the clues to the Medicine King he had been searching for were cut off at Yuanyin Temple.
He traveled thousands of miles to Dongyou and lost many of his confidants. He would not be willing to return empty-handed. He must find a miracle doctor to heal his Crown Princess.
After reading the letter following the investigation of Su Yue, Mo Jingchen set his sights on Su Yue. In other words, he wanted to find out the "expert" behind Su Yue!
Looking at the main hall below Chunxian Pavilion, the sound of stringed instruments filled the air. In each corner of the hall stood an exquisite copper incense burner.
No one knew what kind of spices were put in it, but wisps of green smoke came out of the incense burner and dissipated in the hall.
Many men and women had gathered at this time. Because there were so many people, Shangguan Nanxing was afraid that Su Yue would be squeezed away, so he held Su Yue tightly with his big hands and protected her in his arms.
Shangguan Nanfeng, who was standing by, saw the two of them like this. Under the delicate fox masks was a gloomy black face that looked like it was about to drip with water.
Above them, there is a huge red plaque with the words "Yuan Xiu" written in gold lacquer.
Under the plaque, there stood a woman wearing a goose yellow half-sleeved dress and a large-sleeved transparent gauze shirt embroidered with gold peonies. The cuffs were also trimmed with gold thread. On her head, there was a pair of red gold-wrapped and white jade tassel hairpins inlaid with pearls, and a mantuo flower on her forehead. She covered her face with a red veil, revealing only a pair of beautiful eyes staring down.
This woman is none other than Shuyao, the heroine of today's ball throwing event.
At this time, Ning's mother walked over to Shuyao and whispered something in her ear.
Shuyao looked down at everyone in the hall with her beautiful eyes, and finally glanced at Su Yue intentionally or unintentionally, and then revealed an unusually charming smile.
Most of the people in the audience admired Shuyao's reputation, but Shuyao was extremely valuable and very few people could see her true face. So today, although Shuyao covered her face, they felt weak just by being scanned by her beautiful eyes.
"Everyone, please be quiet. I think you are all very curious about the rules of our Chunxian Pavilion's embroidered ball throwing. Why are both men and women allowed in?
I am the owner of Chunxian Pavilion, Mother Ning. Today, let me introduce the rules of our throwing of the embroidered ball!
To celebrate the new year, today on New Year's Eve, our Chunxian Pavilion's top star Shuyao throws a hydrangea.
When the drum sounds as a signal, Shuyao will throw down the hydrangea. Whoever gets the hydrangea when the drum stops will get it!
And whoever receives the ball, regardless of gender, can be alone with Shuyao..."
"Mother Ning, if a man caught the hydrangea, it would be understandable, but if a woman caught it, what could two women do alone in a room?"
When Ning's mother said this, she was interrupted by a male voice from the audience, which caused everyone to laugh.
"Sir, if a woman receives the call, in addition to being able to play the zither and drink tea with Shuyao, Chunxian Pavilion will also provide an additional 10,000 taels of silver."
When Mother Ning said this, she deliberately or unintentionally glanced at Su Yue's face below the stage. When she heard the ten thousand taels of silver, it was obvious that she saw shock in Su Yue's eyes.
After all, ten thousand taels of silver would be hard for even someone who doesn't love money not to be surprised.
When the woman in the audience heard that the bouquet was worth 12,000 taels of silver, she stopped watching the fun and started to get excited. They thought, come on, with this much silver, an ordinary person would never be able to spend it all in their lifetime!
"Why shouldn't the man have it?" A man in the audience protested loudly when he heard that the woman actually received 10,000 taels.
Hearing the man's protest, Ning's mother was speechless and looked at Shuyao for help.
"Sir, is it true that a night with Shuyao herself is not as good as ten thousand taels of silver?" A woman's oriole-like voice sounded from above, mixed with the faint fragrance in the room, making the man who had just complained immediately flatter.
"Miss Shuyao, I've said too much. With Miss Shuyao accompanying me personally, I wouldn't even blink an eye even if it's ten thousand taels of gold!"
"Hehehe, young master is so affectionate, Shuyao is very touched." Shuyao's sweet laughter also soothed the men present who felt that it was unfair.
"Okay, I declare that the throwing of the embroidered bouquet has officially begun!" Mother Ning announced the start only after seeing that there was no dissenting voice from the audience.
"This Chunxian Pavilion is really interesting." Su Yue heard what Ning's mother said and stared at Shuyao again.
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