Chapter 99099 Ah Zhao is here
【Chapter 99】
Sister Zhao is here? Meng Yuning's eyes lit up when she heard that. She jumped up from her chair and rushed out the door in two steps. Her face was filled with uncontrollable joy. "Really?"
Mu Feng smiled and bowed, saying, "Absolutely true. The Yu family guard accompanying Miss Cai just came on horseback to report the news, and is now drinking tea and resting in the front yard."
Meng Yuning immediately smiled happily: "That's great! But how long will it take?"
Mu Feng replied, "They said it would take about two hours."
Meng Yuning nodded repeatedly and said happily, "Okay, okay! Then I'll pack up and go to the city to pick up Sister Zhao."
Mu Feng smiled and said, "His Highness had long anticipated that the young lady was going to pick someone up, and had ordered Mu Jiang to prepare the carriages and horses. The group is waiting at the gate."
Meng Yuning couldn't help but smile when she heard this: "Your Highness is truly as foresighted as a god."
Mu Feng changed the subject again: "But His Highness also specifically instructed that you must have lunch before leaving. Otherwise, you will be hungry after the trip back and forth."
Hearing Mu Feng say this, Meng Yuning knew that if she didn't eat this meal, Mu Feng would never let her leave the house, so she could only smile and agree: "Okay, okay, I'll go eat right away."
She was busy making dumplings early this morning. She made dumplings with zucchini, shrimp and egg fillings for herself and Yi'er, and with cabbage, mushroom and tofu fillings for Qi Jingyan. She originally planned to wait until they came back to cook them.
Since Qi Jingyan asked her to eat first, then she should eat first.
She readily agreed, called Meng Zhu and Meng Yu over, and instructed, "Go to the kitchen and help me make a bowl of small dumplings stuffed with zucchini and shrimp. No soup, just dry dumplings. Don't make too many, eighteen will be enough."
"Yes, I understand." The two answered in unison and hurried towards the small kitchen with light steps.
Seeing Mu Feng still waiting here, Meng Yuning couldn't help but smile: "No need to stay here to watch over me. I promised to eat, and I will definitely eat. Go and tell His Highness and the Little Prince that I can't wait for them to come back, and I will leave after eating."
Mu Feng clasped his fists and said, "Yes."
Meng Yuning added, "I still need some time here. Tell Mu Jiang and the others not to just sit there and wait. Go to the kitchen and have some food first. Don't go out on an empty stomach."
Mu Feng responded respectfully and turned away.
Meng Yuning said to Mu Ying and Mu Li beside her, "You two should go and eat quickly, don't be hungry." The two of them responded, turned around and went out, quickly running towards the kitchen.
To save time, Meng Yuning took advantage of the time when Meng Jin and the others were cooking dumplings and quickly walked back to the room. She ordered neatly, "Meng Yin, help me get that black riding suit. Meng Jin, help me comb my hair into a neat bun."
The two of them answered "yes" and immediately got busy.
Meng Yin was quick and agile, and quickly took out the black riding suit that Qiu Lian had made a few days ago from the suitcase.
Meng Yuning quickly changed into her clothes and sat down at the dressing table. Meng Jin immediately stepped forward, gently undoing her hair and quickly combing it back into a neat style.
As soon as everything was cleaned up, Meng Zhu and Meng Yu came in with freshly cooked dumplings and pear and white fungus soup that had been cooked early in the morning and placed them on the table.
Meng Yuning quickly sat down, picked up a dumpling with her chopsticks, dipped it in soy sauce, and put it in her mouth. Fortunately, the dumplings were small, just right for one bite. She ate quickly, and soon all 18 dumplings were gone.
Seeing her wolfing down her food, Meng Jin and the others couldn't help but smirk. Worried that she might choke, they quickly handed the Tremella soup to her, saying, "Girl, drink some soup to smooth things over."
Meng Yuning took it, swallowed the dumpling in her mouth, then picked up the bowl and gulped down several mouthfuls. She then used a spoon to finish off the soft, glutinous white fungus and snow pear. She wiped her mouth with a silk handkerchief, then stood up and walked out.
As he walked, he turned back and instructed, "Meng Jin, after you finish your lunch, clean up Jingxinzhai as soon as possible. Miss Cai will stay there this time."
This Jingxinzhai was a small courtyard Qi Jingyan had built specifically for Meng Yuning. It had long been completed. The courtyard was spacious and bright, with flourishing flowers and trees, birdsong and fragrance, making it a very pleasant place.
Originally, she had planned to find a time to move in. But later, because of the osmanthus cake incident, Qi Jingyan decided to observe mourning for the queen, and both brothers were in a bad mood.
Since then, not only did Yier wake up crying from time to time at night, but Qi Jingyan himself was also frequently plagued by nightmares.
Meng Yuning was worried about the two of them, and was even more reluctant to leave Yi'er, so she stayed in Yanfuju.
Jingxinzhai has been empty all this time, and now that Sister Zhao is here, it's just right for her to live there.
Meng Jin and others quickly agreed.
Meng Yuning walked out of the courtyard quickly, called Mu Ying and Mu Li who had just finished their meal, and rushed to the gate.
She asked Mu Jiang and others to confirm that everyone had lunch, then she easily jumped on her horse and headed towards the west city gate with a group of people.
---
The crowd galloped out of the city gate without stopping, and ran along the official road for about five miles until a three-way intersection appeared in front of them. The team gradually slowed down and stopped their horses.
Meng Yuning sat upright on her horse, looked towards Mu Jiang, and asked, "Did the Yu family guards tell us which road they came from?"
Mu Jiang looked ashamed and rubbed the back of his head in a simple and honest manner: "I didn't expect the young lady to come so far to meet me. I was careless and forgot to ask in detail."
Meng Yuning waved her hand, her tone relaxed: "It's okay, then let's wait here and not go forward, lest we take the wrong road and miss it."
Taking into account the delay of eating at the mansion and the long journey, more than an hour had passed. She thought that if she waited another hour at most, she should be able to pick him up.
Everyone responded in unison, and as Meng Yuning swiftly dismounted, she walked slowly towards the shade of a tree beside the road, holding the reins, and waited quietly.
Meng Yuning walked to the front and kept looking into the distance.
I thought I would have to wait for an hour, but after only two cups of tea, I heard the sound of hurried horse hooves in the distance on the official road.
"Here she comes! It must be Sister Zhao!" Meng Yuning was delighted and couldn't help but take a few quick steps forward. Mu Ying and Mu Li immediately followed, and Mu Jiang and the others also put their hands on the hilts of their swords, looking towards the source of the sound with alert expressions.
Soon, a dashing red figure came galloping on horseback, getting closer and closer.
There were two people following her on the left and right. The one on the right was a woman whose face was still blurry. The man on the left wore a conical hat and carried a longbow and a long sword on his back. It was obvious that he was Yuan Qing.
Meng Yuning recognized Cai Yuezhao at a glance, stood on tiptoe and waved repeatedly, and shouted from a distance: "Sister Zhao! Sister Zhao~"
Cai Yuezhao didn't want to visit without permission, so she asked the guards around Yu Shi to go to Prince Shen's mansion to report first. But she couldn't sit still as soon as the person left.
She understood Meng Yuning's personality and knew that the girl would run out to greet her as soon as she heard she was coming, so she rode her horse at full speed and rushed over.
Seeing that An Ning was indeed waiting by the roadside, Cai Yuezhao laughed out loud, whipped the horsewhip in his hand, and sped up to run closer.
She reined in the horse neatly, jumped off, rushed forward, hugged Meng Yuning, and spun around happily: "A Ning! I missed you so much, did you miss me?"
Meng Yuning was swung around in the air by her and couldn't help laughing. "I missed you so much. Sister Zhao, why did you come all of a sudden? Why didn't you write to me in so long? And why have you lost weight and become darker?"
Cai Yuezhao held Meng Yuning's hand and shook it: "There's so much to say. Ning, I'm hungry. How about we go back first?"
Meng Yuning nodded immediately: "Let's go, let's go back home first. The food has been prepared. I will cook it when we get back."
The two men smiled at each other and mounted their horses together. Mu Jiang, Yu Shi and others who were greeting each other also mounted their horses, and everyone headed towards the city of Canghai County.
After returning to the mansion, Mu Jiang led Yu Shi and his group to settle down.
Meng Yuning held Cai Yuezhao's arm affectionately, and the two chatted and laughed all the way back to Yanfu Residence in a lively atmosphere.
Under the pavilion in the courtyard, Yi'er and Qi Jingyan were sitting opposite each other playing chess while waiting for Meng Yuning to come home.
Hearing the laughter coming from far away, the two looked up at the same time, only to see Meng Yuning and Cai Yuezhao walking in hand in hand, looking very affectionate.
Seeing this, Yi Er sighed in a mature manner: "Ah~"
Seeing him acting like a little kid, Qi Jingyan felt both amused and annoyed. He reached out and gently rubbed his little head: "What's wrong? Why are you sighing suddenly?"
Yi'er's face was filled with worry: "Brother, Ah Zhao is here, will Ah Ning not want us tonight?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
