"..."Gu Yanfei just smiled and said nothing. He just raised the teacup in his hand slightly, as if to toast her.
When she smiled and raised her cup, Wei Jiaoniang understood instantly. She pursed her lips and smiled, raised the cup in her hand and toasted to Gu Yanfei.
The two of them exchanged looks that indicated "only heaven and earth know, you and I know", and after taking a sip of tea, they both burst out laughing almost at the same time.
The two girls' smiles were so bright, so happy, and so lively.
An unspoken tacit understanding flows when their eyes meet, and everything is implied.
Wei Jiaoniang couldn't help but feel a sense of gratitude, and she suggested, "After the show, why don't you just go to my house? I'll tell you in secret, my grandfather has a jar of the best 'Lihuachun', which is a good wine."
"If you go, he will definitely be willing to take it out..."
“Bang!”
Wei Jiaoniang immediately forgot what she was saying. She looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man in blue clothes with a mustache sitting at a table in the middle of the hall, saying excitedly, "I saw a real dragon appear with my own eyes!"
"This dragon's body is at least as long as a street. When it coils up, it can cover the entire Kangwang Palace!"
"I saw it, too." The middle-aged man at the same table echoed loudly, his eyes shining with wonder, "It was a black dragon, a pure black dragon! The appearance of a real dragon is a sign of great fortune!"
People at nearby tables also heard this conversation and sighed with sympathy: "Yes, yes, it's a good omen for the new year!"
"I only regret that I have no chance to see it, otherwise I would definitely kowtow to the real dragon and ask it to bless my family."
“…”
“I heard that before Emperor Taizu started the uprising, there was also an auspicious sign of a black dragon descending into the world!” The young man in blue at the central table slammed the table again and said excitedly, “It has been fifty years. If my Great Jing Dynasty has such a strange phenomenon again, doesn’t it mean that the true dragon emperor has appeared in the world?!”
"A true dragon descends to the world to choose a wise master." The middle-aged man emphasized the word "wise master". He seemed to have thought of something. He arched his hands towards the sky outside the gate and sighed quietly, "...but he is weak and sickly."
He didn't say who it was, but from his actions, anyone could tell he was talking about the current emperor.
An old man with white hair and beard at another table sighed and said, "When I was young, I had the honor to see Emperor Taizu from afar. He was truly wise and mighty..."
Many audience members' attention was diverted from the stage and drawn over. They began to talk about the real dragon and commemorate Emperor Taizu, and some even compared King Kang to Emperor Taizu.
Wei Jiaoniang stopped watching the play and started to watch the fun with great interest.
Xi Que pushed the door open and came in, saying hastily, "Young lady, someone from the mansion just came and asked you to go back now, saying that they will be going to the palace soon."
"Entering the palace?" Wei Jiaoniang raised her eyebrows in surprise, "So suddenly?"
Xi Que nodded and answered meticulously: "I heard that the Queen Mother just sent someone to the Duke's Mansion to pass on the oral order, and the wife of the Duke Xuan and you will enter the palace together."
Wei Jiaoniang stood up reluctantly, looked regretfully at the noisy lobby outside, and then at the stage full of weeping.
The atmosphere of the lobby and the stage, one hot and one cold, form a sharp contrast.
Both sides were just about to reach their climax! Wei Jiaoniang couldn't help but glance back and forth.
Understanding her emotions, Gu Yanfei waved at her.
Wei Jiaoniang leaned forward obediently, and was stuffed with another candied fruit. Gu Yanfei's smiling voice rang in her ears: "Let's come again tomorrow."
"Then we have a deal." Wei Jiaoniang was happy and clapped her hands, "After watching the show tomorrow, we will go to my house to drink Lihuachun."
The two of them high-fived to make an agreement.
Wei Jiaoniang walked away briskly, leaving behind a table full of unfinished cakes and snacks.
Gu Yanfei did not leave. She had nothing to do at home anyway, so she continued to lazily lean on the windowsill and watch the show. Her cold eyes swept over the young man and the middle-aged man at the middle table. The two of them had stopped fighting and were toasting each other with a glass of wine without making a sound.
The lobby on the first floor was even more noisy, as if countless flies were buzzing, completely drowning out the singing on the stage.
It's so noisy! Gu Yanfei frowned slightly, feeling annoyed.
If they continue to make such a fuss, people won't be able to enjoy the show.
"Qingguang." Gu Yanfei called out neither lightly nor heavily.
"Meow?"
A familiar, soft cat meow was immediately heard from outside the window facing the courtyard at the back.
The next moment, a ball of fur flew in from the window.
The cat used the high-legged flower table and the tea table as springboards and made three beautiful jumps in succession. It landed lightly on the table next to Gu Yanfei without touching the ground.
However, after being kicked by it twice, the high-legged flower table and tea table all shook, and the vases, teapots and other items fell down one after another. Two consecutive "bang" sounds were heard, and the porcelain was smashed to pieces on the floor, making a mess.
Juanbi was stunned.
The calico cat licked its paws nonchalantly, as proud as a queen, without any remorse at all. It even questioned Gu Yanfei in an overbearing manner: She left it behind again and ran out to play by herself!
The cat raised its chin proudly. How could it be bribed by just a small dried fish?
Since one small dried fish is not enough, then two will do. Gu Yanfei took out another small dried fish and threw it towards the lobby on the first floor.
Qingguang was accidentally controlled by the cat's instinct and jumped out to the lobby on the first floor after the dried fish.
The nimble cat bit the dried fish in mid-air, turned lightly and nimbly in the air, and finally landed steadily on a table. The series of movements were as smooth as flowing water and perfect.
When everyone in the lobby saw a ball of fur falling from the sky, they all looked over subconsciously, but saw a long-haired calico cat biting a dried fish falling from the sky and squatting gracefully on a table.
The calico cat's pair of emerald green eyes sparkle like gems, so beautiful and clear, and its fluffy long hair is shiny.
"Meow!"
The cat enjoyed its second piece of dried fish happily.
"What a beautiful kitten!" A girl of about fifteen or sixteen was the first to shout out.
Everyone stared at the cat eating in a daze, almost possessed and fascinated.
"It looks so cute when it eats dried fish. Look how sharp and white its teeth are, and its nose and tongue are like flower petals!"
"Waiter, give me a plate of dried fish!"
"One plate is not enough, waiter, add another plate of shredded chicken."
"Cats love goat milk. Is there any goat milk here?"
“…”
The tributes to the cat were presented one by one, filling up the table. The guests around were all fascinated by the kitten licking here and biting there...
The lobby was silent, with only the slow sound of string music echoing in the air.
Gu Yanfei on the second floor looked at this scene with satisfaction, with the corners of his lips curled up.
If there are strange phenomena in the sky or a real dragon descends from the sky, everyone should just watch the fun. It’s not good to be too obsessed with it!
They should just look at the kittens.
Gu Yanfei was satisfied.
She happily put a candied fruit into her mouth, changed her posture leisurely, and planned to continue watching the show.
But she heard a light and faint sneer behind her. Gu Yanfei turned her head and saw a fiery and blood-red dress at the door of the private room.
A young man who was so handsome that he could topple a country slowly walked into the elegant seat. His beautiful eyebrows were like a blooming fairy flower, and his whole body was shrouded in a layer of fiery red smoke and mist, as if he came out of a raging fire. It seemed real and illusory, and like a demon. He was extremely charming and handsome.
Hmm. Gu Yanfei subconsciously raised his hand, wanting to touch his scarlet luck, and sighed in his heart: It's still as beautiful as before! Xiahou Qing glanced around with a bit of disdain, and his followers immediately wiped the chair that Wei Jiaoniang had sat on carefully with a handkerchief and covered it with a layer of bright red cushion.
The attendant poured Xiahou Qing a glass of wine using the utensils and wine drinks they brought, and then waited outside the private room.
Xiahou Qing lifted his robe and sat down gracefully, which formed a sharp contrast with Gu Yanfei's laziness and casualness.
Seeing that Gu Yanfei was looking down so intently, Xiahou Qing also looked down, put one hand on the window sill, and his bright red cuffs slipped down.
He looked down from the second floor and had a clear view of the situation below.
A group of people surrounded a calico cat in three layers inside and outside. The cat squatted in the middle and licked its front paws. Those people gasped from time to time, as if they were watching a priceless treasure.
Xiahou Qing raised his eyebrows inexplicably and asked, "Interesting?"
It's really interesting. Gu Yanfei curled his lips and glanced at the people and the cats below. Isn't it great to be so harmonious and peaceful?
Gu Yanfei drank a sip of tea comfortably, glanced at Xia Houqing's overly dazzling red dress, and said bluntly: "Aren't you afraid that others will recognize you?"
He, Xiahou Qing, is a person who can shake the court of Nanyue with just a stomp of his feet. He has made countless enemies. If he is recognized in Dajing, he will not die here, right?
Facing Xiahou Qing's gloomy and mysterious eyes, Gu Yanfei added with a smile: "Curious."
Xiahou Qing made a fist with his left hand wearing the blood ring, and knocked lightly on the window sill, smiling and saying, "Take care of yourself first."
It was clearly a simple sentence, and his tone was clearly very gentle, but coupled with his weird smile, it made people feel that he had bad intentions.
Juanbi couldn't help but swallow her saliva, and the low swallowing sound was unusually loud in the small private room.
Gu Yanfei, however, remained calm, half of his attention was on the stage, and he asked casually, "What do you want from me?"
She felt that Xiahou Qing came at a really bad time, as the play had just reached its climax.
(End of this chapter)
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