Chapter 716 Mother and Son Reunion
In a small cubicle in the main hall, students from Sky Dome Academy sat around a table.
The performance on the stage is about to begin, and the maids are setting up the venue. It is said that the lead actor to perform today is an actor named Chang Jing, who comes from Fengcheng in the Great Yan Dynasty. He has been learning opera since childhood and is a disciple of Shen Long, the number one opera master in the Great Yan Dynasty. He originally performed for the royal family, but he came to Tianxiang Pavilion to support Madam Xu, the proprietress of the Tianxiang Pavilion, for two years because she had done him a favor.
After his two-year term expires, this young master Chang will leave Shengdu.
Therefore, all the guests cherished this brief and hard-won performance.
After hearing Zhong Ding's description, Gu Xiaoshun was a little confused.
It's just Gu Chengfeng, isn't it? When did he start making such a fuss?
Also, you casually used Chang Jing's name to perform in operas outside. Does Chang Jing know about this?
I'm not afraid that Chang Jing will beat you into a punching bag.
"The girls at Tianxiang Pavilion are so beautiful," Yuan Xiao said wistfully, gazing at the girls strolling through the hall.
Zhao Wei produced a folding fan from somewhere, and while fanning himself, he said with an air of elegance, "She truly deserves the title of 'a beauty like a celestial being'."
Gu Xiaoshun: Is "as beautiful as a fairy" the only two words?
Are you two possessed?
"It's so-so," Gu Xiaoshun said.
The two glared at Gu Xiaoshun in unison: "How dare you insult the fairy maiden of Tianxiang Pavilion!"
Gu Xiaoshun protested, "I didn't! I just felt that they..."
It's just so-so.
Where can you find someone as beautiful as his sister?
Leaving aside his sister for now, his brother-in-law, Princess Xinyang, is more beautiful than any of these girls.
Yuan Xiao snorted, "You're such a clueless brat!"
Zhao Wei wholeheartedly agreed!
They didn't believe there were women more beautiful than the girls of Tianxiang Pavilion. If there were, they were just rumors, something people boasted about.
For example, the most beautiful girl in Canglan Women's Academy always wears a veil, so who knows what she actually looks like?
Does having beautiful eyes mean you're beautiful all over?
Who can guarantee that what's under the veil isn't a face full of pockmarks and buck teeth?
The two had almost the same thought in their minds, but at that moment, a figure that looked like an immortal passed by in the crowd at the back of the hall.
Zhao Wei saw it first.
His whole body immediately stiffened!
He quickly reached out to pull Yuan Xiao, who was standing next to him.
Yuan Xiao was looking at a girl who was waving and smiling at him, and he was practically drooling.
"No! What are you doing!" Yuan Xiao slapped his hand away without even looking at him.
"Beauty! Beauty!" Zhao Wei exclaimed excitedly.
If Yuan Xiao hadn't been bewitched by the girls from Tianxiang Pavilion, he would have realized that Zhao Wei, with his usually mild temperament, was acting so hastily, which meant he must have encountered the Nine Palaces Immortal.
Zhao Wei couldn't call Yuan Xiao's name. When he looked back again, the ethereal figure had already vanished.
"What did you call me for?" Yuan Xiao asked Zhao Wei after the girl left, having come to his senses.
Zhao Wei rolled his eyes: "Nothing!"
You deserve to be so blind, you idiot!
...
backyard.
"She didn't hide the gold here."
The woman scooped a spoonful of cool, delicious watermelon into her mouth and mumbled, "I saw her move to a different spot."
Gu Jiao looked at her, then at the special room behind her. Several rough servants lay sprawled on the floor of the room, seemingly knocked unconscious by her.
I wonder where she got that watermelon from.
It looks incredibly refreshing and delicious.
The woman then said, "I'll tell you where the gold is hidden, and you can dig it up and give me half."
Gu Jiao said, "I can find it myself by digging."
The woman said, "She comes to check on her gold every half hour, and half an hour will be up soon."
Looking at the small flowerbed she had dug up and riddled with holes, Gu Jiao seriously considered the possibility of not being noticed by Xu Fengxian.
The result was zero.
“Okay, deal.” Gu Jiao said.
The woman, while eating watermelon, pointed to a spot for Gu Jiao: "Look, right there."
Gu Jiao started digging in the direction she pointed, and sure enough, the dagger hit something hard not long after she started digging.
Gu Jiao was overjoyed and dug several more times, finally managing to unearth Xu Fengxian's hidden gold jar.
The woman put the spoon into the watermelon and freed one hand: "My portion."
Gu Jiao took a gold ingot out of the jar, broke off a piece and handed it to her: "Here, this is your piece."
woman:"……"
...
However, after arriving at Tianxiang Pavilion, Xiao Heng did not go straight to Gu Chengfeng's room on the second floor.
He used Xiao Jiu to keep in touch with Gu Chengfeng and knew when he would perform on stage. Today was the day he would perform.
He planned to go directly from the back of the lobby to the backstage area.
I only realized I was thinking about this halfway through the walk, and I even forgot to put on my mask.
He quickly took the mask out of his wide sleeve and put it on.
As soon as he put it on, he saw Prince Ming coming from the other side of the corridor.
Prince Ming also came to watch the opera.
This was Xiao Heng's first reaction.
Soon, he felt something was amiss.
He came to watch the opera right after the Han family's troubles; he doesn't seem like someone who would do something so thoughtless.
So... he had an ulterior motive.
Inquiring about information or something else?
Prince Ming went backstage, so Xiao Heng couldn't go.
Although he was dressed as a man today, it would be inconvenient for him to speak with Gu Chengfeng if Prince Ming were present.
As for monitoring Prince Ming, there's no need for that.
Gu Chengfeng is backstage; he will be monitoring things.
Xiao Heng decided to wait for Gu Chengfeng in his room.
After he went upstairs, he sat in the side room for a while. The room was very stuffy, and he couldn't open the window facing the street, lest someone look in from the shops across the street.
He had no choice but to open the back window.
Gu Chengfeng's back window faces the small flower garden in the backyard.
As soon as Xiao Heng pushed it open, he saw that familiar little figure.
Xiao Heng went downstairs almost without thinking.
Xu Fengxian buried more than one jar, and Gu Jiao continued digging.
Since it was all ill-gotten gains anyway, Gu Jiao felt no psychological pressure in digging it up.
She switched to a small shovel as her digging tool and became more and more adept at it, not noticing Xiao Heng approaching.
This actually reflects something else: she has an extreme level of trust in Xiao Heng. If any aura that could make Gu Jiao feel dangerous were to approach at this moment, Gu Jiao's body would follow the instincts of an assassin and make a killing reaction that would be even faster than her mind.
Xiao Heng hadn't seen her for over half a month.
The last time I saw her was on the day of the polo match against the Shaolin monks. The Shaolin monks injured many of Gu Jiao's companions, and Gu Jiao found out that the mastermind was Han Shizi.
So the two of them worked together to put Han Shizi in a sack.
Afterwards, he escorted Gu Jiao to the South Inner City Gate.
Since that parting, it has been now.
A lot has happened during this period.
She first went to Guanshan to hunt down the Imperial Guards of the Crown Prince's residence, and it took her seven days to return, during which time her fate was unknown.
After returning to Shengdu, she went to the palace and lured Nangong Li to his death.
Next was Gu Yan's surgery.
Gu Chengfeng spoke of each and every incident in the note as if it were nothing, but how could he possibly be at ease?
Seeing her digging for gold so carelessly, he was both annoyed and amused.
Do you know what you've done? Do you know who you've offended? Do you know how much chaos you've created in Shengdu?
The Nangong and Han families are in complete chaos, yet she still has time to dig for gold here.
Gu Jiao was digging very seriously.
Until a tall, dark shadow loomed over them.
Gu Jiao frowned: "You're blocking my light."
"Oh, really?"
A neutral voice rang out from above Gu Jiao's head.
Gu Jiao's hand trembled, and the shovel fell to the ground.
Xiao Heng looked at her dangerously. He was determined to settle accounts with her today and teach her a lesson, otherwise she would continue to be so lawless and disregard her own safety!
Gu Jiao squatted on the ground, clutching her shoes with both hands, neither turning her head nor looking up, and not moving around.
If I don't move, you won't be able to see me.
Xiao Heng: "..."
"Get up," Xiao Heng said.
I don't.
I want to grow mushrooms here.
Gu Jiao couldn't get up.
Xiao Heng bent down and picked her up. Gu Jiao remained in the mushroom-like position, making it look like he was holding a giant mushroom.
He put her long, beautiful legs down, made her stand on the ground, and then pinned her against the tree.
"My husband's going to pin me against the wall!" Gu Jiao's eyes widened.
She felt the overwhelming scent of hormones emanating from him, along with a faint fragrance and his warm breath, which was utterly captivating.
Men are always naturally good at looking cool.
Xiao Heng placed one hand on Gu Jiao's soft waist and the other hand on her delicate chin, saying dangerously, "Assassinate the Imperial Guards of the Crown Prince's residence, huh? Lure and kill Nangong Li, huh?"
Those two "hmm" sounds made Gu Jiao's ears melt.
Xiao Heng moved a fraction closer to her, his lips almost touching hers: "Why aren't you saying anything?"
Gu Jiao swallowed hard, blinked, stretched out her slender index finger, poked his chest, and pointed to the side.
Xiao Heng turned his head and saw a woman holding half a watermelon in the small flower garden.
The woman stood beside a peony, making the peony, with its national beauty, pale in comparison.
She ate watermelon while watching the two of them curiously.
It seems to be saying—
Why aren't you kissing me yet? I'm waiting.
(End of this chapter)
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