Chapter 80 Foreign Enemy Invasion of Jiujiao Mountain
Qingyue felt extremely distressed when she saw the two of them return soaking wet. She quickly took out the clothes she had prepared and had Langzhi change into them. Then she led Su Yuyao to the kitchen to dry her clothes by the fire.
Looking at Qingyue, whose face was flushed and eyes were filled with happiness in the firelight, Su Yuyao couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, what's so good about Grandpa Langzhi? He's old and ugly, and he's a latrine cleaner! You're so noble and beautiful, why do you have to like him?!"
Qingyue fiddled with Su Yuyao's skirt, smiling affectionately as she said, "You silly child! Last night you were urging me to marry him, and now you're saying this?"
"I...I just feel that Grandpa Langzhi is not good enough for you!" Su Yuyao looked at Qingyue and couldn't bear to tell her about Yuqing.
"How could he not be worthy?" Qingyue said with a smile. "Your grandfather Langzhi was quite the dashing figure in the Heavenly Palace! He was both charming and humorous, and he captivated countless fairies and goddesses!"
"Your Highness, that means Grandpa Langzhi wasn't a peaceful person when he was young! He must have been a womanizer!" Su Yuyao said angrily.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Qingyue slapped Su Yuyao's bottom. "It's not his fault that your Grandpa Langzhi is liked by girls!"
Su Yuyao was furious when she saw Qingyue protecting Langzhi in every way. The Empress loved Langzhi so much, but Langzhi had done something to betray her!
“Your Majesty! It’s not Langzhi’s fault that he’s liked by girls, but it’s wrong of him to be two-timing! He…”
“No way! Your grandfather Langzhi was willing to be tortured and demoted rather than agree to the marriage! Your grandfather Langzhi wasn’t that kind of person!” Qingyue said firmly.
Su Yuyao stomped her feet in anger, "Your Majesty! The past is the past, and the present is the present. How can you believe that Grandpa Langzhi has remained chaste for you for thousands of years? He used to be so fond of attracting women, and he might still be a womanizer now!"
"Yao'er! What's wrong with you, child?" Su Yuyao's irritable mood finally caught Qingyue's attention.
"Oh dear! Your Highness! Don't let Grandpa Langzhi's current appearance fool you, he really is..."
"Yao'er!" Lang Zhi's voice stopped Su Yuyao in her tracks.
"Langzhi, are you ready?" Qingyue looked at Langzhi with a smile.
Langzhi stepped forward, patted Qingyue's back, and said, "Yao'er and I are hungry! When is dinner?"
Qingyue snuggled closer to Langzhi, raised her hand, and helped Langzhi straighten his clothes. "You're such a grown-up, why are you still in such a hurry to get dressed! Come inside and wait, I'll set the table right away!"
"Your Majesty! I'll help you!" Su Yuyao glared at Lang Zhi, unable to bear seeing him so easily deceive Qingyue. She had to make Her Majesty aware of Yu Qing's existence!
Looking at Su Yuyao's adorable expression, Langzhi knew that his secret would soon be exposed. Although it would eventually reach Qingyue's ears, he figured he might as well do what he could first. So he said, "Yao'er! You wait here! I have something to say to your Lady Qingyue!"
After saying that, he put his arm around Qingyue's waist and, with a forceful movement, hoisted Qingyue onto his shoulder.
"Ah! Langzhi! Put me down right now!" Qingyue kicked and punched, and Langzhi slapped Qingyue's bottom, saying, "Behave yourself!"
"Ah!" Qingyue's face immediately turned bright red, and she said to Su Yuyao, "Yao'er, wait a moment, I'm going to say a few words to your Grandpa Langzhi..."
Su Yuyao glanced at Lang Zhi, who was about to succeed again, and then at Qing Yue, who was completely unaware of the truth and radiating happiness. Should she tell him or not?
The porridge in the pot was bubbling on the fire, a light drizzle was falling outside, and from next door came the sound of a fierce collision of lovers that transcended a thousand years.
Su Yuyao sat by the kitchen doorway, holding the bell and longing for her husband. "You bastard! If you have another woman, I'll...I'll..."
Su Yuyao suddenly realized that if Xuanfeng really had another woman, she would be very sad and heartbroken, but she still couldn't bear to leave... Since that's the case, it's better not to know...
The rain hadn't stopped, and the commotion next door showed no signs of abating. Su Yuyao's stomach was growling with hunger as she waited. Bored, she gazed at the sky and suddenly saw a flash of light. Hmm? What was that?!
A wisp of mist, shimmering with iridescent colors, gradually condensed in the rain. The mist then swirled and transformed into a large, transparent eye. The eye blinked and darted about, seemingly spying on something.
What is this? Su Yuyao ran out, stood in the rain, and looked up at the eye in the sky with a puzzled expression.
With his big eyes darting around, he suddenly noticed Su Yuyao staring at him and froze.
Su Yuyao tilted her head and stared intently at him, but his eyes quietly shifted away from her gaze.
Su Yuyao stared at the eyeball again, and the eyeball showed a look of surprise, as if it did not expect that Su Yuyao could see it.
Let's take a look! Su Yuyao touched her body and found that she had nothing with her. She looked down again, grabbed Langzhi's manure pitchfork, and threw the manure up.
Suddenly, fear filled his eyes, and they began to fade, but he was still hit by the excrement that Su Yuyao had thrown up. He closed his eyes, and a flash of light appeared as a shiny object fell into the pile of excrement.
Su Yuyao used a pitchfork to turn over the manure pile and finally found a bright white seashell. She swept the seashell to the well, scooped up some clean water to wash it, and then picked it up to examine it carefully.
The shell is not large, with a rounded abdomen, and is entirely white, with faint silver circular patterns visible on the shell.
Su Yuyao put the cleaned seashells into her small pocket, then looked up at the sky. Strange, why were seashells falling from the sky? And what was that big eye all about?
"Yao'er! What are you doing!" Qingyue stared in surprise at Su Yuyao, who was squatting in the rain, gazing blankly at the sky. The tenderness she had just shared with Langzhi instantly turned into anger. "You brat! Come back here right now! Be careful not to catch a cold!"
Su Yuyao quickly lifted her skirt and ran over, excitedly shouting, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Guess what I found?!"
Her hair was soaked, clinging to her forehead in clumps. Her clothes were mostly wet, with faint yellow stains on the hem of her skirt. She tilted her wet face up, blinking her big, watery eyes, and while rummaging through her small pocket, she said, "Your Majesty! I just picked up... Ouch! It hurts! It hurts!"
Before she could finish speaking, and before she could even pull out the seashell, her ear was grabbed by the furious Qingyue. "It's raining! And you went to pick up poop to play with?!"
"I didn't, Your Majesty!"
"Still saying you didn't?!" Qingyue grabbed a broom from under the eaves and was about to hit him.
"Oh dear! That's enough! That's enough!" Langzhi snatched the broom from Qingyue's hand and coaxed, "Don't be angry! I'll go clean up, you go and wash Yao'er!"
After saying that, Langzhi went out in the rain to clean up the pile of manure that Su Yuyao had scattered.
He didn't use a pitchfork or a broom, but instead casually flicked his wrist, throwing out a large net that gathered the scattered sewage on the ground and slowly piled it up.
Su Yuyao then noticed that each manure pile was covered with a thin layer of white spider web. Oh! No wonder the rain hadn't washed away the manure piles; Grandpa Langzhi had covered them with spider webs!
Qingyue released Su Yuyao's ear, tapped Su Yuyao's head and said, "You're always causing me trouble!"
Qingyue set out the meal, washed the stains on Su Yuyao's long dress, and dried it over the stove. She then took apart Su Yuyao's hair, wiping it as she nagged, "You're such a worry! Why can't you stay still?! You can cause trouble even with such a short time!"
"It took much longer than that?!" Su Yuyao retorted, "I was starving after all that time..."
"You! You child! What nonsense are you talking about?!" Qingyue blushed and slapped Su Yuyao on the back of the head.
"Tuan Yue! Why did you hit Yao'er again?!" Lang Zhi walked in and said with a smile, "Yao'er didn't say anything wrong!"
"You two are so unserious!" Qingyue rolled her eyes at Langzhi and said, "You two eat! I'm going to check if Yao'er's clothes are dry yet."
Qingyue's figure became more and more graceful, which made Langzhi's heart flutter with joy again.
"Grandpa Langzhi! You're really outrageous! You're hooking up with that vixen Yuqing, and you're even deceiving the Empress! If the Empress finds out, you'll be in big trouble!" Su Yuyao said angrily.
Lang Zhi pointed at Su Yuyao with her chopsticks and whispered, "You child, were you trying to sell me just now?!"
"Why would I need to sell myself?! You think you can hide your little secret?! The Empress will find out sooner or later!" Su Yuyao said with dissatisfaction.
"Nothing happened between Yuqing and me! Don't talk nonsense!" Langzhi said, glancing at the door. "I only have you, Lady Qingyue, as my woman!"
Looking through Langzhi's eyes, Su Yuyao saw Yuqing's barely concealed chest, her willow-like waist, and the table full of food and... Yuqing's breasts again! It seems that Grandpa Langzhi considers those two pieces of flesh on Yuqing's chest as a side dish!
"You old lecher!" Su Yuyao muttered.
Lang Zhi was stunned for a moment, then his eyes narrowed, and Su Yuyao could no longer see anything.
"You child! You can actually see into people's hearts?!" Langzhi was extremely shocked, then asked guiltily, "Then... what did you see just now?"
"I'm so impressed by what I've seen!" Su Yuyao rolled her eyes at Lang Zhi, but she wasn't as angry as before, because she hadn't actually seen Lang Zhi and Yu Qing together. At most, it was just Lang Zhi being his manly nature, and she was just feasting her eyes!
Lang Zhi fawned over Su Yuyao, serving her food. "Yao'er, trust Grandpa! Grandpa has absolutely never let you down, Qingyue Niangniang! In the future... just in case... you should also put in a good word for Grandpa!"
"If anyone's going to help, it'll be Your Majesty! I'm not helping you! If I ever see you and your Yuqing flirting again, I'll tell Your Majesty!" Su Yuyao said haughtily.
"Your Lady Qingyue is so powerful! How could I dare?!" Langzhi's face radiated contentment and happiness. "I just don't know when she'll agree to marry me..."
"Dream on! Let's get past Yuqing's hurdle first!"
Shh! Be careful your Lady Qingyue doesn't hear you!
"What is it that you're afraid I'll hear?" Qingyue asked as she walked in, pulling Su Yuyao's skirt up.
"Your Majesty! Grandpa Langzhi, he..."
"It's nothing! It's just that Yao'er was disobedient today and insisted on doing it herself, spilling the chamber pot," Lang Zhi interrupted Su Yuyao with a sanctimonious air. "Yao'er! Grandpa won't punish you this time! But if you misbehave again, watch out for Grandpa's slap!"
"No way! You're lying!" Su Yuyao glared at her.
"Yao'er! Don't be rude! If I find you being so impolite again, I won't let you off the hook!" Qingyue pulled up the pouting Su Yuyao and helped her put on her dress. "You're not allowed to go rummage through the dung heap anymore!"
"Oh! That's right! Your Majesty! I found it in the dung heap..." Su Yuyao remembered the seashell she had picked up and quickly rummaged through her little pockets.
"Throw it away!" Qingyue said disdainfully. "You dare to pick up things from the dung heap and play with them? You really don't know what's good for you!"
"No! It fell from the sky!" Su Yuyao quickly explained, "I just saw..."
"No matter what it is or where it came from, if it's in a dung heap, don't pick it up! Understand?!" Qingyue pressed Su Yuyao down on the stool and helped Su Yuyao tie her hair into a bun. The cute double buns, combined with Su Yuyao's round eyes and chubby red cheeks, made Su Yuyao look even more innocent and cute.
Looking at Su Yuyao's adorable face, Qingyue felt both pity and love, and couldn't help but say, "You're a young girl, you should be more steady. No matter who you learn skills from, you should be serious and obedient! But you're so lazy and unmotivated, and you're always throwing tantrums and acting rashly! I really don't know what's wrong with Xuanfeng! Of all the peaceful fairies out there, he had to choose you..."
"Tuan Yue!" Lang Zhi interrupted Qing Yue, giving her a meaningful look.
Qingyue looked down and saw that Su Yuyao's eyes were already red, and she was pouting and holding back her tears.
"You're acting all wronged?!" Qingyue tapped Su Yuyao's chubby cheeks. "Give me a break! I've managed thousands upon thousands of Yu Chuanzi from the Ice Wheel Palace, and I haven't had to worry about you as much as you have!"
Holding the seashell in her hand, Su Yuyao muttered resentfully, "You just think I'm no good at anything, that I'm not good enough for Xuanfeng in any way..."
"You child!" Qingyue's eyes widened again. "I said a few words to you, and you have to talk back!"
"Alright! Alright!" Lang Zhi smoothed things over, holding out a ball of spider silk and handing it to Su Yuyao. "Yao'er, it's raining outside today, so we can't do any work. Grandpa will teach you how to unravel spider silk here, okay?"
"No!" Su Yuyao pushed away the spider silk ball, saying angrily, "I don't want to learn! It's useless anyway, why make things difficult for me!"
"Yao'er!" Qingyue's eyes widened.
"Alright! Alright!" Langzhi quickly gathered up Qingyue, who was still seething with anger, and turned to Su Yuyao, saying, "Yao'er! Quickly apologize to Her Majesty!"
Su Yuyao bit her lip and remained silent.
"Su Yuyao! You still dare to throw a tantrum at me!" Qingyue's temper was completely ignited. She pushed aside the woven bag and turned around to look for something convenient.
"Tuan Yue, don't be angry," Lang Zhi said, shielding Qing Yue and coaxing her, "Yao'er already knows she was wrong! She's not saying anything because she's reflecting on her mistake!"
"She can reflect on her actions?! In my opinion, she's just thinking about how to cause trouble again!" Qingyue said angrily.
Su Yuyao's enthusiasm for sharing the seashells completely vanished. She put the seashells in her small pocket, stood up, and said, "Yes! That's right! I was just thinking about how to cause trouble! Anyway, whatever I do is wrong in your eyes! Just leave me alone! If I get my clothes dirty, let me stay dirty; if I cause trouble, let me bear the consequences myself!"
Qingyue suddenly pushed Kai Zhi aside, walked up to Su Yuyao, and asked through gritted teeth, "What did you say?"
Su Yuyao raised her chin and said defiantly, "Isn't it because you look down on me?! You wouldn't let me be Xuanfeng's woman the first time we met, and you kept criticizing me and finding fault with me! Everything I do is wrong! I've never heard you say that I'm right! The most you ever say is to tell me not to cause trouble!"
"Did I say something wrong?" Qingyue said, her eyes reddening. "You have no manners! You're spoiled and willful! You cause trouble everywhere..."
"Then just leave me alone!" Su Yuyao cried out in anger, tears welling up in her eyes. "I don't need your help!"
Snap!
Qingyue's slap was deeply imprinted on Su Yuyao's apple-like face.
"Tuan Yue!" Lang Zhi quickly pulled Qing Yue into his arms. "Don't be angry! Don't be angry! Yao'er is still young, we'll teach her slowly!"
"Teach me what! I'm not teaching you anymore!" Qingyue said angrily.
"Yao'er! Apologize quickly!" Lang Zhi also became stern.
Su Yuyao couldn't help but shed tears, but remained silent.
Qingyue's eyes also reddened with anger.
Langzhi looked at Qingyue, who was sitting on the bed wiping away tears, and then at Su Yuyao, who was stubbornly covering her face at the table, and smiled helplessly.
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