"Sister Chunying!"
The courtesan stood in the lamplight, turning her head back, and the phrase "that person is right there where the lights are dim" suddenly came alive.
The candlelight flickering from the rafters cast a glow on the girl's face, making her hair ornaments shimmer and her eyelashes gleam. Her bright eyes were slightly tipsy from drinking fruit wine with her sisters.
Chunying sobered up beside the boudoir, the occasional breeze causing the stray hairs at her temples to flutter against her face.
The girl raised her hand, tidied her hair, squatted down, and opened her arms to wait for Huo Xiaolong to run towards her.
"What's wrong, Long'er?"
This scene terrified all the guests.
"Is Miss Chunying really not going to get married?"
"You, you'd better shut up right now. Food can't shut you up. Don't you see how good he is to General Huo's sister? You dare to say anything."
The guests on the first floor whispered among themselves, and the lady on the second floor was also blinded by the glare.
"Is this Chunying girl engaged yet?"
"It seems not yet, but I heard that several families from the border town have come to plead for the illegitimate son, but the owner of Fengyue Tower did not agree."
"What is that? A son of a concubine, is he worthy of her?" The lady who spoke raised her chin at Chunying. A son of a concubine worthy of this? Are you kidding me?
With a face like that, she'd be more than qualified to be a concubine in the palace.
"If we told the eldest son, Mother Cen might consider it."
“Even the legitimate son is impossible,” said Madam Liu, who walked over and sat down next to the other ladies.
"What's wrong?"
"Yeah, why?"
"We shouldn't let the good stuff go to outsiders," Madam Liu said.
Some things are better left unsaid. After all, the two children aren't engaged yet, and if things don't work out in the future, it would be a laughing stock.
"Sis, you look so beautiful!" Huo Xiaolong nestled in Chunying's arms, his cheek pressed against hers, inhaling the unique peony scent emanating from the young girl. He felt as if he were about to become intoxicated.
"You're so good with a sweet tongue, always the best at fooling people. So, tell me, what do you want from me?!"
The little dumpling shook the silver notes in its hand twice and said to the girl...
"Sis, look, money!"
"Yes, money."
Every word Huo Xiaolong said at the brothel received a response, even if it was just some useless nonsense now.
"My brother gave it to me!"
"What does your brother do with all this money?"
The little dumpling covered her mouth and giggled in her ear, whispering something to her.
"He wants to marry you, and he wants me to call you 'sister-in-law.' This is a 'change of address fee.'"
Chunying blushed slightly, put the child on her shoulder and carried him with her back to Huo Xiaolong, not wanting Huo Xiaolong to see her shy appearance.
"Sis, do you agree?"
In the past, Chunying would have hesitated and thought about all sorts of things, but ever since that brush with death, the girl felt that everything had to be done quickly, otherwise, if she were to die someday, she would be left with nothing but regret.
If he had died on the city wall that time, that spirited young man, even if he held a high position, would probably never have been happy for the rest of his life.
She liked Huo Xiaocheng's energetic appearance, and she also liked his dashing figure riding a horse in armor.
"I agree."
"What the hell, sis? I didn't hear you!" Huo Xiaolong teased Chunying on purpose.
"I said! I'm willing!"
"Hehehe! I'm going to have a sister-in-law!"
The little dumpling tumbled over, startling Chunying. What if the child got hurt?
"Be careful, don't jump around."
"I'm going to tell my brother!"
Huo Xiaolong ran towards the Huo family with the girl's fervent and passionate feelings in his heart.
very nice.
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