Today's prince is both fried and sour, as if he's been pickled in a powder keg—don't mess with him!
Hei Xiao thought of the young man in the green robe and felt a sense of familiarity. He wanted to say a few more words to Ji Fengyao, but when he met Shang Xiye's murderous gaze, he decided against it.
Not long after the meal, the boat arrived at Tongyou Wharf and docked.
As the newly invited "miracle doctor" of the Ninth Prince's Mansion, Hei Xiao, dressed in a bright red robe, was elegant and refined, like a gentleman. When he disembarked with Shang Xiye and Ji Fengyao, he attracted the attention of many.
Even Shang Xiche, who had already boarded the dragon carriage, couldn't help but look back from inside: He hadn't seen this person when he boarded the ship at Liting. When did he board the Ninth Prince's ship?
Lin Shuang walked behind Ji Fengyao, glancing occasionally at the person walking on the other side of Shang Xiye. She recalled the scene yesterday when she helped him fix his hair and he called her "little beauty." Her clasped hands seemed to still be trembling, and her heart was pounding like a deer.
Halfway there, Xi Que slipped over to Hei Xiao's side, took a closer look at him, and shook her head with a tsk-tsk: "Master Hei, it's not good for you to dress like this. You'd be better off wearing a guard's uniform."
Black Owl was utterly speechless: "You actually found that ugly guard appealing?"
"No, that's not it. Wearing this, besides our young lady, which girl would dare to walk with you?" Xi Que said helplessly, covering her face, and then returned to Ji Fengyao's side with an indescribable expression.
Black Owl lowered his head and flicked his flowing, pure-colored sleeves, feeling quite pleased with himself:
That's great! What's with the little magpie's expression?
After disembarking from the boat, it took another half a day by car before we finally arrived at the Summer Palace.
Aside from the royal carriages and those of the Ninth Prince's residence, which went directly into the manor, the carriages of other ministers stopped in front of various courtyards outside the manor and settled in.
When Shang Xiye's car finally came to a stop, Ji Fengyao got out and smelled a delicate fragrance of flowers and leaves as soon as she lifted the curtain.
Before your eyes lies an exquisite courtyard, with pavilions and towers, lush flowers and green willows. Intersecting corridors are built in the center of a pond full of lotus flowers. The wind blows the lotus leaves, causing the green waves to ripple and the pink lotus flowers to sway. The scenery is truly beautiful.
The plaque at the entrance of the courtyard reads "Qingwan".
"The name of this courtyard and the scenery are quite fitting." Although she knew it was a very remote courtyard, Ji Fengyao was very satisfied with it.
After she finished speaking, she noticed that Shang Xiye and Hei Xiao were looking at her with slight surprise, and she suddenly remembered her bandit persona.
A thought crossed my mind: Bandits aren't scary, what's scary is a bandit with education.
Sigh, her father is right, she shouldn't be that kind of refined person.
With a flick of her skirt, Ji Fengyao slapped the door frame of the courtyard gate with her small hand and nodded in a serious tone, praising, "Hmm, the wood of this door frame is quite good, sturdy."
“That’s right. The tree used to make this frame must be at least this thick. I saw a lot of timber like this when our Vulture Village was first built,” the magpie said, gesturing with his arms crossed.
After hearing what the master and servant said, apart from Shang Xiye, Hei Xiao, Jin Fei, and the people from Hui Nuan Ge, everyone else showed disdain.
A young eunuch who was keeping watch not far away did the same; he stood at a distance for a while, then bowed and left.
Shang Xiye's study and residence were naturally located in the center of the courtyard, while Ji Fengyao's residence was to the left, adjacent to Shang Xiye's.
Originally, Consort Jia thought that since Ji Fengyao lived on one side of Shang Xiye, she should at least live on the other side, adjacent to Shang Xiye. Unexpectedly, Hei Xiao suddenly appeared, and Shang Xiye actually let Hei Xiao live on his right side! As for her and Consort Jin, they lived at opposite ends of the courtyards adjacent to Hei Xiao and Ji Fengyao, respectively!
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