Chapter 307: 36. Relieving the Siege for the Monarch

36. Relieving the Siege for the Monarch

Slipping into the boudoir building, Magistrate Ouyang Rong turned his head and looked suspiciously at Li Su Guoer, whose tone was a bit strange.

He couldn't help but look around the building.

The first floor was a small flower hall for people to rest and drink tea, with a heater burning charcoal, making it very warm.

The stove occasionally made a faint crackling sound.

Making the room even quieter.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong asked tentatively: "Are there outsiders in this building?"

Li Su Guoer didn't speak, looking at him silently with cold eyes, as if saying...

Aren't you one?

Magistrate Ouyang Rong showed an embarrassed look: "Sorry, the situation tonight was urgent; it wasn't intentional to break in at night and ruin the princess's reputation."

Li Su Guoer sneered: "Truly worthy of being the world-famous gentleman; only after breaking in do you start to make amends."

She seemed a bit annoyed and didn't close the door.

Only standing at the entrance, facing the inside, not entering the room, staring at Magistrate Ouyang Rong with vigilant eyes.

Like a cat with bristling hair encountering danger.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong frowned, turned his head, and looked worriedly at the open door: "Princess, can't we go in and close the door to talk?"

Li Su Guoer didn't move.

She held the doorframe with one hand and put the other behind her back, asking back: "Do you think this princess is a three-year-old girl?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong shook his head:

"A young lady in the boudoir, the separation between men and women—the princess's vigilance is strong, and there's nothing wrong with that.

"But can the princess use her brain a little? Wanwan is right next door. What bad things can I do? If the princess shouts, she can hear it.

"I also took a big risk coming here; I'm not that stupid to specifically run over to act like a hooligan."

"Heh, Wanwan? You call her quite intimately." Li Su Guoer smiled lightly and nodded again:

"Oh, so the few times you came to this princess's place before, you were definitely doing smart things and good things, right?"

"And who knows if you have other means." Li Su Guoer pursed her lips, adding as if to herself:

"Call the Chenjun Xie sister? Your skin is thick, so that's fine, but this princess isn't as shameless as you."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong was worried:

"It's fine if the princess doesn't close the door. If you don't believe me, standing at the door and being vigilant is also fine. Let's talk quietly. That, I came over to ask where those things at the door went, did the princess take them..."

Li Su Guoer sneered and interrupted: "Heh, you still have the nerve to mention those things?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong was stunned, carefully looking at her expression, his old face quite red: "The princess opened them and looked?"

She lowered her eyes and didn't answer, her tone somewhat hateful: "It simply dirtied this princess's eyes."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong scratched his head: "It really made the princess laugh. Uh, to prevent them from dirtying your eyes again... can the princess return them to me?"

Li Su Guoer stared at him: "Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan, so you also know fear now? Feeling guilty? This princess thought you were fearless."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong smiled bitterly and nodded in admission:

"To tell the truth, I am indeed feeling guilty. This matter was a whim, done carelessly. I've disturbed the princess these days, and I hope the princess will forgive me."

"Now you call me Princess every time; it's truly smooth, truly respectful and polite." Li Su Guoer's tone was strange, as if deliberately provoking someone:

"But why didn't I see you treat this princess like this before? Where did your previous arrogance and madness go? Oh, so it's because the Chenjun Xie sister is back, so you've chickened out."

Thinking she was digging up the old history of the two of them not getting along, Magistrate Ouyang Rong had a headache:

"The princess is joking. How would I dare to be arrogant? The previous days might have been some misunderstandings..."

Li Su Guoer praised: "What a misunderstanding."

Hearing her retort, Magistrate Ouyang Rong tried not to mention these things, glossing over them. He looked at Li Su Guoer's flushed face and said seriously:

"Understood. How about this, the princess doesn't need to play games. If you want something, please say it directly. Anything I can do, anything I can give, within principle, I will try my best, as long as the princess returns the things at the door just now."

Li Su Guoer flicked her sleeves at him:

"For the sake of the Chenjun Xie sister, I can return those shameless things to you.

"But this princess has everything; I don't covet your things at all. You don't need to give anything, but you must promise this princess one thing."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong breathed a sigh of relief. It was fine as long as she agreed to return them. He asked expectantly:

"What thing? Please speak, Princess."

Li Su Guoer didn't look at him, turning her head, her beautiful eyes staring at the lights lit up in the boudoir courtyard next door, warning in a low voice:

"In the future, when you send things, don't be so blatant and swaggering, placing them at the door. You... you be low-key and discreet."

Why even manage this kind of thing.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong was stunned, couldn't help but look at Li Su Guoer, who "loves to meddle in other people's business," a few more times.

He frowned and thought for a while, nodding in guarantee:

"Don't worry, this kind of thing will definitely never happen again in the future. I will definitely never come to disturb the princess again."

Definitely never come to disturb again?

Li Su Guoer turned her head quickly, widening her eyes slightly, staring at Magistrate Ouyang Rong, who had a serious expression.

"You..."

She lowered her wide eyes, not caring at all, and flicked her sleeves, "Good, good, good."

Li Su Guoer nodded in praise of the "arrogant" Magistrate Ouyang Magistrate Ouyang Lianghan: "If you are really this sensible and know the big picture, this princess is very satisfied, very satisfied."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong felt her tone was strange.

Why is she so fond of being sarcastic... He pursed his lips, nodded again, and continued:

"Also, regarding the previous matters, let's just wipe the slate clean, how about that?"

Li Su Guoer raised her head suddenly.

Looking at him with complex and unspeakable eyes: "Do you want this princess to forget everything and act as if nothing happened?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong nodded calmly: "That's right, me too. Let's just let bygones be bygones and start over."

Li Su Guoer looked at him as he detached himself, silent for a while, and said decisively:

"No need to say these unnecessary things. Actually, when you gave that fox fur shawl to the Chenjun Xie sister, this princess should have known."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong was stunned: "Known what?"

"Known that you are a hypocrite."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong asked seriously: "Where am I a hypocrite?"

The little princess with plum blossom makeup at the door had her delicate nose twitching, and her voice grew louder:

"Clearly entangled with the Chenjun Xie sister, yet you secretly wrote those love poems to this princess. Now that I think about it, it's truly nauseating. Today, you even gifted intimate small clothes. In your eyes, is this princess as frivolous and cheap as a teahouse song girl?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong was confused at first: "What secret love poems?"

She glared at him: "Do you dare say that the poems on the three umbrellas you gifted weren't written by your own hand?"

"Poems on the umbrellas?" Magistrate Ouyang Rong reacted instantly, blurting out: "The umbrellas and the bundle were sent to Wanwan."

Li Su Guoer was stunned for a moment, then her face changed.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong looked at her with unbelievable eyes: "The princess wouldn't think that I sent them to you, right? How is that possible..."

Li Su Guoer's pretty face turned red, unable to hide her embarrassed and dead-on-the-spot expression, hurriedly widening her apricot eyes and scolding: "Nonsense, this princess didn't, didn't, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"Tan Lang, Su Guoer, what are you chatting about here?"

Just then, Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang's confused voice came from outside the courtyard gate.

It was just that she was very fast; the sound had just reached inside, and a beautiful figure had already appeared in the courtyard, staring straight at Magistrate Ouyang Rong and Li Su Guoer inside the door.

Both were startled.

They looked at each other in panic.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong reacted first and walked out the door to welcome her: "Why did Wanwan come?"

"Just finished bathing, preparing to find Tan Lang, but passing by the door, I heard a sound, came in to take a look, and Tan Lang is really here."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang explained, her eyes somewhat suspicious, looking at Magistrate Ouyang Rong:

"Didn't Tan Lang go to find Su Dalang? Why come to Su Guoer's boudoir?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong's heart skipped a beat, his speech stuttering: "Su Dalang, Su Dalang he..."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang turned her head and asked someone else: "Su Guoer, why is your face so red? Did Tan Lang do something to make you angry?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong was caught off guard and hurriedly turned his head: "Princess, I just..."

Li Su Guoer suddenly answered: "He just did something stupid, Chenjun Xie sister."

It's over, she's going to complain about him.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong secretly thought it was bad and hurriedly turned his head, as if racing against time, actively confessing: "Wanwan, actually it has to do with that small surprise..."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang frowned and scolded lightly: "Tan Lang, don't interrupt Su Guoer, let her speak first."

She pouted slightly, her eyes staring at Li Su Guoer, who was smiling lightly in front of her.

Li Su Guoer didn't look at Magistrate Ouyang Rong and turned into the room: "Chenjun Xie sister, wait a moment, I'll explain it clearly to you."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong's words were stuck, holding his breath.

A short while later, Li Su Guoer walked out of the room, took out a bundle and three new umbrellas, and handed them to Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang:

"Chenjun Xie sister, take them. This is the small surprise Magistrate Ouyang Young Master wanted to send you."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang's small face was suspicious: "Why are they with you?"

"Magistrate Ouyang Young Master is really stupid, placing these things at my courtyard door. People are coming and going on this road; what if some blind maid or servant takes them? I saw them and took them for safekeeping, preparing to hand them over when you returned."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang's tone was surprised: "There's such a thing?"

She couldn't help but turn her head and look at Magistrate Ouyang Rong: "Is that so, Tan Lang?"

"Ah." Magistrate Ouyang Rong swallowed: "Hmm, yes."

Li Su Guoer didn't look at him and smiled lightly at Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang:

"Chenjun Xie sister doesn't know, Magistrate Ouyang Young Master just ran over in a panic, asking with a red face—it was so funny."

"Is that so." Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang looked at the flushed face of the young lady with plum blossom makeup twice.

Li Su Guoer patted her cheeks, her tone as if nothing had happened:

"Sister Caishou, that stupid maid, put so much charcoal in the heater in the room, it's too smoky. It's still more comfortable to have the night wind blowing in the corridor."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang nodded lightly: "Tan Lang, why didn't you mention this kind of thing to me?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong covered his mouth and coughed: "I was also returning with you, only to find the surprise missing, so I was a bit flustered."

Li Su Guoer sighed: "Chenjun Xie sister, Magistrate Ouyang Young Master is truly unique to you."

"Where, truly stupid." Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang glared at Magistrate Ouyang Rong: "Why did you place them at the courtyard gate? Climb over the wall and put them inside. If you put them in the courtyard, no one would take them."

She was angry: "When we meet on weekdays, you're so clever and bold, why are you such a polite, humble gentleman when I'm not around?"

Li Su Guoer's gaze withdrew from the familiar fox fur shawl on Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang's shoulders and continued:

"At least the intention is good. He specifically came over tonight just to wait for you to return."

"Hmph, really can't do anything about him." Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang smiled.

The two women sparred, and Magistrate Ouyang Rong, besides smiling bitterly, didn't dare to interrupt.

Just couldn't help but look at Li Su Guoer, who had suddenly spoken up for him.

Li Su Guoer turned her head at this time, looked at him, tilted her head, and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, what did Magistrate Ouyang Young Master send?"

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang raised her eyebrows: "Doesn't Su Guoer want to open it and see? Why be so formal."

Li Su Guoer shook her head: "That won't do. Magistrate Ouyang Young Master's gift, without sister's permission, how can I open it."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang looked at her sincere expression, nodded lightly, lowered her eyes, opened the bundle, took a curious look, and immediately her small face turned red, unable to help but glance at the embarrassed Magistrate Ouyang Rong.

"What is it?" Li Su Guoer's eyes showed pure curiosity.

"Nothing." Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang quickly closed the bundle.

However, when she saw that what Magistrate Ouyang Rong sent was this familiar set of intimate blue and pink small clothes, this explanation left no more suspicion.

"Su Guoer, blow the wind, go in and rest early. Sister and Tan Lang won't disturb you, let's go first."

Li Su Guoer lowered her eyes: "Okay, Chenjun Xie sister, go slowly."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang held the umbrellas and the bundle, didn't leave first, and in front of Li Su Guoer, she glanced at Magistrate Ouyang Rong and bumped her elbow lightly against his waist:

"What are you staring at?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong understood in seconds and immediately reached out, obediently taking the bundle and umbrellas.

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang stood beside Li Su Guoer, lowered her eyes, straightened her fox fur shawl and collar for a while, then walked over and generously took Magistrate Ouyang Rong's right arm.

The Chenjun Xie noblewoman was virtuous and gentle, walking with him. Li Su Guoer watched silently.

The two walked to the courtyard gate, and Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang suddenly stopped, looking back with a smile:

"By the way, Su Guoer, don't misunderstand. The shawl was borrowed because it rained after the birthday banquet that day, and Tan Lang was worried I would be cold. I'll return it to him in a moment. Tan Lang didn't give away someone else's property; Su Guoer, don't be unhappy."

"Chenjun Xie sister, what are you saying." Li Su Guoer smiled: "How could I be unhappy? Chenjun Xie sister likes it, and I'm also happy."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang nodded slightly: "He insisted on giving it to me, can't do anything about him. However, Su Guoer, you really know how to pick clothes; this shawl is really beautiful, you have a good eye."

After explaining, she gently held Magistrate Ouyang Rong's arm and left leisurely, leaving behind a faint sentence:

"Su Guoer, stay, no need to see us off."

Li Su Guoer stood alone at the building entrance, watching their backs, her pretty face maintaining a faint smile:

"Okay, Chenjun Xie sister, Magistrate Ouyang Young Master, go slowly."

Walking out of Li Su Guoer's boudoir courtyard.

Magistrate Ouyang Rong breathed a long sigh of relief, noticing Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang looking at him, he asked in a low voice:

"What is Wanwan looking at?"

"Hmph." Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang pouted: "Looking at an idiot."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong nodded: "Then I am too."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang pinched his waist, and Magistrate Ouyang Rong couldn't help but straighten his waist and inhale.

A short while later, he turned his head, his expression gradually becoming serious, but he hesitated in his heart, afraid of betraying Li Su Guoer, so he had to ask:

"Wanwan isn't angry, right?"

"Why would I be angry." Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang shook her head, saying softly: "This is your intention, how could I be angry."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong wanted to say something but stopped: "But I..."

"It's not your fault. You already sent it to the door, but it was taken away by Su Guoer, and you couldn't control it, right?"

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang was very considerate and understanding:

"And it's not like you were careless and sent it to the wrong place, nor did you cause any trouble, so why should I be angry? Tan Lang, just be more careful next time."

"Definitely, definitely."

Someone couldn't help but secretly wipe away sweat.

ps: Sorry brothers, the update was a bit late. Alright, next we're going to push the main plot! (or2) ===== CHAPTER 308 =====

"Hmph." Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang curled her lip: "Looking at an idiot."

Magistrate Ouyang Rong nodded: "Then I am one too."

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang pinched his waist, and Magistrate Ouyang Rong couldn't help but straighten his back and suck in a breath.

A moment later, he turned his head, his expression gradually turning serious, yet he hesitated in his heart, fearing he might betray Li Su Guoer, so he had to ask:

"Wanwan wasn't angry, was she?"

"Why would I be angry?" Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang shook her head and said softly: "This was a gesture of your heart; how could I possibly be angry?"

Magistrate Ouyang Rong wanted to say something but stopped: "But I..."

"It wasn't your fault. You had already delivered it to the door, but Su Guoer took it away unnecessarily. You couldn't control that, right?"

Chenjun Xie Chenjun Xie Lingjiang was very considerate and understanding:

"Besides, it wasn't like you were careless and sent it to the wrong place, nor did you cause any extra trouble. Why would I be angry? Tanlang, just be more careful next time."

"Definitely, definitely."

Someone couldn't help but secretly wipe away sweat.

PS: Sorry brothers, the update is a bit late. Alright, it's time to push the main plot now! (or2)