Chapter 387: Autumn rain and Rong Xian's advantages [Thanks! Thanks again! Owed...]

The sky was overcast,

Making the hall in the afternoon somewhat dim,

Looking out from the open window,

A gust of autumn wind blew by,

The branches of the trees in the courtyard swayed.

Under the tree,

A few yellowing leaves were spinning in mid-air, drifting toward the flat, dark stone road,

The leaves that fell to the ground moved with the autumn wind,

Finally lying on the road surface with other yellowing leaves.

"Tap"

"Tap"

A few cold raindrops hit the leaves and made a faint sound,

Soon both the autumn rain and the faint sound became dense.

After a while,

A few more leaves danced in mid-air with the raindrops and fell onto the stone road wetted by the raindrops.

The stone road turned bright black after being wetted,

The fallen leaves and the little puddles on the road surface vaguely reflected the gray sky.

Shen hour (after 5 PM)

Approaching dusk,

The lanterns were about to be hung,

Near the stone road full of fallen leaves,

The sound of women talking came,

Under the skirt hem stained with raindrops, the exposed brocade cloud shoes stepped on the stone road and fallen leaves,

After the person walked not far away,

In the dense autumn rain, one could see two female servants holding a paper umbrella together, one of whom was still carrying something.

After going up the steps of the corridor,

The female servant put away the paper umbrella she was holding,

After walking a few steps along the corridor, she lowered her head and walked in through the door curtain lifted by the little female servant.

Compared to the outdoors,

The room without candles lit was even more dim,

The room was also decorated with expensive dark wood,

This made the entire hall seem to have blended into the dark dimness.

Only that figure sitting by the window in front of the table,

Wearing a silver-white autumn shirt, became a bright spot.

Brighter than the clothes was the face supported by tender white palms toward the window.

The light outside the window also made the water-like eyes that were lost in thought on her crystal-clear face even more crystalline.

The female servant carrying the tray looked at this beautiful scene and was somewhat stunned.

The female servant who had held the umbrella looked at the dimness in the hall and turned her head to the little female servant at the door: "Why didn't you light the candles?"

"I didn't let them light them!"

The young lady by the window said softly, and then continued: "Ningxiang, go light them now!"

After Ningxiang, who had held the umbrella, responded, she went to find a fire source,

The female servant carrying the tray, Seeing Xi Bu, said out loud:

"Da Niangzi! This autumn rain has cold air, and it's the time when it gets cold in the evening! The slave should still close the window!"

Rong Feiyan by the window put down the palm supporting her cheek, leaned her upper body back, and leaned against the cloth doll made of cotton wool behind her and said: "Seeing Xi Bu, do you think he has arrived at the Marquis of Yongyi's camp now?"

Seeing Xi Bu bypassed the table, walked to the window and closed the window shutters, saying: "Da Niangzi, set off from Bianjing on the 12th, and carrying so many carriages, today is already the 28th, should not have arrived!"

Rong Feiyan felt the last bit of cool breeze before the window shutters closed and sighed.

Seeing Xi Bu, who was fixing the window shutters, heard this sigh, turned her head and looked at Rong Feiyan: "Da Niangzi, although not arrived, the slave feels the journey should be more than half finished!"

Rong Feiyan: "Hmm!"

When the master and servant were talking,

Ningxiang had already taken the fire source and lit a candle, and then together with other female servants, lit the candles under other lanterns.

When Ningxiang placed a bright candle on the table in front of Rong Feiyan, Seeing Xi Bu happened to put the lid of the soup bowl aside and handed the soup spoon to Rong Feiyan.

Seeing Xi Bu continued:

"Da Niangzi, heard that this corn was picked by the Marquis of Yongyi's wife herself in the manor! After offering it to Her Majesty the Empress, the Empress rewarded it to Imperial Consort Rong."

Rong Feiyan held the soup spoon and scooped the chicken soup with oil floating in the soup bowl, sniffed it and tasted it, and nodded with great satisfaction.

After half a quarter of an hour of silence,

Seeing Xi Bu put the remaining soup bowl on the tray back in front of Rong Feiyan.

After Rong Feiyan drank both bowls of soup, the female servant Ningxiang said: "Da Niangzi, seeing you like it so much, the slave will have the kitchen continue to make this soup tomorrow!"

Rong Feiyan smiled.

Seeing Xi Bu to the side put the soup bowl back on the tray, and picked up the exquisite flower note on the tray, handed it to Rong Feiyan who was wiping her mouth with a handkerchief, and said:

"Da Niangzi, the Double Ninth Festival is approaching, and Madam Wu's invitation has also been sent."

Rong Feiyan took the flower note and looked at it, thought for a moment and said: "Forget it, I won't go this year."

Ningxiang glanced at Seeing Xi Bu who was preparing to carry the tray toward the door, and said: "Da Niangzi, Madam said to let you go."

Rong Feiyan raised her head, looking at Ningxiang somewhat surprised: "What?"

"Da Niangzi, Madam said, Xian Ge'er's marriage will likely fall to the Dou family of the Duke of Fu, and Imperial Consort Rong in the palace also thinks highly of this marriage."

"But Xian Ge'er looks down on the Dou family young lady, you also know... so, Madam said, at that time, let you interact more with the Dou family young lady and say more about Xian Ge'er's advantages."

Rong Feiyan was stunned: "My brother's advantages?"

Ningxiang hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly.

Rong Feiyan: "Then I have to think about it carefully."

Saying this,

Rong Feiyan pulled a piece of paper from the table in front of her.

Seeing her young lady's action, Ningxiang hurriedly began to grind ink.

Half a quarter of an hour later,

Rong Feiyan took the brush and dipped it in the inkstone.

"..."

The candle on the table burned down by a small half,

Ningxiang and Seeing Xi Bu to the side covered their mouths and yawned,

Rong Feiyan supported her beautiful chin with both hands, and the paper in front of her recording her brother's advantages... was still blank.

After yawning, Seeing Xi Bu rubbed her eyes and said: "Da Niangzi, why not think about it tomorrow!"

Rong Feiyan put down her hands and nodded in defeat.

Just as she was about to get up, Rong Feiyan stopped her action and sat back down.

"Da Niangzi, did you think of something?"

Seeing Xi Bu asked somewhat surprised.

Rong Feiyan nodded, picked up the brush and wrote a few words on the paper, then put down the brush and got up to walk toward the bedroom.

The two female servants leaned over to look, only to see it written: "Is friends with Xu family's Fifth Young Master", "Punctual on and off duty".

You hour (after 6 PM)

The sky was already dark,

Autumn rain was still falling drizzlingly,

Chai family,

Qiusheng Garden,

The ground reflected several bright lanterns under five or six umbrellas,

The raindrops around the lanterns were illuminated, falling downward like light spots.

After walking for a while,

The light spots disappeared, but they all entered under the corridor.

The paper umbrellas were placed under the corridor.

Everyone entered the hall.

Under the bright candlelight,

It showed that everyone's shoes and skirt hems were inevitably stained with water stains.

Passing through two doors,

The cold breath was locked outside the door,

Chai Zhengzheng, stepping on the soft carpet, opened her arms extremely casually,

The first-class female servant Miss Yun Mu behind her skillfully helped her take off her cloak and take off her jacket,

The first-class female servant Miss Fuyi skillfully untied the ties of Chai Zhengzheng's skirt at her waist, collected the skirt with wet hems,

Other female servants placed the copper basin with warm water and the shoes worn indoors in front of Chai Zhengzheng,

Just as the second-class female servant Ziting was about to wash Chai Zhengzheng's feet,

Chai Zhengzheng shook her head and said: "Just wipe it, wash it when sleeping."

"Yes, Da Niangzi!"

Saying this, Ziting wiped Chai Zhengzheng's feet with a soft towel and put the shoes on her.

Miss Yun Mu had just draped the soft and close-fitting clothes over Chai Zhengzheng, and before she could tie the ties, Chai Zhengzheng had already walked forward quickly.

"Da Niangzi! Hair hasn't been untied yet!"

Miss Yun Mu shouted and chased after her.

Chai Zhengzheng walked to the inner room of the hall,

And saw on the table,

Under the bright candlelight,

An envelope placed quietly there.

Chai Zhengzheng walked a few steps quickly to the table, took the envelope and looked at it for a few times.

After seeing the stamp with the words "Yulin Stronghold" on the envelope, Chai Zhengzheng nodded, then tore open the envelope in two or three strokes and pulled out the letter paper inside.

At this moment,

The first-class female servants Miss Yun Mu and Miss Fuyi had already followed in.

Miss Yun Mu was about to stand behind Chai Zhengzheng to help her untie her hair, but saw Chai Zhengzheng shake her head.

Miss Yun Mu could only stop.

Chai Zhengzheng looked at the information on the letter paper such as "Shop assistant heard on August 25th that Xu family's Fifth Young Master was attacked on the 24th", "Three people defeated a Bai Gao elite unit, shot and killed dozens", "Someone responded and has already rushed to the Marquis of Yongyi's camp", etc., and the corners of her mouth smiled involuntarily.

After putting away the letter paper, she looked at the armor puppet in the corner, put her hands together, closed her eyes and prayed in a low voice: "Don't hope for how much merit you make, only hope you return to the capital early."

After praying, Chai Zhengzheng got up and walked to the bed, opened a wooden box and put the envelope in.

Before closing the wooden box, one could see four or five opened letters inside.

August 29th

Clear sky

North of the Marquis of Yongyi's army station,

A group of fierce cavalry stood on the hillside,

The mounts of the cavalry were still panting heavily.

Looking at the "Zhou" battle flag fluttering high in the continuous camp,

Listening to the faint horn and the shouts of training,

Xu Zaijing patted the little Li horse's neck and looked at Guo Kui who was coming to welcome him.

"Ha!"

"Drive!"

Xu Zaijing whipped his horse and ran toward the camp in the lead.

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Xu Zaijing took the lead, whipping his horse and galloping toward the main camp.

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