Chapter 639: Take them all down [Thanks! Bow again! 41k chapters owed]

"It will be the beginning of autumn in a few days, and I don't know how long this weather will be hot."

"How can we wait until the end of the dog days..."

The two madams and ladies were talking, bypassing the screen and walking toward the back, their voices gradually moving away.

Chai Zhengzheng looked at Xu Zaijing diagonally opposite and smiled, "Xu Wu Ge Xu, don't stand, sit down."

Xu Zaijing smiled and sat back in the chair.

Chai Zhengzheng turned to Miss Yun Mu behind her and said, "Miss Yun Mu, you accompany Qingcao and go get Xu Wu Ge Xu's gift."

"Yes, Da Niangzi."

Miss Yun Mu agreed with a smile, bowed to Xu Zaijing, and walked toward the door.

Soon,

The curtain at the door moved, and Miss Yun Mu and Qingcao walked out of the room together.

The hall became quiet, with only the faint sound of flowing water and talking coming from behind the screen.

Chai Zhengzheng, who could look at Xu Zaijing generously when Madam Sun and her mother were there, felt a bit cramped after exchanging a glance with Xu Zaijing, and didn't know where to put her eyes.

After glancing around for a moment, Chai Zhengzheng looked at Xu Zaijing again.

Greeting her gaze was Xu Zaijing's calm and friendly look.

Chai Zhengzheng resisted not looking away, looked at Xu Zaijing's face and smiled.

Xu Zaijing returned the smile and nod very calmly.

Don't look at Xu Zaijing's calm and composed appearance, actually, two little people in his heart were talking.

"Talk about what happened at Jinyang Mountain Village a few years ago?"

"Obviously very inappropriate."

"Talk about the clothes and makeup of young ladies?"

"This topic is a bit... frivolous!"

"Then talk about the noble children and noble ladies I know?"

"Also a bit untimely."

Thus,

An awkward atmosphere began to permeate the hall.

The two maids behind Chai Zhengzheng gradually lost their smiles and looked suspiciously at the two people in the hall who were not talking.

Xu Zaijing: "Recently..."

Chai Zhengzheng: "The mansion..."

The two said two words in unison, and after seeing the other person speaking, they hurriedly stopped.

Xu Zaijing reached out to invite, "Da Niangzi Zhengzheng, you speak first."

"Xu Wu Ge Xu, you are a guest, you speak first." Chai Zhengzheng smiled.

"Alright! How are those shopkeepers doing recently?" Xu Zaijing nodded.

Chai Zhengzheng's heart turned, and she understood that the "shopkeepers" in Xu Zaijing's mouth were the managers of the Chai family's shops who helped report the news during the Beizhou incident.

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and said, "Xu Wu Ge Xu, those shopkeepers received rewards from the imperial court and rewards from my family, and now they are living very well."

Xu Zaijing nodded with relief, "At that time, thanks to their help, otherwise..."

"It was just a matter of duty..." Chai Zhengzheng smiled.

"What did Da Niangzi Zhengzheng want to say just now?"

Chai Zhengzheng smiled with some embarrassment, "Xu Wu Ge Xu, when will the little horse be sent to the Gu family? I got the news early, and I wanted to see it with Sister Tingyi first on the day it is sent."

Xu Zaijing was stunned, smiled and replied, "It will be in these one or two days."

"Hmm." Chai Zhengzheng nodded with a smile.

Subsequently, there was another silence in the room.

Fortunately, the sound of footsteps came from outside the house at this time,

Qingcao, holding a long wooden box, walked into the room with Miss Yun Mu through the curtain.

Chai Zhengzheng stood up with some curiosity, looking at the thing Qingcao was holding.

Not stopping in front of Xu Zaijing, Qingcao sent the thing directly to the small table beside Chai Zhengzheng.

"Thank you for your trouble." Chai Zhengzheng smiled.

"Da Niangzi, you are too polite." Qingcao hurriedly bowed with a smile.

When Miss Yun Mu on the side wanted to step forward and help open the wooden box, Chai Zhengzheng shook her head at her, glanced at Xu Zaijing, and opened the wooden box with full expectation.

In the long wooden box that entered her eyes, ten feathered arrows with golden arrowheads and exquisite and delicate arrow shafts were arranged in an interlaced manner with silk as the bottom.

Chai Zhengzheng first glanced at Xu Zaijing, then looked at Qingcao, and said with some uncertainty, "Could this be... meticulously made by the Arrow-Making Institute?"

Qingcao bowed with a smile, "Replying to Da Niangzi, only the arrowheads were made by the Arrow-Making Institute, the rest were all made by our Young Master himself."

"The arrow feathers on these feathered arrows are the tail feathers of the falcons in the family, which the Young Master trimmed himself."

Hearing this, Chai Zhengzheng's eyes lit up abruptly.

Fuyi and Ziteng, who were standing behind Chai Zhengzheng, also poked their heads to look into the wooden box.

"Da Niangzi, look, these golden arrowheads are all different!" Fuyi said on the side.

Chai Zhengzheng nodded, looked at Xu Zaijing and said, "Xu Wu Ge Xu, why are the shapes of these arrowheads different?"

Since Chai Zhengzheng started practicing the soft bow, she had used the most ordinary arrowheads, and she hadn't really seen others.

Xu Zaijing stood up from the chair, walked to the position where Qingcao and Miss Yun Mu had vacated, and smiled, "Da Niangzi Zhengzheng, look at this one that looks like a chisel, it is called the Inch Gold Chisel Arrow, and it is used for breaking armor on the battlefield..."

"This one with barbs is called the Iron Bone Li Cone Arrow, it is very difficult to pull out after being hit..."

"..."

"The last one is the Ringing Flying Signal Arrow, which is..."

Before Xu Zaijing finished speaking, Chai Zhengzheng smiled, "It is the signal arrow in the army."

Xu Zaijing nodded with a smile, "Correct!"

Chai Zhengzheng smiled and took an arrow out of the wooden box. The arrowhead style was the one she often used. After weighing it in her hand, Chai Zhengzheng looked at Xu Zaijing with some surprise and said, "Xu Wu Ge Xu, why do I feel that this arrowhead is a bit heavy?"

Looking at the golden arrowhead, Chai Zhengzheng suddenly realized, "This arrowhead wouldn't be made of gold, would it?"

Xu Zaijing shook his head, "Mixed with some copper and silver."

"Hmm!" Chai Zhengzheng nodded with a smile, "Thank you, Xu Wu Ge Xu, for the gift."

Xu Zaijing smiled, "Da Niangzi Zhengzheng is too polite."

Chai Zhengzheng shook her head with a smile and didn't continue to say much.

At this moment,

The sound of women talking behind the screen approached,

A moment later,

Madam Chai, Sun Shi, and others returned to the hall.

Looking at the smiling Xu Zaijing and Chai Zhengzheng in the room, Madam Chai smiled and exchanged a glance with Sun Shi.

Subsequently,

Although Madam Chai tried her best to keep them, Sun Shi and the others didn't stay long and returned to Quyuanjie before noon.

The fifth day of the seventh month,

Autumn had already begun, but it was not yet the Qixi Festival.

Morning,

Nanjingtang Lane,

Rong family,

In the outer room of the main house of Hui Xue Courtyard,

On the table in the cool room, many newly picked flowers were placed.

The maids Seeing Xi Bu and Ningxiang stood by the table, trimming the fresh flowers while looking at their young lady behind the table with some worry.

After the two maids exchanged a glance, Seeing Xi Bu pursed her lips and said, "Da Niangzi, it was just said that Madam Sun went to the Chai family, and now there is no news at all, please don't think too much."

Rong Feiyan raised her head, squeezed out a smile and said, "I... what do I have to think too much about?"

Saying this, Rong Feiyan reached out, picked up a fresh flower, and put it into the bamboo basket in front of her.

Looking at the bamboo basket full of fresh flowers, Rong Feiyan waved her hand in boredom.

Seeing Xi Bu and Ningxiang carried the flower basket and walked to the side together.

Putting the flower basket away,

Ningxiang said in a low voice with some anger, "Madam is really something, knowing that Madam Sun went to the Chai family, she should have just known it herself, but she had to come to our courtyard to say it."

Seeing Xi Bu turned her head to look at Rong Feiyan, who was somewhat distracted, and whispered, "Alright, saying more is useless! Better think of a way to make the young lady happy!"

Ningxiang's face was full of difficulty, saying, "This, I have no way! We know the reason why the young lady is unhappy."

"Squeak!"

Rong Feiyan not far away stood up abruptly from behind the table, and the chair slid to the side behind her.

After Seeing Xi Bu and Ningxiang exchanged a glance, they hurriedly walked over.

"Da Niangzi, what is it?" Seeing Xi Bu asked with concern.

Rong Feiyan looked at the strong bow and feathered arrows hanging on the wall, breathed violently for a few times, pointed at the strong bow and said, "Go, take it down."

"Yes, Da Niangzi."

Seeing Xi Bu hurriedly walked quickly and took down the strong bow that Rong Feiyan had won at the Zhou family's archery shop, along with the arrow quiver, from the wall.

Looking at the wall that had been hanging for a long time, because the nearby area was wiped too diligently, there was a faint mark of the strong bow, Seeing Xi Bu looked at Rong Feiyan and said with hatred, "These little hoofs who clean, they really have no sense of proportion in their work, they even wiped the wall bad!"

Holding the strong bow and arrow quiver, Seeing Xi Bu said, "Da Niangzi, where should these things be put?"

Rong Feiyan looked down at the fresh flowers on the table and said, "In the warehouse."

"Yes, Da Niangzi."

Seeing Xi Bu bowed and turned to leave, but Rong Feiyan said, "Wait."

Seeing Xi Bu stopped and looked at Rong Feiyan.

Rong Feiyan pondered for a moment, raised her head and pointed to a paper kite on the other side, saying, "Take that away too."

Ningxiang hurriedly stepped forward, stepped on a stool to take down the paper kite, and looked at Rong Feiyan.

Rong Feiyan pursed her lips and said, "Come to the inner room."

Saying this, she walked toward the inner room.

The two maids hurriedly followed.

Rong Feiyan came to the table in front of the bed, looked at the five-colored darts in the basket on the table, thought for a moment, and took them out.

Ningxiang, holding the paper kite, hurriedly leaned over and reached out.

Rong Feiyan looked at the five-colored darts in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and put them into Ningxiang's hand.

After Ningxiang took them, she looked at the cotton cloth dolls and other things in the room and said, "Da Niangzi, should this servant also take..."

Before she finished speaking, Ningxiang felt her back being poked by someone. She turned her head and saw Seeing Xi Bu holding the strong bow and shaking her head at her.

"Leave them for now." Rong Feiyan said.

"Yes, Da Niangzi, then we will go put the things away first."

"Hmm."

Rong Feiyan said and walked toward the outside.

When Seeing Xi Bu and Ningxiang returned from outside the courtyard, they happened to see their young lady sitting in the chair in a daze, looking at the sky outside the window foolishly.

"Da Niangzi, we are back." Seeing Xi Bu said softly.

"Hmm! My soft bow and those feathered arrows, take them all away too, put them in the warehouse." Rong Feiyan said softly.

Hearing this, Ningxiang looked at Seeing Xi Bu, her eyes full of the look of "Why didn't the young lady let us take them together just now."

Seeing Xi Bu glared at Ningxiang.

Ningxiang hurriedly said, "Yes, Da Niangzi."

After Ningxiang took down the exquisitely decorated soft bow and arrow quiver, she glanced at Seeing Xi Bu and turned to walk out.

After Ningxiang left the room, Seeing Xi Bu walked to Rong Feiyan's side and whispered, "Da Niangzi, are you going to put everything away?"

"Hmm, leaving them in the room all the time is useless."

"Da Niangzi, now we only know that the Fifth Young Master of the Xu family accompanied Madam Sun and the two madams to the Chai family, you..."

Rong Feiyan shook her head and said, "In such hot weather, the Marquis of Yongyi's wife is still so far along in her pregnancy, if there was no major event, how could she go to the Chai family in person."

"Hmm..." Seeing Xi Bu pondered, but in the end, she didn't say anything.

Rong Feiyan sighed lightly and said, "I think in a few days, the things I sent him before will also be like these, put in the warehouse, either gathering dust or thrown away... or possibly burned."

"Da Niangzi, there is more than one good young man in Bianjing, don't get stuck in a dead end!" Seeing Xi Bu persuaded.

"Hmm!" Rong Feiyan nodded, pursed her lips and said, "Without those things, maybe I can forget him soon."

Seeing Xi Bu shook her head and said, "Da Niangzi, I will go to Jiying Lane or Quyuanjie tomorrow to find out why the Marquis of Yongyi's wife went to the Chai family."

Rong Feiyan took a deep breath, pondered for a moment and said, "Alright. You don't have to tell me the bad news."

"Hey." Seeing Xi Bu agreed and began to tidy up the fresh flowers on the table.

A moment later,

Ningxiang, holding an exquisite post, returned to the door of the main house,

Took a deep breath at the door, adjusted her expression, and after letting a smile float on her cheeks, Ningxiang stepped into the room and smiled, "Da Niangzi, Da Niangzi Tingyi of the Marquis of Ningyuan sent a post, saying that before Qixi, the Marquis Mansion of Yongyi will send the little horse to the Gu family, and specially sent a post to you, asking you to go play together."

Hearing this,

Seeing Xi Bu, who was tidying up the flower branches and petals on the table, looked at Rong Feiyan with a smile.

"Who is going?"

"Replying to Da Niangzi, it is said that there are Fifth Da Niangzi Zhang of the Duke of Ying, Eldest Da Niangzi Yu, Second Da Niangzi of the Count of Shoushan, and Da Niangzi Zhengzheng of the Chai family..."

Seeing Xi Bu by the table kept a straight face and glared at Ningxiang, her eyes full of blame.

Rong Feiyan looked down at the flower petals on the table and said in a depressed tone, "Forget it, just say that my sister-in-law is near her due date, and it's not good for me, as a sister-in-law, to run around, and refuse it."

"Yes, Da Niangzi."

After Ningxiang bowed, she turned and walked out.

At this moment,

"Sister! Sister?"

"I'm entering the courtyard!"

Rong Xian's voice came from the courtyard.

Seeing Xi Bu hurriedly put down the bamboo basket containing flower branches and petals, walked quickly to the door and lifted the bamboo curtain, smiling, "Young Master, you are here."

"Hmm? Seeing Xi Bu, this brother is here, why doesn't your young lady come to welcome me?" Rong Xian pretended to be angry and said, "It was in vain that I specially came to bring things to your young lady."

Seeing Xi Bu smiled and whispered, "Young Master, the young lady is in a bad mood."

While speaking, Seeing Xi Bu took the things from a woman with a married woman's hairstyle who was following Rong Xian, and smiled, "Thank you, Concubine!"

"This is this servant's duty." The woman behind Rong Xian smiled.

Entering the room, Rong Xian smiled, "Sister, the Mohere, floating water, and grain boards from the palace are all exquisite good things! Sister specially instructed me to bring them back for you."

Rong Feiyan looked at the woman behind Rong Xian, stood up with some anger, and said, "Brother, Concubine Shen is pregnant, why do you still let her carry these things?"

Rong Xian waved his hand indifferently, "I also said let her rest!"

"Unfortunately, she is your sister-in-law's maid, she only listens to your sister-in-law, I told her but she didn't listen! Your sister-in-law also said that her pregnancy is not far along, so she let her follow over."

Hearing this, Seeing Xi Bu, who was holding the things, breathed rapidly for a few times, and her brows also frowned.

Looking at Rong Feiyan's look, Seeing Xi Bu walked to the side to put the things away.

Rong Feiyan waved to the Concubine Shen and said, "Concubine Shen, you are pregnant, sit down!"

Rong Xian on the side looked at the somewhat cramped concubine and said, "My sister said so, you just do it."

After speaking, Rong Xian looked around curiously and said, "Sister, why do I feel that your room is a bit different today?"

Pondering for a moment, Rong Xian realized, "The things on this wall are much less!"

"Brother, you should go back after delivering the things!" Rong Feiyan walked toward the door, saying in a manner of seeing off a guest.

"You... alright!" Rong Xian stood up, carefully patted the big red brocade robe on his body, sighed deeply, and walked out.

Before going out, he looked back at his sister and the empty wall.

After sending Rong Xian to the moon gate of the courtyard,

Ningxiang also happened to return.

Seeing Xi Bu accompanied Rong Feiyan back to the room and whispered, "Da Niangzi, this Madam is really something, a concubine is pregnant, and she actually let her come to deliver things to you!"

Ningxiang asked suspiciously, "Sister Seeing Xi Bu, there's nothing wrong with this, right?"

Seeing Xi Bu glared, "How can there be nothing wrong? If Concubine Shen has an accident, so many mothers and maids saw it on the way, what do you think outsiders will say?"

Ningxiang realized later, and said hesitantly, "Sister Seeing Xi Bu, you mean, outsiders might say it was because of delivering things to our young lady, that..."

"Hmm!" Seeing Xi Bu nodded.

"This..." Ningxiang instantly became a bit angry.

Rong Feiyan raised her chin and said, "Tell the mother at the door, don't let Concubine Shen come to my courtyard in the future."

While speaking,

The master and two servants returned to the room.

Before it was time for lunch, a maid ran into the courtyard in a hurry.

"Da Niangzi!"

Soon Rong Feiyan walked out.

After listening for two sentences, Rong Feiyan walked quickly toward Rong Xian's courtyard.

In the evening,

A piece of news spread,

Rong Xian, the heir to the Marquis of Hou Fu Chang, was happy to have a noble daughter, and both mother and daughter were safe.

Great Zhou Imperial Palace,

Watching Watching Rong Fei's sleeping palace,

Watching Watching Rong Fei, who heard the news, sighed quite depressedly and said softly, "How could this happen... it shouldn't be!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 640 =====