[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers":3,"chapter-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-136":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mountains and Rivers of the Imperial Granary",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2231552,4184,"Chapter 136: Lady Ye Appears Twice","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-136",136,"\u003Cp>The Pei siblings found a quiet restaurant private room and invited Lu Xingzhou to sit inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Lu Xingzhou really wanted to say to Pei Yu, \"Please make yourself at home, I can just talk to your sister,\" as the topic would be much deeper than talking to you...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he couldn't say that nonsense now. Pei Chuyun’s reputation in the Pei family was that being a maid was fake, just a friend relationship, helping to find relatives... So now he had to pretend to be a gentleman in front of Pei Yu, friends interacting purely and cleanly, and having a few later on...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, what brings the wise siblings to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Lu, why be so polite? My sister has been taken care of by you, we are all friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, I want to take care of her more tonight... Lu Xingzhou looked at Pei Chuyun, who was pretending to be elegant, and coughed: \"It’s Brother Pei who is polite. Since I know I am friends with Miss Pei, you might as well state your purpose directly, and skip the pleasantries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yu laughed: \"Brother Lu might think I came to the door for the alchemist matter, but that’s a misunderstanding. I am simply wanting to make friends with Brother Lu, and my sister is just a bridge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun spoke at this time, clear and light: \"You saved Sheng Yuanyao and killed Ye Wufeng, and my brother also owes you a favor, so he asked me to bridge the connection. Actually, I think it’s unnecessary; you have known each other for a long time, and when I was brought into the Pei family, it was my brother who invited you... Making friends now makes it seem like everything before was fake, isn't it awkward?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yu laughed: \"Before it was fake, admit it if it was. At that time, Brother Lu was a chess piece to deal with the Huo family, but now Brother Lu is just Brother Lu. Come, little brother toasts Brother Lu, congratulations on the champion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou also raised his glass and drank: \"Brother Pei is straightforward, I will make this friend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Pei Yu helping his friend Chu Qingchen pick up girls was quite loyal, a bit like a modern buddy. It was just that he was unhappy because of the ambiguous relationship between himself and Sheng Yuanyao, which of course was very satisfying in Pei Chuyun’s eyes; she wished Sheng Yuanyao would roll far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yu drank the wine and laughed: \"Speaking of which, Brother Lu is a guest minister in the Tianxing Sword Sect, right? As a guest minister, you are free to come and go. After Brother Lu finishes advanced studies at the Pill Academy, do you plan to find a position, or return to the Tianxing Sword Sect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This must depend on the Sect Master’s arrangements, as well as the development status of the Tianxing Sword Sect over the past year and the subsequent development direction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yu nodded: \"Whether it is sect development or wanting a position, if Brother Lu has any need for the Pei family, just speak up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was interesting... Even Sheng Qingfeng knew about Shen Tang’s identity, so Pei Yu couldn't be completely unaware. This was almost like an investment in Shen Tang. It was possible that this was Pei Qingyan’s hint, so Pei Chuyun couldn't represent it, and only Pei Yu could.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it could only be on the edge, under the banner of making friends, and couldn't be caught by anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou remained calm: \"Then I will thank Brother Pei on behalf of the Sect Master first. Maybe there will really be some things that need Brother Pei’s help in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yu laughed: \"Easy to say, easy to say. Hmm... Brother Lu, is there anything you need to be taken care of when entering the Pill Academy? We have many acquaintances in the Pill Academy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nothing else...\" Lu Xingzhou pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: \"Is there a female teacher named Lady Ye in the Pill Academy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan called herself Lady Ye and walked in disguise, so of course, she couldn't let the whole world know that Lady Ye was the National Teacher. She trusted very few \"upright officials\" like Meng Li in her eyes, but she absolutely didn't trust aristocratic families, so the Pei family really didn't know who Lady Ye was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yu thought for a while: \"I have vaguely heard of this person... She is not a teacher at the Pill Academy, but I heard people say that she is occasionally invited to give some public courses. It is extremely rare, and she is very mysterious. She should be a connection of someone in the top management of the Pill Academy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A guest expert, right? Lu Xingzhou asked: \"What is her identity? I feel she is very strong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yu wondered: \"Brother Lu has had an intersection with her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had a glimpse of her before... Just now when looking at the list, Anuo and I came late, and we met her in the alley on the side and chatted a few words.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really don't know about this... Should I go back and ask my father, and if there is any news, I will come to inform Brother Lu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then thank you, Brother Pei.\" Lu Xingzhou sipped his wine, his thoughts turning to the scene of meeting Lady Ye in the alley just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wore a veil and appeared abruptly in the sunset of the dusk, simply like a goddess falling into the world with the glow. The trembling of his heart at that glance had not been completely calmed down until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her topic was also very direct: \"Your level has exceeded that of ordinary students at the Pill Academy... Finding a suitable master is more valuable than learning at the Pill Academy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou replied: \"I don't have a master, and finding a truly powerful alchemist to teach me wholeheartedly is not easy. The Pill Academy is the most suitable place for my advanced studies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not difficult for you. Whether returning to the Huo family or letting the Pei family and the Demon Suppression Division help, it is very easy to worship a grade-one alchemist as a master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But then it would be inevitable to have a faction brand, wouldn't it?\" Lu Xingzhou wondered: \"I don't know what you mean by telling me this, Lady? Are you teaching me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan said lightly: \"I’m just very confused. Is your level of entering the Pill Academy for advanced studies, or for Shen Tang... or for...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused and said word by word: \"The Yama Palace?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou laughed: \"It has nothing to do with the Yama Palace, why does Lady think so?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are still in contact with the Yama Palace, holding the image-recording mirror given by the Yama Palace, and tricked Huo Jin into going to jail. It’s probably a bit difficult to make people think you have nothing to do with the Yama Palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even the Emperor doesn't think so, why is Lady so suspicious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan didn't answer this, secretly thinking that Gu Zhanting only cared about alchemy now... And he was inexplicably confident, really thinking that the Yama Palace couldn't stir up any waves?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was silent for a moment, then said slowly: \"If I say I will teach you... I think anyone would choose to teach Lu Nuonuo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anuo immediately said: \"I won't change my sect, old woman!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan: \"?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Tinglan had probably never been scolded in her life, and was stunned for a long time before saying: \"It’s not impossible to teach you, as long as you prove you are worth trusting... See you at the Pill Academy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, she disappeared directly, simply as if she had been scolded away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, saying these words of vigilance had no meaning. If you question more, you are just observing in the dark. What is the point of blocking and saying these things? If Lu Xingzhou was really a dark agent planted by the Yama Palace in the imperial court, wouldn't this instead remind him to be vigilant, making it even harder to catch flaws in the future?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou thought left and right and couldn't understand. Her appearance seemed to be specifically to express that she wanted to take Anuo as an apprentice, and for this, she was even willing to teach him, Lu Xingzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who are you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made Lu Xingzhou walk in a daze all the way, until the child was hugged away by Sheng Yuanyao, and then he woke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, chatting with Pei Yu, Pei Yu just wanted to make a friend and build a relationship, so they didn't have many topics, chatted casually, and then got up to say goodbye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun didn't deliberately stay, and also said goodbye in a graceful manner with impeccable aristocratic etiquette, which Pei Yu, who was observing, was very satisfied with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He guessed that his sister and Lu Xingzhou had that kind of affair, but now it seems not. Friends interacting is really nothing, Lu Xingzhou is still worth making friends with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, he asked his sister: \"Lu Xingzhou can be considered to have a favor to you, is your performance too light? You were squeezing in the crowd just now wanting to find him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun was dazed: \"Ah? I was squeezing in the crowd to watch the list, who said it was to find him? A favor is a favor, after all, I have to think about the Pei family’s style, it’s not good for an unmarried girl to be too close to a man...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The siblings’ conversation was not covered, and many passersby heard it. Pei Yu was very satisfied: \"As expected of my Pei family daughter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Yu would never have thought that his sister, who had just built an icy and clean image, ran away through the window as soon as she got home and returned to her small building, not even half a cup of tea later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she appeared again, she was already in Lu Xingzhou’s secret room: \"Hehe, sure enough, Anuo was taken out to play by that melon sister and hasn't come back yet. Is it my turn?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou knew she would return, and smiled as he pulled her onto his lap: \"Why, not cold, not avoiding suspicion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't that what you like...\" Pei Chuyun bit her lower lip: \"It was cold just now, sorry Young Master, what punishment does Young Master want to give to A-Chun?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou stroked her red lips: \"I heard that we took the literary exam the day before yesterday, and you went to the garden with others and played a piece of cave flute that amazed the four seats?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is such a thing.\" Pei Chuyun’s eyes flowed: \"Is Young Master dissatisfied that A-Chun didn't play the flute for you? But I didn't bring the flute out...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flute, change to a pole, this one is always prepared on your Young Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need for his hint. The little enchantress knew better than him what she was flirting with when she opened the topic, but hearing him want it so directly, she became a bit resentful: \"Now in your eyes, I only have this value, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xingzhou sighed: \"Isn't it that in the eyes of the Venerable Master, I have more value? Since so, I should always make use of the value...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun’s face changed slightly, and she said carefully: \"You know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can guess. Anuo and I wrapped up the top two. The Venerable Master sees it in her eyes. It would be strange if she didn't order you to work harder through our friendly relationship. Maybe she has already secretly ordered you to use your primordial yin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice: \"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I came to find you, it really has nothing to do with her...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun turned this sentence in her stomach, and finally didn't say it. He was too smart... Whether he believed her or not didn't depend on what she said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, little girl.\" Lu Xingzhou rubbed her head: \"I have been tested for three days, very tired, and now I just want to take a hot bath first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pei Chuyun felt that he didn't seem to have any grudges, so she said happily: \"I’ll go fetch water for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really treat yourself as my little maid?\" Lu Xingzhou pulled her: \"No need to fetch water. Since you are a maid, come and help Young Master scrub his body?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2127,"2026-06-18T01:46:09.112Z","2026-06-18T03:18:02.290Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","5efff68ee176055d942932dbd87ca320819a0639d18ad2084270fc8cff558d05","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-137","the-grain-of-mountains-and-rivers-chapter-135",325,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmountains-and-rivers-of-the-imperial-granary-cover.jpg"]