Chapter 157

Only Xu Que was left in the whole hall, and he didn't stand on ceremony, sitting down casually.

But the next moment, his eyes widened abruptly, and his gaze fell on the position Lady Ya had just sat in.

Strange, why is that cushion different from the others? The color is a bit dark!

Xu Que, having nothing to do, walked over suspiciously, but as soon as his hand touched the cushion, he was stunned!

Cushion! Cushion!

Who did you offend?

Actually suffered such a poisonous hand?

Speak! Speak up! I'll avenge you!

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"Damn it, forget it! Why am I being serious with a cushion..."

Xu Que put down the cushion in his hand, thinking of Lady Ya's invitation in a while, returned to his seat full of expectation, pretending he hadn't discovered anything.

A moment later, a bookboy came over and asked him to go to the backyard.

In the courtyard, Lady Ya had already changed into a plain brocade robe, sitting on a stone bench smiling and waiting for him.

However, Lady Ya didn't have any of the hints Xu Que had imagined in his mind, and really just talked about poetry and songs with Xu Que, leaving Xu Que speechless!

Until nightfall, the sky darkened, and a few bookboys brought a few small dishes.

Xu Que flipped his hand and exchanged for two bottles of beer, and brought out cigarettes by the way.

No way, he was in a bad mood, depressed to the extreme, thinking it was a date, but didn't expect it to be just a meal!

Lady Ya looked at the cigarette in Xu Que's hand and asked curiously: "Young Master Li, I wonder what this is?"

Xu Que raised his eyebrows and smiled evilly: "This is called a cigarette, do you want to try it?"

"Okay! I usually like these novel things!" Lady Ya immediately became interested and eager to try.

Xu Que also intended to prank Lady Ya, and immediately took the cigarette from his mouth and handed it to her!

Lady Ya's cheeks flushed, but she didn't mind, her attractive crimson lips opened slightly, and she put one end of the cigarette into her mouth!

"Take a slow puff, let the smoke reach your lungs, and then exhale slowly." Xu Que instructed on the side.

Then he prepared to watch Lady Ya being choked to tears by the smoke.

After all, cigarettes are not something you can learn the first time you smoke; beginners are often choked in the throat!

However, Lady Ya inhaled this puff without any intention of being choked at all, actually inhaled and exhaled very smoothly, and immediately showed a face full of enjoyment!

Xu Que was stunned. What the hell? Actually learned it in one go? She's really good at it...

"Young Master Li, this... this is truly a magical thing. After one puff, although my head is slightly dizzy, it makes people energetic afterward. Could this be something to refresh the mind?" Lady Ya said with great surprise after two puffs.

Xu Que gave a dry laugh and replied: "As the saying goes, 'A cigarette after a meal is better than a living immortal.' Since Lady also likes smoking, I will give this pack of cigarettes to Lady!"

"Thank you, Young Master!" Lady Ya didn't refuse and accepted the cigarettes with a smile!

Immediately, the two of them took advantage of the night sky and chatted for a while!

Lady Ya looked at the stars in the night sky and couldn't help but look forward to it: "Young Master Li, I wonder if you can compose a poem so that I can experience it again!"

"Of course!"

Xu Que also opened up, stood up, faced the moon that had just emerged, and said loudly: "Bright moonlight before the bed, suspected to be frost on the ground! Raising my head to look at the bright moon, lowering my head to think of my hometown!"

Lady Ya was slightly stunned, realized the emotion in the poem, and sighed faintly: "Is Young Master Li thinking of going home?"

"No!" Xu Que shook his head.

"Then why is there such a feeling of homesickness between the lines of this poem? Could it be that Young Master Li is missing his hometown while facing the night sky?" Lady Ya was stunned.

"Not that either, Lady is mistaken."

Xu Que shook his head again and said solemnly: "This poem is actually saying that there is a girl named Ming Yue in front of the bed, she..."

"..." Lady Ya was stunned!

Such a good poem, actually... actually interpreted like this?

Could it be... Young Master Li is hinting at me?

Thinking of this, Lady Ya's face flushed instantly.

Although she was no longer a little girl, she was still an unmarried maiden.

Actually, that's not right to say. It can only be said that Lady Ya is pure. As the eldest princess of the late emperor, she was ordered by the late emperor to marry the Fire God who protects the Fire Yuan Kingdom in the Ancestral Temple. Although it was just a ceremony, it represented the faith of all the people of the Fire Kingdom in the Fire God.

Therefore, Lady Ya must respect the late emperor's last wish and never remarry for the rest of her life, keeping her chastity for the "Fire God." Otherwise, once she loses her chastity, it is said that the entire Fire Yuan Kingdom will lose the protection of the Fire God.

It was precisely because of this that Lady Ya, a good young woman, became a mature lady, making two generations of scholars look but not touch, only to be watched from afar and not to be profaned.

But now, hearing Xu Que say such explicit and teasing words, Lady Ya was unexpectedly not disgusted at all, but instead looked forward to it and felt uneasy in her heart.

For so many years, keeping her chastity for an illusory Fire God, is she really willing? Is it really worth it?

Although Lady Ya had thought about this question before, she had never met a man like Li Bai before her, a man like the wind who could make her soul tremble, simply unparalleled in elegance, learned, and unrestrained...

Holding her breath, Lady Ya seemed to be making a painful and tangled decision. After a few breaths, she said in a mosquito-like voice: "Li... Young Master Li, this concubine... this concubine is not ready yet, can we talk about it later?"

"Ah?"

Xu Que was stunned for a moment, then smiled. Lady Ya is very understanding.

But actually, you think I'm flirting? No, I'm just acting cool all the time!

Xu Que immediately smiled and said: "Sure, sure, there's plenty of time. If Lady likes poetry and songs, if I have the opportunity in the future, I can naturally recite them for Lady!"

"Young Master Li is truly a gentleman!" Lady Ya replied with a smile.

Xu Que twitched his mouth and didn't say anything more!

After all, in a few days, it will be the day for the princess to recruit a son-in-law. He still has to go and confront the Fire Emperor, so he doesn't want to play too hard with Lady Ya.

Otherwise, in a situation like today, Xu Que would have already used his flirting technique!

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After dinner, Xu Que took the initiative to say goodbye and decided to go back to the inn to sleep.

Although Lady Ya was reluctant, she didn't dare to really keep Xu Que, and watched him leave.

Subsequently, she returned to the courtyard, sat at the stone table and pondered for a few breaths, and lit a cigarette again.

"This thing is truly magical. Tomorrow I can bring it to the Prime Minister's wife and several generals' wives to try!"

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