AWB Chapter 308 Happy New Year, Thank You
Chapter 308 Happy New Year, Thank You
Xiao Chuan'er and Xiao Bao'er returned to their rooms. Xiao Mingrui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them leave, but he soon became worried again. These two people were actually easy to deal with. The difficult ones were his vampire uncle and tyrannical grandmother.
Xiao Mingrui really wanted to persuade his father to give up some useless family ties, but Xiao Huaimin was a man who valued friendship and loyalty.
Thinking of this, Xiao Mingrui looked at Jiang Tunan again. However, if Xiao Huaimin did not value friendship, Jiang Tunan would not have stayed in the Xiao Mansion.
Noticing Xiao Mingrui's gaze, Jiang Tunan lifted his hair.
"Don't look at me. I'm strong. I know it."
"And remember to pay the bill."
Xiao Mingrui's eyes were filled with a faint smile, and his voice was not as cold as it was to Xiao Chuan'er just now.
"You dare to play with the ring bestowed by the emperor. They are ignorant. Do you really think you can freely discuss officials in front of the emperor?"
Jiang Tunan smiled brightly.
"I received the emperor's reward based on my own ability. What's wrong with using it to show off?"
Xiao Mingrui was choked and speechless, but Ji Lingyue next to him spoke up.
"Sister Xiaonan, Xiao Chuan'er is very vengeful. You have to be careful."
"I know, I know."
Jiang Tunan didn't take it seriously, he was just a naughty kid, so he could understand.
"My uncle's family is not easy to get along with."
Xiao Mingrui's voice turned cold, and Jiang Tunan nodded in agreement.
"I know."
"You know? You've seen them?"
Xiao Mingrui looked at Jiang Tunan with interest. Comparing him with Xiao Chuan'er, he suddenly felt that Jiang Tunan was really kind, cute, well-behaved and likable. It was true that people are judged by comparison.
"I haven't seen it, but looking at Xiao Chuan'er's dead look, I know how her elders taught their children. To be able to raise a child to be so rude and unreasonable, it shows that the parents themselves have such character."
"Just now she kept complaining to grandma. Look at Xiao Bao'er who was so submissive behind her. It was obviously because she was sick that she came to Kyoto early, but Xiao Chuan'er didn't care about her life or death at all. This shows that the old lady is biased at home."
Ji Lingyue's eyes sparkled as he looked at Jiang Tunan with a little admiration.
"Sister Xiaonan is absolutely right!"
"Your observation skills are indeed amazing."
Jiang Tunan straightened his back silently when he heard Xiao Mingrui's praise.
"Of course. So when you see how outstanding you are, cousin Mingrui, you know that Uncle Xiao and Madam Xiao must be good people."
"Our Ling'er is so smart and cute, which shows that Lord Ji and Madam Ji have taught her very well."
"And our Zhenzhen...uh, Madam Ye must love you very much!"
Jiang Tunan secretly slapped himself in the face, thinking that he was really talking about things that were not relevant.
"That's right, my father is biased. He is timid and cowardly, and he taught Ye Ruxuan to be that way. Fortunately, I am not favored by my father, otherwise I would have been crooked too."
Ye Ruzhen said it directly, looking at the silent crowd in confusion,
"Why are you guys looking like that? I'm telling you the truth. Just be normal. I don't take it to heart anymore."
Jiang Tunan was quite moved and hugged Ye Ruzhen.
"That's right, from now on I will love you. Sisters are more important than anything else! If anyone dares to break my sister's wings, I will destroy his paradise!"
Ye Ruzhen was very encouraged and spoke up.
"Good sisters!"
"Ok!"
Xiao Mingrui was shocked. Is this how Kyoto girls make friends?
"And I!!"
Ji Lingyue held Jiang Tunan's hand.
"Although I don't know how to quarrel, if there is anything in the future, I can stand by and add momentum."
"By the way, Ling'er, do you have any grudges against Xiao Chuan'er? You didn't behave like yourself today."
Ye Ruzhen finally asked the question that had puzzled her for a long time. Ji Lingyue lowered his head instantly. Xiao Mingrui spoke up beside him.
"Let's talk about it later. Let's go to Nazhe Garden first."
The three of them looked at Xiao Mingrui in confusion.
"When Third Brother went out just now, he said that we would have a dinner party at Nazhe Garden tonight. Let's go quickly while Xiao Chuan'er is not here."
The three of them understood, so the four of them rushed to Nazhe Garden.
......
In the imperial palace, at Concubine Xian's residence, a man dressed as a guard was brought into Concubine Xian's room. After all the palace servants had left, the man raised his head, revealing an ordinary face.
Empress Xian looked at the guard from left to right before she said with satisfaction,
"Your human skin mask is becoming more and more realistic."
"You went to the trouble of sending someone to look for me just for this?"
The man looked to be in his thirties, but he still spoke with a young voice. Empress Xian adjusted the pearl hairpin on her head.
"Of course not, what do you see here?"
Empress Xian took out a box from behind her. It was the mechanical box containing the Feiyun Order. The young man was stunned when he saw the familiar pattern.
"You were able to get this from the emperor."
Empress Xian stuffed the mechanical box into the young man's arms, and it was unknown what she was thinking.
"It's not like they gave it to me as a gift. They just wanted me to find a way to open it. This mechanical box is the work of Master Guimu, and you are his only disciple, so I had no choice but to find you."
The boy's voice became unwilling and forbearing.
"Why open it? Give the Feiyun Order to someone else?"
"Yun Qianxing,"
Empress Xian's expression became serious.
"The Feiyun Army is always the army of Daxing. If the Feiyun Order is delayed in returning to its position and a war breaks out in the northern border, the strength of our Daxing Army will be greatly reduced. You will naturally know what the consequences will be."
Concubine Xian's expression became lonely.
"Weren't there enough people who died back then?"
"Those who hold the Feiyun Order must undergo a test... That's right, the Yun family is gone, so who cares about the test?"
The boy's voice was hoarse, and there seemed to be nostalgia in his eyes.
"Yun Qianxing... such a distant name. Now you are the only one who still remembers my name... aunt."
Empress Xian seemed reluctant. Looking at the unfamiliar face in front of her, she could imagine the frustrated expression of the young man.
"Qianxing, this is a good opportunity. As long as we open this box, we can gain the emperor's trust. Then we will be able to restore the glory of the Yun family!"
Yun Qianxing suppressed the emotion on his face and sneered.
"Empress Xian is really optimistic. Besides, what's the point of restoring the glory? Almost all the people in the Yun family are dead."
"Qianxing!"
Empress Xian looked displeased.
"Aren't you the only one left in the Yun family? Do you want to live your whole life in hiding like this?"
A hint of sarcasm flashed across Yun Qianxing's eyes. Perhaps because he was wearing a human skin mask, his entire face looked expressionless.
"understood."
Yun Qianxing picked up the box in his hand and examined it carefully. The workmanship and mechanism were indeed the work of his master.
"Found it, here."
He pointed to a groove on the box. This place was designed so cleverly that at first glance it looked like it was just a cosmetic design.
"You need a key to open it. Only by putting the key into this groove can you fully open the box."
Empress Xian looked anxiously,
"What if there is no key? Can it be forced open?"
"No."
Yun Qianxing returned to the ground with a firm voice,
"This is the only way. If you force it open, the box and the Feiyun Order inside will be destroyed."
Empress Xian frowned.
"Then did you ask Hu Liang where the key is?"
Yun Qianxing was stunned.
"how do you know..."
Empress Xian said calmly,
"I heard that the leader of Wushi Village fell off a cliff and died. When one of his men was captured by the Meng family, a man in black suddenly appeared and rescued him. It is said that he has a powerful crossbow in his hand. Who else could it be but you?"
"I don't believe you will let Hu Liang die."
Yun Qianxing did not reply, which was considered as his agreement with Concubine Xian's statement. Suddenly, he saw the shape of the groove and remembered something. He took out a pendant from his arms. The material of the pendant looked very special, like iron but with a shiny surface.
There is a Qilin carved on the top of the pendant, and the three words "Yun Qianxing" are written in a line of small characters on the back.
"this is?"
Concubine Xian looked at the pendant in Yun Qianxing's hand with doubt, and then heard Yun Qianxing say,
"This is the pendant my grandfather gave me. My three siblings each have one. The animals on it are our respective zodiac signs, but because I was born in the year of the dragon, I had to replace it with a unicorn."
After saying that, Yun Qianxing tried to put the pendant into the groove, and then he was surprised to find that the groove and the pendant fit perfectly.
Empress Xian also saw this scene and couldn't help but said happily,
"Is this the key?!"
Yun Qianxing tried to open the box, but it didn't move at all.
"It seems that my pendant is not a key."
After all, the Duke of Zhenguo made three pendants at that time, which means that only one of his elder brother and younger sister has the real key.
"It seems like all my work has been in vain."
Empress Xian turned back to her seat in boredom.
"How do I find the other two pendants?"
Yun Qianxing seemed to be hesitant. After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind and asked,
"Back then... since you were able to save me, could you also save my elder brother and younger sister?"
Empress Xian paused, her eyes became deep.
"I could have saved both your brother and you at the time, but when my people rushed over, he was already dead, so... As for your younger sister, she was taken away by Hu Liang, so you should ask Hu Liang instead of asking me."
Although Yun Qianxing knew the answer in his heart, he still felt pain when he heard Empress Xian say it. After rescuing Hu Liang, he had been in a coma. Even if he woke up for a while sometimes, he couldn't get anything out of him.
Yun Qianxing went back to Wushizhai and searched for a long time, but he didn't find any information about his sister. In fact, the answer was already obvious, but he just didn't want to believe it.
"I have finished what you asked me to do. I am leaving now."
Empress Xian suddenly spoke up.
"A martial arts test will be held soon. Do you want to try it? Finding a chance to enter the imperial court will be a good thing for you and the Yun family."
"Enter the court?"
Yun Qianxing gave a meaningful smile.
“Maybe I’m already in it.”
......
Jiang Tunan and others soon arrived at Nazhe Garden. Ji Lingyue and Ye Ruzhen walked in front, while Xiao Mingrui and Jiang Tunan walked side by side.
"Your previous storybooks did sell well, but the novelty of the moment won't last forever. The sales of Wang Er's storybooks have begun to decline today."
"I know that I can easily write several stories like that. You can imagine how meaningless the content is, and some of the plots are too cliché. If you read this kind of article for a long time, you will naturally get aesthetic fatigue."
Although Jiang Tunan's words were used strangely, Xiao Mingrui still tried to understand what Jiang Tunan meant.
"That kind of story is just a gimmick. Only by leaving a deep impression of Mozhuxuan in everyone's mind can it be beneficial to future development."
"At this time, if we push good works to the public, we can increase exposure."
Xiao Mingrui nodded seriously, stretched out his hand and said,
"Good idea, are you ready for a good work?"
Jiang Tunan looked at him with disdain.
"You want to get it for free, right? Don't you have your own storybook in Mozhuxuan? You can just take advantage of me."
"The oxen working the fields don't dare to use them like that."
Xiao Mingrui showed no shame at all, instead he spoke righteously,
"My cousin is naturally smart, which is naturally something that ordinary people like me cannot compare to, so I have to trouble my cousin."
Jiang Tunan: Wrong? Is this 110? Someone is here to KTV me.
Jiang Tunan was about to retort, but he tripped over the stairs and fell to his knees.
Xiao Mingrui looked back after hearing the voice and spoke in confusion.
"It's not even the New Year yet, how can my cousin give such a big gift?"
Jiang Tunan gritted his teeth and replied,
"Who wishes you a happy new year?"
Suddenly, a banknote was placed in front of Jiang Tunan, who took it into his arms.
"Yes, I wish you a happy new year. Thank you."
"polite."
Xiao Mingrui stretched out his hand towards Jiang Tunan. At this moment, the warm light of the setting sun gently sprinkled on his body, as if the cold air that had been surrounding him before had completely melted away at this moment. At this moment, the world was quiet for him.
"Thank you, cousin Mingrui. I can get up by myself."
Jiang Tunan spoke in a rare gentle tone. She stood up and patted the dust off her hands. Just as she was about to leave, the person in front of her tilted his head.
"Change, the rescue fee is thirty taels, and the banknote just now was fifty taels, you have to give me twenty taels."
Jiang Tunan:.......
Jiang Tunan looked at Xiao Mingrui in disbelief, as if he had just stretched out his hand to ask for money. It turned out that she still had too high expectations of Xiao Mingrui.
Xiao Mingrui couldn't help laughing when he saw the expression on the person opposite him become very interesting.
"Just kidding, let's go in."
Jiang Tunan turned around and rushed straight into Nazhe Garden.
Looking at the woman's slightly angry back, Xiao Mingrui thought that this person really couldn't help being amused, and then he strode into the Nazhe Garden with a smile on his face.
As soon as Jiang Tunan entered Nazhe Garden, he felt that great changes had taken place here. In the hall was a stage that was twice as big as the previous one. Behind the stage was a staircase leading upwards. The second floor above should be the girls' rooms and backstage in Nazhe Garden.
The original tables and chairs in front of the stage were removed, leaving a large open space. Raised tables were built on the left and right sides, and simple tables and chairs were placed on them.
On the other side of the second floor is the private room area, from which one can see the situation on the stage clearly. And because of the design of the stairs on the stage, everyone who goes on stage has to walk down the stairs slowly, which gives the performers ample time to show their faces in front of the guests on the first and second floors.
"Xiao Nannan, come up quickly!"
Xiao Mingxu's voice came from the second floor behind him. Jiang Tunan turned around and saw that all the people who were in the bamboo room before were in the private room.
It seems that the privacy of this private room is not very good.