Chapter 62: 赴宴
[Going to the banquet]
After returning to Ji Mansion, even if the two of them didn’t intentionally observe, they still found that the subordinates in the mansion seemed to be very busy, even when Ji Ling and the others walked by, they just hurriedly saluted and left.
Although Tang Xiaobao was a bit curious, he thought that it should have nothing to do with them, so he didn’t pay too much attention to it, while Ji Ling looked at those busy subordinates, his eyes lingering for a few seconds.
When the two of them returned to their own room, they immediately asked the subordinate to bring two pots of hot water. After a day of walking, the two of them needed to relieve themselves. The two were sitting opposite each other and soaking their feet. Due to some embarrassment, Tang Xiaobao still dismissed the subordinate who wanted to massage him. See Tang Xiaobao is not happy, Ji Ling naturally did not help, so this time in the room only two people were quietly sitting there. They didn’t find the atmosphere strange, and even had a feeling of an old married couple, thinking about this, Tang Xiaobao snorted and laughed.
Seeing this, Ji Ling lifted his head to look at him, his eyes a bit puzzled.
Seeing Ji Ling paying attention to himself, Tang Xiaobao’s face blushed, but still honestly said his thoughts, “I was just thinking, when we are old, it is expected to be like this.”
Hearing Tang Xiaobao say this, Ji Ling’s eyes softened a bit, looking at Tang Xiaobao with very gentle eyes. Tang Xiaobao, who was looking down and wiping his own feet, did not notice that Ji Ling’s line of sight went all the way from his hairline to his rounded and cute toes. Perhaps because of the filter between lovers, he felt that whenever he looked at Tang Xiaobao’s there and always felt that he was very cute.
Waiting for Tang Xiaobao to finish getting himself, only to see Ji Ling is still staring straight at himself, instantly thinking about what he had done. But not yet wait for him to think of something, Ji Ling will clean up his own, then take Tang Xiaobao out to eat.
Because they wanted to experience a little bit of folk life today, they specially did not take the carriage, but walked for a day. Tang Xiaobao’s body is already delicate, coupled with Ji Ling’s good nutrition, so now also belongs to the range of tender skin, when he arrived home, his feet were too sore. At this time, Ji Ling soaked a foot out, and then felt their own feet were their own, rather than others, suddenly feeling a lot of comfort.
Think of today’s two people who went out to buy that pile of things, and still feel some happiness. There are even many strange things, look very interesting. Tang Xiaobao decided that if he still needed to stay at home like before, he would play with those things with Green Lotus, after all, it was really fun.
Today, the two of them came back a little late, so Tang Xiaobao did not have time to cook. When the dishes and rice were served on the table, Tang Xiaobao first pinched a chopstick of sweet and sour pork to Ji Ling, and casually said, “You’ve accompanied me for a day today, trouble you for today’s hard work, so eat more.”
Ji Ling looked at Tang Xiaobao with a smile in his eyes, but he lowered his head and ate the food that was brought to his mouth.
After the two of them had eaten and drunk enough, Tang Xiaobao went to lie down on the bed, perhaps because today’s shopping took the energy of the day, Tang Xiaobao fell asleep after lying on the bed for a while. Looking at the fast asleep Tang Xiaobao, Ji Ling was a bit helpless, personally wiped his face, and then came to the study, waiting for the news brought back by his most trusted subordinate.
“Young master, it seems that the mansion is going to organize a flower party in the next few days, and those invited are all the famous and wealthy brothers here.” Feng Ling spoke of the intelligence he had obtained, and then quickly spelled it out, and then he spoke of another thing he had found out, “There is also the fact that, after investigating over the past few days, there is not much left of the dowry left behind by Madame at that time. The second lady is very good at this, almost a lot of valuable things she got early in the beginning, she already sent it out, and even used the money to buy a lot of small stores.”
Hearing this, Ji Ling’s eyes did not have the slightest ripple in them, and he was not surprised at all. He just looked at Feng Ling and said, “Go and check how much dowry my mother had back then?”
“I’ll go back and check, and I’ll definitely give the Young Master a satisfactory answer.” After that, Feng Ling stood there without moving or speaking, just like a phantom in the study room.
After hearing Feng Ling’s report, Ji Ling pondered for a while and realized what the family was thinking. Just thinking about what he was going to do, he needed to be patient for a few more days. After thinking for a while, still feeling not sure, he looked at Feng Ling standing there and asked: “What I asked you to do, is it arranged well or not?”
Hearing his master’s question, Feng Ling took a step out of the shadows, and then respectfully said, “Due to the time being a bit short, the arrangement is not that perfect, and it will take a few more days of work for those things to be ready.”
Seeing him say so, Ji Ling nodded, indicating that he knew.
By the time Ji Ling returned to the room, Tang Xiao Bao had long since slept through the night, hugging the quilt. Just looking at Tang Xiaobao who slept very well, while hugging the quilt, Ji Ling faintly smiled and covered the quilt that he accidentally lifted up for him. The weather had gotten cooler recently, and he didn’t want Tang Xiaobao to catch a cold when he woke up the next morning.
Only when he was sure that Tang Xiaobao would not lift the covers anymore, did Ji Ling traveled up to the bed, ready to rest.
In the following days, the Second Grandmaster seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness of that day, and even sent a bunch of supplements to Ji Ling in case he was not feeling well. The Grand Master was even more generous in sending a lot of valuable objects to him, and called Ji Ling to go there from time to time, and he even valued him a lot.
A few days later, a flower party was held at the mansion, with many young ladies and young masters from various families coming and going, and Ji Ling was also called over.
Seeing that people said this is the grand master’s command, Ji Ling and this room’s air became quiet for a while, until suddenly a report came from his underlings, he was a little entangled, Ji Ling only opened his mouth, “I know, I’ll go later.”
When that person got the news, he immediately answered, and then turned around and ran away, fearing that Ji Ling would back out.
Looking at the man’s departure, Tang Xiaobao looked at Ji Ling with some confusion.
But Ji Ling turned his head to look at him, and said with eyes full of drama; “I’ll go and see what kind of tricks they’re playing this time?”
Tang Xiaobao bit his lip, didn’t want him to go, but just looked at Ji Ling’s speechlessness, completely unable to open his mouth. So he could only watch openly as Ji Ling changed his clothes and left, until Ji Ling took the people away, Tang Xiaobao still looked at his back, not knowing why his chest was a bit stuffy.
Green Lotus, who was left behind, was a bit worried when she saw Tang Xiaobao’s behavior. She is aware of her own young master treats her young madam good, just in case, how if he can not stand the fox charming seduction outside then what should they do, her young madam is a simple person, how to fight through? Looking at Tang Xiaobao’s wrinkled face about to become the appearance of the bag, she could not help but suggest: “Young Madam, if you are worried about the young master, we might as well follow up to see.”
Hearing Green Lotus’ words, Tang Xiaobao looked at her with a confused expression, somewhat wanting to agree, but also somewhat afraid that Ji Ling would know. He did believe in Ji Ling, but seeing how the elders here were obviously rejecting him, he was still a bit uneasy. After a little thought, he nodded his head, he would just take a look from afar. Anyway, he is not to make trouble, why worry so much, added a lot of psychological construction. He and Green Lotus discussed a change of clothes, ready to go to see them.
Thinking about it, Tang Xiaobao still didn’t dress too flashy, nor did he dress too poorly. Thinking about the fact that the subordinate who came just now said that it was to enjoy the flowers, she also dressed fairly well. And then let Green Lotus draw a shape for himself, not so easy to be recognized, the two people only sneak towards the place where the banquet was held.
After leaving Ji Ling’s compound, the two of them were worried about how to get to the venue of the banquet, because the two of them simply did not know where the place where the banquet was held was. The master-servant duo stood in the corner staring blankly at each other, looking at each other in disbelief, appearing to be a bit embarrassed.
Until Green Lotus couldn’t resist her master’s big, moist eyes and couldn’t help but suggest, “Young Madam, why don’t I go ask the subordinates who are passing by, I think they should know.”
Seeing Green Lotus say this, Tang Xiaobao quickly nodded, he felt that bringing Green Lotus out was the best decision he had ever made.
Having made up her mind, Greenleaf urged Tang Xiaobao to wait for her there. She would go over and ask questions and come back.
Tang Xiaobao nodded and agreed, and then watched Green Lotus leave. After waiting for a while, Green Lotus still did not come back, Tang Xiaobao stood there and rubbed his toes on the ground, somewhat bored. At this moment, he accidentally heard a small voice from his side, “Excuse me.”
Standing there, Tang Xiaobao was immediately startled, turned around to look, and looked behind himself in shock, only to see that it was a girl. At this time it seems to be because of scaring him, and facing a few minutes of embarrassment, suddenly Tang Xiaobao sighs of relief.
The girl looked at the cute brother in front of her, and felt that she had seen him there before. Because of her sudden voice, the brother looked at her with a face of fear, now calm down, but the watery eyes set in that lovely face, the girl’s heart inexplicably a few minutes faster, looking at the person in front of you always have a kind of want to knead him into her own embrace feeling.
Noticing that the girl’s eyes were looking at him in a very strange way, Tang Xiaobao subconsciously took two steps back.
Seeing that he seemed to have frightened this cute brother in front of him, the girl was a bit sorry, just looked at him, frowned, and asked cautiously, “May I ask, have I seen you there before?”
Green Lotus, who had just come back from inquiring about the news, heard a beautiful girl ask her young madam such a question, she always felt that there was something strange there, and the corner of her mouth involuntarily twitched.
Not knowing why this girl asked this question, Tang Xiaobao still patiently surveyed her for a moment, and finally shook his head, saying, “Sorry, I don’t remember seeing you.”
Hearing Tang Xiaobao say this, the girl was obviously very disappointed, and looked at him like she was about to say something.
Seeing that girl’s face, if she didn’t know that her own young madam was a Ger, she would have thought that the girl had something in mind for him.
