Chapter 138: Gift

  Lu Xuan's smile was particularly radiant, and in that radiance, there was even a kind of carefree and uninhibited swagger.

  Everything that happened to her, no matter how big or small, was very clear to him. The clearer it was, the more he felt that the girl in front of him, who wore men's clothes with increasing elegance and had a temperament that became colder and more elegant day by day, was someone whom people couldn't help but look at with admiration.

  Staring at Lu Xuan, the noble's eyes slowly narrowed and he nodded at her, indicating for her to come closer.

  Lü Yu got down from the cow cart, and walked towards him with a gentle breeze. Leaning against the noble's carriage, Lü Yu was too lazy to salute, but instead leaned on it, raised his eyes, and elegantly and happily said to the noble: "Long time no see, my lord, is everything well?"

  Looking at the nobleman's gaze, Lu Xuan smiled and said with a smile: "Dare to let the master know that everything is fine with Lu Wen now. The place where I live, everyone knows that I am just a small businessman, but can't figure out my bottom line, and be polite to me."

  She said so, she stretched her neck and looked behind the nobleman, "Is there wine? I'm thirsty, bring me a cup."

  The nobleman glanced at her and ordered in a light tone: "Come up."

  Lu Xuan tilted her head and gazed at him lazily.

  He looked at her with an expressionless face.

  After a while, Lu Xuan let out a sigh and muttered as he climbed onto the carriage, "Alright. Let people see me get on your master's carriage, don't blame me for borrowing your prestige again."

  She sat comfortably in front of the noble, leaning back lazily and sighed: "It's really comfortable. I've been busy for half a year, feeling dizzy and dark, and I forgot to enjoy myself."

  After saying that, she turned around and took out a pot of wine from between the car walls, poured herself a cup, and took a small sip.

  The wine was too strong, and Lu Yue wasn't used to it, so she furrowed her brow. Seeing the noble staring at her, she tilted her cup towards him, "Want one too?"

  He didn't answer, and Lu Xuan was too lazy to ask again. She poured the wine in her hand and replaced it with a lighter one.

  This time's wine apparently suited her taste, Lu Xuan sipped it little by little.

  After drinking a cup, Lu Xuan lazily leaned against the carriage wall, her cheeks slightly red, quietly narrowing her eyes and staring at Guiren with a smile. Looking at her slightly drowsy eyes, she seemed to be able to fall asleep at any time.

  "The noble person spoke up, 'How long has it been since you've had a good night's sleep?'"

  Lu Ying's voice was soft and low, with a hint of laziness and charm, "It's been a month... I want them to stand on their own as soon as possible, so I can free up some leisure time for myself. This past month has been busy till midnight."

  She looked up and glanced at the nobleman, "And you, are you busy?"

  The nobleman smiled and actually replied to her, "I've been busy."

  As soon as the words came out, Lu Xuan stared at him for a long time. After staring for a while, Lu Xuan's eyes flickered outward and turned to him, saying: "The person I'm waiting for has arrived, Master, Ah Wen will take his leave first." After speaking, she lifted the curtain and jumped down.

  Looking at Lu Yue who had regained her spirit in an instant, he saw the faint black shadow under her eyes, and Guiren remained silent.

  Until Lu Xuan went far away, he called out: "Hold six."

  "Your Excellency." After responding with a single word, Zhi Liu saw that the nobleman was silent and couldn't help but carefully observe his expression.

  After a while, Zhi Liu said in a low voice: "Master, Lu Shi has always been different from ordinary people. Perhaps she should be treated as a husband." Half a year later, when they met again, Lu Yue was relaxed and casual in front of the master, without any resentment or caution. Zhi Liu didn't know what the master thought, but for himself, he truly felt that she should be looked up to more.

  The nobleman glanced at him and turned his head to stare at Lu Yue, who was as elegant and leisurely as a flower cat walking in the woods. He watched her get into her own carriage, said something in a low voice, and then the coachman drove the carriage towards another direction of the dock.

  He slowly clenched his fist around the wine cup.

  Lü Yuán's ox cart headed off in another direction.

  She came here tonight just to show off her fame.

  She didn't expect to run into that person, she thought for a moment, it's better to just stay at home tonight. Subconsciously, she knew this was the right thing to do, rather than making another scene in front of him.

  After making up her mind, Lu Xun drove back home with her husband.

  As soon as Lu Ying entered the alley, she heard a commotion coming from the front. It seemed that there were people gathered at her home's entrance.

  What happened?

  Lu Yun furrowed her brow.

  At this time, the group of people also seemed to have discovered her. At once, everyone turned their heads around. Lu Xuan saw that his younger brother Lu Yun and two young men from Hanyang were surrounded by the crowd in the middle, with a woman dressed in luxurious attire pointing at Lu Yun's nose tip and scolding him.

  At this moment, the woman also saw Lu Xuan.

  She took a step forward and walked towards Lu Xuan.

  Under the escort of the maidservants, the noblewoman walked to the front of Lu Xun's oxcart and gazed at it haughtily. The woman said: "Are you Lu Wen?"

  Lu Xuan replied from the cow cart: "Exactly."

  The noblewoman hummed and said, "Lu Wen, the house you're renting belongs to my son." She took a wooden box from a maid's hand and tossed it into Lu Yue's ox cart. With a disdainful face, she said, "You paid for one year of rent, but have only lived here for half a year. Here are 35 taels of gold; you must move out immediately by tomorrow!"

  The lady's tone was arrogant beyond measure, and her attitude was even more condescending. These overbearing words came out of her mouth, yet seemed perfectly natural.

  "Oh?" Lu Xuan slowly lifted the car curtain.

  As soon as her face was exposed, the noblewoman and several maidservants were stunned for a moment. However, in an instant, they returned to their normal demeanor.

  Lu Xuan stared at the noblewoman and said calmly: "Why?"

  "Why?" The noblewoman let out a soft snort from her nose and said disdainfully, "Someone told me that you people are originally beggars by birth, and now you're still doing peddling business. With such an identity, how can you be qualified to live in our house? Take back these thirty or so taels of gold and get out of here immediately!"

  These words were extremely sharp, especially the contempt and disdain on this woman's face, which made people even more angry.

  "Is it just for this matter?" Lu Xuan was annoyed. She smiled lightly and said slowly, "Lu Yun, go get the contract."

  "Alright." Lu Yun turned around and ran towards the house. At that moment, he was filled with shame. As a scholar, his identity was noble, and all along, Lu Yun had been a refined and dignified scholar. However, after arriving in Jiangzhou, he couldn't enter the academy, and every day, he would study at home in frustration. He never thought that he would be humiliated like this.

  When he thought of the noblewoman scolding him as a peddler and a lowly, filthy person, his expression was one of utmost disgust. He was so angry and resentful that he could hardly bear it. But what could he do? As a scholar, all he could do was swallow his anger. Could he really get into a fight with a woman?

  When Lu Yun went to fetch the contract, more and more people crowded into the alley. These people were mostly servants from neighboring households, of course, there were also some young masters and ladies mixed in to watch the excitement.

  Among these people's whispers, that noblewoman raised her chin even higher, with a face full of disdain.

  As the words she had just spoken spread, the maids around her also looked at her with contempt, just like the noblewoman. Originally, Lu Yue's temperament was elegant and refined, and she could usually intimidate people, but now that everyone thought they had seen through her true nature, even the young girls who were intimidated by her appearance turned their white eyes towards her.

  Lu Ying's fingers slowly tapped on the car window frame.

  She thought: Jiangzhou City is only so big, and I still plan to make a name for myself. If today's matter is not handled properly, I will definitely be notorious among the upper class in Jiangzhou. In the future, it's not that every step is difficult, but wanting to be like in Chengdu, shocking people, is absolutely impossible.

  She was thinking of a countermeasure.

  But this plan is not easy to come up with. Things have already gotten to this point, unless she has sufficient evidence or witnesses to prove her extraordinary identity, otherwise, her reputation will be ruined.

  At that moment, the noblewoman glanced at Luoyin from the corner of her eye, and after a while, she curled her lip in disdain and sneered in a low voice: "A crow dressed up like a human being thinks it's a phoenix? How ridiculous!"

  Just then, footsteps were heard approaching.

  All he could hear was Lu Yun walking in big strides, holding a wooden box in his hand, and calling out to Lu Yue: "Big brother, the contract has been found."

  Just as Lu Yun's voice fell, a low voice came from behind Lu Xuan, "Lu Wen?"

  This sound!

  Lu Xuan turned back.

  It wasn't just her; at this moment, everyone turned their heads to look over.

  At the end of the alley, a horse carriage appeared. A man in green got out of the carriage. The man in green was about twenty years old and walked towards Lu Yue with big strides.

  This man is just like Liu Bei.

  He took six big strides to Lu Xuan's cow cart, glanced at the noblewoman with a slight frown and asked impatiently: "What happened?" He turned his head towards Lu Xuan, "Did someone bully you?"

  This is not a question, this is a statement.

  Lu Xuan glanced at him and hadn't had time to respond. The noblewoman then sneered in a sharp voice: "Oh, another lowly peddler has arrived!"

  The noblewoman's voice had barely fallen when a clear, ringing sound was heard. It was a cold and sinister sword that had somehow emerged from its scabbard and was now pressed against the noblewoman's neck!

  As the cold light of that sword flashed around, the noblewoman's face suddenly turned pale, and the people around her also held their breath.

  Zi Liu is no ordinary person, he exudes a murderous aura, enough to intimidate even the most arrogant royal relatives!

  He disdainfully stared at the trembling woman with a foul odor flowing from between her legs, and then swiftly sheathed his long sword.

  He no longer paid attention to the noblewoman, took out a wooden box from his sleeve and then respectfully opened it, revealing a golden hairpin.

  The golden hairpin had a very ancient style, with a pearl as big as a dragon's eye embedded on it. In the silence, someone suddenly exclaimed, "That is a night pearl!" The exclamation was filled with astonishment and infatuation.

  Night pearls are truly rare treasures. Many people have heard of them, but few have actually seen one. Each and every one is worth a whole city.

  He held the wooden box with both hands, bowed his head to Lu Xue and said respectfully: "The master said that on the day of Ah Yue's hairpinning ceremony, he wanted to personally hold the ceremony for her, but unfortunately he couldn't get away. This hairpin is a gift from the master to Ah Yue for her hairpinning ceremony, please pass it on to Lang Jun."

  After saying that, he politely forced the wooden box into Lu Xuan's hands and left. Leaving behind a group of people who were stunned...