Chapter Forty-Seven: The Honored Guest

  In ancient times, women from wealthy families could not easily show their faces, and when going out, they generally rode in carriages more often than on horseback.

  Last time, Ye Yun didn't get to ride a horse alone. This trip, she really wanted to ride one. However, Ling Feng said: "Xuan Huo doesn't like running in crowds, it's too restrictive. If you want to ride a horse, you'll have to switch to an ordinary one."

  "Never mind then." She just wanted to experience what it was like to ride the Xuanhuo horse alone, if it were any other horse, it wouldn't be the same at all.

  So they still rode in carriages on the streets.

  Ye Yun suddenly remembered the "black shop", since she followed Ling Feng to Ling Mu Mountain Villa, she had not seen her new friends who came to this era again.

  So she suggested going to a black shop.

  Unexpectedly, Ling Feng slightly furrowed his brow, seemingly somewhat reluctant.

  But still agreed with her.

  As soon as they arrived at the black shop, the horse carriage stopped, and Ye Yun hastily got off.

  As soon as he got off the car, he saw Murong Ying.

  "I said what kind of wind is this? It turns out it's the wind that blows for Miss Yun'er? Oh, no, I should be addressing you as Mrs. Ling now."

  "Go!" Ye Yun glared at Murong Yu with a bad temper, "You're also making fun of me!"

  "No, no!" Murong Yu laughed and stepped aside, just in time to catch Ling Feng's warning glance from behind Ye Yun. "Please come in, please come in. Let's talk inside."

  The store was doing a good business and it was quite busy. The black people were all working on their own, when they saw Ye Yun, they nodded to her and then went back to work.

  Ye Yun also nodded with them.

  Although she had been away for a short time, seeing them again gave her a feeling of being doubly close.

  It's probably because after coming here, the days of helping out in the black shop were the happiest.

  Murong Yu led Ling Feng and Ye Yun upstairs.

  "Today's room has been occupied by a noble guest, so I'll have to inconvenience you and arrange for the outside window seat instead. Will Madam Ling mind?"

  Ye Yun's eyes flashed with a fierce glare, "Call me Mrs. Ling again and I'll never let you off."

  Murong Ling smiled and leaned in close to Ye Yun, saying in a low voice: "Don't be angry, Miss Yun. Everyone knows your identity now. Outside, we have to follow the rules, but privately, I'll continue to call you Miss Yun. Is that okay?"

  Ye Yun thought for a moment, and indeed. Just as she was about to nod, her wrist tightened, and she was pulled into Ling Feng's arms, then turned around and placed in the seat.

  "Girl, what would you like to eat?" Ling Feng's voice carried a hint of coolness and a hint of tenderness, considerate and delicate.

  Unlike his gentle and soft expression, his icy gaze that could almost kill shot straight at Murong Yu.

  What's with getting so close? Scram! Don't disturb their world of two!

  Murong Ying's expression remained unchanged on the surface, but in her heart, she was already suppressing a laugh and cramping up.

  "I know what Mrs. Ling likes to eat, I'll have someone prepare it right away. Master Ling, Mrs. Ling, please wait a moment."

  Hurry up and leave. Holding back laughter is really too painful. It's very likely to cause internal injury.

  Ye Yun looked at Murong Yu strangely and ran away quickly.

  Suddenly heard a clear and melodious piano sound coming from the elegant room next door.

  Just heard Murong Yu say that Ya Jian was occupied by a noble guest, and she didn't care much about it. At this time, she felt a little curious.

  "Say, who do you think is the noble guest occupying the luxurious room?"

  "I don't know." Ling Feng replied directly, suddenly his expression changed and he asked again: "Is the young lady interested in the people in Ya Jian's room?"

  Ye Yun shook her head, "I'm not interested in the people in the room, it's just this melody..."

  "Does your daughter want to listen to music?"

  Ye Yun shook her head again and said: "Such a sad tune, it's fortunate that the people in the elegant room can listen to it without getting indigestion."

  Ling Feng had no intention of listening to the music, but after Ye Yun said that, he perked up his ears and listened.

  "Ah, the tune was a bit sorrowful. The young lady didn't like to hear it, so I'll stop playing for you." As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Feng's long sleeve fluttered and a "thud" sound suddenly came from the room, followed by a soft cry of surprise from a woman. The voice seemed somewhat familiar to Ye Yun, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

  The string is broken.

  Ye Yun stared at Ling Feng in surprise, "How did you do it?"

  Not to mention that you can't see where the person playing the piano is, even if you can see it, there's still a wooden door in between. How could he have cut off someone else's piano strings so accurately?

  That's too awesome, right?

  Ling Feng smiled faintly, "As long as you like it, husband can do anything for you."

  "......" Ye Yun was speechless. "I didn't expect you to be so good at cracking jokes. However, you ruined someone's elegant mood, aren't you afraid of them causing trouble for you?"

  "He won't bother me." Ling Feng's tone was firm, obviously having a clear idea of the identity of the person in the room.

  "So confident?" As soon as Ye Yun's voice fell, the door of the room was opened, and the person who came out was unexpectedly Wu Youwei, the county magistrate.

  Wu Youwei's eyes were stern and he shouted loudly, "Who goes there?"

  Downstairs came the urgent footsteps of "dang dang dang", and several plainclothes police officers quickly arrived in front of Wu Youwei, waiting for instructions.

  Wu Youwei was about to say something when his eyes darted, and he happened to see Ling Feng and Ye Yun. His expression froze, and he waved his hand at several officials.

  The crowd parted to make way for Wu Youwei as he stepped forward towards Ye Yun and the others.

  "Master Ling, Mrs. Ling, it's been a long time!"

  Ling Feng glanced at Wu Youwei with a faint gaze and nodded slightly.

  "The shopkeeper just said that the elegant room was booked by a noble guest, and I wondered who the noble guest was. It turned out to be Governor Wu! You're welcome!" Ye Yun replied with a smile.

  "How dare I! How dare I! Of course, the noble guest is not referring to me. This... " Wu Youwei's eyes kept glancing at Ling Feng, as if he had something to say but didn't dare to say it.

  Ling Feng treated him as if he were thin air and busily served dishes into Ye Yun's bowl.

  Ye Yun didn't want to eat when someone was watching, so he simply asked on his behalf: "Does Wu Zhifu have something to do?"

  "No, it's nothing actually. The strings on Gu Niang's zither just broke and I came to find someone to replace it, didn't expect to see Master Ling Zhuang and Mrs. Ling, so I just came to say hello." Wu Youwei's gaze was fixed on Ling Feng with a hint of suspicion.

  Ye Yun smiled and said, "It's just a broken string, but the Magistrate has to personally send someone to change the zither. This Zither Girl's status is not ordinary!"

  Wu Youwei was asked by Ye Yun, and suddenly became a bit embarrassed.

  He didn't want to take action himself for such a small matter, but... he couldn't afford to offend the people inside.

  "Hehe, then I won't disturb the elegant gathering of Master and Madame Ling anymore." Wu Youwei ultimately couldn't ask out the doubts in his heart, and as he was about to leave, he still glanced at Ling Feng with a thoughtful expression.

  Ling Feng still acted as if he didn't exist, from the initial nod onwards, he hadn't looked at Wu Youwei straight in the eye.

  After Wu Youwei left, Ye Yun picked up her chopsticks and poked at the food in her bowl, saying: "He should be suspecting that the broken string is related to you, right?"