Chapter 19 of Volume 1: A Beauty Has an Appointment

  "Miss! The gatekeeper said someone sent this to Third Miss!" Xu Wuyan was reading in the bamboo garden, when Zhu Mo handed him a colorful letter and asked somewhat puzzled, who would be so close to miss that they would send such an ambiguous letter?

  Xu Wu Yan put down the book in his hand, picked up the colored letter paper on the table, with a pink base, emitting a faint fragrance, the palm-sized letter paper was written with neat small script, using ink containing ice pieces and mint: First see Fude, quietly waiting for the beauty, eight characters.

  Xu Wuyan looked at this letter, which was even more exquisite than the colored paper used by women to express their feelings. The image of that man from Tongsheng Hall, who was three points more charming than a woman, appeared in his mind. Calculating the days, the ten-day deadline had already passed. Was he waiting for the beauty? Perhaps the beauty was impatient?

  Xu Wuyan stood up, these days being entangled with the black-browed viper had made him a bit neurotic; since there was no lead, it's better to go out and see the beauty! As the saying goes, use stillness to control movement, use unchangeability to respond to all changes!

  "Let's go, Bamboo! Let's hit the streets!" Xu Wuyan patted off non-existent dust from his clothes and said to Bamboo with an exceptionally good mood.

  "Now?" Bamboo Mo looked at Xu Wuyan with some hesitation, as if Xu Wuyan's actions were very strange.

  "What's wrong? Can't we?" Xu Wuyan also looked at Zhu Mo with confusion, must they choose an auspicious day to go for a walk?

  "Oh! Alright! Alright!" Zhu Mo hastily replied, as if he had committed some kind of mistake.

  Xu Wuyan walked out of the bamboo garden with big strides, and when he passed by Liu Xianyuan, the dead water-like silence made Xu Wuyan shudder involuntarily; the tragic scene of Wang's family appeared in Xu Wuyan's mind.

  No matter who you are, if you're using snakes to harm people, I, Xu Wuyan, will definitely investigate until the truth is revealed and won't let you off! Xu Wuyan lingered at the entrance of Liu Xuan's courtyard for a moment, his eyes darkening before he finally stepped away.

  "Third sister! Are you going out?"

  Xu Wuyan had just walked to the gate of the mansion when he heard Xu Moxuan's voice behind him, and he couldn't help but stop in his tracks and turn around. He bowed slightly and said politely: "Greetings, big brother! I have some business to attend to outside the mansion today!"

  "Oh! Just right, I'm free today, why don't I accompany Sanmei to go? It's also good to have someone to take care of her!" Xu Moxuan walked up to Xu Wuyan and said with a big brotherly concern for his little sister.

  Today, Xu Moxuan wore a dark green silk robe with a half-foot wide jade belt tightly wrapped around his waist, making his waist look even more slender. A jade pendant and fragrance sachet hung from it, and his black hair was held back by a fan-shaped jade hairpin on top of his bun. As the gentle breeze blew, his sleeves fluttered and his hair flew about, looking like an immortal.

  However, after seeing Chu Hanchen, Xu Wuyan's immunity has grown exponentially. Moreover, it is not clear whether Xu Moyuan is an enemy or a friend, and Xu Wuyan will not be foolish enough to look for trouble. With a polite smile, he said: "Big brother is busy with official duties, how dare I ask big brother to accompany me? Besides, what I need to do is just a small matter at my daughter's home, so I won't bother big brother to take the trouble! Thank you, big brother, for your kind intention!"

  Xu Wuyan finished speaking and, without waiting for Xu Mo Xuan to speak again, gave Zhu Mo a look, "Wuyan takes his leave!" Xu Wuyan hastily bid farewell, and together with Zhu Mo, they quickly left the Jun Guo Gong Fu.

  "Miss! The young master seems to care about you a lot!" After leaving the Rongguo Duke's mansion, Zhu Mo teased Xǔ Wúyán and said.

  "Is it? Who knows if it's genuine or fake?" Xǔ Wúyán said casually.

  "Huh? Miss, what did you say? What goods?" Zhu Mo asked, stunned and confused, as if Xu Wuyan always seemed to come up with inexplicable words and do unexpected things that no one could have anticipated.

  Xu Wuyan realized he had misspoken and hastily changed the subject, "Zhu Mo, do you have a crush on my older brother?"

  "Miss! What are you talking nonsense? How could Zhū Mò be so presumptuous?" Xǔ Wúyán's words were a serious accusation against Zhū Mò, implying that the maid had overstepped her bounds by having feelings for her master, which was a grave offense.

  "Is that so? Then why did you freeze up just now when you saw your brother? I've seen you being quite agile on a daily basis!" Xǔ Wúyán teased Zhū Mò, passing the time by cracking some harmless jokes.

  "Miss! You wronged Zhū Mò! Zhū Mò was born in the palace, and will die as a ghost of the palace! What is this talk of two hearts?" Zhū Mò swore an oath to show his determination, with a look like that of a martyr about to be executed.

  Xu smiled silently, it turned out that this girl's mind was on Chu Han Che, no wonder she knew his every move like the back of her hand. She had thought that Zhu Mo was just loyal to Chu Han Che, but now it seemed that it wasn't that simple.

  Actually, taking a closer look at Zhu Mo, she has a delicate and pretty face, big eyes, long eyelashes, small nose, small lips, and two extremely cute dimples, completely qualified as a sweet and beautiful girl. If it weren't for the difference in their status, pairing her with Chu Han would not be impossible either.

  It's just that being born in such an era, Zhu Mo shouldn't lose himself; at least for now, Zhu Mo takes good care of himself and nothing unexpected has happened, who knows what the future holds, hopefully there won't be a day when even Zhu Mo needs to be on guard.

  Xu Wuyan chatted with Zhu Mo in a staccato manner, and soon they arrived at the Tongsheng Hall. The shopkeeper who had seen Xu Wuyan last time smiled all over his face as he came to greet her, "Miss Xu, please come in! My master has been waiting for you for a long time!"

  Xu Yu smiled slightly and said, "It seems that man is indeed treating himself well. He even sent someone to welcome him. 'Please lead the way! Thank you!'"

  Xu Wuyan followed closely behind Zhuo Mu as he stepped into the inner hall of Tongshi Hall, when someone stopped him, "Miss! This..." Zhuo Mu looked at Xu Wuyan for help.

  "Miss Xu, my master has instructed that only you are to be received. Please ask this young lady to stay here so we can treat her well!" The shopkeeper said respectfully.

  "Zhu Mo, just wait here for me!" Xu Wuyan said after looking at Zhu Mo.

  Zhu Mo nodded silently and stopped, following the second child-like person in another direction; Xu Wuyan followed the shopkeeper to the attic where he first came.

  "Brother Fang! Long time no see, when will you honor us with your presence again? What a pleasure to meet you!"

  "Where? Where? Brother Shao is not what he used to be, we common folks rarely get to see him!"

  "Haha, ridiculous!"

  "Oh dear! You two stop flattering each other here! If you want to talk, go outside and talk! This Tongsheng Hall doesn't welcome this!"

  Xu Wuyan stood under the attic and hesitated without going upstairs. The voices coming from upstairs, Xu Wuyan made out two, one was Shao Qian, and the other was the owner of this Tongshi Hall. It seemed that this was a gathering of men, Xu Wuyan didn't understand why he was summoned here!

  "Miss Xu! My master is waiting for you upstairs! Please go ahead, Miss Xu!" The shopkeeper said and turned around to leave.

  Xu Wuyan stood at the staircase entrance, neither going up nor staying down. "Eh! You've come all this way, what's there to be shy about? Come on up!" That seductive male voice that was almost deadly entered Xu Wuyan's ears.

  Xu Wu Yan felt a chill in his heart, but his face didn't show anything, he lifted his foot and stepped onto the stairs of the attic...