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Chapter 702: Accepting the Embroiderer
The vermilion wall also makes people's skin look white.

When Ouyang Rong walked into the backyard and saw Zhao Qingxiu, she was standing under the pear tree beside the red wall, standing on tiptoe and reaching out to touch the pink and white pear blossoms on the branches.

The red wall makes Zhao Qingxiu and the pear blossoms look very white, dazzlingly white.

It's eye-opening.

"Long Ling——"

Sensing the movement behind her, Zhao Qingxiu turned her head, and the ice-white jade hairpin on her head made a familiar crisp sound.

Before she could say anything, Ouyang Rong rushed over and picked up Zhao Qingxiu upright.

Seeing her surprised and astonished expression, Ouyang Rong held her and ran around the yard, turning around a few times.

"Longling--Longling--"

The ice-white jade hairpin on Zhao Qingxiu's head bounced again and again, occasionally even higher than the red wall.

The cyan-gold ribbons danced in the evening breeze.

"Ah."

She is a little shy.

When Ouyang Rong calmed down and put Zhao Qingxiu down, she raised her little face and wrote stroke by stroke:

【Tan Lang, I miss you】

Ouyang Rong wiped his face, suppressed his smile, and said seriously:
"I miss you as well."

The two hugged each other tighter.

Zhao Qingxiu continued to write:
[Sister Xie said you were busy and have been out for almost ten days. Is Tan Lang done with your work?]

Ouyang Rong nodded and said seriously:

"It's done. I can rest assured to accompany you from now on."

Zhao Qingxiu wrote softly: [Yes, and Sister Xie, I also have to accompany Sister Xie]

"it is good."

Ouyang Rong looked around the empty yard and asked again:

"Where's the junior sister? Didn't she come to your place?"

[Sister Xie just left. We had lunch here. Tan Lang arrived a little late.]

Ouyang Rong was stunned for a moment, then nodded:

"Okay. By the way, did you have that nightmare again during the few days I was away?"

Zhao Qingxiu's face was calm and she shook her head.

Ouyang Rong breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to lead her back into the house.

After entering the room, he found that the desk and cabinet in the main room were a bit messy, and asked:
"Why is it so messy? Did Junior Sister come in to rest?"

Zhao Qingxiu shook his head.

[No, but Sister Xie said she wanted to see the lot, so I showed it to her.]

Ouyang Rong was stunned: "Sign? What sign?"

[It was the fortune stick that I got at Chengtian Temple last time. Tan Lang read it to me later... I told Sister Xie about it and she said she wanted to see it.]

Ouyang Rong suddenly remembered that it was the red stick that he had "read out the sentence without even looking at it" last time.

It seems that the embroiderer has been kept.

His face became slightly tense.

However, seeing Zhao Qingxiu's happy and joyful smile, Ouyang Rong didn't mention it any more.

After a while of tenderness, Ouyang Rong looked at the sky and prepared to run away:
"That's it for today. I'll come back to see you tomorrow. How about that..."

Just as he was about to leave, Zhao Qingxiu grabbed his sleeve, pointed to the kitchen, trotted in, and soon brought out a bowl of hot noodles for Ouyang Rong.

"This is……"

Zhao Qingxiu wrote with a sweet look on her face:

[Sister Xie asked me to make some noodles. She would bring them to the Huaiye Lane mansion first and let Aunt Zhen taste them. But she would not tell them that I made them first. She wanted to test Aunt Zhen’s taste first.]

Ouyang Rong was speechless.

Immediately, with Zhao Qingxiu's expectant expression, he also ate two large bowls of hot noodles.

Before leaving, Ouyang Rong asked calmly:
"What did Junior Sister say after reading our red stick?"

Zhao Qingxiu nodded immediately. Seeing Ouyang Rong's nervous expression, she smiled and wrote on his palm:

[Sister Xie also said softly after reading it, "This is a beautiful couple, a perfect match."]

Ouyang Rong was silent.

After finishing dinner in the quiet courtyard, Ouyang Rong immediately rushed back to the residence in Huaiye Lane, wanting to meet Xie Lingjiang.

As soon as he entered the hall of the house, he saw Zhen Shuyuan arranging flowers. He couldn't help but ask:

"Aunt, where is my junior sister?"

"Hey, Tan Lang, you're back!"

When Zhen Shuyuan saw Ouyang Rong, she immediately dropped the bouquet in her hand, lifted up her floor-length skirt, and went forward to greet him.

Ouyang Rong asked again: "Is Junior Sister not here?"

Zhen Shuyuan felt around her nephew's body with some concern, and after checking that he was fine, she breathed a sigh of relief and said,
"Xianxian has been gone for a while. Just now in the evening, she brought me a bowl of hot noodles. It was delicious. She said that she would have this kind of longevity noodles for my birthday. Xianxian is really thoughtful..."

Zhen Shuyuan was full of praise.

Ouyang Rong didn't respond and immediately turned around and walked out.

"Hey, where is Tan Lang going? Why did he go out right after coming back? Is the floor at home too hot for my feet…"

Ouyang Rong did not respond and left home again without hesitation.

He ordered:
"Go to Prince Xunyang's Mansion."

"Yes, Master."

Less than half an hour later.

Xunyang Palace.

This time, Ouyang Rong didn't say hello to Li Xian and others and went straight in.

He hurried to his junior sister's boudoir, but still found nothing.

Xie Lingjiang is not here.

At this time, a maid passed by and said:
"Miss Xie had just returned and left the house not long ago. Before leaving, she went to the Princess's courtyard."

Ouyang Rong immediately realized that his junior sister must have known that he was back from Li Guoer.

Ouyang Rong couldn't help laughing.

What is the fate that brought these two together today? It has always been a series of coincidences.

He turned around and left immediately, boarding the waiting carriage at the stable at the back door of the palace.
"Go back to Sophora Leaf Alley."

"Yes, sir..."

"and many more."

"What's wrong, sir?"

"Put me down and drive back first."

"Sir, aren't you going back?"

"Go back. I'll...walk back."

Ali was puzzled, but didn't ask any more questions.

After a while, Ouyang Rong sent away Ali, who was working diligently, and went out, heading towards the residence in Huaiye Lane.

Half an hour later.

On a street near the Huaiye Lane residence, Ouyang Rong finally saw the beautiful figure in red as he wished.

Ouyang Rong's expectation was correct, and the junior sister came out to find him again.

However, when he looked from afar, he found that the back of his junior sister looked a little strange. She was standing on the street quite far away from the Huaiye Lane mansion, looking at the Huaiye Lane mansion from afar, but she never took a step to knock on the door.

But even if the junior sister knocked on the door, it would be useless because Ouyang Rong was not at home at all.

Just as Ouyang Rong was about to approach and shout, he suddenly saw the beautiful figure in red in front of him turned around and did not go to the Huaiye Lane mansion to knock on the door. She seemed to be returning to the palace along the same route.

Ouyang Rong couldn't help rubbing his face and muttering:
“I almost missed it again.”

He immediately went forward to greet him and met Xie Lingjiang face to face at the corner of the street.

"Junior sister." Ouyang Rong said with a smile.

Xie Lingjiang's first reaction when he saw him was to turn around and walk away, preparing to avoid him who was blocking his way.

Ouyang Rong followed relentlessly.

"Why don't you go in, Junior Sister?"

Xie Lingjiang did not answer and walked ahead.

Ouyang Rong pursed his lips and suddenly said:
"You were not there when we were meeting at the palace this morning... I went to the embroiderer's yard in the evening and just missed you. The embroiderer said you brought longevity noodles for Aunt Zhen to eat. I just hurried home and still missed you..."

He started to mutter to himself as if he was chatting about family matters.

The fiery red figure in front suddenly stopped.

Ouyang Rong immediately stepped forward, took her hand, and looked at her.

Xie Lingjiang looked straight ahead.

Ouyang Rong smiled happily.

Xie Lingjiang asked coldly:
"why are you laughing?"

He looked left and right:
"I seem to have gained weight."

Xie Lingjiang glared at him immediately, and patted Ouyang Rong's shoulder in annoyance:

"nonsense."

Ouyang Rong smiled even more happily.

Realizing that he was deliberately provoking her to talk, Xie Lingjiang immediately turned her eyes away, a little angrily, and ignored him.

Ouyang Rong continued to stretch his head, looked at her and said:

"Junior sister, you are here to see me."

"No, I'm sending Miaosi back."

Ouyang Rong looked down at the little head that was faintly moving under her sleeves and asked again:

"Since you're here now, why don't you go in?"

Without waiting for Xie Lingjiang to speak, Miao Si took advantage of the fact that no one was around and poked his little head out from his sleeve to save the situation and said:

"I don't want to go back anymore."

She changed the subject and said:

"Little Rongzi, I've noticed that you're getting bolder and bolder. You've even started to take care of Xie girl. Humph, you just made a mistake, don't you know? Why are you still talking so loudly? You're the most disrespectful person, nothing else... uh uh."

Before Miao Si could finish her words, Xie Lingjiang pressed her little head into his sleeve.

She strode forward without saying a word.

Ouyang Rong grabbed the little sister's hand, and despite her struggle, he said:

"Xiu Niang told me that Junior Sister has worked hard."

Xie Lingjiang lowered his head: "I am helping the embroiderer, it has nothing to do with you."

Ouyang Rong glanced at her sideways and found that her eyes were slightly red.

He pursed his lips.

Xie Lingjiang suddenly said:

"Why do you write so many letters to my father and aunt?"

Ouyang Rong asked cautiously: "Did they send you a letter?"

Xie Lingjiang's pretty face was tense and she didn't answer.

After they walked forward for a while, she mentioned:
"Do you still remember when Zhen Niang and your mother sold the embroiderer?"

"Yeah, remember."

Xie Lingjiang whispered:
"Auntie may still be prejudiced against Xiu Niang, thinking that she has let you down and hurt you in the past. Have you thought about how to deal with this?"

"Well, I'll take care of it before the birthday ceremony."

"That's fine." She said softly.

Ouyang Rong found that his junior sister's hands stopped struggling and calmed down.

He held her hand silently and walked with Xie Lingjiang.

Passing by the river, we stopped together and watched the sunset river view accompanied by fishermen's songs.

Half an hour later, the two arrived at the gate of Xunyang Palace.

Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang turned their heads in tacit understanding and looked at each other.

After a while, two actions took place almost simultaneously: Ouyang Rong opened his arms and Xie Lingjiang pounced forward.

In front of the door, the two hugged.

The hug became tighter and tighter.

At this moment, Ouyang Rong heard a very annoying voice coming from behind:
"Can you please send me back? You two can hug me again. I am still here!"

The two of them couldn't help but separate and look down. The young lady in Confucian clothing was crossing her arms over her chest, humming with her head held high, and looking at them with the side of her eyes.

He spoke in a tone like a "little adult".

Xie Lingjiang blushed a little and looked away.

Ouyang Rong patted his cuffs calmly and straightened his collar.

"Eh."

Miao Si sighed in a conscientious manner, shook his head, tilted his head back, raised his hands to cover his eyes, and said:
"I really can't do anything with you. Fine, just hold me... Hey, Xie girl, is it night time? Why can't I see anything?"

Xie Lingjiang: ...

Ouyang Rong:......

After a while, Xie Lingjiang slapped the brilliant idea of ​​"being unsuccessful in everything and being the number one spoiler" on Ouyang Rong's hand, and she turned around and walked into the gate of the palace.

Only Ouyang Rong and Miao Si were left at the door.

The latter clapped her hands, as if the magic trick of the light bulb had been completed, with a satisfied look on her face. She stood on Ouyang Rong's hand and skillfully slipped into Ouyang Rong's sleeve, shouting at the same time:
"It's none of my business. It was Miss Xie who ran away on her own..."

Ouyang Rong walked forward silently and said:

"Okay shut up, if you don't produce ink, don't talk."

Miao Si's eyes widened immediately, and he poked his little head out from his sleeve to protest:

"You, you are such a jerk. I gave you three barrels ten days ago, and you took them and pretended to be stupid, right?"

Ouyang Rong said slowly:

"Oh, I remember now. But with such a small amount of ink, people who don't know would think we can't afford the spiritual ink. Can you please give me another dozen so that everyone can see the power of the Fairy Lady?"

Miao Si cursed:
"You think it's a hen laying eggs, and three tubes of spiritual ink are not enough for you. You are fighting with the gods of Shenzhou, right?"

Ouyang Rong couldn't help laughing.

The little black fairy's expression eased a little, but when she saw that he was silent, she looked at Ouyang Rong with a pair of dark eyes and asked:

"Have you really used them all?"

"Ah."

"Why do I not believe you? Are you lying and taking my spiritual ink?"

The more Miao Si looked at him, the more suspicious her face became:

"And are you sure you really fought during your visit to Xunyang Grottoes? How come you came back alive and kicking despite not having any wounds on your body? Something is wrong. Why are they so weak? Shouldn't you be the most conspicuous one?"

Ouyang Rong suppressed his laughter and asked seriously:
"Can't I just sweep them all away like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves?"

"It is true?"

It happened that he was bored on the way back, so Ouyang Rong said seriously:
"Well, I have to tell you how I fought three hundred rounds with powerful rebels in Xunyang Grottoes... They were all the most powerful female monarchs in the Palace of Female Monarchs, especially the golden-haired female monarch, who flew around so domineeringly and arrogantly... However, under the effect of the three tubes of spiritual ink provided by me and the Fairy Lady, they were no match for me. The spiritual ink is really terrifying..."

Miao Si muttered "Is this true?", but the doubt on her face had completely turned into joy. She proudly puffed out her chest:
"Humph, although you are a bit annoying sometimes, you still have a good eye for pearls and know good stuff..."

Miao Si waved his hands and shouted:
“Next time, remember to tell these defeated generals my name. Just say that this powerful divine ink was given to you by a female ink fairy who did not want to leave her name.”

"It's covered."

Ouyang Rong spoke with great relish, making up stories all the way, and the little Mojing tried to fool him.

Finally, he returned to the study in Yinbingzhai. The little guy was already smiling happily because of his coaxing. The little ink spirit ran back to the closet with a satisfied look on his face and continued to produce ink with full motivation.

The days with a new follower are quite promising.

(End of this chapter)