Chapter 9 (1/2)
Unedited
By the time Xue Mu come back to theHe then asked Nian Tang Liu Qinghuan’s location, before heading towards the inner court’s loft to look for her
As always, Liu Qinghuan is sitting on the soft padded bench, drowning down yogurt to keep herself cool Seeing Xue Mu walking in, she hurriedly stands up to welcome him
” Marquise ”
Xue Mu guides her back onto the bench before opening his mouth
” A new Mongolian roup just entered the the westiteo take a look tomorrow? ”
Liu Qinghuan considers his proposal for a while
” It’s okay The Marquise often have to handle many matters so I’ll just have the maids accompany me ”
She wants to be considerate towards Xue Mu, but is afraid he would get angry, thus paying very careful attention towards his expression
Xue Mu stares at her, staying silent until she finally nods her head He smiles
” I’ll co tomorrow ”
After he walks away, Liu Qinghuan is left alone, thinking about the reason why he is so adamant about this
Tonight, Xue Mu is still staying over at the Lotus Chamber He looks out to the lotus pond in full blooure appears in front of him, tears and snot all over her little face as she runs over, co
” Ah Mu, Big Sis and Second Sis went to the west ain! They said that there are a lot of Mongolian dancers there, and their dances are all very beautiful! They even went to the textile and cos Sis even stole some broder and lip paper! “
She then paused, before saying sly
” But I went and told mu theht now “
Xue Mu laughed, helping her to wipe away the tears at the corner of her eyes
” Qing Qing wants to go to West Market? “
” Un! Butout “
Xue Mu thought about it
” Then I’ll sneak you out, okay? “
Liu Qinghuan looked at hi shi+ny eyes
” Really? But if mum finds out, she will definitely scold me “
” Then ill just pop in and out, and don’t let her find out Don’t tell your Big and Second Sister too “
” Okay! Then I’ll meet you at the back door tomorrow! “
Liu Qinghuan stretched out her pinky towards Xue Mu, hooking it up a little
” Promise! “
Xue Mu hooked his pinky around hers
” I’ll co “
……
What he haven’t expected is that he has waited seven years for that day to arrive
The breezy summer wind blow across the pond, and Xue Mu’s hair sway in the breeze He gives a look in the direction of thehis s
On the second day, after Liu Qinghuan get dressed and walks out the door, Xue Mu has already been waiting for her quite some time
The horse she is riding on is of course, the sa event The reason for choosing this particular horse is because it has the sa, both pure white and handsome
And she gave it a name, Whitey
Liu Qinghuan’s na so Xue Mu only laughs and stop hi
The West Market is quite crowded, the horse carriages running through never ceases Even if it is the hottest su-An City at thespirit within everyone
There are plenty of interesting stuff on display at the Mongolian merchant shop, and they even have their specially-et h TheLiu Qinghuan dizzy and so she randoly about how good her taste is The one she just picked out is a unique solid broder froold
Liu Qinghuan’s mouth twitchs a bit It has always been her who is out sca any old worth of persian solid broder for her
Having brought the broder, the seller then urges, or recommends to Xue Mu about a brow plate to put the solid broder on, as well as a brow brush Then goes on about about silk, bangles and golden hair pins… Towards his spendthrift ways, Liu Qinghuan feels like they would need to have a nice talk when they get back to their mansion
The two then browse all the way to Tangning Square, where they they witness priests wearing long robes going in and out of a te
” It’s the ‘Beseeching Fire Cult’ ”
Xue Mu said, looking at the fewThe power behind the Beseeching Fire Cult is co a connection with the Duke of Lingnan The E their temple is their place of contact
He withdraw his gaze and turns to Liu Qinghuan
” Let’s go ”
” Un ”
Liu Qinghuan glances inside the te in her eyes, flickering
Returning back to Chongren Square, Xue Mu turns to Liu Qinghuan riding besides him
” Qing Qing, let’s walk back together? ”
” Sure ”
After being on horseback for the entire day, she wishes to feel soround underneath her
Xue Mu let the servantsMansion, unsaddled, and starts walking along with Liu Qinghuan
But just after taking a few steps ahead, it starts raining all of a sudden Passerby’s starts dashi+ng as Liu Qinghuan twitches her eyebrows This rain sure falls without a slightest hint of it co on using it for the sun but now, it would work just as well for this rain
Opening up the u it with hi to cover the both of thehs and takes it away from her
” Let me do it ”
Liu Qinghuan let go and seeing how half of Xue Mu’s body is outside the umbrella, she puckers up her lips
” The Marquise is going to get wet like this ”
Xue Mu laughs
” It’s okay, I have a big head ”
Liu Qinghuan ” …… ”
Is the Marquise joking just now? His head… isn’t that big either! Looking at her puzzling eyes looking at him, he smiles
” And as the troubleave me that name? ”
That year, when he told Liu Qinghuan his na long time
” …As in wood? ” [TN: Wood 木 in chinese is Mu tou 木頭 Xue Mu]
” No, as in ad Mu 仰慕]
Adhuan, is not as easy to co of Xue Mu’s name
” No! It’s wood! “
Saying that, she bend down and wrote a huge character of ‘wood’ in the snoith her fingers The corners of Xue Mu’s eyes twitched before he wrote another ‘Mu’ character, the one for admire, next to the crookedly written ‘wood’, on the snow, his writing neat and precise
Perhaps it was because of the way Xue Mu’s handwriting was huan pouted her lips and started insisting shamelessly