Chapter 166 - Xu Family’s Visit II (1/2)

Third person POV

Lu Cixi sat on her throne comfortably while listening to Princess Yue's rant and gossip. She sighed when she heard a blast of laughter from far away. Princess Yue who didn't have sound magic was confused of why her mother sighed.

Princess Yue: ”What is it, Imperial Mother?”

Lu Cixi: ”This laughter, haha, so nostalgic. Just a few old friends coming over.”

Princess Yue: ”Who?”

Then an eunuch walked up to her and reported.

Eunuch: ”Your Majesty Empress Dowager, Her Majesty Empress and her entourage had come for a visit.”

Lu Cixi: ”Let them in.”

Princess Yue curiously looked at the entrance and saw a lot of tall people came into the hall. All of them greeted Lu Cixi and Princess Yue. Lu Cixi smiled and happily went to Bai Huiqing's side.

Lu Cixi: ”My, Huiqing, how long has it been since we saw each other?”

Bai Huiqing: ”Hahaha~ Since the last time we hang out with Zhenxin.” (Lin Zhenxin= Bai Huiqing's bestfriend and the one who introduced Bai Huiqing to Xu Tingfeng.)

Lu Cixi: ”We had not talked except writing letters to each other. Btw, do you have any new magic research?”

Bai Huiqing: ”Oh yeah, I have. And I'm pretty sure you will like this one.”

Lu Cixi: ”Oh my~ Don't waste any time, come come come~”

Lu Cixi guided them to sit and excitedly conversed with Bai Huiqing. Hong er stared at them with eyes full of puzzle, she didn't know that her mother get along with her mother-in-law.

Then she turned her eyes to Xu Tingfeng, trying to find some answer from Xu Tingfeng. Xu Tingfeng looked at her and mumbled.

Xu Tingfeng: ”Girls stuff.”

And winked at Hong er. Bai Huiqing's servants brought in a quite large mysterious box that was covered with a cloth and place it in front of Lu Cixi. Bai Huiqing looked at Hong er and waved her hand to tell her to come here. Hong er sat beside Bai Huiqing and stared at the box curiously.

Bai Huiqing: ”I'm pretty sure you will like this one too. I know both of you have the same dislike of heat and coincidentally, these past few days had been pretty hot. Open it.”

Bai Huiqing told her servants to open the cloth and revealed a block of jade marble stone with lines carved through the stone. Hong er lost herself and went closer to the stone and groped it around.

The inside of the stone was mostly empty, only a few machinery in it and there was 2 holes on the surface to place magic stones. She touched the stone and she could feel the stone was quite cold. Hong er stared at Bai Huiqing with eyes full of sparkles, expecting Bai Huiqing to explain everything to her.

Bai Huiqing: ”As you can see, this is cold jade marble and this stone is basically low in temperature. So I made a device that could release cold air and most importantly, it can operate even without having us to use our Qi all the time.”

(A/N: I don't really have knowledge about stones but my father liked to collect stones. So he had this big stone just below my A/C, I always put my feet on it and it feels GREAT. My country is tropical, everyday is hot and humid.)

Lu Cixi: ”Wow! What a brilliant idea.”

Bai Huiqing: ”I also made a small stone which we could pour our Qi in it to the fullest and then use it.”

Lu Cixi: ”Wait wait wait, let me call my son over. He will gladly hear about this new research. Go call His Majesty Emperor.”

Eunuch: ”Yes, Your Majesty Empress Dowager.”