Chapter 63 (1/2)

Chapter 63

Chapter: 063 out of 513 – The matchmaker’s task (2)

When he saw her last time, she had been sick. This time, her complexion had improved significantly and she was also very spirited. She was wearing a light yellow dress, a rabbit fur sleeveless jacket embroidered with silver thread at the edges, and dangling golden kingfisher hair ornaments. A single glance told him that she had been living well.

Nie Qingyun inwardly sighed in relief. He only dotingly stroked Nie Sangyu’s hair for a moment before taking his hand away. Seeing Errong with her head lowered and standing behind Sangyu, he said, “Junzhu, you’ve become increasingly fresh and lively since last year.”

Errong looked at him with a blus.h.i.+ng face and quietly said, “Fresh and lively are words used to praise children. You should praise me by saying I’m beautiful.”

Nie Qingyun froze for a moment before laughing loudly. Then, he looked at Ning Mingjie and said, “Mingjie, your younger sister is much cuter than mine.”

As Ning Mingjie helped Ning Errong onto the carriage, he said, “Qingyun, you’re overpraising her. She only acts obedient when she’s in front of you. When you’re not around, she's a fiend in human form.”

“Older brother!” Ning Errong called out in discontentment from inside the carriage.

“See, she’s already feeling outraged.” Ning Mingjie chuckled before he entered the carriage too.

Ji Man recalled old madame’s meaningful look and finally understood her tasks for today – go out to buy cold cream and conveniently act as a matchmaker. With her here, old madame had an excuse to have her older brother come along

to accompany them.

The carriage was very big, but the exterior appearance was very low-key. The inside of the carriage was very s.p.a.cious. Ning Errong and Ji Man sat on one side while Ning Mingjie and Nie Qingyun sat on the other side.

Right after they had all sat down, it was somewhat quiet and the mood was slightly tense. Ji Man looked at the carriage’s window, rolled up the curtain, and the racket from outside came inside and dissipated the awkward atmosphere.

“It’s so rare to come out like this.” Ji Man smiled and said, “Older brother, where are you taking us? Errong wanted to see the scenery in the capital.”

Nie Qingyun returned her smile and said, “Old Madame sent a letter to Nie Clan’s residence early this morning, so I took today off to specially bring the three of you to Luoyan PaG.o.da*. You’ll have a good view of the capital from there.”

*(T/N: I think the author based it on a historical Buddhist paG.o.da located in southern Xi’an that’s called Giant Wild Goose PaG.o.da. Below are two pictures.)

Luoyan PaG.o.da was the capital’s tallest tower and was built in the center of the capital. It was rumored that when it had been recently built, a giant wild goose had hit the top of the paG.o.da as it was flying and fell down. And thus, it was named Luoyan (Falling Wild Goose). Wine and tea could be purchased at the highest level, and it was a place where the literati and elegant scholars spent a lot of money.

Ning Errong’s little face

face had been blus.h.i.+ng this entire time. She was happy when she heard these words. “I’ve been wanting to see how tall that paG.o.da is. Every time I asked my older brother to stroll around the capital with me, he wouldn’t agree. He would rather stay in and drink tea.”

Nie Qingyun was smiling as he glanced at Ning Mingjie, “Brother Mingjie has a quiet temperament. Anyways, he has such a good appearance. I’m afraid that he’ll be crushed to death from girls trying to give him sachets and handkerchiefs if he strolls around outside with you. If you want to walk around outside or go shopping, you can come look for me.”

Ning Errong was elated after receiving these words. She seemed as if she was going to jump for joy. Ji Man smiled and also squeezed Errong’s hand in encouragement. But… She looked at Nie Sangyu’s older brother’s expression. Although his words were warm and polite, his eyes only showed courteousness without much affection. Errong still had a long way to go.

“This is too tall. Do we really have to climb up those stairs by ourselves?” Standing in front of Luoyan PaG.o.da, Ning Errong tilted her head back to look at the top of the paG.o.da. Her little mouth was gaping.