Chapter 161 Feng Yang understood women most
When she saw him, she felt glad and a little nervous. Thanks to him coming timely and saving Qian Mudan and Ms. Zheng, so that she could not be hesitated between saving people and hiding her power. And she also avoided being badgered with those men in water. The most fortunate thing was that he appeared at the very time she needed him and missed him most.
A few days ago, Chan Yi wet the portrayal of He Danggui that Zhu Quan drew 3 years ago. She wanted to take it out to dry stealthily. However, she crashed into Zhu who was playing a bamboo dragonfly, and tore that portrayal accidentally.
Chan Yi realized she couldn’t hide this thing. Sometimes, Third Miss stared at this portrayal in a daze, and it seemed that whoever called her she won’t reply. This portrayal must be very precious to her. So, she went to make an apology to Third Miss with the ruined portrayal. However, Third Miss behaved normally after hearing this, as if she didn’t care about this. She only let her take the axis down and make a similar one later. After that, she would take this one out to the shop and frame it with this axis. So, they could hang it on the wall to deal with Mammy Tang and others who always came to visit her.
To their surprise, something unexpected happened. Chan Yi found that this axis was hollow, which had a covert lid that could be unscrewed. After unscrewing the lid, there was a letter in it. Chan Yi took this letter to He Danggui. He Danggui took a glance at it and then threw it away in disgust.
It wrote with a triumphant tone by Ning Yuan. He said he had a noble status that she could not imagine. One day, he would be more honorable than that. In this letter, he also wrote that he was very impressed with her, thinking that she was the woman who matched him. However, her status was too humble. Though he wanted to marry her as his wife, she would be ridiculed by others even being his concubine. Then he comforted her that he would put this thing in mind. He would make a prefect plan to change a noble status for her secretly at an appropriate time and marry her as his wife. He let He Danggui wait patiently and take good care of herself, eating and sleeping well and so on.
After a while, He Danggui took a deep breath and picked the letter again. She read it once again, while she still had an uncomfortable feeling. She couldn’t help crumpling up the letter and throwing it again. From the sense of superiority between the lines, she felt she could see Zhu Quan’s patronizing face. “Wait patiently”? Interesting. Did he think that she would be impatient after reading this letter? “Eating and sleeping well”? Just as she expected, he regarded her as a little sheep kept at the Luo’s Mansion. After she was fattened, she would be slaughtered.
As far as He Danggui knew, not long after Zhu Quan left Yangzhou City, he married Xie Qiaofeng as his Princess. Though this event was delayed a few months than the previous life, Lord Jin’s sister-in-law was still the person he married. A truly nobility was noble without having to invent an identity.
It should be a piece of good news for her. However, Zhu Quan didn’t give up on her. She thought he wanted to persuade her to make a concession. Being a Senior Concubine or just a concubine was honorable for her. Every festival, he always let Feng Yang send all kinds of exotic treasures to her and called it “love token”, letting her feel his “sincerity” to her. Oh, how could she have the adoration of Lord Ning? Her own heart was taken away by a pack of wild wolves and dogs. It was unexpected that younger Zhu Quan was so childish on affection. It was totally different from the playboy Lord Ning many years later. He was so naive that he regarded the affection as treasures. Did a man with nothing not deserve love?
And every time, after she received the presents by the force of Feng Yang, Feng Yang would immediately change into an intimate brother who persuaded her to cherish Lord Ning’s kindness with gratitude and admiration, waiting for Lord Ning to take time out of his busy schedule to marry her.
Feng Yang raised his head and signed, “Easy to find priceless treasure, rare to have a lover”. As women, the only place they could active freely was just a mansion. Even the mansion was as big as a city, it was still a mansion. The owner of this mansion was the husband of all women in the mansion. It seemed that he understood women better than women themselves, and he was pity for women more than the Immortal did.
Feng Yang waved an inscription folding fan and declaimed that a lot of women could never be loved by their husband during their life time, just like Xie Qiaofeng. She went out of her way but still couldn’t draw Lord Ning’s attention. However, He Danggui, the little woman, who was seeking survival in a gap, had let Lord Ning be worried about her even she didn’t marry him. It was easy to imagine that how many honors and favors were waiting for her. Again, with Lord Ning’s status, personality, and appearance, all women in the world admired him. There were no women he didn’t deserve, and no women he couldn’t pursue. But now he only wanted such a humble woman like her, so she should feel honored and wait for him to marry her. After getting married, she would live a carefree and prosperous life–this was Lord Ning’s promise, and he never broke his promise.
Now, a letter was revealed. He Danggui was so happy that Feng Yang had disappeared for nearly a year. Because of this letter, she was terrified again. Even she had packed her parcel and was ready to run away from home. She owned Quan Ji Tang and Yi Hong Brothel, and her cheques and title deeds worth 15,000 liang in total. It almost caught up Madam Luo’s dowry when she married into Luo’s Family. If she didn’t wanted to see what happened to the people of the Second Branch, and didn’t wanted to approach the royalty by Luo’s Family to seek a honor identify that won’t be looked down upon by others, so that her mother could stand up straight and went out from Taoist temple to enjoy the sunshine, she could have left early and distanced herself from the past.
Several times she really decided to leave. While Sun Meiniang was still working as the wife in charge of Lou’s Family happily, and putting people in Luo’s Family in order with her shrewd ways. As long as she saw her triumphant face, she could recollect her experience at the dark Water Dungeon, and the smile face that been shielded by windows when she rose up her head. Every time she thought about that scene, her internal organs seemed had been soaked by liquor, and she had the courage to stay on Luo’s Mansion.
She couldn’t even forgive Zhu Quan who was just looked with folded arms. Let alone Sun Meiniang and her daughter who had put serpent into Water Dungeon and caused her daughter, Tian’s death. Her life would never be complete without vengeance for this. Only when the two persons had got what they deserved, could she start her new life really. She told herself revenge repeatedly, and this was for justice…
But she was really worried that the ill-disposed Zhu Quan would do as what he said in the letter to set her a fake identity and took her to his mansion before she had achieved her aim. Though there were a couple of her old friends, she didn’t want to meet them, as it would remind her that she used to be one of them, a woman who was “deeply loved” Zhu Quan. As long as she lived a freedom life and had a lot of money, she would be content when she thought of the scene that those women fight just for Zhu Quan. She didn’t want to risk her own happiness to see a live harem battle.
Therefore, after Chan Yi had made this accident and helped her find Ning Yuan’s letter, she missed Meng Xuan frequently during these days. According to the current situation, even if she could command Bai Yangbai to persuade Zhu Quan, it would be possible that Zhu Quan was just pretend to agree and then set her up by surprise to put her into prison.
Before He Danggui met Meng Xuan, she thought he was the only one who could save her, and was the most suitable person. She even thought that he must be very pleasure to save her. Every time when she closed her eyes and imagined him, she always recollected his friendly smile and unselfish assistance to her. Though she didn’t speak out, she knew she had taken great advantage of him as she learnt his cultivation methods and accepted refining Zhenqi from him.
As for the reason why he helped her a lot, he said that it was also good for him. He got benefits after her Zhenqi circled through his channels. In addition to that, she regarded this “unselfish assistance” as “congener help”. The Immortal testified, before she met him, she really thought so.
After He Danggui had seen Meng Xuan, she thought he was far away from her. After two years training in the army, his facial features had become sharper. He got ridded of the beautiful face that she had been jealous of three years ago, and won’t be mistaken for a girl again. It seemed like he was a precious jade, which was clear and without a flaw, or he was like a rare sword in the box, as if he was quiet like an ancient black iron and brisk like the towering mountain. He was really outstanding, so did he still recognize her?
He used to impart martial arts to her at a silent night, and said out his biggest secret when she was faking sleeping. Three years later, was he still her “congener”? Would he offer her unselfish help and let her escape into Meng’s Family selflessly? After Zhu Quan dropped his idea forever, she could back to Luo’s Family and continue her most important mission–revenge.
It seemed that he didn’t lose much, as Meng’s Family was the hardest part that Zhu Quan didn’t want to touch, and Meng Xuan could take her away from Luo’s Family just by acting two scenes. However, he was so excellent, and would he like to marry her as a “nominal concubine”?
So, she felt like there were a brisk rabbit in her heart at the first glance. It was bouncing and vivacious that made her heart throb. In retrospect, she didn’t see his farewell letter and didn’t see him off. Afterwards, she received his letter, which said that he suffered fearful beatings and hurt his muscles and bones. His visceral was ruptured, and he wasn’t long for this world. She researched his handwriting and found that it looked powerful, so she thought that it most possible for him to use hyperbole, so she didn’t go to see him. He helped her a lot, while she did nothing for him. Could she ask him for help as a congener? Would he still be willing to help her after had experienced her indifference?
In this situation, she met him in the midst of the crowd with a mixture of joy and uneasiness. Though she lowered her head and didn’t see him, she knew his position clearly. Though he didn’t turn his head to see her, she felt there were a pair of eyes in the back of his head, and they were staring at her with unaffectionate.
After a long time, the master and the disciple had changed a lot, while they pretend to be strangers to each other in the crowd deliberately. The longer He Danggui stayed, the more uneasy she felt. She couldn’t help thinking that he must be angry with her, and probably he would never be willing to admit her apprentice identity. She even wasn’t worried about him after seeing his blood letter, and she didn’t visit him because of feeling troublesome.
There was an empty in her heart, and it was acid and bitter that made her feel heart-broken. The hands and feet which never warmed up after she was saved from the lake become colder. Why did she feel grieved? Hadn’t she armed herself by hard armor after three years’ adjustment to this “new world”? Or because she felt guilty and owed him a lot? He told her his secret identity which was like a luminous pearl hid in the deep sea. However, she hid her pearl and told him there was stone in her box. Was she too hypocrisy?
Though when he spoke out his secret, he thought she was asleep. And because she was so attached to such intimate and precious warmth, so she wasn’t willing to fall asleep. After he said that, he was startled and found that she was wake, so he kept petitioning her to keep this secret. In fact, he did not have to be so humble, his ability is so powerful that he could easily let her shut up forever–She knew that, if he was someone like Zhu Quan, she would be a corpse immediately.
Thinking in this way, she felt guiltier about him. It seemed that he only kept distance to her alone. She felt remorsefully, for he had sent so many letters to her about greeting and his practice progress. Why didn’t she reply one letter? The hole in her heart become bigger and bigger, and it was stuffed with snow. Did she lose her friend? Didn’t he be close to her anymore?
All the symptoms such as her chest feeling cold, suffocated and bitter were cured at one moment–the moment he put his head on her shoulder to smell her.
He needn’t to be so close, as he knew clearly what she smelled like. If it was a routine inspection, he could just smell it symbolically and needn’t to do that. He was willing to close her and warm her. Did it mean that he didn’t get angry with her?
A little joy rose in her heart, and she let him “smell” without moving. The sand clock in her heart dripped, and accumulated into a wonderful and eternal moment. When he was back off, she saw a long-lost smile in his eyes instead of the alienated radian on his lips. When he smiled, bloomy spring coming. She finally believed that her master really came back. She had saved! She had the shelter!
Meng Xuan let the multitude stand still and wait for the official to make a proof together. Then she fell into his arms suddenly, and she smelled green tea fragrance of his clothes.
She knew they were flying away from the crowd, and there was a tumult in the crowd. But she didn’t want to consider if it was suitable to leave in this way. She missed the embrace with green tea fragrance so much. It had been three years, and every time when she recollected this embrace, she felt gratitude and bitterness. He like a comet streaked across her life, taking away her loneliness and her fear. And for the first time in her life, she learned to “rely on”.
Before she knew him, she was a lone hero. When she was pushed to hopeless situation, all the things she could do was to imitate Jing Ke, who tried to murder the First Emperor of Qin, to kill Zhu Quan. After knowing him, she learnt how to draw energy from her surroundings and ask for help. When she was haunted by nightmare, she could find joy from Qing’er and Chan Yi. When she met Zhu Quan, whom she did not want to face, she would want to regard Meng Xuan as her shield… Would he say yes?
Thinking like that, they flew deep into the bamboo forest and settled at the tip of an emerald bamboo, swing up and down in the wind. In the setting sun, he told her that she used to save him in a deep mountain’s grass three years ago with the same sunset. She felt amazed and joyful, so he knew! In addition to congener, friend, confidant, master and disciple, there was another relationship between them–benefactor… Now she was forced into difficult situation by Zhu Quan, so would Meng Xuan be willing to be her “life buoy”? Qing’er said once that if a person had a “life buoy”, he would never be afraid of getting drowned.
Before she could ask, he kissed her suddenly.
Though her first reaction was to push him away, but the flash of tears in his eyes stopped her hand in the air. Did he cry? Was it because he missed her too much? Then why didn’t he come to her? Did it never occur to him that perhaps she was waiting for him? She didn’t want to swim alone after she had experienced the feeling of having the “life buoy”.
He was in tears and was kissing her lips, but she didn’t feel angry. She only wanted to know her place in his mind. Like he said three years ago, he was a very nice guy. How about…caught this “life buoy” and settled at on the cold and helpless sea? Well… How about she married him as his concubine? So, she needn’t be afraid of the year-round and directionless tempest above the sea.
He was so gentle and amicable, and he was so considerate to her. Knowing that she would feel cold after from the pond, he specially took her to where there are no people, and helped her dry clothes. He was so considerate that he must be a good man and a perfect husband… However, it was a pity that her identity was so low too be his wife. Even marrying her as a concubine was because he would consider their old friendship and feel that she was pitiful. So, he would decide to help her.
Though she had a lot of ways to raise her status so that she could marry him with a better identity, while she didn’t have enough time. Zhu Quan’s sword had already hung over her head.
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