nycdaug Chapter 455 Asking for trouble
Chapter 455 Asking for trouble
"It turns out to be General Shufeng. The general's reputation is well-known. It is a great honor for me to meet you today. However, I am unable to stand up to greet you due to my disability. I hope General Shufeng will forgive me for this neglect!"
In the pavilion above the green lake, Shu Feng mistook Yan Yu for Si Yao and was happily sizing up the future Xinzong princess. Suddenly, he saw her calmly bow and smile at him. He froze in place for a moment before reacting and happily asked:
"Aren't you Miss Siyao?"
"No, I am Yu..." Yu shook her head, raised her eyes and smiled at Shu Feng, but before she finished her words, he suddenly sat down next to her and continued to ask with a smile:
"Miss Xuanyu? Great! How old are you? Where are you from? Are you married? Why did you enter this medicine shop? What happened to your legs and feet?"
Upon learning that the elegant beauty in front of him was not the prince's woman, Shu Feng was overjoyed and secretly delighted. He has always been frank and unrestrained and never acted coyly. Today, when he met a girl he liked, he would express his feelings openly, so he asked several questions in ecstasy.
However, Xuanyu had a cold face and ignored him. She never expected that a general of Xiyue Kingdom could be such a frivolous person.
"There is an unrivaled beauty, leaning in the pavilion by the green lake. The girl's face is like a lotus in clear water, as bright as the moon, and she is graceful and elegant..." Seeing that the beauty in front of him ignored him, Shu Feng became more and more anxious. He stared at her cold profile with a shameless look and kept muttering to herself.
"Isn't General Shufeng looking for Miss Si Yao?" She had already developed a dislike for the frivolous man in front of her, so no matter how much he praised her, to Yu Xuanyu it was all glib and dissolute, making her impatient to listen any further and interrupted him coldly.
"No hurry, no hurry. I just want to have a conversation with Miss Huanyu. Besides, you haven't replied to what I said just now." Shufeng felt a little frustrated when he saw the impatience on Huanyu's face. There was never a shortage of beauties around him, and he didn't know how to win their favor. But he also remembered the folk saying that a strong woman is afraid of a clinging man, so he continued to stay by her side and pester her to death.
Huanyu was annoyed by his pestering, but she was afraid that she could not even walk out of the pavilion with her weak feet without someone to support her. She had no choice but to move her body to the side to keep a distance from him, but as soon as she moved, Shufeng continued to approach her shamelessly. She retreated and he advanced, she retreated again and he advanced again, and the two of them repeated this until they were pushed against a pillar. Huanyu had to stop, feeling angry but helpless. There was no one else near the lake, and for the first time, she desperately wanted to see Zeng Si.
"Although I'm a rough guy having been in the military camp for many years, I'm not a wolf or tiger. I'm just happy to see Miss Huanyu and want to say a few words to her. Why do you have to reject me?" Seeing that Huanyu was still silent, Shufeng was anxious like an ant on a hot pan, but he didn't dare to be too presumptuous. He could only smile helplessly.
Xuanyu remained silent, but raised her eyes and looked towards the back mountain, hoping that Zeng Si would come back.
"Xuanyu, just answer me. How old are you? Are you married? If I want to marry you, would you be willing?" Shufeng continued to soften his tone and smiled brightly. Although the latter question was blurted out on a whim, looking at Xuanyu in front of him, his mind unconsciously emerged with the idea of him and her being a loving couple who support each other through thick and thin. He couldn't help but be ecstatic, and the idea of marrying her became stronger and stronger.
"The general is a prominent figure after all. How can you treat such an important matter as marriage?" Seeing that this man was becoming more and more ignorant of the seriousness of the matter, Huan Yu immediately glared at him sideways and said angrily.
"Of course this can't be treated as a joke, so I have to ask clearly so that my family can come to your house to propose marriage. It requires three letters and six ceremonies, and a formal marriage. Everything must be done according to the rules." Shu Feng's heart was pounding, and his face and ears turned red unconsciously, but his bright eyes still looked at the angry Xuan Yu affectionately.
"Thanks for General Shufeng's kindness, but Huanyu already has a lover by her side, so please General..." Looking at the increasingly ridiculous General Shufeng in front of her, Huanyu couldn't help but sneer in her heart, and her face regained its composure, and then she said slowly.
"What? Xuanyu, are you lying to me?" Xuanyu's words were like a bolt from the blue, making Shufeng stand up in shock. His originally clear face turned red and white, feeling extremely embarrassed. He suffered such a ruthless blow the first time he asked for marriage to a girl. He was so depressed that he couldn't breathe, and beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping on his face.
"Xuanyu dare not lie to General Shufeng." Xuanyu lowered her eyes and saluted him again.
"Xuan Yu?" At the same time, Zeng Si and Xiu Ming came back from the back mountain together. They saw a strange man standing in front of Xuan Yu from afar on the upstairs corridor. Zeng Si immediately jumped down and ran into the pavilion.
"You're back." Seeing Zeng Si, Xuan Yu was overjoyed and held his hand with a sweet smile.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Seeing that nothing happened to Xuanyu, Zeng Sicai felt relieved and smiled at her gently.
Xuan Yu said nothing but just kept looking up and shaking her head at him, her eyes full of tenderness.
The love between the two of them, which was so affectionate that no one else was around, made Shufeng, who was always high-spirited, feel as if someone had stabbed him in the heart. The pain was unbearable, so he turned around and left angrily without saying a word.
"Who is he?" Zeng Si asked puzzledly as he looked at the strange man's receding back.
"The Great General of Xiyue Country, Shufeng."
"Why did he come to see you?" Zeng Si's heart trembled when he heard it, and he hurriedly sat down in front of Yan Yu and asked worriedly.
"Why is he looking for me when he is a complete stranger to me? He came to see Miss Si Yao, but just now he mistook me for Miss Si Yao." Yan Yu smiled disapprovingly, then leaned on his shoulder and murmured.
"Isn't this General Shufeng? I haven't seen you for many years. Why are you visiting my Sanxiu Pharmacy today?" Shufeng was about to leave the pharmacy in a daze when he happened to bump into Xiuming who was coming down the stairs. Xiuming smiled in surprise, stepped forward, saluted and asked.
"Mr. Xiuming, how are you? I should have met Mr. Sanxiu in person today, but now I suddenly remembered an important matter that I have to attend to. I will come again another day and apologize to Mr. Sanxiu together!" Surprised to see Xiuming, Shufeng had to force a smile and bowed to him. After saying a few perfunctory words, he went to the front yard.
"What's going on?" Seeing General Shufeng looking absent-minded, Xiu Ming frowned, muttered to himself, and turned to look at the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
Uncle Fengfeng came to the medicine store in a hurry, but walked out of the medicine store with his head down in less than half an hour. He had asked for trouble, so how could he remember why he came to the medicine store? He left Sanxiu Medicine Store in a daze and rode to the military camp to find the prince. Although the military camp commander Ji Wu knew that the prince had a villa outside the wooden city, because the prince had previously ordered not to disclose the villa to anyone, he had to pretend to be stupid and didn't know anything.
Shufeng had no choice but to go to Mucheng County Office again. It was almost noon now. The county magistrate Situ Ting was very respectful when he saw the general coming to Mucheng. He immediately held a banquet to welcome him and entertained him graciously. After three rounds of wine, Shufeng learned about the Prince's Courtyard from Situ Ting and didn't care about the other party's flattery anymore. He pretended to be drunk and left the table and went straight to the courtyard outside the city.
Yan Zong, who had just finished lunch, was shocked to see the drunk Shu Feng coming over. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly again. It seemed that he couldn't have peace and quiet in this villa.
"What are you doing in Mucheng?" Yan Zong asked someone to prepare a bowl of sobering soup for Shufeng, then helped him into the hall and asked in a deep voice.
"You kid, you had good news but you didn't tell me, your good friend. You kept it hidden from me. Of course I'm curious about what kind of girl could catch your eye?" Shu Feng, half drunk and half awake, raised his hand and patted Yan Zong's shoulder, muttering.
"You went to Sanxiu Pharmacy?" Yan Zong narrowed his eyes slightly, and then his face turned cold.
"Don't worry, I didn't disturb your sweetheart...I just made myself embarrassed..."
"what happened to you?"
Seeing Shufeng suddenly become dejected, Yan Zong hurriedly asked with concern.
"She is so affectionate to that pretty boy, but treats me so coldly. Tell me, am I hurt?" Shu Feng slumped in the chair. The elegant and beautiful face of Yan Yu reappeared in his mind. He could not help but smile bitterly and muttered to himself.
"Who is she?" Yan Zong was confused and asked again.
"Xuanyu, she said her name is Xuanyu..." Shufeng muttered, half drunk.
Yan Zong looked at Shu Feng in surprise, and after a moment of silence, he advised: "This woman is a big trouble, you'd better stay away from her."
"What's wrong with her?" Yan Zong's words instantly made Shu Feng sober up. He quickly sat up and asked.
"She was originally a member of the Shadow Clan. Although she was later crippled by the Shadow Clan's leader and had all her skills taken away from her, and was also poisoned by a strange poison from the Western Regions, the Shadow Clan still regarded her as a traitor. If she had not been hiding in the Sanxiu Pharmacy, she would have died at the hands of the Shadow Clan. And her elder sister is the owner of the Southern Xinjiang Poisonous Insect Valley." After the servants brought the sobering soup, Yan Zong slowly revealed the identity of Yan Yu.
After hearing this, Shufeng was so shocked that he remained silent for a long time with his mouth half open. He felt mixed emotions and didn't know what to say.