Zheng Xiao Mistake: The Mistake of Rebirth Provoked the Cold Master

In the next few days, Rong Yan went to court as usual, but he paid extra attention to Zhu Zheng's daily life. The question he asked most often was, "Are you hot?"

Zhu Zheng knew why he asked this. After losing the realistic cheating props, he was afraid of exposing his flaws. Not only had he been carrying a pillow in his pocket these days, he even dared not wear thin clothes.

I could only shake my head with sweat on my forehead and answer, "It's not hot, I have a cold body."

If this continues, it will be over sooner or later. Zhu Zheng is determined not to sit there and wait for death. She plans to sneak back to the main city when Rong Yan is not in Ting Xiao Yuan and buy a new one from Manager Huang.

Originally, this plan had been on Zhu Zheng's agenda for a long time. Her sister's belly was already a size bigger than hers, so a belly transplant was imminent.

It was just because Rong Yan didn't seem to care much about her pregnancy, perhaps because there was a lack of female relatives. The Grand Tutor had no idea or experience about such things and always forgot this false fact.

This play was originally performed for him. People who listen to operas don't take it seriously, so Zhu Zheng is also sometimes fooled.

But no matter how hard you try, you can't fool people with just a pillow.

Zhu Zheng realized the situation was urgent, so she sneaked out a few times while Rong Yan was in court. Unexpectedly, she ran into An Fengxue who was practicing sword at the door.

After a while, I heard Rong Yan ask during the meal, "Why do you want to go out?"

Zhu Zheng avoided the question and just said, "It's too quiet here. I want to go somewhere lively."

Rong Yan just said "hmm", neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

I thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly, within a few days, there was a sudden turn of events.

On a sunny afternoon, Zhu Zheng was sitting in the pavilion feeding fish while Rong Yan was reading a book beside her. Suddenly, without warning, he asked, "There is a night party on a flower boat in Xiangsi River. Do you want to go and see it?"

Zhu Zheng was overjoyed and nodded in agreement.

Although the plan did not include Rong Yan, but before returning to the city, there were still issues of timing, excuse, carriage, etc. As for the current night party, all that was needed was to get Rong Yan away.

With the Grand Tutor in charge, Zhu Zheng didn't have to worry about anything. After dinner, the two of them returned to the city smoothly in a carriage.

The closer we got to Acacia River, the louder the sounds outside the car window became.

Xiangsi River is a tributary of Dongliu River. Its two branches pass through mountains and valleys, meet before entering Shengjing, run across the main city, and split into two streams when leaving Shengjing.

A gathering and a separation, just like the separation and reunion in life, so it is called the Acacia River.

This river has profound meaning, and because of its clear water and peaceful flow, gatherings and celebrations are often held on both sides of the river.

In the past, the Zhu residence had a strict curfew. Zhu Zheng had only seen the Acacia River during the day and had never seen the excitement of the night party. She lay in the car and watched the whole way, overwhelmed.

Of course, she still remembered that she should still be copying scriptures in the Dowager Concubine's Palace and must not show off in public.

So before getting off the car, she took out a specially prepared ankle-length curtain belt. The pink and orange cross-patterned fabric was very thick and covered her from top to bottom, so that almost no figure could be seen.

When Zhu Zheng sat back down with the open sack-like curtain on her head, Rong Yan, who was sitting opposite her, was silent for a long time, "Are you going to continue like this?"

Zhu Zheng nodded, then realized that he couldn't see her nodding through the hood, so she quickly opened a hole and said, "Yes, sir, I can't cause any trouble for you."

Unexpectedly, such a considerate idea was not recognized by Rong Yan. He stretched out his hand to take it off, "No need to cover it, it's too stuffy."

Zhu Zheng refused to give in, "If not, I won't get off the bus."

As soon as Zhu Zheng said this, she realized it was a stupid thing to say. She should have begged Rong Yan to take her with him, but why did she threaten him instead?

Rong Yan was indeed silent for a while. When Zhu Zheng was feeling nervous, the curtain opened a crack and a hand reached in.

Zhu Zheng was stunned, "What?"

Rong Yan said in a deep voice, "How can you see the road without holding it?"

This is a really good and rigorous question.

Zhu Zheng slapped her head. Why didn’t she realize that this thing blocked other people’s eyes as well as her own.

So he had no choice but to let Rong Yan lead him out of the car.

Before they could stand firmly, noisy voices immediately surrounded the two of them.

The carriage stopped at the east end of Acacia River. The long riverside street was lined with stalls and people dressed in fancy clothes. Zhu Zheng couldn't see clearly outside from inside the hood. She could only hear countless voices approaching and moving away, as if she had fallen into a beehive.

The hand in her hand became her only beacon. Zhu Zheng grasped it helplessly. Rong Yan seemed to understand and changed his position to hold her tightly with his fingers clasped together.

There is a bright moon in the sky, a clear breeze and many stars in the sky. Underground, the jade pot shines, and the long street is endless.

The streets were filled with acrobatics of lion, dragon and sword dances. Young men and women walked together by the river to light lanterns, and children were seen running around carrying melon-shaped lanterns.

Zhu Zheng and Rong Yan could have been lost in such a crowd, but her long curtain that covered the sky and the ground was somewhat eye-catching.

The eye-catching Zhu Zheng didn't know she was eye-catching. Sometimes she would lift her eyes a little to peek outside, but most of the time, she would stare at the hand that was holding her tightly behind the curtain.

Rong Yan walked slowly. Seeing that Zhu Zheng hadn't spoken for a long time, he asked in a gentle voice, "Don't you like it here? Or is it not lively enough?"

Zhu Zheng realized what he was asking. It turned out that this trip was specially arranged because she said that day that she wanted to join in the fun. She suddenly felt warm in her heart and guilty.

Of course she felt warm in her heart that the Grand Tutor was so considerate that he even remembered her excuses. But what made Zhu Zheng feel guilty was that she had been absent-mindedly looking for reasons to get him out of the way since she got off the car.

So Zhu Zheng quickly cheered up and said, "Of course I like it, I like it very much. I was just dazzled by the selection and was thinking about what I should buy first."

After Zhu Zheng finished speaking, she pulled Rong Yan towards a stall.

The stall was selling sound-retaining conch shells. The stall owner was a white-haired old lady in blue. Seeing Zhu Zheng not showing her face, she didn't know how to greet her. After hesitating for a while, she could only say to Rong Yan, "Sir, please take a look. These were salvaged from the West Sea. They are all rare items."

It is indeed rare in Shengjing. Zhu Zheng picked up a few conch shells and put them against her ears. Some of them sounded like the sound of a rushing ravine in an empty valley, and some of them sounded like the sound of gentle waves.

She picked one up and handed it to Rong Yan, but Rong Yan didn't take it. He just lowered his head and put his ear close to her palm to listen.

The blue-clothed grandmother saw the two people acting intimately, but couldn't see clearly who was in the mask. She was unsure how to sell it, so she just said conservatively, "We have single ones and pairs. It depends on what you like, sir..."

"In pairs." Rong Yan spoke.

The mother-in-law smiled knowingly and quickly continued, "There is a legend in the West Sea that people who pick up the same conch will have a thin bond, and they can meet again in the next life. At the least, they will just pass by each other, and at most, they will stay together. So if the official..."

Before he finished speaking, Rong Yan said, "Pack it all."

Before Zhu Zheng could carefully choose, she heard the words "Pack them all" and wondered, "Why buy so many conches?"

Are you planning to go back and make a conch door curtain?

Rong Yan simply paid the money, held Zhu Zheng's hand tightly and said, "It's a good story."

Zhu Zheng couldn't help but worry about buying useless things after hearing two stories that he didn't know were true or false. "My Lord, you are too easily deceived."

Rong Yan did not refute, just said "hmm".

Zhu Zheng felt that from his short sound, he seemed to be in a good mood.

A good mood is priceless, Zhu Zheng decided not to spoil the fun anymore and just let him go.

It was hard to stop this. Zhu Zheng's worry was not unnecessary. What happened just now was just the beginning of tonight. In front of the eloquent vendor, the simple and gullible Master Taifu was like a lamb walking into a tiger's mouth.

Then Rong Yan inexplicably bought two clay dogs, two bamboo fish, two wooden butterflies, two iron toads, two bronze lotus flowers, two shriveled old root carvings, and even two coyote head hats...

There are many different kinds, and the only thing they have in common is that they are all a pair.

Lord Taifu seems to have an obsession with even numbers. As long as it is a pair, he can even get a good price for a stone he picks up on the road.

Seeing Rong Yan's hands gradually filled with large and small bags, Zhu Zheng initially let it go as if it had nothing to do with her, but when she heard him accidentally say "half of them are yours", she was immediately frightened.

Except for the wolf-head hat that looked quite impressive, Zhu Zheng didn't want the other things. He was also worried about where to put these things, so he had to stop him from continuing his shopping spree.

The prevention was effective, but not necessarily completely effective, and Rong Yan still bought everything from the beginning to the end of the street.

There was a stone bridge at the end of the street. After crossing the bridge, they arrived at the Xiangsi River Pier.

Zhu Zheng heard that the voices had quieted down a lot. Just as she was about to pick up the curtain to check the situation, she heard someone outside calling out, "Master Taifu, we finally got you."