eurekapd Chapter 127 Incredible
Chapter 127 Incredible
"Sister Yuxia is here!" Zhang Jinxuan didn't answer Lu Mubai; instead, he pointed to the carriage ahead and called out.
Wearing a veil, Wen Yuxia stepped off the carriage using a stool and said crisply, "Brother Mubai, this is for you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Bei Yi stepped forward and handed Lu Mubai an exquisite wooden box. Li Jiating clamored for a look at the gift, and the group snatched the box from Lu Mubai's hands.
An Chiyu opened the wooden box and saw a section of bamboo lying quietly inside. He asked in surprise, "What is this?"
Xia Yichen reached out and took the bamboo out of the wooden box, saying in surprise, "Thousand-Mile Eye, you made it yourself?"
In the entire Great Xia Dynasty, only the Emperor possessed the ability to see a thousand miles. It was a birthday gift from the Wuwa Kingdom, a friendly nation to Great Xia, and it was said to have been purchased at a great expense from a very, very far place.
Wen Yuxia coughed lightly twice: "Hehe, the workmanship is a bit rough."
With nothing to do, Wen Yuxia tinkered with two simple monocular telescopes at home. The lenses were made from a magnifying glass left by her grandfather, and the telescope tubes were made by piecing together two bamboo tubes of different sizes.
The telescope, made from a magnifying glass lens, was not clear enough to see the stars in the sky, but it was sufficient to observe the enemy troops outside the city. Lu Mubai was stationed at the border, so Wen Yuxia thought of giving him one.
Xia Yichen handed the telescope to Lu Mubai, his tone tinged with jealousy: "You're really lucky, aren't you? Yuxia gave you the wedding wine for free, and now this priceless telescope is yours too."
Lu Mubai's smile warmed, and his voice was filled with laughter: "Sister Yuxia, thank you!" He was already satisfied that Wen Yuxia came, but he didn't expect her to give him such a generous gift.
"Brother Chen, we made two 'Thousand-Mile Eyes' in total, you got one too," Wen Yuxia said with a smile, then took out an exquisite wooden box from her handbag and handed it to Xia Yichen.
Seeing the expectant looks on Zhang Jinxuan and the others' faces, Wen Yuxia reluctantly took out several crystal balls from her bag and handed them to them one by one, saying apologetically, "Brothers, the lenses for the Thousand-Mile Eye are hard to find, and I can only make two lenses with the ones I have."
With the crystal ball, Zhang Jinxuan and the others quickly forgot about the clairvoyance and gathered together, happily shaking the crystal ball.
Tang Qini and Song Ying's bridal sedan chairs arrived at the same time. Lu Mubai's smile vanished without a trace, and he completed the wedding ceremony with a cold expression.
After the banquet, the guests left one after another. Xia Yichen and the others stayed with Lu Mubai until all the guests had left, at which point they bid farewell to Lu Mubai.
Before leaving, Xia Yichen said gently, "I will be waiting for you at Shili Pavilion early tomorrow morning."
Lu Mubai is setting off back to Pingyuan Pass tomorrow. Xia Yichen had already arranged with Zhang Jinxuan and the others to see Lu Mubai off together tomorrow morning.
After seeing Xia Yichen and the others off, Lu Mubai went directly to Song Ying's courtyard. The next morning, Lu Mubai bid farewell to his grandfather, mother and second aunt, and left the capital with his guards.
Outside the city, at the Ten Mile Pavilion, Xia Yichen and the others were already waiting. Lu Mubai dismounted and said repeatedly, "I'm sorry I'm late."
Xia Yichen said gently, "Come quickly."
They had arranged it last night: he would bring wine, and Wen Yuxia and the others would bring food, making up a makeshift farewell feast. Lu Mubai ate with tears in his eyes; his family hadn't thought of a farewell dinner for him, but Xia Yichen and the others had.
"Yichen, thank you!" After finishing the last sip of wine, Lu Mubai gracefully somersaulted onto his horse, cupped his hands in thanks to Xia Yichen, and said.
Dozens of horses galloped away, shouting, "Take care, everyone!" Lu Mubai used his internal energy to project his voice far, far away.
"Mu Bai, take care!" Xia Yichen and the others shouted loudly. Wen Yuxia did not shout. She calmly looked at Lu Mu Bai's back and thought of the smile on his face when he left. She said in her heart, "Take care!"
Sending Lu Mubai off was Xia Yichen's idea, while the farewell banquet was hers. In her past life, Wen Yuxia had the utmost respect for soldiers who protected their country, and the same was true in this life. She held Lu Mubai, this general who protected the country, in high esteem.
Lu Mubai was to return to the border the day after his wedding, and no one knew when he would return. Wen Yuxia couldn't bear it, so she held a farewell banquet to ease Lu Mubai's homesickness.
Days passed, and the weather grew colder. Princess Wanyu would arrive at Wen Yuxia's house on time every day.
She trained in physical fitness alongside Nan Er and the others. Occasionally, Wen Yuxia would also go to the training ground to accompany Wan Yu in completing various training exercises.
Today, Wanyu didn't go straight to the martial arts training ground when she arrived at Wen Yuxia's house. Instead, she went to Wen Yuxia's courtyard, calling out, "Muhua, Muhua,"
Wen Yuxia sensed a strong gossip in Wan Yu's voice. She opened the door and said with a smile, "Go ahead, I'm all ears."
She had gotten used to it by now; whenever Wanyu found out about the gossip surrounding the powerful families of the capital, Wanyu would come and show off to her the next day.
Wan Yu chuckled and said, "Tang Qini and Song Ying, the two of them got into a big fight at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion yesterday... Minister Tang and General Song both went there."
Wan Yu's vivid description made Wen Yuxia feel as if she had witnessed it herself. Lu Zhenggang had taken Lu Muyu to the Imperial Guard camp on the outskirts of the capital.
Lu Fuqing took Lu Yanxi back to her parents' home. Apart from the aloof Yang Wanqin, the only other members of the Zhenguo Duke's mansion were Tang Qini and Song Ying.
Tang Qini harbored resentment towards Lu Mubai for spending his wedding night in Song Ying's room. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was home, she took the four guards arranged for her by Minister Tang and went to Song Ying's courtyard.
Tang Qini, who originally intended to go and demonstrate, never expected that Song Ying would dare to fight back against four guards with two maids.
In the end, Tang Qini's guards won. Tang Qini had her guards hold Song Ying down and then slapped her ten times in a row, leaving Song Ying's cheeks red and swollen.
Song Ying's maid returned to the Song residence for help. When General Song arrived at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion with his sons, Tang Qini had already led her people back to the Minister's mansion.
This was the first time Wen Yuxia had heard the woman in the backyard act so wildly. She asked with some concern, "How was this matter resolved?"
"Old Madam Tang personally escorted Tang Qini back to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, making her apologize to Song Ying and giving Song Ying two thousand taels of silver as compensation..."
In the capital, the wives, concubines, and mistresses of powerful families all had their maternal families as backing. It was an unwritten rule that if the women in the inner quarters got into trouble, their maternal families would step in to compensate them.
The masters of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion did not participate in the negotiations between the Tang and Song families at all. Wen Yuxia found it unbelievable that the rivalry in the backyard was resolved by her own family, without the involvement of her husband's family.