Chapter 99

  The third young lady of the Grand Tutor's Mansion got married, and the Grand Tutor's Mansion was decorated with lanterns and streamers, but there was no grand banquet for guests, and this wedding was settled in a low-key manner.

  Although marrying off his daughter, Grandmaster Pong stated: The son-in-law is not allowed to stay overnight at the Grandmaster's residence.

  Considering that Tai Shifu had already agreed to the marriage and was now his legitimate wife, Zhan Zhao could not say much more and endured it.

  As for Tai Shifu's proud and arrogant behavior, Little Phoenix felt that it was actually quite cute.

  It's no big deal if Little Kitten can't stay overnight, anyway, once you acknowledge it, it becomes a fact.

  On the third day after the wedding, the couple finally reunited in that "small shop" on Kaifeng Prefecture Government Street.

  This day is just the Lantern Festival, China's real Valentine's Day!

  Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but think of the Lantern Festival two years ago, when he was so slow to realize Zhan Zhao's feelings for him. Moreover, on that year's Lantern Festival, they had also run into Xiang Wangfu's Chai Wenyi, and Xiao Mao had been drugged again... thinking about it now made one smile wryly.

  Zhan Zhao handed her a cloak and tied it for her, whispering with a smile: "What are you thinking of, looking so happy?"

  "Zhan Zhao, do you still remember the Lantern Festival two years ago?"

  Zhan Zhao smiled with a nod, "I remember." How could he forget? That was the beginning of his heart's desire for her, and also the start of their true romance.

  "Miss, Master, can we go now?" Xiao He asked as he came in from the front yard.

  "Alright." Zhan Zhao helped his wife put on her hood and took her hand as they walked out.

  There are many people on the street, and it was snowing a few days ago. But on this Lantern Festival day, the sky gave us a smile, stopped the wind and snow, and the streets were bustling with excitement.

  All kinds of lanterns are hung on both sides of the street for illumination, and the lanterns on the vendors' stalls by the street are also varied.

  The faces of people passing by were all filled with festive joy, and Zhan Zhao looked at his wife beside him, feeling happy and content.

  After walking for a while, Lu Xiaofeng felt that wearing a big hat was somewhat hot, so he took it off.

  "Look at this lamp, little cat, is it pretty?"

  Under the candlelight, his wife's face was as beautiful as jade, with a clever smile and beautiful eyes that sparkled like flowing water. Zhao couldn't help but laugh and say, "Beautiful."

  "We bought some lanterns to release later."

  "Good."

  Xiaohe went up and took out copper coins from his pocket to pay the bill.

  "We'll take this lamp."

  Xiaohe's action of paying was interrupted by someone shouting "card".

  "This is what our young lady had her eyes on first." Xiao He couldn't help but declare.

  The maid who took the lamp looked at Xiao He with a hint of disdain, then turned to hand the lamp to the beautiful young lady behind her, saying: "Miss, the lamp."

  Lu Xiaofeng shook his head secretly and said to Xiaohe: "Forget it, let's go somewhere else."

  Xiaohe felt slightly resentful, as it was clear that Miss had taken a liking to him first.

  "It's gone, but just one lamp."

  "What do you mean? What's the big deal about just one lamp?"

  Lu Xiaofeng intended to let things slide and avoid trouble, but the other party's servant girl seemed to have no such intention, looking very arrogant.

  "This was just a lamp from the beginning, did I say anything wrong?" Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but ask back.

  That girl was somewhat choked with rage and couldn't help but go look for her family's young lady.

  That beautiful young lady was still quite polite, and she slightly bowed to Lu Xiaofeng, saying: "Thank you, madam, for giving way."

  "You're welcome." Lu Xiaofeng accepted her thanks calmly.

  "How dare you! My young lady spoke like this, and you actually accepted it?"

  Lu Xiaofeng couldn't help but ask Xiaohe, "Xiaohe, didn't we forget to check the almanac before going out today?"

  Xiaohe couldn't help but smile, "I forgot."

  "Let's go."

  The young lady couldn't help but scold her maid, "Xiao Hong, don't be rude." She saw that the woman's clothes were simple yet elegant and of high quality, and the man beside her was handsome and refined. She knew that the couple must have a good background. Xiao Hong was embarrassed, if she had offended them with her words, it would not be good.

  "Yes, miss."

  "It's just a young maid's mistake, madam, don't take it to heart."

  "I won't." Lu Xiaofeng didn't actually care, but he couldn't help retorting a few words after hearing that maid called Little Red being too arrogant.

  All the way until they left the stall, Xiao He couldn't help but complain, "Miss, you're just too easy-going, that little girl is simply too arrogant."

  "She's just a servant girl, why bother arguing with her?"

  "The servant girl didn't mean it that way, she just felt... uncomfortable. The young lady from her household is the esteemed daughter of the Grand Preceptor's family and also the Emperor's younger sister, how could she be treated with such disdain?"

  "It's just a lamp, not like it's indispensable. Look, this one is much prettier than the previous one!" Lu Xiaofeng picked up an exquisitely crafted flower-shaped lamp from a street vendor and handed it to her.

  "Ah, very pretty." Xiaohuo's eyes lit up, "Miss has a great eye for things." Among so many lamps, she picked out this one at a glance, and he hadn't even noticed it.

  "That's it." Lu Xiaofeng smiled complacently, "Your family's young lady was born with a pair of wise eyes."

  Zhan Zhao couldn't help but laugh at her, she was indeed someone who had no psychological burden.

  "Of course."

  This pair of master and servant really left Zhan Zhao speechless.

  This time, Xiao He paid the money quickly, fearing that another unknown person would come and snatch it.

  However, she was overthinking, this time her family's young lady had already taken the lamp in hand, if someone came to grab it that would truly be too shameless.

  They followed the crowd and came to the banks of the Bian River.

  Lu Xiaofeng put the lotus lantern he had bought along the way into the water, clasped his hands together and prayed silently. He didn't want to be cannon fodder, please, please, please.

  Lü Xiaofeng stood up from the riverbank after releasing the flower lanterns.

  Zhan Zhao reached out and held her hand, the couple's eyes locked in a deep emotional gaze.

  "Come on, let's go eat dumplings."

  As soon as he heard the word "dumplings", Zhan Zhao's smile deepened. On Lantern Festival that year, she had unhesitatingly fed him dumplings she had bitten into herself, and afterwards said with a straight face, "I was feeding the cat." It was simply impossible to admire her more.

  "What's so funny?" Lu Xiaofeng glared at him with a hint of annoyance.

  "Does madam want to feed the cat again?"

  "What's it to you?" Lu Xiaofeng raised his chin, "In the future, won't this cat still have to be fed by me?"

  Zhan Zhao: "......"

  Xiaohe covered her mouth and smiled secretly behind him.

  Just as they found a small stall and were about to order two bowls of wontons, they ran into the master and servant they had met when buying lanterns earlier.

  The young lady was not alone, as she had some servants following her earlier. What happened next was that a rascal who tried to flirt with the young lady got beaten up by one of the servants who followed her.

  Lü Xiao Feng thought: Perverts are always asking for a beating, so she was happy to watch with relish.

  However, Zhan Zhao felt that the house slaves had gone too far and eventually intervened to stop them.

  "Lessons learned are lessons learned, but it's not good if someone loses their life."

  "This kind of person would rather die than give in, what's the big deal."

  When Lu Xiaofeng heard this, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. What was the background of this family? The servant girl's tone was arrogant, and the housekeeper's tone was also arrogant. Were they second-generation rich or second-generation officials?

  Kaifeng is in what place?

  This is the place where the powerful and wealthy are most concentrated. They are so arrogant and look down on others, what if they accidentally run into someone even more powerful than them?

  "Even if he is not a good person, you cannot take the law into your own hands and mete out punishment."

  "Who are you to interfere in other people's business?"

  "Kaifeng Prefecture's Zhāo."

  That family immediately fell silent.

  The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, Kaifeng Prefecture's imperial cat Zhan Zhao was the number one celebrity in Bianliang City.

  "Master Zhan, this is the steward of the Ministry of Rites, Gold Master's residence. These ignorant servants have been very offending, I hope Master Zhan will not take it to heart." The steward of the Gold Residence finally stepped out and took charge at this time.

  Lu Xiaofeng suddenly understood, and the deepest impression she had of the "Fish Beauty" unit was that greedy butler at the Jin Mansion. Back then, when he was slapped in the face by his idol on stage, it made her feel so cool.

  Such a butler comes out of the lower class, and it's natural that they have similar moral character. This can explain why that maid and house servant are so stupid, this is definitely a case of like master, like man.

  But then, isn't that beautiful girl just a gold-digging peony?

  Xiaofeng felt an urge to hum a tune, as for the story of Fish Beauty, many film and opera works have performed it before, everyone praises the carp spirit's unwavering loyalty to love, while despising Jin Mudan who is greedy for wealth.

  In "Justice Pao", she personally dislikes this episode because in the end Zhang Zhen and Jin Mudan were actually fated to be together.

  I'm so disappointed, I simply can't believe in love anymore!

  So it seems like the story is about the Fisherman and the Golden Fish?

  This is another mysterious and fantastical chat room, Little Phoenix Maiden feels a bit conflicted.

  This unpredictable plot is really scary for ordinary people. She decided to leave quickly and absolutely not get involved in this case, she refused to be cannon fodder. She came here just to walk the mysterious and fantasy path of Liaozhai, so she absolutely didn't want to get involved in such an event, because it might trigger a chain reaction.

  Zhan Zhao nodded and then ignored him, walking straight back to his wife's side.

  Lu Xiaofeng asked him, "Why didn't you let the people of the Jin Mansion send that person to Kaifeng Prefecture to taste a few days of prison food?"

  The steward of the Na Jin government heard Lu Xiaofeng's words and said with great insight: "Madam is right, we will send this person to Kaifeng Prefecture."

  Lu Xiaofeng ignored him and said to the owner of the wonton stall: "Three bowls of wontons."

  "Alright, I'll be right there."

  Na Jinfu's overall manager got a bad outcome, but because of Zhan Zhao, he didn't dare to show his dissatisfaction.

  Wontons arrived, Zhan Zhao first took a bowl for his wife and couldn't help but ask: "You don't like that person?"

  Lu Xiaofeng drew out a pair of bamboo chopsticks, "Is that kind of person with eyes on top of their head worthy of having good feelings?"

  Zhan Zhao could only shake his head.

  Because of running into Jin Mudan, Lu Xiaofeng's originally good mood turned bad. So after eating the wontons, she headed back home.

  Zhan Zhao naturally is whatever she says it is.

  Newlyweds, and it's also a time of honey and oil, at night they can't help but be overly passionate, this is all normal.

  After the Lunar New Year, at the beginning of the second month, Wen Xin, who was detained in the Kaifeng Prefecture government office, was released from prison by Lord Bao and returned to Huzhou alone.

  The matter of Huzhou has come to an end like this.

  The orphaned Zhao Ning'er of the Lianyun Pavilion case was also adopted by Bao Zheng and sent to school for education.

  Spring Festival is approaching, Zhan Zhao returned to the small shop after a day of duty and saw Xiao He preparing his luggage. His heart sank, and he lifted the curtain and entered the inner room.

  Lu Xiaofeng was also collecting a few personal items and said as he entered: "You're back quite early today."

  Zhan Zhao didn't bother to reason with her and simply asked: "Are you leaving?"

  "Hmm." My sister absolutely cannot be a cannon fodder, the plot of The Fish Beauty is totally the rhythm of a chat room, all sorts of strange and bizarre things, it's safer to stay far away.

  "After passing this period of time, I will come back."

  "Is it over after this period of time?" Zhan Zhao understood the implication in her words.

  Lu Xiaofeng almost slapped himself in the face, looking at this mouthful of nonsense, he could only pretend to be innocent and try to muddle through.

  Zhan Zhao didn't let her off, "What's going on?" She was clearly trying to avoid something, what could have forced her to do so?

  What can make her avoid trouble must be a big deal, but is there still something that can make her avoid trouble now?

  If it's true, then this matter must be very serious, how can he not worry?

  "It's nothing, I just said it casually, really nothing." Afraid that he wouldn't believe her, Little Phoenix repeatedly assured him.

  "Xiao Feng——" Zhan Zhao reached out and grasped her hand, turning her to face him.

  Lu Xiao Feng could only sit on the bed with him, staring at each other, "Zhan Zhao, I'm really fine, I just want to go out for a walk, can't I? Before marrying you, I said it before, you can't restrict my actions, and you also promised."

  "I agreed, but on the condition that you are safe."

  "Of course I'm safe." Staying would be what's unsafe.

  "Really?"

  "I swear." Lu Xiao Feng raised his hand with some helplessness.

  Zhan Zhao grasped her hand, let out a sigh of relief, "It's fine as long as nothing's wrong." What he feared wasn't that she would leave his side, but rather that she might be in danger. As long as she was safe, everything else didn't matter.

  "These past few days have been busy with official matters, I'm afraid I won't be able to return often."

  "Then I'll go with you to live in Kaifeng Prefecture." Little Phoenix didn't need the cat to say anything else, and immediately gave a response that went along with his meaning.

  Xiao Mao has her own house in Kaifeng Prefecture, and as a family member, she can live there without arousing any gossip.

  Besides, she has already decided to go out and avoid the disaster, before leaving, accompanying her husband is also a wife's duty.

  Like this, Xiaofeng, who had the potential of being an idle wife and a cool mother, moved into Kaifeng Prefecture as a family member.