Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 614: The Fallen Emperor Visits (4)
"This matter is not something I can decide alone; I need to think it over. Why not have the emperor of the Sunset Kingdom stay in Xueyan Country for a few days? After we discuss and come to a decision, it won’t be too late for Brother Lou to return to his country," Feng Xuxu said earnestly, genuinely hoping to help them.
Excited, Lou Qianyu stood up, cupped his fist, and bowed, "Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Don’t celebrate too early. I just said I would think about it."
"Qianyu understands, but still thanks the sister-in-law."
Feng Xuxu felt helpless. Since the other party insisted on giving thanks, then let it be, for that ’thank you’ would not be in vain—after all, he was going to cooperate with her in other industries. Even if she conceded a copper coin’s worth of thin profit, when added together, it would be a considerable amount of silver, especially since she was selling exclusively to the emperor of the Sunset Kingdom—a monopoly she could obviously profit from.
"My husband, if there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading back," she said. Since she had promised to consider their proposal, she mustn’t be negligent. After all, the other party was a sovereign, and it wouldn’t do to make him feel like he was being toyed with.
Dugu Chen smiled and nodded lightly, "Go ahead. Remember to ride in the sedan chair to avoid the cold."
"Alright, I’ll remember that."
She took the cloak from Yingsu’s hands, draped it over her lady, and tied the straps in front. Seeing that it was snug and impenetrable, he was satisfied to let her leave.
Lou Qianyu rose and nodded toward Feng Xuxu, who was about to leave, watching her until she had exited the Yingfeng Pavilion before sitting back down.
Once out of the Yingfeng Pavilion and aboard the sedan chair, Feng Xuxu swayed back to her own sleeping palace. She instructed Yingsu and Zhu Lengqing that no one was to disturb her, and seeing both maids nod in acknowledgment, Feng Xuxu then turned and entered the great hall, vanishing in the blink of an eye. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
Entering her space, Feng Xuxu made a beeline for the study on the third floor to revisit the notes she had made in the past. Holding the familiar notebook, she felt as though she had returned to the modern world.
Flipping through the notebook, page by page, the familiar content quickly returned to her mind. She had to laugh at how close she had been to forgetting them all after so many years without teaching.
Looking through the space and seeing it was still early outside, she thought about Xuan Yue and the others, who hadn’t had fresh fruit in days and must have been craving it for a while. Each time they looked at her, hesitating to speak and not daring to ask, it was quite amusing. Since she had time today, she decided to pick a basketful for them.
Arriving at the fruit mountain, she gazed at the ripe fruits hanging on the trees, dewy and glistening, even with spiritual energy condensed into dewdrops on them. Smiling, she used her spiritual power and silently commanded ’collect,’ and the fruit automatically started to fill the baskets. Once both baskets were full, she stopped the crazy act.
As expected, when the guards saw the baskets full of fruit that night, their eyes gleamed with greed. Feng Xuxu didn’t fuss over them. With a wave of her hand, they rushed out with the baskets, and she could even hear them arguing about who got to keep the fruit in their own room. Turning to see her maids, who didn’t express their joy as blatantly as the guards but still had sparkling eyes, Feng Xuxu said with a smile, "You can take some too, and you don’t need to serve tonight."
"Thank you for Your Highness’s grace," the maids quickly carried the fruit away.
After everyone in the room had left, Feng Xuxu took out two baskets she had woven herself, filled with Qiqi and Yueyue’s favorite fruits, teasing them with a flick of the basket, "Still pouting, I see."
"Mother, you’re so mean, give it to me," Yueyue reached out for the thing in her mother’s hand, only to have her mother move it away.
"Am I being mean? Well then, I’ll just be the bad person and not give it to you. I’ll keep it for myself to eat."
"Mother, I am really well-behaved, please just give me my share," Qiqi pleaded with clear, shining eyes, smiling sweetly at her mother.
Feng Xuxu raised her eyebrows slightly and extended the basket to him, "Here you go."
"Thank you, mother," Qiqi lifted the cloth covering the basket, eyeing the tempting fruits and picked out a small bunch of grapes. He gave one to his mother, one to his sister, and finally took one for himself, enjoying the sweet fruit with his eyes happily squinted.
"Mother, you’re the best—you’re the best mother in the world. I like you the most," Yueyue said, after getting the sweet grape, looking at her brother’s contented face, she changed tactics to curry favor with her mother.
"So, I’m not bad anymore?"
"Not bad at all. If anyone dares to say mother is bad, I’ll flatten them," Yueyue said seriously, as if the person who had called her mother bad was not herself.
