The General’s Genius Daughter

Chapter 114 The Flower Fair

After a while, Hua Mengshi left. Hua Xiaoyi sat quietly at the edge of her bed and was in a trance, staring at the blazing sun outside.

Bingqing and Chun Xiang looked at each other and fetched a basin of water from the well outside, putting it at the bedside to lower the temperature.

The water from the well was cool and limpid which rippled in the basin.

Hua Xiaoyi looked at the water and dabbled her hands in it. Bingqing said at once, “Miss, don’t do that. You haven’t recovered from the cold, and dabbling in the water will… Besides, Miss, you should get well again so that you’re able to take part in Flower Fair three days later.”

Hearing this, Hua Xiaoyi stopped dabbling in the water and leisurely dried her hands, saying, “Decoct the medicinal herbs, it’s time to take medicine.”

Bingqing and Chun Xiang was very glad to hear this because Hua Xiaoyi had been always reluctant to take medicine and been angry about it. But today, she was willing to take medicine, so, Bingqing and Chun Xiang should hurry to decoct the medicinal herbs.

Hua Xiaoyi sat there quietly and slightly closed her pretty eyes, nobody knew what she was thinking.

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In the Prince Nan’s mansion.

The hare was still gobbling its food because this was the first thing it would do when it came back to the world.

Sun Moon Deity felt itself too greedy for food and it was still hungry no matter how much it had, after all, it had been long time since it had meal and meat.

Yun Shimo sat aside and calmly looked at the hare.

The hare seemed to be light, but why was he so greedy for food? Bingyi didn’t figure it out either.

The hare felt embarrassed at being stared by Yun Shimo. Just in the two days it came to Prince Nan’s mansion, it had eaten 30 roast chickens, 40 roast ducks, countless fruits and countless desserts.

Yun Shimo would provide as much food as it wanted, and he never complained about it.

Finally, the hare was stuffed. It blinked its eyes and waved its claws, all of a sudden, two red scrolls appeared and fell in front of Yun Shimo.

“I’ve said that I would hand over the scrolls and Hallucination Art that recorded the secret arts and Qi skills I master to you as long as you saved my life.”

The hare said. Its raucous voice didn’t accord with its delicate body.

Yun Shimo took over the scrolls and opened one of them, only to see several words, writing, “Changing with Magic Clouds”.

“Both Changing with Magic Clouds and Icy Shield are the Qi skills owned by senior Qi Artists. But they probably failed to be handed down from the last generation on the continent. Ha! Ha! Ha! These two kinds of Qi skills are five times more powerful than general Qi skills!”

The hare said. Yun Shimo calmly received them and said, “Thanks very much.”

The hare patted its bulging belly and said, “You’re welcome. I’ve been trapped for 10,000 years, and I finally realized that it was no good to seek too much fame and riches in the world. It’s unnecessary to seek these useless things unless we’re in danger.”

Yun Shimo was suddenly speechless.

What a cunning hare! In this case, Yun Shimo and Hua Qiyue would naturally become its apprentices, wouldn’t they?

Well, after all, it had more than 10,000 years of experience.

“Lord, I have something to…” Bingyi interrupted in a low voice at the same time.

“What happened?”

“This morning, both Eleventh Prince and First Prince went to Hua’s Mansion to visit Princess Jinghua,” Bingyi whispered.

Yun Shimo slightly squinted his black eyes which gleamed with light.

“First Prince invited Princess Jinghua to Flower Fair which will be held three days later by the Wangyue River.”

“Hum, I know, ” Yun Shimo said emotionlessly. Yun Shimo’s reaction surprised Bingyi a little and Bingyi thought, “In the past, Yun Shimo would be very nervous, but why does he look so calm now?”

“Maybe he had enough confidence and was sure that Hua Qiyue wouldn’t have a crush on other men, so, he kept calm and showed no facial expression?”

“Why did Eleventh Prince visit Hua Qiyue?”

“I don’t know. However… according to my conjecture, he visited probably to discuss how to deal with First Prince with Hua Qiyue,” Bingyi said. Yun Shimo frowned and said, “Since when did Eleventh Prince become so rash?”

The hare kept patting its bulging belly and said, “Perhaps, Hua Qiyue has feeling for him. That’s why he was confident, otherwise, he wouldn’t have visited her!”

Yun Shimo looked grim and glared at it. But the hare whistled as if it didn’t care.

Bingyi’s face became cold because he didn’t expected that such a little rabbit was so arrogant. However, he couldn’t offend the hare because it was a spirit animal of 10,000 years old.

Yun Shimo frowned and said, “Is there any news from the palace?”

“Lord, nothing.”

“What about the Liu’s family?”

Bingyi paused and said, “It seems that the Liu’s family are assembling many Qi Artists but I don’t know what they are doing. Besides, the Liu’s family recruited more Qi Artists behind the royal’s back, they even wanted people from cults.”

“How dare they!” Yun Shimo snorted and said, “What about Hua Qiyue? Still in the Hua’s Mansion?”

“No. She went to Feng’s Yard after taking Tianci to have tofu jelly,” Bingyi answered honestly.

Yun Shimo frowned again and stood up, going outside.

Seeing this, the hare quickly leapt onto Yun Shimo’s shoulders.

Yun Shimo was as motionless as a mountain and he paused for a long while, going outside.

Bingyi followed him and shook his head, thinking, “Although Lord looks as peaceful as water, in his heart, he must be very uncertain about it, isn’t he?”

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Indeed, Hua Qiyue went to Feng’s Yard after taking Tianci to have the tofu jelly.

Although she didn’t go there every, she actually could visit Ji Feng and Ji Jing every two or three days and talk about some trivials with them.

Ji Feng was very glad to see Hua Qiyue. While Ji Jing held Hua Qiyue’s hands happily and lively, saying, “Gosh, Sister Qiyue, it’s more and more difficult to meet you! It’s been several days since you come!”

Hua Qiyue glanced at Liu Shaoming who was refining medicines earnestly. Liu Shaoming pretended not to see Hua Qiyue and concentrated on his job, but it looked quite normal when he was being earnest.

“But now I come. Tianci, I’ll leave you alone, and you enjoy yourself,” Hua Qiyue smiled and said.

Tianci shook his head and said, “No! I want to see how to do Alchemy!” Tianci pouted and was very unsatisfied with Hua Qiyue’s decision of letting him stay away from here.

Saying this, Tianci rushed to Liu Shaoming promptly. Liu Shaoming was distracted and was surprised to see Tianci, turning around at once to glare at Hua Qiyue.

Hua Qiyue was talking with Ji Feng and others.

She was in white and looked gracefully. Her sleeves floated with breeze and her black hair was in sideling braids. Wisps of her black hair hung down, which made her face look pure and lovely, as bright as the moon.

Liu Shaoming paused because Tianci was curiously looking at the medicine in a huge container. Liu Shaoming scolded immediately, “Bad boy, don’t touch my stuff!”

Tianci snorted and said, “I actually don’t care about it!”

Saying this, he ran aside to a parterre and had a look at the exotic herbs and flowers there.

“We’re unable to grow such Long Red now, so, Qiyue, we need your help. Last time, the Ginseng with Nine Souls you gave us was extraordinarily effective. If you have some and you don’t need them, please give them to us as much as you can. Our Ji family will remember you great kindness.”

Ji Feng said seriously. Hua Qiyue shook her head immediately and said, “But for your Purple Lotus Phoenix Ice, how could Tianci be able to speak? In the future, if you need, I’ll try my best to help you.”

Ji Feng and Ji Jing looked at each other and felt very grateful.

“Now, we should hurry up and grow some herbs, handing over the Alchemy to other apprentices and Prince Nan. Prince Nan also agrees to join us!” Ji Feng smiled and said. His smile, as tender as the sun, attracted Hua Qiyue very much.

Ji Jing drew Hua Qiyue aside and sat down, saying, “Sister Qiyue, will you take part in the Flower Fair three days later?”

“Yes, I will.”

Hearing this, Ji Feng was surprised and his face secretly blushed.

“Okay, my brother and I will definitely participate in it!” Ji Jing smiled and said. Liu Shaoming walked to them and after greeting to Ji Feng and Ji Jing politely, he coldly squinted at Hua Qiyue and said, “What are you doing here?”

“Shaoming, don’t be so rude to Qiyue,” Ji Feng said calmly and he was unhappy with Liu Shaoming’s behaviour. After all, he was the master, but Liu Shaoming intended to replace him by acting like this?

Liu Shaoming snorted, while Ji Jing smiled and said, “Senior, I heard that you and Sister Qiyue drew in the hunting, awsome, Sister Qiyue!”

Liu Shaoming’s face looked more terrible, but he had to shut up when he saw Ji Feng’s cold face.

The Liu’s family had many Qi Artists, but they lacked alchemists because alchemy required higher gift than Qi Art did.

Liu Shaoming also had gift for alchemy, so, the Liu’s family allowed him to attend the contest held by Ji family.

“Young Master Liu, House Master wants you to go back home immediately for something,” a man, who looked like a servant, came in and said, reverently saluting Ji Feng and others.

Liu Shaoming frowned and said, “What happened?”

“I have no idea. I just passed on a message from House Master.”

The man peeked at Hua Qiyue and suddenly felt that he was totally attracted by her.

It was curious that Young Master Liu had no feeling for such a beautiful lady.

“Fine, seniors, if you’ll excuse me, I have to leave now.”

Liu Shaoming said. Ji Feng didn’t stop him and allowed him to come to Feng’s Yard late tomorrow.

After Liu Shaoming left, Yun Shimo came to Feng’s Yard where suddenly became bustling. Tianci was very glad to see Yun Shimo and begged Yun Shimo for playing with the hare on his shoulders.

Hua Qiyue could do nothing but tell Tianci that the hare was transformed from a very ugly, ferocious and cruel evil beast, and it became a hare because it wanted to confuse people. What Hua Qiyue said about the hare made Sun Moon Deity almost furious to die of spitting blood!

While Ji Feng and others hurried to hand the herbs to Yun Shimo because Soul Puppets in the Gnawing Devils Sect were ready to be started, how could they relax?

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Getting back to the Liu’s Mansion, Liu Shaoming was directly asked to go to the courtyard of Liu Mo.

“Dad, why did you ask me to come back?”

Liu Mo looked very severe and he said calmly, “Shaoming, you must take part in the Flower Fair because I need your help.”

“What do you want me to do?” Liu Shaoming asked in surprise. He had heard from Hua Qiyue that she would also attend the Flower Fair when he was at Feng’s Yard.

But strangely, he wasn’t either angry or reluctant when he realized that he would meet Hua Qiyue on the Flower Fair.

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