"This... Madam, Officer Sirius was just joking with me. Is his punishment too severe?"
Chaoyan didn't expect that the other party didn't even need to be beaten, but was beaten directly to the mortal world. Is such a severe punishment a bit over the top? She was shocked and couldn't help but blurt out and asked
"Chaoyan, why did you plead for him instead? Could it be that he was very happy to tease you!"
Queen Mother Xi gave her a stern look, which made it difficult for her to speak again.
"Sister Chaoyan, don't worry. Brother, I often go down to earth to experience life. The heaven is too deserted. This is your gift to me to go down and breathe fresh air!"
Sirius officer Qin Zheng, who was taken away by the golden-armored guards, returned the many Chaoyan flowers to Chaoyan, and before leaving, he did not forget to say a comforting farewell to her.
"Chao Yan!"
The Queen Mother of the West scolded angrily from the side: "Although he has faults, you should be punished for your intention to protect me. Since you are doing it out of good intentions, I won't care about you anymore. You don't have to fetch water for my fairy peach garden anymore."
, all this will be handled by Dong Shuangcheng."
"Ah, empress!"
Chaoyan thought she was going to be punished, and her heart suddenly rose to her throat: "My dear, please don't beat me back to my original shape or anything like that. I know it's wrong. Isn't that okay? Next time something bad like this happens again."
, I promise to be the first to jump out and identify you, okay?
"From now on, you will stay with me and be responsible for taking care of my jewelry every day. You will not have to interfere with anything else."
Unexpectedly, instead of punishing her, the Queen Mother of the West gave her a job of collecting jewelry.
"ah?"
Chaoyan couldn't believe her ears. She only kept jewelry by her side. Isn't this promoting me? Personal maid, a job that many experienced fairies can't get! Your Majesty, am I not dreaming?
"Ah what? Don't you want to?"
"Ah, no, I thank you! Your Majesty is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
Chao Yan kowtowed gratefully and said
"Miss Chaoyan...Miss Chaoyan!"
She kowtowed, but suddenly she heard someone not far away shouting her name, so she suddenly woke up and opened her eyes.
It was pitch dark all around. Where were the Queen Mother of the West and the fairies?
There was only white moonlight coming in from the carved window opposite and a square table, while he was lying on a narrow single bed.
She finally remembered: This is Shangguan De's mansion. If it wasn't the Heavenly Palace, she would have been kicked down to earth by the Queen Mother of the West.
It turns out that I just had a dream about the things that happened when I was in the Heavenly Palace.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes, and all she could hear was a child's voice calling softly outside the window: "Miss Chaoyan, are you awake? My master has been waiting in the living room for a long time. I'm just waiting for you to get up."
"Ah! I'm coming right away!"
Only then did Chaoyan remember: As good as Shangguan De, I will go to Qingquan County tonight to find the whereabouts of a spiritual bead.
So she hurriedly got up and got dressed. She did a simple bun and tied it with blue crystal steps. She put on the sky-blue skirt and a pair of aqua-blue embroidered shoes that Guande had prepared for her, and hurried to the front yard.
in the living room
"Brother Shangguan, I'm sorry to keep you waiting!"
As soon as Chaoyan walked into the living room, he saw Shangguan De already sitting on the Taishi chair in the living room, leisurely holding a blue and white porcelain tea bowl, sipping and waiting for her.
"It doesn't matter, it's just getting dark now, it's the right time for us to go."
When Shangguan De saw her coming in, he put down his tea bowl, straightened his clothes slowly, and stood up: "Qingquan County's delicacies and pastries are famous all over the world. We just happened to go there for dinner."
This time, Shangguan De still chose the huge carriage pulled by six white wolves, and drove all the way to Qingquan County without any hindrance.
"It's so strange, brother Shangguan..."
Chaoyan sat in his carriage, leaned against the window and looked outside. He saw only the vast darkness of night, and the golden stars in the western sky twinkling like a bright light, hanging under a crescent moon.
"What's so weird?"
Shangguan De was sitting opposite her, fiddling with the small stone mill on the table for grinding tea leaves, preparing to make some matcha to eat.
"In the past, when I was flying alone in the sky, I would often see goblins preparing for weddings and funerals lining up and carrying bridal sedans from mid-air, flying past with the beat of gongs and drums. But since I got on your carriage, nothing happened.
Isn’t it strange that we have met before?”
"What's so strange about this? My carriage is my own. All the subjects under my rule, Jiuyou, or the Jiejiao disciples, when they see my carriage from a distance, will automatically avoid it, lest they collide with me or you."
It’s normal not to see them passing by in the air.”
Shangguan De ground the tea leaves, dug them out bit by bit with a small white tea spoon, divided them into two purple clay tea bowls, picked up the teapot on one side and poured water: "What, you want to see the goblins' wedding? What happened last time?"
Isn’t it enough?”
"Well, I'm just asking casually. I never want to experience such a scene again."
Chaoyan knew that he was talking about the time when he was caught by the Fairy Bride while searching for the spirit bead, so he stuck out his tongue in fear and answered.
The carriage quickly arrived over Qingquan County. There is no moon tonight, the sky is filled with dark clouds, and even the stars cannot be seen, so people on the ground cannot see the carriage in the night sky.
But the county seat of Qingquan County is not dark. Not to mention the lights shining through the windows of thousands of houses, nor the stone lanterns lit on both sides of the streets and alleys, but the signs on the shops and inns are all
It was decorated with candles, like various lanterns, and the sky over Qingquan County was transformed into a city that never sleeps with fiery trees and silver flowers.
"Chao Yan"
Shangguan De stood up and walked to the carriage door. He smiled mysteriously and said to her: "When we meet Huang Yuanbao, you and I should come up with a false identity to deal with him, otherwise it will be very troublesome."
"Well, that makes sense. Not only do I want to change my identity, but I also want to change my appearance."
Chaoyan felt that what he said was right, nodded and thought for a while, and said in his heart: If I directly say that I am Chaoyan, it will easily make people think of Princess Chaoyan! Moreover, since Huang Yuanbao is a big family now, there has been no collusion between officials and businessmen since ancient times.
The reason is that I don’t know a few figures in the officialdom and the court. When my brother made me the princess, he solemnly ordered all the civil and military officials to come to congratulate me and tell the world. Although he has never met me, I am afraid that he has something to do with Chaoyan County.
It’s inevitable that I’ve heard some things about the Lord, so I’d better not get into any trouble…
Thinking of this, she touched the green spirit bead on her wrist that could transform her. As soon as she closed her eyes, she turned into a dark and short ugly girl with a palm-sized red birthmark on the left side of her face.
Her thin hair was combed into a double-ringed bun, and she was still wearing a curved skirt. She said to Shangguan De, "Then, when you get down, please call me Zhuo Yue, brother Shangguan."
"Zhuo Zhuo?" Shangguan De opened his eyes wide, "That name is so big! Does it just not match your current appearance?"
"It's not the excellence you think, it's the moon of the moon."
Chao Yan knew that he had misunderstood, so he pointed to the tip of his nose and said proudly: "The character Chao is from Zhuo Cong Yue. The character Zhuo originally refers to the sun rising in the east. "Yue" refers to the beginning of the sun's rise in the east, while the moon is still on the western horizon.
It has not disappeared yet, so when the Emperor of Heaven saw me blooming in the morning, he gave me the surname Chaomingyan, which is called the flower of the morning. Since I can't use the name Chaoyan now, I have to separate the surname and use it."
"I see that's it. Well, when we get to the ground, you and I will treat each other like brothers and sisters. Let's go, little sister Zhuoyue."
Shangguan De nodded, and with a snap of his fingers, a folding fan appeared out of thin air. He held it coolly in his hand and motioned for her to come down with him.
"Brother Shangguan, it's so cold in autumn, what are you doing with a fan?"
Chaoyan asked in a very disgraceful way while following him.
"Children, don't talk so much, I'm happy!"
Shangguan De was embarrassed by her question, and then he realized that he was being smart in his visit, but he forgot about the seasons, so he could only make a vague statement, set up the auspicious clouds and jumped down.
Seeing that he had gone down, Chaoyan quickly used the flying ability of the spirit beads to catch up, and landed with him in a remote and dark corner alley.
"Should we stop a passerby and ask where the Huang Yuanbao family lives?"
Chao Yan followed Shangguan De, one after another, out of the dark dead end and onto the brightly lit road.
"No need, I have already inquired about where the Huang family lives."
Shangguan De confidently walked towards one of the liveliest streets and said to her, "This Huang Yuanbao was just a woodcutter who went into the mountains to cut firewood; ever since he picked up the yellow soul that you lost in the world.
After the Pearl, he accidentally discovered that his ax that touched the Lingzhu turned into gold, so he learned the secret of the Lingzhu. He used worthless iron tools to turn into gold and became rich overnight. So in order to show off his wealth, this person
He built a luxurious and deep mansion to show off his wealth."
As Shangguan De spoke, he had already reached a crossroads. He raised his hand and pointed to the left with his fan and said, "Here, look over there. There is a mansion with a plaque on the gate that says 'Golden Family'."
"scare?"
Chaoyan looked where he pointed and saw a large house with white walls and blue tiles and a red door and stone steps ten meters away from them.
There are a pair of stone lions as tall as a person in front of the door. They are shining golden and seem to be made of pure gold. A pair of watermelon-sized bright-horned lanterns are hung high on the vermilion door, with the big word "yellow" written on them.
Looking at the plaque hanging high on the door frame, the four gilded words 'Golden Family' shine brightly.
Standing on the left and right of the door were ten strong servants with fierce looks on their faces. They were all dressed in golden robes and even their hats were golden from head to toe. They looked like twenty golden men.