Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 210: Celebrating Longevity (6)
"Hmph, if you ask me, they’ve all learned it from their aunt." Xiao Jiazhen pouted, feeling indignant on behalf of her good sister-friend.
"Really, birds of a feather flock together. Look, all born of the same mother can end up playing together," said Fo Conghui, the legitimate second daughter of the Zhennan King.
"Cousin, you couldn’t be more right. Let’s go, it’s disgusting to watch this." Xiao Jiazhen pulled her cousin and Zhang Hanyun away to talk to other sisters.
A group of young ladies laughed and chatted as they walked toward the Plum Forest, admiring the plum blossoms on the trees.
Li Xi feigned surprise upon seeing Dugu Mo, gracefully stepping forward to greet him with a bow, her face flushed as she said, "Li Xi pays respect to Prince Mo, may the Prince be forever blessed."
The rest followed suit, each presenting their most graceful demeanor, bowing one after the other: "Li Hanhan pays respect to Prince Mo, may the Prince be forever blessed."
"Xu Li pays respect to Prince Mo, may the Prince be forever blessed."
"Zhang Furong pays respect to Prince Mo, may the Prince be forever blessed." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Turning around, Dugu Mo saw a throng of women approaching, the heavy scent of their perfumes overwhelming him, and he couldn’t help but sneeze.
"Prince, what’s wrong?" Xu Li, who was closest to the Prince, stepped forward, wanting to use her handkerchief to wipe the Prince’s face.
"How dare you," Dugu Mo said with a very unpleasant expression, letting out a shout.
Seeing the Prince’s ashened face, all the ladies immediately knelt on the ground, shivering.
Dugu Mo looked at the girls kneeling before him, turning his head to look for the girl who had just spoken to him, but she was nowhere to be seen. Glancing over the remaining girls, he vented all his anger on these clueless ones.
"Guards, slap them fifty times and then throw them out, never to step half a pace into the Imperial Palace again," he commanded with a wave of his sleeve, striding out of the Plum Forest in a foul mood.
"Yes." The guards standing by the Plum Forest heard the Prince’s order and set about slapping the delicate young ladies. In no time, their faces swelled rapidly, and after a dozen or so slaps, some fainted from the pain, but the guards completed the punishment before throwing them out of the Imperial Palace.
Stepping out of the forest, Dugu Mo waved his hand, and a figure dressed in black suddenly appeared before him.
"Go find out who that girl was," Dugu Mo said, a wicked smile on his handsome face. Excellent, she had stealthily run away as soon as she knew I was the Prince, hehehe, interesting.
"Yes," the figure vanished as swiftly as if he’d never been there.
After leaving the Plum Forest, Feng Xuxu reached the garden, unaware of the events that had unfolded behind her.
"Hello, I am Zongzheng Tinglan," said the strikingly outstanding lady who appeared before Feng Xuxu, standing elegantly in front of her.
Feng Xuxu smiled slightly and said, "Hello, I am Feng Xuxu."
"Hehehe, I’ve heard of you. You are the Holy Maiden of the Xuanyuan Hidden Clan." Zongzheng Tinglan chuckled lightly and said to Feng Xuxu.
"Oh? And what else do you know about me?" Feng Xuxu looked at the guileless girl before her and continued to ask.
"Hehehe, I don’t know anything else," Tinglan thought for a moment and then shook her head.
"I am actually fifteen this year, how about you, Tinglan?"
"I’m also fifteen, but my birthday is in the twelfth lunar month," Tinglan replied, smiling brightly at Feng Xuxu.
"Then I am a few months older than you. How would it be if I called you ’little sister Tinglan’?" Feng Xuxu said, gazing at Tinglan, who had clear, innocent eyes and an evidently overprotected appearance, naive to the treachery of the outside world.
"Sure, sister Feng," Tinglan, finding someone she enjoyed being with, eagerly linked arms with Feng Xuxu, affectionately calling her sister Feng.
