Shocking Mountain Moon

Chapter 98 Run
Perhaps it was because the boy's voice was too soft, but these polite words made Qiu Heng's ears warm, as if a murmuring swallow was flying gently across the lake of her heart.

She lowered her eyes slightly and looked away: "I feel that my eldest sister and Lin Chengfeng know each other, and I want to know if I am wrong."

It turned out to be the case.

Xue Han smiled and said, "I'll give you an answer after I ask you."

"Thank you, Master Xue."

As they were about to reach the courtyard where Prince Kang lived, Qiu Heng stopped and said, "Master Xue, please stay."

"Will you go to Miss Qiu's place tomorrow?"

Qiu Heng nodded: "Yes, I will go, but I won't stay long."

Wu Zhaoyi slapped her face like that, so she probably won’t show up in public for a while.

"Be careful then."

"I know." Qiu Heng waved her hand and said goodbye to Xue Han.

Princess Kang was not in the courtyard, only Princess Jiayi was there.

Princess Jiayi is sorting the herbs she picked.

Qiu Heng accompanied her while she sorted things out and chatted about the topic of incense.

Feng Caixing rushed in: "Cousin, Ah Heng, it's rare for you to come here, why are you all hiding in the yard!"

"I went out." Princess Jiayi pointed at the arranged herbs and said, "I picked them myself."

Qiu Heng smiled and said, "I went out too. I went to my eldest sister's place."

"That doesn't count. Come on, let's go barbecue." Feng Caixing pulled the two of them up from the left and right.

Princess Jiayi didn't want to go: "It's almost dark, and we don't have to eat barbecue, right?"

It would be great to chat about incense with Ah Heng and tinker with the incense materials. If there are too many people, all the chattering will be too annoying.

"Is the point about eating? It's barbecue, barbecued by yourself."

Princess Jiayi glanced at Feng Caixing and asked, "Then can you?"

"Cousin!" Feng Caixing stamped her feet, "I hunted one of the rabbits."

Qiu Heng was very self-aware and called Fangzhou.

"Sister, cousin and Ah Heng are here." Feng Caixing shouted happily as she took Qiu Heng and Princess Jiayi to the barbecue place.

Several noble ladies who were with Feng Caiyue all paid their respects to Princess Jiayi, and then nodded reservedly to Qiu Heng as a greeting.

Qiu Heng could sense the indifference of these noble ladies, but she didn't care and sat next to Fangzhou.

Fangzhou flipped it with her skillful hands, and the rich aroma of meat rushed into people's noses.

"Why does it smell so good?"

"I do not know……"

The girls secretly glanced in the direction where the fragrance came from, and saw a pretty girl dressed as a maid holding a handful of golden and crispy meat skewers, making a sizzling sound.

Gulp, someone swallowed his saliva.

They can only be baked half-cooked, how can they be cheating?
"Girl, all right."

Following Fangzhou's crisp shout, the girls stared closely at the skewers of meat in her hand.

Fangzhou gave a few skewers to Qiuheng first, then to Jiayi County Master and the other two. He ate the remaining two skewers in two or three bites and nodded with satisfaction: "Fortunately, my cooking skills are not rusty."

Girls: "..."

Although the ladies headed by Fang Rui were a little further away, the aroma of the barbecue spread even further. Cheng Susu came over, folded her arms and sneered, "Some people just don't have manners. What's the point of letting a maid do it when you can do it yourself?"

After noon, my mother suddenly received a letter from my aunt in the palace. She was humiliated in public by Qiu Liu. A country girl dared to bully my aunt. If she didn't vent her anger for my aunt, she wouldn't be called Cheng Susu!

Qiu Heng was eating skewers of meat and turned a deaf ear to Cheng Susu's provocation.

"Would you like to try some venison? It's very delicious when fried on a stone slab."

Qiu Heng nodded quickly: "Okay."

Fangzhou smiled and asked the others: "Girls, do you want to try it? If you want, I can make more."

"want."

As Princess Jiayi spoke, the noble ladies who had been secretly craving for the skewers took the opportunity to agree with her.

Fangzhou got busy with his movements quickly. The ladies who had been trying hard to grill the meat waited silently, and Cheng Susu, who was talking to herself, seemed very ridiculous for a moment.

Cheng Susu was very embarrassed and yelled at Fangzhou: "A servant girl always says 'I' when she opens her mouth. She has no manners at all. Like master, like servant!"

Fangzhou was busy cutting meat and ignored what Cheng Susu said.

Qiu Heng raised her eyelids and asked Cheng Susu: "Miss Cheng, you keep talking about rules, do you have such a deep affection for rules?"

Puff - low laughter came one after another. Many noble ladies thought to themselves that regardless of Miss Qiu Liu's character, her words were very interesting. If it weren't for all the criticisms, it would be nice to have her as a playmate.

Pity.

But to Cheng Susu, it was not interesting but a provocation.

"That's nothing compared to Miss Qiu Liu who disregards the rules. As a noble lady, she deals with the concubine of a criminal."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward and tense, and all the girls looked at Qiu Heng's reaction.

The first to react was Lady Jiayi: "Miss Cheng, aren't you going too far? Has our Ah Heng ever offended you?"

To Princess Jiayi, Cheng Susu's tone softened: "Princess Jiayi has misunderstood. I am not targeting anyone. I just cannot bear to see someone with bad conduct trying to squeeze into our circle."

"It is not Miss Cheng who decides Ah Heng's character."

"But what Susu said is true, right?" Fang Rui approached without knowing when, and she was no longer so respectful to Princess Jiayi. "Could it be that Miss Qiu Liu never visited the Yuan family and had no contact with Yuan Chenghai's concubine?"

When Fang Rui spoke, Cheng Susu's momentum, which had just weakened, was immediately restored: "Not only that, for such a grand event as the Autumn Hunt, only Miss Qiu Liu came from the entire Yongqing Marquis's Mansion. I have to admire Miss Qiu Liu's ability."

Princess Rongning stood not far away with an expressionless face, and frowned in disgust after hearing this.

"Ah Heng came because I wanted her to come. She is my mother's adopted daughter, and she is also my sister. Miss Cheng said this, where does this put my Kang County Prince's Mansion?"

Cheng Susu sighed: "The county lady is simple and kind, and always thinks the best of people. In fact, most people in this world are those who try to curry favor with powerful people and are always scheming."

So what if she has Princess Jiayi's protection? She's not the biological daughter of Princess Kang. If her reputation is ruined, no one will care about her.

"In Miss Cheng's eyes, autumn hunting is all about excitement? I thought it was to get out of the confinement of the house, to experience new things, and to relax."

After hearing what Qiu Heng said, Cheng Susu sneered: "Miss Qiu Liu always guards a little maid to barbecue. What new things can she experience? If you said it was riding a horse or hunting, I might believe it."

Paying attention to Qiu Heng's reaction, Cheng Susu played with the string hanging from her waist and said, "How about this, let's have a competition to see who can ride back and forth faster. If you win, I will believe that you came to the autumn hunt to experience new things. If you lose——"

"What if you lose?" Qiu Heng asked.

"If you lose—" Cheng Susu's eyes were full of coldness, "then you should slap yourself twice and admit that you are shameless!"

Princess Jiayi frowned and said, "Ah Heng has only ridden a donkey before. Miss Cheng is forcing her to do this!"

"You've only ridden a donkey?" Cheng Susu laughed. "So Miss Qiu Liu can't even ride a horse, but she wants to go hunting in autumn?"

(End of this chapter)