Farewell Flower Festival

The day after the horse racing meeting, after Eunuch Wu sent Mu Tianling to Hanlin Garden, Chao Yan was sweeping the yard alone. She accidentally caught a glimpse of a figure swaying at the door. She became alert and immediately hid against the wall with the broom.

After a while, two sneaky figures sneaked in. Chao Yan hid by the wall and observed for a while. After adjusting his breathing rhythm for a while, he encouraged himself and walked out with a broom and shouted:

"stop!"

The two young eunuchs were startled. Before they could come to their senses, Chao Yan raised the broom and swung it at them, starting to beat them. The two men ran away in fear, not expecting a little girl to be so aggressive. According to their original plan, they only needed to come in and scare the person until he fainted, and then carry him away.

After running away, the two men exchanged glances and pulled out a knife from their sleeves at the same time.

Seeing the shining knife, Chao Yan was still a little scared. After all, she was alone and weak, and no one would hear her even if she shouted for help. Fortunately, she had a secret weapon. After taking a few deep breaths, she seized the opportunity, raised her wrist and shot out a sleeve arrow, piercing one of the men's legs accurately. The other man screamed in pain and rolled on the ground with his teeth bared.

After getting rid of one, Chao Yan immediately aimed his sleeve arrow at the other one. The other was frightened and stepped back step by step, not caring about the life or death of his companion, and ran away.

When the young eunuch lying on the ground was about to get up and run away, he heard Chao Yan say, "I'll shoot your head if you dare to run." Turning back, he saw that she was really aiming at his head. He was so scared that he quickly begged for mercy.

Chaoyan came over and picked up the knife that fell on the ground, and asked him who sent him. The young eunuch began to hesitate and refused to say anything. Chaoyan waved the knife in front of him a few times, threatening him that he would dig out his eyes if he didn't tell the truth. As he spoke, he gestured at his eyes and prepared to attack. The young eunuch was so scared that he immediately begged for mercy and confessed everything.

The two were bribed by Zhao Huan to kidnap Chao Yan.

"Then where are you planning to take me?" Chao Yan waved the knife again.

The young eunuch replied tremblingly: "The young... the young marquis said... he said to find a deserted well and... throw the girl down..."

He wants to kill me. He is so vicious. He is indeed a vindictive person.

"Girl, I've said everything I need to say. Can you please let me go? I was forced to do this..."

"Wait a little longer."

"Wait.. what?"

"Just wait. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll cut off your tongue."

"..."

So this is what it feels like to be a villain. Well, not bad. Keep up the good work.

After Eunuch Wu came back, Chaoyan told him the whole story. Eunuch Wu went to the kitchen to get a hemp rope and tied up the young eunuch. His movements were very quick and neat, and he did not seem unfamiliar with the technique at all. He then sent the man to the Inner Court, and Chaoyan followed him.

Arriving at the gate of the Inner Court, Chao Yan peered inside with some curiosity. The yard was quite spacious and the house was very grand, and it looked like the family was very wealthy.

A guard at the door went in to make a announcement, and when he came back he brought a young eunuch in embroidered clothes. Chao Yanxin thought it was a pity for a man with such a face to be a eunuch, what a wicked feudal system...

The other party led Eunuch Wu and the other two inside. On the way, Chaoyan asked the other party what his name was. The other party replied that it was Chang'an. Chaoyan heard it as Chang'an, and his thoughts flew to the prosperous Tang Dynasty. If he traveled to the Tang Dynasty, he might be lucky enough to see Yang Guifei and the great poet Li Bai. The clouds resemble clothes and the flowers resemble beauty. The spring breeze blows on the threshold and the dew is gorgeous...

Eunuch Wu glanced at Chao Yan and felt that the little girl must be thinking about something interesting again~

When they arrived at the gate of a courtyard, Chang An first asked someone to take the young eunuch away, then asked Chao Yan to wait at the gate for a while, and then took Eunuch Wu in.

Xiao Ting was standing by the pond feeding the fishes. There was a group of brightly colored koi swimming in the pond. When the fish food was scattered, the fish rushed over and ate all the food in the blink of an eye.

Chang An took his leave after bringing Eunuch Wu over, and then took Chao Yan to the tea room and asked her to sit and rest. Chao Yan saw that there were fruits and snacks on the table, and asked if she could eat them, and Chang An told her to go ahead.

After Chang'an left, Chaoyan took the plate of pastries in her hand and ate while walking around, admiring the antique tables, chairs and benches in the house. However, she always felt that something was missing. She looked around and then realized what was missing. It lacked a bit of poetic and picturesque atmosphere. It would be better if there were two paintings hung on the wall.

When a young eunuch came to take her away, Chaoyan suggested to him that they could hang two landscape paintings in the tea room, but the young eunuch said that he could not make the decision. Chaoyan thought of Chang An and felt that he should have the right to speak, but it was not easy to call him that. It was not good to call him Chang Gonggong, and it was too intimate to call him Chang Da Ge. The two were not familiar enough. After thinking about it, she suddenly had an idea and said, "Can the adult who brought me here just now make the decision?" The young eunuch was not sure, so Chaoyan asked him to ask, and seeing that he was a little embarrassed, he did not mention it.

The young eunuch brought Chaoyan to the door, and Eunuch Wu was already there.

After leaving, Chaoyan asked the Inner Court how they would deal with the young eunuch. In fact, she was more concerned about how to deal with Zhao Huan. However, the other party was a young marquis and was not under the jurisdiction of the palace, so probably the matter would be left unresolved in the end.

"Although the Internal Court Office does not interfere in matters outside the palace, if they bribe people in the palace to commit crimes, that is another matter," said Eunuch Wu.

Chao Yan asked, "Can Chief Xiao arrest the man surnamed Zhao?"

"I'm afraid that's impossible." Eunuch Wu consoled him, "Just because it's impossible now doesn't mean it won't be possible in the future. If a person's mind is not right, he will fall sooner or later."

Chaoyan cheered up and praised Eunuch Wu for his foresight. If he hadn't taught her how to use the sleeve arrows for self-defense, she would have suffered. Eunuch Wu felt guilty and blamed himself for putting her in danger. Chaoyan said that every failure is a learning experience. If it weren't for those two idiots, she wouldn't have had the chance to fight in real life. She comforted Eunuch Wu and told him not to blame himself.

"Uncle has done a great job. If it weren't for uncle, I would still be a fire-burning girl. Uncle said before that Your Highness likes to keep everything to himself, which is not good. Uncle should not take everything on himself. If uncle collapses, I definitely can't expect Your Highness to make delicious food for me every day."

She sighed and shook her head.

"Xiao Lian is such a good girl. I wonder if Your Highness will have this blessing in the future?" Eunuch Wu said with a smile.

Chao Yan: “…” Uncle, you think too far.

"Uncle, why don't you tell His Highness about what happened today."

"Listen to Xiaolian. Xiaolian, what do you want to eat for lunch? Uncle will make it for you."

“Everything uncle cooks is delicious~”

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