Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 215 - 87 An Zhichen (Part 1)_2
Chapter 215 -87: An Zhichen (Part 1)_2
Chapter 215 -87: An Zhichen (Part 1)_2
The Kitchen Maid in Yueyao’s courtyard made exquisite dishes with intricate flavors. After half a year of Yueyao’s pickiness, her culinary skills had improved considerably.
Jiangnan cuisine is known for its complete palette of color, fragrance, and taste, as well as its delicacy. Having eaten it for half a year, Yueyao had become quite discerning. She found the greasy dishes of the Capital City hard to stomach.
By her side, Nanny Deng said, “Miss, it’s always like this when you’re away from home. Just bear with it.” The food outside could never compare to the comfort of home.
Yueyao smiled, “I know, I won’t be picky.” It was just a reflex reaction—despite the grease, she would still eat and eat well. Wasting food was shameful.
After dinner, Yueyao conversed with Tingzheng for a while before starting her calligraphy practice, with Tingzheng practicing alongside her. When the time came, Yueyao stopped practicing and started reading—the book she read was still the Historical Records.
Tingzheng was tired and yawned. Yueyao smiled and touched Tingzheng’s forehead, “Go to sleep!” Although it wasn’t late, she didn’t want her brother to overwork himself.
After Tingzheng returned to his room, Yueyao, seeing that it was still early, began to copy scriptures again. She thought that once she burned these scriptures, she would no longer bury herself in them.
A knocking sound came from outside.
Nanny Deng was somewhat nervous. Who could be knocking at such a late hour? Though it was a peaceful time, Nanny Deng had to be cautious while traveling.
Tingli responded, “It’s me.”
After entering, Tingli spoke with a smile to a puzzled Yueyao, “I saw the light in Third Younger Sister’s room and came to ask why you have not slept so late.” Tingli had just finished reading and heard from the young servant that Yueyao’s room was still lit.
Yueyao smiled, “Brother, please sit. I was copying scriptures and was planning to sleep after a bit more!”
Tingli was very surprised, “Still copying scriptures so late?” After seeing the freshly copied scriptures, he nodded slightly—it seemed the rumors were true, Third Younger Sister was indeed very devout.
Before leaving, Tingli said, “Stop copying and go to sleep soon, we still need to travel tomorrow.”
Yueyao treated copying scriptures as a form of calligraphy practice. After Tingli left, she asked Nanny Deng to clean up while she washed up and then went to bed.
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Yueyao was sleeping hazily when suddenly she heard a loud disturbance outside. She immediately opened her eyes, grabbed her clothes and started dressing while crying out, “Mom, what’s happening? Is it a water leak?” Yueyao wasn’t worried about bandits or anything of that nature—nowadays, the peace and prosperity meant great public security, so she was concerned about a water leak.
After pondering, Yueyao spoke, “Mom, just look outside. If it’s a water leak, we need to think of a way to leave quickly.” It turned out Yueyao was overthinking.
Yueyao frowned, “Mom, can you ask Big Brother what’s going on?” As the journey was not that far and the area was known for its excellent public security, they had only brought eight attendants. If there was an accident, Yueyao would be very worried.
Yueyao listened as the noisy sounds outside gradually ceased, which she found strange. Soon Nanny Deng returned, her expression odd: “Miss, the commotion was from Marquis Weiyuan’s household looking for their Third Young Master. They said he had run away from home and was staying at this inn, but unfortunately, they found his room empty. Then they hurriedly went out to search again.”
Yueyao had no interest in the Third Young Master of Marquis Weiyuan’s household, “They’re searching for someone, why cause such a big commotion?” One should search discreetly, especially in the middle of the night without considering those still asleep.
Hua Lei pouted, “Those people are just taking advantage of being from the Marquis’ household. They’re too arrogant.”
Nanny Deng shook her head, “Miss, I heard that people from the Marquis’ household came looking, and the Third Young Master had jumped out of the window to escape. If one is well-off at home, why run away?”
Hua Lei was surprised, “Run away from home?”
Nanny Deng was about to speak, but Yueyao shook her head, stopping the gossip, “Don’t concern yourselves too much with other people’s business. Mom, what did Big Brother say?”
Nanny Deng shook her head, “Eldest Young Master said to let the Marquis’ household people handle it; it concerns us not.” He too found it strange—why did the Third Young Master run away from home, and even when people from the estate came looking, he had to hide.
Early the next morning, the group had breakfast and hit the road. Along the way, they encountered a group of people on horseback rushing back in a flurry. Fortunately, there were few people on the main road, otherwise someone would surely have been trampled.
Hua Lei muttered as she watched the group, “These people truly act as if they’re above the law, and the government official don’t even care.” If someone really got hit, they would at least be crippled if not killed.
