Between Huai Mengde and Tai Wenqian, it should be said that they are more than friends, but less than lovers. There has always been ambiguity, but the two have a tacit understanding and did not make it clear.
Huai Mengde was worried that Ju Shunmei would not accept it, and also worried that Tai Wenqian would not marry a colleague. He thought that when he had a higher status and the two of them had a deeper relationship, they would clarify their relationship.
Tai Wenqian admires Huai Mengde very much, but she also has many scruples. Because his ability to cause trouble is too strong, he has too many enemies, and his ability to mess with women is too high. She felt that she was really close to him, and she couldn't bear it.
But the situation is different now, Tai Wenqian has accumulated meritorious service and been promoted to the inner court, and more than half of the credit is due to Huai Mengde. It was Huai Mengde who sold her many treasures and elixirs that were hard to find elsewhere, so that she could accumulate a lot of meritorious service.
When she arrived at the inner courtyard, she heard a lot of the latest news about Wymond. The current Huai Mengde is quite different from before. He doesn't cause trouble anymore, and he is widely praised. He doesn't have any enemies anymore, at least all the enemies on the surface have disappeared. He doesn't mess around anymore. Tai Wenqian's previous worries were gone.
Tai Wenqian, who already had a deep crush on him, came to the inner courtyard, expecting him to come to her, but after waiting for a long time without him coming, she found an excuse and came to the door on her own initiative.
Tai Wenqian smiled and said: "Mengde, I am in the inner courtyard, thanks to you. Now, you can't ignore old friends, I still want to cooperate with you!"
Li Huaide nodded with a smile. Once he came, he never made the relationship clear, so it would be too rude to refuse bluntly. Secondly, he always needs someone to handle the spoils. Tai Wenqian has worked with him for many years and is a reliable old friend. Tai Wenqian is still in the treasure house in the inner court, and it will be of great benefit to him to reconnect with her.
You can quietly hand over many elixir and treasures that are not easy to sell to her. Li Huaide used Tianxia Youshuang to copy a large number of pills and elixir. The pills have the same shape, and it is difficult for others to distinguish them. But the elixir is different. The same elixir can easily arouse suspicion. The more people who know about it, the more dangerous it is. And Tai Wenqian knew this secret a long time ago. It's just that she still doesn't know how Huai Mengde did it.
Li Huaide can also quietly purchase the treasures in the door through her. You can even get inside information one step ahead of others.
High-level pills and magic weapons are often limited in quantity, and if there is inside information, they can be first-come-first-served.
The inner court disciples compete fiercely, and they will inquire about each other's pills, charms and magic weapons. This kind of intelligence is known by competitors, and it may be fatal at critical moments. And Tai Wenqian is an old friend who has cooperated for many years, and will definitely keep a secret for him.
Seeing that Huai Mengde agreed, Tai Wenqian raised Bai Shengsheng's jade hand with a smile, and said with a coquettish smile, "Let's high-five and swear!"
Li Huaide laughed and said: "Do you and I still use the oath?"
Tai Wenqian said aggrievedly: "If it was before, of course I wouldn't. But you haven't come to see me for so long, so I don't worry!"
Li Huaide smiled awkwardly, stretched out his big hand and gave her a high five.
An Rulan, who came in a hurry, saw the scene of the two people touching each other with their hands together, looking at each other and smiling, she immediately felt ill. Alarm bells rang in her heart.
When she was in the monastery, she knew that the two had a good relationship, but she didn't expect Tai Wenqian to have the ability to chase here.
Touching Tai Wenqian's hand and seeing her blooming smile, Li Huaide couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion.
Many good memories about Tai Wenqian can't help reappearing in my mind.
Her charm, her wit, her empathy, her warm encouragement and comfort, and her insightful appreciation and favor all made Huai Mengde deeply remembered, fascinated and moved by it.
Seeing the affection in his eyes, Tai Wenqian felt relieved, and she thought secretly: He really still has affection for me.
An Rulan rushed up, grabbed Tai Wenqian's hand, and shouted with surprise: "Sister Tai, long time no see, why are you in the inner courtyard?"
An Rulan's grab immediately destroyed the ambiguous atmosphere between the two.
Tai Wenqian knew An Rulan, and An Rulan had bought a lot of good things from her, so she was considered a regular customer.
She had no choice but to turn around and greet An Rulan, but An Rulan held on to her, talking nonsense, and would never let her rival have a chance to whisper to Huai Mengde.
Tai Wenqian had no choice but to chat patiently with her.
Since then, the two daughters have resorted to their own methods and often haunt Huai Mengde's side. Relatively speaking, Tai Wenqian's methods are more advanced.
She blended into Li Huaide's team silently, and with some small favors, she easily won over half of Li Huaide's subordinates. They would often help Li Huaide speak well of Deacon Tai Wenqian in front of Li Huaide.
An Rulan looked anxious, and focused her energy on dealing with Tai Wenqian. Because, at present, the closest person to Huai Mengde is Tai Wenqian.
However, An Rulan's tricks did not work very well against Wen Qian on stage.
Although Tai Wenqian is a Taoist priest, she has always been in business, dealing with people all the year round, with a lively mind, witty and generous, and tactful sophistication. The little girl's usual moves don't work well for her.
An Rulan faced Wen Qian on the stage, just like a cunning female high school student faced a bone spirit in the workplace, most of the time she had to suffer a lot.
But An Rulan wasn't discouraged, instead she became more and more courageous.
With the help of her master, she also sneaked into Li Huaide's team.
At the beginning of March, Li Huaide finally had enough money again, he didn't have to be busy doing tasks every day, and he wanted to find an opportunity to meet his junior sister.
Although he had never seen Yu Qingyao, he always knew where his junior sister was and what she was doing.
However, Deacon Sun did not allow him to leave. Recently, Deacon Sun has been working on one thing. He wanted his second junior brother, Elder Che Suo, to take Huai Mengde as his apprentice. Elder Che was Sun Guanzhu's second apprentice. In this case, Huai Mengde would be regarded as joining Sun Guanzhu's direct lineage. Although Huai Mengde did not recognize his ancestors, he still had to enjoy the treatment of the direct descendants of the Sun family, and thus he was able to take on the status of a true disciple who was vacated by the Sun family after Sun Zhongde's death.
Elder Che is okay to say, but Elder Che accepts disciples, especially true disciples, this requires Guanzhu Sun's consent.
If the secret of the illegitimate child is not revealed, Guanzhu Sun must agree, which will take time to operate.
Li Huaide has always performed quite well, getting along well with his fellow students, and completing the task very well, which gave Deacon Sun the confidence to do this.
On this day, Deacon Sun finally succeeded, Guanzhu Sun relented.
Deacon Sun excitedly came to tell his son about this, and Li Huaide was a little moved. He didn't expect Deacon Sun to do this.
Li Huaide is a person who knows the benefits of power, and thanked Deacon Sun for his care.
Deacon Sun was very relieved that his son was so sensible, and felt that his work was not in vain.
Huai Mengde had no choice but to stay in the inner courtyard, ready to apprentice.
His subordinates, as well as his confidante, were of course overjoyed. They thought that Huai Mengde would have a chance at least until the ranking competition at the end of the year, but they didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly and smoothly.
(end of this chapter)