"winter-"
There was a soft sound, like the sound of a spring.
Luo Qingzhou hesitated for a moment, then walked towards the door and asked in a low voice: "Is the young lady in there?"
Asking questions even though you already know the answer can ease the embarrassment.
Xia Chan didn't answer, but stared at his neck quietly.
"What's wrong?"
Luo Qingzhou was puzzled. He reached out and touched his neck. Suddenly, he felt a tooth mark on it...
"The second young lady bit me..."
He quickly explained in a low voice, then pulled up his collar to cover that part, then he coughed and deliberately raised his voice, "Did the young lady let me in? This is the young lady's boudoir, it's not good for me to go in, right?"
Xia Chan looked at him again, ignored him, and turned into the room.
Luo Qingzhou stood at the door, feeling a little awkward. After a pause, he could only bow and say, "Miss, Qingzhou is here to wish you a happy new year!"
There was no response in the room.
Luo Qingzhou thought to himself: It's definitely not good for me to enter the eldest lady's bedroom like this, maybe the eldest lady is only wearing pajamas. But I didn't get the red envelope from the eldest lady, and it would be difficult to explain to the second lady when I go back, what should I do
Just when he was in a dilemma, Bailing's voice suddenly sounded from behind: "Son-in-law, did you bring a red envelope for my young lady?"
Luo Qingzhou turned his head and looked at her and said, "Shouldn't the young lady give me a red envelope?"
Bai Ling snorted and said, "You are dreaming, Master! Master is a dignified scholar, but you are not willing to give even a red envelope? It turns out that Miss is so kind to Master and Xiaodie."
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment, and could only say: "I still have a red envelope here, if Miss wants it, I will give it to you."
A cunning look immediately flashed in Bailing's eyes. She came close to him and whispered, "Son-in-law, give the red envelope to Xiao Bailing, and Xiao Bailing will help you give it to the young lady."
Luo Qingzhou was about to take out the red envelope from his pocket, but suddenly stopped, took a look at her expectant expression, and suddenly said: "Forget it, I'll let Chanchan give it to you later."
Bailing immediately blinked her innocent eyes, pouted her lips, and said aggrievedly: "Son-in-law, don't you believe in Xiao Bailing?"
“I don’t believe it.”
After Luo Qingzhou finished speaking, he ignored her and said to the room, "Miss, if everything is ok, then Qingzhou will take his leave first."
There was still no response from the room.
When Luo Qingzhou was about to leave, Xia Chan appeared at the door again, looked at him and said, "The lady said, let you come in."
Hearing this, Luo Qingzhou paused and felt a little hesitant.
Bai Ling suddenly hummed again: "Son-in-law, you haven't sung Little Donkey for my young lady for several days. A gentleman's promise is worth a thousand gold. Son-in-law, you can't lie to my young lady, or she will complain to the second young lady and the lady!"
The corner of Luo Qingzhou's mouth twitched suddenly. He stepped on the little feet under her skirt and glared at her.
Bailing suddenly cried out "Ah", and said in a lost voice: "Uncle, no, you can't touch there! Take it away quickly, it hurts, little Bailing is going to be soiled by uncle! Woo woo..."
Luo Qingzhou: “…”
"winter-"
At this moment, the sound of plucking strings was heard again in the room.
Luo Qingzhou quickly let go of his feet, stared at her, lowered his voice, and threatened fiercely: "Wait for me tonight!"
After saying that, he entered the room.
Bai Ling looked at the snow and mud on her shoes and said aggrievedly, "Bad son-in-law, you made my lovely shoes dirty and threatened me, wuwu..."
In the room, the stove was burning and incense was burning.
The air was filled with a faint floral scent, different from the medicinal scent in the Second Young Lady's room. If you didn't smell it carefully, you might not be able to smell it. It seemed like the natural fragrance of a young girl, light and natural, elusive, but intoxicating.
The floor was covered with a thick snow-white velvet carpet, spotlessly white.
The window was open and snow was still falling outside.
Miss Qin was wearing a snow-white dress, with long black hair falling to her slender waist. She was sitting quietly in front of the screen in the room, stroking the strings of the guqin with her slender fingers, frowning slightly, as if she was thinking about something.
In the other corner was a girl's fragrant bed with the curtains drawn.
There was a chair at the head of the bed, and on it was hung the girl's snow-white fox fur coat.
There is also a pair of white embroidered shoes under the bed...
Luo Qingzhou couldn't help but look at Miss Qin who was sitting at the table again. Under her pure white skirt was a pair of slender feet wearing snow-white stockings...
Just as he was standing at the door in a daze, Miss Qin raised her eyes and looked at him.
Luo Qingzhou immediately came back to his senses, quickly retracted his gaze, bowed his head and said: "Miss, Qingzhou is here to wish you a happy new year."
Miss Qin looked at him quietly for a while, then said in a cold tone: "I don't have a red envelope."
Luo Qingzhou quickly said: "It's okay, I have it."
As he spoke, he took out a red envelope from his pocket, lowered his head and walked over, holding it in both hands and handed it to her.
The room was silent for a moment.
Miss Qin paused, raised her jade hand, took it, and was silent for a moment before saying calmly, "Happy New Year."
Luo Qingzhou was slightly startled and said, "Happy New Year."
The room fell silent again.
At this moment, Bailing's voice suddenly came from the door: "Chanchan, please come out for a moment. My foot seems to be injured. It hurts so much. Come and help me back to the room to have a look."
Xia Chan seemed to have just reacted. She quickly lowered her head, walked out, and closed the door.
"Squeak..."
When Luo Qingzhou heard the sound of the door closing, his heart skipped a beat and he quickly said, "Miss, I'll go back to study first."
After saying that, he quickly turned and left.
When he walked to the door, he suddenly heard the sound of the door being locked.
He was stunned for a moment, and without having time to put on his shoes, he immediately went to pull the door, but found that it could not be opened.
He quickly shouted, "Bai Ling, Xia Chan! What are you doing?"
Bai Ling said outside the door: "Son-in-law, you haven't sung Little Donkey for Miss yet. You still have to tell Miss a story and practice the piano with Miss, otherwise you are not allowed to leave."
Luo Qingzhou was stunned when he heard this.
At this moment, there was a sudden feeling of absurdity.
Still remembering when he first got married to the eldest lady, Bailing kept reminding him to be mentally prepared, saying that the eldest lady would definitely leave him in the future, and asked him not to bother the eldest lady anymore.
And now, everyone, including the second young lady, seemed to be urging him to spend more time with the eldest young lady.
Is it because he divorced the eldest lady and fell into the arms of the second lady, so everyone thinks that he and the second lady are sorry for the eldest lady
But, it was clearly the eldest daughter who took the initiative to divorce him.
If he had divorced the eldest daughter and not been with the second daughter but with other women, I'm afraid none of these things would have happened, right
After all, it’s because of the sisterhood, and everyone sympathizes with the eldest daughter.
Luo Qingzhou stood at the door thinking about it for a while, then he had to pick up his shoes, walk to the window, and prepare to climb out to leave.
In broad daylight, he and his sister-in-law, who was as beautiful as a fairy but seemed silly to outsiders, were alone in a room. I wonder what others would think if they saw them.
It's noon now. If his mother-in-law suddenly comes over and sees him, he will never be able to wash himself clean even if he jumps into the Yellow River. So, it's better to leave early.
"Miss, you are busy, I will leave first."
Holding his shoes, he walked to the window, greeted Miss Qin, and prepared to leave through the window.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Bai Ling's surprised voice suddenly came from outside: "Madam, why are you here?"
When these words came out, Luo Qingzhou was shocked.
But he quickly realized that this girl must be trying to scare him on purpose!
Just as he was about to lift his legs and turn over, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside: "Xiao Bailing, where is Jianjia? I just made chicken soup for her to nourish her body."
Hearing this voice, Luo Qingzhou was immediately frightened and raised his legs that were placed on the windowsill, but immediately retracted them.
If my mother-in-law saw me escaping through the window, I would have no way to defend myself!
At this time, Bailing said again: "Madam, the young lady is not feeling well and is resting in her room. You should not go in. Let Xiao Bailing bring the chicken soup to you. When the young lady wakes up, Xiao Bailing will bring it in for her to drink."
Then she added, "Madam, Xiao Bailing can swear that the young lady is really resting in the room, and there is absolutely no one else in the room."
Luo Qingzhou: “…”
"Hmph, then are these footprints on the snow yours and Xia Chan's?"
"Yes... it belongs to my uncle. He just came here, but he's gone. I can swear that my uncle is not in there."
"I can see for myself whether he is inside or not!"
"Madam! Madam! The young lady is sleeping on the bed without any clothes on. She doesn't like to be seen by others. Madam, please don't go in. Wuu..."
"Huh, isn't the window open? I'll go check it out!"
Immediately, hurried footsteps were heard in the corridor.
Luo Qingzhou was so frightened that his face turned pale. Without any hesitation, he immediately rushed to the bed with his shoes in hand. He bent his body and quickly got under the bed, crawled to the innermost part, and huddled in the corner. Then he looked at Miss Qin's pure white dress and her slender feet in silk stockings, and begged in a low voice: "Miss, don't... don't tell my mother-in-law..."
In his palm, he held the burrowing jade rat.
If the situation was really dire, he would risk exposing his skills in front of the young lady and simply burrow underground to escape.
No matter what, he couldn't let his mother-in-law see him hiding in Miss Qin's boudoir in broad daylight.
What made him even more inexplicable was that the door was still locked...
"Madam! Madam! The second young lady seems to be coughing again, go check on her!"
At this moment, Bai Ling's voice suddenly sounded again.
"How do you know?"
"Madam, I just heard Zhu'er calling for someone in the courtyard next door. Madam, go and take a look!"
"real?"
"Xiao Bailing can swear, really! Madam, go quickly, the second lady needs you!"
At this moment, the footsteps that were about to approach the window suddenly and quickly moved away.
Luo Qingzhou huddled in the corner under the bed, his whole body tense and sweating from nervousness, when he suddenly discovered something suspicious.
With his current level of cultivation, he couldn't even sense any aura from outside.
He doesn't even know how many people are outside now!
If it was somewhere else, let alone this distance, even if it was dozens of times farther, as long as the other party was not holding his breath on purpose, he would definitely be able to detect it at the first moment.
But here…
He thought about it carefully, and it seemed that every time he came to Lingchan Moon Palace, he could hardly detect the breath of anyone here, otherwise he would not go to the room or the back garden to look for them.
He hadn't noticed these details before.
Because every time he returned to the mansion, he became an ordinary scholar and tried not to use any skills of a warrior, so he didn't pay special attention to these things.
But now that I think about it, something is indeed wrong.
Even if he did not actively use any martial arts skills, with his current level of cultivation, it would be absolutely easy for him to sense the aura not far away.
But now, he could not notice anything.
Of course, he could still clearly feel the presence of Miss Qin in the room.
It seems that this Lingchan Moon Palace not only has formations targeting souls, but also formations targeting warriors!
At this moment, he couldn't help but think again of the voice he heard in the main hall of Lingxiao Sect in the morning.
If that person is really her, then her spiritual cultivation is likely to be even stronger than his.
Then, when he goes out in spirit every night, or dates Sister Yue at home, makes love with Chanchan, plays in the water with Xiaodie and Qiu'er, and has sex with the Second Miss... wouldn't all of this be exposed to each other's sight
Thinking of this, his face suddenly turned grim, and a strong sense of social death and fear rose in his heart.
If that's the case, it would be terrible.
The more I think about it, the more frightened I become.
He didn't dare to think about it any further, and just hoped that this guess was just his overthinking.
He pricked up his ears and listened to the noise outside for a while, then he carefully crawled out, poked his head out from under the bed, and looked at Miss Qin outside.
Miss Qin was sitting at the table, looking at him quietly, her flawless and beautiful face still without any ripples.
The two looked at each other in silence for a while.
When Luo Qingzhou was about to climb out, Bai Ling's panicked voice suddenly came from outside: "Madam... Madam, why are you here again?"
Luo Qingzhou's face changed and he immediately shrank back under the bed.
"Wei Mo is fine. I came to see Jian Jia. Is Jian Jia resting in bed?"
"Yes! The young lady is really resting in bed. Xiao Bailing can swear!"
"Humph, I have to see it with my own eyes to believe it. If she's not in the bed, you're lying to me! Then, maybe that guy is hiding in there too! If I find out, huh..."
Luo Qingzhou shuddered suddenly and hurriedly whispered: "Miss, hurry... hurry up and lie down on the bed..."
Miss Qin still sat there without moving.
At this time, Bailing's anxious voice came from outside again: "Madam! Madam! The young lady is not wearing any clothes, she won't let anyone see! Little Bailing swears that the son-in-law is definitely not in there. The son-in-law is so dirty, the young lady will not let him in."
At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the window.
Luo Qingzhou's heart tightened, and he immediately shrank into the dark corner under the bed, holding his breath, motionless, cold sweat breaking out on his back again.