As one rode on horseback through the sea of flowers, one would be greeted by a gentle and sweet-scented breeze that lifted oneâs spirit.
Tang Doudou hadnât expected for Bai Luoqing and the others to agree to her suggestion without even taking a moment to think about it.
After all, at the entrance of Azure Water Valley, they looked as if they were terrified about her suddenly running away. Could it be that it had been an act for a particular person to see? Perhaps in reality, they werenât worried about her slipping away at all?
There were too many things that she couldnât understand, so she decided to just stop thinking about it. Instead, she started calling softly, âJun Xin? Jun Xin⦠where are you? I need to talk to you about something, hurry up and come out!
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âLittle brat!
âWhere is he?â
Even though she had called for a long time, he still didnât show up. She couldnât help but wonder if he wasnât here at all.
âLittle brat Jun Xin!â
He really wasnât here!
Tang Doudou was speechless. If Jun Xin wasnât here, didnât this mean that her current situation was very dangerous?
Such a sad realization ah!
Suddenly, there came movement from the flower shrub behind her.
âWhoâs there?â Any disturbance right now couldnât be overlooked. Tang Doudou hastily turned the horse around and stared at the flowers in alarm.
Right after she turned around, a gray shadow jumped out from the shrub and flew towards her face.
Tang Doudou was alarmed and she was just about to slap the thing away when she realized that it seemed familiar and froze. In that brief moment of hesitation, the gray shadow had already landed on her. The little thing caused her to fall right off the horse.
There was a furry warm sensation coming from her chest. Tang Doudou felt like her butt had cracked from the fall. She lifted the main offender and said, âOww, I almost died from that fall! Itâs only been a couple of months, how did you get so fat?â
The thing that pounced on her was the gray Nine-eared Monkey from Cerulean Mountain, Little Gray.
She never expected for it to show up here. It was fortunate that she stopped herself from hitting it. If she actually ended up injuring it, sheâd feel so bad.
âZizizi!â Little Gray was also extremely happy to see her. But then when it remembered that it made her fall, it started blinking its large eyes guiltily and kept apologizing with its hands clasped.
Tang Doudou started laughing at the sight of this. She picked it up then stood up. âItâs fine, there was a thick layer of flowers so it didnât hurt.â
Little Gray blinked its large eyes as if asking, really?
âReally! Donât I look fine? My buttâs the only thing that hurts. The next time you show up, donât do this, alright?â
Little Gray hastily nodded, then looked towards her solemnly as if he was making a vow that there wouldnât be a next time.
The arrival of this little guy seemed to sweep all of Tang Doudouâs worries away. She placed him on her shoulder and asked, âDid you come here to find me?â
She had already found out that Little Gray was raised by Mu Ye. Who wouldâve thought that the big ice block would actually raise such a cute little guy? She couldnât believe it the first time she found out.
However, Mu Ye had already left, so Little Grayâs appearance definitely meant that he was looking for her. After all, why else would he be here?
Little Gray squeaked while nodding. He gestured that Mu Ye had left him behind and told him to come find her.
âEn. Since heâs left you to me, you have to be good!â
âZizizi!â Little Gray replied sweetly, then grabbed on tightly to her clothes as he settled itself into a more comfortable position.
The sight of this cute little thing completely melted Tang Doudouâs heart. As she jumped back onto the horse, she said, âWeâre going to go find some disobediant guys right now. Itâs going to be a little shaky on the horse, are you holding on tight?â
âZizizi!â Ready!
âEn, then letâs go!â
Tang Doudou swung the whip and directed the horse towards the direction where Xiao Yi and the others had disappeared in earlier. Since Jun Xin hadnât caught up with her, she should hurry and find Xiao Yi and the others. If anything happened to them, she would be killed by the family heads.
She was pretty familiar with Azure Water Valley so she didnât have to go far before she found the group near the small brook. However, she didnât see the other people that were sent after them earlier.
The three had left their horses at the side and were standing together talking about something.
Lin Shuxuan looked stirred up and seemed to be arguing with Xiao Yi about something. Xiao Siyuan was, as usual, acting as the good person and trying to calm them down. When he heard the sound of horse hooves, he glanced over. Upon seeing Tang Doudou, he greeted, âLady Doudou!â
Even the two who were in the middle of an argument looked over.
All of them had slightly different expressions when they saw her. Lin Shuxuan was happy and hastily ran over while Xiao Yi stayed there with a frown.
âWhatâs wrong?â Tang Doudou jumped off the horse and glanced at Lin Shuxuan.
Upon hearing this, Lin Shuxuan immediately pointed at Xiao Yi indignantly as he said, âHeâs making things up. He said that my dadâs about to revolt!â
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Tang Doudou glanced towards Xiao Yi speechlessly. Fudge, Xiao Yi seriously had no brains. Why did he tell Lin Shuxuan about this?
It was enough that he was being dumb, why was Xiao Siyuan also following his brainless lead instead of stopping him?
Although Lin Shuxuan was glib and looked like a complete player, in reality, he was completely the type that was like, whatever Dad says is right is right. If Dad says itâs wrong, itâs wrong, and if Dad said to stand, thereâs no way heâd dare to sit⦠He was a complete obedient little daddyâs boy!
But you were telling a kid like this that his dad was about to revolt?
What do you mean by revolt ah!?
Tang Doudou was seriously speechless. Could this even be described by revolt?
She rubbed her head, feeling a slight headache, then shoved Little Gray into Lin Shuxuanâs arms. âCalm down and tell me everything from the beginning. And what do you mean by revolt? Your dad wants to become the emperor?â
âUhâ¦â Lin Shuxuan was stunned to be suddenly shoved a furry little thing and just stared back at Little Grayâs big eyes speechlessly. However, when he heard what Tang Doudou said, he started to panic again. âOf course not! My dadâs not that kind of person!
âAnd, and⦠thereâs no way itâs that easy to become an emperor.â
Tang Doudou was surprised. âYou really do want your dad to overthrow the emperor?â
Lin Shuxuanâs expression turned serious and he said, âThe current emperor is muddle-headed and tyrannical! He canât differentiate between loyal ministers and corrupt ones. During this recent flood, over half of the nationâs citizens have suffered damage but not only is he refusing to provide rations for disaster relief, heâs allowing the corrupt ministers to collect tax without restraint! The cries of complaint are filling the roads! With the emperor being like this, even if my dad doesnât revolt, I hope that someone else will overthrow him!â
Something like this happened?
Did Xiqiu Lin go crazy?
Flood?
âThe storm last time became a flood?â She had only seen Green Maple City flooded. Afterwards, she had been too busy to ask around about this so she didnât know how it ended. However, this sounded too severe to be true.
The storm had only lasted for about four days. Usually it would take at least 10 days to half a month for it to rain enough that a place would flood.
However, Lin Shuxuan didnât seem to be lying, so perhaps there were other factors involved.
Lin Shuxuan didnât continue talking about this and just said awkwardly, âMy dad hates it when I discuss matters regarding the imperial court and heâs never had a good opinion of the imperial court, so thereâs no way heâd bother to overthrow the emperor.â
This silly fool. He was usually so smart, so why couldnât he catch the meaning within her words right now?
Xiao Siyuan walked over with Xiao Yi. âBrother Lin, even though your father isnât trying to overthrow the emperor, what Xiao Yi said was true. This was something that Grandfather personally told Xiao Yi and weâve already told Alliance Head about it as well.â
Tang Doudou said, âHe has told me about it, however, this matter is still under investigation, so you guys shouldnât casually tell others about this. The trouble that rumors will lead to isnât something that you guys can resolve.â
âAlliance Head is right, Siyuan will keep this in mind.â Xiao Siyuan hastily nodded when he heard the warning at the end of Tang Doudouâs words. He understood that she was rebuking him for not stopping Xiao Yi when he decided to tell Lin Shuxuan about this.