21. Chapter 21
At the gate of Du Mansion, Ah Gui, dressed as a servant of Du Mansion, walked back and forth anxiously, raising his eyes from time to time to look into the distance, as if he was waiting for someone, and when he raised his head again, the whole person suddenly froze.
"Young Master, it's the Young Master who is back!" Ah Gui excitedly rushed towards the familiar figure in the distance.
"Ah Gui?!Are you waiting for me to fail?!" Seeing Ah Gui rushing towards him, the corners of Du Long's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a puzzled smile.
"Young Master, you can be counted as back!" Madame asked the little one to wait here, let you go back quickly, Princess Huofeng is waiting for you at home!" Ah Gui explained to Du Long a little out of breath.
"Oh?!Princess Huofeng is here?" Du Long then remembered the day he went to Lingyun Mountain to go to the Drunken Fragrance Building with Princess Huofeng, and then Miss Qinglian begged her to do the thing: "Let's go, let's go back quickly, how long has Princess Huofeng been here?!"
"Her Royal Highness came to the mansion this morning, and she has not left until now, and Miss Caini and Madame have been with her all day!" Ah Gui explained as he walked back with Du Long.
Nodding, Du Long didn't speak again, and entered the Du Mansion with a quick meteor under his feet, speeding towards the wing where his family lived in Dongxiang.
Du Mansion East Chamber, Canteen!
"Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, Du Long's kid hasn't come back yet, he can cultivate in Du Mansion, and he actually ran to Lingyun Mountain to cultivate?" Du Caini's slightly dissatisfied voice sounded at the dining table, and she was accompanying Princess Huofeng, Du Long's parents and grandfather to eat together.
"The tired princess has been waiting for a whole day, I really can't help it! When that stinky boy comes back, Weichen will punish him heavily!" Du Zhentian said apologetically to Princess Huofeng, he was working on his grandfather during the day, and when he came back for dinner at night, he realized that Princess Huofeng was actually waiting for his own stinky boy in the mansion, and he waited all day without seeing anyone.
"Hehe, General Du is serious, you can't blame Du Long for this matter, this princess didn't make an appointment with him in advance, the so-called ignorant is not guilty!" Princess Huofeng smiled and opened her mouth to excuse Du Long, she knew that Du Zhentian was a strict person, and if she didn't excuse that kid, she would inevitably be punished.
"Then again, Xiaofeng, what is the important thing you are looking for Du Long's kid?!Why are you in such a hurry?!" Du Caini is not the first time to ask this question today, but Princess Huofeng is vague, which makes her curiosity seriously overflowing, and with her straightforward personality, her heart is already as itchy as being scratched by a cat.
Not only Du Caini was curious, but even Du Long's parents, including the old man Du on the main throne, they didn't understand why Princess Huofeng would have any urgent matter to find Du Long, and she actually came twice, and she waited all day today!
In fact, Princess Fire Phoenix is not the kind of lord who can wait for others all day, mainly because tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and there will be a lot of celebrations in the palace for several days in a row, and her own princess can't leave at all, she wants to find Du Long quickly to redeem Xia Qinglian, but she doesn't want the Du family to know about it.
After all, once the matter of taking the princess to the land of wind and dust is known by the Du family, I'm afraid Du Long will be very troublesome!
Seeing that Princess Huofeng was trying to escape from this topic again, Du Caini immediately rolled her eyes and said, "Xiaofeng! Don't sell it! I'll beg you if you're sister, okay?!"
"Caini is right! Little princess, did my family Du Long do something bad? If so, don't hide it, let us know earlier, and find a way to deal with it as soon as possible! This is really good for him!" Zhou Ruoxue followed up and spoke, and it was normal for Princess Huofeng's performance to make her think crookedly.
"No, no! Du Long didn't do anything bad, on the contrary, it was a good thing!" Princess Huofeng hurriedly waved her hand and denied.
"A good thing?!" The Du family was dumbfounded, and Du Caini immediately asked: "Since it's a good thing, why can't you say it?!"
"Alas!" Princess Huofeng was obviously forced to be anxious, and finally could only sigh and begin to tell the cause and effect again!
"Stinky boy, you actually dare to take the princess to that kind of place, how can this be known to the emperor?!" After the Du family listened to Princess Huofeng's explanation, Old Man Du took the lead in breaking the silence and said.
"This ...... My father already knows about this......" Princess Huofeng muttered with a blush.
The four Du family members present all rolled their eyes, it's really a bad thing!
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the dining hall, and the five people at the table looked up one after another, and saw Du Long striding into the dining room.
"Du Long greets Princess Fire Phoenix!" Du Long first gave a courtesy salute to Princess Fire Phoenix, and then stared at the table full of delicacies with bright eyes, and unceremoniously found an empty seat to sit down.
Reaching out and taking out a whole roasted game from the table and putting it in front of him, the little golden snake who got the command couldn't wait to rush to the plate and began to eat it in large pieces, and Du Long raised his chopsticks to send all kinds of delicious food to his mouth.
"Mother, it's not that the child said that you are partial, as soon as Sister Huofeng came, you prepared so many delicacies from the mountains and seas, and I don't see you greet the child like this on weekdays......" Stuffed with a mouth full of deliciousness, Du Long still did not forget to complain to his mother about her partiality.
"You kid, in front of the princess, can you be gentle, your mouth is stuffed with things and you can't stop your mouth!" Zhou Ruoxue glared at her baby son dotingly, and the maternal love in her eyes was undoubtedly revealed.
Ignoring the grease stains on his mouth, Du Long turned his head to look at Princess Huofeng and grinned a bright smile: "Hehe, Princess Huofeng is just like my sister, I won't blame my little brother, right?!" After staying in the mountains for so many days, eating dry food and drinking cold water all day long, I am about to fade out of my mouth!"
Being stared at by Du Long like this, the little princess's jade face flushed, and she glared at him calmly and didn't say anything, her expression obviously acquiesced to Du Long's statement.
"Hey, you kid still has a big appetite to eat and drink, you took the princess to Zuixianglou, and now even the emperor knows about it! Aren't you afraid of being condemned by the emperor?!" Du Caini obviously couldn't get used to seeing the stinky boy's heartless appearance, and opened her mouth to scare him.
"Hmph! It must be Li Xiaojun who told Fan Wei's two sinister guys, it's okay! There is a princess to speak for the little brother, presumably the emperor and his old man will not care about a little fart child like me, right?!" Du Long didn't seem to take this stubble seriously at all, and was still desperately stuffing food into his mouth, and the windswept eating appearance made everyone have a big appetite.
Even Princess Huofeng couldn't stand his indifferent appearance, and deliberately snorted softly: "Hmph! Although people helped you intercede for your father, he still said that the sin is unforgivable!"
Du Long's parents, grandfather and Du Caini listened to Princess Huofeng's words, and their faces all looked a little solemn, even the emperor said so, so how is Du Long still doing?
As the head of the clan, Du Zhentian was even more worried about Du Long's behavior and whether it would affect the Du clan again!
Du Long, this kid, didn't blush, and his heart didn't beat. "There are many understandings of the intolerable sin, one is to be severely punished, the other is to be punished, but it is also a punishment to be light, I believe that the emperor has a lot, besides, it is not the small one who took the initiative to take the princess to Zuixianglou, but Her Royal Highness the princess forcibly followed, and I can't refuse......"
Burst!
When everyone present heard this, they all burst out laughing, and the atmosphere that was originally a little serious was completely broken by his deceitful words!
"It's going to be poor!" Zhou Ruoxue looked at her baby son and sneered, then looked at Princess Huofeng and smiled: "Her Royal Highness the princess has to say a few more good words for the child in front of the emperor, otherwise, I will really respond to his words, in case he is severely punished, it will be over!"
"Mrs. Du, please relax, no matter what, this matter really has nothing to do with Du Long, I will definitely find my father to say more good things for him!" Faced with Zhou Ruoxue's request, Princess Huofeng naturally couldn't refuse.
"Boy, this is a pardon order, put it away! With it, you can go to the Zuixiang Building to redeem your old friend Xia Qinglian!" handing a golden pardon order to Du Long, Princess Huofeng deliberately increased the three words 'old friend' a little harder, so that everyone present could hear it clearly.
"Hehe, Sister Huofeng, there's only an amnesty?!Didn't we say it?!The money for ransom was borrowed from you temporarily......" With a slugging face, Du Long cheekily asked for money from the Duke of Huofeng in front of his family.
"Yo hey, boy, I really didn't see it, you went to that kind of place to redeem your old friend, and you actually dared to ask Her Royal Highness for money, and the face of our Du family was all lost by your kid!" Du Caini glared at Du Long, whose face was thicker than the city wall, and sneered unceremoniously.
"That...... Eldest sister, don't you know, how can people have so much money, so much pocket money every month, do you have to rely on them to redeem Xia Qinglian?! Besides, she is not my old friend, she is just a person who is redeemed because she is pitiful, and the idea of redeeming people is still from the princess! After redeeming people, I don't know where to settle them!" Du Long shirked all his responsibilities in a few words, and his reasoning made everyone have nothing to refute!
As for Xia Qinglian, a female baby, I heard that although she has fallen into the dust, she is a good girl who is out of the mud and is also a poor woman, so she will enter the Du Mansion and I will come forward to accept her as a righteous daughter, so as to avoid her fate of being a slave and a maid!" Zhou Ruoxue thought about it and immediately opened her mouth to set the tone of the matter.
She wants to take care of her son's face, after all, Xia Qinglian was once a lady for everyone, and it is not easy to redeem her as a slave and a maid, and accept her as a righteous daughter, so that she can recuperate in the house with peace of mind.
More importantly, I have to reassure Princess Huofeng, I can hear a trace of strangeness from the tone of the little princess just now, Zhou Ruoxue's heart is like a mirror, she accepts Xia Qinglian as a righteous daughter, so that Princess Huofeng will better accept this result!