AGENT 11 (Chu Te Gong Huang Fei novel/Xiao Xiang Dong Er 潇湘冬儿

Agent 11 ch15

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Xiao Xiang Dong Er
潇湘冬儿
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Chapter 15 Jin Fengyu

"Bang Bang!" Bursts of festive firecrackers sounded suddenly, blowing up large tracts of white snowflakes. On the streets, countless of children were laughing and tussling happily while covering their ears at the sound of the loud noises. No sparks were made cheap, it was a "thunder terrific artillery",they played the whole day.

This is the 25th lantern festival since Emperor Xia Gaozong ascended to the throne. The rumbling and crackling of gunfire was heard all day long. This day was also Emperor Gaozong's 57th birthday. The whole nation was made deliberately festive. The officials provided the commoners with firecrackers free of charge and the success of this festive moment was adding to the prestige of the tribute.The Emperor very much appreciated the practice of the Jingdufu magistrate. That very night, an announcement of joyful news was passed down. The Yu Wei family of the Imperial Capital would award Wei Shu You perfectly.

Rumbling among the gunfire, the Zhuge Residence has stepped up to prepare for this important holiday. This day, the city of Zhen Huang was filled with the Great Snow (21st of the 24 solar terms) present everywhere. The snowflakes fell all over like goose feathers fluttering in the wind. The city's old people say that this year's snow had some strange undercurrents, because this time since previous years, it was simply frost.

Chu Qiao was wearing her new outfit of light pink dress coat and a fox cloak. Her white and tender jade face shrunk in the white fox cashmere. Her cheeks were pink and her big eyes were round. Snowflakes fell on the tip of her nose causing her to constantly wrinkle it and it made her look surprisingly kind of lovely.

"Xing'er, young master called you."

Cried the newly arrived servant who came running over and was panting like a cow while breathing heavily.

Chu Qiao slowly turned to see Huan'er with messy hair. It was natural for her to step forward while tiptoeing to stroke his hair,then quietly spoke, "Look at you, will you not slow down? What is the big deal, must you be so flustered while running?"

Huan'er was 16 years old this year, but he did not know why, but in the face of this little eight-year-oldish girl, he always felt that he was still a child. He obediently bent over to let Chu Qiao finish fixing his hair, while saying "Xing'er you go, young master is waiting for you."

Chu Qiao put down her hand , nodded her head and said, "Come on." She left towards the direction of the Guan Pavilion and took small steps leisurely,not in a hurry.

Huan'er frowned while looking at her for a long while. He then shook his head and hastened his pace to keep up.

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Compared to Chu Qiao, Zhuge Yue was a phlegmatic in the Guan Pavilion. Zhuge's 4th young master was sitting on a warm couch observing a game of chess and slightly frowning with a very serious look.

Chu Qiao was accompanying him and was squaring up the pieces one by one. She then quietly went to attend the tea. She gently placed a cup of green tea next to the writing desk for Zhuge Yue before sitting straight back down by the incense burner quietly waiting while resting her chin on her hand.

Time slowly went by. The door attendants had come to look many times inquisitively. When Zhuge Yue finally pushes the board and stands up, the waiting maid quickly helps to put on his deerskin boots. Zhuge Yue's white and dark blue and white robe, made of red fox fur, made it so that this less than 13-year-old child looked very prominent.