Chapter 168: Her first friend in the ancient era
Shi Qingluo and the others sat in the courtyard and were drinking tea.
There was a knock on the door, and Fei Yuzhe’s personal attendant went to open it.
Seeing the three of them, his personal attendant was stunned and immediately greeted them respectfully.
Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng glanced over and saw Liang Youxiao walking in with a young man who seemed to have an unruly temperament.
Behind the two of them was a woman in a light purple dress with an eye-catching whip at her waist.
Fei Yuzhe saw the three of them and couldn’t help but stroke his forehead.
The more he feared, the more he brought the things he feared here.
The bastard Liang Youxiao not only brought the little demon king Xi Rui, but also this little demon queen.
Liang Youxiao smiled and waved at them as soon as he entered. “I’m back.”
Xiao Hanzheng glanced at Xi Rui and the woman and smiled. “Welcome back.”
Of course he knew the two of them.
Shi Qingluo said, “Aren’t you going to introduce yourself?”
Liang Youxiao smiled and said, “This is Xi Rui, the leader of the young dandies in the capital.”
Xi Rui had just walked in and almost staggered when he was introduced like that.
He glared at Liang Youxiao. “You say it as if you’re not a dandy.”
Liang Youxiao looked proud. “I’m an ambitious dandy. I’m different from you.”
Xi Rui wanted to spit at him. “You are still acting.”
Liang Youxiao could not be bothered with him.
He pointed at the woman who had already walked forward. “This is Xirong, the first and only female marquess in the Daliang dynasty.”
Xi Rong’s gaze fell on Shi Qingluo. “You’re the one who created the skateboard?”
On the way here, Liang Youxiao had already told them a lot about Shi Qingluo.
Shi Qingluo stood up and greeted with a generous smile. “Greetings, Miss. I was indeed the one who created the skateboard.”
Xi Rong walked in front of Shi Qingluo. “Then, you should know how to play it, right?”
She liked skateboarding very much and had played with Xi Rui and the others for a while in private.
Shi Qingluo smiled. “That’s alright.”
Xi Rong directly invited her, “Then let’s go and play?”
When Shi Qingluo heard that this marquise’s background wasn’t simple, she could only use her skateboarding to earn her heart.
She did not hesitate. “Sure!”
This was Xi Rong’s first smile upon entering the courtyard. “Cool.”
She did not like to play with the young aristocratic ladies in the capital as they were all too shy.
For instance, they clearly wanted to skateboard, but they were so reserved that they didn’t dare to play.
Xi Rong brought a modified skateboard from the capital and all of them gathered at this courtyard.
Fei Yuzhe walked behind and pulled Liang Youxiao. “Why did you bring these two little devils along?”
Liang Youxiao looked helpless. “Xi Rui was beaten up by his father, so he ran away from home with me angrily.”
“Xi Rong was really an accident. When we were leaving the capital, we bumped into her as she returned to the capital. When she heard that we were going to run away from home, she insisted on following us…”
Fei Yuzhe thought, what could he do?
It seemed that the three of them had all run away from home.
Liang Youxiao reached out and patted Fei Yuzhe’s shoulder. “Brother, don’t worry. We’ll take it one step at a time.”
“Get lost!” Fei Yuzhe slapped his hand away.
He would be the problematic one here.
Very soon, Shi Qingluo brought Xi Rong to skateboard together.
She showcased the most difficult moves and tricks she knew in her previous life and gained Xi Rong’s attention.
“Luoluo, you’re too amazing.”
Then, she said in a friendly tone, “Can you teach me how to play?”
Shi Qingluo realised that Xi Rong was indeed a marquise. She was really different from other women in this era.
She chuckled and said, “Sure!”
She had not made any friends in the ancient era yet, and Xi Rong’s personality suited her very much.
Therefore, Shi Qingluo made her first best friend in ancient times because of skateboarding.
They went back to the courtyard after they were tired from skateboarding.
Because Xi Rong and Xi Rui’s identities were not simple and they were still their guests, Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng naturally had to treat them well.
Thus, Xiao Hanzheng sent his people to the county town to buy fresh meat and vegetables for Shi Qingluo and Xiao Baili to prepare a table full of new and delicious dishes to treat them.
Xi Rui and Xi Rong were happy with the meal.
After dinner, Shi Qingluo personally arranged accommodation for Xi Rong.
Xi Rong led two servant girls and stayed in a suite in the adjacent courtyard.
Seeing this novel room filled with a sofa, latrine and bathroom that she had never seen before, Xi Rong, who had initially been a little repulsed to live in a small rural area, instantly fell in love with it.
Xi Rong took the tiger pillow from the sofa and held it in her arms.
She looked at Shi Qingluo and asked, “Luoluo, did you decorate all of this?”
Shi Qingluo nodded and smiled. “Yes!”
Xi Rong smiled and praised, “You are really smart.”
Shi Qingluo completely destroyed her impression of a village girl.
“Thank you for the compliment!” Shi Qingluo smiled and accepted her compliment.
This made Xi Rong like her personality even more. “Can you take us to the mountains tomorrow? I heard that your master is an old immortal?”
Shi Qingluo nodded. “No problem. Tomorrow, I’ll bring you to the Taoist temple first, then we’ll go to the mountains.”
It was obvious that Xi Rong wasn’t a person who would stay idle.
Shi Qingluo had many ways to make sure that this marquise had a good time.
“Then it’s a deal!”
After settling them down, Shi Qingluo came out of the side courtyard and met Xiao Hanzheng, who had finished arranging accommodation for Xi Rui.
The two of them looked at each other and returned to their rooms with tacit understanding.
They went to take a shower and changed their clothes.
The main courtyard had two bathrooms, one for males and the other for females, so were the latrines.
It was the same in the side courtyard.
After the shower, Shi Qingluo returned to her room.
Xiao Hanzheng had washed up.
He took the handkerchief and helped her to dry her hair.
Shi Qingluo enjoyed her young husband’s service very much.
She asked, “Do you know Xi Rong?”
Liang Youxiao did not introduce her in detail.
Xiao Hanzheng gently dried her hair as he said, “Xi Rong’s mother and the current emperor share the same mother.
“Before the emperor ascended to the throne, they had a very good relationship.
“Back then, the emperor was met with many troubles after inheriting the throne. In one occasion, he even encountered the most dangerous assassination.
“It was the princess’s husband, a Nanshan marquess, who immediately changed into the emperor’s clothes and brought the princess, who had changed into the empress’s clothes, to distract the assassins.
“In the end, both the husband and the wife died.
“At that time, the other prince who was fighting with the emperor for the throne was angered and sent orders to slaughter this Nanshan marquess’ entire family.
“At that time, the servant girls brought Xi Rong out to play, so she escaped this calamity.
“But she was the only one left in the entire Xi family. After the emperor ascended the throne, the empress dowager brought her to the palace and raised her.
“Previously, the emperor and this princess had a good relationship.
“In addition, this princess and her husband, and even the prince consort’s family died for him, so he especially doted on Xi Rong, his niece, better than the princesses.
“The empress dowager was already quite tired, and the empress doesn’t have a daughter, so Xi Rong was practically raised by the empress as her daughter.”
When Shi Qingluo saw Fei Yuzhe looking at Xi Rong with a headache, on top of her being the only marquise, she guessed that she must have come from a strong family background.
However, she did not expect her background to be so great.
She wasn’t a princess, but she was more favoured than the princesses.
And Xi Rui was also her cousin.