"...his bride was dressed as a servant."
"Anything else?"
"Last night, I had someone put a dead rat in my second aunt's room, and it scared her so much that she fainted."
Huh? Qiu Su blinked. She really hasn't grown up.
"Don't make me ask, just confess one thing at a time."
No, that's all.
"Hmm?" Qiu Su leaned over, picked up a peanut, and tossed it over.
"Ah, no, no! I'll tell you, I'll tell you! I just took three bolts of cloth from them without paying them, but they gave them to me as a gift."
"You'll take it if I give it to you?"
"Waaah, please don't do it again. Please don't gouge out my eyes. If I can't see, I won't be able to walk. Waaah!"
"Don't cry!" Qiu Su scolded in a low voice.
"Don't cry!" Pink Lantern covered her mouth with one hand. "I am Cuckoo."
Is this too easy? Qiu Su frowned and touched her chin, only remembering that she was wearing a white jade mask when she touched the cool jade.
"Do you have any plans to do something bad?"
"Ugh...no."
"Tell the truth." Qiu Su flicked her fan twice. "I'm not an ordinary person. Do you think I can't see through the thoughts of you mortals?"
Pink Lantern trembled slightly, and after hesitating for a while, she finally said, "I was thinking, I was thinking of inviting that ugly bastard, uh, Pei Yuan's wife to my house for a visit in a few days."
"Um."
“Then, invite her and her brothers to go see the fish.” Pink Lantern’s voice trailed off, pausing for a moment before continuing, “Then, invite her to take a bath.”
That's a good idea. Falling into the water in front of all the men would not only ruin her image but also expose her figure, giving them plenty to see. Qiu Su thought the first round of questioning was over, but Pink Lantern continued smoothly, "Then make her change her clothes, rip the seams off the sleeves, and tug on her sleeves during the outing so she has no sleeves. Then, when she eats, put pepper in the soup and make her stick out her tongue in public. Hmm, that's what I just thought of, I haven't done it yet."
Uh, that's really abstract. She definitely won't go. Poor little brain of hers.
Pink Lantern peeked at Qiu Su through her fingers, blinked, and said, "What else does White Fox want to ask?"
Uh, aren't you afraid of her?
Qiu Su glared at him, "Don't you want your eyes anymore?"
This trick worked; Pink Lantern quickly covered her eyes again, but the crying had stopped.
She doesn't have enough of a deterrent effect.
Qiu Su sighed as she stood up, walked to her side, and slammed one foot on the table. Leaning over, she said in a sinister tone, "The fox clan can't stand women with dark hearts, especially a woman like you who's three parts beauty and seven parts ruthlessness. Do you know why? Because a woman like that has a heart and liver that's delicious to eat with wine." Qiu Su sucked in her saliva and even licked her tongue dramatically—oops, she accidentally licked the white jade mask. It felt a little greasy, like it hadn't been wiped clean in a while.
Qiu Su leaned down a little further, poked her cheek with the handle of her fan, and clicked her tongue, saying, "What a pity. But it's not unforgivable. Who did you meet today?"
"I met...who did I meet?"
"Hmm." Qiu Su tightened her grip on the fan handle slightly, then clicked her tongue in regret. "A smart person knows that no one has met her."
"Oh!" Pink Lantern nodded repeatedly. "I didn't meet anyone."
"When I came in, I was still looking like the young master of the Pei family. Do you know why I changed as soon as I came in?" Qiu Su patted her head. "It's an illusion. Who knows, one day I might be lying in your bed, hehehehe."
Pink Lantern covered her eyes tightly; not only her calves, but now even the base of her thighs were shaking uncontrollably.
"You, don't, don't look for me."
"Hmm, if you don't hurt anyone again, then if you ever have any bad intentions, I'll come and lie down on your bed; if you do something bad, I'll touch your neck. Hmm, if the people in this teahouse are still doing well, I naturally won't go. But if one day they're in jail or get revenge, hehe, oh hehehe~~"
"No, no! I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything."
"So clever!" Qiu Su, with the professional spirit of performing a perfect role, slid her hand down her cheek, and lingered on the spot on her neck where it was throbbing for a long time. She chuckled twice and was about to speak when Pink Lantern suddenly raised her hand and slapped her face, shouting as she ran out of the room.
Qiu Su was hit hard, her head involuntarily tilting back. She reached out to grab the person who had run away, but it was too late. Qiu Su covered her nose and gasped in pain. Without even checking her condition, she quickly followed the route she had previously planned, climbed out the window to the backyard, took off her mask and stuffed it into her clothes, opened the back door and ran out.
Oh, mountain god, your nose is bleeding!
Qiu Su covered her nose and ran all the way to the alley before daring to slow down. Looking down at the blood streaming down her palm, she gritted her teeth in anger. Did she really have to erupt like this? Before, when she was talking about harming people, she even dared to secretly look at her. All she did was touch her neck, was it really necessary to hit her like this? Sigh, those people at that teahouse, I should just arrange for the old shopkeeper to move out of the city in a few days.
Qiu Su hurried back to the Pei residence. First, she peeked into the gate from a side alley. Seeing no one around, she quickly took off her white men's clothing and threw it behind the wall. Then, she wiped her nose with a handkerchief before walking over with her head slightly lowered. Before she even reached the gate, she was grabbed by someone.
"Uh, they sent people to arrest you so quickly?" Qiu Su turned her head, saw the anger in the other person's eyes, and secretly gasped.
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Qingfeng Theater:
Qingfeng tells a story: Generally speaking, all things possess a spirit. Even plants and trees can become spirits, let alone animals? In that case, the appearance of fox spirits is not surprising.
Once upon a time, two thousand years ago, in a small room of a teahouse in a certain place in a certain country, such a scene unfolded—a beautiful woman dressed as a lantern ran out screaming, constantly covering her eyes, unwilling to look at this beautiful world. A young girl, already weary of humanity—alas, what a heartbreaking scene!
A passerby said, "He's possessed."
Passerby B said, "Hey? Isn't that the eldest daughter of the Lu family? Are you blind?"
Passerby C said, "Listen to her, she keeps repeating 'Don't look for me,' it seems she's been possessed by an evil spirit."
Not long after, the Lu family held a Buddhist ceremony, inviting the highly accomplished monk Wukong from the Cloud and Mist Mountain outside the capital.
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26. A bowl of steamed egg custard...
Qiu Su shook her hand away and said with an embarrassed smile, "Didn't you go out? You came back so quickly."
Pei Yuan looked up at the sky, pointed to the sun in the west, which only had half its face left, and said with a smile, "It really goes by so fast. In the blink of an eye, a day has passed. In the blink of an eye, it will be another night."
"Tch, pretentious." Qiu Su rolled her eyes inwardly.
Pei Yuan glanced at the bulging thing in Qiu Su's arms, then looked at the bloodstains on her nose, snorted heavily, and led her into the courtyard.
They walked in silence. Once inside, Pei Yuan called Huang Tao to bring in water. He roughly touched Qiu Su's face and gently washed her clean, then pulled her hand away to wash off the bloodstains. He snorted and said, "Skilled!"
Qiu Su frowned and explained, "I was walking in a hurry and accidentally bumped into the courtyard wall."