Chapter 797 – Auntie Mu

Clear Cloud Mountain, Cloud Deer Academy.

In the courtyard of the academy, which was perennially shrouded in a vast and righteous atmosphere, Yang Gong’s eyelids trembled slightly, and then he opened his eyes.

The first thing he felt was the cone of pain that tore through his bones, his muscles ripped and his meridians were broken. Then his lungs were on fire, his mouth was dry, and every breath involved the injury.

However, his mental state was excellent, his thoughts were clear, and an imperceptible clear light was embedded in every inch of his flesh and blood, every cell.

Moving his hands and feet was a bit of a struggle, and after Yang Gong tried to sit up to no avail, he said in a deep voice:

“Tea!”

The teapot on the table flew up on its own and moved above his lips, then tilted the spout and poured the tea at a speed that was neither fast nor slow.

Gulp, gulp …….. Yang Gong opened his mouth to receive the tea and drank a half-full, the fire in his lungs and the dryness of his mouth subsided a lot.

After quenching his thirst, Yang Gong surveyed the room and realized that it was his residence in the academy.

My brought back to the academy to come, and I do not know whether Yongzhou is preserved, and the generals who retreated back with me still have a few living ……….. Yang Gong’s heart sank when he thought of the battle.

The joy of the catastrophe diminishes.

How long have I been out? Is the war in the North over? With the current strength of Yongzhou, not many people can survive if they die ………. The more Yang Gong thought about it, the more anxious he became, and after struggling desperately for a moment, he finally sat up.

He exhaled and spoke in a deep voice:

“Fully clothed!”

The robe hanging on the hanger flew up on its own, and the Confucian robe that would have been troublesome to put on was put on in a blink of an eye, and the hair was automatically pulled up, and the jade hairpin flew in and was inserted into the bun.

Then, Christine Young read:

“The place where I am is the bamboo house at the back of the hill.”

The scene before Yang Gong’s eyes blossomed, knowing that he was undergoing a spatial shift, and in his vision, he saw Dean Zhao Shou’s bamboo house go from blurring to clarity, and when he was about to arrive, suddenly, a familiar voice came to his ears:

“No, you’re not in the bamboo house, you’re here with me.”

The bamboo house close at hand turned blurry, and another scene appeared in front of Yang Gong’s eyes – in the elegant and open tea room, the wide-robed Li Mu Bai and Chen Tai were drinking tea and playing games, and not far from the two of them at the table, Zhang Shen stood by the tabletop, instructing Xu Xinxin in the depths of controlling the ability of the Confucian realm.

The scene was both leisurely and harmonious, causing Yang Gong to freeze on the spot, suspecting he was hallucinating.

Zhang Shen gave him a sideways glance and said:

“The dean is on business at the cabinet, not at the academy.”

When he finished, he continued to teach his delighted students.

“You guys ……..” Yang Gong took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and tried to say, “How long have I been unconscious, what is the status of the war now, has Yongzhou been defended, and are there any results from the Northern Border Transition Battle?”

“You’ve been in a coma for half a month.” Li Mubai twirled his chess piece and snapped it down, saying without lifting his head.

“Yunzhou rebellion has subsided, Xu Pingfeng died, Qi Guangbo and a cadre of other rebel generals, three days after the beheading of Caishikou.” Chen Tai lamented, “The dean let me stay in the academy to look after the family, half a point of military service was not gained.”

Xu Erlang raised his head, looking towards the Violet Sun Jushi, and added:

“My big brother.

“One pint up.”

Yang Gong’s brain was buzzing, although he saw their carefree appearance and had a vague guess in his heart, but out of conservatism, Yang Gong only guessed that the Northern Border Tribulation Battle had been successfully completed, and that the Great Fathers had regained the advantage and were in a standoff with the rebels in Yunzhou.

I didn’t realize it was all over.

This is just like a young man who has nothing, who originally only considered marrying a daughter-in-law, but on the day of the wedding, he got a mansion, a carriage, a pampered wife, and even a child, so don’t be too complete.

All kinds of reality, the most incredibly Yang Gong is that Xu Qi’an, a pin up?

A first-class martial artist?

If I remember correctly, Xu Ning Banquet was promoted to the second grade after the Supervisor was sealed, how long ah, how long has it been since he became a first grade martial artist?

However, if Xu Qi’an was truly promoted to the first rank, in conjunction with the State Master, a land god, it was indeed possible to quell the Yunzhou rebellion in a very short period of time.

Li Mu Bai laughed:

“The fact that we can play chess here at a leisurely pace is proof of that.”

Yang Gong exhaled, barely digesting the shocking news.

Chen Tai scrutinized Yang Gong:

“Vast and righteous qi fills your body and washes your flesh, you are about to step into the Third Grade Realm.”

After saying that, he and Li Mubai and Zhang Shen, all sour.

Yang Gong smiled:

“This is what the court, the generals, and the people have given back to me.”

Since the uprising in Yunzhou, Yang Gong has been on the front line of resistance against the rebels, from Qingzhou to Yongzhou, exhausting his efforts and nearly dying in battle.

He finally used this to usher in a breakthrough, touching the threshold of the Third Grade.

Chen Tai said sourly:

“The dean said that His Majesty intends to promote you to the position of Prefect of Jingzhao, and when the imperial decree comes down, with a golden tongue, you’ll be able to follow the trend and be promoted to Transcendent. Zhang Shen and Li Mubai have raked in quite a bit of military service, and have similarly benefited greatly, and are only waiting for the imperial court to grant them official positions, so their cultivation will surely be able to move up a level.”

Fortunately, after Huaiqing ascended the throne, the court no longer resisted the readers of Yunlu Academy.

Previously, there were emperors, supervisors and princes who pressed the readers of Yunlu Academy, limiting the development of Confucianism.

And now that the Central Plains are in turmoil and the court is reshuffled, the officialdom no longer resists the Cloud Deer Academy, and even holds a welcoming mentality.

After all, class interests are to be placed above individual interests; class comes first, then the individual, and if the class is gone, how can we talk about individual interests?

The readers of the Yunlu Academy, in the view of the princes, are the ones who can stabilize the interests of the class.

Yang Gong tersely sighed:

“Compared to the Xu Ning Feast, this would be nothing.

“Xu Ningyan is worthy of being my student, Mister Yang has been teaching and educating for twenty years, and his peaches and plums are all over the world, only Xu Ningyan, this student, is especially favorite.”

Li Mu Bai sprayed out a mouthful of tea:

“Chutzpah!”

Chen Tai sneered:

“After a lifetime of reading holy books, you read the word “shameless”?”

“It’s a shame there’s no opportunity for you to record spells, actual combat is the best way to skill your Jusenkyo realm abilities.

“Zhang Shen taught his disciple while twisting his head to spit:

“Bah!”

Isn’t there an opportunity right now ……….. Xu New Year thought about it and said:

“Teacher, now that I’m working in the Hanlin Academy, in the future, when I revise the history, I can add this: when the Xu brothers were young, they all sat down to study at Zhang Shen!”

The words fell, and there was silence in the tea room.

………..

“Quick, go out and watch the good show, a few great scholars are fighting again.”

“What was the fight about this time? Did Xu Yinluo come?”

“Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, and watch the fun.”

“Ah this, the dean is not at the academy, will they tear it down?”

The vast and righteous Qi at the top of Qing Yun Mountain fell into disorder, and the clear Qi rushed through the clouds.

A scholar ran out of the academy and watched with interest as the four great scholars went back and forth in the air, and the scholars realized that a few of the great scholars were especially uptight today, and they couldn’t wait to get each other killed.

Xu New Year seized the opportunity to record many spells that were not of a high grade, but extremely practical, and then put the “magic book” into his pocket and left Qing Yun Mountain in a good mood.

“Teacher is right, actual combat is the best opportunity to skill the Confucian Realm, the gains are not bad.”

Xu Xinxin mounted his horse and headed back to the capital along the straight and wide official road.

He was in a good mood because he finally entered the sixth grade and became a “Confucian”, and in the Confucian system, only when one reaches the sixth grade can one be considered to have notable combat power.

And it was only when they reached the sixth rank that they were considered the real mainstay of Confucianism.

“Although I can’t catch up with big brother anymore, I can’t fall too far behind, now I’m more or less an expert. In the Xu family, my cultivation talent ranks second, and father is not as good as me.” Xu New Year secretly said.

As for Suzaku, she’s just a little doll and was only 9th rank when she left the capital.

………….

Hsu Mansion.

Xu Ling Yue sat in the pavilion, her veiled hands resting on her cheeks as she watched the little white fox burrowing around in the flower garden, while her mother and Mu Nan Jasmine squatted by the side of the flower garden, planting exotic flowers and herbs.

“Mother, Big Brother and Princess Lin’an’s marriage is near, should we pick up Suzume?”

Xu Lingyue remembered her sister who had been left to grow wild in the southern border.

As soon as the aunt heard this, she remembered that she had an infant daughter as well, and nodded her head a little:

“I’d forgotten if you hadn’t told me, it does need to be picked up, I’ll talk to your big brother when he gets back.”

Bai Ji, who was running happily in the flower garden, stopped at once with a wary face.

“What happened to it?”

Auntie noticed Shiraji’s abnormality.

“Thinking about your daughter wanting to eat it, I guess.” Mu Nanjian saw it coming.

After they planted the flowers and grasses, Mu Nanjian’s small mouth gently blew, the whole flower garden suddenly bloomed a flower with different Yan state, Auntie looked at the starry eyes straight up.

Munanjia said:

“Your flower-raising techniques are more southern and customary for large families, but the capital is more northern, so many flowers don’t do well.”

The aunt was helpless:

“It was Ning Banquet’s mother who taught me, back when Xu Pingzhi was fighting at Shanhaiguan, I was bored at home alone, so I learned to raise and grow flowers from her to pass the time.”

Mu Nanjia asked with a flutter in her heart:

“What was Xu Ningyan’s mother like?”

The aunt tried to remember for a moment and shook her head:

“Can’t remember much, anyway, she’s a very nice person, and when she’s around, I don’t have to worry about anything, it’s so easy.”

After all, it was twenty-two years ago, and Auntie couldn’t remember that far back.

At that moment, she heard her daughter in the booth cry out in surprise:

“Big Brother ……..”

The hue and cry came to an abrupt end.

Auntie and Mu Nanjian heard the abnormality and turned their heads to look, first seeing Xu Qi’an who returned to the house for the first time after quelling the rebellion, then, both of their gazes simultaneously landed on the woman behind Xu Qi’an, that graceful and gentle woman who was not an ordinary person at a glance.

The aunt froze, and in that instant, dusty memories rushed through her brain like an open floodgate.

Mu Nanjia frowned, she instinctively rejected any female around Xu Qi’an.

“Ru.”

Ji Baiqing wore a smile on her face as she walked slowly to her aunt and softly said:

“I haven’t seen you in twenty-two years, and you haven’t changed a bit.”

The aunt’s face froze and her lips mumbled a little as she said:

“Sister-in-law?”

The woman smiled and nodded.

Xu Qi’an explained from the sidelines:

“I picked her up from Cloud State.”

Mu Nan gardenia “Oh” a sound, that a little hostility will be gone, but also no “ugly daughter-in-law to see the mother-in-law” of the dilemma, she and do not like Xu Qi’an, we are clear and innocent …… …

The aunt’s expression was complicated, ranging from the joy of reuniting an old friend to the embarrassment of not knowing how to greet and get along with her.

“Ling Yue has met Auntie.”

It was a good thing there was a soft and vulnerable daughter in the house who stepped up at the right time and eased the embarrassment for her.

The aunt was busy saying:

“Sister-in-law, this is my daughter Ling Yue, you left in such a hurry back then that you haven’t even seen my child ………”

As he spoke, his eyes suddenly reddened.

Xu Qi’an knew that her aunt had a very favorable impression of her birth mother, and when she talked about her in the past, she said that she was a very good person.

Ji Baiqing examined Xu Lingyue with a gentle smile:

“It’s beautiful!

“Is there a betrothed?”

The aunt sniffed helplessly:

“Not yet, Ling Yue just has a high vision, she can’t see any of the noble gentlemen in the capital.

“A woman is too old to stay and stay and stay and stay and stay and become a hater. I must marry her off this year.”

Ji Baiqing laughed:

“It’s not urgent, it’s hard to find a lover in this world, parents’ order is important, but she has to see the right eye herself, I see Ling Yue is a girl with her own opinion.”

Xu Lingyue smiled faintly, developing a few good feelings towards this strange aunt.

The aunt grunted:

“What kind of mastermind can she be, just a floppy character who can bully anyone, not like me at all.”

Indeed, it is not like you ……… Xu Qi an spat on the side, and he somewhat marveled at the sensitivity of the birth mother, from the aunt s helplessness, he could see that the mother who was a mother could not make the main decision, and presumed that Ling Yue was extremely opinionated.

After a short time of catching up, the strangeness of a long reunion faded, and the aunt said at once:

“Ling Yue, take Auntie to sit in the inner hall and have the underlings serve tea.”

She gave Xu Qi’an a quiet wink.

When Xu Ling Yue led her sister-in-law into the inner hall, her aunt tugged on Xu Qi An’s sleeve and frowned:

“What’s wrong with her?”

Xu Qi’an glanced at her, understood what her aunt meant, and whispered:

“This matter is a long story, back then if she hadn’t secretly fled back to the capital to give birth to me, I would most likely have died long ago.”

The aunt was completely relieved.

Although she had an excellent opinion of this sister-in-law, she was also afraid that her sister-in-law and Xu Pingfeng were on the same path.

Auntie is particularly sensitive when it comes to two things: silver and children.

After pacifying her aunt, Xu Qi’an twisted her head to look at Mu Nanjian and whispered:

“Why are you here?”

He had clearly left Mu Nanjian at Stargazer House.

“Wasn’t it you who asked me to come to the Xu Mansion through Huaiqing.” Mu Nanjia frowned and asked back.

…….. Xu Qi’an stopped asking.

The three of them entered the inner hall, Xu Ling Yue had already made a good tea, and Auntie took Mu Nanjian’s arm and said enthusiastically:

“Sister-in-law, she is Munan Gardenia, my sister in law.”

Before the woman could speak, Xu Qi’an steeply raised his voice:

“What?!”

………

PS: Took a nap in the first half of the night.