Chapter 90: Ch. 42 Part 1
When Yanzhi’s carriage got to King Pingxi’s residence, they could see servants outside hanging red auspicious decorations. With only a day before Jinhua’s marriage, the servants had began to decorate the residence. Preparations had long started before they first arrived at the residence, but the decorations were put on hold until now.
Like the palace and residence of the royal families and aristocrat families, there were several gateways into ones residence. And King Pingxi’s residence had about five gateways. The front gateway which is the main gateway of the residence, north, south, east and west gateways. Yanzhi decided them not use the main gate and avoid disturbances and instead use the east gateway which was closer to their allocated courtyard. His little wife was too tired to accompany people for small meaningless talks, so he chose to avoid the people in the main house and take his little wife back to their courtyard to rest and regain back his strength. His little wife’s completion was depressing to him because it wasn’t as rosy as when they first left the house, but it was much better than a couple of minutes ago when there was no colour on his little wife’s face.
The guards allocated at the east gateway recognize Yanzhi’s carriage which was coming towards them at once upon getting a glimpse of it. They quickly opened the gates even before the carriage reached them, and stood with an bow. Number 6 drove the carriage into the residence smoothly, without having to make a stop.
Yanzhi carried Xiao Ling who had fell asleep into his arms bridal style and got down from the carriage with Yue and Liu as they made their way to their courtyard. They bypass several guards and servants who were busy with decorations and preparations of the coming union joining. Yanzhi walked without stopping and only returning with a nod whenever the servants bowed and greeted him at a glimpse.
When they got to their courtyard, Chang was focused and displaying some actions of a martial arts technique to number 7, Lixin and Xile who had their undivided attentions on him. They stopped seeing YanZhi walked in with the others.
"Master you’re back!" Chang put a stop to what he was doing and ran to greet Yanzhi.
But Yanzhi didn’t stop and neither said anything, with a stoic face he walked past them ignoring them without so much as word. He glimpsed upon a man looking in his sixties to seventies with a pale face and was resting under the big plum tree in the courtyard from the left corner of his eye. That person was no other than old Fei, old Fei upon sensing another presence in the courtyard turned to see YanZhi walked by like a gust of wind, he quickly scurried to his feet and wanted to approach but Yanzhi didn’t give a chance and walked directly into the house and to his and Xiao Ling’s room.
Yue stopped old from making any advance to follow Yanzhi, blocking his path. "Who are you? And what do you want?" she asked sharply, showing no friendliness.
Old Fei was panicked by Yue’s sudden approach and blocking his way. He was flustered by her questioning look which was full of doubts and disdained of him.