Happy Little Scholar

Li Yi's confidence suffered a serious blow after his sneak attack failed and he was knocked against the wall.

In the past five months, he has not slacked off in his training and has had plenty of sleep every day. He can at least be called a "hero" even if he doesn't become a master like Ruyi and is the only one in the martial arts world.

But even if it was a sneak attack, the princess could force a wall-bang while eating, which made him begin to doubt his own strength.

"Not a small improvement."

Li Mingzhu said this while eating egg fried rice, which was simply a naked irony.

Thinking that she was on par with Miss Liu Er, he felt a little more comfortable.

Li Mingzhu threw a jar of wine over, and Li Yi caught it and threw it back.

"My wife is pregnant, so she can't drink."

Li Mingzhu nodded, opened the cap, and drank it by herself.

When the wine in the palace was delivered, it was served with exquisite utensils. Such a bold and unrestrained scene could only be seen in the Morning Dew Hall.

While eating, Li Mingzhu asked him about the past few months. Li Yi briefly mentioned it and learned some things about the Women's College and the workshop. He looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late. I'll go back first. See you in a few days."

Just now, it was just a sudden decision. I felt that since I came to the palace, it would be a bit unreasonable not to come to see her. I was delayed in the catering department for some time. I had to hurry back, otherwise I would miss the meal.

Li Mingzhu continued to eat egg fried rice, waved her hand casually, and did not look up.

Her actions seemed careless, but half an hour later, when the sword whistle came from the back hall, Rong Mama still found that the sword in her hand was no longer as heavy as before, but more agile and light...

After having a clear understanding of his own strength, Li Yi planned to let Lao Chang send him back.

Not to mention the Taoist nun, even if there was a powerful master like the eldest princess, the guards in the open and in the dark plus himself might not be the opponent.

However, when he walked out of the palace gate, Li Yi was startled.

The sloppy old man squatted under a big tree not far away, facing the palace gate, and there were already a lot of candy wrappers on the ground.

Li Yi walked over, looked at him in surprise and asked: "Didn't Mr. Xu have something to buy? Why is he still here?"

The sloppy old man stood up and said: "I've already bought it. You want to go back? It's just right, on the way..."

If the sloppy old man was on the way, there would be nothing for Old Chang.

If there were really two masters coming together just to kidnap him, Li Yi would admit it.

"Xu Tian..."

Chang De stood at the palace gate, watching the carriage go away, thinking of what Yuan Laodao said before, after spitting out this name, his eyes narrowed slightly.

On a street somewhere in Kyoto, a slovenly old man pointed ahead and said, "It seems that this is not the way to go back."

"That road is congested, it's faster to go here, listen to me, that's right."

When the carriage reached a certain place, Li Yi waved his hand, jumped off the carriage, and said, "Old Xu, wait here for a while, I'll be back soon."

When he said this, he had already walked into the alley.

Yangliu Lane is still Yangliu Lane. There are people coming and going in the brothels next to the alley, but there are not many customers in the teahouse in the alley, because the consumption of the teahouse is not low, which invisibly blocks most people from outside.

At this time, at the window of the teahouse, several young people looked outside and saw a figure walking towards the courtyard inside. At that moment, one of them couldn't help but chuckle.

"Hehe, another ignorant person."

After everyone looked over, there were several more whispers.

"I'm afraid she hasn't recognized herself yet."

"If it's so easy to see the Goddess of Luoshui, why would we sit here and drink tea?"

"When he gets turned down a few times and realizes what's happening, I'm afraid there will be another person drinking tea here."

The few people didn't hide their smiles and sarcasm. Having been turned down countless times, they could already imagine the little maid coming out to chase people away.

Li Yi didn't notice the few eyes in the teahouse who were watching the joke. He stood outside the door for a long time before he raised his hand and knocked on the door.

There were footsteps inside, but the door didn't open. Then there was a crisp voice with anger, "The young lady is not here, don't come again!"

Li Yi was stunned. When did Xiao Cui, the maid, become so fierce?

He knocked on the door again.

The footsteps had gone far away, but soon they came closer. The courtyard door creaked open, and Xiao Cui poked her head out and said angrily, "How many times have I told you not to come here, Miss... uh..."

She had a stern face, as if she was giving a lecture, but halfway through her speech, her eyes suddenly widened, her voice got smaller and smaller, and she wiped her eyes in disbelief.

After taking a closer look, she still didn't believe it, so she prepared to wipe it again.

Li Yi pulled her face, which was full of elasticity and collagen. After not seeing her for a few months, she was a little fatter than before. It seemed that she should have eaten well these days.

He walked in by himself and asked, "Are Ruoqing and your young lady here?"

In the teahouse opposite, several young people who saw this scene widened their eyes at the same time.

"Did he pinch the maid's face just now?"

"He just walked in like that?"

"He..., what right did he have?"

Voices of surprise and disbelief rang out, and the irony in the hearts of several people immediately turned into jealousy and anger.

They had visited the house countless times, but not only did they not see the Goddess of Luoshui, they had not even stepped into the courtyard. How could this newcomer enter and pinch the maid's face?

One person stood up and angrily asked the people outside the teahouse, "Why didn't you stop him?"

Although he was still a little afraid of those people, his anger prevailed at this moment.

At the entrance of the teahouse.

A man who sat there drinking tea every day was surprised and said, "I didn't see it wrong?"

A companion next to him said, "I saw it too, it should be correct."

When the two suppressed their shock, they just saw the young man coming over and questioning loudly.

Looking up, he glanced at him lightly.

"Get out!"

"If you don't get out, your legs will be broken!"

...

Obviously, he had suffered a lot from the others, so the young man retracted his head and walked away in disgrace.

Xiao Cui came back to her senses, closed the courtyard door, and immediately ran over, saying in surprise: "Mr. Li, you are back!"

Li Yi nodded and asked: "Where are Miss Ruoqing and your young lady?"

"Sister Ruoqing and the young lady went out early in the morning. I don't know when they will be back..." Xiao Cui looked at him and added: "This time they are really not here..."

"Mr. Li, please sit here for a while. I will go to pour you some tea."

Seeing Xiao Cui running away quickly, Li Yi did not sit down at the stone table, but walked to the back.

The door of the studio was ajar. He pushed the door open and walked in. The furnishings inside were not much different from what he remembered. There were several unfinished underwear drafts on the table. There were also many drawings hanging in the room, which was a little messy.

When he turned to leave, he turned his head again and took away a drawing on the table. Below was also an unfinished painting. The content on it was a young man painting at a desk. Li Yi stared at it for a long time and put the painting back to its original place.

Xiao Cui came in with a cup of tea and said, "Miss and Sister Ruoqing may have gone to the brothel. I don't know which one they went to or when they will come back..."

"It's okay." Li Yi put the teacup down, walked out of the studio, took a sip, and put it on the stone table in the yard.

He looked around, and soon turned back to smile at Xiao Cui and said, "When they come back, remember to tell me. I'm leaving first."

Li Yi walked out the door, crossed Yangliu Lane, and got on the carriage. The sloppy old man looked at him and said, "I just went over to see that the road was not blocked."

Li Yi put down the curtain and said, "It's always blocked."