Chapter 87 Golden Toad

Shen Mingjiao left the new house with satisfaction. She had a smile on her face until Feng Lisheng came back after the banquet in the front yard.

Feng Lisheng looked at her strangely: "Why are you so happy?"

After listening to Shen Mingjiao's explanation of the cause and effect, he looked at her speechlessly, obviously not understanding what was so happy about this.

Seeing that it was getting late, he said: "Let's go back home!"

Shen Mingjiao grabbed his sleeve: "How about we stay in the palace tonight!"

Feng Lisheng looked at her confused: "Why do you suddenly want to live in the palace?"

Shen Mingjiao's eyes sparkled and she said: "You forgot, we have to accept tea from the newlyweds tomorrow. This saves us from having to run back and forth tomorrow!"

Feng Lisheng obviously didn't want to drink this tea.

"We are elders, it doesn't matter if we don't go."

Shen Mingjiao said righteously: "How can that be done? As an elder, you must have the consciousness of an elder."

She chuckled: "I will have to taste the tea served by my eldest niece and daughter-in-law then."

Feng Lisheng glanced at her helplessly. He wanted to reach out and scratch the tip of her nose, but he moved his fingers and finally took them back in frustration.

Seeing the excitement on her face, Feng Lisheng had to remind her: "Tea is a meeting gift."

Shen Mingjiao: "What's so difficult about this?"

She touched it back and forth on her head and body, and finally pulled out a gold hairpin that looked shiny but was the most worthless. She held it in her hand and shook it back and forth, speaking very proudly.

"What's the point of giving a piece of jewelry just for the sake of this little royal aunt?"

Feng Lisheng: "..." Forget it, as long as my princess is happy.

Since he wanted to stay in the palace for one night, Feng Lisheng took Shen Mingjiao to the palace where he lived when he was studying at Taixue.

After leaving the East Palace and passing through several palace passages, I looked up and saw a seven-story tower standing in front of me. It was the library of the palace and the tallest building in the capital.

Shen Mingjiao glanced casually, and then squinted her eyes. She seemed to see someone sitting on the top of the tower! The man seemed to be still drinking wine. Looking from a distance, he felt lonely and desolate.

Thinking that she was dazzled, she immediately tugged on Feng Lisheng's sleeve and motioned for him to look up.

Feng Lisheng raised his head following her line of sight, then his eyes narrowed, and he said, "I'll go up and have a look," and planned to use Qinggong to use his strength to climb to the top.

The man on the roof seemed to have noticed something. He turned his head and looked down. Then, without waiting for Feng Lisheng to make any move, he used Qinggong to slowly descend the tower.

As she got closer, Shen Mingjiao saw clearly that the person who came was wearing a black robe and a ghost mask. It was Ming who was supposed to be recuperating in Prince Su's Mansion.

Ming seemed quite happy to see the two of them, and said hello to them in a rare and friendly manner.

The faces of the two people opposite him were not very good. Not to mention Feng Lisheng, even Shen Mingjiao was staring at him with a wary expression.

"Isn't Master Ming Pavilion recovering from his injuries? Why are you here in the palace?"

After all, the palace is like no other place. It is heavily guarded and ordinary people cannot enter. It should be said that if nothing happens, who would think of sneaking into the palace!

Ming glanced at the two of them, crossed his arms and leaned against a pillar: "Don't look at me like that, you won't allow me to attend the wedding of His Highness the Crown Prince."

Shen Mingjiao obviously didn't believe it, but Feng Lisheng said directly: "The Master of Ming Pavilion went to the inner treasury of the palace to find the golden toad."

Ming heard the words and did not defend himself. He admitted very simply: "Yes! But the guards guarding the inner treasury are so annoying that I almost ended up in this palace!"

Feng Lisheng looked at him indifferently: "That's an expert in the palace. Fortunately, you didn't really break in."

Ming raised his eyebrows sideways: "How does Your Highness know that I didn't break in? Maybe I've already got something by now?"

Feng Lisheng looked at him like an idiot:

"Master Ming Pavilion, do you think that if you really took something, you could still sit here and drink properly?"

Shen Mingjiao asked the two of them with a strange expression: "Is there really a golden toad in this world? I thought it was a fiction?"

Ming replied naturally: "Of course, it is said that golden toad is the holy medicine for detoxification."

Feng Lisheng glanced at Ming: "I don't know if there are golden toads in the world, but I can be sure that there are none in the palace." It means don't waste your efforts.

Shen Mingjiao: "Why is Pavilion Master Ming looking for the golden toad!"

Feng Lisheng replied to her: "One day ago, someone offered a reward of one hundred thousand taels of silver to anyone who could find the golden toad. Now the whole world is alarmed."

Shen Mingjiao was stunned when she heard this, "It seems that the person offering the reward is definitely not an ordinary person. It's only one hundred thousand taels. I'm really willing to give it up!"

Ming thought this was normal: "That is a holy medicine comparable to Tai Sui that has only appeared in rumors, and its value cannot be measured by money at all."

Feng Lisheng had just drank a few more drinks at the banquet because he was out of breath. At this time, he happened to lean against a wall to let the cool breeze dissipate the alcohol smell.

Shen Mingjiao simply called the eunuch who was guarding the library to help move some chairs.

The little eunuch bowed in agreement and very attentively prepared tea and snacks for several people.

Shen Mingjiao casually gave the little eunuch a piece of silver, sat down to eat a snack, and asked Ming who was sitting opposite with great interest:

"Anyway, it's okay now. Tell us some interesting things about the world!"

Ming raised his chin and tapped the empty tea cup on one side. The meaning was self-evident. Shen Mingjiao filled him up with tea very attentively.

Feng Lisheng coughed lightly: "Feng Wu and the others will report to me every once in a while about some things in the world." It means that asking him might as well ask me.

So Shen Mingjiao handed the cup of tea to Feng Lisheng very simply.

Ming, who was raising his hand to pick it up: "..."

(End of chapter)

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