The carriage wall behind them was covered with silk and satin. The carriage, which looked like a royal carriage, stopped. The curtain opened and a maid jumped out.

Wen Mingtang raised an eyebrow and looked at the maid who jumped down. Who was it if it wasn’t the one with the nostrils pointing upward that day?

After turning around and saying something to Liang Hongjin, Wen Mingtang walked to the carriage and called “Ah Jie.”

Her attitude was gentle and calm as if the assassins she encountered after seeing her that day did not exist at all.

The maid glanced at her. Compared to the disdain that day, there was a hint of vigilance in her eyes. She probably knew that she had “escaped with her life”.

Because of this hint of vigilance, the maid coughed, looked at her, and said, “Miss Wen, please get on the carriage and talk.”

Huh? She actually called her “Miss Wen” and used the word “please”.

Such respect… Wen Mingtang smiled at her: It turns out that this was how some people’s respect was earned.

She looked back at Liang Hongjin, who had not yet left. Liang Hongjin rubbed her hands, her knuckles crackling, stared at the maid with a majestic look, and sneered: “Xiao Mingtang, I’ll wait for you here.”

The maid immediately shuddered after hearing these cruel words and immediately moved her head to the side like a quail.

The reaction today truly did not resemble that day, as if it were not the same person.

Wen Mingtang glanced at her and stepped into the carriage.

The curtains and windows in the carriage were closed. Wen Mingtang felt a little uncomfortable as soon as she stepped into it from the bright place outside. She raised her hand and instinctively opened the nearest window.

It was broad daylight, and the sunlight shone in from the car window and fell on the face of the woman sitting in the carriage.

One side of the peony-faced cheek was swollen, looking inexplicably funny.

Wen Mingtang’s eyes fell on the swollen side of Wen Xiutang’s face. After Wen Xiutang hurriedly closed the window in shame and anger to block the sunlight coming in, she slowly said: “Ah Jie, your face seems to be swollen! Were you beaten by someone?”

Her eyes adjusted to the dim light shining through the car curtain, and she could clearly see the look on Wen Xiutang’s face.

She was ashamed and angry, and shouted: “What nonsense are you talking about? I just accidentally fell!”

Took a tumble, huh? Wen Mingtang exclaimed, paused for a moment, and said, “Sister, bring some eggs to soothe the swelling.”

Uttering an “Oh” on one hand and then suggesting a way to handle a slap on the other, Wen Xiutang felt as if her own face on the side untouched by the slap was swelling up under her slow and deliberate words. She couldn’t help but glare angrily at Wen Mingtang.

Facing this angry look, Wen Mingtang spread her hands and said, “Ah Jie, why are you looking at me? It’s like I slapped you!”

Who else could Wen Xiutang, proud and haughty, endure a slap from without uttering a word? Perhaps only Prince Yu would fit that description.

It seemed that the assassins did not kill Wen Mingtang, but died in vain. All this made King Yu unhappy, so he took his anger out on Wen Xiutang.

Wen Xiutang looked at Wen Mingtang, who looked innocent and thought of King Yu’s explanation. She temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart, looked at Wen Mingtang, and said, “Last time you went back after meeting me, I heard that someone was chasing you in the street?”

Wen Mingtang nodded and said: “There are such villains, but I happened to meet the officials of Dali Temple and I escaped a disaster.”

This was not wrong. Lin Fei helped a lot with it, and Liu Yuan and Bai Zhu also helped her block it. With one block, she successfully killed a death soldier.

Wen Xiutang said, “Well, you’re quite lucky. If it were… I’m afraid you would have suffered!”

Wen Mingtang said “Hmm”, looked at Wen Xiutang’s insincere expression, and asked her: “What is the reason Ah Jie is looking for me this time?”

Wen Xiutang He said: “In a few days, I have free time and was invited by the nobleman to go to Lishan Mountain. There is also a hot spring in the nobleman’s villa. It is good for the body to soak in it. I wanted to ask if you’re available, would you like to join me on this trip?”

Looking at Wen Xiutang’s serious face as she spoke, Wen Mingtang almost didn’t laugh. She just held back her smile and looked at Wen Xiutang and said, “Doesn’t my sister usually go to Guiren Village and soak in the hot springs when she is looking for friends to play with? Ah Jie, do you think that I, a cook, am one of those people who is waiting to go to Guiren Villa to play and soak in hot springs?”

Wen Xiutang has been the leader of the Jiofang for a long time. She seemed to assume that everyone’s leisure activity in this world was going to estates and enjoying hot springs.

“Ah Jie, you have been staying aloof for a long time and haven’t been in the mortal world for a long time. You probably forgot that ordinary people don’t do these things.” Wen Mingtang said slowly.

T/N

Our FL being salty AF

Being poked back by Wen Mingtang’s soft nail, Wen Xiutang’s face turned green and red, but she was a little unable to get off the stage. However, because of what King Yu told her, she had to resist the urge to drive Wen Mingtang out and said, “I’ve asked about it. In a few days, you will have a rest in the public kitchen. At that time, I will pick you up again.”

As Wen Mingtang’s words, initially on the verge of being spoken, landed on Wen Xiutang’s face marked with displeasure, she suddenly halted. Her gaze flickered, neither agreeing nor refusing, and she simply jumped down from the carriage.

When Wen Mingtang got off the carriage, the maid outside immediately jumped onto the carriage with a pale face. The coachman beside her hurriedly got on and flicked his whip, and the carriage ran away without looking back.

After Wen Xiutang and her party left in a hurry, Wen Mingtang looked at Liang Hongjin who was eating mung bean cake: “What did General Liang just do? Look, the maid’s face turned pale.”

Liang Hongjin waved her fist and said: “It’s just to scare her!” After a pause, she swallowed the mung bean cake in her mouth and asked Wen Mingtang, “What did you say to the guy in the carriage who got slapped?”

Wen Mingtang said, “I don’t want to say anything to my Ah Jie. She wants to take up my rare holiday, which is simply hateful!”

Liang Hongjin understood this very well. After hearing this, she rolled her eyes and said, “Why bother with her?”

“I think so too. Yes,” Wen Mingtang nodded, paused, and then said, “However, she knows so much about me, so it’s time to settle the old scores between two people.”

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….

Master Wang sneaked into the yard and called out: “Master Wen?”

No one responded.

Very good! Then he knew that the girl named Wen was not in the yard and had gone out.

He walked over cautiously, and when he was about to take out the wire to open the window, he found that the door to the house was ajar and unlocked.

Quite careless! Did you thought you won’t be robbed in Dali Temple?

Master Wang put away the wire that pried the window away, snorted coldly, opened the door carefully, and walked in.

There was nothing valuable in the house. After all, food, clothing, and accommodation were all in Dali Temple, so that’s it. He didn’t come here to steal valuables, what he was really looking for was…

At a glance, he saw several sealed sauce jars in the corner. Master Wang walked over, picked up the sauce jars, opened them, smelled them, and tasted them. He nodded and said: This is the taste!

Although he and Sun Dingren wanted to save face and had never eaten the food cooked by that girl, they had secretly observed her countless times.

The girl surnamed Wen has a wide variety of skills, making it a bit challenging to learn. However, her unique sauce has turned into a common commodity found all over the streets.

Re-sealing the sauce, Master Wang sneakily carried the jar and walked out of the courtyard.

During the whole process, he didn’t even see a single person, it couldn’t have been smoother.

After Master Wang left, Ah Bing crawled out from under the bed, wiped the hot sweat from hiding for a long time, and couldn’t help but mutter: “Master Wang has some nerve! Actually committing theft in the Dali Temple, even resorting to stealing sauces!”

(End of chapter)

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