OFFERING CONCUBINES
EPISODE 34 CHAI KUMALA BLUE

Young commander Zhao Juren felt his chest tremble violently, he never expected, he never expected, it turned out that the simple woman he met a few weeks ago in front of a teahouse in the market of Yubei city was one of the important female relatives of the palace.

She was sure that indeed, the brave woman who was so dazzling in a simple pastel yellow dress, plain without the complexion of ordinary cheap cotton cloth that she met that day must not be an ordinary girl, she said, but he did not expect that he was one of the occupants of Weiyan Palace.

The first time he saw the girl walking so hurriedly towards the accessories vendor's place across from the teahouse, he was already interested.

Then the interest was more pronounced - so when he saw his bright smile holding a hair ornament with sparkling eyes.

And strangely enough, the girl did not realize Commander Zhao Juren was standing just a few fathoms away from her place at that time.

Then, the incident of the young man with the lowly noble's son gave him a breath of fresh air to show himself, although he knew, without his intervention, that girl could handle it. and when he met the girl's gaze, from there he realized he could no longer turn away. Unfortunately, the girl did not show him any interest in the young Commander Zhao Juren at all

Something that is very rare, because as far as young Commander Zhao Juren every girl in this city is competing to be married by him, even some ministers have often tried to match him with their daughters.

Some have said, in this Yubei city, who could rival the good looks and prowess of young Commander Zhao Juren was only His Highness Yan Yue, the king of Yanzhi himself.

Now, to her utter surprise, this girl turned out to be much prettier in luxurious pink silk clothes, with a variety of expensive jewels fitted in harmony on that marble-like slender body.

The young commander Zhao Juren felt today he had met the goddess from the sky who by day night after the gathering in broad daylight had made him feel indecisive.

The pretty face of the girl in the pastel yellow dress, interfered with her nightly sleep. Even as he left as the envoy of king Yanzhi met the warlords of neighboring countries to discuss the affairs of the coalition against the increasingly rampant Nanxing state sending intimidation to the two neighboring countries, young Commander Zhao Juren's mind never seemed to stop being overshadowed by this girl's face, no matter where she was.

Arriving in Yubei from the political journey, young Commander Zhao Juren immediately visited the tea shop of Mr. Ding in the middle of the market of Yubei city, asking the identity of the mysterious girl who seemed to be very protected by the Ding master.

But no matter how hard, young Commander Zhao Juren sniffed out information from Mr. Ding, all he found was Mr. Ding's reply that he didn't know where this missus came from. Only the ordinary visitors of the day, who happened to pass by and visit his shop.

As someone experienced in the field of interrogating people, young Commander Zhao Juren knew, master Ding lied, he was just trying to hide the identity of the girl.

But as a well-respected commander in Yanzhi State, he couldn't possibly seem too pushy, just because of women's affairs.

Unknowingly the young Commander Zhao Juren touched his waist, holding a jewelry bag containing an accessory that had always hung there. It was a konde skewer that the girl had admired that day, but it couldn't be bought for whatever reason.

Young commander Zhao Juren had bought it the next day and always carried it with him wherever he went, in the hope of handing the chai over to the girl one day.

And now he had met accidentally with the girl he had been looking for, but somehow the guts were shrinking, melting like hot wax.

And if she had not misheard, her servant had called her mistress.

The predicate states that it is possible that this woman was the wife of someone in Weiyan's palace.

"It's nice to meet Mr. Zhao," Xiao Yi bent his legs slightly, replying to the greetings from young Commander Zhao Juren.

"What brings Mr Zhao today in the royal garden?" xiao Yi asked later. His cheeks suddenly blushed like the color of his robe that was pink. Xiao Yi felt ashamed of being stared at for so long by that man in front of him.

"I happened to pass through this park on the way to Qing Ren hall, about to visit the Queen Mother as well as attend the Chushi festival. When I saw that the madam was here, I intended to ask if the festival had already started?"

replied young Commander Zhao Juren, with a voice made as authoritative as possible.

It had been how many times he had taken to the battlefield and how many fights had ever been on his path, but this was the first time, he felt so helpless in front of a woman. And it actually slapped his satrian soul.

"Chushi Festival is open to the public?" Xiao Yi frowned. For all he knew, the festival was held specifically for His Highness Yanzhi, he did not yet know if anyone could attend it other than the king. And according to what he heard from concubine Yuan, only at the Yishu festival, when the concubines showed artistic talent, only invited the palace officials and attended a banquet held by the king.

"Some of His Majesty's close relatives have been specially invited" he continued.

"But I rarely get to attend a festival like this, because it is more often outside the palace.It happens that today, I want to visit the Queen Mother, so I can directly attend the Chushi festival"

"Oh..." Xiao Yi nodded his head, Concubine Yuan's information does not offend.

"Is the madam a new person in this palace?" zhao Juren asked carefully.

Xiao Yi now who was at a loss did not know what to answer, he was not used to introducing himself as the concubine of a king.

"I am not an important person in this palace, Mr. Zhao..." Xiao Yi smiled widely.

Commander Zhao Juren felt his chest swish warm. Although this woman was called a mistress but, it seemed like she had no one, it was possible that she was a close relative of the palace or perhaps also the family of one of the important people of this palace, who he had never met or because he very rarely lived long in the palace environment, thus missing the existence of this girl.

"May I know the name of the lady?"

"My name is Xiao Yi..."

"It's nice to meet Miss Yi"

"I am also happy to meet you, and can thank you for your help Mr. Zhao the other day"

"That's not a big thing, madam."

Commander Zhao Juren picked up the jewelry pouch of deep purple velvet on his waist, then handed it to Xiao Yi.

"Please accept, as an introductory gift from me"

Xiao Yi stared at the purple velvet pouch in the hands of Commander Zhao Juren, somewhat confused.

"I don't think this is necessary Mr. Zhao,"

"Receive my mistress, as a form of my respect" that stern tone was half pushy.

Xiao Yi accepted it doubtfully.

"I beg you to say goodbye, madam" Young commander Zhao Juren immediately turned around and left, his jaw hardening against his irregular heartbeat. It turns out that even the toughest warlord is knee-jerk to love.

Xiao Yi carefully opened the velvet bag,

Immediately his eyes blinked when he found a sky blue chai of silver material with small flower carvings attached to leafy twigs that form a circle and in the middle there was a pair of golden-colored birds that were interlocking come face to face.

Chai was what he wanted so much at that time, but unfortunately, he could never go back to looking for him because His Majesty never brought him back to the market of Yubei city

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