Emperor's Red Makeup: The Duke is too black

Chapter 169 Birthday Gift ([-])

As night fell, the atmosphere in the Duke's Mansion became especially strange.

Because, their honorable Duke is sitting in his quiet and elegant courtyard with a dark handsome face at this moment, and the surrounding air has become much lower due to the cold air emanating from his body.

"Duke, shouldn't it be time for dinner?" Su Xiao boldly took two steps forward and asked.

There is no way, this table of delicacies is all a certain woman's favorite food, and it was specially arranged by their Duke, but the person who was supposed to sit here to eat with the Duke tonight disappeared somewhere, so that his family The Duke was in a very bad mood.

But, if you don't eat it, it will be cold.

"Where is the person that the Lord told you to find?" Huangfu Yao raised his eyelids and asked calmly.

For some reason, Su Xiao felt a chill behind him.

"Mr. Hui, my subordinates have sent three teams out to find someone, but..."

"But I didn't find it, not even a shadow." Huangfu Yao suddenly raised his hand, which made Su Xiao tremble with fright.

Huangfu Yao raised his hand slightly, and then lowered it lightly, as if he just moved it because his hand was sore, not because he wanted to punish someone.

Su Xiao wiped off his cold sweat, "Duke, Prince Jing and Mu Qi followed Miss Xuanluo, nothing should happen."

"Master, I know nothing will happen." Huangfu Yao looked at the table full of dishes, and suddenly felt that it was unnecessary.

Although the little fox promised to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Duke's mansion, he didn't say how to spend it, maybe it's because there is something to do temporarily.

Of course, being so proud, he would never admit that the little fox might have played tricks on him on purpose. Who is he?

Regarding this point, Huangfu Yao is actually not very sure.

After all, the little fox is not an ordinary woman, she is very courageous.

Su Xiao saw that his father-in-law was lost in thought again, he hesitated whether to tell him, after all, he had been hiding it for a long time, would he become Miss Xuanluo's scapegoat?
Judging by the situation of the Duke, it is very likely that he will fall into a state of depression.

Is this really good?
Huangfu Yao's mind was full of the smile of a certain sly woman, and her cute behavior when she was drunk, so he didn't notice the abnormality of Su Xiao beside him. After a while, he came back to his senses and said to Su Xiao: " Forget it, let people remove all these things, she probably won't come."

Su Xiao was stunned, "Why don't you wait a little longer? Maybe it's not necessarily that Miss Xuanluo has something to delay her."

"She has always been a punctual person. Now that August [-]th is almost over, and I have been waiting all night, but I haven't shown up yet, it means that I really want to take this opportunity to play tricks on my grandfather. Well, before I have also bullied her before, so I understand what she did this time." Huangfu Yao waved his hand, got up and walked towards the pavilion on the west side of the courtyard.

Su Xiao was dumbfounded, and stood there, alas, where did the wise and wise Duke of his family go?

If he moved his noble and wise head, he would definitely be able to guess something, but this--

"Come on, remove all these." Su Xiao had no choice but to arrange for a maid not far away to say.

The maids removed the untouched dishes from the table in an orderly manner, and Su Xiao also slipped away to nowhere at this time, leaving only Huangfu Yao sitting in the gazebo, wondering what he was thinking.

From a distance, he seems to be remembering something, but if you look closely, you can see the loneliness in his eyes, and the tightly clenched hands, which seem to be tightly grasping What.

"Mother, do you know how sad Yao'er is and how much she hates her at this time." He said softly, his voice was so low that it was drowned in the silence of the night.

"Well, a beautiful woman's sorrow has a special charm, but this sorrow is too bitter. It's better to think about happy things and smile." A cold voice with a hint of a smile came from not far away, Huangfu Yao followed the sound and saw a woman dressed in white. The woman had a teasing smile on her face, and her crescent eyes seemed to be carrying something.

"My lord thought that when you said that you wanted to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Duke's Mansion, it was just for a little revenge on my lord. Why, went out to play with Nalan Jing for a day and had a good time?" Huangfu Yao put away the sorrow on his face and changed With an extremely lazy and charming expression, he leaned against the pillar beside him like this, with the corners of his eyes slightly raised, looking at Xuan Luo.

"It's really fun to play. It's been a long time since I played hide-and-seek. Playing it once in a while is good for the body and mind." Xuan Luo didn't care about Huangfu Yao's sarcastic words, instead, he strode into the pavilion and found a place to sit on his own.

"I heard that you sent several groups of people to look for me today. Why, are you afraid that someone will kill me? Or, are you bored all by yourself and want to find me to pass the time?" Xuan Luo sat down with an inexplicable expression on his face. Looking at Huangfu Yao.

Well, his complexion is indeed not very good. It seems that he is not only angry, but also thought of something unhappy just now.

"I was looking for you to pass the time. Peach Blossom Drunk, you haven't packed it yet. Now it's in the grandfather's yard. Remember to take it when you leave. After the time has passed, the Lord will regret it." Huangfu Yao said lightly. Then, he suddenly asked: "Where is Nalan Jing? He wasn't with you? I remember, you disappeared with him for a day."

No matter how you hear these words, you feel a bit sour.

"Oh, he's eating now. I just found out now that Nalan is a foodie." Xuan Luo laughed, thinking of Nalan Jing's eyes widening when he saw the house eating. It's funny.

He looked at the smile in her eyes shallowly, and the sullenness in his heart became even worse.

"Why don't you go with him?"

"Accompany him? What are you doing with him?" Xuan Luo was puzzled, wondering what Huangfu Yao meant by this.

Seeing her puzzled look, Huangfu Yao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then what are you doing here?"

"Oh, seeing you here alone, I thought you need someone to talk to, so I came here." After she finished speaking, she raised her hand to wipe the thin sweat from her forehead, avoiding Huangfu Yao's probing eyes .

"Master, I see that your breathing is not steady, and your face is a little red. What have you been doing all day?" Huangfu Yao was puzzled, and said in a calm voice.

But those narrow eyes were staring at hers closely.

Seeing him looking at him without blinking, Xuan Luo put his sleeves on his face, then coughed twice and said: "I didn't do anything, by the way, you haven't had dinner yet, have you? I heard Su Xiao say what are you doing tonight?" Didn't eat, why, no appetite?"

In fact, Xuan Luo probably also guessed the reason why Huangfu Yao didn't eat, but she was curious how he would answer.

"Thinking about your first visit to the master's house, Tete ordered his servants to prepare your favorite dishes, but you were so crazy with Nalan Jing that you forgot to come back. My stomach hurts from waiting, Let them go away."

After finishing speaking, he gave Xuan Luo a resentful look, "Don't talk about it, it still hurts a little now."

The corner of Xuan Luo's mouth twitched, is it really that exaggerated?
Why did she feel that Huangfu Yao was lying?

No, it should be said that he is just taking an opportunity to lie to himself now, but his health is really bad, so he dare not doubt whether his pain is real or not, what if it is real?
Because of this, his trick has been tried repeatedly in Xuan Luo's place.

(End of this chapter)