Chapter 5743: Extra Story - Seven Flowers, Spring's Infinite Beauty
Spring Full Pavilion.
With a crisp "thwack," the bustling, melodious hall instantly quieted.
A woman with disheveled hair and ornaments was seen dragging another woman out of a private room, tumbling down the stairs.
They crashed "bang" against a nearby pillar.
This startled two men and women who were leaning against the railing and chatting, causing them to quickly retract their feet and step back.
"Gu Daozhen, you hussy, how dare you break in and steal my man!"
"Your Gu family is completely ruined, understand? And you still dare to fight me! Do you know what standing my Mu family has now? Ow, you dare to hit my eye! I'll beat you to death!"
"Second Auntie, Second Auntie!" Two servant girls cried softly nearby, calling out repeatedly.
"Little Poker Face is here!" Someone shouted, and seven or eight private rooms in the building opened simultaneously.
A group of handsome, thinly clad men, flowing like wind, rushed down.
They instantly surrounded the Little Poker Face.
They clamored, "Oh my, how long has it been since you last came?"
"You heartless little thing. Why haven't you come to our Spring Full Pavilion for so long?"
"Qiao Qiao, you're so annoying! Don't you know that three days apart feel like three autumns, and my heart misses you terribly!"
Adult Qiao Qiao looked at them expressionlessly.
Then she waved her small hand and, with a dark face, bellowed, "Someone, drag her back!"
Immediately, someone stepped forward to grab Mu Dongni, comically admonishing her, "Oh dear, my Second Auntie, please don't seek death! Empress has personally come to apprehend you, hurry and come back with me."
Second Auntie said indignantly, "I, I haven't even finished listening to the song Mengmeng was playing. Don't touch me, don't touch me! I still want to have a heart-to-heart talk with Mengmeng, talk all night long, a night, ah..."
"Mengmeng! Mengmeng!" Second Auntie Mu Dongni clutched the nearby pillar, screaming heartbrokenly, a sight too painful to behold.
Qiao Mu, with a cold face, angrily shouted at the several people who were awkwardly pulling Second Auntie, "Hurry up! Drag her back quickly, what are you dawdling for?"
It was truly disgraceful and ill-timed. This Mu Dongni was simply too much trouble.
Who told her to come to Spring Full Pavilion to cause trouble?
And causing trouble without even choosing the right place.
Don't you know this place is under the protection of Adult Qiao Qiao?!
Mu Dongni huffed and yelled, "Niece, great niece! How can you treat your own aunt like this?"
"I really just came to listen to music today! Who knew about this old woman, Gu Daozhen?"
"It's her, it's her! She interrupted my elegant pleasure of listening to Mengmeng play music! Don't you think this woman should die? Anyway, most of her family members are dead, so killing one more wouldn't matter."
"Niece, help Auntie kill her, kill her!"
I'll kill you, you noisy nuisance!
Qiao Mu glanced at her expressionlessly. "Noisy."
"Now get back immediately! I won't bother with you too much! If you're a step late, be careful, I might get angry."
Mu Dongni shivered.
When this little niece got angry, it wasn't a simple matter.
How could she dare to confront Qiao Mu? She quickly nodded, got up despondently, and started to leave.
Unexpectedly, Gu Daozhen rushed forward two steps and kicked her in the back.
Mu Dongni stumbled forward a few steps and fell to the ground with a thud.
She immediately wailed, screaming, "Gu Daozhen, you old woman, how dare you attack me from behind!"
Qiao Mu cast a cold glance, and someone immediately rushed over and twisted Gu Daozhen's arms behind her back.
Gu Daozhen angrily shouted, "What do you want to do? What have I done? Why are you doing this to me?"
"I'm telling you, don't mess around! There's still law in this world. The dignified Empress of Divine State running to a brothel. Hmph! I wonder what His Majesty would think if he found out."
Mu Dongni angrily retorted, "What? Which eye of yours saw this is a brothel? I'm telling you, this is a restaurant, not a brothel. Don't you dare slander my beloved Mengmeng, I'll beat you to death!"
Two young handsome men nearby whimpered, "Esteemed guest, how can you slander us like that? We don't do flesh trade here, we're a legitimate restaurant!"
The seven little flowers, Red, Green, Orange, Yellow, Cyan, Blue, and Purple, all rushed to Qiao Mu's side, their faces mournful, whimpering and sobbing, "Qiao Qiao, someone is slandering us. Slapping our faces! What do you say we should do?"
There were even several delicate flower-like handsome men who feigned going to get ropes to hang themselves.
They walked back and forth in the hall, scurrying to find pillars. "I don't want to live, I don't want to live, I can't live anymore. Being slandered like this, do we still have any dignity?!"
"Exactly! Who's a brothel man? We are decent, respectable men!"
Qiao Mu's mouth twitched, and she couldn't help but look speechless.
As they were arguing, Fan Meng and Fan You came down the stairs.
Fan Meng looked at Qiao Mu with gentle eyes and smiled, "You're here?"
Qiao Mu nodded, sizing him up.
Fan Meng looked pretty good today, quite energetic.
"They didn't disturb you, did they?" the Little Poker Face asked coldly.
At this question, all the handsome young men nearby cried out even louder, "They did, they did, they really did!"
"Look, this Second Auntie of the Mu family, as soon as she arrived, she demanded that our Mengmeng play the zither for her by name!"
"She even said that only with Mengmeng playing the zither next to her could she eat our food here."
"Then, not long after, this Gu Daozhen also arrived, making a huge fuss, kicking and hitting, and even fighting with the Mu family's Second Auntie."
"The two of them rolled from upstairs to downstairs. It scared us babies to death."
"Mm-hm, mm-hm. It was really frightening. My heart is still pounding like crazy even now."
"Qiao Qiao, I want calming tea."
Adult Qiao Qiao's eye twitched subtly, then she nodded. "How do you wish to punish them?"
One handsome man loudly proclaimed, "These two women have bad conduct and must all be driven out."
"Yes, and from now on, don't let them come to our Spring Full Pavilion to eat."
"Exactly. I really don't know if they came to eat or to flirt with Mengmeng."
"It's really despicable!"
All the handsome men nodded in unison, sharing a common enemy.
Qiao Mu nodded her head, then turned and shouted at Mu Dongni, "Did you hear that? Don't come here anymore from now on. If I find you here again, I'll have Grandpa break your legs."
Mu Dongni burst into tears, "Niece! I am absolutely sincere about Mengmeng. I am willing to climb mountains of knives, descend into seas of fire, fry in oil, and roll on nail boards for him. I fear nothing, except not seeing him."
"Niece, if you don't let me see my Mengmeng, I truly can't live another day."
The handsome men shivered slightly and silently glanced at her.
Adult Qiao Qiao, with a cold face, suddenly stepped forward and kicked Gu Daozhen.
Everyone couldn't help but cover their faces in speechless dismay.
What to do? So many years have passed, and this fellow is still so cute.
Just when everyone thought she couldn't stand Mu Dongni and was about to go hit her, this fellow actually went and kicked Gu Daozhen.
Now that they think about it, how innocent was Gu Daozhen?
"You're not allowed to come here either from now on. If I find you causing trouble here again, I'll throw you into prison," Adult Qiao Qiao announced loudly.
Gu Daozhen was furious and shouted, "Is there no justice anymore? Is there no law anymore?"
"Empress, although your power is above the heavens, you cannot forbid common people like us from coming here to eat normally, can you?"
Mu Dongni, however, became energized, turning to her and roaring, "What's wrong with forbidding you from coming? I just forbid you from coming!"
"I'm telling you, here, the Empress is the law. You can shout yourself hoarse, and there'll be no one to reason with!"
Damn it, you make Adult Qiao Qiao sound like a bandit and a bully!
Can you f***ing speak properly? Can you use your brain before you speak?!
Qiao Mu glared at Mu Dongni exasperatedly. "Alright, alright, throw her out too."
Mu Dongni's face immediately fell. She looked at Qiao Qiao mournfully.
Qiao Mu ignored her completely, simply waved her hand and had both of them thrown out.
She walked up to Fan Meng and looked up at him. "Your injuries?"
Fan Meng smiled and said, "I've been recovering for days now. Ever since you removed the lightning fire, my body has slowly recovered on its own. It's almost completely healed."
"From now on, just ignore people like that," Qiao Mu said, exasperated.
"We're running a restaurant business, after all, aren't we? We can't always just turn away customers," Fan Meng said with a good-natured smile.
Qiao Mu was very speechless.
Sigh, these Transcendent Realm cultivators, they like to open restaurants here.
Never mind, as long as they're happy...
"Qiao Qiao, come with me for a moment." Fan Meng beckoned to her.
The two went to a private room upstairs. Fan Meng handed her a letter. "Recently, various places have been clearing out the remaining corpse puppets. There might be underground bases in these areas. I hope this can be of some help to you."
"These were all pre-arranged by Young Master," Fan Meng sighed softly.
He never expected such a brilliant and exceptionally talented Young Master to now... rest eternally in a crystal coffin, never to wake again.
"Did he know that day would come?"
Fan Meng nodded. "He had long guessed that the Mandate of Heaven wouldn't last forever."
"There's not much we can do now. I hope this helps you."
Qiao Mu twitched her lips, intending to show him a kind smile, but her little face remained cold.
Fan Meng couldn't help but chuckle, glancing at the window. He rested his chin on his hand and smiled at her. "Since you're here, how about I play a tune for you?"
Before Adult Qiao Qiao could reply, a chilly voice floated from the window, "Playing a tune, huh? Do you want to do a striptease too?"
"Swish, swish!" Two figures, one black and one white, suddenly appeared in the private room.
"Oh," Fan Meng chuckled. "His Majesty has come to catch someone."
Adult Qiao Qiao quickly jumped up, her small legs moving, and rushed out of the room.
As the door opened, Ao Ye's dark face turned, and he grinned at her. "Empress!"
"Get out!" Qiao Mu slammed the private room door shut with a "bang," then turned to look at her husband and Duan Yue.
"Hehe," she chuckled expressionlessly.
Duan Yue couldn't help but be amused. "Oh? Is this Spring Full Pavilion?"
"Yes, the food at this restaurant is delicious." Adult Qiao Qiao ran forward and looked at her husband. "Husband, how did you two come here?"
"Oh, we were just wandering around. Didn't expect to hear someone on the street say that the Empress ran to Spring Full Pavilion to catch the Mu family's Second Auntie." Duan Yue smiled.
"Yes, I came to catch that Mu Dongni." Qiao Mu looked at the two. "Why isn't Rotten Peach Blossom with you?"
"Downstairs," Mo Lian said expressionlessly.
Qiao Mu raised her small hand, touched the hair at her temple, turned her back to him, and said, "Then, I'll treat you to a meal."
This husband was truly too much.
Afraid she'd run off, he not only had Ao Ye waiting outside the door but also put Rotten Peach Blossom downstairs to block people.
Hmph!
What was there to be afraid of?!
She was here for legitimate business, not to find pretty boys.
How annoying. Why should she feel guilty?
"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
A handsome man was heard chattering to Ao Ye outside, "Oh, little brother, why are you blocking here? I want to see Qiao Qiao! You're so annoying!"
Ao Ye's face turned green.
Mo Lian's face also turned green!
Did these abominable male courtesans of Spring Full Pavilion always talk like that when they saw his Qiao?!
Damn it!
He wanted to kill them!
Duan Yue chuckled helplessly from the side, quickly stepping forward to stop the irritable fellow. "Hey, hey, calm down, calm down."
"Thump, thump, thump."
"Qiao Qiao, something's wrong outside!"
Red-clothed, one of the little flowers, cried delicately. Several other handsome young men chimed in, trembling, "Some, someone broke in and snatched, snatched someone!"
Mo Lian's handsome face turned completely black.
Look, just look! These "weak and helpless" pretty boys always turned into this when they saw his Qiao!
Every few days, they'd run to his Qiao to seek justice, crying and whimpering.
Damn it, they were even more annoying than those self-sufficient Wind clan members who were now mining.
Duan Yue looked helpless and shouted to the outside, "Please, ten-ish Transcendent Realm cultivators among you, can't you drive them away yourselves?"
"No, our hands will hurt."
"We'll twist our heads!"
"We're so delicate, how can we hit people?"
I really want to beat you all to death, Duan Yue thought, then quickly went forward and grabbed Mo Lian's hand. "Don't get excited, don't get excited, calm down. It's fine, it's fine. We're going to Sky-Null Star tomorrow. We'll stay there for a year or half a year and never come back."
"Whimper, whimpers." The handsome men started crying outside the door.
"Qiao Qiao, you're going to Sky-Null Star."
"That's our homeland."
"We want to go to Sky-Null Star too."
"Qiao Qiao, take us to Sky-Null Star!"
Mo Lian looked at Duan Yue, bewildered. "Look, you said Sky-Null Star, and these little hussies want to go too!"
Damn it, it's driving me crazy...
"It's fine, it's fine," Duan Yue blinked, then suddenly uttered Feng He Ping's, the Grand Elder of the Feng clan's, catchphrase, "You will always be the main husband!"
Mo Lian: ???