Chapter 37 You have a little trick, I have a ladder to climb over the wall
Looking at Honglian's playful eyes, Cheng Jiao knew that Honglian did it on purpose.

I was a little confused at first. Isn't it said that Honglian's painting skills are very good? Look at these lines.
This little girl is really a grudge that never stays overnight!

"Hmm? Master, is my painting not good?"

Honglian smiled, but there was a hint of coldness in her tone, which made Cheng Jiao dare not say a word in retaliation.

"very nice."

"Then continue to teach the disciples!"

Honglian looked at Cheng Jiao with a smile, and her tone gradually became intimate?

"Well, okay, I'll show you my treasure."

Under Honglian's curious gaze, Cheng Jiao walked to the side and took out the tough wooden strips he had brought.

When Honglian saw this, black lines appeared on his forehead.

"Is this your treasure? Some broken wood sticks? Do you think I'm a five or six-year-old kid? You're using wood sticks as swords!"

Cheng Jiao smiled mysteriously: "No, no, let's see how I can turn decay into magic."

Under Honglian's gaze, Cheng Jiao skillfully connected the wooden strips with thin hemp ropes, and soon an abstract swallow shape appeared.

Honglian was a little confused. As a princess of the Warring States Period, she had not yet learned geometry and had not yet evolved the ability to move from the abstract to the concrete.

"What are you doing? Making a window frame?"

The description of Honglian successfully made Cheng Jiao laugh.

What he made was a paper kite, which was what his grandmother taught him to play with when he was a child.

"Are there, um, long white cloths?"

Cheng Jiao was originally going to ask for paper paste, but then he remembered that this thing was not available at that time, so he used cloth instead.

Honglian was puzzled and called the maid to bring her a piece of white cloth, which she often used to practice painting.

Cheng Jiao took out the jeweled dagger he had taken from the Jade Tiger and cut along the outline of the wooden frame.

He took out the copper needle that Honglian often used and sewed the white cloth on.

Honglian thought thoughtfully, is this putting clothes on the window frame?

Cheng Jiao picked up Honglian's paintbrush and used his elementary school-level cartoon-copying technique. With just a few dozen strokes, a cartoon version of a swallow emerged.

Honglian was stunned. There is such a way of painting? Unheard of!

"Master, teach me! I want to learn this!"

Honglian pointed at the cartoon version of the big swallow excitedly. It was so cute!
Cheng Jiao shook his finger.

"The work is not yet finished, please be patient."

Honglian was surprised, this is not over yet? She waited quietly with anticipation, she liked new things!

Cheng Jiao suddenly forgot an important thing, he forgot to bring the rope.

I asked Honglian if she had a long, tough hemp rope. Honglian frowned. It seemed that she didn't have a very long rope, and embroidery thread was obviously not suitable.

"Oh! Why don't we just use a strip of cloth?"

Honglian clapped her hands and ordered the maid to bring a pile of long strips of cloth. Soon, with her deft hands, she cut them into dozens of thin strips.

Cheng Jiao looked at him in amazement, what a genius!

Honglian and Chengjiao began to connect the cloth strips, and a Warring States version of the kite string was born.

Cheng Jiao asked Honglian to hold the kite. He pinched the cloth string and pulled it gently. The kite then flew slowly towards the sky along with the spring breeze.

Honglian looked up, staring blankly at the kite far away in the sky. Her mind went blank for a moment. It was so magical!
Every time Cheng Jiao pulled and released the kite, it would go up a little higher. He had a lot of fun playing with it.

He called Honglian to come over and play. After Honglian came to her senses, she ran to Cheng Jiao without caring about her image and pointed at the kite excitedly.

"What is this? How do you do this? Can you teach me this? Let me play with it!"

After being questioned by Honglian, Cheng Jiao smiled and handed the kite cloth string to Honglian.

Honglian ran and played excitedly, as happy as a five or six-year-old child~
Madam Mingzhu was standing outside her palace. She saw something appear in the sky and her eyes focused on it.

"This is?"

There was confusion in Madam Mingzhu's eyes.

What puzzled Madam Mingzhu was why this thing was getting bigger and bigger, as if it was about to fall towards her.

Mrs. Mingzhu looked at the kite that fell in front of her and picked it up. Looking at the cartoon swallow on it, she couldn't help but like it. Who drew it? It's so adorable.

Honglian led Cheng Jiao around and around, and finally arrived at the place where the kite fell.

There was a loose spot on the cloth strip, and after being pulled repeatedly, the string of the Warring States version of the cloth kite broke.

Honglian saw that the kite was held by someone and pointed it at Cheng Jiao excitedly.

"over there!"

Cheng Jiao looked around and was startled. It was the tide banshee.

Madam Mingzhu wore a purple strapless lace palace dress with a charming hollow pattern at the waist. The tight fishtail pattern extended to the ground, making her even more charming.

She also deliberately glued two teardrop diamonds under her eyes to contrast with her charming eyes.

Honglian ran up to the tide demon girl and held out her hand: "Madam Mingzhu, give me my kite."

Madam Mingzhu held the kite and said, "Oh? Princess Honglian, is this yours?"

Madam Mingzhu was dealing with Honglian, but her eyes were looking at Cheng Jiao. She had heard that good-for-nothing Han Wangan talk about Cheng Jiao every day in the past few days, and Ji Wuye had also secretly communicated with her and told her some information.

Honglian took the kite from Madam Mingzhu, snorted, and turned away.

Mrs. Mingzhu, wearing high heels and taking model steps, walked up to Cheng Jiao with a smile on her face.

"Master Cheng Jiao, are you here to teach Princess Honglian? Why are you here?"

Cheng Jiao was not panicked at all: "I just finished teaching the princess etiquette and made some small things for her."

"Young Master is really caring. Princess Honglian will be blessed in the future. I will not disturb you two any more."

Cheng Jiao narrowed his eyes slightly. This female witch was using a double entendre as the sly word!

Honglian asked in confusion: "What is blessed?"

Madam Mingzhu laughed, said no more, and turned back into the hall.

I was thinking about finding an opportunity to talk to Cheng Jiao in private to find out his background and whether I could control him completely.

Cheng Jiao touched Honglian’s little head.

"It's okay, let's go back first."

Honglian was too lazy to think about Madam Mingzhu. She just wanted to have fun with this new baby.

Cheng Jiao took a look at the residence of the tide witch. It was full of poisonous insects and was very creepy.

By the afternoon, Honglian, who had had enough fun, reluctantly saw Chengjiao off from the palace.

I felt depressed when I knew Cheng Jiao would be gone for several days.

What surprised Cheng Jiao was that before Honglian returned to the palace, Concubine Hu walked in from outside the palace.

"Sir, what a coincidence! I wonder if the folding fan you gave me is ready."

Cheng Jiao thought to himself that this was not good, and had planned to find another opportunity to give it to Concubine Hu. However, he never expected that Concubine Hu would meet him by chance, and Honglian was still there.

What surprised Cheng Jiao was that Honglian did not say anything rude but was instead "considerate".

"Miss Hu wants a folding fan? Master, why don't you give it to her quickly?"

Honglian said cunningly.

She thought Cheng Jiao only took the one she drew, and wanted to take advantage of the situation and play a trick on Concubine Hu.

When Cheng Jiao saw Honglian acting like this, he immediately knew what Honglian was planning.

"This is a folding fan, please keep it, Miss Hu."

You have a little trick, and I have a ladder to climb over the wall overnight.

Cheng Jiao took out an unopened folding fan and handed it to Lady Hu.

"Young Master is thoughtful."

Lady Hu accepted the folding fan and was in a good mood. She went to visit her sister today, and her sister looked much better.

Honglian narrowed her big eyes and smiled very happily! Good Master! I like it!
Just as Cheng Jiao was trying to get away quickly to avoid being exposed, a guard rode into the palace at full speed, and faint shouts were heard.

"Ghost soldiers robbed the money, ghost soldiers robbed the money"

Cheng Jiao murmured, "Is it about to begin?"

(End of this chapter)