There was a huge lake in the suburbs 20 miles away from Ji City of Yan Country. It was winter, and the lake was covered with thick ice.
There was a tavern by the lake, and a small boat near the tavern had been frozen.
The tavern was close to the main road, and both sides were empty. There was only one tavern in a radius of several miles.
This was also the closest tavern to Ji City. If they went any further, they would have to go to Ji City to buy wine.
The Yan Kingdom, especially Ji City, was extremely cold in winter. Regardless of whether it was people who went out of the city or entered the city, their eyes would light up when they saw this tavern. Then, they would go in and drink a pot of boiling hot wine to warm up their bodies. Therefore, the business of this tavern was very good.
A carriage slowly approached Ji City from afar. The driver was an old man wearing thick clothes. When he saw the tavern, he slowed down and asked the carriage,
"Madam Xue, there's a tavern up ahead. Do you want to go down and have some wine to warm yourself up?”
"Alright." A graceful and pleasant voice came from the carriage.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of the tavern. The old coachman got off the carriage first. Then, the curtain of the carriage was pulled open. A beautiful woman with a graceful and noble aura slowly walked out. She was draped in a silver-white fur robe and had black hair tied up behind her head.
The old coachman walked in front and pushed open the door of the tavern. The graceful woman walked in with light steps, and the originally noisy tavern instantly fell silent.
"Xue…Madam Xue?"
A man dropped the wine bowl in his hand and stared blankly at the woman.
"That Madam Xue from Fei Xue Pavilion? Didn't she go to Zhao? You're back?"
Under the surprised gazes of those people, the beautiful woman with a graceful figure and a graceful and noble aura walked to a table with a calm expression and sat down.
The surrounding people retracted their gazes and whispered in surprise.
"Is it really the owner of Fei Xue Pavilion, Madam Xue?”
"It's definitely her. I've been to Fei Xue Pavilion once and was fortunate enough to see her once.”
" Tsk tsk, it's really her. I heard that a rich and powerful man invited her to dance with his daughter, but she refused. She's indeed the rumored Madam Xue. She's really beautiful. If only…"
The man's companion stood up in panic and covered his mouth.
"Watch your words! If you want to die, just say it. Don't drag me to die with you. Do you know how powerful Madam Xue is? There was once a very high-ranking official who said something to her in Fei Xue Pavilion when he was drunk. The next day, he died silently at home. Moreover, no one from above pursued the matter…If you're not afraid of death, try it.”
The man broke out in a cold sweat and looked at Madam Xue, who was sitting quietly.
At this moment, the old coachman glanced at the two of them. The two of them were so frightened that their bodies trembled. They stood up shakily, threw down two silver ingots, and quickly ran out of the tavern.
"Madam, do you want me to dig out the eyes of those two little brats?”
The old coachman asked the madam respectfully.
Madam Xue smiled and said,
"His eyes and mouth are on someone else's body, yet he doesn't allow others to see them. Speak, then I'm a bit too overbearing. If that lieutenant didn't want me to spend the night at his residence, I wouldn't have killed him. It was only natural for men to like to look at beauties. Women dressed up meticulously for others to see. Otherwise, how could my Feixue Pavilion continue to operate?”
"Madam is right." The old coachman lowered his head.
At this moment, the waiter brought the steaming hot wine and delicacies to the table. He glanced at Madam Xue, who smiled at him. His eyes immediately glazed over, and he hurriedly lowered his head to set up the bowls and chopsticks. Then, he left with a red face.
What a beautiful woman…
Outside the tavern.
Ning Chen led the donkey slowly to the entrance of the tavern and stopped. After instructing the donkey not to run around, he took the empty red wine gourd and pushed the door open to enter the tavern.
Hearing the door open, the people in the tavern looked up again.
Seeing that it was only a young man who came in this time, those people lowered their heads again.
However, Madam Xue did not. She stared straight at the young man who walked to the shopkeeper with a red wine gourd. A long sword hung from his waist. His black hair was tied behind his head, and two strands fell on his forehead. His lips were red, and his teeth were white. He was an unbelievably handsome young man.
She looked straight at the body of the blue-clothed youth, her beautiful eyes suffused with a pleasantly surprised light as if she had discovered a treasure.
Ning Chen asked the shopkeeper to get him a gourd of their best wine. Then, he paid the money and turned to leave.
Madam Xue, who had been staring at him, stood up and said to the old coachman,"
"Pay up."
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