Chapter 870: Chapter 516: You Two Have the Same Husband? (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!)
In the first-floor hall of the Letter Pavilion, there are numerous desks, and at this moment, most desks have students from the Residence collecting their letters.
Zhao Lingfei, accompanied by Su Xiaoxiao, queued up for a while before finally arriving at the third desk on the right side of the hall.
Behind the desk were three female cultivators from the Letter Pavilion—one in charge of reception, one verifying records, and one handling letter retrieval.
Zhao Lingfei listened to the words of the smiling female reception officer in front of her, nodded, stretched out her delicate hand, and handed over the Purple Gold Token extracted from ‘Qingjing’ within her sleeve to the officer.
“Please wait a moment.”
The reception officer took the weighty token, unable to resist glancing again at this lady with somewhat cold eyes and a teardrop mole.
The Taiching Four Mansions gather outstanding young talents from across the continent. The reception officer had seen many handsome and outstanding students, but this one in front of her… still made her take another look; her demeanor was indeed unique.
It wasn’t just her; the reception officer noticed many fleeting glances from the other students in the hall.
Her face carried a hint of caution.
The pairing of the two women seemed like a strong and aloof elder sister and a timid yet lively younger sister.
Absolutely perfect.
Reception
“You are the Fairy of Tranquility Mansion, aren’t you?”
“That’s me.”
Zhao Lingfei turned her head and responded, hesitated for a moment, and couldn’t help adding, “It should be a letter from Great Li.”
The reception officer looked at her, thought for a moment, and nodded.
Generally, they wouldn’t disclose the sender’s information. The recipient comes to sign and register, cannot take for others, collects the letter and leaves, all safe and confidential.
“Please sign here, and I will have my colleague retrieve the letter from the inner pavilion.”
Zhao Lingfei nodded, took the offered sheet, glanced at it briefly, and eagerly signed her name.
The paper was taken by the specially waiting letter retrieval officer behind the desk, who ascended the securely guarded staircase to fetch the letter upstairs…
About half an incense stick later, after a series of rather complex procedures, Zhao Lingfei received a familiar-looking envelope from the red lacquer secret box handed over by the reception officer.
After receiving the letter from Great Li, Zhao Lingfei stroked it gently, a joyful smile finally appearing on her face.
Instantly, it attracted numerous gazes from those around her.
A certain little Fox Demon also slyly glanced at the family letter sent by ‘Lingfei Sister’s husband’.
Su Xiaoxiao, with her small hand hanging at her side, fidgeted with the hem of her clothes.
Zhao Lingfei seemed to notice the surrounding attention, and the slight blush on her face, wiping away her smile, nodded at Su Xiaoxiao, intending to leave with the letter.
But the little Fox Demon, whose mouth tasted sour, anxiously rushed forward, hugging Zhao Lingfei’s left arm:
“Sister Lingfei, you look so happy; is there some good news?”
The sisters intimately embraced each other, took a few steps forward, and stood to one side.
After hearing this, Zhao Lingfei was slightly stunned. She looked at the expectant little Fox Demon, shook her head, “I haven’t read it yet. But he… he can’t have any good news, I find him the most annoying.”
She pursed her lips, averted her gaze slightly, muttering against the absent person.
Yet, the light in her autumn eyes was bright, carefully gazing at the distant mountains and white clouds outside the southern gate.
You find him most annoying… I… I don’t find him that annoying, but still pretty annoying, maybe you should just dump him, I… I promise not to pick him up again, unless he shamelessly clings on…
The little Fox Demon lowered her head, unable to help but grumble in her heart.
After a moment of silence, she straightened the crumpled hem of her garment with her little hands, softly suggesting:
“Sister Lingfei, perhaps you should open it first just in case it’s urgent… If there’s a need, you can also reply on the spot, wouldn’t you agree?”
Su Xiaoxiao’s pitch-black eyes rolled round and round, her reasoning becoming more and more fluent, she felt as if her little mind had never been as sharp as it was now.
As Zhao Rong would say, the little Fox Demon gave herself a pat on the back.
The little Fox Demon looked up, blinking at Zhao Lingfei.
The latter frowned slightly, thought for a moment, seemingly finding the suggestion reasonable, “Hmm, let’s open and have a look.”
The autumn wind rises, suitable to head north, clouds scatter three thousand miles.
The broad cold round, suitable for a lady, the moon embraces nine heavens.
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