The Guzheng of The Moon

XIX

"Auntie! Where are you?" yue shouted, the girl directly rushed into the tavern and left Gu Zheng at the doorstep. Gu Zheng knew Yue could not wait to meet her aunt. Yue little wish that he wanted to grant before the palace gate was completely closed to the girl.

"Miss!" screamed at one of the men.

"Feng Dong!"

The man ran over to greet Yue and was followed by a few men behind him. Gu Zheng who saw him slightly frowned. Almost he wanted to hit the man so as not to get too close to his girl.

The annoyance grew even more obvious as Gu Zheng noticed Yue Yang's usual attitude towards them. He doesn't like. He secretly ordered someone to spy on Yue, reporting on the girl's daily life. But he had not expected so many men to stop by at the tavern. Had Gu Zheng known earlier, he would have leveled the tavern with the ground to have the men stay away from the girl.

A completely different attitude, her inner. Yue looked different while here, while being with her, Yue never laughed like that.

"Miss, how did you get home?" asked Feng Dong. "The lady said you'd never come home again."

"Aish, this is my house. I can go home whenever I want" Yue replied.

"Thank God. The store gets quiet when you're not around, miss." Feng Dong turned his gaze to Gu Zheng. "You brought a friend, Miss?"

"Shhh, don't be disrespectful to her huh. If you don't want to ..," Yue whispered as she placed her five fingertips on her neck. And move it horizontally.

"Didn't you want to introduce me to them?" gu Zheng asked impatiently.

"Ah, forgive me. This is Feng Dong, Yang ... Miss Gu." Yue bit the small of his tongue that was nearing its release. "He's one of the workers here."

"That's Ong Lan, Tse Xian, Ming Li," Yue said as she pointed swiftly.

Gu Zheng did not even care about the names of all of them. Whatever. He looked at Feng Dong sharply. Intimidating more precisely. Gu Zheng should have known that Uncle Hwang's tavern was filled with men. Now he regretted his decision to have handed Yue to the man to take care of.

"Miss, that friend of yours, why is he looking at me like that? Does he like me?" whispered Feng Dong.

"That's impossible! She's a pri...." Yue glanced at Gu Zheng quickly.

"Pri?"

"Primadona in his village. Yes, he's from the village across. There's no way she'll like you." Yue said it while laughing dryly. "So she already has someone she likes."

Namely, i! Jerit Yue in heart.

"It's a pity, even though she's so beautiful," said Feng Dong with a disappointed face that looked contrived.

"Are Uncle and Auntie around?"

"Actually, you went to the market with Madam. But, I don't know what makes them go home fast and stirred up like a man of loyalty. He ordered all of us to clean up and replace all the mosquito nets with red" Feng Dong explained. "The lady even brought out her best sweets. Now they're upstairs, miss."

Without lingering, Yue pulled on Gu Zheng's sleeves. Blow it like a cow.

"I will go there myself," Yue told Feng Dong. "It's nice to see you again."

Again that smile, a smile that Gu Zheng had never seen. Unfortunately, it was not intended for him.

******

Gu Zheng managed to become a spectacle. Some male customers did not even hesitate to whistle to praise the man. All Yue could do was try as calmly as possible. He did not want his return to cause unnecessary chaos. Come to think of Gu Zheng wrongly as well, why was that man so beautiful.

He groped Gu Zheng's sleeves and let go as he was about to climb up the stairs. But the man instead grabbed his arm.

"Don't do anything like that anymore" sighed Gu Zheng.

Gu Zheng did not answer him and walked ahead of Yue. Inwardly Yue continued to ask, what is the harm?

Arriving on the stairs. Yue again guided Gu Zheng to a room, a place where his usual uncles and aunts were relaxing.

When he opened the door, what did he see? As if they knew of her return, Aunt Hwang immediately stood up from her seat and walked over. They seemed to be waiting for him intentionally.

"You look healthy" said Aunt Hwang.

Naturally Yue hugged her aunt and inhaled deeply the scent she longed for. The smell of a mother he knew.

"I miss you guys," isak Yue.

"You're this. It is not good for girls who are getting married to say such things, you already belong to a male family. Isn't that right, Your Majesty?" said Uncle Luo.

Yue was a little surprised when his uncle recognized the Emperor. He glared at Gu Zheng. He demanded an explanation.

"I did send them a letter earlier. That today I will come," Gu Zheng explained leisurely.

"Ah, please dukuk. Come, Your Majesty."

Aunt Qing deftly poured the drinks for all of them. And serve a box of sweets that even Yue was forbidden to touch the box of sweets. He was never allowed to taste it.

"This is the best sweets from the village where I come from, Your Majesty. Please taste it," Aunt Qing said.

Gu Zheng politely picked up the sweets and tasted them. Yue could only swallow.

"Am I still not allowed to taste it, Auntie?" asked Yue bluntly.

"You are this, this is not for a child," Aunt Qing replied.

"There are such picky sweets. The sweets are sweets, eaten by everyone, from young children to the elderly."

Instead of getting permission, Yue instead got a pinch on her thigh. Aunt Qing blinked her eyes and told her to shut up.

Gu Zheng chuckled as he saw Yue complaining. "Uncle, may I excuse you? I feel uncomfortable meeting you with this look."

"Oh, please. Let me drop off," Uncle Luo said quickly. "It's a pity that it's so beautiful."

Uncle Luo's last words spoken softly were heard by his wife. Immediately Aunt Qing slapped a loud pat on her husband's thigh. Then laugh at the Emperor.

"Please, Your Majesty."

Yue was left alone with her aunt. He still felt the pain of the scars from his aunt. He did not even hesitate to rub his thighs in front of his aunt.

"Why indeed? I also want to taste the sweets" Yue said with a frown.

"Don't you remember the last time you stole that sweet from a shelf in aunt's room?"

"When did I ever steal it?" ask Yue.

"This, this. That's why you should never even touch the sweets from this black box, okay?"

With a heavy heart Yue nodded and complied.

Tbc....