Is it against the rules for the Imperial Horse Bureau to lend out imperial horses indiscriminately?
Those rules were all set by Monkey himself, so obviously, it wouldn’t count as a violation. Still, it’s a bit hard to justify. These are imperial horses, after all—hardly something ordinary folk can borrow. If word got out, people would surely talk.
But what’s there to be afraid of? If anyone has the guts, let them file a complaint. The girl rarely asks Monkey for help, and with such a trivial matter, Monkey really couldn’t bring himself to refuse.
Without another word, he made a bold stroke and approved fifty imperial horses on the spot.
Why lend so many?
It wasn’t because there were so many people coming, but rather that a larger group would make it easier to cover things up.
The two moon maidens said they wanted to borrow imperial horses to visit the Moon Tree, so Monkey authorized fifty horses to graze under its branches. Whether they were truly lent to those two or not—who could say for sure?
"But will Hongxi Palace really allow us to pasture horses under the Moon Tree?"
Yueshuang questioned the decision, but Monkey didn’t care and simply handed his badge to Liu Da.
"If anyone has an issue, just show them my badge," he said.
Monkey wasn’t sure about other people, but as for the Matchmaker, his badge would definitely work.
"Speaking of which, has that old man’s broken finger healed yet?" Monkey wondered.
After quietly making all the arrangements behind Windchime’s back, Monkey went off to take another nap.
By midmorning, Hanwei and Dixing finally drifted into the Imperial Horse Bureau, their faces noticeably pale.
From the Guanghan Palace on the Ninth Heaven down to the Imperial Horse Bureau on the Eighth, even though they had flying sashes as magic tools, for these two moon maidens at the Nascent Spirit stage, it was already the limit of their range. That’s why Dixing was so obsessed with the Bureau’s Pegasus.
Without a floating ship, if she wanted to visit the Moon Tree, Pegasus was truly her only option.
Hanwei had her reservations about the idea, but since Windchime had already agreed, what else could she say?
Once the guests arrived, Windchime immediately rushed over to knock on Monkey’s door, inviting him to join them for flower viewing.
Naturally, Monkey refused without hesitation.
A group of fairy maidens going flower viewing—what business did he, a grown man and a monkey demon, have tagging along? Wouldn’t he just spoil the mood?
Monkey didn’t want to go, and naturally, Handmaid Belle couldn’t force him.
While Leo Liu and Liam Liu were busy leading the Pegasi out of the stables one by one, Handmaid Belle and the visiting Fairy Hanwei and Tina Tixin chatted in the courtyard.
At first, Fairy Hanwei simply stuck to her role and asked Handmaid Belle about etiquette. After all, what they reported to Lord Taiyin was that they were there to inspect Belle’s etiquette training.
Talking about etiquette naturally led to discussing the penalties for failing etiquette in Heaven, which then brought up the Heavenly Rules, and before they knew it, the topic shifted to Fairy Nisha and Marshal Silver.
As soon as this topic came up, Fairy Hanwei and Handmaid Belle immediately fell silent, leaving only Tina Tixin, who knew nothing of Monkey’s past in Heaven, to chat away.
Half asleep, Monkey’s ears twitched slightly.
'Fairy Nisha... why does that name sound so familiar?' he thought.
'Fairy Nisha... Fairy Nisha...'
'Fairy Nisha!' He suddenly sat up, his eyes narrowing into slits. 'Right, the one who had a thing with Marshal Silver was also a moon maiden.'
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but give a sly grin.