Later, Zhao Yue came all the way and took Wen Liunian back for dinner.
Thinking about it carefully, the prime minister of Great Chu is really not easy to be, not only to assist the emperor in government affairs, but also to help the emperor guard the gate.
Master Wen said, "I want to eat elbows."
After all, he sat dryly at the door for several hours, exposed to the wind and the sun, so he had to make up for it.
"It's getting dark outside, so don't get up." Inside the house, Duan Baiyue asked, "What do you want to eat, I'll send some to the room."
"The traitor is still in jail, don't you care?" Chu Yuan's chin rested on his chest.
"It's not too late to have a trial after returning to the palace, or if you find it annoying, just throw it all to me." Duan Baiyue pulled the quilt up to wrap him, "Why rush this moment."
Chu Yuan pouted: "It will bring disaster to the country and the people."
Duan Baiyue's men paused and asked, "Are you talking about Chu Xiang or Xiaoxiaoer?"
Chu Yuan said: "You."
Duan Baiyue: "..."
Chu Yuan lay in his arms, but didn't speak again, as if thinking about something in a daze.
After a long time, Duan Baiyue protested in a low voice: "No."
"Yes." Chu Yuan didn't even look away, still staring at the front lazily, and said casually, "I said that if you have you, you will."
Duan Baiyue said: "Oh."
You are the emperor, you have the final say.
Chu Yuan shrank into the quilt and closed his eyes again. Surrounded by the most familiar aura, the two of them were unclothed after the indulgence, and their naked skins were tightly pressed together, conveying the heat of their breath to each other. Fingers intertwined, so comfortable that I don't even want to say a word.
Seeing his greedy and lazy appearance, Duan Baiyue smiled, his fingers lightly combed his messy hair, and his arms wrapped tighter.
Early the next morning, Chu Yuan led his people to leave Chengzhou, leaving Wen Liunian and Zhao Yue behind to deal with the follow-up matters of Liushang Jiange with local officials. Inside the carriage, Duan Baiyue held a white fungus soup and said, "Do you want to eat it?"
Chu Yuan said: "I have no appetite."
Duan Baiyue looked at him for a while, and then said, "It's just that I have no appetite, you're not angry with me, are you?"
Chu Yuan squeezed words out of his nose: "Well."
Duan Baiyue: "..."
The queen is too unloved, otherwise it is easy to cause chaos in the court. For example, I just opened my eyes this morning, but I was pestered again and got into the carriage in a drowsy state. Duan Baiyue reached out to hug him, but was simply kicked off the carriage, Huo Yunshi looked back at him slowly, and snorted towards the sky.
"My lord." Duan Nian hit the horse from behind and said, "Xiao Xiaoer has woken up and said she wants to see the emperor." "He is in a hurry." Duan Baiyue said, "I can't even wait to return to Wangcheng."
Duan Nian asked, "See you?"
"No." Duan Baiyue said, "Leave him for a few days."
Duan Nian nodded and turned the horse's head back to the end of the team.
Compared with Xiaoxiaoer, Fenglei is much more manic, but no matter how manic, it has nothing to do with the King of Southwest, because he directly threw him to Wen Liunian.
Chu Yuan: "..."
Looking at the people in the prison who kept roaring and scolding, their hair exploded, trying to break free from the chains and rush up, Mr. Wen's head buzzed, hiding behind Zhao Yue, eager to resign and return to his hometown.
Everything in the royal city was the same as before. The two returned to the palace and just finished bathing. Before they took a break to drink a cup of tea, Sixi came to pass on the message, saying that it was Master Tao who asked for an interview.
Duan Baiyue was lying on the table, pretending to be dead.
again.
If it doesn't come, it won't work.
"Get up." Chu Yuan tugged at his sleeve, "Follow me to the imperial study."
"It's okay to go, but if any old man is mad at me, you can't be angry." Duan Baiyue held his hand and kissed him, still not wanting to move. What does it mean to go from extravagance to frugality? I have tasted what it feels like to be with my sweetheart and not do the right job. Who still wants to manage the Jiangshan Sheji Nanyang rebels, whoever wants it, who wants it, hurrying back to the southwest to wash rice is the business.
Chu Yuan pushed him up forcibly, adjusted his messy clothes, combed his hair again, and dragged him out the door.
The King of Southwest reached out his hand halfway and rubbed his scalp secretly—this kind of violent technique with a comb was comparable to Aunt Jin, and he was afraid that he would be bald in the future.
The old officials in the imperial study waited for a long time before finally the emperor and the king of the southwest came.
…
"Master Tao." Duan Baiyue's attitude was extremely friendly.
"The King of Southwest also has something to report to the emperor?" Tao Rende said, "Then I can retire first, and come back to the Holy Spirit later."
"Your Excellency is very polite." Duan Baiyue said, "This king has nothing to report, just come and see."
Tao Rende: "..."
Come and see
Chu Yuan instructed the servants to give everyone a seat.
Duan Baiyue dragged the chair and moved closer to the dragon's case, almost sticking to each other, and just patted his sleeves and sat down with satisfaction.
Tao Rende was in a complicated mood. He didn't know what to say. Looking at the smiling emperor, he became even more dizzy. Until the end of the performance, when he came out of the imperial study, he was still stepping on cotton.
"Could it be, the King of Southwest..." Another adult hesitated, looked around to make sure there were no outsiders around, and then twitched his fingers and whispered, "Gu ah."
As soon as this statement came out, the other adults also felt that it was very possible. The territory of Chu State is vast, and there are not too many subordinate countries and various places to be crowned kings, but Mu Hanye, the deviant king of Qijue, is at most bragging about his love history with his queen and forcing others to praise him. nothing else. Where would he be like the King of Southwest in today's imperial study, dragging his chair around and running around with the bells and chimes, the emperor didn't even care about such rude behavior - it really seemed like he was caught in a gu.
"How about that?" The big guys talked a lot, and they were extremely worried, hoping that His Royal Highness Ninth Highness would come sooner, or that General Shen would come back.
Chu Yuan smirked on the table.
Duan Baiyue held her cheek with one hand and looked at him with interest from the opposite side.
"Don't make trouble next time." Chu Yuan laughed enough, sat up and patted his side face, "Do you hear me?"
Duan Baiyue grabbed his hand, bowed his head and kissed.
"Let's go, go see Nava and the others." Chu Yuan said, "I took the antidote before, and it's time to wake up now."
"Your Majesty." Zhang Mingrui was seeing Kunda, and Jin Shu was standing beside him. Chu Yuan signaled that he didn't need to salute. After a few simple questions, he went to the next room.
Lying on the bed was a black and thin man with high cheekbones. Although his expression was a little tired, he could see a bit of royal bearing. It was Nava, the lord of the White Elephant Kingdom.
As Duan Baiyue had predicted earlier, due to the rise of Nanyang commerce, more and more people became rich overnight, and more and more people wanted to get a piece of the pie. There are too many people, and business is not easy to do. The competition is fierce and the ports are increasingly congested. At this moment, if anyone can open a new shipping lane, it will be a waste of money. Nava knew that he was not the only one who had this idea, and he was not the only one who wanted to win over Da Chu. Therefore, apart from a few cronies, no one else knew about this trip, but he did not expect that his whereabouts would still be revealed.
"Does the lord know who is behind the scenes?" Duan Baiyue asked.
Nava shook his head, thought for a moment, and then said, "I wonder if I can ask Emperor Chu for a favor?"
"Please speak." Chu Yuan nodded.
Nava said: "I implore the Emperor of Chu to secretly send someone to the White Elephant Country to see how the situation there is now."
Chu Yuan nodded: "Okay, I promise you."
After Nava thanked him, he fell silent again. It seemed that he didn't want to talk more. Fortunately, Chu Yuan didn't ask any more questions. He just said let him have a good rest and left with Duan Baiyue.
Wen Liunian's interrogation went extremely smoothly—a thick stack of books was sent to him within a few days. Many years ago, there was a disciple under Xiaoxiaoer named Fengshan, Fenglei's only son. It is also a common thing to find a sect to temporarily settle down when roaming the arena, so Fenglei did not take it to heart after learning about it. It's just that the next time I receive a letter, it's a shocking news, saying that Fengshan has died suddenly due to illness.
The middle-aged lost his son, Feng Lei was very sad, but another insider sent a letter saying that Fengshan did not die of illness, but was brought to sacrifice to Linglong Pagoda by Xiaoxiaoer, not to mention the ashes of the body, even the soul Nor will it remain. In order to take revenge for his son, Feng Lei Yi Rong disguised himself as a one-legged man, swallowed his bloody revenge and mixed into Liushang Jiange. Although he gained Xiaoxiaoer's trust step by step, he was never able to trap him in the Linglong Tower and pay homage to his unjustly killed son. It was not until Nawa and his party were kidnapped, and Duan Baiyue happened to come to the door by herself, that she finally decided to go all out.
"What's the next trial?" Duan Baiyue asked, "Do you still want to see Xiaoxiaoer in prison?"
"I haven't committed suicide after being locked up for so many days. It seems that I still want to live." Chu Yuan said, "As long as you want to live, there is a way to pry his mouth open."
"I'm going?" Duan Baiyue said.
"Yeah." Chu Yuan nodded, "Take a breath after the trial. Even if he is about to die, let him die in the Linglong Tower, which is a comfort to the innocent young man." Whatever the reason, it has long been unforgivable.
In the gloomy dungeon, Xiaoxiaoer was sitting on a straw with her back to the prison door.
Duan Baiyue motioned to the prison head to open the iron lock, there was a lot of movement in the dark with the sound of metal collision, but Xiaoxiaoer still did not look back.
Duan Baiyue said: "Feng Lei has already confessed everything, are you still going to be tough?"
Xiaoxiaoer slowly turned her head and looked at him, her eyes full of resentment.
The current situation, even a fool can think clearly. Since Feng Lei is Feng Shan's father, he must have wanted to let Chu Huang slash himself with thousands of swords, even if there is no crime, he would have fabricated a bunch of them, not to mention Liu Shang Jiange has indeed been secretly doing things for Chu Xiang all these years. Others may not know the inside story. Fenglei is the second master, but he can actually get in touch with the messenger and the secret reporter. At this moment, it is useless to regret that people are unclear. The only thing that can be done is to cooperate with the imperial court to clear the thieves to reduce the guilt, but I didn't expect that on the road from Chengzhou to Wangcheng, no one cares about him at all, and sometimes even The food will be forgotten to deliver, and it is not unheard of to be hungry for two days, let alone interrogation.
But now someone has finally come, and he doesn't even wear an official robe, and he doesn't know what his official status is, but he says he is stubborn when he opens his mouth
Xiaoxiaoer tried her best to suppress her anger and frustration, and said, "I want to see the emperor."
"You can also see the emperor?" Duan Baiyue looked at the bullying attitude of the staff, moved a chair and sat down, stepped on the table with one foot, and said lazily: "Tell me."
Xiaoxiaoer gritted her teeth and repeated it again, raising her voice: "I want to see the emperor."
"Chu Xiang is not qualified to face the Holy Spirit, let alone you." Duan Baiyue's mouth curved, but her eyes gradually turned cold, "Think clearly, if you don't say anything at this time, I'm afraid you will die in the next moment."