Most of the dishes on the table were some sour and spicy southwestern flavors, which were specially brought from the palace. I never had the opportunity to make them before, but now they do, but Duan Yao is the only one left.
Chu Yuan took a chopstick of fish and meat for him, and said, "Do you still like it?"
"Yeah." Duan Yao nodded, "It's better than the cooks in the Southwest House."
Chu Yuan laughed: "This was originally the chef of the Southwest Palace, and he followed his son to open a restaurant in Wangcheng. I have eaten it twice and thought the taste was not bad. This time I came to the North Palace and brought him with you, as long as you like it. "
Duan Yao nodded and continued to eat in a muffled voice, thinking that his brother was also unlucky.
Seeing that he was silent, Chu Yuan didn't speak again until he saw him drink the last soup, and then he said, "Do you want to eat snacks?"
"No, no, no." Duan Yao waved his hands again and again, his belly rounded.
Chu Yuan smiled and said, "Guo is really the age to grow up."
Duan Yao wiped her mouth, thinking that no matter how euphemistically she said it, it would still mean edible.
Chu Yuan instructed Sixi to make tea, but judging by the posture, he did not want to let him go.
Duan Yao was not surprised by this. After all, the previous scene was too tight, and the acting was really rough. It might be possible to deceive others, but his sister-in-law was the emperor, and she was called a ghost if she couldn't detect the difference.
Sure enough, before the cup of tea had cooled down, Chu Yuan said, "The White-browed Fairy Weng, have you been to the Southwest Mansion before?"
Duan Yao shook her head: "No, my brother and I have never met this person before. I just heard from the master that he went out to sea for a parade when he was young, and he only met him by accident."
"Have a good relationship with Senior Nan?" Chu Yuan asked again.
"It's not that good. If it's really good, Master should mention it often." Duan Yao said, "But I haven't seen it a few times in total, so it shouldn't be too bad.
"Why does he have Tianchensha?" Chu Yuan continued, "If there is, why didn't he take it out earlier, and have to wait until now?"
"This is not clear, Master didn't elaborate." Duan Yao said, "In recent years, the Southwest Prefecture has sent a lot of people to the East China Sea, and has written a few letters to Baimei Xianweng, but has not received a single reply. However, Master still thought that he had already returned with a crane, but he didn't expect to see him in this Yunde City."
"In order to send Tianchensha?" Chu Yuan asked.
Duan Yao said: "I also wanted to make a deal with Master, but the content of the deal was just that, but Master refused to talk about it. He just said that after my brother recovers, he will go to the East China Sea in person."
"That's it." Chu Yuan nodded slightly, but he still had some doubts in his heart, but he couldn't say what was unreasonable in this matter. It is the most common thing for people in the rivers and lakes to make deals with each other. Since it is an overseas fairy, there will be some day Chen Sha is not strange, it seems to make sense in all aspects.
Duan Yao continued: "It's just going back to the Southwest Mansion to heal. My brother doesn't want to see the emperor worrying about him so much. It's better to relax his heart."
Chu Yuan returned to his senses and said with a smile, "It's up to you to comfort me in return."
Duan Yao clenched her fists: "My brother asked me to take care of the emperor for him before he left. He also said that if those old officials were no longer ignorant, they would have to give trivial remonstrance to the end, and put on a sack and beat him to be honest. ."
Chu Yuan nodded in approval: "What you said is very true."
Skip the matter of Tianchensha, and the topic is much easier. The two were gossiping in the room, telling some anecdotes in the palace and the martial arts. After chatting for nearly an hour, Duan Yao just got up and said goodbye. Chu Yuan drank the last cup of tea, and felt a lot more relaxed in his heart. Although he was not completely relieved, he also felt that things might not be as bad as he imagined. too much.
"Your Majesty." Father Sixi reminded at the door, "It's late at night, it's time to go back to the palace to rest."
Chu Yuan stood up and said as he walked: "Go down and ask the kitchen to make more qi-boosting meals tomorrow. Yao'er is practicing the exercises recently, so don't be hungry."
"Yes." Sixi smiled and nodded, thinking that although the King of Southwest was gone, it was a good thing that Duan Xiaowang was still there. After eating together for one meal, the emperor's complexion improved a lot. I want to come tomorrow, if an adult asks to see you, you will no longer be trembling when you enter the imperial study.
The inside of Yunde City was quiet, and the watchman passed by knocking on the bangzi, humming a little tune.
The female ghost has been eliminated, the city has returned to its former tranquility and peace, and the emperor is here again. The streets are full of guards patrolling the streets. When passing an alleyway, the watchman put down the things in his hand and wanted to find a quiet place to relieve himself. Unexpectedly, he untied his trouser belt at the base of the wall, and a white shadow flashed on the top of the wall, which was fleeting.
"Help!" Geng's soul flew away, feeling a stream of heat rushing through his legs.
It happened that there was an army of imperial guards passing by. Hearing the sound, he rushed over with a torch. He saw that the watchman was sitting in the corner and holding his head.
"Second child, second child." The local officer in charge of leading the team stepped forward and pushed him, "What happened to the evil, or did you encounter a robbery?"
The watchman looked up tremblingly.
The officers and soldiers around him were all looking at him in wonder.
"No, there's no ghost." Gengfu said incoherently, "I was just here when I saw a white shadow."
"What the hell, I think you've been frightened out of trouble." The officer pulled him up, "I'm confused."
The watchman shook his head, and it took a long time to calm down. Only then did my legs feel cold, and when I looked down, I was so embarrassed that I almost got into the cracks in the ground.
"Okay, alright, go back quickly." The officer picked up the gong on the ground and stuffed it for him, "Next time, don't make any more trouble." The voice just screamed for help, not only scaring himself to the point of urinating his pants. , and was frightened enough.
The watchman's face flushed, and after thanking everyone, he crawled back home, thinking that he wouldn't be able to go out again for half a month, and he didn't know what would be damaged by those broken mouths. The Imperial Forest Army only regarded him as dazzling, and did not take this matter to heart. It was not until everyone left, and a hunched figure jumped down from a big tree not far away and staggered towards the city gate alone. Taking advantage of the time when the guards handed over the sentry, the wall-crawling tiger generally clinged to the city wall, and turned out of the city in a few clicks.
A carriage was parked in the wilderness, and the shadow bent over and got in, and said in a hoarse voice, "Go to Guanhai City."
The coachman responded and drove his horse to the south.
Guanhai City, a town in the southern border of Chu State, is one of the most important ports. The dock is full of merchant ships from all over the world, and the flags are densely packed. Whether it is a caravan going to the South Seas or a foreign country entering the state of Chu, the Guanhai is the most convenient way.
The night hides, the sun rises, and in a blink of an eye it is a new day.
Chu Yuan was in the imperial study room, and after reading a few documents, Eunuch Sixi came to report that it was a letter from the Chasing Shadow Palace.
Chu Yuan was overjoyed.
Father Sixi presented it with both hands, and said, "There is also a carload of special products in the middle of Shu. It is said that it will be delivered to the palace later, and it was picked by Shen Gongzi himself."
Chu Yuan nodded, opened the lacquer seal and pulled out the letter, which was Qin Shaoyu's handwriting. Said that he had received a reply from Nanhai, and he did not know where Tianchensha was, but he could try to find it.
"... Your Majesty?" Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Si Xi reminded him.
Chu Yuan said: "Go prepare some rare things and send them to the Chasing Shadow Palace as a return gift."
"Yes." Father Sixi nodded and stepped back. Chu Yuan read the letter again, frowning slightly. The ghost doctor is Qin Shaoyu's master. In recent years, he has been living in seclusion on the islands of the South China Sea. He is one of the best doctors in the world. Even Ye Jin thinks he is inferior. If even he doesn't know what Tianchensha is, then I'm afraid it is really hard to find in the world.
Leaning on the dragon chair and thinking for a while, Chu Yuan wrote a new letter again, which made people excited.
Duan Yao is still learning from the old man how to crack the Star Burning Bureau. Chu Yuan asked Si Xi to go on, stay in the north palace for another half a month, and then set off back to the royal city.
"Look at you, this is also frowning." Liu Dajiong said, "Whether he is in Wangcheng or Yundecheng, the emperor should deal with a lot of political affairs, so what is the difference."
"Do you have to worry about my frown?" Tao Rende was dizzy due to his quarrel.
Liu Dajiong said: "I don't care if you frown, but according to the usual habit, you have to remonstrate after frowning. I can remind you that our emperor is in a bad mood recently, so take it easy."
Tao Rende: "..."
"It's just that you don't have a good life." Liu Dajiong dragged him out, "stay for half a month, just half a month, eat fire and burn."
Tao Rende was dragged by him and staggered, still frowning.
It's okay to live for half a month, or even a little longer. It's just that the emperor seems to be a little abnormal recently, but he refuses to say anything, which makes people feel more and more uncertain, and always feel that something big is going to happen.
This feeling of worry is really uncomfortable.
"Your Majesty." Si Xi said, "Today, Young Master Duan seems to have to practice for a while. It's not over yet. Does the Emperor want to eat first?"
"I'm not hungry, let's wait for Yao'er." Chu Yuan dropped the letter in his hand, "Let's go, go to the prison first."
Father Sixi was puzzled: "Go to jail?"
"There may still be a personal offender there." Chu Yuan said, "I originally wanted to go back to Wangcheng to deal with it, but since I have to live here for half a month, there is nothing to do, so it's okay to have a trial first."
After he said this, Si Xi suddenly remembered that there was a concubine who killed Yu Shu, the prefect of Cangnan, who was imprisoned here.
The brazier at the entrance of the prison was roaring, and the head of the prison was taking a nap. He didn't expect Chu Yuan to come now, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground: "See the emperor."
"No ceremony." Chu Yuan ordered, "Open the lock, I want to go in and have a look."