Since Cheng Yu left, Du Yan said that he has not been sick for several months.
Although the Chengguo proton escaped, although Du Yan succeeded in making Yuan Wang think that it was all due to Madame Hui and Yuan Jue's reckless actions. However, the original king did not demote them to common people, but only imprisoned them in the palace, which shows that the original king still has a bit of sincerity for Mrs. Hui.
Now he is holding back, but the Jiang Cheng two-nation alliance is quite a threat, and the general guarding the frontier is an indispensable person. When the frontier is stable, Du Yan, who is related to this matter, may be pulled out as a scapegoat.
Du Yan naturally wouldn't give the original king this chance. Now that the situation is stable, he naturally should go out to the palace to go shopping. Otherwise, when Cheng Yu's emissary arrived in the capital, it would be difficult to contact him.
So he chose a good day to go out for a walk, just to see if he could catch a big fish. The only thing that changed was that Yuan Ning also followed. She was worried about her sister's recovery, so she volunteered to follow.
Du Yan, who was with a maid, didn't think that this charming little sister could take care of him, but it was not bad that someone went out to chat to relieve boredom.
Du Yan and Yuan Ning sat on the top of the restaurant and saw a scene of singing and dancing below. It had been a long time since he had seen this bustling crowd, but it was a novelty after a long absence.
Seeing Du Yan's attention, Yuan Ning said, "Sister, you haven't come out for a while. Not long ago, the streets were sparsely populated, and the doors and windows of every household were closed, for fear that Jiang Cheng Erguo would come to the capital in the blink of an eye."
Du Yan said: "Some time ago, it happened to be when my grandfather returned to the capital from the frontier, right?"
"Of course." Yuan Ning nodded, "Young Master Yu, that's not right, now you should call him a king. King Cheng is too unkind. After he ascended the throne, he told the world that he had been bullied in the original country, and my sister treated him so well. ."
Du Yan glanced at her in disbelief: "How did you see that I was good to him?"
"Sister, you just like duplicity."
Yuan Ning looked over in dissatisfaction, and then counted the pieces with his fingers: "Don't allow Yuan Jue to bully King Cheng, take King Cheng to the palace, take him to practice martial arts, and take him to eat, drink and have fun in the capital..."
After talking about a few things, Yuan Ning almost felt that his fingers were not enough: "I sometimes feel jealous, my sister is more concerned about him than me."
"..." Du Yan didn't know how to refute for a while. The tricks and secrets hidden here can't be told to the simple Yuan Ning now.
He was silent for a moment, and then he said, "I just use Cheng Yu as a servant. He does things according to my heart, so I'm used to taking him with me."
Seeing that Yuan Ning was still not convinced, Du Yan decided to give her some good advice. After all, Yuan Cheng and the two countries were going to fight.
Cheng Yu was an enemy to the people of the original country.
"When he was in the original country, he really had no worries about food and clothing, but there was a saying that a scholar can be killed but not humiliated." Du Yan said, "After Chengyu ascended the throne, I recalled what happened in the past, but the king of a country did everything he did as a servant. , I feel humiliated."
"In addition to various considerations, it is not unreasonable for him to tear up the covenant after returning to China and switch to an alliance with Jiang Guo."
Yuan Ning nodded at first, but then felt that something was not right: "However, I think that King Cheng did those things to my sister willingly. When I heard that Gong Ziyu became king, I always thought that he would prepare a betrothal gift to ask for it. Marry my sister!"
If it weren't for this but the dream world in the ancient background, Du Yan really wanted to give Yuan Ning a black question mark emoji.
He suddenly understood why Yuan Ning was trapped in such a miserable situation by Cheng Yu in the original plot of the movie. It was really too simple. It's as simple as going to the wrong studio, and the heroine of a romance drama is simply asking for her own death in a historical drama.
Seeing that Du Yan looked over with an indescribable expression, Yuan Ning also felt that something was wrong: "I, did I say something wrong."
Du Yan pinched his eyebrows: "Not to mention that the king will never agree to the matter of asking for marriage, it is Cheng Yu, he married back a man who had insulted him for ten years, is he going to get along with him or is he going to use this kind of unsavory person? What about revenge?"
"..." Yuan Ning fell silent. Although she knew what Sister A was saying was very reasonable, she also felt that her feelings were not wrong.
Yuan Ning looked at her sister with a little nostalgic look when she mentioned becoming a king, and became more and more certain of a fact. Although her sister is unusually intelligent, she seems to be very slow when it comes to emotional matters.
Seeing Yuan Ning's thoughtful look, Du Yan felt that the purpose of this remark had been achieved, so he didn't say more.
He beckoned and asked Xiaoman to instruct Xiaoer to add more tea.
After a while, Xiao Er came upstairs with a cup of tea, and when he reached the window, he accidentally slipped.
The tray fell to the ground. Fortunately, Du Yan and Yuan Ning were still a few steps away, and the splashed tea did not affect the two of them.
"Please forgive your sins, the little one will clean up immediately." The little two saluted again and again.
Although Du Yan was stubborn and domineering in the palace, he actually bullied the children of nobles. When he went out, he rarely made things difficult for these commoners.
Seeing this, Du Yan just waved his hand slightly, motioning him to clean up quickly.
Shortly after Xiao Er finished packing up and left, the shopkeeper of the restaurant was about to come up again.
The shopkeeper was holding a stack of cakes in his hand, his face full of apology: "My lord, I'm really sorry for what happened just now. Today, this table is mine. This cake is our newly developed signboard, and it should be used as an apology."
Du Yan looked at the plate of cakes, and his brows moved slightly: "It's okay, let's put the cakes down."
The shopkeeper put down the cakes, bowed and stepped back.
Yuan Ning saw that the pastry was exquisitely made, and he was delighted to see that he reached out to get the most unique one above. She didn't want her fingers to be robbed halfway as soon as she touched the cake.
Du Yan squeezed the cake and smiled at her: "I like this one very much, Ning'er, you can try the other ones."
Yuan Ning didn't care either, wrinkled his nose, and went to get another piece.
Du Yan put the cake into his mouth and tasted it carefully, and he found a foreign object. He took the tea cup and covered his mouth with his sleeve as if he was drinking tea. In fact, he secretly spit the foreign object into the palm of his hand.
When the shopkeeper put down the pastry, Du Yan realized that there was a difference, because he had eaten the uniquely shaped pastry above. That was when Cheng Yu was still in the palace and cooked for him. The moulds for making cakes are also made by Cheng Yu, which is unique.
After returning to the palace, Du Yan took out what had been hidden in the palm of his hand. It was a slender jade vase only the size of a pinky finger, just the size to be hidden in the cake.
Du Yan took out the note from the jade bottle, and the content on it was the same as what he had guessed.
"Tomorrow at noon, Ju Cai Lou Tian Yi Pavilion."
The next day, Du Yan arrived as promised.
Jucai Building is actually Chengyu's business, he didn't even try to hide Du Yan, he told it all at the beginning. Du Yan only thought that he was seeking asylum for himself and to avoid the trouble that would come after the incident was leaked.
Tianyi Pavilion is Du Yan's private room every time he comes to Jucai Building, and the interior is furnished according to Du Yan's preferences.
"Go out, I want to wait by myself." Du Yan asked the people behind him to wait at the door.
After a while, Du Yan saw that the situation was the same, and got up and walked towards the decorative shelf in the room. He stretched out his hand and opened it lightly, and a secret door appeared behind him, revealing the secret room behind the shelf.
Du Yan had already expected that there was someone in the secret room. What he never expected was the identity of the person inside.
"Cheng Yu? How could it be you?"
Cheng Yu smiled slightly, and came forward to close the door of the secret room: "Why can't it be me?"
"As a king of a country, you sneak into the capital of an enemy country. I don't know whether to praise you for your boldness or scold you for not knowing whether to live or die."
"Sit down." Cheng Yu led Du Yan aside to sit down, and raised his hand to make tea for Du Yan.
Du Yan lowered his eyes and looked at the tea in front of him: "You are the king, and you don't have to do things like pouring tea and water for me."
Cheng Yu said, "Princess, you can still call me Cheng Yu. I will always be just Cheng Yu in front of you."
Du Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, Cheng Yu didn't call himself "gu" in front of him, but called himself "I". It seems that he can be an emperor, and he is indeed broad-minded, and he does not care about the past.
Du Yan didn't bother him either, and said, "Cheng Yu, why are you here?"
"Of course it's to show sincerity, the princess is waiting for me, right?"
Du Yan always felt that what he said was strange: "Yes, but you can send an emissary here, why take such a risk yourself."
"You and I are going to conspire together, and the time is tight. Just a mere secret mission is not enough to show my sincerity."
"Major event?" Du Yan said, "Let's hear it, your guess on what I'm thinking."
Cheng Yu knew that Du Yan had always been reluctant to beat around the bush, so he bluntly said: "Although the danger of the Wu family is temporarily resolved, the original king is a narrow-minded person and will one day attack the Wu family. The Wu family wants to protect themselves, there are only two things Way to go."
"One is to support the queen's son from the Wu family and become king." Cheng Yu paused, "Unfortunately, the queen only gave birth to two daughters, this way is not feasible. Princess, am I right?"
Du Yan was noncommittal: "Continue."
Cheng Yu said: "Then there is only another way to replace it. However, the change of kingship is not an easy task. Although the Wu family holds half of the military power of the original country, they have no name. The words are not familiar. At this time, some external forces are required to intervene.”
Du Yan's heart moved, and what Cheng Yu thought in his heart was exactly the same as what he predicted. Under the premise of not knowing that he is a man, it is reasonable for Cheng Yu to make this speculation.
If the two sides can form an alliance without revealing their identity for the time being, it is the best policy. After all, the restoration of identity is of great importance, and the best time is after the general situation of the original country has been determined, not now.
Du Yan said: "Then why should I believe you? Even if the Wu family can change the country's surname to Wu, after all, the dynasties will change and there will be turbulence. Then it should be the time for you to become a country and enter the country."
Cheng Yu was not annoyed by Du Yan's suspicion: "I have a way to prove my sincerity."
"How?"
"As I said earlier, I came with sincerity."
Cheng Yu took out a piece of jade from the front of his clothes, which was the piece of jade that Du Yan used as a token.
He put Peiyu on the table and pushed it in the direction of Du Yan: "Put me papaya, and repay it with Qiongju. Bandit retribution is always a good thing. With marriage as a promise, I would like to marry the princess of the original country, and Yu is on the throne. During this period, there will never be any war with the original country.”
"Marriage? Do you want to marry Yuan Ning?" Du Yan raised his voice slightly, struggling to the death.
Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, couldn't help laughing, and then raised her head with a low smile on her face: "Princess, why do you think so, from beginning to end, you are the only one I want to marry."
"… "
As soon as the words came out, it was like a shock to Du Yan's ears.