Chu Yu finished reviewing the papers handed in below, sorted them into categories and commented slightly, and when she was free, she couldn't help but look up at Qin Zheng who was beside her: "If Master Hou is too busy, go and play with Zhen'er. What's hanging around here?"
Qin Zheng's expression was not very good. Hearing this, he lifted his robe and sat down next to Chu Yu, and said solemnly, "Are you really going to Suzhou?"
Chu Yu put down the pen in his hand, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Qin Zheng, saying, "Your order is like a mountain."
Qin Zheng took the teacup and put it aside, grabbed Chu Yu's wrist and said, "I can't push it anymore? There are so many people in the court, and the House of Internal Affairs is not unavailable. It's so important that you have to go there yourself. With your body How can you make such a fuss, when Dr. Chen comes to the clinic every month, he probably tells you to take care of it carefully. You are fine, and you can go where it is not peaceful."
Chu Yu heard Qin Zheng say so many words in one breath, so she had to pick up the blue and white teacup and handed it to him again.
Qin Zheng took it and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's a pity that these eight imperial trees have a price but no market." Chu Yu shook his head, really feeling sorry for the empty teacup.
Qin Zheng laughed angrily, stretched out his hand to pinch Chu Yu's sharp chin, and asked him to take a closer look: "My second master always wears brocade, wears famous jade, rides in precious cars, and is a beautiful maidservant. Do you have to do that kind of work?"
Chu Yu patted Qin Zheng's hand away and said, "Don't mess around, treat this official food as easy to eat."
Qin Zheng accepted the joke a bit, and said seriously: "Let's tell Your Majesty the truth, you are more than three months pregnant, and I'm afraid you won't be able to do this job. If you can't, then go talk to your brother, so that others will stand up to you job."
Chu Yu subconsciously stroked her slightly protruding belly, and said after a long time, "The conferring seal has already come down, and I'm leaving today."
Qin Zheng sighed, "There's really nothing we can do about the second master. In this case, Benhou has no choice but to accompany the second master for a walk."
Chu Yu raised his eyebrows: "Who told you to go with me?"
Qin Zheng smiled and put his hand on Chu Yu's waist inadvertently: "If there is no Benhou to recommend himself as a pillow, the second master will not be lonely."
Chu Yu slapped Qin Zheng's face with the folder in his hand: "Debauchery."
Qin Zheng was born handsome, but when he raised his eyebrows and smiled, he brought out a bit of coquettishness: "So that the second master will know that the two dollars are really wronged."
Chu Yu sneered: "Too little?"
Qin Zheng crossed his arms, smacked his tongue and said, "I like the way Second Master insults me with money."
Chu Yu couldn't help but sneered: "Forget it, Master Hou is willing to be a beautiful maid, so Master will reluctantly take you with him."
Qin Zheng put his arms around Chu Yu's shoulders: "Second Master, aren't you afraid that my beautiful servant girl will make mistakes?"
"Your Majesty is willing to make trouble, I volunteer to accompany you in a romantic affair." Chu Yu clasped Qin Zheng's shoulder with his backhand, pressed a light kiss on it, hooked the tip of his tongue, and it smelled like cloves. So he stopped, got up and left, and Chu Yu turned around when he got to the door and said: "In the evening, I will pass the sign and go to the East Palace to talk to my brother, you and Zhen'er don't wait for me to eat."
It wasn't until Chu Yu walked away that Qin Zheng came back to his senses, rubbed his fingertips on his lips several times, and took a breath: "Who is the one with the bewitching face? It's really terrible." As for Chu Yu This kind of behavior of flirting and leaving, Qin Zheng said that it is very worthwhile to find an opportunity to educate him.
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Three days later, Chu Yu was ordered to go to the Jiangguo Mansion in Suzhou to collect the weaving of this year's tribute. This was the emperor's order on the surface. Taking Jiangyuan, Jiangyuan, as the evidence of disobedience in raising private soldiers, this is the emperor's order secretly received.
From Shangjing to Suzhou, the water travels through the canal, but it will arrive soon in January.
This month made Chu Yu understand what it means to live like a year. The turbulence on the water caused him to lose his appetite even more because of the constant morning sickness, and he was groggy all day long. Seeing that his stomach was getting bigger and bigger day by day, he was getting thinner and thinner day by day.
Before dawn, Chu Yu was awakened by a burst of vomiting, and without thinking about getting up, she leaned over and vomited while leaning on the edge of the bed. In the past two days, the wind has been stronger, and the boat is not stable, and the wobbling is becoming more and more uncomfortable.
The broad palm caressed Chu Yu's back, gently comforting him. Qin Zheng opened his eyes in a daze, supported Chu Yu with one hand, and said in a nasal voice, "Take it easy, I'm going to vomit again later and my stomach hurts."
Chu Yu supported his forehead and slowed down.
Qin Zheng grabbed a piece of clothing from the side and put it on Chu Yu, turned himself out of bed, and poured Chu Yu a cup of warm tea.
Chu Yu held the teacup, and his palms warmed up a little, before he breathed a sigh of relief, "Call someone to clean it up."
Qin Zheng glanced outside: "It's not yet dawn, and they're still asleep. Don't worry about it, I'll clean it up."
"Master Hou." Chu Yu called him.
Qin Zheng stopped and looked back: "What's wrong?"
Chu Yu stretched out his hand and rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "You should put on some clothes before going out."
Qin Zheng smiled lightly: "Oh, Second Master, is your heart hurting?" Having said that, he honestly went back to find a robe and threw it on indiscriminately, and went out to get a pad of soil to clean up the dirt.
Qin Zheng did it smoothly, and tidied up in a short time. Chu Yu leaned on the head of the bed without saying a word, watched Qin Zheng busy in and out, and said abruptly: "I don't think it's dirty, I wronged Lord Hou to do such a poor job."
Qin Zheng raised his head and stretched out his hand to flick Chu Yu's eyebrows: "What nonsense are you talking about? There are thorns in your words." He paused and said seriously: "I didn't know that it was so hard to conceive a child. When you were pregnant with Zhen'er... "
Qin Zheng couldn't go on talking. These days, whenever he thinks about the past, he feels so guilty that he can't wait to hold Chu Yu in his palm and take good care of him.
Chu Yu felt hot between the brows that Qin Zheng had touched, so she changed the subject and said, "Open the window, the room smells too bad."
Qin Zheng stretched out his hand and opened the window halfway, and then went to tighten Chu Yu's robe tightly: "The sea is very windy and rough, don't blow too much for a while, and be careful not to catch a cold."
Chu Yu breathed a long sigh of relief: "Fortunately, I'm going to Suzhou soon."
Qin Zheng tucked Chu Yu's hair that was scattered on his cheeks behind his ears: "When you arrive in Suzhou, take a good rest. You are an imperial envoy anyway, will you be a domineering one?"
Chu Yu was amused: "I'm used to talking nonsense, if I'm a fish and meat all the way, just look at the papers that went to Beijing to impeach me, which can be as high as a person."
Qin Zheng squeezed Chu Yu's thin cheeks: "What are you afraid of? What is the identity of my second master? The house of Zhongming Dingshi, the gate of the nobles with hairpin tassels, the younger brother of the imperial concubine, the celebrity in front of you today, Wherever you put it, you have to be offered by others."
Chu Yu pushed him away: "Master Hou only has this kind of talk left."
Qin Zheng smiled, and bullied him: "Benhou asked the second master to take a look. Apart from this lip service, there are many advantages."
Chu Yu didn't laugh at Qin Zheng: "Okay, tell me to be clean and clean, I'm so dizzy. I'll ask someone to bring hot water later, I feel sticky and uncomfortable."
Qin Zheng knew that Chu Yu always liked cleanliness, even if he was on the boat right now, he still had to take a bath every morning and night.
In the early morning, there was a lot of fog on the sea, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness in the distance. Qin Zheng put on his clothes and went out to get some air, and ordered his servants to boil hot water for Chu Yu. As soon as I got out of the cabin, I saw a lot of people piled up on the deck outside.
"Master Hou." Several helmsmen on the ship saw Qin Zheng and saluted one after another.
Qin Zheng looked at the group of people in the distance thoughtfully, and asked, "What's going on?"
The steward on the boat trotted over and said to Qin Zheng: "Master Hou, two small boats approached us early in the morning. After we sent someone to inquire, they turned out to be a caravan going to Suzhou. They encountered pirates on the way and lost their merchants. The family belongings, a group of people have escaped, and want to beg us for a while."
Qin Zheng's face turned cold: "Find out what the source is, and don't believe in one-sided words. The people on our ship are imperial envoys. There must be no mistakes. Tell people to be optimistic about this group of people."
"Yes, my lord."
Fortunately, after some investigation, those people were indeed well-known and well-known merchants. After a day, they behaved well and rarely left the deck except to ask for some fresh water and food.
At night, Chu Yu came out of the shower as usual, and rested on the imperial concubine's bed with his eyes closed, while the maid beside him gently brushed his wet long hair. Qin Zheng came in, waved the maid to go down, and personally wiped off the water droplets on Chu Yu's hair with a handkerchief.
Chu Yu propped her head with one hand, put her other hand on her protruding belly, slowly opened her eyes, and said, "If Lord Hou is really a servant girl, with such skills, I will definitely send you to the Ma Si to feed the horses. "
Qin Zheng happily sat down next to Chu Yu: "Isn't it a waste of money to send this handsome man to raise horses?"
Chu Yu bent her lips, raised Qin Zheng's jaw, and slowly moved towards him.
The two were about to stick together when they were interrupted by a knock on the door. "Second Master, the soup is ready."
Qin Zheng couldn't bear it anymore, grabbed the back of Chu Yu's head, and pressed a kiss hard, before saying, "Come in."
The little servant came in with a low eyebrow, and wanted to bring the medicine to Chu Yu, but was stopped by Qin Zheng raising his hand.
"Give it to me." Qin Zheng took the medicine cup and carefully blew it between his lips. Then he handed it to Chu Yu, and the two looked at each other, their eyes sinking.
Just when Chu Yu was about to drink the anti-fetal medicine, Qin Zheng suddenly turned his head to look at the boy, and met a gloomy look.
"Bold! How could a villain dare to assassinate a court official!" Qin Zheng snarled.
Chu Yu raised his hand and threw the medicine cup at the boy.
The assassin dressed as a servant dodged the medicine cup, immediately drew a soft sword from his waist, and attacked Chu Yu fiercely.
Qin Zheng dragged Chu Yu off the couch and pushed him behind him, and kicked the table next to him to block the menacing killing intent.
"Come on!" Chu Yu called out coldly.
There was already the sound of fighting against each other outside, it can be seen that they were entangled by this group of assassins.
These assassins are obviously well-trained dead soldiers, with human skin masks on their faces, and their martial arts are unfathomable. They first killed the merchants going to Suzhou, took advantage of their identities, and took the opportunity to get on Chu Yu's boat, and squatted obediently for a day, until night, when the defense was slightly relaxed, they took the opportunity to attack. It can be seen that there was premeditation in advance.
Qin Zheng had a chance to take the hanging sword on the falling platform, and fought and retreated all the way, pulling Chu Yu to avoid it outside. The trilogy of the Hou Mansion and the guards sent by the court are outside. At this moment, two more assassins joined the game, Qin Zheng struggled to deal with it, and his body was gradually wounded.
Chu Yu's palms were covered with cold sweat, and he yelled, "What a mansion that keeps private soldiers!"
He was just cheating, and the clinker assassins were stunned for a moment, thinking that they were seen out of the background, and their killing intent became even more intense.
Qin Zheng continued the assassin's effort, and the sword was fierce to finish off an assassin. When he wanted to draw the sword, he couldn't pull it out immediately because the sword, which was supposed to be a decoration, was too blunt and stuck in the assassin's bone crevice. Like a poisonous snake, the assassin's sword pierced towards the back of Qin Zheng's neck.
"Qin Zheng!"
Qin Zheng felt his body sink, and was bumped and rolled to the side twice. Qin Zheng's mind went blank, and he faintly heard Chu Yu snort.
"Second Master..." Qin Zheng turned over and protected Chu Yu under him, and met Chu Yu's pale face and calm eyes.
Chu Yu didn't care to talk too much, but seeing the assassin behind him was threatening him with his life. With a backhanded sword, Qin Zheng pierced through the shoulder of the attacking assassin, and jumped off the ship with Chu Yu in his arms.
The icy river water pierced his bones achingly. Chu Yu couldn't swim, so he hugged Qin Zheng tightly while trembling all over.
Qin Zheng lowered his head and pressed Chu Yu's lips, breathed a sigh of relief, floated up with him in his arms, and the receiving boat pulled Qin Zheng and Chu Yu up. The situation on the big ship had gradually stabilized, and the assassins were surrounded.
Chu Yu was trembling all over, and felt a dull pain in his stomach. He pulled himself together and said, "Keep alive!"
Qin Zheng held Chu Yu in his arms and held his hand tightly: "Don't worry, none of them can escape."
Chu Yu heard the gnashing of teeth in Qin Zheng's words, and wanted to say something, but the voice in her ear suddenly went away, her eyes went dark, and she fell into Qin Zheng's arms, unconscious.