Chapter 129 Free and Easy Road 23(1/3)
In the evening, Chen Rong accompanied Fengque to have supper.
Fengque really had no appetite and had no appetite to pick up the bowls and chopsticks. Chen Rong couldn't help but say, "It's wrong to be picky at a young age, do you know?" As he said that, he put the meat into Fengque's bowl, "Look at how weak you look?"
Fengque looked at Chen Rong with some embarrassment, with a little pitiful look in his eyes, "I really don't want to eat."
Chen Rong shook his head. The food in Chulou was indeed too bad. Even she didn't like it very much. She simply put down her chopsticks and said, "I'll go out first."
Fengque wondered: "It's so late, do you still have to go out?"
There is martial law outside, so they don’t come forward without coming forward. Chen Rong did say before that there was something to do.
"Are you not eating?"
Chen Rong raised his hand and rubbed her head, and smiled gently: "I'll be back soon."
Fengque looked at Chen Rong's back and stood up subconsciously, pursed his lips, with a little annoyed in his eyes: "Is it because I was too disappointed?" Thinking of looking at the food that had not been moved, he sighed.
At this time, it was time for every household to eat outside. There were also many men with arms around the corner in the streets of Kyoto to drink and have fun, and the vendors were busy packing their things and going home. However, at night it was another scene of lights on the first day.
Chen Rong wore a straw hat and walked directly to the restaurant he often went to.
The waiter welcomed him warmly: "Come and sit inside, what should the guest eat?"
Chen Rong held his throat and ordered a few dishes in a low voice, so he packed them up, and sat in the corner of the lobby waiting. After drinking a cup of tea, he twisted the tea cup with his fingers, and casually observing the nearby environment.
"This court is probably going to be in chaos. I heard that the witch palace is now in silence. Those powerful sects are scattered, for fear of causing trouble. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk t
"Indeed, when the Witch Palace was punished by heaven before, I said that this is a heinous sin. Over the years, the Witch Palace has covered the sky with one hand, and now it deserves to be repaid."
"The Empress Dowager asked the little princess to take office as the palace master. She is not old and is not this material, so she may be unable to afford it."
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Chen Rongmo listened silently as everyone discussed the affairs of the court. This was also the decline of his aura. When the Witch Palace was at its peak, how could the people who could not discuss so unrestrainedly?
"Customer, what you want is ready."
Chen Rong took back his thoughts, nodded the money and took his things out of the restaurant, and went straight to Chulou. Halfway through his walk, he suddenly curled up his lips and sneered, turned into an alley, turning around, and then left the person who was following him with a little sarcasm in his eyes. I don’t know whose person was targeting him?
Fengque didn't expect that Chen Rong went out to buy food for himself. He couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't say anything, but he was very happy. He hurriedly followed Chen Rong back to the dining table and sat down, exclaiming: "It smells so good."
"Eat while it's hot." Chen Rong ordered all the dishes she liked. She didn't eat much, so she stared at Fengque and ate a bowl of rice before she finished her smile, saying, "I will supervise you to eat and sleep on time in the future."
She was serious about raising Fengque to gain weight.
Fengque couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and he drank some soup, and his body was warm.
"By March and April, the peach blossoms will bloom." Chen Rong put his side face on his face and looked a little far away: "Let's go see it together then? At that time, the fish in the river were also very plump. If you go to Kyoto and go to Jiangnan, you might even see the pear blossoms outside Jiangnan Temple."
Fengque looked at the soup in the bowl, then looked up at Chen Rong's face, "Okay."
If she had already thought of dying with the Empress Dowager before, but now she had already been dispelled, this life was hard-won, and Qiuye also told her... From then on, she and Chen Rong lived and died together.
Royal Palace.
The queen mother was sleeping while the maid was quietly playing the fan beside her. The fragrance of her nobles slowly spread in the hall. She seemed to be much haggard, and although she was still elegant and luxurious, she could not hide her fatigue.
"Grandmother." A young girl of fourteen or fifteen years old walked in with anger on her face, "The people in the Witch Palace don't accept me at all. I can't be this high priest!"
The queen mother opened her eyes, with a lazy look, with a funny look, "What are you talking about, you are the smartest woman in our country and the most noble princess in the royal family... Only you deserve this position as a high priest." She waved, "Come here and let grandma take a good look."
Bei Muting stomped her feet and walked over. The empress dowager grabbed her hand and sat next to the couch.
"We Ting'er is really wronged. Let's leave those things that don't open your eyes to Lord Yulin to solve. Why do you need to be angry with them?" The empress dowager pinched Bei Muting's cheek, very kind, "Why don't they accept you? It's not because of your birth."
Bei Muting's face then eased a lot, and she pursed her lips: "That's right, those people are really something that can be seen as low as people. Now that the Wu Temple has no leader, I'm very annoying to clean up the mess."
The queen mother winked at the nanny next to her. The nanny quickly came over with a tray, with a set of cold jade ornaments on it, which was very beautiful. Bei Muting's eyes lit up when she saw it, and her face was full of likes.
"This is the reward given to you by the Ai family. How do you see?" asked the Queen Mother.
Bei Muting nodded hurriedly: "So beautiful, I like it."
"You have worked hard recently, so go back and rest early." The empress dowager said gently to Bei Muting. Bei Muting was already satisfied and naturally left. However, as soon as she left, the empress dowager pulled down her face and rubbed her forehead tiredly.
The nanny hurried to beat the queen mother's legs and comforted her: "Empress, the little princess is just simple..."
"The Ai family thinks it's just stupid." The empress dowager snorted coldly, with a little anger in her eyes. "If she hadn't been the sister of Beiyu City, how could the Ai family have to let her behave like this again?" She now had no help from the high priest, and she seemed to have lost her right arm.
"Are the general ready?"
The nanny quickly replied: "Yes, everything has been done, just waiting for your order."
The queen mother supported her side face, with a hint of resentment between her eyebrows, "Who sent the assassin she caught on the day the high priest had an accident?"
"It's the prince's man, and now he has committed suicide by taking poison." The nanny replied.
The prince took the blame again for no reason.
The Empress Dowager suddenly laughed, "Since he wants to fight, then let him fight." When he knew who the high priest in the Witch Palace was now, he knew who was the one with the deepest plans. "What can he do if his father can't even fight the Ai family?"
The nanny quickly praised: "Of course, how can the Empress Dowager's intelligence be comparable to that of a mere child? His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, disobeyed the Empress and did not know how to praise him. He cannot blame the Empress for not leaving a way out for him."
The empress dowager listened to her eyebrows and eyes. She had persisted so lonely in this huge palace until now, so naturally she would not shake her status. She helped her up and went to the emperor's bedroom.
The palace was full of medicine, the light was dim and filled with a decadent smell.
The coughing sounds were endless, and the maids were already used to it. The imperial physicians came to rectify the problem in an orderly manner and brought a lot of medicinal materials, but they were still unable to make things happen.
"What's wrong with the emperor today?" The empress dowager stood far away and had no intention of getting close to her. She said she was afraid of getting sick, but she was more disappointed with this waste and was too lazy to take a look. If it weren't for this time, he could not die and he had no intention of coming here.
"Report to the Empress, Your Majesty vomited blood again today. The imperial physicians have used the thousand-year-old ginseng." The maid replied.
When it reached the point where ginseng was used to hang his life, it was obviously difficult to heal it again. He could only hang for one day, and barely rely on this to survive. The emperor coughed and did not speak when he heard the Queen Mother's voice.
"Treat it well." The Queen Mother sighed and left impatiently.
If the emperor had not been seriously ill, how could the current situation be?
"I asked you to check the royal bloodline, but I found it? Is there a man who is still alive?" The empress dowager walked in the palace, looking at the carved beams and painted buildings, rubble levels, and casually walked to the underside of the courtyard and broke a plum blossom.
The nanny thought for a while: "Yes, the emperor's brother, the prince of Chaoli, is still a boy and a girl in the world, but the boy is only six years old."
The Queen Mother laughed: "Children of this age are just right."
The nanny naturally understood it and immediately ordered people to place them.
For the Queen Mother, anyone can be the prince. As long as she is not shaken to her position, she can be a puppet peacefully - deceiving one or two will not make her worry-free.
After discussing with the confidant minister, the empress dowager made such a decision. While eliminating the prince and his subordinates, they went to welcome the young prince back.
Chen Rong was still playing chess with Fengque in Chulou, but he heard that the empress dowager was bedridden and the emperor issued an edict with tears to abolish the crown prince.
This time she did not fight for power or seek position, so she just took advantage of the situation to avenge Fengque, so she was not too concerned about this matter.
"The prince is deposed." Qiuye sat aside and watched the two of them play chess. She saw that Chen Rong's chess piece had been eaten, but she didn't care at all. Ruoling only looked at her expression instead of her chessboard, she thought she was a master.
"Aren't you surprised?" Qiuye asked: "It was said that the prince killed the high priest, and there were evidences and evidences."
Chen Rong smiled and said, "What's so surprising about this?" He sighed: "I lost."
Fengque put down the last piece and looked at Chen Rong with a smile, "Your chess is straightforward, open and close. At first I thought it was your tactic." He raised his hand and picked up the pieces on the chessboard and picked up the pieces on his chess basket, "I didn't expect it to be true..."
"If you have strengths, you will gain something." Chen Rong scratched his head and picked up his chess piece, thinking that his chess has been bad for so many years, which shows that she really doesn't have much talent in this regard - it should be said that she has no talent.
"I never knew you knew martial arts." Fengque pointed his fingers on the chessboard twice, and looked at Chen Rong with a smile: "And it's such an amazing master."
"This... I have always liked to act low-key." Chen Rong put his hands on the chessboard, leaned over to Fengque, stopped when he was close to her, looked at her long eyelashes, and even saw the smile in her eyes clearly. "I think there are not many people like me who are as good and low-key as I am, and I am very profitable, gentle and considerate... Are you considering me?"
"I can support you."
Fengque saw that although she was joking, her tone was very serious. She unconsciously missed her heart. She inexplicably warmly climbed up her ears, and she turned her eyes away, and felt embarrassed, "Don't mess around."
"I'm serious." Chen Rong felt bitter. Why did she, a woman who never talks, say the love words she said are not believed? How greasy she looks?
"I don't like to say sweet words, I like to act with practical actions." As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly leaned over and kissed her on the forehead.
Fengque was stunned. When he realized that Chen Rong had already walked away with a smile. There was only a thin and tall blue shirt blown by the wind, like a spring breeze in March that suddenly crashed into the cold winter of February.
Qiuye covered her mouth: "Wow, it's so loving." Her eyes were full of admiration: "Chen Rong is so brave, even you dare to pick it."
Fengque stood up with red cheeks, glanced at Qiuye from a high place, and stuttered, "What's wrong with me? I, I'm pretty good too."
Qiuye quickly agreed: "That's natural, our Lord is the best. It's hard to find a second person who looks as beautiful as you in the world." He had a strong desire to survive and began to hype around.
Fengque snorted and left.
Is she a beautiful person?
Qiuye thought these two people were so hard to serve. She felt so bitter, but she didn't want to say it.
When Beiyucheng came to see him again, the package was tightly wrapped. Fengque was too lazy to talk to him, and sat on a chair and read the book.
"I was too persistent in my request for you last time, so we can talk about it later." The situation in Beiyu City is very passive now, and the only thing that can be won over is Fengque, otherwise he would be unreasonable even if he seized the throne.
The missing young priest needs to stand aside with him.
"I don't plan to participate in these things anymore." Fengque put down the book, raised his eyes and looked at Beiyucheng with a blank expression, Wannian looked like a mature young man, "You come from afar, have a cup of tea."
"A Feng, I just went to buy you wine and rice dumplings." Chen Rong entered the house with the bowl. As soon as he stepped into the threshold, the two people inside looked over.
When Chen Rong saw this scene, he walked over without hesitation. His pace was so fast and steady that he was shocked. He sat down directly at Fengque's hand, "Look at the weather, it's good to eat some hot food, eat while it's hot." As he said that, his cold eyes swept straight to Beiyucheng.
Although this is not a conversation with her, how can we let Fengque talk to Beiyucheng?
To be continued...