Sun Mingfeng walked into the room and handed an envelope into Liu Mingzhi's hand.
"Your Majesty, this person is really strange. He kept asking questions and didn't say anything. If His Majesty hadn't always told the brothers to be more polite to others, and because of this person's sneaky behavior and not daring to show his true face, we would have kicked this person out long ago."
"Since this person can know the whereabouts of my king, he must have a good identity. Fortunately, you didn't blow him out, otherwise I might have offended a noble person invisibly!"
As he spoke, Liu Mingzhi opened the envelope, took out a piece of high-quality letter paper and read the contents on the letter paper. Liu Mingzhi, who had been cheerful to Sun Mingfeng just now, suddenly stood up from his chair, with a smile on his face.
With an expression of shock and confusion, he narrowed his pupils and checked the contents on the paper again.
Young Master Liu's fierce reaction shocked Sun Mingfeng. He looked at Young Master Liu with a strange expression in confusion. He didn't know what was on the letter. Even the prince who could make Mount Tai collapse without changing his expression reacted.
So big.
"My lord, are you okay?"
"No...it's okay. You can go about your business first. The person coming is indeed a close friend of mine from the past. I will go down to greet her in person."
"It turns out that the prince is really an old friend. Since this is the case, the general will retire first, so that you can reminisce with the nobleman without delay!"
"Um!"
After Sun Mingfeng left, Liu Mingzhi stuffed the letter into his sleeve with a complicated expression, and walked out slowly downstairs.
His seemingly calm expression was revealed by his somewhat panicked eyes, all of which showed that Liu Mingzhi was just pretending to be calm.
Walking down the stairs, looking at the lonely figure at the bottom of the steps, Liu Mingzhi walked over with his hands and fingers tightly clasped.
"Huang...Chen...why are you here?"
The man in a bamboo hat wearing a gauze glanced around at the guests coming in and out of the inn, and then looked at Liu Mingzhi, who was pretending to be calm.
"Tell me upstairs!"
"Okay...Okay, please go first!"
"Come with us!"
Liu Mingzhi noticed the shocked gazes of the soldiers on both sides of the stairs and nodded silently.
"Please!"
Under the surprised gazes of several soldiers, Liu Mingzhi and the man in the hat walked hand in hand towards the Tianzihao upper room on the third floor.
As soon as the two of them entered the room, Liu Mingzhi immediately closed the door and fastened the door bolt. Then he looked uneasily at the man in the bamboo hat who was sizing up the decorations in the room.
"Huang...Chen Jie, why did you come to Xinzhou?"
Liu Mingzhi said Chen Jie, which finally revealed the identity of the visitor. She was none other than Chen Jie, the Queen Mother of the current dynasty.
Hearing Liu Mingzhi's slightly confused words, Chen Jie slowly took off her bamboo hat, revealing her gorgeous face and her elegant and graceful appearance.
Chen Jie wore a sky-blue scholar's robe disguised as a man, with a pale white cloak draped behind her.
Although Chen Jie dressed up as a man, her skills were really poor. The bulging peaks on her chest could not be covered by a scholar's robe, which showed that Chen Jie knew nothing about the skills of a woman disguising herself as a man.
I think that if I put on men's clothes, I am a man.
As long as a careful person thinks about it for a moment, her poor disguise will be easily seen through.
Liu Mingzhi looked silently at Chen Jie, who saw everything in front of him as before, thinking about what he should say on his own initiative.
Chen Jie's glancing eyes had a hint of exhaustion and a complicated expression, and she silently looked at the somewhat reserved Liu Mingzhi.
Looking at the reserved man in front of her, Chen Jiefeng's eyes became more and more complex and dismayed.
Is this man really the man who forcibly took over his body in the prince's palace and even ridiculed him with words?
The difference between the way he looks now and the way he looked that night is really huge.
Liu Mingzhi looked at Chen Jie's silent and charming appearance, and his eyes averted for a few times, not daring to look at the beauty in front of him.
As time went by, Liu Mingzhi gradually felt a sense of guilt in his heart when he forcibly occupied the delicate woman in front of him who he should call his wife-in-law because of his anger.
Although it was not his intention, a sentence that was not his intention could not conceal the fact that he had taken possession of her innocent body.
"How have you been recently? I heard that you had a serious illness that lasted a long time. Are you okay now?"
Chen Jie finally spoke, and Liu Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
The atmosphere just now was so depressing that I was so depressed that I felt a little dazed.
"It has recovered to a certain extent now, which makes you worried."
This time, it was Chen Jie's turn to look a little unnatural, and her eyes subconsciously evaded: "The Ai family is not worried about you, they are just afraid that something will happen to you, which will cause turmoil in the court."
"Yes, yes, I said the wrong thing and made you worry! How have you been lately? I have always wanted to write to you after I left Beijing, but I really didn't know what to say, and then it was delayed because of the Northern Expedition.
Already.
Seeing that everything is as good as before, I feel relieved!"
Hearing Liu Mingzhi's somewhat apologetic words, Chen Jiefeng's eyes flashed with a hint of resentment that she was not even aware of.
"It's pretty good. We have food, clothing, and everything taken care of. There's no reason to have a bad life!"
Liu Mingzhi found that he was suddenly at a loss for words. He used to be able to speak well but now he didn't know what else to say.
"Have you eaten? I just ate half of it. How about you sit down and eat something? I'll have someone bring it to you right away."
"No need, we used dry food on the road."
"After eating, after eating, let's sit down and have a rest. It's hundreds of miles from Beijing to Xinzhou. You must be tired from the journey."
Chen Jie followed her words and sat on a chair next to her, looking at Liu Mingzhi who was staring blankly, she gestured with her head.
"You sit down too, why are you standing there in a daze?"
"Ah! Okay......Okay!"
Liu Mingzhi sat on the chair obediently like a child who had made a mistake.
"Why don't you ask me why I came to you?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Chen Jie, whose eyebrows were slightly condensed, speechlessly. He was so cute. I asked you several times just now why you are here, okay?
You never answered my questions directly. How come I didn't ask you what you were doing here?
Liu Mingzhi didn't want to have any unpleasantness with Chen Jie because of these unimportant issues, so he looked at Chen Jie honestly.
"What are you doing here? I received your order to return to Beijing to take care of His Majesty's marriage. I didn't make any announcements along the way. How did you know that I had arrived in Xinzhou Mansion?"
"I..." Chen Jie looked at the somewhat curious Young Master Liu and hesitated for a while: "The Ai family went to deliver royal meals to the emperor, and overheard the news that you had arrived in Yizhou, and then
I took the opportunity to come back to the prince's old residence for a short stay."
"So that's it. There's no need to rush here when the weather is freezing. I can rush back to the capital in another seven or eight days."
"Aijia...Aijia..."
Seeing that Chen Jie was hesitant to speak, Liu Mingzhi did not rush him and subconsciously took Chen Jie's hand: "Don't be in a hurry, think about it after you think about it, I have a lot of time."
Chen Jie retracted her hands as if she was electrocuted, and stared at Liu Mingzhi nervously.
Liu Mingzhi smiled bitterly, took his palm back, and looked at Chen Jie with some embarrassment, who was looking at him as if he was guarding against thieves.
Many of my wives were in trouble, and I comforted them like this every time. It was just out of my own instinct.
The atmosphere in the room became strange again, falling into a silence that could hear a needle drop.
After a long time, Chen Jie raised her eyes to look at Liu Mingzhi, who was sitting motionless on the chair, and took the initiative to reach out to Liu Mingzhi. Her white and delicate jade fingers grabbed Liu Mingzhi's rough palm and squeezed it slightly.
Looking at Liu Mingzhi's somewhat stunned look, Chen Jie bit her red lips lightly.
"How about returning to Beijing to report on your work?"
Liu Mingzhi's somewhat stunned pupils shrank slightly, and he regained some clarity, and his fluctuating mind gradually calmed down.
Staring at Chen Jie with faint phoenix eyes, Liu Mingzhi silently lowered his eyes.
"Are you here to act as a lobbyist for His Majesty?"
"No, the emperor doesn't know about my coming to Xinzhou at all. I came here this time because I...I...I...Liu Mingzhi, come back
What's wrong with reporting work in Beijing?
Isn't the prosperous capital better than the bitter cold north?
Looking around the world, there are many officials who have tried their best to be ranked in the second class. Your Majesty would rather go against his father's will and want to keep you by his side to assist you. Why do you keep refusing?"
"How did you know that His Majesty summoned me to serve as regent?"
"Sorry...I accidentally saw it on the dragon table in the imperial study room."
Liu Mingzhi breathed a sigh of relief: "So you are still here to act as a lobbyist for His Majesty! Right?"
"No, I'm really not here to act as a lobbyist for the emperor. I'm here for your own good, as well as for the emperor's and the court's good.
Can you go back to Beijing and report on your work? Just think of it as my begging?
Although we have no name or status, we have acquired that identity by accident.
I am lonely and helpless in the deep palace compound. I am destined to die alone in the high-walled compound in my life. After you return to Beijing, you can often enter the palace to accompany me.
Publicly and privately, I hope you will return to Beijing to report on your work!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Chen Jie's pleading eyes and felt a little change in his mind.
"You! As a member of the harem, you shouldn't get involved in court matters."
Chen Jie stood up slowly, took Liu Mingzhi's hand and placed it on her chest, and looked at Liu Mingzhi quietly.
"I don't want to interfere with the affairs of the court, and I am not qualified to interfere with the affairs of the court. Can you just treat it as making up for me and return to Beijing to report on your duties?"