Hearing this voice, Zhang Qingjiu's mouth twitched.
Taking a deep breath, I thought luckily I arrived in time.
If he didn't come earlier, he wouldn't come later. Why did he come just at the right time?
The prince committed a murder in public, wouldn't Chu Kuo be able to eat a pot if word of this spread?
It's fine now, it's cool.
The carriage with the eye-catching logo of the Prince's Palace quickly stopped aside. Feng Zhi jumped out of the carriage and saluted Chu Kuo, "I have met His Highness the Eighth Prince."
Chu Kuo narrowed his eyes and looked at the people in the carriage, with a sneer on his lips, "Didn't His Highness the Crown Prince enter the palace to see his father? Why are you thinking of leaving the city?"
Feng Zhi frowned and saluted again, "In reply to His Highness the Eighth Prince, His Highness the Crown Prince has been ordered to take Sir Xiao Zhang into the palace to meet the Holy Emperor."
"Have I asked you this? What kind of status do you have that you are qualified to talk to this prince?" Chu Kuo frowned and looked at Feng Zhi with mocking eyes.
Feng Zhi took a breath, pursed his lips, and lowered his eyes.
Zhang Qingjiu frowned, jumped out of the carriage, grabbed Feng Zhi's arm, "Let's go."
This indifferent attitude made Chu Kuo explode completely. He pulled the reins and stood in front of the two of them, "I would like to see, who of you dares to leave today?"
"What?" Looking at Chu Kuo with bulging veins on his forehead, Zhang Qingjiu sneered, "Your Majesty wants to summon a minister, but His Highness the Eighth Prince refuses to do so? Or is it that His Highness the Crown Prince is seriously injured, and his subordinates are showing respect to him?"
If you answer, will you make His Highness dissatisfied?"
Chu Kuo was stunned for a moment. The reins in his hands loosened and tightened, then tightened and loosened again. Finally, he snorted coldly, "You wait for me, my prince!"
After saying that, he raised the reins and saw the maroon horse galloping towards the city gate.
Feng Zhi looked at Chu Kuo's retreating back with a complicated expression, and slowly turned his eyes to the hand holding his wrist, his eyes flashed, "Thank you."
"Thank you for what?" Zhang Qingjiu turned his eyes and smiled, "Isn't it natural for elders to love and care for younger ones?"
After saying that, Zhang Qingjiu clapped his hands, grabbed the wall of the carriage, and got in.
Looking at her nimble movements, Feng Zhi twitched the corner of his mouth. Is he afraid that he was moved by Lonely? They hurried over slowly for fear that she would be bullied, but they were also moved by Lonely, right?
In the carriage, Chu Lan was sitting as usual. When she saw Zhang Qingjiu coming, she just raised her eyes and glanced at her, then lowered her eyes.
Zhang Qingjiu sat down and glanced around the carriage, frowning, "Stop the car!"
The carriage was about to start when it heard Zhang Qingjiu's voice and stopped again.
Only then did Chu Lan say her second sentence, "What's wrong?"
"Wait for me." Zhang Qingjiu didn't answer. She jumped off the carriage and turned around to walk towards the place where her carriage stopped.
Returning to the carriage again, Zhang Qingjiu smiled slightly and spread his palms, "Here, here you go."
In the white and tender palm, a black chess piece lay quietly inside.
Chu Lan narrowed her eyes and moved her fingers slightly.
The smile on Zhang Qingjiu's face became even brighter, and he directly stuffed the chess piece into Chu Lan's palm, "It would be such a pity to lose such a good thing to such a person."
Something soft and hard came in at the same time. Chu Lan pursed his lips and gently pinched the chess piece.
Looking at the palms of his hands that instantly became empty, Zhang Qingjiu was stunned for a moment.
Are you going to accept it now? Pretend to refuse even if you don’t want to do it? She still wants to touch her more! Why is this person like this? He even hurt himself because of her, but he still won’t let her touch him?
Looking at Zhang Qingjiu's stunned expression, Chu Lan had a barely visible smile on his lips. He twisted the chess piece and slowly put it into the chess basket aside: "Thank you, Mr. Xiao Zhang."
Zhang Qingjiu reluctantly looked away from his knuckled fingers: "I would like to thank His Highness the Crown Prince for rescuing me. But then again, why did His Highness the Crown Prince come here?"
"Father wants to see you." Chu Lan narrowed her eyes.
"Oh." Zhang Qingjiu nodded and suddenly realized: "Your Majesty wanted to see a minister, so His Highness the Crown Prince came to pick him up in person. Isn't that right?"
Outside the carriage, Feng Zhi couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard these words. What does it mean to be obedient after getting a bargain? Zhang Qingjiu simply understood the essence of this!
Could it be that she wanted His Highness the Crown Prince to tell her personally that as soon as he returned to the palace and learned that she had gone outside the city, he didn't even get off the carriage and rushed here directly?
Chu Lan's eyes flashed, "If you don't just stay at home, why would you come out?"
As soon as he heard this, Zhang Qingjiu laughed angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't that because I thought you were here?"
Otherwise, do you really think she is coming to see off the old man Zhen Guogong, or is she here to meet the bastard Chu Kuo?
This answer surprised Chu Lan.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Lan pursed her lips and said, "Although the incident involving Duke Zhen Guo is not your fault, it has something to do with you after all. When you see Lao Ba in the future, avoid it if you can."
"Why should I avoid him?" Zhang Qingjiu raised his eyebrows, he was just fine avoiding her.
"You..." Chu Lan's eyes darkened, if he had been one step later...
Zhang Qingjiu rolled his eyes and said, "If Your Highness is worried about a minor minister, just tell him directly. Why bother to hide it? There are no outsiders in the carriage anyway. Besides, His Highness's injuries are also..."
Chu Lan's expression changed, and she turned to look outside the carriage.
Feng Zhi shrank his neck. It was a hot day in summer, so why did he suddenly feel so cold?
"You don't have to guess who told me, I can know it even if they don't tell me." Zhang Qingjiu raised the corners of his lips and tugged on Chu Lan's sleeves with his fingers, "Just don't do it in the future. If you don't do it, , I also have ways to deal with Duke Zhen and the others."
Chu Lan's body froze slightly: "Sir Xiao Zhang, you are overthinking. My injuries were caused by assassins."
Knowing that Chu Lan has always liked to be "serious", Zhang Qingjiu didn't want to push him too hastily, for fear that the dog man would turn his face and deny anyone in a hurry. He nodded clearly and said, "Okay, assassin! What a majestic assassin!"
Chu Lan's breath was suffocated, "The wind has stopped, don't keep your majesty waiting for too long."
Feng Zhi: "???"
Didn't it originally say that you can go to the palace before Shen Shi? It's just before noon now, right?
The carriage sped along and stopped at Zhuque Gate.
Feng Zhi took a deep breath and got off the carriage, "Your Highness, Mr. Xiao Zhang, we are here."
Seeing that Chu Lan had no intention of getting out of the car, Zhang Qingjiu frowned and said, "Aren't you going?"
"Your Majesty wants to see you." Chu Lan said.
Zhang Qingjiu nodded, "You will wait for me, right?"
Chu Lan: "You haven't returned home for three days."
The implication is self-evident.
Zhang Qingjiu gritted his teeth and lowered his eyes, "Then you...send me back later?"
There was a moment of silence in the carriage.
After a long time, a helpless voice finally sounded, "Okay."