When Zhang Qingjiu learned that Murong Chunlai had come to Dahui, he had already arrived at the Wei Mansion.
Zhang Qingjiu's expression suddenly changed when he heard the news. He hurried from the Prince's Mansion to the Wei Mansion, regardless of the heavy snowfall last night.
At that time, Chu Lan was still in the early morning, and Dahui's posthouse was still waiting hard outside Shangjing City - Murong Chun, Prince of Qiu Di, wrote that he would arrive in Beijing at noon today.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Wei Mansion, Zhang Qingjiu felt a dignified aura. The guards outside all looked nervous. Zhang Qingjiu took a deep breath, quickly got off the carriage, picked up his skirt and hurried inside.
Wei Ping was anxious at first, but when he saw her coming back, he immediately went to greet her, "Little miss, you are back, the house..."
"Where are the others?" Zhang Qingjiu took a deep breath and helped the person who came in a hurry and almost slipped.
Before she finished speaking, after the old man stood firm, she walked towards Jianjia Courtyard.
No need to ask, she knew where he was.
The weird atmosphere in Jianjia Courtyard is far more obvious than that outside the Wei Mansion.
Fengfeng is not in the Wei Mansion today. Ever since she and Chu Xun received His Majesty's imperial edict of marriage, Chu Xun no longer restrained himself and took Chu Feng here and there all day long.
Fengfeng was a little reserved at first, but her reserve could not withstand Chu Xun's sharp tongue. She was defeated in the end, and after following him for a few days, she no longer resisted.
Yesterday, someone sent a letter to the Prince's Mansion, saying that Chu Xun invited her to go to the mountains outside the city to see the snow scenery, and she would not be back until about three days later.
Zhang Qingjiu was naturally happy to see Fengfeng go out.
As for today's scene, Zhang Qingjiu thought, it's a good thing that Chu Xun took the people out, otherwise we don't know what would have happened.
The gate of Jianjia courtyard was not closed. At the entrance of the courtyard, a man wearing black clothes and a black cloak was standing with his back to her.
Opposite him, two slender figures were blocking the door. One held a sword in his hand with a cold face, and the other stood with his hands on his hips and glared angrily.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Qingjiu sighed softly and paused slowly, "Skylark and Purple Butterfly, just go in."
"Sir!" Upon hearing this voice, Skylark and Zidie's eyes lit up almost at the same time, but their faces soon turned pale, "Sir, please don't come over, this person..."
"No problem, just go in." Zhang Qingjiu narrowed his eyes. If Murong Chunlai wanted to attack these two people, they would definitely not survive.
"But……"
"Be obedient and go in." Zhang Qingjiu sighed, "I will come in later."
After hearing what she said, the two of them looked at each other. Although "unwilling" was clearly written on their faces, they still nodded and returned to the room.
And during this process, the black figure with his back to Zhang Qingjiu never said a word from beginning to end.
After the two little girls disappeared from sight, Zhang Qingjiu continued walking inside.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer behind him, the black figure finally turned around.
Curving the corners of his lips, Murong Chunlai slowly bowed and saluted, "Welcome Mr. Xiao Zhang back home."
Zhang Qingjiu has heard this sentence countless times;
Zhang Qingjiu has seen this posture countless times.
Likewise, the person in front of me has said and done it countless times.
She had joked and ridiculed before, but this time, she was inexplicably speechless.
With a sneer, Zhang Qingjiu stopped three steps away from him and shook his head, "How can I afford such a gift from the future King Qiu Di?"
The royal family of Qiu Di is now in the hands of the person in front of him. As long as he does not die, he will be the next King of Qiu Di.
It can even be said that if he wants to become King Qiudi today, he can take his place when he returns home.
"Sir Xiao Zhang is joking. To you, Chun Lai is still the same Chun Lai; to Chun Lai, you are still the same Mr. Xiao Zhang." The corners of his lips curved, and Murong Chun Lai slowly raised his eyes, his eyes twinkling.
Have a smile.
Seeing the smile on Murong Chunlai's lips, Zhang Qingjiu couldn't help but be slightly startled——
The person in front of me was as skinny as a stick, with sunken cheeks and deep-set eye sockets.
It can be seen that he has experienced various tortures in the past few months.
She knew that Murong Yunfei had already taken action against him when he left for the capital, but at that time, he would not have been so... haggard.
If it weren't for the abundant vitality in his eyes, she might have thought he was a zombie controlled by someone.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Qingjiu shook his head and looked away, "You are wrong. From the moment you left Shangjing City, you are no longer the person you were before, and I am no longer the person I used to be.
"
The cause and effect between her and Murong Chunlai ended when she gave away the bottle of antidote.
The other party's indifference made Murong Chunlai's face froze slightly, but he quickly shook his head with a smile and said, "How could it be? When Mr. Xiao Zhang left me the life-saving medicine bottle, I once said
, I want to bet again, now that I’m back, isn’t Master Xiao Zhang unwilling to admit it?”
Hearing these words, Zhang Qingjiu was startled, and for a moment he didn't know if he had done something wrong in the first place.
He looks like this now, full of life, but inexplicable.
But just now she took a look, but she didn't find any shadow of the formation.
So this person...
His eyes flashed, Zhang Qingjiu said: "So, what do you want to do when you come back this time?"
"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Dahui is engaged to you, and I came here to congratulate you." Murong Chunlai smiled slightly and took out a golden nanmu jade box from his rolled-up sleeves, "This is my wedding gift to you.
."
Zhang Qingjiu took a deep breath, "I appreciate the kindness, but this newlywed..."
"Ah Jiu!" Before Zhang Qingjiu finished speaking, an anxious voice suddenly came from behind her. Before she could turn around, she was wrapped in a familiar aura and pulled into someone's arms.
Xu Shiren walked too quickly, and she could clearly feel the chill around her, but she was soon driven away by the warmth in his arms.
Before she could speak, she heard the cold voice above her head again, "I received a letter from the second prince saying that he would be arriving in Beijing at noon, but suddenly he heard a message that someone had seen a person who looked like the second prince in the Wei Mansion. I
Who is so bold as to pretend to be a prince, but does not expect that he is actually the prince himself?"
Chu Lan said this very coldly. He rarely spoke in such a tone, but this time he was really angry.
Murong Chun glanced at Chu Lan. He knew clearly that the other person's words were sarcastic, but he was not angry. Instead, he smiled slightly and saluted generously, "It was Chun Lai who did not do things well and made His Highness the Crown Prince's work in vain, but in his heart
I really miss my old friend, so I hastened my journey, and I haven’t had time to inform him yet."
Everyone has his strong and weak points.
Zhang Qingjiu knew that Murong Chunlai always liked to make jokes. With a gentleman like Chu Lan here, even if he had many troubles in his heart, he might not be able to take advantage of him with his words.
As for the "old friend" Murong Chunlai was "missing" about in his words, it didn't take much to figure out who he was talking about.
Feeling the tense atmosphere around him, Zhang Qingjiu sighed softly. For the first time, he had the feeling that he was unable to do what he had to do when his whole soul was focused on Chu Lan.