Chapter 438 Good sisters, of course we have to serve him together
On the other side.
Fan Xian was led by officials from the Ministry of Rites into the court to meet the Queen Mother and the Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty. There could not be any secret talks in the court hall, just some ceremonial procedures, nothing to say.
At noon, the Queen Mother left Fan Xian and others to have dinner in the palace. After the meal, the officials of the Ministry of Rites took Fan Xian, Hu Jinzhu and others to the post house to rest. Zhan Doudou came to a waterside pavilion next to Jiying Hall with a view of the lake. There was a small platform in the middle. There were couches on the platform. How many were there? There are fruit plates, jade pots, jade cups, and green smoke rising from the incense burners.
No longer dressed as a village girl, Begonia Duoduo, wearing a wide-sleeved robe and a red belt, is sitting on the couch, holding two volumes in her hands, one of which is "The Red Mansion" that Danbo Bookstore has stopped publishing. One volume is "A Dream of Red Mansions" newly released by Nanqing Government Bookstore.
"He's gone?"
Zhan Doudou dragged the slightly longer suffix of his crown dress up the steps and sat down opposite her.
“Gone.”
“It’s a pity, it’s a pity.”
I don’t know whether she meant it was a pity for the person, a pity for the book, or both. Both.
Zhan Doudou sat back and sighed: "I thought Nanqing had a great talent, but I didn't expect...sigh..."
Haitang Duoduo said without raising her head: "Fan Xian should not be underestimated."
She had fought with Fan Xian in Cangzhou and knew how slippery he was.
"It's just that Chu Pingsheng... is more sinister."
The paper of "Dream of Red Mansions" was wrinkled by her fingers, and the lower edge was cracked.
Zhan Doudou knew that she was thinking of Lang Tao and Ku He. One of them died in the hands of Bai Yuan, and the other was seriously injured by Chu Pingsheng's master Bai Feng. As for Haitang Duoduo, she and Chu Pingsheng had quite a lot of differences. Of hatred.
“The person sent by Zhongzhong to follow him was killed.”
“Kill someone in the street?”
Begonia Duoduo first put down the "Dream of Red Mansions" in her right hand, and then her left hand "The Red Mansion", raised his head and looked at Zhan Doudou: "It's something he can do."
"Uncle's injury..."
"It's no longer in the way, but what Master means is that before he meets Ye Liuyun, it's better to stabilize Master and Disciple Bai Feng."
Zhan Doudou nodded: "I want to take a look. How arrogant can he be?"
Tap, tap, tap...
At this time, a small and fast footsteps came from behind, and a eunuch stepped forward to report: "Qi. Your Majesty, Holy Maiden, Miss Lili has entered the palace through the back door."
"Bring her here directly."
"Yes."
The eunuch was ordered to leave. Not long after, Si Lili, wearing a white gauze skirt, accompanied by two palace maids, arrived at the waterside pavilion where Zhan Doudou and Begonia Duoduo were.
Zhan Doudou waved his hand, meaning to let the eunuch and the palace maid go down.
The three people looked at each other, confirmed the emperor's intention again, and bowed and retreated one after another.
“Sit down quickly.”
Zhan Doudou stood up, took Si Lili's hand and sat down on the couch next to him. He looked up and down several times before saying quietly: "You have lost weight. I told you that I didn't let you go to Nanqing in the first place, but you insist on going to Nanqing." Go... Do you know how anxious my junior sister-in-law and I were when we learned that you were caught by the Overwatch Council?"
Si Lili said: "This is what I should do."
"Okay, everyone is back, and they still say what's the use of this. It's all in the past." Haitang Duoduo knew how heavy this "should be done" was for Si Lili.
When the Queen Mother took in the Si Lili siblings, she wanted to make a fuss about their status as descendants of the Nanqing royal family. Because Zhan Doudou and Si Lili were too close, which made the Queen Mother extremely dissatisfied. In order to protect her own Her younger brother also wanted to take revenge on Li Yunqian, so she risked her life and left Beiqi to work as a spy in Kyoto City.
“Let’s get down to business.”
Zhan Doudou glared at her and complained: "Sister, Lili just sat down, and she hasn't taken a breath yet."
"I think she is in good spirits."
Hearing what Haitang Duoduo said, Zhan Doudou was stunned, and then looked carefully. Sure enough, apart from being thinner, he was in excellent spirits, with bright lips and white teeth, sparkling eyes, and skin as white and rosy as new jade. It looks like a long journey, thousands of miles.
Si Lili was a little embarrassed by her look, tilted his head, and asked in a low voice: "Chu Pingsheng didn't enter the palace, right?"
"Hey, this matter... you How did you know? ”
After Si Lili changed the carriage outside the city, she asked someone to take her to the Green Willow Villa where she rested during the autumn hunts in previous years. She waited until the end of the court meeting and obtained the Queen Mother's approval before ordering the eunuch to invite someone outside the city. What happened in the city? How did Si Lili know about it?
“When we parted, I advised him to calm down a bit, because the Queen Mother and Her Majesty were nice to me, but he said... the gift he prepared for the Queen Mother was lost, and he would not go to the court meeting. He would go first. Meeting an old friend, I think... the friend he mentioned should be Mr. Zhuang. "
Did Chu Pingsheng prepare a gift for the Queen Mother?
Haitang Duoduo thought of the iron bell that killed four thousand cavalry in one blow on the Cangzhou battlefield.
Giving a gift? Send a clock?
The expressions of both of them were not good-looking.
Si Lili noticed the change in their expressions and hurriedly explained: "It's flower dew. The eldest princess prepared some flower dew that she made for Chu Pingsheng as a gift to the Queen Mother for her envoy to Northern Qi. However, After arriving at the border of Cangzhou, his master didn't know that flower dew was also on the truck, and it was spilled when he split the wooden cabinet."
Haitang Duoduo grabbed some melon seeds from the fruit plate and said in a strange way: "I forgot. Yes, he is still the son-in-law of Princess Nanqing."
Zhan Doudou moved to hold Si Lili's hand, poured her a cup of fragrant tea and pushed it over.
“He didn’t go to see Mr. Zhuang, he went to Uesugi Tiger’s mansion.”
"Uesugi Tiger?"
Si Lili couldn't laugh or cry. Chu Pingsheng was still the same Chu Pingsheng, who liked to say ambiguous things. It was good to think about it carefully. Uesugi Tiger was indeed an old friend.
Haitang Duoduo thought they were too verbose, spit out the melon seed rinds in her mouth, and said bluntly: "Did he tell you the true purpose of coming to Beiqi this time?"
"... ..."
The manager hesitated for a long time, took a sip of tea from the jade cup, and said hesitantly: "You really want to know?"
"Speak quickly."
"Do you want to hear the exact words he said, or..."
"The exact words, the exact words!" "Then you can't blame me for speaking badly."
Begonia Duoduo is almost autistic: "If you don't say anything, I will blame you."
"He said, when I return you to Northern Qi, I have to exchange you for a better one so that I won't lose money. I asked him what to exchange for, and he said Northern Qi Saint Begonia Duoduo."
"..."< br>
“…”
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly solidified. Only the incense in the incense burner was rising and the heat in the jade cup was rising.
Zhan Doudou and Haitang Duoduo thought they heard wrongly. You looked at me and I looked at you. After a few breaths, they both turned to Si Lili.
"Lili, say it again!"
"He said that he is a businessman and never does business at a loss."
She did not repeat the above words, but said Chu Pingsheng asked her to tell Zhan Doudou and Begonia Duoduo the last sentence.
From Begonia Duoduo’s point of view, this is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.
Bai Feng seriously injured Ku He, and White Ape killed Lang Tao. With such deep hatred, Chu Pingsheng still wanted to marry her?
"I can't understand his thoughts, can you?"
Zhan Doudou shook his head, she couldn't understand either.
Si Lili said: "He is just such a person."
Among the three women, she is the only one who can understand him.
Chu Pingsheng is such a guy with a lot of bad taste - he will not necessarily give in to the person who wants to kill him just because the person who wants to kill him is a relative of a woman with whom he is closely related, and his men will never be ambiguous.
Haitang Duoduo said coldly: "He is just wishful thinking."
"Begonia, Doudou, you...can't beat him."
Begonia Duoduo and Zhan Doudou don't know She knew very well how powerful Chu Pingsheng was.
"Your Majesty." At this time, a nun wearing a purple robe came over, interrupted the conversation of several people, bowed and said: "The Queen Mother wants to see Si Lili."
Zhan Doudou nodded to her mother, looked at Si Lili and said, "Do you want me to accompany you?"
"No need."
She stood up on the couch, bowed to Zhan Doudou, and followed her grandma out of the waterside pavilion.
“What do you think?”
Zhan Doudou asked, looking at the still warm tea cup.
“She has changed and is alienated from us.”
Haitang Duoduo tapped her face a few times and said with a dull expression: "She should know more about Chu Pingsheng, but she chose to hide it."
"Maybe... that guy is very good to her. ." Zhan Doudou looked sideways at Pinghu not far away. Two black swans returning from the south were crossing their necks, paddling lightly with their webbed feet, and the waves were rippling.
"If he had not been good to Lili, Lili would not be in this state. The retainer of Nanqing Prime Minister was framed by him for using lynching and was executed late outside the Meridian Gate. The confidant nun sent by the Queen Mother Because of his ugly words, Bai Yuan tore him up on the spot. Maybe the information from the south was not accurate. In my opinion, he didn't just play tricks on Zuixianju Oiran."
"Yesterday's mission. You called him a womanizer before the parking space entered the city."
Haitang Duoduo said: "Then if he is not a womanizer, why did you send her back to Qi?"
Zhan Doudou said: "Is there a possibility that he did this to paralyze Qingguo, stabilize the mother, and protect Lili and Liguang?"
"What about the deal?"
< br>"Little sister-in-law, if there was no battle in Cangzhou, what do you think my uncle's attitude would be towards this deal?"
Begonia Duoduo's expression changed.
If Xihu forms an alliance with Northern Qi, Nanqing will be in trouble.
Zhan Doudou continued: "I heard that the second prince Nanqing is currently banned from home. He has caused such a big trouble. Don't you think this punishment is too light?"
"You mean? ...Is this a mistake? "
By now, she has realized that her master Ku He, Jin Yiwei Commander Shi Chong, General Uesugi Tiger and the Nanqing border army were all used by Li Chengze.
……
The next day, it was half past Mao hour.
Chu Pingsheng met Xiao Xiao in a dilapidated wooden building facing the river in the mountainous area in the east of the city. Compared with his previous state, he was cleaner and more energetic. His shawl hair was pulled back, and he was wearing a close-fitting robe with a robe on the outside. Wearing an airtight black cloak.
“Tell me, what do you want from me?”
“I remember the last time we met, we were disturbed by Qin Heng’s cavalry before we could finish our conversation.”
"Is it about the whereabouts of my grandson?"
Chu Pingsheng looked at the face with little emotion and said, "You don't seem to be very interested?"
"People have to learn to learn how to gain wisdom."
"..."
Chu Pingsheng was slightly startled, but he didn't expect Xiao En to be quite narrow-minded. His grandson plotted against him and laid an eighteen-year trap, almost mistaking Fan Xian for his grandson. Now he is also making a fuss about his missing grandson. With Sean's suspicion, it is normal for him to be wary. .
"Okay, let's not talk about your grandson, how about we talk about your future whereabouts? I think... you don't want to live like a mouse, wandering around, right?"
(End of this chapter)