Chapter 403 The second time we are in the same room (6k)
Meet again... meet again...
In the room, Zhao Duan said this with a smile, Princess Wenzhu's head buzzed, and countless astonished emotions suddenly exploded in her heart.
Her mouth opened slightly, her eyes widened, and she stuttered: "You... Link... it's you..."
Zhao Duan nodded, looking particularly calm. shock.
Well, although his identity was revealed at this juncture, it was indeed beyond his expectation, but he didn't think that this vest could be hidden for long...
Tsk, but why is it at this time? Could it be that Zhenbao had already investigated it clearly and arranged it deliberately?
Princess Wenzhu was unaware of his random guesses, and the "Madonna" of the Western Regions had a huge look on her face.
Mr. Lin, who I greatly admired and even wanted to recommend to my niece many times, turned out to be Zhao Duan in front of me... How could it be possible? The two men were clearly completely different.
At this moment, she even suspected that the empress had assigned Mr. Lin’s identity to Zhao Duan, but when she thought about it carefully, she knew it was unreliable.
"It's disguise." Zhao Duan explained calmly before the other party asked, "I'm sorry, I used disguise as a token to get acquainted with the princess under a false identity."
Princess Wenzhu She stared at him blankly for a moment, then suddenly turned to stare at the empress:
"Your Majesty arranged it?"
Xu Zhenguan pursed her lips, shook her head calmly and said:
"Auntie thinks , Do I need to play this trick?”
Then, she gave Zhao Duan a meaningful look, to the effect of:
We need an explanation.
"..." Zhao Duan took a deep breath and suddenly felt a chill on his back. He hurriedly explained:
"This incident was purely accidental. I did go to Dongcheng that day. Shantang gave me the winter clothes, and it was indeed my chance to meet Her Royal Highness, but I just thought my identity was a bit sensitive, so I didn’t reveal my real name.”
Shantang...that’s right...Princess Manzhu suddenly remembered. That day, the scene where Zhao Duan met the orphans in the orphanage could not be faked.
So... this treacherous minister had indeed disguised himself as "Link" for a long time, and went to the East City to donate alms... It was purely a coincidence that he bumped into him.
Zhao Duan said helplessly:
"Although it is indeed a coincidence, it is indeed true. Moreover, if it is a coincidence... wouldn't it be an equally great coincidence that the princess took me to Huangting Lane? .”
Princess Manzhu was convinced.
Just...
Still hard to believe!
Seeing her fall into silence, Zhao Duan seemed to have misunderstood her meaning, and said with a smile:
"After the chess game that day, the reason why I disappeared and never appeared again was because I didn’t want the Buddhists in the Western Regions to suffer. The misunderstanding is that you, the princess, took me there specially. Well, I also think that the fact that I am Link should be limited to a few people, and there is no need to make it known to everyone."
< br>This sentence was a bit cryptic, but Princess Manzhu understood it.
So she suddenly woke up from her trance and realized the trouble of this matter.
If the news that Zhao Duan was the chess player who defeated Dan Che was made public, then her actions of taking Zhao Duan to Huangting Lane that day would almost certainly be considered intentional by the Buddhists in the Western Regions.
The first step is to play chess, and the second step is to debate scriptures... It's like a TV series...
Who would believe it if it was a coincidence? She doesn't believe it...
And once the Buddhists in the Western Regions are suspicious and hostile to Wenzhu, then her own status and that of the Wangting Tribe in the Western Regions Kingdom will decline - the Dharma King of the Western Regions will definitely be able to deprive her of her current status. power.
Zhao Duan took the initiative to speak at this time and said that he would hide his identity. He suddenly seemed to be showing his kindness and said that he did not want to involve Wenzhu in taking the blame.
But is it not a threat?
If Wenzhu has an elbow turned out and is not sincere in the trade with Yu State next year, then Zhao Duan only needs to reveal his identity and the King of France will suppress Wenzhu.
Zhao Duan had not considered this level before, but after he became aware of this handle, he immediately realized that he could use this "accident" to put pressure on Wenzhu
——Solve the trade issue next year that the empress was worried about not long ago.
As long as Princess Manzhu is willing to do her best to mediate, even if the Red Sect master is angry, the impact of the failure of the debate on next year's trade can be minimized...
All these thoughts happened in an instant, which surprised Zhao Duan himself.
Unexpectedly, what was originally an unintentional act of pretending to test the bottom of things would actually turn into a sharp weapon hanging over Wenzhu's head through a series of coincidences.
After realizing this logic, Princess Manzhu was both angry and shocked.
Shocked...
She seemed to have made a mistake in judgment from the beginning.
In that rumor, the infamous Zhao Duan was not the gold-plated male favorite he had guessed, but a truly evil figure.
At least, the chess game that could be recorded in history was witnessed by her. In this way, the baptism of the gods after the debate also has a reasonable explanation. According to the data, the chess games made by this person, Each piece of credit is likely to be true.
Is there such a strange man in the world?
That’s right, considering that my niece is so arrogant, how could she be tempted by such a man just because of his handsome appearance? So intimate and ambiguous with him?
Manju smiled bitterly.
It turns out that her aunt was responsible for everything.
"So...that's it." She sighed softly and put down the folding book in her hand.
As the knot in her heart was untied, she suddenly felt uninterested. She stood up slowly, looked at the couple of gods opposite with some envy, and smiled:
“I’m full. Okay, let’s say goodbye now.”
Xu Zhenguan stood up and said, “Auntie, go slowly.”
Princess Manzhu turned around, dragged her long skirt, and walked a few steps outside. When she was about to step out of the threshold, she suddenly turned back and blinked:
"By the way, Your Majesty just seemed to say that you want to give Mr. Lin to Me, take him back to the Western Regions?"
"..." Xu Zhenguan was stunned. His first thought was to deny it, but then he thought of the emperor's golden words, and he felt a little confused.
"Pfft." Seeing her like this, Princess Manzhu suddenly smiled brightly, her whole body returned to the appearance that an elder should have, and joked:
"It's just a joke, my aunt can still be with her niece. Can’t steal a man?”
No... Even if you are old, you can't talk nonsense in the open atmosphere of the Western Region, old lady... Zhao Duan complained in his heart.
After Princess Wenzhu left these words, she walked out of the yard and went straight out of the palace.
“Princess!”
The tall female warrior was guarding outside the palace. When she saw the princess she admired coming back, she couldn’t help but step forward.
Princess Manzhu said calmly: "Go back."
Then, this miserable woman who married off to the Western Regions when she came of age looked back at the red wall and black tiles, with a mixture of envy and self-pity in her eyes.
Maybe Zhenguan is right, he is very different from her.
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Inside the palace wall, in the dining hall.
Watching "aunt" leave, the servants all retreated tacitly, and the sunlight skirted the threshold and illuminated the corners of their clothes.
"Zhao Qing." The empress suddenly looked at the courtyard and said softly.
"I am here."
"You are very good. You are so amazing at playing chess. Tell me, what kind of monster have you become?" Xu Zhenguan tilted his head, his eyes dark. Staring at him.
Zhao Duan put his tail between his legs and behaved with an honest face:
“I was lucky for a while.”
A moment of luck...Xu Zhenguan snorted and didn't tangle with him on Go. But there was a little bit of surprise in my heart.
Although she had wildly doubted whether "Mr. Lin" was Zhao Duan as early as the day the chess game was reported, her suspicion at that time was also a baseless delusion. I'm sure, otherwise I wouldn't have blurted out the angry words of giving Link to my aunt just now...
But the guess came true... Are the people chosen by the ancestral dragon soul so evil?
"Tell me, why did you disguise yourself to approach Wenzhu? Don't use coincidence to deal with me."
Xu Zhenguan's eyes narrowed into a thin line, and his tone was dangerous.
She felt that this guy was very dishonest. He was either favored by Prajna or close to Manzhu. There seemed to be a stepmother in the family... Wait, so this guy wouldn't like older people...
Zhao Du'an felt that he had been wronged, and hurriedly swore to explain that he was just aware that Wenzhu was investigating him, so he went to inquire about the enemy's situation, so as to persuade Zhenbao to no longer pay attention to the matter.
"Your Majesty, let's continue eating. The food will be cold later." Zhao Duan walked back to the stool diligently and sat down.
Xu Zhenguan glared at him: "Sit aside! Are you still addicted to acting?"
Zhao Duan recalled the brief touch when his right hand moved down from the waistline, He wanted to nod and say yes, but his survival instinct made him move his chair silently.
Xu Zhenguan sat down angrily, and the two continued to eat. When they were full, she wiped her mouth and said lightly:
"To avoid trouble from those monks, you should go home tomorrow."
Zhao Duan was stunned: "Where will I sleep at night?"
Xu Zhenguan hesitated and said calmly:
"My aunt lives in the palace and has not left yet. , perform a full set, you sleep in the warm room tonight.”
After leaving these words, she stood up and left.
Zhao Duan was stunned for a moment before he suddenly came back to his senses - so, just like last time, he allowed himself to sleep in the same room with her?
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That afternoon, the story that happened during the debate spread wildly in Beijing, causing an uproar.
Zhao Duan stayed in the palace, wandering around the garden for several hours with nothing to do. He wanted to take a nap, but he was so energetic that he couldn't sleep.
I simply ran to the Wugong Hall and chatted with Hai Eunuch. He boasted about his wonderful operations in the morning, especially the special book on the baptism of the Lord. Hearing this, Eunuch Hai was stunned and clicked his tongue. Amazing.
After finally staying up until night, the empress finished her official duties for the day and returned to the palace. She saw Zhao Duan waiting eagerly at the entrance of the courtyard.
When he entered the empress's room again, it was already dark outside.
Tonight the bright moon hangs high and the starry sky is clear. The remaining white snow in the courtyard reflects the shining light under the moonlight. A few thin clouds brush across the sky. The ancient night sky is as beautiful as the cold wind in winter and is gentle. got up.
In the warm hall, the lamp has already been turned on, and the candles diffuse bright light.
“Bang.”
She took off her thicker regular clothes and wore only a thin long skirt. Her long hair was lazy and disheveled. The barefoot empress hugged a new quilt. , passed through the curtain that separated the living room from the bedroom, and threw the quilt on the floor of the "living room".
"You can sleep here at night. Be honest. If you mess around like last time, I will leave you to sleep outside in the ice and snow."
Xu Zhenguan said with a look of disgust.
She was referring to the last time Zhao Duan tolerated and bewitched the real soul to lose his mind and be dominated by desire.
No... I was obviously beaten very badly last time, okay... You still disliked me... Besides, can you blame me that time? After all, there is an old saying: "Big-headed son, small-headed father." It is only natural for a son to obey his father...
Zhao Duan secretly curled his lips and agreed.
Waiting for the empress to turn around gracefully, she twisted her waist and entered the bedroom next door.
He just breathed out softly, carefully took off his outer robe, and placed it neatly on the Arhat's bed.
When only his inner clothes were left, he secretly glanced at the blurry figure lying on the bed on the other side of the curtain. He lifted the quilt and got into bed.
Because of the floor heating, even if I sleep on the floor in the living room, I still don’t feel cold inside the quilt, but it gradually gets warmer.
The night was long, one slept on the bed in the inner room, and the other slept on the floor in the outer room.
Zhao Duan's eyes widened, he couldn't sleep, and sighed softly, thinking about the boring nightlife in ancient times, without even a mobile phone, how uncomfortable it was to be unable to sleep...
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"Why are you sighing? Don't you want to sleep?" Xu Zhenguan's voice came from the other side of the curtain.
Zhao Duan looked at the ceiling innocently and said aggrievedly:
"It's not that I don't want to sleep, but that I am in high spirits and not sleepy at all."
Xu Zhenguan lay in the gauze curtain and frowned, thinking that this guy was not serious. Then he thought of something, his brows stretched, and he said with relief:
"It should be because of the World Honored One's baptism, so there is no need to panic."
Zhao Duan asked curiously: "Your Majesty, what happened to the baptism?"
It was a mess all day, and it was not until the dead of night that I remembered this.
Xu Zhenguan explained patiently:
"It's a good thing. I remember that the green lotus appeared between your eyebrows when you were baptized. At this moment, a green lotus should be planted in the sea of consciousness. The World Honored One holds wisdom. This green lotus This soul will be nourished and your energy will be endless... If you don't adapt to it now, you will have insomnia. You will be fine after a few days.
With this green lotus, even if you are not healthy in the future. Any trauma you suffer will heal faster than others... Not only that, if you really have wisdom, you may be able to learn Buddhist techniques from the green lotus mark...
However, its real benefits will probably not be realized until you step into the world. I don’t know the specific details, but I have only seen vague descriptions in books. ”
Buddhist magic?
That’s right... Lao Xu’s “Martial God Path” is a dual cultivation of martial arts, and it didn’t say that he could only learn the magic from the stone tablet left by Lao Xu. ...Like the spiritual flames I learned from Pei Niannu, even if they are from outside...right?
There seems to be nothing wrong with someone secretly learning some Buddhism...
Hmm, so to speak. I have learned things from the royal family, Buddhism, and even the Qingshan inheritance... I also learned some martial arts from that Chai Keqiao... but I didn't learn anything from the Tianshi Mansion.
Bah, Lao Zhang is really stingy, Lao Bai is a weirdo, he doesn’t teach me anything...
Zhao Duan silently despised Lao Zhang, but said:
"Then Chen will try to sprint next year. "
Xu Zhenguan, who was lying on the bed, was stunned by his sudden firm tone. He wanted to say that there was no need to rush, but suddenly he came to his senses... This guy can't. What I thought was that after entering the worldly realm, I would have reached the minimum requirement for dual cultivation with myself...
In the dark winter night, Xu Zhenguan's cheeks turned red inexplicably, accompanied by anger.
But Zhao Duan didn't say anything clearly, so she made random guesses, and it was even harder for her to speak.
But he thought of something in his heart, and said softly:
"Next year, I will also try to sprint to the real heaven and human realm."
Zhao Duan was stunned and panicked. Well, I said in my heart that it won’t happen to me. If you make a breakthrough, wouldn’t it mean that even if I become a human being, I will still be squeezed into medicine dregs by forcing dual cultivation across the great realm?
Let’s not go that far. Co-authoring is really like the carrot in front of the donkey. You can’t eat it alive, right?
He sat up directly and looked across the curtain, only to hear the empress continue to say:
"When the imperial treasury calms down and the New Deal gradually takes shape, my uncles and Kuang Fushe's rebels will not Those who will sit back and wait will definitely take action in advance
I have a hunch that if I cannot advance to the true heavenly realm as soon as possible, there will be a big crisis... Not to mention other things, the mysterious seal of Shenlong Temple will make me. Very uneasy.”
Old monk Xuanyin?
That’s right... this guy is weird. If the Heavenly Master Lao Zhang can still communicate, this seemingly strongest man in Buddhism seems to have truly become a human Buddha.
Hiding in the Buddhist temple all year round without showing up, letting Bian Ji walk outside instead, he clearly has the ambition to merge the East and West and unify Buddhism, but he almost allows the multiple forces in Shenlong Temple to compete and entangle...
It feels inexplicable no matter what.
"Your Majesty is worried about that old bald donkey causing trouble?" Zhao Duan asked softly.
Xu Zhenguan said:
“It’s hard to say, I can’t see through the mysterious seal. But even if he doesn’t do anything, I must step into heaven as soon as possible. Wait until next year, when I ascend the throne for the third time In the next year, if the blessing of dragon energy is stable, you can go out of the capital and try to become a Zen monk. If it succeeds, it will be done once and for all. If it fails..."
Feng Chan? Does this thing exist in this world?
No, isn't this a matter of reputation? Is it related to the promotion of cultivation? Zhao Duan was puzzled.
But it was obvious that Zhenbao didn’t want to say more, so he branched off after a few words and took the initiative to change the topic:
“The New Year is getting closer, have you figured out how to deal with Zhuang Xiao next year? Ha, You postponed this matter due to illness this time, but if you don’t take any action after the New Year, even if I don’t say anything, some people in the court will come out to make a fuss.”
This is something. People naturally refer to the faction of Prime Minister Li Yanfu.
The feud between Zhao Duan and Li Yanfu has only come to an end temporarily, but it is far from over. When Li Yanfu handles the internal issues within the Li Party, he will have a battle with Zhao Duan sooner or later.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Since I let Zhuang Xiaocheng go, I will definitely capture him back."
Zhao Duan said firmly, then lay down again and said with a wry smile:
"But what I care about right now is more about the Duke who is going back to Beijing during the New Year. I heard that not only the Duke of Zhen is coming back to celebrate the New Year, but also the other Dukes and generals guarding the border will also return to Beijing to report on their duties. ?”
It is the tradition of the Yu State to bring the frontier generals back to Beijing at the end of the year.
It was not only a matter of going home to reunite with relatives for the holidays, but also a need to report to the emperor on official matters what had happened to the border troops in the past year.
As for why it is the end of winter, it is easy to understand:
In the cold winter, the border is the most stable, and it is impossible for any large-scale war to break out. At this time, it is also possible to mobilize the border guard generals back. Don’t worry too much about border issues.
Xu Zhenguan gave a soft "en".
Zhao Duan heard the worry in Zhenbao's tone, and he suddenly said:
"General Zhao Shixiong will come back too, right?"
Last time, Xue Shence told him that Zhao Shixiong, who was guarding the border in the southwest, had an eye-catching relationship with King Mu.
Xu Zhenguan remained silent for a little longer this time and said, "It is reasonable to come back."
Zhao Duan also fell silent.
"It's late at night, go to sleep." The empress suddenly said: "You can try to meditate on the Six Chapters Sutra more to consume excess energy and then fall asleep."
"Okay."
Zhao Duan blew out the candles in the living room, and the room suddenly fell into darkness, with only the moonlight shining in through the window paper.
A man and a woman ended their conversation and each tried to fall asleep.
However, this time, it was Xu Zhenguan's turn to be unable to sleep...
I was confused, I don't know how long it had been, maybe an hour, or two hours.
The empress on the bed suddenly suffered from bladder distension and pain, and was awakened by the urge to urinate...
Well, monks in the worldly realm are not gods, so they still need to eat, drink, and defecate every day, and fairies will also wake up at night.
There was even a chamber pot under her bed in the bedroom. In the past, she would just use the chamber pot when she got up at night.
But it’s a bit inconvenient today.
Xu Zhenguan turned over, and the hand that subconsciously grabbed the chamber pot suddenly stopped, and his eyes looked straight at someone lying in the conservatory opposite the curtain.
A little sleepiness dissipated immediately.
In the darkness, her little eyebrows slowly wrinkled.
"...Trouble..."
Forcibly holding it in? It didn't seem easy...but even if there was a curtain, she couldn't take off her panties and relieve herself. It was impossible when she thought about it.
"Hey...are you asleep?" Xu Zhenguan hesitated and called softly.
She wanted Zhao Duan to go out for a while and then come back in after she solved the problem.
There was no response, only the sound of the man's even and steady breathing came from the warm hall.
“Are you really asleep?”
Xu Zhenguan’s face wrinkled, and he suddenly regretted telling this guy how to fall asleep.
It belongs to being trapped in a cocoon.
Of course, as the emperor, she could wake him up roughly, but she hesitated and decided not to do so.
Finally fell asleep... Just don't wake him up...
Take the opportunity to relieve yourself? no!
Even if you don't consider the issue of catcalling, even if you put in a soundproof barrier, this is still unacceptable.
So, it seems that I can only go out by myself... Going out at night in the winter, even if the empress is not afraid of the cold with her cultivation, it is really not a good experience.
"Oh." Xu Zhenguan sighed softly, and reluctantly pulled out his legs from the quilt, exposing his crystal white feet to the air.
Stand up, gently lift the curtain and enter the conservatory.
A pair of bright black phoenix eyes looked down at Zhao Duan, who was sleeping soundly with his head up and eyes closed on the ground. She looked at him for a long time, and after confirming that this guy was indeed asleep, she stepped lightly on the carpet. Move past him to the door.
I put on a pair of shoes casually, opened the door gently and walked out of the room, heading to the hut not far away.
Zhao Duan was the only one left in the room.
However, what the empress didn't know was that Zhao, who seemed to be sleeping at the moment, experienced several visualizations, and after Pei Niannu once again opened his skull and threw out the "Six Chapters Sutra", his consciousness drifted and fell. Wandering in the sea of consciousness, a green lotus appeared in front of me.
"Qinglian? Is this the one given by the World Honored One? How did I see it..."
Zhao Duan was confused and his thinking was not very clear.
The soul was stunned, floating on the sea of consciousness, and subconsciously approached the green lotus that was gently swaying in the sea of consciousness, with its whole body blue and emitting gleaming green light.
Then the next second.
With a "boom", Zhao Duan felt the sea of consciousness suddenly expand. In an instant, his soul power, which had already exceeded the normal "Shenzhang Realm" range, spread crazily.
With the center of the eyebrow as the center, it quickly spreads to all sides of reality.
He did not wake up, but he clearly "saw" every furnishing and detail in the empress's palace, and saw the "empty" bed on the bed next door.
Then, the soul power continued to spread out of the room and towards the night.
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