Chapter Twenty-Three: Someone from the Palace
"Which direction are we headed now?" Ruan Ge asked.
"Ning Xuanguo's Kyoto Fenglin City!"
"It turns out that I'm also going to Fenglin City!" Ruan Ge sighed. She secretly thought that if she followed Zhong Xianren to Fenglin, if she was found by Ning Mingchen, wouldn't she suffer again and become a slave? No, we have to find a chance to get out.
"But it's strange, didn't the Zhong Immortal people never go down the mountain? How did you take you all down the mountain this time? Ruan Ge asked puzzled.
"Well, it's a long story, when you get to Fenglin City, you'll understand everything!" Ziyue said mysteriously.
Ruan Ge glanced at her, "Cut, don't tell me to pull down, it has nothing to do with me anyway, I'm too lazy to know!" After saying that, he turned his face and pretended to ignore people.
Ziyue pursed her lips and laughed, saying in her heart that this little girl really hasn't changed at all, and she is still so childlike.
Ruan Ge knew that she had escaped from Ning Mingchen's palm, and she was in a very comfortable mood, and suddenly relaxed the tense nerves during this time, she felt that she was too tired, and she was seriously injured, so she fell asleep again.
Luo Chuan, who was accompanying him, raised the door curtain outside the car and asked Ziyue with a smile: "Miss Ruan is awake?"
Ziyue made a 'shhh' gesture and said softly: "You be quiet, this girl just woke up and said a few words, but her body was too weak and she fell asleep again."
"The front is about to arrive in Hechang City, His Royal Highness's body is a little unbearable, and he ordered him to go into the city to rest for half a day!" Luo Chuan said with a grin.
"That's great, I can just take good care of Ruan Ge." Ziyue said happily.
Hechang is less than a day's journey from the capital city of Fenglin, and it is a must to enter Beijing.
Although Hechang is not as good as Fenglin at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is also quite prosperous, the city is populated, and commerce is prosperous.
The carriage stopped in front of an inn, and Ruan Ge was also helped out of the car, and there was a slight coughing sound from the other car, no need to guess that it must be Zhong Xianren.
I saw that Zhong Yan was supported by Yun Luo and slowly got out of the carriage, still wearing a plain white brocade robe, his face was slightly pale, but it was difficult to hide his stunning handsome face.
Feeling Ruan Ge's gaze, Zhong Yan raised his head slightly and glanced at the sick and crooked Ruan Ge, and Ruan Ge gave him an incomparably bright smile. But Zhong Yan's face still had a cold expression that had not changed for thousands of years, without any words or expressions.
Although Ruan Ge suspected that Zhong Xianren was facial paralysis, she hadn't seen her for a long time, and she still hoped that he could have some expressions towards her for some reason, even if it was a little different from others.
But seeing that Zhong Yan was still faint, even if he was standing in front of her, she felt that he was far away from her. It was an attitude that was colder than 10,000 years of ice, and Ruan Ge was a little lost for no reason.
Yun Luo, who was supporting Zhong Yan next to him, had a face like a peach blossom, wearing a long dress with emerald pigment forging, outlining the curves of his body and being delicate.
Ruan Ge said hello softly, "Hello Sister Yunluo." Yun Luo nodded slightly, but did not answer. The eyes that looked at Ruan Ge were quite profound, and it was incomprehensible.
Zhong Yan motioned for Luo Chuan to enter, and a few people stepped into the inn.
Luo Chuan settled in the rooms of several people, and then went to Zhang Luo for food and other things.
Ziyue and Ruan Ge share a room, which is also convenient for taking care of her.
Back in the room, Ruan Ge, who was forced to rest on the bed by Ziyue, was idle and bored, so he asked Ziyue: "Yue'er, did you say that Sister Yunluo had any misunderstanding about me?"
"She's that kind of person, she doesn't have such a warm attitude towards people, don't take it to heart!" Ziyue explained.
"I must have been with Zhong Xianren for too long, and I was infected by him! Ha" Ruan Ge quipped, and the two laughed together.
Yun Luo helped Zhong Yan to the door of the guest room, and Zhong Yan said lightly: "You go down first."
"Yunluo takes care of you to sleep, let's go." Yun Luo hurriedly said.
"No need." After speaking, without waiting for Yun Luo to speak, he pushed the door and entered, and took the door with his hand.
Yun Luo stood in front of the door for a long time before turning to leave.
Zhong Yan crossed his legs and meditated quietly on the bed. For a long time, when I meditated, my mind was as empty as pure water and as clear as an ice mirror.
The handsome face of Allure without waves, but at this time, the corners of his mouth were faintly hooked, and the little lonely eyes of that person had never escaped his eyes.
That look made his heart flutter slightly, like a dragonfly gently touching the calm water, making ripples in circles.
"Master, someone from the palace has arrived." Luo Chuan knocked lightly on the door and said.
Zhong Yan's face was as cold as ice, and his eyes were like a pool of deep water, which made people shudder.
"Please come in." A cold voice came from inside the room.
With the sound of a "squeak", a man walked into the house.
"Old slave, knock on the Second Highness." A slightly old but confident voice.
Zhong Yan opened his eyes when he heard this, and there was an old man with gorgeous hair kneeling on the ground in front of him.
Zhong Yan got up and helped him up, and the old man in front of him raised his head tremblingly, his eyes were already full of old tears.
"Grandpa Qin, why are you here?" Zhong Yan was obviously surprised.
The old man, known as Father-in-law Qin, was in his sixties, with a white face and no beard, dressed in brown and gray brocade clothes, and a copper-colored square scarf on his head. The forehead and eye corners are full of wrinkles, and there are some black-brown age spots on the cheekbones, but the eyebrows and eyes are very bright.
"It's been eight years, and the old slave hasn't seen His Second Highness for eight years!" Gonggong Qin wiped his tears with his sleeve and said.
"I didn't expect it to be you." Zhong Yan helped Gonggong Qin sit down, and he was also a little moved.
"It was the old slave who begged the emperor to come, thank the emperor for his grace, so that the old slave could see the second highness before leaving the palace." After saying that, he burst into tears with joy.
"Leaving the palace? Who got you out of the palace? Didn't you get permission from the emperor to retire in the palace? Zhong Yan asked suspiciously.
"The old slave is old, and he can't do anything well, and now the harem is full of the world of Tu Guifei, and I, the old emperor, can stay until now It is a great grace." Gonggong Qin sighed and said, "Look at my old fool, how can I say these useless things." Today, the old slave is to welcome His Royal Highness back to the court, since you left the palace eight years ago, the old slave is looking forward to such a day. ”
"Father-in-law Qin, don't call yourself an old slave in front of me." Zhong Yan said.
"Yes, the old slave listens to His Highness! When the emperor heard that His Royal Highness was coming back, he was very happy, and he specially personally commanded the Qingyun Hall to be repaired and decorated, and waited for His Highness to return to the palace. ”
"Oh? I really didn't know my father was so kind to me. But who said I was going to live in the palace? Zhong Yan said lightly.
"Your Highness, in the past eight years that you have been gone, the emperor has been thinking about you all the time. I often run to Qingyun Hall and sit all night. Gonggong Qin said again.
Zhong Yan didn't mean to answer Father-in-law Qin's words, but suddenly said, "Father-in-law, you will stay by my side in the future."