Chapter 162: Before You Go
With Wu Yundi leaving, the originally tense atmosphere in the courtyard was suddenly relieved, but Zhao Xinzhu and the others were obviously not suitable to stay here anymore, after chatting with Chen Yu in a hurry, they said goodbye and left the courtyard, but Zhao Mingzhu was thick-skinned, not to say that Chen Yu didn't have time to pay attention to him in the first two months, and now that he is out of the customs, he must be compensated well.
Chen Yu was a little helpless, but he also knew that Zhao Mingzhu was such a character, so he didn't drive Zhao Mingzhu out.
After the two chatted again, Chen Yu seemed to say unintentionally, "Who was that Wu Yun just now?"
Zhao Mingzhu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then his mouth pursed, and he said angrily: "This person is not a good thing, he just relies on the power of the Wu family, and he looks like he is the boss all day long, and he thinks he is the core disciple of the seven major forces if he doesn't know!"
When Zhao Mingzhu said this, he also showed a disgusted expression on his face, thinking that he should have suffered a loss at the hands of Wu Yun.
Hearing Zhao Mingzhu's complaints, Chen Yu smiled, and instead of accommodating, he continued to ask: "That Wu Yun said before that I took up his brother's place, what's going on?"
Zhao Mingzhu smiled when he heard this: "This matter was decided by my imperial uncle, and you also know that the number of places to participate in the ruins is very small, and it is impossible for the royal family to monopolize all the places, so some places must be released to appease those families." ”
"Originally, all the quotas have been set, but my father may have promised you a quota before, so he went to the imperial uncle to ask for a quota, and the quota of the royal family cannot be given to you, and it just so happens that in recent years, the Wu family has developed too quickly because of its power, and there are faint signs of disobedience to the royal family, so the imperial uncle forced a quota from the Wu family to give it to you, and I think it is also a wake-up call for the Wu family. ”
Hearing Zhao Mingzhu's explanation, Chen Yu couldn't help sneering in his heart, this Emperor of Zhao State had a good calculation, but he was unjustified and was hostile to that Wu Yun.
After scolding the Emperor of Zhao in his heart, Zhao Mingzhu couldn't wait to pull Chen Yu out of the courtyard, saying that he wanted to take Chen Yu to try a newly opened tavern in the city.
On the way out of the palace, Chen Yu found that there were many unfamiliar faces in the palace, most of them were young people, although their faces were a little immature, but the fluctuations of spiritual power in their bodies made Chen Yu's eyes a little dignified, these people were not simple, there were several that could be compared to Li Fei who fought with Chen Yu before, it seemed that they should be the people who participated in the ruins this time.
Chen Yu originally wanted to observe these people more, but Zhao Mingzhu kept urging him to move forward, so Chen Yu could only take a look and walked out of the palace.
After walking around the city with Zhao Mingzhu for a long time, it was getting late, and all the lights and candles in the palace were lit up, which was particularly bright in this dark night.
And those people who Chen Yu didn't have time to observe during the day were all gathered in a large courtyard of the palace at this moment, and Chen Yu was also sitting in the courtyard at this moment, his face was a little bitter.
There are still a few days to go, so Zhao Wenjin decided to hold a grand farewell banquet in the palace to practice for these people, originally Chen Yu didn't plan to join in the fun, he was also ready to go back to continue to consolidate his spiritual power, but he couldn't stand Zhao Mingzhu's stalking and had to come out to participate in this farewell banquet.
However, this time, Chen Yu can take a good look at these people who are called geniuses in Zhao.
Looking around the entire courtyard, all of them are cultivating in the Spirit Realm, not a single one in the Mortal Realm, but think about it, the people who participated in the Forging Spirit Realm Ruins this time are all geniuses, how can there be a cultivation in the Mortal Realm.
Among these people, Chen Yu paid special attention to a few people, four men and one woman, some of which were unexpected by Chen Yu, two of the four men he knew, not only did they know, but the relationship was also very poor.
One is Wu Yun, who has just met during the day, and the other is the third prince who wanted Chen Yu to give up the quota of the Soul Pool-Zhao Jiumu.
As if noticing Chen Yu's gaze, Wu Yun sneered, glanced at Chen Yu indifferently, and then turned his gaze, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt like he was looking at a dead person.
However, Zhao Jiumu raised his wine glass and smiled at Chen Yu, he couldn't see that he had a dislike with Chen Yu before, Chen Yu also smiled in return, raised his wine glass and saluted, but in his heart he was vigilant, he didn't believe that Zhao Jiumu really regarded those things before as if they hadn't happened, Chen Yu wanted to see what the three princes were going to be!
As for the others, one of them is Zhao Xinzhu, and the other is a rather sturdy man, originally Chen Yu felt that Qin Erniu was already very strong, but this person was even stronger than Qin Erniu, the exposed arm muscles were bulging, and there were green tendons exposed from time to time, which visually gave people a sense of impact.
In the end, there is a woman dressed in white, her face is not very delicate, at most it is delicate, even the little maid next to Zhao Xinzhu is more beautiful than her, but there seems to be a chill around this person, which makes people dare not approach, if you say that the most noticeable among several people Chen Yu, it is this woman.
Although everyone else made Chen Yu feel a sense of oppression, Chen Yu felt a sense of danger from this woman, which was something that others did not let him feel, so Chen Yu would stay on the woman's body for a longer period of time.
The woman also felt Chen Yu's gaze, her cold eyes skimmed in the direction of Chen Yu, and in the next moment, Chen Yu felt that the temperature around her had dropped a lot, and the wine in the cup began to freeze at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally turned into ice cubes completely.
However, the woman only glanced at Chen Yu and did not make any other movements, so it didn't take long for the temperature around Chen Yu to recover.
Although the place where Chen Yu was located was at the end of the banquet, the changes that occurred on Chen Yu's side attracted the attention of many people, their eyes were all turning around on Chen Yu and the woman in white, and many people showed sympathetic eyes towards Chen Yu, this kid was really bold, he actually dared to provoke the famous ice cubes in the imperial city!
Even the maid next to Zhao Xinzhu covered her mouth and snickered a few times, and said something in Zhao Xinzhu's ear, which made Zhao Xinzhu angrily point her finger on the maid's forehead.
Just when Chen Yu was a little helpless, a shout completely put Chen Yu in everyone's eyes.
"Ming Yu, it turns out that you are here, it is really easy for me to find it, hurry up, sit down quickly, I have a place for you here!"
Needless to say, this hurried voice must be Zhao Mingzhu, Chen Yu patted his forehead, he was sitting here to be unobtrusive and keep a low profile, but now it's okay, Zhao Mingzhu shouted like this, and he was directly exposed in front of everyone.
And this kid doesn't want to think about it, what position is he doing now, with Zhao Jiumu and Zhao Xinzhu and other royal family members sitting on it, how can he sit on it with just a royal mansion to worship?
However, Chen Yu obviously underestimated Zhao Mingzhu's stubbornness, and after he shouted a few times and was ignored, Zhao Mingzhu actually got up and walked directly to Chen Yu's side, and dragged Chen Yu to the front of the banquet.
At this moment, Chen Yu instantly felt that the eyes of the people at the entire banquet had changed, and Chen Yu even felt that the eyes of these people were like sharp swords shooting at his back.
Among these people, the one who gritted his teeth the most was Wu Yun, with his identity, he could only sit in the second seat, how could He De, the enshriner of this small palace, sit in the first seat?
"Hehe, some people really don't know the high and low, they can't recognize their status, and they think that they can ascend to the sky in one step by relying on the love of His Royal Highness the Prince, they really don't know the height of the sky!" Wu Yun didn't intend to endure this tone, so he directly opened his mouth and sneered.
Wu Yun's words also attracted many people's agreement, originally no one knew who Chen Yu was, but now he saw a nobody sitting directly in a position, who could bear it?
Before Chen Yu could speak, Zhao Mingzhu was furious when he heard this, and was just about to speak, but Zhao Jiumu, who was sitting opposite him, spoke: "Brother Wu's words are wrong, Brother Ming is no one else, he is my brother Wang's life-saving benefactor, in order to repay his life-saving grace, our Uncle Wang not only won a place for him to go to the soul pool, but also helped him get a place to go to the ruins, so compared to the previous things, this seat is just a trivial matter......
This guy!
Chen Yu's face suddenly gloomy, this Zhao Jiumu is really a person who is good at making soft knives, and he said the benefits that Chen Yu received in a few words, forget the first few items, it can be said that the palace is in order to repay the grace of saving lives, but now it is a little bit necessary to sit in the first seat, this Zhao Jiumu is really a poisonous snake in the dark, if he doesn't make a move, he will kill people if he makes a move!
Just when Wu Yun sneered, and everyone's eyes became colder and colder, a voice came directly from the entrance of the courtyard: "Ming Yu is not only my son's life-saving benefactor, but also won the qualification for my son's baptism in the Soul Pool, and it is also the worship that I personally recruited to the door, it is reasonable for him to sit on the first seat, what, do you have any opinions?"
The strong voice directly spread throughout the entire courtyard, everyone immediately stood up, looked respectfully towards the door, a thin but with a strong superior aura of the figure walked in, although his body was not surrounded by spiritual power, but still made people feel a great sense of oppression, the entire courtyard people felt that the spiritual power in their bodies stopped running at this moment, as if they were suppressed by something.
The person who walked into the courtyard was naturally the prince of Yuancheng - Zhao Wenjin!
Zhao Wenjin crossed the aisle all the way, and walked directly to the front of the banquet, and when he walked to Chen Yu's side, he patted Chen Yu's shoulder, and then directly faced everyone in the courtyard, and after scanning everyone around, he said lightly: "Sit down......
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and sat down one after another, and some of the unhelpful people were even frightened into weakness, and they didn't even have the strength to hold up the wine glasses, and they heard a lot of broken wine glasses for a while.
After ignoring these voices, Zhao Wenjin looked at Wu Yun and said, "Now do you have any opinions on Ming Yu sitting on the first seat?"
Although Zhao Wenjin's tone was flat, it carried a kind of prestige that could not be refused, how could Wu Yun dare to refute him again, he immediately lowered his head and whispered: "Since the prince has said so, of course I don't dare to have any opinions." "Such a well-behaved appearance, how can there be that unruly appearance during the day.
Hearing Wu Yun's answer, Zhao Wenjin snorted coldly, does this Wu family really regard themselves as the boss of Zhao State? He even dares to disobey the things decided by the royal family!
After suppressing Wu Yun, Zhao Wenjin turned his gaze to Zhao Jiumu, Zhao Jiumu was shocked, but there was still a smile on his face: "Jiumu has seen Uncle Wang......"
"Jiumu, this is the ...... of Yuancheng" Zhao Wenjin suddenly came out with such a sentence, although it was only a few words, but it made Zhao Jiumu's whole face freeze, and then he showed a wry smile, and directly lowered his head: "Jiumu has been taught......" It's just that the hands under the table are clenched into fists fiercely.
After saying all this, Zhao Wenjin looked at Chen Yu and showed a smile, and motioned for Chen Yu to sit down, Chen Yu was reluctant to sit in this hot ass position at first, but now Zhao Wenjin is watching, plus Zhao Mingzhu has been pulling him, and finally he still sits in the position.
After Zhao Wenjin saw Zhao Xinzhu and the sturdy man, he directly stopped his eyes on the woman in white, and then smiled lightly: "Hehe, I didn't expect that it was just a year since I saw it, and Dong's niece's cold condensation has gone to a new realm, Dong Qianli's guy is okay?"
In the face of Zhao Wenjin's praise, the woman in white actually pulled a smile on her originally expressionless face, but she didn't seem to have laughed for a long time, and the curvature of the corners of her mouth seemed to be a little stiff, but she didn't care about this, and said: "Thanks to the blessing of the prince, my father is in good health, but he always talks about the prince, this time, my father also asked me to say hello to the prince on his behalf." ”
"Hahaha, Dong Qianli, that old guy will say this about me, but I understand his kindness, these days, my niece is living in my house, what do you want, tell this king, this king will satisfy you." Zhao Wenjin was obviously very happy to hear what the woman in white said, thinking that he had a very good relationship with Dong Qianli, and after asking the woman in white a few more words, he took his eyes back.
Zhao Wenjin directly picked up the wine glass and looked at everyone and said: "The original intention of this banquet is to practice for you, you are all geniuses of my Zhao Kingdom, and you are all talents who have found the pillars of the future.
Zhao Wenjin toasted, and it was naturally impossible for everyone not to take it, everyone stood up, gestured towards Zhao Wenjin with both hands holding wine glasses, and then said in unison: "Thank you, Lord Wang!"
Zhao Wenjin obviously won't stay here for long, after saying a few words, he didn't stay anymore, and left the courtyard directly, leaving everyone to continue eating and drinking in the courtyard, as soon as Zhao Wenjin left, the atmosphere in the courtyard naturally became more and more lively, with Zhao Wenjin's previous words, Wu Yun and others naturally didn't dare to find trouble with Chen Yu anymore, Chen Yu also enjoyed it, talking with people from time to time, the banquet lasted until late at night before it dispersed, many people were drunk, and they returned to their own houses with the support of their subordinates.
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Inside the study.
Zhao Wenjin closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows with both hands, and the whole person was no longer the same as before, but looked very tired.
Squeak!
The sound of pushing the door suddenly sounded, Zhao Wenjin didn't open his eyes, obviously he already knew who the person who pushed the door in was.
"Hsinchu has seen Uncle Wang......" Standing in front of Zhao Wenjin was an unusually beautiful man - Zhao Hsinchu, the fifth prince.
Regarding Zhao Xinzhu's salute, Zhao Wenjin waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Okay, Hsinchu, you don't need so many salutes in front of me." ”
Hearing Zhao Wenjin's words, Zhao Xinzhu did not relax his posture, but became more and more respectful, Zhao Wenjin saw him like this, shook his head and sighed: "You, you, are still so stubborn......"
"I'm not going around the bend with you anymore, I'm looking for you at this time to ask you something. Zhao Wenjin said.
Zhao Xinzhu raised his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something, and said, "I think Uncle Wang wants to ask about Lu Yunlan, right?"
Zhao Wenjin frowned and nodded, and said, "Yes, what kind of evil did the imperial brother fall into, he actually insisted on taking Lu Yunlan as a concubine, and he didn't listen to any persuasion." ”
"Who is this Lu Yunlan, doesn't he know? This Lu Yunlan is the culprit who let Chen Guo destroy the country in the first place, speaking of which, we still have to thank her, if it weren't for her, we might not be able to destroy Chen Guo smoothly, but it is precisely because of this that I don't agree with the imperial brother to accept Lu Yunlan as a concubine!"
Zhao Xinzhu also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and his eyebrows were full of worry: "I don't know why my father insisted on accepting Lu Yunlan as a concubine, I only know that since my father went to see Lu Yunlan once in the prison, he didn't want to give up on her, and he actually took her from the prison to the deep palace regardless of the opposition of the ministers, so it doesn't matter, and now he still wants to accept her as a concubine, it's really getting more and more excessive!"
"Eh, Hsinchu, be cautious, it's not our turn to evaluate what the imperial brother has done, all we can do is to remind the imperial brother not to fall too deep, after you set off in a few days, I will go to the imperial city again to persuade the imperial brother, you don't have to worry too much, when I left the imperial city a few days ago, I had already arranged for someone to keep an eye on Lu Yunlan, if she made any moves, I would know at once......" Zhao Wenjin said.
When Zhao Xinzhu heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, but the worry in his eyes couldn't be eliminated, the two chatted for a while, and finally Zhao Xinzhu said goodbye to Zhao Wenjin, pushed the door and returned to his house, leaving only Zhao Wenjin alone.
Zhao Wenjin stood up, paced back and forth in the study, looked out the window from time to time, and looked at the calligraphy and paintings in the room from time to time, and finally stopped his eyes on the flickering candlelight, the flickering candlelight flickered in Zhao Wenjin's eyes, as if announcing something......