Chapter 540: Burnt phalanges
Xiao Wu originally became more and more energetic the more he spoke, but when he faced Chu Yunshen's expressionless face, he suddenly became dumbfounded.
His lips moved a few times, and he rubbed his hands a little helplessly, and his eyes rolled even more at a loss, as if he wanted to explain something to Chu Yunshen.
"Go down and rest."
Chu Yunshen took a step ahead of Xiao Wu and spoke lightly.
The emotions in his eyes surged, and he just waved his hand towards Xiao Wu.
As everyone knows, the more Chu Yunshen is like this, the more nervous Xiao Wu looks. He bowed to Chu Yunshen, and finally apologized in a low voice:
"Please punish the Lord, it's the subordinates who are abrupt, and they shouldn't talk about these things."
Mo Yao may not know, but Xiao Wu and their secret guards, including Cheng Xiaoxiao lying on the bed, know very well, Chu Yunshen has always disliked Chu Hongzhen, and he didn't do this to please Chu Hongzhen.
Let's ask such Chu Yunshen, how can he care about Chu Hongzhen's opinion?
This is also the reason why Xiao Wu is flustered after saying the wrong thing now, but he didn't expect Chu Yunshen to blame him at all.
This time, Chu Yunshen didn't even say a word, he just continued to wave his hand at Xiao Wu, and he walked to Cheng Xiaoxiao's side and sat down beside the bed.
Xiao Wu knew that Chu Yunshen really didn't want to dig deeper, so he had to salute again and leave with an apologetic face.
It wasn't until Xiao Wu's footsteps disappeared at the door of the tent that Chu Yunshen's tense face relaxed in an instant.
His originally straight back suddenly relaxed, and the whole person curled up beside Cheng Xiaoxiao's bed, looking like a big doll that had been wronged.
Even though he couldn't see Chu Yunshen's expression now, Mo Yao could feel a thick sadness from the tall man's back.
And Chu Yunshen's original royal majesty also faded in an instant, he was no different from many ordinary people who were trapped by love, he was so ordinary, and so helpless.
Mo Yao glanced at Cheng Xiaoxiao's calm face on the bed a few more times, and after thinking about it, he still used his head to open the curtain at the door of the tent, and then quietly flew out along the small gap.
No one knew that Chu Yunshen's hand in the tent was slowly and gently caressing Cheng Xiaoxiao's cheek, and he was very patient to help Cheng Xiaoxiao sort out her messy hair.
His eyes were full of pain, and his movements were extremely pitying.
It's a pity that no matter how affectionate Chu Yunshen is at this time, Cheng Xiaoxiao on the bed is still just lying there quietly, her eyes closed, and she can't feel anything.
Nonsense, if Cheng Xiaoxiao could feel it, she would have been crazy a long time ago, where could she still lie here. She must have gotten up and jumped up, and then directly dragged Chu Yunshen to pop one.
So,It's better to not know.,I don't know if it's going to be a restrictive picture.。
As a result, this warm atmosphere remained in the tent for several days. But thousands of miles away in the Imperial Palace in Beijing, it has long been an unbearable aura of slaughter.
In the imperial study, porcelain fragments and scrambled folds were scattered all over the place.
Chu Hongzhen stood in front of the bookcase angrily, and the jade wrench on his thumb was clenched tightly:
"What a fourth, I asked him to investigate the Luyu Inn, is that how he investigated?!"
Chu Hongzhen's face was furious, and he naturally fell to his knees again.
Yuan Qing knelt beside Chu Hongzhen and didn't dare to make a sound, and even more so as for the other palace maids and eunuchs. Those who were timid began to tremble on their knees, and their bodies were even more prostrate on the ground, and they didn't dare to raise their heads at all.
The only one who dared to speak was Chu Hongyi, who was not afraid of death, and he was going to kneel on the ground and plan to ask Chu Yunshen for a favor.
"My father was angry, and my son thought that the fourth brother was not wrong, and my father also saw it in the court just now, and it was obvious that those Wu people were deliberately making trouble."
Chu Hongyi had already made up his mind to help Chu Yunshen, but now when he mentioned what happened just now, he couldn't help but look even more angry.
Half an hour ago, the Golden Luan Palace.
The spies sent back by Chu Yunshen had just arrived at the Jinluan Palace, and before the matter of the Luyu Inn was finished, a eunuch came to report, saying that the envoy of Wu who had been stationed in the embassy asked to see him.
Picking this time to meet at such a 'coincidence', there must be something going on.
Chu Hongzhen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had a gleam in his eyes, and his hand in the dragon robe moved slightly, and he commanded with a smile on his face:
"Xuan."
Yuan Qing immediately saluted when he heard the order, and at the same time gently shook the dust and shouted towards the bottom of the main hall:
"Xuan!"
His Royal Highness's little eunuch also saluted, walked outside the main hall in small steps, and then passed down in a sharp voice.
After tossing and turning like this, within a moment, the envoys of the State of Wu stood in front of Chu Hongzhen and many civil and military officials.
In front of everyone's eyes, the envoy of the Wu State with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks still saluted lazily, and when Chu Hongzhen finished speaking, he stood in the center of the main hall very casually.
"I don't know what the envoy wants to do when he comes this time?"
Chu Hongzhen flattened his voice and lengthened his voice, and said majestically.
Originally, it was reasonable that the envoy of Wu should reply immediately after he finished asking, but he didn't expect that the envoy was unusual, just standing in the center of the hall with a smile.
When everyone's attention in the hall was focused on him, he slowly beckoned to the entourage behind him.
The attendant nodded obediently, quickly stepped forward, and lifted the tray he had been holding in his hand aloft.
The envoy continued to sell the guanzi, and he pointed to the tray covered with red satin, and asked meaningfully:
"Your Majesty, do you know what is on this tray?"
Chu Hongzhen's brows frowned slightly, and a pair of eagle eyes looked the envoy of Wu up and down, and said in a calm tone:
"I can't guess, I hope the envoy has something to say."
The envoy of the Wu State smiled slightly, he pointed to the tray again, and looked around the Jinluan Palace, "What about the others?" Can anyone in the temple guess what this is? ”
Everyone was looking around, and they didn't want to look at the envoy of the Wu State.
Chu Hongzhen's expression became more and more impatient, and a trace of killing intent flashed in his narrow eyes, but that killing intent was quickly restrained by him, and it was replaced by a false smile.
"The envoy really loves to sell Guanzi, since no one can guess it, let's bother the envoy to hurry up and guide everyone."
The envoy of Wu seemed to be very satisfied with this reaction, and he nodded at Chu Hongzhen with a smile:
"I would like to solve your Majesty's doubts."
With a "swish", the hand of the envoy of Wu State unexpectedly pulled off the red satin on the tray.
"Shhh
The ministers closest to the envoys of Wu directly gasped, and those who were far away also exclaimed in small exclamations when they saw the contents of the tray clearly.
Because of this small tray in the main hall, there was a big turmoil.
Everyone whispered, and the originally solemn Jinluan Hall instantly became a little noisy, making Chu Hongzhen more and more dissatisfied.
Chu Hongzhen naturally saw the tray clearly, but his expression was very light, and it could even be said that there was no wave at all.
On the contrary is the fourteenth prince Chu Hongyi.
As the youngest prince, he has always been well protected in the palace by Chu Hongzhen and Su Guifei.
Although Chu Hongyi is also sensible, he knows that there is dirt and dirt in this world, and he knows that many people have evil intentions in private, but in the end, he has seen less and has not experienced any winds and waves.
Let's just say that the blackened hand bones on the tray, the finger bones twisted into a weird shape, and the jade ring on the index finger that was also burned black, Chu Hongyi was disgusted when he saw it.
This is obviously the woman's hand bones, or was burned like this by the fire, Chu Hongyi just made up the scene in his brain, and his hairs couldn't help but stand on end.
In the center of the hall, when the envoy of Wu lifted the red silk, he still had the same kind appearance with a smile, but now it has changed to another appearance in a blink of an eye.
He had a cold face, and his triangular eyes looked at Chu Hongzhen in the hall with bad intentions:
"Your Majesty, do you know that there was a fire in the Huanyang Desert a few days ago?"
Hearing that the envoy of Wu took the initiative to raise the fire, and the burnt hand bones appeared just now, Chu Hongzhen felt a bad feeling in his heart, but on the surface he was still unmoved.
"I've heard a little."
The envoy of the State of Wu nodded, and then turned his head to look at Chu Hongyi, whose expression was a little unnatural:
"This must be the Fourteenth Prince, His Royal Highness King Xuan, right?"
Chu Hongyi heard the words 'Huanyang Desert' just now, and his heart jumped fiercely, but he didn't expect to be named by Wu Guo's envoy so soon.
Chu Hongzhen didn't seem to expect that this envoy would suddenly change the object, and he changed the topic so rashly. Chu Hongzhen waved his sleeves with some displeasure, and it was not good to interrupt directly.
Fortunately, Chu Hongyi's reaction was quite fast, he squeezed out a stiff smile, sank his dantian, and bowed his head slightly to the envoy of Wu State.
Chu Hongyi thought that if he was so perfunctory, this matter would definitely be lifted immediately, but he didn't expect that the envoys of Wu State had no intention of letting him go at all.
"Just now, His Royal Highness King Xuan seems to have something to say, could it be that he has an opinion on the matter of the Huanyang Desert?"
The envoy of the State of Wu showed that fake smile again, he stared at Chu Hongyi deadly, but he refused to look away.
The smile on Chu Hongyi's face hadn't had time to rein, and the smile was frozen on his face, and the words of the envoy of the Wu State looked so funny.
For some reason, Chu Hongyi suddenly thought of Cheng Xiaoxiao, who often complained in his heart.
He thought that he could suddenly understand Cheng Xiaoxiao's usual feelings at this moment, the feeling of having to scold a few words to relieve his anger.
The facts show that Chu Hongyi did the same.
He remained silent without smiling, and began to complain frantically in his heart:
'Just now'?
Which 'just now'?
Which eye did you see that I had something to say?
Do I have something to say that you know better than I do? Are you a worm in my stomach?
What else do you say'have an opinion', he couldn't listen to the matter of the Lu Yu Inn just now, what opinion can he have.
If you have nothing to do, you have to pick someone and pick an occasion.
Finally, after rolling his eyes in his heart, Chu Hongyi withdrew the disdain in his eyes and exchanged it for that extremely sincere and innocent expression.
He looked at Chu Hongzhen, who was sitting in the hall, with a confused face.
In fact, Chu Hongyi didn't deliberately pretend to be pitiful, but he was originally a little fourteen who didn't understand anything in Chu Hongzhen's eyes, and his always shining puppy eyes made it easy to feel pity.
Chu Hongzhen threw a reassuring look at Chu Hongyi, then turned his face to the envoy of Wu and said lightly:
"Yi'er is still young and curious. Xu was interested in what the envoy had just said about returning the Yang Desert, so he lost his temper for a while. ”
He paused, and then shook his sleeve as if unintentionally:
"As for the rest, I think the envoy has thought too much."
After speaking, Chu Hongzhen raised his eyes and glanced coldly at the envoy of Wu State. The latter was slightly stunned, and soon showed a more genuine smile:
"What Your Majesty said is very true, it seems that it is indeed a small minister."