Chapter 175: Summer Sacrifice
Xu was because Chu Nian picked out the fault in his words, Chu Yuanlang touched his nose in a sneer, and then said: "My sister is also beautiful on weekdays, and my sister has always been the most beautiful in the world in my heart." β
Chu Nian couldn't help but hook his red lips and laughed lightly, then he saw that Chu Yuanlang also laughed stupidly, Chu Nian remembered the matter and said, "What are you busy with these days?" β
When she was still in Qingyunguan, she heard Li Le say that Chu Yuanlang was busy all day long, and he had done a lot of important things and won the praise of the imperial court.
Chu Nian was very pleased with his younger brother's growth, but on the other hand, he couldn't help but worry, at the moment, the two of them were afraid that they would be too public, just afraid that they would attract attention, and at the moment Chu Yuanlang was just a small town, Chu Nian was afraid that he would not be able to withstand the deception of those officialdoms.
But obviously Chu Nian thought too much, at this moment Chu Yuanlang heard that he was going to participate in the summer festival and face those hypocritical ministers, but he lost his initial fear, thinking that at the beginning, he was just participating in a birthday banquet of King Huainan, so he was so frightened that he was at a loss, and he still needed Chu Nian's comfort to slowly relax his emotions, but now he is going to participate in the palace banquet, Chu Yuanlang seems to be leisurely along the way.
Thinking about it, it was also when Chu Nian was not there that he exercised Chu Yuanlang's skills to be in charge, and at this moment, Chu Yuanlang had inadvertently grown into an adult by Chu Nian.
Seeing Chu Nian's question, Chu Yuanlang was not ambiguous, and said with a light smile: "A few days ago, my sister was not here, and there was a medicine fairy at home to help manage it, so I didn't have to look ahead and backward, so I went to take care of it." β
Chu Nian probably guessed what Chu Yuanlang was talking about, although she was far away in Qingyunguan, she had also received news about Chu Yuanlang from Li Le, I heard that he helped Liu Qipo about the murder of the prince a few days ago?
Chu Yuanlang looked out the window with a smile: "I have already roughly guessed who did it, but in my opinion, we don't need to participate in this matter, just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." β
Chu Nian hadn't experienced the killing of the prince, but he heard that the modus operandi looked like an illusion, but he didn't know it very well, seeing Chu Yuanlang say this, he knew that this smart brother already had an idea in his heart, but he was also curious: "Oh? When did you talk to your sister so roundabout about it? β
Under Chu Nian's gaze, Chu Yuanlang broke through in a second, turning from an unfathomable teenager to a naΓ―ve big boy, he smiled and touched his head: "Sister is so smart, even if I don't need to say it, my sister will know what is going on sooner or later, not to mention that this matter is beneficial to us, why should we bother to meddle and not be beneficial." β
As soon as his words fell, he saw Chu Nian looking at him with indulgent eyes, and his heart was slightly shocked, could it be that he said something wrong to make his sister angry?
But he didn't want to, after a while, Chu Nian just sighed silently, and then looked at Chu Yuanlang with relief and said, "My brother has grown up, so I don't need to worry about it." β
Seeing Chu Nian's appearance, Chu Yuanlang blushed embarrassedly, and after a while, he said a little absent-mindedly: "Sister, how is Sister Mu Qing now?" β
As soon as Mu Qing was mentioned, Chu Nian's eyes sank again, she half-opened her eyes and didn't let Chu Yuanlang see through her emotions, and said in a voice as indifferent as possible: "Soon, when the Medicine King comes back, Mu Qing will naturally wake up." β
Chu Yuanlang didn't notice Chu Nian's strange emotions, he breathed a long sigh of relief and nodded, "That's great." β
At the stall of speaking, the palace had arrived, and the sisters and brothers of the Chu family both got out of the carriage, led by Gonggong An and walked towards the main hall of the Qianlong Palace, gradually following a few rich and noble girls on the side, and several women looked at Chu Nian and Chu Yuanlang, occasionally whispering.
"That's the county lord's brother? That young and successful Chu Yuanlang? β
"It's worthy of being a sister and brother, it's really a golden boy and a girl, and her appearance is first-class!"
"Shhh, don't say it, you didn't listen to your father's family, now the Chu family is lost, if anyone gets close to their sister and brother, whose family will suffer!"
"Hey, it's true, with such good talent as that sister and brother......"
"Okay, don't talk about these irrelevant things, today's county lord is so red and beautiful!"
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Chu Nian frowned, a breeze blew, and the tips of his hair were messy, when did their Chu family become the losers?
Chu Yuanlang on the side also seemed to hear the discussion of the nobles, and when he saw Chu Nian looking over, he smiled lightly and comforted: "Sister, don't care what they say, anyway, we don't bother to be with them." β
Chu Nian smiled, stretched out his hand and rubbed Chu Yuanlang's head, only then did he realize that his younger brother, who was originally about the same height as her, was already half a head taller than her.
Chu Nian withdrew his hand and looked at Chu Yuanlang with a thick gaze: "My brother has grown up, I can't coax you as a child anymore." β
Chu Yuanlang's face turned red and red, and at this stall, there was a scream behind him: "It's His Royal Highness the Prince!" Who is the man next to him, with him? β
"Wow, two such handsome sons are standing together, it's really ......"
Chu Nian looked sideways slightly, and saw Ming Xiu coming from afar, and to some surprise, it was Tao Jinyan who was following beside him.
At this moment, Tao Jinyan's face was indifferent, he looked like he was rejecting people, and he was still wearing a plain white robe, but Chu Nian felt that Tao Jinyan was like a mortal immortal for the first time.
Xu is way for others to look at him on weekdays, Chu Nian sighed silently, since the last time they met at Chen's house, Tao Jinyan seemed to be extremely unkind to see her, every time he talked to her, he looked like this, thinking that she said the wrong thing somewhere, which caused Tao Jinyan to feel estranged.
But today is a summer festival, how can he be with Ming Xiu?
At this moment, the two figures, one black and one white, were particularly abrupt, and when he knelt on the ground beside him, Ming Xiu had already walked quickly to Chu Nian and Chu Yuanlang's side.
Ming Xiu glanced at Chu Yuanlang with a smile, and got Chu Yuanlang to lean over respectfully, plus a "brother-in-law" whose voice was so small that only they could hear it, he coaxed Ming Xiu to laugh, he nodded and said: "Well, yes, Chu Yuanlang has grown up, and tomorrow he will promote you to his father, so you wait for your father to summon you." β
Chu Yuanlang's face suddenly turned happy: "Thank you, brother-in-law." β
This "brother-in-law" shouted out so happily that even the people kneeling on the ground couldn't help whispering, Chu Nian patted Chu Yuanlang's head fiercely: "Don't be rude to Your Highness." β
Chu Yuanlang smiled embarrassedly, "Yes, Your Highness forgives your sins." β
Ming Xiu seemed very happy, but because there were too many people at the scene, he just nodded, and saw Chu Nian looking at Tao Jinyan with a puzzled gaze, and Ming Xiu explained: "This is a friend I met when I traveled alone, and I am the head of the Tao family. β
Saying that, Ming Xiu blinked, Chu Nian suddenly realized, this is Tao Jinyan to help Ming Xiu support the field, if the people in the court know that Ming Xiu has a friend who is the leader of the martial arts alliance, those princes in the court who are eyeing Ming Xiu's life will naturally be more fearful, after all, the martial arts forces are not controlled by the rules of the court, even if they suppress them with the army, I am afraid that the entire martial arts will not have the slightest fear of them.
However, to Chu Nian's surprise, Tao Jinyan would actually agree to Ming Xiu's proposal.
Chu Nian looked at Tao Jinyan, opened his mouth, and at the end, swallowed the words that came to his lips again.
I saw that Ming Xiu turned his eyes to look at the palace gate not far away, and seemed to be in a good mood: "Let's go, don't let my father wait in a hurry." β
With that, he walked with his long legs towards the gate of the magnificent palace, completely forgetting the nobles who knelt down behind him.
These noble ladies were secretly looking up at Ming Xiu, and seeing that Ming Xiu and Chu Nian were behaving intimately, but Ming Xiu brought the handsome boy with a cold face, they were disheartened, and they didn't dare to stand up until Ming Xiu and the others walked away.
When they dared to look directly at the backs of Chu Nian and Ming Xiu, they could only look at the appearance of the two of them, glanced at each other, and sighed silently.
At this moment, they came early, and there were only three or three officials in the hall gathered together, and occasionally a few ministers' families sat together and chatted with each other.
As soon as Chu Nian and the others stepped into the hall, they attracted attention, and a group of officials stepped forward to surround the Ming Xiu group, completely dispersing Chu Nian and Chu Yuanlang.
Ming Xiu was not annoyed, but his eyes signaled that Chu Nian did not have to worry, so he turned his eyes and chatted and laughed with a group of officials, and by the way, he introduced his "friends in the rivers and lakes" to the officials, which caused the officials to be amazed.
At this stall, Chu Nian was still bored, and he saw a figure in the corner of the main hall.
Just looking at the back, the plain white figure looked very lonely and relentless, Chu Nian felt that the figure looked familiar, and saw the Wang family coming in a hurry, pulled up the figure and walked towards the outside of the hall.
Only then did Chu Nian realize that it was Shen Ruan, who he hadn't seen for a long time.
At this moment, Shen Ruan's face was covered with a thin veil, only a pair of red and swollen eyes that were crying were exposed, and when she saw Chu Nian, a trace of resentment obviously flashed in her eyes.
When the Wang family saw Chu Nian, he leaned over and saluted slightly: "I have seen the county lord, there are still some important things in the courtier's family, and I will catch up with the county lord another day." β
Chu Nian glanced at Shen Ruan with some amusement, and then looked at the Wang family with a pretended concern and said, "Why are you in such a hurry, don't you participate in the summer festival?" Is there anything I can do to help? β
Wang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Thank you for the county lord's heart, it's just a trivial matter, but the dinner was delayed, and Lord Shen will also participate today, if the county lord is willing, then he will catch up with Lord Shen, presumably those misunderstandings before can also be resolved." β
Chu Nian sensed the meaning in Wang's eyes, and before he could figure out what medicine was sold in Wang's gourd, he saw her pulling Shen Ruan away in a hurry, and didn't give Chu Nian a chance to be curious.
Seeing this, Chu Nian had no choice but to shake his head helplessly: "It seems that something big has indeed happened to this Shen family." β
Chu Yuanlang on the side glanced at the backs of the Wang family and Shen Ruan for some reason, then turned his head and said, "Sister, then Shen Ruan has already committed such a crime to such an extent, and he still doesn't stop?" β
Chu Nian glanced at him amusedly: "Don't talk nonsense, she hasn't done anything now, if you say this, I'm afraid that someone will say that you slandered the Shen family." β
Chu Yuanlang shook his head undeniably, how resentful Shen Ruan looked at his sister just now, he clearly noticed that since this was the case, Chu Yuanlang didn't believe that someone who could show such a fierce light would give up revenge on Chu Nian so easily.
Chu Nian didn't have the heart to think about Shen Ruan at the moment, but now there was another person who made her more interested.
I saw Liu Qi walking towards Chu Nian, his lips slightly open, as if he had something to say.