Chapter 11: Red Dust (13)
Chu Ying secretly followed behind Xi Qing, watching with a complicated expression that Xi Qing avoided the guards' patrol every time.
When he went back today, he was uneasy, and he always thought of Xi Qing's eyes looking at him, and he ran to the side of the drunken flower building to guard, and then he saw Xi Qing's neat figure.
Chu Ying really wanted to catch Xi Qing and ask, who is she and what is she doing in the Prime Minister's Mansion?
Xi Qing flipped to the roof of Li Gongzi's room, and just inside there was a woman's coquettish moan, followed by a man's rough low roar, Xi Qing's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he didn't expect to see the live version.
As soon as Xi Qing opened a hole in the roof, two white flower figures flashed in his eyes, and before he could look carefully, he was covered by a hand.
Xi Qing said silently, "Chu Ying." β
Chu Ying's other hand quickly covered the corner of Xi Qing's opening, and then led her to a hidden place, where Xi Qing slapped Chu Ying's paw on her face.
"General Chu has nothing to do to follow me?"
Xi Qing looked at Chu Ying with an indifferent face, Chu Ying looked at Xi Qing's rejection of his appearance thousands of miles away, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart, as if he had been pinched.
"Your surname is Duan, isn't it?"
Chu Ying narrowed the distance between him and Xi Qing, Xi Qing didn't move at all, just stared at Chu Ying.
It took a while to speak, "Hmm." β
What Xi Qing thinks is: After all, he is a dead friend, and he can't be too cold.
Chu Ying's eyes suddenly burst out with bright joy like fireworks, hugged Xi Qing tightly, and kept saying in his mouth, "It's really you, it's really you." β
Xi Qing: "..."
It was meant to be me.
Xi Qing is not used to being so close, and her first reaction is to kick her legs, but - can't move?
Kick againβstill can't move.
Xi Qing: What do I mean?!
Dead friends, you give me out!
I won't kill you!
There was no response.
Chu Ying didn't let go for a long time, Xi Qing couldn't breathe, and he couldn't move, so he could only call him, "Let go of me." β
"I don't." Chu Ying hugged Xi Qing like a giant baby and was unwilling to let go.
Xi Qing resisted the urge to scold him, "I can't breathe." β
Chu Ying's movements stopped, and he hurriedly let go, patted Xiqing's back, and said with guilt, "I'm sorry, I... I didn't know it would be like this. β
At this time, Chu Ying was still like a young general who terrified the enemy on the battlefield, like a puppy who made a mistake and waited for the master to punish him.
He hadn't hugged anyone, and he didn't know that the girl's family was so fragile.
Chu Ying secretly thought that the next time she hugged Xiqing, she must be lighter, otherwise it would hurt her.
As soon as Chu Ying let go, Xi Qing could also move, and his first reaction was to cut Chu Ying's hand back, and warned viciously, "Don't hug me!" β
Chu Ying, who was suppressed and had no power to resist, twisted his head to look at Xi Qing, Xi Qing's eyebrows and eyes were cold under the moonlight, and his eyes did not contain a trace of emotion, Chu Ying's chest was stuffy, but after thinking about it, it was normal for Xi Qing to do this now, and to her, he was still a stranger.
"Okay."
Chu Ying felt that his arm might be broken, so he had to agree.
Chu Ying's expression didn't seem to be fake, Xi Qing let go of his hand and let go of the clamp on Chu Ying.
"Do you remember Xiao Yingzi eight years ago?"
Xi Qing was disturbed by Chu Ying, and was about to go back, when Chu Ying hurriedly spoke.
Little Yingzi?
Xi Qing doesn't remember, but the original owner does.
However, this name is really special.
"Yes."
In view of the previous hint of the dead friend, Xiqing will not deny that she is Duan Xiqing, in order to be more accurate and say the reason why they met back then, "I gave him half a steamed bun." β
Chu Ying lowered his head and smiled lightly, "I am Xiao Yingzi." β
Xi Qing resisted the urge to roll her eyes, of course she knew that he was, otherwise how could she become the target of her mission?
If he hadn't thought of completing the task just now, he wouldn't have known what he would have been beaten into!
"So?"
Xi Qing said impatiently, what do you want to say, isn't it good to be direct?
"I'm going to marry you!"
Chu Ying opened his mouth seriously, and the bottom of his eyes flashed with a dazzling brilliance like starlight.
Xiqing: ???
She wanted to find a wife for Chu Ying, but she never thought that she would be Chu Ying's wife!
There is no such thing as marrying, okay.
"If you want to marry, I'm going to marry?"
Xi Qing retorted.
Chu Ying was silent, and Xi Qing stood there so lonely and indifferent, as if she only belonged to that side of the world, and no one could enter.
Chu Ying pursed the corners of his mouth and carefully considered his words, for fear of offending Xi Qing again, "Then how can you be willing to marry me?" β
Xi Qing: I'm rubbing, and I'll make another condition!
Could it be a special day today?
Xi Qing thought for a while, "Two thousand taels of silver, don't follow me anymore!" β
Anyway, she didn't say the time, and she left when she finished her mission!
"Okay, I'll have someone bring it to you tomorrow. It wasn't my intention to follow you today, I'm worried that something will happen to you. β
Chu Ying peeked at Xi Qing's expression and apologized cautiously, he didn't have a good impression of Xi Qing, so the straight man General Chu said that everything must be steady, otherwise it is very likely to fall short!
Xi Qing's expression did not change, and Chu Ying breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Chu Ying was fine, Xi Qing withdrew and wanted to leave, but Chu Ying hurriedly stopped her, "Wait." β
Xi Qing looked back at him, Chu Ying struggled for a moment and asked, "How did you get your kung fu?" β
Xi Qing's heart sank, "Do you want to ask me what I am doing in the Prime Minister's Mansion next?" β
Chu Ying's face froze, he seemed to have said something that shouldn't have been said?
"It's none of your business, don't worry about it." Xi Qing left without saying a word, not giving Chu Ying a chance to speak.
Chu Ying stood in place for a while, looking at the direction Xi Qing left and smiled bitterly, he had changed, how could he expect her to remain the same?
Xi Qing, who went back, re-sorted the plot and finally found that something was wrong.
The horses in the history of this country seem to have no real power, all of them are idle, if Chu Ying really marries the third princess in the plot, it means that Chu Ying's military power must be handed over.
Since the emperor appreciates Chu Ying so much, he shouldn't let him be a concubine with no real power, so the emperor's real idea is to deprive Chu Ying of his military power, but he doesn't want to be too blatant, it just so happens that the third princess is interested in Chu Ying, and the emperor will push the boat to marry the two.
Chu Ying should have sensed the emperor's intentions, otherwise he would not have blatantly entered and exited the Drunken Flower Building knowing that it would bring danger to the original owner.
It's true that Chu Ying likes the original owner, but it's also true that he likes military power, and the original owner just made a shield for Chu Ying to keep his military power by the way.
Chu Ying was reluctant to marry the third princess, and the emperor couldn't kill him, so he could only think of another way.
The key to this method lies in the original owner.
The emperor borrowed the hands of the third princess to get the original owner to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and then used what excuse to pass on the word to Chu Ying to surround the Prime Minister's Mansion, and make a drama of Chu Ying rushing to the crown and being angry, and successfully unloading Chu Ying's military power.