Chapter 21: Extra.

Fu Cheng took off his back armor and changed into gray civilian clothes. looked at Zhao Wantong with a somewhat helpless expression, full of joy.

After dinner, Zhao Wantong saw the bustling streets from the restaurant, and she couldn't bear it, so Fucheng had to take her to visit the imperial capital of the year, Jinzhou.

Later, I came to the sugar man shop of Aunt Zhang's house, and the seven-colored lotus seeds of her family. Zhao Wantong was reluctant to leave, Fu Cheng supported his chin with one hand and looked at Zhao Wantong's side face.

She has a fair complexion, good looks, and a cyan Luo skirt. He couldn't help but think that this was Zhao Mingyi's sister.

Fu Cheng smiled: "Eh, sister-in-law, what's your name." ”

When Zhao Wantong heard the title of "sister-in-law", his brows couldn't help frowning, and he said, "I have nothing to do with that guy, please don't talk nonsense about sister-in-law." No, it doesn't work. ”

Fu Cheng waved his hand and said with an embarrassed smile: "Okay, girl, girl." ”

Zhao Wantong nodded and continued to eat the seven-colored lotus seeds on the plate. said: "Xiao Xue, my name is Xiao Xue." ”

"Oh, Miss Xiao." Fu Cheng agreed, holding up the teacup on the table with his right hand, his eyelashes drooping slightly, and gently sipping it. He asked, "Then Miss Xiao, what kind of person do you think Your Highness is?" ”

The seven-colored lotus seeds of Mrs. Zhang's family can become the characteristic of Jinju. Not just because there are seven colors, but also because you can see the ripe lotus seeds unfold their petals.

No matter how old it is, the taste remains the same and the price remains the same. Until now, the seven-colored lotus seeds of Mrs. Zhang's family have become a tradition in Jinju.

Aunt Zhang walked up to them with another plate of seven-colored lotus seeds with a pleasant expression, just opened the plate and rushed to the hot air, and then the seven lotus seeds of different colors on the plate began to spin like small marbles.

Finally, it blooms like a small flower.

Zhao Wantong smiled sweetly, his mouth was stuffed with lotus seeds, and he said slowly: "What can it be, don't you know what is said outside?" ”

Fu Cheng was curious: "What do you say?" ”

Zhao Wantong glanced at him, swallowed the lotus seeds in his mouth, and said: "Arrogant, arrogant, conceited, and romantic, as the saying goes, he is a prodigal son." ”

Fu Cheng snorted, almost didn't squirt out the tea in his mouth, and said: "Eh, Miss Xiao, I asked about His Royal Highness in your heart, but I didn't say him in the hearts of the public." ”

Zhao Wantong smacked his lips and said helplessly: "Although it is a little annoying, it is still very reliable at the critical moment." ”

Since experiencing this series of events, I have also come to Yasukuni, which others call arrogant. Zhao Wantong knew how short-sighted his own vision was, and he really couldn't rely on the gossip of others to truly recognize a country and people. In the past, she thought that it was only Yasukuni that had grown up from the foundation for a few years. Soon after stabilizing his position, he went around plundering. This is simply beyond one's own strength, and it would be ridiculous to kill yourself before swallowing other countries when the time comes.

At that time, she concluded that there must be a state of super-chaos within Yasukuni, but she never really thought about what kind of country Yasukuni was.

And when she saw it today, she realized that her country, Dachu, was beyond the reach of Yasukuni. And the thought of how bad it was to be rumored outside, when he saw the expressions of the group of soldiers.

Zhao Wantong knew that the story of that person was not so simple. The certainty in her eyes was something she had seen before. That is also owned by Zhao Mingyi.

Fu Cheng knew that the thoughts in Zhao Wantong's heart were not so bad, he hung his head and his eyes narrowed slightly. Suddenly, he said: "Yes, His Highness is actually a very good person. ”

Although the impression is not bad, Zhao Wantong feels that he has been taken advantage of. She was about to refute Fu Cheng's sentence, Si Youmu is a very good person.

As soon as he turned around, Fu Cheng also looked sideways. His expression was soft, but his eyes were filled with incomprehensible tears. He said, "Your Highness, you are the best person in my entire world. Without him, our brothers wouldn't be alive and well. ”

Zhao Wantong was slightly stunned, and Fu Cheng wiped the tears on his face. Slowly talked about what happened when he met Si Youmu.

Da Chu.

In recent days, there has been a lack of the Wei family and the Zhang family in the court, but there has been an extra streamer.

Zhao Mingyi never participated in the court's politics in the past, but today he came to the early dynasty for the first time. Not only did it alarm the entire court, but even Emperor Xuanming, who had just arrived, was taken aback.

Recently, the Dai family has been full of people in the whole house, coming and going. Buying things for marriage everywhere, only the people are busy. Whether it is the head of the Dai family or Dai Fangrong, they have been sullen for the past few days, but there are too many people to congratulate them.

After all, Dai Fangrong married Emperor Xuanming.

The head of the Dai family listened to those congratulatory words, and on the surface, he had been smiling because he was a businessman, but he had a sad face as soon as he turned around and entered the room. The whole Bianjing people know him, and he loves his daughter like his life. He really didn't want Dai Fangrong to enter the palace and go through this hardship.

Three days before the wedding, Dai Fangrong had been taken to the palace by someone sent by Emperor Xuanming, and now he was the only old man in the whole room.

After the early dynasty, Zhao Mingyi and Emperor Xuanming didn't know what they were chatting about when they entered the palace, but they soon saw the little eunuch leading Zhao Mingyi to the harem.

Bypassing the high walls, Zhao Mingyi finally came to the Ronghua Palace.

The little eunuch left behind Zhao Mingyi and Fufu. Zhao Mingyi took two steps forward, and the palace maid in front of the palace wanted to go in to report. He was the first to wave his hand and stop it.

At this time, Dai Fangrong was the only one in the palace. She only wore a brown skirt and did not have any makeup. His eyes were red and swollen, and he looked at himself in the mirror with a somewhat gloomy expression.

She lowered her head, feeling that she was really not qualified to see Zhao Mingyi again in three days. Suddenly, she heard familiar footsteps behind her, and she wondered if she had hallucinated after not seeing Zhao Mingyi for too long.

This is a harem, and usually other men are not allowed to enter. Despite this, she looked backwards.

Behind the screen, a man walked around, the man was dressed in an official uniform, his expression was cold, and he did not have a sword today. But there is still a piece of jade around his waist, and the word "Zhao" is engraved on it.

Dai Fangrong's eyes couldn't be believed, and she was a little excited: "Zhao... No! General, how can you ......"

Zhao Mingyi lowered his eyes, glanced at Dai Fangrong, and said without a tone: "Miss Dai, don't worry, I just want to say a word to you alone." ”

Dai Fangrong was puzzled, but she couldn't hide the excitement in her heart at all, and said, "What to say." ”

Zhao Mingyi looked at the current Dai Fangrong and moved his throat, as if he was a little hesitant, but he was still straightforward.

"Miss Dai, do you like Weichen?"

Dai Fangrong: "......"

Huh?

After Zhao Mingyi finished speaking, his face was expressionless, which showed that he was very serious when he said it.

Dai Fangrong suddenly turned red, nodded and said, "Yes... That's right! I... I like you the most! I've always liked you! ”

Now, Dai Fangrong originally felt that he might not have a chance to tell Zhao Mingyi. Although she knew that no matter what happened between her and Zhao Mingyi, there would be no chance. Even if the situation does not develop to the point where she wants to marry Emperor Xuanming, even if Xiao Xue does not appear, it is like this.

Because she knows that Zhao Mingyi is such a person. There are always only two things in my heart, the people and the family. Responsibility has filled Zhao Mingyi's whole heart, so Sun Shiyun is good, and she is good.

Ordinary ladies like them, how could a famous family ever enter Zhao Mingyi's eyes.

Seeing that there was no sound on Zhao Mingyi's end, Dai Fangrong already had the answer in his heart. She raised her heavy head and smiled at Zhao Mingyi.

said: "It's okay, I like you, it's me who likes you." You don't need to give me an answer, you don't need to like me. As she spoke, Dai Fangrong's eyes were already red.

"I know, General, you have someone you like. Because I like you, I know you have someone you like, right? ”

Although Zhao Mingyi knows that there are many girls who like him, he has also seen a lot of flattering or flattering appearances. But I have never met Dai Fangrong so straightforward. He wanted to say something, but he just nodded and acknowledged.

Dai Fangrong also lowered her shoulders and turned her body back in front of the mirror. From the small cabinet at the lower end, open the various boxes of rouge gouache.

Zhao Mingyi stood aside, watching Dai Fangrong dress up her haggard self as a delicate and good-looking woman. Then he got up, took off the bride's coat from the couch and shook it. quickly put it on his body and turned in a big circle.

smiled brightly and said, "Am I beautiful?" ”

Zhao Mingyi was a little stunned, remembering the appearance of Sun Shiyun being rejected by him in the past, and almost screamed out of human shape. Small, shivering and cowering in the corner of the dungeon.

It has become a stark contrast to Dai Fangrong in front of him, who is smiling well, has good makeup, and bright clothes. There is no grievance, no sadness.

Although he wanted to ask, are you sad? But for some reason, I remembered that light moonlit night, did Zhao Wantong also want to ask him if you are sad or something else.

But she just laughed, and said honestly and honestly that the boy I liked was not you.

Was he Zhao Mingyi sad at that time, naturally he was sad. But I didn't regret that I didn't say it, or that I didn't succeed. Because the people around you are happy, and that's the person you like.

So, Zhao Mingyi smiled.

He said.

"You're really good-looking."

Dai Fangrong has thought countless times why I like Zhao Mingyi so much. People all over the world said that although General Zhao was good, being his daughter-in-law was a living widow and Liang Peiwen.

She wanted to change Zhao Mingyi's idea by herself, and she had always been in her mind. But gradually, Dai Fangrong understood. The Zhao Mingyi she likes is such a Zhao Mingyi, and she doesn't like Zhao Mingyi, who only has the people and responsibilities in her heart.

Dai Fangrong, who was supposed to cry to death like the eldest lady and the child, seemed to have grown up suddenly. She really didn't feel bad, she said.

"On the day I get married, you must come and give me a congratulatory gift. Otherwise, I'm going to be angry. Dai Fangrong was straightforward, with her hands on her hips.

Zhao Mingyi smiled helplessly and said: "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." ”

Actually, I like a person. Isn't that just hoping that person can live happily? That's what liking, no constraints, no compulsion. Everything is mutual.

Bidding farewell to Dai Fangrong, Zhao Mingyi walked out of the Ronghua Palace. He felt that he had changed a lot, his father died more than ten years ago, and Da Chu changed hands. Many overwhelming responsibilities fell on his thin shoulders at once, and Zhao Mingyi also envied those sons and brothers of his age who only stayed at home all day long, and grew up happily behind their father.

He shook his head, but he also felt that he was fine now. At least I already have some ability to protect the people I want to protect, and I won't be so helpless.

Zhao Wantong has been missing for several days, and Zhao Mingyi has trouble sleeping. But today, he doesn't seem to be so worried. Because he believes in Zhao Wantong, and he also believes in the person Zhao Wantong likes in his heart.

Emperor Xuanming, standing on the palace fence, stood with his hands in his hands, staring at the burly figure of Zhao Mingyi, who had just left the city gate. Just as I wanted to get up and go back to the palace, I happened to hold back and prepare to get out of the streamer of the palace wall.

suddenly lost his mind, and that immature face seemed to coincide with the one more than ten years ago.

Emperor Xuanming fell to the ground with a sonorous bang.

Streamer's father was Meng Yan's seventeenth son, so Meng Yan named him Seventeen.

Meng XVII's mother is the daughter of a military general, who has been familiar with military books since she was a child, and she is upright and never beats around the bush. Therefore, Meng Seventeen's personality is like his mother, and he is also so tough.

Therefore, everything in the harem is always deceitful and intriguing. Meng Seventeen often gained power with that villain because of this, the son of Concubine Chang. That is, the three princes. Meng Chang had a dispute, which was simply every three or five times. The princes in the palace all know it, and because Meng XVII's mother's concubine position is the same as that of Meng Chang and his mother's concubine, plus the background power of the two families is also similar. These many princes were divided into two factions, one faction was Meng XVII's. The other faction is Meng Changhe.

But both of them were afraid of the crown prince, the son of the queen. The eldest prince, Meng Xi.

Meng Xi is actually humble, but the demeanor of the eldest brother can be said to be known to everyone. With one word from him, people from both factions did not dare to speak.

Although Meng Yan has many sons, the age of Meng Seventeen and Meng Changhe is almost the same. In other words, he has many women.

Meng XVII, at the age of sixteen. One day happened to be Meng Yan's 35th birthday banquet, and he took a few little followers to choose gifts for his father on the street. In the end, I picked the red bean cake from the pastry shop, and weighed the three packages with my right hand.

As soon as I went out of the door, I heard the commotion behind me and just looked sideways. Suddenly there was a sharp pain in the abdomen, and the red bean cake had been sprinkled all over the sky. Meng Qiqi didn't care much about the red bean cake, but when he saw that the person who bumped into him was Meng Changhe, he suddenly became angry.

But suddenly there was a sound behind him.

"Catch a thief! Catch the thief! ”

Meng Qiqi raised his eyes and realized that Meng Changhe was chasing the thief. So he couldn't care about him, so he withdrew and went after the thief. went around the alley a few times, but I thought I could intercept the thief, but I collided with Meng Changhe on the other side.

He clenched his fists, ignored Meng Changhe and followed the thief after him. As soon as he jumped into the house, he saw a young man dressed in white holding the thief's collar in his right hand.

smiled: "Fortunately, the thief has been caught." ”

Zhao Wantong didn't want to listen to Fu Cheng's nagging or something, but Fu Cheng's expression suddenly changed. She quieted down, tilting her head to listen to Fu Cheng talk about the old things.

The Phoenix Kingdom was indeed very arrogant in the previous years, of course, it was not only his predatory behavior that made people fearful. Instead, they deliberately hang others to make them think they can turn over. In fact, everything is under their control.

In those years, the Phoenix conquered almost all the smaller countries in its vicinity. They were asked to send the prince as a hostage to facilitate discipline.

Fu Cheng was the prince of the Zhou State back then, and the Zhou State had many princes and he was the nineteenth son of his father. Many of the princes who were forced to send to the Phoenix Kingdom generally had no status in their own country.

For example, Fucheng, his mother is a servant girl. It's just that the emperor of Zhou was drunk one night and temporarily spoiled her. It wouldn't be the same thing to pat her ass the next day, but this servant girl was pregnant.

Despite all kinds of torture, Fucheng was still born tenaciously.

This background also became the basis for him to be sent to the Phoenix Kingdom as a hostage. There are about thirty princes who have arrived in the Phoenix Kingdom. On the night they first arrived in the Phoenix Kingdom, they were severely beaten and thrown into the stable.

The night was full of teenagers' cries, and Fu Cheng was no exception to cowering in the corner and sobbing lowly. At that time, Fu Cheng had already noticed Si Youmu in the crowd.

Si Youmu is different from the teenagers present, one is that he doesn't cry, and the other is that his skin is different from them. Fu Cheng, who has been bullied by others since he was a child, naturally knows that the thirty teenagers basically have the same skin type as him, only Si Youmu's skin is very good, and he is pampered at a glance.

However, he is the only one here who doesn't cry.

In the next few days after arriving in the Phoenix Kingdom, their group of protons acted as if they were not human. Working during the day, being beaten at night, eating mostly leftovers, and muttering something would be beaten to death with sticks.

In such a precedent, three teenagers have died out of thirty people. That is, they now have only twenty-seven.

After that, the princes of the Phoenix Kingdom seemed to find them bored if they were too submissive. I don't know which eunuch or guest secretary or the like, or they came up with their own bad ideas.

In a wild area on the border of the Phoenix Kingdom, a piece of land was fenced off with a wooden fence, and a few wild wolves were put in. Then, let people bring their protons.

And he said to them, "You will go into this field in a while, and you will stay for three days." If you die in these three days, then your country will too.

Click.

At that time, the teenagers were still very excited, after all, they could finally relax their bodies for a few days. You don't have to do hard work, you don't have to worry about being beaten at night, and you don't have to squeeze the barn with the horses.

What a good errand.

Who knows, as soon as they entered, the moment the wooden fence door was just lowered. A hungry wolf suddenly came running from a distance and bit off a teenager's head.

Blood splattered, frightening the other teenagers and began to flee in all directions. But he was so happy, the princes of the Phoenix Kingdom on the stage all laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.

Fu Cheng recounted this past. The expression was unprecedentedly cold, and Zhao Wantong could fully understand this. She also seemed to know what was going on with those horrific scars on Si Youmu's body.

As the wolves grew denser, several teenagers cowered in the trees. The wolves below stared at them with shining eyes, and roared from time to time.

Just as the branches were about to break, a fair-skinned teenager picked up a stone from the ground and slammed it into one of the hungry wolves. The hungry wolves looked at him in unison, and the boy weighed the stone in his hand a few times and smashed it a second time.

The hungry wolves finally got angry, and the group immediately turned around to catch the boy. The other boys in the tree were also saved, and Fu Cheng was one of them.

The other boys got out of the tree and ran into the depths of the jungle. Fu Cheng chased carefully in the direction of the young man. The young man's steps were brisk, but the wolf had four legs that were only a step away from him. If there is a slight mistake, the boy will definitely not be able to get out.

The hungry wolf at the front was probably the most cunning and clever of all, and it seemed to know that it was not the same thing to chase it like this, so it made eye contact with the wolves behind it.

The wolves behind immediately understood, and scattered in all directions. The boy took a few steps forward and almost bumped into the hungry wolf in front of him, but immediately stopped his steps. Looking around, it was clear that he had no way to escape and was surrounded.

Fu Cheng hid behind a huge rock, anxious about how to save him by himself now.

But the young man in the wolf pack smiled without a trace of panic, and he hooked his finger at the wolves around him. The wolves were provoked, and they all rushed forward as if they had lost their minds.

The boy immediately leaned down, swept his right foot to the side, and the wolf on his side fell. He immediately rolled out of the pack, and the wolf that fell rolled out of the pack with another one on his side.

Then, he leaped to sit on top of a hungry wolf. A black belt was pulled from his waist and strangled around the neck of the hungry wolf, and the hungry wolf rolled violently, and the young man was not to be outdone, and he pulled it tightly. This recklessness made the other wolves stunned. A few of them just want to help it, but they don't want to be knocked away by it.

In the end, seeing that there were only two or three wolves left, the young man pulled his hands and "clucked" twice. The hungry wolf's neck bone was broken and he fell to the ground and did not move.

The young man's face was covered with yellow sand, and the residual blood on his forehead was slightly wiped away. He stretched out his right hand again and provoked him. The other horse rushed at the boy, and the other two followed from both sides.

The boy took two steps forward, grabbed the tail of the hungry wolf in front of him with one hand, and slammed it to the sides.

Fu Cheng squatted behind the boulder and watched, and couldn't help but secretly wonder in his heart. I think this young man's arm strength is really amazing, and it didn't take two hits. All the wolves that were still alive ran away, and all the dead fell. The young man still stood proudly in the moonlight.

Fu Cheng said as he spoke, and the expression on his whole face turned into a little fan brother. Zhao Wantong couldn't help but be helpless, and held his forehead with one hand.

"What does this have to do with me?" ”

Fu Cheng said: "Of course there is! ”

Zhao Wantong said again: "What relationship?" ”

Fu Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Because it's the first time His Highness has brought a girl back, so if you say that he doesn't like you, I really don't believe it." ”

Zhao Wantong was puzzled: "The Great Prince of Yasukuni, isn't it romantic?" ”

Fu Cheng sighed, glanced at Zhao Wantong and said, "Then you are wrong, Your Highness has never been close to women." ”

Not close to women??? She, Zhao Wantong really didn't believe it this time.