Chapter 21: Where is she?

"Did you find it?"

Zhu Rongzhan twisted the chess pieces, propped his cheeks, and looked at the white chess pieces with his fingertips, with a complicated expression.

In front of him, on one knee was a one-armed attendant.

This man was a veteran scout in the border army who lost his left arm in a battle. He was supposed to be returned to his hometown, but he happened to meet Zhu Rongzhan who was reborn and chose a new attendant, so he jumped into the sky and became the prince's guard.

He has a smooth personality, he talks about people when he sees people, and he talks nonsense when he sees ghosts, and he was originally very mixed in the army, Zhu Rongzhan let him out to collect intelligence, and it didn't take long for him to mingle with people in the market.

Because he has been stationed at the border for a long time, he can speak many foreign languages, including Beirong dialect.

However, in front of others, in front of Zhu Rongzhan, the attendant was respectful, and said with a glance: "If you go back to Your Highness, you found it." ”

"Where did it come from?"

"The Beirong merchant said that swallowing fire leaves is harmless to the body, and it is just a snack that children like in Beirong. If you take too much, your whole body will be hot like a fire, and if you eat more, you will be dizzy like drunk, but as long as you drink mare's milk wine, you can relieve it. ”

It's the same as the doctor said.

Zhu Rongzhan closed his eyes. "Mare's Milk ......"

The divine doctor once studied a highly poisonous herb in depth and found that this poisonous herb originated from Beirong, so he went to the frontier to inquire about the medicinal properties of this medicine.

He found that there was a special method of concoction in Beijon, which could remove the poison, so that people would only get hot after swallowing it, and they could be relieved by drinking mare's milk wine.

However, this knowledge is extremely rare for the Datu people, and it is difficult to know unless they go to the border pass.

Zhu Rongzhan frowned slightly, thinking to himself, Ah Yu has been raised in the deep boudoir since birth, how can he know this kind of thing?

"The Beirong merchant said that the fire-swallowing leaf is not a commodity for sale, and the ordinary Datu people don't know about it at all, so he remembers very clearly that it was on the afternoon after the lady of the Lin family returned from the palace that a woman wearing a hat and a maid asked him in Wanzhou Commercial Market to buy the fire-swallowing leaf and mare's milk wine."

"On the afternoon after returning from the palace," Zhu Rongzhan smiled bitterly: "That's it...... Can't wait? ”

The scout bowed his head and did not dare to answer.

Zhu Rongzhan didn't want to get any answer from him, he thought about it again and again, but he still couldn't help but ask again: "Are you sure it's harmless to the body?" ”

"Yes, the Beirong merchant said that the fire swallowing leaf has been popular in Beirong for many years, and as long as it is concocted in place, there will be no toxins. Moreover, he sold to ...... The fire-swallowing leaves that were sold were originally intended to be eaten by themselves, so they should be harmless. ”

The scout originally thought that Zhu Rongzhan would be furious, how could a big man like him tolerate being fooled? But Zhu Rongzhan showed a relieved smile.

That's great.

Ayu won't have an accident.

He dropped the white piece from his fingertip and asked, "That's good." Is the person arranged? ”

"Yes, in order to prevent others from finding out, his subordinates have bought all his goods, given him a reward, and asked him to leave Datu immediately."

"Hmm." Zhu Rongzhan nodded, and picked up another black chess piece.

Someone tampered with the results of his and Ah Yu's eight characters - it's really ridiculous, it's not that he hasn't had eight characters with Ah Yu, how can he not know if they are suitable?

It's a good fit! It's a perfect fit! Couldn't be more suitable!

But this shows that some people don't want Ah Yu to become the crown princess.

Zhu Rongzhan knew who it was, probably the hand of the queen mother.

In his previous life, he knew that the queen mother wanted Luo's daughter to be his wife, but filial piety was pressing, and the queen mother's mind had been decided, and she had no choice.

Now there are a lot of variables, and the queen mother probably thinks that there is hope again.

He used to not care and was too lazy to care about these things, but in this life, he is the prince, and his only wife can only be Ah Yu; If he is the Son of Heaven, his queen must also be Ah Yu.

If it is aimed at the position of the crown princess, someone will inevitably target Ah Yu.

If it weren't for the fact that the divine doctor was proficient in medical science and happened to have been to Beirong, it would be difficult for others to find this clue. But since he can find out, and others can find out if he can't keep it in order, he still has to help Ah Yu deal with it.

This is a matter between their husband and wife, they can solve it themselves, and outsiders rarely interfere.

He landed the black pieces next to the two white pieces, and looked at the black and white chess game, and a smile appeared on his lips.

In the past, in the courtyard where he was exiled and deposed, he and Ah Yu had nothing else to relieve his boredom, and when she saw that he was depressed and bored, she used a branch to draw a tic-tac-toe grid on the dirt floor and taught him to play backgammon.

At the beginning, he was still disdainful in every way, the six arts of the gentleman, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, he has been taught by a famous teacher since he was a child, and he is proficient in all of them.

"How can this be true? The main palace learns from the national player, and he can't play chess if he is not famous! ”

"Love to play but not to play." Ah Yu rolled her eyes: "Circle or fork?" ”

Zhu Rongzhan: "...... Circle. ”

Ah Yu smiled and pulled him to sit on the threshold with him.

She said, "For your sake, I will make it difficult for you to go first." ”

Her elbows were propped up on her knees, her cheeks were propped up, and she turned her face sideways, and when she lowered her head and drew a fork with a branch to enclose his circle, her face was calm and soft.

Although she was wearing a coarse cotton shirt, a cotton and linen skirt around her waist, and her hair bun was simply tied behind her head, there was no pearl and jade, no ring wear, and no fat powder, but Zhu Rongzhan suddenly felt that she was so beautiful.

She was a little careless, perhaps coaxing him to be happy, and at the same time wondering what to eat tonight, what to do tomorrow, whether this month's money was enough.

Zhu Rongzhan thought a little angrily, obviously she offered to play chess with him, how could she be so distracted?

He sold a flaw, pretending not to see that she had a bevel, and that there were already two consecutive pieces.

Ah Yu didn't even see the unexpected joy of being trapped in a circle at first, and after a while, he sat up straight suddenly, and his eyes widened slightly to confirm carefully.

It's like a cat that sees a fish.

Zhu Rongzhan thought, when did the crown princess become so cute?

Obviously, in the palace before, she looked so serious and old-fashioned, so boring and boring, why now, no matter what she does, she is so lovable?

Lin Yu didn't want to win at first, but since he found an opportunity, he immediately took advantage of the victory to chase after him, drew a big cross, and connected it into three chess.

The general trend has been achieved, and Zhu Rongzhan pretended to find out that it could not be contained.

"Awesomeβ€”β€”!" Lin Yu raised his hands and laughed happily. "I've won!"

She raised her chin triumphantly, looked at Zhu Rongzhan, who silently wiped off the traces on the soil and redrew the tic-tac-toe grid, and said jokingly: "Learn from the national hand, huh?" ”

Zhu Rongzhan pursed his lips tightly, as if he was very unwilling.

But he just bit his lip so hard that he wouldn't laugh out loud.

She always makes him happy.

He also liked her to laugh.

Loved her eyes sparkling as she looked at him.

I like her for being improper, unruly, disrespectful and rude to him, and I like her for joking with him, teasing him, making fun of him, and even losing her temper with him.

Since childhood, there have been very few people who have lost their temper with him.

The anger of the father will make him aggrieved, the anger of the mother will make him uncomfortable, and the reprimand of the courtier will make him angry.

Only Ah Yu is angry, which will make him panic. A heart became sour and astringent, fearful and uncomfortable, and he would do anything as long as she could smile again.

He went from throwing clothes around to learning to fold them, wash them, and dry them himself. The ten fingers did not touch the spring water, and learned to chop wood, burn fire, cook, stir-fry, and boil water; Ah Yu was tired of spinning cloth, so he went to massage her, pinching her shoulders and rubbing her waist.

As long as she said, "Brother Zhan is amazing!" ”

He felt his whole body filled with strength.

When he came back from rebirth, there was still a game of chess in the East Palace that he had played against his national master the night before.

At that time, he was shocked and gradually calmed down, and after realizing what had happened, he looked at this game of chess, remembering how in his previous life, he was hungry and thirsty, pulling his master down into the night, and how he couldn't wait to summon him to continue the next day.

Now, all he can think about is: When will I be able to play backgammon with Ah Yu again?

He now has the best and most valuable chess pieces and chessboards.

But that's all he wants, and he'll sit with him on the threshold, draw tic-tac-toe grids on the dirt floor with branches, and use circles and forks to represent black and white chess pieces.

Where is she?