boyutpedia Chapter 196: The bed is okay
Chapter 196: The bed is okay
"What kind of words did you just come up with?" Chu Mingzheng laughed. "If you don't mind, I'll ask His Majesty for an order to let you go to the Jiaofang Bureau to select people. Most of them are the families of officials who have been convicted and are literate. That way, we'll have people who are both civil and martial."
"Okay!" Lu Mingyang nodded happily.
Chu Mingzheng pointed to his cheek and threatened with a smile: "Otherwise I won't do it."
"No, there are so many people here." Lu Mingyang looked around and saw a small yellow flower under a tree, reminding Chu Mingzheng, "Here they are."
That was the secret code Lu Mingze used to make an appointment with Chu Mingzheng.
Seeing Chu Mingzheng walk in, Lu Mingyang asked his men to pack up the conscription stall and return home, and he sat under the tree, fiddling with the little yellow flowers boredly.
The little yellow flowers were crushed and flew away, but the person still hadn't come out.
Why does it take so long?
Lu Mingyang dropped the flower stalk and walked into the dense forest.
Not seeing his third brother, Chu Mingzheng leaned against the tree trunk, looking like he had lost his soul.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Lu Mingyang asked softly.
Chu Mingzheng pulled Lu Mingyang into his arms and murmured, "Yangyang, do you know that of the 30,000 soldiers who died outside Yanmen Pass, 10,000 were trained by me personally. I spent four years training these brothers who have been with me through thick and thin."
Lu Mingyang said anxiously, "Your Highness, don't overthink it. He didn't do that because of you. You were sick and dying at the time. He did it because of his father's achievements that threatened the emperor."
Chu Mingzheng choked out a sob, "He is the emperor!"
Yes, no one could imagine that an emperor would kill the soldiers who were defending his country.
Riding back to the city, Lu Mingyang leaned against Chu Mingzheng's chest and smiled, changing the subject: "Your Highness, could you please not take me on horseback and parade through the streets in the future? If someone sees us, they'll say I'm unfaithful to my husband."
Chu Mingzheng laughed: "Do you still care about this?"
Lu Mingyang groaned, "I don't care, but it makes me uncomfortable to be told so by others, especially by your grandmother."
Chu Mingzheng thought for a moment, then pressed the little face into his arms, "Okay, now no one will recognize you."
"That's even worse." Lu Mingyang raised his head and shook it firmly. "If someone sees you, they'll think you've been messing around with some famous courtesan. I'll be laughed at."
Chu Mingzheng really couldn't understand what was going on in the little girl's mind, so he asked, "Then shall I go down and help my wife get the horse?"
"Wouldn't that make me even more talked about?" Lu Mingyang grabbed his hand and reluctantly said, "Forget it. Between being talked about and being laughed at, I choose to be talked about. You don't know, they talk about me on the surface, but they're actually jealous of me. The more they talk about me, the more jealous they are of me."
"Jealous?" Chu Mingzheng was confused.
"Yeah!" Lu Mingyang smiled and pinched his chin, "You're jealous that I have such a good husband."
Chu Mingzheng smiled: "Then treat me well."
Lu Mingyang curled his lips: "Am I not good enough to you?"
"Hmm..." Chu Mingzheng leaned over and smirked in her ear: "Not bad in bed."
Lu Mingyang slapped him.
The clatter of horse hooves filled the air. Chu Mingzheng leaned over the little girl's ear, coaxing her into a ripe apple, which only grew riper. Lu Mingyang pushed him away, feeling itchy, and just then she saw the sign for Nianluo's Fragrant Drink Shop.
"Your Highness, would you like to have a drink?"
This was Chu Mingzheng's first time at Yang Nian'er's fragrant beverage shop. As he drank the perilla drink, he stared at the cup in his hand and asked, "Why are you using such a nice cup?"
If someone runs a beverage shop using fine porcelain and accidentally hits a customer, will they ask for compensation? If they don't, hundreds of cups of beverages will be wasted; if they do, how will they continue to run a business?
Lu Mingyang felt that what he said was absolutely right, and said disdainfully, "My cousin bought it for me. He said it looked nice and would make me feel good."
"That's not surprising." Chu Mingzheng said with a smile: "Your cousin becomes your brother-in-law, you will definitely make a profit."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Lu Mingyang shook his head: "They are not suitable for each other. I have warned my cousin not to come to see Nian'er all the time unless it is necessary."
"Why, are you afraid that the Duke of Wei will not agree?" Chu Mingzheng reminded: "Don't forget, she is your sister. And you are my princess."
Lu Mingyang's eyes suddenly widened.
"Of course, not now." Chu Mingzheng held her hand and said half-jokingly and half-promisingly: "You have to wait until I change your identity."
"Tsk!" Lu Mingyang shook his hand away in disgust: "My Nian'er said she doesn't like him."
Chu Mingzheng asked back, "Can you guarantee that if she doesn't like it today, she will still dislike it tomorrow? There's a world of difference between not wanting the good things in this world and not being able to afford them."
This time, Lu Mingyang felt that what he said was absolutely right, and he didn't care about his smug look anymore. He smiled and poured the perilla drink, "Then you work hard."
"That's it?" Chu Mingzheng was dissatisfied.
"Shall I order you another pot?"
"You always interrupt me."
Chu Mingzheng leaned forward and pinched her cheek in dissatisfaction. Lu Mingyang dodged with a smile, asked the waiter to pay the bill, and asked, "Where is your boss?"
The guy said, "It should be in the backyard!"
Lu Mingyang dragged Chu Mingzheng to the backyard. Chu Mingzheng was surprised: "Boss?"
"Nian'er doesn't like the title of boss lady. Let people call her boss."
"It's your sister, that's right."
The two of them came to the backyard, which was quiet and empty. Lu Mingyang was about to call for help when he heard a voice coming from the side room, Chu Yueling's faint sobbing.
"Even if I find him, he won't marry me."
"Don't cry!" Yang Nian'er comforted her, "If you want to marry him, I have a way."
"any solution?"
“Raw rice makes cooked rice.”
"No, no!" Chu Yueling shook her head firmly.
"Don't be afraid, it's not true." Yang Nian'er explained: "I have medicine here that can deceive him. Then he will have to marry you even if he doesn't want to. My second sister married your eldest brother that way."
This silly girl, why does she tell everything to others?
Lu Mingyang, who was eavesdropping outside the door, looked awkwardly at Chu Mingzheng beside him and raised his hand to knock on the door. Chu Mingzheng hurriedly pulled her back. Although he knew it was not good to eavesdrop, he still couldn't help but want to know his sister's answer.
Chu Yueling's voice rang out: "It still won't work. My mother and brothers already look down on him. If they misunderstand me, they will look down on Brother Zhou even more in the future. I can't hurt him just because I like him."
Lu Mingyang was actually moved after hearing this. Seeing Chu Mingzheng nod, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Nian'er, are you in there?"
There was no response. The room was filled with the sounds of hurried footsteps, shuffling, and then a man's voice.
The two looked at each other in confusion, their expressions changed. Chu Mingzheng kicked the door open.
In the room, Chu Yueling and Yang Nian'er frantically tried to block the man behind them, but how could they block such a large man? The man had a sack covering his head, his limbs were tied, and he was leaning against the earthen stove.
"Who?" Chu Mingzheng's face turned cold instantly.
Chu Yueling was so scared that she hid behind Yang Nian'er.
Chu Mingzheng said angrily: "Untie him."
"Oh!" Chu Yueling hurried over. Chu Mingzheng stepped forward, pulled his sister behind him, and squatted down to untie her. Sure enough, it was Shen Yan, asleep and reeking of alcohol.
"Use this, it should work." Lu Mingyang handed Chu Mingzheng a head of garlic and asked Yang Nian'er, "Lord Shen can't drink alcohol. How much alcohol did you guys give him?"
Yang Nian'er explained: "We didn't force him to drink, really. He looked like this when we found him. I pushed him and he fell down."
Chu Mingzheng was upset: "Yangyang, take Ling'er back to the palace first."
“我不走！”楚月翎也执拗了起来，“他要是敢娶我，我就把他揍成猪头。”
"See what you can do."
"I can do it. If you don't help me, can't I find a way myself?" Chu Yueling started crying as she spoke. "Am I your sister? I'm just a tool for you to please the emperor. If my second brother were here, he would never marry me to a drunkard."
Lu Mingyang looked at Chu Mingzheng's pale face and said anxiously, "Ling'er, what nonsense are you talking about!"