Empress Chu

After being caught off guard that night, things happened one after another, and the eagle soaring above the peak had to tighten its heartstrings all the time.

Chu Zhao turned to look at him and called out, "Third Young Master."

Xie Yanfang looked back at her.

"Although the third son failed to kill the King of Zhongshan with his own sword." Chu Zhao said, "But I think you will have thousands of ways to cut off the blood of the sword, cut his wings, break his bones, and King Zhongshan is a mountain. Young Master can level him with bare hands."

Xie Yanfang's face was like spring water with a smile.

"That's right." He nodded, his voice was no longer as gentle as jade, but cold and arrogant that he had never seen before, "I can."

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When Cai Bo came over, Xie Yanfang was leaning on the table, looking at the peach forest in the distance, while Du Qi was sitting cross-legged, eating and drinking.

He looked into the distance, and saw the girl galloping away on the main road, turning into a black spot beside the cloud-like peach forest.

"What did she say?" Cai Bo asked, "Did she deliberately oppose us? Did she have a deal with King Zhongshan? What is her intention? Why did she alienate us from our Xie family when she became Ah Yu's queen?"

Xie Yanfang looked far away in the sky: "Intentionally, it can be said to be intentional, but it is not a deal with King Zhongshan, nor is it against us, alienation, it is alienation, because even if she becomes Ah Yu's queen, she is just herself , so she does things for herself first."

Although these words sounded convoluted, Uncle Cai still understood, and said calmly: "She and our Xie family are not of the same mind."

Xie Yanfang smiled and said, "We don't have the same heart with her either."

Cai Bo sat down and frowned: "It doesn't matter if she doesn't have one heart with us, but if she has one heart with Deng Yi—"

Xie Yanfang shook her head: "No, Uncle Cai, you don't understand, don't care who she's with, she's not that kind of person."

"Then what kind of person is she?" Cai Bo was puzzled.

Xie Yanfang looked at him with a smile, and pointed at herself: "I am the kind of person."

He has said this before, how many times is this the first time?Is it the third time?There are only three things, although Cai Bo thinks that his son is the only one in the world, but——

The power of this girl should not be underestimated.

"Master, do you really think she is like you?" He asked.

Xie Yanfang leaned on her head and looked at the sky: "Although I don't know why, she has never experienced the joy of standing on the highest mountain, but she is what I want."

She also seems to see everything in this world at a glance.

Therefore, she also has to be above others, and everything is only under her own control.

Hearing this, Du Qi put down the food in his hand and said, "Then I'll kill her."

Uncle Cai was startled, and it was funny, he also remembered that Xie Yanfang had said earlier that if this girl was really like him, he would kill her.

Cai Bo looked into the distance, thoughtful: "Actually, although she has a lot of people, it's not difficult to do it—"

Xie Yanfang stuffed a cup of tea into Cai Bo's hand and said, "Cai Bo, it's not a question of whether it's difficult or not."

He said before that if there was someone like him, he would kill him because he knew how scary he was.

But when he looked at this girl standing in front of him, praising him and guarding him, she was frank and withdrawn, passionate and ruthless.

She is as aggressive as the sun, but also as deep as a deep pool that makes people addicted.

Cai Bo held his tea and looked at him: "What's the problem?"

Xie Yanfang smiled: "Yes, it's a question I don't want to part with."

Chapter 111 Second Tea

The soldiers and horses at the front, back, left and right gradually returned, hiding Chu Zhao in the queue, and Chu Zhao heaved a sigh of relief.

She looked back, and the peach forest behind her was no longer visible, let alone the people admiring the scenery.

"Miss." Ale urged the horse to ask in a low voice, "Did you and the third young master just quarrel?"

She was on the side at the time, it looked like the young lady was having tea and laughing with Xie Yanfang, but the atmosphere was a bit strange, as for what was strange, I couldn't tell, anyway, it was different from being with Xie Yanlai.

It stands to reason that Xie Yanfang is much more likable than Xie Yanlai.

"It's not a quarrel." Chu Zhao explained to Ale, but he didn't hide it from her, "The third son is a little puzzled about what I did this time, so I'm explaining to him."

Ah Le understood this sentence, and patted his horse's head: "What puzzlement! He blamed the lady! Why! Miss, you took such a big risk to stop the king of Zhongshan from doing evil, quell the flames of war, and save the people from the fire and water. In the midst of this, he actually still wants to blame Miss?"

If the young lady didn't say this herself, she couldn't believe it.

How could Xie Yanfang blame Miss for this incident? !Shouldn't it be congratulations, admiration, gratitude?

"Calm down." Chu Zhao said with a smile, "I took such a big risk to do these things, which are my business and have nothing to do with Mr. Xie."

Ale stared: "Then what is it called—"

"It's really okay to be called." Chu Zhao also stared at the little girl, "Because she also has her own business to do."

"Miss, this is not called someone's family." Ale corrected, she is not an ignorant border maid, "This is called family and country affairs!"

On the contrary, Chu Zhao was taken aback by what she said, and smiled.

"Yes, A Le is right." She said, nodded, and sighed again, "That's the problem, this matter is a major issue for the family and the country, but it is an independent person who does it, as long as it is a person Selfish."

"Miss has no selfishness!" A Le said aggrievedly.

Chu Zhao shook his head: "I have."

Ah Le said nothing, if the lady has something, then of course - it is right.

"Mr. Xie has his own plans. I did not discuss this matter with him. Although I solved the important affairs of my family and country, I messed up Mr. Xie's affairs." Chu Zhao then whispered to her.

Ah Le understood it this time, and lowered his voice: "So, is he angry?" He was a little nervous again, and tightened his grip on the rein, "Will he harm Miss?"

Although, she didn't know why she came up with this idea. The third son is obviously a very good person in the eyes of the world.

Chu Zhao shook his head again: "No, the third son is a very honest person, he will come to me immediately when he has doubts, and he will not be angry if he asks clearly."

Xie Yanfang directly stated that King Zhongshan's battle is under his control, and he is even happy to see it.

It means that the Xie family will use this battle to make their reputation more prosperous.

But she was disturbed by Chu Zhao.

So she also told Xie Yanfang frankly that this battle of King Zhongshan was also an opportunity for her, and she wanted to participate in it to gain fame for herself.

She did this for herself, not against Xie Yanfang on purpose.

Doing so is right and wrong.

Mistrust, fear, admiration, and even greed for power - Xie Yanfang can accept it, he can understand it, and even looks very happy.

The third son Xie is an eagle soaring in the sky, he doesn't mind the selfishness of all beings.

As long as it's not - malicious.

No, he should be able to accept maliciousness, but it depends on who the malicious object is.

Ants, hares, birds, fish and insects are all indifferent.

But if it is of the same kind that is evenly matched——

For Third Young Master Xie, there is probably only me without you.

Chu Zhao breathed out again softly against his heart. Of course, she did not have any malice towards Xie Yanfang, although the Xie family was also her enemy in the previous life. After cursing her father and defiled her, he even killed Uncle Zhong——

But this life knows the whole story, because of Xiao Xun and Chu Lan's planning, Xie's and her Chu's are indeed on opposite sides.

In this life, she and Xie Yanfang stood together, and she didn't want to have a bad relationship with him.

Of course, she didn't really dig into Xie Yanfang, there was still a selfishness hidden in her heart that she couldn't reveal.

In this life, she took the opportunity and took the opportunity to step into the chaos of the Great Xia. She did steal the opportunity of many people, including Xie Yanfang.

Chu Zhao looked back again with a little guilty conscience, and it was okay, no matter how much Xie Yanfang guessed and asked about this, even if he was flying on the top of the mountain, he would not find it.

"It's right not to be angry." A Le muttered beside him, "Miss did this for Your Majesty. If Your Majesty is not angry, it is not his turn to be angry. If he is angry, he is deceiving the King."

Chu Zhao laughed: "Ah, we, Ah Le, know a lot."

Ale snorted and raised his chin: "I am the maid who stands in the palace and listens to the government."

Chu Zhao laughed again: "Okay, let's go back to Beijing quickly, and enter the hall to listen to the court again!"

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But to return to Beijing to listen to politics, you need to change horses again.

At the last post station outside the capital city, Chu Zhao asked Ding Dachui to take someone to replace the horses, and he took Ale to a nearby teahouse to rest.

This place is already a bustling place, the inn is gorgeous, and the surrounding area is also lively, but at this time there are only four or five people sitting in the tea shop.

Seeing Chu Zhao approaching, they stood still nervously and excitedly.

A Le had already babbled, and said happily, "It's Zhang Juntou."

It is not surprising that Zhang Gu and others appear here, she is hiding her whereabouts from the government and people everywhere, and the post soldiers, especially Zhang Gu, have always been aware of her movements.

Chu Zhao smiled and said, "Now I should call you Master Zhang."

At this time they had already walked into the teahouse, upon hearing this sentence, Zhang Gu hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, Empress Empress, for your support."

The companions behind him also saluted one after another, wanting to look at Chu Zhao but not daring to look too much.

"Everyone, don't be too polite. I didn't put on a queen's guard of honor when I came to Beijing, so as not to reveal my identity." Chu Zhao laughed, "Everyone should still regard it as Ah Fu."

I dare not, but when it comes to Ah Fu, thinking of the past, the tension of the post soldiers eased a lot, and one of the post soldiers said: "Ah Fu dare not, let's call you Miss Chu."

Chu Zhao nodded with a smile and said yes.

Zhang Gu invited her to take a seat, and said: "Although, Your Highness, you said that you don't want guards of honor to welcome you, but we still want to see you. No one knows about your highness's contribution to the capital—"

Previously, His Majesty's royal conscripts were flocking to the crowd, and the queen also personally conscripted, and prevented more casualties from the war, but they returned to Beijing so quietly, they always felt sorry for them.

Chu Zhao smiled: "This is what I mean. If I want to return to Beijing with great fanfare, His Majesty and the court will not object. I just find it troublesome and want to return to the palace quietly and quickly."

Zhang Gu nodded: "We understand, but although we understand, but—" he pointed to the table inside, "We want to replace wine with tea, as a way of expressing our heart."

Chu Zhao looked at the tea and snacks on the table. This was the second tea she was invited to Beijing. He raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Is it also the tea you made yourself?"

There were only a few of them in the tea shop, and the owner of the tea seller had been sent away in advance.

Hearing Chu Zhao's words, a postman couldn't help laughing, and said, "That's not okay, the tea we make is really not tasty."

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But in fact, the tea made by the owner of the roadside tea stand is not very delicious, and it can't compare with the famous tea cooked by Xie Yanfang himself. However, Chu Zhao naturally doesn't care about the taste of the tea. What he eats is not tea, but everyone's heart.

We didn't take a few sips of tea, and everyone was busy talking about the previous things.

"Erxi is coming back?" Chu Zhao asked after hearing this, "Is his injury healed?"

Erxi was the postman who sent the news that the prince of Zhongshan raised his troops to fight against the court.

Zhang Gu shook his head helplessly: "No, it is reasonable to raise him for half a year, but this stubborn child won't listen and insists on making a fuss to come back."

Chu Zhaodao: "Brother Zhang is his home here, so of course he is looking forward to returning home." He asked again, "Is the funeral of the dead brother Wang arranged?"

Zhang Gu said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, everything has been settled, he has a son, if he wants to join the army in the future, I will directly recruit him under my command."

Chu Zhao nodded, and smiled again: "It can also be arranged with Ah Jiu."

Ah Jiu, these familiar and unfamiliar names rang in his ears, and Zhang Gu couldn't help grinning: "Ah Jiu, has he become a general? Hearing Erxi write a letter, it's amazing."

Chu Zhao waved his hand: "Isn't it not now? He needs to make more contributions before the Great General." He smiled again, "It should be soon, right?"

Of course Zhang Gu knew that the position of Lord of Military Merit was rare, but he still nodded firmly: "It must be soon."

This is not because Xie Yanlai is a child of the Xie family.

"Ah Jiu, you are smart and powerful."

A postman thought of something and took a teacup from the side and put it on the table to pour tea: "Today we have a gathering, we can't miss Ah Jiu, add another cup for him."

Zhang Gu laughed, raised his teacup, and said: "We are reunited today, let us wish Ah Fu, Miss Chu, great achievements in protecting the country and saving the people!"

The post soldiers raised their teacups and responded loudly.

Ale also held a teacup and drank it with Chu Zhao and everyone.