nashuaworldcup Chapter 319 Be a maid?
Chapter 319 Be a maid?
"Xiao Ji'er, I'm so much older than you. If nothing unexpected happens, I will definitely leave earlier than you!
Don't cry when the time comes!
Ahem, just kidding!
Seriously, when the time comes, you must let me be buried in this monk's robe, remember this!"
This was the most serious injury Chen Ji had ever suffered on the battlefield. This was the first sentence Huineng said to him after he was rescued.
At that time, Huineng pointed at his blood-stained monk's robe with a serious look on his face.
Chen Ji saw that Huineng had worn the monk's robe many times and it was torn, so he sewed it up and continued to wear it.
Chen Ji once asked Huineng why he didn't change into new clothes?
Huineng shook his head mysteriously. Just when Chen Ji thought he was going to make another joke, Huineng said with some sadness:
“Once, someone told me that I looked very handsome in this monk’s robe!”
Chen Ji stood with his hands behind his back in front of the raised grave mound, and couldn't help but recall the image of Huineng lying in the coffin in tattered monk's clothes before his burial.
In fact, Huineng was less than fifty years old, but on his breathless pale face, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, forehead and cheeks were crisscrossed like ravines, showing his fatigue.
He was very thin, and wearing the monk's robe that he had worn for who knows how many years, he looked ten years older.
Chen Ji could never have imagined that inside such an old body, there actually was a soul from another world hidden!
He buried Huineng in the back mountain of Anruo Temple, next to the Zen room where Huineng had lived for twenty years. It was a very quiet place and few people came.
The wind blew at night, and the sobbing continued in my ears, and it did not stop during the day.
Chen Ji's clothes were fluttering in the wind, and waves of coolness came with it, but it couldn't stop the complicated thoughts in his mind.
"Your Highness, Princess Qingyi has advised the Emperor to allow Miss Luo to return to the capital as a maid."
Wei Lin's voice suddenly sounded behind him. Chen Ji's eyes suddenly darkened, and there was an undisguised look of disgust between his brows.
"The Emperor agrees?"
"The Emperor only said to summon Miss Luo first."
……
Zhu Yan followed Chen Lingyi out of the emperor's quarters, looking thoughtful.
"The princess suggested bringing Luo Xiaoran along, firstly because she wanted to let the Queen Mother deal with this so-called savior of Concubine Bai after returning to Kyoto.
Secondly, Concubine Bai also has an inexplicable hostility towards Luo Xiaoran. Bringing her along can cause trouble for Concubine Bai, killing two birds with one stone."
Zhu Yan's words touched Chen Lingyi's heart. The corners of her mouth curled up into a malicious smile, and her eyes flickered:
"The reason why Concubine Bai is hostile to Luo Xiaoran is because she thinks the emperor has become interested, right?
They men don’t understand, but I noticed it the first time.
This rude and lowly person, relying on his pregnancy, looks down upon me even more!
This palace insists on bringing Luo Xiaoran with her, and asking her to come to the emperor more often. It would be best if Concubine Bai gets so angry that she loses her stomach!"
The master and servant walked out while talking.
Later, Chen Lingyi, in a very good mood, simply took Zhu Yan for a walk in the garden.
After walking around for a long time until he was sweating slightly, he planned to go back to his residence to rest, but he saw Chen Ji and Wei Lin walking towards him from afar.
Chen Ji's expression was particularly gloomy today. There was a blazing flame burning in his dark and cold eyes, which startled Chen Lingyi.
But it was only a moment of stunned silence, then Chen Lingyi adjusted her expression and greeted him with the most perfect smile.
"Little uncle..."
She thought Chen Ji would stop and say a few words to her, but the tall and straight figure like a pine tree just passed her and walked towards the emperor's residence.
Chen Lingyi's smile froze on her face, and a strong disbelief appeared in her eyes. Zhu Yan behind her even shrank his neck.
Chen Lingyi suddenly turned around and looked at Chen Ji, and the tassels on her hair swung and hit her face, but she seemed not to feel the pain.
Her beautiful eyes were fixed on that tall figure. Her well-maintained jade fingernails pierced deeply into her palms because of her clenched fists, but she didn't care.
It was the first time that the uncle ignored her like this, not even giving her a glance, and the coldness around him was clearly directed at her!
Chen Lingyi's eyes were red and her whole body was trembling. She was both angry and helpless.
Why is my uncle acting so abnormal today?
Could it be that Huineng said something before he died?
Or, is there someone else who has taken advantage of you?
……
A map of the northern border was neatly posted on the entire wall. The seven cities in the northern border, together with the border boundary between Daliang and Beiyi, were displayed before the eyes of Emperor Tianqi.
Emperor Tianqi slowly turned around and looked at Chen Ji. The gloomy expression on his face when he was studying the map just now turned back to normal the moment he saw Chen Ji.
"Uncle, you've come at the right time. My sister came to see me just now and said that she wanted to take Luo Xiaoran as her maid. What do you think, uncle?"
There was no trace of emotion in Chen Ji's eyes at this moment. He looked calm and his voice was clear but steady:
"If Luo Xiaoran is willing, no one else needs to interfere.
but--
If she doesn't want to, even if you are the Princess Qingyi, you can't force her to do it!"
Emperor Tianqi nodded, as if he didn't take the matter to heart.
"That's what I meant, so I asked someone to summon Luo Xiaoran and ask her if she wants to have the honor of accompanying the princess in the future?
Calculating the time, it’s almost time.”
As he was speaking, Luo Xiaoran walked in expressionlessly, led by the eunuch.
Isn't it expressionless?
He originally planned to sneak away, but now he was escorted out of his home with great fanfare like a suspect. No one would be happy, right?
At that time, Luo Xiaoran was at home instructing Qiu Niang on how to take care of the farmland, orchards and chickens, but a group of guards from the Palace Guards knocked on her door loudly.
After opening the door, the leader said that a noble person had summoned Anruo Temple, and then she arrived at Anruo Temple...
When seeing Luo Xiaoran again, Emperor Tianqi was still as enthusiastic as ever.
"I was just talking to my uncle about you when you came.
Luo Xiaoran, Princess Qingyi wants to take you as a maid and take you to Kyoto, are you willing?"
Luo Xiaoran suspected that she had heard it wrong. Chen Lingyi wanted her to be her maid?
Is she okay?
Isn't this forcing yourself to sell yourself?
Did she suddenly go from being a leisurely small landlord in Hexi Village to a maid without freedom?
The above was just Luo Xiaoran’s first reaction.
What follows is the excitement of having someone give you a pillow when you doze off!
Luo Xiaoran was worrying about how to seek revenge on Chen Lingyi, when Chen Lingyi personally handed the knife to her.
If she doesn't take advantage of this opportunity to kill Chen Lingyi, she will be sorry for Chen Lingyi's hard work.
Thinking of this, Luo Xiaoran showed a very honored smile on her face.
"Your Majesty, I am honored to have the favor of Princess Qingyi. I..."
"I don't agree!"