The reborn delicate empress just wants to hug her thighs

Chapter 78 Roast Duck Apology 3
Lighting a dim oil lamp, the two sat opposite each other in front of the simple wooden table.

"After the Shi family's accident, are you okay?" Chen Yunzong poured a bowl of tea for Shi Huaishan.

Shi Huaishan took the simple white porcelain bowl flattered.

After the collapse of the Shi family, he didn't pin his hopes on others, because he knew very well the reason why trees fall and monkeys scatter.

Unexpectedly, Chen Yunzong was not close to the Shi family before, but now he was willing to meet him at the risk of being implicated by the Shi family. (Others don't know that Yan Wenmao has let go of the old affairs of the Shi family.)
"This junior is fine." Shi Huaishan drank the tea in the bowl in one gulp.

"That's good. Where do you live now? Do you continue to study?" Chen Yunzong asked.

"The younger generation is now studying in the Imperial Academy, and staying at the Imperial Academy..." Shi Huaishan said.

"Guozijian?" Chen Yunzong repeated in surprise, "How did you get in? Could it be that someone helped you?"

Shi Huaishan said vaguely, "This junior has some encounters."

"That's good." Chen Yunzong exhaled and said, "I don't have anything now, I only have a little money left, and I can barely make ends meet. If you are poor and need silver taels, I am willing to help you, but it won't help you too much Busy. Now you have your chance, very good."

Shi Huaishan was grateful for Chen Yunzong's kindness, and said: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your concern. To be honest, this junior does have something to ask for when he comes here."

Chen Yunzong raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter? Let's talk about it."

"By chance, this junior got the chance to arrange the exam for miscellaneous officials..."

"Wait a minute, you said you got the chance to arrange the exam for miscellaneous officials?" Chen Yunzong said with a strange expression, "It seems that your chance is not small!"

Not only is it not small, it is simply too big.

The examination for miscellaneous officials seems inconspicuous and insignificant compared with the imperial examination, but the interests involved in it are not comparable to the imperial examination.

The imperial examination pays attention to fairness, but there are many tricks that can be done in the miscellaneous official examination. As long as it is not discovered, the impact is not too great. It has always been a fat job.

Moreover, such a thing, which is usually in charge of an official who has been an official for ten years, is actually a miracle that it can fall to the top of Shihuai Mountain.

Shi Huaishan coughed, and briefly told the story of some bad things happened before the miscellaneous official exam, and finally the Empress handed things over to him.

But Chen Yunzong became more and more confused the more he listened, and asked: "How can you talk directly to His Majesty, and she will also entrust the matter to you?"

Speaking of this matter, Shi Huaishan blushed, felt a little ashamed, and said in a delicate voice: "Junior... the relationship with His Majesty is relatively close."

Speaking of this, there is no need to say anything else.

When Chen Yunzong looked at Huai Shan, his eyes had changed from looking at a junior to looking at a profit-seeker.

The family has been in decline, and it has fallen to the point where they have to face each other. It really embarrasses the Shi family!

Shi Huaishan was suffering.

If there were other ways to take revenge, he wouldn't make such a bad move, but it's not appropriate to tell Chen Yunzong about these things.

Chen Yunzong's attitude became obviously alienated, and said: "I know what you asked for. For the sake of Guozuo, I promise you. It's just that there is nothing to do in the future, so it's better not to come to the door."

Shi Huaishan got up from his seat, bowed to Chen Yunzong, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen."

Chen Yunzong avoided half of his body, and was only willing to accept half of the ceremony.

If it wasn't for the miscellaneous official exam not to fall into other people's hands and make things even more messy, he would never let Shi Huaishan stay any longer.

Shi Huaishan pushed the carefully prepared wooden box forward, and said: "This is a little food prepared for you by the younger generation, it is nothing, please accept it, Mr. Chen."

Chen Yunzong didn't want to accept it, but Shi Huaishan insisted, so he moved the box, sighed and said, "Huaishan, you have to remember, you can't go against your heart in everything!"

"The younger generation knows, but there are hidden secrets in it, so I can't explain it to Old Chen in detail." Shi Huaishan stood with his head bowed.

Seeing that he doesn't look like a person who is chasing power for the sake of fame and fortune, with a clean and upright temperament, Chen Yunzong reluctantly accepted his statement, saying:
"Shouldn't you have dinner yet? The old man hasn't prepared yet. It's late, and I'm afraid I won't be able to lock the city gate in time to return to the capital. In that case, you will stay for the night. Eat what you brought tonight , the old man will make a clear soup and side dish."

Naturally, Shi Huaishan should be, and offered to help Chen Yunzong do things.

Chen Yunzong saw that his hands and feet were nimble, and he was very skilled in doing things, as if he had suffered hardships, and his heart was relieved a little.

Shi Huaishan helped put the vegetable soup into a bowl, and asked casually: "When I first met Mr. Chen, you seemed to have a sad brow. I don't know why Mr. Chen is worried?"

Originally occupied by Shi Huaishan's matter, now that he mentions it, Chen Yunzong suddenly remembered the reason why he delayed going home, frowned for a while, and sighed:
"Xiao Wu is gone."

"Who is Xiao Wu?" Shi Huaishan took out the fruit wood roast duck from the wooden box and put it on the table, with the box next to it.

"It's a duck raised by the old man, and he has been raising it for more than two years. The old man has never married, has no children, and only raises ducks as companions." Chen Yunzong said.

"Today is very strange. I was fishing by the pond at noon, and I met a little girl who made things difficult for Xiao Wu, and even said that she would make Xiao Wu into a roast duck."

"The old man left the pool and looked for another place to fish. When he didn't want to go home, Xiao Wu disappeared."

"Is there... still this matter?" Shi Huaishan seemed to be struck by lightning, looking at the roast duck on the table, he felt as if five thunderbolts had struck the top of his head.

So this is what Feng Dengyun meant when he said he likes ducks?That……

Chen Yunzong filled two bowls of rice, turned around and said, "Forget it, let's eat first..."

His eyes fell on the shiny roast duck on the table.

The air froze for a moment.

"Old Chen! This, this, this roast duck was bought by the younger generation at the restaurant under the Guozijian Mountain, not Xiao Wu!"

Shi Huaishan was so anxious that he could not speak coherently.

"..."

Chen Yunzong looked at the roast duck for a long time, and his face sank again.

Put the rice on the table and said: "Since you bought it, you can eat it."

"This junior knows his mistake." Shi Huaishan apologized repeatedly.

"Forget it. Before you came here, you didn't know that I love ducks. Those who don't know are innocent. This roast duck must have cost a lot of money. If you don't eat it, it will be wasted." Chen Yunzong said.

……

Shi Huaishan didn't dare to say anything.

It was because I did my homework before I came here that I knew that Chen Yunzong liked ducks, so I didn't expect things to be so ridiculous.

The two of them ate in silence for a meal.

After the meal, Shi Huaishan quickly packed up his things, lit the lantern and said, "Old Chen, this junior will go find Xiao Wu with you."

"Xiao Wu is the old man's favorite pet, and should not be used to treat guests." Chen Yunzong emphasized.

"...The junior is not the kind of greedy person."

"But at the dinner table just now, you ate the roast duck very engrossingly..." Chen Yunzong's eyes were full of suspicion.

(End of this chapter)