lady, please calm down

Chapter 327
Jingmingfang is located in the heart of Tokyo City, with the Imperial City at its back, Royal Street to the east, and the top red light district represented by Fengle Tower to the north.

With the Bianhe River running through the square, it is a great place to find tranquility in the middle of the bustle, greatly shortening the commute time, and provide entertainment at the same time.

Therefore, there are a large number of mansions of powerful people concentrated in the square. Among them, the former Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the residence of former Prime Minister Li Bangyan on Suimian Street in Yulin Lane occupy the largest area and are the most luxurious.

Qian Mansion has been occupied by Chen Chu and others, and has been temporarily used as a residence for Chen Chu, Cai Yuan, Li Ke and others. Living together makes it easier for personal soldiers to protect everyone's safety, and secondly, it is also convenient for daily discussions.

The former Prime Minister's Mansion was given to Chen Chu by Jiarou's decree and served as the Prince of Chu's Mansion.

On the fifth day of July, Chen Chu visited the house for the first time after taking over the residence on Suimian Street.

After entering the mansion, Chen Chu and Mao Dan, Bai Maoshu and others who came with him were like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, and finally saw what it means to be extremely extravagant.

Back then, Zheng Yi's mansion in Sajin Lane looked rustic and poor compared to what it looks like now.

It is both a six-entry house, but both the floor space and the flowers and stones on the corridors are much more sophisticated than those of the Marquis of Caizhou.

The corridors are all exquisite and clear; there are three eaves and four clusters, with soaring eaves layer upon layer.

After walking through a winding path in the back house, Chen Chu and others discovered an open-air soup pool in the deep house. The soup pool was surrounded by rugged rocks and flowers and trees that Chen Chu couldn't name.

On the left and right sides of the irregular soup pool, two three-foot-tall auspicious beasts were placed.

According to the accompanying former steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion, these two auspicious beasts have clever features that allow them to pour hot and cold water into the soup pool from their mouths.

In winter, the pool is filled with hot soup and the white smoke is thick, just like a fairyland. At this time, Li Bangyan will call three or five beautiful maids wearing only tulle to enjoy themselves.

Just imagine, the lights are flickering, the fragrant nephrite is warm, and the gauze is wet.
Pooh!This evil world!

Pooh!This corrupt ruling class!

I am sworn to death with gambling and drugs!

After seeing the soup pool, the steward introduced some rare things such as the ten-piece bed, which was more than ten feet wide and long and could accommodate several people sleeping together, and the uniquely shaped spring chair.

Following Chen Chu, Mao Dan’s face flushed and his forehead became sweaty.
At the beginning of noon, Mao Dan received the key to the whole mansion from the steward and followed Chen Chu to temporarily leave the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Chen Chu, who was wearing casual clothes, walked in front. Maodan and Bai Maoshu were a little behind. Both of them looked a little dazed. Maodan unnaturally crossed his legs when he walked, and always tugged at his pants from time to time.

Returning to Yulin Alley and before entering Qian's Mansion, Chen Chu looked back at Mao Dan and Bai Mao Shu, who were silent all the way, but saw that both of them looked distracted and sweating profusely, and couldn't help but ask: " What's wrong with you two? Are you very hot?"

The two of them were brought back to their senses. Mao Dan looked a little flustered and said: "Oh, boss, Tokyo is really hot! Much hotter than Caizhou."

While he was talking, he saw that Chen Chu was also sweating. He couldn't help but excitedly shouted as if he had discovered a new world: "My boss, you are sweating a lot too!"

"Uh"

Chen Chu wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve and said seriously: "Yes, Tokyo is hot!"

At noon that day, Chen Chu felt an evil fire steaming in his abdomen, making him unbearably hot, so he cooked a few bowls of cold noodles himself.

Cai Yuan and Li Ke, who lived here together, followed the smell and touched it. They saw that Chen Chu had put courgette shreds and nepeta leaves on the cold noodles, poured them with vinegar and garlic sauce, and scooped out a spoonful of red and yellow noodles. Stir-fried chicken eggs with zhuyanguo
This coquettish face seduces people for no reason!
The two immediately imitated the same, each filled a bowl, and sat in the shade under the grape trellis in the courtyard to eat.

The scene at this time is rather like a few bachelors living together.

After Li Ke finished one bowl of Xilihulu, he took the second bowl. He had no appetite in the hot summer weather, but after eating this bowl of cold noodles, most of the heat was gone, which made him feel really comfortable.

Cai Yuan's bowl was also eaten cleanly. Even the bit of sour soup left at the bottom of the bowl was poured into his mouth, and his delicately trimmed beard was stained with juice.

When Li Ke took the initiative to buy more noodles for Cai Yuan, the latter hesitated for a while, but refused: "Cold noodles are delicious, but they are cold food. If you eat too much, you will accumulate food. I am older and not younger than you. I can't do it just for food." Desire has damaged your body, and now that there are so many affairs in the capital, you don't dare to get sick."

Look at your father-in-law’s self-discipline!
Chen Chu felt ashamed for being distracted after seeing some obscene things in the morning.

Seeing that Chen Chu was slightly distracted, Cai Yuan thought differently and couldn't help but said: "If Yuan Zhang is not used to the food in the capital, he can ask his family to send a famous chef over. This will save you the trouble of cooking by yourself."

Before Chen Chu answered, Li Ke raised his head and said, "Mr. Cai, the princess has made arrangements. This time, Mr. Yanagawa will be accompanied to the capital by Mrs. Bai Lu, the steward of the palace's back house. She brought the cook and two maids. Come and serve the prince."

"Oh?"

Cai Yuan smiled and praised Mao'er, "The princess has thought everything carefully. With the princess here, we don't need to worry about it. They will be here soon, right?"

"Yeah." Li Ke scraped the last bite of noodles into his mouth, wiped his mouth, and said, "I should go into the city this afternoon."

"Haha, okay. It will be convenient if Yuan Zhang wants to eat something later." Cai Yuan said with a smile.

But Chen Chu was not very interested in this news. Was it the one who stuttered that King Chu was missing?
It was not until noon.

After Chen Jingan and his party entered the city, they went directly to the Shangshu Mansion in Yulin Lane.

After taking a nap, Chen Chu yawned and Cai Yuan waited at the second door to greet him.

"I have met the King of Chu and Minister Cai"

"It's been a hard journey, sir."

After not seeing each other for a few months, Chen Chu and Cai Yuan's reputations have risen to a higher level, which makes Chen Jingan, who is also at the core of the Huaibei Department, both excited and emotional.

Chen Chu was also very enthusiastic. After exchanging pleasantries with Chen Jing'an, he unconsciously glanced back and saw a young woman wearing a narrow-sleeved Hufu that was convenient for walking and wearing pointed boots.

There was a reserved smile on Xiuyan's face that she wanted to endure but couldn't help, and a pair of sweet dimples were looming.

Who else could it be if it wasn't Chen Jinyu?

Because of the hot weather, her cheeks were pink and red, and the fine hair on her forehead was wet with fine sweat. A little fragrant sweat was also spread on her slender swan neck, which was crystal clear under the bright sunlight.

Chen Chu didn't know that Chen Jinyu had also followed Chen Jingan to Beijing, and he was caught off guard by a surprise. His eyes looking at Ayu became even more intense.

Ayu also didn't expect that her uncle would miss her so much. She figured it out from Chen Chu's fiery eyes that wanted to eat people.

As a result, the grievances of not writing to her for two months and being anonymous and anonymous disappeared instantly.

If there weren't too many people around, Ayu would give her uncle a warm response, but at this moment, she could only look back at him with eyes filled with longing.

The look in their eyes was about to go crazy. Cai Yuan next to him naturally noticed it. He had never paid much attention to this girl from the Chen family before, but now he suddenly realized that these two people acted like a pair of passionate little lovers. What!

Does Hua'er know?

This was Lao Cai's first reaction, and then he looked at Chen Jingan, who coughed slightly awkwardly and reminded: "Ayu, please meet your Uncle Cai soon."

"Meet Uncle Cai"

Ayu, who seemed to have been awakened, hurriedly saluted Cai Yuan, who smiled and pointedly said: "Your father is relieved, he is willing to let a daughter of yours come to Tokyo."

Chen Jing'an, who was standing next to her, immediately explained to her niece why she was here.

But Ayu didn't let Cai Yuan's profound words ruin her good mood at all. She turned slightly sideways and saluted Chen Chu, and said in a low voice: "Ayu has met uncle."

When he bent down, he lowered his head, but his round eyes secretly glanced up at Chen Chu's face, looking both delicate and shy.

Now that she is in her best years, and after several changes in personnel affairs, Ayu knows more and more how to exude her daughter's charm.
Not the end of time.

Chen Chu and Cai Yuan accompanied Chen Jing'an to the flower hall to drink tea and talk, while Mao Dan took Bai Lu and Chen Jinyu to the back house to choose a place to live.

In the mansion, Li Ke, Cai Yuan and others lived in No. [-] and No. [-] Jin. Mao Dan took the female family members to the back house in No. [-] and No. [-] Jin.

Chen Jinyu chose a secluded courtyard within Sijin and asked his entourage to move the ceremony in.

As the princess's pioneer, Bai Lu walked all the way and saw that she was quite satisfied with the size and decoration of Shangshu Mansion. However, she was a little dissatisfied when she learned that many foreign men lived in the front yard. "If the prince lives in the capital forever, in the future, The princess and the two concubines will have to move here sooner or later, so it will definitely be inconvenient for there to be so many outsiders in the house."

However, Mao Dan took out a bunch of keys from his waist and said proudly: "Sister Bai, when the princess comes, she will definitely not live here. Your Highness gave the owner a big and beautiful house, which is on Suimian Street not far away. .”

Upon hearing this, Bai Lu lost interest in continuing to explore this place. Instead, she stepped back and found a deserted place. She looked at Mao Dan carefully and said, "Mao Dan, how does Madam treat you on weekdays?"

As a personal soldier of Chen Chu and a native of Luliuwei, Mao Dan was considered the closest person to the royal family.

But Bai Lu was so solemn, and Mao Dan knew that what she said next was not simple, so he pretended to be stupid and said blankly: "Madam is naturally very kind to me, why did Sister Bai suddenly ask like this?" Bai Lu didn't continue, just said: "Okay. , in that case, you should answer me truthfully. Then what happened to the young lady and the prince from Magistrate Chen’s family?"

"what"

Mao Dan knew that Bai Lu's question would not be simple, but he did not expect that the other party would ask such an explosive question as soon as he opened his mouth.

Of course, Mao Dan knows everything about the boss and Chen Xiaoniang. He was the one who took care of the boss outside Qingyun Temple in Caizhou!
As the most trusted soldier who has been praised by his boss as having a "promising future", Mao Dan will not betray his boss!

"What did Sister Bai say? I can't understand. Are you familiar with Miss Chen?"

Mao Dan touched his head with a surprised look on his face, but Bai Lu stretched out her finger and poked his forehead, scolding in a low voice: "Pretend for me again? The way Chen Xiaoniang looked at the prince just now made her want to eat our prince!"

Actually, King Chu's eyes were more revealing, but as a member of the royal family, Bai Lu would definitely not admit that the prince made the mistake on his own initiative. Even if the prince made the mistake, it relied on the seduction of the young lady outside.

"Sister Bai, I really don't know." Mao Dan cried out.

Bai Lu was not easy to fool, "You have been with the prince all day long, how could you not know?"

During her trip to Beijing, in addition to taking care of Chen Chu's daily life, she also received a secret mission from Madam and Aunt Cai, which was to try to prevent the prince from provoking unscrupulous women.

Unexpectedly, on her first day in Beijing, she discovered a big problem.

The only thing that made her unsure was whether the daughter of Magistrate Chen's family was considered to be in the ranks.
Seeing that Mao Dan couldn't get a clue, Bai Lu simply changed her mind and prepared to go to Chen Xiaoniang's place to test it out.

After entering the flower hall, the three of them exchanged information about Tokyo and Caizhou. Chen Jingan mentioned that Du Zhaoqing, who was traveling with him, wanted to have some friendship with the landlords and invited him to a banquet in the evening, and asked Cai Yuan if he wanted to come with him.

Cai Yuan also wanted to quickly get acquainted with officials at all levels in the capital, so he accepted Chen Jingan's invitation.

As for Chen Chu, it was not appropriate to attend. Du Zhaoqing's official position was not that high, so going to Chen Chu could be regarded as condescending, so it would be better to have less contact and maintain a sense of mystery.

At Shen Shizhong, the two of them left the house together.

Chen Chu was randomly transferred to Sijin's back house.
After asking around for a while, I found the courtyard where Ayu had just settled.

Ayu seemed to have guessed that Chen Chu might come over, and had dispatched the entourage who helped her carry the gifts in advance. She and Zhuan Yun were the only ones in the bedroom on the second floor.

The sun in the summer afternoon passes through the bamboo forest in the courtyard and casts a mottled light on the house.

Ayu bent over and spread out the brocade quilt. She didn't know what she thought of, and she lost consciousness for a while.

Immediately, the sound of footsteps going up the stairs was heard.

The footsteps were heavy, and one could imagine the urgency of the visitor. The sound seemed to be stepping on Ayu's heart, and Ayu became nervous for no reason.

While nervous, there was also a hint of expectation and joy that could not be shared with outsiders.
This is Tokyo. If her parents are not here, no one will keep an eye on her. Similarly, Princess Chu and Concubine Cai are not here either, so no one will keep an eye on her uncle.

Isn't it true that the vast and high-rise Tokyo city allows two people to stay together?

After a while, the longing figure appeared at the door. Ayu continued to maintain the posture of making bed with her back to the door, her body slightly tense.

Zhuan Yun glanced at his wife, snickered, turned around and walked out, closing the door behind him.

Chen Chu strode forward and hugged Ayu from behind.

With a cry, his tense body softened instantly.

"Uncle, wait a minute, do you miss Ayu?"

"Think about it."

"Don't worry yet. What does uncle think of Ayu?"

“I’ll tell you more in detail in the future.”

The end of Shen.

Bai Lu arranged the entourage one by one and came to Chen Jinyu's yard.

As the saying goes, the seventh-ranking official in front of the prime minister's door, Bai Lu, as the housekeeper of the palace's back house, is really not afraid of the daughter of the prefect's family.

Zhuan Yun, who was guarding the corner of the stairs, became visibly nervous when he saw the white dew falling from the sky.

Before Bai Lu could think of anything else, she just said, "Why are you staying here? Where is your wife?"

"My wife felt unwell and took a rest." Zhuan Yun stammered.

"It's been too hot recently and I've been traveling for days. Could it be that I'm suffering from heatstroke?"

Bai Lu turned around and told the accompanying maid to go find a doctor, then continued upstairs, "If you get heatstroke, it's even worse to stay in the house all the time."

Up to this point, Bai Lu had good intentions.

What happened to Chen Xiaoniang and her prince was not mentioned in advance, but if someone got sick, Bai Lu felt that she had the obligation to take care of this woman who was younger than her and whose parents were not around.

But Zhuan Yun on the side was very anxious and didn't dare to stop him.

'Tuk-tuk~'

When they went upstairs, Zhuan Yun kept chattering on the side that his wife was fine and that she didn't need to worry about Sister Bai. Bai Lu was so noisy that she didn't hear the actual sound in the house when she walked to the door.

But as she knocked on the door, the room fell silent.

'Tuk-tuk~'

Bai Lu became even more strange. She knocked on the door again and said, "Ms. Chen, are you sick? I've asked someone to call the doctor. You open the door first."

The room continued to be quiet for a few breaths, then Chen Jinyu cleared her throat and said, "Sister Bai, I don't have anything."

Before the word '渀' came out of his mouth, it suddenly turned into a winding gasping sound, as if he had been stabbed violently.

"Chen Xiaoniang?" Bai Lu was startled and became more and more anxious.

Perhaps because she was afraid that Bai Lu would keep pestering her outside the door, Ayu, who was leaning on the desk, turned around and begged someone in a low voice for mercy, while shouting out the door: "Sister Bai Bai, uh, I'm fine, rest, um, rest." After a while, it will be fine."

In the afternoon of the fifth day of July, the heat in Tokyo has temporarily subsided.

On the sixth day of July, Wang Yan, the former leader of the Hebei Road rebels, and Yang An and Xu Ruxian, the leaders of the Shandong Road rebels, arrived in Beijing on the same day.

Chen Chu went out of the city to greet him personally, and held a banquet with Cai Yuan and Chen Jingan that night.

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Jiarou issued an edict to reorganize Wang Yan's troops into the Han'an Army, which would continue to be stationed on Hebei Road; and Yang An's troops would be reorganized into the Hanxiong Army, stationed on Shandong Road.

On the eighth day of July, Jing Peng, the son of Jing Chao, the military envoy of Wei Sheng Army, arrived in Beijing to attend the condolence and funeral of Emperor Daxing in the future.

After Jing Peng entered the capital, he did not go to the Ministry of War to report immediately as usual. Instead, he first visited the King of Chu with a heavy gift.

This is not a big deal, but it is of great symbolic significance.

Two days later, Zhe Yanwen, the son of Zhe Keqiu, the envoy of Linfu Road and the mainstay of the Western Army, arrived in Beijing on behalf of his father.

In the following days, the children of military leaders from all over Daqi arrived one after another.

On July [-], Jiao Jingyan, a Hanlin scholar from the Xia Kingdom, led a delegation to Beijing.

On July [-], Chen Chengzhi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites of Zhou Dynasty, who was born as the number one scholar, entered the capital.

The highlight of July [-]th.

Gao Qingyi, the Yin of the Daxing Prefecture of the Jin Kingdom, and Li Chou, the Zhizhigao, arrived in the capital, and all the civil and military officials of the Qi Kingdom went ten miles out of the city to meet the envoys from the upper state.

Unfortunately, the King of Chu fell off his horse and injured his waist the day before, so he never showed up.
　After two ordinary chapters, it started right away.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)