Jiaochu

Chapter 61 The Actor’s Passionate Hongmen Banquet ([-])

The next morning, Hu Yuhan still did not show up.

When it was time to eat at noon, Zhao Cerongjue and the four of them had just left the study. A young eunuch hurried over and called Mr. Rong. When Rongjue came up, he quietly sent him a message without waiting for Rongjue to ask. The reason left in a hurry.

When Rong Jue came back, Zhao Ce curiously asked him what was going on. He excused himself and said it was nothing, saying that someone from his family had sent a message asking him to go back early after school today, and Zhao Ce believed it.

When he was about to walk to the dining room at the back, Rong Jue suddenly held his stomach and said he didn't feel well, so he left with an excuse. Zhao Cezhen thought he had something wrong with his stomach and didn't raise any suspicion.

After that, Rong Jue quietly slipped into the Imperial Garden alone. It was noon, and there were not many palace people walking around in the garden. He used the cover of rockery flowers and trees to sneak into the Luohua Pavilion beside Taiye Pond.

He sat and waited in the pavilion, but no one came.At that time, the little eunuch quietly told him that the second princess was waiting for him here, and he felt a little strange in his heart. He and the second princess had never spoken a word, and they only met once at a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. Could it be that the second princess had already been there for a long time? He was interested in him. Thinking of this, Rong Jue couldn't help but feel complacent. He had an appointment with a beautiful lady, and she was still a princess. He hesitated for several times between going and not going, but in the end he couldn't resist his vanity and decided to find out. .

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, no one came. He finally realized that he had probably been tricked. Just as he was about to leave, a man suddenly jumped out from behind the rockery and blocked his way. Rong Jue took a closer look and saw that it was Hu Yuhan. He couldn't help but feel panicked. , anxious to leave, only to see a flash of cold light in front of him, and he was immediately frightened and turned pale.

Hu Yuhan was playing with a gleaming dagger in her hand, with a careless smile on her face.

"How do you think yesterday's accounts should be settled?"

Zhao Ce looked around and saw no one. He was panicking but still denied: "What account? I don't know what you are talking about."

"Don't act dumb here with me."

With a whoosh, cold light passed from the corner of Zhao Ce's eyes, and the sharp dagger grazed Rong Jue's ear. He was so frightened that his face turned pale, and his legs and feet trembled. After he came to his senses, he quickly reached out and touched his ear. It was okay. All are there.

"What do you want? This is the palace, do you still want to kill people and silence them?" Rong Jue was forced to yell in anger, but his angry voice just revealed his lack of confidence in his heart, and he did not dare to fight to the death with the opponent. .

"Kill you? You think too highly of yourself." Hu Yuhan sneered, took out a note from her arms and photographed it on Rong Jue, "Bring the banknote tomorrow."

Rong Jue took a look at the receipt and immediately stared in anger: "1000 taels, you are blackmailing me!"

"The doctor said that I need to take good care of my injury for a month. I need to use expensive medicinal materials and take the best supplements, otherwise it will be easy to get the root cause of the disease. It will cost at least 5000 taels of silver in one month. I think it's all for the sake of my classmates. I'm just giving you an advantage. Isn't your father the Minister of the Ministry of Finance? I can't get this little money out. It's fine if you don't give it. Let's go to the emperor to distinguish it. We simply make the matter bigger. Then the emperor will find out what is what. What a big deal. I just got beaten up and kicked out of the palace." Hu Yuhan said while fiddling with the dagger nonchalantly.

Rong Jue felt angry and scared when he saw the other party's willingness to take risks. If he really stabbed the emperor, he would not be able to hide it, so he might as well spend some money to eliminate the disaster.

"1000 taels is 1000 taels, I'll give it to you tomorrow."

When Hu Yuhan saw Rong Jue accepting the receipt, he put the dagger back into his boot, reached out and patted Rong Jue on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "From now on, we will all be brothers, and we will spend the money together."

Rong Jue: "..." When Hu Yuhan and Rong Jue returned to the study arm in arm, several people were a little surprised. It was obvious that they had a verbal dispute not long ago, but now they are as good as brothers. .Especially Ye Xingye, his eyes were wide open, as if he had seen some strange scene, indescribably weird.

Ye Lingxi could see the reluctance behind Rong Jue's smile at a glance, thinking that the other party might have some leverage. Looking at Hu Yuhan again, the bruise on her forehead had disappeared, but there was still a circle around it that was slightly darker than her skin color. Marks, if you don't look closely, you won't see any injuries at all.

After the two of them returned to their seats, before the master came, Ye Xingye stretched his neck and approached Hu Yuhan's seat and told him about Lord Tiger that Zhao Ce mentioned yesterday. Hu Yuhan was not too sure about the identity of Lord Tiger. He cared about it and said with a smile that the matter had been solved. When he spoke, he glanced at Rong Jue. Ye Xingye was about to ask how to solve the problem when Master Xu walked in, so he had to give up.

After school in the afternoon, Hu Yuhan and Rong Jue walked away together, arm in arm.

Zhao Ce looked puzzled and thought to himself, when did the two of them get so good?Seeing Ye Lingxi passing through his field of vision, his attention changed to another target.Seeing Ye Lingxi and Su Shi talking side by side, he deliberately passed between them, accidentally bumped into Su Shi, and left without looking back.

"Brother Su, are you okay?" Ye Lingxi asked with concern.

Su Shi shook his head and replied in a gentle tone: "It's okay."

"Brother Su, don't be as knowledgeable as him. He just lacks a brain and doesn't want others to be better than him." Ye Lingxi explained.

Su Shi had no intention of caring about it and changed the subject to talk about Yan Fei.When Su Shi went to visit yesterday, she happened to see Xi Niang examining Yan Fei's leg injury. After the examination, Xi Niang said that Yan Fei's bones were healing well and that he would be fully recovered in about half a month.

When Ye Xingye heard that, he couldn't help but be surprised at Yanfei's recovery speed. As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to break a muscle, but Yanfei can recover in less than a month. This physical quality is really not comparable to that of ordinary people...

Speaking of the pain, Ye Xingye remembered another thing. After these days of living harmoniously at the same table, Ye Xingye felt that he and Ye Qingran, the eldest brother, had become much closer. The old memories came out.

"The first time the eldest brother rode a horse, he almost broke his leg. As soon as the eldest brother got on the horse, the horse ran forward like crazy. It couldn't hold it back, and it suddenly fell off the eldest brother. If Commander Wu hadn't rushed over and stopped the horse, the consequences would have been disastrous."

Ye Lingxi raised her head and glanced at Ye Qingran, and saw that her eldest brother's face was calm, as if he was listening to what happened to others and had nothing to do with her. She felt that there were many things hidden behind that calm face, but It seemed that her eldest brother would never take the initiative to talk about these things to anyone.

"Brother, does it still hurt?" Ye Lingxi reached out and took Ye Qingran's hand, looking up and asking.

Ye Qingran was startled for a moment, as if he heard a sentence that he had not heard for a long time. In the trance, it seemed as if there was another voice in his ear asking him if it hurt. It contained infinite tenderness and patience. He was only slightly out of control. For a moment, it was like a ripple on the water surface, which disappeared in the blink of an eye. When I looked again, it was still a calm water surface with no waves. I simply said three words, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Ye Lingxi smiled happily, holding Ye Qingran's hand and walking forward. Ye Xingye looked a little jealous, so he also stretched out his hand. After being held by Ye Lingxi's milky little hand, his face was filled with tears. I couldn't help but smile stupidly, feeling extremely happy.Seeing Su Shi walking alone, Ye Xingye couldn't bear to look at it, so he generously stretched out his other hand towards him without feeling anything was wrong at all.

Seeing Su Shi's embarrassed yet polite look, Ye Lingxi gloated a little in his heart before helping him out.

(End of this chapter)