mtl008 Chapter 163 Chu Xuan's Advice
Chapter 163 Chu Xuan's Advice
The Imperial Master Fu Jie counts as one, and Prince Rui counts as another.
On the way back, Chu Xuan felt extremely lost. Xuanyuan Che looked as if nothing had happened and kept asking Feng Chenyi how he had comprehended the formation.
Zhai Yun, who was following Feng Chenyi, was suddenly pulled aside by Chu Xuan. He watched Feng Chenyi and Xuanyuan Che talk and walk away before he slowly asked, "Why are there secret guards around you?"
Although Feng Chenyi valued Zhai Yun very much, Zhai Yun was just a small guard before and had just been promoted to the honorary title of Young Master Rui of the Rui Palace. However, Zhai Yun had no grudges against anyone, so he should not have been surrounded by secret guards so quickly.
Zhai Yun looked at Chu Xuan, who was full of curiosity, and reminded him, "You forgot that I have also traveled extensively, so it's normal for me to have secret guards around me!"
The secret guards around Zhai Yun have been around since she left Fengling City ten years ago. At that time, she was still weak and had more secret guards around her than now.
Chu Xuan looked at Zhai Yun, who seemed unfazed by the situation, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. "You clearly have the ability to support yourself, so why do you insist on staying by his side and relying on him for your life? Isn't it good to be free?"
Zhai Yun looked at Chu Xuan and suddenly didn't know how to explain to Chu Xuan why she must follow Feng Chenyi. "You won't understand." Chu Xuan didn't know, and shouldn't know.
She and Feng Chenyi have been dependent on each other since they were very young. They have been through ups and downs, life and death, and are the people who trust each other the most and cannot do without each other.
"I can't understand why power is more important than anything else in your eyes. But what King Rui can give you, I can give you too. I am the only son of my father. If you follow me, you won't have to work so hard and you can have everything," Chu Xuan said this with some excitement, and his eyes were firm as he looked at Zhai Yun.
Zhai Yun looked at Chu Xuan in confusion, "Second Prince Chu, please see clearly, I am a man! Don't you think it's inappropriate for you to say such things to me?"
Chu Xuan was deeply stung by what Zhai Yun said, "Isn't Prince Rui also a man? What's the difference between me and him?"
Why can Zhai Yun follow Prince Rui wholeheartedly but not him? If Zhai Yun chooses to follow himself, he can take her to travel around and have a free and easy life.
He was in the royal family, and for the first time someone was not afraid of his status and spoke to him freely and drank with him. It would be difficult to meet such like-minded people again.
Although Chu Xuan seemed very determined to take her away, Zhai Yun could feel in her heart that Chu Xuan simply pitied her and did not want to get involved in the struggle in the imperial court.
In order to stop Chu Xuan from taking her away and prevent such a thing from happening again, Zhai Yun could only try to persuade Chu Xuan, "You must know that Prince Rui saved my life and he treated me very well, so I am willing to follow him and even help him at all costs."
Zhai Yun's eyes were filled with a certainty that left Chu Xuan at a loss for words. "Prince Rui has no foundation in the court, and he also has a bad reputation. It will be difficult for him to protect himself in the struggle for imperial power! In front of the people of the world, everything must be justified. Suppressing with force will only be despised!"
Although Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi were both extremely skilled in martial arts, hadn't they also experienced this? As long as they took action, they would only destroy their reputations and give people excuses to criticize them.
Zhai Yun knew that what Chu Xuan said made sense, but he and Feng Chenyi had made full preparations when they came back this time and would not allow themselves to be bullied again. As for those rumors, as long as she and Feng Chenyi did not care, they would not cause any harm.
"From the moment I decided to return to Fengli Country, I already knew what I would face, and I'm not afraid." Aren't they also gritting their teeth in hatred now, but unable to do anything to them?
Chu Xuan looked at Zhai Yun, who was not afraid at all and even looked a little expectant. He suddenly felt that he was too concerned. With Zhai Yun's skills, even if she really couldn't make it one day, she could easily escape.
It was already late at night when Zhai Yun and his group returned to the city gate. The soldiers guarding the gate opened it without a word. The streets were now deserted, and the streetlights had been turned off one after another.
Fu Jie, who had already heard the news that Xuanyuan Che had left the city, brought people to look for him. Xuanyuan Che went back to the post station under their escort, while Chu Xuan shamelessly followed Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi back to Prince Rui's Mansion.
Before reaching the gate of the palace, Zhai Yun saw Qi Nuo waiting at the door. He saw Feng Chenyi and Zhai Yun and hurriedly came forward, "Your Highness, Young Master."
After seeing Chu Xuan standing by, he bowed to him again. Feng Chenyi ordered the housekeeper to arrange accommodation for Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan was afraid that Feng Chenyi, who had promised him to live in Prince Rui's Mansion, would go back on his word, so he urged the housekeeper to leave.
After seeing Chu Xuan walk away, Qi Nuo slowly spoke: "Your Highness, Young Master. Lord Duan's mother has arrived as agreed. She has been arranged to stay in the place closest to Tingyuxuan."
Tingyuxuan is located in a remote corner of the palace, so it is most appropriate to arrange for Duan's mother to live there, away from the front yard.
This time, Zhai Yun did not go back to Tingyuxuan directly, but followed Feng Chenyi back to Yunchen Pavilion, because Qi Nuo said that Tianfei was waiting in Yunchen Pavilion.
Perhaps because she heard the servants say that Feng Chenyi had returned home, Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi had just stepped into the gate of Yunchen Pavilion when Tian Fei came to greet them. Without even looking at Zhai Yun, she directly put her arm around Feng Chenyi and spoke words of concern.
Zhai Yun and Qi Nuo followed behind them, feeling uncomfortable.
"Your Highness, I have already done what you asked me to do. Shouldn't you reward me?" The sweet concubine acted coquettishly, and her sweet voice made people feel numb all over.
Feng Chenyi, still holding her arm, strode into the room. Inside, Xia Lanyan had just filled a bowl of soup when she saw Feng Chenyi entering the room and walked over with the soup.
But before he took a few steps, Tian Fei came forward and took the soup away. Tian Fei took the soup and diligently brought it to Feng Chenyi who had just sat down. Seeing that Feng Chenyi looked tired, she scooped a spoonful of soup and fed it to Feng Chenyi's mouth.
Feng Chenyi didn't open his mouth, but just looked at what was stewing in the pot beside him, then took the bowl from Tian Fei and handed it to Zhai Yun, "Drink it!"
The sweet concubine's originally smiling face suddenly lost its grip. She had spent several hours simmering the nourishing soup that she and Xia Lanyan learned to make, and she would never let Zhai Yun get away with it.
The sweet concubine forced a smile, holding the soup bowl while holding Feng Chenyi's hand, and said aggrievedly: "Your Highness, this is something I personally boiled for several hours. It is a token of my love."
Feng Chenyi pulled the hand holding the soup bowl out of Tian Fei's hand, stood up, and walked to Zhai Yun with the soup in his hand. He handed the bowl to Zhai Yun and said, "You are weak, drink more."
After Feng Chenyi finished speaking, he replied to Concubine Tian: "Yun'er has been weak since she was a child. This kind of soup is most suitable for her."
Zhai Yun looked at the soup.