No matter how dangerous the storm, Chen Changsheng remained indifferent. He continued to practice the sword in the Li Palace, and Xu Yourong was doing something in the Divine General's estate.
When the thousand swords finally returned to the Vault Sheath, Linghai Zhiwang and the others could no longer restrain themselves and entered the stone room.
Hu Thirty-Two bitterly said, "Your Holiness, you and the Holy Maiden have the pearl of wisdom in your hands, but the problem is that we don't know anything, so how can we cooperate?"
Chen Changsheng looked at them and very seriously said, "I really don't know what she wants to do."
Hu Thirty-Two was dumbfounded by these words, while Linghai Zhiwang and Daoist Siyuan grimaced.
This answer had truly taken them by surprise, and they instantly felt the pressure on their shoulders increase.
Seeing their expressions, Chen Changsheng knew that he would eventually have to give an explanation. He helplessly sighed and said, "I'll go ask."
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It was early spring, and the weather was turning warm. The beef bone pot business on Fortune Peace Road was rather poor, and the shops near the alley had already begun to renovate, preparing to switch to steamed shrimp. The shops that had been holding out were also very cold and cheerless, but perhaps because of the Yellow Paper Umbrella, no one noticed the young man and woman at the table.
The heavy lid pressed down on the bubbling metal pot, white steam occasionally spurting out from the edges. One could imagine the pressure inside.
Chen Changsheng's gaze pierced through the steam and fell on Xu Yourong's beautiful face, hesitating to speak.
Xu Yourong said, "Ask whatever you want. Am I that scary?"
Chen Changsheng said, "I hear that the Old Lady of the Mutuo clan and the head of the Wu clan are both very afraid of you."
Xu Yourong ignored him. Turning to the innkeeper, she yelled, "Please bring a jar of pear blossom white wine."
Chen Changsheng looked at her profile and asked, "Gou Hanshi said that before you left South Stream Temple, you invited the Old Lady of the Mutuo clan and the head of the Wu clan to play a game of mahjong in that village?"
Xu Yourong picked up a cup of hot tea and washed his bowl and chopsticks. "It's a habit of the south to do this before eating, though I don't think it's very useful."
Chen Changsheng asked, "Just what happened at the mahjong game?"
Xu Yourong saw that it was impossible to change the subject, so she gave him a bored glance. "We only sat there for an hour. What could have happened?"
At the time, she had been in a hurry to get to White Emperor City and truly had not had much time, but it had been enough for her to win all the chips she needed.
Chen Changsheng recalled the mahjong table in the Wenshui Tang clan's old estate and the words the Tang Old Master had said, and he became even more curious.
Xu Yourong said: "Today, Shuang 'er caught a few river fish, I have to go back."
This sentence was both an urging and a reminder — since you're finally going to ask me, then ask about the most important thing.
Chen Chang Sheng said, "I originally didn't want to ask because I was afraid of hearing a bad answer."
In the last few days, he had been hiding in the Li Palace practicing the sword, not meeting with anyone. This was one of the most important reasons.
The boss brought over a pot of pear blossom white wine. At the same time, he picked up the lid of the pot and threw more than ten snow-white flowers into it. "You can eat now."
Xu You Rong picked up the wooden spoon and inserted it into the depths of the red and alluring beef bone. She forcefully flipped it twice and gestured to Chen Chang Sheng for him to start.
Chen Chang Sheng looked at the ribs that were covered in oil and the rolls that were soaked in soup. He didn't know where to start.
The first time he ate ribs here, because he was too excited, he ate very attentively.
At this time, he realized that although it was very delicious, it was very unhealthy.
"Sometimes, we don't need to think of things too complicated."
Xu Yourong used her long chopsticks to pick out a beautiful object that was five parts bone, three parts meat, and two parts tendon, and placed it in his bowl.
This sentence naturally had a double meaning.
Chen Chang Sheng looked at her and seriously asked, "Is it really that simple?"
Xu Yourong used very refined movements to eat the meat on the bone, but her speed was very fast.
An extremely complete, extremely clean piece of bone fell onto the table with a light clap.
It was like an official adjudicating a case, or like a storyteller beginning to tell a story.
Xu Yourong continued to attack the food in the pot. She very casually said, "Yes, I want to force Shang Xingzhou to come to the capital."
Chen Chang Sheng paused for a moment, then asked, "Why?"
Xu Yourong raised her head and looked into his eyes. She seriously said, "Because he's not willing to see you."
Outside, spring was in full bloom. The fire in the stove was burning fiercely, and the store was rather hot. Chen Chang Sheng felt his body warm and comfortable.
"Don't get angry because of these things."
He said to Xu Yourong, "He's not willing to see me, perhaps because he doesn't dare to see me."
"Back in the Orthodox Academy, in front of Eunuch Lin, you said this. Later on, in front of Shang Xingzhou, you also said this."
Xu Yourong said, "Even if it's true, I'm still unhappy."
Chen Chang Sheng was taken aback. "Why?"
Xu Yourong replied, "He doesn't dare to see you because he feels guilt towards you. Guilt is because he treated you badly, and even now, he still hasn't thought about resolving this problem."
Yes, Shang Xingzhou had no desire to resolve this problem. In her view, this was the most troublesome problem.
After the trip to White Emperor City, although Chen Chang Sheng and Shang Xingzhou still treated each other as strangers, the relationship between the two had actually improved.
Shang Xingzhou had tacitly allowed him to return to the capital and had done nothing, but this was still far from enough.
He was like an invisible sword hanging over Chen Chang Sheng's head, ready to fall at any moment. All that mattered was his mood at the time.
"If he wants to kill you, he can kill you. If he wants to treat you well, he can treat you well?"
Xu Yourong raised the wine cup to her lips and drained it in one gulp. Her expression unchanging, she asked, "Based on what?"
Chen Chang Sheng looked at the wine cup, somewhat hesitant.
Although the Pear Blossom White seemed cool and refreshing, it was actually extremely spicy and highly alcoholic.
In the end, he still took a shallow sip, his eyes turning slightly red. "In the end, he is still my master."
Seeing his appearance, Xu Yourong felt somewhat angry and said, "But I am your fiancée."
Chen Chang Sheng stared at her in a daze, somewhat unable to understand the logical connection between these two statements.
Xu Yourong took the wine cup from his hand and drank the remainder of the wine.
"The only person who can treat you so willfully is me. No one else can, not Shang Xingzhou, not that senior of yours."
Chen Chang Sheng felt that this wine was truly very spicy, or else why did he feel his body grow hotter after only taking a small sip?
He was also somewhat worried that Xu Yourong would get drunk from drinking so quickly, so he quickly picked up a flower roll that had not been soaked in the gravy and placed it in her bowl, indicating that she should quickly eat it.
Xu Yourong felt very bored, but she still lowered her head and ate the flower roll.
The steam in the pot gradually lessened and the scenery in the store became clearer and clearer. Chen Chang Sheng looked at her face and felt very calm, not wanting to ask any more questions.
Like what would happen if she really did force his master to come to the capital, or why she was so sure that his master would act according to her plans.
But everyone's eyes reflected his thoughts at the time, and the cleaner the eyes, the more so.
Xu Yourong raised her head and looked into his eyes, knowing what he was thinking and what he was worried about. (To be continued.)
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