The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 331
In the guest room of the General's Mansion.

"What? Marquis Zhaowu is urging me to leave as soon as possible?"

When He Zhuo received the notice from the servants of the general's mansion, he couldn't help but feel a sudden, "Is it because Marquis Zhao Wu is so anxious to urge me to go back that he thinks that his family gave too little, and intends to void the previous agreement?"

For a moment, He Zhuo's heart turned back and forth, and he didn't know what to do.

Outside the room.

The little steward who came to deliver the message respectfully left, saying: "Since the word has been delivered, the little one will leave!"

"The steward, go slowly for now!"

He Zhuo in the room hurriedly asked to stay.

Seeing that the steward who came to report the news was about to leave, He Zhuo couldn't go out to persuade him to keep him, so he hurriedly ordered the servant girl beside him to go over and detain the little steward.

"You can't be called that by a distinguished guest."

Guan first gave a salute, and then asked rather puzzled: "I don't know what else you can order from the distinguished guest?"

In the room, there was silence for a while.

After a while, He Zhuo suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and asked: "Dare to ask this steward, why did the general urge me to leave early this morning? Could it be that the general has other arrangements?"

Amidst the apprehension, his voice trembled a little.

The implication of these two consecutive questions is to ask whether Jia Jing intends to break the contract.

The little steward was confused for a while.

To say that this He Zhuo is also a case of rushing to the doctor in a hurry, how does the little steward in front of him know something about Jia Jing?
Asking like this is no less than asking Yu Blind.

Sure enough, the little steward who was confused by the question replied with an apologetic face: "I'm really sorry, honored guest, I don't even know the few things you asked..."

When the little steward left in a hurry, the guest room became more and more flustered.

He Zhuo pulled his maid, his face was full of anxiety, "You said Zhao Wuhou Jia Jing, did you realize that you have a lot to bear, and we give too little, so you are planning to break the contract ?”

"That shouldn't be it?"

The maid was also a little uncertain about what her lady said, but she realized it soon after. , hurriedly comforted: "Hey, I don't think you need to be like this, miss. This matter is according to slaves, it's because miss is worrying too much!"

He Zhuo felt at ease when he heard his maid speak so bluntly.

Seeing the opportunity, the servant girl explained again: "Miss, think about it, if Marquis Zhao Wu is really unwilling, when we come to ask each other that day, he can directly reject us, so why wait until today? "

"That's true!"

He Zhuo nodded, "If you care about it, you will cause chaos, it's my problem!"

The servant girl comforted her again: "Miss misses the fourth prince at home, this is human nature, it is hard to violate!"

He Zhuo couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "You, you, you will never tell me such nice things!"

Immediately.

He Zhuo got up.

"No matter what's going on, I'll find out after I go to Marquis Zhaowu! Why bother guessing here?!"

After finishing speaking, He Zhuo smiled and ordered the many followers around him, saying: "Pack up your things first, and then set up the car and wait for me here! I will go to Zhao Wuhou, and I will be back in a moment!"

"Yes!" All the followers nodded hurriedly.

……

Outside the martial arts arena.

The servants led He Zhuo to the corridor near the door of the martial arts arena, and said: "Master will practice martial arts here every day, you can wait for a while, the master will naturally come to you later."

At the end of the day, he asked again in a very serious manner.

He Zhuo hurriedly responded with a smile.

After a while.

Jia Jing retracted her saber and turned back. Seeing He Zhuo who was waiting beside her, she couldn't help asking: "What's the matter? You haven't gone back yet?"

He Zhuo's smile couldn't help but froze.

"General, why did you rush me back? Could it be that you are dissatisfied with the previous conditions?"

"Why did your envoy say that?" Jia Jing was slightly taken aback.

At this moment, no matter how concerned Ren Shi and Zhuo were, she was confused. When she saw the astonishment on Jia Jing's face, she knew that her own thinking was wrong.

He couldn't help but blush.

"The generals under this general have already set off this morning, so your envoy should set off earlier, maybe we can catch up with the finishing touches!"

Jia Jing said: "In addition, since the general will send troops this time, it must achieve the expected goal. At that time, I hope that your country can keep its promise..."

Just as He Zhuo was blushing, Jia Jing turned and left.

The following words floated over from afar.

"...After all, this general has helped you all, but I don't want to put the long knife on the neck of the former ally again!"

…………

Palace, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

On Emperor Hongde's imperial case, under a transparent glass cover about a foot high, a silver-white oil lamp is emitting bright light.

Emperor Hongde sat on the dragon chair behind the imperial case, looking at the bright lights in front of him.

Can't help laughing: "This little thing from the West is quite rare!"

"That's not the case," Qiu Shi'an next to him heard the words, and continued with a smile: "Although it is not as exquisite and timeless as those palace lanterns of our Dazhou, it is much brighter and lighter!"

While talking, the chiming bell in the distance suddenly rang.

Hearing the ringing of the bell, Qiu Shi'an exclaimed lightly, "Hey, it's time for Your Majesty to take medicine!"

With that said, he hurriedly went out of the hall.

After a while, he came over with a small red lacquered wooden tray, and on it was a bowl of medicated porridge that was boiled to a high temperature.

Seeing the small blue and white bowl on the tray, the corners of Emperor Hongde's mouth twitched involuntarily.

"If you want to say that the gang of imperial doctors in the imperial hospital are all killers who should be beheaded, if they have time to idle there, they can't think about how to improve the taste of this medicinal meal?"

"They receive my salary all day long, is that how they do things?"

Seeing this, Qiu Shi'an hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I also know that this medicinal food is really unpalatable! But the so-called good medicine tastes bitter, I hope Your Majesty will overcome it more..."

Emperor Hongde rolled his eyes, "Qiu Banban, you've been saying that good medicine is good for your illness, but how long have I been drinking it? Isn't it still the same?!"

Qiu Shi'an on the other side seemed to have never heard of it, but waited carefully on the other side.

Seeing this, Emperor Hongde couldn't help laughing and said: "Qiu Banban, there are only you and my monarch and ministers in this Hall of Mental Cultivation now, don't be so careful, I don't eat people!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Qiu Shi'an gave another respectful salute.

"That's all, it's up to you," Emperor Hongde waved his hand, and then reached out to take the porcelain bowl on the tray in Qiu Shi'an's hand.

Holding the porcelain bowl in his hand, he smelled the faint smell in it.

Emperor Hongde frowned involuntarily.

But still pinching his nose, he poured that night's medicated porridge straight into his mouth.

It's really bad to drink!

Just as Emperor Hongde was taking a side of water to rinse his mouth, a hurried footstep came in from outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Qiu Shi'an couldn't help scolding: "Bold, you dared to break into the Hall of Mental Cultivation without reporting it. Do you know what crime you should be guilty of?... Dai Quan?"

(End of this chapter)