Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 454 Princess, No, You Can’t…

The next evening.

The setting sun melts gold, warming the palace walls.

Inside the Tai Chi Hall.

Li Yunqian was wearing a red robe, holding an arrow in one hand and wiping the arrow shaft with a piece of white cloth in the other - the arrow shaft was obviously very clean, but he was still wiping it.

Hou Zhigang was not there, and even if he was there he would not have reminded him, because everyone who knew Li Yunqian knew that he was just wiping the arrow shaft with his hands and his mind was already elsewhere.

As soon as Chu Pingsheng returned to Kyoto, he went into seclusion. He told those who came to give him gifts that he was not feeling well and was in seclusion to regulate his breathing.

If it was just an excuse of not wanting to see guests, there was such a big commotion in the palace, and the eldest princess who had always supported her son-in-law from Xihu was about to be expelled from Kyoto, but she still turned a blind eye?

Upon learning that Chu Pingsheng had come out of seclusion, he asked the imperial physician to make a trip. The guy did not refuse this "good intention", and when the imperial physician came back, he told him that Chu Pingsheng's pulse was sometimes stable and sometimes weak, and it really seemed like he had suffered internal injuries, and only then did he show signs of improvement.

So, the aftereffects of Chu Pingsheng's practice of domineering Qi have appeared?
After the battle in Cangzhou, he received the report from the envoys afterwards. He was skeptical about Chu Pingsheng, the first person under the Grandmaster. How could he kill a ninth-grade person as easily as killing a chicken at the age of just over 20? Now that he thought about it, Chu Pingsheng must have cultivated the domineering true qi, which was why he made such rapid progress.

The same is true for Bai Feng, the great master of Xihu.

Bai Feng fought one against two in Shangjing City, killing Ku He and Si Gu Jian, one dead and one injured, shocking the world. Imagine if Bai Feng had this strength from the beginning, how could he have made the deal with him to jointly hunt down the Grandmaster? The most reasonable explanation for the whole thing is that Bai Feng went a step further after practicing the Tyrannical Qi.

The master and the disciple practiced domineering Qi together to gain powerful combat power. Now that Chu Pingsheng has health problems, is it far from being possible for Bai Feng to have health problems as well?

"Bai Feng, ah Bai Feng, you are heading for your own death."

Click.

He applied a little more force with his hand, and the arrow shaft that had been rubbed for half a day broke in the middle.

"His Majesty."

Hou Zhigang walked in from outside with the sound of scattered footsteps: "The high priest sent a message saying that the distinguished guest has arrived."

Distinguished guest.

A gleam of light flashed in Li Yunqian's eyes. Who could the distinguished guest mentioned by the chief priest of Qing Temple be?
Temple Messenger.

"Go and arrange the personnel. I need to go to the Qing Temple."

"Your Majesty, it's already this time..."

Li Yunqian glanced at him.

"Old slave, I obey."

Hou Zhigang realized that he had said something wrong, so he lowered his head, walked quickly, and left the palace.

……

Another day passed.

Ancient elegant things include drinking tea, listening to the rain, playing the zither, watching the lotus, smelling the fragrance, looking at the sea, playing chess, and reading...

Li Yunrui alone accounts for five of them.

By the Guanshan Lake, in the Houyue Pavilion.

Princess Nanqing was half lying on the couch in a gauze dress, leaning against the railing and looking north.

Raindrops fell under the eaves and flowed down the steps. The lake in front had ripples on it and the lotus leaves were green.

A musician sat beside him, playing the zither. The sound of the zither lingered in the air, and the incense in the stove curled up, lightly touching his clothes.

Outside Hou Yue Pavilion, in the drizzle, a carriage covered with oilcloth, loaded with flowers and the eldest princess's favorite things, was parked on the side of the road. The coachman and the maidservants were waiting, some wearing straw raincoats and some holding umbrellas.

"Without a carved saddle tied to the willow tree in front of the gate, the jade-like face is lonely and ashamed to see the flowers, the cold wind blows and the rain falls after dusk. The curtain is controlled by the hook, the pearl tower is closed, and the wind and rain worry for the flowers."

A horse comes and someone sits on it.

Li Yunrui frowned slightly, turned around and saw her cheap son-in-law in a blue shirt riding a horse towards her.

"Hey, aren't you in seclusion? Why are you here?"

She waved her hand to disperse the cigarette smoke, and the musician playing the piano quickly stood up and retreated outside the pavilion.

Chu Pingsheng dismounted, walked into Hou Yue Pavilion, and sat down on the short couch vacated by the zither player.

It's strange to say, although it wasn't raining heavily outside, it was still quite wet, but there was not a single stain on his blue shirt, it was very clean.

"I thought there would be many court officials to see the princess off."

"You alone are enough."

She straightened up, leaned forward, and said to Chu Pingsheng's face, "Sad rainy day, you ran so far to see me off, aren't you afraid that the new wife will be jealous?"

"You mean Haitang? How insecure must she be to be jealous of my mother-in-law?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Li Yunrui covered his mouth and nose and laughed: "That's why I like listening to you speak the most. It's more beautiful than that musician playing a hundred songs."

"This zither is nice." He glanced at the zither on the stone table and gently plucked it twice.

Zheng……

Zheng……

"I can't believe you can play the piano?"

"Do you think I was only in love with Miss Qingshang and Sister Yunsheng on the pleasure boat in Liujing River?"

Li Yunrui stretched out his slender hand and tidied up the hair that fell in front of his ears. The contrast between his white wrist and black hair, one white and one black, was sharp.

"Why did I not agree at that time?" She said with a stammer, and then said with a serious look: "In this case, why don't you play a song for me as a farewell gift? It will not be in vain for us to be the son-in-law of the same family."

Chu Pingsheng smiled at her, turned around, and played a tune softly and gently.

Ding……

Ding ding dong...

The tune is soothing and the rhythm is slow, like rain falling on the eaves, like ripples in the water, and duckweed floating in the breeze.

The song is over.

"What is this song? Why have I never heard of it before?"

Li Yunrui couldn't understand why the palace musicians couldn't help but ask for advice on the new song on the Liujing River and learn to sing it for the rich and powerful. After all, not every official could ignore their careers and indulge themselves in the brothels. "This song is called Daughter's Love."

"Daughter's love?"

"It is said that a thousand miles to the west, there is a country with only women, called the Kingdom of Women. There was a monk who cared about all living things and wanted to go to the West through the Kingdom of Women to worship Buddha and seek scriptures. At that time, the Queen of the Kingdom of Women fell in love with the monk at first sight and wanted to live in harmony with him. However, the monk was devoted to Buddhism and had no intention of loving him. In the end, he left the Queen of the Kingdom of Women and went west. This song was composed by the Queen of the Kingdom of Women."

Li Yunrui was filled with sorrow and pain, and he muttered to himself, "How can there be such a country in the world?"

"Haha...hahaha." Chu Pingsheng laughed out loud, "You really believed it? I was lying to you."

"you!"

She suddenly raised her eyebrows and glared, her anger boiling. Her hands, white as jade and tender as bamboo shoots, grabbed his collar and said excitedly, "Why don't you kill him... Why don't you kill him!"

This crazy woman seemed so calm and leisurely just now.

"Kill him? Why would I kill him? I haven't had enough fun yet."

"If you don't kill him, he will kill you one day."

Chu Pingsheng held her wrist and slowly pulled it apart: "What about the Second Prince? I heard that the evidence that Fan Xian gave to Li Yunqian showed that you had a close relationship with the Second Prince."

"If I say that I didn't know about him sending people to ambush you, would you believe me?"

"..."

"If Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu kill you, won't Wan'er have to marry Fan Xian? I'm not that stupid."

"Really? What if the person I want to kill is Li Yunqian?"

"!!!!!!"

Li Yunrui was shocked and took a half step back, looking at him with a look of shock and horror: "You actually want to... kill... him?"

"One of us must die. At this point, you still can't figure it out?" Chu Pingsheng said with a smile, "Li Yunqian issued several orders to the Ye family, but Ye Liuyun ignored them. He... was held down by you, right?"

"How did you know this?"

"If there is anyone in this world who can grasp Ye Liuyun's whereabouts, it is you, the eldest princess, who is also the major financial backer of Junshan Society. I am more curious, how did you convince him to be a coward?"

After a long while, Li Yunrui said quietly, "A coward? That was in the past. After your master killed Ye Wan, he was no longer a coward."

"So he is in Kyoto now?"

"do not know."

"I don't know or I don't want to say."

"I really do not know."

Chu Pingsheng hooked her chin and raised it: "Mother-in-law, you are trying to trip up Li Yunqian, but you don't want to see him fall. This is really contradictory. It is said that women's hearts are as deep as the sea. You... don't like him, do you?"

"I do not know what you're talking about."

"No, you know, otherwise why would Lin Ruofu describe you as a lunatic, otherwise why would you regard Li Chengqian as his substitute?" Chu Pingsheng stroked her red lips with his thumb: "Little white face, is it fun?"

Li Yunrui felt like her head was about to explode. She took another step back, and her calves hit the edge of the couch. She let out a moan and fell onto it, revealing the seductive curves under her skirt.

How come he...how does he know all these things?
"Let's go." Chu Pingsheng said lazily, stretched his waist lazily, moved his neck, and walked out of the pavilion.

"where to?"

"Go back to Kyoto."

"I have been expelled from Kyoto by His Majesty."

"His holy decree means nothing to me."

Chu Pingsheng dismounted his horse, looked towards the north and said, "Your Majesty, the same is true. Your eldest son is going to marry the eldest princess of Northern Qi tomorrow. It is too cruel to drive his aunt away to her fiefdom at this time. The whole court did not say anything to stop it. How can these two grandsons, Lin Ruofu and Qin Ye, take the lead? I will report them to the court tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he turned around and winked at her: "Do you want to see Li Yunqian's angry look?"

Li Yunrui stood under the pavilion, the accumulated water on the eaves dripping down on her head, wetting her long hair which was tied up behind her head without any crown.

pat.

pat.

The drizzle began to get heavier, and the lotus leaves in the lake trembled violently, and then infected her.

“Ha…hahaha…hahahaha…hahahahaha…”

She suddenly burst into laughter, her body shaking with laughter. This scene made the servants standing around the vehicle curious, but they didn't dare to say anything.

Li Yunrui didn't even look at them. She ran to Chu Pingsheng in the gradually getting heavier rain, letting him pull her hand up. She sat in his arms with her skirt flying up, resting her head on the man's chest and carefully examining his eyebrows and eyes which were misty with rain.

The horse neighed loudly, and galloped northward towards Kyoto city.

The coachman and the maids looked at each other, not understanding what was going on. Could they still go to Xinyang?
An hour later.

Li Yunrui stood in front of the gate of the mansion that originally belonged to Princess Ningyang and now had a plaque with the words "Chu Mansion" hanging on it.

As they sped along, the rain soaked her dress, but she didn't care at all and just stared at the plaque.

"I never thought that this house... was built for me."

Li Yunqian expelled her from Kyoto, so she naturally could not live in Guangxin Palace.

Chu Pingsheng glanced at the second floor of Jingxuan in the backyard of the Minister of War's Mansion diagonally opposite, smiled coldly, handed the horse to the servant, and walked to Li Yunrui.

"Come in and change your clothes first."

"Are you sure that the Saintess of Northern Qi won't be jealous? That's right..." She said with a half-smile, "Everyone in the entire capital city knows that the disciple of Grandmaster Xihu is a lustful mountain king."

"..."

Chu Pingsheng was too lazy to pay attention to her and walked towards the mansion first.

"Don't you wonder how I convinced myself to come back with you?"

"How did you convince me?"

"If he dies, the emperor is my son-in-law. If you die, the emperor is my brother. Anyway, I can't get either of them. So I won't help anyone and just sit aside and watch the show. Isn't that fun?"

"You are indeed a madman."

(End of this chapter)