Li Yunrui hadn't laughed so heartily in a long time. She was really very happy now.
"Well, Zhou Chen, you really did something big that I wanted to do but didn't dare to do. That's great. That old woman deserved it. She deserved to be scared to death. Haha."
"Your Highness, be quiet, be quiet."
The maid reminded him carefully, but the cheerful Li Yunrui ignored her and continued laughing.
"Why are you keeping quiet? This is my Guangxin Palace. Anyone who dares to gossip will be killed."
Then she remembered the key question and asked, "Are you sure there are no problems with those three things?"
The maid replied: "Don't worry, Your Highness, they will never find out about us."
"That's good."
Li Yunrui nodded with satisfaction. At this moment, she was no longer sleepy.
"Go and heat me two bottles of wine. I want to have a good drink. It's a pity that the Duke of Zhenguo has left. Otherwise, it would be more enjoyable to drink with him."
The maid said cautiously, "Your Highness, isn't this Duke of Zhenguo a little too bold?"
"Great? If you are not brave enough, can you become a Grandmaster?"
Li Yunrui said grimly, "Grandmasters are the top martial artists in the world, and Zhou Chen is a young talent with a proud character. Your Majesty thought he could be easily controlled, but he didn't know that he was ignored. Haha, this is really interesting."
Suddenly, her expression froze: "For some reason, I actually saw a hint of an old friend in him. No, they are completely different."
Although the incident in the Empress Dowager's bedroom caused quite a stir in the palace, under the order of Emperor Qing, the news did not leave the palace. Even those forces with spies in the palace only knew that something related to the Empress Dowager happened that night, but very few people knew what happened specifically.
It was a little chilly in the early morning, and Zhou Chen stood in the pavilion, enjoying the breeze.
"It's going to be a sunny day again today!"
Just after having breakfast with Sang Wen, a servant came to report that someone from the palace wanted to see him.
Zhou Chen walked leisurely to the front hall and met Eunuch Hou who was standing beside Emperor Qing.
"Eunuch Hou."
"Meet the Duke of Zhenguo."
As the personal eunuch of Emperor Qing, Eunuch Hou knew much more than others, so he was very humble in front of Zhou Chen.
He pointed to the two large boxes on the ground, his face full of smiles.
"Your Majesty has heard that the Duke of Zhenguo likes calligraphy, painting and sculpture. This is what Your Majesty personally selected for the Duke. I believe the Duke will like it."
Zhou Chen sighed and said, "I usually stay at home, but Your Majesty knows that I like calligraphy, painting and sculpture. Your Majesty is really discerning and can see through people's hearts. Then I'd like to ask Eunuch Hou to go back and report. I like Your Majesty's gift very much. It's a pity that my family doesn't have the conditions, otherwise I would definitely give Your Majesty a big gift."
Eunuch Hou blinked his eyes, looking innocent and flattering, with no other emotions visible at all, and it seemed that he did not hear the sarcasm in Zhou Chen's tone.
"I will convey the Duke's intentions to Your Majesty."
"Thank you for your hard work, Tong Quan. I respectfully send you off, Eunuch Hou."
"No, no, I can just walk on my own."
After Tong Quan sent Eunuch Hou away, he returned to Zhou Chen. At Zhou Chen's instruction, he opened the two boxes and checked.
He first opened the box containing calligraphy and paintings, and opened several paintings in succession. Then he frowned and handed them to Zhou Chen carefully.
"Oh, nice calligraphy and painting, but why are all the works describing loyal ministers and generals serving the country with all their heart?"
Zhou Chen had a smile on his face, he knew that Emperor Qing would definitely guess that it was him who did it last night, which would definitely make Emperor Qing furious. His behavior also made Emperor Qing aware that there was absolutely no possibility of him surrendering, which was why he sent him these things.
Tong Quan opened another box, inside of which was a wood sculpture. He only took a glance at it and his expression became extremely solemn.
"Master."
Zhou Chen turned his gaze to the wood sculpture and laughed.
"This is a tiger. The sculpture is nice, but the lying posture doesn't look very good. Crouching tiger, interesting, interesting."
The two have not met yet, but they already understand each other's thoughts. Emperor Qing is reminding him and warning him not to go too far and to lie down when he should.
"Tong Quan, do you think I, the young master, should also give His Majesty a wooden sculpture of a coiled dragon? How about that?"
"Master, be careful, there are ears on the other side of the wall."
Tong Quan reminded nervously, "Your Majesty knows that the young master likes calligraphy, painting, and wood carving, which means that there must be someone else's spy in our mansion."
Zhou Chen said nonchalantly, "Even the Imperial Palace is almost a sieve. It's not surprising that there are spies in my Duke's Mansion. Besides, the two boxes of gifts have been delivered. What can he do if he hears what I say?"
"In fact, I, your young master, am not a difficult person to get along with. As long as others don't provoke me, I usually don't bother to cause trouble. But some people are used to being high and mighty and like to play tricks on me. If I don't fight back, they really think I have a good temper and am easy to bully."
He always felt that he was not the type of person that everyone disliked. Even if he traveled to this world and knew what kind of person Emperor Qing was, he still couldn't stand him.
But at the beginning, he didn't think about being hostile to Emperor Qing or anything. Anyway, the main task was not to go against Emperor Qing. It was good that everyone was safe. After all, there were many people he didn't like, and he couldn't cause trouble for each of them. He didn't have the time for that.
But Emperor Qing didn't want to let him have an easy time. He started plotting against him before he returned to Kyoto, one after another, and he was just passively fighting back.
So strictly speaking, it was Emperor Qing who provoked first.
"No, I am a polite person. I always give and take. If someone gives me a gift, I will definitely return it. Tong Quan, go and prepare a piece of suitable wood for me. I must carve an exquisite coiled dragon."
"Master, this is not necessary, right?"
Zhou Chen pretended to kick him: "Young Master, do you still need to teach me how to do things? Hurry and find him."
Tong Quan went to look for wood with a bitter face.
Zhou Chen looked towards the direction of the imperial palace.
"Don't you want to keep a low profile and be less aggressive? I'm sure you will like this gift."
"Come here, put this crouching tiger wood sculpture in the most conspicuous place in the front yard, and make sure it can be seen when entering the mansion."
…………
In the afternoon, at 3:15 pm, in the Imperial Palace, in the Imperial Study.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Eunuch Hou's panicked cry interrupted Emperor Qing's thoughts, causing him to frown and stare at Eunuch Hou with cold eyes.
"If you don't have anything important to report, go and get the Ten Court Sticks yourself later."
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
Eunuch Hou replied, "Your Majesty, just now, the Duke of Zhenguo sent someone to deliver a precious and rare item, saying that he wanted to present it to Your Majesty."
"hehe."
Emperor Qing stopped reviewing, put down his pen, and looked puzzled.
"I just gave him a reward this morning, and he sent someone to present a rare item this afternoon. This Duke of Zhenguo is really becoming more and more interesting."
"In that case, let someone bring it here. I want to see what kind of strange thing it is."
Eunuch Hou opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't dare to speak, and Emperor Qing saw it.
"what you want to say?"
"Your Majesty, the box that the Duke of Zhenguo sent as a gift is the box that Your Majesty gave as a reward this morning."
Emperor Qing's expression froze, and he already had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still gave the order with a stern face.
"Bring it up."
"Old slave obeys the order."
Under the command of Eunuch Hou, two guards carried the box into the imperial study.
Emperor Qing was only responsible for selecting the gifts. As for what the box looked like, he didn't know. But since Eunuch Hou mentioned it, he couldn't help but take a look at the box.
"Open!"
Eunuch Hou opened the box as he was told, revealing the items in the box. He then struggled to take out the items inside.
But when the object was fully revealed, his expression changed instantly. He fell to his knees and looked at Emperor Qing in horror.
Emperor Qing no longer had the heart to care about him. His eyes were fixed on the wooden sculpture in front of him, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.
"His Majesty!"
"Get out! Get out!"
Eunuch Hou was so panicked that he crawled out of the imperial study. After he went out, his heart was still beating wildly. He never expected that the Duke of Zhenguo would be so bold.
The dragon is the symbol of the emperor. The Duke of Zhenguo gave Emperor Qing a wooden sculpture of a dragon. It was so lifelike that it was like a perfect work of art and was fascinating.
But the problem is that this dragon is coiled.
Coiling dragon.
In the morning, Emperor Qing gave Zhou Chen a statue of a crouching tiger. In the afternoon, Zhou Chen gave Emperor Qing a statue of a coiled dragon in return.
Just thinking about it made Eunuch Hou tremble all over and he wished he could peel off his eyeballs. How could he have seen so many things he shouldn't have seen? He deserved death.
In the imperial study, Emperor Qing stared at the wooden sculpture of a coiled dragon, his whole body emitting a terrifying murderous aura. After a long time, he suddenly picked up an arrow beside him, swung it hard, and shot it at the wooden sculpture of a coiled dragon.
"boom!"
The wood carving of a coiled dragon, which looked like a work of art, exploded instantly and turned into countless debris that flew around in the imperial study.
But even so, Emperor Qing was still furious, gritting his teeth and groaning like a devil.
"Zhou Chen, you are looking for death..."
"Someone, go check where Chen Pingping is and ask him to return to Kyoto immediately."
At the Duke Zhenguo Mansion, Zhou Chen was fishing beside his own pond, wondering what expression Emperor Qing would have when he saw the coiled dragon. It would surely be very interesting.
"Hahaha……"
Chapter 1449 Guilty Fan Xian, Crazy Woman Li Yunrui
"Hahaha……"
Also laughing was Li Yunrui in Guangxin Palace, and her laughter was much more crazier than Zhou Chen's.
The prince, who was sitting opposite Li Yunrui, looked at his aunt who was laughing in front of him with some astonishment. Just now the maid whispered a few words in her ear, so why was his aunt laughing so happily?
"Aunt, what happened to make you so happy?"
Li Yunrui then slowly stopped laughing and said gracefully, "I'm naturally happy to hear something interesting. Did the Crown Prince come here to ask what happened in the Queen Mother's bedroom last night?"
"Yes."
Although the prince lives in the East Palace, he is not as quick as Li Yunrui in getting news from the imperial palace. Something happened in the empress dowager's bedroom last night, but after investigating for a long time, he only knew that the empress dowager was frightened and His Majesty was furious, but he had no definite answers.
So he came to Guangxin Palace specifically to ask Li Yunrui, and of course, he also wanted to meet the person in his heart.
"Pfft!"
Speaking of this, Li Yunrui laughed again.
"Last night, someone placed three things at the head of the Queen Mother's bed: a three-foot-long white silk, a dagger, and poisoned wine."
"What? Who is so bold?"
The prince was horrified. He thought of countless possibilities, but he didn't expect this to be the case.
Li Yunrui said calmly, "This isn't the first time this has happened. Prince, do you know that His Majesty sent someone to deliver a reward to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion today?"
The prince nodded and said, "I know. I was wondering why the emperor gave rewards to the Duke of Zhenguo for no reason, etc."
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and said in shock: "What happened in the Queen Mother's bedroom last night, and this morning, my father sent a reward to the Duke of Zhenguo. Could it be that it was the Duke of Zhenguo who did it last night?"
This conjecture was so shocking that even he himself could hardly believe it.
Li Yunrui smiled and said, "Then do you know what His Majesty gave to the Duke of Zhenguo?"
"what?"
"There are some calligraphy and painting works that express loyalty to the emperor and the country, as well as a wooden sculpture of a crouching tiger. Just now, the Duke of Zhenguo sent someone to present a rare item to your majesty, which is also a wooden sculpture of a coiled dragon. You understand what this means, right?"
The prince's eyes were gleaming with a gleam of light, his face was horrified, and he asked in a concentrated voice: "Is your father warning the Duke of Zhenguo? And the Duke of Zhenguo is responding to your father's warning?"
"Hiss, it seems that the incident last night was really done by the Duke of Zhenguo. But why? Although the Duke of Zhenguo has a bad reputation, why would he do such a thing inexplicably? Even if he is a grandmaster, does he really dare to become an enemy of an entire country?"
"Why don't you dare?"
Li Yunrui sneered, "You have seen the fighting power of Grandmasters before. They have long surpassed ordinary people. Don't use your thoughts to guess them. In fact, I used to be like you. I thought that Grandmasters might be powerful, but how could they compare to the authority of a country? But this Duke Zhenguo made me understand that Grandmasters are no longer ordinary people. They are not as simple as we think."
She had some contact with the five great masters in the world, Ku He, Si Gu Jian and Ye Liuyun, but not much. She thought she could use the great masters for her own benefit.
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