Chapter 312: The Demon Concubine Does Not Harm the Country, She Only Wants to Harm the Imperial Master (Sixteen)
"You mean being thrown into a snake den?" Yu Huo subconsciously stroked Bai Ling in front of him and chuckled, "I'm not against Concubine Jiang, so I shouldn't be thrown into a snake den."
The woman was silent for a few seconds, then smiled and said, "You are quite smart and know how to protect yourself."
These words sounded like a sarcasm, but also like a sigh, and it was impossible to tell what she was really thinking.
People who have been in high positions for a long time are usually like this, they are reserved in their words but also make innuendos.
Yu Huo pursed his lips, and then, with a sense of purpose in mind, he relaxed and sat down on a rock beside the pond. He replied lazily, "The Queen is also very smart. She knows how to stay in a corner and bide her time."
"Do you know who I am?" the woman asked.
Yu Huo said, "I am the Imperial Master. Your Majesty's fate is indescribably noble. I can naturally guess who you are."
The Queen was a little curious and stepped forward to ask, "How did you make that conclusion? Just based on a few words you said to me."
Yu Huo shrugged, picked up a dry branch from the ground, and knocked it against the edge of the pond, mumbling nonsense: "Look at the face!"
The queen was stunned. She suddenly squatted down and tilted her head to look at him, as if to verify: "Are you not blind?"
Yu Huo curled his lips: "No."
Upon hearing this, the Queen subconsciously rubbed the thin calluses on her fingertips and asked curiously, "Then why did you cover your eyes?"
Yu Huo clenched the dry branch in his hand, his face full of mystery: "This world is so difficult, all living beings are suffering, it makes me sad to see it, it's better not to see it."
The queen seemed intimidated by him and didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long while, she murmured, "The Taoist priest has a kind heart."
"Maybe..." Yu Huo released the dry branch from his palm, stood up and pounded his knees: "Excuse me, Queen, how do I get to Chengde Palace?"
The Queen blinked, then realized something and said, "I've been hearing you sneaking around outside the door several times. So you're lost?"
Yu Huo stood up straight and clasped his fists in embarrassment: "I'm sorry to have made the Queen laugh at me. Could you please show me the way? I'd be very grateful."
"Sure, I'm free anyway."
The queen was a very straightforward person. She immediately took him out of the Tingyu Pavilion area and headed towards Chengde Hall.
Occasionally, a few palace maids passed by on the road and greeted them with greetings. The queen waved her hand impatiently to send them away, and pulled Yu Huo to take very fast steps.
Yu Huo quickly followed and asked, "Is the Queen from a family of military commanders?"
Upon hearing this, the Queen spoke truthfully, "Well, my father is the Marquis of Zhenbei, commanding a hundred thousand troops at the border."
Yu Huo: "Her Majesty, did you grow up in the border area?"
"That's right."
Yu Huo chuckled and said, "Then the Queen must be proficient in everything from riding horses and archery to wielding swords and spears?"
The Queen seemed to have misunderstood his meaning and scoffed, "Why? Just because you can wield a sword and a gun, you can't be the Queen?"
These words sounded full of resentment, as if he had been ridiculed many times.
"Of course not." Why did Yu Huo feel that way? He just felt it was a pity and could not help but said softly: "I think the Queen should not be trapped in the harem."
"Then where should I be?"
Yu Huo pondered for a moment and smiled: "In the military camp."
The Queen was not angry, but a little disappointed: "Master, I am a woman."
"What's wrong with the woman?" Yu Huo asked back.
Queen: "...the barracks are full of men."
Yu Huo asked again: "Are you afraid of men?"
The Queen stopped and said helplessly, "Has the Imperial Master just been born? He doesn't even know the difference between men and women?"
Yu Huo curled his lips in disdain: "What's the difference? Don't they all have two eyes, a nose, and a mouth?"
He looked like he was looking for trouble, and the Queen, despite her good temper, finally began to lose her patience. She gritted her teeth and said, "I'm talking about strict separation between men and women!"
Yu Huo reached out and scratched his ear, saying nonchalantly, "How can I prevent this? Men aren't born by women."
As soon as the words fell, the irritation on the queen's face disappeared, and she seemed to have just figured out what the young man in front of her meant.
The scene was quiet for a moment. In this strange atmosphere, the queen's words slowly drifted into the ears along with the sudden breeze.
"But this is the way the world is. I have no choice."
This time she did not call herself "Ben Gong" anymore, and she guessed that the other party did not want to call her that either.
Then she added, "Master, I think I can understand why you covered your eyes."
But her unreasonable sigh did not elicit any response from the young Taoist priest. He simply changed his previously aloof demeanor, affectionately hooked his arm around her shoulder, and chuckled, "No, you don't understand. And... you don't have no choice!"
The queen was shocked. Even if they were both women or men, it was rare for them to get together with their arms around each other's shoulders.
Because in this era, interactions between people are implicit and restrained, and such behavior by men and women is like being a hooligan.
But the queen knew that the other party did not have any obscene thoughts, but was just a little careless in his behavior.
She lowered her eyes, and after a brief moment of surprise, she didn't show any overreaction. She asked, "What do you mean by 'I don't have no choice'?"
The young man tapped his nose with one hand and smiled wantonly: "Because you met me..."
Just as she was about to ask more questions, the door to the side hall in front of her was suddenly opened without warning, and a sarcastic and mocking voice came from inside: "Oh, it's really a red rain. How could the Queen bear to come out?"
The man walked out of the side hall while speaking. Even though his words were sarcastic, they still couldn't hide his overall elegance, making him particularly eye-catching.
The Queen noticed the arm that was around her shoulder drop away, but she didn't feel any emotion. Instead, she snorted coldly, "Do I need to report to you where I'm going?"
Jiang Feng placed the soup bowl on the stone table by the roadside, slowly looked at the young man in the smoky gray coat, and asked with a smile: "Didn't the Imperial Master say he was going back to the side hall? Why is he with the Empress?"
Upon hearing this, the young man calmly explained with a neither humble nor arrogant expression, "I got lost and came to Tingyu Pavilion. The Empress was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see me wandering around, so she took the time to help me find the way."
The coldness in Jiang Feng's eyes faded a bit, but his smile was still cold: "Thank you, Queen."
There was something wrong with these words. Although the queen was carefree by nature, she had lived in the deep palace for a long time and immediately noticed something wrong.
"What is your relationship with the Imperial Master? Do you need to thank him on his behalf?"
Jiang Feng stepped forward and grabbed Yu Huo's sleeve, his eyes flashing with impatience. "There's no need to tell the Queen about my relationship with the Imperial Master."
As he spoke, he pulled the young man over to the stone table, handed him the soup bowl, and said in a rather harsh tone, "You've already reached your doorstep, and you're still saying goodbye to others reluctantly. Don't you know your chicken soup is getting cold?"
Yu Huo smacked his lips.
He secretly thought that the vixen was indeed narrow-minded.
"This chicken soup is quite fragrant." Yu Huo naturally changed the subject. To avoid embarrassment, he turned his head and asked the 'kind-hearted person' who sent him back: "Would Your Majesty like a bowl?"
Before the Queen even opened her mouth to agree, Jiang Feng was already unhappy: "Master, this is made by me personally, how can you give it to an outsider?"
Yu Huo: "......"
What outsiders and insiders...you are just being pretentious!
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