Chapter 41 A brief encounter
She felt that her idea was correct. As a prince, Xie Chengyan should have left the capital to become a vassal. However, an imperial edict from Emperor Yin Jing kept Xie Chengyan in Shangjing and gave him the military power of the Shenjin Camp. How could people not be wary of him?
Especially now that Xie Xun is still a half-grown child, most of the national affairs have fallen into the hands of Empress Dowager Xu's maternal family, as well as the ministers in the cabinet. Various forces are divided in the court, and Xie Chengyan cannot escape from it.
But Ye Lanzhou did not think about who the outsider in the palace was. She was about to leave the palace anyway, and what she wanted to think about was how to avenge her mother.
As he was thinking, his eyes unconsciously looked outside Donghua Gate, where he saw a man dressed in military officer's uniform, a black gauze hat on his forehead, a long sword at his waist, and a dark gold tiger talisman hanging on his side.
He is handsome and clearly a boy, but he has some feminine features.
Ye Lanzhou seemed to have seen such a person before.
The guard who was changing shifts bowed and called out, "Master Chu."
Ye Lanzhou paused. His surname is Chu?
Xie Chengyan had obviously heard the noise over there as well. He glanced over and then noticed Ye Lanzhou's gaze lingering on that spot. He then asked in a deep voice, "Do you know him?"
"I've met him once." Ye Lanzhou told the truth, but didn't tell him in detail.
Ye Lanzhou and Chu Xiu had met in Nanyang. At that time, the Dayin Kingdom had not yet moved its capital, and Ye Lanzhou and her daughter had not yet been separated from the Ye family.
At that time, Ye Lanzhou was still called Ye Wang, and Chu Xiu was the second son of Chu Guangyao, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. He had served in the palace guards when he was young. Although he was a military officer, he did not have a murderous aura, but instead had a gentlemanly demeanor.
When he was young, he wore a white dress as white as snow, which attracted the hearts of countless noble ladies in Nanyang, and Ye Qingshang was one of them.
Chu Guangyao and Ye Zhixing had a history of friendship, and Chu Xiu, the second son of the Chu family, had also visited the Ye residence many times. On his first visit, due to the negligence of the servants and the lack of a guide, Chu Xiu wandered around the Ye residence for a long time, and finally stumbled into Ye Wang's residence.
Ye Wang and his mother were so used to the leisure time in Qifang Pavilion that Ye Wang, who fell asleep while reading a medical book, didn't even notice that there was a stranger in Qifang Pavilion. He was sleeping with his legs crossed on the stone block at the door, with the medical book covering his face and the midday sun shining on him, feeling extremely comfortable.
Chu Xiu walked for a long time and finally saw someone. He wanted to go up and ask for directions, but he didn't expect that after he called out a few times, the other party didn't wake up at all. So he walked to her side, reached out his hand and gently pushed her.
Unexpectedly, with this push, Ye Wang fell straight down, and the medical book on his face fell to the ground. He lay on the ground and then slowly woke up.
This fall scared Chu Xiu. He stared blankly at his hand, then looked at the woman lying on the ground, thinking that he didn't use much strength.
"Are you okay?" Seeing Ye Wang wake up, he reached out to help her up and asked.
Ye Wang shook her head and rubbed her butt. The fall must have been very painful or scary. She always slept soundly and did not hear Chu Xiu's question just now.
Only then did she notice the young man in front of her. He was standing under a low wall, with a green jade crown holding up half of his black hair. A gust of wind blew, and his clothes stuck to his body, revealing his slender waist, bright eyes and white teeth. He was three times more beautiful than a woman.
Originally thought he was a scholar, Ye Wang discovered that there were some thin calluses on the fingertips of his fingers when he helped her up. Those calluses would not form from holding a pen for years, but from holding a knife for years.
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