Chapter 497: One thing in front of others, another behind their backs
Ran Xiaoyu looked back and saw a tall, armor-clad, and very heroic-looking man standing on the corridor, looking at them with a frown.
Ran Xiaoyu frowned.
He walked over quickly, looked at Zhu Chengxuan lying on the ground, and said, "Chengxuan, are you okay?"
He actually called Zhu Chengxuan by his name.
Ran Xiaoyu's brows furrowed even more, and she heard Zhu Chengxuan say, "Uncle, don't scare Sister Ran. She was sent by our father to teach me martial arts."
"oh?"
The man pulled Zhu Chengxuan up from the ground, patted the dirt off him, then turned back and stared at Ran Xiaoyu for a while: "Sent by the Emperor?"
Of course, Ran Xiaoyu also knew who the person in front of her was.
The Empress's younger brother, Xu Shifeng, is the general who replaced Zhu Feng in guarding Beiping.
She saluted respectfully but also coldly, saying, "This servant pays homage to the General."
Xu Shifeng glared at her. "Sent by the Emperor? A slave? Practicing martial arts?"
“…”
Ran Xiaoyu had an indifferent expression on her face. She turned to Zhu Chengxuan and said, "Your Highness, the time has come. You can rest at noon. I will come back after noon."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Xu Shifeng was still frowning as he stared at her back. After a long while, he turned around and looked at Zhu Chengxuan, whose face was still stained with tears. He said softly, "Why are you suddenly being supervised in your martial arts training? You—did you make your father angry again?"
When Zhu Chengxuan heard this, his eyes turned red with grievance.
He recounted what happened yesterday.
After saying that, she said aggrievedly: "I thought that the female official who was valued so much by my father should be a good person, and she is different from Madam Wan... Oh no, now it's Concubine Kang.
“…”
"The result is still the same."
“…”
"One thing to your face, another behind your back."
Xu Shifeng frowned.
This is quite different from what his sister, the queen, asked Ye Zheng to bring back.
This time when they came back, Xu Miaoyin, apart from telling them about some household chores and greeting them, talked the most about the female official of the Shangbao clan named Si Nanyan.
She also specifically instructed the prince to interact more with her.
If she was that kind of woman, why would the Queen give such instructions?
Could it be that even the queen can make mistakes when judging people?
Xu Shifeng took Zhu Chengxuan back to his room in the East Courtyard and said, "But your mother said that this lady-in-waiting is very special and that you should treat her differently."
"That's me," Zhu Chengxuan said, "so yesterday, I went to see her by myself."
“…”
"I thought that the people that the emperor valued would be different..."
Xu Shifeng sighed and said, "Let's talk about this later. I will lead the army to the North City immediately to deploy defenses. Chengxuan, don't make your father angry anymore."
Zhu Chengxuan hurriedly said, "Uncle, are you leaving? Are we really going to war?"
“…”
"My father said that when the time comes, I will go up to the city and kill the enemy. I——"
"Don't worry," Xu Shifeng stroked the soft hair on his head and said, "Your uncle is here and will protect you."
Zhu Chengxuan immediately smiled happily and said, "Yeah!"
Xu Shifeng gave him a few more instructions and turned to leave.
Zhu Chengxuan was extremely tired, so he picked up a book from the table. When he looked at it, he found that it was the same book that Zhu Feng had flipped through when he came yesterday, and it was also open to the page he was looking at.
He saw the sentence he had ticked at a glance and was stunned.
"Why?"
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