Chapter 874 The Unspoken Understanding Between the Couple
The matches on the field continued, with the various families fighting fiercely. In addition to the Northern Owl Kingdom and the Great Zhou Kingdom, people from other countries also took to the field. The competition was intense, and everyone made the trip worthwhile, enjoying themselves to the fullest.
Xiao Shang suddenly fell silent. His probing and invitation shocked him the moment Jiang Fenghua called him "King Bei Shang". He realized that there were people like him in this world, and his heart was repeatedly struck by huge blows.
This dazzling and radiant woman... left him dumbfounded.
Jiang Fenghua ignored Xiao Shang's sudden abnormality. As long as he didn't deliberately cause trouble, she had no interest in him. She only thought of him as the reincarnation of the Northern King of the past life into Xiao Chuanyun in this life. As for his ambition to conquer the Central Plains, she wouldn't worry about such things. If the Northern Xiao Kingdom really went to war with the Great Zhou, with Xie Shang around, the outcome was uncertain.
She believed that Xie Shang would not allow his people to suffer the ravages of war, nor would he allow them to become victims of others' swords.
But how was she supposed to tell Xie Shang that the Northern Hegemony would one day destroy the Great Zhou?
Xie Shang is now on guard, but he is unaware of the severity of the consequences.
Xie Shang leaned close to her ear and said, "Ruan Ruan, come with me."
He then handed the envoy over to Xiao Yu and other ministers for care, and pulled Jiang Fenghua toward their residence.
Jiang Fenghua asked in confusion, "What's wrong with the Emperor? The competition isn't over yet."
She seemed to see Song Qing also starting to try it out with great excitement.
Song Qing played polo only to impress the emperor, but then the emperor suddenly left...
She wondered why she hadn't seen Sang Yu Pianpian. Later, she learned that the Queen of Chaoxi Kingdom had claimed to be ill and hadn't come to the hunting grounds that day.
Xie Shang led her by the hand and strode out. Everyone respectfully bowed to them. They had already witnessed the Empress's elegance, which no one could match. It was just a pity that the Empress's time on the field was too short, and they could not ask her to fight another round.
Jiang Fenghua even saw Zhang Yumo and Madam Zhang together again from afar. What's going on with Zhang Yumo? She still can't break ties with the Zhang family.
The Zhang family is no longer of any use to the imperial court. None of the Zhang family members hold high official positions. In the past, they had the protection of Old Madam Zhang and Duke Zhang, but now that the two elders are dead, the Zhang family has fallen into even greater poverty.
The more a family is like this, the less she should support it; she didn't want to repeat the story of the farmer and the snake.
She was completely bewildered as to how she was led to the private room and how Xie Shang pinned her against the wall and kissed her, until Xie Shang gently bit her earlobe and his magnetic, suggestive voice came out, "What has Ruan Ruan been thinking about?"
Jiang Fenghua stared at his handsome face and deep eyes. He was very close to her, so close that she could hear his rapidly beating heart. He must be very eager to have her right now. She pushed him away a little, "Your Majesty, this place is not suitable."
Xie Shang cupped her face and gently kissed her lips. "I know, but I suddenly really wanted to kiss you. Ruan Ruan's charm fascinates me. You don't know that everyone was looking at you then. Ruan Ruan was even more captivating on horseback..."
"Why are you suddenly saying these..." sweet nothings?
Jiang Fenghua didn't understand why he would think that way. They were practically an old married couple, and he had just hugged another woman on the court, as if he was trying to unleash his charm on other women.
"Don't talk." Xie Shang kissed her earnestly, trying to arouse her desire. Every time he did this, Jiang Fenghua couldn't resist his offensive. She wrapped her arms around his neck and responded to his kisses earnestly. In the end, Xie Shang always surrendered.
Xie Shang hadn't felt her passion in a long time, but unfortunately, he had started this fire himself, and in the end, all he could do was hold her tightly in his arms.
"Ruan Ruan, are you jealous?" Xie Shang suddenly said.
Jiang Fenghua remained silent. Her heart was as calm as still water. She was neither jealous nor would she be. How many women he had was his business.
He didn't know what Jiang Fenghua was really thinking, and said, "When I was on the field, I heard Ruan Ruan's voice. You were anxiously shouting 'Xie Shang, be careful!' I heard it, but in the end, I don't know why my body went out of control and I ran towards the chaotic herd of horses. Then it was what you saw. I don't understand what happened to me at the time."
She paused, wondering if Xie Shang was explaining something to her.
She thought that after six years of marriage, the rest of their lives would be filled with ordinary and reasonable arrangements, and that would be fine.
"Ruan Ruan," he called her again.
"Hmm!" she said calmly.
"I was not seduced by Bai Zhiyan. My heart belongs only to Ruan Ruan. No other woman matters."
Jiang Fenghua wanted to use Song Qing to retort, but he had already explained his relationship with Song Qing, and she couldn't say that Bai Zhiyan was Qin Yunyan, because Jiang Fenghua at this time had no memory of the past.
Jiang Fenghua didn't want to continue this topic. "Your Majesty should be more wary of the Northern Xiao Kingdom. Xiao Shang is a very ambitious man. His purpose in coming to the Great Zhou is definitely not just to provoke the Great Zhou. The Northern Xiao Kingdom wants to use its iron cavalry to take the road to the Central Plains. Has Your Majesty thought of a countermeasure?"
The question remains: "Who is the Northern King that Ruan Ruan mentioned? Is it Xiao Shang?"
Jiang Fenghua had already prepared her answer: "Does Your Majesty still remember the things I often dream about?"
Xie Shang was stunned, "A dream..."
Jiang Fenghua controlled her emotions very well. "I often dream. Sometimes I dream that the Emperor has a long beard and graying temples. He sits alone in the Golden Palace, leaning on a cane. You are not handling state affairs, but staring blankly into the distance, as if you are very sad. I often want to comfort you, but that is just my dream. I can't reach you. It's like we live in different spaces. I can't comfort you."
Upon hearing this, Xie Shang asked, "What did you just say? What did you dream about?"
“I dreamt of the Emperor in his old age!” Jiang Fenghua opened her clear, innocent eyes and smiled slightly. “It’s just a dream.”
"I've dreamt about it too." Xie Shang, reminded by her, also thought of a solution.
Jiang Fenghua paused, "What did His Majesty dream about?"
"I dreamt that I was old and saw the young and beautiful Ruan Ruan again. Ruan Ruan was still as beautiful as she is now, but I was old and covered with wrinkles..."
The image flashed through Jiang Fenghua's mind, and she blurted out, "Could it be that I can enter Your Majesty's dream, and Your Majesty can enter my dream, and we shared a dream together?"
What she really wanted to say was that Xie Shang had dreamt of his past life, and that after she died, she returned to several decades later, saw Xie Shang, and at the same time witnessed the demise of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Xie Shang also found it unbelievable, "Is that really true?"
Jiang Fenghua didn't understand why this was happening either. She said, "Your Majesty, I also dreamed of Shengjing City, where blood flowed like rivers."
Xie Shang frowned deeply.
Seeing that he wasn't surprised, Jiang Fenghua guessed, "Could it be that His Majesty also dreamed about it?"
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