Chapter 145 Going It Alone
Fu Mingyi finally heard the truth, the real truth.
He did sense it. However, as he devoted more and more attention to Xiao Qing, his expectations of her seemed to grow.
Throughout history, there has been no shortage of mediocre emperors in historical records. In fact, some emperors were not only mediocre, but also brought chaos to an entire dynasty.
The more he taught Xiao Qing, the more he felt that her aptitude and temperament were suitable for being a wise and benevolent ruler, which was very appropriate in the early days after the chaos.
Even with minor flaws, he was once confident that he could remove them one by one.
But Xiao Qing was smarter than he had imagined.
She just didn't say it.
She must have known what he was thinking, so she hid all her thorns in front of him, giving him no chance to remove them.
This time, they couldn't hide it anymore.
Fu Mingyi looked into her eyes. They were beautiful, growing more beautiful as she grew older, and what was even more remarkable was their clarity and brightness, as if untouched by any dust.
I've heard that people like this are intolerant of any flaws, and once they've made up their minds, they rarely change them. Therefore, they rarely come to agree with things they don't agree with.
“I never thought that way.”
"You can think about it now."
"Why should I think about this?"
"Give yourself a chance to change your mind."
Fu Mingyi shook his head, "I never go back on my word."
"Alright, you've made all these decisions yourself. I won't interfere. But now, wouldn't it be better if we went back to the palace?"
Anyway, I've said everything I needed to say, he'll figure it out eventually.
But Fu Mingyi still shook his head. "Let's go to Yingzhou."
"Why? You can take Xiao Yan with you."
Fu Mingyi remained silent for a while, without saying anything.
"Get up, squatting is tiring." Xiao Qing reached out to help him up.
Fu Mingyi is actually quite pitiful. He's a natural workaholic; even when he's not working, his mind never stops thinking. He's definitely overusing his brain, and as he gets older, his cardiovascular system won't be in good shape, and he might even be at risk of a stroke.
Fu Mingyi suddenly grabbed her arm and said, "You agreed to what I said three years ago."
Xiao Qing wanted to sigh again, "I agree."
As she got closer, she could smell the faint aroma of wine.
She hadn't noticed Fu Mingyi's serious words earlier, but now that she was closer, she could tell.
Fu Mingyi must have been drinking before he came, and probably quite a lot.
She didn't know how much he could drink, but judging from his last sentence, he had probably been forcing himself to stay sober.
"Then you can't just brush me off like that."
Fu Mingyi blinked, looking very serious, but his expression was more relaxed than before.
Oh no, he really wasn't quite sober after all, was he? That's why he did something like taking her, the "emperor," away without her even realizing it.
Sure enough, the usually calm and wise Fu Mingyi wouldn't do something like this!
"I was wrong, let's get up, okay?" It hurts a lot to have my arm pulled like that, okay?
Where did you go wrong?
"I was wrong about everything."
"You're just giving me the runaround." Fu Mingyi's eyes showed a hint of displeasure again.
Don't argue with a drunk person.
Fu Mingyi is acting both real and fake, clearly drunk, yet he acted so convincingly just now... Wait, maybe he's just pretending to be crazy now?
Xiao Qing felt that she was hopeless.
"No. I was really wrong. As for where I went wrong, I feel I made too many mistakes, and I can't explain it in a short time. How can that be considered perfunctory? Let's get up, okay? I'll help you." She hadn't forgotten what she was supposed to do.
"Then let's go through them one by one."
this……
Xiao Qing increasingly felt that Fu Mingyi was either extremely drunk or not drunk at all.
"I shouldn't have behaved rudely; I won't do it again."
"Anything else?" Fu Mingyi asked, dissatisfied.
"I shouldn't have contradicted the Grand Tutor of the court; I didn't appreciate his kindness."
"Anything else?"
"We should not be perfunctory with the Grand Tutor, nor should we treat the Grand Tutor's affairs as our own."
"Why do you say it's my business? Is that how you see it, and that's why you never get involved?"
Xiao Qing was both amused and exasperated. "I didn't interfere because the Grand Tutor had already handled it quite well." Of course, she hadn't intended to interfere in the first place.
She doesn't have that ability.
"Anything else?"
besides?
"Grand Tutor, we really have to go back."
Fu Mingyi shook off her hand. "I'm not going back."
"So what do you want?"
"Go to Yingzhou."
What are you going to Yingzhou for?
"Not doing anything."
Xiao Qing sat back down, deciding not to try to persuade her anymore.
The emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is.
No, if the Grand Tutor isn't in a hurry, why is she in such a hurry?
"Alright, I'll play along with you." Xiao Qing thought to herself, "Let's see what you're up to."
Fu Mingyi was actually more stubborn than her.
"Alright, we're going to Yingzhou, so you should be up by now." Xiao Qing hadn't forgotten about this.
Fu Mingyi got up.
He sat back in his original spot, slowly leaned back, and closed his eyes to rest.
Xiao Qing was smarter and more pragmatic than he had imagined.
Meanwhile, at the Grand Tutor's residence, Zhao Youchen, after touching and reading the letter on the table, jumped up in a cold sweat, both angry and flustered.
"Are you kidding me?!"
Uncle Li and Fu Shan looked at him with smiles. "The master said that after Master Zhao wakes up, he should hurry up and make the most of his time."
Zhao Youchen's temples were throbbing with veins, and his head was throbbing with pain.
"Is your master drunk? Does he even know...?"
Seeing the faint glimmer of curiosity in their eyes, Zhao Youchen couldn't continue.
He grabbed the letter from the table with one hand, unfastened his sword, and threw the letter aside with one hand in a fit of rage. He then thrust the sword into the letter with the other, slashing horizontally and vertically, up and down. In just a few flicks of his fingers, he turned the once intact letter into snowflakes that fluttered down.
Very well, so this must be what Fu Mingyi meant by "something not in the plan"?
He's seen it all – bold and ruthless!
If anything happens to His Majesty, he will plunge this sword into his stomach!
No, he had to go back quickly. There were still many things to arrange and clean up. What the hell did that damned Fu Mingyi want?!
Uncle Li and Fu Shan watched him leave with smiles on their faces, then exchanged a sigh.
"Keep the gates tightly shut and let the news get out," Uncle Li calmly ordered.
Fu Shan nodded, "I'll go right away, and I'll need to buy more white cloth."
"It's quite a coincidence. We also need to send a message north."
Fu Shan asked curiously, "Where is Master going? He hasn't taken me with him for so long."
Uncle Li glared at him, "Once word gets out, your task will be the most important. Don't let things fall apart then."
Fu Shan pursed his lips and, under Uncle Li's sharp gaze, ran away as fast as he could.
Actually, he would much rather travel with his master than stay at the manor with Uncle Li.
Unfortunately, his master could not hear these words.
The carriage traveled at high speed for half a day and finally stopped in a medium-sized city within the territory of Dingzhou.
Xiao Qing had just given Fu Mingyi and herself a simple makeover; she usually carried these tools with her at all times.
After traveling for so long, she finally became convinced that Fu Mingyi was serious about going to Yingzhou.
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