Chapter 127 Chapter 127 Shen Qing has...
Chen Qing poked the fish in Liu Jiuyue's hand with some boredom.
Liu Jiuyue reluctantly took out a silk handkerchief and handed it to her. She lowered her head and carefully wiped off the grease on her fingers.
"You'an, it seems like something is on your mind?" Liu Jiuyue mentioned casually.
Chen Qing raised his head and gave Liu Jiuyue a sweet smile, "No, Senior Brother."
Liu Jiyue didn't ask any more questions and said, "When the snow stops and the road is cleared this year, your mother should be able to come back."
He thought she was thinking about her mother.
He lowered his eyes, hiding his guilty conscience.
"Um……"
Suddenly, a burning smell hit the tip of her nose. Liu Jiuyue hurriedly picked up the fish, only to see that the fish on the stick had been burnt to a crisp. Liu Jiuyue held her forehead with one hand and said regretfully, "I still failed."
Chen Qing said, "Brother, your fish is too close to the fire."
Liu Jiuyue: "I thought it was far enough. Oh, sorry."
Liu Jiuyue originally wanted to roast this fish for Chen Qing to eat, but it was burnt, so Liu Jiuyue had to finish it herself.
Liu Jiuyue has been out catching monsters and helping the people all year round, and has been accustomed to a life of sleeping in the open air. Sometimes, in order to hunt a monster, he has to stay in a small place for several days and nights. After the food is used up, he is so hungry that he can only chew hay.
Because of this, he had developed a deep appreciation for food. He peeled off the burnt outer layer and threw it away. Looking at the white fish meat inside, Liu Jiyue said in a tepid tone, "Fortunately, the inside is not burnt. It's edible."
Just as he was about to bite, Chen Qing grabbed his wrist, and his eyebrows twitched.
A faint voice came from the distance.
The two looked in the direction of the sound.
"The dignified Deputy Envoy Liu is actually a fool." The young man on the wall mocked.
He leaped down, the corners of his bright red robe fluttering beneath his feet. As soon as he landed beside Chen Qing, he pulled her hand into his palm and clenched it tightly.
"This fish is still raw. Deputy Envoy Liu, wouldn't you recognize it?"
Liu Jiuyue said embarrassedly, "Thank you for your advice." He put the fish on the fire to roast again.
Chen Qing's eyelids twitched again.
Li Daoxuan raised his eyebrows, as if he couldn't stand Liu Jiuyue's way of grilling fish.
"Deputy Envoy Liu is roasting the fish on the fire like this. I'm afraid that in the end the fish will be burnt and we won't be able to eat a bite." He couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Liu Jiuyue roasted fish like this before?
He looked around and saw a simple fishing rod leaning against the corridor. He immediately grabbed it and started fishing in the ice cave carved by Liu Jiuyue.
In order to survive the winter, the fish in the pond ate their fill in advance, becoming plump and round. Their scales glowed a warm white under the thin sunlight, looking like pieces of jade soaked in water.
Perhaps the bait startled them when it fell into the water. At first, only tiny ripples could be seen spreading out at the edge of the cave, and the line at the tip of the fishing rod hung quietly, without even a trace of a shake.
He was not in a hurry. He held the bamboo pole with his fingertips and watched the vague shadow swimming under the ice. The fish was probably as wide as a palm. It swung its tail fin, creating a string of tiny bubbles, and slowly swam towards the bait.
Liu Jiuyue had left half a basket of broken bait when he was chiseling ice. It was made by mixing dried wheat bran with broken dried fish. Now it was soaked in water, and the fragrance had already spread.
Sure enough, within a moment, the fishing rod plunged downwards with a force far greater than usual, presumably because the round fish had taken the bait. With a flick of his wrist, water splashed through the ice as a silvery-white fish was pulled up, landing on the ice with its tail still twitching and its belly bulging, looking very solid.
Li Daoxuan quickly killed the fish with the knife in the yard, gutting it in one go. He scooped a bowl of water to wash his hands, then moved closer with the skewered fish.
Chen Qing nestled in the warm soft chair, holding the hot water bottle and watching him operate it.
Judging from his neat and swift movements and his skillful handling of the fish, he doesn't look like someone who grew up in a refined royal family.
Shen Qing hummed softly.
Li Daoxuan's eyes turned and he looked at the pampered girl. He shook the fish in his hand, and his face showed an uncontrollable pride.
Chen Qing stared at him and uttered word by word silently: "The screen is open."
The corners of Li Daoxuan's lips froze.
Seeing him being humiliated, Chen Qing was happy, with stars sparkling in her eyes and a smile flowing around her, like a proud little fox.
Li Daoxuan looked at her deeply, then turned around and went to grill the fish.
Soon, a fragrance overflowed, attracting even Cui Ya and Xiao Li who were playing in the snow.
"Wow! It smells so good, man! I want to eat fish!" Xiaoli pounced on the grilled fish with saliva, but Li Daoxuan pressed his face with a palm.
"Aren't you a fish too?" Li Daoxuan asked asking for a beating.
"It's different. Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat small fish, and small carp eat grilled fish!"
The others laughed out loud at her amusement.
Cui Ya laughed so hard that she doubled over. "Son-in-law, there's only one fish and it's not enough to share. There's a ready-made fish here. Why don't you roast it too? That way there will be enough to share."
Xiaoli's eyes widened.
Among them, Li Daoxuan's smile was particularly evil, and even the fangs on his lips became particularly intimidating.
The little carp shrank his neck and suddenly shouted, "Bad guy! I don't want to eat anymore!"
She suddenly turned into a streak of light and dived back into the pool.
Li Daoxuan asked someone to bring small bowls and divide the fish into several portions.
He personally took out the freshest and tenderest part of the fish and brought it to Chen Qing.
Originally, Chen Qing had no appetite, but when he brought the small plate to his nose, the fresh aroma of grilled fish rushed into his nose, and Chen Qing regained his appetite.
He then started eating the meat that Li Daoxuan handed to his mouth.
Not bad, she thought calmly.
After Liu Jiuyue finished eating the grilled fish, her eyes lit up and she insisted on pulling Li Daoxuan to ask for advice. Li Daoxuan seemed to be even more excited and signaled to Chen Qing with his eyes, "See, Liu Jiuyue also wants to ask him for advice, so he said he was the best."
Shen Qing rolled her eyes at him, "Childish."
This year's New Year's Day passed in a dull manner.
Senior brother is gone, Li Daoxuan is gone.
Chen Qing also returned to Xuanji Pavilion.
The snow began to fall again, heavier and faster than ever before.
The prince did not move, but a group of officials trapped in Dongshan Temple rushed down the mountain.
As a result, when they came down the mountain, they found that the sage had died. The prince had hurriedly completed the succession ceremony at some point and proclaimed himself Emperor Chongyang. Anyone who dissented would be killed.
The status of his mother's family and his teacher's family naturally rose accordingly.
Absurd, this succession was child's play, nothing more than a convenient excuse for rebellion. However, a heavy snow fell in Chang'an, making it difficult for officials to move, and a strange peace was maintained for a while.
When the snow subsided, the Crown Prince immediately charged King Cang with treason and sent people to arrest him. All the people, events, and things around King Cang would be implicated.
Li Daoxuan suddenly raised his troops to surround the palace, confirming what the new emperor said.
The palace was surrounded by Li Daoxuan's men, and Li Zhibai was in a panic inside the palace.
When Chen Qing heard the news from outside, he felt it was ridiculous. This palace coup was like a child's play, and everything was so false and unreal.
I still remember that in his previous life, the prince had not yet ascended the throne. What was the prince doing at that time?
Chen Qing suddenly raised her eyes, and she remembered that the prince had sent people to buy a remote house and captured her to force her to tell him the whereabouts of the gilded silver box.
Unfortunately, she had no chance to obtain the gilded silver box in this life, and she had no idea where Li Daoxuan had hidden it.
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At the Shen Mansion, the servant was sweeping the snow as usual. A sparrow chirped on his shoulder. He stroked the sparrow and continued sweeping the snow.
Suddenly, an evil wind blew, and several pairs of black shoes appeared in front of the servants.
He looked up along the darkness and saw a pair of sharp eyes staring straight at him.
"Who are you? Why are you trespassing in the Shen Mansion? Come on—hmm."
The man grabbed his neck and the bird on his shoulder was frightened and flew away with its wings flapping.
The man in black frowned and raised his palm to hit him down. The servant's eyes turned red and he immediately pounced on him and hugged him tightly.
Unable to escape the entanglement, he immediately turned around and slapped the servant's neck.
“Crack—”
The servant fell limply.
Several people rushed in, seemingly searching for something.
The man in black knocked open a door, startling the little girl, "Who are you?"
Cui Ya stared at the man in black who suddenly broke in with her eyes wide open.
The man in black said in a deep voice: “Where is Chen Qing?”
Cui Ya's eyes wandered as she said, "Chen Qing, Chen Qing is in another room. If you want to find her, go look somewhere else. I'm just her maid."
He felt extremely guilty after saying this.
The man in black squinted his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.
She was wearing an emerald green silk dress of excellent quality, with a sheen of satin and silk. Her face was fair and delicate, her eyes were round and bright, and her black hair was beautifully maintained. She didn't look like a maid; in short, she was a person who had been pampered.
The man in black sneered, "I've always heard that the Shen family's wife is incredibly clever and likes to be sneaky and cunning. Now it seems that this is indeed the case."
Cui Ya shouted, "I'm really not Chen Qing!"
The man in black said, "How can a maid use silk and satin that only noble ladies use? Not only does she call herself 'I', but she also calls her master by her name. Madam Shen, your mouth can lie, but these things on your body cannot lie.
Cui Ya looked as if she had been "exposed" and despair was in her eyes.
"What exactly do you want?"
"No matter what, please come with us, Madam Shen. Our master needs help."
He stopped talking nonsense and reached out his hand towards Cui Ya.
The next moment, he suddenly felt his heart empty. He looked down and saw that a small hand had passed through his chest.
He couldn't utter a word and fell to the ground dead.
Cui Ya covered her eyes and said, "Where did you learn this trick? Can't you be a little gentler?"
Xiaoli pulled his hand out and licked his paw.
Hmm, it smells bad and doesn’t taste good.
Cui Ya said, "Good little Li, I will never let Li Nu scare you again. Go and look for other bad guys who have broken in." There were other servants in the mansion, and Cui Ya was worried about their safety.
Xiaoli said, "I'll keep my word." She went out of the door and skipped towards the unfamiliar smell in the mansion.
Cui Ya suppressed her fear and searched the body, but found nothing, not even a symbol of identity.
She thought to herself, I must tell my wife that there is a villain here. This villain is also blind and actually mistook her for my wife.
My wife wouldn't dress so poorly, she thought unhappily.
Little did he know that Chen Qing had always been generous with Cui Ya. The fabrics Cui Ya wore were comparable to those worn by ordinary noble ladies. But Chen Qing was always picky and would only wear rare materials. The items he used had to be one-of-a-kind, even the patterns on the fabrics were specially customized.
This led to the man in black mistaking Cui Ya for Chen Qing, causing a huge misunderstanding.
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