A private room in a teahouse on a street corner.
As Qin Zheng and his companions sipped their tea, they watched the passersby. "This capital of Dayu is truly prosperous. I think it's comparable to our Jianghuai region."
The pedestrians all had smiles on their faces, and everyone stood up straight.
Upon hearing this, Pei Zhi twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "If Dayu were not so prosperous, I'm afraid Young Master Qin wouldn't be here today."
"Ah Zhi, why are you always throwing tantrums at me?"
Qin Zheng's helplessness almost made Pei Zhi vomit. Suppressing the nausea in her stomach, Pei Zhi smiled and said, "Young Master Qin is overthinking it."
"Brother Zheng, I don't think this Emperor Yu is easy to get along with." Sun Cai quickly changed the subject when he saw the atmosphere was tense. "Our families have stood the test of time longer than the previous Daqing and Daning. Which emperor in the past didn't treat us kindly?"
But it was this Yu Emperor who dared to challenge them right from the start.
Just then, the door to the private room was knocked open. Qin Zheng, unsurprised, sipped his tea and said, "You're getting slower and slower at handling official business these days."
"Young Master, please forgive me. It's just that the people of this capital are too tight-lipped." The man was so anxious that sweat kept pouring from his forehead. As soon as the people saw that he was not from Dayu, they all became wary of him.
"Alright."
All eyes then turned to the timid man standing to the side, who looked like a beggar and was holding a broken bowl.
"I'll ask you a few questions. If you answer them well, this is yours."
As he spoke, Qin Zheng placed a gold ingot on the table, and the beggar's eyes immediately lit up. "Tell me...tell me, I've been begging in this capital for a long time, and I know a lot of things."
What kind of person is Emperor Yu?
Upon hearing this, the beggar's expression changed. "The Emperor is a good person."
A crack appeared on Qin Zheng's face. What kind of answer was that?
"Don't hide it!" Sun Cai roared. "We've clearly heard that the Emperor of Yu is capricious and even kills many people every September."
"I don't want this gold."
As the beggar reached the door, he glanced back at the group and said, “The Emperor is not capricious; those he kills every September are all deserving of their fate.”
“Gentlemen…you don’t look like you’re from Da Yu. I advise you all not to speak loudly in Da Yu in September.”
After saying this, the beggar limped away, leaning on his broken cane.
Qin Zheng was left with a face that was alternating between pale and flushed.
......
"Do not speak loudly in September?"
Pei Zhi pondered these words and quickly understood the reason.
"I'm afraid it's because of the Empress Dowager who fell off a cliff and disappeared four years ago in Dayu."
"Fell...fall off a cliff?" Yun Mo asked in surprise, and immediately received several helpless looks in return.
“I really don’t know what the head of the Yun family was thinking, raising you, the young master, to be so ignorant.” Sun Cai chuckled a few times. “You’re always left to study some kind of mechanism, and you’re never told what’s happening in the outside world.”
"The Yun family is probably doomed!"
"You...you're not allowed to talk about my father like that!"
Yunmo's face turned red with anxiety. Seeing this, Pei Zhi kicked the stool under Sun Cai's buttocks without any mercy, saying, "Stop bullying him."
"Four years ago, when Daqing attacked Dawei, the Empress Dowager fell off a cliff at Fushan Cliff." Pei Zhi sighed softly. "There has been no news of her for four years. I'm afraid she is in grave danger."
"Hmph." Qin Zheng revealed a contemptuous expression. "So, the Yu Emperor went on a killing spree in September because of that Empress Dowager."
"I never knew that in the eyes of the young master Qin, I was such a tyrannical emperor."
A voice rang out, and the expressions of the people present all changed slightly.
"The Emperor of Yu has come uninvited, how interesting." For some reason, Qin Zheng felt as if he had seen an enemy the moment he saw Gu Qingyan. Qin Zheng, who had had a smooth life for more than ten years, always felt that Gu Qingyan was his nemesis.
"You came uninvited?"
Gu Qingyan glanced at Qin Zheng, a glance that made Qin Zheng feel deeply mocked.
"Gu Qingyan!"
"presumptuous!"
A childish voice rang out, and Jiang Yao put her hands on her hips, looking incredibly cute, mimicking Gu Qingyan's usual way of getting angry.
Seeing everyone looking at her, she timidly ran to Gu Qingyan's side and covered her face with Gu Qingyan's robe. "Cousin, they're bad!"
"But in the master's house, one must smash the master's bowl."
Gu Qingyan's expression instantly turned cold. "There is no such logic in the world, Qin Zheng. Don't think that I dare not touch you."
"you!"
Gu Qingyan stood in front of Qin Zheng with a calm expression.
"I understand that you have all traveled a long way and are tired. I have specially prepared fine houses for you. If you wish to go anywhere, just call upon Kui Ruo. There is no need to trouble the people of Dayu."
Gu Qingyan slowly looked at Yun Mo, who was looking away, and said, "Young Master Yun is rather taciturn."
"The Yu Emperor is quite grand."
Pei Zhi clapped her hands, and her gaze toward Gu Qingyan became much more cautious. She couldn't even detect the basic respect for aristocratic families in Gu Qingyan's tone.
This is not a good start.
“If I were someone anyone could just pinch, the Great Yu would have been in such a terrible state in the last four years.” Gu Qingyan slowly walked up to Yun Mo. “I miss my mother, so I am in a bad mood every September.”
"Does Young Master Yun understand this feeling?"
"You...you've got the wrong person..." Yunmo's palms were sweaty. "The one who knows medicine is Sister Azhi, not me."
"There has been no news for four years; he has probably already fallen into the mouth of wild beasts."
As soon as Qin Zheng finished speaking, he was restrained by an immense pressure. Gu Qingyan started fighting with Qin Zheng almost instantly, and the two fought fiercely until they were soon thrown out of the teahouse.
After an incense stick had burned, Qin Zheng collapsed to the ground, his hair disheveled, panting heavily.
"This time, for the sake of the Qin family, I will spare your life."
"You're just an emperor, how dare you take my life, Qin Zheng?" Qin Zheng spat out a mouthful of blood. Just now, he could clearly feel that Gu Qingyan really wanted to kill him.
"Do not say anything you should not say in front of me."
As Gu Qingyan left, he took one last deep look at Yun Mo, whose trembling appearance also caught his eye.
After returning to Zhaoning Palace, Gu Qingyan bent down and covered his chest with his hand.
Qin Zheng was no simple character either; the blows he received were extremely powerful.
A sharp, throbbing pain shot through him, and Gu Qingyan couldn't help but cry out in agony.
At the same time, the woman in the tea pavilion also covered her chest with her hand.
"Miss, are you feeling unwell?"
The woman shook her head, her face deathly pale. "Xia Zhi, has the young master returned?"
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