Chapter 314 Showdown
This is what Muchengyan means.
But when you say it out loud, it's not the case after all.
He pursed his lips, "That's not what I meant. What I meant was that you two should get along better so we can discuss it."
That's a more tactful way of putting it.
But Yun Zhao was not disappointed. She just smiled as usual and said, "You are right. Maybe if I'm serious, he can give me a serious explanation."
Yun Zhao even felt that if she asked him to help her, Xie Jingmo would agree without blinking.
After seven years at the frontier, they are used to turning their backs to each other. This has nothing to do with love, but is the result of years of comradeship.
If only I dared to speak.
As long as you agree.
I just believe it.
"Zhao Zhao," Mu Chengyan knew that Yun Zhao might be unhappy, but there were some things he still wanted to say. He had to ask, "Have you...thought about the future?"
Yun Zhao pretended not to know, "What?"
Mu Chengyan said: "If one day the current emperor passes away and a new emperor takes the throne, have you ever thought about what you will do next?"
Yun Zhao looked at the setting sun in the distance, standing straight. "I haven't thought that far ahead. I only know that as long as I'm the empress dowager, I have to manage the empire. The future of the new emperor will depend on who ascends to the throne. If he can bring peace to the people and allow poor families like my parents to live a peaceful life, then for me, no matter who sits on the throne, I can accept it."
This is the truth.
But Yun Zhao knew that Mu Chengyan would not believe it.
She didn't explain much.
If you are not on the same page, it is useless to talk too much.
Mu Chengyan looked at Yun Zhao and asked stubbornly, "Have you ever thought about leaving?"
Yun Zhao knew that Mu Chengyan was talking about Huiliziguai.
"I'm the Queen Mother, why should I leave?" Yun Zhao smiled and gave Mu Chengyan an answer, "This is my home, I won't leave."
Yun Zhao didn't think about this in detail and just answered like that.
When Mu Chengyan heard this, his face turned cold. He looked up and saw Xie Jingmo in the room through the corridor with a thoughtful expression.
When Mu Chengyan came back to his senses, Yun Zhao had already walked into the small kitchen.
After dinner.
Xie Jingmo stopped copying scriptures as he felt it was boring. He found some sweet potatoes from somewhere and sat in the yard to roast them.
Xie Jingmo watched Mu Chengyan sit down across from him and narrowed his eyes. "It's already this hour, why haven't you left yet? If you don't leave now, the palace gates will be locked."
Mu Chengyan asked in return, "Why don't you leave?"
Xie Jingmo pointed to the study and said, "I still have a lot of scriptures to copy."
Mu Chengyan pointed at the flames dancing before him and said, "Wait for your roasted sweet potatoes."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingmo moved a little faster.
He gave the sweet potato to Mu Chengyan and said, "You can go now."
Mu Chengyan smiled, holding the sweet potato, and walked to Yun Zhao's side. "Try it. If you like it, there are more over there."
Yun Zhao sat in the pavilion and ate roasted sweet potatoes.
Mu Chengyan plays the piano, and the evening breeze is gentle.
Fu Hai stood aside and reminded, "Prince Regent, the palace gates are about to be locked."
Mu Chengyan laughed and said, "No rush."
After saying that, a moment later.
Then he looked at Yun Zhao and said, "Tonight I——"
Mu Chengyan lowered his voice, sounding hoarse in the evening breeze, "You're not going out, are you?"
Yun Zhao paused for a moment holding the sweet potato, and she slowly opened her eyelids.
"What?"
Mu Chengyan stopped all his movements and said, "Zhao Zhao, I know you heard it."
Mu Chengyan's eyes were direct, he just looked at Yun Zhao straight.
He always thought that he had to go slower and slower.
However, when he saw Xie Jingmo's coquettish behavior today, he suddenly realized that he was too docile.
He remembered what Yu Xiang said: Between men and women, indulge in carnal desires.
He actually wanted to tell Yun Zhao.
If Xie Jingmo can do it, he can do it too.
Whatever Xie Jingmo can do, he can do too.
He is no worse than Xie Jingmo.
There is no reason why Yun Zhao would choose Xie Jingmo instead of him.
Xie Jingmo came out of Yun Zhao's room every day. Although Xie Jingmo said that he was overthinking it, how could he not overthink it?
Mu Chengyan said these words to Yun Zhao first, but Fu Hai was still standing there with a look of surprise, which made it difficult for him to speak.
Yun Zhao was also stunned.
She opened her mouth, "I think I told you, we-"
It’s more suitable to be friends, and I haven’t finished saying a few words yet.
Xie Jingmo rushed over holding a stick of firewood, "Hey! What are you talking about here? Who do you think you are, sleeping here?! Get out!"
Mu Chengyan glanced at Xie Jingmo, then turned to look at Yun Zhao.
Then he asked, "Isn't it possible?"
His eyes looked lost and hurt.
Yun Zhao frowned and said to Xie Jingmo, "Go roast your sweet potatoes."
Xie Jingmo was reluctant, but Yun Zhao glared at him and he just took a few steps back in disappointment.
But we didn't go far.
Yun Zhao turned to Fu Hai and said, "The tea is getting cold. Go get me another pot and take that nasty thing away with you."
Fu Hai knew that Yun Zhao wanted to save face for Mu Chengyan.
After all, he was the person he had taken a fancy to when he was young, and Yun Zhao didn't want to embarrass Mu Chengyan.
Fu Hai took the reluctant Xie Jingmo away.
Yun Zhao then sighed and said tiredly, "I thought I explained it to you very clearly before."
Mu Chengyan asked: "Why?"
Yun Zhao said, "There's no such thing as staying overnight with friends. Do you understand?"
Mu Chengyan stared at Yun Zhao. "What about Xie Jingmo? Why was he allowed to stay?" Mu Chengyan said this with an impatient tone. "Why? Is he more than just a friend?"
Yun Zhao said: "I remember he said-"
Mu Chengyan was very upset at the moment. He said in annoyance, "I don't want to hear you talk about him. I want to ask you, what do you think of him now?"
Mu Chengyan's eyes were sharp.
Yun Zhao's expression grew colder and colder.
When he spoke again, Yun Zhao's tone was dignified, "Regent, I think you've overstepped your bounds. This isn't a question you should be asking."
The wind is still blowing.
Cicadas are chirping.
The surroundings suddenly became very quiet.
Mu Chengyan's eyes changed from shock at first, to anger, and then to extreme rage!
"Why?!" Mu Chengyan knew that rushing into things wasn't a wise move, but he couldn't help himself, not even for a moment. "Why can you forgive him? And I, who just wanted to stay away from the world with you, was abandoned by you for this? Yun Zhao, I don't understand."
Yun Zhao sighed and decided to explain, "Because I grew up in poverty, I want to hold an umbrella for the poor, and you have always been the wealthy regent, so you will never understand. I still say the same thing, you want to leave, I never forced you, and now I hope you don't force me either."
Mu Chengyan's heart was broken.
"Why do I force you to come here?"
"Isn't Xie Jingmo the same?"
"Yun Zhao, you are being unfair. I don't accept it!"
Mu Chengyan looked straight at Yun Zhao, his eyes full of anxiety. He felt that something had gone out of control and he could no longer control it.
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