Chapter 15
"It's still five miles to the next city. Mr. Lan, do you dare to compete with me in horseback riding?" Song Henian rode his horse alongside Zhou Erlan, saying with a smile on his face.
"Why not! Go!" Zhou Erlan said, whipping the horse and riding away.
Song Henian followed suit, unwilling to be left behind.
Tang Mitang sat carefully on the horse's back, holding the reins, and looked helplessly at the prime minister and Cheng Zhixuan who were left beside him.
"Butler Lu, let's ride slowly~" Tang Midang said with an awkward smile.
Prime Minister Lu Di nodded, looked at the backs of the people in front of him as they walked away, and said with a smile: "Yes, let's ride slowly. It's better to be young. I was also like this when I was your age."
"Butler Lu looks like he's only in his thirties!" Tang Mitang said beside Lu Di, holding the reins.
"Hahaha~ I just have a good attitude!" Lu Di was not shy, but he felt sorry that the Supervisory Censor Chang Zhengli was sent to the south by the emperor, otherwise he could have argued with him.
Cheng Zhixuan stood beside them, sizing up the woman before him. Tang Mi hadn't died... and was now the emperor's maid? He had truly underestimated her.
Tang Mitang also kept an eye on Cheng Zhixuan. Just by looking at his appearance, she knew who he was! He looked exactly like Cheng Zixuan's dog! He was indeed a character based on him. But she wondered if his temperament was different from Cheng Zixuan's.
"Do you know me?" Cheng Zhixuan asked tentatively.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, he secretly took medicine from Tang Mi and prepared to put it in General Lu's wine pot, so that Lu Yiming, who was supposed to stay to discuss matters with the emperor, would get drunk and leave the palace early. However, he did not expect Tang Mi to suddenly return and discover him. In a panic, he pushed Tang Mi to the ground, and his head hit the table. He felt that Tang Mi was clearly dead at the time, so how could he appear again?
Since he had covered his face, she shouldn't have known who he was.
"Ah? I think you look a lot like a friend of mine~" Tang Mitang answered with a smile when she heard him ask her this.
"Oh, it's my honor." Cheng Zhixuan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at her.
Tang Mi didn't seem to know him, but it was a good opportunity, seeing that she didn't look very smart, he could take advantage of it.
"Haha~ You are really good at talking~" Just like that bastard Cheng Zixuan.
Tang Mitang smiled brightly and said, "Hello, my name is Tang Mi."
"My name is Zhixuan." Cheng Zhixuan also smiled happily.
The two chatted intermittently, and each thought the atmosphere around them was very good.
Lu Di felt the awkwardness between the two of them, touched his beard, and followed them forward.
Zhou Xuanqing dismounted at the city gate and waited for a while before he saw Zhou Erlan and Song Henian coming side by side.
"Oh! Master Lan, I'm not very good at riding, but I admire you!" Song Henian looked at Zhou Erlan while riding on his horse, and bowed with a look of admiration on his face.
"I'm glad to know." Zhou Erlan was not polite. After saying that, he dismounted, threw the reins to Mu Tou, and walked towards Zhou Xuanqing.
Zhou Xuanqing smiled and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
Zhou Erlan looked at Zhou Xuanqing's gentle face and couldn't help but feel dazed. When she was a child, her imperial sister was often like this. She used to look up at her, but she didn't know when she became so much taller than her.
"Lan'er is very capable, and I'm very proud of you~" Zhou Xuanqing said with a smile, and habitually raised her hand to touch his head, but he dodged it violently.
"Thank you, sister." After Zhou Erlan said that, she took Zhou Xuanqing's handkerchief and wiped herself.
Zhou Xuanqing smiled and turned to walk towards the city gate.
Song Henian followed her and whispered in her ear, "Miss, I'm sweating too~"
When Zhou Xuanqing and Zhou Erlan heard this, they rolled their eyes speechlessly.
"Song Henian, you used to be a Shaoqing, why are you so useless now?" Zhou Erlan couldn't help but push him away from Zhou Xuanqing. It was really outrageous that a man with a bright future had to be the emperor's sister's lover. What could he do!
Song Henian didn't care about this and turned to Zhou Xuanqing's other side. He looked at Zhou Erlan with a smile and said, "What do you know, Mr. Lan? This is for love."
"Bullshit, you are just greedy for beauty. You'd better stay away from my royal...sister!" Zhou Erlan said, holding his sword, stretched out his arm from behind, and poked Song Henian's waist.
Song Henian staggered, grabbed Zhou Xuanqing's sleeve, and cried, "Miss, please control this young master. He is going to ruin your happiness for the rest of your life!"
"Song Henian! I will kill you!" Zhou Erlan said, and then he chased Song Henian with the sword that had not yet been drawn.
Zhou Xuanqing shook his head, followed the two of them leisurely, and looked at the streets of the city.
Fuze City is very close to the imperial city, and its prosperity is genuine, so there is nothing to blame.
If this city is full of corruption, then all her years as emperor would have been in vain.
They found a teahouse and sat down to wait for Lu Di and the others, listening to the storyteller talking on the stage. Zhou Erlan was very disdainful of his pompous tone.
Zhou Xuanqing saw it, sipped his tea and said nothing.
"Speaking of which, Lu'an County is also unique. Anyone who enters the county in the middle of the night, no matter how many people there are, will fall ill. The illness is also very strange. A red rash appears on the face, and the hands and feet become numb, making it impossible to walk! If you force yourself to ride out of the county and find a clinic elsewhere, there will be no cure!"
When the storyteller said this, he unfolded the folding fan in his hand, spread it on the table, and looked at everyone in a mysterious way.
"Sir, please tell me quickly! How can this disease be cured?" someone below shouted anxiously.
"Hey~Sir, have you ever been to Lu'an County? How do you know?" Some people shouted in dissatisfaction.
"That's right~ Who's going to the county in the middle of the night?"
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Zhou Erlan, who was drinking tea, heard the people below retort and put down the cup in his hand and said disdainfully: "This storyteller is talking nonsense. How can such a thing happen in such a peaceful world?"
"Hey! Gentlemen, listen to me! I heard this from my brother who escaped death. Lu'an County is only a day and a night's walk from here. If you don't believe me, you can go and try it! Don't worry if you get sick. Wait until dawn to find the witch in town. She can cure you with a piece of medicine!" The storyteller was not in a hurry. He drank a sip of water and said with a smile.
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