Chapter 272 Two Pufferfish
After leaving Huo Gannian, Yun Chen and Zhuang Ji rode for a quarter of an hour and arrived at the tent closest to the female official.
Yun Chen just raised his eyes slightly and could see Nan Lijun’s East Palace tent.
She estimated the distance and thought that it would only take two blinks of an eye to get across from here.
As the saying goes, those who are close to the water get the moon first. Living so close to the Eastern Palace not only makes it convenient to hunt down good things first to show off your achievements and abilities, but also allows you to take the opportunity to show your loyalty to the Eastern Palace. This is an opportunity that many people would love to have.
But given Yun Chen's personality, she naturally didn't care.
After saying goodbye to Zhuang Ji, Yun Chen quickly packed up in the tent and prepared to visit a certain "Lord Xinhou".
Animals are not allowed to run around freely in the palace. Since Yun Chen returned to Beijing, he has only seen Zhiluo in the palace and has never seen Momo.
She guessed that Zhiluo would definitely bring Momo with him on this hunting trip.
Yun Chen missed the little guy very much after not seeing him for a long time.
She changed into her casual clothes, put some dried fish in her pocket, walked past the people coming and going to hunt, and headed towards the tent where the ladies-in-waiting lived.
Halfway through the journey, she saw the two people she disliked the most standing side by side in the middle of the road.
Song Lan angrily slapped her new and beautiful riding skirt, leaving two small paw prints on the snow-white skirt.
Su Zhengyang coaxed her while stepping on the tail of the culprit.
The black ferret struggled under his feet, howling in pain.
Without thinking, Yun Chen picked up a stone and threw it out. If Su Zhengyang hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been hit on the forehead again.
The stone brushed past Su Zhengyang's forehead, leaving a bloody mark on his skin.
He raised his eyes and glared, but before he could see clearly, he felt a push on his chest and took several steps back before he could stand firm.
Yun Chen picked up the shivering ferret with heartache, gently patted the dirt off its tail, and coaxed it softly:
"Little Coal Ball, why are you here? Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you."
When enemies meet, their eyes turn red. Su Zhengyang glared at Yun Chen with a sullen expression:
"What are you doing?! You are lower in rank than me, how dare you suddenly attack me?!"
Yun Chen snorted without even looking up, "You can't beat me, so you use your official rank to pressure me? What kind of man are you! Mo Mo is a meritorious official awarded by the Eastern Palace as 'Marquis of Xin'! Are you assaulting a court official?"
"What 'Xin Hou'? This is the ferret I just shot from the paddock!"
"Tsk, you dare to do it but not take responsibility? You dare to step on the tail of 'Marquis Xin' but don't have the courage to admit it? It seems that your official rank doesn't give you much confidence."
"You!" Su Zhengyang was so angry that he couldn't speak. However, Song Lan beside him sneered. Looking at Yun Chen, who could neither be killed nor avoided, she thought about her bad reputation among the noble ladies in Beijing. The young ladies from aristocratic families were laughing at her behind her back, all because of Yun Chen.
Song Lan gnashed her teeth in hatred, but when she saw people around her looking at her, she immediately put on a fake smile and even bowed to Yun Chen, pointing at Xue Mint and said:
"I heard that General Yun has injured his waist and kidneys, which has damaged his foundation and prevented him from inheriting the main clan. But that's fine. You and General Huo have a very close relationship, so there's no need to worry about having an heir. But it seems that your injuries are so severe now? You can't even ride a horse or hunt? So you want to steal the prey my brother just caught?"
Every word of this is a sore spot and exposes people's weaknesses.
The busy palace maids coming and going, the patrolling imperial guards, and many noble ministers and their families, many of them looked over in the direction of the sound and looked at Yun Chen with inquiring eyes.
Everyone is curious about whether this majestic General Yun is really as the legend says, impotent and virile?
Yun Chen held Momo in her arms, and seeing the frightened little fellow burrowing into her arms, she felt distressed. Then she looked at the arrogant and rude siblings, and felt particularly annoyed, so she said:
"Lord Songlan, you don't have to spread rumors about me like this. I've never been rude to you. The original proposal of marriage was just a joke from the princess, and I didn't hear about it until much later. I know you look down on me as a guard and think I'm out of your league, but I'm sorry, you're not my type, so how can you be out of your league?
Later, when Yu Shequn Feiliang rescued you, I risked my life to save you because of my guard duty, but you slapped me. It's not that I can't pay you back. I just thought it was ridiculous. Since I had no intention of marrying you, why would I flirt with you? Later..."
After a pause, Yun Chen also imitated Song Lan and tried to show a noble and cold sarcastic sneer, but it seemed very unfamiliar, even a little childish and funny.
"Lord Songlan knows what happened afterwards. I'm letting you go by not taking you to court. If you continue to pester me like this, I'll have a good chat about the past."
I didn't expect Yun Chen to say it so bluntly, and even threatened to expose the fact that Songlan took credit for the burning of grass.
Song Lan's mind works very quickly, and she has never lost when it comes to arguing with people.
"Really? Want to talk about it? Then I'll write a letter to Dong Yan first."
This is a threat to report to Dong Yan that Yun Chen is the one who stole the Wind Burning Grass. It is indeed a move that can threaten Yun Chen's life.
If the matter of the Wind-Scorching Grass really gets out of hand, it will be embarrassing for both countries. They will most likely severely punish or even kill Yun Chen to apologize to the Emperor of Dongyan.
Song Lan thought that the threat had reached its peak, but unexpectedly Yun Chen looked at her seriously and spoke sincerely:
"It doesn't matter. If you bully me, Huo Gannian will take care of you."
Like a bullied child looking for his parents, Yun Chen's expression was frank and a little proud, which made Song Lan unable to handle.
Su Zhengyang looked down on him:
"This is truly eye-opening. This is the first time I've seen someone so shameless. 'Long Yang' isn't even hiding anything. What? Do you really want everyone to know that this is how you became a general?"
Yun Chen was so angry that she laughed. She took out some dried fish and fed it to the ferret without even looking up. "Then you can't beat me. Doesn't that prove that you are worse than 'Shameless' and even less capable than 'Long Yang'?"
Su Zhengyang was defeated in the first round and his face turned purple from choking.
Song Lan naturally knew that her brother was beaten up for taking revenge for her. The whole of Kyoto was laughing at their Su family. She couldn't swallow this anger, but she couldn't vent it!
Looking at the brother and sister duo with sullen faces, who looked like two puffed-up pufferfish, Yun Chen sighed helplessly, tied the ferret around his waist, said, "Little Coal Ball, hold on to me tight," and then said to Su Zhengyang:
"I'll fight you again. You choose the fight and how it's played. If I lose, you can beat me up for an hour to vent your anger. If you lose, you can leave me alone and all grudges will be written off. You also have to apologize to Mo Mo. How about that?"
This is the first time I heard that beating someone is not calculated by "ton" but by "one hour".
"What an arrogant tone!" Su Zhengyang snorted coldly.
On the other side, Song Lan was calculating quickly in his mind: swords, spears, sticks, swordsmanship, archery... Yun Chen was like a hexagonal all-around warrior with no weaknesses. Which weakness should he pick to compete with?
We can't have a show of wits and tricks on the spot, right? Yun Chen would definitely lose, but Song Lan would have to do it herself.
Song Lan was thinking deeply and felt that she was ridiculous, but then she heard Su Zhengyang's thunderous words, which almost made her fall down.
Su Zhengyang said to Yun Chen:
"Okay! Then let's compete in swimming!"
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