Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 111 Qi Shengzhu

It was a chilly night, and the cold wind blew the gauze inside the hall, making it seem even colder and more desolate.

Cheng Xi saw the queen leave, and walked in carefully. Seeing Bei Yao still standing in the hall, he slowly walked over and whispered, "Your Highness, it's time for dinner."

Beiyao did not hold a banquet at the Prince's Mansion.

But there is a small kitchen in Jing'an Palace, and food is always available.

Seeing that Beiyao didn't say anything, Cheng Xi said again: "Your Highness, don't take the Queen's words to heart, otherwise you will be the only one who suffers."

Cheng Xi is the eunuch serving Bei Yao.

Having served Bei Yao since he was a child, he naturally understood Bei Yao's feelings towards the Queen over the years.

Bei Yao wanted to get close to the queen, but the queen always treated him with disgust.

Especially in the past two years.

Bei Yao is talented, but the prince has been doing nothing.

Almost all the words and actions praising the prince from the outside world were instructed by the queen.

Therefore, the more outstanding Bei Yao is, the more wary the queen is of him.

Many times, Cheng Xi didn't understand why the queen was so cold and even hateful towards Bei Yao when they were obviously her own children.

Bei Yao laughed, his words sarcastically saying, "After so many years, I've gotten used to it. The dinner party has been cancelled, so I'll just prepare some water."

"Yes." Cheng Xi whispered and retreated, holding the whisk.

Bei Yao went to the side hall to prepare for a bath. When he was taking off his clothes, he touched the belt around his waist.

The white lines are like flowing clouds.

Beiyao watched quietly for a long time, then he called Chengxi and said, "Clean it thoroughly."

Cheng Xi took it in a hurry. After seeing what it was, he was slightly stunned. In the end, he didn't say anything, but just asked: "This necklace is a bit dull. If Your Highness wants to wear it, why not wear a jade pendant?"

Beiyao nodded and said nothing.

Cheng Xi understood and walked out again.

The hot water was warm, Bei Yao quietly looked at the carvings on the beams, and suddenly remembered to make a wish.

I don’t know where Xuyuan will live since he couldn’t enter the city today?

Thinking of this, Beiyao opened his eyes, put on his clothes and said, "Chengxi, let Chen Shan come over."

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I made a wish and had a dream in which a blazing fire was burning.

She was right in front of the fire, watching the flames consume everyone.

She wanted to rush over, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move an inch.

It was not until the flames engulfed her that she screamed and woke up from the nightmare.

Xu Yuan wiped his forehead gently and felt only sweat.

She sighed softly and murmured, "I'm getting closer to the capital, and I'm having more nightmares."

It was pitch black all around.

The moonlight shines in from the shabby window and falls on the Buddha statue, which is quiet and beautiful.

Xu Yuan looked at it, stood up, knelt down and worshipped, then packed his things.

There is no place to stay outside the city, but there are a few inns.

But those inns were for people who couldn’t enter the capital after dark, so they charged high fees.

Since they had somewhere to stay anyway, Xuyuan decided to go a little further away and stay in an abandoned temple.

In her previous life, she had suffered all kinds of hardships. She had spent several months in a prison full of rats. But now, this dilapidated temple was many times better than the prison she had been in before.

Today he was going into the city, so Xuyuan took out a new set of clothes from his bag and put them on. He then went to the river to wash his face and hands carefully. Finally, when he saw that the young man in the river was clean, he carried his bag and went to line up at the city gate.

There are many people in the capital, and there are even more people in the capital at this time.

After making a wish and waiting in line for about an hour, I finally passed the city gate.

After entering, I felt as if I was in another world.

Xu Yuan looked at the familiar stall in front of him and stopped involuntarily.

She stayed in the capital for nearly two years.

And those two years are more memorable than anything else today.

She got to know a lot of people and also offended a lot of people.

I have seen the rise of huge skyscrapers, and I have also seen the decline of aristocratic families.

More importantly, it was at that time that she learned the truth behind the entire Xu family injustice, and realized how much humiliation her father had suffered in order to redress his injustice.

It's different now.

Standing here again, Xuyuan felt unusually calm.

After a long time, the hawker's shouting was heard again. Xu Yuan came to his senses, held the string of the bag, and went to another place.

Wei Chenggong was only a county magistrate, and his affairs could not be brought to the capital.

What's more, the Dali Temple in the capital has a lot of affairs to deal with, and they may not pay attention to her.

So, when leaving Sishui County, Xu Yuan asked for a handwritten letter from Xie Xiaocheng.

If you go directly to the Dali Temple and it does not accept your case, you can go to the Imperial Guards first.

If in the end nothing comes of it... then you can only accept your fate after making a wish.

She never thought she could gain anything from it.

The matter of Wei Chenggong was her reason for going to Beijing.

The prosperity of the capital city is far beyond that of Sishui County.

There were people all along the way. I made a wish along the way, while thinking about where I should rent a house.

The courtyard had to be close to the four major academies for convenient study, and it also had to be close to the Dali Temple. She had other plans.

Xu Yuan was absorbed in his thoughts when someone shouted from afar, "Make way!"

"The horse is frightened, make way!"

Xu Yuan came back to his senses and looked over. He saw a horse charging towards him. On the horse sat a girl in pink. She was shaken so much that she was unsteady. She was still shouting, "Make way."

Xu Yuan instinctively avoided this person, not wanting to meet him. Anyone who could ride a horse on Chang'an Street must be either rich or noble.

The people around had similar ideas as Xuyuan, so no one stopped the horses. They just avoided them and continued to move forward after the horses passed.

Thinking of this, Xuyuan's steps became faster, but before she moved, the horse raised its head and threw the woman in pink off.

"what!"

The girl's scream broke through the sky.

Xu Yuan paused for a second or two, but finally rushed forward.

After picking up the man thrown off the horse, she hurriedly said, "Excuse me."

After saying that, Xu Yuan grabbed his bag and went after the mad horse again.

Qi Shengzhu barely stood firm, staring blankly at Xu Yuan's receding back, with his ten fingers lightly folded together.

The Qi family's servant rushed over and asked with concern: "Miss, are you okay?"

"Yes, Miss, did that lecher flirt with you?"

The maid Diao Yun pulled Qi Sheng Zhu over and looked at him carefully. She was about to speak when she heard Qi Sheng Zhu say, "Diao Yun, don't be rude."

The horse went mad, and now without anyone on its back, it ran even faster.

Xu Yuan chased the horse for a long time before he finally caught it, and then tied the rope tightly to the wooden stake.

The horse was still manic. After Xu Yuan checked the horse one by one, he finally found something wrong.

She touched it with her fingers, pulled out a silver needle, then held it in her hand and looked at it carefully.

After the silver needle was removed, the horse gradually became docile, and Xu Yuan then led the horse back.

The woman from before was still waiting there. Xu Yuan walked over but did not get close. She took a handkerchief and wrapped the silver needle, and said, "The horse did not lose control for no reason. Someone must have framed it. Miss, you'd better be more careful when riding next time."

"what?"

Qi Shengzhu was slightly surprised, and she said, "Diaoyun."

"Yes." Diao Yun bowed and stepped forward to take the silver needle.

Many people had seen the horses being frightened earlier, and when they heard that there was something else going on, many of them stopped and moved closer to listen in.

Diao Yun went to Xu Yuan's side and took the silver needle. After taking a look at it, he handed it to Qi Shengzhu and said, "Miss, I don't recognize the thing on it."

Qi Shengzhu took a look and her face was not good. After a long while, she said, "Thank you for saving me today. If you don't mind, why don't you go to my house and change your clothes first?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan lowered his eyes and took a look.

The moment she picked up Qi Shengzhu, she rolled on the ground, and her originally clean clothes were now dirty.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan dusted himself off lightly, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Miss. I am a coarse-looking fellow, so I won't bother you if you don't need to change your clothes."

Hearing this, before Qi Shengzhu could say anything, Diao Yun scolded him, "Where did you come from, you scoundrel? My young lady wants to thank you now, but you are still trying to hold back. What is your intention? Could it be that you made this silver needle?"