by Ning er
Seeing Emperor Yu Qian’s precious words had lef his lips, even if the hundred officials still having their opinions, they could only swallow them down to their belly, all the people were slightly bewildered as to why during the usual days Emperor Yu Qian always trusted Chu Xiang, but now he had actually listened to Chen Wang’s opinion, and instead ignored Chu Xiang’s suggestions? But they had never heard any conflicts between Chu Xiang and Emperor Yu Qian prior to this.
For a moment numerous thoughts flashed through everybody’s mind. As they still couldn’t understand the relationship between this important official and Emperor Yu Qian, which was supposedly linked in countless ways.
But now that the matter concerning Su Yuan and Qu Zhang Qing had been settled, the atmosphere within the Imperial Hall had gradually eased down a bit, unlike the solemn and rigorous way earlier.
“As we are nearing the end of the year, each and every government office perform the duty well, do not permit such kind of thing like Su Yuan to ever happen again!” Seeing the situation in the group of officials, Emperor Yu Qian issued his command once again.
“Weichen shall remember it with reverence!” Hearing this reprimand, the hundred officials replied altogether.
“Your Majesty, weichen has something to report!” At this time Governor Wu, who was patrolling inside the Palace earlier entered the main hall, facing Emperor Yu Qian he knelt down in his both knees then spoke in a clear voice.
“What’s the matter?” Seeing Governor Wu’s face was lacking the happy expression, Emperor Yu Qian asked.
“Your Majesty, just now weichen received an urgent report from Luo City. The plague has already been contained, majority of the common people who were affected has gradually recovered. This time, several physicians from the neighboring cities have proceeded to Luo City to study the treatment process, but don’t know if Your Majesty wants to recall the first batch of physicians that went there?” Governro Wu reported the details of the urgent news, at the same time he handed over the letter to Yu Gong Gong.
Having heard what was said, the voices of discussion echoed once again inside the Imperial Hall. Simultaneously one after another shifted their gaze towards Chu Fei Yang who was standing in front, their eyes bearing an inconceivable expression.
Emperor Yu Qian quickly skimmed through the letter. His heart was greatly pleased, as he immediately spoke “Summon them all back! For the new year’s eve banquet this year, I shall grant them their rewards!”
“Long live Our Majesty the Emperor!” The hundred officials congratulated respectfully altogether.
“Chu Xiang possessed a great talent indeed, to my surprise even the plague can be cured now, that truly is an eye-opener! Those who don’t know might think that Chu Xiang is an official with a medical origin!” After the assembly dismissed, Chen Wang sneered as he approached Chu Fei Yang.
He initially thought that Chu Fei Yang would die in Luo City, yet he was unexpectedly alive and even snatched Yun Qian Meng away. Also he surprisingly found a cure to the plague that had been troubling Western Chu for many years. These things made Chen Wang’s heart brim with resentment.
Chu Fei Yang frankly walked near him, Jiang Mu Chen’s biting cold gaze was able to expose his hatred and murderous spirit, yet he maintained a shallow smile all along, then slowly spoke “Thanks for your praise, Wang Ye. Finding the prescription of the treatment was imperial physician's duty, I am merely just maintaining the order in Luo City. If I had good means, I wouldn’t be like Wang Ye, who had actually used a person like Su Yuan, then replaced him with Qu Zhang Qing. that was truly a great plan, Wang Ye, I am utterly impressed!”
After speaking, Chu Fei Yang saw the murderous spirit which was initially concealed within Jiang Mu Chen’s eyes to suddenly expose out, the smiling expression had immediately frozen like a thousand years ice, emitting the coldness, causing people not to look straight t his eyes.
This was the first time the two of them confronted each other face to face since Chu Fei Yang’s grand wedding. Yet the tense atmosphere was still the same, had not lessened even to the slightest degree.
Jiang Mu Chen’s harbored resentment towards Chu Fei Yang for snatching away what was initially belonged to him, while Chu Fei Yang also contained the grudge against the other person involved for daring to set his hands on one particular person.
The two of them wearing the same cold face, matched with the similarly dangerous eye expressions. Even though they were simply having eye contact, but the people around all were able to feel the strong airflow between the two of them.
“Sooner or later, she will be mine!” After a long while, Jiang Mu Chen squeezed out these few words through his clenched teeth.
“As compared to staring at another person's wife, wangye, it would be better for you to pick up your own Ce Fei at the soonest time and return back to Wang Fu, isn’t it?” Chu Fei Yang really hit the bull’s eye, reminding Chen Wang of the humiliation that he had experienced before.
Jiang Mu Chen who was being reminded of Yun Ruo Xue’s shameless expression, suddenly felt quite disgusted.
On the contrary, Chu Fei Yang was wearing a smile as he watched Chen Wang’s retreating figure as he left in rage. The former still put on a smile that slowly being transformed into layer by layer of ice that instantly ruptured and concealed deep within his eyes.
Seeing Chen Wang had left, Qu Zhang Qing then approached Chu Fei Yang, using the same eye expression watching Jiang Mu Chen walking farther away from them. After a long while he spoke in a hushed voice “Xiangye, does the current matter has something to do with Chen Wang and……”
After all, they were still standing inside of the Imperial Palace, even if it was just a simple conversation they would evidently avoid mentioning everything in detail. Furthermore, based on Chu Fei Yang’s intelligence, how could he not know the other person that Qu Zhang Qing failed to mention?
“Nothing is impossible! There are no permanent enemies in this world, and besides we’re just having a mutually beneficial relationship.” Chu Fei Yang’s eyes became colder, but this time a shallow smile surfaced, concealing that bone-chilling coldness, making people think that he was full of warmth.
Seeing this situation, Qu Zhang Qing slightly lowered down his head. But just as he was about to speak again, he saw the Empress Dowager’s Qu Gong Gong passed through them with his face wearing a smile, upon seeing Chu Fei Yang he immediately saluted “Chu Xiang, Governor Qu!”
“Gong Gong, you look happy, did you come to report good news?” Seeing Qu Gong Gong beaming, Chu Fei Yang simply smiled as he spoke, his words seemed simply sarcastic.
“Chu Xiang, you are being funny, nucai is just handling things on behalf of my master.” Qu Gong Gong was already a man with extensive experience inside the Imperial Palace, how could he not be able to detect the sarcastic tone of voice.
But facing Chu Fei Yang who was a man of high authority, he knew very well that he himself should not invite disaster by overreaching himself. Having this thoughts, he could only force a smile then jested in to defuse the awkwardness.
“Since you are handling things for your master, then as an experienced old man in the Palace, you must able to clearly understand that the members of the harem will not be allowed to meddle with politics. Instead of remembering to dissuade the Empress Dowager, you have unexpectedly arrived here in the front of the Imperial Court quite eagerly attentive, are you deliberately trying to make other people misunderstand Empress Dowager’s intention?” However, with Chu Fei Yang being the previous top-scorer in the Palace Examinations wasn’t merely for display, his ability to respond to situations was so amazingly sensitive that other people would not be able to ward him off.
The smile on Qu Gong Gong’s face was slightly frozen, after which he chuckled, “Please don’t make fun of me, Chu Xiang! Nucai is just a servant after all, the Empress Dowager misses her family, why should nucai obstruct her from doing it? Although nucai is someone who would open eyes wide at the sight of
profit, yet I know how to behave myself with integrity in the way people usually feel about things.”
Upon speaking, Qu Gong Gong shifted his gaze from Chu Fei Yang to Qu Zhang Qing who was behaving indifferently then gently spoke “Superior Qu, the Empress Dowager would like to invite you over to Feng Xiang Palace.”
Having heard what was said, Qu Zhang Qing’s eyes looked hesitant but he did not decline. Instead, facing Chu Fei Yang he nodded his head, then followed Qu Gong Gong to the harem.
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Chapter 129: Part 2 | Chu Wang Fei
After Yun Qian Meng had her morning meal, she saw Steward Hong and Shang Guan Mama leading all the caretaker from each courtyard as they arrived at Meng Xin Zhu.
Unlike those servants in Yun Xiang Fu who would take advantage of those who are weak, Chu Xiang Fu’s Housekeeper Hong and Shang Guan Mama were able to manage things orderly. Even if Yun Qian Meng was to take over the task, all the things were already been taken cared of.
Spending almost the entire morning meeting all the caretakers, after making some inquiries with them, Yun Qian Meng dismissed them in order for them to continue with their work. Then she stood up to exercise her body after sitting there for almost half day.
“Furen, judging by the color of the sky, it looked as if the snow will soon arrive.” Ying Qiu came in from the outside, seeing Yun Qian Meng stretching her arms and kicking her feet, she laughed and said.
“Yesterday it didn’t snow, so it must be today! Prepare the bamboo hat in a while so as to avoid acting with confusion and being unable to find it!” Along with Ying Qiu’s words, she looked through the window, it was not noon time yet but the sky was already dark and it seemed like it was going to snow soon.
“Yes, nubi will make the necessary preparations!” Mu Chun was the one who took care of Yun Qian Meng the longest, as a result, she was already quite familiar with Yun Qian Meng’s way of living, regarding how things were arranged, where those things were being kept. She already remembered them by heart, then she chuckled as she spoke. After which she ran inside the inner room to take out the bamboo hat and the rose colored overcoat as an advance preparation.
“Is Xia Mama feeling better now? Does her feet still hurt?” Being busy for the entire morning, Yun Qian Meng evidently had not had enough time to visit Xia Mama, she could only allow Ying Qiu to go over there and check Xia Mama’s pulse everyday, and report to her once she returned back.
“The weather wasn’t good these days, Mama’s both feet were hurting and sore. Nubi had already performed acupuncture on her, as compared to the previous days, Mama’s mental health has already improved a lot.” Ying Qiu watched as Yun Qian Meng continuously moved her four limbs, her eyes looked puzzled as she could not understand anything about the usefulness of those postures.
“Hey! It’s snowing outside now, furen! Quite big snowflakes they are!” This time Mu Chun came out from the inner room and she suddenly leaned on the window pointing at the slowly falling snowflakes outside as she exclaimed excitedly.
Hearing these words, all the servant girls inside the room ran beside Mu Chun one by one, rejoicing as they watched the world outside gradually turned snow white.
Yun Qian Meng watched those snowflakes floated down, and she also looked at the cedar tree inside Meng Xin Zhu. Suddenly a bright idea popped up in her mind, she then instructed, “Do you remember the ten delicately designed colored glass lamp that was kept in our storeroom before, go and take them out now.”
Puzzled, Yin Xia asked Yun Qian Meng, “Furen, what are you going to do with them? Don’t tell me that you want to put them inside the courtyard?”
However, Yun Qian Meng just urged them, wearing a mysterious smile on her face, she said, “Don’t talk rubbish, just go and fetch them now!”
The few servant girls scattered after being urged, A little while later, the four of them were already holding those colored glass lamps in their hands as they walked out from the storeroom in the side.
“Furen, they’re here. But, why do you want these lamps for?” Since yesterday, Chu Wangye had already commanded people to add some more lamps inside the courtyard, as a result all of them were puzzled with regards to Yun Qian Meng’s intention.
“Follow me!” Yun Qian Meng still continued on without making explanations. She took the bamboo hat in the corner then put it on. The she took the lead in stepping out of the room, frightening the four servant girls as they held up the colored glass lamps and followed behind, for the fear that Yun Qian Meng might have an accident.
“Give it to me!” Yet Yun Qian Meng approached the cedar tree then took a colored glass lamp from Mu Chun’s hands, she lifted it up then firmly tied up the rope that was attached in the lamp to a branch of the cedar tree, after which she took out a lighter from her sleeve, lighting up that colored glass lamp, watching that verdant and lush cedar tree twinkling with a red light, looking pretty good.
“In accordance with my method, tie the lamp in your hands to the branches of the tree!” Finished making a demonstration, Yun Qian Meng slightly retreated back, permitting the four servants behind her to step forward.
And Mu Chun having the mentality of a girl, though she was usually serious when it comes to handling usual things, but she was in the age when she only wanted to have fun, thus upon seeing the cedar tree being beautifully decorated by her da xiaojie, she was eager to give it a try. The four of them then went ahead and tied the colored glass lamps in their hands to the tree branches, and lighted up the ten lamps. Consequently, the originally dark and gloomy courtyard flickered with lights like stars, the scene was nothing more beautiful than anyone could imagine.
Even those yatou and pozi who happened to pass by Meng Xin Zhu had stopped by, one by one they looked around the area, feeling very curious about this furen that had recently married into xiangfu.
“What is this?” When Chu Fei Yang set foot inside his own courtyard and saw the cedar tree was being surrounded by four all around servant girls. Standing beside them was a person wearing a bamboo hat which remained motionless in the center of the snowy ground, even without asking he definitely knew that it was Yun Qian Meng.
Watching the snowflakes becoming bigger and bigger, Chu Fei Yang slightly wrinkled his brows as he walked towards Yun Qian Meng’s back, grabbing her hands that were hidden, then he spoke reproaching her, “It is bitterly cold outside, you didn’t even wear the overcoat when you stand in the middle of this snowy ground, don’t tell me you want to get sick?”
Not expecting Chu Fei Yang to show up in Meng Xin Zhu at this hour, Yun Qian Meng perked up a smile on her face then pointing at the cedar tree in front of her as she exclaimed happily, “Look, Fei Yang, this is the Christmas Tree that I’ve prepared.”
If one were to say that they did not miss the modern life, then that would be totally a lie! Been living like this for twenty years, it would be impossible to forget them all in just one night.
But since she had already came here, then knowing very well that the chance to go back was close to nothing, as a result, during the recent years Yun Qian Meng tried so hard to adapt to ancient life. Occasionally she would still miss her usual way of life, but even if she missed it she would just keep it in her heart, however, today the snow and the cedar tree had reminded her that the Christmas was almost near, then she tried to amuse herself with such method.
Rarely seeing Yun Qian Meng being radiant with delight, Chu Fei Yang followed her hand and looked at the cedar tree in his own courtyard, which was already gorgeously decorated by those servant girls. Though it did not really suit his personal taste, but since Yun Qian Meng was able to laugh with her heart’s content, then that was definitely worth it.
Moreover, this cedar tree being decorated with ten colored glass lamps had indeed added a whole lot of human warmth, adding more vitality to the initially fewer number of people inside xiangfu.
But with knitted brows Chu Fei Yang pulled Yun Qian Meng’s both hands, then slightly reproached her, “Your h
ands had already turned ice-cold, and you still refused to return back! If you really wanted to do that, I’ll just let Steward Hong to come over and handle it, why do you need to risk yourself by standing in the middle of the ice and snow, tormenting yourself!”
Seeing Chu Fei Yang starting to get overly sensitive, Yun Qian Meng acted coquettishly by wrapping her arms around his neck pouting her lips asking for forgiveness, “Having appropriate exercise is beneficial to the body! I have been sitting inside the room for the whole day, being unable to feel the changes in the four season. If didn’t do this then my life would seem so boring, isn’t it?”
Yun Qian Meng had spontaneously embraced his arms, although it was being separated by a layer of coat but Chu Fei Yang could still feel her soft and fragrant body, for a moment that reproachful look in his eyes disappeared, being replaced by a smiling expression. He was fully aware that this girl’s lips was quite powerful, but he also had his own principle and standpoint, seeing the tip of her nose had turned bright red because of the coldness, he drew her closer to himself as they walked inside the room.
Upon entering the room, Yun Qian Meng took off the coat, then facing Chu Fei Yang who had showed up at this hour inside xiangfu she inquired, “It’s almost approaching the end of the year, isn’t it very busy inside the Imperial Court?”
“No matter how busy I am, my wife would still be the priority!” Chu Fei Yang replied quickly, along with it he placed the space heater in Yun Qian Meng’s both hands which had already turned red.
“Trying to be clever, oily-mouthed and smooth talking!” Seeing the servant girls inside the room covering their mouths secretly laughing, Yun Qian Meng stole a glance at Chu Fei Yang as she mumbled in a low voice. Her eyes were still focusing at the Christmas tree inside the courtyard through the window.
Seeing her like this as if she was missing something, Chu Fei Yang was puzzled. Waving his hands permitting the servant girls to retreat out of the room, he then approached behind Yun Qian Meng. Embracing her gently, he asked in a lowered voice, “You like it?”
