sjar Chapter 1186 [The Glory of Tang Dynasty 13]
Chapter 1186 [The Glory of Tang Dynasty 13]
Cui Caiping walked into the house, looked around, then walked straight to a chair and sat down as if the house belonged to her.
At this time, a woman in a purple dress walked lightly in front of Cui Caiping and said softly, "Master, Shen Yizhi wants to see you. He said he has something important to discuss."
Cui Caiping waved her hand expressionlessly and responded calmly: "Tell him I'm busy now and ask him to wait."
Zi Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, Master." Then, she hesitated for a moment and said, "However, recently a group of people have been asking around about Shen An's whereabouts and seem to be quite concerned about him. Master, do you think we need to intervene?"
Cui Caiping frowned slightly, thought for a moment and said, "Well, it is necessary. Go and make some arrangements and get a few more clues, but make sure no one finds out the real address."
Zi Xuan quickly responded, "Yes, Master, I understand."
At this moment, there was a burst of brisk footsteps outside the door, and then a tall figure appeared at the door. Li Chu walked in happily with a smile on his face and a string of red candied haws in his hand.
It turned out that Li Chu heard from Su Ci that Zhenzhu’s favorite food was candied haws, so he went out and bought a bunch of them to give Zhenzhu a surprise.
Seeing this, Zhenzhu felt a warm current in her heart. She smiled and walked forward, took the candied haws from Li Chu's hand, and said happily, "Thank you, Chu."
Li Chu looked at Zhenzhu's happy expression and started laughing too. Then he asked with concern, "Zhenzhu, why are you wearing so thin? Your hands are so cold. Is it because the charcoal fire in the room is not strong enough?"
Pearl quickly shook her head and explained with a smile: "No, maybe I have a cold constitution."
Li Chu didn't think so. He frowned, turned around and shouted to the attendant beside him: "Go and get the stove, and add more charcoal!"
However, after the servants had been busy for a long time, the charcoal fire in the stove could not be lit. Li Chu saw this and his face darkened. He immediately called the person in charge and asked sternly: "What's going on? Why can't the charcoal fire be lit?"
The manager was so frightened that he trembled all over and replied timidly: "Your Highness, this... this charcoal may be damp, so it is not easy to light."
Li Chu snorted coldly, obviously not satisfied with this explanation. He asked, "Moisture? Where did this charcoal come from?"
The person in charge hesitated for a moment, but finally answered truthfully: "This... this charcoal was taken from the warehouse. It was originally prepared for Miss Shen. The best charcoal, but... but..."
"But what?" Li Chu's voice became more severe.
The manager lowered his head, not daring to look Li Chu in the eye, and whispered, "But I... I saw that Miss Shen was helpless, so I... I secretly sold the best charcoal, and then took some damp charcoal to make up the number..."
When Li Chu heard what the housekeeper He Lingyi said, he was immediately furious. He widened his eyes, looked at He Lingyi with anger, and shouted: "What do you mean? How dare you say such nonsense!"
He Lingyi was so frightened when she saw this that she trembled all over. She quickly knelt down to apologize. She lowered her head, not daring to look directly into Li Chu's eyes, and said tremblingly: "I know I was wrong. Please calm down, Your Highness."
Li Chu was still furious, but when he saw He Lingyi's horrified look, his anger subsided a little. He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said, "Since you know you are wrong, then leave all the affairs of the inner courtyard to Zhenzhu. From now on, you are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the inner courtyard!"
He Lingyi was as if she had been pardoned, and quickly replied, "Yes, I obey your command."
At this time, Cui Caiping came back with Ziyuan. Zihan went forward and told Cui Caiping that Li Chu had handed over the affairs of the inner courtyard to the person in Wenjin Pavilion.
After hearing this, Cui Caiping just smiled faintly and said, "Just give it to me. Anyway, I don't want to take care of these trivial matters. There are too many things to do and it's tiring. I don't have the time. Besides, I won't stay here for long, so why bother getting involved in those housekeeping affairs?"
At the same time, Yang Guozhong got the news that An Lushan had repelled the Khitan army. He secretly thought that this was a good opportunity to overthrow An Lushan. So he hurriedly went to the crown prince to discuss, wanting to drag the crown prince to join him in making a memorial to the emperor, telling him that An Lushan was plotting a rebellion.
When Li Chu came to pay respects to his father, he happened to hear the conversation between Yang Guozhong and the prince. He stood quietly aside, listening to their discussion and analyzing the current situation in his heart.
After Yang Guozhong and the crown prince finished speaking, Li Chu stepped forward and greeted his father. Then, he said slowly, "Father, I think we should follow Yang Guozhong's advice at this time."
The prince nodded and said that this was a good idea.
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Li Chu and Shen Zhenzhu, who was dressed as a man, went out to play together. They talked and laughed all the way and were very happy. Li Chu saw that Shen Zhenzhu was curious about everything, so he took her to various places and bought many things. Unknowingly, night fell, and Li Chu and Shen Zhenzhu returned to the palace with a sense of unfulfilled desire.
After returning to the palace, Li Chu looked at Shen Zhenzhu, feeling a little reluctant, and asked, "Zhenzhu, can I stay here tonight?" However, before he could finish his words, Shen Zhenzhu suddenly started coughing violently, as if she was going to cough out her heart and lungs.
Li Chu was shocked when he saw this, and he quickly asked his servant Zhang Deyu to summon the imperial physician. After a while, the imperial physician hurried over, examined Shen Zhenzhu, and said to Li Chu with a serious face: "Your Highness, Lady Shen was already weak, and after such a big blow, her body is even weaker. She needs to be taken care of."
Li Chu heard the doctor's words and understood his hidden meaning, which was exactly what Shen Zhenzhu wanted. He looked at Shen Zhenzhu lying on the sickbed, feeling distressed, and decided not to force her.
A few days later, Shen Zhenzhu's master Li Bai came to Beijing. After learning that Shen Zhenzhu had married into the Guangping Prince's Mansion, he specially sent a visiting card and came to visit. Shen Zhenzhu was very excited to see her master and hurried to greet him.
"Master, do you have any news about An'er?" Shen Zhenzhu asked anxiously.
Li Bai looked at Shen Zhenzhu, sighed, and slowly said: "On the second day after the Shen family was wiped out, I traveled through Wuxing and wanted to go and see, but I didn't see An'er. When I arrived, I saw a group of men in black preparing to burn down the house. However, later someone saw that the fire was put out, and I don't know the details."
Shen Zhenzhu felt relieved after hearing what her master said, but she was still a little worried. After thanking her master, she fell into deep thought, but sometimes no news is also good news.