Chapter 207: The Unguessable Downfall
Zhao Su froze, “I still have to be on duty.”
“No.” The emperor said, “You are off today.”
“……”
Zhao Su clearly remembers that he still has several days before he takes a break from bathing, how come it’s early?
But who wouldn’t want to be able to take an extra day off?
Ming Cui Lou was outside the city by the river, on the waterfront, and along the river was just the right place to set off paper kites.
Two quarters of an hour later she changed back into her clothes and gathered with the emperor at the palace gates.
Zhao Su felt that she was too ostentatious to ride through the city on horseback, so she shamelessly rubbed up against the emperor’s large carriage in his speechless face.
The carriage was plain on the outside, but very luxurious on the inside, with half of it made into a couch, and the other half being a place to walk around. Zhao Su a rubbing car, also embarrassed to come up to sit on the couch, looking at the corner of a small stool sat down.
The emperor said: “you put my feet on the ground occupied for what?”
“Otherwise I have no place to sit ah.”
The emperor said, “Seeing as you’re going to make me steak roast meatballs hot pot and milk tea, I don’t mind sharing half of the sitting couch with you.”
Zhao Su always pretended to excuse himself, “This is not good, is it? How can my subordinate sit on an equal footing with you, Your Majesty?”
“Less pretense, you haven’t been sitting equally with me in your day-to-day life.”
Zhao Su laughed and was nonchalant.
Often times, the emperor was also very nice to talk to. Although it was only in private, Zhao Su was also satisfied. She sat down on the edge of the couch, saw a new fan in his hand, and thought that she seemed to have seen it in the Qianqing Palace on the day of the Longevity Festival, so she couldn’t help but remember what Empress Dowager Lu had instructed her to do again. Glancing at his face, she said, “Your Majesty’s skill in sound and rhythm is so deep, I wonder from which master?”
The emperor said, “You think I have deep skills?”
“That’s natural, and it’s not just me who feels that way, everyone feels that way.”
The emperor said in a faint voice: “It was taught by Luo Yin.”
“Luo Yin?”
“Elder Elder Master Luo’s son.”
Elder Master Luo’s son was also Luo Yanru’s father, who had long since passed away!
Zhao Su paused, “That ‘Liang Zhu’ song was also taught by him?”
The Emperor paused for a moment and looked over, “No.”
“Then who?”
The emperor’s eyes stopped at the bottom of her eyes, did not say anything.
Zhao Su heart such as a big drum, so the emperor this means that his music is with Luo Yin learn, but teach him “Liang Zhu” other people?
Then, this is not exactly what she and Empress Dowager Lu’s earlier speculation, in this time and space, there is indeed a person from a few hundred years later appeared to be reasonable?
This is no longer care about whether or not Liang is a sieve, the key is this person where he is now?
The emperor put his back slowly straight, and then leaned back, lightly leaning on the back of the big pillow: “This song, in your relationship is very big?”
“Not …… with me have nothing to do with, I’m just curious.”
“You usually are not a person who will be curious about anything.”
Zhao Su felt the pressure of the gaze from the Nine to Five, hardened his head and said, “truthfully, this tune is the repertoire of our era, should not appear at this time. That day I see off the top of my head to say this tune, the emperor did not say two words on the play out, then thought that the emperor is by the empress dowager to pass on.”
“The empress dowager looked for you for this?”
The emperor’s meticulousness simply did not allow Zhao Su to flinch. She said, “Yes, the empress dowager thought that I taught her, but how am I versed in any kind of music? Naturally it wasn’t me.”
After she finished speaking, there was no sound from the opposite side of the room for half a day, she tried to look up, and the emperor picked up two walnuts, and was gazing at her.
She straightened up, “Don’t get me wrong, I have no other intention at all! It’s purely out of curiosity.”
She suddenly thought of what would happen to this traveler who might have appeared, – actually silent, even Empress Lu never noticed, what might happen to him?
The emperor had learned the music and rhythm from him, so it was obvious that he was a bit talented, at least not worse than her, Zhao Su. She can be mixed up with this poorly modeled, then why is this person obscure?
So, is it possible that he has long been killed by the emperor?
…… But looking at the emperor in front of such, she has been less able to imagine the appearance of his vicious murder.
“I did not say you have other meanings.” After a moment of silence, the emperor put a small pile of peeled walnuts in front of her.
And then he ate two walnuts, and look out the window of his people to the rivers and mountains.
…… carriage all the way out of the city, the window has been everywhere outside the wandering vendors, carriages also began to more.
It happens to be the meal time, then first down to eat.
After all, it is Kyoto, the outer city is also very lively, stores lined up on the street, pedestrians like weaving. In addition to not like the inner city everywhere is the dignitary, no, the road wearing brocade clothing pedestrians also have a lot of, although the dignitaries do not live here, but does not prevent them from coming out to play recreation.
Ming Cui building down two floors, all have store, Zhao Su proposed to sit in an elegant room, the emperor but first in the store to sit down. Han Jun, they do not know where to go. Zhao Su ordered duck with sour plums, and a few dishes, waiting for the shopkeeper to serve tea and then looked around. Most of the diners were merchants, and some of them looked like officials, talking about everything from anecdotes to national policies.
In a street full of smoke and fire, Zhao Su gradually put the scene in the carriage to the back of his mind, and concentrated on listening to the discussion around him.
Hearing the words “Marquis of Jingnan” in such a noisy voice, her mind could not move anymore.
Yu Qingping this news heat is still far from the time to retreat, not to mention the involvement of the land after the Empress Dowager’s strong support of the Flower Moon Club. Rather than pursuing the whereabouts of the suspected existence of the traveler, this recent incident is more Zhao Su can not not pay attention to, – in any case, she has set up the goal of the struggle, regardless of that piece of gold medal of immunity can not be obtained, the Flower Moon Club she can not give up.
She retracted her gaze and asked the emperor: “You have not received the folders of the Flower Moon Club recently?”
The emperor poured tea for himself, “I received it.”
Zhao Su was indignant: “What does this have to do with the Flower Moon Society? It is clearly Yu Qingping’s own sin. Seriously speaking, is Marquis Jingnan very responsible for his own children? If he was a competent father, he would have leveled the playing field between the first born and the concubine.
“Is the fact that Yu Qingping has become so paranoid and crazy not related to the fact that she is in a difficult situation in the Yu family and can only fight her way out by gritting her teeth?
“These men, enjoying the blessings of all, yet unable to balance the back of the house, if you ask me, they have to be the ones to create this contradiction!”
The emperor raised his tea and said, “There are so many people in adversity, not everyone will make the same choice as Yu Qingping. Marquis Jingnan certainly has to take the responsibility of neglecting to guide, and Yu Qingping also failed the Empress Dowager’s expectations.”
Zhao Su could not refute this. It was true that most cases of a tragedy were brought about by multiple factors.
“Shopkeeper, are there any empty tables inside?”
Zhao Su suddenly heard this voice sound somewhat familiar, so he turned his head to look. Before he could find his target, one of the two or three young scholars standing inside the door said, “Why do you need to ask him, Brother Ning? That table in the corner is checking out, let’s go over.”
Today’s state is not good, so one more chapter