lady, please calm down

At the end of the Si hour, Mo Rui carried a tray and walked into a private room in the backyard of Yuqing Temple.

But I saw Chai Yuanyi sitting on a small wooden stool beside the well, with a pile of bed sheets like a small mountain next to him.

Today, she and Chai Yuanyi got up before dawn and spent the whole morning to finally
However, he and the princess had spent the entire morning washing the dozens of Taoist robes that Master Yuci had sent them. It seemed that while he was out getting a meal, the other party had brought more Taoist robes that needed to be washed.

Seeing Chai Yuanyi hunching his thin back and rubbing his hands vigorously after being soaked in well water and red, Mo Rui suddenly became furious. She placed the tray on the stone table in the courtyard, walked up to Chai Yuanyi and said, "Your Highness! You helped His Majesty to destroy the Jin Dynasty and kill the two emperors of the Jin Dynasty. How come you have become so submissive now? If we continue to let them bully us like this, we will die of exhaustion in Yuqing Temple sooner or later!"

Chai Yuanyi staggered due to being dragged. But since Dingwei that year, Mo Rui has always been by her side. They have been through many ups and downs together, and their relationship is no longer just an ordinary master and servant.

Therefore, she did not care about Mo Rui's rudeness.

"I was able to dominate Liaodong and eliminate Wanyan Tan and his son one after another because I had a backer to rely on. You are like a big tree and I am like a vine. My glory at that time was just borrowed from his brilliance."

Chai Yuanyi suddenly lost the mood to explain, and just turned her head to glance at the food that Mo Rui brought, and forced a smile, "Eat, I'm hungry."

Mo Rui lost her temper and turned back to the stone table. She quietly placed two bowls of brown rice and a plate of pickled radish on the table from the tray, and then she started to mutter, "Master Yuzhen and her sisters are bullying us more and more. Not only have they changed three meals a day to two meals a day, but they have also changed from four dishes and one soup to brown rice and pickled vegetables now."

Chai Yuanyi, who had not eaten since the evening meal yesterday, was not sure if she was really hungry or just trying to have fun. She slowly picked up a salted radish, took a small bite of it, put it back into the bowl, and then took a mouthful of brown rice. Her posture was elegant and leisurely, as if she was tasting a delicacy. "It's quite good, you try it."

Mo Rui was completely defeated. She sat down on the stone bench next to her and took a mouthful of brown rice, but she did not enjoy it as much as Chai Yuanyi did.

After she swallowed the rough rice that irritated her throat with difficulty, she finally said, "Your Highness, you got a chronic illness in Liaodong. How can you survive like this?"

Mo Rui looked back and saw that there was no one around, so she whispered, "Why don't you let me go to the bank to get some money, and give it to Master Yuci every month, eight or ten strings of cash, as food money, so that they won't make things difficult for us anymore."

"No!"

Chai Yuanyi said with great determination.

In fact, the master and servant were not without money. After Liaodong was pacified, Chen Chu rewarded Chai Yuanyi with a large sum of money.

Later, they moved to Dongqinglian Temple in Caizhou. Chen Chu gave her another sum of money to build a small villa for retreat, but Chai Yuanyi only used half of it.

The wealth she has saved now is enough for her to live comfortably for the rest of her life.

Mo Rui thought Chai Yuanyi was worried about the money, so she sat there sulking. Chai Yuanyi sighed softly and explained helplessly, "Why do you think Nun Yuci has been making things difficult for us recently?"

"Why?"

"She just wants to see if she can squeeze some money out of me. If we start this, they will only bully me more and more until they squeeze me dry."

"These old bastards!" Mo Rui cursed in a low voice, and then said something angrily, "Aren't they afraid that His Majesty will find out one day?"

She herself had no confidence in saying this.

Although Your Highness and His Majesty had a brief romance when they were in Liaodong before, after coming to Lin'an and helping His Majesty with his official business, His Majesty has neither summoned Your Highness to the palace nor visited her at Yuqing Temple in the past few months.

If it weren't for this, how dare those nuns bully people like this!
Seeing that Chai Yuanyi was silent, Mo Rui couldn't help but whisper again: "Your Highness, we can't stay trapped in Yuqing Temple forever. Why don't we leave at night? We can get the money and leave Lin'an. There will always be a way to survive, which is worse than suffering here day by day."

"Leave? Where to? Your Majesty placed me in Yuqing Temple. This is the imperial decree. If I leave without the imperial decree, it would be disobedience."

It was impossible to advance or retreat, and Mo Rui was getting more anxious. There were rumors that His Majesty might return to Tokyo after the New Year. From the current perspective, His Majesty might have forgotten Your Highness here. Once His Majesty left, their situation would be even more difficult.
"Your Highness, you have to do something, right? If you continue like this, you will undoubtedly be waiting for death!"

Upon hearing this, Chai Yuanyi slowly raised her head and looked towards the azure sky. After a long moment, she said in a low voice, "What else can I do? Mo Rui, tell me, have I done anything wrong since the incident that year?"

"Your Highness did not make any mistakes!"

Mo Rui shook her head repeatedly. The two of them had been inseparable over the years, and she saw most clearly that everything the prince did was just to survive!

The world is in turmoil, and Chai Yuanyi has very few choices to make, all for the sake of survival.
Chai Yuanyi finally lowered his gaze towards the blue sky, and suddenly asked the question he had asked most frequently recently, "Hasn't Eunuch Huang received the letter yet?"

Seeing her expectant look, Mo Rui's eyes turned red. She shook her head and said, "I followed your Highness' instructions and sent a thousand strings of cash to Eunuch Huang at the beginning of the month. I only asked him to mention your Highness in front of His Majesty, but there has been no news so far."

Perhaps because she saw Chai Yuanyi's expression gradually becoming sad, Mo Rui quickly added a word of comfort, "It must be that Eunuch Huang hasn't found an opportunity yet. If His Majesty hears about it, he will definitely come to see Your Highness."

Hearing this, Chai Yuanyi wanted to smile at Mo Rui, but the smile just appeared and she was powerless to disappear. Then, Chai Yuanyi stared at the food on the table, her eyes blank.
In fact, ever since she seduced Chen Chu in the Jin Dynasty Palace in Nanjing, she knew that this was a deal.

But after more than ten years of wandering, Chai Yuanyi undoubtedly understood that with her sensitive identity, if there was no one like Chen Chu to protect her, the ending would definitely not be good.

That was all she asked for.

However, he did not expect that after Lin'an and his party finally helped him solve the last bit of trivial matters, he was then treated like a toy that had been played with and thrown into the Yuqing Temple, and no one cared about him.

This made Chai Yuanyi extremely disappointed, probably similar to the feeling of "I kept my promise and did the thing for you, but you didn't keep your promise."

However, Chai Yuanyi is really of no use to Chen Chu now.

Back then, Chai Yuanyi heard that Chen Chu was a sentimental man and thought that she could rely on that fate to ensure a safe life for the rest of her life. But now it seems that his sentimentality only applies to his family.

Just as he was feeling sorry for himself, he heard Mo Rui exclaim, "Your Majesty!"

Chai Yuanyi hadn't even looked up yet, but she had already determined in her heart that Mo Rui was lying to her again, and she was delighted for a moment.

But then, he caught a glimpse of a tall figure walking in from the corner of his eye, and Chai Yuanyi looked up suddenly.

But the person standing at the door and looking at him with a smile was none other than the former King of Chu and the current Emperor of Great Chu!

After being stunned for a few moments, Chai Yuanyi suddenly felt a huge sense of grievance and his eyes suddenly turned red.

Some words even popped up in an instant, such as "Why has Your Majesty ignored me in the past six months?"

But she finally understood that she had no right to be resentful or angry in front of Chen Chu, so she quickly controlled her inappropriate emotions, bowed politely, and said: "I haven't seen you for a few months. Your Majesty has lost a lot of weight. Even if you are busy with official duties, you must eat well and take care of your health."

Well, after being thrown into Yuqing Temple for half a year, when they met, not only did he not have any complaints, but he also began to care about Chen Chu's health.

Who can endure this?

Especially when coupled with the slightly suppressed look of grievance on his face.

For a moment, Chen Chu felt a little guilty. He pulled Chai Yuanyi to sit on the stone bench in the yard and explained vaguely, "I have been busy recently."

After saying that, he turned around to look at the extremely simple food on the table and asked, "Is this what we're having for lunch?"

Mo Rui, who was standing aside, suddenly became excited. She expected that His Highness would take this opportunity to complain about Yuqing Temple. When His Majesty was angry, he would definitely help them vent their anger.

But Mo Rui never expected that Chai Yuanyi would smile shyly and not mention anything about the temple. Instead, she said, "I didn't know that His Majesty would come today. Mo Rui, go to the street to buy some vegetables, beef and mutton, and I will cook a few side dishes for His Majesty."

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Mo Rui stood there in a daze for several breaths, and only at the urging of Chai Yuanyi's eyes did she go into the house to get some money to go out and buy something.

With Chen Chu in front of her, Chai Yuanyi naturally couldn't explain why she didn't complain to him in person. First, she was aware of her position and didn't want to upset Chen Chu by talking about her troubles as soon as they met. Second, since His Majesty was here today, her crisis had been resolved. When she lit a fire and cooked in her room later, the smell of meat would surely attract Master Yuci, who wanted to make trouble for her all day.
When Nun Yuci barged in rashly, there was going to be a good show. Let me ask myself, what kind of complaint could be as heartbreaking as that domineering Nun scolding me in front of His Majesty?

Moreover, she doesn't have to complain actively.
The thoughts and judgments of the master and servant at this moment were completely different.

No wonder Chai Yuanyi was able to survive the ten years of hardship.
It’s a pity that Mo Rui, who was about to go out, was ultimately unable to do so.

The big sword that followed Chen Chu into the courtyard suddenly raised his hand to block Mo Rui's way and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has instructed that Your Majesty should not eat food of unknown origin."

Chai Yuanyi was suddenly embarrassed, and Mo Rui's face turned red with anger.

Da Baojian doesn't care who you are. In his eyes, the boss is only Chen Chu and Mao'er. Even Cai Huan can't order him around.

As for Chai Yuanyi, in Da Baojian's eyes, he was indeed a suspicious person of unknown origin.

Chen Chu patted the back of Chai Yuanyi's hand to comfort her, but he also followed Da Baojian's advice and said, "Send two people back to the palace and bring some food."

Da Baojian bowed slightly, turned around and assigned the matter to Xiao Yi.

As for Xiao Yi, she ran all the way back to the palace. It happened that Hutou stayed in the palace for dinner today, and Mao'er and her sisters sat around the table like they did in Caizhou.

Upon learning that Xiao Yi had returned to get food, he could not help but ask curiously, "Isn't your majesty in the front court discussing matters with the Duke of Ying?" Xiao Yi did not dare to lie to the cat, and replied with a grumble, "Your Majesty just went. To the Yuqing Temple."

"Yuqing Temple? Did you go to see Chai Yuanyi?" Cai Huan reacted quickly.

Seeing Xiao Yi's constipated look and hesitation to speak, everyone naturally realized that Cai Huan was right.

Cai Hua raised her eyebrows, "Ruru and the twin sisters in the palace have been looking forward to your majesty's visit all day long. Why did your majesty go looking for them? Are domestic flowers really not as fragrant as wild flowers? Tiedan, come with me to Yuqing Temple."

"Oh"

Tiedan responded but did not stand up. Instead, he secretly glanced at the cat.

As expected, Maoer stood up and pushed Cai Huan down to her seat. "Stop making trouble! Your Majesty, go and have your meal."

Xiao Yi's return trip took nearly half an hour.

By the time Chen Chu and Chai Yuanyi sat down again in the courtyard, it was already noon.

During the meal, the two of them didn't talk much. Chai Yuanyi continued to eat his food in small bites as before, as if the tribute rice, a delicacy from the palace, was not much different from the brown rice he had just eaten.

However, Chen Chu noticed the cracks on her hands caused by washing clothes in the cold winter. This was indeed his negligence. Even if he had been a political ally in the past, he would not have allowed Chai Yuanyi to fall to such a state.

"Should I send you back to Caizhou Qinglian Temple first?"

Chen Chu asked in a negotiating tone. Chai Yuanyi, who was eating, slowly put down her chopsticks and sighed softly, "Your Majesty. As a commoner, no matter where I am, it will be extremely difficult without your Majesty's protection."

"What are you going to do?"

"I dare not have any unrealistic thoughts. If Your Majesty has time, you can come to see me once or twice a year. That will be my greatest amulet." Chai Yuanyi lowered her head slightly and spoke frankly.

As long as the two of them maintain a certain level of communication and prove that she is the current emperor's confidante, she will have nothing to worry about.

"Okay, I agree to this."

Chai Yuanyi didn't expect Chen Chu to agree so readily. A hint of surprise appeared on her face. Then she looked at Chen Chu with a weak look in her eyes, her voice getting lower and lower, "Then Your Majesty, can you stay with me tonight?"

Before Chen Chu could open his mouth, he saw a Taoist nun wearing a偃月冠 on her head suddenly sticking her head out and looking over at him outside the courtyard gate.

Xiao Yi frowned and was about to step forward to drive them away, but Chen Chu raised his hand to stop Xiao Yi.

The Taoist nun was about forty years old, with a thin face, thin lips and drooping lip corners, and she looked mean.

She casually glanced at the men in the courtyard, then looked at the food and wine on the stone table, then strode in, and stopped two feet in front of Chai Yuanyi. She pointed her finger at Chai Yuanyi's nose and cursed, "You Miaoyi! Yuqing Temple is a place for women to practice meditation, but you brought wild men here to drink and have fun. Do you still have any shame?"

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Chai Yuanyi was still sitting in the same place. Although she showed fear, she did not show any fear. After all, she was the one who killed two generations of Jin monarchs with her own hands. If she was frightened to the point of tears, it would seem too exaggerated.

She just glanced at Chen Chu silently, meaning, "Your Majesty, please see, this is how I spent my days in Yuqing Temple."

Chen Chu slowly put down the chopsticks in his hand and said calmly: "Slap your mouth."

The nun was confused for a moment, but Xiao Yi, who could no longer hold back, stepped forward, grabbed the nun by the collar and slapped her twice.

You dare to call the emperor a 'wild man'? All your relatives must thank you for your great kindness!

The Taoist nun was dazed by the two slaps. She only felt a fishy-sweet taste in her mouth and her teeth became loose. She covered her rapidly swollen cheeks and looked around at the men in the yard with fierce eyes. Finally, she became scared and turned around and ran out of the yard.

Only after he left the courtyard did he point at the people in the courtyard and cry and curse: "In broad daylight, under the feet of the emperor, where did you come from, bandits, to dare to run to my Yuqing Temple and make trouble! If you have the guts, don't run away, wait for me to report to the police!"

After cursing, the Taoist nun ran away.

Inside the courtyard, Chen Chu couldn't help but sigh and asked, "Who is this?"

"Master Yuci. Junior sister of Master Yuzhen, the abbot of Yuqing Temple"

Chai Yuanyi explained softly.

It is said that the Taoist nun Yuci ran out of Yuqing Temple shouting and yelling all the way. Not only did she attract the attention of pilgrims along the way, she also alarmed the nuns in charge of the temple.

The former Zhou imperial guards and garrison troops in Lin'an City were now pulled out of the city for reorganization and training.

The military patrol stations scattered throughout the streets and alleys of the city were temporarily taken over by the 12th Regiment of the Huaibei Army. Soon after Yu Ci rushed out of Yuqing Temple, he ran into a team of patrolling soldiers.

Fearing that the other party would not take it seriously, Yu Ci immediately stopped the sergeant and cried, "Sir, a group of bandits broke into my Yuqing Temple! Sir, please follow me and arrest them and put them in jail!"

bandit?

Entered Lin'an?

Upon hearing this, the platoon leader leading the patrolling soldiers quickly sent one of his subordinates to the nearby military patrol station to report the news and call for support, and then took the rest of his subordinates to Yuqing Temple.

It just so happened that the commander of the 12th Regiment, Qin Dachuan, was inspecting the military patrol station near Yuqing Temple. Upon hearing the news from his brothers, he rushed over in person.

When Qin Dachuan arrived, the outside of the private room was already surrounded by people.

"Sir, the bandits are in the courtyard! Oh, by the way, I just saw Miaoyi and the bandits acting ambiguous, so I think she must be the insider!"

Master Yuci was still analyzing the current situation to the Huaibei Army. Qin Dachuan, who had just arrived here, seemed to have vaguely heard the name "Miaoyi" somewhere else, but could not remember it for a moment.

The next moment, Yuci lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "Miaoyi is a remnant of the royal family of the previous dynasty. Now that her kingdom has been taken away, she might join forces with bandits to murder the emperor. You must be careful, General!"

It would have been fine if this had not been mentioned. The phrase 'remnants of the previous dynasty' instantly reminded Qin Dachuan of who Miaoyi was during the Northern Expedition. He was one of the first generals who followed the emperor into the Jin Dynasty's Nanjing city.

I have heard about the scandal between Chai Yuanyi and the emperor.

Later, he heard that Chai Yuanyi was practicing in the Qinglian Temple in Caizhou, and his Taoist name seemed to be Miaoyi!

At that time, Yuqing Temple's host, Master Yuzhen, came with a group of nuns in charge. Master Yuzhen first found her junior sister Yuci and asked her the reason. She frowned and picked Qin Dachuan, who looked the most mature. She said with a somewhat arrogant look, "General, please quickly catch the bad guys. My Yuqing Temple is a place for women to practice meditation. The tablet of the deceased, Lord Luo, the Minister of War, is enshrined in this temple. If we disturb the spirit of the nobleman, I am afraid that you and I cannot bear the sin."

According to Master Yuzhen, Lord Luo from the Ministry of War is in charge of the soldiers. If she tells him his name, these soldiers will be extra careful and obey her orders.

Unexpectedly, Qin Dachuan did not show any special reaction when he heard Luo Ruji's name. He just glanced at Yu Zhen who was holding the shelf.

Then he said to his brothers, "Seventh Company, Third Platoon, follow me. Don't be reckless, and don't draw your swords yet!"

The subordinates were a little puzzled, but in the Huaibei Army, which was well-behaved, no one raised any objections. They slowly walked to the gate of the courtyard in a guard formation.

"I am Qin Dachuan from the Huaibei Army. May I ask who is in this courtyard?"

Qin Dachuan finally remembered who Miaoyi was and did not force his way in. Instead, he stood outside the closed gate and asked politely.

Just as he finished speaking, the courtyard door creaked open from the inside. The one who opened the door was the battalion commander of His Majesty's personal guard battalion, Xu Xiaoyi, who was grinning. "Captain Qin, why are you here?"

The moment he saw Xiao Yi, Qin Dachuan knew that he had done the right thing by acting cautiously and not believing the Taoist nun's one-sided words!
I couldn't help but feel shocked and annoyed!

What shocked him was that if he had not happened to be here today, his brothers might have really offended His Majesty.

What is annoying is that Yuci lied and described Your Majesty as a bandit!
Dozens of steps behind, as the gate of the courtyard was opened, Yuzhen, Yuci and others outside finally saw the situation in the courtyard clearly, but saw that Miaoyi was still sitting at the same table with the man, as if they had just finished their meal, and the two were chatting and laughing freely.

Host Yu Zhen frowned slightly when she saw this. The Taoist temples in Lin'an City were not comparable to those in the mountains and rivers. As the host, she had experienced many guests and had seen many dignitaries.

The man's unusual calm demeanor made Yu Zhen vaguely uneasy. Thinking about Miao Yi's background, she couldn't help but wonder: Could it be that she really had slept on the dragon bed?

Before she could react, Yu Ci on the side was already jumping up and down impatiently, "General, quickly catch these bandits! If Lord Luo knows, he will definitely reward us handsomely!"

But the next moment, Qin Dachuan and the others made a move that shocked them. They saw this group of brave warriors kneeling on one knee outside the courtyard gate and shouting, "I am honored to see your majesty!"

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