Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 383 Fan Xian: As a time traveler, I am cuckolded

He patted Li Chengqian's arm, and under the second stunned look of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he walked up to Li Chengze and did the same thing, holding the Second Prince's hand: "My condolences, Second Brother."

What did he call me? Second uncle?
This time it was Li Chengze's turn to lose his composure.

"Third uncle... look at you, your eyes are all swollen from crying." Chu Pingsheng patted Li Chengping's shoulder and said, "Men don't shed tears easily, only because they are not too sad. Third uncle is really a man of sentimentality."

"Brother-in-law, this must be my uncle-in-law..."

Chu Pingsheng stretched out his hand again, and Li Chengru wanted to dodge, but as soon as he moved his hands, they were grabbed by the reckless guy and held together.

"I heard that my eldest brother-in-law rode back to Kyoto in two days and nights without rest after fighting a battle with Northern Qi. Look at the dark circles under his eyes and his complexion. He should take care of his health. I think the Empress Dowager would not want to see her eldest grandson fall ill because of her."

Everyone watched all this in a daze.

Wasn't he here to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager? How did it become a family reunion meeting?
What did he call the princes? Big brother-in-law, second brother-in-law, third brother-in-law?
What the hell?

Even the old fellow who was sobbing and wiping tears in front of the empress dowager's spirit tablet and reminiscing about the glorious past years had a confused look on his face and stared at him intently.

"Have you finished paying your respects? Now it's my turn."

Chu Pingsheng had no intention of respecting the old and loving the young. He pushed the elders aside, looked at the tablet of the empress dowager, and said in a hypocritical manner, "It's a pity that the princess refused to obey and failed to become your son-in-law. However, His Majesty has issued me the driver's license of Princess Chen. Empress dowager, you must keep your eyes open in heaven. I will treat her well and give her a lifetime of happiness."

Then he mumbled a bunch of words that no one understood.

No one cared whether his manners were adequate or his expression was sad enough. All the royal family members present, including those courtiers who had not yet left, were stunned by his words.

Princess Chen?
The eldest princess’ illegitimate daughter Lin Wan’er?

This barbarian wants to marry Princess Chen? Wasn't she... wasn't she betrothed to Fan Xian by the Emperor?

No wonder he grabbed the prince's hand and called him uncle as soon as he arrived. The two parties are indeed relatives.

Even the women who were keeping vigil in the back hall could not help but open a crack and look forward from behind to see who the guy was who had forcefully interfered with the engagement of Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er.

Li Chengqian's focus is more unique.

This guy's taste is as strange as his? Fortunately, his aunt held the bottom line and did not let this barbarian from the west succeed. She also turned around and drove the tiger to swallow the wolf, making His Majesty change his mind and cancel the engagement between Lin Wan'er and Fan Xian and give her to Chu Pingsheng.

What happens next... is bound to be very interesting.

Chu Pingsheng and Fan Xian seem to be fighting over the issue of Wan'er's belonging.

What Li Chengqian could figure out, Li Chengze could naturally figure out as well. The Second Prince and the Crown Prince looked at each other, neither of them smiled, but they both saw the mockery in each other's eyes.

The game centered around Lin Wan'er, the inner treasury, and Fan Xian is becoming more and more interesting.

Only the eldest prince Li Chengru, who had been leading troops outside all year round and was confused, and the timid third prince Li Chengping, were still completely confused.

"Xin Shaoqing."

"Xin Shaoqing."

"Xin Qiwu!"

Chu Pingsheng shouted loudly, awakening the comedian who was standing at the door.

"Master Chu...?"

"Let's go."

"Walk?"

"I have finished my condolences. Where is the accommodation that your Honglu Temple arranged for me? I want to rest."

"Oh."

Xin Qiwu met the gazes of everyone in the mourning hall, quickly pulled up his pants and fled.

When they got outside, he leaned closer and asked, "Master Chu, what did you mean by those words that we didn't understand just now?"

"Oh, it means to let the Queen Mother rest assured and have a safe journey."

Have a nice journey.

If Li Yunqian's mother knew English, she would be so angry that she would come alive. What she said was clearly "Hey, old man, grandpa will chop off your head, and I will sleep with your young and beautiful granddaughter and let her give birth to a baby for me."

Xin Qiwu asked again: "What about the driver's license?"

"The marriage edict, or marriage edict for short, idiot."

Chu Pingsheng left the Taiji Hall and walked along the steps, imitating the cultivation level of the eighth rank while shouting to the sky: "Master, did you see that? The marriage between my disciple and Princess Chen has been reported to the Empress Dowager. You can rest assured now."

The sound waves rolled and spread in all directions.

The palace guards on duty in the courtyard, the court officials who had not yet left, and the eunuchs and palace maids walking in the corridor all looked in the direction of the sound with surprised expressions.

……

Taiji Hall is not far from Xingqing Palace. Every word Chu Pingsheng made with his internal force was heard by Li Yunrui who had just left the imperial study. His expression suddenly changed and he quickly turned back, dragging his long plain skirt.

"Your Majesty, the voice just now..."

The Emperor of Nanqing, who was scolding Hou Zhigang, waved his hand and drove him away.

"I heard it."

Li Yunqian sighed and lowered his voice and said, "So you know why I am so tolerant of him, right? It's not that I favor him, it's that he... is very dangerous..."

In fact, the subtext of this sentence is that Bai Feng is very dangerous. Everyone thought that the empress dowager died at the hands of the Northern Qi Grandmaster Ku He, but only he knew that the Western Hu Grandmaster Bai Feng was the real culprit behind the scenes.

The two of them were just discussing a delaying tactic in the imperial study, and then Chu Pingsheng caused such a thing. Just with that shout just now, it was impossible to block the news.

He couldn't refuse, because once he refused, Bai Feng, who had just left Kyoto with peace of mind, would realize that he had been tricked by him, and would turn around and strike back, and everything would be over.

Although he had secretly sent people to Jiangnan to look for Ye Liuyun, he didn't know how long it would take for him to return to Beijing. Even if he did, if the trap in the first round failed to kill Bai Feng, once the other party revealed the cause of Ye Qingmei's death, Ku He, Si Gu Jian, Bai Feng, and Wu Zhu would attack together, and he and Ye Liuyun would be in danger.

He couldn't refuse this and could only agree to it.

Not only that, at the next court meeting, many court officials would surely write letters to him asking him to cancel the arranged marriage, and he would also have to suppress the opposition voices inside and outside the court.

"Your Majesty, Wan'er..."

Li Yunrui knew very well that he could delay Chu Pingsheng in the name of mourning, but Lin Wan'er could not. She did not live in the palace and had limited meetings with the empress dowager. If his granddaughter went to the West Mountain Villa to mourn, would the concubines in the harem go? Would his grandsons like Li Chengze and Li Chengping go?

If the operation is forced, it will inevitably anger Chu Pingsheng, and the great master of Xihu will also realize that he is being teased by Emperor Qing, which will affect the future cooperation.

"Just do as he wishes."

Li Yunqian sat back down on the couch, picked up the book he hadn't finished reading, and continued reading.

If Bai Feng, who is behind Chu Pingsheng, and Wu Zhu, who is behind Fan Xian, fight and become enemies, it will only benefit him and not harm him.

"In that case, I will send someone to tell Wan'er the news."

Li Yunqian didn't say anything, continued reading, and just waved at her.

Li Yunrui bowed and quickly left the room.

She was very happy, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up.

The appearance of Chu Pingsheng perfectly solved her problem. Fan Xian, Neiku, Li Yunqian...

……

Three hours later.

Royal Villa.

As night falls, the wind feels like scraping the skin, and it hurts my heart.

Lin Wan'er, who was frail and pale, was lying on the bed in plain clothes, trembling all over and gasping for breath.

Ye Ling'er, who used to be as gorgeous as fire in red and now is dressed in black, a dashing heroine, kept helping her to soothe her chest and relieve the breath.

"Mother...she...how could she do this...Ling'er, I...what should I do?"

She held her best friend's hand tightly, her nails almost digging into Ye Ling'er's flesh, but she was so excited that she was unaware of anything.

"I'm going to kill that Chu Pingsheng." Ye Ling'er took the sword with hatred, bent her slender waist, and was about to go to the Protocol Courtyard next to the Honglu Temple to seek revenge.

"Ling'er, don't."

Lin Wan'er shook her head vigorously and held her hand tightly, "You can't beat him."

"You have to fight even if you can't beat him."

Ye Ling'er gnashed her teeth and said that she wanted to kill Chu Pingsheng not only for Lin Wan'er, but also for her father.

Ever since Ye Chong came back from the palace, he had been locked in his room in a depressed mood, and had not even had dinner - most of his personal soldiers who had accompanied him had died, so it was strange that he was in a good mood.

Not only that, just imagine that he is the Privy Councilor, the nephew and disciple of the Grand Master Ye Liuyun, but he can't even beat a barbarian's pet. How would others view him?

Ye Ling'er saw it all and was anxious. If Lin Wan'er hadn't sent someone to invite her to the royal villa, she would have lost control and gone to the Protocol Court to cause trouble.

"Cough cough cough..."

Lin Wan'er moved a little hastily and started coughing again.

Ye Ling'er quickly turned around and pushed her back onto the bed.

"Okay, okay, I won't go. Don't worry."

call……

call……

Lin Wan'er took two deep breaths and said, "Ling'er, who is Chu Pingsheng? Can you tell me about him?"

"Why do you ask?"

"I want to...I want to persuade him to go to His Majesty...to cancel the engagement."

The emperor changed his mind and wanted her to marry Chu Pingsheng. Li Yunrui must be very happy about this. Now the only ones who are upset are her and Fan Xian, and they are the two of them who are most powerless about this decision. In her opinion, the best way to break the deadlock is to persuade Chu Pingsheng to cancel the engagement on his own initiative.

Ye Linger said, "I heard that Chu Pingsheng is a disciple of the Western Hu Grandmaster. He came to Qing Kingdom to visit and learn. However, this kid is extremely rude, and the white ape beside him is even more violent and cruel. He killed the owner of a bun shop just because she threw stones and eggs at its owner. If you marry a person like this, you will suffer a lot of pain and torture in the future."

Lin Wan'er's face was red from coughing and wheezing: "I have to... I have to try."

……

The canal water gurgles, and the sparse shadows are lonely.

In the study of Si Nanbo Fan Jian.

The candlelight illuminated the rows of bookshelves, the path from the desk to the door, and the faces of the "father and son" Fan Jian and Fan Xian.

"Although it has not been officially issued, it is certain that this is the order of His Majesty."

Fan Jian had a stern face and a serious expression.

"The court officials all think Chu Pingsheng is crazy. I am more inclined to believe that His Majesty announced this matter through his condolences to the Queen Mother to prepare the officials mentally, so as to avoid chaos caused by suddenly bringing up this matter after the funeral."

Fan Xian had a sullen face and said nothing.

Only those who are familiar with him can see that his slightly pursed lips and seemingly fixed eyes are actually an expression of suppressed anger.

Before the Queen Mother died, Lin Wan'er's father Lin Ruofu called him to the Lin Mansion and said something to him, in which he accepted him as his son-in-law and asked him to support the entire Lin family in the future. It seemed that he and Lin Wan'er were about to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but who would have thought that Cheng Yaojin would appear halfway, and that Western Hu man actually made His Majesty change his mind.

He and Wan'er were in love, but...

This made him inexplicably feel like a dignified time traveler was being tricked by someone. How could he tolerate this!

"Xian'er, I know you are very dissatisfied, but this is the decision of His Majesty."

Fan Jian walked up to him from behind the wooden table and said earnestly, "Do you know why I didn't eat at home tonight? Because I went to see His Majesty."

Fan Xian raised his head suddenly, with an expectant look on his face.

"His Majesty has said that the inner treasury will be handed over to you for management, but the time will be postponed. He will do the work of the eldest princess."

Fan Xian said: "What I want is not the inner treasury, but Wan'er."

Fan Jian: "..."

"I'll figure this out myself."

"Xian'er, remember not to act rashly. That Western Hu man is a disciple of a great master."

"understood."

Fan Xian said he knew it, but he was furious in his heart. Chu Pingsheng had a master who was a great master, and he also had an uncle Wu Zhu.

(End of this chapter)