I'm not a fortune teller.

Chapter 63: Trouble! !
"Can you change me back?"

The voice was so thin and soft that it seemed the question was asked casually, but it concealed great expectations.

It’s a pity that the person opposite looked confused and seemed to have no idea what he was talking about.

Cui Yan was not surprised. He just sighed slightly, looked forward and said nothing more.

When he was a child, he was not actually that popular. His Cui family was a wealthy family in the town because his grandfather had passed the imperial examination and had a lot of tax-free land for his descendants to enjoy. This also enabled the Cui family to provide education for many of their children.

He has the best talent, but is the least popular, and the reason is that he is ugly.

This reason even had an impact on him when he passed the imperial examination. If he was not the only one in his family who passed the imperial examination, he would never have the opportunity to continue his studies with the support of his family.

But even though he passed the exam and became a scholar, his status did not improve much. He remembered that the teacher at the academy felt sorry for him because he was too diligent and hardworking, so he found him and had a sincere talk with him after class one day.

It is said that scholars pay attention to their appearance. Although they make a living by writing, it is not good if they look too ugly. If you are recommended to the provincial examination with your appearance, you will probably be eliminated in the first round.
At that time, he suddenly felt like the sky was falling. He had suffered discrimination and bullying from his peers in the village since he was a child. Everyone looked down on him except Da Gou. It was his grandfather who told him that studying could change all his innate deficiencies. After he passed the imperial examination, the people in the village dared not bully him openly. He really believed what his grandfather said and thought that studying could change his destiny.

As a result, the Master's words directly shattered the beliefs he had held for many years.

"Ergou, what are you saying?" Zhang Rui's voice rang out beside him, his confused and puzzled expression exactly the same as it was many years ago.

"Nothing." Cui Yan shook his head and lost interest in talking anymore.

How many years ago was that?

On that rainy night, he had originally planned to drop out of school after drinking that time and go home to become a private school teacher.

But after that drunken night, when I woke up, everything changed!!
Until now he still didn't understand how all this happened. Not only his own appearance, but everyone's memory seemed to have changed, as if he was born with this appearance and was born to be the center of attention. If he didn't remember what had happened, he would have thought that the experiences of the past decade were all an illusion.

The only person who had anything to do with the incident that night was the big dog.

Cui Yan secretly glanced at Zhang Rui again. He was also drunk at that time, but he remembered that Da Gou patted his chest and boasted that he would change his fate and make himself the most beautiful man in the world so that no one would discriminate against him because of his appearance.

But after that, Big Dog seemed to have forgotten what he said that night.

Maybe it was just drunken talk, but the timing was too coincidental.

"Take the two adults to the back hall to wait first. I will come over after I finish some things."

"Yes, Your Excellency." The guard next to him responded and led Zhang Rui and others into the back hall of the Dali Temple.

Zhang Rui seemed very curious throughout the whole process and looked around. After all, this would be his organization from now on.

"Please take a seat, my lords. The Shaoqing will be here shortly."

The guard served tea to the two of them very politely, without any arrogance or awkwardness on his part.

Although they were guards, they were not completely ignorant of being the personal guards of the Shaoqing. The two men in front of them had good backgrounds and were not easy to mess with.
One is suspected to be from a top hidden family, and has the ability to kill a first-class warlock at a young age; the other is favored by the princess and has been in a stalemate with His Majesty for three years!
After the guards left, the two drank tea in silence. After an unknown amount of time, the other brother couldn't help but speak first: "I didn't expect that the first time we two brothers were alone in three years would be in a place like this."

Zhang Rui frowned when he heard this, but couldn't help but said, "Don't be so ambiguous when you speak, especially in front of others. It would be bad if they misunderstood you."

"Haha." Cui Yan laughed immediately: "You have been misunderstood enough? When we were studying in Nanming Prefecture, do you still remember the time when you were blocked in the alley by people hired by the prefect's daughter?"

I remember the hammer!!
Zhang Rui was furious. Has he really become such a stupid character?
"How have you been these years?" Cui Yan's tone seemed to become much more casual because of the atmosphere just now.

"That's it." Zhang Rui slumped in his chair without any image. "I brought honor to my family and became the county magistrate. My family doesn't have to farm anymore. My father walks his bird all day long, and my mother thinks about finding a new wife for me all day long. My unmarried sister fantasizes about her future husband every day. Only the second brother seems to have not changed much, he is still so honest."

"Sounds good." Cui Yan said with a smile.

"It's pretty good." Zhang Rui nodded. It seemed to be much better than before he used the pen, but it was only temporary. He didn't know how many holes the pen had dug for him, just like this time.
Cui Ergou's appearance must be related to that pen! !
"What about you? How are you?" Zhang Rui asked tentatively.

“Not so good.” Cui Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly. “Because of what happened three years ago, the emperor disliked me and exiled me to that damn place in Southern Xinjiang. My family members all disliked that place, so they all stayed in my hometown. But it’s okay. I feel quite comfortable there alone, and there is less suspicion.”

"Suspicion?" Zhang Rui was stunned.

"I'm too good-looking. Every time my sister-in-law and my younger brothers and sisters-in-law look at me, they can't take their eyes off me. My brothers are always on guard against me."

Zhang Rui: “.”

"Speaking of which, that incident had nothing to do with you, so why did His Majesty vent his anger on you?" Zhang Rui looked like he was defending the other party, but his words were tentative. After all, he was in charge of investigating the case, so it would be good if Cui Yan had some clues to offer.

"Uh, have you forgotten?" Cui Yan looked at Zhang Rui in confusion.

Zhang Rui's heart tightened, and his face was confused: "What?"

"What else could it be? Princess Yueyao chose someone like me who has no roots and no background, but I managed to survive to the end. Your Majesty, can you not see this as an eyesore?"

"Princess, is interested in you?" Zhang Rui took a breath.

"I don't know how many times you've delivered my letters for me. Do you still have doubts about this?" Cui Yan rolled his eyes at Zhang Rui and said, "Haven't you read a lot of the contents of the letter?"

Me.
"But you should not have revealed your identity when you delivered the letter, otherwise I would not be the only one exiled to southern Xinjiang."

"Then I am really lucky," Zhang Rui said gritting his teeth.

"Ahem." Cui Yan suddenly looked around, then walked closer and lowered his voice and asked, "Did that person look for you?"

Zhang Rui's heart skipped a beat, and he felt like a trap was about to happen. He lowered his voice and asked, "Which one?"

"Who else?" Cui Yan glared at Zhang Rui: "That one!"

"Oh, that one." Zhang Rui suddenly realized, and kept guessing in his mind, which one is it?

"That letter scared us to death!" Cui Yan looked around vigilantly, and lowered his voice and said, "When I was exiled to Southern Xinjiang, I thought the matter was exposed. His Majesty wanted to deal with me in a low-key manner in Southern Xinjiang. I wrote a letter to my family for fear of implicating them, but I didn't expect that I would still be alive three years later. Now that I think about it, the matter should not have been exposed."

Zhang Rui: “.”

Damn it, don't scare me, what's going on? Why do you look like the emperor wants to secretly do you?

"This capital city is not a good place for me. I wanted to meet you after reporting my work and then go to Southern Xinjiang, but I didn't expect that this damn Tanhua case would involve me again. You should be careful these days. If you are involved in this case, you may be secretly monitored. If that person contacts you again, don't contact him easily!"

"Of course. I know how powerful he is," Zhang Rui said quickly.

But I couldn't guess who the other person was talking about.

"You know nothing. If you knew the seriousness of the matter, you shouldn't have contacted that maid. If you hadn't accepted the letter, how could there be so many problems later?"

Palace maid?

Zhang Rui's heart skipped a beat. How did this involve the palace maid?
A letter sent by a palace maid?
Zhang Rui took a deep breath. The palace maid who delivered the letter was not Princess Yueyao, but she could scare him so much that he even suspected that the emperor would kill him secretly, and it was not done openly. Who could send a letter that would make the emperor unwilling to make it public and instead kill him secretly?
Why did Cui Yan have such an idea?

There is only one possibility.
Fuck you!!
After Zhang Rui figured it out, he stared at the other person. This bastard is such a disaster!
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Kunning Palace:
The most noble woman in the country was holding Cui Yan's portrait in her hand. Although she was over forty, she looked like a girl under thirty because of good maintenance. She was bright and elegant with the flavor of a mature woman, and her eyes were charming.

It was hard to imagine that the queen, who was usually dignified and graceful, would be so lustful looking at a portrait. The old maids beside her lowered their heads and dared not make a sound. If any word of this got out, none of these maids would survive.

"Does Yueyao know that the boy who delivered the letter back then is the Lord Zhang who is now recommended by the Crown Prince?"

"She probably doesn't know." The old maid shook her head.

"Heh." The Queen looked at the scroll with fascination in her eyes. "When the Crown Prince mentioned that name, I felt it was strange. I didn't realize before that the boy who delivered the letter had such ability?"

"I think this might be a trap." The old maid looked at the queen's worried face and said, "Your Majesty, please be careful."

"We need to be careful." The Queen smiled and said, "Pay close attention to this case."

"Yes"

"By the way, the day after tomorrow is the prince's birthday. Send a message to invite the Zhang family's women to come, and also invite Lord Zhang Rui to go with you. This will be a good opportunity for me to thank Lord Zhang in person for saving the prince's life!"

"Yes," the old palace maid said with a wry smile.

The Queen is possessed. She is playing with fire!

　Although I am steadily improving, I still read less. Dear readers, at this critical moment, you must not keep reading.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)