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"Sir, His Majesty has ordered that you be summoned..."

Zhou Chen straightened his collar and said calmly, "Let's go."

When she saw Zhan Doudou, she was having breakfast, and Haitang Duoduo was standing aside, talking all the time.

When the two saw Zhou Chen coming, they had different expressions, and Haitang Duoduo was more surprised.

When she went to see her master last night, her master was not in a very good condition. However, Zhou Chen did not look injured at all after just one night. Was he recovering too quickly?

"Sir, you haven't had breakfast yet, right? If you don't mind, you can join me."

Zhan Doudou's attitude was very calm and her tone was very gentle. Someone like Zhou Chen deserved her utmost courtesy.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will obey your command."

Zhou Chen has seen all kinds of scenes. He has been an emperor before, and he is much more majestic than Zhan Doudou. Naturally, he would not show any fear in front of such an empress.

"Isn't the Saint coming with us?"

Haitang Duoduo was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhan Doudou. Zhan Doudou nodded at her, so she sat down without hesitation.

The three of them were eating, but Zhan Doudou was the first to speak.

"Sir, you must have seen the mess in the palace when you walked along just now."

"Of course. Your Majesty, are you looking for compensation from me? That won't do. I was very restrained last night. Master Ku He should bear the main responsibility."

Haitang Duoduo retorted: "How can you say that my master is primarily responsible for the fight between two people?"

Zhou Chen looked at her with a half-smile: "Isn't it true? The Saint should understand better than anyone else."

Haitang Duoduo certainly knew what happened last night, but she just said this to deny it.

Zhan Doudou said with a smile: "Sir, you misunderstood. What you gave me is priceless and much more important than the destroyed palace. I just want to say that the Grand Master is truly a sacred being in the world. The battle last night really opened my eyes."

"After the battle last night, the Emperor's uncle praised you very much, saying that you were the most talented person he had ever met."

"Master Ku He, you are too kind. I am just standing on the shoulders of giants, with some coincidences. I am not a genius."

If we only look at his age and achievements in this world, Ku He's praise is completely worthy, but the problem is that he knows his own situation.

The four great masters combined probably didn't live as long as he did. He has also traveled through so many worlds and has a broad vision. With the help of the golden finger, he has achieved what he has today.

His greatest talent is the system. With the help of the system, he can live countless years longer than others.

Time is his greatest gift.

"Sir, you are too modest. If even you are not considered a genius, then no one in the world dares to call themselves a genius."

Zhan Doudou praised Zhou Chen highly. Some of it was flattery, but most of it came from the heart. After all, the facts were in front of him.

"I wonder what your plans are next, sir?"

"Your Majesty has already investigated me, so he should know that I will not stay in Qi for long."

Zhan Doudou said indifferently: "It's hard to say. Although you are from Nanqing now, you may become a Qi citizen in the future. If you are willing to join Qi, I can agree to any conditions."

"Your Majesty is really anxious."

Zhou Chen did not refuse nor agree to Zhan Doudou's recruitment, but just smiled indifferently.

Zhan Doudou said calmly, "I have to be impatient. Sir, you are a great master. It won't be long before your name spreads all over the world. If I don't seize the opportunity, I'm afraid I won't have another chance in the future."

"Your Majesty is quite frank."

"Then what do you think, sir?"

Zhou Chen put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "Your Majesty may be disappointed. I am a lazy person. I am not willing to be loyal to anyone, nor do I want to make achievements. I just want to pursue what I want freely and do what I want to do."

"Whether it's Qing, Qi, or even Dongyi City, to me, they are all Central Plains countries. There is no difference. It's too tiring to participate in national-level struggles. Life is short, why make yourself so tired?"

Zhan Doudou said: "Sir, you are more open-minded than we can be, but this is how the world is. Where there are people, there are conflicts, and the same is true between countries."

"My Great Qi has been at war with Southern Qing for many years, and we don't have the upper hand. If you decide to help Southern Qing, my Great Qi will be unable to resist. By then, the world will change drastically, and wars will break out everywhere, and the people will suffer."

Zhou Chen praised sincerely: "Your Majesty is really eloquent, but I dare not bear this charge. I just said that I have no intention of fighting. The principle I follow is that if others do not offend me, I will not offend others. If someone offends me, I will return it tenfold."

The hall suddenly fell into silence. Zhan Doudou and Zhou Chen looked at each other, while Haitang Duoduo was quite nervous. This was the Grand Master, and if he was really irritated, she would not be able to stop him. The junior nephew didn't even know how to make some arrangements before talking to him.

After a long while, Zhan Doudou smiled again.

"I understand what you mean, sir. In fact, I also long for the life you are talking about, freely pursuing what you want to pursue and doing what you want to do. It sounds beautiful and enviable."

"Indeed, being an emperor is indeed a very tiring thing. You have to face different people every day and perform different shows. You even have to deceive yourself a lot of the time. This is true for men, not to mention women. So I also admire your majesty and the queen mother for making so many sacrifices to stabilize the Qi Kingdom."

Zhou Chen's words made Zhan Doudou and Haitang Duoduo's faces change. Zhou Chen specifically mentioned the Queen Mother, and his meaning was very clear. It was obvious that he had guessed what was going on with them.

"Sir, you really have a keen eye."

Zhou Chen smiled, didn't say anything else, and continued to eat breakfast.

"The princess complained to me before that it was difficult to eat hot meals in the palace. Come to think of it, it's true. It has to be transported and tested for poison. By the time you put it in your mouth, it's already cold."

"I still prefer hot meals to cold meals."

Zhan Doudou looked surprised. She didn't expect that Zhou Chen would bring up such a trivial matter during the conversation.

Haitang Duoduo suddenly agreed and said, "Yes, you are absolutely right. Eating in the palace is very troublesome."

"Right? The food in the palace is not only cold, but also not necessarily better than the food in restaurants outside. It just looks better, and the styles are very rigid. There are not as many styles as outside. The ingredients outside may not be as good as those in the palace, but..."

"Is that so? I heard that you have been taking the princess to visit Shangjing City recently. Is there any good restaurant that you can recommend to me? I will go and try it."

"There are indeed a few. There is one on the south side of Imperial Street..."

Looking at Zhou Chen and Haitang Duoduo discussing food, Zhan Doudou's mouth swelled slightly and he looked dazed.

Is it really appropriate for the two of you to discuss this in front of me?

Chapter 1426: Farewell, Dongyi City, Si Gu Jian

Three days have passed since the battle between the grandmasters at the top of the Forbidden City. During these three days, the capital city has never been peaceful.

The news could not be covered up at all, and soon all forces knew what had happened in the palace, and countless memorials were sent to the empress dowager and the young emperor.

The Grand Master is the pinnacle of martial arts, but for those civil officials, they don’t care whether you are a Grand Master or not, they just want to confront you.

The Empress Dowager and the young Emperor were annoyed by these censors for the past three days. They simply stopped the morning court for a month on the pretext of repairing the palace. The censors had no way to impeach them and were very angry, but they had no good solution.

Zhuang Mansion. Zhan Pianpian came to Zhuang Mansion yesterday and became Zhuang Mohan’s student. Of course, she was not a formal disciple, but a registered disciple.

But even so, Zhan Pianpian was happy enough.

Being able to have the world-famous literary master Zhuang Mohan as a teacher is something that countless people in the world dream of. What's more, by becoming Zhuang Mohan's disciple, she can come to the Zhuang Mansion from the palace to study and meet Zhou Chen.

Zhuang Mohan is a serious person. Since Zhan Pianpian has become his registered disciple, he will take time out every day to teach Zhan Pianpian and does not lower his requirements just because she is a woman.

For Zhuang Mohan, these days are the happiest days in recent years.

It is a great blessing to have a close friend in life.

Zhou Chen is his confidant. Although there is a big age gap between them, it does not hinder his love and admiration for Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen's talent and various ideas shocked him. He had never seen someone as knowledgeable and talented as Zhou Chen.

The most commendable thing is that although this young man is extremely talented, he still has a heart for learning. He always stays in the place where he collects books and studies the scriptures carefully. In just over ten days, he has finished reading many of his treasured books.

He seemed to see the future of Wen Dao in Zhou Chen. This young man seemed to be a confidant given to him by God. It allowed him to have such a confidant in his old age, so that he could face death calmly.

The little emperor Zhan Doudou has been refining the refined salt that Zhou Chen taught her during this period. In fact, the salt in this world is quite good because of the existence of Ye Qingmei.

However, the refining method provided by Zhou Chen is more advanced, and the refined salt produced is better.

But Zhan Doudou obviously had his own plans for this important material. He did not distribute it, but prepared to take it slowly.

Zhou Chen arrived in Shangjing City in July. In the blink of an eye, it was already September. He stayed in Shangjing City for more than a month, and it was time for him to leave.

This year is the third year of the Qingli period, and next year will be the year of his coming-of-age ceremony. Before that, he must return to the capital of Qing.

At the same time, in the spring of the fourth year of the Qingli period, Fan Xian went to Beijing and the plot began. Naturally, he would not miss such a day.

Zhou Chen was the first one to tell Zhan Pianpian about the idea of ​​leaving.

If we were to ask who is closest to him in Shangjing City, it would undoubtedly be the eldest princess Zhan Pianpian. Apart from that, it would be Zhuang Mohan, with whom he has spent the longest time.

When Zhan Pianpian learned that Zhou Chen was leaving, her eyes instantly turned red.

In the past, she had always lived in the inner court of the imperial palace, and her life was so rigid that she didn't have much hope for the future.

But the appearance of Zhou Chen was like a ray of bright light in her life, which changed her life and made her full of hope for the future. Although she and Zhou Chen had only known each other for more than a month, her life was more fulfilling and happy than her life in the past ten years.

Now that she knew Zhou Chen was leaving, she felt like the sky was falling.

Thousands of words turned into one sentence.

"Can you take me with you?"

"Don't you want your Daqi royal family anymore?"

"It makes no difference whether I am in the Da Qi royal family or not, but if I can't see you, my heart will die."

Just this one sentence is better than thousands of words of confession.

Zhou Chen smiled slightly and gently wiped away the tears from her face.

"The princess I know is not that fragile. I understand your intentions. You should study hard with Mr. Zhuang, and I will come to pick you up."

Zhan Pianpian raised her head, her voice choked with sobs: "Really?"

Zhou Chen gently held her in his arms: "Really, I never break my promise, right?"

Zhan Pianpian hugged Zhou Chen tightly: "Well, I believe you, so I will wait, and wait until you come to pick me up."

Compared to Zhan Pianpian, Zhuang Mohan is much more open-minded. All good things must come to an end. At his age, there are not many things that he cannot let go of.

After all, Zhou Chen is from Qing and it is impossible for him to stay in Qi forever.

"Remember to come back. I want to discuss the Dao with you again."

"Certainly, sir."

Zhou Chen went to the palace and met the young emperor and the empress dowager. The empress dowager just said a few polite words and left.

"Sir, are you sure you won't reconsider? What Nan Qing can give you, I can double it. What Nan Qing can't give you, I can also give you."

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "If I didn't have a reason to go back, I might have been convinced by His Majesty."

Zhan Doudou sighed, knowing that his recruitment attempt had failed again, which was also expected.

"I am to you, sir..."

She didn't know what to say, and finally sighed, "I just hope that there will never be a day when I will become a rival to you, sir."

"I don't think this day will ever come. After all, bullying a female emperor will make people hate you."

Zhou Chen's slightly frivolous words made Zhan Doudou's face turn red immediately, and she glared at Zhou Chen with dissatisfaction.

"I wonder when I can see you again, sir?"

Since the Grandmaster Battle, she had been to Zhuang Mohan's residence several times, met with Zhou Chen several times, talked with him many times, and learned a lot from him.

Zhou Chen's knowledge seemed to be bottomless. She even touched upon the ways of being an official and an emperor. She benefited a lot from the imperial arts.

She also liked to talk about the past and present with Zhou Chen, but unfortunately, such days were about to end.

"There will be a day when we will meet again, and perhaps soon."

Zhou Chen smiled slightly. He would come to Beiqi again, and then he would naturally see Zhan Doudou again.

"Princess……"

"Royal sister, I will take good care of you. I don't want to face a mad grandmaster."

On the sixth day of September, Zhou Chen rode his horse and left Shangjing City early in the morning.

He came to Shangjing City alone and on a horse, and when he left, he was still alone and on a horse, but he had a few more items on him.

Zhou Chen stroked a sachet hanging on his waist. It was a gift from Zhan Pianpian and contained her hair.

There was a bag hanging on the black horse, which contained some precious books given to him by Zhuang Mohan.

Not far from Shangjing City, Zhou Chen stopped and two people appeared in front of him.

"Is this the Saint Lady who is here to send me off?"

One of the people who appeared in front of Zhou Chen was Haitang Duoduo. He also recognized the other person. The thick dark circles under his eyes made him very recognizable. He was Ku He’s eldest disciple, Lang Tao.