Wishful Things

He wants to go with him?

Xu Mingyi was slightly taken aback.

"If you think it's not right, I'll wait for you outside." Wu Chao said.

He was not without measure, nor did he intend to make her feel uncomfortable by meddling in every private matter of hers against her wishes—he was just worried about her at this moment.

Xu Mingyi could feel it naturally.

She came back to her senses, nodded her head briskly, and said with a smile: "If you don't find it troublesome, then let's go."

They went downstairs together.

Outside the teahouse, the rain has not stopped, and the rain is getting stronger.

Wu Chao took the green bamboo umbrella from Shou Ming, propped it on top of Xu Mingyi's head, and left the teahouse.

The sky was about to get dark, and the crystal raindrops hit the umbrella surface, petals shattering and splashing.

The young man was wearing a green robe, with a straight figure, and the hand holding the handle of the green bamboo umbrella was white, slender and strong.

The girl under the umbrella slightly lifted the moon-white satin skirt, revealing a pair of autumn-colored embroidered white plum inlaid south bead embroidered shoes. The embroidered shoes were soft, and the girl stepped briskly on the wet bluestone road.

Ah Kui never imagined that one day she would have to compete with the descendants of Dingnan Palace for her own errand——

But she hasn't been able to compete yet.

The little girl who failed to hold an umbrella for her own girl chose to run to the carriage quickly and opened the curtain of the carriage.

After Xu Mingyi was helped into the carriage, he poked his head out again and said to Wu Chao, "If you want to go together, then come up."

Wu Chao hesitated and thought for a moment subconsciously—it was not raining when he came, and he came here on horseback.

Shou Ming, who was sent outside the teahouse, watched secretly anxiously—Young Master is the prefect of the aristocratic family, why didn't he learn from Tianmu who got into the carriage on his own initiative early in the morning?

Afraid that his son would ask him to prepare another carriage, Shou Ming hurriedly said in front of him in embarrassment: "It's raining heavily at this time, so it's not suitable for you to ride a horse anymore, but the carriage in the teahouse has been sent out for business again, son, look at this..."

Ah Kui's eyes widened slightly upon hearing this, and she looked at the carriage parked beside the teahouse.

Could this be talking nonsense with your eyes open?

She had seen how easy it was for a storyteller to tell a lie.

Seeing Ah Kui's gaze, Shou Ming turned his head to look, and couldn't help coughing lightly from the bottom of his heart—a little hasty.

Fortunately, my descendants didn't investigate the truth and falsehood of his words carefully, they put away their umbrellas and got into Miss Xu's carriage.

The moment Wu Chao sat down in the carriage, he was somewhat uncomfortable.

This carriage was obviously used by Xu Mingyi. Although the interior furnishings were not fancy at all, the layout was elegant and simple, and traces of her daughter's home habits could be seen in the details.

And there is a faint fragrance in the car, which is familiar to him, and it is the faint fragrance of her body.

Under such circumstances, he couldn't help feeling like he had broken into the boudoir of the girl he liked...

Seeing that he was sitting up straight with both hands clenched on his lap, and his white jade-like handsome face was pretending to be stern, Xu Mingyi had a smile in his eyes, holding up the teacup and pretending not to see his restraint.

The carriage wheel ran over the rainwater, crossed the long street, and after going around a residential area, it stopped in front of a seemingly ordinary courtyard.

This is Zhanyunzhu's current residence.

After this person was rescued, he tried to buy back the old house in Qingyunfang, but the current owner of the house refused to agree to sell it to him even though it was vacant.

This is of course not accidental——

It was because she didn't want to see this person again in Qingyunfang.

Although it was already night, the gate of this courtyard was still wide open. Two yellow paper lanterns were hung above the gate, and two large characters were written on the lacquered wooden door plaque—Zhanzhai.

Xu Mingyi took the umbrella from Wu Chao and walked in alone.

The courtyard was extremely quiet, except for the sound of rain, nothing else could be heard, but in fact, there were no fewer than five people watching secretly inside and outside this small courtyard—these days, every move of the people in the house was under the supervision of Zhu Xiu and others.

Xu Mingyi held an umbrella and came to the stone steps outside the hall. A young man in a navy blue gown was waiting on the porch outside the hall door.

"Zhao Zhao, you are indeed here." With a smile in his eyes, he spoke softly.

Hearing the faint sense of planning in his tone, Xu Mingyi had a sneer in his eyes.

She did come.

Just to take his life.

"Tell me, what you mentioned in your letter—"

Raindrops slipped from the top of the umbrella like threads, and in the hazy rain and fog, the girl's bright black eyes were cold and calm.

Zhan Yunzhu looked at those eyes almost greedily: "Since they are all here, why don't you come in and talk."

As he spoke, he turned sideways and made a "please" gesture.

Xu Mingyi suppressed the impatience in his heart, watched everything around vigilantly, and raised his feet up the stone steps.

Zhan Yunzhu raised his hand to take her umbrella, and wanted to put it away for her.

Xu Mingyi put it away by himself and held it in his hand.

Zhan Yunzhu withdrew his hand in mid-air, still smiling and followed her into the hall.

The two sat down at the table, Zhan Yunzhu raised his hand and poured a cup of hot tea: "The rain is damp and cold, drink some hot tea."

"No need, let's get straight to the point."

Zhan Yunzhu chuckled lightly: "Zhaozhao... I thought you had changed, but I didn't expect you to be so impatient—this is the Zhaozhao I am familiar with."

Are you in a hurry?

Maybe.

Xu Mingyi sneered in his heart.

She just didn't want to be disgusted by this hypocritical face anymore.

But this person was really valued by the Dog Emperor before, and it was just before and after her grandfather went to war—if she hadn't thought about this, and thought that the other party might know something, she wouldn't have come here tonight.

"Zhao Zhao, you are smarter and more insightful than I imagined before." Zhan Yunzhu picked up the teacup and said slowly: "Since that's the case, you should know that the reason why the emperor advocated the conquest of the Li clan this time is actually to use this to force Zhen Guogong to give up the military power of Xu's army..."

Of course she does.

And she also knew—nine times out of ten it would have been his suggestion that this unsightly idea would have been.

And now hearing his tone, there is no doubt about the remaining ten or twelve.

Xu Mingyi slightly clenched the wet umbrella in his hand, and said, "So?"

"...Unexpectedly, Lord Zhen is so stubborn and never backed down, Zhao Zhao, if you were the emperor, would you still dare to keep such a general by your side?"

Xu Mingyi looked at him, his demeanor and tone were not affected by his words, and he calmly probed: "So the emperor wants to attack my grandfather? What crime is he planning to use? Collaborating with the enemy? Or is it that he doesn't even bother to look for crimes?"

After Zhan Yunzhu looked at her for a while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Zhao Zhao, I almost answered you..."

Then he shook his head and said with a smile: "But it's not fair to talk like this, you can't just ask, I also have a question to ask you."

"..." Xu Mingyi narrowed his eyes slightly.

She really had never been so eager to break a person's neck as she was now.

Good evening, everybody.