Chapter 276: Lord of the Tianlang Nation
Chapter 276: Lord of the Tianlang Nation
Li Mulan folded her arms across her chest and looked at the man in front of her who was holding the soup bowl, blowing on it while stirring it carefully with a spoon.
"I won't drink now. Tell me clearly what's going on. Don't try to fool me, okay?"
Chu Chenfeng's expression did not change, "Drink first, I'll tell you later."
Li Mulan frowned and asked uncertainly, "Let's talk after we finish drinking?"
Chu Chenfeng nodded.
Li Mulan looked at the bowl of tempting chicken soup and swallowed, "Then I'll drink a bowl first."
Watching her drinking in small sips, Chu Chenfeng picked up the pen and paper beside him and wrote down the whole story.
Li Mulan drank while watching his serious expression. His handwriting was beautiful, vigorous and powerful. His hands were even more beautiful, with distinct joints, slender and clean. He held the wolf-hair brush and wrote smoothly. The veins on the back of his hand bulged slightly, looking very powerful.
Li Mulan stretched out her hand. Her fingers were white and slender, and also very beautiful. Hehehe, but compared with Chu Chenfeng's, they lacked a sense of strength.
Seeing her staring at her hands, "What's wrong?"
Li Mulan did not respond. Chu Chenfeng waved his hand in front of her eyes until she looked at him and then he asked word by word, "What's wrong?"
"Ah, it's okay, this... I've finished drinking, um, I've finished drinking." Li Mulan looked a little embarrassed and stuffed the empty bowl directly into Chu Chenfeng's hand, "Have you finished writing?"
Chu Chenfeng nodded, handed her the paper, and then went to get a bowl of cake and put it aside to cool. He held a plate of cakes in his hand. He picked up a piece and carefully fed it to Li Mulan's lips. Recently, she was used to being served. Li Mulan opened her mouth and ate, watching while eating...
Seeing that she was enjoying her meal, Chu Chenfeng's mood also improved a little.
"So, this is what the Grand Empress Dowager meant? Isn't the Grand Empress Dowager mean to you? She likes to contradict you?"
Chu Chenfeng didn't stop the movements of his hands and continued to feed him, "Yes."
"Hmm...have a cup of tea..."
Chu Chenfeng wanted to serve the soup but was stopped by Li Mulan. "Soup will taste bad. Tea is good for relieving greasiness and goes best with pastries."
Chu Chenfeng hurried to pour tea again, "Remember this next time."
Li Mulan didn't hear his response. She just looked at the tea that was handed to her lips and started drinking it in small sips.
"Okay, stop working. I'm not that hungry, so just eat this first. Tell me, what does the Empress Dowager think?"
"Drink the soup first."
Looking at the soup in front of her, Li Mulan picked it up and drank it without saying a word.
Chu Chenfeng continued to write with a pen and paper, and this time it took some time. Li Mulan leaned in to read, so Chu Chenfeng put away his pen and she finished reading.
She stroked her chin, "Did the Empress Dowager have any contact with King Cheng in the past?"
Chu Chenfeng shook his head. He had indeed never heard of it, or there might be some small details that they had not noticed before.
Li Mulan frowned, "First time working together? Impossible. Does the Queen Mother have any leverage over this King Cheng?"
"I don't know."
Li Mulan was a little dissatisfied. "Why don't you know anything? You have to know the enemy again and again. Only when you know yourself and the enemy can you win every battle."
Chu Chenfeng smiled. His facial lines were particularly soft when he smiled, and even his eyes became gentle. Looking at Li Mulan like this made Li Mulan's little heart beat fast.
Oh my god, this is a crime, how can someone look so good when smiling?
"What are you laughing at? I'm asking you a question." That was really too much. She didn't want to say it, so it was a beauty trap? Did Li Mulan look like someone who could be easily tricked?
Seeing that she really wanted to know, Chu Chenfeng wrote down some of his guesses, including some things he had investigated about the Empress Dowager.
"It seems that they really have no intersection. Then how are these two people involved? Although King Cheng is your uncle, he is young and can be the son of the Queen Mother. There must be no private affair."
As soon as she said this, Chu Chenfeng was obviously embarrassed.
Seeing his discomfort, Li Mulan also realized what she said, "Haha, I was just talking nonsense, nonsense, haha. It's just very strange that two people who have nothing to do with each other can unite. There must be some opportunity. Hmm... What is it that we overlooked... By the way, Longma Temple, have you checked Longma Temple?"
Chu Chenfeng nodded and continued writing. Their bodies were very close. Li Mulan's head was almost on Chu Chenfeng's shoulder. She didn't notice it herself, but Chu Chenfeng's ears turned red at this moment...
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Sirius Country, Imperial Study.
Dongfang Haotian, the ruler of Tianlang Nation, looked at the letter in front of him with an extremely ugly expression. He gritted his teeth and said, "You are so confused, so confused. How could you marry Xiaojiu so easily? What are the others doing? They don't even know how to stop them?"
Dongfang Haotian, the 29-year-old ruler of the Tianlang Kingdom, is Li Mulan's third senior brother whom she has never met. No one in the outside world knows that he is the disciple of the Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace.
"What's the matter that makes you so angry?" A gentle voice came, and a graceful woman came in. It was the queen. This person had gentle features and a delicate appearance. Although she was not stunning, she was very comfortable to look at. She was also a beautiful lady.
Dongfang Haotian stood up quickly, "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to take a good rest?"
"Oh, I'm much better now. It's been a year. Do you really think I'm made of tofu? I'll bring you some soup. It's freshly made."
Dongfang Haotian took the tray from her hand, and the eunuch next to him immediately took it over with great discernment.
"The imperial physician said that your injuries are serious. You need to take good care of yourself. It will take at least two to three years for you to recover."
"But I feel like I'm fine now. I've been taking the medicine that Doctor Xuan brought me before, and I feel much better. There's almost no difference from before."
Dongfang Haotian disagreed, "What month is it? You have to wear two layers of clothes. You are afraid of the cold, and you still say there is no difference?"
The Queen looked a little uncomfortable. "Well, this needs to be treated slowly. It can't be cured all at once."
Dongfang Haotian glared at her unhappily, but that look was not lethal at all, "So you knew."
"Oh, okay. I didn't do anything. I just brought you some soup. I thought you would be hungry at this time. Eat something to fill your stomach."
"There are so many people in the palace, why do you need to do it yourself? Tell me..."
"Stop nagging me and try drinking."
Faced with such soft Wu dialect, Dongfang Haotian could only obediently drink the soup.
There was a sly flash in the queen's eyes. "What were you angry about just now? What happened?"
Dongfang Haotian handed the letter on the table to the queen, "I get angry just talking about it. Do you think Master has become senile and confused? He arranged a marriage for Xiaojiu for no reason and didn't even ask us senior brothers. We just knew about this marriage not long ago, and now he's getting married again."
The queen was pleasantly surprised, "Xiaojiu is getting married?"
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