Chapter 101 Planning for revenge (1)
Chen Hui failed to persuade Jiang Bihan to drive Ziyu out. She had no other choice but to let Xiao Liu and the others keep an eye on Ziyu when they have time. She felt like a vulture, waiting for Ziyu to make some mistakes to deal with her. She didn’t like this kind of role very much, but she couldn’t help it. She could only bear with it and continue her role.
The temperature was getting lower with each day. The winter really arrived. Li Youde has been very busy recently. Even when he came back, he would only stay for a few hours and sleep for one night at most. Chen Hui tried her best to go to him when he came back to show her presence. Seeing his tired expression, she was also not willing to cause too much trouble. An occasional kiss was enough.
The negotiation with the Xi tribe has come to an end. Chen Hui heard from Li Youde that the announcement that came from the border was that Jianbei will become an unconstrained city and do business with Xi tribe for some daily necessities to help them survive the difficult winter. After the negotiation is over, Lang Yu will bring some people back and escort the greedy magistrate who started the war. Chen Hui asked who are the people who are staying in Jianbei. She got to know that people like Qi Shengwen and his companions would come back.
This war with the Xi tribe could be considered to have finished quickly. The emperor was very happy. Lang Yu was rewarded again for his meritorious service. Li Youde, as the supervisor, was naturally also rewarded. The court was happy and harmonious for a while. It seemed that the enmity between the civil officials and eunuchs has also disappeared.
The winter arrived earlier in the capital than in the south and was also colder. On this day, Li Youde went to the palace early in the morning. Chen Hui was afraid of the cold and became lazy. She stayed in bed for a long time until when the bed also got cold and she had no choice but to get up and get dressed. She planned to go out after an early lunch.
Yesterday, Li Youde suddenly held out a large stack of shops under his name, saying that he was busy and asked her to visit them often in his stead. This was a great surprise for Chen Hui. At that time, she threw herself on Li Youde and gave him a big kiss regardless of the presence of Ah Da, Ah Er and Xiao Tiao. She didn’t like to manage the shops. However, this attitude of Li Youde was a manifestation of increased trust in her. And during this period, she felt that the atmosphere was very good every time she spent time with Li Youde, although the time spent was not too long. She planned to continue to go down this path and see where it leads to. Since Li Youde wouldn’t take the initiative to take a step, then, she will take the steps. Anyway, she has thick skin.
Just as Chen Hui was thinking happily inside the carriage, she suddenly heard Xiao Liu who was driving the carriage exclaim, “Lady, it is snowing!”
“Snowing?”
Chen Hui excitedly opened the curtain of the carriage. A piece of silvery white snow fluttered down on the tip of her nose and melted quickly. She looked up and saw the flakes of fine snow swaying to the ground with a breeze. After a short while, they disappeared after being trampled by the pedestrians.
“So beautiful!” Chen Hui said.
Xiao Tiao looked out of the window and said in a low voice, “I wonder how many people will freeze to death this year…”
Chen Hui was dumbstruck for a moment. She looked away and sat upright again. she comes from the modern era with abundant materials. Snow was just a lovely astronomical phenomenon for her, which means beautiful and fun. However, people can freeze to death in this era.
She felt that her excitement disappeared instantly. She took a last look outside and then silently retracted her gaze.
…Wait!
Chen Hui hurriedly looked out again, only to see the back of a woman stagger towards the depths of an alley. That woman was not alone. There seemed to be a man protecting her. The two of them were moving in a hurry.
Chen Hui originally didn’t pay much attention to this kind of thing, but that one glance just now, made her see the side profile of that woman…It was Zheng Rongrong!
Ever since the incident where the matter of Li Youde was exposed, there had been no contact between Chen Hui, Commandery Princess Shuning and Zheng Rongrong. Sometimes, Chen Hui will miss that carefree time a bit when she recalled it, but there was nothing that she regrets.
But, on such a cold day and it was snowing, why was Zheng Rongrong running around with a man instead of staying well at home? Wait a minute, she wouldn’t have been kidnapped, right?
Chen Hui’s carriage kept moving forward, but because of the snow, it slowed down a bit. However, the alley still quickly disappeared from Chen Hui’s sight.
Chen Hui felt that the scene was very strange and immediately said, “Xiao Liu, stop the carriage!”
Xiao Liu stopped the carriage abruptly. Chen Hui had already opened the door and jumped to the ground. She ran quickly towards the alley.
“Lady Chen, where are you going?” Xiao Liu was startled and hurriedly chased after her.
Xiao Tiao also didn’t expect Chen Hui to suddenly get out of the carriage. She was dumbstruck for a moment and then also got out of the carriage and followed her closely.
Fortunately, the distance was not big. Chen Hui soon saw the alley. The man and woman were about ten meters away.
Chen Hui was a bit at ease hearing that Xiao Liu was chasing after her. She quickened her pace and shouted, “Zheng Rongrong!”
She suppressed her voice a bit just enough for the people in the front to hear. She thought that if Zheng Rongrong was kidnapped and held hostage, the man would be startled by her shout. Knowing that it was impossible to kidnap her quietly, that person can give up halfway and escape.
Both the man and woman in the front were startled when they heard Chen Hui’s shout. The woman turned her head. It was indeed Zheng Rongrong whom Chen Hui hasn’t seen for several months. Chen Hui was really surprised when she saw the man’s appearance. Isn’t this the scholar surnamed Wei? The one who was with Qi Shengwen. When did he change career and become a bandit?
After Chen Hui yelled, she didn’t stop. When the man and woman recovered from the surprise, they ran. It was just that the ground was a bit slippery due to the snow. Zheng Rongrong fell before she could take a few steps. Scholar Wei hurriedly turned around to help her, but Zheng Rongrong fell a bit hard and he couldn’t help her up. After such a delay, Chen Hui and the others already caught up with them.
“Xiao Liu, grab him!” Chen Hui immediately ordered Xiao Liu to grab scholar Wei.
Xiao Liu immediately went up to put scholar Wei’s hands behind his back. Xiao Liu was not old and has been doing hard labor for a long time. Scholar Wei was just a scholar and was naturally no match for Xiao Liu. He tried to struggle, but not only did he fail, he also fell!
“Quickly, quickly let him go!” Zheng Rongrong shouted hastily.
However, Xiao Liu only takes orders from Chen Hui. He didn’t put importance on Zheng Rongrong’s words. Zheng Rongrong could only turn to Chen Hui and plead, “Lady Chen, let him go.”
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