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Chapter 42

"Chen Zhao?" Dong Yuheng was a little surprised and looked at the puppet show in the distance, "Let him come here."

Chen Zhao, deputy envoy of Tongzheng, was the grandson of the third Duke of the Jing Dynasty, the eldest son of Chen Tai, the Minister of the Honglu Temple. He was once accompanied by Prince Dong Yuheng. He was a good-looking person and quick-wisted person, but he was sorry for his shortness. At this time, he quickly walked behind Dong Yuheng and bowed his body to salute, "Chen Zhao would like to Mr. Leng and grandma." Chen Zhao recognized the queen and thought that it must be the empress of His Majesty and the empress from the palace that he could not call him a wife, so he called him this way.

Chen Ning browed when he heard this, and this title was not very correct.

Dong Yuheng chuckled, glanced at Chen Ning, and turned his head, "Which grandmother is you calling?"

Chen Ning immediately said: "Mr. Chen Jin'an, the civilian wife, the Li family in Yunzhou."

Chen Zhao realized that he had called the wrong person and called him secretly, but then he heard her calling herself Li of Yunzhou. He was stunned for a moment and looked up. Seeing a gentle and beautiful woman looking at her, he felt that she was rude and moved her gaze. His eyes were fixed on Dong Yuheng's left arm and said with a smile: "Zhao's eyes are not good, I hope Master Leng forgives his crime."

Dong Yuheng snorted lightly, and didn't look at him, just said, "Why are you here?"

"Reply to Master Leng, Zhao and several brothers in the family were idle after having some wine and had nothing to do. They also came out to get some breath and join in the fun. They didn't want to meet noble people." Chen Zhao explained, and then said, "There are now waiting for the visit to him. I wonder if Master Leng rewards them with this blessing?"

"I am tired now and I'm gone. I know you have this filial piety."

Filial piety...Chen Ning remains silent.

"Yes." Chen Zhao bowed again. He raised his head and looked at Chen Ning again.

Chen Ning felt strange and thought shamelessly, "Do you look at the beauty?"

Dong Yuheng seemed to have noticed Chen Zhao's gaze, and seemed to remember something and smiled, "It turns out that you two are still our own family."

"Huh?" The two of them were stunned at the same time.

"Li's mother-in-law's surname is Chen, aren't you the same family?" The emperor wanted to come and was very excited, so he helped them recognize their relatives.

Chen Zhao nodded quickly and agreed, pondered for a moment before saying, "Zhao really admires Mrs. Li's deeds. I just don't know where Mrs. Li's mother's house is? Our clan once lived in Yunzhou, and I'm afraid that it's really a distant relative."

Chen Ning didn't know Chen Zhao's background, so he chuckled and shook his hand, "Where is the civilian woman who has this life? The civilian woman is just an orphan girl who was abandoned in the mountain stream. How can she marry Lord Shen?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Zhao's eyes changed and he asked again: "Does Mrs. Li know the details?"

Chen Ning subconsciously glanced at Dong Yuheng and suddenly remembered that he was not the one who could rely on, so he had to cheer up and relied on himself.

At this time, the puppet show was exciting, and the applause was endless. Dong Yuheng signaled to leave and asked casually: "You asked so much, are you going to help Mrs. Yan find relatives?"

Chen Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Leng doesn't know anything, and there is a sad thing in Yunzhou. My mother accompanied her father Yunzhou to share the joys and sorrows, but was killed by a thief. Zhao's infant sister slid down into the mountain stream with a carriage. My mother couldn't take care of herself. She finally escaped from danger and went to search for her. She was still missing. She still had a life and death. She was sad and had been sleeping for several years."

Dong Yuheng was quite surprised, "Does your sister have evidence?"

Chen Zhao said: "My sister wore a gold necklace engraved with 'shen', and embroidered it for her mother's belly band, and her name was sewn in it."

"What's the name?"

Chen Zhao looked at Chen Ning and said, "Single word, Juan."

Chen Ning was already galloping and whistling by, and said regretfully: "It's really a sad thing. Please let the church think about it."

Dong Yuheng closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth twitched for a moment. He pretended to be stupid in everything, was he used to it?

The three of them went for another time, and Dong Yuheng was distracted and prepared to return to the palace. Chen Zhao and Chen Ning sent Dong Yuheng into the carriage and left. A group of guards dressed in the common people who had emerged from somewhere followed him on a horse. Chen Ning then felt that he was stupid and really thought that it was only him and Wanfu.

Li Zixuan stepped forward, and Chen Ning introduced him to Chen Zhao with a smile. Li Zixuan bowed without being humble or arrogant.

Chen Zhao was kind and looked at Chen Ning again. Seeing that she looked innocent, she wanted to say something but stopped, so she said goodbye.

After Chen Zhao left, Chen Ning told Li Zixuan about the matter, and Li Zixuan exclaimed: "There is such a coincidence in this matter?"

It turned out that the identity that Li Ziqiu arranged for her was not something out of thin air, but something was indeed true. Back then, a widower hunter hunted in the mountains and picked up a girl from the mountain stream. He couldn't bear the crying sound and brought her back. After raising her for a few years, the girl died due to fever. The hunter lived in seclusion, and only a few knew about it. This was also what Li Zixuan said when he was chatting when he was traveling to business. However, he had never heard of the girl with a gold necklace on her body, but it was also impossible for the hunter to deliberately conceal it.

Chen Ning and Li Zixuan thought at the same time, could that girl be...

Li Zixuan frowned and whispered: "Sister-in-law, our snowballs are getting bigger and bigger."

Chen Ning said: "It doesn't matter. I act according to the opportunity. Go and inquire about when Mrs. Chen lost her child. If they say it was twenty-six years ago, I will say it was picked up twenty-three years ago." She shamelessly made herself a few years younger.

Li Zixuan was speechless. She could even think of such a rebellious thing?! "You..." Where did you come from? He resisted the questioning. He agreed to his elder brother's last wish in front of his elder brother's sickbed and stopped asking.

"Okay, just say it was from twenty-four years ago." Seeing Li Zixuan's incredible look, she had to curl her lips.

Now Li Zixuan can't even say a word.

Chen Ning was summoned to the palace the next day, and he was the emperor's imperial order.

She originally thought that this time was the time for the emperor to rest, and she was afraid that she would be the chess attendant again. Unexpectedly, she stepped into the warm Antai Hall to invite An, but saw him writing at the desk.

Dong Yuheng asked her to get up, glance at her, and asked lightly: "Where is the hand stove?"

Chen Ning smiled, "The civilian woman wants to pay her respects, so she let Chun'er take it." She stopped and added, "Your Majesty's palace is as warm as spring, and it is not useful."

"Your hands are itchy because of the cold and warmth." Dong Yuheng called Lanyan, and Lanyan took a palace maid and held a jade box forward, "Madam Li, please let me apply medicine for you."

Chen Ning was flattered, "Don't dare."

"Do you understand calligraphy?" Dong Yuheng signaled her to step forward.

“…the civilian woman doesn’t know.”

Dong Yuheng chuckled, not surprised her answer, dipped ink and started writing.

Lianyan asked the palace maid to take her hands to apply medicine for her. Chen Ning was shocked, but she didn't want to disturb Dong Yuheng's pen, so she had to thank her silently.

In another blink of an eye, Dong Yuheng had already stopped writing. Chen Ning looked closely and said in his heart that "good words"! Although she was unwilling to write with a soft brush, she admired her but was guided by experts. The eight-character running script that Dong Yuheng now wrote is "Great wisdom is like foolishness is like great skill is like clumsy" with powerful brushstrokes, making people feel refreshed at first glance.

Dong Yuheng handed the pen to Wanfu, changed into a small calligraphy piece, without raising his eyes, and asked with a little comfort, "How?"

"Okay, okay." Chen Ningqiang nodded with a smile.

Who knew that the emperor was still making things difficult for him, "Since he didn't understand calligraphy, how could he know good calligraphy?"

"... The folk women don't know how to make wine, but they know which family's wine smells." She couldn't help but glance at the calligraphy again. As expected, the words were like the person, and they were domineering and awe-inspiring.

Dong Yuheng heard it quite comfortably. Seeing her admiration, the corners of her lips curled slightly. Then she heard her say, "I seem to have seen this word somewhere..." She forgot to claim herself in her memories.

Dong Yuheng raised his eyebrows, but Wanfu became nervous. Could His Majesty's Mo Bao be lost outside the palace?

"By the way, there is a stone tablet on Guanri Mountain, with the words "Lanri Peak". I don't know who wrote it, but you are with Your Majesty..." Chen Ning said nothing. After she first arrived in Changyang, she went to the famous Guanri Mountain with Li Zixuan. She saw the golden three words "Lanri Peak" on the top of the mountain for a long time. She was still thinking that the great calligrapher could have such heroic spirit to write the three words that were arrogant and arrogant. Now that I think about it, it was not heroic spirit, but the domineering spirit of the emperor!

Dong Yuheng actually laughed out loud, "What a sharp-eyed thing!" She recognized it in just a few glances. When Prince Duan asked him to take a piece of imperial treasure to engrave it, he did not want to use it to make a fool of himself, so he ordered Prince Duan not to reveal the truth.

Wanfu and Lanyan could hear that it was His Majesty’s rare laughter.

Chen Ning can only smile foolishly except for giggling. What she does, she needs to say more!

After Lianyan applied ointment on her hands, Dong Yuheng also left the desk and sat back in front of the couch. He gave her a good mood and gave her some snacks.

This seat gave Chen Ning a little shadow. He was given a seat in Yunzhou. He knelt down and kowtowed but failed to let him let Xiaohua go. What is the next one now?

It turned out that for the sake of cousin, the emperor asked her about the customs and taboos of the people's grave relocation, and also inquired about the customs and customs of Zhongzhou. Chen Ning complained in his heart that she could not spend a day leisurely in Zhongzhou at all! But she didn't dare to say this, so she could only say some snacks from Zhongzhou to give him away.

Dong Yuheng took a sip of tea and suddenly changed his mind, "Did you think about it when I went back last night?"

Chen Ning was a little moved and realized that he was talking about Chen Zhao's affairs. He didn't expect that he would be concerned about this matter, so she had to pretend to be stupid, "I don't know what Your Majesty is?"

Dong Yuheng's voice was filled with a hint of chill, "You should use your brain on weekdays." Can you live like this in a confused way?

"Friendly woman..."

"Since you have been granted an imperial edict, you should change your title."

Chen Ning turned his head, thought for a while before saying, "I... dared, is your Majesty talking about what Lord Shen said?"

Dong Yuheng looked at her and said that he had a default.

Chen Ning said: "Min, I had a moment of delusion yesterday, but I suddenly felt that I was thinking about it so I stopped going to my heart."

"What if there are some eyebrows?" Dong Yuheng turned sideways, his eyes wandering on her face.
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