Les veuves de la dynastie Song se remariaient facilement

Chapitre 184

Jin Shi reached out and grasped the long neck of the wine bottle, opened the cap, and took a gentle sniff: "Good... this must be a five-year-old Fragrant Snow Sea."

As they spoke, a faint fragrance suddenly filled the room, slowly spreading outwards.

"The snow on the plum blossoms, mixed with the snow lotus stamens, and infused with a secret medicinal formula... also has a great tonic effect..." Chu Gexing interjected, "The Jin envoy is indeed knowledgeable, to know about this kind of wine."

"Give it to me. Isn't that a waste? Don't you feel bad about it?" Jin Shi said.

Chu Gexing smiled and said, "It's alright, there's still one bottle left."

“Oh…” Jin smiled, “How lucky. Then I won’t stand on ceremony.”

Chu Gexing nodded: "Please."

Jin gripped the bottle cap, tilted his head back, and gulped down the contents.

He stopped after drinking about half of it.

Chu Gexing looked at him: "How are you feeling?"

“Indeed, it’s good wine, but…” Jin Shi smiled, “I want to take the remaining half bottle with me.”

"Okay. That's fine."

"Aren't you going to ask me what I brought it for?"

"You want to share it with others, right?"

"As expected, she is the fifteenth in the Jade Bone and Ice Heart realm." The Golden Envoy chuckled.

"Thank you for the compliment, Envoy Jin."

“No need. I consider you my enemy. I wanted to avenge her, but she didn’t want me to come. She wanted to protect me, and also you. Unfortunately, you and I both have paths we must walk.” He said, stroking the porcelain vase.

Chu Gexing lowered his eyes and remained silent. "She saw through you, but she also misjudged you," Jin Shi sighed, not looking at him, his eyes gazing into the void, and suddenly smiled: "I regret it now."

Chu Gexing asked, "Hmm?"

"The sect leader will send more people. I needn't say anything more... I'm leaving," the golden envoy slowly turned around.

Chu Gexing clasped his hands together and bowed, saying, "No need to see me off."

"Thank you for the wine," Jin Shi said, shaking the porcelain bottle in his hand. He stopped at the door, his back to Chu Gexing, and said, "Fifteen, when you like someone, never... wait until everything is beyond redemption... before you want to tell her..." His voice was somewhat lonely and sad.

The sorrow no longer needs to be hidden.

He has already left.

There were no lights on in the study.

Chu Gexing gazed at the deep footprints left by the Golden Envoy on the ground. During the battle, the Golden Envoy had taken a blow from him, leaving his internal energy nowhere to dissipate. During their conversation, the energy had slowly seeped into the earth from his feet, leaving deep imprints. Amidst laughter and conversation, the man had endured the impact of the remaining true energy within him, stubbornly holding on until he left without collapsing. But ultimately, he could not…

"Am I being a little cruel..." Chu Gexing blinked and asked himself softly.

He walked to the table, looked down at the few slender silver needles on it, and then said, "Why do you all like to... worry about nothing? Why?"

He picked up a silver needle and unconsciously rubbed it. The sharp tip posed no danger to him. Unconsciously, a smiling image appeared in his mind, and his hand trembled uncontrollably, suddenly hitting the silver needle. He shouldn't have been hurt. He had been very calm and had very little control over it, but... just like that, the accident happened.

Chu Gexing lowered his head, feeling the slight stinging sensation on his fingertip. Gazing at the round bead of blood slowly seeping from his fingertip, he seemed like a flawless statue, immersed in the moonlight, no longer moving.

Chu Zhen did not attend court the next day.

Chu Gexing went out of the Meridian Gate and patrolled the streets as usual.

Suddenly, I saw that familiar person walking down the street with a beaming smile and a triumphant expression.

Seeing her beaming face, Chu Gexing stopped his horse and asked, "You're smiling so much, is something good happening today?"

Tang Leyan smiled and said, "Yes, you look good too."

“I can’t compare to you,” Chu Gexing said, looking into her sparkling eyes. “Where are you going?”

"Nothing much, just wandering around because I'm bored," she said.

She seems to be in a really good mood.

Chu Gexing's heart skipped a beat: What happened?

I had heard that she stayed in the Military Affairs Office all night last night. Could it be that something really happened?

"Would you like to have another companion for your stroll?" he asked.

"You?" Tang Leyan glanced at him. "Weren't you supposed to be on patrol?"

Compared to the past when people avoided it at all costs, this can be considered progress.

Chu Gexing said, "The inspection is already complete."

Tang Leyan thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "Alright then, I'll trouble you, Admiral."

Seeing her unusual behavior, Chu Gexing dismounted from his horse. The soldiers following him immediately led the horse away. Chu Gexing walked to her side and looked her up and down.

Tang Leyan looked at him and said, "What are you looking at? It's not like we don't know each other."

He shook his head: "I think you're a little different today."

"What's different?" Tang Leyan asked, but then a smile appeared on her lips.

Chu Gexing was filled with doubts and wanted to probe indirectly, but on the surface he remained calm and said, "I don't know. I heard that you last night..."

"Ahem, nothing happened last night." She denied it before he could finish speaking.

Chu Gexing glared at her: "What have you done?"

Tang Leyan chuckled twice: "You'll find out in a few days."

"What do you mean?" he asked, frowning. "Don't play games with me."

"You know I stayed at the Military Council Mansion for one night, can't you think of anything else?" She glanced at him.

Chu Gexing stopped in his tracks, but asked indifferently, "So what if you stayed one night? Did you fall asleep and beat up someone again?"

"No way!" Tang Leyan immediately retorted, "I didn't, in fact I..."

"What's wrong with you?"

Tang Leyan thought for a moment, but ultimately couldn't bring herself to speak. She could only say, "Well, I can't say now, but you'll find out later. However, Ge Xing, you should show me some respect when you see me in the future." She reached out and gently, affectionately patted his shoulder.

Chu Gexing kept these words in mind, watching her calmly, and suddenly asked, "Don't tell me you slept with Chu Zhen."

Tang Leyan's face gradually turned red.

You were born before I was born, Chapter 245 He knew.

"Don't tell me you slept with Chu Zhen," Chu Gexing said.

Before his eyes, Tang Leyan's face gradually turned red.

Chu Gexing's heart pounded like a drum, as if countless little figures were trampling on his heart. When he uttered those words, he felt as if a cold knife had struck him, but it hadn't hurt anyone except himself.

He stared at her, feeling a little suffocated. Yet he couldn't help but ask, "Is that really true?"

Tang Leyan slowly opened her fan to cover half of her face: "You... speak so rudely."

"...Is that so?" Chu Gexing asked.

Tang Leyan looked at him from behind the fan, and he looked like he was trying to cover up his secret.

Chu Gexing quickly calmed himself down and asked, "Was it Chu Zhen's own choice, or yours?"

Tang Leyan coughed and tilted her head, saying, "Let's not bring up such questions."

"Don't you fall asleep every night? So... was it Chu Zhen's own choice?" he asked.

“You should call him Uncle Zhen, Uncle Zhen!” She pouted and glanced at him again.

"You know to call him Uncle Zhen, yet you still do this kind of thing with him?" He heard his own voice sound somewhat sharp.

"What did you say? We are mutually in love," she retorted stubbornly.

"Is that so?" Chu Gexing sneered. "What a fine example of mutual affection! No wonder he didn't go to court today. Is he preparing for the wedding?"

Not only was he a bit sharp-tongued, but he was also a bit outspoken. Upon hearing "marriage," Tang Leyan disregarded his tone and beamed with joy: "Where did you hear this news? Is he really preparing for a wedding? Ah, no wonder I didn't see him... He even lied to me and said he went to court..."

This person is insane.

Chu Gexing looked at her, her face radiant with joy, almost blinding him. He stared intently at her, unconsciously, until Tang Leyan noticed something amiss and turned to him, asking, "Why are you staring at me like that?" She touched her face, "Is there something on my face?" Suddenly realizing something, she added cheerfully, "Oh, I know, you must think I'm different than before. More beautiful, huh? Ahahaha..."

She opened her arms wide, twirled gracefully in place, and showed it to him. Then she burst into laughter, almost laughing with her hands on her hips, completely losing her composure.

Chu Gexing's heart had been squeezed into a tiny ball by an invisible hand, shrinking pitifully, so pitifully that he could hardly breathe. But after seeing her action, his heart suddenly stirred.

different?

Has she... changed?

He stared intently at it.

That person was still admiring themselves in solitude.

“Leyan,” he called.

"What are you doing?" Tang Leyan stopped laughing and blinked at him.

“You…” He hesitated, his gaze darting rapidly: to her face, her neck, her exposed hands. Her posture, her movements, a single glance, a flick of her finger, the slight tremor of her skirt in the breeze, the tassels on her chest, the gold patterns along their edges, the way she held the fan, her eyes, the flutter of her eyelashes. Even a single strand of hair falling from her temple.

He looked at it very carefully and attentively.

She stood still, holding a fan in her hand. She stood upright, like a bamboo shoot.

Different? Haha.

He wore a half-smile, as if he had discovered something.

"What are you looking at?" Tang Leyan asked, leaning forward in confusion. "Your expression is strange."

Chu Gexing felt his heart pounding rapidly, but he quickly suppressed it. He calmed himself down and slowly asked, "I'm wondering, don't you go to sleep as soon as night falls? How did you know..."

Tang Leyan was stunned for a moment: "Of course I know."

Seeing her expression, Chu Gexing felt a slight tremor in his heart, a mixture of itch and pleasure. He finally couldn't help but smile and asked, "Oh, then tell me, how did you do it?"

"What?" Tang Leyan was taken aback, a blank expression on her face.

"Speak," he said, no longer in a hurry. It was as if a long-debated conclusion had suddenly come to a conclusion, the answer right before his eyes. Soon, the truth was revealed, and he was full of fighting spirit and confidence, returning to the main point with unwavering composure.

A smile played on his lips, as if he were about to witness a good show.

"I..." Tang Leyan opened her mouth, "We..."