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Chu Ling also recognized the other party's identity. There are only two people in the imperial city who can be called His Majesty now - the Northern Jin Emperor in the palace, and the Western Qin King who came to congratulate him. The Northern Jin Emperor naturally would not run wildly on the streets in broad daylight.
Chu Ling turned his head to look at him, "The King of Western Qin, we have met again. Fortunately."
The young King of Western Qin still had a little anger on his face. At this time, when he saw Chu Ling's expression, he was naturally not much. He gritted his teeth and said, "I am really lucky today! I always meet people who hate you!" Chu Ling frowned, and felt that this kid was more than ten thousand times annoying than Qin Shu. She was in a bad mood and had no time to talk nonsense with a boy, so she turned around and left.
The King of Western Qin did not expect that she would turn around and leave. She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment before she came to her senses. She chased after her angrily, "Hey! Stop for me! Are you deaf? Stop for me!"
Chu Ling glanced back at him, and the King of Western Qin said, "You almost bumped into this king, can't you even apologize?"
Chu Ling turned around and looked at him with some amusement, "I almost bumped into you? Boy, can you figure it out? I walked on the road well, and you rushed out for no reason and felt embarrassed to say I bumped into you? Is there a ghost chasing you behind you?"
The King of Western Qin was speechless and said in a angrily voice: "Anyway... you almost bumped into me!"
Chu Ling sneered and decided to vent his depression today and teach this naughty child how to be a human being.
"Even if I hit you, what do you want?" Chu Ling asked lazily with his hands on his chest and raised his chin.
The King of Western Qin pointed at her, "Did you admit it?"
Chu Ling said patiently: "I ask you, what do you want to do?"
The King of Western Qin narrowed his eyes, and a trace of malice flashed in his eyes, "I want you to kneel down to apologize to me in front of everyone!"
Chu Ling smiled. The little devil was full of resentment towards Qin Shu. She thought she was so frustrated. How could she live a bad life if she could be like this? It was basically because his father and mother had no one to protect him after he passed away, right?
"What? You dare not?" said the King of Western Qin.
Chu Ling sneered, "Don't dare to kneel down? Young man, can you bear to ask me to kneel down?"
The King of Western Qin bit his cheek and said, "I am the King of Western Qin."
Chu Ling said carelessly, "So what?"
The King of Western Qin finally understood that the identity of Western Qin was indeed a reminder in Western Qin, but he really couldn't do anything in Shangjing? So he glared at Chu Ling fiercely and gritted his teeth and said, "I want to tell the Emperor of Northern Jin and ask him, the disciple of the Marshal of the Northern Jin army is so rude!"
Chu Ling finally couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the King of Western Qin on the head. She now felt that Qin Shu probably did something wrong back then. Qin Shu came to Northern Jin to be a hostage. Although Qin Shu ran to Northern Jin to protect Western Qin, how could he get better than throwing the country to such a little devil than losing his country? It's so sorry for the country and subjects. It's better to throw this little devil as a hostage. Western Qin can at least have a normal ruler.
"You...you dare to hit me?" King Xi Qin opened his eyes wide and stared at the girl in front of him, and said angrily: "Come here! Take her for me!"
The servants next to them looked at each other and hesitated and dared not come forward. They knew this person's identity and arrested Tuoba Xingye's apprentice in Shangjing Imperial City. The people of Northern Jin themselves dared not do this easily.
While in a dilemma, a man hurriedly followed from behind, "Xi'er!"
Qin Shu came in a hurry, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead, obviously he was chasing his younger brother all the way.
The King of Western Qin turned his head and looked at Qin Shu's face, and his face became even more ugly. Qin Shu also saw Chu Ling, and was obviously stunned for a moment before saying, "Shengsheng, you...you..."
Chu Ling rolled her eyes at the naughty child who was still staring at him with his neck, and then smiled and said, "It's nothing. I accidentally bumped into the King of Western Qin just now." Qin Shu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the two of them and asked, "Are they all okay?"
Chu Ling shook his head, "Don't bump into it, don't worry. But the King of Western Qin fell to the ground, so you should find a doctor to show him." Don't mess with your brain.
Qin Shu walked over and pulled his younger brother with concern, "Is it okay? Is there any place..."
"Bang!"
The King of Western Qin suddenly waved his hand and opened it. He glared at Qin Shu with an ugly face and said, "You don't need to meddle in other people's business!"
Qin Shu looked at his opened hand and felt a little confused, and his expression became silent.
Chu Ling looked at him and couldn't help but sigh in her heart. However, she didn't care much about this about her brother's affairs, so she said, "Brother Qin, since the King of Western Qin is fine, I will say goodbye first." Qin Shu said a little apologetically: "Okay, today I..."
Chu Ling waved his hand and said understandingly: "It's okay, I'll have tea together when I have time."
After saying that, he turned around leisurely and walked forward. The King of Western Qin came from behind, "Stop! Don't leave! Did I let you go?"
"Okay, Xier, stop making trouble..."
Chu Ling shook his head. Is it really good that the ruler of a country is so innocent? But on the other hand, a naughty child who was forced to sit on the throne was probably not fair to him.
It was ten days after Chu Ling stepped into the General's Mansion, and Tuoba Xingye happened to be at home. Chu Ling accompanied him for lunch. Chu Ling didn't have much time to eat with Tuoba Xingye, because he didn't live together, Tuoba Xingye was also very busy. He often didn't see anyone for a few days. Today, Chu Ling happened to be free and naturally became happy to respect filial piety.
Tuoba Xingye looked at her and frowned, saying, "I think you are a little absent-minded, what happened?"
Chu Ling bulged her cheeks in dissatisfaction. At most, she was just a little confused. She was so far away from the point of being absent-minded?
"Have you found the people you challenged?" Tuoba Xingye didn't care about it and changed the next question.
Chu Ling nodded and said, "I've found it, Jun Wuhuan and the Fourth Prince. However, the Fourth Prince said that Baili Qinghong would only take action if he went to fight, so he suggested that I find another substitute." Tuoba Xingye frowned and said, "Then there is no need to look for it anymore."
Chu Ling was a little surprised, "So, Prince Ming's Mansion is sure to take action by Baili Qinghong? Is Prince Jinhe really looking for Prince Ming's Mansion?"
Tuoba Xingye nodded, Chu Ling held the chopsticks for a long time, and then couldn't help asking: "Master, is Emperor Jinhe stupid?"
Tuoba Xingye threw her into a slight attack, "You are not big or small, you can just talk about the imperial concubine?"
Chu Ling said: "No... Master, look, Your Majesty has a tense relationship with the Ming Prince's Mansion. At this time, Empress Jin He went to ask for help from the Ming Prince's Mansion, but the Ming Prince's Mansion agreed. Isn't this a sign that the Jin He family has a good relationship with the Ming Prince's Mansion? Can Your Majesty be happy in this way? Isn't Empress Jin He a favorite concubine?" Why didn't you even have the ability to figure out the holy heart?
Tuoba Xingye was silent for a moment and said, "Some things, even if His Majesty is unhappy, there is no way to do it."
Chu Ling thought for a while before he understood. After all, the Northern Jin Dynasty was not a place where an emperor could do whatever he wanted. All the royal families and major tribes held a large part of the power. The son of Emperor Jin He was not much younger than Tuoba Luo. When the emperor could not decide his future successor, the emperor's favor was sometimes not that important. Just like the concubines in the Northern Jin Empress Palace, even if some of them had already fallen out of favor, the Northern Jin royal family still had to offer them. Who dared to be angry with them?
Chu Ling thought, "Empress Zuo and Princess Ming are sisters. If the Jinhe family also relied on the Ming Palace..."
"Not that serious." Tuoba Xingye said: "Whether it is Empress Zuo or Empress Jin He, they all have sons. They may be more likely to use each other with the Ming King. What's more, Empress Jin He is almost forty years old."
Chu Ling thought about Tuoba Xingye's words and immediately realized that even if the forty-year-old woman was well maintained, she was far less alive than the young girl. Chu Ling had seen the imperial concubine Jinhe, and she was indeed a rare beauty. Although she was only forty years old, she looked younger than the younger concubine. But even so, she was not as good as those newly entered the palace beauties.
"So that's it..." Since the pampering is about to disappear, we must naturally grasp something else. This is actually the same for both the Apocalypse and the Clan women.
"What do you care about doing so much? Be careful if you lose in a few days..."
"I can't go out for three years." Chu Ling interjected obediently.
"You know the best." Tuoba Xingye nodded with satisfaction, "You just said, you came back from Jun Wuhuan's mansion? Did you go to see Jun Wuhuan early in the morning?"
Chu Ling hurriedly said, "Master, don't get me wrong. Yesterday, Jun Wuhuan fought with those assassins, and it seemed that he was injured. I was a little worried, so I went over and take a look." Tuoba Xingye nodded and frowned and said, "Jun Wuhuan is well in other places, but his health is indeed a bit bad. Over the years, even though he has been recuperating in Beijing, he has taken up most of the time."
"Not." Chu Ling said: "I went over this morning and saw that little face was pale. I really felt pity for him."
Tuoba Xingye glanced at his apprentice and said, "If it were his body, it would affect his life span..."
Chu Ling was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood what Tuoba Xingye meant. He couldn't help but laughed dryly and said, "This... Master, there is not a single word yet. Jun Wuhuan and I are just a good relationship. Why do you care about his life span?"
Tuoba Xingye said: "Although you are still young now and are at the time to focus on martial arts. But if you really get to the same place with Jun Wuhuan in the future, his health will inevitably be sad."
"Master, let's not discuss this. Anyway, I don't want to get married now, and I haven't become a peerless master yet. By the way, when I went to Jun Wuhuan's mansion today, Duke Xiangguo and Shangguan Chengyi also went."
Tuoba Xingye didn't care and said, "These two people have been visiting the powerful people in the capital these days. It's not surprising that they will visit Jun Wuhuan."
Chu Ling said: "Jun Wuhuan doesn't seem to like them very much. I heard from Yu Xiaoliu...Hehe, Master Yuliu said that Jun Wuhuan hasn't been to Tianqi for many years."
Tuoba Xingye nodded, "When Jun Wuhuan's Lingxiao Trading Company just got up, he was still young, and Tianqi's powerful people bullied him young and wanted to annex Lingxiao Trading Company. Although Jun Wuhuan finally saved the business, his vitality was severely injured and returned to Xiqi's powerful people for more than a year before he returned. Since then, he has been a little unfavorable to Tianqi's powerful people. Therefore, he spent more time in the Northern Jin Dynasty."
"So that's it." Chu Ling thought about it, but felt that this might be a reason, but it might not be the main reason.
After the master and apprentice finished lunch, Chu Ling asked Tuoba Xingye for some questions when practicing martial arts. The two discussed for half an hour. Tuoba Xingye was very satisfied with Chu Ling's progress and praised her for a rare word. The attendant reported that the seventeenth prince was coming.
Tuoba Zan followed the servant into Tuoba Xingye's study room with some anxiety.
"I've seen Master." Tuoba Zan whispered.
Tuoba Xingye nodded slightly, looked at the little apprentice in front of him and asked, "But what are the things that need to be solved?"
Tuoba Zan laughed dryly. His martial arts skills were mediocre. Even if he had a master like Tuoba Xingye, he would just practice it. There would be no doubts. If you really say anything, there would be doubts everywhere and you could not count them at all. Therefore, Tuoba Xingye taught him step by step and didn't think much about it at all. Therefore, Tuoba Xingye really had no expectations for this apprentice.
Tuoba Xingye frowned and said, "If you have something to do, say it."
Tuoba Zan glanced at Chu Ling next to him and whispered: "Master, my elder brother said that the assassin I caught yesterday did not ask anything in his mouth. However, I still found some clues, and my elder brother still found some clues..."
Tuoba Xingye was the most reluctant to speak, and he looked a little impatient when he looked at Tuoba Zan with a warning.
Tuoba Zan seemed to have finally accumulated enough courage, closed his eyes and said, "Those people seem to be related to the army. The eldest brother wants to ask the master to see if he can tell who it is!" After saying that, Tuoba Zan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Chu Ling next to him leaned in the chair and looked at his junior brother's incompetent appearance and rolled his eyes at him: Coward!
Tuoba Zan hummed in his heart, "Master likes you so much, of course you are not afraid!"
Tuoba Xingye did not answer Tuoba Zan's words immediately, but locked his eyebrows tightly, pondered for a while before frowned, "People in the army? Are you sure?"
Tuoba Zan looked at Tuoba Xingye awkwardly and blinked innocently. How could he know? He just came to pass on a letter.
Tuoba Xingye quickly reacted to this kind of thing and asked him that it was useless. He stood up after a moment of silence and said, "Sheng'er, come with me to the Great Prince's Mansion." Chu Ling was a little depressed. She really didn't want to interfere with the Great Prince's Mansion. As Jun Wuhuan said, no matter who is behind the scenes, the other party is probably going to have a lot of plans. If you are accidentally involved, it will be difficult to get out.
However, the teacher's order is difficult.
Can she still refuse when Tuoba Xingye wants her to go with her? If you want to refuse such a thing, you may need a reason to convince Tuoba Xingye. Tuoba Xingye has never been a fool.
"Yes, Master." Chu Ling said faintly.
The eldest prince's mansion still looked alert today, without the joy of just getting married. The entire mansion seemed to be surrounded by guards. If it weren't for the accident yesterday, maybe they would have thought that Tuoba Luo had committed something, and the eldest prince's mansion would be searched.
Tuoba Luo and Helanzhen personally welcomed him. Although yesterday's wedding ended in a hurry, for the people of the Clan, as long as the ceremony of telling the sky was completed, the wedding was completed. The celebration of the next day and night was purely a celebration. Therefore, Helanzhen is now a legitimate prince's concubine.
Chu Ling looked carefully and saw that Helan looked a little tired but her expression was calm and looked okay. Obviously, what happened yesterday did not really scare her. Seeing Chu Ling following Tuoba Xingye, she was still in the mood to smile at her.
"General, I'm thankful that you have worked hard to take this trip." Tuoba Luo bowed.
Tuoba Xingye did not entrust him, so he immediately returned the favor, "The eldest prince is so serious, this is my duty. I don't know what the eldest prince said..." Tuoba Luo said: "Please, Princess, please sit with Miss Qu for a while."
Helanzhen nodded and smiled, "Don't worry, prince, I will take good care of Shengsheng."
Chu Ling knew that Tuoba Luo had something to tell Tuoba Xingye privately, so naturally he would not insist on following him. He said to Helanzhen with a smile: "Then disturb the eldest princess." Helanzhen pulled her and said: "No, I'm a little unfamiliar with me, and I'm worried that no one will accompany me. Since you are here, you'll take a look at the eldest prince's mansion with me."
"The honor is so great." Chu Ling said with a smile.
To be continued...