Chapter 157 Chen Qingzhi

"In the battle of Tongguan, I should not have lost, but the imperial court cut off the supply..."

Chen Qingzhi told everything he knew.

It turned out that Emperor Yuwen had made a deal with Chanyu Surile in those days, exchanging six border cities for Chen Qingzhi's life, just to pave the way for his younger brother King Huai and take back the 30 troops in Chen Qingzhi's hands.

As for the Eastern Palace treason case, Chen Qingzhi didn't know many clues. At that time, he was busy and had no time to take care of it.

By the time they finally settled down here, the former crown prince and crown princess had already passed away.

But the reason why Liu Mingzhu was able to give birth to Pan Yingying under such circumstances must be that Chen Qingzhi had passed a secret letter to Xiao Fengyi through a special channel, which enabled her to save her daughter at the critical moment.

"I, the guilty minister, speculate that the Eastern Palace case may be related to the late Empress." After Chen Qingzhi finished saying this, he fell to the ground and said no more.

Pan Yingying and Yu Chaosheng looked at each other, and both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

The mystery of the former crown prince has not been solved yet, and now the former queen has appeared.

"Get up. We are all struggling to survive here. Let's not get involved in these nonsense things." Yu Chaosheng personally helped the man up.

Chen Qingzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been observing these days and was sure that the young prince really had the potential to be a wise leader, so he was willing to expose himself and meet Yu Chaosheng.

He pulled out a yellowed letter from his bosom and presented it with both hands, "This is the last letter that His Highness wrote to me, the guilty minister."

Yu Chaosheng took the letter and opened it. There were only a few words on the letter, but it only said one thing, that is, Xiao Fengyi found out that the cause of death of the late queen was not a sudden illness, and it was very likely that she committed suicide.

Chen Qingzhi wanted to reply to the letter at that time, but Su Rile's men were chasing him too closely, and he did not stop to escape.

He reviewed it later and found that not long after His Highness sent the letter, something happened in the Eastern Palace.

That's why he suspected that the Donggong case was related to what was mentioned in the letter.

The atmosphere in the reception room was tense, and a voice suddenly came from outside the door, breaking the silence.

"Uncle and aunt! It's time to eat!"

It was Yu Chuner, and beside her were Fat Tiger and Yu Qiuer, who were cowering like timid people.

Yu Chaosheng took the opportunity to invite Chen Qingzhi and his servant to have dinner together.

There were two round tables in the dining room, one large and one small, and both were loaded with dishes.

Yu Chaosheng helped Pan Yingying to sit down, then he sat down himself and greeted Chen Qingzhi warmly.

As for Zhang Si, Honglian and Lumei invited him to another small round table.

Zhang Si had never eaten at the same table with a woman before, and he felt extremely embarrassed and at a loss for a moment.

But a maid was so enthusiastic that she scooped out a bowl of steamed white rice from a small wooden barrel for him.

"Thank you very much, I'll do it myself." Zhang Si hurriedly stood up and took it with both hands.

Lumei chuckled, "You're welcome."

Zhang Si was dazzled by the smile, and then he saw the little girl with the bright smile divide the rice in the small wooden barrel into two parts and scoop it into two small bowls.

Zhang Si: ???
After giving out a bowl of rice, Lumei was worried that some of them might not be full, so she went to the kitchen and brought back four corn buns the size of a bowl.

"There were only 30 steamed buns in total. I managed to snatch four from Aunt Ten with great difficulty." Lu Mei said, raising the buns in her hand to Zhang Si, "Uncle, do you want some?"

Zhang Si: ...

Zhang Si was in tears.

He is only twenty! He shouldn't be called uncle by such a big girl!
But then he thought again, except for the men who looked very old, almost no one had beards. Everyone had a clean face. The beard he had grown with great difficulty did not make him look old. Zhang Si touched his chin with melancholy, wondering whether he should shave his beard when he returned.

"No, no, I'm already full of these." Zhang Si stammered, and added, "Thank you."

On the table was a bowl of stir-fried meat, a bowl of air-dried chicken, two bowls of stir-fried vegetable leaves, and a pot of mushroom soup.

Zhang Si was too embarrassed to pick up some meat, so he just ate the refreshing vegetable leaves with some white rice.

But this was the best meal he had had in days.

There was a shortage of supplies in the northwest, and white rice was not available at all, let alone such lush green leaves, but he remembered that these seemed to be the ones planted in the fields by the roadside.

He didn't dare to ask what the dish was, but Chen Qingzhi on the other side asked.

At this moment, he had put on the silver mask that covered half of his face again, and was leisurely savoring the fried sweet potato leaves.

"Village Chief, what kind of dish is this? It's so refreshing and delicious, I've never eaten it before."

He grew up in the capital with fine clothes and delicious food, but he had never even seen such dishes.

Yu Chaosheng smiled, picked up a piece of dried chicken and put it on the empty plate in front of Pan Yingying, "This is sweet potato leaves."

Chen Qingzhi was even more puzzled, "I wonder what this sweet potato is?"

Yu Chaosheng hummed, not wanting to explain. Yu Chuner spoke up at the right time, "Sweet potatoes are a kind of food, very delicious. Uncle, if you have time, I will make some for you after school tonight."

Chen Qingzhi looked at the little girl, and Yu Chaosheng nodded quickly, "Yes, Boss Chen can stay in the village for a few more days."

He introduced to Chen Qingzhi, "This is my eldest niece, Chun'er." Then he looked at Yu Qiu'er, "This is my youngest niece, Qiu'er."

Chen Qianzhi was amazed, no wonder the two little girls were so different, one was very calm, and the other was brave enough to touch the tiger's back.

After Batian finished eating his beef, he went into the dining room with his rice bowl in his mouth.

Zhang Si's hands froze while he was eating rice. Lu Mei didn't notice his abnormality and considerately picked up a piece of meat for him with her chopsticks. "Uncle, eat the meat quickly."

Zhang Si blushed instantly, but luckily he had a beard so it couldn't be seen.

Never, never has a woman ever picked food for him.

Batian walked straight to Pan Yingying and nudged her waist with his head.

Yu Chaosheng held its head and said, "Stop making trouble. You are losing weight."

Because Fat Tiger is overweight, the two now intend to control his diet.

Batian whimpered pitifully twice, and Yu Qiuer immediately chimed in, "Uncle, Batian brother is not fat at all, he doesn't need to lose weight."

Yu Chaosheng glared at her, "How dare you say that? If you hadn't taken it out to cook for it regularly, how could it have taken so long for it to lose weight?"

Yu Qiu'er was not afraid at all. She turned around and complained to Pan Yingying, "Aunt, my uncle glared at me!"

Pan Yingying: ...

She raised her hand and touched the little girl's head, picked up a piece of sweet potato leaves for her with chopsticks, and said, "Eat."

Batian didn't get any food, so he walked around again and sat down next to Chen Qianzhi. He put down the food bowl, raised his head slightly, and used his tiger claws to poke the bowl, which was as big as his head, in front of Chen Qianzhi.

The meaning was very clear, which was to ask Chen Qianzhi to give some.

Chen Qingzhi had never seen such an intelligent and human-like animal before, and looked at Yu Chaosheng in surprise.

(End of this chapter)