Chapter 94 It's Not that You Follow Me, It's that You Have to Listen to Me
Chapter 94 It's not that you follow me, it's that you have to listen to me!
"Go back?" Qi Jiulu seemed to smile, and instead of answering, asked, "Go back? Why, Ah Huang, do you now think that the palace is where you should be?"
Yun Fenghuang said with a sullen face, "Don't be picky, I..."
"Kongquepo three years ago." Qi Jiulu interrupted her and said coldly, "After I watched you leave, not long after, my father and uncle chased after you."
Yun Fenghuang was startled, but did not speak.
Across the stone gate, I couldn't see Qi Jiulu's expression at this moment, I just felt his tone was calm, but it seemed like still water was flowing deep, and he said slowly, "I thought they would punish me, but at that time I was ashamed and didn't care... But my father and uncle just looked at me silently for a while and asked me to go back with them."
"Back at home, my father asked the others to leave and talk to me alone, making me forget about you."
"I only know that he still minds the storm in the city at that time...but my father said that he just thinks that the fate between you and me is over."
Despite being shielded by Shimen, Qi Jiulu subconsciously raised his hand to cover his face, half crying and smiling, "He said that he and my uncles don't really care about my sister's affairs, and I know that you are different from my sister...the reason why Insisting on retiring is only for the Chao family behind the scene to see. Otherwise, how could I get the horse and go out so smoothly? "
That year, Qi Jiulu only had his hair tied up. He grew up under the protection of his family from a young age, and it was far from the time to set up his own family.
If Mrs. Qi was determined to keep an eye on him, he would never have the chance to catch up to Kongque Slope and stop Yun Fenghuang's carriage.
And the reason why Qi allowed him to do this was because he tacitly allowed him to take Yun Fenghuang away.
Yun Fenghuang was only twelve years old at the time, and before he came out of the court, according to Qi Jiulu's father and uncle's plan, after Qi Jiulu eloped with Yun Fenghuang, they would have a fight with Mrs. Xie, and they might have to walk away to blame each other The children of the family spoiled the drama of their own darlings, and "had" to sit down and discuss the aftermath after all - after all, one is the eldest son, and the only legitimate son of his parents; Carefully cultivated and raised, she is also the only direct daughter of her parents.
They are not the kind of insignificant children who can be thrown away casually.
Even if there is something about elopement, how can parents be willing to ignore it?
"In this way, even if the dignitary from the imperial capital behind the Chao family makes trouble, the Qi family can explain it. It's all because we children are ignorant... The deal is done, and we can't bear to lick the calf." Qi Jiulu thought about the scene when he knew his father's plan that day, only Feeling that his heart was churning more and more, his throat seemed to have fishy sweetness, he closed his eyes, forced himself down, and continued, "...let's live outside for a few days, and when we have an agreement at home, we will go back to each other. Families, continue with the previous life, when we grow up, we will get married as a matter of course."
Maybe it won't be so smooth in the middle, the Chao family can't just sit back and watch their plan let it go, and the Xie family and the Qi family will not let go of those who schemed against them, especially the Xie family, Xie Fenghuan's life, Xie's reputation, There are also many girls, including Yun Fenghuang, who have been affected and delayed in their marriages... The Northland is bound to enter a troubled time from now on.
But after such an encounter, the two families must be vigilant, and it will not be so easy to separate Qi Jiulu and Yun Fenghuang.
"But my father and the others didn't expect that you wouldn't come with me."
Qi Jiulu smiled bitterly, and said, "My father said, it's not just because you have to think about Xie Shi, me, and Qi Shi, the most important thing is that you don't believe me."
Without giving Yun Fenghuang a chance to speak, he continued, "I felt very sad when I first heard this, but my father said you were right. We were all young at that time, and we still relied on the family to live. What qualifications do I have to block the wind and rain that can't be blocked for you?! So it's better to cut off the love thread here, and maybe we can each be safe."
"But I'm not reconciled."
So the Patriarch of the Qi family locked him in the ancestral hall for self-reflection—this is the truth about Qi Jiulu being imprisoned in the ancestral hall for more than half a year, not the punishment for chasing Yun Fenghuang in the snow—then the Jiang family secretly contacted him and encouraged him to work hard. Seizing power with all his heart, there may not be a chance to reunite with Yun Fenghuang in the future. After all, Yun Fenghuang only came to the imperial capital to live at the knees of his aunt and uncle, not to marry someone else, right?
Qi Jiulu took it seriously, not only because he had listened to Jiang's words, but also because what Jiang said, "If the Qi family is up to you, why do you want to marry whoever you want?" The Lord told him that Yun Fenghuang refused to go with him mainly because she did not trust the fifteen-year-old Qi Jiulu to shelter her from the wind and rain, and would rather go to the Imperial Capital, which she had never been to, and seek refuge with relatives whom she had never met before.
These two are elders whom Qi Jiulu respected since he was a child, and they had the same suggestions on his matter with Yun Fenghuang, how could he not take them seriously?
"I thought I was incompetent if I couldn't take you away. Now you should give me a chance to make up for it." Qi Jiulu recalled the experience of the past three years, his hands in his sleeves were loosened and clenched again, his voice was very sharp Qing, if it weren't for the silence in this place, the wind and wind and bamboo across the door could hardly be heard, "But I never thought that today, you..."
Yun Fenghuang couldn't bear it a little bit, and raised his voice: "I didn't reject you! I just..."
"I'm just worried that there will be endless troubles if I leave with me like this?!" Qi Jiulu chuckled, "You said so much just now, back and forth is that you don't trust the Prince Regent's Palace and my arrangement! But you didn't even say a word, yes Imagine how you and I will get rid of being mermaids after we fly far away—the world is so big, with our determination and skill, is there really no chance of getting out of this muddy water?!"
"Even though the regent throne is very powerful, if you and I betray you, you may not have a foothold in the country, but the country is not the only one in this world!"
"There is Weihe in the north, Jiaozhi in the south, and there are many small countries scattered overseas. Even if you don't take the sea route, at the end of the commercial road to the west, there are Fulin, Tianfang, and Dashi... Their merchants can carry goods across mountains and ridges. Come here, why can't we go to a foreign country to avoid disaster?!"
"In fact, because of the trust of the elders in the clan in the past two years, I have already taken advantage of the opportunity to deal with the transactions between the clan and Hu merchants, entrusted them to buy some properties in Fulin and other places, and sent trusted family members Open the way in the past..."
Qi Jiulu said calmly, "With your intelligence, it's impossible not to think of these things—don't say that the regent will not let us escape calmly. At present, the regent can't do anything about Yiguo's mansion, let alone let Chunjia know what's going on today. Even if we are aware of our plan, we will only follow it up privately and never dare to expose it to the public!"
"We even have to be careful not to let Mrs. Ji, Chun Jia and others notice the clues... Isn't this the best time for us to go far away?!"
As for the families of both parties, Qi Jiulu said indifferently, "We reunited after a long absence, I told you that the family has already started to support Jiu Zhang."
Maybe Qi Jiuzhang is just a backup for the Qi family to prevent accidents, and he doesn't really want to hand over the Qi family to him.
But for Qi Jiulu, the family has already begun to cultivate his younger brother, so even if he and Yun Fenghuang leave, the Qi family can still continue after all-the Regent Palace needs to target Yun Fenghuang against him, nothing more than to calculate the Yun family, and Qi The shi itself cannot involve the Yun shi.
With the Qi family's deep roots in the Northland, as long as the regent is not in a daze, he will not blame Qi Jiulu's family for not being able to find any trace of him. This is tantamount to forcing the Qi family to become the eyes and ears of other forces, especially the emperor in the north.
And Mrs. Xie... Mrs. Xie is even safer than in reality.
After all, Yun Fenghuang was not their daughter before entering the palace, was she?
Qi Jiulu sighed softly: "Look, in fact, as long as you are willing to follow me, the future is not as difficult as you think...but you don't even think about it seriously."
"I don't want to believe that you have changed your mind, let's just pretend it's hard for you to leave your homeland."
He said lightly, "But it doesn't matter, I always let you make the decision before, and then watched you leave without looking back again and again... This time, I can't let you be willful."
"Hushang said that Fulin may not be as prosperous as Guochao, but it also has a different style, attracting many foreigners to settle. Maybe you will like it after we live there for a long time."
"It doesn't matter if you don't like it, Chunjia is in full bloom, and the regent will grow old in a few years. He has a second son now, and the eldest son Xiangxiao is weaker after all. Although the youngest son doesn't know his nature, he is too young to count on him. The shortest period is three to five years, and the longest period is ten years. Uncles and nephews must try to make ends meet..."
Qi Jiulu smiled self-deprecatingly, "Who will remember the two of us after the two decide the winner? When the time comes, we will come back with a different look... Quan Dangyuan went to Fulin for a while, but you still want to go outside the customs, Want to go to Jiangnan, go to Jiangnan, isn't it good?"
There was silence in the stone room.
Qi Jiulu waited and saw that Yun Fenghuang was still silent, his heart was empty, and he couldn't tell whether it was anger or disappointment.
He finally said: "Ah Huang, I know you must be very unhappy now, but I have already made up my mind, this time you must listen to me. Since you entered the palace, you have suffered more than once or twice, you don't care , but I can't help it. I can't let you go back to such a place, and I don't know if I will hear the bad news about you tomorrow."
He didn't expect to get an answer to these words, so after he finished speaking, he turned around and left.
However, after walking a few steps, I heard Yun Fenghuang's extraordinarily calm voice from inside: "Since I was young, between you and me, no matter what it is, no matter how fierce the dispute was before, in the end, I always follow my opinion." Come on. Chao Jingyou is very jealous of this, and has always felt that you are protecting me and favoring me, so you follow me. But in fact, it is because you have to listen to me!"
Qi Jiulu was slightly dazed when he heard the words, and a bad premonition suddenly surged in his heart. He stopped, turned around subconsciously, listened carefully to the movement in the stone room, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you going to do?!"
"Do you trust the queen?" Yun Fenghuang asked without answering, there seemed to be a hint of a smile in his voice, "If you trust her, then it's fine."
"..." Qi Jiulu's thoughts turned, he suddenly came back to his senses, and blurted out, "That pill?!"
Yun Fenghuang laughed and said: "I just took it - now I feel a little dizzy? If it's just an ordinary drug, it's fine. Anyway, you locked me here, didn't you just hope that I would just stay here and don't give up?" Are you making trouble? If... if it's inside..."
The medicinal properties of the pill had obviously begun to take effect, and her voice became lower and lower, from low to vague, from vague to silent.
Outside the stone room, Qi Jiulu stood stiffly, as if he didn't understand Yun Fenghuang's words at first. After a while, he felt as if he was immersed in an ice cellar, his hands and feet were cold, and his heart was even colder.
The blood on the young man's face faded little by little, and in the end only a lifeless paleness remained.
The originally shining brilliance in the eyes, like a candle in a strong wind, suddenly went out.