RPAGF Chapter 239 Old friends meet
Chapter 239 Old friends meet
The two of them lay under the same quilt, she wearing only a bra top, while he was still in his undershirt, wrapped up tightly. Lu Mingyang was stunned. Wasn't it his idea to be on the mountain today?
She groped and grasped the hand at her side. In an instant, the uncontrollable hand slipped from her palm.
Nothing like this had ever happened before.
Lu Mingyang glanced sideways. The man beside her was sleeping with his eyes closed, as if she didn't exist. The courage she had mustered all day was instantly extinguished in a stubborn, aggrieved state.
Lu Mingyang turned over and pressed on the man's shoulders, his warm breath caressing his neck and shoulders. He stroked his chest and fumbled to untie the belt around his waist.
"Stop it!" Chu Mingzheng held her hand, "Go to sleep!"
"I'm not sleepy!" Lu Mingyang imitated what he had done before and bit his earlobe.
"I'm sleepy!" Chu Mingzheng turned his head away without even opening his eyes. "Miao'er pestered me all night last night. I'm so tired. Be good and go to sleep."
Lu Mingyang paused, her breath growing heavy. Before she could react, Chu Mingzheng placed his hand on her neck and turned sideways, his back to her.
Lu Mingyang blinked her aching eyes, pulled another quilt over her, and left the space he was in. She was so foolish. For so many days, she thought he would remember her, but how could he have forgotten? He was the only one for her, but he didn't only have her.
Late at night, when everyone is asleep, the disordered breathing gradually becomes smooth.
Chu Mingzheng turned around and looked at the woman with her back to him. She was curled up like a peeled grape. He pressed the corner of the quilt for her and looked away absentmindedly.
Yangyang, if you really want to, why do you drink so much?
……
The next morning, Lu Mingyang opened his eyes and the man beside him was gone. On the footstool beside the bed lay a brand new set of clothes, Mo Mei nodded.
Did he choose it?
After Lu Mingyang washed up, he pushed the door and walked out.
On a platform above the water, Chu Mingzheng, holding a longsword, danced between heaven and earth. A mountain, a river, a man, a sword. Between movement and stillness, the mountains and rivers faded, leaving only him as a clear presence.
"woke up!"
Chu Mingzheng saw the woman behind him, put away his sword and walked over.
Lu Mingyang picked up her handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the man's forehead. Her every move and gesture showed that of an impeccable wife and mother.
"Are you tired?" she asked.
"Not tired!" Chu Mingzheng held her hand, hugged her and walked to Liuli Pavilion, saying gently: "You must be hungry. I have prepared everything for you. They are all your favorite foods."
Amidst the flowers, a dazzling array of food lay, the aroma delightful. Chu Mingzheng knelt down and personally served her the soup. He was incredibly caring towards her, but Lu Mingyang inexplicably felt that he was somewhat displeased.
"Your Highness, have I caused you a lot of trouble these days?"
The matter of taking medicine, the matter of adoptive parents, and the matter of running to the military camp by myself.
"No!" Chu Mingzheng helped her pick up the food.
"Didn't the Queen Mother say anything?" She knew that if he hadn't stopped her, the Queen Mother would have scolded her countless times.
Chu Mingzheng laughed and said, "Of course not. He keeps urging Miao'er and me to have a baby, saying we must have a great-grandson by next year. It's so annoying."
Lu Mingyang wanted to say, "I can work hard with you," but when the words came to his lips, he smiled awkwardly and changed the subject: "Your Highness, was yesterday's competition useful?"
Chu Mingzheng said, "I can't see clearly from the mountain, I need to ask Zizhou and Zizhao."
"And my eldest sister!" Lu Mingyang emphasized.
"Yes, and my elder sister!" Chu Mingzheng touched her little head lovingly.
After the two of them finished their meal, Chu Mingzheng took Lu Mingyang's hand and returned to the palace. As they walked toward the riverbank, Lu Mingyang frowned slightly as he looked at the carriage parked by the roadside.
"Why don't you ride a horse?"
Chu Mingzheng was puzzled: "Don't you dislike riding horses and find it too conspicuous?"
Lu Mingyang glared at him: "Well, I like you now, is that not okay?"
"Row!"
In his impression, the little girl in front of him rarely took such trivial matters seriously. Even if she was freezing, she would still insist on waiting. Chu Mingzheng smiled and asked the driver to go back and get the horses.
Soon, the horse was brought over.
The two of them rode together, and Lu Mingyang didn't sleep well all night. She found a comfortable position, leaned in his arms, and gradually fell asleep.
I don’t know what this little girl is thinking. Wouldn’t it be more comfortable to sleep in a carriage than like this?
Chu Mingzheng spread out his cloak to wrap around the willful little girl and slowly slowed down his horse.
"Your Highness, urgent news from the border."
At the gate of Ningyuan Palace, Pei Mian saw His Highness approaching on horseback and hurried forward to greet him. Lu Mingyang woke with a start, peeking out from under his cloak. Pei Mian hastily averted his gaze.
Chu Mingzheng smoothed the woman's messy hair and carried her off the horse.
Pei Mian reported: "The Xiongnu attacked the three border towns of Shuofang. Bei'an Hou led his army to rescue them, but Jin Yiluo escaped!"
"Run away?" Chu Mingzheng suddenly glanced sideways.
Pei Mian said: "That's what the 800-mile express sent by the Marquis of Bei'an said, but our people discovered something strange."
"Go to the study!"
Before Chu Mingzheng finished speaking, a carriage drove up. It was the palace carriage. The eunuch who delivered the imperial decree got off the carriage and told Prince Ningyuan to enter the palace.
Chu Mingzheng looked at Pei Mian, who had not been summoned, and asked, "Has the army of the Tiger Guard Battalion been summoned?"
"No!" The eunuch who delivered the order shook his head.
Chu Mingzheng glanced at Pei Mian and said, "I'll come back and find you."
Pei Mian understood that His Highness wanted him to go find Lu Mingze first. Lu Mingyang also understood, and after Chu Mingzheng left, he asked Pei Mian, "Would it be convenient for you to go find Third Brother? Do you need me to send someone to tell him?"
At this time, the third brother should have gone to the military camp.
"No need, Princess, don't worry." Pei Mian bowed and left.
Lu Mingyang wrapped his cloak tightly around himself and turned to enter the palace.
"Xie'er..."
A familiar yet distant name. Lu Mingyang turned his head and saw Tian Qing standing at the entrance of the alley. He was wearing a coarse blue shirt and holding a yellowed cane. One of his brown trouser legs was tied in a knot and fluttered in the air.
He was actually missing a leg.
Tian's mother supported him and jumped over step by step.
"Xier, I finally found you."
"Don't come over here!" Lu Mingyang stepped back, pretending to be calm: "You've got the wrong person."
Tian Qing's eyes were filled with pain: "Xi'er, I am your brother Qing, don't you remember me?"
The crutch knocked on the stone steps, making a thudding sound.
Lu Mingyang tripped over the threshold and said in panic, "Someone, get this lunatic out of here!"
Two guards rushed out immediately.
Lu Mingyang didn't dare to look, turned around and ran into the palace, but she didn't return to the room, she went straight to the stable and ran away.
At the Chengyang military camp, Yang Nianshu and the others were practicing archery when they saw his second sister galloping towards them on horseback. At the camp gate, Lu Mingyang hurriedly dismounted and fell to the ground.
"Second sister, what's wrong with you?"
Yang Nianshu quickly put down his bow and arrow and went to help his second sister. Lu Mingyang grabbed his sister's arms, raised his head, and said with a pale face: "He's back!"
"Who's back?" Yang Nianshu asked in confusion.
"Brother Qing, Brother Qing is back."