Chapter 71 No Need to Investigate
Tang Ying felt the chest of the man who was very close to her from behind. Her eyes stayed on the slender and powerful hand pressing on the door above her head. She swallowed quietly - Master Fu seemed, seemed... very angry? !
She was not very good at comforting angry men, let alone Lord Fu, who she casually borrowed as a shield. This man, who could be called the flower of the Forbidden Cavalry Department, had been in the Shadow Department for a long time and had passively received many rumors about Lord Fu, whether true or false.
"Oh my Lord..." Tang Ying turned around. Due to the height difference, she could only look up to speak. She felt that she was inferior to him. She smiled and got out of his arms. She walked in with a playful smile: "We can discuss it. It's your subordinate who did something wrong. If you feel that you have been used and are so angry, why don't I... jump out of the window to apologize to you, okay?"
Without waiting for Fu Chen to stop her, she took two steps forward, pushed open the window of the private room, jumped down, and escaped.
Fu Chen took a few big steps over and looked down. She had already landed on the ground. She smiled and waved to him, then jumped on the horse and ran away.
Fu Chen: “…” How could he be angry?
I just wanted to tease her by using my anger as an excuse.
In the evening, the sky was dark, leaden clouds were falling, and the wind was cold. When the lights in the shops facing the street were turned on, snowflakes fell like catkins, but there was still no sign of Tang Ying.
Fu Chen held an oil-paper umbrella and went to the courtyard where they lived. It was Zhang Qing who opened the door. He seemed very surprised by his arrival: "Sir, is there something you need so late?" He dressed neatly and seemed to be going out. As soon as he opened the door of the courtyard, he saw Fu Chen.
"Tang Ying isn't here?"
Speaking of Tang Ying, Zhang Qing was very unhappy: "Since she left with the adults this morning, she hasn't even shown up. She's still sick, and she didn't even come back to rest. Why is she running around?"
Fu Chen stopped him and sent someone to find Tang Ying, then he walked into the courtyard, as if he had something to say.
Zhang Qing followed him in, lit the oil lamp, and asked him to sit down.
Fu Chen sat down and stared at the oil lamp in a daze.
Zhang Qing did not rush him. He waited for a long time until the hot tea in his hand had cooled down. Then Master Fu said, "The Second Prince invited people from the Tang family in Bingzhou today. The fake lady has been exposed."
"Where is she?" Zhang Qing recalled Fu Chen's serious expression: "Could it be that the Second Prince's Mansion has detained her?" Otherwise, it would be the middle of the night and she still wouldn't come back.
Fu Chen thought of her words, which were like knives, forcing the Second Prince to panic. He even wanted to use the crime of disobeying the emperor's order to pressure her, but she turned the tables on him. A faint smile appeared on his lips: "What reason did he use to detain her?" He guessed where Tang Ying was going: "She has something to do, probably still in the Forbidden Cavalry Division."
He hesitated for a moment, and finally asked the question that had been on his mind all day: "That young General Yu, is he Yu An? Your young lady's childhood sweetheart and fiancé?"
Zhang Qing didn't expect him to mention Yu An, but there was nothing to hide about this matter: "The Marshal and General Yu both have this intention. If nothing unexpected happens, they should get married."
Fu Chen's eyes were deep, and the forced smile on his face disappeared completely. He struggled in his heart: "He... What kind of person is Major General Yu?" He really wanted to know what kind of person was hidden in her heart.
Zhang Qing watched Tang Ying and Yu An grow up playing and quarreling. He had endless things to say about Yu An. On this cold winter night, with snowflakes flying outside, the past of Baicheng slowly unfolded before his eyes: "...Yu An and the young lady have been playing together since they were young. When they were young, they would go together to steal apricots and pick flowers, and would pick up a group of little kids to fight on the street. They would hide aside to watch the fun, and were extremely naughty..."
"Yu An often took the blame for the young lady. After getting beaten, he turned around and ran to the young lady with a smile on his face. What a silly boy. All he has in his heart and eyes is the young lady..."
“…”
"That was probably the happiest time for the young lady, and also the happiest time for Yu An..."
The two were childhood sweethearts, growing up together, and their growing years were full of each other's traces. If nothing unexpected happened and Baicheng was not conquered, they would be a happy couple in the border town, living a noisy and happy life, right?
Fu Chen suddenly stood up and didn't dare to ask about Tang Ying's past anymore.
He walked in the heavy snow, forgetting even to open his umbrella, letting the cold snowflakes fall on his face and body. Zhang Qing chased him out with an umbrella, but he had already gone far away.
Three days later, he finally met Tang Ying at the Forbidden Cavalry Division. It was because of the theft of the Ghost Ball that he had to meet him. Moreover, this fearless girl was so cowardly as to drag Wan Yu along with her. She stood at the door with her head down, not daring to come in, secretly observing his expression.
Fu Chen looked up and saw it, and a smile slowly appeared on his face: "Come in."
Tang Ying jumped in like a bird foraging in the snow, and looked outside vigilantly. She looked wary, as if someone was lying in ambush outside his door, ready to capture her.
"come over."
Tang Ying looked at him from a distance across the case and smiled slyly, "Have you calmed down, sir?" It seemed that she was ready to run away if the situation got bad, and she also made a gesture to Wan Yu at the door to come in.
"When did you become a coward?" Fu Chen was almost amused by her: "Aren't you afraid that your colleagues will laugh at you?"
Tang Ying carefully examined Lord Fu's expression and was relieved to see that his eyes were gentle and he didn't look like he was about to get angry. She waved to Wan Yu, who had felt uncomfortable standing at the door of Lord Fu's room and ran away as soon as she received the instructions.
"Your Excellency is magnanimous and doesn't bother with your subordinates. That's a blessing for us subordinates." Tang Ying poured him a cup of tea like a servile person, with a look of fear on her face: "I haven't even dared to sleep peacefully for the past three days. I didn't dare to go back, for fear that Your Excellency was still angry. It doesn't matter if you beat me, but if you get sick from anger, it's not worth it!"
She put down her tea, but her wrist was caught by Fu Chen in a flash. She was still chattering and flattering him, but she didn't expect that she had fallen into Lord Fu's hands. Even her expression was stiff: "My Lord..." There is no such method for settling scores after the event, right?
Fu Chen held her wrist tightly and walked around the desk. The warmth in his eyes could almost melt the ice and snow, and even his voice was incredibly gentle: "I stopped you that day just because I wanted to hug you!" After three days of torment and waiting, he hugged the little girl tightly in his arms, holding her waist tightly, as if he was afraid that she would disappear from his sight if he let go.
The person in the man's arms couldn't struggle free, her head was firmly pressed in the man's warm and broad arms. She was confused for a moment, and muttered: "Hey, sir, this isn't very good, is it? Are you taking revenge on me? A hug for a hug, now we're even, no one owes anyone anything..."
Fu Chen couldn't help feeling heartbroken as he listened to her clumsily trying to push him away in this way. It was as if if he closed his eyes he could see a pair of happy and carefree little kids walking around the streets of Baicheng and playing freely.
He lowered his head, looked directly at the little girl in his arms who was trying to escape in panic, and announced in her ear: "You said you would never leave me even if you die!" He said with a smile: "Congratulations, you got what you wanted!"
"No, no!" Tang Ying panicked: "Sir, I was just joking! Just a joke!" How could you take a joke seriously?
Master Fu held her tightly and refused to let go. He lectured her with a righteous look on his face: "How can you go back on your word? You promised something in front of your elders, but now you want to break it? Isn't it said that the Tang family is as good as their word?"
Tang Ying: "...You are not an adult, you can't do this, right?"
Fu Chen thought hard for three days, and finally followed his heart when he saw her. He felt that his previous thoughts were unnecessary. It would be great if it were like this: "I can't do this. Should I send someone to chase Madam Tang San back and tell her that you are playing tricks on me?"
With the speed at which the Forbidden Cavalry Division sends messages, Lord Fu might actually be able to intercept the person halfway. It wouldn't delay him for a few days anyway.
"Sir!" Tang Ying was very good at playing tricks. When she met her opponent, she even stuttered: "How can you bear to torture an old man in such a cold weather? I swear I'm not kidding you!" She admitted defeat with a sad face: "Sir, please forgive me? I won't dare to do it again next time!"
Lord Fu smiled and hugged her tightly: "It doesn't matter. Next time you can tell not only Third Aunt, but also others, saying that you will never be separated from me even if you die!" For example, the Second Prince.
He said, "I don't mind!"
He speaks as if he is very magnanimous.
Tang Ying: “…” No, I really mind!
Suddenly, a person , shouting as he ran: "My lord, my lord, the prince of Zhao of Nanyue is here, and he's yelling for you to go out and meet him." He bumped into two people hugging each other in the room. Before he could see clearly who was in the lord's arms, he was so scared that he closed his eyes and backed away. As a result, he miscalculated and bumped his head against the door frame.
"Ouch——" Liu Zhong covered his forehead and rushed out, bumping into his colleague head-on. The colleague laughed and teased him, "Sir, did you see a ghost in broad daylight?" His face looked very ugly.
Liu Zhong: Disrupting the adults' good deeds is much more serious than seeing a ghost!
He said in a panic, "The commander is not feeling well. I am rushing to find a doctor. You go to his room and take care of him. Don't let him faint!"
When colleagues heard this, they were shocked. How could this be possible?!
He ran as fast as he could and rushed into Fu Chen's office: "Sir, sir, how are you..." Then he covered his eyes and backed away, and hit the door with a "bang", and ran away screaming.
Tang Ying: "Sir, can you let go now?" She was not afraid that her image would collapse and she would be hard to control in the future.
Fu Chen: "Anyway, sooner or later everyone will know that you went to great lengths to enter the Fu Mansion just to be with me, and you will never be separated from me even if you die!"
"Sir, doesn't your conscience hurt?" Tang Ying wanted to cry but had no tears: "I just took advantage of you a little bit... a little bit. Do you have to take revenge on me and even ruin your own reputation?"
Fu Chen let her go: "Let's go, let's go meet Prince Zhao." He walked to the door and saw Tang Ying still standing there without moving. He jokingly said: "Do you think I am someone who cares about my reputation? Or... Are you waiting for me to come and hug you?"
Tang Ying was completely defeated by Master Fu's shamelessness. She jumped up like a rabbit and rushed past him: "Master, respect yourself! Respect yourself!"
Fu Chen followed her slowly, with a growing smile on his lips.
There is no need to delve into some things. Memories will eventually be covered by the warmth that is within reach, piled up layer by layer at the end of time, and become the shadow of the years.
