"Conserve the formula for cold medicine carefully, and Yǐ Gūnzhào feels that the dashing nobleman in front of her is quite similar to herself and has much in common with her."
It's tough these days to become a literary and artistic young woman. The trouble is that there are too few people who share your taste, so you're left mulling things over by yourself without the support of like-minded individuals.
She thought for a moment and said, "Miss, I will be returning to the north. If the formula for the Cold Fragrance Pill is successful, I will also give some to Master when I return, what do you say?"
Can such a thing be eaten? It's made of snow and rain, and it has to be buried underground for a year. Deng Chanyu is not afraid of poison, but she just thinks it's not good to eat.
However, with good intentions, it is also inconvenient to refuse.
Adding WeChat is impossible; they can only leave an address.
"Miss, my mother is from Sanshan Pass. You can send it to Huang Family Merchant Hall in Sanshan Pass when you arrive."
She felt humiliated by saying "My father is a general in command of the whole army," so she somewhat concealed her background.
Miss Ji said "Alright," and also left her an address, which was a rural estate outside of Jizhou City.
From now on, any polite exchanges between the two parties can be carried out through letters.
"Elegant... let me think, oh, got it!" Deng Chanyu slapped her thigh and suddenly thought of an elegant event. Is that playing the arts? Who's afraid of whom.
"Have you heard of a dish called 'The Bright Moonlit Night at Twenty-Four Bridges'?"
Miss Ji blinked her eyes and said, "I've never heard of it before."
"Then you take a whole ham that has been preserved, whether pork leg or lamb leg, dig twenty-four holes in the ham, fill the holes with ball-shaped tofu, and from the side view, it should look like twenty-four arched bridges. Steam for two hours, discard the ham in the end and eat those twenty-four pieces of tofu with the ham fragrance and essence......"
Deng Chanyu wiped sweat from her forehead in secret. In her view, this dish was a classic case of undressing to fart; why not just eat the ham directly? Why bother with tofu that has the aroma of ham?
"Master is hinting that my body is weak and needs to be well-supplemented with meat, isn't that so?" The beautiful girl smiled lightly, covering her mouth.
Deng Chanyu laughed heartily: "You've discovered it, miss, you are indeed intelligent as ice and wise as snow."
This girl is not just weak; if I were to throw a punch at her, she might cry for a long time, right?
"The 'Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night' does indeed imply that the other person should eat more meat. Even if you just smell it or get a little bit of the meaty flavor, it would be fine."
Her mind gradually relaxed, and she tried to make small talk, asking casually, "Miss, isn't it better to stay in the south and rest quietly? It's tiring to travel by boat or carriage. How could you go to the north at this time, isn't it hard......"
Miss Ji slightly shook her head, her gaze turning towards the outside of the boat: "There's going to be a great chaos in the South Capital. A little bit of hardship is better than suffering through the sword and arrow."
"......" Deng Chanyu was speechless, and she realized that the root of everything was actually in my hands. It's all fine then.
The woman was quite intelligent, and Deng Chanyu was not stupid either. They chatted quite cheerfully, and the most important thing was that the other party was very attractive. If it were an old woman over seventy, she would not have bothered to think of conversation topics at all.
After encountering the beautiful and articulate Miss Ji, Deng Chanyu's odd good luck of finding money whenever she wanted disappeared, as if her luck had been exhausted all at once. They left the South Capital through the water gate, with Miss Ji going a different route to the north, while Deng Chanyu joined up with Aunt Huang and others and returned to Sanshan Pass.
"......"
The "Hundred Birds Greeting the Phoenix" sculpture in the South Capital was like a deep-water bomb that caused a stir in both the mortal and transcendent realms.
Seeing a new aura emerging in the south, the three-generation old minister of a great merchant, Master Du Yuanxian of the Astral Observatory, immediately wrote an edict and hurried to meet the emperor at night.
Outside Chao Gecheng, Guang Zhao, who was preparing to go into the official circle and later gain a good reputation by defeating Xizhi, stopped his steps at the city gate and turned to look towards the south.
You can say he doesn't understand fate, or even that he's middle-schooler-tier crazy, but regardless, he is extremely dissatisfied with the so-called "Phoenix Crying on Mount Qi."
The Nine Heavens Celestial Lady tolerated it when she heard about the "Heavenly Fate Phoenix, descending to give birth to the Shang Dynasty." You people are the strongest, and no matter what you say, I'll just nod and say 'Yes, yes, yes.'
Kong Xuan is not prepared to be patient. My mother has been dead for so many years, and it's still calling to the Western Zhou? Don't you have faces? The more you propagate the "Phoenix Crying on Mount Qi," the more he will defend the Great Dai and fight against Western Zhou, giving them a good beating.
Before stepping into the city of Chao Ge, the strange phenomenon in the south is obviously a revelation. He is not in a hurry either. He turns around and heads back, intending to watch it for a while longer.
At this time, King Zhou still had a good deal of composure. After waiting for several days, the 800-li urgent message from the San Mountain Pass in the south arrived in Chao Ge City quickly.
"Deng Jiugong's urgent report: there is an abnormal phenomenon in the South Capital. Respected ministers, how should we deal with this matter?"
King Zhou is absolutely unwilling to admit that there is any auspiciousness in this. In his mouth, the flocking of birds to the Phoenix, the Phoenix Crying on Mount Qi, and so on. These are all just abnormal phenomena, a bit strange, that's all.
Prime Minister Shang Rong spoke first, "Your Majesty may issue an edict summoning Lord Nan to the capital to inquire about it personally."
Fei Zhong, the Grand Advisor who had received a great deal of gold, silver, and precious stones from the Deng family, said: "Lord E Chongyu of Nan is but a small man. A small man fears authority more than virtue. The Prime Minister's suggestion applies only to gentlemen. I believe that we should dispatch a large army to root out the enemy and thoroughly pacify the South Capital, thereby demonstrating the heavenly might of our great Shang Dynasty."
"How can this be!" Shang Rong shouted angrily: "Should we just throw millions of people into chaos and danger because of a minor phenomenon? Fei Zhong, remember, the people south of the river are also my subjects of the great Shang Dynasty."
At this time, King Zhou was still of sound mind and knew that he wanted to reduce the four great feudal states and consolidate central power, but also recognized that he should not act impetuously.
"Prime Minister, you are exactly right. Issue an edict summoning Lord Nan to the court."
Lord E Chongyu of Nan is not dare to come!
King Ji Changle was 85 years old, buried up to his neck, showing no harm and being extremely obedient. Such a person had to leave a will for his family and make arrangements before every visit to the capital. Duan Chongyu, who was 40 years old, dare go to Chao Ge?
His son, E Shun, didn't show strong filial piety, but rather gave a considerate suggestion: "Father, you shouldn't go!"
E Chongyu, after all, is one of the four major feudal lords. With the passing of over ten days since the occurrence of the phoenix gathering at the South Capital, E Shun's son's thoughts still remain simple and are confined to "you shouldn't go". While his father has already begun to consider other matters.
He looked at his ministers and generals.
Lord E Chongyu's brother, Gu Ji Sheng, who was in charge of diplomacy between the various feudal lords and the southern tribes, said, "The southern feudal lords and many tribes look up to older brother."
General Tong Sheng said, "Lord E, you can send troops to block the waterways and control strategic locations. The South Capital has the Yangtze River as a natural fortress, and boats are like horses. Even if there are millions of people from the North, what can they do?"
His younger brother, General Tong Fan, said: "Give me three thousand elite troops, guard the Tiger's Head Mountain, and there will be no worries for the South Capital."
After considering several opinions, Lord E Chongyu wrote a very humble petition to Chao Ge, stating that the various tribes in the south were secretly conspiring to rebel. As a loyal subject of the Great Dai, Lord E Chongyu was willing to lead two hundred feudal lords to quell the rebellion. Once the rebellion was put down, he would proceed north at the command of the emperor.
