Chapter 811 Xu Fengnian Arrives

The competition and bet between the Shu people and the Beiliang Palace soon spread throughout the Liyang Dynasty.

Even in the end, many people in the Northern Mang Dynasty knew about it.

This incident really proves the saying: Good news doesn’t travel far, but bad news travels far and wide!

Xu Fengnian, who had been traveling around the martial arts world for nearly a year, was now wandering around Jianzhou. After hearing the news from a wooden sword ranger named Wen Hua, he immediately became furious and cursed:

"That old fool Xu Xiao actually let outsiders bully him in his own nest!"

"Old Huang, tell me, is Xu Xiao really useless?"

When the groom Lao Huang heard his own son scolding his own father, he immediately followed suit with a look of deep hatred and cursed:

"It's really useless. It's totally useless!"

"wrong!"

Xu Fengnian watched the groom, Lao Huang, scold him for a while, and soon came to his senses:
"Old Huang, you are also from Shu. Shouldn't you be very happy that Ye Song led his men to kill Lu Qiu and Chen Zhibao?"

"Happy, you should be happy!"

Seeing his homeland re-established and dominating the world, Old Huang was naturally very happy and couldn't stop smiling. He wanted to find a tavern immediately, drink a few bowls of wine, and get drunk!
However, Lao Huang was a good groom, and his mood was the same as his own prince's.

Seeing Xu Fengnian jumping up and down in anger, Lao Huang could only smile awkwardly and hide aside, fearing that he would be implicated and scolded!

Xu Fengnian was sulking for a while, and after cursing for a while, his eyes rolled around!
Xu Xiao's face was pressed to the ground and rubbed. As Xu Xiao's son, Xu Fengnian didn't look happy at all!
So, after thinking for a moment, he decided to find a way to make up for it:
"Old Huang, do you know this Ye Song?"

"No, Old Huang has been in the palace for twenty years, and he doesn't know Ye Song at all."

Lao Huang tried his best to play his role as a groom and never said a word about the situation in Shu.

"Let's go back!"

"Return to Beiliang?"

"Return to Jinguan City!"

Seeing that he could not get any information from Lao Huang, Xu Fengnian turned around and took Lao Huang with him, ready to return to Shu!
"Master, we finally left Shu, why do we have to go back?"

The groom, Old Huang, was somewhat reluctant to go back.

Before, when the people of Shu were suffering and being oppressed and exploited by the Liyang Dynasty, he did not go back.

Now that Shu has turned its fortunes around and rebuilt its world, he has no face to go back.

"Let's go. My elder sister and second sister are going to marry the Emperor of Shu. As their younger brother, I have to see them off anyway!"

Xu Fengnian had made up his mind, and even his biological father Xu Xiao couldn't change it, let alone Lao Huang, the groom and servant.

Seeing that he could not persuade Xu Fengnian, Lao Huang was afraid that Xu Fengnian would go to Shu to cause trouble, so he could only find various ways to delay Xu Fengnian's journey.

The journey that could have been completed in more than a month took the two of them more than two months.

Xu Fengnian hurried as hard as he could and finally arrived at Jinguan City in early May.

By this time, Su Mingzhe had been conferring Jiang Ni the queen for a month.

When Xu Fengnian heard the news on the way, he was so angry that he blamed Lao Huang again:
"Old Huang, it's all your fault. You led me the wrong way and made me walk so many detours in vain. I didn't even get to drink at my sister's wedding!"

"Master, you can't blame me for this. I asked you to spend less money and be more economical, but you insisted on giving the money to those courtesans and beggars. If we still had money, we could charter a merchant ship and go up the river. In that case, we would have arrived long ago!"

"So, you're blaming me for this?"

Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang each found reasons and excuses, and finally arrived at the east gate of Jinguan City.

Seeing that the city gate was bustling with people coming and going, the two of them followed the crowd and were about to walk towards the city gate.

At this time, the two were stopped by the city defense officer:

"You two, guide!"

"Old Huang, the pass!"

Although Xu Fengnian was wearing tattered clothes, he stood with his hands behind his back, head held high and chest puffed out, still maintaining the demeanor of a young man from an aristocratic family.

Old Huang smiled and took out two black bamboo slips from his pocket, on which were written the two people's names, hometowns, appearances, physical characteristics, achievements, etc.

This is the guide for the two of them.

The city defense officer looked at the pass and his face immediately turned ugly. After returning the pass, he stretched out his hand again and said in a cold tone:
"People from Liyang need to pay a gate tax of 500 coins to enter Jinguan City!"

When Xu Fengnian heard that it was only one tael of silver, he habitually waved his hands:
"Old Huang, give me the money!"

"Master, we have no money!"

The groom, Old Huang, smiled bitterly and rummaged through his pockets. Ever since Xu Fengnian gave his last twenty taels of silver to a storyteller more than two months ago, his pockets had been emptied even further than his face, and he had not saved a hundred coins!
"Oh yeah, no money!"

Xu Fengnian didn't care when he heard that there was no money. He smiled at the city defense officer and said:

"Excuse me, sir. I am the brother-in-law of your Shu Emperor. I am here to visit relatives in your Shu Kingdom. Please make some allowances and let us in!"

After hearing what Xu Fengnian said, Old Huang couldn't help but cover his face!

Ever since he had no money in his pocket, Xu Fengnian has been relying on various scams to make a living.

If you can succeed, you will have the best food and the best drinks.

If they fail, they will just eat porridge or just steal!

Two months have passed, and Xu Fengnian, the prince of Beiliang, has almost turned into a scoundrel!
Just when Lao Huang thought that the city defense officer was going to drive Xu Fengnian away, he unexpectedly saw the city defense officer stunned for a moment, then he widened his eyes and looked at Xu Fengnian carefully.

After a long while, the city defense officer suddenly took a step back, saluted and said:
"Li Xian, the East City Captain of Jinguan City, greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Huh? You know me?"

Li Xian's sudden salute startled Xu Fengnian.

Although Xu Fengnian said that he was the brother-in-law of the Shu Emperor, he did not expect that his words would be recognized by the city defense officer. After all, his current clothes and appearance really did not have anything to do with the royal family!

However, the reaction of this city defense officer was somewhat beyond Xu Fengnian's expectations. He actually observed it carefully and then approved of it.

This is so strange!

"In reply to your Highness, His Majesty has summoned the city defense officers of Jinguan City and said that you might come to Jinguan City as a guest recently. He specially asked the Fragrant Concubine to draw a few portraits of you and give them to the various city gates of Jinguan City for safekeeping! I have the honor of seeing your Highness's portrait, so I recognize your Highness!"

Li Xian said, waving his hand and asking his deputy to watch the city gate for him. He would take Xu Fengnian into the city and rest at Sifang Pavilion.

Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang entered Jinguan City in this way, feeling both proud and moved.

After passing through the deep and wide city gate, Xu Fengnian smiled and asked the city defense officer:

"The Fragrant Concubine you are talking about, is it my eldest sister or my second sister?"

"neither!"

The city defense officer was stunned for a moment, and his smile suddenly became stiff.

"Neither? Then who is it?"

Xu Fengnian also noticed that the city defense officer had a strange expression on his face, so he immediately stopped and refused to move forward.

'Fragrant Concubine', fragrant... could it be...

Xu Fengnian thought of something, and his face suddenly darkened:
"Is your Shu Emperor's Fragrant Concubine Hong Musk?"

"Say!"

Hong Musk is Xu Fengnian's housekeeper and maid in Wutong Garden of the Prince of Beiliang's palace. She has had a unique fragrance on her body since she was a child.

When Xu Fengnian was in Beiliang, he loved playing with Hongshe the most.

"To answer your Highness, how could I possibly know the name of Concubine Xiang?"

After Li Xian answered a question carefully, he remembered the Shu Emperor's instructions and continued to answer:

"I only know that this Fragrant Concubine originally came from your Highness the Crown Prince's Wutong Garden in Beiliang..."

"Asshole! Bastard!"

"Xu Xiao, you old thief, actually gave my woman to someone else!"

Xu Fengnian had already guessed this result just now!
After this was confirmed, he didn't dare to curse the Emperor of Shu in front of the people of Shu, so he could only curse his own father!
The city defense officer was even more shocked when he heard Xu Fengnian scolding Xu Xiao.

Xu Fengnian cursed his own father for a while, then suddenly remembered something. His face turned pale, and he reached out to grab the city defense officer, asking him to take him to the palace quickly, because he wanted to see the Emperor of Shu!
He had already guessed who the 'Fragrant Concubine' was.

But it doesn’t matter.

Although, 'Xiang Fei' was the housekeeper and maid of Wutong Garden, she was not his favorite one.

Therefore, he now wants to go to the Shu Emperor's Palace to see if his favorite one has been sent away by that bastard Xu Xiao!
"Your Highness, His Majesty has ordered that if you arrive in Jinguan City, you must first go to Sifang Pavilion to bathe, change clothes, and rest for a day before entering the palace!"

The more panicked the city defense officer saw Xu Fengnian looked, the more he dared not to bring him into the palace.

Immediately, the city defense officer used both coaxing and tricking to arrange Xu Fengnian and Lao Huang into Sifang Pavilion. After giving them some instructions, he quickly said goodbye!

Half an hour later!
Li Xian came to the imperial study and reported to Su Mingzhe the news of Xu Fengnian's arrival.

When Su Mingzhe heard the news, he noticed that Xu Weixiong, who was helping him deal with memorials, had a flicker in his eyes.

Xu Fengnian's two sisters and more than twenty maids were all sent to Shu by Xu Xiao.

Under Su Mingzhe's tactics, among these women, except Hongshe (Sweet Potato), Qingniao and Jiangni, three women had the intention to commit suicide, the other women chose to be obedient.

The three women, Hongshe (Sweet Potato), Qingniao and Jiangni, all fell in love with Xu Fengnian.

However, each of these three women carries a lot of secrets.

Su Mingzhe easily used their identities to make the three of them accept their new identities as the Empress of Shu.

These methods are somewhat shameless, despicable and obscene!
However, Su Mingzhe used it very smoothly and easily.

After a while, Su Mingzhe saw that Xu Weixiong had regained his composure and continued to review memorials, and he suddenly felt bored.

If maids like Hongshu, Qingniao, Jiangni, or even Xu Zhihu heard the news about Xu Fengnian, they would definitely have become nervous.

Xu Weixiong regained her composure so quickly that Su Mingzhe could guess what she was thinking.

But it doesn’t matter!

Isn't it just a competition to see who can keep calm?
Su Mingzhe had already secured his position, so naturally he didn't mind waiting a little longer.

Before we knew it, it was three quarters past the hour of You.

Wang Chengen, the eunuch in charge of the palace, brought dinner.

Su Mingzhe and Xu Weixiong ate some casually.

After dinner was over, according to the habit of the past period of time, if Su Mingzhe did not ask Xu Weixiong to stay with him that night, Xu Weixiong should have taken the initiative to leave.

However, Xu Weixiong's reaction today was obviously a little slow.

After dinner, Xu Weixiong not only did not leave, but took the tea bowl from the palace maid and began to make tea for Su Mingzhe and light incense.

Shu is a mountainous area with abundant water resources, so naturally there are many mosquitoes, insects, rats and ants.

Originally, where Su Mingzhe is, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will automatically gather, and there should not be any troubles such as mosquitoes, insects, rats and ants.

However, the Shu Kingdom's imperial palace maintained the folk custom of lighting incense in the evening to repel insects.

After waiting for a long time, Xu Weixiong realized that he was being manipulated when he saw that the emperor still seemed unwilling to chat.

With no other options left, Xu Weixiong could only bite the bullet, kneel down in front of the man, and plead for mercy to his former brother Xu Fengnian:
"Your Majesty, Xu Fengnian has been spoiled by his parents and family since he was young. He is just a playboy of the Liyang Dynasty. He..."

(End of this chapter)