lcionline Chapter 282 As long as Lan'er is willing
Chapter 282 As long as Lan'er is willing
"Is there something I would like to ask Lan'er for help?"
Li Mulan looked up in surprise, "What's the matter?"
"I know. Uncle Zhang and Little Grasshopper went back to Jiangnan. I have people in Jiangnan, so..."
Li Mulan understood immediately, "Your people sneaked into Jiangnan to become king? You want to use Uncle Zhang and Little Grasshopper?"
Chu Chenfeng nodded, "Is it okay?"
"Of course you can, but you have to be responsible for their safety, my Lord."
"That's natural."
"Also," Li Mulan rolled her eyes, "Uncle Zhang and Little Grasshopper, I usually have to pay them for their work. Suddenly, hehehe, you asked them to do such a dangerous job, don't you have to... show some appreciation?"
Chu Chenfeng smiled, "How much do you think is appropriate, Lan'er?"
"Well, Your Majesty, give as much as you think fit. It's all a sign of sincerity, hehehe."
"After the matter is completed, I will give you 10,000 taels of silver as a reward, 5,000 taels per person, how about that?"
"Five thousand taels?" Li Mulan's eyes almost popped out. With so much silver, she might as well go by herself. "What dangerous thing does the prince want them to do?"
"Don't worry, it's not dangerous. Little Grasshopper has a certain influence in the Jiangnan business community. I just want to get some information so that I can control the Jiangnan area more quickly."
"Oh~" Li Mulan nodded, "I feel that if King Cheng dares to go out, Jiangnan must have been built into a place of iron and steel. It will not be easy to get into the inner city."
Chu Chenfeng nodded, "Don't worry, I've already made arrangements."
Li Mulan's eyes lit up, "Do you have people in Jiangnan too?"
Chu Chenfeng's expression did not change at all. "I have wanted to deal with this King Cheng for a long time, but I just have no reason to do so. Naturally, I will not let him become powerful in Jiangnan. When I was able to give him such a rich place, I was already prepared."
Li Mulan squinted at Chu Chenfeng and said, "As expected of you, you are the regent king. You are very shrewd and calculating. How can this Cheng Wang defeat you?"
Chu Chenfeng smiled and said, "Eat quickly, and then we'll go out for a walk."
"okay."
Chu Chenfeng's meal was soon delivered, and Li Mulan ate a little with him, but she put it down after just a few bites, frowned, and asked, "Is this all you're going to eat?"
"Well, when you're out and about, you can just make do with what you have."
"The ones you sent to me before all tasted pretty good."
Chu Chenfeng's eyes moved, "That was specially prepared. Last time you said there was no need to go through so much trouble, and that we could just eat what Miss Qingyu made, so..."
Li Mulan's expression changed slightly, "You are a prince after all."
"It doesn't matter. I've been on the battlefield for so many years, I'm used to it."
When Li Mulan heard about the battlefield, she immediately became interested. "Your Majesty, can you tell me about what happened on the battlefield?"
"Lan'er is interested?"
"Of course, I used to hear it from my master or the storytellers outside. But what the prince said must be different from what they said."
Chu Chenfeng slowly stirred the food in the bowl with his chopsticks. "Actually, there's nothing different. At that time, I was just thinking about how to fight and how to drive the enemy out of the Great Chu. I didn't think there was anything special about it."
"Well... then Your Majesty, please tell me what you do every day over there."
Chu Chenfeng's thoughts drifted back to many years ago, remembering that when he was only thirteen years old, he went to the battlefield and fought all the way. At the age of sixteen, he controlled half of the military power of the Great Chu...
"What are you thinking about?"
"Oh, nothing."
Seeing that he didn't seem to want to talk more, Li Mulan stopped asking and said, "Let's eat first."
Chu Chenfeng nodded and started eating in silence.
The two of them quickly left the tent. This time, Xing Yi did not follow them, as he also wanted to give his master and the future princess some time alone together.
It was just dinner time and there were not many people on the road.
Li Mulan's face was full of excitement. "Oh, the air outside is still better. I feel like I'm going to mold after being locked up in the tent every day."
"What's different about the air outside?"
"Of course it's different. That's... the taste of freedom. Hahahaha."
Looking at her quirky expressions and movements, Chu Chenfeng's mood unconsciously became much brighter.
Arriving at the lake, "Wow, this view is so beautiful, the colors of the sunset are so pretty."
Seeing that she liked it, Chu Chenfeng's eyebrows were also stained with a smile, "I passed by it a few times and thought the scenery was nice, so I wanted to bring you here to see it."
Li Mulan looked at the sunset and spoke slowly, "I remember it was three or four years ago, Master took Yuanyuan and me to Fenghua Mountain. The mountain is very high and very dangerous. We walked for several days before reaching the top of the mountain. It was autumn, but the top of the mountain was very, very cold. Yuanyuan and I were so cold that our noses and tears came out, but Master refused to go down the mountain. He said that we had to watch the sunrise before going down. Although Yuanyuan and I were very reluctant, we didn't dare to object, so we just waited there. But I really didn't expect that the sunrise was so beautiful and spectacular. I still feel excited every time I think about it. This world is so big, and we are just very small existences in it."
Seeing her emotional expression, "If there is a chance in the future, Lan'er, please take me there once."
Li Mulan turned her head and looked at him, "Watch the sunrise?"
"Ah."
Li Mulan curled her lips, "You are the regent of Da Chu, you are so busy."
"Soon, once everything is settled, I'll accompany Lan'er to look around, okay?"
Looking at Chu Chenfeng's serious eyes, the afterglow of the setting sun scattered around him, making him look tall and cold, but his scorching eyes were hard to ignore.
Li Mulan understood that Chu Chenfeng treated her differently these days. It would be a lie to say that she was not touched at all. But compared with her freedom, it seemed... After thinking for a moment, she slowly opened her mouth, "If you want, then I will take you with me."
Chu Chenfeng got the answer he wanted, and the smile on his face became even more intense. "As long as Lan'er is willing."
I'm willing to go with you to the ends of the earth.
You two looked at each other, and suddenly you started laughing. The laughter became louder and louder, and more and more reckless.
"Will Xiaojie cry then?"
"He's grown up now, he has to cry behind people's back, and we can't see it, so just pretend we don't know."
"Tsk tsk, what a cruel uncle! I wonder how sad that child must be."
"Who makes him the emperor?"
"Hahaha, that's right. He's the emperor after all. If he doesn't want to, he should get married and have a child sooner. When he's in his seventies or eighties, he can abdicate and let others take over. He won't be too old by then, and if he can still run, we can take him out to play."
"Well, you can persuade him like this when you go back."
“That’s not good…”
"It's ok."
Two people stood in the sunset, looking at the calm lake, chatting about everything under the sun. They seemed to be friends who had known each other for a long time, but there was a different kind of intricate bond between them.