From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 382

After talking for three o'clock in the morning, the wine was still warm.

It was not until dawn that Zhou Yuan and Liu Jing ended their night's conversation.

When seeing Liu Jing off, Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Lord Liu, I also brought you good news on this trip to the Central Plains."

"What news?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "I have seized the six major families in Kaifeng and brought back stolen goods and silver worth about 20 million yuan, which is enough for you to spend for a while."

Liu Jing was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud. For the Minister of Revenue, the most difficult thing is to have no money.

These 20 million yuan can indeed solve the urgent problem.

After seeing Liu Jing off, Zhou Yuan felt much happier. There are still people in the court of the Great Jin Dynasty who are doing things seriously. It feels like a comrade, which is very warm.

It was already dawn, and there was no need to go to sleep again. Regarding the fall of Jizhou, people will naturally come from the palace, and Zhou Yuan does not need to intervene for the time being.

I have nothing to do, so I might as well go and see the morning light.

Zhou Yuan walked slowly to the side yard, gently opened the door, and saw the burnt candle tears and the sleeping figure in front of the desk.

Chenxi still held the pen in her hand, but her head was lying on the table, her eyes closed, and she was sleeping soundly.

She was reciting Cao Zhi's "The Goddess of Luo River", which is a relatively difficult article for people who have just learned to read. I didn't expect that Chenxi had learned it to this extent less than a month after returning to Beijing.

This child has never let down the hard-earned good times.

Zhou Yuan carefully picked her up and gently put her on the bed.

Although he was careful enough, Chenxi still woke up and whimpered twice when she saw Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan touched her little face and whispered: "Rest in bed for a while, don't rush to get up, you still need to get enough sleep when you are still growing up."

Chenxi's big eyes were very clear, but her eyes were full of guilt, and her hands were gently gesturing.

Zhou Yuan held her hand and smiled, "It's okay, Chenxi. I was in a bad mood yesterday and shouldn't have gotten angry at you. I apologize to you. I hope you don't take it to heart."

Chenxi put her hand down softly, and her eyes looking at Zhou Yuan were full of attachment and tenderness.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Write well and study well. Although your body is disabled, your soul can be complete. You can be a talented woman and a big man in the future."

Chenxi's eyes were firm, and she nodded heavily, then struggled with her pouting mouth and hugged Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan gently stroked her back and smiled softly, "Okay, okay, it's time to rest."

As soon as the voice fell, Ziyuan's voice came from outside: "Son-in-law, Master Xiaozhuang is here."

"Come in."

Zhou Yuan said.

The door opened, and Xiaozhuang walked in slowly. Seeing the figure on the bed, his eyes slightly focused.

Zhou Yuan turned around and smiled: "Sister Xiaozhuang, did His Majesty want me to enter the palace?"

Xiaozhuang said lightly: "It seems that you have already known the situation in Jizhou. His Majesty is now in a state of panic, and you have to comfort her."

If it were yesterday, Zhou Yuan really had no mood to make suggestions, but Liu Jing's return late at night gave him a lot of motivation.

Perseverance can carve gold and stone. How can you give up halfway when doing great things?

In any case, this world belongs to everyone, and you can't just ignore it.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go to the palace right away."

"By the way, Master Xiaozhuang, come and see Chenxi. Does she have a talent for martial arts?"

He quickly pulled Xiaozhuang to the bedside and smiled, "She can't speak, and her right knee is also seriously injured. It can't be repaired by external forces. The Holy Mother of No Life said that only by practicing the magic-subduing skills of the Zhengtian Master Dao to perfection can she heal herself through powerful internal force."

Hearing this, Chenxi also became interested, and quickly propped herself up and looked at Xiaozhuang eagerly.

But Xiaozhuang is actually a very cold person. She narrowed her eyes and said lightly: "Whether it is Qingcheng Mountain or Longhu Mountain, in the past two hundred years, only one person can practice the Demon-Subduing Art to perfection, and that is me."

"Zhou Yuan, you may not know that the Demon-Subduing Art is the only killing-type Taoist technique of the Tianshi Zhengyi Sect, and it has a very high threshold. Even the current Qingcheng Mountain Master has practiced Taoism for more than 60 years and has just practiced the Demon-Subduing Art to perfection."

"He is so talented, so focused, and has spent so much time, but he may never reach the state of perfection in his lifetime, so you can imagine the difficulty."

Speaking of this, she turned her head to look at Chenxi and said slowly: "This girl has a very ordinary bone structure, similar to you. Even if she practices for a lifetime, it is impossible for her to practice the Demon-Subduing Art to perfection."

Chenxi's eyes suddenly dimmed.

Xiaozhuang's words undoubtedly completely wiped out her expectations.

Zhou Yuan frowned and said, "Then how can youDid it? The first person in two hundred years? "

"Talent."

Xiao Zhuang said expressionlessly: "My talent is not what you can imagine. I started learning martial arts at the age of nine. After only four years of learning, I was already a master who was famous in the area."

"I was sixteen years old when I mastered Taoism. At that time, I was invincible in Sichuan. I started to learn demon-subduing skills at the age of seventeen. I mastered it at the age of twenty and was perfect at the age of twenty-two."

"My master said that if I concentrate on practicing Taoism, I will be able to become a generation of heavenly masters who can be compared with the ancestors. I... am different from ordinary people, do you understand?"

This is fucking... She is so arrogant, but I can't refute it!

Talent is really something that cannot be changed.

So Zhou Yuan could only look at Chenxi and smiled bitterly: "It's okay, Chenxi, even if you can't stand up, even if you can't speak, we can find our own value in other ways. "

Chenxi's eyes were dim, but she still gestured a few times.

She struggled to get up from the bed and pointed to the desk next to her.

Zhou Yuan quickly held her and sat on the wheelchair in front of the desk.

At this time, Chenxi picked up the brush and wrote: "Brother, I want to learn."

Seeing that she was very persistent, Zhou Yuan looked at Xiaozhuang and whispered: "Help, sister Xiaozhuang, no matter what the result is, let Chenxi work hard on her own."

Xiaozhuang was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "You go to the palace, I will stay here to teach her, just one day, how much she can understand, how far she can go in the future, all depends on her own luck. "

"Okay!"

Zhou Yuan responded, looked at Chenxi and said: "Good child, study with peace of mind, if you don't understand, don't force it. "

He touched Chenxi's head and walked out of the room slowly.

Looking at the bright sunshine, Zhou Yuan was also emotional for a moment.

Life is so difficult, how can it be smooth sailing? Chenxi is still tenacious, and he was made a marquis at a young age, so why would he be depressed and tired?

Zhou Yuan believed that Chenxi would practice very hard in the future and would pay a lot in practicing the magic skill, but there was a high probability that there would be no gains.

Just like this road to saving the world, Zhou Yuan never thought that he could win a great victory, it was nothing more than finding some meaning in his life.