GSY Chapter71

“How is it?”

 

Su Chenzhao was taking Cen Yelan’s pulse. The two sat opposite each other. Su Chenzhao didn’t say anything, which made Cen Yelan feel a little uneasy.

 

Since returning to the capital, he has inevitably had to attend social events and fight with others. Although he has been careful and cautious, but this is the first time for Cen Yelan to have experienced this. As a man, he feels ashamed but also a little overwhelmed.

 

Su Chenzhao slowly withdrew his hand, raised his eyes, and looked at Cen Yelan, suddenly laughed, and said, “The pulse is stable, the child is fine.”

 

Cen Yelan breathed a sigh of relief. “Chenzhao, why are you—”

 

Su Chenzhao heard the tone in his words and hummed, “Are you nervous now?”

 

“I have never seen a patient more disobedient than you. I am worried, but you are good, you don’t care about my words at all.”

 

Cen Yelan said, “I remember.”

 

Su Chenzhao curled his lips and said, “I told you not to drink alcohol, not to fight, and to rest and take care of your pregnancy. Did you remember?”

 

Cen Yelan knew that he was in the wrong, so he said softly, “Chenzhao, I know you are worried about me, and I have tried my best to be careful.”

 

Su Chenzhao glared at him, sighed, and muttered, “I know, I don’t understand your things either.” His eyes fell on Cen Yelan’s lower abdomen, and he couldn’t help but put his palm on it and said, “Although it has been three months already, but your body is different, so you still have to be careful.”

 

Although Cen Yelan had already accepted his pregnancy, but he still couldn’t adapt to it. When Su Chenzhao touched him, his abdomen felt like it was burning. He felt uncomfortable and embarrassed, and he sat up straight.

 

Su Chenzhao raised his face in confusion and looked at Cen Yelan.

 

Cen Yelan vaguely said, “Thirst, thirsty.”

 

Su Chenzhao blinked, really believed it, turned around, and poured a glass of water for Cen Yelan.

 

Cen Yelan drank a few sips of tea before suppressing his embarrassment and said, “Chenzhao, in a few days, you and Lu Zhao will go to the manor on the outskirts of the city and stay there for a few days. Come back after the ancestors’ worship ceremony.”

 

Su Chenzhao frowned and said, “I won’t go.”

 

“Be obedient.” Cen Yelan smiled helplessly and said, “Yuan Heng asked me to self-cultivate, which is actually putting me under house arrest. If there is any unusual movement on the day of ancestors’ worship, the General’s mansion will have to resort to war.”

 

“Hasn’t Zhao Yiqing brought people here?” Su Chenzhao pursed his lips, somewhat unhappy.

 

Border troops cannot leave their garrison without the emperor’s decree and the tiger token. Shortly after Cen Yelan entered the capital, he formed an alliance with Meng Tan. The northern border troops secretly went south via Qingzhou and the waterway, heading straight to the capital.

 

Cen Yelan said, “Si Shaoying’s Hedong Army has also arrived and is stationed outside the city.”

 

Su Chenzhao said, “Then I can’t leave, swords have no eyes. What if you get hurt and I’m not here? What will happen then?”

 

Cen Yelan smiled and softly said, “Who in this capital can hurt me?”

 

Su Chenzhao: “Didn’t you ask Brother Lu Zhao to protect me? Although I don’t know how to fight, but I’m not a pushover either!”

 

“Besides, you’re pregnant now, how can you be the same as before? It’s better to be safe than sorry.” Su Chenzhao said angrily, “I won’t leave, don’t try to persuade me anymore, and don’t even think about tying me up. If you let Brother Lu tie me up, I’ll run back by myself.”

 

Cen Yelan: “……”

 

After all, the two grew up together, and Su Chenzhao knew him too well. Cen Yelan rubbed his brows, smiled helplessly, and said, “You’ve finished saying everything already, forget it.”

 

Su Chenzhao immediately laughed. After a moment, he remembered something and asked Cen Yelan with a worried look on his face, “Do you think Si Shaoying would punish Li Jingchuo because he came to the northern border that time?”

 

Cen Yelan laughed in silence, thinking that Chenzhao finally remembered this matter today. For a moment, he didn’t know whether he should be happy for Li Jingchuo or feel helpless.

 

Cen Yelan said, “Feng Ning has made many military achievements over the years. He is the leader of the younger generation and has also contributed to saving Yuan Zheng. Even if Si Shaoying is angry with him, he will not openly want his life either.”

 

Su Chenzhao breathed a sigh of relief and said, “Then that’s good, then that’s good.”

 

Cen Yelan smiled slightly and said, “Chenzhao, if Feng Ning died, would you feel sad?”

 

“Of course I would feel sad.” Su Chenzhao said as a matter of course, “I invited him. If he was punished because of me, how could I feel at ease?”

 

Cen Yelan was silent for a while, watching Su Chenzhao turn around and pick up the medicine box, and he actually felt a little sympathetic to Li Jingchuo. But then he thought of himself and Yuan Zheng and couldn’t help but sigh deeply in his heart.

 

Cen Yelan was placed under house arrest in his mansion. King Qin, the Dali Court, and people from the Ministry of Justice came several times to ask him questions as part of routine procedures.

 

King Qin has always been dandy and lazy and has only eaten, drunk, and had fun all his life. He is good at keeping himself safe and is not keen on the struggle for imperial power. When he first came, he was lazy and still had the smell of powder on his face. When he saw Cen Yelan, he still smiled and greeted him.

 

Li Anyu, the junior official of Dali Court, was a well-known iron-faced devil. He was meticulous in his conduct and asked questions as if he were interrogating someone. King Qin clicked his tongue, pointed at him with the tip of his fan, and said to Cen Yelan with a grin, ‘Li Anyu has a pretty face, but at heart he is a rotten stone that is smelly and hard. No wonder all the girls in the capital dislike him.’

 

King Qin said, ‘Everyone knows what kind of person our General Cen is. It’s pointless to just ask, but it would be pointless to take it seriously either.’

 

Li Anyu remained indifferent, looking at Cen Yelan, and after asking, he politely said, ‘I’ve offended you, General Cen.’

 

The person who came from the Ministry of Justice was a rather old minister, who stood aside and said little, but this made Cen Yelan a little more cautious. A dog that bites doesn’t bark, Yuan Heng and Si Shaoying would not really let a few useless people watch him.

 

A few days passed in the blink of an eye. The few days of house arrest turned out to be a rare leisure time for Cen Yelan. Perhaps because his true intention was revealed, he was unusually calm. He was really cultivating his self-character and did not notice the changing situation outside the mansion.

 

April 26th is an auspicious day selected by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory for offering sacrifices and praying for blessings.

 

When chaos broke out in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Cen Yelan sat cross-legged quietly and wiped the Liuhuo spear. It was a famous spear passed down from generation to generation in the Cen family. When he carefully stroked the spear body, he could still feel the uneven scars on it.

 

The tip of the spear is so cold and bright that it can even cut hair and make one feel cold when they look at it.

 

When Cen Yelan heard the footsteps approaching, he raised his hand and touched his belly. There was a little more tenderness between his eyes. He said, “Be obedient and don’t cause trouble for Father.”

 

The little meatball in his belly naturally didn’t answer.

 

The door suddenly opened, and Cen Yelan raised his eyes and looked at Su Chenzhao, Lu Zhao, and dozens of guards standing in the courtyard, all of them were quiet and serious.

 

Cen Yelan had a stern expression. Before he could speak, he saw red fireworks exploding in the distant sky. They looked like blood and instantly covered the vast sky.

 

Outside the General’s mansion, many black-clad warriors appeared without anyone noticing. They all had iron masks on their faces and held bows and crossbows in their hands. In the rustling wind, they flipped over and jumped onto the high wall. The smell of blood and screams spread in an instant, covering the entire General’s mansion.