Rebirth: Traveling To Ancient Times As A Companion Reading Chapter 46

Cause

The banquet seats are arranged from top to bottom according to status.

Joey sat next to Lou Ling. Above him was Xiao Qi. A few seats away from him, sitting directly in front was Xiao Ming and three concubines whom Joey didn’t know.

Zhang Qianying did not attend today’s luncheon.

Joey reached out and picked a few grapes and put them in his mouth, handed two to Lou Ling, and then handed three to Fang Qingzhou who was standing behind Xiao.

Fang Qingzhou looked down at the hand stretched out in front of him, then raised his eyes at Joey, who raised his head and motioned for him to take it.

Seeing that Fang Qingzhou didn’t take it, Joey became anxious. He stretched out his hand and used Lou Ling as a support point to stuff the grapes into Fang Qingzhou’s hand. By the way, he said softly, “You have to stand all the time. How can you not eat?”

The voice was so soft that only the three people close to Joey could hear it clearly.

Lou Ling glanced at Joey, who was on top of him, but said nothing.

Xiao Qi also glanced at Joey and said, “He is now the person who serves me, so it’s not like he doesn’t have this food.”

Joey turned a deaf ear and handed the pastries on his table to Fang Qingzhou.After making sure Fang Qingzhou accepted everything, Joey said: “The food on your table is good, so why don’t you give food to others? Their eyes are red, and their faces have lost a lot of weight.”

Xiao Qi turned around.

Fang Qingzhou didn’t even look at him. He just smiled at Joey and said, “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

Jiang Xu, who was sitting just below Joey, had a clear view of the actions of several people. He looked at the things in Fang Qingzhou’s hand with jealousy and took a hard bite of the leg of lamb in his hand. “Why! Why does he and a eunuch who are friends with ignore me? I’m so angry!”

“…”

The girl on the side, wearing a green jacket and skirt, was chewing an apple and almost choked when she heard this.

“Ahem!”

Jiang Xu turned around and reached out to pat the girl on the back.

“No! Don’t touch me with your oily claws!” Jiang Qin resisted and threatened: “If you come across my clothes, I tell you, you don’t have to wait to go back. If you go hunting today, I guarantee you won’t get back a single rabbit.”

“…”

When Jiang Xu heard this, his expression was sly, and he slowly retracted his hand, “Okay… If you don’t want to touch it, don’t touch it. Why is the reaction so big?”

Jiang Qin: “Ha! From the first day back from Northern Xinjiang to now, tell me, how many pieces of clothing have you ruined?”

Jiang Xu: “Isn’t it just a matter of wearing it? Are you concerned?”

“As for that!” Seeing Jiang Xu’s attitude, Jiang Qin became even more angry, “That’s mine, I bought it with my own money! Do you know how expensive clothes are in the capital? I have saved so much money for so many years, but I can only buy a dozen pieces, and you broke seven or eight pieces for me in one go!”

Jiang Xu: “Okay, okay. Can I compensate your boss?”

Jiang Qin hummed, “What you have is not enough for me to buy half of it.”

Jiang Xu: “But didn’t I give you everything I had?”

Jiang Qin: “Shouldn’t you give it to me? As soon as you come back, you want to find me a husband. Why don’t you find me yourself first if you are in such a hurry?”

Jiang Xu: “But Joey is really good-looking. If you miss this village, there won’t be this store. Why don’t you give it a try?” The more he talked about it, the more he thought it was a good idea. “Maybe if you and Joey see eye to eye, he will be willing to be friends with me! You…”

“You’re such a ghost!” Before Jiang Xu could finish his words, Jiang Qin slapped him in the face, “I’m only eleven. I’ve taken too many medicines, have you started to suffer from brain problems?”

“Ouch!” Jiang Xu was in pain and wanted to cover his head, but when he saw the oil on his hands, he hesitated for a while and did not choose to put his hands directly on his head. Instead, he used the back of his hands and rubbed the place where Jiang Qin had hit him.

“But…” Jiang Qin turned her gaze upwards and realized, “Who is Joey you are talking about? Is he the one sitting there peeling oranges? That one is really handsome! If I really want to get engaged, then I will definitely choose that one.”

“That one?” Jiang Xu turned his head and realized that Jiang Qin was actually talking about Lou Ling. His face instantly looked like he had eaten shit. “That one is Lou Ling, the Ronghua Crown Prince of Linwang Palace whom I told you. Joey is his companion.”

Jiang Qin said in surprise: “Really? Then you said yesterday that the two of them were…”

Jiang Xu’s expression became even worse when he mentioned this. He said with a sullen face: “If I had known that the Crown Prince of Beijing and his companion could have such a relationship, I should have asked first.”

“Tsk, tsk… what a pity…” Jiang Qin looked at Lou Ling’s face, “This face is really good-looking, but it’s a pity that it has a broken sleeve.” Then she looked at Joey again, and after thinking about it, she felt that it wasn’t that pity, “But it seems to be okay, both of them have good faces, it seems… they match well?”

Jiang Xu didn’t hear Jiang Qin’s soliloquy, because after he said the last sentence, he was called over by Xiao Ming.

Joey didn’t know that he and Lou Ling had become a couple inexplicably in the eyes of others.He is still struggling with the walnuts in his hands, trying to crush them with his bare hands.

“…”

Looking at Joey’s movements, Lou Ling felt a headache and reached out to hand a pair of pliers to Joey.

“No need.” Joey refused, “I can do it myself.”

“…”

Forget it.

Seeing Joey lowering his head, Lou Ling took the plate with walnuts in front of him and clamped each one open with pliers before putting them back.

Fang Qingzhou, who was standing behind, took in all this scene.He looked down at the walnut kernels in his hand, then stuffed them into his mouth expressionlessly.

After breaking the walnuts, Joey looked up again, and the luncheon was almost over.

Although Joey’s mind was not on the banquet just now, he didn’t miss a word of what he was supposed to listen to.

This winter hunting lasted for three days. The quantity and size of the hunted prey were important, but the species was the best. One solid silver fox was worth three red foxes of the same size, and two sika deer were equal to five ordinary deer…

But in fact, it doesn’t matter even if he listens, because Joey has no interest in these things at all. With his current level, sometimes he can’t even hold the bow and arrow steadily when running on the horse, and sometimes he can’t pull the bow string at all. Even if he pulls the bow string and shoots the arrow, he may not be able to hit it.

So Joey, who knew very well what level of riding and shooting he was, knew that there was a high probability that he wouldn’t even be able to shoot a rabbit in this hunt, let alone compete for these rewards and jackpots.

So when choosing horses in the afternoon, Joey specifically chose a docile brown horse that, although shorter, looked more mature and stable and would not have a bad temper.

Before leaving, Joey touched the brown horse’s head and whispered a few words in its ear.

Lou Ling looked on from the side, “Can you still talk to horses?”

Joey: “No.”

Lou Ling: “Then what are you doing?”

Joey said confidently: “I don’t know what this horse’s temper is like. I’m just trying to calm it down in advance. What if it gets unhappy later and throws me off?”

“…”

As if remembering Joey’s poor equestrian skills, Lou Ling was silent for a moment, and then said, “Then you and I ride a horse.”

Joey refused without hesitation: “No.” Two people were squeezed to death.

Jiang Xu, who was not far away and had been paying attention, quickly volunteered and shouted: “Ayi, I can help you!”

“?” Joey looked back at Jiang Xu, “No need, I can ride it myself.”

Jiang Xu didn’t want to give up, “My riding skills are very good. I guarantee that you will never feel crowded when you are with me.”

“…”

Jiang Qin looked at Jiang Xu, who had been rejected but still strongly recommended him, and felt ashamed.She covered her face and forcefully pulled the person away. As she walked away, she still kept whispering in a low voice: “Why are you getting involved in this matter between other people?!”

Jiang Xu: “But Ayi obviously doesn’t want to leave with Lou Ling. What happened if I invited him to come with us?”

“…”

Sometimes Jiang Qin really doesn’t want to admit that this man is his brother.

Seeing the Jiang brothers and sisters leaving, Joey tilted his head, touched Lou Ling with his hand, and asked, “Is that Jiang Xu’s sister?”

Lou Ling: “Yes.”

After hearing this ambiguous answer, Joey turned his head and asked, “You don’t know?”

Lou Ling asked, “Why should I know?”

“That is the second daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei. She is indeed Jiang Xu’s sister.”

Xiao Qi appeared, followed by Fang Qingzhou, who appeared at the right time and answered Joey’s question.

Hearing the sudden sound, Joey turned around and saw that Fang Qingzhou had changed into a lightweight black riding suit, with his black hair tied into a high ponytail, looking fresh and capable.

But he wore a black mask on his face, making it difficult for people to see his face clearly.

Joey stared at Fang Qingzhou’s face and wanted to ask something.

But Fang Qingzhou seemed to have guessed what he was going to ask. Before Joey opened his mouth, he said, “I have a rash on my face. Wear a mask to cover it.”

Joey nodded, looking like he believed it.

“Can you lend me your horse?” After that, Fang Qingzhou continued to ask.

“You want to borrow mine?” Joey asked strangely: “Isn’t the Third Prince…”

Before Joey could finish his words, Lou Ling refused directly: “He won’t borrow it.”

Fang Qingzhou raised his eyes and looked at Lou Ling, who refused on behalf of Joey.

Lou Ling looked at Fang Qingzhou and stood sideways in front of Joey. His face was expressionless and he said indifferently: “I don’t care about what happened that day because of Xiao Qi’s sake. If you dare to continue, don’t blame me for being rude to you.”

When Fang Qingzhou heard this, the expression on his face softened, “I’m talking to Joey, not to borrow a horse from Tongshizi.”

The atmosphere between the two of them became inexplicably tense.

Joey opened his mouth, wanting to say something.

But before Joey could speak, Lou Ling covered his mouth without giving in at all, “I said he wouldn’t borrow it, are you deaf?”

Seeing this, Xiao Qi seemed to want to say something to ease the atmosphere, but he was interrupted by Lou Ling before he could speak.

“If you want to help him, then go help yourself.” Lou Ling looked at Xiao Qi indifferently. He no longer had the natural and normal expression when joking with Xiao Qi. What he said at this moment was merciless, “If you want to die, then die yourself. You actually want to drag Joey into the water. How dare you?”

Xiao Qi paused.

No need to worry anymore, Joey was put on the horse by Lou Ling, and his brown horse was left in the horse pen.Once the two leave, no one can touch them.

In fact, Fang Qingzhou didn’t really want to borrow Joey’s horse, so he didn’t care about the result. He just stood there and quietly watched the two people leaving.

Xiao Qi turned his head, looked at Fang Qingzhou, and asked, “Does it have to be today?”

Fang Qingzhou didn’t look back, and his voice was extremely cold, “This is my only chance. Do you think it’s possible for me if I miss this time?”

Xiao Qi also wanted to persuade Fang Qingzhou: “Father, he…”

“You don’t know how much I hate him.” Fang Qingzhou turned around, his voice was light, but the ferocity and hatred in his eyes made people’s hair stand on end. “From my three-year-old niece to my eighty-year-old grandmother, what did they do wrong? Tell me, why should they die?”

Xiao Qi was silent.

“But he is the emperor after all, and he is still your father. I will not hurt him. But Zhang Qianying… ha!” As if to comfort Xiao Qi, Fang Qingzhou’s voice warmed up a bit, “Pretend to be pitiful… Let the emperor restore her father’s position as prime minister… How could I get her back so easily when I finally did it?”

Listening to Fang Qingzhou’s words, Xiao Qi was silent for a while and then said: “Tell me when you have finished handling the matter, and I will deal with the aftermath.”

Hearing this, Fang Qingzhou looked at Xiao Qi, chuckled softly, and shouted, “Xiao Qi.”

Xiao Qi looked at Fang Qingzhou without saying anything.

Fang Qingzhou took two steps forward, leaned close to Xiao Qi’s ear, and whispered, “Why do you want to help me?”

The voice was as light as a mosquito or a fly, but as cold as ice, like an evil ghost whispering in the ear, making people shiver unconsciously.

But Xiao Qi remained unmoved. He looked at Fang Qingzhou in front of him calmly, “The Zhang family is destined to die. Sooner or later, the result will be the same. If you don’t take action, someone else will do it in the end.”

“Others?” Fang Qingzhou returned to his normal position and said calmly: “Who are you talking about? The Qiao family? Qiao Yunlan? King Lin? Or Lou Ling?”

Xiao Qi: “It doesn’t matter if you do it, but you can’t pay with your life.”

Fang Qingzhou: “What if I kill Xiao Ming too?”

Xiao Qi remained silent.

“Haha…” Fang Qingzhou looked at Xiao Qi’s face and suddenly laughed, “Don’t worry. I can clearly tell who my enemy is, and I don’t need to make enemies with all of you Xiao family, right?”

Xiao Qi quietly looked at Fang Qingzhou, who was laughing wildly, and suddenly felt that the person in front of him was very strange. It was like he was really getting to know Fang Qingzhou for the first time.

Fang Qingzhou quickly withdrew his smile, looked calm, turned around and left, “Let’s go. It’s time to end.”

Xiao Qi looked at Fang Qingzhou’s back, “You promised me.”

Fang Qingzhou didn’t look back, “I haven’t forgotten.”

After hearing Fang Qingzhou’s answer, Xiao Qicai stepped up and left behind Fang Qingzhou.

Banxia novel, a lot of fun