Chapter 400: Farewell (1/2)
Chapter 400: Farewell
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”Distinguished emperor's son-in-law!”
It was not the first time Zhou Bao had heard someone call him that. But the voice of the man gave him a pang of nausea because it was too unctuous.
The man who rushed to them was a short, fat fellow. He was chubby, like a ball of flesh. His long magnificent robe and very oily voice of greetings caused Zhou Bao to shiver a few times.
”Gosh, who is this guy? That's too weird!”
”Feng Daban, why are you here?” As he was wondering, Yan Yunfei came up to the fat man and helped him up. ”How is my mother?”
The fat man, named Feng Daban, had already stood up, but instantly fell down on his knees again when he heard Yan Yunfei's question. ”I'm useless. I'm useless. The Queen, the Queen...”
”What... What happened to my mother?” Yan Yunfei asked urgently.
”All right, stop the questions. It looks like she's still alive. Don't waste time here, or you won't get to see her one last time!” Zhou Bao reminded her impatiently behind.
”Yes, yes, that's right. The Queen has been talking about Your Highness's name these days. I'll take you in at once!” Feng Daban nodded repeatedly and led Zhou Bao and Yan Yunfei straight to the Royal Capital. The soldiers, who surrounded them, had made way for them and dared not to stop them.
It was not until the figures of the three disappeared, that the soldiers were relieved and began to talk amongst themselves.
”Who are they? To be so prestigious that Eunuch Feng should fetch them himself!”
”You idiot, didn't you see that it's Princess Qingyang!” A well-informed soldier said.
”Princess Qingyang? Isn't she married and is living in the Wuyang Region in the northwest now? Why...”
”How stupid you are! Can't she go back to her parents' family when she's married? Didn't you hear what Eunuch Feng called the man? Emperor's son-in-law! Don't you realize who he is?”
”Emperor's son-in-law? Oh, he is Zhou Bao of Yunzhou!”
”Finally realized? You're so stupid!”
”God, we've just surrounded him, and we're not dead. How lucky we are!” said those soldiers while touching their chests.
”He is Zhou Bao of Yunzhou? He didn't look like Zhou Bao, but looked very gentle, like an ordinary scholar.”
”A scholar? Which scholar can kick Commander out? Oh, right, Commander!”
When the Commander was mentioned, these soldiers remembered that their Commander had been kicked out by Zhou Bao and they still did not know whether he was alive or not. Hence, they swarmed towards the Commander and took care of him.
”Is this the Royal Capital? Hehe, what a powerful force of oppression! I guess even an expert of the Mysterious Realm can't escape unscathed from here! Eh, what are they doing?”
Entering the Royal Capital's inner palace, they followed Eunuch Feng and finally reached their destination after many corners. Then they saw a lot of people kneeling in front of the Queen's bedchamber.
By this time, the rain was already heavy. But these people continued to kneel and kept motionless, letting the rain fall on them and drip down, as if they could feel nothing.
Silence ruled in the bedchamber. The Emperor said nothing. He and his ministers seemed to be in a state of confrontation.
Ignoring this, Eunuch Feng dashed to the front of the bedchamber with quick short steps and shouted, ”Here comes Princess Qingyang and emperor's son-in-law, Wuyang Earl, Zhou Bao!”
His voice, containing a bit of internal strength, was wiry, loud and unctuous, making Zhou Bao involuntarily shiver.
Crash!
The sound of a crackle of porcelain, followed by a steady voice, came from the bedchamber, ”Come in!”
”Come in, Princess Qingyang and Wuyang Earl!” Eunuch Feng called again.
In fact, after the first shout, the court ministers, kneeling on the ground, all looked back at them.
After all, the emperor's son-in-law, Wuyang Earl, Zhou Bao, was the man of the day. He had become famous in a short period of time and performed many large feats. Now, he was known as the strongest man below the Mysterious Realm, the lord of the first outlying prefecture in the northwest. Everyone wanted to see such a character. None of these ministers had ever seen Zhou Bao. Naturally, they did not want to miss the chance.
However, at the sight of him, they were disappointed.
In their imagination, an expert like Zhou Bao, even in the absence of being nine-foot tall and having a nine-inch waist, should, at the very least, be strong, and should be able to exude an expert's momentum and impressive manner, making people admire him at first sight. But now, standing before them was only a scholar-like young man, who did not look as good as some of the children with advantages in their own family.