I'm a man who wants to be a princess

Chapter 44 44

Zhao Yunqi stared nervously at Li Xiude, the longer Li Xiude brewed, Zhao Yunqi felt that this secret was very important.

"It's just the daughter of an old friend." As soon as Li Xiude finished speaking, Zhao Yunqi let out an "ah" in disappointment.What kind of answer is that!Zhao Yunqi still wanted to ask, but the door of the room was suddenly pushed open.Zhao Yunqi thought it was Lianxiang or Shuisheng, just about to reprimand him, but when he turned around, he saw his father.

Zhao Yunqi opened his mouth, but the words of reprimand got stuck in his throat.Zhao De just glanced at him, and then began to look up and down Li Xiude.

After the two looked at each other for a while, Zhao Decai said uncertainly, "Brother Xiude?"

Li Xiude nodded, but did not speak.Although his expression remained unchanged, Zhao Yunqi sensitively saw a hint of joy in Li Xiude's eyes!It turns out that Li Xiude still has friendship with his father, so things are easier to handle now!It must be much more useful to let the old man talk about it than him!

Zhao De didn't know Zhao Yunqi's thoughts, and the joy on his face was fully revealed. Originally, he just wanted to ask Zhao Yunqi whether it was hard for him to live with His Highness the Crown Prince during this time.In the end, he never expected to meet his old friend in this situation. Zhao De was very emotional, and said quickly, "Brother Xiude hasn't seen him for many years, why didn't he show up sooner after he came. Come, have a drink with me!" With that said, he turned and walked out.

Li Xiude stood where he was, and looked at Zhao Yunqi with some embarrassment.Zhao Yunqi understood immediately, and said to Zhao De: "Father, I will go too!"

"What are you going to do?" Zhao De looked at Zhao Yunqi suspiciously. He knows his son's virtues best, so why would he be interested in participating in their older generation's activities?

Seeing Zhao De's eyes, Zhao Yunqi touched his nose in embarrassment.He was not used to dealing with elders, so every time Zhao De wanted to take him to meet people, he would just push him away.But today is different!Li Xiude was his secret guard, and that determined person would definitely not leave him to drink with his father, so they would not be able to help Helian Yao find out any useful clues, what else could he do but follow him.

"Father, let me go with you, I'm bored at home alone." Zhao Yunqi said, and quickly began to put on his clothes.Even if Zhao De refuses to agree, he will follow up with a stern face!

Seeing Zhao Yunqi's insistence, Zhao De acquiesced.After all, it's just a gathering of old friends, and there's no secret, let the son follow if he wants to, and save him from causing trouble at home alone.

So Zhao Yunqi got his wish and followed the two elders to Liyuan Restaurant. Zhao De didn't go to the private room on the second floor, but chose a seat near the window and sat down.

"The four of us liked to sit in this seat the most back then." Zhao De looked at the scenery outside the window and said with emotion, "Time flies, more than 30 years have passed in a flash, and Brother Xiu De has been missing for nearly 20 years."

Hearing this, Li Xiude also had a trace of nostalgia in his eyes, but he didn't reply, but sat straight at the seat by the window.Zhao Yunqi hesitated for a moment, but sat beside his father.

"Brother Xiude, where have you been all these years?" Zhao De was very puzzled seeing Li Xiude's appearance.Li Xiude's actual age is several years younger than him, but he almost couldn't recognize his old appearance just now.He also sent people to look for Li Xiude in these years, but in the end they all returned in vain. Li Xiude was obviously avoiding him.

Every time he asked Huo Chuanxiong, he was either fooled or kept silent. Zhao De deduced from Huo Chuanxiong's attitude that Li Xiude should not be in any danger, so he didn't mention it later.But now it seems that things are not as simple as he thought.

Faced with Zhao De's question, Li Xiude just shook his head, expressing his reluctance to say more.Zhao De didn't force it either, so he started talking about the old days with him.But Zhao De didn't ask, Zhao Yunqi watched impatiently from the sidelines!Li Xiude didn't seem to intend to speak today, but shook his head or nodded while listening to Zhao De.

Why is your mouth so tight at this time!Zhao Yunqi frowned in confusion.Seeing Zhao Yunqi's disappointment, Zhao De reprimanded him: "What are you doing! If you're bored, go back home!"

After being yelled at by Zhao De, Zhao Yunqi immediately shook his head with a stern face, joking, if he left today, all his previous efforts would have been for naught!But going on like this is not an option, he has to quickly bring the topic back on track!

"Well, Dad, we found Uncle Li in Yangzhou City, and he was poisoned at that time." Zhao Yunqi suddenly said to Zhao De very seriously.Since Huo Peishan knew the way to detoxify Li Xiude, then the poison in Li Xiude must be related to Huo Peishan. He wants to know some secrets, so this is the perfect breakthrough point!

Zhao Yunqi suddenly felt that he was really smart, and couldn't help feeling a little narcissistic.When Zhao De heard this, as if he had thought of something, his face immediately turned dark.After looking around vigilantly, he approached Li Xiude and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that you took that thing away?"

Li Xiude nodded, and Zhao Yunqi looked at him in a daze.What that thing?Dad, please speak clearly, can you still have fun playing!

However, it was obvious that Zhao De couldn't feel his son's resentment, and he still said nervously to Li Xiude, "Did you find that person?"

Seeing Li Xiude shaking his head, Zhao De breathed a sigh of relief.Turning around and seeing Zhao Yunqi's thirsty eyes, he just glanced reproachfully, and then changed the subject.Seeing this, Zhao Yunqi could only obediently stand aside as a foil.Dad seems to know something, so he will ask when he goes back. There are many people here, so it's hard to say too much.

Zhao Yunqi listened to his father's constant reminiscence of the past, and even heard a little gossip.It turned out that Li Xiude was a man of the world back then, and it was said that he was quite handsome.There was also a vigorous love story with Huo Chuanxiong, but now everything has disappeared with time.

And Huo Peishan's biological mother turned out to be Li Xiude's junior junior sister!Sure enough, there were too many complicated relationships during this period, Zhao Yunqi said that he had some indigestion for a while.After finally getting through this reminiscing time, Zhao Yunqi couldn't wait to come to Zhao De's study room just after dinner.

There are not many things in Zhao De's study, there is only a bookshelf full of military books, and a desk, and there is no chair in the room.What hangs on the wall is not the calligraphy and painting hanging in ordinary people's study, but the map.When Zhao Yunqi came in, Zhao Dezheng looked at a small wooden box with nostalgia.

"Father." Zhao Yunqi yelled outside the door before walking in.Zhao De raised his head and glanced at Zhao Yunqi, then cast his eyes on the small box again.

"What are you here for?" Xu Shi met the old man today, and Zhao De's tone of voice to Zhao Yunqi was not as airy as usual, but instead had a hint of a loving father.Zhao Yunqi was flattered and stunned for a moment, then remembered what he was going to do, and hurriedly approached Zhao De solemnly and asked: "Father, what are you and Uncle Li talking about in the restaurant today? Is it related to His Royal Highness? Can you talk to Zhao De?" Did I say?"

Zhao De had expected that Zhao Yunqi would ask these questions a long time ago, and his eyes as he looked at the wooden box darkened a bit.After being silent for a while, Zhao Decai handed the small wooden box to Zhao Yunqi and said, "This is the box left by your mother. I want me to find a suitable time to hand it over to you."

Zhao Yunqi didn't understand why the topic suddenly changed so quickly, so he took the wooden box in a daze.The box was not locked, but Zhao Yunqi did not intend to open it.The things inside are left by the biological mother of this body to another Zhao Yunqi, and he has already taken over his body, so it's better for him not to get his hands on the things inside.

Seeing that Zhao Yunqi looked at the wooden box with a sad look in his eyes, Zhao De sighed heavily, looked at the moonlight outside the study, and said with nostalgia: "I traveled in the rivers and lakes with your Uncle Huo back then, and later I got to know your mother and Brother Xiu De, and the four of us traveled together. One day we met a man in a deserted canyon."

When Zhao Yunqi heard this, he knew that the big drama was coming, so he immediately pricked up his ears and looked at Zhao De intently, not letting himself miss a word!

In fact, it was nothing more than a young man's adventure in the rivers and lakes, but the content of this adventure was not some martial arts secret book, but a piece of golden cloth. Since then, the fate of the four people began to change to a greater or lesser extent.

After returning from that canyon, they did not continue to travel.Zhao De returned to the capital, married the only woman among the four, inherited his father's family business, and became a military commander on the battlefield.Huo Chuanxiong, on the other hand, broke away from the business family of his own time, joined the political power field, and began to struggle.Fortunately, he had a lover like Li Xiude to help him, so the first days were not too sad.

All four of them worked hard for that adventure, but the closer they got to the center of power, the more difficult they realized what they had to do.Zhao De gave up, he didn't want to change anything, although the current emperor didn't make much achievements, but he was not a fool.As for Crown Prince He Lianyao, he believed that he would become a new generation of Mingjun.

But Huo Chuanxiong didn't think so. He had his own persistence, so the four people who had fought together gradually became strangers.When Li Xiude was dismissed, Zhao De was also angry, but he couldn't take care of other people's housework, so he could only regret helplessly.

Hearing this, a word suddenly appeared in Zhao Yunqi's mind: "Civet cat for prince?"

"You think too much." Zhao De denied Zhao Yunqi's speculation, "The matter is too involved. I will discuss it with His Royal Highness when I enter the palace tomorrow, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Half the time to talk." Zhao Yunqi muttered dissatisfiedly, but he didn't expect his father to have such a rough day.If you don't tell him, then he will ask Li Xiude!After Zhao Yunqi said goodbye to Zhao De, he returned to the room and locked all the doors and windows mysteriously before calling Li Xiude out.

I don't know if Li Xiude heard the conversation between him and his father before, Zhao Yunqi asked very bluntly: "Uncle Li, what is that yellow cloth? Dad refuses to say, can you tell me?" I told him more than half of it, so the last little bit is interesting to hide and tantalize people's appetite!