My Lord is A Stone - Chapter 37
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Chapter 37

When Zhao Jin Yu arrived in Hangzhou it was already night,

Chen Rong rushed to get to a tavern to stay at.

The two people at in the room, Zhao Jin Yu intentionally

ordered Xihu

vinegar fish, her heart was both excited and nervous, excited that they had at

last reached their destination, she was able to deliver adoptive father’s

letter, nervous…, where was she going to go after delivering the letter? It

really was a kind of worldly question of where is my home, but once the dishes

were carried in she very quickly forgot this, eating was more important!

“Auntie Chen, eat.” Zhao Jin Yu pointed to the fish saying,

“This is my first time in Hangzhou, I heard the Xihu vinegar fish is very

well-known, that’s why I ordered it.”

Chen Rong also had a feeling of responsibility to her job,

this journey was indeed somewhat not peaceful, she took a bite of fish saying,

“Talking about it Louwai restaurant is more authentic.”

“Is it? I really want to go and see.”

Chen Rong smiled, “How is that difficult? I can take you

there tomorrow…” She only spoke half way through the sentence before she

stopped, the two people will part ways tomorrow.

Zhao Jin Yu clearly also remembered, however very quickly

she cheered up again, “Auntie Chen, I still haven’t thanked you, why don’t we

drink a little today?”

Chen Rong was also a straightforward person, seeing Zhao Jin

Yu acting naturally and unrestrained like this, she said, “Good, let us have

some sweet osmanthus wine, it’s tasty, and won’t get people drunk.”

The two people ordered wine, a cup for you, a cup for me,

they drank like this, Chen Rong appeared to be very content, she became

talkative, saying, “Do you know when was the last time I came to Hangzhou?”

“When?” Zhao Jin Yu two cheeks were a brilliant red from

drinking, setting her off like a peach, filled with the radiance of spring, provoking

the emperor around Zhao Jin Yu’s neck to look at her quite a few times.

“You know of Hangzhou’s primary influential family the Zhao

family right?”

“Is it that Zhao family that once produced the divine

calligrapher?” Zhao Jin Yu had heard of the divine pair, one was Zhao De Ling

who circulated the world as a famous calligrapher, another was 

Xu Ceng who

circulated the world as a famous poet.

“Right, that’s the family.” Chen Rong drank the cup of sweet

osmanthus wine in one go, thinking about it she had even drank the most intense

chilli, this weak and supple sweet osmanthus wine was simply not wine,

primarily she had considered the fact Zhao Jin Yu was a young lady who had been

kept at home, since she happily wanted to drink and chat merrily, she couldn’t

bear to dampen her spirit, but she really couldn’t drink, therefore the sweet

osmanthus wine was the most fitting.

“I’ve heard everyone in the family can write, even the

women, have learnt from childhood.” Zhao Jin Yu had once seen older brother

copy Zhao De Ling’s copybook, those words were extremely beautiful, graceful

and unconstrained with an elegance, soft yet refined, it really imprints into

one’s memory.

“It really is true, with strict family traditions, and a

hundred years old influential family, all the ladies are gentle and virtuous, many

people hold marrying their daughters an honour.” Chen Rong squeezed a peanut,

gaze becoming somewhat profound, “Once we took a job as an armed escort to

accompany a chest, it was actually extremely dangerous for the whole journey,

in the end, we didn’t even dare to sleep at night, afraid someone would mount a

sneak attack.”

Zhao Jin Yu was enchanted hearing this, and to curry favour

she picked up a piece of stir-fried pork giving it to her, saying, “And then?”

“On the final night, I was on night duty…, I had thought

nothing would happen, who would have imagined in the very early hours of zis.h.i.+,

all of a sudden a.s.sa.s.sins dressed in black came rus.h.i.+ng from the water,

those people’s skills were out of the ordinary, even though I admit my martial

art is not inferior, but one person against a number of people, momentarily I

was unable to pull myself away, giving them an opportunity.” Chen Rong’s

expression became vaguely obscure.

“Then did they succeed? What about the other armed escorts?”

“The senior armed escorts were at the hold of the s.h.i.+p, they

couldn’t rush over for a while, amongst one of those people they stabbed the

chest.” Chen Rong paused, “Even now I can’t forget that scene, blood flowed out

from that chest.”

Zhao Jin Yu, “…”

“A young lady was contained inside, I did not allow that

person to stab it twice, but that young lady became handicapped.” Chen Rong

blamed herself quite a bit, “After that I remained at home training my skills

not doing a.s.signments.”

Hearing that no one died Zhao Jin Yu was relieved, only she

was somewhat confused, saying, “Since it was escorting a person, why wasn’t it

clearly said at the start? At that time Auntie Chen must have thought the chest

ought to be able to survive a sword…, that’s why you overlooked it right?”

Chen Rong smiled, saying, “You really are a considerate

young lady, at that time I truly was relying on luck slightly, that chest was

made from eaglewood, ordinary people cannot cut it open, that person had struck

a small crack…, at that time I really didn’t think there was a young lady

inside it.”

“That young lady is from the Zhao family?”

“Come, we’ll sleep after one cup.” Chen Rong felt she had

said too much today, mainly because these two experiences were too similar, she

was escorting a young lady, the journey had also been very adventurous, however

fortunately, in contrast she had safely escorted Zhao Jin Yu, and it could be

considered to have dissolved a worry in her mind.

Zhao Jin Yu knew Chen Rong wasn’t willing to talk about it,

and did not question it. The two people drank another cup then each parted

ways, before she left Chen Rong patted Zhao Jin Yu on the shoulder saying, “Jin

girl, if you run into difficulties in the future, you can go to the Xingtian

bodyguards establishment to find me.” This was the first time Chen Rong called

Zhao Jin Yu this, and to a certain degree acknowledged their relations.h.i.+p.

“Yes, many thanks Auntie Chen.” Zhao Jin Yu cheerfully

replied.

Waiting until Chen Rong left, Zhao Jin Yu closed the door,

taking the stone out, she asked, “Are you hungry?”

After the emperor woke up he had been well-behaved staying

hidden around Zhao Jin Yu’s neck, now it was finally only the two of them, he

frowned saying, “Why did you drink alcohol?”

Zhao Jin Yu laughed happily blowing out a breath at the

stone, fragrant sweet osmanthus flower with the scent of wine surrounded the

emperor, the emperor immediately felt a little light-headed.

“That’s right, I drank, what, you even have to control

this?”

The emperor only felt his body shake a little, he thought to

himself he couldn’t be drunk just from that right? Just like it was in reply to

his question…, he saw the world rock and sway.

“Little thing, why aren’t you talking?” Zhao Jin Yu thought

she had been too mischievous, with a somewhat guilty heart she cautiously and

solemnly said, “I left a lot of dishes for you, there’s Xihu vinegar fish, fried

stuff bean curd, stir-fried pork, beef broth…” For the purpose of leaving

dishes for the emperor, she had even intentionally told Chen Rong, she was

terribly afraid of being hungry at night, so ordered a bit more.

“We want to eat.” The emperor settled his dizzy head with

great effort, thinking if he quickly filled out his stomach, perhaps the

alcohol will dissipate.

After eating, having been washed, the stone laid on Zhao Jin

Yu’s chest, he only felt similar to lying on an as light as a feather cloud,

surrounded by a familiar fragrance, if he lowered his head he could bite the

peak of the bosom…, he recalled the concubine sent to him during the day that

he had extremely disappointed even before anything started, but he felt a

certain blaze in his heart again ignited steamily.

West Lake

11pm – 1am.

When Zhao Jin Yu arrived in Hangzhou it was already night,

Chen Rong rushed to get to a tavern to stay at.

The two people at in the room, Zhao Jin Yu intentionally

ordered Xihu

vinegar fish, her heart was both excited and nervous, excited that they had at

last reached their destination, she was able to deliver adoptive father’s

letter, nervous…, where was she going to go after delivering the letter? It

really was a kind of worldly question of where is my home, but once the dishes

were carried in she very quickly forgot this, eating was more important!

“Auntie Chen, eat.” Zhao Jin Yu pointed to the fish saying,

“This is my first time in Hangzhou, I heard the Xihu vinegar fish is very

well-known, that’s why I ordered it.”

Chen Rong also had a feeling of responsibility to her job,

this journey was indeed somewhat not peaceful, she took a bite of fish saying,

“Talking about it Louwai restaurant is more authentic.”

“Is it? I really want to go and see.”

Chen Rong smiled, “How is that difficult? I can take you

there tomorrow…” She only spoke half way through the sentence before she

stopped, the two people will part ways tomorrow.

Zhao Jin Yu clearly also remembered, however very quickly

she cheered up again, “Auntie Chen, I still haven’t thanked you, why don’t we

drink a little today?”

Chen Rong was also a straightforward person, seeing Zhao Jin

Yu acting naturally and unrestrained like this, she said, “Good, let us have

some sweet osmanthus wine, it’s tasty, and won’t get people drunk.”

The two people ordered wine, a cup for you, a cup for me,

they drank like this, Chen Rong appeared to be very content, she became

talkative, saying, “Do you know when was the last time I came to Hangzhou?”

“When?” Zhao Jin Yu two cheeks were a brilliant red from

drinking, setting her off like a peach, filled with the radiance of spring, provoking

the emperor around Zhao Jin Yu’s neck to look at her quite a few times.

“You know of Hangzhou’s primary influential family the Zhao

family right?”

“Is it that Zhao family that once produced the divine

calligrapher?” Zhao Jin Yu had heard of the divine pair, one was Zhao De Ling

who circulated the world as a famous calligrapher, another was Xu Ceng who

circulated the world as a famous poet.

“Right, that’s the family.” Chen Rong drank the cup of sweet

osmanthus wine in one go, thinking about it she had even drank the most intense

chilli, this weak and supple sweet osmanthus wine was simply not wine,

primarily she had considered the fact Zhao Jin Yu was a young lady who had been

kept at home, since she happily wanted to drink and chat merrily, she couldn’t

bear to dampen her spirit, but she really couldn’t drink, therefore the sweet

osmanthus wine was the most fitting.

“I’ve heard everyone in the family can write, even the

women, have learnt from childhood.” Zhao Jin Yu had once seen older brother

copy Zhao De Ling’s copybook, those words were extremely beautiful, graceful

and unconstrained with an elegance, soft yet refined, it really imprints into

one’s memory.

“It really is true, with strict family traditions, and a

hundred years old influential family, all the ladies are gentle and virtuous, many

people hold marrying their daughters an honour.” Chen Rong squeezed a peanut,

gaze becoming somewhat profound, “Once we took a job as an armed escort to

accompany a chest, it was actually extremely dangerous for the whole journey,

in the end, we didn’t even dare to sleep at night, afraid someone would mount a

sneak attack.”

Zhao Jin Yu was enchanted hearing this, and to curry favour

she picked up a piece of stir-fried pork giving it to her, saying, “And then?”

“On the final night, I was on night duty…, I had thought

nothing would happen, who would have imagined in the very early hours of zis.h.i.+,

all of a sudden a.s.sa.s.sins dressed in black came rus.h.i.+ng from the water,

those people’s skills were out of the ordinary, even though I admit my martial

art is not inferior, but one person against a number of people, momentarily I

was unable to pull myself away, giving them an opportunity.” Chen Rong’s

expression became vaguely obscure.

“Then did they succeed? What about the other armed escorts?”

“The senior armed escorts were at the hold of the s.h.i.+p, they

couldn’t rush over for a while, amongst one of those people they stabbed the

chest.” Chen Rong paused, “Even now I can’t forget that scene, blood flowed out

from that chest.”

Zhao Jin Yu, “…”

“A young lady was contained inside, I did not allow that

person to stab it twice, but that young lady became handicapped.” Chen Rong

blamed herself quite a bit, “After that I remained at home training my skills

not doing a.s.signments.”

Hearing that no one died Zhao Jin Yu was relieved, only she

was somewhat confused, saying, “Since it was escorting a person, why wasn’t it

clearly said at the start? At that time Auntie Chen must have thought the chest

ought to be able to survive a sword…, that’s why you overlooked it right?”

Chen Rong smiled, saying, “You really are a considerate

young lady, at that time I truly was relying on luck slightly, that chest was

made from eaglewood, ordinary people cannot cut it open, that person had struck

a small crack…, at that time I really didn’t think there was a young lady

inside it.”

“That young lady is from the Zhao family?”

“Come, we’ll sleep after one cup.” Chen Rong felt she had

said too much today, mainly because these two experiences were too similar, she

was escorting a young lady, the journey had also been very adventurous, however

fortunately, in contrast she had safely escorted Zhao Jin Yu, and it could be

considered to have dissolved a worry in her mind.

Zhao Jin Yu knew Chen Rong wasn’t willing to talk about it,

and did not question it. The two people drank another cup then each parted

ways, before she left Chen Rong patted Zhao Jin Yu on the shoulder saying, “Jin

girl, if you run into difficulties in the future, you can go to the Xingtian

bodyguards establishment to find me.” This was the first time Chen Rong called

Zhao Jin Yu this, and to a certain degree acknowledged their relations.h.i.+p.

“Yes, many thanks Auntie Chen.” Zhao Jin Yu cheerfully

replied.

Waiting until Chen Rong left, Zhao Jin Yu closed the door,

taking the stone out, she asked, “Are you hungry?”

After the emperor woke up he had been well-behaved staying

hidden around Zhao Jin Yu’s neck, now it was finally only the two of them, he

frowned saying, “Why did you drink alcohol?”

Zhao Jin Yu laughed happily blowing out a breath at the

stone, fragrant sweet osmanthus flower with the scent of wine surrounded the

emperor, the emperor immediately felt a little light-headed.

“That’s right, I drank, what, you even have to control

this?”

The emperor only felt his body shake a little, he thought to

himself he couldn’t be drunk just from that right? Just like it was in reply to

his question…, he saw the world rock and sway.

“Little thing, why aren’t you talking?” Zhao Jin Yu thought

she had been too mischievous, with a somewhat guilty heart she cautiously and

solemnly said, “I left a lot of dishes for you, there’s Xihu vinegar fish, fried

stuff bean curd, stir-fried pork, beef broth…” For the purpose of leaving

dishes for the emperor, she had even intentionally told Chen Rong, she was

terribly afraid of being hungry at night, so ordered a bit more.

“We want to eat.” The emperor settled his dizzy head with

great effort, thinking if he quickly filled out his stomach, perhaps the

alcohol will dissipate.

After eating, having been washed, the stone laid on Zhao Jin

Yu’s chest, he only felt similar to lying on an as light as a feather cloud,

surrounded by a familiar fragrance, if he lowered his head he could bite the

peak of the bosom…, he recalled the concubine sent to him during the day that

he had extremely disappointed even before anything started, but he felt a

certain blaze in his heart again ignited steamily.

West Lake

11pm – 1am.