Don't Ask Where People Go After Time Travel

Chapter 1504 Ruhui

Fang Zilan did not break free from Zhuge Yu's hand, but tapped the document she was holding with her fingers, "Ayu, this is the report from last month, you put it in the wrong place."

Hearing this, Zhuge Yu loosened his hand and pulled out the document that was under Fang Zilan's hand. He held the document in his hand and calmed down, and remained silent for a long time.

Fang Zilan looked at the document he was holding tightly. Fine wrinkles spread from where his palms were exerting force. The wrinkled texture concealed his complicated emotions. She said with a firm look, "Ayu, you have something on your mind."

Zhuge Yu remained silent. Fang Zilan reached out and grabbed the other corner of the document. "If you don't want to say it, let me guess."

She looked calm, but exerted force on her hands secretly. "Your Majesty doesn't want me to participate in the New Year's Festival, right?"

Zhuge Yu's fingers loosened a little, and the document fell into her hands, with obvious fingerprints on it.

"If that's the case, please ask A Yu to tell His Majesty." Fang Zilan's fingers touched the creases, and with a little force, the paper was stretched out, and the wrinkles became lighter. "I won't lose face for anyone in the New Year's community play. Even if I play a demon, I will be the only one in history."

Zhuge Yu's expression relaxed a little, "It's not that I don't believe you. But Sister Lan, you should also know that this is no joke. The nine dukes and ministers were all conferred titles in front of everyone in the court, but your title of Duke of Yue was only announced to the world by His Majesty's imperial decree. Even if His Majesty's words are golden, you have been criticized by rumors in the capital. Why do you have to perform in the community play with the dignity of a duke and let people laugh at you? His Majesty intends to have you escort him during the spring hunt, as your first public appearance as the Duke of Yue, to shock the world."

"If someone deliberately humiliates me, even if I don't perform in the community play, there are other traps waiting for me, and I can't avoid them." Fang Zilan shrugged indifferently, "Who doesn't have people talking behind their backs? I don't care what others say. What's more, it was the same when I was conferred the title of Duke of the North and left for the northern border. It was just an imperial edict. I'm used to it and don't care."

"Since Sister Lan said this, do you hold a grudge?" Zhuge Yu frowned slightly as if dissatisfied. Fang Zilan chuckled, "Your Majesty, I am so grateful for your grace that I can't even begin to hold a grudge. To me, these empty formalities are not important. As long as I hold real power, that's enough."

"Do you hold real power?" Zhuge Yu repeated this sentence in a low voice and said no more.

Fang Zilan put the documents in her hands in order, then looked at Zhuge Yu and said, "It's a rare day that I have some free time. It's still early, would you like to accompany me to see how the community play is being rehearsed? I don't want King Yucheng to come to my house every day to disturb the peace and quiet."

Zhuge Yu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, "Okay."

"Isn't my follower A Yu?" Fang Zilan took out the script doubtfully. Before she could find the character introduction, she heard Wei Mao explain with a smile: "Master Fang, you are playing an unprecedented demon. How can you have only one follower?"

Fang Zilan's mouth twitched unconsciously and she hurriedly opened the script.

The shocking character introduction made Fang Zilan's scalp tingle. She had only glanced at the script since she got it. Now, after reading it carefully, she realized that the evil demon she played was a great demon throughout the ages, a villain who had done so many evil things that killing was not enough to appease the public anger.

As a great demon throughout the ages, she has many followers, and there are as many as three or five of them whose names can be called out in the play.

In addition to Zhuge Yu and Wei Mao, Fang Zilan scanned the paper and the names of Pei Xiaoze, Ouyang Juncheng, and Wang Xianhui came into her sight, making her frown slightly involuntarily.

It was not known whether it was by chance or something else, but the people she knew in Beijing were almost all gathered together, but she felt a little uneasy. Speaking of which, they were almost all at the forefront of the new rich.

Needless to say, she caused quite a stir in the world after she brought down the Shangguan family on the battlefield for the first time. Now that she has returned to the capital, she is still the focus of everyone's attention.

Zhuge Yu, who never showed off his abilities but became Li Shengxuan's right-hand man, was only a figurehead in her government office and had no real power. Although Wei Mao was born into a noble family, he was never given important positions because his mother was a barbarian slave. He was promoted to the position of commander of the capital city only after Li Shengxuan ascended the throne.

As for Ouyang Juncheng, although he was the son of the Ouyang family, he had little status in the declining Ouyang family. Instead, he became closer to the Wang family after marrying Shangguan Lingyuan.

But this Wang Xianhui... Fang Zilan looked thoughtfully at the young man who was walking towards them, with reluctance written on his face. He was the one who had just made trouble in public.

Fang Zilan frowned even deeper and turned her gaze to Zhuge Yu, only to see that he looked as if he had known it for a long time.

She was about to say something when she heard him come close to her and whisper, "Wang Xianhui is the son of Lord Wang Quanrui."

Fang Zilan was a little stunned, and asked uncertainly, "Lord Wang Quanzhi's younger brother in the Northern Territory, Lord Wang Quanrui?"

Zhuge Yu nodded imperceptibly, Fang Zilan pursed her lips into a straight line, and her expression gradually became gloomy.

Now Wang Quanzhi has become the Duke of Beiguo in her place, and Wang Quanzhi's brother Wang Quanrui is a favorite of the Empress Dowager. The Wang family is so powerful that even the younger generations dare to challenge her.

Wang Xianhui opened his mouth hesitantly, as if he wanted to greet them, but he didn't utter a single word.

Pei Xiaoze was a friendly person. He stepped forward and said, "Sir Wang, now that everyone is here, we have to cheer up."

Wang Xianhui hummed stiffly, but heard Wei Mao snort: "Young Master Wang is so arrogant."

When he called him "Young Master Wang", Wang Xianhui blushed and wanted to step forward to argue.

Ouyang Juncheng, who was standing by, quickly held Wang Xianhui down. Just as he was about to say something to persuade him, he saw Wei Mao's eyes raised and he smiled frivolously, "What do you want to say, Master Ouyang?"

Ouyang Juncheng felt something stuck in his throat when he opened his mouth to say the word "I". His face turned pale and he finally swallowed the words.

Zhuge Yu said calmly: "Master Wei is a new noble, but you don't have to suppress others in everything."

His light words made Wei Mao stop smiling and said coldly: "As a son of a noble family who has been blessed by his ancestors, but has done nothing for the country and is useless to the world, how can you be called a sir?"

"Master Wei, this is wrong." Pei Xiaoze shook his head and stepped out to smooth things over, saying, "People are born between heaven and earth, and they must have their own talents, but their functions vary. How can they be completely useless?"

"Master Pei is right." Wei Mao looked at Pei Xiaoze deeply. In the past, he did not often deal with the dignitaries in the court. His impression of the Pei family was that the head of the family, Pei Ranqing, was gloomy and cruel. He did not expect that the Pei family would have such an upright gentleman as Pei Xiaoze.