Chapter 64:

Qin Jiao made a gesture, meaning that she would be here.
Qin Jiu thought for a while, and threw a sentence to Du Ruo: "If someone finds me, you just say I bought a lantern."
She didn't wait for Du Ruo's reaction, so she went downstairs.
Qin Jiu, wearing a big red cloak studded with rabbit fur, walked towards Gu Zezhi cheerfully.
She wore a pair of red gold dotted butterfly buckles on her hair bun, and the thin wings of a cicada tremble slightly with her brisk walk, reflecting her dark apricot eyes shining brightly.
Gu Zezhi pointed in a direction and smiled: "Go, look at the lights."
Qin Jiao rolled his eyes, deliberately lowering his voice, "...slid out?"
Gu Zezhi didn't laugh, his beautiful eyebrows and fair skin glowed under the lantern, like the finest jade.
After returning to the palace, Princess Duan urged him to come out quickly, saying that there was a lantern festival today, so don't spoil your interest for some people.
The empress still had more than an hour to return to the palace, so Gu Zezhi quietly went out.
This rare lantern festival, of course Qin Jiu wanted to see the lanterns, his heart itch, the problem is...
"Brother, is it okay to be found out?" The princess was still "ill", and Gu Zezhi came out to see the lantern, it must be bad!
While talking, she swept around, her eyes lit up, and she grabbed Gu Zezhi's hand, "Come with me!"
Qin Zhuo happily took Gu Zezhi to a stall selling masks. Before she could speak, the stall owner of the stall had already greeted them enthusiastically, "My son, girl, you two are going to buy masks? I'm here. There are the most types of masks. You see, there are all the Chinese zodiac signs, as well as cats, ghost faces, foxes... You can pick either of them!"
Qin Jiu looked around for a while, took off a white fox mask with long eyeliner, waved to Gu Zezhi, motioned him to bow.
Gu Zezhi bowed slightly in cooperation and let her put on the white fox mask for him.
On the mask, the fox eyes with eyeliners are particularly eye-catching, and the corners of the eyes are a bit evil and weird.
"Not bad." Qin Jiu looked at him with a crooked smile.
Sure enough, this fox mask really suits him!
Gu Zezhixin also took off a mask from the booth and put it on Qin Jiao as well, rubbing her ears with his fingers inadvertently.
Qin Jiu stiffened all over, feeling itchy in his ears, and his long curled eyelashes quivered slightly. The young man's slender fingers gently fiddled with her soft hair twice, adjusting the ties of her mask. rope.
The stall owner graciously took the bronze mirror to Qin Jiizhao.
In the mirror, the bright red fox mask matched her big red cloak very well.
The stall owner said with a smile: "Girl, look, this fox mask is very suitable for you, this son really has a vision!"
The white fox mask blocked Gu Zezhi's face, but could not stop his chuckle.
The sound was like a feather gently scratching her heart, Qin Jiao's heartbeat speeded up inexplicably.
She took out a few copper plates from her cuffs and threw them on the booth, "We bought these two!"
Gu Zezhi smiled again, pointing his finger at the lamp shed in front of him and said: "Go, let's go shopping for the lantern club!"
"Ok!"
Qin Jiu responded happily, and walked forward side by side with Gu Zezhi.
Since it is a lantern festival, people who sell lanterns are indispensable. Qin Jiu and Gu Zezhi have no lanterns in their hands, so they naturally become the objects of those lantern vendors. Those lanterns are much more delicate than the rabbit lanterns made by Qin Zeyu, Qin Jiu gave her a cat lamp and a mouse lamp for Gu Zezhi.
Qin Jiu gently slammed Gu Zezhi's mouse lamp with the cat lamp in his hand, and suddenly asked, "Is it the concubine?"
There are lanterns on both sides of the street, and orange lights are softly sprinkled on her red fox mask.
Qin Jiu remembered that Princess Duan said last time that Jiuhexiang was obtained by chance when she met a monk from the country of Bogo when she was offering incense, but just now, Mother Wang was directly in front of Zhou Xin and King Duan. Identifying that Jiuhexiang was given by the concubine, Gu Zezhi must have found something that made Grandma Wang say so.
Gu Zezhi nodded and said: "After confirming that Jiuhexiang is poisonous, I asked Madam Wang to find out where the Jiuhexiang came from, and then I sent the pigeon back to Xijiang and asked to check that. Fan monk."
"Finally, it was discovered that the concubine Shi Zi had contacted the fan monk in the name of the incense, and the incense was given to the concubine by the concubine Shi Zi through the fan."
His voice was as gentle as the spring breeze in March, and he added: "When the mother concubine is not out of the pavilion, she likes to collect all kinds of spices and incense, many people know."
The children of the Xiao family in Jiangnan are the most elegant. Princess Duan is not only good at making tea and tea, but also keen on incense and fragrance. This is no secret in Xijiang.
Therefore, it was taken advantage of by the "wishful".
After finding out this, Gu Zezhi received the flying pigeon biography from Xijiang on the tenth day of the first lunar month.
Gu Zezhi knows Duan Wang's temper best. If he took these evidences directly in front of Duan Wang and told him that his son and concubine had poisoned the incense used by Duan Wang, King Duan would definitely not believe it.
In the heart of King Duan, his eldest son is solid and his best heir.
Therefore, Gu Zezhi never thought about mentioning it with Duan Wang at all. Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity of today's Lantern Festival to expose the matter directly to the king.
Gu Zezhi smiled at the corners of his lips, and a sharp light flashed across his eyes.
Qin Jiao shook the Maoer Lantern in his hand again, and asked, "Is the poison of the Chifeng Grass in Jiuhexiang really so vicious?"
Gu Zezhi: "The Chifeng herb comes from the Western Regions. As the imperial physician's order said, it is poisonous and overbearing. Its smell is like mint. The poisoner deliberately added it to Jiuhe Incense. It should be used to cover its own smell. ."
"Originally, the toxin of Chifengcao shouldn't happen so quickly. Its biggest feature is that it will erode a person's body a little bit, but the mother concubine in October suddenly learned that I was chased by the eldest son. I'm very heartbroken and sick."
"With her illness, the poison of the red phoenix grass has an opportunity to attack faster, but it reveals the clues."
"Otherwise, the mother concubine is afraid that she will be silent..."
In the words, Gu Zezhi's tone inevitably revealed some fear.
Princess Duan Xixiang is also good at incense. Usually, if there is something mixed in the incense, she knows it right away. However, these nine-harmonious incense is extremely rare and come from other countries in the Western Regions. She has only seen it in books, and this The fragrance of Jiuhe is complex, and at least more than 30 kinds of spices are mixed, some of which are unique to the Western Regions.
Qin Jiu suddenly thought of something, and his heart moved, and said: "Brother, when the princess got these nine-harmony incense, were you already on your way to Beijing?"
Gu Zezhi nodded.
As soon as he left Western Xinjiang, he was ambushed. In that battle, all the guards who accompanied him were dead, but he escaped desperately, but was also seriously injured.
Later, he detoured the road with his injuries, and tried to get rid of the opponent several times but failed. If he did not happen to meet Qin Jiao in Yaoqing County, he estimated that the worst outcome would be death...
The phoenix eyes behind Gu Zezhi's mask narrowed, and he turned to look at Qin Jiao, the corners of his mouth bend, and his eyes softened again.
Now think about it, whether it is to him or to his mother concubine, Qin Jiu's appearance is like a miracle.
Qin Jiao was trying hard to recall the plot in the novel and muttered to himself: "If the elder son succeeded then, soon after, the princess will also be poisoned... At that time, concubine Feng will be righted?"
"Yes." The white fox mask concealed Gu Zezhi's expression, and the light cast by the lantern hanging on the lamp shed coated his mask with a shining halo. He said calmly, "For the sake of the world Her name is right, and Concubine Feng will be strengthened by her father."
Qin Jiu expected it to be the same, Duan Wang's heart had already turned to the horizon!
She glanced at Gu Zezhi with some sympathy, and felt that the golden thigh was really pitiful.
Qin Jiu put down the mask on his face, guessing that he should be a variable in the plot.
In other words, if he didn't have himself, Gu Zezhi might not be able to reach the capital this time. No wonder there was no Gu Zezhi in the capital during this period of the original plot.
The beautiful eyebrows under her mask frowned tightly.
In this way, in the original plot, Gu Zezhi, who has not arrived in Beijing, might hide somewhere to recover first...
Princess Duan was so angry that Gu Zezhi was chased by the elder son this time, causing the toxin to attack early. Then, if Gu Zezhi is "unknown"...
What will happen to Princess Duan? !
Qin Jiu's heart beat, suddenly felt that he seemed to have discovered the hidden plot of the novel!
Suppose, in the novel, Gu Zezhi was "unknown" on the way to Beijing, and Princess Duan was hit so hard that the poison broke out. Will King Duan find that Princess Duan was poisoned?
Continue to suppose that King Duan discovered that Jiuhexiang was passive, and followed Jiuhexiang to find Shizi... Under the premise of conclusive evidence, would King Duan believe the Shizi? !
So, what will the elder son do when facing the anger of King Duan? !
Would he "kill his father and kill his mother" in order to keep his position as a son, and then push the charge on the "missing" Gu Zezhi? !
The answer seems obvious!
Qin Jiu gave a violent shock, thinking that he might have guessed it right!
So, is you really a variable?
Qin Jiu couldn't help turning his head to look at Gu Zezhi, who was more than half a head taller than her. He happened to face Gu Zezhi's eyes, and said sympathetically: Golden thighs are so pitiful. From now on, he will treat him well. Click it!
The red fox mask covered her face, but Gu Zezhi inexplicably saw a touch of sympathy in her black and white eyes.
Gu Zezhi: "?"
Although she didn't understand what she was sympathizing with, it did not prevent him from fighting for a little welfare for herself in a timely manner.
Gu Zezhi sighed lightly without saying anything. The whole body seemed to be enveloped in a kind of faint loneliness, even the mouse lamp in his hand shook slightly, in contrast to the cat lamp. , Looks pitiful.
The next moment, he felt his left hand warm, and a warm little hand held his left hand and shook it gently.
"Let's go, let's go see the lights!" Qin Jiao said with curving eyes.
"Good." The corners of Gu Zezhi's lips rose higher behind his mask.
Qin Jiu felt that he was great, and he coaxed his golden thighs all at once.
She was about to let go, when she heard another "puff, a firework flew up, and a huge red firework exploded in the night sky. Then, the firework exploded again and became The orange color is beautiful.
The people on the street also stopped, and all raised their heads in unison, including the stall owners. Someone excitedly pointed their fingers at the fireworks in the night sky and said, "Look, this is Lianzhu fireworks. !"
"It's renju fireworks. I heard that there will be six renju fireworks this year!"
"Yes, that's right. The government posted a notice saying that the six-fire renju fireworks will not be released until the light show is over..."
"..."
At this time, four or five children ran from behind, yelling: "Hurry, hurry, let's go to the Chenghuang Temple to watch the fireworks..."
The boy who ran in the front looked up at the fireworks in the sky, didn't look at the road at all, and bumped into Qin Jiao's side.
Seeing that the two were about to collide with each other, Qin Jiao felt Gu Zezhi grabbed her hand with his backhand, and swiftly tugged her towards him, "Be careful."
In the next instant, the boy ran past her like a gust of wind, taking her cloak up to a corner, and several other children laughed and followed closely, and ran briskly beside Qin Jiu.
Qin Jiao let out a low cry and staggered into his arms.
Although she was separated by a mask, her sense of smell was strangely keen at this moment, and she smelled a nice scent on the tip of her nose, like the delicate fragrance of green bamboo after the rain, faint, if there is something like nothing.
"Xiao Jiu..."
His voice like a warm sun came from above her head, Qin Jiu stood up straight, looked up at Gu Zezhi, and he just bowed his head, the mask on her face just wiped his mask.
The white fox's mouth was kissed on the red fox's cheek.
Qin Jiu froze instantly, as if petrified.
He laughed low, his chest heaving slightly with his smile.
Under her palm, he could feel a strong throbbing sound from his warm chest, which seemed to spread along her palm to the limbs.
The smell of his body, the sound of his heartbeat, and the warm touch under his palm made Qin Jiu feel a little uncomfortable.
Her heart was pounding and she looked at Gu Zezhi with wide eyes.
The phoenix eyes behind Gu Zezhi's mask shone on her face like the summer sun.
"you……"
She wanted to ask, but listened to Gu Zezhi's gentle voice again: "Look at the fireworks."
The end of his words happened to be engulfed by the sound of another burst of fireworks exploding, and several more fireworks burst into the night sky.
Qin Jiu subconsciously raised his head again, and was attracted by the brilliant lianzhu fireworks. For a moment, he felt that he had forgotten something, but he was quickly left behind by her.
The colorful fireworks exploded one after another, reflecting the upturned faces on the street below.
The fireworks of Lianzhu stopped after about a cup of tea. Qin Jiu still had a bit of meaning, and Gu Zezhi took her hand and walked forward.
The vendors on both sides of the street also began to shout lively, attracting Qin Jiu's attention.
This was the first time she visited an ancient lantern festival, and everything looked very fresh.
Just after shopping for a cup of tea, Qin Jiu bought a lot of miscellaneous gadgets, such as sachets, Linghua mirrors, Luozi, group fans, etc., and filled the small basket she bought from a certain stall.
Qin Zhuo still felt that his intentions were still not enough, but at this time, the direction of the Chenghuang Temple began to display the renju fireworks again, and the six consecutive fireworks were displayed, which meant that today's lantern festival was about to end, and the empress was about to leave for the palace.
So Gu Zezhi sent Qin Zhuo back to the Chenghuang Temple.
"Then I'm going in..." Qin Jiu had already taken off his mask, Ruyu's cheeks were flushed with excitement, like a camellia in full bloom, and full of vitality.
She was carrying a small basket in one hand and a cat lamp in the other. She was about to go in, and stopped abruptly, muttering, "Almost forgot."
She stuffed the cat lantern in her hand to Gu Zezhi first, then drew out a purse from her sleeve, stuffed it into Gu Zezhi's hand, and said with a smile: "New year's money, keep it! "
With that said, she took her cat lamp back again, and this time, returned to the platform without looking back.
Gu Zezhi grasped the purple purse with the green parrot embroidered in his hand, looking at Qin Jiu's back, the corners of the lips behind the fox mask became higher and higher.
Gu Zezhi withdrew his gaze until he couldn't see Qin Jiu's figure, played with the heavy purse, then put it into his sleeve pocket and returned to the Duan Palace.
It was late at night, and the full moon surrounded by stars hung high in the night sky. Compared with the hustle and bustle of the lantern festival, the entire Duanwang Palace seemed particularly quiet.
Gu Zezhi handed the horse to the young man and went to the courtyard to see Princess Duan with the rat lantern.
Princess Duan hasn't rested yet. She is leaning on the beauty couch in the inner room to read. Two silver frost charcoal basins are placed in each corner of the room, warm as spring.
Seeing that Gu Zezhi was back, Princess Duan put down the book in her hand, sat up, and asked, "Zezhi, are you having fun?"
"Happy." Gu Ze said, putting the rat lantern and the white fox mask aside, and then took out the purse embroidered with the parrot, and took out a cat-shaped silver harness from the purse.
"New Year's money." He distributed the silver prince to Princess Duan, smiling.
Princess Duan: "???"
Concubine Duan clutched this delicate silver scorpion, confused, only to feel that her son's work was becoming more and more inexplicable.
Concubine Duan rubbed the silver sword between her fingers, and she couldn't help but think of Gu Zezhi when he was ten years old. That year, during the Chinese New Year, he ran to himself and said to himself: "Mother, I have grown up , Don’t have to give me New Year's money in the future."
At that time, Gu Zezhi had just passed his shoulders, but now he is half a head taller than himself.
Concubine Duan's gaze fell on the engraved purple gold crown on Gu Zezhi's head. Her son is the crown, which means he is an adult and will soon get married...
Princess Duan’s eyes gleamed with love, and she muttered,
It’s time to get ready soon...
She had to save some lucky money for future grandchildren earlier.
Gu Zezhi raised his eyebrows and was about to open his mouth. The curtain was knocked up from the outside. Madam Wang came in and said on her knees, "Wang Hao, San Ye, Xiao Gong Duke Lu is here, saying that the Emperor Xuan San Ye entered the palace. See you!"
The second half began.
Gu Zezhi smiled slightly, stood up, and said: "Mother concubine, it's not early, you can rest early. I'll go into the palace."
Gu Zezhi came back and didn't have the time to stick incense, and hurriedly rode out the door. This time, he went to the imperial palace with a group of servants who came to give a message.
At this time, the lantern festival has almost dispersed, and there are not many passers-by on the street. Only occasionally I see a few people carrying lanterns walking along the road, talking and laughing.
When ordinary people saw the official family members, they hurriedly gave way.
At this time on weekdays, the palace gates were locked long ago, but today is a special case. Not only was the curfew lifted at night, but the palace gates would also be closed until midnight.
At this moment, the emperor had returned from the lantern festival, and the emperor was in the Imperial Study Room with the emperor, and there was also King Duan.
Both of them looked at Gu Zezhi with different expressions, the former could not see happiness and anger, while the latter frowned.
"The emperor." Gu Zezhi followed Father Lu to the front of the imperial court without squinting his eyes and saluted respectfully.
When the emperor after the imperial case saw Gu Zezhi, his eyes were a little complicated, and he asked with concern: "Zezhi, how is your mother and concubine?"
"Back to the emperor, the concubine has already rested," Gu Zezhi replied, "It's just that she didn't sleep well. When I went out, she just woke up from a cough, and took some loquat dew before she stopped again. "
The emperor rubbed the jade jade on his thumb and said, "The emperor has already told me that your mother and concubine are poisoned. What is going on?"
King Duan's brows frowned more tightly, and he tried to wink Gu Zezhi and motioned him not to talk nonsense.
However, Gu Zezhi did not look at King Duan at all, and naturally did not receive the wink from King Duan. He raised his eyes to the emperor after the imperial case and said: "Back to the emperor, this Jiuhexiang was given to the concubine by the concubine. "
The emperor had heard Zhou Xin say it a long time ago, and he looked like that.
To be honest, the emperor was not surprised by this. In the final analysis, whether it was the elder son Gu Chenzhi who sent people to chase Gu Zezhi, or the elder concubine secretly poisoning the concubine Duan, it was all for the title of King Duan.
King Duan's face seemed to be splashed with ink, and he scolded, "Zezhi, don't talk nonsense!"
King Duan stood up from the armchair on the side and solemnly said to the emperor: "The emperor, please give the minister some time, this matter... the minister will definitely find out."
"The emperor, you can't convict the prince concubine just by the words of a mother!"
"The minister believes that the imperial concubine must have been deceived. Even if the incense is really given by the imperial concubine, the culprit must be someone else. This person must be a plot to frame the imperial concubine!"
Duan Wang kept talking.
Since the king of the front end of the two hours was announced by the emperor, he wanted to explain, but at that time the emperor ignored him at all and just watched the lamp and talked with Queen Wei.
King Duan also knew that the emperor had deliberately chilled himself, but he was helpless. After all, since the family affairs of King Duan's mansion had been caused by the imperial court, he always suspected that his family was not strictly governed.
It was not until now that he found a chance to speak, he wanted to take advantage of this to explain it to the emperor.
"The emperor, the imperial concubine, the minister can guarantee that he will never do such unfilial and unkind things. Zezhi is also worried about the princess and will mess up the square inch..."
King Duan wanted to explain for the concubine, but was interrupted by the emperor: "Enough!"
King Duan is the emperor's uncle, and the emperor has always been polite to him. This is the first time that King Duan has been sternly reprimanded by the emperor. His complexion is even more ugly, and he has somewhat moved his anger to the "nonsense" servant.
The emperor looked at Gu Zezhi again, "Zezhi, what do you say?" The emperor didn't agree with Duan Wang in his heart, and Duan Wang's heart had long been skewed.
Gu Zezhi said solemnly: "The emperor, please let the mother and concubine stay in the capital."
"..." The emperor raised his eyebrows in surprise, and met Gu Zezhi's eyes.
The emperor understood what Gu Zezhi meant. He had previously said to Gu Zezhi that he would stay in the capital after getting married. The implication of Gu Zezhi's sentence was to let Princess Duan live in the capital for a long time.
This is no small matter.
The emperor did not immediately agree, his right hand fisted, and he hesitantly tapped twice on the imperial case, showing a thoughtful look on his face.
Princess Duan is a dignified prince, and she has left the palace for a long time. Such things rarely happen in the clan.
Even if it did, it was also because of a mistake, so I was sent to the temple to eat and recite Buddha for a reason.
Don't say that King Duan didn't agree, if the clan side knew about this, I was afraid that there would be objections.
but……
The emperor frowned slightly, and clenched his fist for a few minutes.
However, Gu Zezhi will stay in Beijing in the future. If the princess returns to Xijiang, the Xijiang will be thousands of miles away, and if something happens, Gu Zezhi will be beyond reach.
The emperor gave the king a quick glance.
Counting on King Duan to protect the Princess Duan is afraid that he can’t count on it. Duan Wang is partial. Hey, he is obviously brave and good at fighting on the battlefield, using his soldiers like gods, making great contributions to Daqi, and guarding Western Xinjiang for decades. The prestige is well-known in Western Xinjiang and the surrounding countries, big and small, and foreign races, forcing other countries to dare not violate the border for several years!
However, King Duan, who was wise and decisive on the battlefield, was stupid in his family affairs. How could he be blinded by matters about the son of the world!
The emperor's thoughts turned a lot, his eyes darkened.
Duan Wang was anxious, and said quickly: "No!"
Duan Dynasty Gu Zezhi took two steps closer and glared at him. Only at this moment did he realize that Zezhi was already half an inch taller than him.
"Zezhi, do you think it was your sister-in-law who killed your concubine?" Duan Wang said dissatisfiedly.
Gu Zezhi and Duan Wang looked straight, their eyes were clear and clear. Even if he didn't say anything, his meaning couldn't be more clear.
Gu Zezhi turned his head first and said to the emperor again: "Please allow the emperor to allow his ministers to open a mansion in the capital."
Inside the imperial study room, there was silence.
Even the emperor was shocked, looking at Gu Zezhi a few steps away.
If Gu Zezhi opened another mansion, he would have given up the title of Prince Duan on his own initiative.
Did Gu Zezhi really make up his mind?
Thinking of what happened in the past few months, the emperor sighed and felt that Gu Zezhi was pitiful. He was originally the son of Duan Wang, but he was pushed by the elder son step by step, to this point.
King Duan also looked at Gu Zezhi in amazement, his whole body tight.
Last time Zezhi told him about the division of the government, but he was still considering it.
King Duan was not willing to split his concubine out like this. He didn't expect that Zezhi would bring up the matter again now, and on the premise of the emperor, he also planned to let the princess stay in the capital.
Is Zezhi blaming himself? !
How could this child be like a child? This matter has not been found out yet. Because of a few words from a servant, he determined that it was the concubine of the world. It was too rash!
Duan Wang was in a irritable mood. He took two deep breaths, and his violently undulating chest calmed down a bit. He patiently said, "Zezhi, don't mess around, there must be something wrong with Jiuhexiang."
Gu Zezhi didn't seem to hear it, he didn't even raise his eyebrows, and he still didn't talk to Duan Wang.
Of course, his purpose is not only to divide the palace, the prince dare to do it, he must dare to be, he wants to make the mother and concubine no hidden danger in the palace in the future!
The emperor looked back and forth between Gu Zezhi and King Duan. At this time, Zhou Xin came in and said, "The emperor, Princess Duan is asking to see you outside."
"..."
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"..."
Not only the emperor and King Duan were surprised, even Gu Zezhi didn't expect that Princess Duan would come.
The emperor also saw Gu Zezhi's surprise and immediately said, "Xuan!"
Zhou Xin took the lead and retreated, and after a while, he came in again, leading the Princess Duan in.
Princess Duan came to this side unhurriedly, with a dignified posture and a calm expression, showing a kind of unhurried grace between her steps.
The three men in the room all looked at Princess Duan.
She obviously didn't say anything, but Princess Zhiduan, like Gu Zezhi, vaguely guessed something in her heart, her eyes condensed slightly, and her handsome face was neither happy nor angry.
Concubine Duan quickly walked to the left side of Gu Zezhi, and did not look at the King Duan on the right of Gu Zezhi, as if she didn't even know that King Duan was here.
The emperor also saw some clues from where the princess Duan was standing, his expression was a bit complicated.
"The emperor," Princess Duan solemnly blessed the emperor. The first sentence was, "The courtier wants to reconcile with Prince Duan, and I hope that the emperor will be pleased!"
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The hidden line of the original novel is almost the same as Xiaojiu guessed~
Today is full of fat chapters again!