Shen Xue Ziyang

Wenxi Pavilion was originally built by a wealthy businessman in the capital who loves to be arty. When he was alive, he often held some poetry garden fairs in the pavilion, inviting literary scholars from all over the world to recite poems and paint, and talk freely about their thoughts.

After the rich businessman passed away, Wenxi Pavilion changed hands several times, and the people who once owned it never stopped the garden party, gradually becoming a tradition.

Now this Wenxi Pavilion has been bought by the Grand Master Zuolong, who has added many new tricks to the traditional garden party of Wenxi Pavilion, and this flower fair is one of them.

Mr. Zuo probably never expected that the emperor would come. When he saw Zifeng and I's sedan chair parked at the gate of Wenxi Pavilion, his face, which was smooth sailing to greet the guests a moment ago, turned pale in an instant.

"I didn't know the emperor's presence, and I neglected the emperor, I deserve death."

Master Zuo and everyone outside the door knelt on the ground for a while, no one dared to look up.

I turned my head slightly to peek at Zi Feng's expression, he pretended to be a normal person on the surface, not sure how to read the joke in my heart.

"It's okay, there are tens of thousands of flowers blooming today, don't kneel down to ruin the scenery, get up and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lord Zuo walked up to the door to welcome the emperor into the garden. After Zi Feng strode in, I found that his hands were shaking.

"Lord Zuo, are you alright?" I held his hand steady, "It's not like the emperor really cannibalizes people, it's not like that."

"Master An is laughing..." Master Zuo brushed his forehead with his sleeves, and let out a deep breath, "We courtiers are incomparable to Mr. An. The phrase 'accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger' is as good as Mr. An's." It doesn't apply anymore."

"Master Zuo, how did you say that? I feel like a soaked persimmon when I hear it..."

"Oh, Mr. An, you can't label me indiscriminately. I, I'm just joking, just joking."

Mr. Zuo, who was originally afraid of the majesty of the emperor, was so frightened by me that he even trembled when he spoke.

"Master Zuo organizes this flower festival every year, has he never thought of inviting the emperor?"

"This... Your Majesty has so many things to do every day, so he probably doesn't have time to attend such folk gatherings."

"Wrong, big mistake." I strolled in the garden with him, neither near nor far from the emperor, so we could whisper a little, "Admiring flowers is for everyone, regardless of high or low, why do you rich and powerful ministers?" It's a reward, but our emperor can't have fun with you? This is one of your mistakes; Wenxi Pavilion is famous among the literati and inkmen in the world. As the host, you hold such a big event at the flower show. Do you think the emperor will not know? Is it? You have no intention of inviting the emperor at all, this is the second mistake; you have no intention of inviting, but you make excuses for the emperor without authorization, guessing the holy will, the third mistake is more serious, enough to make you lose your head. Unexpected Mr. Zuo is so courageous..."

"Ah, Lord An, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

What I said was just a "joke", but it really frightened Lord Zuo so much that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to spare his life.Seeing his timid appearance, I was not happy at all, I don't like this kind of virtue.

"what happened?"

Zi Feng found out what was going on with me, he stopped and asked me, I just waved my hand, then responded with a slight voice: "It's okay, Master Zuo suddenly felt uncomfortable in his calf, he said it was an old disease, I'll help He, please enjoy the flowers."

Zi Feng didn't say much, and went alone with Hua, and I helped Mr. Zuo out of the crowd, and turned into a quiet path.

Today's flower festival, the entire Wenxi Pavilion is decorated with spring, mountains, rocks, birds, forests, flowing water, flowers, everything is not lacking, even this kind of small road that few people pass by has not been ignored, and bonsai are specially placed on both sides of the road, like one by one Shrunken garden.

"Unexpectedly, there is a hole in the sky here."

My sigh came from the bottom of my heart, but Mr. Zuo really didn't dare to say a word after following me.

"Master Zuo?"

I called him again, Lord Zuo looked at me with a troubled face, I saw him hold back for a long time, and finally said this sentence as if he was about to fight: "Master An, I am really afraid of you."

"Why are you afraid of me again now? What did I do?"

Don't look at me like this, I am also a master when I am innocent.

"Lord An, for the sake of the old minister's old bones, don't tease me anymore. Well, the emperor is here today, and the minister will definitely protect the emperor and serve him wholeheartedly. Please also, Lord An, don't remember the villain's faults. The emperor asked the minister to say a few kind words..."

"It's easy to say, as long as Mr. Zuo is really serving the emperor, the emperor will see it in his eyes and will definitely remember it."

I calmed down his frightened mood a little bit, but I always felt that there was something unfinished.In addition to collecting people's hearts for Zi Feng, it seems... I still have to continue to find people for him.

Hey, isn't it just to find someone to serve him? Why is it so difficult!

"By the way, Lord Zuo, let me ask you, where did you find the servants of Wenxi Pavilion?"

Such a cultured garden must be accompanied by people with culture, so as to complement each other.

"Master An, you're already here, so why bother to look for them. I'll gather all the servants in this garden, and you'll pick them one by one, and you'll take the one you want. I have no problem with it."

This Mr. Zuo is quite clever in this regard, and he knows everything.

"The last time the emperor selected slaves, I didn't see your family sending someone over."

"Last time, there were some things in the minister's house that I didn't take care of..."

"I see……"

"But it doesn't mean the minister is not loyal!"

Before I finished speaking, Mr. Zuo interrupted my deduction loudly. He knew what I was going to say later, and he refused to put another hat on his head.

"Okay, okay, I understand. Then there must be quite a few of your servants who know how to grow flowers?"

I changed the topic back, Zifeng loves flowers, but when he is busy, he may not care about those flowers and plants, if someone can help him raise them, he will be much happier.

"Yes, I even hired a master to teach them."

"Hmm, very good, very good~"

After reaching an agreement with Mr. Zuo, he first took me to the side room at the back door of Wenxi Pavilion, where the servants lived.Since Zifeng despises the carefully cultivated "peony flowers" of various families, what about this elegant "wild flower"? It's worth a try.

"—you little brat! Don't run!"

Just when we came to the door of the side room, before I could stand on my heels, a black shadow rushed out of the room, brushed my right arm and hit it, followed by a bulky man holding a A stick chased it out, still yelling not to let me run, and also galloped past me. Now my center of gravity was completely unstable, and I fell straight backward.

"Ouch."

I thought that this time my butt was going to bloom. The "Ouch" was not salty, and I was about to accept this indisputable fact, but I didn't want someone behind me to support me.

"Are you all right?"

A boy's voice rang in my ears, I subconsciously turned around, and a familiar face came into my eyes.

"Hao Ci...?"