Seduction

"Your Majesty, I still think it's inappropriate." Another minister stood up to refute Zhan Xingruo. The Emperor happened to be turning around to whisper with an eunuch. After the minister finished talking, he turned his head and frowned, "Okay, that's right. Just do as Master Zhan tells you."

He raised his hand, his fingers wandered aimlessly, and finally settled in front of Wuzheng, "For the relevant matters, let Wuzheng do it, you and Military Adviser Zhan, discuss it carefully. Retire." The old emperor said, Ren Chaotang objected, as if he couldn't hear it, he got up and left without looking back.

He doesn't care about the world, he just wants to practice Taoism with peace of mind, and it is enough to sit on the dragon chair. Since Zhan Xing can help him regain power, he would be more than happy.

All the ministers dispersed one after another, and Zhang Jiyao walked up to Zhan Xingruo, rubbing shoulders.

"Mr. Zhan is so courageous," Zhang Jiyao said.

"Taiwei Miao Zan." Zhan Xingruo also looked at him sideways, and the two looked at each other, and there was a flash of sword.

"If Master Zhan wants to play this game of chess with me, then I can only accompany you to the end. Let me see what you can conjure up."

Zhan Xingruo smiled slightly, "The law must be practiced, and it is effective. This junior will definitely not disappoint the Taiwei."

"Okay." Zhang Jiyao pressed his hand heavily on Zhan Xingruo's shoulder.

"Then Military Master Zhan should make a good reform, Gu Qing's life, I'll take it back first." He said, thinking that he could mess up Zhan Xingruo's position, but saw that Zhan Xingruo was first stunned, and then showed a sneer for no reason.

"Then we have to see if Zhang Taiwei's people have this ability."

The summer sun penetrates the willow leaves.It has been a long time since Gu Qing went back to the mansion, the flowers in the garden are all blooming, and Uncle Wang has also taken care of the pond in an orderly manner.

When Lu Wangyao returned to Gu's residence from Wu Zheng's place, he actually felt that his own house was more spacious.The last time Piao Yao came to Gu's mansion was in spring, and Gu's mansion was not so vibrant.

"From the outside, I really didn't expect Master Gu to be so magnificent inside." Chen Jiang looked around and sighed.

Gu Qing smiled, and waited for the servants at home to pour tea for Chen Jiang, then said, "If General Chen likes it, it's okay to come and stay for a few days in the future."

"Don't bother Master Gu. Now that the battle is so tight, I can't get away."

"When the war stops, the general must come and see it often. The scenery of Gu's mansion is different in four seasons. Moreover," Gu Qing paused, "it was built according to the old Gu's mansion. My father is still alive. At that time, I invited craftsmen from Gusu, and after so many years, I went to look for them again."

Chen Jiang was taken aback.

"Hou Chengfeng..." he couldn't help but read.

"Father said that the mountains and rivers, the trees and flowers, true and false, are all collected in one garden. Home is the world, and the world is home."

"Master Hou... If there is no war, he must be a family lover." Chen Jiang said, remembering that many years ago, Hou Chengfeng sneaked back home just to drink a pot of wine.

"Maybe." Gu Qing smiled wryly.

"You blame him?" Chen Jiang asked.

"A little bit?" Gu Qing wasn't sure, she turned her head and looked outside the door. The lotus was in full bloom, swaying slightly in the wind.

Summer is really here, and the earth is green no matter the north or south.

Zhang Xirao looked gloomily at the back garden of Taiwei Mansion through the small bed on the attic.She didn't speak for a whole day after being locked up, and sat by the window with a mournful face and looked down.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"I don't want to eat, you can go." Zhang Xirao said.This person has come to her several times, he is a guy who is slightly older than her, when Zhang Xirao is at home, only he is the same age who can talk to relieve boredom, but this guy is very shy, always submissive, Zhang Xirao didn't like it very much either.

She couldn't help but think of the Gu Qing she met on the bank of the river. She was gentle and elegant, blending with the flowers and moons of the spring river, and she had a refined elegance.

The more she thought about it, the more sad she felt. After all, Gu Qing already had her own heart. Who could that person be...

Zhang Xirao sighed again.

Hearing this, the young man outside the door didn't walk away as usual, but asked again, "Miss, you haven't eaten all day, why don't you eat something."

"I won't eat." Zhang Xirao replied calmly, she really had no appetite.

"Miss, if you don't talk or eat for a day, you will get sick." The young man plucked up his courage and said again.

Not only was Zhang Xirao not impatient, but she went to the door and sat down by the door.

"I've been sick for a long time." She said, hugging her knees with her hands, and curled up into a ball, she didn't have the nerve to say "lovesickness".

"Small, miss, you are here, let me pass in the food."

"Don't eat." Zhang Xirao refused, "You can chat with me, I will eat when I am in a good mood."

"This...Miss and Xiao, what can we talk about..."

"Didn't you always talk to me before, who caught the loach and stole the pork, didn't you always talk?"

The person outside the door was a little flustered, and hurriedly said, "That's a little ignorant, and he played and talked freely when he was a child.",

"Oh." Zhang Xirao sighed. If she wanted to talk about being annoying, she would just be annoyed by this, and she always cringed, "There is no one else here, so what's wrong with you talking to me, just like when I was a child."

"This..." The servant lowered his head, "Then, what does the young lady want to talk about?"

"Well... Let me ask you, have you ever liked someone?" Zhang Xirao asked.

The young man kneeling outside the door suddenly blushed.

"Little Miss, I, I," he stammered for a while, Zhang Xirao smiled, "So there is? Does she like you?" she asked.

The young man shook his head, and after a while he realized that Zhang Xirao couldn't see, and added, "I definitely don't like me..."

"Well...you asked her?"

"No." The young man leaned his head against the door and said softly, "I'm not good enough for her."

Zhang Xirao nodded and rested her chin on her hand, "There's nothing unworthy of this kind of relationship. But it's not surprising to think so, after all, the person you like looks the best. Hmm...May I ask you for someone?"

The young man straightened his body, "You ask."

"Well... that's... do you know, Gu Qing, who is it? What does he do?"

"Gu Qing?" The young man thought for a while, "Ah, I've heard about this person."

"Really? Let's hear it!" Zhang Xirao suddenly cheered up and leaned towards the door.

"A while ago, I was ordered by the master to go out to buy things for the banquet. I heard people on the street talking about it. Miss knows him?"

"Well... I know him, I don't know him."

"As far as the rumors are concerned, Miss should not be close friends with him. I heard that he is very sinister, the city is extremely deep, and he is doing big business monopolizing business in Tianguan. Some people guessed that he is the ghost-faced general who made a lot of noise a while ago. "

"Who told you?" Zhang Xirao resisted when she heard others say that her love brother was not good.

"I heard it from the book."

"How much do they believe? They told you to go shopping, but you ran away to listen to the book. However, I want to know, why did the news about him suddenly come to Yuezhu, and my father knew that I met Brother Qing, Angrily locked me here. Is he the court official of Yuezhu?"

"He's not, but his father is. No one noticed when he was called Gu Chengyuan before. It wasn't until Gu Qing's name came out that everyone realized that he was Chengfenghou's son."

Zhang Xirao frowned, the name Chengfenghou impressed her deeply, it was a great military achievement made by her father.

"Brother Qing is, anti, the son of an anti-thief?" She asked in surprise.

"This," the young man heard the slight shift in the girl's voice, and carefully noticed that Zhang Xirao didn't want the truth to be like this.

"So, it was father who killed Brother Qing's family?" Zhang Xirao asked again.Thinking of Gu Qing pushing the river lantern into the water together with her, watching the river lantern slowly go away with a pair of lonely and gentle eyes, she didn't know at that time that one of them was for Cheng Fenghou.

"Brother Qing must also know about this matter." Zhang Xirao asked knowingly in frustration, and suddenly a sadness welled up in his heart.

The young man was talking nervously outside the door, trying to comfort the girl inside, but suddenly he heard the girl sobbing.

"Small, Miss?" The young man's heart tugged with Zhang Xirao's cry, he frowned and asked at a loss.

"I still want to see him." Zhang Xirao covered his face, "I said why he returned the purse to me, so it was because of this, I obviously, obviously... If I had known who I was earlier, why would I come out to see me for the second time ?" Zhang Xirao became more and more sad as he spoke.

Why do the grievances of the previous generation always get entangled with the next generation?

Zhang Xirao heard from Zhan Xingruo that the person Gu Qing likes now has a bad temper. Zhang Xirao thought, if this person can't give Gu Qing happiness, he will try his best to catch up with Gu Qing. the wrong person.

"I thought it was rare for me to meet someone I like." Zhang Xirao's shoulders trembled, and his voice muffled into the young man's ears.

When he heard Zhang Xirao say "the person he likes", he couldn't help but want to cry too.No matter how the market spreads Gu Qing, whether he is good or bad, at least it proves that this is a man who can call the wind and rain. It is only natural that the lady likes such a man, and I can't do anything, even if I am only separated from the lady by a door. The door didn't even have the courage to push it open to wipe away the young lady's tears.

The young man waited for Zhang Xirao to cry and laugh, and passed a clean handkerchief from under the door. It was the first piece of cloth Zhang Xirao embroidered when he was just learning to work as a female worker. He asked for it, and Zhang Xirao gave it to him. Always stay with you.

Zhang Xirao took it and suddenly remembered the handkerchief.

"Why do you still keep it?" she asked.

The young man didn't speak, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth, "Miss, there are nine out of ten mistakes and lovesickness in life, or why do some people say that they only envy mandarin ducks and not immortals."

Zhang Xirao stopped, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, looked at the crooked duck she had embroidered, and held the handkerchief tightly in her hand.

"Can you do me a favor?" Zhang Xirao asked suddenly.

The young man was taken aback, "What, what's the matter?"

"Let me out." Zhang Xirao said firmly.