Wind and Rain Empire

Zi Linglong's tea was brewed and placed in front of the table. Concubine De took a cup of tea, lifted the lid of the tea bowl and blew on it.

"I knew sister Linglong that you could play the pipa and dance, but you can actually play the piano?"

Zi Linglong also served a cup

"My husband taught me when I was in my teens, but I can only play a few pieces of music because I'm not very good at learning, so it's not a problem to teach me plucked strings and tuning."

Concubine Shu looked at the tea bowl

"Then since you've taught me, sister Linglong, why not let the palace maid come out and play a song, so that our sisters can enjoy it too."

Zi Linglong is not very willing to let Hongwan come out to perform

"But, I'm afraid that the two sisters will laugh at me, that girl is not very mature."

Concubine Shu waved her hand indifferently

"No, no, let her come out"

Zi Linglong was really helpless, so she had to rush into the room and call

"Okay then... Hong Wan, come out and play a song for the concubine De and Shu."

The voice of Hongwan came

"Yes, Empress Zhaorong"

Then she walked out of the room with the guzheng in her arms, put the qin on the qin platform, and bowed to the second concubine

"The servant girl is making a fool of herself"

Hong Wan tidied up her clothes and sat down, put her slender fingers on the zither and began to play

[Lyrics] Residual fragrance is hazy at night, and the morning light is bright and empty

Thinking of friendship in the spring, the beauty leans on the gauze

Only have half a day free to watch birds flying in the sky

In the clouds and in the water, there is no trace of youth

After Hong Wan finished singing, she stood up and bowed to the concubines. Concubine Shu and Concubine De applauded

Concubine Shu looked at her with a smile

"Although I don't know what it means, but the singing is really nice"

Concubine De squinted at Concubine Shu

"You still applaud even if you don't know what it means? This word is written wonderfully, and our whole life can be written in just four sentences (ask Hong Wan) who wrote this word?"

Hong Wan lowered her head and answered softly

"The servant does not know (looks at Zi Linglong)"

Zi Linglong smoothed things over with a smile

"Sisters, the libretto was written by people outside the palace, who knows who wrote it, as long as it sounds good"

Concubine Shu agrees

"Yes, yes, after hearing this, I seem to be a little hungry again. Sister Zhaorong, do you have anything to eat here?"

Zi Linglong hurriedly said

"Yes, yes, there just happens to be yak jerky here, Hong Wan, go find some salt and pepper, oh, and bring some pastries"

"It's the empress, the servant girl is going now"

Concubine De stops Zi Linglong

"Sister Zhaorong, don't bother with this foodie. She eats wherever she goes. I'll go back to the palace with her. I'll see her eating in her palace and looking for other places to eat."

"What? You are going back to the palace now? Sit down for a while"

"Yes." Concubine De stood up from her chair and pulled Concubine Shu, "Hey, let's go"

Concubine Shu reluctantly got up

"Okay, get up, stop pulling"

Concubine De put down Concubine Shu's arm

"If you don't get up, I really can't hold you back"

Hong Wan served salt and pepper and cakes, Zi Linglong saw that Hong Wan had already brought food, and said to Concubine Shu:

"Look, this is all here for Sister Concubine Shu, you can sit with me and eat."

Concubine Shu looked at Concubine De with aggrieved and pitiful eyes, Concubine De was looked at helplessly

"Okay, okay, let's go after you finish eating."

Concubine Shu sat down and began to stutter, while Concubine De was apologetic to Zi Linglong.

"Sister Zhaorong is really sorry. She is so good at eating that I can't stop her. Every time I go to Xianfei's palace, she always eats like this. It's so embarrassing."

Concubine Shu looked at Concubine De, asked while eating

"Sister Defei, you have to eat when you're hungry, what's so embarrassing about that?"

At this moment, Zi Linglong felt that the two concubines in front of her were quite straightforward, and she let go of the vigilance she had been maintaining all along. At the same time, she felt strange

"Are you only going to the Concubine's Palace? What about the Concubine's Palace?"

Concubine De shook her head, and Concubine Shu looked at each other

"Speaking of which, we only passed by her palace and never entered it."

Zi Linglong was puzzled, "Why is that?"

"Because when we went to find her, she was never in the palace, and when we asked her, the palace servants only hesitated and never said where she went."

Zi Linglong muttered softly

"This imperial concubine is really strange..."

Ziyun Pavilion at night

The emperor walked in with a smile, and Zi Linglong greeted him, and asked with a smile

"The official is smiling so happily today, did any happy event happen?"

the emperor shook his head

"There is no happy event, but there is one happy event"

"Oh? What kind of joyful thing is that? Linglong also wants to know."

The emperor sat at the table, Zi Linglong poured tea

"That servant Zhu said that I expelled him from the palace, so I was very happy for a day."

Zi Linglong was surprised

"What? Zhu Shi said? Is that Zhu Xi Zhu Bachelor?"

emperor surprised

"What? Linglong, you know him too?"

Zi Linglong vetoed it

"I don't know, I just heard someone mention his name. What happened to him?"

The emperor sneered

"What did he do? He did a lot of things. He gave me lectures and told me a lot of things I didn't like to hear. It's already pretty good if I didn't exile him."

"Chen Qie has heard some of his remarks, and thinks they are too rigid and corrupt, especially his evaluation of women."

"Exactly, what he said makes me angry just thinking about it, but I'm happy when I think that I won't have to see him again tomorrow."

Zi Linglong sat beside the emperor

"The official thinks he hates it because the official is an enlightened, intelligent and assertive emperor, and there is no need to use his theory to guide the official to rule the country."

The emperor patted Zi Linglong's hand appreciatively

"Linglong, you are really my confidant, come, let's have a drink"

At the maid serving the wine, Zi Linglong drinks and toasts with the emperor

Zi Linglong asked when she was free

"Official, my concubine is unclear about something, I want to ask the official, if there is anything wrong, the official should not be angry."

"I'm not angry, you can ask me anything."

Zi Linglong said slowly

"In this harem, both the concubine Xian and the concubine Shu have contacts with the concubines, only this concubine, the concubine, the concubines have not seen her very much, even the concubine De and the concubine Shu said that they can hardly find her. She, Linglong just wants to know where she went."

The emperor drank a glass, put down the glass

"Speaking of this noble concubine, I only saw her when I first accepted her... probably within a month. After I accepted the concubine De Shu, I didn't pay much attention to her. After that, I had Chen The concubine and you have never paid attention to her, why, what do you think of her?"

Zi Linglong took a sip of her wine and shook her head

"The concubine is just curious, nothing else."

"If you are curious, go to her more often, and you will always meet her."

"The concubine knows about the (turning) official family, so is there any news about Xueyi and the others today?"

The emperor pampered Zi Linglong's nose

"I knew you were going to ask this...Xue Yi and the others lived in Xiangyang Mansion last night."

Zi Linglong sighed

"Hey, half a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and they are only halfway through the journey."

the emperor shook his head

"Let's not talk about them, the king of Xia and his party are even more terrible. They have to leave Xixia one and a half months in advance. It takes only one and a half months to walk. It's still faster to travel by water, and the boats and cars are tiring. I don't have the physical strength to see them."

Zi Linglong pushed the emperor's shoulder

"Guanjia, the more he exercises, the stronger he becomes. The more he runs around on the grassland, the better he is at riding and shooting, so the Guanjia needs to exercise more."

The emperor squinted at Zi Linglong

"That's right, but if I want to exercise, I still need your cooperation, Linglong."

Zi Linglong turned her head to smile, picked up the wine glass

"Official, you really are, where did you get involved!"

The emperor picked up the wine glass and drank with Zi Linglong

On the wilderness outside Xiangyang during the day

Lan Xueyi rode a horse between the two carriages, looked at the passing scenery, and remembered the past

"I didn't expect to meet Linglong again in less than half a year. It's really..."

Just as she was thinking about something, Li Siqin who was in the carriage beside her suddenly reached out and dragged her into the carriage

Zhang Tianyu rode to the side of Li Chunyou's carriage

"Reporting to King Xia, the last general Zhang Tianyu came to escort him"

Li Chunyou lifted the curtains of the car and asked

"Eh? Where's General Lan, who was escorting this king before?"

Zhang Tianyu can only answer the truth

"The princess invited her in"

Li Chunyou laughs

"Oh, for more than half a month, the two of them eat and sleep together, and they look like they are in love. They are not married yet! It seems that the widow will really have a grandson soon!"

Zhang Tianyu almost laughed out loud when he heard it, and rode his horse back

Inside Li Siqin's carriage

Lan Xueyi was dragged almost to the point of falling

"Siqin, I'm escorting the driver, you pull me in..."

While talking, Lan Xueyi's mouth was blocked by the peach stuffed by Li Siqin. Li Siqin took out a gorgeous Western Xia costume from behind and unfolded it for Lan Xueyi to admire.

Lan Xueyi took the peach stuffed in his mouth

"What is this?"

Li Siqin looked at Lan Xueyi, surprised

"Peach, have you never eaten it before?"

"I mean the one in your hand, this dress"

Li Siqin is dangling with clothes

"Oh, my wedding dress!"

Lan Xueyi gnawed a peach and asked, "Who are you going to marry?"

Li Siqin said shyly

"I hate it, didn't I plan to marry you at the beginning?"

Lan Xueyi was so startled that he choked and began to cough

"Cough cough cough..."

Li Siqin helps to pat back

"What are you excited about? It's not the case now. (Picking up the clothes to look at) I have already decided. If I want to marry, I will marry the man version of you!"

Now it's changed to a blue snow suit

"What? What is the male version of me?"

Li Siqin hugged the folded clothes in her arms

"He is handsome and has high martial arts skills. He is good to me."

Lan Xueyi put down the peaches

"Siqin, think about it carefully, have I treated you better?"

Li Siqin thought about it

"For the past half month, you have been very kind to me, just like your own sister, but this is not important."

"Siqin, believe me, it's very important to be good to you, but the two things you mentioned earlier, such as good looks and high martial arts, are not important. If a man is willing to go all out to protect you Life, this person is worth entrusting."

Li Siqin asked with a look of disbelief.

"Sister Xueyi, if you meet a man who is willing to risk his life for you, are you willing to marry?"

Lan Xueyi took it for granted

"Of course!" But the inner monologue

"How is it possible? I'm not a 16-year-old girl anymore. I still believe this? Every brother on the battlefield is willing to fight with their lives for each other. Is it possible to pick the candidates? Girls are really easy to be fooled."

Li Siqin shook Lan Xueyi's arm

"Sister Xueyi, do you care about anyone now?"

Lan Xueyi replied

"Of course there is!" She pulled out her sword with a "dang", opened the door curtain, and saw Zhang Tiancheng riding a horse and stretching his neck to eavesdrop.

"Zhang Tiancheng, why are you here? How dare you eavesdrop! Are you afraid that this general will throw you by the side of the road and leave you dead in the wilderness?"

Zhang Tiancheng argued unconvinced

"I'm just passing by! Listen to what you guys are saying"

Lan Xueyi scolded

"Okay, you're just passing by. Where are you passing by? Why don't you pass by here? Go away, don't delay the conversation between the general and Princess Siqin"

Li Siqin waved at him

"That's right, get out of here!"

Zhang Tiancheng tilted his head and made a face at Lan Xueyi

"I'm not!"

Lan Xueyi looked at Zhang Tiancheng with hatred and hated her teeth. To Li Siqin

"Siqin, this man is too disgusting, let's throw him on the side of the road after a beating, do you agree?"

Li Siqin clenched his fist

"I agree, I agree too much! There is one less scourge of wasting food!"

The two were just about to get out of the car when they heard Zhang Tianyu yelling

"There are assassins!"

Lan Xueyi hurriedly got up

"This is bad!"

She threw open the curtain and leaped out, calling out

"Come here! Hurry up and protect King Xia!"