Gongshang Confidante

Zhou Chiyu looked at her indifferently, "I know that the palace is no different than the outside, and the dark tide is raging. As a court official, you have many taboos. Misfortune comes from your mouth, and a casual sentence may lead to misfortune."

"However, you don't have to be restrained in the Palace of Feathers. Also, if you stay in the palace from now on, you don't need to go to the official residence, just send someone to pass the message, and just pick you up to live in the palace. I'll prepare a place for you," Zhou Chiyu smiled. Dao, walked into the hall, and ordered Xia Ling, "set the meal",

Su Muxue took two quick steps, followed behind Zhou Chiyu, her ears were red, and she pulled her sleeves, Zhou Chiyu turned around, took her hand, smiled slightly, and Lihua became dizzy.

"On the Ninth Hundred Flowers Festival, do you want to go out of the palace to enjoy the flowers?" Su Muxue wanted to hold her hand instead, but Zhou Chiyu dodged and held her hand through his sleeve, with a sly smile, "I would like to ask Father What's more, the ninth day of the lunar new year is the birthday of Su's parents and daughters, so since childhood sweethearts, I have to go to Su's family to congratulate them."

Su Muxue was surprised, she didn't expect Zhou Chiyu to remember her seventeenth birthday, but the words "childhood sweetheart" are a bit inappropriate.

"The term childhood sweetheart is inappropriate, did you really say that to the emperor?" Su Muxue raised her hand and raised her hair in embarrassment, and stroked her temples with her fingers, hiding her discomfort, and said, "Then I'll go back and tell my father One sound",

Zhou Chiyu waved his hands and said, "That's the reason, the Su family won't go, it's to mobilize the people." Su Muxue responded, a little disappointed. So it turned out that the palace was not for her birthday, but for fun?

"However, I want to talk to the Su family. You have to accompany me that day." Zhou Chiyu raised his chin slightly, and his strong words could not be rejected. After a pause, he said, "It's really wrong to be a childhood sweetheart. of",

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Chiyu squinted his eyes, and was satisfied to see Su Muxue's expected flushed face, and he couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth.

When Zhou Chiyu left the palace at the age of three, she was definitely a pampered little princess who was not easy to take care of. When Yun Qing and Qing Sheng couldn't bear to take care of her, they would just throw her to Su Muxue and go back to the house to hug their wife.

So on weekdays, the three children play by themselves. Su Muxue is much older, so she takes on the responsibility of taking care of Chaoer and Xiaobao. Fortunately, the two children are very dependent on her. Sometimes Xiaobao is naughty and loses in martial arts. I had no choice but to bow my head.

"Chao'er", the title was on Su Muxue's lips, she couldn't help but cast a glance at her, then took the conversation and said, "It's the person I brought up since I was a child, it's just that you are not allowed to call Chao'er's baby name, even the one I loved the most when I was young Sister Mu Xue, who is always on the lips, has never been called by you." That's right, when we met for the first time after four years of separation, Zhou Chiyu called Mrs. Su, and when we met for the second time, it was Mu Xue.

It would be a lie to say that she doesn't mind, but in Su Muxue's eyes, that chubby and proud little princess who always loves to hold her hand and call Sister Mu Xue disappeared in an instant.

Zhou Chiyu in front of him was wearing luxurious and beautiful clothes, he spoke politely, respectfully and solemnly, all his emotions were hidden in his dark eyes, and he could no longer see the shadow of the past.

Because even their names have changed.

Zhou Chiyu's eyes flickered, and just as he was about to speak, Xia Ling walked in and said, "Your Highness, please have a meal", then nodded, and went to the side hall to eat, Su Muxue still changed the serving chopsticks to serve Zhou Chiyu with vegetables, and asked her Eat more, not picky eaters.

Zhou Chiyu didn't have much appetite, so he put down his chopsticks after eating half a bowl of rice, took the green tea handed over by the court lady, rinsed his mouth, put the fragrant cake in his mouth, folded his sleeves with both hands, and fell silent.

Time flies, and it is spring, and the city is full of flowers, like rosy clouds and colorful brocades, filled with a light fragrance of flowers. Many women are holding flower baskets and selling freshly picked flower branches that are stained with dew.

The peach blossoms in Su Mansion were in full bloom, and the breeze blew, the petals fluttered and fluttered, curling and dancing gently, like snowflakes falling in winter, but more gentle.

On the ninth day of the lunar new year, Su Muxue changed out of her official uniform, and brought back the spring shirt she had prepared a few days ago, with sleeves and small openings of marigolds, a belt with wicker and silk ribbons knotted in knots, and a skirt of brocade with colorful flowers, and a skirt as thin as The golden and silver threads of fetal hair are embroidered into Chiba Begonias and Flying Orioles perched on branches. When walking, the Orioles fly over the Spring River on the skirt, with layers of ripples, exquisitely shining.

The black hair is tied with the clouds, adorned with a green jade hairpin, and there is no other decoration.She applied a thin layer of makeup, her skin was as white as jade, her eyebrows were carefully drawn, and she applied vermilion lipstick. Su Muxue looked at herself in the bronze mirror, her eyes were like autumn water, her cheeks were flushed, and there was an irrepressible smile at the corner of her mouth.

Get on the sedan chair and wait outside the palace gate. When the appointed time comes, the sedan chair carried by eight people comes out, and a carriage is prepared outside. Xia Ling walks to the sedan chair and asks softly, "Is Master Su in the sedan chair? ", "Yes", Su Muxue opened the car curtain, and smiled at Xia Ling, like flowing clouds.

Xia Ling was slightly stunned. Su Muxue, who had changed her official uniform, had distinct and glamorous facial features, but her demeanor was cool, elegant, and graceful, and she marveled at its beauty.

"Your Highness, do you want me to go there?" Su Muxue asked, walking towards the carriage, her skirts fluttering, the wind blowing the snow, Xia Ling followed her, hesitantly said, "Your Highness has prepared another carriage for Your Excellency", "It's okay ", Su Muxue wanted to ride in the same car with Zhou Chiyu.

"Su..." Xia Ling's words were scattered in the wind, Su Muxue had already opened the curtain, got into the carriage, looked at the back in front of her, bowed slightly, and her movements froze.

The hair is tied with a jade crown, and the white jade moisturizes the black and smooth hair, like cut satin, the jade belt is tied around the waist, and the wide belt with moon-white auspicious cloud pattern sets off the slender waist, which is full and grippable, and the back is handsome and revealing Inherent nobility.

This attire is clearly a man, Su Muxue whispered, but saw the person in front of her turn her head, a light blue double-breasted narrow-sleeved brocade shirt, the collar and cuffs are embroidered with silver silk edged with flowing moiré, her eyebrows are like distant mountains, and the corners of her eyes Sharp and bright, the corners of her mouth were slightly pursed, and with a slight smile, she asked softly, "Mu Xue really wants to ride with me?".

Su Muxue blinked slowly. In terms of appearance, there is Ning Zimu's face that is world-renowned, and in terms of temperament, there is the elegant and cool Sai Xue. Su Muxue has inherited Su Muhan's exquisite facial features.

Zhou Chiyu's appearance is not as good as theirs, but she has the dignity of the proud son of heaven. Under the man's attire, the sharpness hidden in the depths of her eyes is like a sword in a box, with a brilliance and a majestic and coercive aura that makes people dare not look straight at.

It's just that there is a playful smile on the corner of her mouth at the moment, and the corners of her eyes are curled up, showing a bit of a coquettish posture. If it weren't for her dark eyes, which are pure without impurities, like a naive child who doesn't know the emotions, I'm afraid it would really kill people's souls. All checked.

Su Muxue sat down next to her, and found that the carriage looked ordinary, but inside it was spacious and comfortable, covered with thick blankets, with a quiet fragrance from the gilded hollow incense burner, and a small table carved with yellow flowers and patterns, with several plates of delicate dishes on it. Cakes, blue and white tea sets, with dense mist, the fragrance of tea is overflowing.

"Why not share a ride?" Su Muxue asked rhetorically, grabbed the teacup by her sleeves, moved it to her lips, took a sip, leisurely, Zhou Chiyu raised his eyebrows, and only ordered to set off.

The carriage drove forward steadily, Su Muxue looked sideways at Chi Yu, she was supposed to be delighted and curious because she rarely left the palace, but Zhou Chiyu looked at the book with his head down, feeling at ease.

The carriage stopped, Xia Ling helped the two of them get out of the car, Su Muxue looked up, the huge signboard of Jubao Pavilion was shining in the sunlight, "Aren't you going to the flower market?" Su Muxue asked, Zhou Chiyu smiled at her in a mysterious way Laughing, I didn't know when I had an extra fan in my hand, slowly unfolding the fan surface, the painting was a picture of looking for plums in a snowy night, shaking the fan lightly, holding my head high and striding my legs, like a young son of a wealthy family.

Except for the coachman, Zhou Chiyu only brought Xia Ling and Xia Hua with him on this trip, and they followed behind in maid clothes. The four inner guards, pretending to be guards, couldn't hide their dignified aura. The two guarded outside. People followed in.The staff of Jubao Pavilion saw that this group of people had a lot of background, so they greeted them with busy smiles, searched for a private room, and invited everyone in.

"I heard that there are some good things that you can't buy outside, just bring them." Zhou Chiyu just sat down and said directly. Seeing that the young master is full of extravagance, the assistant hurriedly invited the shopkeeper and brought many treasures, one by one. Open it, and the pearl-colored brilliance will fill the room with brilliance.

"Do you have a fancy?" Zhou Chiyu glanced at him, quickly looked away, and said to Su Muxue, "You choose", stood up, and said to the shopkeeper, "Your master Ling Xun is here. I have something to identify." Xia Ling handed over an ingot of gold to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was shocked to see that he was generous, and said with a smile, "Young master, wait a moment, I'll bring him here."

"No, I'll go with you." Zhou Chiyu lifted the hem of his robe, followed the shopkeeper and walked out, "Chi...", Su Muxue made a gesture to follow her, Zhou Chiyu motioned for her and the guards to stay, his eyes slid over the treasures, and said, " The best things in the capital are hidden here, you choose one, and it will be my birthday present to you."

Su Muxue always dresses up elegantly, but today she only has a jade hairpin in her hair, she doesn't care about these things at all, she is worried that people outside the palace will be rude to Zhou Chiyu, but seeing that Zhou Chiyu doesn't want her to follow, she has to sit back and pick it up bored, After all, it was a gift she wanted to give herself.

"It's a coincidence, my lord. Master Ling just came back yesterday." The shopkeeper led Zhou Chiyu into the house, and saw a man with plain clothes and gray hair, holding a chisel in his hand, carefully planing a piece of wood. The wood chips were as thin as cicada's wings, rustling to the ground.

Zhou Chiyu picked up the bird next to him. It was carved from wood. The thin pieces of wood stuck to the bird's body looked like real feathers. Even the feathers on the underside of the wings were extremely lifelike and lifelike, as if they were about to fly, and they were superbly crafted.

Turning over the bird's belly and pulling away some fluff, you can see Ling Xun carving vermilion seals, "The craftsmanship of the master craftsman is amazing", Zhou Chiyu praised, Ling Xun glanced at her, did not speak, kept his hands in a hurry, The shopkeeper jumped on his feet.

"A person with superb craftsmanship has a high state of mind, and wants to pass it on to future generations, so Master Ling will leave his name in the secret place of each work. Ben... Is what I said right?" Zhou Chiyu said lightly, Ling Xun paused with his chisel, and hummed lightly, but did not refute.

"Master Ling, let me take a look at this string of beads, but it is from your hands?" Zhou Chiyu took out a vermilion square box from his sleeve,

As the layers of silk cloth were opened, the strange fragrance overflowing in the air became more and more intense, Ling Xun's face turned pale, the chisel was deflected, the sharp blade cut through his fingers, and blood dripped to the ground.

"Master Ling has thought about it. Sometimes engraving a name on a work can be famous forever, and sometimes it can cause disaster." Zhou Chiyu said lightly, looking at Ling Xun's pale face.