Gu Qingci

After what happened in the council hall, I started calling her Liu Yueying.

I still like her and adore her, this is something that will never change, but I have to admit that other things have begun to deteriorate.

I peeped into the secret of the goddess. She is not as perfect as I imagined—because this kind of perfection is an appearance that exists in the spirit, without impurities, and has been considered by later generations.

Since we are mortals, we have love and hatred, have to experience birth, old age, sickness and death, and eat the whole grains of the world, so we must have defects.

Liu Yueying's suspicion of courtiers and speculation about people's hearts stemmed from her lack of sense of security.

She has been honed and tempered by the late emperor since she was five years old. She did not have a colorful and reckless childhood like Liu Yuehua, nor did she have an isolated and spiritual past life like mine. She struggled in the vortex of conspiracy and conspiracy, and finally became the vortex itself. .

Such a person must be introverted in emotion, unable to stand upright exposure, unable to express frankly.

Just like a person who has been in the dark for a long time, he has long been used to the night, and that is the safe place to belong.

So, she used her long-established habit to speculate on me, and I don't blame her.

Regardless of whether the king trusts me or not, as long as she still uses me for a day, I will do my best to assist you as a courtier.

If you want to eliminate disadvantages for the sake of sages, you should cherish your prime years.

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After Liu Yueying quarreled with me that day, she asked me to stay in Chaofeng Palace at night.

The new year is not over yet, and there is no morning morning these few days, I live in peace of mind as a bedside servant.

Yan Xi's letter arrived the next day, detailing the incident of being assassinated on the road, she and Xiaozhi are fine now, and wishing the prime minister well.

After seeing it, Liu Yueying didn't change much, except that she hugged me very tightly when going to bed at night.

When I found no one, she especially liked to hug me, and I couldn't breathe by her hug several times.

Stay in Chaofeng Palace as a duty, read books if you have nothing to do, read piles of papers, write policy theories, and sleep with her at night.

But I never forgot about being assassinated.Who can care too much about something that threatens his own life?Liu Yueying told me that this time she must find out who it is, and then implicate the five clans behind the scenes.

In a few days, there are only two days left before the court begins after the year of departure.

That night, she hugged me tightly again on the dragon bed, and the fragrant breath rushed to my face.The smooth long hair is scattered on the back, even if the gold hairpin and jade hairpin are removed, it can't reduce half of the nobility.

The saying that people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles does not work in front of Liu Yueying.

Smelling her scent, I finally asked what I wanted to ask a long time ago, but I didn't dare to.

"Yueying, where does your fragrance come from?"

I pick up her hair, um, it's on it, it's on her neck, it's on her shoulders.

"How do you look like a puppy." She saw me sniffing her in my arms, and teased me.

"That's because you are so fragrant, why can you smell the fragrance of light plum blossom and sandalwood at the same time?"

"Like it so much?"

The chick nodded like pecking rice.

She lifted the quilt and got up from the bed, put on the thick robe at the head of the bed, walked to the golden nanmu floor cabinet, and took out a small bottle from it.

I have also seen this bottle on her dressing table, because it is so special and impressive at first glance.

The bottle in the shape of a gourd is about half the size of a palm, and the whole body is gilded. The mouth and the bottom of the bottle are each inlaid with a circle of purple agate, as if it can emit light by itself.

Liu Yueying put the small bottle in my hand, and said casually, "This is it, you can take it." She paused, "When people from the Western Regions meet next year, let them make you a bottle too."

No matter how you look at it, this bottle is very valuable. When I carefully pulled out the cap, the smell that was many times stronger burst out in an instant.

"This is the original solution. It has a stronger smell. Usually, Pianqiu needs to be mixed with water to use it, or sprinkle some while bathing."

"How do you make such a fragrant thing?" It turned out to be liquid, and I always thought her smell came from burning spices.

"I don't know much about the tributes from the Western Regions."

He probed his nose and sniffed again, feeling that there was still a hint of wine, and raised his head to make a satisfied voice.

Liu Yueying's expression sank again, she looked at me and pursed her lips.

"Do you like this incense, or do you like me?"

This made me startled, and I quickly stuffed the small bottle under the pillow, put my arms around her waist and hugged her into my arms.

"Of course I like His Majesty."

Sleeping in the same bed with her every night, many things become familiar, no need to say much.She is like a pool of clear spring water, reflecting my pious face, and at the same time, she will surround me and make me smile warmly and sincerely.

In addition to liking Liu Yueying's ears, her hair is also unbelievably soft. It is so itchy when it rubs against my face. I don't know how to take care of it. I will have to ask Pianqiu some other day.

Liu Yueying fell asleep with her arms around me again, her always cold hands covered my waist, making it warm.

Although the court has not been held in the past few days, because of the actions of the Northern Qiang, she summoned General Nangong and people from the Ministry of War to discuss the matter of raising troops during the day; The Ministry of Rites reported on the situation of the various vassal states, and was busy until dusk before being free.

After all, the emperor is much busier than me, the prime minister.

==

When I woke up the next day, Liu Yueying had disappeared.

According to the normal route, Yan Xi had arrived in the capital yesterday.Let them rest for a whole day. After Wuxia washed and changed my clothes today, I took the gourd bottle and prepared to go to them.

Walking to the gate of Chaofeng Palace, they unexpectedly ran into Liu Yuehua again.

"Miss Huang is not in the bedroom?" She stared at the maid at the door.As the emperor's own younger sister, it's really useless that she doesn't even understand her sister's daily life.

She looked up and saw me.

"You—" She was obviously surprised when she saw me here, but it was hidden in an instant, and then her eyes slipped into my hands.

The gourd bottle has not had time to be tucked into the sleeve.

"Yang Lu, as the servant of the imperial sister, you dare to steal the royal things, you are really a coward!" She suppressed her throat.

Well, it seems that people in the inner palace already know about the things I thought were private.That's right, with such a big living person in Tiantian's emperor's palace, it's hard not to attract attention.

It's okay, as long as the people in the previous dynasty don't know, it's fine, so comfort yourself.Still very optimistic.

However, Liu Yuehua is really self righteous!Although she reminded me before not to quarrel with the eldest princess, but this time it was this person who provoked and slandered me first.

"Princess, don't open your eyes and talk nonsense. This is given to me by the emperor himself. How can it be called stealing?"

"You're starting to talk slyly again, haven't you? How precious is this perfume? Can Miss Huang give you something that I can't even get?"

"It's so precious, I think it's just an ordinary small bottle." Wanting to provoke her to say something, Liu Yuehua was tricked again as expected.

"You really don't know what's good!" She jumped anxiously, "This is incense made by the princesses of the Western Regions, and all the top spices are used. It is a rare plant that you can't find anywhere in Daxing!"

"The Western Regions pay tribute to two bottles a year. The princess specially made it for the emperor's sister. There is no other fragrance like this in the world. I asked the emperor for a bottle the year before and she didn't agree. Can I give it to you?"

The more she talked, the more angry she was, and she pointed at my nose without the upbringing of a princess.

"You're a thief, I'm going to sue Huang Jie, Yang Lu, you're finished!"

After watching Liu Yuehua's flamboyant performance, he silently put the small bottle into his sleeve.

"It turns out that this spice is so precious, so I have to take good care of it. Thank you Eldest Princess for letting me know." Although the content of this sentence is grateful, the tone of the sentence is still full of sarcasm.

I took a big step and walked out, leaving Liu Yuehua behind to get mad.

After the Chinese New Year this year, she will be nineteen, and she puts on a good princess air in front of others, how come she doesn't like me when she sees me?Maybe people's dislikes are mutual.

I wanted to go out of the palace directly, but just now Liu Yuehua told me about the preciousness of spices, Yueying actually gave me a bottle full of original liquid, and even said that someone from the Western Regions would make a bottle for me, which is really flattering.

Change direction and walk towards the meeting hall.

She always doesn't say anything, secretly doing touching things, which requires me to search patiently and notice carefully.

As a result, the guards at the entrance of the meeting hall actually stopped me.

And, don't say why.

After all, I am the prime minister of Daxing, why can't I even meet the emperor?

Tiantian and Liu Yueying were tender, and it was not at 01:30 when I was bold. I didn't think about the reason at all, took out the gold medal she gave me, and held it up high.

The guards froze for a moment and looked at each other, then knelt on the ground and saluted, which was regarded as letting go.

Entering the meeting hall, I can't wait to see her, and want to tell her that I know the origin of the spices and her thoughts.

As a result, there was no one in the main hall.Neither was the room behind the screen.

There are only two side halls in the meeting hall, only the one on the left is missing.When he got to the door and was about to open it, he heard Feng San's voice.

Because Feng San is a bit of a sissy, his voice is indistinguishable from male and female, which is very easy to recognize.

So I was talking about private matters with the leader of the pro-army, no wonder the guards outside didn't let me go, so I'd better not disturb it, it's better to avoid it.

Just as I pinched my nose and wanted to leave, I suddenly heard Feng San say my name.

Footsteps stopped.

This matter has something to do with me?Curiosity is human nature, so I stopped at the door.

"This subordinate is ineffective and has lost Prime Minister Yang, please punish me." Lost me?

"You can't blame you for this matter, every calculation is bound to fail, who would know that her master's friend is so powerful in martial arts."

"Your Majesty, Hu Zhongli, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, failed in the assassination of Prime Minister Yang. We didn't get his handle this time. Next time when he shows his fox tail, why don't we preemptively strike?"

There was no sound inside for a while, but I felt myself trembling.

Liu Yueying knew long ago that someone was going to assassinate me, and that person was Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Now I don't think at all about when I offended Mr. Hu from the Ministry of Officials, all I can think about is, Liu Yueying knows that someone is going to assassinate me - but she doesn't tell me.

"Alright, then let's start with the rich merchants from the south of the Yangtze River who colluded with him." Back then when the copper coins were recast, these people tickled my teeth.It turns out that she has also found the person who slandered me for colluding with the Northern Qiang and building the Hulu Reservoir——Hu Zhongli.