Gu Qingci

The flowers in the imperial garden bloomed and withered, and withered and bloomed again. The willow trees by the lake hung green buds again, and were slapped by the drizzle.

The middle-aged woman in light blue was holding an umbrella, one step behind the woman in red in front, and followed closely behind her.

Fine raindrops fell from the eaves of the umbrella, hidden in the grass on both sides of the stone road.

The two walked along the path to a pavilion on a rockery.The pavilion is very high, and a thick old willow tree grows beside it, from which you can see most of the appearance of the imperial garden.

Although the front line is tight, Pianqiu knows that the emperor is in a low mood these days, so she doesn't say a word about her lazy behavior.

The wind on the rocky mountain was blowing, and it was cold because of the continuous rain.Pian Qiu took a cloak from the attendant who was following her and put it on Liu Yueying.

The hair in front of her forehead was scattered and fluttering, and Liu Yueying said slowly: "The authorities are confused, but the onlookers are clear. There are times when I can't see clearly." Sitting on the stone bench and looking at the distant mountains and rivers, many years ago, there was also a person who Looking into the distance here.

"Others can be confused and confused, but I can't. I have to stay awake all the time, so I have to force myself to withdraw. Only by looking at her from a distance and treating her as a stranger can I understand what I didn't understand before. "

He spoke slowly, not knowing whether to speak to himself or to the loyal female officer beside him.

"Your Majesty has done a good job."

"Bring me the violin."

"Yes."

The sound of the guqin is like a calm and solemn old woman, humming slowly, like the river bed lines after the turbulent river has been washed, so obvious, so moist and soft.

The boundless scenery unfolds slowly like a scroll, stretching out the waist and decorating with colors.

After the song was over, the drizzle outside the pavilion was still pattering, with no sign of stopping.

"What tune is Your Majesty playing?"

""Ai Nai"."

The title of this song is somewhat familiar, Pianqiu seems to have heard Chang Shi mention it.

"I haven't seen her in private for half a year." Liu Yueying spread her hands flat on the strings, and suddenly said something irrelevant.

"If you can really let it go, half a year is long enough; but I found out, you can't." The long eyelashes drooped down, covering the thousands of twists and turns in the eyes.

"Be far away from her, those who don't understand, will understand. The suspicion of her in the past is really unnecessary-just like this time, Hu Zhongli deliberately wanted to get rid of her, and tried his best to set up this situation. Just to account for my suspicion." The back teeth were clenched, and the emperor of Ying Ming I would also be plotted by his courtiers.

"I saw everything clearly this time, and I finally believed her once. I originally thought that I would pass on her when the tense battle calmed down. But now, I don't know when I will be able to..." A complete sentence was said Fragmented.

This is the helplessness that Liu Yueying will only show in front of Pianqiu, and Pianqiu can't remember how long it has been since she saw such an empress.

When the former empress passed away, Liu Yueying, who was only 13 years old, was inspecting the people's situation in Jincheng.Hearing this sad news, he wanted to return to Beijing quickly, but was rejected by the first emperor, scolding him for only caring about his own personal affairs, not thinking of the common people, and being unworthy of virtue.

She didn't even see the last face of her biological mother.

On the day of the empress's burial, Liu Yueying showed such an expression when she saw that Mayor Rong could not kneel down, and since then, she has never seen it again.

"Your Majesty is a person who cares about all the people in the world. Now that Daxing is going through a difficult time, it can be forgiven for disregarding children's personal feelings, and others will also understand, ah." Pianqiu watched Liu Yueying grow up from a young age, without saying anything, I have always regarded her as a daughter in my heart, but now she has such a little girl's expression, she can't help being flooded with maternal love, and reaches out to hold her shoulder.

"Will she really understand, Yangzhi is her sister..."

"Prime Minister Yang must be a man of righteousness."

Slowly exhaling the turbid air in his chest, his eyes gradually became clear.

"Let's go, today is a waste of a day, and I can't do this again in the future." The woman in the red dress stood up Yingying, with a slightly annoyed expression on her face.

==

I lived in the home of the prefect of Qingzhou, she was also a female official, she was polite to me, and thoughtful and thoughtful, she left a whole west wing room for me.

For so many days, I have only been concerned with the construction of the canal. The front line is about to be completed, so I can't be careless; while she manages the affairs of Qingzhou, except for the people and goods invested in the canal, the intersection of the two is not too much.

One night, as usual, I turned on the lights in the study and checked the latest report overnight.

Because of the need to defend the North Fourth Town, most of the manpower and material resources have been mobilized, which has slowed down the construction of the canal line, and the reserves of stone materials and large wooden structures are insufficient, and many original plans have to be recalculated.

In fact, I am not interested in these machines at all. I have read romance and economics since I was a child.But now I have no choice but to bite the bullet.

My hands used to be green, white, thin-skinned and tender, but now my index and middle fingers are calloused due to holding the pen for a long time.

While I was writing, I suddenly heard a rustling sound from above my head, followed by the movement of tiles.

Hearing that voice, my heart sank, who can't walk through the main entrance?I dropped the brush in an instant and wanted to find a place to hide, but the man appeared in front of me in the next second.

Dressed in scanty clothes, long hair tied casually in the back, and a cynical smile on his face, as if it hadn't changed for thousands of years.

It's Sha Yu.

"Why are you here? If the emperor's people see it, I will not be able to wash it off even if I jump into the Yellow River!" I was very anxious, and blurted out what I was thinking.

"Why is the baby so angry? Is he looking down on my martial arts?" Sha Yu looked around, found a chair and sat down to rest.

"Li doll is so cute, why are you so nervous, put your heart in your stomach, those hidden guards are just like the decorations, no one knows that I came in."

I stared at her, not knowing what to say.The attitude towards her is very complicated now.

She is Nanman's national teacher, she is my master's friend, and she saved my life, but it's because those people used her name to attack me that I have fallen to this point.

Looking at her sideways, he said slowly: "The emperor's people are like decorations to you, does it mean that you can sneak into the Daxing Palace, which is not good for her?"

"Why do you feel like you have taken gunpowder? It's been a long time since you saw your savior. He didn't say a word of thanks, but he was still so embarrassed after saying a few words." She took out the fan that came and went without a trace, and played with it in her hand. He said, raised his head and smiled: "I'm not interested in Liu Yueying. Or, I still need her to help me—how can it be against her?"

Staring at her for a long time, he said, "Sha Yu, I have a lot of questions to ask you."

"Look how coincidental I am here. I am here this time to answer your questions." Sha Yu closed the fan and beat it on the palm of his hand.

"The Nanman's attack on Jiangnan County was the result of my good brother's arbitrariness. The frog in the well always thinks that he is the strongest and has the strength to compete with Daxing. As you can see, it sent so many troops, but it didn't just take down half a small state."

"It really has nothing to do with you?"

"I'm talking about worry baby, your master and I have been close friends for many years. Even if you don't believe me, you should believe that your master is not a traitor. My brother pushed me out of the center of power many years ago, otherwise——I can be so comfortable ?”

After going over her words in my heart, I still have a doubt: "Why can't the Wind Banner Army find out your identity, but Hu Zhongli did?"

At this time, Sha Yu rubbed her stomach, frowned slightly and said to me: "Si baby, your savior is hungry, what should I do~"

A goblin is a goblin, she is obviously very powerful, if she insists on pretending to be pitiful, those who don't know will be seduced by her sobbing appearance and lose two souls.

Drive her into the inner room and ask Wuxia to make a supper.

Sha Yu was very hungry, and he ate a bowl of noodles very quickly. After three mouthfuls, he went down half a bowl, and the noodle soup was still steaming.

"This matter is very complicated to explain in detail. In one sentence, unless I think about it, the emperor will not be able to find me." She swallowed the noodles, "So, it was not Hu Zhongli who found me, but It was my good brother who told Hu Zhongli."

"You mean that Hu Zhongli colluded with the leader of the Nanban in private?"

Sha Yu scooped up the remaining noodles with chopsticks, nodded unceremoniously, and continued to ask me: "You have studied Jiangnan County for so long, what have you researched?"

For the time being, I felt that she could be trusted, so I said, "Li Quansheng's family has been in collusion with Zeng Ming and Hu Zhongli for a long time, and they have been embezzling officials and bankers since the Gaozu Dynasty."

"That's right, let me give you an analysis. Look at Hu Zhongli, who embezzles money internally, slanders the prime minister, has many outsiders, colludes with the enemy, and can control more than half of the officials in the capital. What do you think he wants to do? "

What she said made my back feel cold and my eyes widened.

"Don't be so surprised, think of something good. Although he looks invincible, he has a fatal flaw, that is, he has no military power in his hands."

"So, he wants to use your Nanman troops to rebel while Daxing is battling with Northern Qiang?"

"Can you stop being so nervous all the time, even your stupid brain has figured it out, doesn't it mean that Liu Yueying still can't understand?" Sha Yu drank the last sip of soup and wiped her mouth with her sleeve casually.

I wanted to refute her, but felt that what she said made a little bit of truth, just a little bit.

With a thought, he suddenly asked him: "Sha Yu, do you...have a bad relationship with your brother?"

"What do you think?" She touched her earlobe with her long nails, "It's not just bad, he wants to get rid of me and hurry up."

"...Then, I have a way to kill two birds with one stone, will you listen?"

"What?" It was the first time she saw me saying this, and she seemed very interested.

"I've read from the literature that before your southern barbarians send troops, the leader likes to hunt first to get a good start, doesn't he?"

"That's right, what's the matter?" There was a little light in her Danfeng eyes.

"The emperor sent one of her maids to follow me, named Wuxia, she can make all kinds of spices; do you know that there is a spice that can..." I leaned towards her, suppressed my throat, and my voice gradually became smaller.

==

"Xiaozhi and Master, what's the situation now?"

Sha Yu twirled the strands of hair hanging by her ears, and said dissatisfiedly: "You treat me, a lively and beautiful woman, as Bai Xiaosheng's envoy, and you don't have a good face all day long, and you don't know good people's hearts! Violence! "

Seeing that my face was getting darker, she quickly continued: "I said, I said, the emperor is sending someone to arrest your master, but it's just a show for others to see. She has an agreement with your master, and she won't take it seriously."

Have an agreement?After going through it in my mind, I suddenly had a guess, so I didn't ask any more.

"Where's Xiaozhi?"

"She..." Sha Yu rolled her eyes and smiled at me: "I don't know either."

Just as he wanted her to stop pretending, Sha Yu's face suddenly changed.

She had a smile on her face, but said in a low voice, "Since you're here, don't hide outside."

The door was slammed open, and Wuxia stood at the door with an unfriendly expression.

"Did you hear what I said to Prime Minister Yang just now?"

"I heard." Wu Xia replied to Sha Yu, but her gaze was on me coldly.

"Then I won't be too polite. I have one more request besides meeting Prime Minister Yang this time. Please ask Miss Wu Xia to make me a pack of spices." Sha Yu's skin is really thicker than the city wall.

"National teacher of the enemy country, why do you think I will agree to you?" Wu Xia's sleeves flashed coldly, and a soft blade appeared in front of her instantly.

This little girl also knows martial arts?

"Since you heard the conversation between me and Prime Minister Yang, you should be clear that I am on the same side as you." Sha Yu calmly clamped the soft blade with two fingers, turned it around, and the blade unexpectedly bent.

Wu Xia's pupils shrank suddenly, and she raised her hand to interrupt her movement, and the blade lost its fulcrum and fell to the ground.

"Your martial arts are really good. The emperor sent you to follow Yang Li because of his intentions. It's a pity—this kung fu can't beat me at all. Now, you have no other choice but to trust me."

Sha Yu picked up the blade from the ground, put it in his hand and exerted strength, and the curved blade straightened again.

"Sister saw Lu doll today, she is in a good mood, and I don't care about you."