When Gu Huaiqing returned to the palace from Wan's family, it was past Haishi.

At the climax of the moon, he drank a few more glasses and smelled of alcohol on his body, but his steps were still steady, his eyes were still clear, and he was not drunk.

As soon as Gu Huaiqing stepped into the palace gate, a small eunuch had already been waiting for a long time in the cold wind. When he saw him, he showed a relieved expression.

"Master Gu, you are back! The emperor has urged you several times."

Gu Huaiqing hummed lightly: "Got it."

The little inner eunuch hunched over, carrying a lantern, and brought Gu Huaiqing to the Qianqing Palace where the emperor lived.

Gu Huai cleaned up his appearance, climbed up the high steps step by step, and walked into the majestic palace.

From a distance, the young emperor Xiao Jing was sitting in front of the bright yellow dragon table reviewing the memorial.I saw him sometimes frowning and thinking, sometimes showing his face and nodding, his expression was very rich.

Xiao Jing has not yet reached the crown, her eyebrows are sculpted and her eyes are handsome, and her facial features are still somewhat childish, but wearing a dragon robe embroidered with five-clawed cloud dragons, she faintly has the aura of dominating the world.

As soon as he saw Gu Huaiqing, Xiao Jing immediately put down his pen, with a happy smile on his face: "You're finally back!"

"Your Majesty, Wanan!" Gu Huaiqing lifted his robe, knelt down and performed the courtesies of the emperor and his ministers.

Xiao Jing raised his arms slightly and said, "Ping body."

Gu Huaiqing stood up, Xiao Jing waved his hands and retreated to the left and right, leaving only the monarch and his ministers in the huge palace.

Once there were no outsiders, Xiao Jing's imperial airs immediately disappeared, and she happily took out a plate of exquisite snacks from the drawer, and said with a smile like offering treasures: "Huaiqing, I left you your favorite Peach Blossom Crisp, it’s getting cold after waiting too long! Come, come and taste it!”

"But I'm already full from the banquet." Gu Huaiqing frowned in embarrassment.

Xiao Jing immediately put down his handsome face, with a disappointed expression on his face.

Gu Huaiqing couldn't resist him, so he pinched a small piece and put it in his mouth.

After all, palace dim sum is extraordinary, sweet and crispy, with a fragrance of peach blossoms, lightly biting down, the mouthful is full of fragrance.

Xiao Jing looked at Gu Huaiqing with a smile, twisted the remaining half of the pastry into her mouth, and tasted it with him.

The monarch and his ministers shared a piece of peach blossom crisp. If it spread, the city would be full of storms again, but the two of them were magnanimous in their hearts.

Xiao Jing said: "Huaiqing, do you still remember that year when you were punished by Concubine Shu and didn't give you food, I secretly went to the imperial dining room and stole a plate of peach blossom cakes, and gave it to you over the wall in the middle of the night?"

Gu Huaiqing swallowed the dessert slowly, cast a sideways glance at Xiao Jing, and said, "Well, I don't remember the peach blossom cakes, but I remember that His Majesty didn't come over the wall, but drilled some kind of hole to get in. The clothes are scratched, it looks really..."

Xiao Jing blushed and said angrily, "Hey! Why do you remember such trivial details and forget the most important part?!"

Seeing that Xiao Jing was annoyed, Gu Huaiqing immediately smoothed Xiao Jing's hair, and said with a smile, "I'm just kidding! How could I not remember? That plate of peach blossom cakes is the most delicious thing I've ever eaten in my life."

Xiao Jing looked at Gu Huaiqing's beautiful smile and didn't speak for a long time...

That year, he was only eight years old, and he had not yet been adopted by the queen, let alone registered as a prince.

His biological mother was an ordinary court lady, who was blessed by the emperor once in a while, but was forgotten in a blink of an eye.

The first emperor had more than 20 children, Xiao Jing was neither the eldest, nor was he a descendant, nor was he even born to a favored concubine.

At that time, Concubine Shu, who was the most beloved of the late emperor, raised a poodle. Relying on his power, the dog ran amok in the palace and bit countless people.

When Xiao Jing was young and playful, when he saw a vicious dog hurting people, he secretly hid in a tree and threw stones at the dog from the tree. The dog was bullied, and ran back to complain to its master.

Concubine Shu aggressively followed the dog to the tree, threatening to severely punish the person who loved her dog. Xiao Jing knew that she had caused a catastrophe, so she hid in the tree in fright, wailing inwardly.

Although Xiao Jing is young, he also knows the cruelty of the court, it doesn't matter if he himself is punished, it might even hurt his unfavorable mother.

When I was in a dilemma, I suddenly heard a childish voice from the tree crown above my head.

"My lord, forgive me, I didn't know it was your dog!"

This was the first time Xiao Jing saw Gu Huaiqing, the little eunuch who was about the same age as her, stepped forward to protect herself with his thin body.

Xiao Jing watched helplessly as Concubine Shu ordered someone to press Gu Huaiqing to the ground and beat him severely, not only that, but also locked him up and didn't give him food.

After Xiao Jing went back, he tossed and turned, guilty, moved, and self-blaming, all kinds of emotions tormented him, and finally couldn't help getting up in the middle of the night, ran to the imperial dining room and stole a plate of leftover peach blossom cakes, wrapped them in a handkerchief and put them in his pocket Here, I want to secretly give it to Gu Huaiqing.

Concubine Shu's palace was heavily guarded, Xiao Jing walked around outside, scratching his head anxiously, the palace wall was too high, he couldn't climb over it, and finally saw a dog hole in the corner, he was small, so he could just pass through it, and now he couldn't Regardless of the status of the prince, he used his hands and feet to get in.

Gu Huaiqing was starved for a day and a night, and when he saw the green light in his eyes, he immediately gobbled it up.

Xiao Jing silently squatted aside to watch him eat, and when he finished eating, he asked, "Why did you come forward to help me cover up?"

Gu Huaiqing snorted, and said tuggingly: "I wanted to cook that stinky dog ​​a long time ago. I hid in a tree, and I was ready to do it. Who knew that you beat me one step ahead. But you are too mean. , if I were to throw a stone down to make sure that it would be cocked, how could it make it call that wicked woman!"

Xiao Jing couldn't help laughing out loud, thinking that Gu Huaiqing was very interesting, he was completely different from ordinary inner eunuchs.

Xiao Jing felt warm in his heart, and felt like he had found a confidant. He was alone in the palace, lacking playmates, and no one would stand up to protect him at a critical moment.

Later, Gu Huaiqing's adoptive father Wan Zhen came forward to intercede, and Concubine Shu let him go. Gu Huaiqing came back and lay down for a month before his injuries healed.

After a while, Xiao Jing found an opportunity to ask Gu Huaiqing to be by her side. Since then, Gu Huaiqing has become Xiao Jing's little follower, inseparable.

The two of them are about the same age and have similar interests. They are named master and servant, but they are actually like brothers and sisters. They have a deep and unusual relationship.

This small plate of peach blossom cakes is the beginning of their friendship...

After eating a piece of peach blossom crisps, the monarch and his ministers were a little bit embarrassed when they recalled the past.

Under the dim candlelight, Gu Huaiqing's face had an unreal hazy beauty, his face was like powder, his lips were like vermilion, and his slightly raised phoenix eyes were drawn with thick ink, giving him an indescribable romantic charm.

Xiao Jing seemed to be stunned, and stretched out his finger subconsciously. The moment his finger was about to touch the corner of Gu Huaiqing's lips, Gu Huaiqing suddenly tilted his head and looked at Xiao Jing blankly.

Xiao Jing withdrew her hand, smiled and said, "There are pastry crumbs on the corner of your mouth."

Gu Huaiqing snorted, took out a silk handkerchief to wipe his mouth, and moved gracefully like the son of the most noble family.

As they got closer, Xiao Jing smelled the slight smell of alcohol on Gu Huaiqing's body, and asked, "Have you been drinking?"

"Well, I blocked a few drinks for my adoptive father."

Xiao Jing asked again: "Is the wedding banquet very lively? Isn't the bride beautiful?"

Gu Huaiqing had never met the bride, Xie Yalan, but he saw Xie Huilan, the first assistant's wife, in the back hall. The Xie family's twin sisters are well-known, the older sister is so beautiful, and the younger sister will naturally not be sent there, so she nodded and said: "Sisters of the Xie family are all A rare beauty."

Xiao Jing sighed, "Wan Zhen and Shen Taifu are both good luck!"

"If Your Majesty was envious, Xie Yun should have let Xie Yun send the two daughters into the palace." Gu Huaiqing said again, "By the way, I heard that the girl from Shen Taifu's family is better than Xie's Shuangshu, and she hasn't married yet. Your Majesty might as well Wouldn't it be beautiful to be included in the harem?"

"Are I such a lecherous and stupid king?" Xiao Jing shook his head solemnly and refused, "Besides, Miss Shen has already been engaged to Wei Zhuangyuan and will be married soon, how can I snatch the wife of a subject?"

Gu Huaiqing teased: "Really? I think His Majesty is afraid of being scolded by the officials?"

Xiao Jing pretended to be sad and said, "Is this the kind of person I am in Huai Qing's eyes?"

Gu Huaiqing looked at Xiao Jing jokingly, and smiled without saying a word.

Xiao Jing also couldn't help laughing: "Speaking of which, when Huaiqing plans to marry a wife? No matter who you fancy, I will decide to give you a marriage."

Gu Huaiqing curled his lips in a self-deprecating way: "What do I do as an internal eunuch to marry a wife? Keep it at home and worry about being cuckolded, why bother?"

Xiao Jing's eyes flickered slightly, as if he felt both ashamed and sympathetic, after a long silence, he said: "I didn't mean that, I was just afraid that you would be alone..."

Gu Huaiqing smiled indifferently: "I feel very free alone, and I have never felt lonely. Your Majesty does not need to worry about me."

Xiao Jing hummed, feeling inexplicably happy because of Gu Huaiqing's words, and asked again: "I heard that there were assassins at the wedding banquet? No one was hurt, right?"

Although Xiao Jing was in the palace, the news was very well-informed, and Gu Huaiqing did not hide it, and described everything that happened during the banquet in detail.

When Xiao Jing heard about the assassin, he couldn't help worrying about Gu Huaiqing, but he also knew Gu Huaiqing's kung fu, ordinary assassins couldn't help him.

Xiao Jing said: "I also heard that you had some trouble with Jin Yiwei?"

Gu Huaiqing glanced at Xiao Jing, and thought to himself, you have heard all about it, why are you asking?But he said: "No unpleasantness, I just want to borrow their Xiuchun knife out of curiosity."

Xiao Jing was well aware of Gu Huaiqing's flamboyant personality, so he laughed and said, "I'm afraid it's more than that? What do you think of Jin Yiwei's martial arts?"

Gu Huaiqing snorted softly with disdain on his face.

"The one who confronted you was named Duan Mingchen. He once sneaked into the enemy camp alone in Saibei and cut off the head of the enemy general. He also offered a plan to the old general Hou. He used a clever trick to make the Tatars fight among themselves. massacre."

"I saw that he was young and promising, wise and courageous, so I recalled him from the border and promoted him to the rank of Jinyiwei Tongzhi. I hope he can be reused. You also know that there are old guys in the court now, and it's time for some fresh blood. !"

Duan Mingchen's sharp and handsome face appeared in front of Gu Huaiqing's eyes. Even if Gu Huaiqing was very conceited, he had to admit that Duan Mingchen's martial arts were really good, not inferior to his own.

However, Gu Huaiqing could see that Duan Mingchen's attitude towards him was very indifferent, and he was even slightly disdainful. The military report may not be without exaggeration. In my opinion, that Duan Mingchen is nothing more than that, if His Majesty wants to reuse him, he should be more cautious."

Xiao Jing nodded and said: "Well, what you said is also reasonable, find a chance to investigate him first and then talk about it."

Gu Huaiqing had been busy all night, his face was obviously tired, Xiao Jing thoughtfully said: "You are tired too, go back and rest early."

Gu Huaiqing got up to leave, Xiao Jing looked at his retreating back, dazed, a drop of vermilion ink condensed on the tip of the hanging pen, and slowly dripped onto the memorial, rendering a ball of bright red.

At this time, an inner eunuch knelt outside the door and said: "Chuxiu Palace Ning Guifei sent someone to invite Your Majesty."

Xiao Jing stared at the void, remained silent for a while, finally stood up slowly, and immediately a servant came up to put on a luxurious robe for him.

"Show Chuxiu Palace!"

The shrill voice of the inner eunuch spread far away in the quiet palace, startling a group of black crows on the roof of the palace, flying all over the sky in the night sky...

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