A kitten dressed as an empress

In the first few days of the year, although the royal family does not need to visit like ordinary officials, the activities of worshiping ancestors cannot be shirked.

Originally, the wives of officials had to enter the palace to pay homage to the lord of the harem, but they were exempted because there was no queen.

The heavy snow had not yet melted, and it was cold, and the sound of firecrackers outside the capital was endless, and the palace was as deserted as ever.

Wen Ruyan slept lazily until noon, and just after getting up to eat, the little palace man carried the food box into the inner hall.

"Have you eaten?" Wen Ruyan asked while sipping hot soup.

The little palace man's eyes were bright and he responded: "Miss Hui Wen, the servant has eaten."

In the past few months, Xiao Gongren seems to have seen some flesh growing on her cheeks, and she is not as sallow and thin as when she first met, but looks a little moist.

Wen Ruyan looked at the table full of dishes, took out some of the empty small bowls and brought them to the little palace man, saying: "Come on, you can eat some more with me."

The little palace man stood straight to the side, not daring to take it, shaking his head in response: "Slaves can't eat it."

"why?"

"The servant girl is just a little palace man. If he steals food, he must cut his tongue and hands according to the palace rules."

"How can I steal what I gave you?" Wen Ruyan put the small bowl aside, and changed his words: "Then it's okay if I reward you?"

The little palace man knelt down and saluted after thinking about it: "Thank you Miss Wen for the reward."

The deep-seated dignity made Wen Ruyan feel powerless and could only say: "You help me with the food, I should thank you, don't be so afraid, you know?"

"I don't quite understand." Xiao Gongren had never heard such words before, so he naturally responded truthfully.

Wen Ruyan looked at the little palace man standing like a pillar, thinking that this might be a big project and he couldn't rush it for a while.

After the meal was finished, Wen Ruyan planned to practice calligraphy, and the little palace man was very clever and waited for him to study ink.

"You sit and practice calligraphy, I can do it myself." Wen Ruyan took the ink stick, and watched the little palace man sitting aside awkwardly.

The wind was blowing outside the window, and Wen Ruyan was copying the laws of the Southern Kingdom. At that time, Mrs. Zhang exposed the lies, so she thought that she should make up for her homework.

Xiaogongren's handwriting is much more regular than before. Although his right hand is missing a tail finger, it doesn't affect his grip on the pen.

"I'll bring you a dictionary from Zangshu Pavilion. If you don't understand it, you can look it up. If you still don't understand it, just ask me."

"Thank you Miss Wen." The little palace man stretched out his hands to hold the heavy dictionary respectfully, looking very careful.

Wen Ruyan wanted to take care of Zhao Yao's feelings, so naturally he could only reduce the time spent on teaching the little palace maid. Hearing the little palace lady's words of gratitude, she felt a little guilty and said, "You're welcome, you study hard, maybe you'll return later. Can be a female champion."

Although Xiao Gongren didn't know what a champion was, he only regarded it as an extremely important matter, but since he received Miss Wen's favor, he must work hard, and replied confidently: "My servant will work hard."

"This is your name, you don't need to use a slave for me, you know?" Wen Ruyan wrote down the word Xia Xiang, and handed the paper to the little palace man.

"The name of the servant?" The little palace man just copied from the book for the past two months, but he didn't know any words.

Wen Ruyan raised his hand and gently squeezed the little palace man's cheek and said, "I'm calling my servant again, have you forgotten what I just said?"

Xiao Gongren was stunned for a moment, then reacted belatedly and bowed his head: "Well, Xia Xiang remembered."

"It's awesome." Wen Ruyan brought Xiaodie's pastry to Xiao Gongren who lowered his head, "Come on, this is a reward."

"Thank you Miss Wen." The little palace man stared blankly at the smiling Miss Wen, and hesitantly reached out to pick up a small piece of pastry and put it in his mouth.

"Is it tasty?"

Soft and delicious pastry, this is the most delicious food Xiao Gongren has ever eaten, and his cheeks swelled slightly: "Mm, delicious."

"Then you eat all of these." Wen Ruyan felt that Xiaogong was much more honest than someone.

When the sun set, Wen Ruyan turned her stiff neck, calculating that it was almost time for Zhao Yao to return to the palace, so she asked the little palace servants to go to the compartment of the outer hall, so as not to make someone think too much.

The little palace man walked out of the inner hall with the book in his arms, and when he saw the door of the outer hall opened, he hurriedly knelt aside.

Zhao Yao casually handed the hand warmer to Peony, her eyes fell on the side of the little palace man, and she went straight into the inner hall without stopping.

Peony didn't follow inside, she looked down at the little palace man and asked, "What did you do with Miss Wen today?"

"The servant girl only cleaned in the outer hall, and did not do anything with Miss Wen." Although the little palace man didn't know why Mudan asked about his affairs with Miss Wen, he still remembered Miss Wen's confession not to tell the truth to Mudan, so as not to be taken advantage of by others. .

Didn't get any useful news, Mudan sneered suddenly: "Don't think that by climbing a high branch, you can stand out in the Yuqing Palace, you are just her puppy."

These words were like punching cotton, limp and without any response, Peony felt bored and left the outer hall.

Only then did the little palace man get up from the hard floor, carefully protecting the dictionary in the sleeve robe, thinking that even if she was a dog, then Miss Wen would be a good person.

Zhao Yao entered the inner hall, and several palace servants took off their complicated outer robes and put on ordinary clothes, looking at the person who was lying on the low couch reading a script.

"What did you do today?"

Seeing that she was silent, Zhao Yao could only speak first.

Wen Ruyan held the scripture book to cover the corners of her raised lips, only showing her bright eyes to look at the person surrounded by the palace people.

This crescent white dress really sets off Zhao Yao as a fairy who is not in the world, but a closer look reveals another scene. The dragon pattern and a large number of cloud patterns on the dress are all embroidered with fine gold silk. The clothes are particularly expensive and compelling.

A transparent and bright dragon-shaped jade pendant was worn on her side, which made her more stable as she got older, and her words and deeds were full of imperial aura.

"Why didn't you see Peony come to serve you today?" Wen Ruyan noticed that there was some nympho, so she looked away and asked.

The people in the palace carefully removed the crown, and the people in the palace quietly exited the inner hall.

Zhao Yao got up and approached to sit on the low couch, stretched out her hand and took away the words covering her cheek, Ben said casually: "Do you still miss her?"

Wen Ruyan stretched out his hand to grab it, but because his arms were too short, he could only give up and respond: "I just asked casually, why are you grabbing my book?"

"Peony alone can't take care of the complicated court clothes. It's not uncommon to have a few more palace people. If you only want her to serve you, I can let her come."

"I didn't say I wanted to." Wen Ruyan really didn't like the deep-minded Peony.

When it was dark outside the window, the palace people prepared meals, and Mudan waited by the side to serve vegetables and soup.

Xiao Gongren waited beside Wen Ruyan, and the scene was very strange for a while.

Wen Ruyan was eating the tender chicken, peeking at someone's face, thinking that you would intentionally push him against him.

Zhao Yao said in a deep voice, "Back off."

"Yes."

When Mudan and the little palace men retreated, Wen Ruyan held the dried fish and said, "Don't you have a bad appetite?"

"The little palace people seem to understand your favorites?" Zhao Yao looked at the dishes in Wen Ruyan's dishes, which were her favorites on weekdays.

Wen Ruyan glanced at the dishes in Zhao Yao's bowl and said, "Peony, I know your preferences very well."

As soon as Zhao Yao said this, she lowered her head and glanced, then picked up the chicken that was not in the dishes with her chopsticks and said, "She didn't pick up the meat."

Obviously a certain person would not take the initiative to eat meat on weekdays, and mostly only ate vegetables, Wen Ruyan looked at it in surprise.

"Then you eat more chicken."

Zhao Yao glanced at Wen Ruyan hesitantly, skipped her eyes and said, "You are not allowed to eat the dishes from the little palace."

Wen Ruyan realized her awkward thoughts when she heard this, and suppressed a smile, casually took a piece of vegetables and said, "Don't worry, I'm not picky about food, I can eat anything."

When Mudan brought the palace people to clean up the dishes, she found that the dishes she had prepared for His Majesty had not been touched, and instead she ate more vegetarian dishes.

Could it be that His Majesty loves to eat meat these days?

After taking a bath, Zhao Yao sat on the low couch with a book in her hands, and the small incense burner beside her was filled with faint smoke.

In order not to gain weight, Wen Ruyan picked out this storybook and walked around the inner hall to digest food, and her eyes fell on Zhao Yao's side.

Seeing that wisp of light smoke filled Zhao Yao's surroundings, it was so dreamy and unreal that people couldn't take their eyes off it. Wen Ruyan leaned against the wall to the side and planned to stand against the wall for a while and said, "This fragrance is quite pleasant."

"This is a medicinal herb for calming the mind and falling asleep."

Zhao Yao flipped through the book between her fingers and answered.

"Can't you sleep at night?"

Zhao Yao paused between her fingers, turned her head to look at the person who was standing against the wall in a strange posture, and responded slightly sadly: "It's inconvenient for you to be intimate at night."

Wen Ruyan couldn't help laughing out loud, it was supposed to be once every three days, but who would have thought that it would be postponed when it hit her menstrual period.

"Hey, maybe the weather is not good."

Zhao Yao couldn't help the bright smile in her eyes, so she had to look away, and the lights of the corridor could be faintly seen outside the window.

The heavy snow seldom stopped, but the sound of the wind never stopped. The branches and leaves couldn't bear the snow and many branches were broken. In addition, the strong wind destroyed many trees in the courtyard and destroyed them.

Wen Ruyan didn't wait for Zhao Yao's reply, and looked out curiously, only seeing the pitch-black area, with a few lights flickering in the wind, illuminating the line of sight.

"It's really windy." Wen Ruyan's legs felt a little numb, so he changed his standing and walked towards the window.

Zhao Yao's eyes fell on Wen Ruyan's hand that was picking up the snow by the window and she frowned slightly: "Aren't you afraid of the cold?"

"Just finished eating, it's very warm." Wen Ruyan squeezed his hands into a big snowball and stood on the window sill, then squeezed a small snowball and placed it on top of the big snowball.

I picked a few branches and leaves of the bamboo by the window and folded them into small ears and eyes. After a while, a little Xue'er was formed.

Wen Ruyan turned her head to look at Zhao Yao and said, "Isn't it cute?"

Zhao Yao raised her hand and lightly held the palm that was red from the snow, and wiped the snow water with a handkerchief in one hand: "You are not a child, and the sunflower water should have a good rest when you first came here. If you catch a cold, you will feel uncomfortable."

"My hands are very warm." Wen Ruyan felt that Zhao Yao's hands were a little cold.

The two sat together, and Zhao Yao asked Wen Ruyan to hold the teacup to warm his hands, then turned his gaze to the naive little snowman and said, "When the sky warms up, it should turn into water."

Wen Ruyan held the teacup and took a sip: "It's only the first month, so it won't be warm until March."

Zhao Yao turned her head to look at her lips moistened by tea, her throat became a little dry and she said, "Peach blossoms are in full bloom in March and April in the capital, which is a good time to see them. Do you want to go out of the palace with me to have a look?"

"Okay." Wen Ruyan was naturally happy to be out of the palace once in a while.

When the snow melts, the branches and green shoots in the courtyard will be clustered, and the severe cold of the twelfth lunar month will not be seen at all.

Although the winter robe hadn't been taken off in February, the sun was getting warmer day by day, and Wen Ruyan stood outside the hall with his hands folded in his sleeve pockets early in the morning.

The Department of Punishment arrested a group of officials one after another, Xie Min gradually gained prestige in the court and the public, and there was never a lack of grass in the court. Most of the four great families headed by the Song family in the past were gone, so they naturally changed their ways.

Song Qing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, has been acting with his tail between his legs since the corruption case, but he couldn't swallow that breath in his heart.

"Master Zhang, my brothers and I will get married at the end of this month, so remember to come and have a drink." General Zhao Rong smiled and greeted everyone.

"Congratulations to Brother Zhao on his wedding, Zhang will definitely attend the banquet."

Zhang Youmou looked at General Zhao Rong and the same faction generals joking and inviting him, and couldn't help but think of the embarrassing situation when he married Gu Lan.

For women, getting married is the most important thing in their life, but I can't even buy a pair of red candles.

Because of Zhang Youmou's refusal of the invitation several times, Gu Feng was very proud and arrogant. He looked down upon Zhang Youmou and the reckless generals, and came forward to sneer: "Brother-in-law, my little sister married you back then, now Now it's time for you to make up the wedding banquet, and invite our Gu parents to have a wedding wine."

Zhang Youmou frowned slightly and looked at Gu Feng and said, "Master Gu, there are only monarchs and ministers above the court, so it's better not to talk about family affairs."

"It seems that when you became an official, you forgot about your poor wife."

Although General Zhao Rong was a military commander, he could see that Zhang Youmou was being squeezed out, so he stood up and said: "Mrs. Zhang and Mr. Zhang are very affectionate. Why are you a brother-in-law cursing people?"

Gu Feng didn't expect to be pissed off by Zhao Rong, so he said unwillingly: "Our family is talking about things, what are you talking about as an outsider?"

"Master Zhang and I are brothers who go through life and death, and it's better than some family who secretly run on people!"

"you……"

Zhang Youmou said: "Master Gu, this is the imperial palace, please respect yourself."

Because of Gu Lan's reputation, Zhang Youmou didn't want to expose the vicious face of the Gu family back then.

"You wait for me!" Gu Feng returned to his original position with a flick of his sleeves.

General Zhao Rong said in a low voice: "Master Zhang, Gu Feng's official banquet in the capital is secretly slandering your reputation, you and your sister-in-law should take precautions earlier."

Zhang Youmou nodded in response, frowning as he looked at Gu Feng who had been in close contact with Song Qing.

Secretary of Punishment Xie Min watched the farce from the sidelines, looking at the handsome Zhang Youmou with great interest.

After the early dynasty ended, a group of officials came out of the hall one after another, leaving only the officials of the Government Affairs Cabinet to review the memorials. Xie Min, as an official promoted by the Empress, reported the newly investigated official corruption separately.

The Empress only left Zhang Youmou in the Political Affairs Cabinet to listen in and make suggestions. It is conceivable that the Empress should still trust this person.

After the officials left the palace in the afternoon, Xie Min deliberately wooed Zhang Youmou, so he moved closer and said, "Master Zhang, have you ever had time to go to a banquet and have a drink?"

Zhang Youmou was thinking about how Gu Feng hooked up with Song Qing and others, but the sudden sound was a little scary.

"Zhang has something else to do, so please forgive me for not being able to attend the banquet."

"I heard that Mr. Zhang has never been to an official banquet, and has always been a model of honesty and integrity for all officials. It is true when I saw it today."

"Master Xie, you're being polite." Even though they were both women, Zhang Youmou felt that Xie Min's thoughts were extremely difficult to guess, no less than the Empress.

Xie Min looked at Zhang Youmou, who was too reserved, with a smile, then changed the topic and asked, "It is rumored that Mr. Zhang is afraid of internal affairs, is it true?"

Zhang Youmou looked at Xie Minying in a daze: "How do you know this?"

"Ordinary officials can't avoid drinking and socializing outside. Even if there are groups of wives and concubines at home, they still go to the brothel. Mr. Zhang never goes to these places. It is rare for an official to accompany his wife in the mansion."

Zhang Youmou didn't know the meaning of these words for the time being, but the only thing he could judge was that the Department of Punishment and Punishment had probably been secretly sending people to monitor the officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

And this was obviously ordered by the empress, Zhang Youmou couldn't help feeling cold behind his back, and immediately became very vigilant and responded: "Ms. Zhang is in poor health and can't drink well, so naturally he can only take care of himself at home."

The spies sent by Xie Min outside Zhang's residence once reported that Zhang's residence went to the pharmacy to collect medicines all year round, and it took about a dozen doses at a time, without interruption.

The two had a few words, but Zhang Youmou didn't say any more, for fear that Xie Min would find out something else.

After returning to Zhang's mansion, Gu Lan looked at Zhang Youmou, whose face was a little pale, and thought that she was not feeling well, so she reached out to feel her pulse, but was held in her palm instead.

"Are you uncomfortable?" Gu Lan worriedly reached out to support her.

Zhang Youmou shook his head and pressed his index finger between his lips to signal to keep quiet. The two of them entered the main room together, and the outer room was guarded by a maid chosen by Gu Lan himself.

"On weekdays, don't make any noise. I think someone is watching Zhang's house."

"Don't worry, I take care of your clothes and daily life on weekdays with my own hands, and the personal maid is also someone I bought by my side since I was a child, so there shouldn't be any mistakes." Gu Lan carefully comforted this overly vigilant person.

Zhang Youmou leaned his head on Gu Lan's shoulder and said, "In short, try not to lend her hands as much as possible, so as not to make mistakes."

Gu Lan wrapped her arms around Zhang Youmou, wiped her cheeks with her fingertips and said, "I know, don't worry."

"I'll ask someone to prepare bath medicine soup for you in the stone room, you should change your clothes quickly, if you catch a cold, you should get sick again."

"Hmm." Zhang Youmou followed Gu Lan into the stone room, and soaked in the hot tub full of medicinal herbs after his clothes faded away.

Gu Lan twisted the handkerchief in her hand and wiped her cheeks carefully. Zhang Youmou couldn't help but blame himself when he remembered what Gu Feng had said earlier. He stretched out his hand to hold the slender hand and called, "Lan'er, do you want to hold a wedding banquet again?"

"We have been married for ten years, why do you suddenly want to hold a wedding banquet?"

Zhang Youmou euphemistically told Gu Lan about the early dynasty.

"Gu Feng, if he wants to drink wedding wine, he can go to the tavern and drink enough, how can you be fooled by him?" Gu Lan replied slightly annoyed, twisting the handkerchief.

"I didn't fall for his tricks, I just felt that I wronged you too much at that time." Zhang Youmou was afraid that Gu Landuo would rush to explain.

Gu Lan sighed and said, "I knew you would take it to heart."

Zhang Youmou held Gu Lan's hand and said, "If you don't want to, I'll let you go."

"No matter how beautiful the wedding banquet is, we still live together as two people. If I wanted to be beautiful, why would I follow you?"

"I was useless then..."

Gu Lan lightly pressed the acupoint on Zhang Youmou's palm with her fingertips and said, "If you are useless, how can you marry Miss Gu's family?"

Zhang Youmou blushed and said in a low voice, "Then I, Yi Lan'er, is mine."

"It's so good. Now that the court is strict, if it's too lively, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble." Gu Lan pinched the hot pink face teasingly, and smiled tenderly. , "Do you know why I like you?"

After getting along for many years, Zhang Youmou really didn't hear Gu Lan say why he likes him, so he looked up at Gu Lan in confusion.

Gu Lan lightly pecked her lips, pinched her earlobe with her fingertips and said in a low voice, "Because you are crazy, but I am also crazy, so we two lovers are a pair, and no one can separate them."

Zhang Youmou blushed and didn't dare to move, he just felt his heart beating fast, and he was ecstatic because of Gu Lan's every frown and smile.

In the middle of March, when the warblers fly and the grass grows, the peach blossoms and willows in the capital are full of spring.

A carriage slowly drove out of the palace, and just stopped at a corner when it entered the shore outside the city.

Zhao Yao looked awkwardly at this men's outfit and frowned slightly: "Why can't I show people the appearance of a woman?"

Wen Ruyan raised her hand to smooth her brows, and looked at Zhao Yao, who was dressed in aqua-blue robes and her long hair was simply tied up, looked more heroic than usual. It is outstanding, and can fascinate a large number of people at a glance.

If it was dressed up as a woman, it would definitely attract a group of men to look around, Wen Ruyan didn't want to attract a group of rivals.

"You look better than Master Zhang and Master Li like this."

"Really?" Zhao Yao held the white jade folding fan, raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Wen Ruyan suspiciously.

Wen Ruyan frowned and smiled, "Really, I can't lie to you."

After finally pulling Zhao Yao out of the alley, a group of guards stood behind him not far away. Wen Ruyan thought the river was only that big, but he didn't expect that the river was so spacious that he couldn't see the end at a glance.

The cool breeze is especially cool, Wen Ruyan turned his head to look at the extremely reserved Zhao Yao and said, "Shall we go to the shore to watch the peach blossoms, or take a boat tour on the lake?"

"I don't take a boat." Zhao Yao is afraid of water, especially the vast water surface is even more frightening.

Wen Ruyan didn't even think about scaring her, so he naturally walked towards the corridor built along the river.

Peach blossoms are in full bloom in the mountains and forests, and many girls travel together, so there are also hawkers who see through business opportunities and sell some gadgets here.

Games like throwing pots are mostly played by teenagers, and they usually have the meaning of being brave in front of those they like.

It's just that Zhao Yao's appearance caused many women to look around. Although they didn't get close, their piercing eyes made people panic even more.

Wen Ruyan saw an old paper-cut man, so he took Zhao Yao to sit together and asked the old man to cut a pair of red paper figurines.

Unexpectedly, the girls looked at this side with shining eyes, and the two of them suddenly became the focus of their eyes.

"What are they looking at?" Zhao Yao asked puzzled.

"Probably looking at the paper-cut old man." Wen Ruyan explained solemnly.

It was not easy for the old man to finish the two dexterous red paper figurines. Wen Ruyan had a rare opportunity to spend the wages he had saved, and he generously gave a penny, and immediately dragged Zhao Yao to run away.

Zhao Yao was held by Wen Ruyan to lead the way with one hand, and held the two paper figurines holding hands with the other, and said with a smile in her eyes: "This is much better than the two ugly clay figurines last year."

Wen Ruyan led Zhao Yao around for a long time before throwing off the group of girls, "You really like the new and hate the old."

"Do you think those two little clay figurines are prettier than this one?" Zhao Yao brought the big red paper figurines to Wen Ruyan and asked.

Originally, she wanted to open her eyes and tell nonsense, but when Wen Ruyan saw this lifelike paper figurine, she had no choice but to admit that it was really pretty.

At least the figures of these two paper figurines are not out of shape, and their faces are normal. Compared with those two ugly clay figurines, they are indeed not at the same level.

"Why don't you talk?" Zhao Yao gently twirled the wooden stick behind the paper figurine between her fingers.

Wen Ruyan changed the subject and said, "They all go to lunch later, and we can watch the peach blossoms in peace."

A gust of wind blew, and the paper figurines shook violently. Zhao Yao was afraid of being damaged, so she carefully wrapped the two paper figurines with oiled paper.

"You, do you like it?" Wen Ruyan asked aloud seeing her being so careful and caring.

Zhao Yao replied awkwardly: "This paper figurine is too fragile, if I don't take good care of it, I'm afraid it will break when I return to the palace."

Wen Ruyan understood that Zhao Yao just couldn't speak bluntly.

Alas, what else can I say about the person I am looking for.

"What are you looking at me like that for?" Zhao Yao looked a little guilty, and stretched out her hand to tie the thin hair scattered around her ear.

Obviously dressed as a man, although his appearance is a bit feminine, there is no big flaw, but this little gesture inadvertently reveals the tenderness of his daughter's family, which is a fatal blow.

"No, it's nothing." Wen Ruyan held Zhao Yao's hand slightly, her heart was beating fast for no reason, and she could only take a deep breath to adjust her heartbeat.

At any rate, after so many years, one needs to have some immunity.

At noon, the crowd was much smaller, Wen Ruyan led Zhao Yao into the peach forest, and the wind from the lake blew up many peach blossoms.

Wen Ruyan's eyes were dazzled. No wonder there are so many poets who like to climb mountains and admire flowers. You have to experience the beauty of such scenes in person.

"It would be great if I had a mobile phone." At least I can post Jiugongge in Moments.

"What?" Zhao Yao turned her head to look beside her, only to see Wen Ruyan in green gauze staring at the flying peach blossoms obsessively.

On weekdays, I usually see her wearing bright colors, but this colder green gauze looks more soft in the peach red, and she specially put on rouge on her lips in the morning, which is extraordinarily beautiful and moving.

The black hair blown by the wind covered her face, Zhao Yao stretched out her hand to gently brush the fine hair off her cheeks, and lightly brushed off the petals attached to the fine hair with her fingertips.

Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao with puzzled eyes and said, "What are you doing?"

Zhao Yao regained her senses and lightly touched the soft white earlobe with her fingertips and asked, "I'm looking at you."

The fluffy words seemed to be blown by the wind straight into Wen Ruyan's ears, and even made his heart itch violently.

The wind around suddenly stopped, and the petals were falling quietly all over the sky. Wen Ruyan's heartbeat, which had managed to stabilize with great difficulty, also inexplicably accelerated a lot.

She, does this mean she wants to kiss her?

Just when Wen Ruyan was guessing, Zhao Yao was not polite, she took the initiative to embrace the person in front of her, leaned down and pecked soft lips lightly.

This superficial touch almost made Wen Ruyan think that Zhao Yao had finally learned to restrain herself, but who would have thought to sneak in after that.

The hand on the back of the head never let go, Wen Ruyan opened his eyes wide, he could vaguely hear children playing and laughing in the peach forest, he stretched out his hand in a panic and patted Zhao Yao's shoulder.

But Zhao Yao refused to follow the smile in her eyes, she had to let Wen Ruyan breathe very close to the verge of collapse, so she let go.

"You're too bold." Wen Ruyan felt a little numb in his mouth, and said a little shyly.

The faint fragrance of the rouge radiated between Zhao Yao's teeth, making Zhao Yao's heart flutter. She looked obsessively at Wen Ruyan's red lips, which were already slightly smudged, and her appearance seemed to be full of coquettishness in the painting. The little girl wiped the loose rouge on her lips carefully with her fingertips and said, "This rouge really suits you."

Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao's eyes that were burning hot, and his face was burning with panic, and said with evasive eyes, "I'm hungry, I should go find something to eat."

Zhao Yao refused to let go, she lowered her head and wanted to taste the rouge again, but her mouth was covered before she got close.

"We're out on a date, can you stop having some evil intentions?" Wen Ruyan pinched Zhao Yao's cheek with his fingertips, taking advantage of it.

"Is it wrong?" Zhao Yao didn't feel ashamed to be punctured, but responded very honestly, "Isn't the intimacy between you and me a matter of occasion?"

Wen Ruyan felt that Zhao Yao was still very straightforward about some of her thoughts, so she looked at Zhao Yao hopelessly and said, "Are you going to let go or not?"

"Such a beautiful day, do you really only want to eat?"

Zhao Yao's eyes were very ambiguous, and her fingertips stayed by her side to take advantage of the situation, but she stopped when she touched a bunch of awkward objects and asked, "What's in your belt?"

Wen Ruyan took advantage of the situation to escape from the encirclement and said triumphantly, "Of course it's money."

money?

Suddenly remembering that she changed the female officer's salary into copper plates to form a string, Zhao Yao looked suspiciously at the girl and said, "You can't be..."

"That's right!" Wen Ruyan slightly opened his outer clothes in a serious manner, only to see a large string of copper companions hanging on them, and smiled triumphantly, "Does this count as being rich?"

Zhao Yao suppressed a smile and responded, "Aren't you tired wearing these things all the way?"

Wen Ruyan stretched out his hand to grab Zhao Yao's hand and said, "It's okay, I'll treat you to something delicious today."

After the two came out of Taolin, they entered a lively restaurant, and the shop waiter greeted them very warmly.

Wen Ruyan was trying to make use of the upstart's magnanimity, but in the end, the waiter in the shop directly ignored him and eagerly flattered the silent Zhao Yao.

"My lord, the private room on the second floor of our restaurant has a beautiful view of the peach grove." The shop waiter has seen many people, so he can naturally see that the clothes of the two of them are expensive, especially the aristocratic young man in the blue robe. Fanzi probably bought more than ten restaurants in the capital.

But the noble young man didn't speak, but the little girl at the side watched angrily.

Wen Ruyan worked hard to find a sense of existence, but was ignored, and her heart was really complicated.

Zhao Yao couldn't help but say out loudly: "Today, my little lady is in charge."

Only then did the shop waiter turn his eyes to the little lady at the side and say, "I don't know what the girl wants?"

"Go to the private room on the second floor." Wen Ruyan looked at so many pairs of eyes in the lobby, especially those girls who were looking at this direction in whispers, and chose the private room as soon as he gritted his teeth.

The two followed the waiter to the private room on the second floor, Zhao Yao looked around at the furnishings, and then looked out the window, it was indeed a good place to enjoy the peach blossoms.

Wen Ruyan ordered the restaurant's twelve famous dishes in one go, and was relieved to see the waiter in the restaurant slacking off.

"What are you looking at?" Wen Ruyan poured a cup of tea and handed it to Zhao Yao, and then poured a cup of tea to moisturize his throat.

Zhao Yao took the teacup, took a sip, looked at Wen Ruyan and said, "This is indeed a good place to enjoy the scenery."

Wen Ruyan leaned forward, the oncoming breeze was also mixed with the fragrance of peach blossoms, and the peach blossoms all over the mountains and plains were like a sea of ​​flowers.

"This place is much more beautiful than the Royal Garden."

"If you like, I'll let someone plant a peach garden in the palace."

"That will take many years." Wen Ruyan sipped his tea and turned his head to look at Zhao Yao. Remembering the reaction of the waiter in the shop just now, he couldn't help laughing out loud, "Why did you say I was you just now?"

Zhao Yao met the bright eyes full of smiles, held the teacup with one fingertips slightly tightly, and gently held the warm hand with the other hand: "You are my little lady, did you say something wrong?"

Wen Ruyan snorted softly and said, "I won't marry you."

"If you don't marry me, then who can you marry?" Zhao Yao asked, holding that weak and boneless hand.

"Don't underestimate people, there are so many men and women in the world, I can always get married."

Zhao Yao frowned lightly and embraced the slender girl, saying: "Those men and women, they certainly don't treat you as well as I do."

The sudden approach made Wen Ruyan a little panicked, he pinched Zhao Yao's palm with his fingers and responded softly: "That's not necessarily the case, you are usually fierce and cold like ice, now you want to get along with me. It's hot like a stove, I can't follow you too much."

"If you followed me, you would have been the queen long ago." Zhao Yao lowered her head and looked at her slightly sadly.

Wen Ruyan couldn't help Zhao Yao's tender eyes, but fortunately the waiter in the shop brought the food in time, so he was saved.

Twelve dishes were served. Wen Ruyan tasted the steamed fish first. The fish was very tender and not too spicy, which was very suitable for Zhao Yao's taste.

The two of them didn't eat fast, and they came down from the private room at the end of the day, and the waiter in the shop actively greeted them: "My lord, are you satisfied with the food?"

Wen Ruyan was very dissatisfied with the waiter's reaction in this shop and said, "I'll pay for the money."

The men paid for eating out, and it was the first time that the waiter in the shop saw a woman paying for it, so he couldn't help but look at the young man in the blue robe with a complicated expression.

It can't be seen that the handsome and talented young master is actually a softie!

"Okay, the total is 12 taels of silver."

Wen Ruyan gave a large string of copper coins to the waiter and said, "You can count the money for the meal."

The waiter in the shop was holding this large string of copper plates with both hands, his eyes almost fell out, who the hell brought so many copper plates with him when he went out.

"You, don't you have any silver?" The waiter in the shop asked hesitantly. After all, I don't know how long it will take to count so many copper coins, which is really troublesome.

"If you don't want copper coins, then I'll leave."

"You're just joking."

Wen Ruyan thought that there was still a lot of copper coins left in the large string, but he didn't expect the waiter in the shop to count for a long time, and he said that there were still two copper coins missing.

So Wen Ruyan touched from the left sleeve pocket to the right sleeve pocket, and finally found two scattered copper plates in the corner.

When she came out of the restaurant, Wen Ruyan only felt that she was hollowed out.

The price of goods in this capital is too high, no, maybe the salary of female officials is too low.

It was getting late, the two were riding in a carriage, Wen Ruyan half leaned on Zhao Yao and said, "Fortunately, I come out once a year."

Zhao Yao wrapped her arms around the person who approached and responded, "Are you tired?"

Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao, and suddenly felt that the money was worth the money, but after thinking about it seriously, he felt that the restaurant was probably killing people.

"I'm not tired, I'm in pain."

Zhao Yao couldn't understand these words, she lifted her thin hair from the side of her face with her fingertips and said, "Where is your pain, let me take your pulse?"

"It's nothing, it got better all of a sudden." Wen Ruyan couldn't help laughing again as she looked at the serious Zhao Yao.

At this time, I can only comfort myself, after all, earning money is for spending.

The carriage swayed and did not enter the palace until dusk. When Wen Ruyan got off the carriage, she was still a little dizzy.

Zhao Yao didn't dare to leave her hands, carefully supported her and said worriedly: "Why do you get dizzy in a carriage?"

Alas, don't talk about it, Hyundai has never been motion sick, but it turned out to be horse-sick, and it would be embarrassing to say it.

After Wen Ruyan sat on the low couch, she breathed a sigh of relief. With her head leaning against the window, Zhao Yao poured a cup of tea and handed it to her mouth, saying, "Do you still want to vomit?"

"It's okay." Wen Ruyan lowered his head and took a sip of water, and then slowly suppressed the feeling of nausea and vomiting.

At night, the little palace servants came in to hold the lamps, but they did not dare to make a sound, but carefully put down the lampshades.

After taking a simple bath, Wen Ruyan nestled on the low couch, took advantage of Zhao Yao's indoor bathing and called out: "Xia Xiang, I have a small gift for you."

"What is this?" Xiao Gongren was holding a doll with a little jingle bell hanging on it.

"This is said to protect children's health, just put it next to the bed."

Holding the doll in his hand, Xiaogong replied gratefully: "Thank you Miss Wen."

"It's okay, you go to the outer hall to rest early."

"Yes."

Wen Ruyan saw the little palace man leaving the inner hall, and stretched out his hand to pour another cup of tea. The night wind outside the window was a bit cool, and the swaying branches and leaves swayed slightly.

When Zhao Yao came out from the inner room, she was wearing thin plain clothes, with three thousand black hairs hanging down her head. Wen Ruyan stared at her, almost forgot to swallow her tea, and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.

"Do you feel better this way?" Zhao Yao took out a small bottle of refreshing ointment from the medicine box, dipped some on her fingertips and dabbed it on Wen Ruyan's forehead.

Wen Ruyan was half leaning on the soft pillow, looking brightly at Zhao Yaoying whose face was stained with a dim yellow lamp: "You look very gentle like this."

Zhao Yao couldn't understand this sudden sentence and asked: "I am always in your eyes