A kitten dressed as an empress

Later, Wen Ruyan searched through the roster and found out that Concubine Jin had passed away, and the Supreme Emperor had buried all the people in Concubine Jin's palace with him. Now there is no one in the palace.

This matter is like a thread that has been cut off, and Wen Ruyan can only temporarily let go of his mind.

I was still worried about how to spend the midsummer, because the construction of the venue for the competition with the soldiers of the Chi country was completed, and the competition between the soldiers of the two countries was about to officially start.

Zhao Yao, as the empress of the Southern Kingdom, naturally wanted to attend. During lunch, Wen Ruyan filled the soup and said, "Will you take me to watch the competition tomorrow?"

The sun was very hot in midsummer, Zhao Yao thought that people who were always afraid of heat would not want to accompany her, but she didn't expect to mention it on her own initiative, and she still didn't react.

"I'm afraid there will be casualties in this competition, are you serious about it?" Zhao Yao took the soup bowl and responded.

Wen Ruyan nodded in response: "Although you have issued an edict to allow civilians to enter the competition site, I feel that the people in the southern country should have no expectations for this competition between men and women. If the competition is cold then, I will feel sorry for the female soldiers who will compete. .”

Although she didn't quite understand the meaning of the cold field, Zhao Yao replied after thinking: "You can go as you want, but you can't plead with me because of the female soldiers."

"Don't worry, as long as the rules are fair and the two parties compete according to their strengths, I will not intercede."

Wen Ruyan handed the fish meat that had been picked out to Zhao Yao's side.

Holding chopsticks, Zhao Yao separated the small pieces of grilled fish and said, "This competition is divided into [-] games, and it will take [-] days to finish. I can only take you to watch tomorrow and the last day."

Upon hearing this, Wen Ruyan asked in puzzlement, "What if it's fifty to fifty?"

"In the end, there will be an extra game, and the winner will always be determined."

"alright."

In the afternoon, the sun was bright, and there were no palace people in the palace halls. Su Qing shuttled between the bookshelves holding the scrolls, looked at the little palace people beside him with puzzled eyes and said, "You want me to Take you out of the palace?"

Holding a heavy scroll in her hand, Xia Xiang replied timidly: "I heard that tomorrow there will be a competition between the female soldiers of the Southern Kingdom and the soldiers of the Chi Kingdom, and His Majesty will also leave the palace. I want to go outside the palace with Miss Su."

It has been 13 years since she entered the palace since she was a child, and Xia Xiang can't remember how many scenes she had when she was young.

"If you come with me, of course you can." Seeing the little palace man who rarely made a request to him, Su Qing couldn't bear to refuse, so he complied with the request.

"Thank you, Ms. Su." Xia Xiang thanked her blushing.

Su Qing smiled, thinking that she was still a child at heart, just leaving the palace, why was she so happy?

On weekdays, female officials Su are usually very calm, although they never beat or scold, or even speak harshly to palace people, but Xia Xiang has always been in awe of her.

It was the first time to see Miss Su showing a smile like this, Xia Xiang stared at it bewilderedly, and immediately lowered her head to follow when she realized it.

There are also a few female officials in Zangshu Pavilion, but most of them are very fierce. Only female official Su is the most gentle. Xia Xiang touched the begonia flower fragrance bag worn by her side with her fingertips, thinking that it would be great if she could follow female official Su forever.

"However, there are still some books that have not been excerpted today. We will delay things when we leave the palace tomorrow. I guess we have to hurry up tonight." Su Qing put the scrolls back to their original places, and then reached out to take away the books held by the little palace man .

The little palace man didn't let go of his hand in a daze, his cheeks were blushing, and Su Qing asked puzzledly, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Su Qing hurriedly opened her hand and handed over the book, "No, no."

Su Qing glanced suspiciously, raised his hand and stopped in front of the little palace man's forehead and said, "It's so hot, could it be that it's too hot?"

The slightly cool palm was pressed against the forehead, Su Qing stood motionless, only feeling her heart beating so fast, she lowered her head and faltered: "I, I don't know."

"You are good to sit and rest, I can organize the books by myself." Su Qing put the book aside casually, and raised his hand to gently wipe the sweat from the little palace man's cheeks, "If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me, you know? ?”

The Xiaogong people are diligent in their work, obedient and obedient, if the only bad thing is that they don't want to take a good rest, they hardly have a moment of leisure every day.

It was as if he was afraid that he would be displeased and drive her out.

Xia Xiang was hindered by Miss Su's gaze, so she only responded: "Yes."

I don't know why it's very hot, and my heart is still beating very fast. Could it be that I'm seriously ill?

But Xia Xiang didn't want to make Miss Su worry, so she just sat at the desk and took a few sips of tea in her hand before she calmed down.

Su Qing tightened the handkerchief soaked in ice water to wipe Xiao Gongren's cheeks, and felt relieved when her complexion returned to normal.

Xia Xiang looked at Miss Su who was leaning over and approached, and said hesitantly, "I'm fine, Miss Su, don't worry."

"You say that, I'm more worried about you." Su Qing sometimes really didn't know what to do with Xiao Gongren's overly forbearing temper.

Occasionally, when other female officials in Zangshu Pavilion came to ask her to do something, she would seriously stop the hard work together, completely ignorant of rejecting her.

Worry?

Except for Miss Wen in the palace, only Lady Su would worry about herself like this. Xia Xiang stretched out her hand to cover the handkerchief on her forehead, followed Miss Su's figure busy between the bookshelves, but her heart was warm and even a little happy.

In the evening, the gorgeous and fiery sunset slowly fades away in the streets of the capital, and the teahouses and restaurants have already lit up the lanterns.

The teahouse lobby is still bustling, and the waiter is busy pouring tea and water for the elders.

"I heard that the empress will attend the competition with Chi Kingdom tomorrow, and many high officials will also attend. This is a lively scene."

The bearded old man took a sip of his tea and sighed.

"The excitement is the excitement, but let the women compete. I think they will lose. This time, Nanguo will be ashamed." The man in Tsing Yi shook off the peanut crumbs in his hand and said.

The young waiter wiped his sweat with a handkerchief beside his shoulder and added water, and said: "Since the empress kissed the female soldiers, they should be somewhat capable. After all, Chi Kingdom has heard that they have sent a lot of soldiers and horses on the border this time. This is a test." It’s not good, I think it’s about to start a fight.”

"This southern country has not stopped for a few days since the empress came to the throne. Now that the good southern country has finished fighting in the northwest, it is about to fight again in the north. This is because I think the southern country is easy to bully, and even let a weak woman take the throne. I don't think it's too much fun. , What an embarrassment." The bearded old man shook his head and sighed, took out an old cigarette stick from his sleeve robe, held the tobacco trembling between his fingers, then moved to the side and lit a candle, and the white mist immediately spread.

The man in Tsing Yi echoed: "Many men in southern China dare to shed their blood. Why let women go on stage? Naturally, this is even more despised. No matter who thinks about it, they are not convinced. Now that the Zhao family has no other blood, we Ordinary people can only suffer from being useless."

Seeing what the two said, the waiter at the side shop asked, "So the big guy really doesn't want to join in the fun?"

"Anyone who wants to lose this old face can go, anyway, I, an old man, can't afford to lose this face." The bearded old man was covered by the smoke and dropped this sentence.

Because the guests at the table next to him greeted each other, the waiter stopped talking and was busy adding tea and water to other tables.

At this time, Song Qing met with General Chi Guo in the private room of the Shangtou teahouse.

"I want a border defense map, you arrange it as soon as possible." General Chi Guo ordered his fingertips on the desktop.

Song Qing took a sip of tea and replied in a bit of embarrassment: "The border defense map, that thing is kept by the empress' cronies. I'm afraid there will be no way for a while."

The general of Chi State looked at Song Qing impatiently and said: "This time, if there is no border defense map when we return to the South, then we may not be able to negotiate a deal between you and me."

This is really a lion's mouth, Song Qing put down the teacup, straightened his robe and said: "Don't worry, general, let's build a bridge for now, and if we really want to go to war in the future, we can also communicate secretly. , we two are still afraid that something big will fail?"

"Brother Song, if you are now in the position of Taifu, if you can't even get the border defense map, I am afraid that the emperor will find it hard to believe your sincerity." General Chi Guo replied slightly mockingly.

What Song Qing said was very ugly. He wondered if he wanted to cause riots in the border of Chi country, and then provoke the dissatisfaction of the people in the southern country with the empress.

Song Qing smiled awkwardly and changed the subject, "The female soldiers participating in the competition this time are all carefully selected by the Department of Punishment. General, don't underestimate the enemy. As long as you win the competition, we can talk about the rest."

The general of the Chi Kingdom replied disdainfully: "This general has brought three hundred elite soldiers, all of whom are warriors who have licked blood on the tip of their knives. Don't brag about your weak female soldiers from the southern country, and you will save yourself no embarrassment."

Song Qing, who was talking about this, almost wanted to turn the table and leave. He thought that the general of Chi State was really shameless. It was because Chi State had no money that he wanted to invade the gold mines of the Southern Kingdom. It was really shameless!

At dawn the next day, Wen Ruyan accompanied Zhao Yao out of the palace, and was a little surprised when he caught a glimpse of Xia Xiangshi following Su Qing.

Xia Xiang didn't dare to go forward because of His Majesty, so she had to beckon her little hand, and then followed among the accompanying veterans.

The competition venue is located in the west of the capital, which was originally a military camp, so the scene is relatively flat and spacious.

The three hundred generals of the Chi Kingdom sat on the left, while Xie Min Shen's subordinates sat on the right. As for the arenas, there were a few scattered civilians.

Zhao Yao was sitting in a high position, and Wen Ruyan was also waiting beside her. Although there was a big umbrella for shade, it was still surprisingly hot.

Su Qing took over the rules of the competition and read: "The first item of the competition, there are seven groups in total, two people in one group can carry weapons, one person has a golden bell on his left wrist, the other person needs to win the golden bell, and a stick of incense lasts for a period of time. Whoever holds the golden bell wins. If the incense burns out and no one picks up the golden bell, it will be a draw. A red lottery will be drawn to decide who is the golden bell. Only one round will determine the outcome. This competition is to enhance the friendship between the two countries. The winner gets ten gold, and the loser gets five gold."

Immediately, each side sent one person to enter the arena to draw lots. The soldier from the Chi country was eight feet long, strong and strong, with many scars on his cheeks, holding a crescent moon knife, while the woman from the Nan country was light and tall. There is a huge gap in the ratio, holding two short swords in both hands.

"It seems that the outcome of this competition has been decided." The general of Chi State held a red lottery between his fingers, raised his hand to tie a golden bell, his eyes were full of contempt.

When the idlers on the ring retreated and the sound of a drum resounded through the camp, a stick of incense was lit immediately.

A long sword versus a short sword is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, not to mention the difference in strength between the two. Wen Ruyan watched the female soldier try to get close several times but was almost stabbed by the long sword, and she was also very frightened.

Seeing Wen Ruyan's startled look, Zhao Yao couldn't help laughing, raised her hand to lightly hold her tightly holding her hand and said in a soft voice: "It's not you playing, why are you so nervous?"

Wen Ruyan looked at the blood flowing from the female soldier's arm with the long knife, and couldn't bear to look at it any longer. She turned her head away and took a breath, looked at Zhao Yao and asked, "She must have lost."

Zhao Yao wiped the sweaty heart on Wen Ruyan's palm with her fingertips, and looked at the ring.

Compared with the embarrassment of the female soldiers, the generals of the Chi State held a long knife with one hand and looked more relaxed. This competition was originally unfair, and the loss was not unexpected.

That's why winning is extremely important. People in the southern country know this competition, and they all believe that women will lose to men, so they don't even have expectations.

But the world is like this, losing is the norm, and there is endless blood and sweat behind winning.

The female soldier's repeated attacks were fruitless, and her physical strength was obviously insufficient, and her speed was also much slower, so she was more vulnerable to damage from the long knife.

The hands holding the shorts were not only wet from sweat, but also a little overwhelmed by the blood on their arms.

The soldiers of the Chi Kingdom turned their long sabers lightly with one hand, and saw that there was only a small half of the incense left, and now that the winning ticket was in their hands, they said: "Your attack is useless, you should admit defeat."

The female soldier did not stop her movements because of this, she tried her best to find the opponent's flaws, and attacked again and again.

Seeing that the incense was about to burn out, the generals of the Chi State had already relaxed their vigilance. They saw that the female soldiers who had slowed down their attack suddenly swung their swords and approached quickly, approaching the right hand of the generals of the Chi State holding the long saber. , The soldiers of the Chi Kingdom retreated in fright, but unexpectedly, the female soldier changed direction and slid the dagger in her hand to the left hand with the golden bell tied on it.

The golden bell fell to the ground crisply, and the situation suddenly became more complicated. The soldiers of the Chi Kingdom had no time to swing their long swords, so they punched the female soldiers directly instead.

A sound of gongs and drums sounded, and the female soldier was knocked down several feet away by heavy palms. The soldiers of the Chi Kingdom looked down for the golden bell, but they did not find it on the ground.

The female soldier fell on the ground and was unable to stand up, her clothes were almost soaked in blood, and she held a golden bell tightly between her blood-stained fingers.

"Nanguo gets one point." The official on the ring took out the golden bell and said.

The soldiers of the Chi Kingdom on the ring were also a little shocked, just now in order to win the golden bell, this female soldier deliberately showed her fatal weakness, she did not hesitate to sacrifice herself to get the golden bell.

This is clearly a bounty with death.

The general of Chi State looked displeased, and raised his hand to grab the soldiers who got off the ring and reprimanded him: "You actually lost to a weak woman, you really disgraced the man of Chi State!"

"She's not..." The generals of the Chi Kingdom bowed their heads and hesitated to speak, and finally did not say anything.

Such a life-threatening fight, how could she be a weak woman.

Wen Ruyan looked at the female soldier who was being carried down and sighed, "She actually won."

"You were afraid that she would lose just now, but now that she has won, why don't you see that you are happy?"

"I..." Wen Ruyan felt that his thoughts were contradictory and he couldn't speak.

But Zhao Yao said Wen Ruyan's contradiction in one word and said softly: "You want her to win in your heart, but you also think in your head that she must not win, right?"

Wen Ruyan replied with some shame: "Yes."

I thought I was different from those who despise women, but it seems that there is no difference.

Because not only men think that women are weak, but even women think that women are weak. This kind of thinking is almost engraved in the blood.

"Men are stronger than women, that's a fact. But the competition is not just about boxing strength. Now that there are all kinds of weapons, the gap between women and men's force will be narrowed step by step, but the gap is still a gap, so we should be careful. That's right, if it weren't for the generals of the Chi State who underestimated the enemy, it would be very difficult for female soldiers to win." Zhao Yao gently pinched the soft flesh of Wen Ruyan's palm with her fingertips, "However, the courage of this female soldier to fight with her life is absolutely incredible. No weaker than any man."

This is Zhao Yao's real purpose of showing the competition to the people of the Southern Kingdom.Strength and weakness are not eternal, as long as you have the courage to fight with your life and make strategies step by step, then everything may change.

Wen Ruyan looked at Zhao Yao, still a little unaccustomed to being comforted suddenly, she looked away awkwardly and said, "Why are you so understanding all of a sudden?"

"Am I being unreasonable?" Zhao Yao asked, looking at the person with flushed cheeks.

"You are not unreasonable, you are..."

The words stopped abruptly, Wen Ruyan looked at the salty pig's hand that was caressing her, her cheeks turned even redder, and she raised her hand to hold it in response: "You are a big pervert."

In such a large crowd, he dared to take advantage of others, he was really shameless.

Su Qing raised her hand to cover the eyes of the little palace man, her eyes fell on the side of the blood-covered female soldier, she was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

"Did you lose?" Xia Xiang anxiously wanted to know the answer, but she didn't dare to remove Miss Su's hand covering her eyes, so she could only ask curiously.

"I didn't lose, she won." Su Qing slowly let go of his hand, and the little palace man looked at the score board with bright eyes, and said happily when he saw the score, "That female soldier is so good."

Su Qing remembered that after the female soldier fell down, she couldn't move at all, and she was probably injured too badly.

The second sound of gongs and drums sounded, and each side sent one person to the field. This time the red lottery was drawn by female soldiers.

This time, the soldiers of the Chi Kingdom did not carelessly underestimate the enemy, but held up the giant ax without mercy, and the sound of shattering could be heard everywhere in the ring.

It seems that the soldiers of the Chi Kingdom were enraged. The [-] soldiers sent this time represent the face of the Chi Kingdom. If they lose to the weak women of the Southern Kingdom in their eyes, it would be a great shame and humiliation.

Human jealousy is one of the vicious natures, but people in the world only say that women who are jealous are called jealous women, but they have never said that men are jealous.

Men's jealousy is not only aimed at other more talented men, it is also aimed at ordinary women, no matter whether a woman is outstanding in appearance or family background, as long as a man is weaker than a woman, there will be all kinds of bad words and slander, and even more fists. plus.

This competition tore everything apart, and Su Qing was not only a little worried about this female soldier holding a long whip.

Xia Xiang watched the female soldier approaching several times with an ax as tall as a man, and couldn't help but grab the sleeve of Officer Su's sleeve in fear.

"Quick, run." Xia Xiang shouted nervously.

"She can't run away." Miss Su raised her hand and gently embraced the trembling little palace maid.

A sound of gongs and drums sounded, and the female soldier fell to the corner of the arena, but her right sleeve was already empty. The soldiers of the Chi Kingdom were already exhausted holding giant axes, and looked at the golden bell that fell outside the arena unwillingly.

"This game is a draw."

Xia Xiang looked at it with red eyes and said, "Her hand..."

Su Qing raised his hand to wipe Xia Xiang's tears and said in a low voice, "That female soldier didn't cry, you should be happy for her."

Although I have seen some framed and tortured things in the palace, but these scenes are terrified and whispered: "It's obviously just a competition, that soldier's attack is too cruel."

"The world is inherently cruel, and the only way to change the cruelty is to face cruelty directly."

It was only then that Su Qing understood the purpose of the empress setting up this competition. The empress's throne has always been controversial because of her identity as a woman, and this competition may change people's impression of women's rigidity.

The competition on the first day did not end until dusk, and the teahouse was still buzzing with people, but they were all talking about the competition with Chi Guo.

The people who used to surround Mr. Storyteller, today they all circled around the waiter of the shop.

"Today, in seven games, two wins, two losses and three draws, all the female soldiers were carried down."

"That Chi State soldier is eight feet tall, as strong as a bull, with a long crescent moon knife, maybe it can take your head off with a single click, aren't you afraid?"

"But the female soldiers are not afraid at all. They fight step by step. At the end of the clean and tidy arena, it will be full of blood and flesh."

"Hey, how did that female soldier win?"

The waiter in the shop stood at the wooden table with a kettle in his hand and said to a group of people: "The female soldier rushed up with two pistols. It was too late and then too fast. I didn't dare to blink, but I couldn't see the woman clearly." How did the soldiers attack, I saw that the strong Chi State soldiers were stunned on the spot, guess what happened?"

"Xiao Er, add water!"

The little brother in cloth clothes hurriedly said: "Little Er, don't go."

The kettle in the second-hand store was taken away by the commoner brother to serve the guests, and he said intently: "The golden bells on the wrists of the soldiers of the Chi Kingdom disappeared, and the female soldier was also knocked down to the ground, spitting The blood was carried out in the end."

"What about the golden bell?" asked the commoner brother while helping to add water.

"Of course it was held tightly in the hands of the female soldiers. The soldiers of the Chi Kingdom were all dumbfounded. This round is a good start. Our Southern Kingdom won the first point."

The waiter in the shop took a big gulp of tea and said: "We scored points in the first round, how could the generals of the Chi Kingdom swallow this breath, and the second round will be even more fierce."

Seeing the waiter surrounded by people, the old shopkeeper stepped forward to take away the waiter's tea and said, "You are working, maybe you want to change to a storyteller?"

A group of people each added some copper coins, which made the old shopkeeper stop interrupting, and hurriedly asked: "Quickly tell me, did the female soldiers lose in the second round?"

The waiter in the shop shook his head and said, "No, it's neither a defeat nor a victory."

The bearded old man in the corner was holding a cigarette stick in his hand, shaking off the ashes and tilting his head to eavesdrop. Seeing that everyone was listening to what the waiter said with gusto, he said: "You ignorant people, listen to the waiter's nonsense. If the female soldiers are so powerful, why did they lose two rounds?"

The waiter in the shop was not happy to poke his head and tease: "Grandpa, let's not talk about anything else, I'm afraid you can't even win a game with the soldiers of the Chi Kingdom with your body."

The bearded old man scolded with a dark complexion: "Yellow mouth boy, when the old man was so majestic, you didn't even have all your teeth!"

"Old man, don't brag. My old man said that you were famous for beating women, but you didn't mention a single word." A man in a yellow shirt mocked.

The bearded old man couldn't bear this anger, so he leaned on his crutches and came over to reason: "At least I can still teach the wives a lesson, it's better than you bunch of old wives with ambition!"

"Who are you calling a coward!" The man in the yellow shirt rolled up his sleeves and approached, but was stopped by the crowd.

Seeing that the man in the yellow shirt was about to make a move, the bearded old man left the teahouse with a cane.

The shop clerk turned his head and said: "Brother, don't compete with this old man. Everyone in his grade is full of children and grandchildren. Only this man is known to be a bully. No one in ten miles or eight villages knows his virtues, and he doesn't know who doesn't have eyes. Married to her, but was beaten to death by this old man."

"Nowadays, the old man spends all day eating and drinking in teahouses. By the way, there was a man in Tsing Yi who gambled and gambled around the house. Later, he met a rich lady, ate soft food all day long, and liked to beat women. This morning, he was arrested." The gambling house was arrested, and it is estimated that the rich family's daughter will come to pay back the debt."

The man in the yellow shirt said disdainfully: "It's really blind to see this kind of person."

"Who says it's not." The waiter shook his head in response.

When the night was getting dark, all the houses in the capital were brightly lit, and Gu Lan in Zhang's mansion was giving acupuncture to Zhang Youmou.

There was a lot of cicadas singing outside the window, and a bright moon was falling on the window. Zhang Youmou suffered from severe shoulder pain because he didn't rest all night.

Gu Lan took out a long needle from the needle bag and stabbed it into the acupuncture point finely, saying: "Today's competition is raging in the capital, and even I, a boudoir who doesn't go out, can hear about it. It seems that Your Majesty's move is very steady. .”

"You mean that His Majesty is secretly contributing to the situation?"

"This capital city is not big, but it is not small. The news circulates faster than the test in one day. If no one secretly helps, I don't believe it." Gu Lan took out the third long and thin needle and stabbed it precisely. enter.

After thinking about it, Zhang Youmou replied: "Today's competition is as difficult as it was when Yuncheng fought against the enemy."

Gu Lan pressed the scar on her shoulder with one hand and asked, "Does it still hurt here?"

"Don't worry, it's gone for a long time."

"I heard that the seven female soldiers who participated in the battle were all carried down, but the score has not been lowered. I think it must have paid a lot of blood."

"Currently there are two wins, two losses and three draws. There are still fourteen days left. The first ten days are seven groups per day, and the next five days are six groups per day."

After Gu Lan took off the long needle, she stretched out her hand and lightly pulled Zhang Youmou's shirt on and asked, "The three hundred soldiers of the Chi Kingdom were all carefully selected. What are the backgrounds of these female soldiers, and they can even fight in a tie?"

Zhang Youmou looked at Gu Lan who was tying up his shirt, and responded with a tight heart: "I heard that the Punishment Department once brought out the female soldiers Xie Min to experience with the Northwest Kingdom, and all of them are capable."

"Department of Punishment?" Gu Lan pulled Zhang Youmou's belt between her fingers, and moved her eyes slightly to kiss the undefended person. "It seems that Xie Min is a capable person."

This sudden intimacy made Zhang Youmou a little puzzled, so he responded truthfully: "Xie Min did have some tricks. He was a Jianghu person earlier, and he recruited many talented and strange men under his command. These female soldiers should be part of them. They can still do it now." It is conceivable that Xie Min is clever in letting them handle affairs in the court."

Gu Lan raised her hand and gently climbed up to Zhang Youmou, approached and looked down very ambiguously: "Aren't you afraid that I will be unhappy if you praise her so much?"

Because Zhang Youmou was sitting, he could only look up and replied, "If Lan'er is unhappy, then I won't talk about her, how about it?"

"Okay." Gu Lan leaned over and pecked her soft lips, and stretched out her hand to untie the gauze curtain with slightly bright eyes, "Anyway, you can't move your hands tonight, why don't I serve you."

Zhang Youmou lay softly on the bed, looked at the approaching people, his cheeks were reddish and his lips were tight, and he replied: "But tomorrow I have to go to the morning court."

Gu Lan lightly tugged at her belt and said with a smile, "Master Zhang, don't worry, the little girl will grasp the timing well."

Such serious words, placed in the boudoir, always make people feel a little cheeky, but Zhang Youmou couldn't refuse, he only hoped that Gu Lanmo would mess around, and the collar of the province could not cover the imprints, then what should he do? Was made fun of.

"Lan'er..." Zhang Youmou watched with blushing cheeks, and before he finished speaking in a slightly hoarse voice, he couldn't stop the strange sound from overflowing.

Gu Lan's eyes were bright and she whispered: "Why do you hold back, it's good to ask me to listen."

Zhang Youmou, who has always been thin-skinned, couldn't make such teasing, so he naturally stopped talking.

When the Zhang family was full of love, Wen Ruyan in the Chaotian Palace looked at Zhao Yao who was watching the memorial with all his heart.

She didn't sleep in the middle of the night, Wen Ruyan counted her fingers, how long has it been since she made love!

And more importantly, Zhao Yao gave in just once, and after that, Wen Ruyan hardly had any chance to counterattack.

Wen Ruyan lay down beside the desk, kissed Zhao Yao sideways and read: "Aren't you sleeping yet?"

Zhao Yao's earlobes were faintly stained with light pink, her eyes were still looking straight at the memorial, her thin lips were pursed for a while and then loosened in response: "I'm afraid I won't be able to fall asleep until midnight."

With such a cold response, Wen Ruyan didn't know what to say.

Excuse me, Zhao Yao is dealing with state affairs, we can't mess around, but don't bother, staying up late every day is not good for your health.

Of course absolutely nothing else.

In the middle of the night, the lights in Chaotian Hall were turned off, and Zhao Yao lay down after taking a bath, only to see that she was still very clingy before, but as soon as she touched the bed, she immediately lost her voice.

Zhao Yao raised her hand to lightly touch the side of the face that had just been kissed, raised her hand to gently hug Wen Ruyan, and just closed her eyes and fell asleep.

The last thing to go out in the entire palace was the Library Pavilion. Su Qing was wearing an overshirt to extract books, the lamp beside him flickered slightly, and he could faintly hear the cicadas chirping outside the window.

The moonlight was lying on the corner of the desk like water, Su Qing reached out and rubbed her eyes, when she was about to pack up and go to sleep, there was a knock on the door.

"who?"

"Miss Su, it's Xiao Xiang'er." Xia Xiang poked her head out timidly wrapped in a robe.

It is rare for a small palace person to look like this, Su Qing opened the door to let her in, and then closed the door.

Su Qing only wore a thin, plain shirt, and her long hair was scattered after taking a bath, making her look particularly gentle and charming.

"Can I sleep here?" Xiao Gongren lowered his head and spoke in a very low voice.

"Are you afraid because of what happened during the day?"

The little palace man nodded honestly, Su Qing raised his hand and rubbed her head lightly and said: "Then you go to sleep."

"Thank you, ma'am." The little palace man spread out the thin blanket covering his body, with a soft pillow in his arms, and lay obediently on his side.

Su Qing didn't expect that the little palace figure had all the belongings, and the corners of her lips raised to see that there was only a head sticking out, she turned sideways to tidy up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, then turned off the light and lay down.

It was probably because the lights in the hall were off, so the moonlight was very clear. Su Qing closed his eyes and didn't want to speak at all.

After all, Xiao Gongren will see more cruel things in the future, and if she fabricates a beautiful world, it will do her a greater harm.

"Miss Su, are you asleep?" Xia Xiang approached and asked.

"Not yet." Su Qing opened her eyes helplessly. After all, as she got older, she naturally slept less at night, so how could she just fall asleep on the bed like a child.

Xia Xiang blinked her eyes lightly and said softly: "Is today's competition really going to be held for fourteen days?"

Su Qing turned his head to look at the little palace man with loose long hair and said, "En."

"Why did the Empress hold such a cruel competition?"

"Because this competition may be the only way to stop the war." Su Qing recalled that Chi country stationed troops on the border. If this competition can make Chi country realize that the southern country is by no means a weak country, it will have the effect of stopping the war.

"Then why don't you choose men to compare with men, and you must let women compare with men?" Xia Xiang felt that although female soldiers were also powerful, they were obviously at a disadvantage when compared with the generals of Chi State.

"You know that competition is cruel, but you don't know that war is a hundred times more cruel than competition." Su Qing raised his hand and gently pinched Xia Xiang's cheek in response: "If people in the world think that marching and fighting is a man's business, men think so, Women think this way, old people think this way, and children think this way too. In the end, only men can march and fight, and women cannot march and fight. Marching and fighting are for the defense of the country, and men alone bear the cruelty. , then they have a reason to let women only care about their husbands and children, can only bear the burden of hard work, can only fight back and scold them, you don't understand now, but when you see more in the future, you will know how much this competition is for women important."

"But men are strong, so they are really suitable for fighting." Xia Xiang let Officer Su pinch her face and make a sound.

"That only shows that men's physical strength is more suitable for attacking, but it doesn't mean that women can't. Marching battles are not just children fighting. A small force is also a force, and more importantly, a woman does not have to be imprisoned in a small courtyard by the world, so she will have a wider world."

Xia Xiang's eyes were naturally a little sleepy, she raised her hand and rubbed her eyes in response: "I don't understand."

Su Qing held Xia Xiang's hand and put it on the thin blanket and said, "Sleep when you are sleepy, you will understand these things in the future."

After entering the palace for twelve years, Su Qing originally thought that he could only spend his days burying his head in copying books in the Library Pavilion, but he never imagined that he would be lucky enough to meet such a good opportunity.

This competition of the empress is obviously about to undo the shackles that the southern kingdom has imposed on women for hundreds of years.

When Su Qing gradually felt sleepy, the little palace man beside him was already sound asleep, really at the age of a child.

When the dawn broke, Zhao Yao woke up with a frown, and the person beside her was lying on the side, but her hands were not very secure.

Zhao Yao glanced at the unsuspecting person with reddened cheeks, raised her hand to lightly poke into the bedding, and then grabbed her hand from under the thin skirt.

There were spots of light shining in the hall, Zhao Yao raised her hand to pinch her nose.

Wen Ruyan only felt as if he was suffocated by falling into the water, and he opened his eyes in a daze to find the instigator.

"What did you bite me for?" Zhao Yao watched her index finger being bitten by her resentfully, with a smile in her eyes.

"I can't do what I'm doing, why are you bothering me?"

Originally, I was still dreaming of bullying Zhao Yao, who ever wanted to wake up and was bullied, it's really annoying.

Zhao Yao responded with a slight smile: "Do you have me in your dreams?"

Wen Ruyan snorted softly and said solemnly: "No."

"Really?" Zhao Yao pinched Wen Ruyan's cheek with her fingertips, recalling her frivolousness before, and tentatively said, "You were talking in your sleep just now."

"What?" Wen Ruyan couldn't believe that she had the habit of talking in her sleep.

Zhao Yao said very seriously: "Really, I heard you say you want me, and you deliberately reached out..."

Oops, this really seems to be an indescribable scene in a dream!

Such a shameful dream cannot be admitted even to death, Wen Ruyan looked away and replied, "Impossible, I'm not such a beast!"

Seeing that she wasn't fooled, Zhao Yao didn't continue to question her. There was not much time left in the morning, so the two of them simply washed up and then went to court on a walking chariot.

Along the way, Wen Ruyan was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to look at Zhao Yao, thinking that she wouldn't really hear Zhao Yao.

The officials of the early court reported dull government affairs all the way, probably because of the summer, and even Song and Qing were much more honest.

Rarely, the morning was over as soon as the sun came out, Wen Ruyan was holding the food box and was thinking whether Zhao Yao was really hearing a dream or lying again.

Unexpectedly, she would ignore Song Guifei who was admiring the flowers in the imperial garden. Wen Ruyan came to her senses when she saw the palace servants hugging her.

Song Zhen was holding tea in her hand, and her head was full of jewelry, she looked like a peacock.

"Bachelor Wen, you don't even salute this noble concubine?"

Before Wen Ruyan could speak, the palace servants behind him held up the gold medal and said, "Bachelor Wen is exempted from prostration by His Majesty's order."

Wow, this is the first time I have seen this golden imperial gold medal!

"It seems that Your Majesty's relationship with Scholar Wen is very unusual." Since Song Zhen took the initiative to go to Chaotian Palace last time, she thought that the empress would take the bait, but the empress was determined to stay in Chaotian