After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

Chu Yunkuo saw the scene in the imperial study room and saw that both of them raised their heads to look at him, so he spread his hands and said with a dry smile, "Isn't Cao Min here at the wrong time? Cao Min is just..."

"You, you come in." The emperor quickly adjusted his expression, coughed, and said to Chu Yunkuo.

Chu Yunkuo's timing was unlucky, it happened to be a critical moment for Zhou Xun to have a dialogue with the emperor.Zhou Xun felt a little annoyed.

However, he has always been cold and introverted, with few mood swings.Therefore, this annoyance only existed for a simple moment, and was swept away by him to the corner of his mind.

That's all, in short, the future is long.He looked at the emperor's "hehe" smiling side face and thought to himself.

It doesn't matter who the emperor is, a god or a visitor from outside the sky, and what kind of relationship the emperor has with him in the past life... If the emperor really doesn't want to talk about it, he won't ask.But if the emperor wanted to say it, he would definitely figure it out one by one.

"The emperor has a distinguished guest to see, so Caomin will leave first." Thinking of this, Zhou Xun bowed to the emperor, "Caomin..."

"Hey, don't rush to leave, just keep it." Seeing that he was about to leave, the emperor acted like a friend who was about to leave when he saw his friend flicking his sleeves in front of the movie theater, and hurried after him with popcorn and two glasses of Coke boyfriend.

Seeing Zhou Xun stop, the emperor noticed Chu Yunkuo's inquisitive eyes next to him. He coughed and said seriously: "This Mr. Zhou is my secretary-general. When I discuss matters, I often have him by my side to assist you." Record and make plans."

Chu Yunkuo suddenly realized, he cupped his hands to Zhou Xun and said, "Young Master Zhou, I have heard about you for a long time! It's a pleasure to meet you, a pleasure to meet you."

Zhou Xun was taken aback, but the expression on his face was still polite: "My lord has heard my name?"

"I heard from the emperor that the first time I met the emperor was at my own jade market. The emperor mentioned you when chatting with the grassroots, saying that you like jade. I remembered that there is a white jade carving at home, so I will drop by today. Bring it to the palace and present it to the emperor." Chu Yunkuo clapped his hands and ordered the servant to come up with the jade carving.

The emperor looked at the jade carving and said to Xiao Lizi, "Put the things in Mr. Zhou's room."

Xiao Lizi took the lead.

He left the imperial study and handed over the matter to the maid who served Zhou Xun.The palace lady took the jade carving, and said to Xiao Lizi cautiously: "Eunuch, where should I put this ornament?"

Xiao Lizi waved his whisk and said, "Just find an open space and put it there."

Maid: "But now the side hall is already full of things, if you want to put it down, it will be..."

Xiao Lizi said impatiently: "Then squeeze, find an empty seat in the head office!"

Seeing the maid's dumbfounded look, he had no choice but to sigh: "Time and space are the same, just like water in a sponge, as long as you want to squeeze it, there will always be."

Maid: "Time is like water in a sponge... Little Eunuch Li, who said that? What is this sponge?"

Xiao Lizi glanced at the imperial study room and said: "The emperor said this. He said this from an article in Mr. Zhou's book."

Maid: "Mr. Zhou's article? It's Mr. Zhou's article again. But this sponge..."

"What do you care about so much? Go and put your things away." Little Eunuch Li said impatiently, "There are so many things related to Mr. Zhou, how can it be so easy to understand every sentence?"

"Yes!"

The maid took the order and left with the jade carving.However, what she didn't know was that when she passed a palace gate, a black shadow quickly disappeared from the shelter behind a big tree.

The black shadow ran all the way along the palace road until it reached the Zhongcui Palace in the depths of the forest.There are guards guarding the gate of Zhongcui Palace, and the owner of the palace is being grounded inside.

Hei Ying found an unattended low wall with familiarity, and turned into it as lightly as a swallow.The tall and burly Concubine Zhao Gui was originally sitting at the table, when she saw him coming, she said with a gloomy face, "Is it done?"

The black shadow turned out to be the little eunuch under Zhao Guifei of Zhongcui Palace.

"Master, it's over." He lowered his head and said respectfully.

Seeing his reply like this, Concubine Zhao's face immediately showed a bit of joy.He stood up, looked around at the little eunuch, and asked repeatedly: "Where is the thing?"

"The emperor has been resting in the main hall instead of the side hall for the past few days, and Mr. Zhou has been resting in the side hall. The two have never slept together." The black shadow eunuch reported, "Recently, the emperor has been very diligent in administration, for most of the day. I spend all my time in the imperial study, either reading books or discussing matters with ministers. Today, the second son of the Chu family, the emperor of Chu, entered the palace and brought a jade carving. Your majesty..."

Concubine Zhao's expression became more and more anxious: "What should I ask you?"

The young lady listened to him eagerly, and her heart was cold. He said tremblingly: "The emperor ordered someone to put the jade carvings in the side hall... which is the residence of Mr. Zhou. There are many treasures in Mr. Zhou's residence. I'm afraid I can't put them down. Little Eunuch Li said to let the maids save some space, saying that space is like water in a sponge, there will always be crowds..."

Concubine Zhao: "..."

"Don't mess with those things!" Concubine Zhao was angry, "I asked you something?! Didn't I ask you to bring back important things?!"

"Things?" The little eunuch was so frightened by his yelling that he wept and cried, "This... Your Majesty asked the slave to bring back important things... The slave did indeed bring back the whereabouts of the emperor!"

"Who the hell wants the emperor's whereabouts! The dog emperor won't come to the palace for ten days and a half months, why do I want his whereabouts!" Concubine Zhao was so angry that she yelled, "I asked you to go out and steal meat from the imperial dining room and come back! !"

The little eunuch: "Ah...?"

Concubine Zhao: "Meat! I want to eat meat! Damn you, the emperor is so cruel. I have been eating bitter melon for half a month!"

"When I entered the palace, it was because there are all good things in the palace, and I can take everything!" Concubine Zhao collapsed on the ground, feeling sad, "As a result, now, there is no glory and wealth, and I don't even have meat!" miss a meal……"

Seeing his master's strong man crying, the little eunuch also felt sad.He looked at the dark Zhongcui Palace, and then at the guards outside the door who grounded them...

At that moment, he thought of many stories of palace fighting and dog blood in the scriptures, and couldn't help substituting himself into them.

Waiting for leisure to change the old man's heart, but the old man's heart is easy to change.The imperial concubine who used to be as noble and enthusiastic as a red rose, now lost to a naive or flirtatious face... She was imprisoned and imprisoned, and Mr. Zhou was just younger than him!

The little eunuch looked at his master with tears in his eyes. Although he was so frightened that he almost popped out of his brain after seeing his master's appearance, the next moment, he tried his best to maintain his mood: "Master, you can't If you are so depressed, you have to cheer up!"

"But what can I do now?" Concubine Zhao said angrily, "I've already..."

"Master, there are many ways to fight in this palace, servant, servant heard..." The little eunuch suddenly had an idea, and leaned into Concubine Zhao's ear.

Concubine Zhao stared at him suspiciously, and the little eunuch whispered a few words: "I heard that there is something called warm wine in the palace..."

Concubine Zhao's eyes brightened: "But... do you have the recipe for warm wine?"

He thought for a while, and his eyes were determined: "Dad has told me since I was a child that hard work will win. You go to the palace to find it, and you must make that warm wine. Whether you are imprisoned or released, life and death are between you and me." Already!"

Concubine Zhao was thinking, showing a weird smile.

In the imperial study room, the three of them had already sat down, Chu Yunkuo sat on one side, and the emperor and Zhou Xun sat on the other side.Chu Yunkuo stroked the jade wrench finger in his hand, and observed the emperor and the young master surnamed Zhou. He always felt that there was something strange between these two people.

This "strangeness" does not refer to that "strangeness" - the strangeness that is always related to beds and love affairs, but another kind of strangeness.You know, from the moment Chu Yunkuo stepped into the imperial study and saw the young man in blue, he knew that this person was the "sweetheart" that the emperor had inadvertently mentioned before.

Of course, "sweetheart" is a title he summed up by himself.In his opinion, when the emperor mentioned that person, he was respectful, loving, unforgettable, and a little indescribably throbbing.If it's just a friend, it's too superficial; if it's just a subordinate, it doesn't have enough respect; if it's just a teacher, that person is too young; if it's a lover... When the emperor mentioned him, no man mentioned that he liked him The erotic color of a woman or a man... Then, apart from the person you care about—the word "sweetheart", which word can be used to describe this person's status?That person is so important to the emperor, it can't be because the emperor regards him as his father or son.

It's just that what he saw in the palace today...the relationship between the two seemed to be smoother and more subtle than he had imagined.Chu Yunkuo was thinking, and his eyes moved to the "Secretary General" in blue.

The young man surnamed Zhou looked unfamiliar.The Chu family is an imperial merchant with a wide range of friends. As the second son of the Chu family, Chu Yunkuo has inherited their family's glorious tradition. Among the sons and sons in Beijing, there is no one who is famous and countable, and he has never seen it before.But this Mr. Zhou, he seems to have no impression of him.

Mr. Zhou's skin is very fair, his eyebrows are stretched and handsome, and he is as cold as snow falling on the branches. Even Chu Yunkuo, who has seen many beauties, has to say that he is very good-looking, but...

Why do you feel a little... not very pleasantly familiar?

Sitting beside the emperor, Zhou Xun noticed Chu Yunkuo's scrutinizing eyes.The man squinted at himself, as if wondering about his appearance.

He couldn't remember where he had met this person before, so the reason why he looked at him... Zhou Xun narrowed his eyes.

Probably because I feel that I look similar to Zhou Cai.

Chu Yunkuo wanted to take a closer look.Zhou Xun sat far away from him, he just stretched his neck a little...

The entire face of the emperor appeared in his field of vision.

Chu Yunkuo:? ?

He clearly remembered that the emperor was not sitting here, why did he suddenly turn around? ?

But since the emperor was in front of him, Chu Yunkuo gave up on continuing to observe Zhou Xun.He said to the emperor: "The emperor mentioned the 'Silk Road' before, and the grassroots thought about it carefully after returning. A hundred years ago, Dajing did trade with the Western Regions. Raging on the border and being harassed by nomads, there are no caravans that return safely. Moreover, the chaos on the border has caused many enemy spies to fish in troubled waters and enter the territory of Dajing... Therefore, since Emperor Zhao was here, Dajing stopped communicating with the Western Regions The original trade route was closed..."