Clan House

In the third year of Renxi's reign, Song Jingshi, the princess of the state of Jin, was victorious and returned to the court.

Zhu Qiyou followed in the team and went out of the city to meet the emperor instead.

On this trip, only the generals returned to Beijing, and the army remained on standby in the northern border, accompanied by only a small number of elite cavalry.After rewarding the army, Song Jingshi stationed the army outside the city, took only a few people, and entered the city with the emperor's team.

After a separation, Zhu Qiyou looked at his sister again, adding a bit of heroism.Her skin was tanned, her cheeks were thinner, and she had a two-inch scar on her left chin.

Zhu Qiyou was startled, he knew that his younger sister used to lead the whole army and was in the camp of the Chinese army, but this time she might have personally wielded a knife and fought with the enemy.

Zhu Qiyou was in a complicated mood, but the army was in front, so he was not allowed to reminisce about the past, so he had to follow the team into the palace to face the saint.

Emperor Renxi was naturally also very happy, and gave the princess many rewards, even the concubine and side concubine of the princess mansion also received many rewards, commending them for keeping the inner house safe.

The emperor gave a banquet and rewarded the generals of the class.Afterwards, a small banquet was held separately in the West Palace, and the imperial concubine Wen and the princess' family were specially invited.Zhu Qiyou secretly brought the child into the palace, and the family reunited for the first time, and it was even more enjoyable.

Talking a lot, time flies.Zhu Qiyou left the child in the West Palace, and he himself, the outsider, had to leave before the key was released.

It was getting late, and Zhu Qiyou drank a lot of wine, thinking not to disturb Song Yi, he planned to go back to the room to rest.He left Xiyuan from the gate of the inner palace, intending to pass through the Forbidden Palace and go straight to the Imperial Guard camp in the north.

Taiye Pool is outside the Forbidden Palace and is a royal garden specially used to hold royal banquets.In the Forbidden Palace, there is another inner garden in the northeast corner, which is only separated from Taiye Pool by a wall.Zhu Qiyou wanted to go to the imperial army, and he planned to go through the small gate in the northeast, so he had to go through the inner garden.This location is very remote, and there are few concubines and palace people on weekdays.Because Zhu Qiyou had the privilege of entering and exiting the Forbidden Palace, he accidentally found this path that was much closer.

As in the past, Song Yi announced early that he would not go to the harem, and stayed in the Qianqing Palace to rest.The ladies of Liugong didn't light the lanterns in front of the door either, some of them had already turned off the lights and went to sleep.Along the way, Zhu Qiyou walked along the corridor, entered a vase gate, and arrived at the small garden, but he heard a woman's voice inside.

"Who's where!"

Zhu Qiyou paused before turning around and leaving.Although he had the badge given by Song Yi, he didn't want to cause trouble, after all, it was his own idea to go through the inner palace late at night and take shortcuts.

It didn't worry him at all, someone responded to the question first.

"Girl, did you twist your foot?"

"Bold, who are you, broke into the inner palace late at night?"

"Inner Palace!" The man looked very shocked, "Is this the inner palace?"

Lonely and widowed, Zhu Qiyou didn't want to cause trouble at first.He was about to leave, but felt that the man's voice was familiar, so he moved his head, pushed aside the weeping willow branches behind the vase door, and looked into the garden.

Zhu Qiyou's night vision was excellent, and he could vaguely see the descriptions of the two of them.I saw a young woman holding a lantern and half leaning on the rockery, with one leg slightly bent, as if she really hurt her foot.She was dressed luxuriously and wore a lot of beads on her head, obviously she was not an ordinary court lady.That man was the complexion of a military officer, tall and strong, with a beard all over his face, but he was Niu Tong, a chivalrous man who had never known Zhu Qiyou before.

This Niu Tong is a righteous man, although he was recommended by Song Yi to enter the military camp, he followed the request of his immediate superior and entered the palace with Marquis Yongding to seek rebellion.Song Yi pardoned Yongdinghou's family, and did not embarrass his subordinates. He only demoted their posts and fined their salaries, and then sent them to Beiguan with the army to perform their crimes and make meritorious service.Niu Tong's martial arts are already strong, but this time he made a military exploit at the border, and was actually promoted to a military rank.The banquet at Taiye Pool had long since ended, and Niu Tong should also go home to sleep at this time, but somehow broke into the Forbidden Palace.

The woman was even more suspicious than Zhu Qiyou, she shrank back: "You are the officer who attended the banquet today? How did you get in?"

Seeing her movement, Niu Tong knew that she was afraid, so he took two steps back and scratched his head: "Your Majesty gave me a good wine, I drank a few more and got drunk. I found a place in the woods to relax and sat down I fell asleep under the tree. Unexpectedly, when I woke up, everyone left and it was dark. The palace is too big, I don’t know the way, I can’t find the door, I want to climb over the wall, and I meet a girl..."

Zhu Qiyou sighed silently, thinking that this brother Niu was too stunned, and he might not be able to survive in the officialdom in Beijing in the future.He wanted to knock the woman unconscious and use his belt card to take Niu Tong out of the palace.Fortunately, this fool did not report his family background, if the woman sues in the future, there will be no proof.

But brother Niu obviously didn't think so.

"Girl, can't you go? Where do you live? I'll take you back."

The woman obviously wouldn't believe him, but she had a foot injury and couldn't walk around, so it was also very difficult.Besides, although Niutong was upright, the woman couldn't believe his character when she first met him.Trespassing in the palace is a felony, and if one is treated as an assassin, beheading is a trivial matter.Right now Niu Tong doesn't know the way, if he finds out, I'm afraid he will kill people to silence him.

"Girl, you don't have to be afraid." Seeing her hesitation, Niu Tong also thought of the reason, and comforted her: "I know that I committed a serious crime by breaking into the palace, and I will explain the situation to the brother guarding the palace gate later, and then Receive the punishment. But this place is remote, if no one takes the girl home, you may have to wait all night."

"If you enter the harem privately and offend the female relatives, you will be punished more severely." The woman reminded.

"It doesn't matter," Niu Tong said, "I'm a warrior, with thick skin and thick skin. Miss is a female official in the palace, right? If your superior punishes you, just let me shirk it."

The woman glanced at Niu Tong in shock, lowered her head and said, "No need."

Niu Tong frowned, thought for a moment, and patted his head: "It's my fault that I'm used to being casual in the market. How can I help the girl go back if men and women don't know each other. If the girl has good friends in the palace, tell me, I'll go Quietly find him to come pick you up?"

The woman was speechless for a while, and finally said: "You don't know the way, you should go quickly. You go back to Taiye Pond over the wall on the same way, and tell the person on duty that you fell asleep under the tree, and they will not make things difficult for you if you think about it." .”

Niu Tong shook his head: "I can't leave the girl alone in this deserted place, it's too dangerous."

"You..." The woman was a little embarrassed and urgent, she clenched the lantern in her hand and stared at him, then turned her face away. "Come here," she said.

Niu Tong stepped on the rocks and crossed the flowing water to the edge of the rockery.

"Back me." The woman's voice trembled.

"How can this be done!" Niu Tong stepped back and almost tripped over the stone under his feet.

"Are you going to send me off?" the woman said angrily.

"This..." Niu Tong stiffened, held back for a while, then turned around and squatted down, "I'm offended."

Zhu Qiyou breathed lightly, and heard the conversation between the two of them clearly through the willow branches.In order not to be discovered, the woman blew out the lantern and walked only by the moonlight.Zhu Qiyou also looked down on the expressions of the two of them, only seeing the shadows of a pair of bodies attached to each other.

Zhu Qiyou leaned against the brick wall, secretly scolding Niu Tong for being dull.Look at the woman's clothes, she is not a female official, but she has a strange face, and she is not a princess or princess.Zhu Qiyou had a judgment in his mind that this person was most likely to be a concubine of Song Yi's palace.Song Yi and Zhu Qiyou have a deep affection. Since their wedding, they have not favored the concubines in the harem, and the women in the deep palace are inevitably lonely.If that woman is really a concubine, then letting Niu Tong carry her away at this time may not be as simple as a foot injury.

With his back on his back, Niu Tong still walked lightly, avoiding the patrolling palace guards nimbly.

Zhu Qiyou followed him far away, afraid of Niu Tong's superb martial arts skills, so he was very careful.Xu was distracted by the woman, Niu Tong asked Zhu Qiyou to follow him all the way, but he was not noticed.

According to the woman's guidance, Niu Tong performed lightness kung fu carefully.The woman seemed to be frightened, and moved her body closer, causing Niu Tong's back to stiffen in fright.

Zhu Qiyou followed behind the two, but he became more and more frightened.In the end, he saw Niu Tong jumping over the wall into Kunning Palace with the woman on his back.

After a while, Niu Tong jumped out of Kunning Palace.Zhu Qiyou hid behind a tree and saw Niu Tong returning by the same way, presumably he remembered the way.He was still worried, and followed Niu Tong far away, insisting on watching him leave the forbidden palace.

Fortunately, Niu Tong is not really a fool, he quickly touched the small garden and turned back the original palace wall.

Only then did Zhu Qiyou breathe a sigh of relief, and no longer worried about whether Niu Tong would be interrogated in Taiye Pool.

After such a toss, the hour got even later.Zhu Qiyou didn't dare to leave the palace at this time, lest people suspect that he had some secrets in staying in the Forbidden Palace.He performed lightness kung fu, carefully avoided the watchman, and went to Qianqing Palace.

Near the Qianqing Palace, the guards are much stricter.Naturally, Zhu Qiyou didn't dare to walk over the eaves and walls, but turned to the main entrance to enter.

Song Yi had already fallen asleep, and the palace people were surprised when they saw him coming, but they would not stop him.Zhu Qiyou got the reminder and entered the bedroom carefully, just bumping into Wang Yu who was going out.It turned out that Wang Yu had just put down the tent and was about to blow out the lights and leave.

"Master Zhu is here! Your Majesty just lay down, and the servants help you to wash up?"

Zhu Qiyou agreed, and first widened his robe under Wang Yu's service.When Wang Yu went out to call for water, he approached the dragon bed and stretched out his hand to lift the curtain.Song Yi hadn't fallen asleep yet, so he looked at Zhu Qiyou with his round eyes open and smiled slightly.

"Why are you here so late?" Song Yi asked.

"It's nothing." Zhu Qiyou twitched the corners of his mouth, after all, he still didn't mention what happened just now, "I was planning to go back to the value room, but I thought about you halfway, so I came back."

Song Yi smiled brightly and saw Wang Yu's figure flashing over.Wang Yu helped Zhu Qiyou to wash and wash, while Song Yi sat up cross-legged and lifted the curtain to look out.Seeing Zhu Qiyou take off his middle coat under Wang Yu's service, revealing his fair and firm skin, he changed into light pajamas again.

Song Yi licked his lips, and saw Zhu Qiyou turn around, getting closer and closer.The light of the candle was blocked by the man's body, Zhu Qiyou knelt on one knee beside the bed, and gently pushed Song Yi's body inward, telling him to sleep on the inside.Song Yi twisted his body to avoid his hand, propped up his upper body to hook Zhu Qiyou's knee, and buried his forehead on the man's hip bone.

"Don't make trouble." Zhu Qiyou smiled, leaned over and let his hands pass through Song Yi's armpits, dragged him in, kicked off his shoes and climbed onto the bed.

Song Yi embraced Zhu Qiyou's neck, and climbed up the man's waist with his right leg, wanting to ask for a kiss.

Zhu Qiyou kissed Song Yi briefly in the current posture, then pressed down his body, turned around and hugged Song Yi sideways in his arms.

"I drank too much wine just now, I'm so tired now, go to bed first." Zhu Qiyou coaxed the emperor.