After wearing lotus essence

Dashang is close to the north, and the dry air in winter makes people's throats and eyes uncomfortable. The charcoal fire is too hot, and it can't be too hot.

In order to make the people on the top of his heart live comfortably, Shang Cizhou specially asked people to install geothermal heat in the pavilion. The geothermal heat is directly connected to the hot water from the small kitchen. The pavilion is warm and warm, but it will not be too dry by the charcoal fire.

The king of the Southern Dynasty came for a few days, and Shang Cizhou copied the books for a few days. When he was not with Rong Mu, he always had trouble sleeping at night.

Lang Xi cut the lamp seedlings for Shang Ci Zhou, looking at the emperor who was copying books under the shadow of the lamp.

"Your Majesty, the night is getting dark again."

Shang Cizhou said "yes": "Did he take Nandai Wang to the street during the day?"

Lang Xi: "Hey, that's true. I heard from the guards who followed me that the two listened to the book in the teahouse for half a day. When the King of Nandai came out, his face was a little dark, but he silently bought half a block of property for His Highness." , for eating, drinking, and playing, and throw the silver money like mud on the ground."

Shang Ci lowered his eyes and wrote a sentence "you can only see it from a distance", and then said: "It's nothing strange. The Southern Dynasty has a foundation of more than three hundred years, and several generations of Ming emperors have maintained the government to fill the treasury. Unlike the big merchants, who stand alone It was almost tossed about before."

Lang Xi poured more tea for his Majesty with distress: "Your Majesty has really worked hard."

Shang Cizhou put down the pen and paper, blew on the wet ink, and said in a soft tone: "After all, it is the foundation of the ancestors, and the orphans have to pull it out. Besides, without the confidence of the country and the country, what will the orphans use to argue with the king of the Southern Dynasty?" Where's his brother?"

Lang Xi smiled: "Your Majesty really likes His Highness King Mu."

The expression on Shang Ciri's face softened slightly: "He's very good...you go, bind all these handwritings into a book, and show it to Ting Zhi tomorrow, and say that Gu has been very introspective these days, because of the recklessness in the palace. And sleepless nights of self-blame."

Lang Xi took it carefully: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this servant will definitely take care of the matter for you."

Shang Cizhou turned around from behind the desk: "By the way, we need to add more charcoal fires in the side hall. It's empty over there, and the pavilion branches love to kick their quilts at night, so I'm afraid they'll catch cold."

Lang Xi wrote them down one by one, and was about to turn around and leave, when he remembered something, he turned around and said, "Your Majesty, there is something I don't know whether I should say or not..."

Shang Ci looked at him in the afternoon: "Say it."

Only then did Lang Xi come forward and said: "Your Majesty used to go to court early, and the government was also busy, so I asked my servants to take good care of the little highness during the day, and the servants wished to grow eight eyes a day, but after a while, they found that the little highness is as good as you are." Nothing happened, but the two people following His Highness seemed a little unusual."

Shang Cizhou raised his eyes: "Oh?"

Lang Xi said again: "That little servant named Lianyu used to not be behind His Highness's buttocks, but on the Jade Lake rockery. Occasionally, he would disappear with a blink of the servant's eyes. The Moshang musician, this person, seems a little strange."

Shang Cizhou: "Go on."

Lang Xi hurriedly said: "This Zhong Ling, usually dressed in strange clothes, only loves her pipa, but at night, she always likes to mutter to the night sky, one star position and another star position. According to the rumors of going to a foreign country, it is guessed that this lute master may know astrology and divination..."

Shang Cizhou narrowed his eyes.

Astrological divination has always been the work of the Sitian Supervisor. It is only used to calculate the astronomical phenomena when there are large-scale sacrifices or when the new emperor is enthroned. The musician who followed Rong Mu could do such a profound and mysterious job.

"Keep staring at him. If he doesn't act like a demon, I will turn a blind eye and close one eye. If he acts like a demon..." Shang Cizhou subtly paused, "Just ask Yin Yi to deal with him, and remember to avoid him."

Lang Xi naturally knew who this "he" was, and he covered his expression: "Yes, Your Majesty, what about Lianyu...?"

"Don't move this person." Shang Cizhou said, "I know that there is something weird about him, but Lianyu is not Zhong Ling. Zhong Ling and Ting Zhi had nothing to do before, but the relationship between Lianyu and Ting Zhi is very deep. If you move Lianyu , he must have trouble with Gu, which is not good."

Lang Xi hurriedly said "Hey" twice: "This servant knows."

The charcoal was sizzling, and Shang Ci was resistant to cold and heat, so the commander Lang Xi moved the stove out, and then he lay down on the wooden bed.

The top of the bed in Ting Zhi Que is an extremely exquisite and profound carving of lotus flowers. Shang Cizhou remembered this. It took him a whole month to find a craftsman to carve it out and inlay it here.

He looked at it for a while, and then slowly closed his eyes.

After a few breaths, he suddenly opened it again and placed Rong Mu's usual pillow by his side. Only then did he feel that the confusion of knowing the secrets of Nandai was suppressed. Shang Cizhou thought to himself, the king of Nandai will never leave again. , he had to think of a way, if this went on like this, he might not be able to restrain himself from robbing people.

……

Rong Li stayed in Dashang for a total of ten days. In these ten days, he did not go to the palace. The southern king walked all over the capital city. Ever since Rong Mu said that his hair would change color, Lijiu cared a lot for him again, bought him some black sesame paste, and told Jiang Yunxing to boil it for him every day with medicine.

Rong Mu himself almost drank black sesame seeds, so he asked his brother Wang to let him go.

Bi Jiangxue, the Neptune Flower, just returned to Dashang and was very clingy to Cizhou. Now that the king of the Southern Dynasty is about to return to the country, it seems to be reluctant to part with Rongli.

Rong Mu didn't even look at it, and his mood was really depressed because of the upcoming parting.

It’s just that if Brother Wang doesn’t leave, the first snow in winter is about to fall. Dashang’s snowflakes are as big as goose catkins. Once it covers the road, it will freeze hard and make walking extremely difficult.

Ten miles of suburban straight road.

Everyone rode on the horses, treading snow and chasing Xingliu, the steed of the king of the Southern Dynasty, while Wu Zhui of Shang Ciri was aggrieved and kicked his hooves aside, imitating his master's expression when he was selling miserably.

Wrapped in a fine white fox fur cloak, Rong Mu stood beside King Nandai in the cold wind.

"... remember to drink black sesame paste every day, as well as medicine. Brother Wang also bought you a lot of gadgets, enough for you to enjoy the whole winter. Don't go to those teahouses outside, they are talking about some messy things " Rong Li seemed to have a lot to say in front of Rong Mu, he whispered: "If Shang Cizhou makes things difficult for you, you can ask Bi Jiangxue to use her magical powers to bloom one or two lotus flowers in the royal court. , will naturally pick you up... Now you stay here first, and ask him to sharpen your gentle temper for you. "

Rong Mu inhaled the tip of his nose, he has been suffering from cold these past few days, and he still feels a little uncomfortable.

He didn't panic about being detained by Shang Cizhou in Dashang, because he knew that Shang Cizhou liked him and would not hurt him, so just stay for a while.

But being thrown in Dashang by Brother Wang's initiative is a different feeling.

Rong Mu knew what Brother Wang was thinking, he hated Shang Cizhou so much and still handed him over to him, he must have heard something from Shang Cizhou, and was afraid that something would happen to him because of his meddling in the state affairs of the Southern Dynasties.

But Mr. Hua's internal secrets cannot be disclosed to the royal family. Rong Mu is holding back enough for himself, but secretly determined in his heart that this time he must recruit Qi Hualing to solve this century-old cancer.

Xingliu raised his head proudly, and stepped forward to bump into its side, very attached to it.

Shang Cizhou saw the crotch chasing restlessly, and he didn't want Rong Mu to be immersed in the sadness of parting, so he changed the topic and said: "The horse of the king of Nandai looks good, and it has a good relationship with Taxue. Look at the crows chasing vinegar."

Wu Zhui chewed his teeth dissatisfied, and made a gesture of going over to cause damage.

Rong Li tightened Rong Mu's fur collar, and then he got on his horse and said: "What kind of livestock does the owner bring, and don't show any shame."

Shang Cizhou smiled slightly: "Some things don't take face too seriously, it's important to achieve the goal - Gu Wuzhui has a bit of a wild temper, and he has taken a fancy to Tingzhi's Taxue, seeing Taxue ignore him at this time, it's inevitable Just a little restless."

Rong Li snorted coldly, and Rong Mu said in a low voice towards Shang Ci Zhou: "Taxue and Xingliu are brothers!"

Shang Cizhou raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Rong Li didn't bother to talk to him, he had already finished his negotiations and threats, he left his younger brother in the capital of Dashang, and he would have to go back sooner or later.

— just not now.

He looked up at the sky, and the attendants beside him reminded him: "Your Majesty, a snowstorm is coming soon..."

Rong Li leaned over to touch Rong Mu, who was chasing after Xingliu, and pinched his smooth face to reveal soft flesh: "Eat well, sleep well, winter is over, and when spring returns, Brother Wang will take you to eat on West Street again." A small sugar shop in the alley."

Rong Mu took a deep breath, and a few dead branches under his feet were broken by him.

Brother Wang has always done things neatly, but he is always reluctant to give up on him, he turned his head three times, and Xingliu disappeared from Rong Mu's sight.

Taxue was dejected and depressed, Wu Zhui leaned over, and was kicked by Taxue.

Holding the rein in his hand, Shang Cizhou approached Rong Mu and said, "We will meet again."

Rong Mu came back to his senses: "I was always very happy when I was young, but when I grow up, it seems that I get together less and leave more."

Shang Cizhou stroked his hair: "There will be someone who will always be by your side."

Rong Mu looked at him: "Are you talking about you?"

Shang Cizhou said boldly: "Yes, Gu is talking about himself, no matter what happens, Gu will always be by your side, wherever you go, Gu will follow you with a face."

Rong Mu couldn't help but punched him, surrounded by cronies, Yinyi Li Suichuan had already learned to automatically block him.

Shang Cizhou squeezed Rong Mu's fist, wrapped his arms around his waist, and lifted him up like a radish: "It seems that he has become a little heavier these days, and I feel so relieved. There are indeed two brushes."

Only now did Rong Mu show a little smile: "Put me down quickly!"

Shang Cizhou didn't agree, and hugged Rong Mu directly to his own cub. Rong Mu thought of something, and looked behind him, "Hey, wait a minute, I even asked Brother Wang to leave someone—"

As he spoke, he waved to Zhuangyuan Lang who was waiting not far away: "Master Jiang, go back!"

Jiang Yunxing covered his eyes with half of his hand, and the "wolf ambition" of the Great Shang Emperor was revealed just after King Xindao left. He felt that no evil should be seen, and at the same time, he was worried about the little master...

Jiang Yunxing was in a complicated mood, and he stepped forward and said to Rong Mu: "Your Highness, I will be returning to the medical clinic in a while. If you want to get medicine, just call the servant to get it. The road is slippery in winter, so be careful."

Rong Mu glanced at him and felt that Jiang Yunxing had taken too much care of him these days, but Rong Mu was surrounded by people who took care of him, so he didn't think about it for a while.

"Understood, don't make it too bitter, otherwise I won't drink it."

Jiang Yunxing: "Definitely."

Shang Cizhou turned his horse's head suddenly, and Wu Zhui's butt almost knocked the champion of the Southern Dynasty flying. Jiang Yunxing flicked his sleeves, and looked deeply at the pair of Tianhuang nobles walking in front.

In the vastness of winter, it seemed that the black and white clothes were decorated with ink paintings. Rong Mu lowered his voice as he spoke, and Shang Cizhou gently coaxed him. Hanging low, whispering Bi Jiangxue in his mouth, leaning against his shoulder and falling asleep with a weary look.

Shang Cizhou called Lai Yinyi: "Gu asked you to find someone to ask the soldiers guarding Taishan the day before yesterday, did you get a result?"

Yin cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "In winter, dead leaves accumulate thickly in the mountains, and the land is indeed warmer than outside. The person guarding the lotus pond in Taishan said that the wild lotus is tenacious. There are still more than a dozen plants in the pond, and not all of them have withered."

Shang Cizhou: "Move them all back, carefully move them to the Dashang Palace, keep them in the inner hall of the pepper wall, and keep them warm and take care of them every day."

Yin Yi was stunned: "Your Majesty, this is..."

Shang Cizhou carefully put the white furry hood on Rong Mu's head, and touched his red cheek pinched by the Nandai Wang.

"Ten years ago, Gu promised him that if he became the emperor, he would definitely welcome him into the Dashang Imperial Palace. He refused, because he had to grow lotus flowers in the royal court alone before we could discuss it. Now that Gu thinks about it, Thinking about starting to raise him this winter, he is far away from his homeland, if he can see lotus in winter, maybe he can smile, and he won’t be so listless.”

Yin Yi let out a breath slowly and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this subordinate will definitely handle this matter well."

Shang Cizhou nodded, his eyes narrowed, and he saw a piece of snow dangling on the edge of the fox fur that covered Rong Mu.

So white and so fragile, when he stretched out his hand, it instantly melted away and disappeared.

Shang Cizhou subconsciously lifted Rong Mu's hood, and was slightly relieved when he saw that the man was still in his arms.