The shallow fluffy hairline looks like golden threads in the sun, Li Yueji's skin is very white, and her ears are the color of her eyes, giving people the illusion of crystal clearness. The palace maid whispered into that ear: "Li Niangniang is beautiful in appearance, and she should have been favored by the official family." ”

The palace maid paused and whispered: "The slave maid has a saying, no matter what, the maid must be favored first......

Li Yueji said: "How to be favored? ”

The palace maid said quietly: "First take the initiative to seduce the official family, and get the favor of the official family, then dare to have a small temperament." ”

Li Yueji was angry and laughed when she heard this: "When did I say that I wanted to compete for favor?" ”

The palace maid was so choked on a sentence that she couldn't speak, and looked at her with some disappointment. The eunuch next to him stopped talking.

Li Yueji saw it in her eyes and ignored them, she had seen a lot of such people in Xiazhou. For example, the subordinates of those civil and military officials are encouraged to climb to the top of the mountain, and the so-called loyalty is nothing more than treating the master as something for profit.

She looked up at the sun in the sky, and the strong sunlight made her eyes bloom, and in the dazzling light, there seemed to be a dark shadow. He wore a high crown on his head and stood on a high hill with a bow and arrows in his hand......

Li Yueji was stunned for a moment, and remembered how indulgent and forgiving the man had been to him, and he stretched out his palm to cover the door for himself, for fear that he would be hurt a little...... Maybe he was just thinking about the pros and cons of stabilizing Xia Zhou? But Li Yueji prefers to believe that there are other reasons.

…… In the secret room where the files are stored on the west side of the Jinxiang Palace, the sunlight shines through a small window at a high position, and the only small ventilated opening, the sunlight is very conspicuous in the quiet and closed hut, and the fine dust dances briskly in it.

Very quiet.

Guo Shao, who was lying on the couch with a quilt in disheveled clothes, forced his eyes, still in a dream, his eyelids were moving, and his expression was also very nervous.

The faces with round eyes flashed through the mist, and there was a roaring sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing in his ears, "Fight for the emperor......" The shouts of the blood Ben Zhang were like in the ears, the sword light and sword shadow, and the blood was like rain.

A beautiful and poignant face leaned down again, and said to the sleeping man: The last thing left is gone, and I don't know what else can be given to you in the future......

Guo Shao sat up abruptly and hurriedly opened his eyes to look, but the familiar face in front of him disappeared without saying anything.

It was a quiet and small room, quiet, and it was just him.

Guo Shao looked around and made sure that there was no one here, and then he remembered where he was and why he was here. The woman who lingered with him when he woke up, the woman who whispered to him in his dreams, were all gone.

He reached out and wiped his face vigorously, rubbed his eyes, exhaled a long breath, and got up to straighten his clothes.

When I walked out of the secret room, I happened to hear a slow sound of bells and drums outside, coming from the Xuande Gate Tower in the distance...... It's unitary time. Guo Shao felt that he would no longer go to the study of the West Palace, so he walked around the hall of the Yangde Palace, not knowing what he should do.

There seem to be a lot of things, but I don't know where to do it.

The death of so many brothers is not for him to enjoy supreme power and glory alone! However, it is absolutely impossible to rely on blood alone, and ignoring reality will only bring war and meaningless fighting and degeneration.

Guo Shao suddenly felt a mess in his heart.

He walked out, and the eunuch Wang Zhong bowed to the side and said, "Official, Luan is ready." ”

Guo Shao waved his hand and said nothing. Wang Zhong hurriedly bent down and said, "Huh." He may not know what Guo Shao means, anyway, just follow behind him silently.

Walking out of the complex through a door at the back of the Jinxiang Hall, it was on a high pedestal. Guo Shao walked down the stone steps while counting the number of stone steps. He had been here for a few years, and he really didn't know how many steps he had to get to it.

The main axis is bare on both sides, but there are some fruit trees planted further afield, which are blooming this season. From a distance, the cluster of flowers is like a brocade and very gorgeous. Guo Shao's heart was a little chaotic and empty, but he could confirm that he felt that most of the things in this land were beautiful.

He bent down and picked up a small white petal that had been blown onto the road by the wind, with fine droplets of water on it and some dust. Guo Shao put this little thing in the rough palm of his hand, looked at it carefully, as if confirming the reality here, and then threw it on the ground.

Walking into the Xuanyou Gate, a group of palace people surrounded by yellow umbrellas just followed behind. After all, the emperor loves to take a car and walk, and no one will be idle to ask him why he doesn't sit in a car and walks.

Inside the Xuanyou Gate, the first large building complex is the Long Live Hall. However, Guo Shao did not go up the steps of the Long Live Palace, and he remembered that Lu Lan lived in a small courtyard in the west. The fragrant memories of various plants in the small courtyard came into Guo Shao's mind and aroused his interest.

"I stopped by to see Mrs. Lu and see what she would plant in the spring." Guo Shao said to Wang Zhong.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Lu came to the door to greet her, which made Guo Shao feel a little uncomfortable...... He almost forgot about Bai's living here!

Lu Niangzi had joy on her face, and Bai's eyes flickered a little, and she seemed a little embarrassed. Some things, even if they don't happen, are hard to shake off once they leave a trace.

Guo Shao entered a hall with them, pretending to be relaxed and forced to laugh: "What kind of grass and leaves did Lu Niangzi use to entertain me today?" ”

Lu Lan asked, "Has Your Majesty been unwell lately?" ”

Guo Shao pondered for a moment and said: "I am a little disturbed, flustered, and at a loss. ”

Lu Lan smiled: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, the water is not boiling yet." ”

Guo Shao didn't want to put the Bai family aside, so he deliberately cared: "Mrs. Bai can get used to living here?" ”

Bai lowered his eyebrows and said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's rescue, it is the best thing to be able to reunite with the little girl." ”

Lu Lan also said with a straight face: "Concubine thank Your Majesty for your grace." ”

Guo Shao said: "Don't care. He added, "As soon as I entered the courtyard, I smelled a very familiar fragrance, but for a moment I forgot what it was...... I've really paid little attention to these things all these years. ”

"Gardenia." Lu Lan said softly, "If you can smell it all at once, it must be a gardenia." ”

Guo Shao slapped his thigh and suddenly said, "Yes!" I wondered how something so familiar, so common. ”

"Yes." Lu Lan laughed, got up and went to make tea.

After a while, Lu Lan brought over a crystal glass cup. Guo Shao looked down, the water in the glass cup was as clear as a mirror, with white petals, the water was still very hot, a wisp of white smoke floated up, and the water vapor also carried a pleasant fragrance.

Lu Lan said: "Gardenia has the effect of clearing heat and calming the mind. ”

"Oh? It turns out that it still has a wonderful use. Guo Shao picked it up.

Lu Lan said softly again: "Your Majesty, slow down, be careful of burning." ”

Guo Shao's gaze swept inadvertently over Bai's face, and he smiled at Lu Lan and said, "I know." With that, he blew and took a small sip. It's sweet and silky, and it's a little bitter, and it smells like honey.

He has seen a lot of gardenias, which are not rare in the first place, but it is the first time to soak in water and drink them like this.

Lu Lan muttered: "This kind of flower gives birth to flower bones from the first winter, and it will not bloom until the next summer. More than half of Huayin is brewing that bloom......"

Guo Shao put down the water glass and looked at her silently. She was born petite, and she was just an ordinary little lady of the Langzhong family, but at this time, the skin on her face seemed to be fragrant like flowers.

Lu Lan glanced at him and whispered, "It's a long time, plain and quiet, but it can bring surprises at the moment of blooming." ”

Guo Shao was thoughtful.

At this moment, Madame Bai got up and saluted, "Concubine, go and prepare some wine and food." ”

Guo Shao wanted to say that it was not necessary, but this sentence did not mean politeness...... Because staying for dinner is a holy favor. He nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty's kindness, the concubine doesn't know what to repay...... Lu Lan muttered, "Think about it, only, only ......"

Her face turned red, and she put her hands on the collar on her chest, "Your Majesty came in with the concubine, and the concubine has something to say to you." ”

Guo Shao sat there, looking embarrassed, looking at the door that the Bai family had just gone out, he always felt that something was wrong; This scene seems to have been seen somewhere. He hurriedly said: "No need, I ...... meaning"

But he saw Lu Lan biting her lip and looking at herself: "Your Majesty can't look down on it?" ”

Guo Shao's face suddenly twitched slightly, looking at the plump and soft place where her hand was placed, she pondered for a moment, and said kindly: "Lu Niangzi doesn't have to repay, you have been good enough to me, don't have the heart to repay the favor again." ”

Lu Lan said softly: "It's different, my treatment is an internal matter, and His Majesty has also given a reward that far exceeds the consultation fee." But you specially rescued me from the Khitans......"

Guo Shao sighed slightly, and said gently: "I really don't have to think like this, Lu Niangzi is enough for me, you don't have this heart anymore." Sometimes, it's so good that I can't stand it. ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and the atmosphere froze in the air. Lu Lan suddenly smiled lightly: "Is it because there are too many beauties and I can't stand it?" ”

When Guo Shao heard this, he didn't know where to laugh, and he couldn't help laughing. The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere melted all at once.

He picked up the glass cup, waited, the water temperature had dropped a lot, and then took a big sip, it was still the same taste, sweet and bitter, and very fragrant. But if you don't put honey, the water soaked in this flower should be bitter.

Lu Lan's voice seemed to ring in his ears, very gentle: "Your Majesty is really incomprehensible, concubines often think, how did a gentle person like you fight on the battlefield?" ”

Guo Shaoxin said, I was not born to be an ancient martial artist, and it was completely a profession to make a living at the beginning, and I am not a typical hero of this era. But this little lady in front of her is really suitable to be a court lady?

He smiled: "Because I haven't fought for many years, I only see the results later." ”

Lu Lan tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Your Majesty seems to be reasonable. ”

There was still a shallow white smoke floating on the water, and the fragrance of flowers lingered in the antique room.