Lanting prelude
Chapter 17 Palace Ban
Chapter 17 Palace Ban
Xiao Junmo was thinking about Chu Lisang, so he used his intelligence network to find an eunuch who was serving in the palace, and asked him about Chu Lisang's situation.
The eunuch is Mi Mancang, in his twenties, stuttering, because his family is poor, he once stole and sold things from the palace to raise money for his mother's medical treatment.Xiao Junmo found out about him at the beginning, but seeing how pitiful he was, he didn't report him.Mi Mancang is naturally grateful for this.Coincidentally, Mi Mancang was one of the eunuchs guarding Chu Lisang, which made Xiao Junmo overjoyed.
It took Mi Mancang a long time to clarify the basic situation: Chu Lisang was under house arrest in the Ningyun Pavilion next to the East Sea Pool in the harem, and there were guards around him at twelve o'clock.Xiao Junmo asked: "How's her mood?" Mi Mancang said: "No, it's not good, I'm crying all day long..."
"Wash my face with tears." Xiao Junmo said for him, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, "Then is she eating normally?"
"Tea, tea, rice..."
"Don't think about tea and rice."
Mi Mancang nodded.
"Then she is like this, what if the Holy Majesty doesn't worry that she will collapse?" After Xiao Jun spoke silently, he felt that this question was difficult to answer in a few words, and it was difficult for Mi Mancang, so he changed the question, "Did she talk to you?" ?"
"Have."
Xiao Junmo felt a little comfort in his heart. If a person is willing to talk to others, it means that he is not completely desperate.
"Does she have a tendency to commit suicide?"
"none."
Xiao Junmo felt more at ease, thought for a while, and asked again: "Has Biancai started eating?"
"Yes."
"Then did he speak?"
"no."
"In your opinion, will he speak?"
"not necessarily."
"Do you think he is still hesitating?"
"Yes."
Now Xiao Junmo is most worried about Biancai speaking, because once he tells the secret of "Lanting Preface", he and Chu Lisang will have no use value, and the emperor will definitely silence them.In addition, once the secret is revealed, Wei Zheng is also very likely to be exposed. The emperor has always trusted Wei Zheng. If he knew that he was actually a member of the Heavenly Punishment League lurking in the court, how could he be spared? !
Xiao Junmo really wanted to know more about Chu Lisang's situation, but when he met such a hard-working person, he really couldn't figure it out. In desperation, a bold idea suddenly jumped into his mind.
"Full warehouse," Xiao Junmo said, "think of a way, I will enter the palace with you."
Mi Mancang was dumbfounded in fright, and suddenly said a complete sentence: "How can I do that?"
"Why not?" Xiao Jun smiled silently, "It seems that I frightened you a lot, so that you can speak quickly."
"It's nothing to do with talking, it's okay!"
"Listen to me, Mancang, I will only go in for a while, and leave after a few words with Chu Lisang. I will definitely not implicate you."
"This is murder, decapitation is a big crime!"
"It's not that serious." Xiao Junmo smiled, took out a gold ingot from his sleeve, and stuffed it into his hand, "Mancang, your mother gave you this name, so she has high hopes! But like you, always Stealing and selling gadgets from the palace, making small troubles, when will your rice warehouse be full?"
Mi Mancang weighed the gold ingot in his hand and hesitated.
"You just need to take me in, don't care about anything else, I'll thank you later!"
Mi Mancang finally gritted his teeth: "Success!"
Xiao Junmo smiled.
"However, we have to have, have, say..."
"Speak first."
"Only one, one..."
"A little while."
"I, what am I..."
"You don't care about anything."
"Out, out..."
"What happens is mine!"
Only then did Mi Mancang show a satisfied smile.
There are four large pools in the harem of Tai Chi Palace.The so-called "sea pools" are actually artificial lakes, of which the East Sea Pool is formed by water injection from the Longshou Canal, and the north, west, and south sea pools are formed by water injection from the Qingming Canal.The four big pools are vast, with sparkling water, surrounded by peach blossoms, willows and greenery, butterflies dancing and warblers singing, adding a bit of soft and pleasant scenery to the solemn palace.
Ningyun Pavilion is located next to the East Sea Pool, and not far to the north is the majestic Xuanwu Gate.
Chu Lisang was placed under house arrest in Ningyun Pavilion.
In order to meet Chu Lisang, Xiao Junmo took great pains.Since Ningyun Pavilion is located in the northeast corner of the palace city, if you enter the palace from the south, you have to pass through many palace gates and pavilions, the risk is too high, so it is not considered directly.The safer way is to enter from the Forbidden Garden in the north of Miyagi, then pass through the West Inner Garden and enter the Xuanwu Gate to reach Ningyun Pavilion.
In Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, there were three large gardens, namely the West Inner Garden, the East Inner Garden, and the Forbidden Garden.Among the three gardens, the Forbidden Garden is the largest.The East and West Gardens are only a few miles in radius, while the Forbidden Garden covers a large area in the northwest of Chang'an, with the Wei River in the north, the Han Chang'an City ruins in the west, and the palace city in the south, with a radius of 120 miles.
Although there are garden walls around the Forbidden Garden, they are too wide and lower than ordinary city walls, so there are certain security risks.Xiao Junmo had just joined Xuanjiawei for the first year, and the first case he solved was a hunter accidentally breaking into the Forbidden Garden.It was found that a small section of the garden wall collapsed due to heavy rain, and the hunter broke into the forbidden garden through the gap in order to chase an elk.Although the collapsed garden wall was repaired immediately afterwards, Xiao Junmo still felt that if someone with ulterior motives wanted to sneak into the Forbidden Garden, it would not be difficult to find other loopholes.
Xiao Junmo never expected that he would become this "person with ulterior motives" this time, and he really found a "loophole" without much effort!It was near the Yinma Gate on the northeast side of the Forbidden Garden. The wall of a garden wall was soaked in rainwater and collapsed, revealing a small hole that could allow one person to drill through.Xiao Junmo looked at the hole and couldn't help laughing.
In the afternoon of that day, Xiao Junmo entered the Forbidden Garden, took advantage of the cover of the woods to rush all the way, and soon came to the West Inner Garden, hiding in a bush outside the Xuanwu Gate.At sunset, Mi Mancang brought a set of eunuch clothes and hats to join him here as agreed in advance.After Xiao Junmo changed his clothes and hats, the two caught dozens of butterflies according to the plan in advance, put them in two cages, and waited until after dark before walking towards the Xuanwu Gate.
Xiao Junmo is tall, in order to disguise, he had to bend over and bow his head, and he had to learn Mi Mancang's small steps, and he was so aggrieved that he died.When entering the Xuanwu Gate, although the gatekeeper knew Mi Mancang well, he stopped him as usual.
"Full warehouse, why are you wandering around in the inner garden at such a late hour?" A sergeant asked.
"Catch, catch the butterfly."
"Catch butterflies?" The sergeant looked at the cages in their hands, and sure enough, he saw many brightly colored and large butterflies. "Is it for that little lady surnamed Chu to catch again?"
Mi Mancang smiled and answered.
"This little lady has quite a lot to ask for!" The sergeant said with a smile, "A few days ago, you were asked to pick flowers in the Forbidden Garden, and now you are catching butterflies. Does she really think of herself as a princess?"
Mi Mancang smiled apologetically: "Holy, holy, there is a life, and she has, and if there is a request, she will respond."
Seeing him stammering, the sergeant couldn't help smiling at the other sergeants.Of course he knew that the emperor had long ordered that as long as it was Chu Lisang's request, he must be satisfied, but he deliberately teased him: "Mancang, I think you have a problem!"
Mi Mancang was startled and opened his mouth wide.
Xiao Junmo lowered his head, frowning slightly.He knew that the sergeant was making fun of the rice, so he wasn't too nervous, but such a delay would inevitably reveal flaws, and he couldn't help feeling anxious.
"What, what's the problem?"
"A few days ago, you said you wanted to pick dragon claw flowers. You said you didn't have them in the palace, but you picked them in the Forbidden Garden. But today you caught butterflies, and they were everywhere in the palace. Why did you go to the Forbidden Garden?"
"This, this butterfly, there is no one in the palace, no."
"Strange! Why isn't there in the Butterfly Palace?"
"It's called, big, big purple, nymphet." Mi Mancang was so anxious that he broke out in sweat, "Forbidden, forbidden garden, only then."
"Really? Big purple nymph?" The sergeant took a look at the cage, felt bored, and handed it back to him, "Mancang, I think this little lady surnamed Chu is just playing with you? If she wants to Picking the stars, picking the moon, do you also go to heaven to pick her?"
"That, that's easy."
"Easy?" The sergeant was surprised, "Why is it so easy?"
"Let her do it, dream it, and it will happen!"
The sergeant came to his senses, and immediately laughed with the others, and said, "Mancang, I can't see that you stutter, and you can tell jokes."
Mi Mancang smiled complacently.
Xiao Junmo still bent his waist and lowered his head, feeling that he could hardly bear it anymore.
"Let's go, let's not delay your time." The sergeant waved his hand.
Xiao Junmo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly followed Mi Mancang through the doorway under the tower in small steps.
The two of them passed the Xuanwu Gate, walked quickly to the left, passed through several halls and pavilions, walked for about an incense stick, and then walked around a small bamboo forest, and saw an exquisite two-story building standing on the water bank side.
This is the Ningyun Pavilion, with flowers and trees outside the courtyard wall and bamboo pavilions.
Entering the yard, the lanterns were hung high, much brighter than outside, Xiao Junmo quickly buried his head lower.Mi Mancang greeted the seven or eight eunuchs downstairs, and led Xiao Junmo straight up the stairs to the second floor.
Two court ladies stood outside the embroidery room on the second floor.Mi Mancang's position was obviously higher than theirs. As soon as he arrived at the door, the maid immediately pushed the door open.The two walked in, and saw four court ladies standing in the room, Chu Lisang was sitting by the window leaning against the railing, with his back to the door.As soon as Xiao Junmo saw Chu Lisang's figure, his heart moved inexplicably, and many feelings came to his heart instantly.
In fact, he and Chu Lisang have only met a few times in total, but for some reason, Xiao Junmo always feels that he and her have experienced a lot together.Mi Mancang signaled Xiao Junmo to wait at the door, walked up to Chu Lisang with two cages, and said in a low voice: "Chu, Miss Chu, you, the nymph you want, nymphet."
Chu Lisang glanced back, and said lightly, "When did I say I want butterflies?"
"Did you forget?" Mi Mancang suddenly spoke sharply, "I said it yesterday morning."
Chu Lisang remembered that he hadn't said it, but he was too lazy to argue with him, so he said without turning his head: "Leave it alone."
Mi Mancang smiled, put the cage aside, groped for something in his sleeves, and said: "Our family has spent a lot of money, worked hard, Miss Chu is good, anyway, let's take a look."
Chu Lisang was impatient, and was about to get angry at him when he turned around, when he suddenly saw something protruding from Mi Mancang's cuff, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be the jeweled dagger taken by Xiao Junmo.
Surprised and suspicious, Chu Lisang looked at Mi Mancang in confusion.
Xiao Junmo stood by the door, secretly smiling, but still didn't dare to look up.
Mi Mancang stuffed the dagger back and signaled Chu Lisang to send the four maids away.Chu Lisang understood, and said to the maids: "You go down first, as long as there is Mi Nei here to serve you."
A court lady hurriedly said: "Miss Chu, there is a decree from the Holy Spirit, and the slaves cannot leave you for half a step."
"You guys wait downstairs. I'll call you if I have something to do. We're in the same building. Are you still afraid that I might fly away?"
The palace maid looked distressed, but remained motionless.
"You're not leaving, are you?" Chu Lisang stared at her.
The maid hesitated, but refused to move.
"Okay, if you don't leave, I'll jump off the stairs." Chu Lisang said, and immediately stood up, "Look how many heads you have!"
The maid was flustered, and waved her hands again and again: "Miss Chu, don't worry, the servants will leave now, leave now." After speaking, she quickly led the other three maids to retreat together.
Mi Mancang came over, handed the dagger to Xiao Junmo, and said in a low voice, "Say, it's done, one, one..."
"For a while." Xiao Junmo took the dagger and stuffed it into his sleeve.
Mi Mancang nodded and walked out.
Xiao Junmo closed the door, bolted it, and let out a long sigh of relief.
Chu Lisang stared at this "eunuch" with broad shoulders and thick back, his eyes were full of doubts.
Xiao Junmo turned around slowly.
Chu Lisang was startled and almost cried out.
"Be safe, Chu Lisang." Xiao Junmo looked at her with a calm smile on his face.
In the Qihuang Pavilion of Pingkangfang, Li Tai and Su Jinse sat on the couch hugging each other, whispering to each other.Su Jinse pushed Li Tai coquettishly, and Li Tai laughed loudly.
For more than a month, Li Tai has become a frequent visitor here.To be precise, he has become the only guest of Su Jinse, the top singer of Qihuang Pavilion.He hired Su Jinse at a monthly fee of [-] yuan and forbade her to receive anyone else.The old bustard of Qihuang Pavilion couldn't help but smile from ear to ear, because one thousand coins is almost the income of the entire Qihuang Pavilion for a month.
"Si Lang spends so much money here in my slave's house, isn't he afraid that the elders in the family will blame him?" Su Jinse said, picking a cherry from the silver plate on the food table, and stuffing it into Li Tai's mouth.
"Money is something outside of the body, where is it not spent? What's more, spending it on you is worth thousands of dollars!" Li Tai laughed, "As for the elders in the family, you don't have to worry about it. My father and other old people have plenty of money. Money, let me spend eight lifetimes and can't spend it all."
"Really? How does Shiro's family make a living, so rich?"
"Well..." Li Tai hesitated for a moment, "My father traveled all over the world in the early years, saved a lot of family business, and acquired a lot of land. He can be considered... a big landowner!"
"Big landowner? How big is it?" Su Jinse opened her big clear eyes, looking innocent.
Li Tai smiled, hugged her, and gave her a cherry: "Anyway, it's so big, it will definitely make you hungry, so don't ask so much."
Su Jinse looked at the brightly colored cherries in his hand, and thoughtfully said: "Shiro, everyone says that this cherry is the 'first fruit in early spring' and 'the first branch of a hundred fruits', and it is rare for ordinary people to eat one, and it is all tributes from all over the world." Give it to the Holy Majesty, and the Holy Majesty will reward it to the important ministers. Could it be that your father, the big landlord, has also been rewarded by the Holy Majesty?"
Li Tai chuckled, grabbed the cherry and stuffed it into her mouth: "Such a good thing can't stop your mouth. Do you care if it's a reward? Can't we grow it in our own land?"
"Where did the cherries grow?"
"It seems to be... Luoyang."
"Your family's land is so big? Even Luoyang?"
"Jinse," Li Tai said with a playful smile, "Are you in a hurry to marry me, so you keep asking about my family background?"
"Forget it, since you don't want to say more, the slave family is not annoying." Su Jinse broke away from his embrace, "Just this cherry, I will test you and write a poem now."
Li Tai was taken aback: "Writing poetry?"
"Yes! Do it now."
Li Tai looked embarrassed: "Then what if I can't do it?"
"If you can't do it, you will be punished."
"Punishment for what?"
Su Jinse smiled coquettishly: "I will punish you to go home and sleep honestly tonight, and you are not allowed to spend the night here."
Li Tai frowned: "Isn't the punishment a bit harsh?"
"If you think it's too serious, use some talent!" Su Jinse said, "If you want to be friends with me, Su Jinse, money is not enough!"
Li Tai scratched his head, suddenly rolled his eyes, and slapped his thigh: "Yes!"
"So fast?"
"Listen well!" Li Tai smiled reservedly, and immediately chanted seriously, "Bi Lin is full of beauty, Luoyang is full of spring. Zhu Yan has far-sighted eyes, emerald green shadow Changjin. Qiao Ke's tender body, low branches reflect the beauty. In the past garden Actually, this is Zhen on the table."
Su Jinse was a little unbelievable: "When you roll your eyes, a poem comes out?"
Li Tai looked smug: "You can wait on horses, but don't add anything to your writing! What is talent? This is called talent!"
Su Jinse chuckled: "It's a pity that one can rely on horses and not add points to the text..."
"What a pity? Do you dare to say that this poem is not good?"
"It's good." Su Jinse said lightly, "It's a pity...it's a plagiarized work."
Li Tai was startled, and stammered, "Nonsense! This... I obviously did this myself."
"This is obviously made by your father." Su Jinse said quietly, "When did it become yours?"
Li Tai was so shocked that he stood up: "You... how do you know?"
The poem that Li Tai chanted just now was "Fu De Cherry" written by Taizong Li Shimin. At that time, it was only passed down in the imperial palace and the imperial court, and the people didn't know about it at all, so Li Tai's shock was no small matter.
"Your Highness, you don't have to lie to the slave family anymore." Su Jinse smiled slightly, "Isn't the big landlord you are talking about today the Holy One?"
"How did you get in?" Chu Lisang looked at Xiao Junmo in disbelief.
Xiao Junmo patted the eunuch's uniform on his body, and said with a smile: "Although it's a little hard work, there is no place in the Tang Dynasty that I, Xiao Junmo, want to enter but can't!"
"What a big tone!" Chu Lisang sneered, "Aren't you afraid that if I yell loudly, your head will fall to the ground?"
"You can't shout."
"why?"
"Because I came to see you with good intentions. How can you be so reasonable and ignorant of good people?"
"I have nothing to do with you, why did you come to see me?"
"Who says we have nothing to do with each other? Although we are not old friends, we can still be called old acquaintances?"
"It's just a old grudge between you and me!" Chu Lisang said coldly, "It's not an old acquaintance."
"Whether it's old grudges or old enemies," Xiao Junmo sat down on the bed carelessly, and found a comfortable position to lean against. "In short, we have a close relationship, right? Besides, didn't you threaten to come to Chang'an to find Should I settle the score? You can't get out now, so I had to find it myself."
When Chu Lisang heard this, he was slightly embarrassed, and said, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"Nothing." Xiao Junmo said, "I just want to ask you, what kind of debt do you want to settle with me?"
"You still have the guts to ask?" Chu Lisang said angrily, "Isn't it you who brought me to this point?"
Xiao Junmo touched his nose: "I admit that although it is my duty and I have to do it, I am indeed partially responsible for your affairs. So, am I here to pay off the debt?"
"That's good!" Chu Lisang also sat down on a round stool, "How do you want to pay it back?"
Xiao Junmo spread his hands: "You are the creditor, and you have the final say."
"Very good!" Chu Lisang stretched out his hand, "Give me back the things first."
"What?" Xiao Junmo pretended to be confused.
"My dagger."
Xiao Junmo made a reluctant expression, groped in his sleeve, took out the dagger after a while, pointed to the hard leather scabbard on it: "This leather case is worth a lot of money! The knife belongs to you, but the scabbard is yours." I found someone to do it later, you can’t go back, can you?”
Chu Lisang was stunned, and said displeasedly: "You have used this thing for so long, so it is useless? The scabbard is considered interest, it is cheap for you, give it to me!"
Xiao Junmo thought for a while, then nodded: "That seems to make sense." After speaking, he made a gesture to throw it away.Chu Lisang reached out to pick it up, but Xiao Junmo retracted it.Chu Lisang was annoyed, and stared at him fiercely: "What's the matter?"
"No!" Xiao Junmo said, "I suddenly remembered, I paid for this thing!"
"Nonsense!" Chu Lisang raised his brows, "You obviously took it away by force, when did you pay for it?"
"At Gantang Station!" Xiao Junmo said anxiously, "Didn't I leave you several ingots of gold? Could it be that Liu Yicheng swallowed it?"
Chu Lisang was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously withdrew his hand back.
"Tsk tsk, people nowadays are really unreliable!" Xiao Junmo expressed his heartbroken, "Look at him, Liu Yicheng, who is honest and honest, would swallow up the money I left you, it's really outrageous!"
"Don't wrong him." Chu Lisang said angrily, "He gave me the money and didn't swallow it."
"Really? That's good, that's good." Xiao Junmo nodded again and again, "That shows that this person has a good character. But then again, I didn't explicitly say that the money was used to buy this dagger, so I was also at fault for this matter. You can forgive me if you don't think about it for a while, don't worry, I won't blame you."
Chu Lisang was very annoyed, but she was short-mouthed and soft-hearted. She did spend a lot of money on Xiao Junmo, and it would not be too much for someone to pay the bill with this dagger.Originally, he wanted to get back his own things with confidence, but now he was at the end of his rationale. He was annoyed for a while but had no way to vent his anger. Tears flowed down immediately, and he quickly turned his back.
When Xiao Junmo saw it, he panicked immediately, remorseful in his heart, and repeatedly scolded himself for overplaying, then walked behind her and touched her arm with a dagger: "Hey, don't be angry, I'm just kidding with you , I brought this thing here tonight because I wanted to return it to you."
"I don't want it, you take it!" Chu Lisang's tears fell down.
Xiao Junmo didn't know what to do, so he had to go around in front of her, and Chu Lisang immediately turned his back to him.Xiao Junmo scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, never feeling so embarrassed.At this moment, the door was slightly pushed, but before it opened, there was a knock on the door.Mi Mancang whispered outside: "When, when, when..."
"Knock what knock?" Xiao Junmo rushed to the back of the door, and said angrily, "I know what time it is now, and I will give you another ingot of gold to buy you for a moment."
The door stopped for a while, then knocked again: "No, it's not about money, it's about money..."
"Two ingots."
The knock on the door stopped for another moment, and then it sounded again.
"Three ingots!"
The knocking on the door finally died down.
Xiao Junmo felt that he could almost see Mi Mancang's open face when he saw Qian's eyes through the door, and said angrily: "Mi Mancang, you are extorting, do you know?"
There seemed to be a slight smile outside the door: "No, I, I forced..."
"It's not you who forced me, it's what I wanted, right?" Xiao Junmo was impatient, "Three ingots of gold will buy you for half an hour, shut up and stop arguing!" After finishing speaking, he hurried back to Chu Lisang Beside her, before she could speak, she said coldly: "No matter how much gold you give him, it's useless. I have nothing to say to you. Go away!"
Xiao Junmo smiled and put the dagger on the case.
"You take that thing too, I don't want it anymore."
"You are not safe here, you have to have something to defend yourself." Xiao Junmo said, and immediately said seriously, "Chu Lisang, time is running out, we have to get down to business."
Chu Lisang couldn't help but look up at him: "What's the business?"
"It's about your father."
"My father?" Chu Lisang was surprised, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
"Your Majesty is determined to force your father to speak, and now he has brought you here again. I'm worried that your father won't be able to last long, and sooner or later he will tell everything..."
"What does it have to do with you if my father says it or not?" Chu Lisang interrupted him coldly.
"It has nothing to do with me personally, but it has something to do with your life and your father's life."
Chu Lisang was surprised: "How to say?"
"The secret your father keeps is of great importance. After revealing his secret, the Holy Majesty will not keep him."
Chu Lisang was shocked: "You mean the emperor will kill people to silence him?"
Xiao Junmo nodded.
Chu Lisang was full of suspicion: "But, you are a Xuanjiawei, why did you come to tell me these things? How do I know that you are not lying to me again?"
Xiao Junmo smiled wryly: "Chu Lisang, look into my eyes, do you think I'm lying?"
When Chu Lisang heard this, he couldn't help but look at him.Sure enough, his eyes were extremely clear, as if he could see into his heart at a glance.But suddenly, Chu Lisang thought of the scene in the Yique Bodhi Temple - that rainstorm night, when the down-and-out scholar named "Zhou Lugui" held an umbrella to cover her from the rain, his eyes were so clear, but that was clearly It's a scam!
Thinking about this, Chu Lisang met Xiao Junmo's gaze, and said only one word: "Like."
Xiao Junmo sighed helplessly.
"Stop acting! Back then, Zhou Lugui looked at me like this, but what happened?" Chu Lisang smiled coldly, "You are a dignified Xuanjia guard, but you pretended to come to help me, Do you think I'll believe it?"
Xiao Junmo smiled wryly and was speechless.
Yes, I once deceived her and her family so badly, why should she believe me now?
In Qihuang Pavilion, Li Tai looked at Su Jinse in surprise and suspicion, and subconsciously took a few steps back: "Su Jinse, did you overhear everything I said to Erlang and the others?"
Su Jinse stood up unhurriedly, and met Li Tai's eyes: "Your Highness, do you really think that I am an ignorant and ignorant fireworks woman who can only laugh?"
"I know you are arrogant and arrogant." Li Tai said coldly, "But I didn't expect you to have ulterior motives!"
Su Jinse smiled faintly: "His Royal Highness grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, so he should know better than anyone else, who in the palace is not unpredictable? A weak woman who has been reduced to prostitution in my family, no matter how unpredictable she is, she is not as good as them?"
"You said, what do you want to eavesdrop on our conversation?"
"The slave family did not eavesdrop on His Highness's words."
"The facts are right in front of you, so why do you argue?"
"Your Highness, the fact is that from the first day you came to Qihuang Pavilion, the slave family already knew your identity, as well as Erlang Fang Yiai of Fang Xuanling's family and Erlang Duhe of Du Ruhui's family. From you Appearing here on the first day, the slave family will know everything. Tell me, does the slave family need to eavesdrop on anything?"
Li Tai looked at her with an unbelievable look: "That is to say, this gentle town of feasting and feasting on the surface is actually a trap carefully laid by you, waiting for us to jump into it one by one?"
"If the slave family intends to harm His Highness, you can say so." Su Jinse smiled sweetly, "But the slave family is not only not trying to harm His Highness, but is here to help His Highness. Tell me, can this still be called a trap?"
"Help me?" Li Tai sneered, "You are just a top singer in Qihuang Pavilion, why should you help me?"
Su Jinse shook her head and sighed: "Your Highness, I have said this many times, but you still look at me in this way."
"Then how should I see you?"
"Conspirator."
"What did you say?!" Li Tai narrowed his eyes unconsciously.
"If Your Highness thinks that this title is too big for a woman of this status, then let's change the wording." Su Jinse calmly said, "If Your Highness wants to seize the heir, the Nu family can be your stepping stone; His Highness wants to attack the East Palace. This servant can be your knife!"
Li Tai was shocked again, and looked at her vigilantly: "Who the hell are you?"
Su Jinse didn't answer, walked to the couch and sat down, looked out of the window vaguely, and then smiled slightly: "The night is quiet, and the omission is long, and it's a good time for this spring night! Your Highness, you don't have to look like you are here!" The appearance of the enemy." He patted the couch next to him, "Sit down, Your Highness, my family is not a tiger, can it eat you?"
Li Tai sat down hesitantly, but leaned on one side, far away from her.
Su Jinse smiled, picked up a cherry with her slender fingers, and moved it to Li Tai's side: "Your Highness, no matter who the servant is, this cherry is still a cherry, and it won't change the taste because of the identity of the slave, right?" He put the cherry to his mouth.
Li Tai hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth stiffly.
The cherry was chewed in his mouth, but Li Tai only felt the taste of chewing wax.Who said it won't taste bad?It was still so sweet and delicious just now, but now it has no taste at all.
"Answer my question." Li Tai swallowed the unchewed cherry with a straight face.
"How about this, give the slave family three days. At this moment after three days, please come back again, and the slave family will introduce a family member of your natal family to your highness. When the time comes, you will know who the slave family is and why you can help your highness, just ask him."
Li Tai sneered: "Do you think this king will come to your Qihuang Pavilion after tonight?"
"Anyway, the servant brought the words." Su Jinse still smiled, "As for whether your Highness comes or not, that is your freedom."
Li Tai didn't say a word, then got up abruptly, walked straight out, and at the same time threw down a sentence without looking back: "Tell your natal family, it's best to prepare a coffin yourself in three days, maybe it will be useful."
In Ningyun Pavilion, Xiao Junmo and Chu Lisang faced each other silently, and the atmosphere was stagnant and awkward.
"Chu Lisang, tell me, how can you trust me?" Xiao Junmo broke the silence.
"Don't bother, I will never believe you." Chu Lisang's tone was very cold.
"Then what if I rescue both you and your father?"
Even Xiao Junmo himself was quite surprised when he suddenly said this sentence in a hurry.
Chu Lisang looked at him in astonishment: "What did you say?!"
"To untie the bell, you have to tie it." Xiao Junmo burst into courage out of nowhere, "Since I owe you all, of course I have to make up for it."
"how do you want to do it?"
"It's not easy, let me plan it out."
"Saving us, isn't that equivalent to betraying the emperor?" Chu Lisang looked at him with strange eyes, "You are a Xuanjia guard general, why would you do such a thing?"
"I don't know either." Xiao Junmo pretended to smile relaxedly, "Maybe, it's because of a disturbed conscience."
"Didn't you Xuanjiawei always only seek results without asking conscience when doing things?" Chu Lisang teased.
Xiao Junmo was startled, and then smiled: "Do you remember everything I said?"
"I don't have that much time to spare!" Chu Lisang rolled his eyes at him, "I'm just curious, how can a person who has no conscience discover his conscience now!"
Xiao Junmo sighed: "To tell the truth, I have always wanted to use the iron law of Xuanjiawei to convince myself, but later I found out... I still can't convince myself."
"So, you want to abandon evil and do good, and turn from evil to righteousness?"
Xiao Junmo couldn't help laughing: "It's not that bad, right? At one time and another, I didn't know anything about everything when I went to arrest your father, but now it's different. I already know the reason why the emperor arrested your father. I generally know that the secret your father kept is not trivial, it may be related to the lives of many people, so the view is naturally different from before."
"How much do you know about that secret?"
"Know a little, not much."
"Can you tell me?"
"I can't explain it in a few words. Anyway, all the secrets are related to "Lanting Preface". If I can rescue you, I will tell you slowly, or you can ask your father carefully."
Chu Lisang was thinking about something, and suddenly laughed at himself.
"why are you laughing?"
"I'm laughing. I originally wanted to seek revenge from you, but now it looks like I'm with you."
"It's God's will, which means that we are destined." Xiao Jun smiled silently, "It may be destined, we should be together."
"Who wants to be with you?!" Chu Lisang was annoyed, "If it wasn't for being locked up here, I would have the heart to kill you!"
Xiao Junmo looked at her, and suddenly remembered Huan Dieyi's words: "A woman's words are often reversed. When she says she hates you, she actually means that she likes you in her heart." Then she smiled and said: "You really love me." Do you hate me so much?"
"Of course! If you hadn't caught my father, my mother wouldn't have..." Chu Lisang's eyes turned red when he said this.
Xiao Junmo was a little smug just now, but immediately panicked again, and hurriedly said: "Now I want to rescue you out, so I have to wrong you and me, but after you escape, we will break up immediately, okay? Or if you are not reconciled, Then stab me again!"
"Another stabbing is not stabbing your arm."
"It doesn't matter, as long as you remember to dig a hole and bury me after stabbing me!"
"That's what you said."
"As I said, if a gentleman says a word, he will whip the horse quickly!" Xiao Junmo raised his right hand, vowing.
Seeing his serious expression of swearing, Chu Lisang couldn't help but smile.
Xiao Junmo smiled carefully, thinking that the saying "a woman's heart is a needle in the bottom of the sea" is really true, and now she is crying and laughing at the same time, but she doesn't know what is going on in her heart.
At this moment, the door suddenly knocked again, and knocked urgently.Xiao Junmo frowned: "Mi Mancang, don't push yourself too hard..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Mi Mancang say outside: "Hurry up, holy, holy, holy..."
Xiao Junmo was startled: "The saint is coming?"
There was no answer at the door, but it was obvious.
The two looked at each other, stunned for a moment.Xiao Junmo was the first to come back to his senses, and rushed to the window with a stride. When he looked around, the small building was already full of heavily armed Imperial Army soldiers, and he quickly retracted his head.At this time, Zhao Dequan shouted from downstairs: "The Holy Majesty is here!" Then there was the sound of a group of people walking up the stairs.
Xiao Junmo quickly scanned the entire room, and there was hardly any place to hide.
Chu Lisang was also in a hurry.
Suddenly, Xiao Junmo found a suitcase in the corner, and immediately rushed to open the lid, picked up the brocade clothes and Luoshang inside, and threw them all on the bed, then signaled Chu Lisang to open the door, and then jumped into the suitcase. in the box.
At the same time Xiao Junmo closed the lid of the box, Chu Lisang unlatched the door, and the door was pushed open immediately, and Mi Mancang and the four court ladies just walked in quickly.Chu Lisang immediately turned around, quickly picked up a piece of clothing on the couch, and compared it to himself.
Li Shimin stepped in and scanned the room with majestic eyes.
The eunuchs and court ladies quickly knelt down to salute.
Chu Lisang was not in a hurry, still turned his back to the door, and compared his clothes wholeheartedly.
Li Shimin coughed lightly.Only then did Chu Lisang turn around slowly, and when he saw the emperor, he bowed slightly, but did not speak.Li Shimin smiled and said, "Miss Chu, are you used to living in the palace?"
"If I say I'm not used to it, will His Majesty let me go out of the palace?" Chu Lisang said calmly, then turned around to fiddle with those clothes.
Li Shimin's face was slightly sullen, but he forced a smile and said, "You've only been here for a few days, so it's normal if you're not used to living here. If you stay a little longer, you'll fall in love with the palace." Cage Butterfly, a little surprised, couldn't help but walked over.
Chu Lisang turned her head inadvertently, and suddenly saw that the lid of the suitcase was not closed tightly, and a section of gray robe was exposed through the gap.And the two cages of butterflies were not far from the suitcase, and Li Shimin would immediately notice them as long as he turned around and lowered his head.Chu Lisang was terrified, and cold sweat broke out in his palms.At this time, Mi Mancang also discovered this mistake, and his face turned pale immediately.
"Miss Chu likes butterflies?" Li Shimin asked.
"Yes, if there is anything I like in this palace, it is flowers and butterflies."
Li Shimin laughed a few times, and said to Zhao Dequan who was standing by the door: "Dequan, please tell me, as long as Miss Chu likes something, you must buy it immediately, and there must be no mistakes!"
"This old servant complies with the order." Zhao Dequan bowed and said, "To tell you the truth, this old servant has already given his orders, and the servants below must have done their best."
Li Shimin let out a "hmm", and began to scan the room randomly.
Chu Lisang was shocked, and hurriedly secretly tore a hole in a silk dress in his hand, and at the same time exaggeratedly sneered, saying: "Your Majesty, the clothes you bought for the little girl are worn by others. The rest?"
Li Shimin's face darkened: "Why did Miss Chu say that?"
Chu Lisang lifted up his clothes and shook them: "Your Majesty, let's see for yourself."
Li Shimin immediately came over, took a look at it, his expression changed drastically, and he said in a deep voice, "Dequan, come here!" Zhao Dequan was surprised, and hurried over to take a look, he was dumbfounded, and plopped down on the ground: "Excuse me, everyone!" Sin, the old slave is incompetent, and he is ineffective, please calm down!"
Li Shimin was about to reprimand again, but Chu Lisang couldn't bear it, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't blame them, they have served you very well these few days, this small hole is nothing, the little girl can mend it by herself .”
At this moment, Xiao Junmo in the suitcase seemed to have noticed it, and gently pulled the exposed part of the robe back into the suitcase.
After this unhappiness, Li Shimin had no intention of staying any longer, and after saying a few more polite words to Chu Lisang, he left in a hurry.Chu Lisang sent the four maids away as usual, then bolted the door, and opened the suitcase together with Mi Mancang.
Xiao Junmo curled up in the box, sweating profusely, motionless.
Chu Lisang turned pale with shock, and patted his cheek hastily.Xiao Junmo still didn't respond.Chu Lisang anxiously said to Mi Mancang: "Why didn't you move? Could it be because you were suffocated?"
Mi Mancang smiled coldly: "Release, don't worry, gold, return, haven't given it yet, he dies, dies, dies..."
"I can't die!" Xiao Junmo sat up suddenly from the box, startling Chu Lisang.
"Mi Mancang, please don't say this word in the future." Xiao Junmo looked dissatisfied, "If you don't die, you will die!"
Chu Lisang couldn't help laughing.
"Are you in a hurry just now?" Xiao Junmo wiped his sweat.
"I'm not in a hurry." Chu Lisang snorted, "Whether you die or not is none of my business?"
Xiao Junmo chuckled, crawled out of the box, but said coldly: "Chu Lisang, you have to do one thing first tomorrow."
Chu Lisang was puzzled: "What's the matter?"
"Ask for Zhao Dequan, and tell them that the servants of Ningyun Pavilion have served them very well. Please reward them a lot, Your Majesty."
When Mi Mancang heard this, he immediately smiled.
"Is this urgent?" Chu Lisang was still at a loss.
Xiao Junmo nodded: "It's very urgent, because there was a big mistake just now, and they must be blocked with rewards."
Chu Lisang was startled: "Hasn't the mistake just now been concealed?"
"I don't mean that. What I mean is: the four maids clearly saw me in the room just now, but I disappeared the second time I came up. Do you think this is a big mistake?"
Chu Lisang covered her mouth in shock.
Mi Mancang also came back to his senses, his smile froze.
"Then, is it okay to ask for rewards for them?" Chu Lisang asked again.
"I promise you'll be fine. Because if this matter gets out, they will also have to take the responsibility, and they didn't dare to speak nonsense, please reward them just to make them feel better, and they are happy to keep it a secret."
Chu Lisang suddenly realized.
"Besides, it's not uncommon for an eunuch to drill into a palace lady's room. Although you're not a palace lady, from their point of view, what you do is pretty much the same thing."
Chu Lisang was a little confused, not quite sure what was going on, but seeing Mi Mancang covering his mouth and giggling aside, he immediately understood, his cheeks flushed, and he punched Xiao Junmo in the chest.
Xiao Junmo grinned in pain.Mi Mancang smiled even more happily.Xiao Junmo rubbed his chest and said, "By the way, there is one more thing."
"What's the matter?" Chu Lisang was a little impatient.
"Please reward tomorrow, this person is not included." Xiao Junmo pointed to Mi Mancang beside him.
Mi Mancang was in a hurry: "Why?!" These three words were said very neatly.
"You have eaten my four ingots of gold, and you want to receive the reward from the Holy Majesty. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?" Xiao Junmo squinted at him.Mi Mancang's face flushed red with anxiety: "You, you, you..."
"Okay, okay, it's time for Miss Chu to rest." Xiao Junmo hooked Mi Mancang's shoulders and walked out together, "Let's talk outside if we have something to do, and we have to talk about how to take her out."
"What?!" Mi Mancang was extremely astonished.
"How about this, Miss Chu," Xiao Junmo turned back, "Tomorrow's reward will be counted as his share, after all, he will help you out of the palace!" Saying that, he forcibly hugged Mi Mancang out.
Mi Mancang was anxious to break up with Xiao Junmo, but the more anxious he became, the more speechless he became.
Seeing the figures of the two disappear from the door, Chu Lisang couldn't help laughing.
After this night, Xiao Junmo's impression in her mind has changed greatly.Those unusual feelings left by that down-and-out scholar "Zhou Lugui" came back to her heart...
(End of this chapter)
Xiao Junmo was thinking about Chu Lisang, so he used his intelligence network to find an eunuch who was serving in the palace, and asked him about Chu Lisang's situation.
The eunuch is Mi Mancang, in his twenties, stuttering, because his family is poor, he once stole and sold things from the palace to raise money for his mother's medical treatment.Xiao Junmo found out about him at the beginning, but seeing how pitiful he was, he didn't report him.Mi Mancang is naturally grateful for this.Coincidentally, Mi Mancang was one of the eunuchs guarding Chu Lisang, which made Xiao Junmo overjoyed.
It took Mi Mancang a long time to clarify the basic situation: Chu Lisang was under house arrest in the Ningyun Pavilion next to the East Sea Pool in the harem, and there were guards around him at twelve o'clock.Xiao Junmo asked: "How's her mood?" Mi Mancang said: "No, it's not good, I'm crying all day long..."
"Wash my face with tears." Xiao Junmo said for him, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart, "Then is she eating normally?"
"Tea, tea, rice..."
"Don't think about tea and rice."
Mi Mancang nodded.
"Then she is like this, what if the Holy Majesty doesn't worry that she will collapse?" After Xiao Jun spoke silently, he felt that this question was difficult to answer in a few words, and it was difficult for Mi Mancang, so he changed the question, "Did she talk to you?" ?"
"Have."
Xiao Junmo felt a little comfort in his heart. If a person is willing to talk to others, it means that he is not completely desperate.
"Does she have a tendency to commit suicide?"
"none."
Xiao Junmo felt more at ease, thought for a while, and asked again: "Has Biancai started eating?"
"Yes."
"Then did he speak?"
"no."
"In your opinion, will he speak?"
"not necessarily."
"Do you think he is still hesitating?"
"Yes."
Now Xiao Junmo is most worried about Biancai speaking, because once he tells the secret of "Lanting Preface", he and Chu Lisang will have no use value, and the emperor will definitely silence them.In addition, once the secret is revealed, Wei Zheng is also very likely to be exposed. The emperor has always trusted Wei Zheng. If he knew that he was actually a member of the Heavenly Punishment League lurking in the court, how could he be spared? !
Xiao Junmo really wanted to know more about Chu Lisang's situation, but when he met such a hard-working person, he really couldn't figure it out. In desperation, a bold idea suddenly jumped into his mind.
"Full warehouse," Xiao Junmo said, "think of a way, I will enter the palace with you."
Mi Mancang was dumbfounded in fright, and suddenly said a complete sentence: "How can I do that?"
"Why not?" Xiao Jun smiled silently, "It seems that I frightened you a lot, so that you can speak quickly."
"It's nothing to do with talking, it's okay!"
"Listen to me, Mancang, I will only go in for a while, and leave after a few words with Chu Lisang. I will definitely not implicate you."
"This is murder, decapitation is a big crime!"
"It's not that serious." Xiao Junmo smiled, took out a gold ingot from his sleeve, and stuffed it into his hand, "Mancang, your mother gave you this name, so she has high hopes! But like you, always Stealing and selling gadgets from the palace, making small troubles, when will your rice warehouse be full?"
Mi Mancang weighed the gold ingot in his hand and hesitated.
"You just need to take me in, don't care about anything else, I'll thank you later!"
Mi Mancang finally gritted his teeth: "Success!"
Xiao Junmo smiled.
"However, we have to have, have, say..."
"Speak first."
"Only one, one..."
"A little while."
"I, what am I..."
"You don't care about anything."
"Out, out..."
"What happens is mine!"
Only then did Mi Mancang show a satisfied smile.
There are four large pools in the harem of Tai Chi Palace.The so-called "sea pools" are actually artificial lakes, of which the East Sea Pool is formed by water injection from the Longshou Canal, and the north, west, and south sea pools are formed by water injection from the Qingming Canal.The four big pools are vast, with sparkling water, surrounded by peach blossoms, willows and greenery, butterflies dancing and warblers singing, adding a bit of soft and pleasant scenery to the solemn palace.
Ningyun Pavilion is located next to the East Sea Pool, and not far to the north is the majestic Xuanwu Gate.
Chu Lisang was placed under house arrest in Ningyun Pavilion.
In order to meet Chu Lisang, Xiao Junmo took great pains.Since Ningyun Pavilion is located in the northeast corner of the palace city, if you enter the palace from the south, you have to pass through many palace gates and pavilions, the risk is too high, so it is not considered directly.The safer way is to enter from the Forbidden Garden in the north of Miyagi, then pass through the West Inner Garden and enter the Xuanwu Gate to reach Ningyun Pavilion.
In Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty, there were three large gardens, namely the West Inner Garden, the East Inner Garden, and the Forbidden Garden.Among the three gardens, the Forbidden Garden is the largest.The East and West Gardens are only a few miles in radius, while the Forbidden Garden covers a large area in the northwest of Chang'an, with the Wei River in the north, the Han Chang'an City ruins in the west, and the palace city in the south, with a radius of 120 miles.
Although there are garden walls around the Forbidden Garden, they are too wide and lower than ordinary city walls, so there are certain security risks.Xiao Junmo had just joined Xuanjiawei for the first year, and the first case he solved was a hunter accidentally breaking into the Forbidden Garden.It was found that a small section of the garden wall collapsed due to heavy rain, and the hunter broke into the forbidden garden through the gap in order to chase an elk.Although the collapsed garden wall was repaired immediately afterwards, Xiao Junmo still felt that if someone with ulterior motives wanted to sneak into the Forbidden Garden, it would not be difficult to find other loopholes.
Xiao Junmo never expected that he would become this "person with ulterior motives" this time, and he really found a "loophole" without much effort!It was near the Yinma Gate on the northeast side of the Forbidden Garden. The wall of a garden wall was soaked in rainwater and collapsed, revealing a small hole that could allow one person to drill through.Xiao Junmo looked at the hole and couldn't help laughing.
In the afternoon of that day, Xiao Junmo entered the Forbidden Garden, took advantage of the cover of the woods to rush all the way, and soon came to the West Inner Garden, hiding in a bush outside the Xuanwu Gate.At sunset, Mi Mancang brought a set of eunuch clothes and hats to join him here as agreed in advance.After Xiao Junmo changed his clothes and hats, the two caught dozens of butterflies according to the plan in advance, put them in two cages, and waited until after dark before walking towards the Xuanwu Gate.
Xiao Junmo is tall, in order to disguise, he had to bend over and bow his head, and he had to learn Mi Mancang's small steps, and he was so aggrieved that he died.When entering the Xuanwu Gate, although the gatekeeper knew Mi Mancang well, he stopped him as usual.
"Full warehouse, why are you wandering around in the inner garden at such a late hour?" A sergeant asked.
"Catch, catch the butterfly."
"Catch butterflies?" The sergeant looked at the cages in their hands, and sure enough, he saw many brightly colored and large butterflies. "Is it for that little lady surnamed Chu to catch again?"
Mi Mancang smiled and answered.
"This little lady has quite a lot to ask for!" The sergeant said with a smile, "A few days ago, you were asked to pick flowers in the Forbidden Garden, and now you are catching butterflies. Does she really think of herself as a princess?"
Mi Mancang smiled apologetically: "Holy, holy, there is a life, and she has, and if there is a request, she will respond."
Seeing him stammering, the sergeant couldn't help smiling at the other sergeants.Of course he knew that the emperor had long ordered that as long as it was Chu Lisang's request, he must be satisfied, but he deliberately teased him: "Mancang, I think you have a problem!"
Mi Mancang was startled and opened his mouth wide.
Xiao Junmo lowered his head, frowning slightly.He knew that the sergeant was making fun of the rice, so he wasn't too nervous, but such a delay would inevitably reveal flaws, and he couldn't help feeling anxious.
"What, what's the problem?"
"A few days ago, you said you wanted to pick dragon claw flowers. You said you didn't have them in the palace, but you picked them in the Forbidden Garden. But today you caught butterflies, and they were everywhere in the palace. Why did you go to the Forbidden Garden?"
"This, this butterfly, there is no one in the palace, no."
"Strange! Why isn't there in the Butterfly Palace?"
"It's called, big, big purple, nymphet." Mi Mancang was so anxious that he broke out in sweat, "Forbidden, forbidden garden, only then."
"Really? Big purple nymph?" The sergeant took a look at the cage, felt bored, and handed it back to him, "Mancang, I think this little lady surnamed Chu is just playing with you? If she wants to Picking the stars, picking the moon, do you also go to heaven to pick her?"
"That, that's easy."
"Easy?" The sergeant was surprised, "Why is it so easy?"
"Let her do it, dream it, and it will happen!"
The sergeant came to his senses, and immediately laughed with the others, and said, "Mancang, I can't see that you stutter, and you can tell jokes."
Mi Mancang smiled complacently.
Xiao Junmo still bent his waist and lowered his head, feeling that he could hardly bear it anymore.
"Let's go, let's not delay your time." The sergeant waved his hand.
Xiao Junmo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly followed Mi Mancang through the doorway under the tower in small steps.
The two of them passed the Xuanwu Gate, walked quickly to the left, passed through several halls and pavilions, walked for about an incense stick, and then walked around a small bamboo forest, and saw an exquisite two-story building standing on the water bank side.
This is the Ningyun Pavilion, with flowers and trees outside the courtyard wall and bamboo pavilions.
Entering the yard, the lanterns were hung high, much brighter than outside, Xiao Junmo quickly buried his head lower.Mi Mancang greeted the seven or eight eunuchs downstairs, and led Xiao Junmo straight up the stairs to the second floor.
Two court ladies stood outside the embroidery room on the second floor.Mi Mancang's position was obviously higher than theirs. As soon as he arrived at the door, the maid immediately pushed the door open.The two walked in, and saw four court ladies standing in the room, Chu Lisang was sitting by the window leaning against the railing, with his back to the door.As soon as Xiao Junmo saw Chu Lisang's figure, his heart moved inexplicably, and many feelings came to his heart instantly.
In fact, he and Chu Lisang have only met a few times in total, but for some reason, Xiao Junmo always feels that he and her have experienced a lot together.Mi Mancang signaled Xiao Junmo to wait at the door, walked up to Chu Lisang with two cages, and said in a low voice: "Chu, Miss Chu, you, the nymph you want, nymphet."
Chu Lisang glanced back, and said lightly, "When did I say I want butterflies?"
"Did you forget?" Mi Mancang suddenly spoke sharply, "I said it yesterday morning."
Chu Lisang remembered that he hadn't said it, but he was too lazy to argue with him, so he said without turning his head: "Leave it alone."
Mi Mancang smiled, put the cage aside, groped for something in his sleeves, and said: "Our family has spent a lot of money, worked hard, Miss Chu is good, anyway, let's take a look."
Chu Lisang was impatient, and was about to get angry at him when he turned around, when he suddenly saw something protruding from Mi Mancang's cuff, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be the jeweled dagger taken by Xiao Junmo.
Surprised and suspicious, Chu Lisang looked at Mi Mancang in confusion.
Xiao Junmo stood by the door, secretly smiling, but still didn't dare to look up.
Mi Mancang stuffed the dagger back and signaled Chu Lisang to send the four maids away.Chu Lisang understood, and said to the maids: "You go down first, as long as there is Mi Nei here to serve you."
A court lady hurriedly said: "Miss Chu, there is a decree from the Holy Spirit, and the slaves cannot leave you for half a step."
"You guys wait downstairs. I'll call you if I have something to do. We're in the same building. Are you still afraid that I might fly away?"
The palace maid looked distressed, but remained motionless.
"You're not leaving, are you?" Chu Lisang stared at her.
The maid hesitated, but refused to move.
"Okay, if you don't leave, I'll jump off the stairs." Chu Lisang said, and immediately stood up, "Look how many heads you have!"
The maid was flustered, and waved her hands again and again: "Miss Chu, don't worry, the servants will leave now, leave now." After speaking, she quickly led the other three maids to retreat together.
Mi Mancang came over, handed the dagger to Xiao Junmo, and said in a low voice, "Say, it's done, one, one..."
"For a while." Xiao Junmo took the dagger and stuffed it into his sleeve.
Mi Mancang nodded and walked out.
Xiao Junmo closed the door, bolted it, and let out a long sigh of relief.
Chu Lisang stared at this "eunuch" with broad shoulders and thick back, his eyes were full of doubts.
Xiao Junmo turned around slowly.
Chu Lisang was startled and almost cried out.
"Be safe, Chu Lisang." Xiao Junmo looked at her with a calm smile on his face.
In the Qihuang Pavilion of Pingkangfang, Li Tai and Su Jinse sat on the couch hugging each other, whispering to each other.Su Jinse pushed Li Tai coquettishly, and Li Tai laughed loudly.
For more than a month, Li Tai has become a frequent visitor here.To be precise, he has become the only guest of Su Jinse, the top singer of Qihuang Pavilion.He hired Su Jinse at a monthly fee of [-] yuan and forbade her to receive anyone else.The old bustard of Qihuang Pavilion couldn't help but smile from ear to ear, because one thousand coins is almost the income of the entire Qihuang Pavilion for a month.
"Si Lang spends so much money here in my slave's house, isn't he afraid that the elders in the family will blame him?" Su Jinse said, picking a cherry from the silver plate on the food table, and stuffing it into Li Tai's mouth.
"Money is something outside of the body, where is it not spent? What's more, spending it on you is worth thousands of dollars!" Li Tai laughed, "As for the elders in the family, you don't have to worry about it. My father and other old people have plenty of money. Money, let me spend eight lifetimes and can't spend it all."
"Really? How does Shiro's family make a living, so rich?"
"Well..." Li Tai hesitated for a moment, "My father traveled all over the world in the early years, saved a lot of family business, and acquired a lot of land. He can be considered... a big landowner!"
"Big landowner? How big is it?" Su Jinse opened her big clear eyes, looking innocent.
Li Tai smiled, hugged her, and gave her a cherry: "Anyway, it's so big, it will definitely make you hungry, so don't ask so much."
Su Jinse looked at the brightly colored cherries in his hand, and thoughtfully said: "Shiro, everyone says that this cherry is the 'first fruit in early spring' and 'the first branch of a hundred fruits', and it is rare for ordinary people to eat one, and it is all tributes from all over the world." Give it to the Holy Majesty, and the Holy Majesty will reward it to the important ministers. Could it be that your father, the big landlord, has also been rewarded by the Holy Majesty?"
Li Tai chuckled, grabbed the cherry and stuffed it into her mouth: "Such a good thing can't stop your mouth. Do you care if it's a reward? Can't we grow it in our own land?"
"Where did the cherries grow?"
"It seems to be... Luoyang."
"Your family's land is so big? Even Luoyang?"
"Jinse," Li Tai said with a playful smile, "Are you in a hurry to marry me, so you keep asking about my family background?"
"Forget it, since you don't want to say more, the slave family is not annoying." Su Jinse broke away from his embrace, "Just this cherry, I will test you and write a poem now."
Li Tai was taken aback: "Writing poetry?"
"Yes! Do it now."
Li Tai looked embarrassed: "Then what if I can't do it?"
"If you can't do it, you will be punished."
"Punishment for what?"
Su Jinse smiled coquettishly: "I will punish you to go home and sleep honestly tonight, and you are not allowed to spend the night here."
Li Tai frowned: "Isn't the punishment a bit harsh?"
"If you think it's too serious, use some talent!" Su Jinse said, "If you want to be friends with me, Su Jinse, money is not enough!"
Li Tai scratched his head, suddenly rolled his eyes, and slapped his thigh: "Yes!"
"So fast?"
"Listen well!" Li Tai smiled reservedly, and immediately chanted seriously, "Bi Lin is full of beauty, Luoyang is full of spring. Zhu Yan has far-sighted eyes, emerald green shadow Changjin. Qiao Ke's tender body, low branches reflect the beauty. In the past garden Actually, this is Zhen on the table."
Su Jinse was a little unbelievable: "When you roll your eyes, a poem comes out?"
Li Tai looked smug: "You can wait on horses, but don't add anything to your writing! What is talent? This is called talent!"
Su Jinse chuckled: "It's a pity that one can rely on horses and not add points to the text..."
"What a pity? Do you dare to say that this poem is not good?"
"It's good." Su Jinse said lightly, "It's a pity...it's a plagiarized work."
Li Tai was startled, and stammered, "Nonsense! This... I obviously did this myself."
"This is obviously made by your father." Su Jinse said quietly, "When did it become yours?"
Li Tai was so shocked that he stood up: "You... how do you know?"
The poem that Li Tai chanted just now was "Fu De Cherry" written by Taizong Li Shimin. At that time, it was only passed down in the imperial palace and the imperial court, and the people didn't know about it at all, so Li Tai's shock was no small matter.
"Your Highness, you don't have to lie to the slave family anymore." Su Jinse smiled slightly, "Isn't the big landlord you are talking about today the Holy One?"
"How did you get in?" Chu Lisang looked at Xiao Junmo in disbelief.
Xiao Junmo patted the eunuch's uniform on his body, and said with a smile: "Although it's a little hard work, there is no place in the Tang Dynasty that I, Xiao Junmo, want to enter but can't!"
"What a big tone!" Chu Lisang sneered, "Aren't you afraid that if I yell loudly, your head will fall to the ground?"
"You can't shout."
"why?"
"Because I came to see you with good intentions. How can you be so reasonable and ignorant of good people?"
"I have nothing to do with you, why did you come to see me?"
"Who says we have nothing to do with each other? Although we are not old friends, we can still be called old acquaintances?"
"It's just a old grudge between you and me!" Chu Lisang said coldly, "It's not an old acquaintance."
"Whether it's old grudges or old enemies," Xiao Junmo sat down on the bed carelessly, and found a comfortable position to lean against. "In short, we have a close relationship, right? Besides, didn't you threaten to come to Chang'an to find Should I settle the score? You can't get out now, so I had to find it myself."
When Chu Lisang heard this, he was slightly embarrassed, and said, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"Nothing." Xiao Junmo said, "I just want to ask you, what kind of debt do you want to settle with me?"
"You still have the guts to ask?" Chu Lisang said angrily, "Isn't it you who brought me to this point?"
Xiao Junmo touched his nose: "I admit that although it is my duty and I have to do it, I am indeed partially responsible for your affairs. So, am I here to pay off the debt?"
"That's good!" Chu Lisang also sat down on a round stool, "How do you want to pay it back?"
Xiao Junmo spread his hands: "You are the creditor, and you have the final say."
"Very good!" Chu Lisang stretched out his hand, "Give me back the things first."
"What?" Xiao Junmo pretended to be confused.
"My dagger."
Xiao Junmo made a reluctant expression, groped in his sleeve, took out the dagger after a while, pointed to the hard leather scabbard on it: "This leather case is worth a lot of money! The knife belongs to you, but the scabbard is yours." I found someone to do it later, you can’t go back, can you?”
Chu Lisang was stunned, and said displeasedly: "You have used this thing for so long, so it is useless? The scabbard is considered interest, it is cheap for you, give it to me!"
Xiao Junmo thought for a while, then nodded: "That seems to make sense." After speaking, he made a gesture to throw it away.Chu Lisang reached out to pick it up, but Xiao Junmo retracted it.Chu Lisang was annoyed, and stared at him fiercely: "What's the matter?"
"No!" Xiao Junmo said, "I suddenly remembered, I paid for this thing!"
"Nonsense!" Chu Lisang raised his brows, "You obviously took it away by force, when did you pay for it?"
"At Gantang Station!" Xiao Junmo said anxiously, "Didn't I leave you several ingots of gold? Could it be that Liu Yicheng swallowed it?"
Chu Lisang was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously withdrew his hand back.
"Tsk tsk, people nowadays are really unreliable!" Xiao Junmo expressed his heartbroken, "Look at him, Liu Yicheng, who is honest and honest, would swallow up the money I left you, it's really outrageous!"
"Don't wrong him." Chu Lisang said angrily, "He gave me the money and didn't swallow it."
"Really? That's good, that's good." Xiao Junmo nodded again and again, "That shows that this person has a good character. But then again, I didn't explicitly say that the money was used to buy this dagger, so I was also at fault for this matter. You can forgive me if you don't think about it for a while, don't worry, I won't blame you."
Chu Lisang was very annoyed, but she was short-mouthed and soft-hearted. She did spend a lot of money on Xiao Junmo, and it would not be too much for someone to pay the bill with this dagger.Originally, he wanted to get back his own things with confidence, but now he was at the end of his rationale. He was annoyed for a while but had no way to vent his anger. Tears flowed down immediately, and he quickly turned his back.
When Xiao Junmo saw it, he panicked immediately, remorseful in his heart, and repeatedly scolded himself for overplaying, then walked behind her and touched her arm with a dagger: "Hey, don't be angry, I'm just kidding with you , I brought this thing here tonight because I wanted to return it to you."
"I don't want it, you take it!" Chu Lisang's tears fell down.
Xiao Junmo didn't know what to do, so he had to go around in front of her, and Chu Lisang immediately turned his back to him.Xiao Junmo scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously, never feeling so embarrassed.At this moment, the door was slightly pushed, but before it opened, there was a knock on the door.Mi Mancang whispered outside: "When, when, when..."
"Knock what knock?" Xiao Junmo rushed to the back of the door, and said angrily, "I know what time it is now, and I will give you another ingot of gold to buy you for a moment."
The door stopped for a while, then knocked again: "No, it's not about money, it's about money..."
"Two ingots."
The knock on the door stopped for another moment, and then it sounded again.
"Three ingots!"
The knocking on the door finally died down.
Xiao Junmo felt that he could almost see Mi Mancang's open face when he saw Qian's eyes through the door, and said angrily: "Mi Mancang, you are extorting, do you know?"
There seemed to be a slight smile outside the door: "No, I, I forced..."
"It's not you who forced me, it's what I wanted, right?" Xiao Junmo was impatient, "Three ingots of gold will buy you for half an hour, shut up and stop arguing!" After finishing speaking, he hurried back to Chu Lisang Beside her, before she could speak, she said coldly: "No matter how much gold you give him, it's useless. I have nothing to say to you. Go away!"
Xiao Junmo smiled and put the dagger on the case.
"You take that thing too, I don't want it anymore."
"You are not safe here, you have to have something to defend yourself." Xiao Junmo said, and immediately said seriously, "Chu Lisang, time is running out, we have to get down to business."
Chu Lisang couldn't help but look up at him: "What's the business?"
"It's about your father."
"My father?" Chu Lisang was surprised, "What exactly are you trying to say?"
"Your Majesty is determined to force your father to speak, and now he has brought you here again. I'm worried that your father won't be able to last long, and sooner or later he will tell everything..."
"What does it have to do with you if my father says it or not?" Chu Lisang interrupted him coldly.
"It has nothing to do with me personally, but it has something to do with your life and your father's life."
Chu Lisang was surprised: "How to say?"
"The secret your father keeps is of great importance. After revealing his secret, the Holy Majesty will not keep him."
Chu Lisang was shocked: "You mean the emperor will kill people to silence him?"
Xiao Junmo nodded.
Chu Lisang was full of suspicion: "But, you are a Xuanjiawei, why did you come to tell me these things? How do I know that you are not lying to me again?"
Xiao Junmo smiled wryly: "Chu Lisang, look into my eyes, do you think I'm lying?"
When Chu Lisang heard this, he couldn't help but look at him.Sure enough, his eyes were extremely clear, as if he could see into his heart at a glance.But suddenly, Chu Lisang thought of the scene in the Yique Bodhi Temple - that rainstorm night, when the down-and-out scholar named "Zhou Lugui" held an umbrella to cover her from the rain, his eyes were so clear, but that was clearly It's a scam!
Thinking about this, Chu Lisang met Xiao Junmo's gaze, and said only one word: "Like."
Xiao Junmo sighed helplessly.
"Stop acting! Back then, Zhou Lugui looked at me like this, but what happened?" Chu Lisang smiled coldly, "You are a dignified Xuanjia guard, but you pretended to come to help me, Do you think I'll believe it?"
Xiao Junmo smiled wryly and was speechless.
Yes, I once deceived her and her family so badly, why should she believe me now?
In Qihuang Pavilion, Li Tai looked at Su Jinse in surprise and suspicion, and subconsciously took a few steps back: "Su Jinse, did you overhear everything I said to Erlang and the others?"
Su Jinse stood up unhurriedly, and met Li Tai's eyes: "Your Highness, do you really think that I am an ignorant and ignorant fireworks woman who can only laugh?"
"I know you are arrogant and arrogant." Li Tai said coldly, "But I didn't expect you to have ulterior motives!"
Su Jinse smiled faintly: "His Royal Highness grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, so he should know better than anyone else, who in the palace is not unpredictable? A weak woman who has been reduced to prostitution in my family, no matter how unpredictable she is, she is not as good as them?"
"You said, what do you want to eavesdrop on our conversation?"
"The slave family did not eavesdrop on His Highness's words."
"The facts are right in front of you, so why do you argue?"
"Your Highness, the fact is that from the first day you came to Qihuang Pavilion, the slave family already knew your identity, as well as Erlang Fang Yiai of Fang Xuanling's family and Erlang Duhe of Du Ruhui's family. From you Appearing here on the first day, the slave family will know everything. Tell me, does the slave family need to eavesdrop on anything?"
Li Tai looked at her with an unbelievable look: "That is to say, this gentle town of feasting and feasting on the surface is actually a trap carefully laid by you, waiting for us to jump into it one by one?"
"If the slave family intends to harm His Highness, you can say so." Su Jinse smiled sweetly, "But the slave family is not only not trying to harm His Highness, but is here to help His Highness. Tell me, can this still be called a trap?"
"Help me?" Li Tai sneered, "You are just a top singer in Qihuang Pavilion, why should you help me?"
Su Jinse shook her head and sighed: "Your Highness, I have said this many times, but you still look at me in this way."
"Then how should I see you?"
"Conspirator."
"What did you say?!" Li Tai narrowed his eyes unconsciously.
"If Your Highness thinks that this title is too big for a woman of this status, then let's change the wording." Su Jinse calmly said, "If Your Highness wants to seize the heir, the Nu family can be your stepping stone; His Highness wants to attack the East Palace. This servant can be your knife!"
Li Tai was shocked again, and looked at her vigilantly: "Who the hell are you?"
Su Jinse didn't answer, walked to the couch and sat down, looked out of the window vaguely, and then smiled slightly: "The night is quiet, and the omission is long, and it's a good time for this spring night! Your Highness, you don't have to look like you are here!" The appearance of the enemy." He patted the couch next to him, "Sit down, Your Highness, my family is not a tiger, can it eat you?"
Li Tai sat down hesitantly, but leaned on one side, far away from her.
Su Jinse smiled, picked up a cherry with her slender fingers, and moved it to Li Tai's side: "Your Highness, no matter who the servant is, this cherry is still a cherry, and it won't change the taste because of the identity of the slave, right?" He put the cherry to his mouth.
Li Tai hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth stiffly.
The cherry was chewed in his mouth, but Li Tai only felt the taste of chewing wax.Who said it won't taste bad?It was still so sweet and delicious just now, but now it has no taste at all.
"Answer my question." Li Tai swallowed the unchewed cherry with a straight face.
"How about this, give the slave family three days. At this moment after three days, please come back again, and the slave family will introduce a family member of your natal family to your highness. When the time comes, you will know who the slave family is and why you can help your highness, just ask him."
Li Tai sneered: "Do you think this king will come to your Qihuang Pavilion after tonight?"
"Anyway, the servant brought the words." Su Jinse still smiled, "As for whether your Highness comes or not, that is your freedom."
Li Tai didn't say a word, then got up abruptly, walked straight out, and at the same time threw down a sentence without looking back: "Tell your natal family, it's best to prepare a coffin yourself in three days, maybe it will be useful."
In Ningyun Pavilion, Xiao Junmo and Chu Lisang faced each other silently, and the atmosphere was stagnant and awkward.
"Chu Lisang, tell me, how can you trust me?" Xiao Junmo broke the silence.
"Don't bother, I will never believe you." Chu Lisang's tone was very cold.
"Then what if I rescue both you and your father?"
Even Xiao Junmo himself was quite surprised when he suddenly said this sentence in a hurry.
Chu Lisang looked at him in astonishment: "What did you say?!"
"To untie the bell, you have to tie it." Xiao Junmo burst into courage out of nowhere, "Since I owe you all, of course I have to make up for it."
"how do you want to do it?"
"It's not easy, let me plan it out."
"Saving us, isn't that equivalent to betraying the emperor?" Chu Lisang looked at him with strange eyes, "You are a Xuanjia guard general, why would you do such a thing?"
"I don't know either." Xiao Junmo pretended to smile relaxedly, "Maybe, it's because of a disturbed conscience."
"Didn't you Xuanjiawei always only seek results without asking conscience when doing things?" Chu Lisang teased.
Xiao Junmo was startled, and then smiled: "Do you remember everything I said?"
"I don't have that much time to spare!" Chu Lisang rolled his eyes at him, "I'm just curious, how can a person who has no conscience discover his conscience now!"
Xiao Junmo sighed: "To tell the truth, I have always wanted to use the iron law of Xuanjiawei to convince myself, but later I found out... I still can't convince myself."
"So, you want to abandon evil and do good, and turn from evil to righteousness?"
Xiao Junmo couldn't help laughing: "It's not that bad, right? At one time and another, I didn't know anything about everything when I went to arrest your father, but now it's different. I already know the reason why the emperor arrested your father. I generally know that the secret your father kept is not trivial, it may be related to the lives of many people, so the view is naturally different from before."
"How much do you know about that secret?"
"Know a little, not much."
"Can you tell me?"
"I can't explain it in a few words. Anyway, all the secrets are related to "Lanting Preface". If I can rescue you, I will tell you slowly, or you can ask your father carefully."
Chu Lisang was thinking about something, and suddenly laughed at himself.
"why are you laughing?"
"I'm laughing. I originally wanted to seek revenge from you, but now it looks like I'm with you."
"It's God's will, which means that we are destined." Xiao Jun smiled silently, "It may be destined, we should be together."
"Who wants to be with you?!" Chu Lisang was annoyed, "If it wasn't for being locked up here, I would have the heart to kill you!"
Xiao Junmo looked at her, and suddenly remembered Huan Dieyi's words: "A woman's words are often reversed. When she says she hates you, she actually means that she likes you in her heart." Then she smiled and said: "You really love me." Do you hate me so much?"
"Of course! If you hadn't caught my father, my mother wouldn't have..." Chu Lisang's eyes turned red when he said this.
Xiao Junmo was a little smug just now, but immediately panicked again, and hurriedly said: "Now I want to rescue you out, so I have to wrong you and me, but after you escape, we will break up immediately, okay? Or if you are not reconciled, Then stab me again!"
"Another stabbing is not stabbing your arm."
"It doesn't matter, as long as you remember to dig a hole and bury me after stabbing me!"
"That's what you said."
"As I said, if a gentleman says a word, he will whip the horse quickly!" Xiao Junmo raised his right hand, vowing.
Seeing his serious expression of swearing, Chu Lisang couldn't help but smile.
Xiao Junmo smiled carefully, thinking that the saying "a woman's heart is a needle in the bottom of the sea" is really true, and now she is crying and laughing at the same time, but she doesn't know what is going on in her heart.
At this moment, the door suddenly knocked again, and knocked urgently.Xiao Junmo frowned: "Mi Mancang, don't push yourself too hard..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard Mi Mancang say outside: "Hurry up, holy, holy, holy..."
Xiao Junmo was startled: "The saint is coming?"
There was no answer at the door, but it was obvious.
The two looked at each other, stunned for a moment.Xiao Junmo was the first to come back to his senses, and rushed to the window with a stride. When he looked around, the small building was already full of heavily armed Imperial Army soldiers, and he quickly retracted his head.At this time, Zhao Dequan shouted from downstairs: "The Holy Majesty is here!" Then there was the sound of a group of people walking up the stairs.
Xiao Junmo quickly scanned the entire room, and there was hardly any place to hide.
Chu Lisang was also in a hurry.
Suddenly, Xiao Junmo found a suitcase in the corner, and immediately rushed to open the lid, picked up the brocade clothes and Luoshang inside, and threw them all on the bed, then signaled Chu Lisang to open the door, and then jumped into the suitcase. in the box.
At the same time Xiao Junmo closed the lid of the box, Chu Lisang unlatched the door, and the door was pushed open immediately, and Mi Mancang and the four court ladies just walked in quickly.Chu Lisang immediately turned around, quickly picked up a piece of clothing on the couch, and compared it to himself.
Li Shimin stepped in and scanned the room with majestic eyes.
The eunuchs and court ladies quickly knelt down to salute.
Chu Lisang was not in a hurry, still turned his back to the door, and compared his clothes wholeheartedly.
Li Shimin coughed lightly.Only then did Chu Lisang turn around slowly, and when he saw the emperor, he bowed slightly, but did not speak.Li Shimin smiled and said, "Miss Chu, are you used to living in the palace?"
"If I say I'm not used to it, will His Majesty let me go out of the palace?" Chu Lisang said calmly, then turned around to fiddle with those clothes.
Li Shimin's face was slightly sullen, but he forced a smile and said, "You've only been here for a few days, so it's normal if you're not used to living here. If you stay a little longer, you'll fall in love with the palace." Cage Butterfly, a little surprised, couldn't help but walked over.
Chu Lisang turned her head inadvertently, and suddenly saw that the lid of the suitcase was not closed tightly, and a section of gray robe was exposed through the gap.And the two cages of butterflies were not far from the suitcase, and Li Shimin would immediately notice them as long as he turned around and lowered his head.Chu Lisang was terrified, and cold sweat broke out in his palms.At this time, Mi Mancang also discovered this mistake, and his face turned pale immediately.
"Miss Chu likes butterflies?" Li Shimin asked.
"Yes, if there is anything I like in this palace, it is flowers and butterflies."
Li Shimin laughed a few times, and said to Zhao Dequan who was standing by the door: "Dequan, please tell me, as long as Miss Chu likes something, you must buy it immediately, and there must be no mistakes!"
"This old servant complies with the order." Zhao Dequan bowed and said, "To tell you the truth, this old servant has already given his orders, and the servants below must have done their best."
Li Shimin let out a "hmm", and began to scan the room randomly.
Chu Lisang was shocked, and hurriedly secretly tore a hole in a silk dress in his hand, and at the same time exaggeratedly sneered, saying: "Your Majesty, the clothes you bought for the little girl are worn by others. The rest?"
Li Shimin's face darkened: "Why did Miss Chu say that?"
Chu Lisang lifted up his clothes and shook them: "Your Majesty, let's see for yourself."
Li Shimin immediately came over, took a look at it, his expression changed drastically, and he said in a deep voice, "Dequan, come here!" Zhao Dequan was surprised, and hurried over to take a look, he was dumbfounded, and plopped down on the ground: "Excuse me, everyone!" Sin, the old slave is incompetent, and he is ineffective, please calm down!"
Li Shimin was about to reprimand again, but Chu Lisang couldn't bear it, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't blame them, they have served you very well these few days, this small hole is nothing, the little girl can mend it by herself .”
At this moment, Xiao Junmo in the suitcase seemed to have noticed it, and gently pulled the exposed part of the robe back into the suitcase.
After this unhappiness, Li Shimin had no intention of staying any longer, and after saying a few more polite words to Chu Lisang, he left in a hurry.Chu Lisang sent the four maids away as usual, then bolted the door, and opened the suitcase together with Mi Mancang.
Xiao Junmo curled up in the box, sweating profusely, motionless.
Chu Lisang turned pale with shock, and patted his cheek hastily.Xiao Junmo still didn't respond.Chu Lisang anxiously said to Mi Mancang: "Why didn't you move? Could it be because you were suffocated?"
Mi Mancang smiled coldly: "Release, don't worry, gold, return, haven't given it yet, he dies, dies, dies..."
"I can't die!" Xiao Junmo sat up suddenly from the box, startling Chu Lisang.
"Mi Mancang, please don't say this word in the future." Xiao Junmo looked dissatisfied, "If you don't die, you will die!"
Chu Lisang couldn't help laughing.
"Are you in a hurry just now?" Xiao Junmo wiped his sweat.
"I'm not in a hurry." Chu Lisang snorted, "Whether you die or not is none of my business?"
Xiao Junmo chuckled, crawled out of the box, but said coldly: "Chu Lisang, you have to do one thing first tomorrow."
Chu Lisang was puzzled: "What's the matter?"
"Ask for Zhao Dequan, and tell them that the servants of Ningyun Pavilion have served them very well. Please reward them a lot, Your Majesty."
When Mi Mancang heard this, he immediately smiled.
"Is this urgent?" Chu Lisang was still at a loss.
Xiao Junmo nodded: "It's very urgent, because there was a big mistake just now, and they must be blocked with rewards."
Chu Lisang was startled: "Hasn't the mistake just now been concealed?"
"I don't mean that. What I mean is: the four maids clearly saw me in the room just now, but I disappeared the second time I came up. Do you think this is a big mistake?"
Chu Lisang covered her mouth in shock.
Mi Mancang also came back to his senses, his smile froze.
"Then, is it okay to ask for rewards for them?" Chu Lisang asked again.
"I promise you'll be fine. Because if this matter gets out, they will also have to take the responsibility, and they didn't dare to speak nonsense, please reward them just to make them feel better, and they are happy to keep it a secret."
Chu Lisang suddenly realized.
"Besides, it's not uncommon for an eunuch to drill into a palace lady's room. Although you're not a palace lady, from their point of view, what you do is pretty much the same thing."
Chu Lisang was a little confused, not quite sure what was going on, but seeing Mi Mancang covering his mouth and giggling aside, he immediately understood, his cheeks flushed, and he punched Xiao Junmo in the chest.
Xiao Junmo grinned in pain.Mi Mancang smiled even more happily.Xiao Junmo rubbed his chest and said, "By the way, there is one more thing."
"What's the matter?" Chu Lisang was a little impatient.
"Please reward tomorrow, this person is not included." Xiao Junmo pointed to Mi Mancang beside him.
Mi Mancang was in a hurry: "Why?!" These three words were said very neatly.
"You have eaten my four ingots of gold, and you want to receive the reward from the Holy Majesty. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?" Xiao Junmo squinted at him.Mi Mancang's face flushed red with anxiety: "You, you, you..."
"Okay, okay, it's time for Miss Chu to rest." Xiao Junmo hooked Mi Mancang's shoulders and walked out together, "Let's talk outside if we have something to do, and we have to talk about how to take her out."
"What?!" Mi Mancang was extremely astonished.
"How about this, Miss Chu," Xiao Junmo turned back, "Tomorrow's reward will be counted as his share, after all, he will help you out of the palace!" Saying that, he forcibly hugged Mi Mancang out.
Mi Mancang was anxious to break up with Xiao Junmo, but the more anxious he became, the more speechless he became.
Seeing the figures of the two disappear from the door, Chu Lisang couldn't help laughing.
After this night, Xiao Junmo's impression in her mind has changed greatly.Those unusual feelings left by that down-and-out scholar "Zhou Lugui" came back to her heart...
(End of this chapter)
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