The corners of Gu Zezhi's lips lifted up again, and the smile from the corners of the lips instantly spread to the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, to the bottom of his eyes.
Suddenly, if the spring breeze carried the sun across the lake, ripples and waves appeared.
His thin lips moved slightly, and he said two words silently:
Sachet.
Qin Jiu made sure that he was talking about these two words, and quickly untied the sachet on his waist, and then threw the crescent-shaped sachet at him...
An excited voice came from the woman next door: "Sister, look, is the King Chen looking at me?!"
"What are you thinking about! I am clearly looking at me!"
"It's me, it's me, it's me!"
"..."
The next door is very lively. After hearing this clearly, Yun Jiao Niang laughed out again "poof", she also put her head out of the window, and wanted to see who was next door.
The sachet that was thrown out of the window drew a long curve in mid-air, and "just" fell into Gu Zezhi's right hand.
Gu Zezhi's slender fingers pinched the sachet and placed it on his lips, his eyebrows became softer and more charming, but his eyes were as hot as the summer sun.
Qin Jiu's gaze fell on his lips, his thin lips were rosy, and the corners of his lips were slightly raised at the moment, with a deep smile.
Qin Jiao couldn't help thinking of the feeling that his lips were kissing her forehead in the lounge of Zuixiao Tower that day.
The warmth and softness, even though it was only a moment, could make her feel a cautious affection...as if he held her in the palm of his hand.
Suddenly she felt that her forehead was hot, and she subconsciously shifted her sight a little, and landed on his fingers holding the sachet.
His hands are white and slender, with well-defined joints, and his nails are neatly trimmed and clean. Only looking at the back of his hands, these hands seem to be more like a pair of literati hands. They are only suitable for playing piano and chess, but Qin Jiao knows that his palms are rough. There are thin calluses, strong fingers, playing with a knife, so flexible and agile, holding her waist can almost embrace her waist...
Bang bang bang!
Qin Jiao suddenly felt that her waist was also hot.
Gu Zezhi quickly rode his horse and passed under the restaurant. At this time, the woman next door complained again: "Furong, you are too slow to send the flowers, Chen Wang has gone. !"
"I don't know which little lady was so lucky, the sachet happened to hit the King of Chen!"
My luck is indeed good! Qin Jiu couldn't help but smile with his lips bent, his heartbeat was a little fast, and he felt that his golden thighs were getting better and better.
Qin Zening below was a horse's body behind Gu Zezhi. Qin Jiao, who looked up at the window, felt that her sister hadn't seen herself at all?
Qin Zening was sad for herself in silence. He wanted to see where Qin Zeyu was, but found that Qin Jiao was next to a girl with her age.
Qin Zening thought: Since the younger sister came to Beijing last year, she has no friends except the second princess. Now she is with this girl, and it seems that the relationship should be excellent.
It's rare for my sister to have a handkerchief in her boudoir, but she shouldn't let people think that she is not easy to get along with as a brother.
Qin Zening hurriedly showed a bright smile at Yun Jiao Niang, showing a row of neatly white teeth.
Yun Jiaoniang also subconsciously smiled at Qin Zening, and said in her heart: Xiao Jiu's brother is also a good-tempered.
On both sides of the street, flowers were still raining like a goddess scattered flowers. When the wind blew, a hibiscus flower flew towards Qin Zening. Qin Zening didn’t look at it and flicked it. He disliked the hibiscus flower. Threw it out.
The group of soldiers quickly walked away, and the rumble of horse hooves went away, leaving only the flowers, kerchiefs, and fruits in this place on the street. The street was suddenly deserted.
It was not until no one could be seen that Qin Jiu looked back, his expression had returned to normal, his eyes were still full of smiles.
Gu Zezhi is back! Just thinking about this, she felt sweet in her heart.
"Three sisters!"
Before Qin Zeyu arrived, the sound came first, and after the sound fell, he rushed into the elegant seat, "I want to play polo with Zhang Ye..."
Before he finished speaking, Qin Jiu interrupted him: "No."
Qin Zeyu wanted to say something more, Qin Jiao said again, "There is a palace banquet today!"
Qin Zeyu fainted suddenly, and then he remembered that there was a celebration banquet in the palace today.
Seeing Qin Zeyu being crushed by Qin Jiu, Yun Jiaoniang found it very funny, and tried to hold back her laugh.
"Jiao Niang," Qin Zhuo said apologetically to Yun Jiao Niang, "I'm going to leave first. There will be a palace banquet later, and Ayu and I will enter the palace early."
Yun Jiaoniang smiled and waved her hand, "Xiao Jiu, just go."
Yun Jiao Niang returned to her own elegant seat, Qin Jiu took Qin Zeyu back to the Qin Mansion, changed a new dress, and put on the Nanzhu Jinfeng on the Jinli, and she was escorted by Qin Zeyu. Went into the palace.
Qin Zeyu was led to visit the emperor, while Qin Jiao followed the Xiaokouzi who was waiting at the gate to Fengluan Palace.
"Xiao Jiu," Empress Wei asked with a smile as soon as she saw her niece, "Aren't there many people at Nancheng Gate today? Isn't it lively?"
"It's very lively and lively!" Qin Jiu nodded straight, and told Queen Wei about the scenes when Gu Zezhi had just entered the city. Naturally, she had covered up her tossing the sachet and didn't say it, but it was inevitable that it would flash in his mind. Scenes of...
The picture freezes on the scene where his thin lips are attached to the sachet.
Her eyes were shining, and her cheeks were rosy like petals, and her expression glowed.
Empress Wei looked at Qin Jiao, who was like a beautiful flower, and thought that this girl was particularly beautiful today.
Also, Gu Zezhi and Qin Zening both returned to Beijing safely, and the little girl was very happy.
Queen Wei calmly exchanged a glance with Mother Xu, and she was also happy for Qin Jiu, thinking that her niece was already in time, and when Madam Xiao returned from Jiangnan, the wedding date should be set.
Qin Jiu inexplicably caught the look of empress Wei's kindness with a bit of reluctance, always feeling that something was wrong.
At this time, a court lady came in and said: "Niang Niang, Princess Duanrou and Miss Tang are here."
Queen Wei nodded and motioned to bring people in, then the court lady retreated.
Princess Duanrou? Qin Jiu tried his best to search for this person in his memory.
Du Ruo knew that her girl's clever head had always been unable to remember those clan nobles, and introduced: "Princess Duanrou is the eldest daughter of King Yu."
Qin Jiao opened his eyes slightly. Hearing what Du Ruo said, he remembered such a persona.
Soon, the maid brought in two fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls. The one walking in the front was wearing a big red butterfly and flower engraved silk twill, underneath a double-breasted horse-face skirt, and a bushy one. The green silk string became a complicated peony bun, radiant, but also showing an aggressive and bright.
The girl in the back was wearing a goose yellow hibiscus-wrapped twigs, matched with a moonflower dress, and a pair of willow-leaf eyes seemed to be full of autumn water. The gentle and gentle temperament formed a sharp contrast with the girl in front.
The two girls faced Empress Wei Yingying and saluted: "See Empress Empress."
"Duan Rou, Miss Tang, don't be polite." Queen Wei smiled gently and raised her hand.
Princess Duanrou and Girl Tang straightened up after thanking them for their gratitude.
Queen Wei introduced to both parties: "Xiao Jiu, this is Princess Duanrou and her cousin."
"Duan Rou, this is the niece of this palace."
Qin Jiuluo stood up generously and blessed, "My surname is Qin, and I do three at home."
Although Empress Wei's attitude is always gentle, Qin Jiu can see her estrangement from her aunt's few words, knowing that these two people are staying away.
Qin Jiu quickly blinked at Queen Wei, showing that he understood.
Princess Duanrou and Miss Tang also returned the gifts, both looking at Qin Jiu with a smile.
Miss Tang seemed to be a little curious about Qin Jiu, and said affectionately: "Sister Jiu, are you just getting ready? I am a few months older than you, so I dare to call you sister."
"I heard that sister Ji, you were pointed out by the emperor to the king of Chen, and I also had a relationship with the king of Chen..."
As she spoke, she missed and sighed a little, and her eyes like autumn water made a little ripple.
Du Ruo frowned slightly when she heard the words, and said to her heart: What does this girl Tang mean? !
Empress Wei's eyes instantly became as deep as ink, and her lips pressed into a straight line.
Princess Duanrou tilted her beautiful face, and seemed to ask Miss Tang casually: "Cousin, have you seen Uncle Ze Huang?"
"Yeah, it happened five years ago," Miss Tang nodded and smiled, "I don't know if he remembers me..." After speaking, she gave Qin Jiao a look. There seemed to be some concerns, so I didn't go any further.
"I shouldn't remember it." Qin Jiao said with a smile.
"..." Girl Tang opened her eyes slightly, and couldn't help looking at Qin Jiu again.
Qin Jiao stared at her calmly, "He is a man, he has a good memory, or a bad memory, he can't remember a person who doesn't matter."
The gentle smile on Miss Tang's face instantly froze, and Princess Duanrou frowned, her eyes deep.
Empress Wei curled her lips and smiled. Seeing her niece's calmness, she knew that her niece did not respond to Gu Zezhi because of the words of the Tang girl.
Queen Wei said with emotion: Although her niece is young, she has a really good temperament, and she is smart and open-minded. Very often, her aunt also feels ashamed.
But this girl Tang...
Empress Wei squinted her eyes, and a curve of disapproval appeared at the corner of her mouth.
This girl Tang is the niece of Princess Yu's maiden family. This time she came to the capital with Princess Duanrou. Empress Wei didn't pay much attention to her, but now it seems that this girl is anxious.
Queen Wei smiled faintly, and ordered people to give seats to Princess Duanrou and Miss Tang.
After Princess Duanrou and Miss Tang thanked them for their gratitude, they sat down.
Empress Wei put them aside and talked to Qin Jiu with a smile: "Xiao Jiu, I heard from the emperor, your eldest brother has made great contributions in Minzhou this time and won several victories..."
Speaking of the nephew's affairs, Queen Wei was full of enthusiasm and her eyes showed dazzling brilliance, knowing that Gu Zezhi was also willing to help her nephew this time in order to settle the chaos in Minzhou.
Before my nephew was separated from the Hou Mansion, some people still said that the nephew was stupid, saying that he was leaning against the big tree to enjoy the cold. This time my nephew did meritorious work, but he slapped these people in the face!
Moreover, the emperor can promote his nephew logically.
Thinking about it, the smile on Queen Wei's face was even thicker.
Qin Jiu listened with gusto.
After a short while, the door curtain leading to the main hall was knocked up again. A mother came in, walked to the side of Queen Wei and said a few words in her ear. Queen Wei looked at Qin Jiu with a subtle expression in her eyes and smiled. : "Xiao Jiu, the sweet-scented osmanthus in the Imperial Garden is blooming just right now. Go and enjoy the flowers and relax."
Qin Jiao only thought that Empress Wei had something important to deal with, and deliberately sent himself away, so he stood up and responded obediently.
Anyway, Du Ruo was very familiar with the palace, and Queen Wei did not send someone to lead her. The master and servant went to the Royal Garden from Fengluan Palace together.
The sweet-scented osmanthus forest is in the southwest corner of the imperial garden. The scent of osmanthus in August, the oncoming breeze is mixed with cinnamon, chrysanthemum, grass and wood, and a hint of tea?
Qin Jiao moved the tip of his nose. After going around a rockery, he saw an octagonal pavilion next to the sweet-scented osmanthus forest in front of him. In the pavilion, a young man in purple robe was making tea leisurely, and there was a small red clay stove next to him.
Gu Zezhi seemed to know she was coming, raised his eyes to look at her, and beckoned to her, "Xiao Jiu, come here!"
The light under the eyes, the rosy lips, the smile is rippling.
For a moment, Qin Jiao was dumbfounded, and a word emerged in his heart: Beauty is misleading!
The pace at her feet could not help speeding up, and she walked towards him with a bright smile.
Du Ruo turned around wittily, looked at a few birds in the blue sky on the other side, and said in his heart: Today is really a spring day...No, autumn is full of meaning!
Qin Jiu sat down in the pavilion, drank the tea that Gu Zezhi had just brewed, and looked up and down Gu Zezhi.
He obviously took a shower and changed clothes. Although his jet-black hair is 80 to 90% dry, he can see that there is still some water vapor in the hair. He has a purple blond crown on the bun, and a bloodstone on the waist. Small seals and familiar crescent-shaped sachets.
Qin Jiu's gaze stayed on the sachet for a few breaths, and the waves of his eyes flowed, and there was an unspeakable coquettish outline between his eyes.
His little girl has grown up! Gu Zezhi's eyes flashed with a smile, and he asked casually, "I brought this Tieguanyin back from Minzhou, how about it?"
Fragrance is fragrant. Qin Jiu drank two sips of tea and said honestly: "It's not good."
"The cow chews the peony." Gu Zezhi asked her knuckles and scratched the tip of her nose casually.
Qin Jiu wrinkled the tip of his nose and asked, "You said this is not the gift you brought me?"
"What do you mean?" Gu Zezhi raised his eyebrows.
Qin Jiao heard a bit of a non-verbal sound, and very consciously pulled the corner of his sleeve, and gently shook the corner of his clothes like a baby.
Gu Zezhidao: "Put out your left hand."
Qin Zhuo stretched out his left hand and didn't see what he had pulled out of his sleeve. He heard a "click", what he put on her wrist, and she suddenly felt a heavy hand.
After Gu Zezhi removed his hand, Qin Jiu saw a red gold carved bracelet on his left wrist. The bracelet was embedded with a circle of bright rubies, all the size of a Bodhi.
A few rays of sunlight shone obliquely into the pavilion, and the big rubies on the bracelet shone brightly in the sun, reflecting her fair skin more and more delicately, and her skin shines better than snow.
White is like fat, and red is like wedding dress. The two are in sharp contrast.
"Do you like it?" He asked softly, reaching out his fingers contentedly and turning the gold bracelet on her wrist. The hot fingertips inadvertently rubbed the skin on the inner side of her wrist.
The bracelet really suits her as he expected.
"Yeah!" Qin Jiu nodded vigorously, and took his "heavy" left hand back, enthusiastically counting the ruby-embedded bracelets on his wrists, and Cai was fascinated with a smile.
Those who really know her, also the golden thigh!
The gleam of the ruby gleamed on her snow-white face, reflected in her pitch-black pupils, making her eyes bright and radiant, like a fiery flame.
Gu Zezhi read her thoughts from her expression and smiled.
Qin Jiu turned around while playing with the gold bracelet, and said casually: "I just saw a girl in Fengluan Palace and said she knew you."
Gu Zezhi certainly knew that Princess Duanrou was his own cousin, the daughter of the King Yu, and the maiden name of Princess Yu was Tang. Why did the Tang family let their girl go to Beijing with Princess Duanrou...
As he thought, he raised the tea cup, but from the corner of his eyes, Qin Zhuo looked at him with a smile but a smile, and his expression was somewhat inexplicable.
Gu Zezhi's heart was alarming, and his desire to survive suddenly shook his head decisively: "I don't know."
Qin Jiu couldn't stretch it anymore, and he smiled "Puff", with a brisk smile, like a lotus coming out of clear water, delicate and pretty.
Gu Zezhi shook his head, squeezed her small nose with a finger, and said helplessly, "Naughty!"
Qin Jiao touched the tip of his poor nose, and felt that he must have pinched it red, and gave him a slanting glance.
Gu Zezhi's heart was hot, and his eyes became even hotter.
"Ahem..."
Not far away, there was a dry cough that cleared his throat, followed Du Ruo and Xiao Kouzi from the side of the rockery. Xiao Kouzi held his hand at the two people in the pavilion and said, "The King of Chen, Miss Qin San, time is almost up, and it's time to sit in."
Gu Zezhi got up first and stretched out a hand to Qin Jiu. Qin Jiu naturally put a hand on his hand and supported him to stand up.
Gu Zezhi is this simple gesture of helping a person, and it is very elegant, and Qin Jiao's easy-to-use action is also extremely natural, as if it should be like this, but Du Ruo has a subtle expression, I don't know the number of times. It gave birth to a female outgoing sigh.
Xiao Kouzi led the way, and Gu Zezhi and Qin Jiu walked side by side, toward the outside of the Imperial Garden.
The two of them walked slowly along a winding path. On both sides of the path, there are various chrysanthemums, which are rich and colorful, or elegant, or slim, or luxurious... The surrounding is like a brocade, the breeze is slow, and the flowers are scented.
Gu Zezhi continued the topic about Miss Tang: "About five years ago, the elder son of Yu Wang, Gu Yong, sent his concubine back to the door, lived in the opposite month, and passed by Luo'an City..."
"Originally, the couple stayed at the inn for at most one night and had to leave, but because the concubine of the eldest son was suddenly ill, he asked the doctor for medicine and lived in Luo'an for nearly ten days."
"At that time, because of the illness of the concubine, Gu Yong asked for help at the Duan Palace. The father ordered the doctor to help him and arranged for them to stay in the other courtyard of the Duan Palace. I even hosted a banquet for them, and I went too."
"Xu had seen one at that time."
Gu Zezhi is actually not sure, but in his memory, the only person he has ever seen related to Prince Yu's Mansion is probably that time. Before that, he had not even seen Prince Yu's son Gu Yong.
"Along with Gu Yong, and several of his cousins..."
There were at least seven or eight people in the group. For Gu Zezhi, that is, Gu Yong and his wife were able to see him, other cousins and cousins were vague, no different from the guards and servants around.
After a while, Qin Jiu let out a soft "um", knowing it clearly.
In Qin Jiu's view, the couple of Yu Wang Shizi accidentally passed by Luo'an City. Fortunately, the night the Shizi concubine was suddenly ill in Luo'an City by such a coincidence, it was a coincidence.
Could it be that this "sickness" is another attempt?
And that girl Tang should be ten years old five years ago, right? So, what she said in Fengluan Palace was really what she meant because of the fate of one side?
Still, using this as a cover, in fact has another purpose...
"..." Qin Jiu wanted to say something, the two had already arrived outside Fengluan Palace.
Gu Zezhi smiled and said, "You go in,"
Qin Jiu let out another "um" and followed Xiao Kouzi into Fengluan Palace obediently. After that, she went to the Huagai Palace for a banquet with Queen Wei.
Qin Zening and Qin Zeyu had already arrived, and the men and women were sitting in separate seats, so Qin Jiu just glanced at them from a distance, smiled at them, and took a seat under the guidance of the court lady.
Since the separation, Qin Jiao is no longer a girl from the Zhongyi Hou's Mansion. Their Qin Mansion is not ranked in the capital at all. The seats should have been placed in Chilitan, but because Qin Zening was the hero of the unrest in Minzhou. One, plus that Qin Jiu is Gu Zezhi's fiancée, and her seat is very forward.
Others also entered the table one after another, and soon the seats in the Canopy Hall were full. Until the early afternoon, the emperor arrived in the eagerness of everyone, and everyone bowed.
After a period of tedious etiquette, Qin Jiu sat down with a sense of relief, and felt that if it weren’t for Gu Zezhi and Qin Zening to join in today, she would definitely not come to a palace banquet. full.
In modern times, when the leader speaks above, she can eat her deliciously below; but in ancient times, when the emperor praised everyone, everyone did not dare to move without chopsticks.
Qin Jiu could only watch the food on the case cool off with his eyes, his eyes were starving, and even the emperor’s specific rewards came in from his left ear and his right ear came out. He only vaguely heard that Gu Zezhi was officially transferred to the Ministry of War. , Qin Zening was promoted to the first rank and transferred to Shenshu Camp as a guerrilla general.
An hour later, the palace banquet finally dissipated, and the crowd first sent away the emperor and empress, and then dispersed.
Qin Zening was just out of the Huagai Dian, when he was stopped by a familiar voice: "Brother Ning."
Qin Zening turned to look at Qin Zhun who strode towards him, arching his hands casually, "Second Uncle."
Qin Zhun looked at Qin Zening with a complicated expression. He didn't expect that in such a short period of time, Qin Zening made great contributions and was promoted to the fourth rank guerrilla general.
Qin Zening is only seventeen years old!
Qin Zhun can imagine that after today, there will probably be a lot of rumors about the Hou Mansion outside, and those who are good will reiterate the old things, saying that Qin Zening was suppressed by his uncle, and he would do nothing before the separation.
Qin Zhun felt aggrieved for a while, and put on the air of his uncle and said: "Brother Ning, you have done a great job in Minzhou this time and won the emperor's award. Uncle is also happy for you. However, you must not be proud of it, and will be more Take care of the errands."
"Although you are separated, you can't write two'Qin' characters in one stroke..."
Qin Zhun said a high-sounding remark.
Qin Zening went in with one ear and went out with one ear. He listened casually. His second uncle couldn't tell any insights anyway.
Qin Zeyu cleverly pulled Qin Jiu away and gave his brother a sympathetic look. They had better go outside the palace gate and wait for his brother, so as not to listen to the second uncle's words like a cloth.
Qin Zhun didn't pay attention to Qin Jiu and Qin Zeyu, he was still talking endlessly, the more he talked, the more frustrated he was, thinking about his current situation.
The second prince was like a bottomless pit. He was not full enough to fill it up. He was looking for silver in two days. He didn't have gold and silver mines. The Zhongyi Hou's Mansion was almost emptied.
Although Gong Engong finally did not break his promise and planned for him the job of Shaoqing Taipusi, but when he thought that the promotion had cost so much money, now...
Qin Zhun's eyes were bright and dark, and his heart sank a little further, his mood worsened, and he was breathless as if he had crushed a boulder.
Thinking of the big/trouble he encountered, Qin Zhun's eyes became as deep as an abyss, and his figure was as tight as a full bow.
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There are no third-party plots and emotional entanglements.