Dim sum filled the table. Lu Yun told Qing Qing with interest the names and practices of dim sum one by one. then

Lu Yundao: These snacks were all made by them this morning, sister, try them.

Qingqing said: Okay.

Reach for a piece of snack and put it in your mouth to taste. Lu Yun kept watching the movements, staring at Qingqing's mouth, and then looked up at Qingqing's eyes, and asked, "What does my sister think?"

Qingqing smiled slightly and said: It's really delicious.

Lu Yun nodded with satisfaction, picked up a piece and tasted it, and said: If my sister likes it, I will often send it to my sister to eat.

Qingqing Road: Dim sum is good, but if you eat too much, you will get tired.

Lu Yun paused, as if thinking about the truth of those words, and said after understanding: Yes, then when I have a new snack, I will bring it to my sister to taste. My sister said okay?

Qingqing nodded and said, "Okay."

The two of them, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, said a lot of things, mostly Lu Yun was asking, Qingqing's diet and daily life and other things were asked, and they also talked about going to the forest with the emperor, and they were full of praise for that forest, and the meaning of the hundred-year-old tree also told Qingqing.

Today, Qingqing learned the origin of those ancient trees that covered the sky.

Then, every few days, Lu Yun would bring some snacks to the Lengyou Palace, and when the weather was warm, he would go to the forest for a walk and sit. In addition, from time to time, Yuxuan would also bring Lu Yun to sit in the pavilion in the forest. In order not to bump into it, now, Qingqing rarely goes to the forest to walk around, and after the majestic pavilion is built, she only walks around the forest at will, but she has never sat in the pavilion.

Chaoxiang Palace.

Du Youlan recently got up early, and after dressing up every day, she went to the Queen Mother's Yongshou Palace to ask for peace, so she was deeply rewarded and loved by the Queen of Heaven. Since the winter solstice, the Queen Mother has moved from the Yanxi Palace to the Yongshou Palace, compared with the Yanxi Palace, the location of the Yongshou Palace and the layout of the palace are more warm, while the Yanxi Palace is the opposite, the palace is wide and empty, the dome is high, the temple is surrounded by trees, and the shade is all under the sun. When the Queen Mother was still the queen, she lived in these two palaces. Everyone in the palace knows about it.

After asking for peace, on the way back to Chaoxiang Palace, Caiyun came to Du Youlan's side and said: Niangniang, she went again yesterday.

The person mentioned here is Lu Yun. Since knowing that the emperor and Lu Yun often went to the inner courtyard of the deep palace together, Du Youlan asked Caiyun to pay more attention to the movements of Yiju Pavilion. Among them, he knew that Lu Yun not only went with the emperor, but sometimes went alone, so he brought a few palace maids with him.

Du Youlan Dao: Or go to the Cold Hidden Palace?

Caiyundao: Yes. But whenever she goes alone, she will go to the Cold Hidden Palace.

Du Youlan said: If she goes there by herself, it doesn't hurt. I'm afraid that the emperor will also go.

Caiyun Dao: Niangniang is too worried, according to the report of the little eunuch, every time the emperor goes up, he only sits in the forest, and never goes to other places, as for the Niangniang of Yiju Pavilion, it seems that she has never mentioned the matter of the cold palace in front of the emperor.

Du Youlan nodded and said, "That's fine."

Then he said: It seems that she doesn't want to give her sister a way out!

Caiyun shook his head and said: I asked, no.

Recently, the countryside has not been peaceful.

There are rumors in the streets and alleys that the tribes of the desert outside the north are about to make waves again, and many border herdsmen have been killed by the barbarians, raping, killing and looting all kinds of evil, and women, children, and children are not spared, and the cruelty of the methods is so terrible that people are frightened and shudder. There are even nursery rhymes that have been made up, passed on by word of mouth, and spread falsely throughout the entire West Wind Imperial City and beyond, making people panic all day long.

This morning, the hundred officials gave advice, but it was all about that rumor, and I hope that I will make it clear.

Yu Xuan had already seen the excerpts on the land and water outside the court, and he had already heard him say it. At present, it seems that the rumors are really the most shocking to people's hearts, people's hearts are unstable, and the country is overthrown in an instant.

This rumor came out of the border, and if we want to stabilize people's hearts, we must send troops to the border. After hearing this, all the officials felt that it was feasible. But when asked which general he wanted to go, only Hu Guangwei stood up and asked for his life. Hu Guangwei is a fierce general, but he is far from being able to lead the troops, and he still needs one person to lead the whole army.

At this moment, Lu Shui stood out of the queue and bowed and said: The last general is willing to ask for his life.

Yu Xuan saw that the hundred officials were the same, so he said: Okay, I decreed that General Hu should be the vanguard general, and General Lu should be the marshal who commands the whole army, and lead 100,000 elite soldiers to set out on the battlefield!

Come down to the court and return to Lufu.

Lu Shui ordered the servant to immediately pack up a few sets of light clothes, and after explaining, he went to the study to find Prime Minister Lu. At this time, Prime Minister Lu Cheng was waiting in the study, and when he saw Lu Shui coming in, he asked him to sit down.

Prime Minister Lu asked: How are the preparations?

Lu Shuidao: It's all ordered.

Prime Minister Lu nodded and looked at Lu Shuidao: The barbarians in the north are not easy to deal with, have you thought of a countermeasure?

Lu Shui pondered for a moment and replied: No. I just heard Guangwei mention that the strength and strategy of those barbarians should not be underestimated.

Prime Minister Lu said: He is right, compared to other neighboring countries on the border, the barbarians in the north are the most difficult to deal with, and it is not easy to win.

Lu Shuidao: Understood. Countermeasures can only be formulated when they are there.

Hearing this, Prime Minister Du Cheng relaxed a little and said: It is also a good thing that General Hu can go with you on the expedition, he has fought with those people, and he can also help you in dealing with the enemy.

Lu Shuidao: Yes.

From the next day, Lu Shui will go to the barracks to order 100,000 troops, and will set off in the near future. Going out as soon as possible can also curb the prevalence of rumors and give an explanation to the people.

As everyone knows, the barbarian people have taken the opportunity to go deep into the West Wind Imperial City. Without waiting for the soldiers to go on the expedition, there were many burglary murders in the imperial city overnight, and the killing methods were extremely cruel, which reminded people of the rumors about the border barbarians. For a while, the people were in panic all day long, whispering to avoid pedestrians for hundreds of days, and closing the windows and doors early at night to turn off the lights and lock them.

Although the matter was handled by the government and the yamen, considering the seriousness of the matter, the soldiers in the battalion were also ordered to investigate the matter and make sure to catch the murderer.

In the imperial study, Lu Shui met Yu Xuan, and the two talked in detail about the murder in the city.

Just listen to Lu Shuidao: In my opinion, this matter has nothing to do with those barbarians in the north.

Yu Xuan Dao: It should be, it was still rumored before, but now it is real to enter the city to kill people. They are not small.

Lu Shui nodded: That's true, and their ambitions and conspiracies can also be seen from this. Now that this matter has become like this, if the murderer is not found, I am afraid it will be difficult to handle.

Lu Shui is right. The enemy had already penetrated the blade deep into the heart of the imperial city, and if he did not pull this thorn out, it would be a hidden pain for both the people and him.