Finally in the evening, Chu Xianzhao left from the banquet by urinating, away from the sound around the banquet and slowly quieted down, even outside he could hear the music from the silk bamboo, and the ancient and gorgeous buildings of his palace were extremely beautiful between the lakes.

King Huailing specially brought a group of young and beautiful women from Huaiquan to serve as palace maids, and Chu Xianzhao could see palace maids shuttling through the corridor in groups with lanterns at any time, and from time to time someone put down candles on the railing.

Several people folded their hands and prayed in a low voice, as if mourning the dead people in this palace, Chu Xianzhao looked at the lamps full of candles, and the candles were reflected in his eyes like stars.

Chu Xuanzhao didn't alarm these palace maids, watching them meticulously put down the candles, repeating the same work every day, and removing the remaining candles before dawn.

Yan Fu is different from their Yinguo, there seems to be no eunuch in the palace, most of the palace except Jin Wuwei are palace maids, most of the work is done by these silent and beautiful women, and they have been flying among thousands of flowers, and they have not been idle for life. Chu Xuanzhao rarely saw the guards moving around, maybe there would be more over there.

The young man lay on the wide chair and observed them with great interest for a while, even if he conquered a country, he felt that he still liked to do some boring things, such as teasing Chai Liangyu and the like, seeing her annoyed and angry and unable to bear himself, Chu Xianzhao would always laugh out loud, he had to learn to find the joy of distracting his mind in order to stay focused when doing important things.

There is no activity at night now, those men go back to their respective homes after drinking, under normal circumstances, there are really not many activities that men can do at night, so it is only women and drinking, the wine has been drunk, and now it is the turn to find a woman, Chu Xianzhao pondered whether to go to Su Nianyu to talk to him, the two of them have not seen each other for so long, it is interesting to have a thunder and fire, but there may not be many such good people, and there will be a tough battle with Tantai Ninghua soon.

Chu Xianzhao closed his eyes, when he opened his eyes, he found that there was a little palace maid kneeling in front of him, and there was a little palace maid trembling in front of his head, looking up at Chu Xianzhao from time to time, secretly crying, she wanted to go to water a piece of grass and trees for the female official's sister, the flames emitted by the Eastern Emperor Bell before destroyed many precious plants and trees in the palace, just when she was struggling to carry the kettle, she looked at a handsome boy in white lying next to the aisle in front of her, this son looked better than the sister in the palace, and the seemingly elegant robe on it revealed a little nobility, so she immediately knelt down and said goodbye。

Chu Xianzhao looked at this sneaky little palace maid and said calmly: "Don't kneel, I'm not your Yan Fu's emperor." ”

The little palace maid glanced at him timidly, and slowly stood up, Chu Xianzhao beckoned to her: "What's your name?"

"Tong Qiuyang. The little palace maid responded, and Chu Xianzhao nodded: "Do you know who I am?"

"You're the one...... Your eyes are purple. ”

"Which one?" Chu

Instantaneously couldn't touch his head, the child covered his lips with a snap, and said in a vague voice: "Sister palace maid said that you can't say your name, your tongue will be taken away by Lord Yama!"

Chu Xianzhao couldn't help but look at the child with a smile and a smile, the little palace maid looked pink and pink, a peach face couldn't be described, and now the remnants in the rest city didn't dare to call Chu Xianzhao's name directly, if it was bī) had to mention that he would replace it with that person, which showed the fear of Chu Xianzhao.

Chu Xianzhao smiled and motioned for her to sit next to her, the little palace maid didn't know how close to sit was appropriate, for fear that Chu Xianzhao would not be happy to eat herself, she was just eight years old this year, this year she looked at the people who died in the war, those who left behind to suffer, and also felt the fear of fleeing with her family, and finally panicked, and everything she experienced was brought by the young man in front of her, for these things, she could only watch.

"You're alone here?"

Qiu Yang stared at him for a long time, and then whispered: "There are also Sister Qi Xue and Sister Simin, we are the palace maids in charge of the back garden." ”

"You came to be a palace maid at such a young age?" Chu Xianzhao squinted and smiled.

"I'm not young anymore, a girl in my hometown can get married at the age of thirteen, and I entered the palace as a palace maid to save money for my dowry,"

"What about your parents?"

She stopped talking, tears rolling in her eyes.

Chu Xianzhao looked at her, a nameless guilt crept into his heart, he reached out and wiped the tears on the girl's face and said softly: "What happened before was not good for me, although I killed a lot of you Yan Fu people, but I don't kill women and children, don't be afraid." ”

"You killed...... The Queen's Mother. ”

Chu Xianzhao suddenly felt like a lightning strike, instinctively touched the hilt of the sword on his waist, the child was frightened, and suddenly cried and knelt in front of him, kowtowing desperately: "I shouldn't have said such things...... It's okay for you to beat me and scold me, don't bother Sister Simin and them. ”

The pink peach-cheeked face was soon covered with dirt, and Chu Xianzhao let go of the hilt of his sword and lowered his voice and said softly: "Get up, I don't blame you." ”

The little palace maid still didn't dare to get up and continue to kowtow: "You have a lot, I won't be a palace maid anymore, you drive me out and eat a meal......"

Chu Xianzhao grabbed her by the back collar and pulled her up, the little palace maid looked at her timidly, and began to break a small piece of her extremely good-looking forehead, Chu Xianzhao reached out and took out a silk towel to wipe the dirt on her face, the little palace maid subconsciously shrank a little, and did not dare to hide anymore, letting him fiddle with his face.

Both were silent.

Chu Xianzhao asked, "If you don't become a palace maid, what will happen to your dowry money?" Is it difficult to make your two sisters support you for the rest of your life?"

Qiu Yang blushed, pursed his lips and bowed his head silently.

Chu Xianzhao asked again: "If you make a lot of money one day, what do you want to do?"

Qiu Yang looked at him shyly: "In the city."

opened a flower shop and took Sister Simin out to sell flowers, and their skills in planting flowers are good. ”

"Not married?"

"Remarry later...... If the girl has silver in her hand, she will not worry about getting married. ”

Chu Xianzhao couldn't help but laugh and rubbed her hair, "That's it?"

Qiuyang thought for a moment and continued: "I want to go back to Nai Li to make a grave for my brother, he is a member of the Thundering Cavalry, but unfortunately he never came back after going to Storm Valley. ”

Suddenly remembering his share, the little palace maid was suddenly shocked, lowered her head and didn't dare to say anything again. ”

Chu Xuan looked at the night sky and wrote lightly: "Don't be afraid, just say whatever you want, I won't have trouble with a child." ”

The little palace maid said honestly: "My lord, do you say that people become stars when they die? When I was a child, my mother said that if one day she is gone, I can look up at the stars in the sky, and she will talk to me. ”

Chu instantly summoned the clean face, the child's clear eyes did not have a trace of humility, he looked at the brightest star in the night sky, and a wordless guilt welled up in his mouth.

If this kid is right, how many people have become stars in the clouds after this war? Among them, there are Yinguo people, there are Yanfu people, they have become stars, they are very close together, and they can no longer hold their swords.

After that, Chu Xianzhao chatted with her about the deeds and historical records of the rest city, and the two of them did not seem restrained and nervous when they came and went, Qiu Yang sat on his lap, and his lively vitality gradually revealed, chattering with Chu Xianzhao non-stop.

"Do you know? Your name Qiuyang is good, the woman's life is soft, and the autumn character has a gloomy atmosphere, so your father and mother specially took a yang word for you to reconcile, implying the pastoral when the autumn is high and refreshing. ”

"Hey, it seems to be true! You know a lot, but it's a pity that I haven't read a book, so I can't understand what it means to be cool in autumn?"

"Do you think that sister in this palace is good-looking?"

"Of course it's Sister Hetong, she is beautiful, the department is big and round, but it's a pity that she is now on duty in Jincheng, and now I rarely see her, alas, I look at such a big part and I am tired and panicked, what if I get fat and tear my clothes?"

"You're still young, don't you understand?" Chu Xianzhao squinted and smiled.

"Then sir, do you know what you can tell me?"

"I don't talk to children about men and women. Chu Xianzhao flicked her forehead, and as punishment, she looked at Chu Xianzhao innocently and said softly: "I heard that the princess is back, is it?"

"What kind of people were the queen and princess before?"

"The queen is good, born with a bodhisattva heart, she often goes to the temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and every winter will let the people in the palace send winter clothes and grain to those who can't eat enough, and the queen is very good at chess, and there are few people in the whole Yan Fu who can beat the queen

Mother's person, she is the kindest woman I have ever met. ”

"Yes, she's a kind person......" Chu Xianzhao's eyes were misty and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Whenever someone mentioned Empress Yan Fu to him, there was always an invisible thorn in his heart, even if that woman died in the palace, but the breath she left behind was so strong, as if she had never left, Chu Xianzhao would always have a thought in his heart, whether the education he had received in the past was correct. Whether it is right to kill a woman and kill a pregnant woman for the victory of the war, Chu Xianzhao made a judgment in an extremely dangerous situation, and pierced the queen's heart with a dagger, killing along with the child in her womb;

"We, Yanfu people, would rather be Huangquan ghosts than slaves under the eaves!" At that time, Queen Yanfu stood on the high platform, looked into his eyes and said word by word.

This sentence is so good, so good that he is willing to applaud the death of the queen.

Chu Xianzhao killed the queen in order to save his life, which made him have to have a kind of spiritual doubt, in addition to this, a part of his heart has been numb, these children he is immersed in the pleasure that Hua Youyue brings to him, in the warmth of the two, he temporarily forgot the condemnation of himself, the woman's feelings for him are strong and moist, and his feelings have been occupied by **, **like a pair of invisible hands comforting him, telling him that he has not done anything wrong.

In fact, there is no consolation in all this, when ** and conquest are replaced by stronger emptiness and guilt, these are all lies that he has imagined in his self-deception.

Chu Xianzhao looked at the two palace maids standing not far away, with a bunch of flower branches in the basket Looking at Chu Xianzhao and Tong Qiuyang by the railing, they didn't dare to approach or stay away, Chu Xianzhao rubbed her head, picked a small white flower from the flower branch next to her, inserted it in the child's sideburns, and said with a smile: "Stay here to be a palace maid, and then save enough money to leave here and find a good family to marry, what I did in the past was not right, if Yan Yu has such a thing again, you can blame me." ”

Qiuyang seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand.

Chu Xianzhao took her hand and walked straight to the two palace maids, the palace maids bowed in panic, Chu Xianzhao nodded and said: "I like this child, if she wants to leave the palace at that time, you can come to me, I will arrange a stable place for her to open a flower shop, and then it will depend on her creation." ”

The palace maids nodded, Chu Xianzhao took the little palace maid in his hand, the child suddenly turned his head and made a grimace at Chu Xuanzhao, Chu Xuanzhao squinted and smiled and frightened back, watching them drift away, Chu Xuanzhao was already close to unitary time when he went to the dormitory, Chu Xuanzhao was tired for a day today, so he naturally didn't want to deal with those military newspapers and recitals from all directions, so he didn't want to learn from his father

Dealing with government affairs at night, speaking of which, he is only seventeen years old this year, and doing whatever he wants is what he should do at his age.

When he went back to the dormitory, Chu Xianzhao took a comfortable bath, and when he came out, he happened to see Hua Youyue and Su Nianyu sitting together, the two of them didn't know what they were talking about, and after seeing Chu Xianzhao come out, they shut up and didn't talk, Tantai Tranquility and Ye Weiwei sat on the jade steps to tease the white wolf, the white wolf seemed to be a lot rounder than before, at least twenty pounds fatter, and his stomach hung down to the ground, the notorious ice wolf was raised by Ye Weiwei to be like a watchdog, it was really embarrassing for this white wolf.

Chu Xianzhao looked at the women in this room, and the palace maids on the side of the guards and ladies saw Chu Xianzhao, and they all stood respectfully under the jade steps, but unexpectedly, Yutai Ning turned around his waist and smiled at him, Chu Xianzhao hurriedly squatted down and hugged her: "Do you want me these days?"

"Yes, Sister Weiwei misses you too. Tantai Tranquility said with a bright smile, Ye Wei glared at her and didn't answer her words, Chu Xianzhao put down Tantai Tranquility and touched Ye Weiwei's head, stared at the white wolf and said with a smile: "This wolf has been raised by you to be a pig, and then you will tie it to the door of the weeping eagle to watch the door."

Ye Weiwei glared back at him without the demeanor of a princess of the Bottle Country: "You want to take care of it?!"

Chu Xianzhao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this princess didn't recognize her as a legitimate fiancé since they met, and she was also respectful to her, not like ice, thinking about her care for her was not enough, let alone taking care of her, the main thing was that Ye Weiwei was the kind of girl who could find fun by herself, plus she also played with Ju and Tantai Ningning, and she didn't ask her much, in her heart, her status was far from the woman in the cloud robe, maybe it was difficult for him to talk to her in his life, maybe he didn't pay enough, the feeling between the two couldn't be closer, I hope time can change all this。

Chu Xianzhao looked at Ye Weiwei and pondered for a moment and asked, "Weiwei, soon I will go to Shuyue with the Empress of Shuyue to fight, when the time comes, how about you stay in this resting city and help me see the twists and turns?"

"Ahh ”

Chu Xianzhao continued: "It's not a bad thing for us to get along more now, I try my best to solve the war before the winter, I feel that the Yin Kingdom can't go back, I should be able to come to the City of Rest to celebrate the New Year with you or something, I have a lot of things to do these days, unlike those who can accompany you to play in the streets and alleys before." ”

Ye looked at him slightly complainingly, and looked at Chu Xianzhao with some grievances, looking very helpless, Chu Zhaozhao also noticed the strange look on her face, sighed slightly and said, "Something...... Even I didn't have a choice. ”

Ye Wei

Touching the white wolf's head slightly, he let out a faceless sigh.

All this is indeed a bit complicated, even Chu Xianzhao can't figure it out, he can only understand the war and government affairs, the matter of laying down the city of rest has made him extremely troubled, plus he has to defend the city, some people die when they die, I don't know them and I don't know their names, only those who are injured are not what he cares about, so it doesn't matter.

However, with Ye Weiwei's current level, if he really marries himself as a princess, Chu Xuanzhao can't help it, if he sends her back to the bottle country with force, he is really a little unbearable, Ye Weiwei is now like he has no experience at all, the business of both men and women, the strength should be balanced, just like the opponent who talks about it, the opponent's strength is too strong will make him feel frustrated, and the opponent's strength is too weak will make him feel bored, and over time, even if the object of respect at the beginning will become respectful like ice. If it's a partner, Hua Youyue is a good choice, and the two of them don't feel bored when they talk to each other with strength and iron fist, maybe if such a woman becomes the queen, she can only do it with the enemy on his side in this troubled world, but her share is too sensitive, he has sent a lot of military reports to his father these days, but he only hides what happened between him and Hua Youyue, and I don't know how long I can hide it, and I can live a day by day.

However, if Hua Youyue has always been by her side, it is impossible for the order of Yinguo to be chaotic, she has a strong sense of politics, she is the most powerful woman Chu Xianzhao has ever seen, she has means inside and outside, and she has eaten more battlefields than Chu Xianzhao, if she enters the palace as a queen, she must be the kind of ruthless character, who can govern the internal affairs of the palace well. But even if she wants to, she refuses, the shadow left by the previous queen is too big, but she is also more kind to herself, many things are being handled by her, young people are more able to sleep, sometimes they sleep until three poles, and when they wake up, they find that she is helping themselves to review the military newspaper, the woman is wearing the white-washed clothes, and there is a mountain of snow-white armaments on the left hand, which is full of marks circled with a red pen.

In addition, Chu Xianzhao is also very optimistic about Chai Zhenyan, a woman who has a noble temperament and wisdom from the royal family, Chu Xianzhao can feel it, but he always feels that it is not practical to bring her back to Yinguo. She was almost treated as a political victim like Ye Weiwei to marry someone from the Chai royal family, and he finally saved her, Chu Xianzhao asked her to be the maiden of Naili, which was regarded as a trust in her, and he really hoped that she could reconcile with him.

Chu Xianzhao sat on the jade steps and looked at the women in the room, they were sometimes frolicking, sometimes quiet, no matter how hard he worked to figure it out, whether he won the war or failed, the things that could comfort him were just simple **, things and power, he gradually fell into this big net and struggled hard, what he really wanted had nothing to do with these, and that kind of thing was also very rare, but once compared with these seemingly vain things, it seemed too small, not even mentionable.

When they arrived at the back garden, the two palace maids reminded Tong Qiuyang to cut the flower branches early and go back to rest, now that the autumn wind is strong, one accidentally gets a cold and is in trouble, and then they do their own things.

The little palace maid put down the small scissors stained with branches and leaves, quietly climbed to the rockery, rubbed her head, and looked at the starry sky.

The girl held her breath and stared, the stars in the sky were reflected in her eyes, and the night was extremely gorgeous.

She suddenly forgot all her troubles and became a child again, holding her cheeks and smiling brightly for no reason.

"Daddy, mother, brother, don't worry...... I'm fine, really good. ”