The autumn breeze swept the faint fragrance of osmanthus into the bamboo curtain, giving birth to a bit of warmth in the bleakness.

Xun Jiu lazily leaned on the rattan chair, closed his eyes and slept lightly, waiting for night to fall.

There was a slight sound of broken footsteps outside, and after a while, Ji Liming's voice came in, "Little cousin, see who I brought you?" ”

Xun Jiu opened his eyes and looked out, and there were two mothers-in-law, four or five little maids standing neatly on the metasequoia promenade.

"What are you doing here?" Xun was puzzled for a long time.

Ji Liming glanced at those people, and smiled smugly at the corner of his mouth, "You are my Ji Ershao's little lover, if there is no maid around to serve you, wouldn't it make the world laugh at Ben Shao's abuse of beauties?" ”

Those little maids were all waiting for Ji Liming in the past, and they had long known that the second young man was romantic, but they never thought that he would openly ** in front of so many people, the little maids all covered their lips and chuckled lightly after hearing this, and their little faces were flushed.

Xun Jiu glared at Ji Liming, "Talking about people!" ”

Ji Liming nununed his mouth boringly, and restrained his scattered expression, "This house is big, it's too boring for you to live alone, wouldn't it be more convenient to have a few maids around you?" ”

"It won't take that much." Xun Jiu waved his hand, "When I was at home in the past, there was only one little girl by my side, you might as well help me pick a clever one, and then choose a mother-in-law to stay." ”

Ji Liming pursed his lips slightly, "Could it be that you are still afraid that you can't afford it?" ”

When Xun Jiu heard this, her eyes fluctuated slightly, and she remembered what Liu Quan had said in the prison of Yeting Palace, and she sneered, "I was originally a poor bastard, how can I afford them?" ”

Ji Liming could see that Xun Jiu just didn't like too many people and deliberately found an excuse, so he simply stopped being reluctant, and selected a maid and a mother-in-law from those people, and sent the rest back.

"Go in and say hello to Miss Jiu." Ji Liming commanded the two of them.

The two of them moved lightly and came in slowly, all of them were blessed, and their voices were friendly, "The slave has seen the girl for a long time." ”

Xun Jiu raised his eyes, and standing in front of him was a mother-in-law and a little girl about thirteen or fourteen years old.

"What's your name?" Xun Jiu asked with a smile.

"Slave and maid."

"What a strange name." Xun Jiu turned his eyes to look at Ji Liming, "The name you gave me?" ”

Ji Liming shook his head, "This was the name when she came to Ji Mansion, and I didn't give it again when I thought it was good." ”

"It's fine." Xun Jiu nodded, "It's better than those warblers and swallows." ”

"The slave and maid thank you for a long time, and the girl praises you." Zhao Tong bowed and thanked him.

"Miss Jiu must be hungry, so the slave will go and make you something to eat." The mother-in-law looked at Xun Jiu with a smile, "The girl can call me Mother Liu in the future." ”

"Hmm." Xun Jiu bowed his head lightly, which was considered a response.

Liu's mother quickly went to the kitchen, and Zhao Tong saw that there was nothing in the house, so she also went to the kitchen to help.

Ji Liming sat down, looked at Xun Jiu, who was a little absent-minded, and asked, "Are you worried about going to the funeral palace at night?" ”

Xun Jiu pinched his eyebrows, "I always have a bad premonition." ”

Ji Liming looked suspicious, "Aren't you just going to take a look, and don't do anything bad, what's the panic?" ”

"That's right." Xun Jiu looked at the sky, "I'll have dinner later, you go and get me a set of clothes." ”

"Then you have to say it." Ji Liming patted his chest, "Cousin, I have already prepared a qiē for you, and now I will wait for the dark funeral palace to change guards." ”

"By the way, have you ever met Bai Saburo?" Xun Jiu suddenly became interested, "I heard that he was almost canonized by the empress as the emperor Fengjun of the queen, that man really has such a great charm?" ”

"This ......" Ji Liming thought for a while, "How can I say it, if you talk about appearance alone, Bai Saburo is indeed one in ten thousand, as for the rest, I don't know." ”

Xun Jiu's eyes lit up, "It's really that good-looking?" How is it compared to His Royal Highness King Qin? ”

The corners of Ji Liming's eyes twitched, "Little cousin, you open your mouth in front of me, His Royal Highness King Qin, and shut up His Royal Highness King Qin, is this really good?" Have you ever considered Ben Shao's feelings? What if I'm jealous and don't leave tonight? ”

Seeing Xun Jiu rolling his eyes, he pursed his lips and said helplessly: "To tell the truth, Bai Saburo belongs to one in ten thousand, Zi Chu...... Zichu should be one in a million, but these two are completely incomparable. ”

"I understand." Xun Jiu blinked, "These two people, one is the empress's dragon and phoenix brother, and the other is her most beloved man, of course there is no comparison. ”

"So!" Ji Liming concluded, "Bai Fangjun died suddenly, can Her Majesty the Empress not be angry?" I heard that the former court order stood up and said a word that night, and was beheaded by the empress in front of hundreds of officials, and the blood stained the dragon tail Dao, and people were panicked for a while, and no one dared to say more. ”

The empress's ruthlessness is really in her nature!

Xun Jiu suddenly thought that she was almost strangled to death by that cold woman when she asked for the empress's pulse in the Tianci Palace today, and then thought of Yu Yi who was summoned to the empress's bedroom last night, she suddenly frowned and muttered, "But I think that the empress's feelings for Bai Saburo don't seem to be as deep as rumored, I entered the palace with King Qin today to ask for her pulse, and Yu Yi was still in her bedroom when I first went." ”

Speaking of Yu Yi, Ji Liming's eyes darkened, and he looked at Xun Jiu nervously, "Yu Yi...... Really favored by the empress? ”

Xun Jiu shook his head, "I can't be sure, but Aunt Ah Zi said that he was passed into the dormitory by the empress last night, and he didn't come out until we entered the palace this morning." ”

Ji Liming's body froze, his face fluctuated slightly, and then he sighed slightly, "Alas...... If Zhi'er, that girl, knew the truth, I was afraid that she would ......"

Xun Jiu remembered the somewhat delicate fourth lady in Ji Mansion, shrugged his shoulders and said: "This is also a matter of no way, the empress fancies the man, who dares to rob it, it is...... It's that one day she took a fancy to her cousin, so you didn't have to obediently enter the palace as a concubine. ”

"Then you're completely wrong." Ji Liming said with a smile: "I'm Zichu's hair, and the empress is reluctant to touch me." ”

Xun Jiu's eyes moved, Ji Liming seemed to be uninhibited, but in fact, his mind was very transparent.

The reason why Ji Mansion can be reused by the first emperor is that Ji Liming's aunt has no status in the harem, and the prince who came out has nothing to do, and he can't threaten the Great Yan Jiangshan Sheji.

It is absolutely impossible for Fusheng to let the men of the Ji family enter the palace for the concubine to add such a big power to his relatives.

In other words, the Ji family and the imperial court can only maintain the current situation in peace and harmony, otherwise once the Ji man enters the palace as a concubine and breaks the balance, it will definitely cause turbulence.

Ji Liming must have wanted all of the above, but in front of her, he couldn't say it.

Xun Jiu retracted his thoughts and smiled, "Of course, you and His Royal Highness King Qin are good friends, and whoever breaks you up will be struck by lightning." ”

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[chin pinching] It seems that I should build a black cauldron that cannot be broken for Jiujiu