Chapter 19: On the Way to the Banquet
() Today is the birthday of Concubine Jing, the emperor specially set up a banquet in the palace, the banquet also includes the wives and daughters of the ministers, early in the morning Mo Li was pulled up from the bed by the stars, and he was dressed and painted eyebrows, and waited until a qiē was finished, almost half an hour passed before and after, fortunately, it was still early to finish a qiē.
Qiu Moli casually found a reason to send Pickyue out, and as soon as Pickyue left, he spread out on his new big bed without any image.
"It's really comfortable, Xuan Zixu finally did a good thing." Qiu Moli stretched out and opened his mouth comfortably.
The star picker on the side watched Qiu Moli writhing on the big bed without any scruples, just like a silkworm baby who has not yet broken the cocoon, although the package is tight, but the simple and cute appearance, indescribably cute, so he couldn't help laughing.
"What's so funny, laugh at Mrs. Ben to punish you to go to the firewood room to chop wood." Qiu Moli looked at the laughing Xingxing, narrowed his eyes, and pretended to be angry.
Picking up stars continued to laugh, not caring about the threat in Qiu Moli's words, but there was one point, Qiu Moli seemed to be getting closer and closer to the real, and the disgusting expression and eyes were simply to the point of perfection.
"Has Madame been to the palace? Is the palace really as beautiful as the legend says? Picking the stars suddenly looked at Qiu Mo leaving, with a longing and yearning for the unknown in his eyes.
Speaking of the palace, Qiu Moli's brows immediately furrowed, haven't you been there? No, she has been, when she was ten years old, she and Song Chumo jumped up under the city wall dozens of zhang high to see the so-called palace, and her sister Concubine Xian, who had already entered the palace gate.
Concubine Xian always looks like she is smiling in front of outsiders, but when there is no one, she always looks lonely into the distance, Qiu Moli knows that it is just a unique disguise belonging to the Qiu family, and no matter how sad she is, she can laugh.
She didn't like the carved palace, and she hated the red wall that separated her. But Qiu Moli didn't tell Jiexing that this girl has followed her all these years, except for her own ears and faces, she knows too few conspiracies and tricks, and she doesn't need to break a girl's yearning for beauty.
"No, it should be pretty." Qiu Moli replied ambiguously.
"Yes!" As if she wanted something, Xingxing nodded happily, and when she mentioned the palace, she had to mention the virtuous concubine who had a very good relationship with her wife.
"Madame, do you miss Concubine Xian?"
"There's nothing I want to miss, as long as my sister is doing well." The most taboo thing for a woman in the palace is to have thoughts, and she always remembers what her sister said to her in her letters.
"Yes!" Picking the stars nodded as if she didn't understand, for this fourth lady, she had never understood, and said that she didn't care about Concubine Xian, but the joy of receiving Concubine Xian's letter every month was so obvious from the inside out.
"Picking stars, you ......" Qiu Moli looked at Picking Stars still with an innocent look, and wanted to say something sinister or something, but when the words came to his mouth, he still swallowed it, such a simple woman is really not suitable for a person who is covered in blood with her.
Over the years, she has offended a lot of people and punished a lot of people, but there are not many times when she really does it herself, she is directing the stars to whip and whip those people, if there is really retribution, will it be retribution on the stars?
"What's the matter, ma'am?" Picking the stars looked at Qiu Moli in puzzlement, and the lady looked at her so strangely, as if she regretted what she had done.
"No, nothing." Qiu Moli shook her head, she told herself, no, if there is really retribution, it is also retribution on herself.
"Pick up the stars, you go and tell Steward Liu, we are ready to go."
"Good!"
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Den!
After listening to Yuesheng, one of the four leaders of the Secret Guard, report on the information he had recently collected, Xuan Zixu didn't say a word, but not speaking didn't mean how relaxed the atmosphere was at the moment. At this moment, the atmosphere in the study was solemn, and everyone lowered their heads nervously, for fear that they would die without a corpse if they were not careful.
In the Emerald Red Mansion that day, King Chen lost face in front of King Zhang, and when he went back, he lost his temper and vowed to thoroughly investigate the identities of the two doctors in the Huichun Hall.
So Xuan Zixu sent his most trusted secret guard to investigate and follow him for a few days, but the final result was that the two appeared out of thin air, and I don't know who it was.
Now, he had to start doubting the abilities of those under him.
After a long time, Xuan Zixu finally spoke, but he looked at the kneeling Yuesheng with a smile. "Out of thin air? How does it appear out of thin air? General Ben has trained you for so many years, and you actually sued me, and you can't even find out the two doctors? So what's the use of me keeping you? ”
"The subordinates know their mistakes, please punish the master." Yuesheng, one of the four leaders of the Dark Guard, lowered his head and waited nervously for his punishment.
"Since you know your mistake, let's go to the underground palace to receive the punishment first!"
Xuan Zixu waved his hand and said this seemingly ordinary sentence without a trace of emotion, but Yuesheng, who was kneeling, had already changed color with fright.
The dungeon is one of the places where the secret guards are punished, but usually only disciples who have made a big mistake are imprisoned there. Because there are many mechanisms and dangers in it, even the top ten masters of the secret guard usually have no return, let alone Yuesheng, the leader who is just collecting intelligence.
"Yes, my subordinates are commanded."
After Yuesheng finished speaking, he left Xuanzixu's study, and the most important thing for those who came out of the secret guard was to obey orders, even if they wanted anyone to die, they couldn't resist.
"General, Madame is ready, and she asks when you can go." Manager Liu shouted at Xuan Zixu in the study outside the door.
Xuanzi frowned and replied impatiently. "Make her wait!"
"Yes!"
For a long time, when Qiu Moli was impatient, Xuan Zixu finally sent someone to invite her out, and when she left the general's mansion, Qiu Moli stood aside obediently, waiting for Xuan Zixu's order.
Xuan Zixu glanced at Qiu Moli, the hair that reached his waist was long, he pulled a simple and inappropriate bun, and wore a pink Luo skirt, which was plain and pure on his body, but he also had the temperament of a lady, but the heterochromatic pupils were already so blind.
However, no matter how good-looking the appearance is, it can't hide the viciousness in the heart, and Xuan Zixu only feels that looking at Qiu Moli again will stain his eyes. Therefore, he simply turned his head away from looking at Qiu Moli.
At the same time, Qiu Moli, who had been secretly observing Xuan Zixu, also noticed the undisguised disgust, Qiu Moli narrowed his eyes, not caring about the disdain in Xuan Zixu's eyes.
It doesn't matter, the coming day is long, and there will always be a time when his Xuanzi capsizes, so he feels better when he thinks about it.
"Let's go!" Xuan Zixu opened his mouth, and after speaking, he took the lead in getting into the carriage.
There are two carriages in the General's Mansion, one is magnificent, showing a sense of nobility from the inside out, needless to say that it must be Xuanzixu's, and the other one looks relatively simple, compared with the first one, it is completely different.
Qiu Moli suddenly laughed, fortunately, she didn't love this man, otherwise how sad would she be? I don't even want to act in front of outsiders, maybe I disdain to act?
Qiu Moli got into the second carriage in a good mood, and the stars and moon pickers on the carriage had already been prepared, in fact, the carriage that Qiu Moli was sitting in was not old, and it could even be said to be brand new, but for Qiu Moli, it didn't matter, she didn't care.
Along the way, the carriage drove unhurriedly in the direction of the palace, but it was still stable, Qiu Moli was shaken by the carriage and immediately fell asleep, so she followed her heart, that is, closed her eyes and rested.
It wasn't until there were terrible shouts and cries outside the carriage that Qiu Moli woke up in a daze.