Along the way, when the palace maids and eunuchs saluted Xu Zhilan and Xi'er'er, Xi'er unconsciously returned the salute.

"Lady, you are now a member of the third grade, you don't need to give these people a gift in return!"

Xi'er was too nervous, and tried a few times not to return the gifts to the minions, but she didn't change it all the way to the door of Xu's study.

The emperor is still very diligent, and at this time he was still dealing with state affairs in Xu's study, and when he heard that Xu Zhilan brought Xi'er to thank him, he immediately summoned him.

"Erchen has seen his father!"

Xi'er was nervous, and also said: "Erchen has seen his father!" ”

Not only Xu Zhilan is stupid, but Princess Jinyang and Princess Ziyang are stupid!

Xi'er reacted, her pretty face was swollen red, and just about to change her words, Xu Zhao smiled and said: "I allow you to enjoy the treatment of the county lord, and I should also call my father!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" Xi'er'er's voice trembled a little.

Xu Zhao instructed Father-in-law Liu to arrange some delicious pastries for Xi'er'er, Xi'er didn't dare to eat them, but if she didn't eat them, it didn't seem to be good, she blushed and nervously pulled Xu Zhilan's sleeves.

After Xu Zhilan smiled and ate a piece, Xi'er picked out the smallest mung bean crisp, and ate it carefully, this thing will fall apart in the mouth, but it will not make a chewing sound, but after eating, the mouth is very dry. Xi'er didn't dare to drink water, she quietly stood behind Xu Zhilan and quietly swallowed desperately.

Seeing Xi'er's shy and cute appearance, Xu Zhao was in a good mood, and said secretly: "No wonder Yang Tao wants to take her with her when she escapes, she is really beautiful and has infinite charm!" ”

I ended my work early today, and Xu Zhao proposed to go to Yangtao Palace for a drink, which should be practiced for Xu Zhilan.

With the emperor here, other princesses did not dare to come to Yangtao Palace to disturb, which was also one of Xu Zhao's intentions.

For a long time, Xi'er was instilled by Xu Zhilan that Xu Zhilan was guilty of bullying the king, and the emperor would cut off Xu Zhilan's head, so in Xi'er's eyes, the emperor was a natural enemy, and he was a very, very powerful enemy! She unconsciously sat next to Xu Zhilan, very close, and her hands were shaking when she picked up the vegetables!

"Xi'er, am I so terrible?" Xu Zhao said with a smile.

"Smack" Xi'er was so frightened that the dishes on the chopsticks fell on the table!

This is too rude, disrespectful to the emperor, Xu Zhilan snatched the chopsticks from Xi'er'er's hand, turned his head to look at the palace maid who was setting the tableware, and said in a deep voice: "How do you do things?" Twisted chopsticks are also used! ”

The palace maid was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The county lord is angry, and the slave and maid will change it for Lord Xi immediately!" ”

"Forget it this time, seeing Lord Xi in the future will be like seeing the lord of this county! If you don't dare to do things seriously, the flower beds in the yard are short of fertilizer! ”

Xu Zhilan is so skillful, with a slight force, those pair of chopsticks are bent out of shape!

Gonggong Liu was speechless, and at the same time praised Xu Zhilan's wit!

"Yangtao, you see, you don't usually come here to live, these people are getting more and more lazy, and they are doing things more and more casually, thanks to their own family today, if the minister sees it, he can't even afford a pair of decent chopsticks in Yangtao Palace! In the future, let Xi'er come to Yangtao Palace to take care of it more! Xu Zhao originally wanted to say that Xi'er would live directly in Yangtao Palace, but there were many things in the county lord's mansion and Xi'er needed to manage it, so it was useless for him to mention it, so he changed his words.

Xu Zhilan was scared and sweated, and the secret path was almost clever but was mistaken by cleverness!

"Erchen has this intention, but he is afraid of breaking the rules."

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Xu Zhao sat for a long time, and when he left, he gave Xi'er a full set of exquisite jewelry used in the palace.

Thinking that he was going to leave the next day, Xu Zhilan said that he would borrow the dragon vein of the palace to make Xi'er happy, and Hu Tian tossed for a night.

After going to the court too early, Xu Zhilan took Xi'er back to the county lord's mansion together, and found that the Goryeo prince Kim Jong-tae came to visit, if it wasn't for Xi'er'er now being crowned an official, he couldn't walk around, Xu Zhilan really hoped that Prince Jin would bring Xi'er to Goryeo first!

Prince Jin came unfortunately, just when Xu Zhilan was going out on business, he had a cup of tea, and the time was almost up! Seeing that Xu Zhilan is now the general of the forbidden army and the governor of the Supervision Yuan, Prince Jin is gloomy in his heart! An official of this level is even more senior than the governor of the three districts, and he has more core secrets of Dahua, and if he wants to marry Xu Zhilan, his hope is so slim that it is almost as hopeless as there is no hope, but he still does not give up.

Xu Zhilan sent a set of county lord-level jewelry for Kim Jong-tae to bring back to Kim Jong-hee, and this is the departure of the country!

In the past, due to the rules, Xi'er couldn't wear too good jewelry, but now she doesn't need to scruples, she dresses up beautifully, and takes a luxury carriage to send Qincha Da Xu Zhilan out of the Jinling City Gate, and then reluctantly turns around and goes back with tears.

According to Xu Zhilan's request, the emperor agreed that Chen Jinhong would bring 2,000 forbidden troops to come over to guard, plus the 300 soldiers from the county lord's mansion brought by Hu Jun, and Lord Qincha's shelf was fully set up!

Xu Zhilan dressed as a general, with a dragon sword at his waist, rode forward, and looked back at the princess of Jinyang who came to see him off on the head of Jinling City.

Traveling at public expense, the officers and soldiers who did not know the dangers of this trip were very excited.

Chen Jinhong looked at his 2,000 people and felt a little uneasy. Although there are many people on the road now, it is really not enough to go to the frontier and compare it with General Peng's tens of thousands of troops.

Zhao Yun wanted to be close to Xu Zhilan, but was glared at by Lan Keqing, and suddenly became honest, rode a horse for a distance, and walked with Chen Jinhong.

Coming to the fork in the road, Xu Zhilan gave an order, not to go to the border of the Western Regions first, but to go to the Lingyun Mountain Range to reward the officers and soldiers guarding the city!

Anyway, there is no stipulation on where Qin Cha must go first, the county lord said to go to the Lingyun Mountain Range first, then the Lingyun Mountain Range, if you don't follow the best route, you will take a two-day detour and spend more public money, anyway, the emperor will pay out of his pocket, how much is the matter?

It takes four days to go to the Lingyun Mountains, according to Lan Keqing's memory, according to the dart route, Xu Zhilan asked to go as far as he could, rest after dark, set off at dawn, along the way, the warm reception of all prefectures and counties was not accepted, sleeping in tents at night, and the county lord ate the same meals as everyone.

Let's say that Xu San followed Lan Keke's men halfway to hear that Xu Zhilan took Lan Keqing to the Lingyun Mountain Range to reward the army, and the soldiers of the forbidden army who guarded it alone were 2,000 people.

Liu Mei'er heard that Xu Zhilan would arrive on the second day of the eighth lunar month at the latest, and she was overjoyed in her heart! It's so convenient to capture Xu Zhilan here and bring it back to Jingyang Kingdom! Of course, the difficulty of capturing is quite a lot!

At the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Xi'er did her filial piety and entered the palace to accompany the emperor to eat, she was very nervous. Many princesses and concubines, under the introduction of the eunuchs, bowed down one by one, saying that they were as annoying as they were. Xi'er, who used to be a maid, was respectful, polite and thoughtful, knowing that everyone looked down on her, she didn't think there was anything wrong.

At the family banquet, the emperor smiled, and Xi'er couldn't see anything; Concubine Yue and Princess Ziyang's smiles were a little more sincere, but they were also very limited; There was a hint of ridicule in the eyes of the others.