It was night, the inner hall of the vertical arch was cool and fragrant, and the table was full of delicacies, but neither of them raised chopsticks.

"Why don't you eat it? Want to be fed? He lowered his eyelashes and glanced at her fully recovered arms.

"Your Majesty doesn't move chopsticks, how dare slaves and maids eat." She sighed faintly, she didn't expect that the autumn queen would really settle accounts.

"What are you doing today in the front hall? Serving tea and water? What a system! "Your Majesty snorted.

"Isn't this the duty of a palace maid? Although the slave maid is now considered to have a grade, but in the end she is still a palace maid, so what's wrong with serving tea and water? She served him food, "If you feel that you have lost your identity, you can eat at the same table with different slaves and maids." Why say such hurtful words! ”

He glanced at her, and had lost a lot of anger, "Rank? How many products? "It's like teasing.

"It's seven pins of women. Two grades bigger than the nine-grade sesame official. With that, he smiled from ear to ear and hurriedly ate a mouthful of food.

"That's what you're aiming for?" It's teasing again.

"I don't have any big ambitions, and it's not good to be an official." finally controlled his facial expressions, and when he thought of Tao Tao's mention today, he was snickered again.

"Don't do it in the future." He finally moved his chopsticks and looked at her coldly.

"Your Majesty." She suddenly put down her chopsticks, knelt on her knees, and did not hide her flattering posture, "Since she was worthy of being a maid in the harem, the slave and maid abide by their duties, and have never coveted a certain position, but this duty of serving tea is the desire of the slave and maid, ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

I don't know how long it will take Aunt Yunhe to keep the position of serving tea this afternoon, how can I give it up so easily, although it is an alternative, there is always a chance to enter the court to find out the news, it is better than nothing.

"Get up and speak!" His Majesty said, "Do you really want to do it?" Why do you want to do it? Say why, and I'll think about it. ”

"Why?" Cai Ling sat back on the stool, it can't be said that she wants to spy on every move of the court in order to find business opportunities and make a lot of money, at that time, Shen Muchi should kick her out of the house, "The people in the front hall are all important ministers, and their words and deeds are models of the world, and the slaves want to learn something." "A word and a deed? Suddenly thought of the forest of Luoshui, Liang Mingchen who peed his pants. How was the compilation of the Hallym Academy? What about the champions? It's not as good as the businessmen who talk and laugh in the Dongxi Building.

Speaking of this, his expression was slightly mocking, and seeing Shen Muchi looking at him thoughtfully, he hurriedly replied honestly: "In fact, the real purpose is nothing more than to win people's hearts and pave the way for the future." ”

"What kind of road can be paved with a cup of tea?" He smiled contemptuously and turned away from her.

"It's familiar. Who can say what will happen in the future? Is it wrong to know a few more high-ranking officials? In particular, the Ministry of Industry always has to deal with it. She was a little impatient.

"I am you. Annoyed with what? His tone was gentle, with a smile in his eyes.

Cai Ling didn't know why Shen Muchi was smiling, she was bent on scolding her ministers, he should sneer at her and scold her angrily, how could she still condone it? But it doesn't matter, as long as you don't get in the way of her getting rich.

But the road to fortune is just a mirror, and the order changes day and night, so that she almost lost her anger.

Saying that on this day, she received a notice that she could enter the palace to serve tea, and she happily hummed a song at the end of the line, and the lady who served the tea took her out and arranged her at the front, she looked dazed.

The female official said: "From now on, Cai Ling will only serve tea for His Majesty." The palace maids looked at each other, but they still didn't dare to complain, and only waited silently outside the hall.

Cai Ling is extremely cramped, serving His Majesty's tea is the duty of the tea lady, she is just a tea candidate, and she can serve a cup of tea to the ministers until there is a palace maid on sick leave to get the opportunity, how can she rush straight into the sky and become the royal tea. The female official's attitude was very resolute, it seemed that she was acting on the orders of the emperor, and she was not easy to argue, so she had to make sencha, boil tea, and serve tea again.

The tea that the ministers drank was boiled and set aside, and it was half cold and half hot when served, but His Majesty's tea needed to be boiled in the hall, and the tea was fragrant and delivered to His Majesty's hands. Although Cai Ling has always liked tea but does not boil tea, the technique is naturally rusty, and finally took a cup of tea, Shen Muchi drank half a sip, frowned slightly, and handed the remaining half of the cup back to Yu'an's hands. When she turned her eyes, the lady serving the tea was staring at her anxiously. She secretly made up her mind that she must devote herself to learning tea skills and strive to cook the best tea in the world as soon as possible.

Although the serious work is frustrated, the news is eyebrow-raising. I only listened to the suggestion of the Ministry of Rites: "Now the imperial court is the time to employ people, the state capitals have set up tribute courts, and the palace examination is usually held in the south garden of the Ministry of Rites, because the place is narrow, one can not strictly prevent examination fraud, and the other is afraid of fire, causing casualties, so I implore Your Majesty to set up a tribute court in the suburbs of Chang'an." ”

"The selection of materials for the imperial examination is a major matter of the country, and I have long had this intention. Do you have a suitable location to recommend? Your Majesty asked.

"Near the Kaibao Temple ten miles west of the suburbs, it has always been a treasure place for literati. Kyoto Maki arched the road.

"yes, okay." Your Majesty's jaw.

Cai Ling hurriedly controlled her excitement, and when the Ministry of Rites finished its deliberations, she was already a disinterested person when the Ministry of War came to discuss it again, and she was only thinking about how much the land ten miles west of the suburbs of the city was worth, and it was better to buy it to build a school or an inn.

Just waiting for a break halfway, she mixed into the porch, grabbed Tao Tao's sleeve and dragged him into the bushes, Tao Tao was about to lock it with a palm, and when he saw that it was her, he hurriedly scolded: "Don't force Ben Shao to commit a crime in the forbidden palace!" ”

The two glanced at each other, but they didn't have time to laugh, Cai Ling admonished: "Help me pass a word to Brother Yuan, how much land near Kaibao Temple west of the suburbs of Beijing is how much to buy." ”

Tao Tao looked at her with glowing eyes, and she patted him on the shoulder again and said, "Don't worry, your benefits will be indispensable at that time." ”

Only then did the two laugh wantonly, and the attendants who came and went only felt that there seemed to be a commotion of cats and dogs behind the bushes, and they all scoffed.

After doing this vote, Cai Ling was overjoyed, and suddenly felt that God treated herself well, and she could always brighten up another village, and soon on the red list of the rich in Beijing, the first thing should be her "Jiang Cailing". Wouldn't it be majestic then!

"I see you're in a good mood today." Walking on the palace road one after the other, His Majesty asked.

"Hmm. Yes good. I followed the female official to learn the art of tea for half a day, and it is estimated that the tea served again tomorrow can enter His Majesty's mouth. She laughed.

"The tea you make is not bad." His Majesty lowered his eyes to look at her, "It's not good enough." ”

is sincere, the female official who serves tea has been tea art since elementary school, where she can compare, naturally no matter how she brews, it is not good enough. "Knowing that the slave and maid are not good enough, and asking the slave and maid to serve you tea, is it a joke to watch the slave and maid?" Cai Ling was still smiling.

"You have to bring tea and water. Naturally, the tea can only be given to me, even if it is a cup of water, it can only be given to me. He strode forward, the moonlight was sprinkled on his black dragon robe, and the feet of the robe were embroidered with silver threads with dense patterns of auspicious clouds, shining in the moonlight. She hurriedly walked a few quick steps, followed him, and thought that the night was picturesque.

The next day, Shen Muchi finally drank a bowl of tea she had boiled, and his heart was surging, just like when Dongxi Lou had a new dish that was very popular and there was an endless stream of guests, it made people feel a sense of accomplishment.

However, the province of Menxia had doubts about the issue of yesterday's tribute court, saying that now the emperor is temporarily living in the Kaibao Temple, if there is a big construction, it will definitely disturb his old man's Qing Xiu, and the west is the location of the imperial mausoleum, and the slightest misconduct will destroy the lifeline of our dynasty. His Majesty pondered for a moment, and asked the Kyoto Pastoral Department and the Ministry of Rites to negotiate a suitable location.

Everyone praised the promise, but Cai Ling was up and down in her heart, and she couldn't wait to throw away the teacup she was holding in her hand, and quickly ran out of the palace to inform Yuan Jieyu: You can't buy it! Don't buy it! If you buy it, you can only use it for farming, digging a canal and not studying it properly, and if you don't do it well, it will destroy the lifeblood of the dynasty. Cai Ling suddenly felt that her hands were a little trembling, but she pretended to be calm and respectfully sent another cup of tea. His Majesty caught a glimpse of her strange appearance and frowned slightly, but she only dared to bow her head and retreat to the side to stand aside.

After waiting for a long time, the deliberations were over, and the military department did not send anyone to report the situation. Cai Ling was already unsure in her heart, and looked around, until the tea lady, who had been reduced to a supervisor, came forward to remind her that it was time to retreat, and she was extremely reluctant to leave with the waiter's team.

The day coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Empress Dowager set up a banquet in the Ziwei Palace, His Majesty, the concubine, the princess and the family members all attended, Shen Muchi came back when it was already three o'clock, brought her a small brocade box, opened it and opened it to have a yellow moon cake, engraved "flower good moon".

She looked at the moon cakes, and then raised her eyes to look at the moon like a white jade plate, the Mid-Autumn Festival weather, suddenly felt a hint of coolness, and couldn't help frowning.

"Not happy? Didn't I come back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with you? Shen Muchi felt a little guilty, "Maybe you have any other wishes, I will satisfy you tonight." ”

She looked at the person in front of her, as if she had found a guiding light, and hurriedly asked tentatively, "Are you going out of the palace?" ”

"Don't think about it." Xu Yu was already in a gentle tone, "I said that when the five-year period expires, you will leave or stay. ”

"Your Majesty has misunderstood, the slave means to go out of the palace for one night. It doesn't take one night, and you can come back that night. She hurriedly begged.

"Out of the palace for one night? Do what? He was suddenly curious.

What else can I do, it is nothing more than to inform Brother Yuan not to buy land in the western suburbs, I have already heard that Yang Taotao has taken sick leave this afternoon, I am afraid that she will not appear in Da Nei within seven days, if she does not take action, she can only regret it. "There is a lantern river in the capital every Mid-Autumn Festival, and this year the slave maid also wants to put a lantern boat."

"Just to put a lightboat?" He asked.

Obviously in a tone of disbelief, she still nodded stubbornly, and was almost about to kneel down and beg him. He had already instructed Yu'an to prepare the car and go back to the inner hall to change his shirt. After Yu An returned and everything was ready, he took her hand and walked towards the palace gate in purple clothes, Cai Ling hurriedly broke free, "Your Majesty, more ...... exposed"

A cold look glanced at her, and she didn't dare to say a word more.

Chang'an is a city that never sleeps, and it is still full of traffic and people at the end of the year. They got off the bus on the east bank of the Anning River, and the girls were all about going to the ferry to put a lightboat. Cai Ling didn't have the heart to put a lightboat, her heart had already flown to Dongxi Tower.

"Don't have a lightship?" He looked at her anxiety and asked softly.

"yes. Why don't we let it go......"

He was only halfway through his words, when he took out a lotus lantern boat from behind his back as if by magic, and the red candle flame flickered, "Go and put it away." ”

"Where did it come from?" Still can't help but ask.

"I bought it from people."

"From whom? Someone asked for a high price, right? "The strength of the mining will come up again.

"Forget it." He persuaded her and patted her on the shoulder, "Go and put the lights on." ”

"It turns out that Childe said that he wanted to give the lamp to his beloved, and it was this girl." A woman in Tsing Yi came and stood between her and Shen Muchi, "But this girl doesn't seem to appreciate it." ”

Who said that I don't appreciate it, Shen Muchi didn't send gold or silver to send a lotus lantern, I don't know how moved! Cai Ling looked fiercely at the charming young woman, and after a while, her female companions all gathered around. Shen Mu didn't bring a guard, and he couldn't do anything to the woman himself, so he was trapped in the middle. Cai Ling walked to the ferry, put the lotus lantern in the river of purple and red lights, turned his head and raised his eyes, only to see the black crowd.

If you want to escape from the palace, it is so easy, and you can escape with your whole body incognito in the future. But her plan was not like this, she wanted to escape back to Dongxi Tower, report the letter and then run back to the same place to confess the crime.

"Little four......" she heard the noise of the crowd, and her deep voice was like a heavenly sound. She stopped.

Turning his head, he saw that Shen Muchi was looking in the opposite direction with his back to her, at this time, he would definitely be able to escape the shadow guards who were following him in the dark, after all, their attention was on His Majesty, who would stare at her?

"Little four......" he shouted again, his originally handsome face with three points of anger and seven points of worry.

"I'm here!" She laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "I told you not to attract bees and butterflies everywhere." Look, you almost lost me. ”

After all, he was reluctant, even if he frowned and was displeased, it was already heartbreaking.

He took her by the shoulders and led her out of the crowd and into a quiet, wide street. The two of them took a few steps in parallel, and she couldn't hide her thoughts, "Dongxi Building is half a mile ahead, if there is nothing else, can I go back and take a look." Just one eye. ”

She also knows that now Shen Mu Chigui is the king of a country, and she can't show her head at will, His Royal Highness the King of Qin, who everyone in Dongxilou knew in the past, suddenly came to Dongxilou as an emperor, and she didn't scare the full moon and the lack of a moon.

"I'll go with you." He said suddenly.

After looking at each other, she tore open the sleeves of her shirt, the summer material was light, but it could be used as a mask, and the tulle carefully covered the bridge of his high nose and clean and fair cheeks, "In this way, there is a lot less trouble." ”

"Trouble?" It's already displeased.

"Mouth fast for a while. You don't remember the villain. Quickly apologized, "Why are you secretly laughing?" The corners of his eyes are crooked, and through the tulle, the corners of his lips are faintly visible.

"It's a little fragrant." He walked up to the front with his head held high.

She hurriedly chased: "What's a little fragrant?" ”

"Guess for yourself." The handsome posture of walking with hands really responds to the sentence "long body and jade stand".