The emperor of Daqi had never seen the people of the enemy country that his most favored courtiers had in mind, and today he deliberately got up an hour earlier than usual, drove in plain clothes, and went to the palace with him to visit the prime minister of Daqi, and waited for the envoy to set foot on this Jinluan Temple.

Li Dai has always heard that Shen Xiang of Qinguo, a young man, with a handsome appearance, is a rare and resourceful minister in the world, but when the young man in a red lotus and black robe stepped into his eyes, he only sighed slightly, just like when he saw Gu Yuancheng when he was a child.

"Shen Qingzhi, the envoy of the Qin State, pays a visit to His Majesty Emperor Qi." It's not that I didn't notice that Emperor Qi looked at me with a strange look in his eyes, but I still knelt down and made a big bow respectfully.

Bai Zhi was still behind me, and he also bowed down.

"The two of you have come from afar, so you don't have to be formal, please get up." Li Dai raised his hand, and a slight smile appeared in his warm eyes.

I got up, and Bai Zhi still got up after me.

"Shen Xiang of Qinguo, a genius in the sky, unparalleled in the world, is the only young prime minister in Qinguo for a hundred years." Li Dai's voice was very peaceful, but anyone could hear the banter in his tone, "It just so happens that my Daqi also has such a young minister who is extremely popular, and now in this Jinluan Palace, you can get to know each other." ”

"Yuan Cheng, the person you think about day and night is standing in front of you, don't you want to come forward and get to know him?" Li Dai quietly put his eyes on the young man at the head of the ministers, and the young man's body stiffened and slowly turned around.

I looked up at him expressionlessly, but I only felt that the face of the young man in purple clothes was terrifyingly pale, and I immediately lowered my eyes.

"Shen Xiang." He waved at me, but his voice was subtlely hoarse.

I didn't dare to look at his eyes, and bent down to salute "Gu Xiang." ”

It was at this moment that I suddenly realized that there is such a distance in the world, it is like a bird that can't sweep the mountains, and the sea can't cover the sky, it seems to be close at hand, but it has always been far away.

"Hahaha, good!" Li Dai laughed and stood up, with a wave of his long sleeves, he actually walked down from the top of the jade steps, and the ministers did not dare to obstruct the holy drive, and immediately avoided a road.

"Gu Qing." He looked at Gu Yuancheng, then turned his head to look at me, "Shen Xiang." ”

Gu Yuancheng and I hurriedly bowed our heads and bowed our hands, ready to listen to the holy words.

"You don't have to be so restrained." Li Dai suddenly opened his arms and wrapped his arms around the necks of the two of us, and under the stunned and shocked gazes of the ministers, he left the majestic Jinluan Palace.

Bai Zhi still wanted to keep up with me, and I immediately gave him a look.

"Your Majesty." When we came to a deserted garden where people were extremely rare, Gu Yuancheng finally couldn't help but break free from the shackles of Li Dai, and whispered with a cold face.

"Woncheng is always so boring." Li Dai pretended to be disappointed and sighed, and let me go.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here with Weichen and Shen Xiang? Are you just leaving the hundreds of ministers in your palace behind? Gu Yuancheng looked a little angry, but it was more of a worry.

I know that he is worried about Emperor Qi's body.

"If you want to preach, let's save it for later." Li Dai raised his hand to stop Gu Yuancheng, and then looked at me with a smile, "You just said that your name is Shen Qingzhi?" ”

I respectfully replied, "Yes." ”

"Now that there is no one around, you and Yuancheng don't want to do this high-sounding set again." Li Dai waved his hand and walked up to an abandoned pavilion not far away.

Gu Yuancheng and I glanced at each other, and although there were many doubts in our hearts, we still followed into the pavilion.

Although the pavilion is shabby in appearance and even covered with moss, the pavilion is clean, with stone benches and stone tables......

I looked up and glanced at Emperor Qi, who was already sitting leisurely, and didn't dare to think about it.

"Sit, Yuancheng, Qingzhi, come, sit down." When Li Dai saw me and Gu Yuancheng standing in front of him stupidly, he immediately smiled and beckoned to us.

"Your Majesty isn't smiling with a sword, is he?" I bit my voice and quietly asked Gu Yuancheng beside me.

"I don't know." After following my example, Gu Yuancheng stepped forward and sat down on Li Dai's left hand side.

At the moment, I really couldn't refuse Emperor Qi's request, so I could only sit down according to his wishes, but before there was embarrassment between me and Gu Yuancheng, I had to choose to sit on the right side of Li Dai.

"Oh, they're all here." The door of the wooden house next to the small pavilion was pushed open, and a woman in a white dress and a skirt came over with a plate of snacks.

"The Queen?" Gu Yuancheng was surprised, and immediately got up and saluted, "Weichen meets the queen." ”

As soon as I heard that it was the queen, I also got up and saluted, "Shen Qingzhi, the envoy of the Qin State, pays a visit to Empress Qi. ”

"Don't be polite." The woman put the food plate on the stone table and came to help me and Gu Yuancheng. One eight

"Mu Xin." Li Dai stood up and walked to the woman's side, and gently wiped the fine sweat on her forehead, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

He Muxin was a little shy, blushing and whispering, "The two prime ministers are still there, you pay attention." ”

"What about the Prime Minister? Even if the Manchu Dynasty is both civil and military, I have nothing to avoid. Li Dai smiled and helped her to her original seat and sat down, "You and I are husband and wife, we should be in love." ”

Seeing their actions, I stood next to Gu Yuancheng very interestingly and gave up my seat, Emperor Qi saw this, smiled at me, and sat down with Empress Qi, and Gu Yuancheng and I also sat down again.

"This is the lotus cake made by Mu Xin himself, you all try it." Li Dai first took a piece and handed it to his wife beside him, and then took a piece for me and Gu Yuancheng.

I looked at Gu Yuancheng privately, and Gu Yuancheng also looked at me, and then they each took the pastries handed by Li Dai.

"The lotus cake made by Niangniang is really a delicacy in the world, and it is extremely delicious." I took a small bite, and then I praised it loudly, as for what the lotus cake tasted like, in fact, I didn't taste it much, after all, my heart has been hanging in the air, how can I have the energy to taste any delicious food.

Gu Yuancheng knew my careful thoughts, and listened to me patting my ass there without blinking an eye. Can't help but glance at me with disdain.

I ignored him and continued to praise, "Niangniang is worthy of being the mother of a generation, she can do everything at her fingertips, unlike me and other vulgar things, there is nothing good at it." ”

"Shen Qingzhi, you give me enough time." Gu Yuancheng really couldn't listen to what I was talking nonsense about, so he stopped me in a loud voice, "In front of Your Majesty, how can you be presumptuous?" ”

"Yuancheng, don't worry." Li Dai glanced at Gu Yuancheng meaningfully, and said with a smile, "In this deserted garden, there is no Your Majesty, and there is no Niangniang, only the host's family is greeting the two guests. ”

Gu Yuancheng paused, stopped talking, and stopped talking.

I always felt a little strange at Emperor Qi's glance, but before I could think about it, Emperor Qi and Queen Qi stood up together.

"There is a wasteland behind this wooden house, Mu Xin and I will come here to grow vegetables and fruits when we have nothing to do, and experience the married life of ordinary people, now that we have to greet guests, we husband and wife naturally have to serve you a delicious meal, you should rest for a while, get to know each other well, and then we will have lunch here in a while." After Li Dai finished talking to us with a smile, he took He Muxin's hand and walked out of the pavilion, Gu Yuancheng and I couldn't afford the emperor to prepare food for us, so we both wanted to get up and stop them, but Li Dai's not light and heavy eyes made me and Gu Yuancheng calm down.

The figures of the emperor and queen quickly disappeared into the wooden house, and only me and Gu Yuancheng were left in this huge deserted garden. We looked at each other twice, and the awkward atmosphere was always lingering.

I think yesterday we had a vigorous parting of life and death in the Guogong Mansion, and today we met here silently, if it weren't for me as a protagonist here, I would have felt funny myself.

"You ......" Although I don't want to break the silence at the moment, Gu Yuancheng's face is so pale that I can't ignore it, "Are you feeling better?" ”

Gu Yuancheng put the lotus cake in his hand into his mouth and chewed it, ignoring me.

"Your injuries are not healed, you shouldn't have left the house today." After a pause, I still said what I wanted to say.

Gu Yuancheng finally looked at me this time, he swallowed the lotus cake in his mouth, and laughed contemptuously, "The envoy of the Qin country, as the prime minister of the Qi country, shouldn't I come to greet him?" “

I have nothing to say.

There was a long silence between us, and I lowered my eyes and didn't look at him, and he only looked faintly at the willows and rocks in the deserted garden.

"Shen Qingzhi," Gu Yuancheng seemed to have made up his mind, and resolutely turned his head to look at me, "Actually, I ......"

"I didn't expect that although this garden was abandoned, it also had a different flavor." I subconsciously stood up and interrupted what he was about to say, but after this sentence, I felt a sense of remorse.

Gu Yuancheng looked at me fixedly, and suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly.

As I listened to his laughter, my heart was in turmoil, I didn't know what else to say, and I didn't know how I was going to get along with him on this day.

Since Jiang Nan's trip, the relationship between me and him has become delicate, we are both allies and enemies, we are interdependent and guard against each other, but the ten thousand lanterns of the Thousand Lantern Festival are always like the last bit of light in my heart, so that I can not get rid of it, but I am also reluctant to give up.

I never dared to think deeply about the relationship between me and him, and he never dared to take another step forward.

In fact, this is not necessarily bad, we have already endured too much suffering in this world.

"This is what I promised you, you take it." Gu Yuancheng didn't smile anymore, took out a folded piece of drawing paper from his sleeve and put it in front of me.

I pursed my lips and didn't speak, I didn't move.

Gu Yuancheng looked at me and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"I don't have to take it." I lowered my eyes and said in a cold and hard tone, "You won't really be like the picture drawn, waiting for me to raise troops to attack." ”

"If you know, why did you promise me in the first place?" Gu Yuancheng didn't look at me, but I still staggered back.