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Gu Yuancheng left for a while, I came to my senses, and silently glanced at the hazy bed, I still decided to sit honestly in front of the bookcase to deal with official business.

This time, as an envoy and Qi Guo, many details had to be carefully considered, and I didn't have the opportunity to make too many preparations before, but now I have to hurry up and prepare.

It's been another sleepless night.

I was sighing in my heart, when a figure suddenly came in from the window in front of the desk, and I was shocked, and I immediately stood up.

"Don't do it, little green branch, it's me." The young man in the green shirt waved his sleeves and turned around, his eyebrows were clear, and he was ringing with a bell.

I put away the hidden weapon in my sleeve and sat down again.

"I thought you were going to hide for two more days." I was so sad that I couldn't write any more paperwork in my hand.

Du Rong smiled slightly, lifted his robe and sat down opposite me, "Why is Xiao Qingzhi so fierce, you and I haven't seen each other for a long time, don't you want me?" ”

"I haven't seen each other for a few months. It's not like I haven't seen each other for a few years. Although Du Rong deliberately interrupted, the urge in my heart to hang him up and fight for a pause couldn't be reduced, "It's you, which tendon is wrong for you, running to Biancheng?" If this matter is known to the emperor, you will not be able to eat and walk away! ”

"It's not because of you." Du Rong's face was full of grievances, "You don't want me, I miss you." ”

As soon as I patted the case, I gritted my teeth, "Seriously." ”

Du Rong felt traumatized in his heart, and sighed with his forehead, "Xiao Qingzhi has been so impatient with me, hey......"

"Cen Xi called you here?" In the face of Du Rong, I always lost first, and at this moment I had no choice but to surrender.

Du Rong looked at my unwilling appearance and smiled lightly.

"Since the farewell to Jiangnan, I haven't seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again." Du Rong shook his head slightly, and his tone was much more correct.

"Then why are you here? Has Qizhou changed? As soon as I heard that it had nothing to do with Cen Xi, my expression relaxed a little, but now I couldn't continue to write official documents anyway, so I simply put the pen aside and reached out to pour him a cup of tea.

"Because of Mrs. Hou." Du Rong glanced up at me, picked up the teacup and looked at it, and put it down casually.

"My mother?" With a twinkle in my eyes, my voice couldn't help but raise a few points, "What's wrong with her?" What did Shen Jingzhi do to her? ”

Du Rong sighed and raised his eyes to look at me, "Even if you don't like Lord Hou anymore, in front of outsiders, you should always respect a little." ”

I took a sip of the tea at hand, and said indifferently, "Now that I'm not in front of outsiders, don't worry, I won't damage my reputation for him, you better explain the truth of the matter quickly." ”

His eyes lit up, and Du Rong hooked his lips slightly.

"Actually, it's not a big deal, that is, after you entrusted Mrs. Hou to me, she was very worried about your safety, and she was worried every day, I saw her like this, so I had to take the initiative to ask Ying to come to Biancheng to visit you." Du Rong said with a smile.

Hearing him talk about this, I inevitably felt a little guilty in my heart.

As a child, I should be filial to my relatives, but I always let my mother worry about me, her health is not good, if I think too much, what face do I have to face her?

It seems that after the end of this mission, I will spend more time with my mother and relatives in order to fulfill my filial piety.

"Mother, kiss her...... How are you doing lately? I asked out loud.

Du Rong nodded, "With me taking care of it, Mrs. Hou is naturally fine." ”

"Please listen to me take care of my mother, I haven't had time to thank you yet." I saw that Du Rong didn't drink tea, so I pushed the tea cup in front of him, and took the opportunity to say, "My mother didn't bring anyone else except Wei Yinghou, right?" ”

Hearing my question, Du Rong raised his eyebrows and looked at me meaningfully, "Who do you still want Mrs. Hou to bring?" The second lady of your Hou Mansion? Or your second and third sisters? ”

"Mother really brought them with me!" I said hatefully.

"I was also surprised that Mrs. Hou was so kind." Du Rong reached out and picked up the teacup, shook himself, but didn't drink it.

I snorted coldly and didn't speak.

"This time, as an envoy, you want to make friends with Qi on behalf of the Qin State?" Du Rong changed the topic and looked up and asked me.

"Hmm." I nodded, and by the way, I drank some tea to moisten my throat, "The relationship between Qin and Qi has been unclear for so many years, and now that the emperor has not been on the throne for a long time, Emperor Qi has just stabilized the dynasty, which is a good opportunity to make friends, and the emperor's will is the same." “

"How many years have you been friends for, do you have a plan in mind?" Du Rong continued to ask.

"How can I make this clear?" I looked at him with amusement, "What will happen in the future, it depends on the destiny of heaven." ”

"Really?" Du Rong smiled meaningfully, but didn't continue to say anything, but asked other questions, "Emperor Qi, have you seen him, he is a benevolent monarch?" ”

I glanced at Du Rong and took a sip of tea, "It should be, amiable, not decent, at least that's what he's behaving in front of me so far." ”

Du Rong seemed to be thinking about something, nodded slightly and didn't speak again. 12

I glanced at his expression, and didn't say much, except to pull down my shirt a little hotly, and got up to open the window next to the desk to the maximum.

"You've been in Qi Country for so long, has Gu Xiang entertained you well?" Du Rong suddenly asked me out loud.

I paused for a moment, and then said lightly, "I also sent him life-saving medicine, and he won't treat me badly." ”

"Is that really the case?" Du Rong smiled: "This way, I can rest assured." ”

I inexplicably felt that my body was even hotter, so I picked up the teapot and poured it with water, I raised my head and swallowed it in one gulp, and it seemed that it was not enough to drink it, so I poured another cup.

"I knew that you came to Biancheng without permission because you didn't worry about me." I drank the water "grunt", and finally cooled down, "What layout do you want to have in Qi Country, you can send someone here, so hands-on, if I can't guess your intentions, isn't it talking in the middle of the day?" ”

Du Rong was noncommittal, but stood up and closed the window.

"Don't close it." I stopped him "It's so hot in the summer, it's open and ventilated." ”

"Is it hot in the summer, or are you hot?" Du Rong sighed and shook his head.

I was stunned for a moment, and then I came to my senses.

"You...... I ......" I widened my eyes and grew angry, "You obviously found out, why didn't you stop me?" ”

Du Rong leaned lazily against the window, squinted his eyes and looked at me with a smile, "I'm a man, there are such good things, why should I stop you?" ”

"...... I really wanted to go up and punch him, but the heat in my body was too much for me to do.

Stumbling behind the screen, I ripped off my coat.

"Did anyone just come?" Du Rong stood in front of the screen and asked.

"Some concubines prepared by Wei Ren." I loosened my placket, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began to exercise.

Du Rong was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice, "You know I don't mean them. ”

After a slight pause, I didn't say anything.

Du Rong lowered his head and laughed silently.

He actually has a lot of things in his heart, but none of them can compare to the person behind this screen, he carefully protected her to grow up, and now the bird in his hand has other thoughts, but he is reluctant to destroy one of her feathers.

"I have always been a member of Qinguo." There was a moment of silence, and I spoke.

"Hmm." Du Rong seemed to respond.

The body is getting hotter and hotter, my consciousness has begun to be in a trance, I dare not slack off anymore, I am about to suppress it, but suddenly there is a sound of clothes rubbing behind the screen, I opened my eyes to see, it was Du Rong who walked over slowly.

"What are you doing, don't go over quickly!" I restrained the desire in my body and tried to hold my voice steady and scolded him to leave.

Du Rong ignored my words at all, walked to the edge of the bed, brushed his clothes and sat down.

"Du Rong, I'm in a hurry, I won't be responsible!" I broke the jar and yelled at him.

Du Rong flicked my forehead with a bent finger, and said with a bad face, "No one dares to settle accounts with me yet, open your mouth." ”

I couldn't concentrate now, so I just closed my eyes and opened my mouth according to his words.

A burst of green bamboo incense swept by, and immediately a round thing was stuffed into my mouth, which melted in my mouth, and I was choked and coughed by its bitter taste in an instant.

Du Rong patted me on the back, and when I calmed down a little, he helped me to lie down.

"This kind of little trick of officialdom, you can actually be tricked, it's really hopeless." Du Rong covered me with a thin blanket in disgust.

"I didn't know Wei Ren would give me this trick." I feel quite aggrieved, "Shang Shulang of the dignified Ministry of Etiquette, the means are so dirty, what good is it for him to do this?" ”

Du Rong shook his head, touched my head with his sleeve, and saw that the heat had subsided, so he pulled the thin blanket on my body up again.

"It's no wonder that he is doing this, even our Qin country is indispensable for this kind of selfishness. The existence of the Ministry of Rites is to entertain foreign guests and envoys, which is indispensable for some unspeakable things, and the maintenance of the official concubine is nothing more than to make the guests happy and consolidate the relationship. Originally, this kind of thing, no one will complain more, after all, this is also a matter of your affection, the Ministry of Rites when entertaining foreign guests, will inquire about their preferences in advance, if it is a noble temperament, the Ministry of Rites will not be boring, but I didn't expect to meet a you, you are an accident. ”

"What did I have to surprise me." I was not convinced, and said, "Can't I be considered a person with a 'noble temperament'?" ”

When Du Rong heard me say this, his eyes suddenly darkened a little, "That's because someone has instructed Wei Shangshu and asked him to do this." Speaking of this, he sneered slightly, "I think Gu Xiang is here to solve the situation for you." ”

I was stunned.

Du Rong put his eyes on me again, and said helplessly, "Anyway, you should also think about it for yourself, the position of the prime minister's wife, but many people want to sit it." ”