CHAPTER XXII
Ning Bai sat beside Qing Yuan and cautiously probed the master's tone, "Master, when will we go back to Yucang Town?" ”
Qingyuan said slowly: "I have asked Xiao Anzi to find the carriage, and when the dinner is over, I will say goodbye to Your Majesty, and I can leave tomorrow."
Ning Bai wanted to say something, but he was quietly silenced by the song and dance that suddenly stopped.
Then, the emperor said in a loud voice: "Everyone knows that this dinner is organized for the empress to recover from a serious illness, and the empress mentioned to me that she wants to reward those who have made meritorious contributions." The emperor looked at the empress, "I wonder if the empress has thought of what the reward is?" ”
Queen Xiao Fuyue is graceful and luxurious in a phoenix robe, and the phoenix crown on her hair bun is even more noble, and her gestures have the demeanor of a mother.
She raised her lips and smiled lightly, "The concubine wants to give Doctor Qingyuan the position of master and apprentice, and the concubine knows that Doctor Qingyuan's master and apprentice are originally free people, I don't know if I want to take over the position of this official?" ”
Qing Yuan had a disease in his legs, the emperor and queen knew about it, he bowed slightly, and said: "Qing Yuan, thank you Your Majesty and Empress for your love, Qing Yuan, as the queen said, is a carefree person, I only want to travel the world, Qing Yuan is blessed, and I hope that Your Majesty and Queen will forgive your sins."
The queen sighed slightly, and her phoenix eyes revealed disappointment, Dr. Qingyuan's medical skills are excellent, and staying in the palace will be reused, but Dr. Qingyuan is in the palace, and she can't force it. Then, the queen's eyes flickered and she looked at Ning Bai, "I don't know...... Would Dr. Ning want to stay in the palace? ”
Ning Bai bowed, buried his head, and heard the queen mention his own name, Yu Guang couldn't help but look at Helian Jinyi, only to see Helian Jinyi also looking at her, smiling lightly, Ning Bai knew it well.
Ning Bai paused for a long time, and Qing Yuan reminded in a low voice, "Why don't you reply?" ”
Ning Bai saluted again in a panic and said, "Back to the queen's words, Ning Bai ...... Willing to stay in the palace! ”
The palace suddenly let out a sigh, some people may think, the master has no intention of glory and wealth, but the apprentice has a future, this can be regarded as a violation of the master?
Hearing this, the queen was overjoyed, so she asked the emperor to give her the position of a positive eight-grade imperial doctor, and the emperor responded on the spot.
At the moment when Ning Bai should stay in the palace, Qing Yuan didn't have any emotion, and only stroked his beard lightly. Ning Bai thought that there were many people in the palace, and it was not appropriate to explain the reason to the master.
Helian Jinyi was satisfied with the teacup on the table, which seemed to be filled with honey, which made the smile on his face deeper.
The song and dance started again, and on the way, Ying Qi found an excuse and left the table. At the banquet, although Ying Qi drank some wine, his consciousness was very clear, he could see the figure in the pavilion from a distance, the candlelight and the light gauze on the edge of the pavilion were embellished, and the slender figure had a faint hazy beauty.
Shi Yanben followed behind Ying Qi, but at this moment she stopped and didn't have to follow. She wasn't afraid that someone would hurt him, because no one had that ability, she just thought that those little minions who deliberately hurt him didn't need him to do it himself!
The pavilion was not far away, but Ying Qi couldn't wait to quickly cross the lake and arrive at the pavilion.
"A few years have passed, and you can't forget Ah Xin after all." Before Ying Qi saw anyone, he had already heard the sound.
Mu Guixue walked out slowly, covering her face, with cold arrogance and resentment in her eyes.
Although there was a previous letter, when he saw Mu Guixue, Ying Qi's eyes still flashed with surprise. Soon, he returned to normal, but he didn't smile like he did in front of ordinary people.
Ying Qi said in a calm voice, "I want news from Ah Xin!"
Mu Guixue did not deny it, "What's the hurry?" I'm going to tell you one thing first. ”
"What?" Ying Qi said coldly.
Mu Guixue looked at Ying Qi mockingly, and said slowly: "Lord Ying knows everything, and he must know that Rong Yu is a person in the Yao Palace, but you don't know that Rong Yu is also my former personal maid Ayu, and the news of Ah Xin was also passed on to me by her flying pigeon, but you, Lord Ying, who is high up, killed her!"
Ying Qi put his hand behind him, and the hand with the wrench was clenched into a fist, but his face did not show the slightest emotion, "If someone kills, he will kill!" Sheen, I'll find it! ”
Mu Guixue angrily drew her sword and put it on Ying Qi's neck, the cold blade was against Ying Qi's neck, her eyes were full of hatred, "Then I will let you never find her!" ”
Ying Qi was calm, "Do you think that after a few years of kung fu learning in Yao Palace, you can match me?" ”
As soon as the words fell, there was a "bang", and I saw that the sword in Mu Guixue's hand was knocked off. Shi Yan moved extremely fast, and when the sword fell, she had already pulled out the dagger she was carrying, and she also pressed her backhand against Mu Guixue's neck.
Seeing the situation, Rong Si immediately appeared, masked and threatened: "If you hurt my senior sister, then don't want to know the whereabouts of the county lord of Nanchu!"
Suddenly, Ying Qi scolded Shi Yan loudly, "Did this seat let you show up?" Don't quit yet! ”
In response to Qi's order, Shi Yan never disobeyed, and this time it was the same. Shi Yan withdrew his dagger, lowered his head, and silently walked towards the darkness behind Ying Qi.
After Shi Yan left, Ying Qi said coldly, and said directly: "Tell me your conditions and tell me Ah Xin's whereabouts!"
Mu Guixue didn't procrastinate, "Now that Ah Xin is in the Beiliang Palace, Lord Ying is powerful and powerful, and he will definitely find it faster than me, I don't ask for anything else, I just want to see Ah Xin." ”
"Good!" Ying Qi responded quickly and left. Even if he turns over this Beiliang Palace, he will find Ah Xin!
After Ying Qi left, Rong Si stepped forward and said softly: "This Ying Qi is really ruthless and unjust!"
Mu Guixue pulled out a smile with difficulty, "His love is all on one person, and the life and death of other people have nothing to do with him......"
Before the dinner was over, Qing Yuan left the table on the grounds that he was unwell, and Ning Bai also left the table on the grounds of taking care of his master.
Out of the palace gate, Qing Yuan asked, "Master Wei wants to know what you think?"
"Ning Bai wants to find someone, this person is my cousin." Ning Bai was vague in his words, after all, it was in the palace.
At the beginning of the fall of Nanchu, he didn't know who was dead or alive, his apprentice was a person who valued love and righteousness, and now that he knew it, he must be looking for it.
"Have you planned it a long time ago, and want to stay in the palace for your teacher and go to find someone by yourself?" Qingyuan Road.
Ning Bai explained: "The apprentice didn't think about hiding it from the master, the master is not in good health, the palace is not a place to recuperate, the apprentice thinks that the master will go back to Yucang Town first, and when the apprentice finds someone, he will naturally go back."
Qing Yuan suddenly said sternly: "What if you can't find someone?" Are you going to keep looking? ”
Ning Bai looked at his master sincerely, "Master, since I already know that people are alive, I naturally want to find them." ”
"No!" Qing Yuan raised his voice again, "One year, the master will give you one year, if you can't find it in one year, you will resign and go back to Yucang Town!" ”
After speaking, Qingyuan pushed the wheelchair by himself. Ning Bai froze in place, she didn't know why the master was so tough on this matter? Thinking about it, the master has been worried about her for many years, and he has planned for her, and the master has given her a year, which is enough.
Ning Bai looked at the figure of his master who was gradually moving away, and wanted to raise his feet and walk forward, but he didn't know who actually grabbed her arm from behind.
Ning Bai turned around and looked, but she panicked, Su Ziqing's good-looking appearance seemed to her at the moment, but she didn't want to see it. After all, she offended this imperial relative twice, and she really couldn't afford to provoke her.
Ning Bai greeted him with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time, Master Su, how are you doing recently?" ”
Just as Ning Bai was still worried about Su Dagongzi's grudge and preparing to take revenge on her, unexpectedly, Su Ziqing took out two jars of wine from behind him, the aroma of the wine was familiar, and Ning Bai immediately remembered that it was the wine he had drunk that night.
Su Ziqing held the wine in front of him and said seriously: "I didn't drink all the fun that night, continue tonight, how about it?"
If Ning Bai didn't allow it, in case she offended Prince Su again and reminded her of the things that offended him the first two times, it wouldn't work, and besides, she hadn't touched the taste of wine for a long time, and she missed it a little.
Ning Bai replied happily: "Master Su, if you don't get drunk tonight, you won't return!"
After the dinner, the ministers left the palace one after another, and calm returned to the palace again. The palace sent patrol men, and the neat steps resounded in this calm and dark night.
The emperor rested in the queen's palace, and in his spare time, the queen talked about Helian Jinyuan's marriage.
The queen said slowly: "The fifteenth day of next month is the day of the marriage of Jin Yuan and Shuwan, which has been scheduled."
The emperor closed his eyes and recuperated, but he still listened to the queen's words, "The fifteenth day of the next month...... This day is a good day, first of all, the fifteenth is the Lantern Festival, and it is the day when the two of them get married, and it is also the day when the Wuman mission is expected to arrive in my Beiliang. The three cannot be shirked. ”
The queen carefully poured a cup of hot tea for the emperor and served it in front of the emperor's eyes, "Jin Yuan's marriage has always been the wish of the concubines, not like the Lantern Festival, handed over to the concubines, Your Majesty can entertain the envoys of the witches." ”
The emperor turned out to be tea, took a sip, pursed his lips and shook his head: "You have just recovered from a serious illness, don't work too hard, just leave the matter of Jinyuan's marriage to you, as for the Lantern Festival in the palace, Zhang Guifei took over the affairs of the palace during your serious illness, and this matter will be handled by Zhang Guifei."
The queen froze her smile for a moment, and then An Ran smiled lightly, "Your Majesty is still thoughtful, so that the concubines can prepare for Jin Yuan's marriage with peace of mind." ”
The emperor let out a deep "um", and after a moment, he asked the palace people to retreat and prepare to rest.
Helian Jinyi returned to the palace a little late, and when he passed through the promenade of the imperial garden, he heard someone talking on the rockery not far away. He is an idle person, and when others do things and talk, Ben has nothing to do with him.
Helian Jin Yi refused to glance at it, but Xu Feng took a look at it and guessed: "The figure on the rockery looks like Doctor Ning."
Hearing this, Helian Jinyi gave up his eyes to take a look. I saw the two people on the rockery hooking shoulders and backs, looking intimate, drinking wine, and complaining to each other.
This situation made Helian Jin Yi feel that it was not very pleasing to the eye, lowered her eyes slightly, subconsciously tightened her robe, and said casually: "Since Dr. Ning has stayed in the palace, then from tomorrow, let her come to the Zhengqing Palace."
Xu Feng is Helian Jinyi's henchman, can't he see this little temper of His Royal Highness? He hesitated and said, "Then the subordinate will inform Doctor Ning tomorrow?"
Helian Jinyi glanced at Xu Feng lightly, "Tomorrow?" His eyes turned to look at the two people on the rockery, and said slowly: "Why tomorrow?" Didn't you just happen to encounter it at this moment? lest you make another trip tomorrow. ”
Xu Feng replied "yes" on his lips, but he thought in his heart that His Royal Highness was really "compassionate" for his subordinates.