Maybe it's because I'm closer to Li Luoying.

Or maybe it's because the emperor has repeatedly shown a close attitude to him.

Zhou Ruocheng's treatment is completely different from when he first came in, everyone present is very arrogant, Zhou Ruocheng is a petty official who is lucky to get a ticket and plan to come in to try his luck in the eyes of this group of dignitaries and nobles, but now it is different, the chief secretary of the National Academy and the princess! Your Majesty! Giving you such a big face to stay around?

So as soon as Zhou Ruocheng left, he was surrounded by a group of guys holding wine glasses in their hands, one here is self-reported, and one is your mother there, okay?

Fortunately, Zhou Ruocheng has long been accustomed to this kind of situation where someone comes to climb the relationship, and he also maintains the usual Mona Lisa's smile form of entertainment.

However, it can be seen that this group of guys still has a certain distance from Zhou Ruocheng, and the questions asked have not been delved in, but there are a few relatively young guys who are willing to talk to Zhou Ruocheng, but as soon as the old guys' eyes are crossed, they shut up.

Zhou Ruocheng didn't bother himself, and after a while, he found an opportunity to break away from this group of guys and paced on the sidelines.

After walking a few steps, I heard someone calling for me behind me.

"Zhou, Lord Zhou?"

Zhou Ruocheng turned around and saw Bai Yuting looking at him with a strange face, why did she say "strange"?

Zhou Ruocheng has seen a lot of girls in his life, but if they are really separated, there are only two kinds, one is disgust, and the other is worship.

Of course, most of them were disliked in the early stage.

But what can Bai Yuting say when she looks at herself, she can see desire in her eyes, but she is entangled in one point, and her desire to speak is still the first time for Zhou Ruocheng.

"Oh, it's Sister Xiaobai, what's the matter?" Zhou Ruocheng asked.

Bai Yuting seemed to be a little resistant to this title, but it was not as obvious as the reaction of Zhou Ruocheng when she said the wrong thing last time, she just trembled her eyebrows, "Lord Zhou, I have never been out of Jingzhou since I was a child, I want to ask, what is this Luzhou like?" ”

"Luzhou?" Zhou Ruocheng was also stunned, and he didn't know what the meaning of this little girl was asking herself this question, "Luzhou is a symbol of the south, most of the economy in southern China is in Luzhou, although there is not much land area, but it has the most dense population distribution in South China, and the highest cultural buildings in Jianghua, it is a good place." ”

"I didn't mean that, I just wanted to ask, Lord Zhou, what do you think of this place in Luzhou?" Bai Yuting asked.

"Me? I don't like Luzhou. Zhou Ruocheng replied very simply.

Bai Yuting was also stunned, "Why?" ”

"I said it, there are too many people in Luzhou, I grew up in Jingzhou, you want to know what Luzhou is, and its alias is called 'Western Capital', okay? If I go, I'm not used to it. Zhou Ruocheng replied.

"Even if it's a long stay?" Bai Yuting asked.

"Even if it's for a long time." Zhou Ruocheng closed his eyes, put down the plate in his hand, and replied.

“。。。。。” Bai Yuting thought for a while, "So, do you still want to go back to Jingzhou?" ”

"Hmm... How to say it ... I've been in the place where I work for so long, and I don't have the final say on many things, but I work for the emperor, right? Though my roots are here ... But there is my family there, and the people I love. Zhou Ruocheng smiled, "I don't know how to answer this question, I can only say that it is difficult to choose." ”

"If you had to choose between your career and your lover, what would you choose?" Bai Yuting asked again.

"Lover." Zhou Ruocheng replied, without thinking.

Bai Yuting looked at Zhou Ruocheng and didn't ask, but the worship in her eyes seemed to become more firm, "Okay, thank you Lord Zhou for answering my questions." ”

After speaking, Bai Yuting walked away.

Zhou Ruocheng, who was a little puzzled, stood in place, thinking that it was really a bachelor, and what he was thinking about was really one out of another.

After walking around, Zhou Ruocheng returned to Li Luoying.

Seeing Zhou Ruocheng come back with an indifferent face in his trouser pocket, Li Luoying also smiled, "What did you do?" ”

"I've worked a little the road of life." Zhou Ruocheng replied.

Li Luoying can only half-understand and half-guess Zhou Ruocheng's half-vain way of speaking, "So what is the result?" ”

"Anyway, where did the emperor go?" Zhou Ruocheng looked around, but didn't seem to find the emperor.

"Brother Huang, he has every opportunity, where is your leisure, I would have gone back a long time ago." Li Luoying replied.

"Oh so," Zhou Ruocheng leaned against the edge of the table, "Then I'm almost leaving." ”

"Is this leaving?" Li Luoying asked.

"What? Do you want me to stay and pay you a word? Zhou Ruocheng asked.

Li Luoying was also stunned: "Do you think I need you to accompany me?" ”

Zhou Ruocheng also smiled: "I have to meet someone." ”

"Who?" Li Luoying asked.

"Queen Mother." Zhou Ruocheng also replied.

Li Luoying was also stunned, although she didn't know in detail, but she also knew what the relationship between Zhou Ruocheng and her imperial brother was, although the relationship between the imperial brother and the queen mother was indeed very close on the surface, but she had heard of the struggle in private, and looked at Zhou Ruocheng's face that didn't seem to be telling the truth, "You're not kidding me, are you?" ”

"Where am I kidding you? I'm serious. Zhou Ruocheng replied.

"It's all this time, it's time for the queen mother to rest, she has been eating fasting and chanting Buddha in the harem, and she is used to going to bed early and getting up early." Li Luoying replied.

"Even then I'm going, it's a matter of etiquette." Zhou Ruocheng waved his finger.

"Forget it, since you are so persistent," Li Luoying didn't say much, "It's night, I'll ask someone to show you the way, and if the queen mother sleeps, don't disturb her." ”

"Just say this to this princess! Princess-sama Chitose Chitose Chitose! Zhou Ruocheng saluted with a hippie smile.

Li Luoying looked at Zhou Ruocheng's disdain, clapped his hands, and saw a little guy walk in and kneel down in front of Li Luoying, "The slave has asked the princess and Lord Zhou to say goodbye." ”

"Xiao Mo, send you an errand to show Master Zhou a way and send him to my mother's palace." Li Luoying said.

"Yes." The little guy nodded, stood up, lowered his head and made a gesture of please with one hand, "Lord Zhou, please here." ”

Zhou Ruocheng didn't say anything, so he followed the little guy and walked out the door.

Looking at the two of them who were walking fast, Li Luoying also shook her head, "Eh, I'm really tired." ”

Although the Forbidden City looks brilliant from the outside, if you really walk in to see it, it is actually an ordinary one, it should be like that, the long imperial corridor is separated by five or six meters is the lantern with the light bulb, emitting a warm light, it is very late, at this time, except for the guards on patrol, you can hardly see anyone else, the little guy walked silently in front with his head down, Zhou Ruocheng did not look around, followed behind, met the patrolling guards on the road, and the guards did not shout loudly like on the TV, "What person!" They all spoke softly, and the little guy and the guards explained a few words before they were let go, and when Zhou Ruocheng passed by, the guards on the side deliberately and respectfully retreated aside.

After walking around the palace like a maze, the little maid took Zhou Ruocheng to a courtyard.

"Lord Zhou, we're here." The little guy said to Zhou Ruocheng.

Zhou Ruocheng looked up, and there were some plaques on the high courtyard wall with three big characters "Cining Palace" written on them.

The little servant stepped forward and knocked in front of the door, and after about half a minute, the door opened, and a deacon poked his head out, "Who?" ”

"If you go back to the adult, the little one will be ordered by Princess Luoying to send this Lord Zhou to meet the Queen Mother." The little guy replied.

"The Queen Mother has already fallen asleep, so I'll report something tomorrow." The deacon said.

Before the little guy could speak, Zhou Ruocheng said first, "So, is Lord Liu there?" ”

"You mean Grandpa Liu?" The deacon asked, "Grandpa Liu seems to have just fallen asleep." ”

Zhou Ruocheng hurriedly stepped forward and stuffed a ticket into the deacon's hand, "Please also help me see if Lord Liu is asleep, if not, please help me report it." ”

Seeing this, the deacon glanced away, stretched out his hand from his sleeve to collect the ticket, and replied, "Wait a moment." He closed the door again.

"My lord, I have already brought the road, please leave first." The servant stood aside and saluted.

"Oh, thank you so much little brother." Zhou Ruocheng stepped forward and took out a few taels of silver from his pocket, "Come, it's the New Year, go back and buy some pastries." ”

"Lord Hui, I can't take this, the princess warned us not to accept this food." The little guy replied.

"Little broken boy and talk nonsense to me!" Zhou Ruocheng took the little girl's hand and stuffed the silver in his hand into his hand, "The first thing I did when I went back was to report to your princess that I gave you the silver, and said that I pulled my ears and stuffed it into your mouth, you see what your princess does with you!" ”

The little guy was so frightened that he almost knelt down, and replied tremblingly, "My lord. . . I don't dare. ”

"What is there to dare not, you believe me! If the princess punishes you, you will come to me, I will take as many sticks as you get, and I will pay you medical bills, okay? Zhou Ruocheng said with an oath.

The little guy was still suspicious, and Zhou Ruocheng pushed him and told him to leave quickly.

After sending the little servant away, Zhou Ruocheng waited at the door for a while, and the door opened again, and the deacon changed his contemptuous attitude at the beginning, and became respectful, "Lord Zhou, Gonggong Liu is waiting for you." ”

"Please show me the way." Zhou Ruocheng said.

The deacon opened half of the door, made a half-bowed posture and pushed it aside respectfully, and Zhou Ruocheng walked in.

The deacon bowed again and walked all the way to Zhou Ruocheng and began to lead the way.

Looking at the other party like this, Zhou Ruocheng also smacked his tongue in his heart, and asked himself if he could not take a big step with this bending over, could he have the speed of him, thinking that he was also the one who almost entered the palace as a eunuch back then.

The deacon took Zhou Ruocheng to the side door, stopped in front of a door, turned sideways and said to the door, "Report to my father-in-law, Lord Zhou brought it." ”

Then I heard the familiar voice, "Come in." ”

The deacon opened the door, the trembling wooden door opened and there was no sound at all, the furnishings in the room were very simple, there was a round table and a few round stools in front of him, and Liu Yiyuan, who was already wearing bed clothes, sat there, still the empty eyes that didn't seem to be looking at himself, "Lord Zhou, don't come unharmed." ”

Zhou Ruocheng stepped forward and gave a big salute, "Lord Liu, I haven't seen you for some days, and I'm really embarrassed to come to see you so late." ”

"Now that I'm embarrassed, I don't need to be restrained." Liu Yiyuan made a gesture to sit down: "Lord Zhou, please say it directly." ”

"It's not because I came back for the annual meeting, Jiangzhou's affairs, Grandpa Liu helped me a lot, I came to see you on purpose." Zhou Ruocheng said.

"Are you coming to see me, or are you looking at the Queen Mother? Please also explain clearly. Liu Yiyuan replied ruthlessly.

Zhou Ruocheng also smiled, "Eh, I still can't hide Lord Liu's eyes, I'm here to meet the Queen Mother, of course, Lord Liu, I also want to come to meet you." ”

"Lord Zhou, you are really flattered by the way, the old slave." Liu Yiyuan said.

"How can it, how can it?" Zhou Ruocheng smiled bitterly.

"So the annual meeting has been held earlier, why don't you come at that time, and have to come to see you at this juncture? What did Lord Zhou do earlier? Liu Yiyuan asked.

"Back to my father-in-law, I was called by the emperor. . . ." Zhou Ruocheng said mysteriously.

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