After hearing this, Guo Zhongting immediately put on a smiling face, bared a mouthful of big white teeth and stretched out his hand to Zheng Wanniang to ask: "Oh, what did I just say?" I didn't say anything! Come in, come in! After that, he scolded Ah Cui again, "Ah Cui, what are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and take the soup!" ”

Acui stepped forward with a smile and took the tray from Zheng Wanniang's hand.

Xilingyue also led her into the warehouse, and asked with a smile: "Brother Zhongting and I are so busy that our feet don't touch the ground, these days we have been running around, how does Aunt Guifei know that we are in Shanggong Bureau?" ”

Zheng Wanniang hid her face and chuckled: "County Lord, have you forgotten that the concubine is now in charge of the Phoenix Seal and rules the Six Palaces?" ”

Xi Lingyue patted her forehead at this time: "Yes, I forgot, now the six bureaus and twenty-four divisions are all under Aunt Guifei." "Her whereabouts will naturally be reported to Guo Guifei.

"Thank you for my aunt's soup." She paused, and then said, "I haven't thanked you for what happened last time, I'll let you go to the Lizheng Hall to find Du Qiuniang...... You're involved. ”

Zheng Wanniang shook her head lightly: "The county lord is too outward, he can serve the saint, share your worries, and help the concubine wash away her grievances, and the servant can't ask for it." ”

"In front of us in the future, don't 'have a long servant and a short servant', it sounds weird." Guo Zhongting plucked his ears as he spoke.

Ah Cui placed the soup cup on the table in the warehouse and served the soup for the three of them.

"Finish the soup and leave. If Aunt Guifei asks, she will say that I will keep you. Xiling Yueyu gave an order, so that Zheng Wanniang couldn't refuse.

The latter had to pick up a bowl of soup and put it into his mouth in small sips, while his eyes looked around the rows of cabinets in the warehouse, and asked, "It's the first time Wan'er has come to Si Zhen's treasury." What are the county lords and county lords looking for? Can I help? ”

"No need, we can ...... it ourselves" Xiling Yue was about to blurt out a refusal, but halfway through the conversation, she suddenly remembered Zheng Wanniang's previous identity, and hurriedly changed her words, "By the way, Wanniang, I don't mean to be offended, I just want to ask, you used to ...... Have you ever noticed in Li Qi's mansion what special preferences he has? ”

"Special preferences?" Zheng Wanniang put down the soup bowl and shook her head blankly, "Wan'er has fallen out of favor for too long, for Li Servant...... Li Qi's preferences in the past two years are not known. ”

"And before?" Xiling Yue asked again. She remembered that Zheng Wanniang was robbed into the house by Li Qiqiang because of the prophecy of the "Mother of the Son of Heaven", and she was also favored for two or three years, but because she had nothing to do, Li Qi gradually felt disappointed and snubbed her.

Seeing that Xilingyue asked seriously, Zheng Wanniang also tried her best to recall, and said again after a while: "Li Qi has to practice in the morning every day, in addition to that, he just looks at singing and dancing, and likes to put sand tables and draw pictures in his spare time." ”

Morning exercises, watching singing and dancing, setting up sand tables, drawing pictures...... Xiling Yue pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Where did he draw the map?" Zhenhai's? ”

Zheng Wanniang shook her head again: "Wan'er doesn't understand, but the map is very big, and it seems to be more than Zhenhai." ”

Xiling Yue perked up: "Do you remember the appearance of that map?" What are the special markings? ”

Zheng Wanniang recalled again: "When she was favored before, Wan'er also served him with pen and ink, but I can't remember the map. But there is always a small flag on the sand table he puts on the table, which is Chengdu Mansion for a while, Hongzhou for a while, and Yangzhou for a while, always changing back and forth. ”

"Changing around?" Xiling Yue said with questions.

Guo Zhongting was also confused: "These places are very far away, does Li Qi like to travel in the mountains and rivers?" ”

Xilingyue threw a knife over, signaled him to shut up, and continued to ask: "Wanniang, think about it carefully, are there any other place names?" ”

Zheng Wanniang saw that she kept asking, and said with a smile: "County Lord, you are really willing to seek the near and far, and you don't ask about ready-made people, but you want to ask me, a person who has fallen out of favor." ”

"What do you mean...... General Pei? Xiling Yue stomped her foot in annoyance and pulled her up, "I'm really 'dark under the lamp'!" Let's go find him. ”

After saying this, she felt hungry again, so she drank the nourishing soup in front of her, and then pulled Zheng Wanniang out of the warehouse.

Guo Zhongting shouted behind her: "Hey, should I go?" ”

"You look at the storeroom!" Xiling Yuetou stepped out of the threshold without looking back.

Zheng Wanniang was pulled by her to trot all the way, and she wanted to refuse, but seeing that she was walking in the direction of Zichen Palace, she instantly changed her mind and accelerated her pace. The two hurriedly ran to the Zichen Hall and went straight to the back hall.

Pei Yan and Bai Juyi are now in the back hall. Yesterday, the Son of Heaven issued an order for the two to enter the palace early in the morning and begin to study the poem at the end of the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng". In order to prevent the leakage of the poems, they must not leave for the next few days, eat and live in the Zichen Palace, and the range of activities cannot exceed the back hall.

Pei Xingli and Tutu Chengguang are also in the back hall. One of the two is inside, the other is outside, Pei Xingli is responsible for reporting the clues to the Son of Heaven at any time, and providing all the people, money, and materials that Pei Yan and Bai Juyi need; Tutu Chengguang is responsible for keeping an eye on the movements of the two to prevent any abnormal movements from causing information to leak.

Xilingyue knew where Pei Xingli went, so she took Zheng Wanniang to find it.

Now everyone knows that the county lord of Xichuan is a popular person in front of the saint, and he still has a heavy responsibility on his body, and Tutu Chengguang does not dare to stop her. She walked all the way to the back hall unhindered, and before anyone stepped up the steps, the voice had already passed in: "General Pei, General Pei!" ”

However, as soon as she stepped into the door, she was suddenly silenced and stood in embarrassment - the Holy One was actually there!

At this moment, he was holding a few pieces of paper densely covered with handwriting, discussing something with Pei Yan and Bai Juyi. And Pei Xingli stood respectfully aside.

Several people in the room looked up and saw her recklessly breaking into the hall, followed by a palace maid. Li Chun couldn't help frowning: "Yue'er, what are you doing?" ”

Xiling Yue hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Yue'er doesn't know that the saint is here, please forgive the saint." ”

Zheng Wanniang was so close to the Son of Heaven for the first time. In the past, she served Guo Guifei in the Hanxiang Palace, because she was just a bathing maid, she couldn't see the face of the Son of Heaven at all, and even if she did, she glanced at it in a hurry, and didn't dare to look up. Now is the first time she has officially faced the saint, seeing that the Son of Heaven is so heroic and young, her heart is beating wildly, and she is full of joy: "The maid is like Zheng Wan, the palace maid of the palace, and she has seen the saint." ”

Everyone in the hall, except for Xiling Yue, realized that Zheng Wanniang was wrong. According to the harem etiquette system, the palace maid follows behind the master, and she can't take the initiative to introduce herself when she faces the saint, but only salutes silently with the master. But Zheng Wanniang took the initiative to speak out when the Son of Heaven did not ask, and directly explained her name, identity, and the palace she served, and the purpose was already obvious.

Obviously, the emperor has seen too many of this kind of women in the palace, and he saw through Zheng Wanniang's mind at a glance, he didn't even bother to give a smile, and even looked at her stingily, and only said to Xilingyue: "You came just in time, Pei Sheren and Bai Shuren have studied it, and it is determined that this huge "Preface to King Teng's Pavilion" is the true work of Empress Wu. ”

(End of chapter)