Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, followed the emperor back to Beijing and returned to Beijing for three days.

Before the hour of this afternoon, Qi Tai left the military department. As soon as he returned to his home in the southwest of the imperial city, he saw Yang Yunniang in the corner of the courtyard, washing her clothes neatly.

Yun Niang is the little lady who was arranged by the emperor and rewarded to him, who looks like a person he knew many years ago.

Qi Tai suddenly stood next to the cave door, silently observing the little lady not far away. His mood was very complicated, and he even felt that time had a sense of trance and illusory.

After he took Yun Niang home last year, he then left Beijing for official business and went to the north to prepare grain. After that, there were a lot of things, and he didn't bother to think about his own business. After more than half a year, when Qi Tai returned to Jingshi, he saw Yun Niang, and his feelings were so weird.

Humanity is forty and not confused. Qi Tai, who is over forty years old, feels very confused and confused at this time.

When he saw Yun Niang, he naturally remembered the Yang family that Duo Niang had known before, and he had a sense of familiarity.

But Qi Tai understands that even if they are relatives and Yun Niang, they are not the Yang family; Those memories and feelings at the beginning can't be found in Yun Niang, she is a stranger at all!

What's more, even if Yang is still alive, she is not the young person in front of her, and the years will change her appearance; Just like changing Qi Tai's high-spirited scholarly appearance.

Familiar and unfamiliar, that's probably how it feels.

At this moment, Yun Niang finally found Qi Tai when she looked up, she hurriedly stood up a little cramped, and said, "Master, you're back." ”

Qi Tai nodded, pretending to be casual, and walked over there, he said, "There is a maid in the house, you don't have to do these rough jobs in the future." ”

"The slave family is useless...... The slave family wants to serve the master. Yun Niang said. With a nervous and flattering look, she blushed when she said a few words.

Qi Tai asked again: "Are you literate, can you write your own name?" ”

Yun Niang shook her head, and looked at him pitifully with a pair of watery eyes. There was a little inferiority in his eyes, and he looked very admiring to Qi Tai; In an instant, Qi Tai's eyes reminded him of the Yang family many years ago.

Qi Tai hurriedly dispelled the confusion in his heart, and still thought to himself: A woman who is illiterate and does not even understand the most common etiquette, admires me, a man who is over forty years old, just because of this rich and elegant mansion and the days of fine clothes and food?

"I'll teach you slowly in the future." Qi Tai Dao.

Yun Niang was very happy to hear this, and Qi Tai could see it through her expression and trivial and overwhelmed movements. But she didn't seem to know how to express it, and said: "The master enters the house and sits, and the slave family will make you tea first, and then go to cook." ”

Qi Tai nodded and walked to the upper room. Yun Niang quickly washed her hands first, then wiped a few times on her body, and followed.

In this upper room, there is a screen. Outside the screen, there were eight immortal tables, several cases, chairs and other furniture, and Qi Tai sat down next to a few cases. Yun Niang was really busy going to the kitchen, and she should get water to make tea.

Qi Tai didn't do anything, he was still sitting on the Taishi's chair in a daze.

The confusion and impetuousness in his heart are not only a little confusing with the years, characters, but also grievances. The day before yesterday, the saint gave a celebration banquet in the Fengtian Palace, and decreed that Liu was promoted to the Marquis of Anyuan; At that time, Qi Taixin

Li was very unhappy, but he didn't say it.

Liu Sheng has made great contributions in Mongolia, and it is reasonable to be reasonable, and there is nothing wrong with sealing the marquis. However, people's likes and dislikes sometimes do not change because of right and wrong, and it is a personal grudge in itself.

It wasn't until today that Qi Tai slowly sorted out his heart. In the final analysis, the reason why he hated and even hated the "martyrdom" in his heart, Zhang Xin was the original seed!

Zhang Xin, the martial artist who took Yang's life, defected to the Jingnan Army at the beginning of Taizong's army; Taizong was able to successfully raise troops, and Zhang Xinju contributed a lot. Later, Taizong ascended the throne and killed Qi Tai's family members and friends in the court; When Taizong died, these new hatreds and old hatreds, somehow, turned into disgust for the "heroes of Jingjing" in Qi Tai's heart.

But Qi Tai has a good impression and gratitude to Zhu Gaoxu, the second son of Taizong. People's private likes and dislikes are sometimes so unreasonable that it is difficult to explain.

Moreover, Qi Tai is now the secretary of the Ming Army, as a high-ranking and powerful figure in the Ming Empire, he has to think about everything from a larger level. Otherwise, he himself will deny himself, is he qualified to sit in that position?

Qi Tai said silently: The ancient gentleman may also have grievances and likes and dislikes in his heart; But a gentleman understands his duties and is good at introspection and self-reflection, so there is no fault in what he does.

Yun Niang came in with tea, and Qi Tai smelled a fragrance. He came back to his senses, glanced at Yun Niang, and couldn't help but sigh "sigh".

At this moment, Yun Niang asked timidly: "Is the slave family inferior to the third aunt (Yang)?" ”

Qi Tai was a little surprised to hear this. In the past few days, Yun Niang has been obedient and very obedient; And she was illiterate, which made Zitai think that she might be very simple. At this time, he realized that no matter whether he is literate or not, people have feelings.

"Although you look a little similar to her before, they are completely two people, and it is useless to compare." Qi Tai said kindly.

Yun Niang said softly: "The slave family heard that the master's family ...... It's all gone. If the master doesn't dislike the slave family, doesn't he want to have a descendant? When she said this, her head lowered, her face and neck flushed, and she didn't dare to face Qi Tai.

Qi Tai was also stunned. After middle age, he has indeed lost the impulse of his youth, and he will not see a beautiful little lady, so it is easy to be distracted.

Yun Niang said it very reasonably, but everything has changed. Maybe it's not that the little lady in front of him is bad, but Qi Tai himself has changed, and he can no longer find the feelings he felt when he was young.

"Come and sleep in my room tonight." Qi Tai finally spoke. This is also the heart of the Holy One.

Yun Niang blushed, whispered "um", and nodded.

……

The sun went down and the day came to an end. But for Yao Ji, today seems to have just begun.

She counted the days, Zhu Gaoxu should come to Concubine Xian's Palace tonight. Yao Ji didn't have Du Qianrui's cooking skills, and after asking the cook to prepare the wine and food, she spent her time on dressing up.

At this time, Yao Ji was still facing the bronze mirror, constantly examining every place in herself.

The appearance in the bronze mirror is slightly blurry, and her jade-like skin has turned goose yellow in the mirror, but it looks more gorgeous as if it has been covered with a layer of color.

She stood up again, looking at her body carefully. Pink open collar lining

, light purple half-arms, plain six-panel skirts, all made of soft silk, look a little elegant, and show her very seductive and uneven figure.

Such a frank collar style is not as crisp and half-exposed as the Hanfu of the Tang Dynasty, but the collar is relatively high, which is more reserved; However, Yao Ji's breasts are very plump and full, and the bandeau she wears is deliberately made of slightly thinner satin, so if you look closely, you can see two contours that are reverie, but they are not obvious. She felt as if it was a half-pushing, subtle and affectionate meaning.

Yao Ji was very satisfied with today's clothes.

The concubines in the palace, as long as they are not on some ceremonial occasions, can be dressed according to their own preferences, and they are also allowed to dress more boldly than the women of the official and private families; You can even design your own clothes. However, the costumes of the imperial concubines are generally relatively small.

The cutting of the clothes of the ladies in the palace is also an important source of the continuous evolution of women's clothing in the world. Those high-ranking ladies will enter the palace from time to time to meet the queen and concubines; When the ladies of the Decree found that there were new styles in the court, they would follow suit. The idea of the ladies is very simple, the emperor has three thousand beauties, and the clothes of the concubines can arouse the interest of the emperor, and they must be ingenious and tasteful designs. As a result, the change of clothing was imitated by the ladies, and then learned by the wealthy women outside, and then spread to all parts of the country.

Yao Ji saw her own gorgeous and seductive person in the mirror, and thought that she would soon be appreciated by Zhu Gaoxu, she was a little excited in front of the mirror, and turned around briskly, and her skirt floated up, as if in a fairyland.

Although Yao Ji is not as dull as ordinary women, she is also dignified and serious. Only in front of Zhu Gaoxu, she often becomes like a little lady, coquettish without any scruples, and makes some whimsical requests.

All because of Zhu Gaoxu's pampering and connivance over the years. Yao Ji enjoyed that kind of pampering very much, so that her regret of not being protected by her father since she was a child seemed to be compensated.

Gao Xu's favor is sincere. He governed the army and the country according to the law and military law, and was usually very strict; But Yao Fang did something wrong, but he was still forgiven by Zhu Gaoxu, and he was the king of a country who still found a way to design a way back for Yao Fang, isn't he afraid that Yao Ji will be sad?

Now Yao Ji is deeply relied on by the queen and has a very good life in the palace. In addition to not having an imperial heir, what bothers her the most is her brother.

The power of the imperial concubine Mu Zhen's maiden family is growing, which makes Queen Guo Wei very jealous. Yao Ji saw these things in her eyes, and she also understood that the maiden family of the imperial concubines was still very important.

Originally, the Yao family performed well in the "Battle of Crime", but her brother destroyed his future, which made Yao Ji very angry. And the father of their brother and sister, although he was made a marquis, seemed to be unreliable; The long-term hard work on the Tusi territory and his old age seem to have worn out Yao Fengji's ambition, and he has shown that he is almost indisputable.

As soon as Yao Ji thought of these things, she couldn't help but be haunted by sorrow.

At this moment, a female official hurriedly walked to the door of the dormitory, and curtsied on her knees and said, "Concubine Yuxian, the Holy Lord has arrived!" ”

Yao Ji's face was happy, and she turned around and said, "Go with the palace to meet you." ”

In an instant, her troubles were immediately forgotten.

The female official led a team of palace maids to surround Yao Ji. Although Yao Ji did not wear a complicated dress and a phoenix crown, she only wore a skirt, but no one could compare to her. Her beauty, among the women, is like many green leaves surrounding a dazzling peony.

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