The Jingshi of the autumn moon is a little less enthusiastic than the summer, and there is a little more sedimentation. The golden leaves of the sycamore are swaying, and the green pine is dripping. In the small and delicate courtyard, the summer brocade flowers have gradually disappeared from the grass, and they lie dormant in the familiar soil, waiting for the new spring to come in half a year.

The flowers fall, another autumn moon, and another season of reincarnation.

"Ha ......"

With a low groan, like a lazy cat, a small head quietly poked out of the stocky and soft brocade quilt. The hair is like a waterfall, and the skin is whiter than snow. She stretched out half of her lotus arm and rubbed her eyes unwillingly, and a pair of eyes like black gems slowly opened, blooming with dazzling and charming brilliance.

On another bed a few feet away, the thin futon was folded neatly without a trace of wrinkles, and the person on it was nowhere to be found. Cher turned to her side. Quietly looking at the folded bedding, the corners of her mouth curled, revealing a sweet smile.

Since Qingying and Lori held hands, the relationship between the two has undergone new changes, without the faint barrier of each other's identities, adding a bit of subtle spirit to each other. Sometimes, Qingying has not finished the last sentence, and she already knows what he will say next; And when she wanted something, he always got it to her before she did. Touched by being understood, and surprised by the flood of surprises...... All of this is wonderful. Lori couldn't help but think, why did she get along with him for only 2 months, but she had a feeling that she had known him for 20 years?

Although I haven't done it with him yet...... Do that kind of thing, but he's already holding his hand, and he's his man, right? Thinking of this, Lori's heart thumped, and two touching blush appeared on her fair cheeks. Thinking of his hand being held by him, the numb feeling like being shocked by electricity, Lori's cheeks couldn't help but turn red; She gently covered her smooth face, her fragrant body writhed, her slender legs swayed, and in a blink of an eye, the brocade quilt that was originally spread on the couch was wrapped in all of her body; Feeling the softness and softness that envelops the whole body, Lori suddenly became childlike, rolling back and forth on the wide bed, releasing her happy mood to the fullest.

"Qingying...... Qingying...... Hee-hee......" Lori read in a low voice, and suddenly burst out laughing. The smile is sweet and soft, beautiful and gentle, like a mountain spring and a bright moon, and a snow lotus blooming.

At this moment, the "ding ......" bell in the corner of the wall rang incomprehensibly, disturbing this beautiful scenery. Lori rolled on the bed for a long time, and when she saw the time displayed on the clock, she bounced up from the couch like a frightened little beast, revealing her pink clothes and large patches of snow-white skin. Feeling the chill of autumn, Lori whined and wailed, quickly retracted into the quilt, and put on all kinds of clothes inside; She gritted her teeth, and as if she had made up her mind, she lifted the soft and comfortable quilt and jumped from the bed to the ground.

On the dresser, vermilion and green, there are some daughter's cosmetics and wooden hairpins. Sitting in front of the stage,Lori began to dress up for the day,After a while,A radiant girl is slim,Waist like a stream,Earlobes bright moon。 Looking at the familiar and beautiful figure in the diorama, Lori nodded with satisfaction, she took out a few pieces of silver from the drawer, picked up the lunch box and walked out the door.

Pushing open the door, the sun was dazzling, and Lori couldn't help but squint her eyes; Beneath her feet, a cobblestone path winds its way to the side door. Feeling the uneven but comfortable pleasure coming from her feet, breathing in the fresh morning air, Lori was in a good mood, humming an unknown song in her nose, happy and happy.

The courtyard house where Qing Ying temporarily lived is located in the northeast of the imperial capital, and when you open the door, it is a bustling and lively main road block. Although there are many dignitaries living here, there are still a large number of hawkers and vendors who set up stalls. At the end of the day, the whole street had already awakened from its slumber of the night, and it was crowded with people, as if it had not been affected by the unfavorable situation of the battle ahead.

Lori is like an elf, fluttering through the busy streets, attracting many people to look back. The rise of the Westernization Movement not only brought strong ships and sharp cannons to Mites, but also brought the cultural trends and atmosphere belonging to Europe to the Chinese people who have lived in this ancient land for thousands of years. After all these years of subtle change, people's reaction to this somewhat unusual phenomenon is far less intense than it was twenty years ago; Seeing that a young girl in the flower season is not reserved and gentle, she honestly stays at home to learn female popularity, but often shows up on the street alone, and no one stands up to uphold traditional morality and righteousness, and preaches with righteousness.

Walk through the streets and alleys to the front of the store. A middle-aged woman in her forties was keeping accounts behind the counter, and when she saw Lori coming, a smile appeared on her chubby face. Since Lori and Qingying came to Beijing, she has been buying breakfast in this store, and the middle-aged woman shopkeeper has long remembered Lori's beautiful and moving face. Without her instructions, the female shopkeeper skillfully matched all kinds of food in the two porcelain bowls, and then took Lori's lunch box and stacked it neatly inside.

"Hulala." The footsteps were heavy, and there was a clang, and a crisp sound of gold and iron crashing suddenly came into Lori's ears, accompanied by a faint miserable scream. Lori has been in the capital for more than 2 months, and it is the first time she has heard this kind of voice. She turned her head in surprise and looked around, and after a while, the strange sound came from far to near, and a scene that she couldn't understand came into view.

A group of city guards dressed in gray clothes came up armed with inferior spears made of ash heads. Because it is located in the imperial city of Beijing and at the foot of the Son of Heaven, there are many powerful people living here; These soldiers did not rage on the streets like the ruffians in the film and television works, but lined up in a fairly neat column, and the surrounding people did not commit any crimes. On the other side of them, a group of ragged, scrawny beggars were forced forward by the tips of their spears against their backs, each with a pair of iron shackles on their feet; As soon as he walked slowly, the soldiers next to him would hit the man with the shaft of his spear, even the old and weak, women and children.

Lori's face was unbearable, biting her lip, her big eyes full of incomprehension and compassion. The beggar-like men were yellow-skinned and thin, almost all old men and women, but they were so angry that they should be subjected to such treatment; It's just a matter of being shackled to your feet, and you're being beaten with the merciless clubs of those sergeants!

"Auntie, what's going on, are they all criminals? Why have I lived in Beijing for more than two months, but I have never heard of such a thing? Seeing the strange group of strange combinations hurrying and drifting away, and finally disappearing into the street in the distance, Lori slowly turned around and asked the female shopkeeper in a voice that had become a little hoarse.

The female shopkeeper shook her head slightly and said in a low voice: "They are all people who fled from the Northeast Front, and they thought that the capital was the safest, so they all ran in." Unfortunately, the reality is not as rosy as they imagined. A few days ago, the imperial court had to accept these people and give them gruel once a day; However, as more and more refugees poured into the capital from the northeast, the magnates generally reported that it affected their living environment, so the emperor issued an order to drive all these refugees out of the capital. In order to prevent them from escaping halfway, the people of Suncheonfu thought of using this method to lock all their feet so that they would not have to worry. ”

"Northeast Front? But the Di newspaper has always said that the North Korean side has won the war! Lori's eyes widened.

"Little girl, you are too simple. How many of the things that the Great Qing Kingdom is on the surface of the present are credible? I have a relative who runs errands at the military plane, and according to him, the Korean war situation of Rausch has long been rotten than the mud on a rainy day, and all the people of the imperial court are withdrawing from the country; If not, where did so many refugees from the Northeast come from? The female shopkeeper sighed and said, "Didn't I already do foreign affairs in the Qing Dynasty, and Tongguang Zhongxing, I couldn't even beat a small Dongyi wolf!" ……”

Lori's heart was in turmoil, and all she saw was the tragic scene when the poor people were forcibly driven out of the capital just now. Listening to the female shopkeeper still chattering there, her heart moved, and she suddenly remembered. A few days ago, that guy Qingying seemed to have told him about the defeat of the front-line army, and at that time he thought that this foreign prince was talking nonsense, and he didn't take it to heart at all. But now it seems that what he said is probably true, if the front line is not defeated, how can the residents in their own country leave their homeland and flee from the Mukden area to Zhili?

As soon as Lori gritted her silver teeth, she wanted to help the fleeing people, but when she touched the silver taels on her body, she was disappointed to find that after paying the bill, there was not much money left on her body, and she couldn't buy any food at all. And although the monthly expenses of himself and Qingying are quite generous, they have to be evenly distributed to so many people, and in the end, everyone will not get anything at all.

Wait a minute...... Since Qingying is the prince of Germany and the second son of their emperor, can he use his way to let the country behind him intervene in this war?

As soon as she thought about this, Lori's heart moved, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was possible; Germany has already sold a giant ironclad ship to the Qing Dynasty, and it is quite possible to mediate the war between the Qing and Japan. If Germany could successfully mediate the war between the Qing Dynasty and Japan, then the losses thus recovered would be much greater than the gains gained by relieving themselves with a little money!

But...... In this case, wouldn't that guy Qingying be very embarrassed? What if he was upset with himself because of this......

Lori thought faintly, with a complicated expression on her pretty face, struggling and hesitating, and for a while she froze in place.