I didn't pay attention to what the group of them said later, but I was surprised to hear that there was no temple manager in the palace now. The head of the inner palace, Ren An, has been put on death row by Qi Hou because of poisoning. It stands to reason that the palace should appoint a new head of the temple to take over his duties as soon as possible. Qi Hou dragged the candidate for a long time, but he couldn't tell the person who came up from below, which one was Chen Heng's and which one was not. So, simply vacate the position of the headmaster?

In this way, if Ah Su wants to poison Qi Hou, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

"Stand up, someone's coming!"

I was thinking about it when a woman in blue at the head of the team suddenly turned around and shouted at the crowd. The girls who gathered to chat hurriedly closed their mouths and ran back to their respective positions with their skirts.

On the wide bluestone slab road of Qi Palace, two temple people, one fat and one thin, came from afar. The thin temple man wore a black gauze crown and a dark blue robe, pinching his waist with one hand and swaying back and forth with the other, and his heavy panting could be heard from afar. Although the fat temple man next to him said that he had a round face and a big belly, he had two small thin legs, and he bounced and bounced when he ran, and he came to us in a blink of an eye. "Let's go! Come with me! No matter how late it is, you will have to wait for you. The fat temple man pointed to the number of people and waved his hand.

The beauties took care of their makeup with their hands, and instantly shook their spirits.

Today, the Marquis of Qi wants to feast on the grandson of the king of Chu in the small pavilion, which is built on the lotus lake of the Qi Palace. Legend has it that back then, the prince of Qi Huan respected the king and dominated the princes, and in his inner palace, there were also Yue Nu, Wei Ji, Chu concubines, and Song servants, and all the beauties gathered. In order to enjoy the lotus with these delicate beauties, Duke Huan specially dug a huge lake in the Qi Palace and planted thousands of hibiscus in the lake. Later, Huan Gongyue traveled to the lake at night, and also met a goddess dressed in lotus petals on the lake.

On the same day, when I met the candle tree again in Xinjiang City, he compared me to a shimizu hibiscus in front of the shirtless and the rangers. But the Qin State is located in the west, and the southern hibiscus cannot be raised in the cold water. I have only heard of the beautiful scenery of lotus leaves and seen silk paintings embroidered with hibiscus, but I have never seen the real lotus pond flower shadow.

Now it is summer, and the hibiscus is in full bloom in June, which is the best time to watch. Qi Hou chose to entertain the southern Chu people in Xiaoya Pavilion this time, and he also wanted to take the opportunity to appreciate the lotus.

From the terrace to the small pavilion, the people of the fat temple chattered about the rules of the banquet along the way, from the preferences of the Marquis of Qi, to the customs of the Chu people, from the taboos in the palace, to the proportions of speaking. The thin temple man beside him was the opposite, he kept his mouth shut and kept silent, just looking at each of us one by one with eagle-like eyes.

After walking for more than a quarter of an hour, everyone was brought to a low wall in the southeast corner of the Qi Palace.

"Wait here first, have you remembered all the rules you just mentioned?" The fat temple man asked.

"I remember it clearly." All the women answered in unison.

"No matter which noble lady you are in before entering the palace, you can't slack off when you serve in front of the king. After serving, the king is happy, maybe there will be a lady among you tonight. If you don't serve well and provoke the fire of the king—hmph, then there is a shortage of clothes and maids in the clothing bureau! "The man of the thin temple finally opened his mouth at this moment, he had fine skin and tender flesh, his voice was high and sharp, and when he spoke, an orchid finger dangled in front of my eyes.

"Alright, let's go inside! Today's banquet, without the chief manager staring, I don't know if the wine jar from the kitchen has been transported in? The fat temple man pulled the corners of the thin man's clothes, and the two of them quickly gave up and got into the half-flowered doorway in the wall.

It's really strange, I've seen the roof of this little Accord, where did the huge lotus lake go?

"What are you looking at?" Seeing that I was turning my head to look around, Ah Su asked with a smile.

"Nothing."

"You're not looking for Lianhu, are you? The little pavilion is built on top of the lotus lake, and you can see it after you cross this wall. Ah Su looked at me, and there was a faint soft light in his two smiling eyes. The look seemed to be a sensible sister looking at her childlike sister, anxious to pick lotus and play.

I hated her tenderness, and I hated her time and time again, when she seized on my weakness, tried to destroy my hostility towards her with tenderness.

"She is the righteous daughter of Zuo Xiang's family, of course it is different. Sister Shi is the first time to enter the palace, everything is fresh, don't say that people know where Lianhu is, maybe even the king has seen several times. Ha, it's a pity, people are ugly, and it's useless to see them no matter how many faces. "The one who answered the phone was Jiu Ji, the daughter of Cao Li, the doctor of the Qi Kingdom. Since Ji Jiang fell ill, this is her best background, but this girl was born with a mean mouth and is not pleasing among everyone.

"Jiu Ji, didn't you also participate in the Spring Festival banquet in the palace this year? What does the king look like, but he can be kind? A beautiful woman next to her asked with a smile.

"Of course I did! The gentleman is kind to others, he looked at the embroidery I offered, and praised the spring swallow picture I embroidered as good as my people! Jiu Ji looked at Ah Su, raised her eyebrows, and was very proud.

Ah Su glanced at Jiu Ji, lowered his head and smiled coldly, that smile hid mockery, conspiracy, and bloodshed that this group of Huaichun girls couldn't imagine at all.

Not long after the fat and thin people entered, two little maids dressed in plain clothes and red brocade ribbons walked out of the half-flower door hole and led us into the courtyard wall of the small pavilion. Behind the low wall, there is a tree-lined path that leads to the attic. In the soft wind, the fragrance of lotus is stronger, listen attentively, and from time to time you can hear the sound of the wind hitting the lotus leaves behind the sound of the leaves.

At the small west gate of the small pavilion, a temple man with thick eyebrows and big eyes was standing at the entrance with a piece of wood. As he counted the numbers, he arranged the thirteen people in two columns according to their heights. Jiu Ji and Ah Su were at the front, and I and another girl in a lake blue short skirt were at the end.

"Hurry—hurry! The king's boat has arrived in the middle of the lake, hurry up to the front hall and wait! As soon as the line was lined up, the fat temple people walked in with a flick of the curtain, "The four people in front of the queue are on the high position, and the others are left with two for each case." Hey, who got you here? Quick, get to the front! "When the fat temple man passed by me, he suddenly stretched out his hand and took me out and stuffed me into the front of the line.

"Chief, this woman is a low-ranking woman, and she is the daughter of a merchant's family." The named temple man came to the fat temple man with a hunched waist.

"Do you know why you can only crouch here and nod your head? You kid doesn't have eyes, and you don't have brains! The fat temple man slapped the head of the small temple man and said to the beauties: "Come with me, remember what you said on the road just now, whether it is expensive or cheap, whether it is like a lady, or a, it depends on your own performance later!" ”

"No!" The women raised their chins and chests, and the lotus steps moved lightly, and their little faces suddenly bloomed like flowers and smiles.

Through a curtain of light veil, there is a cramped passage, and further on, there are two small doors. After the fat temple people lifted an amethyst curtain, we entered the banquet hall of the small pavilion.

This small pavilion is a southern water pavilion, surrounded by water on one side, surrounded by water on three sides, and a six-zhang wide lakeside hall room with only four red lacquered columns supporting the ceiling cornices. There are no walls between the columns, only white jade balustrades with relief pieces of lotus leaves connected to each other.

At this moment, I am standing in the banquet hall, rippling blue water, reflecting the sun and hibiscus, and taking in the panoramic view. In the corner of the water pavilion, a budding hibiscus flower was like a full-term doll, quietly poking its pink pink little head into the white jade railing of the small pavilion, looking at us curiously.

The people of the fat temple assigned Ah Su, Jiu Ji, and the other two girls to the main seat, and I and the woman in the dark blue clothes were divided in the lower right corner of the main seat.

"Your name is Ah Shi, right?" After everyone was seated, the girl who was kneeling next to me suddenly leaned into my ear and asked.

"Hmm, sister's name?" I rarely spend time with these girls these days, and they know me mostly because of the relationship between the temple and the people.

"My name is Zhu Nu, and my father is the next doctor, Dong Guotu."

"It turned out to be the noble daughter of the Dongguo family, and my sister is polite." I sat on my knees with a slight bow.

"My sister's hand is really coincidental, I said why Su Qi and her sister have been getting close these days, it turned out to be for this 'Qi Jiang Wing'!" The girl pointed to the three golden wings between my eyebrows and said enviously.

"This is called 'Ginger Wings'?" I asked, pushing the wings between my eyebrows.

"Six years ago, when Qi Jiangyuan, the first beauty of our Qi country, married Chu State, there were three golden-red mayfly wings made by the monarch on his forehead. The king and Princess Qijiang have a deep love for brothers and sisters, and it took three days and three nights to make the three wings that made the princess once brilliant in the world. Such a beautiful story, the nobles of Qi don't know which one of them, and which one doesn't know. We people have the intention to do it, but we can't do it clumsy, since my sister has posted it, why pretend not to know! After today, if my sister becomes the person next to you, remember to carry my sister more! The girl smiled.

"Qi Jiang is the princess who originally lived in Qi Lan Pavilion?"

The girl raised her right eyebrow and smiled silently, as if she looked down on my fake tone of knowingly asking.

In fact, I really don't know about this old news about Qi Hou and his sister Qi Jiang. Back then, there were many secrets of the inner palaces of various countries in the general's palace. However, because I was young, Wu Feng thought that some things should not be known to children, so he screened out many secret reports that he thought were indecent and indecent. Presumably, this "ginger wing" is also among them.

"Your Excellency has arrived—and greeted—" I was thinking about Qi Hou and the beautiful woman Qi Jiang, when a column of temple people waiting at the boat of the small pavilion suddenly sang loudly.

Everyone in the hall hurriedly dressed up to greet me, and I stood behind a group of beauties, only to see a small boat of colored lacquer drilled out of the layers of lotus leaves.

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