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"Back to the master, there are results." The woman hugged her fists and said respectfully and meticulously: "That day, the rebel party set fire to the assassination and almost succeeded; His Majesty was able to escape death because he was saved by the palace maid Scarlet Feather and her twin brother Bi Yu. ”

Helan Chu listened, his eyebrows condensed slightly, and a trace of terror flashed in his eyes.

"Scarlet Feather did not return to the palace with His Majesty, and it is said that he was buried in the fire." The woman continued: "Bi Yu has been brought back to the palace to heal her wounds, and she has been given the name Scarlet Feather, and after she recovers from her injuries, she will stay by Your Majesty's side and serve as Your Majesty's personal guard. ”

Helan Chu pondered for a moment, turned around, and asked in a deep voice, "Who saw with his own eyes that His Majesty escaped in the mound?" ”

"Back to the master," the woman replied fluently, obviously prepared, "What Feng Yu reported was learned by Feng Yu and her subordinates from the ceremonial officials and palace officials who accompanied and served in Yuanqiu. However, the scene was chaotic at that time, and everyone was panicked, and it was inevitable that there would be omissions; However, eyewitnesses, including several of the rebels who were captured, said that when they saw His Majesty protruding from the burning camp, there was only one person with him, and that person resembled Scarlet Feather. Feng Yu guessed that it was the brother of Scarlet Feather; Scarlet Feather himself was already dead while he was in the camp. ”

Helan Chu didn't ask any more questions, as if the overall situation he had in his chest was complete enough.

"Master, someone is coming this way." The woman named Fengyu suddenly became alert.

Helan Chu nodded slightly, "You step back first." ”

"Yes, master. Feng Yu has already arranged what the master has ordered, and he will do it when the time comes. Feng Yu retired first. After Feng Yu finished speaking, she turned around and walked out of the pavilion quickly, disappearing into the night in the blink of an eye.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of horses' hooves came, from far and near, and it looked particularly ethereal and crisp in the quiet night.

A moment later, with a female rebuke, the sound of the horse's hooves stopped. After a while, under the moonlight, I saw a young woman coming from the willows.

The woman was wearing a goose-yellow silk dress, the clothes were exquisitely made, the hairpin ring was precious, the earlobe pearl, and the waist wore a jade ring, which seemed to have a good status. She saw Helan Chu in the gazebo, her face was happy, although the moonlight was hazy, it was not difficult to see her beautiful face, her skin was pale, but her expression seemed to be a little tired.

When she quickened her pace and came to Helan Chu's face, her smile retracted, and she bowed respectfully: "Taishi, the official is polite." ”

"Zhuohua, why are you here?" Although Helan Chu said a question, his tone was not suspicious, and his expression was not necessarily surprised.

The woman named Zhuohua spoke in a humble tone, with a restrained expression, looking at Helan Chu's gaze, there was a faint inexplicable eagerness in her concentration, "Taishi, the lower official has just entered the city after returning from the envoy Jiankang. I wanted to visit the Taishi in the house, but I heard from the doorman that the Taishi has been busy dealing with emergencies in the past few days, forgetting to sleep and eat every day, going out early and returning late, and he is not in the house at the moment. Xia Guan went to the outer court to look for the Taishi again, only to hear that the Taishi had left two quarters of an hour ago. Xia Guan knew that whenever the Taishi was worried and troubled, he would go to the Luomei Pavilion to commemorate the fallen soldiers in Guanzhong to meditate, so he took the liberty to come to take a look, and he was really fortunate to be able to meet the Taishi. ”

"You've worked hard." Helan Chu said in a calm tone: "There is no need to rush the work report. You go back to rest first, and come back to the outer court tomorrow to discuss. ”

After Helan Chu finished speaking, he put his hands behind his back and slowly turned around.

The perfectly contoured back in front of him and his deep and beautiful voice can arouse the degree of female affection, which is absolutely proportional to the coldness he appears at this moment. The chill emanating from him penetrated Zhuohua's heart in an instant.

But this coldness, after turning into a burst of disappointment in her heart, aroused her deeper eagerness, and even made her no longer care about etiquette, and almost uncontrollably took two steps forward and said eagerly: "Taishi, Zhuohua came here before he even entered the house, not to report on his work, but to ...... In order to be able to meet the master as soon as possible! Zhuohua went on an envoy for many days, and after a long farewell from the Taishi, his thoughts and torments increased day by day, and he only hated how he was not a bird in the sky, discarding everything, and flying to the Taishi's window in an instant. When he was close to Luoyang, he also heard that there had been a change in the mound, and he was worried about whether Her Majesty the Empress would use this as an excuse to blame the Taishi for no reason. Zhuohua was anxious, all the organs were blazing, and after a little instruction to his subordinates, he rushed back to Luoyang day and night, although he was dusty and tired, he couldn't care about being rude in front of the Taishi, only knowing that when he saw the Taishi a moment earlier, his heart was less tormented. ”

Zhuohua said as he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but redden, and tears fell.

She suddenly stepped forward desperately to hug Helan Chu's waist, sticking to his broad back and weeping, as if she didn't care how cold and biting the temperature of the hug in her arms was, she wanted to use the only warmth of her body to shake it, even if she had to pay a heavy price for her recklessness in the next second, she didn't hesitate to do it.

"Taishi," Zhuohua saw that although Helan Chu was indifferent, he did not refuse, calmed down his emotions, and said with tears: "Zhuohua met the Emperor of Wu this time, and he can see that Emperor Wu is quite in awe of my Great Zhou national strength, especially the prestige of Taishi. Emperor Wu was old and his strength was declining, so he talked to Zhuohua privately about the establishment of the prince, and led the prince Dan and Zhuohua to meet, and did not hesitate to promise to cut the city and bribe heavily, hoping that the prince could help the prince Dan to ascend the throne smoothly. Zhuo Hua secretly thought that if he could form a deep friendship with the prince of Wu State, and with the prosperity of my Great Zhou national strength, Wu State would definitely be able to obey the words of the Taishi in the future, and look forward to the Taishi. In this way, the Taishi has the power of the DPRK and the outside world, so why worry about the big thing? ”

After a moment of silence, Helan Chu asked lightly: "The prince Dan is the prince born to Emperor Wu's favorite concubine Ji Li?" ”

Zhuohua heard Helan Chu's response, and his eyes couldn't help but show joy again. She finally let go of her hands, turned to Helan Chu's body and said, "Exactly." The original crown prince was the eldest son born to the late queen, and he had been in the position of the prince for a long time. If at this time, we can make an alliance with the prince Dan and ask them to allow soldiers and cities, they will definitely not be stingy, not to mention gold and silver. As long as it is properly handled, the army of Wu will be a foreign army of Taishi in the future, and the emperor of Wu will only be a member of Taishi's foreign ministers. ”

Helan Chu's gaze into the distance finally slowly fell to the faces of the people around him, although it was cold and indifferent, the charm in the depths of his eyes became more and more fascinating in the night.

He reached out and inadvertently wiped the tears on Zhuohua's cheeks, and the fingertips seemed to contain magic power, making Zhuohua instantly burst into laughter, and the smile on his face was as charming as a spring flower.

Zhuohua leaned his body against Helan Chu's chest again, wrapped his arms around his waist with both hands, and said softly: "Taishi, Wu Guoren is good at poetry and music, and there are new works sung on the streets and alleys every day. Zhuohua went to Jiankang this time and learned that the most popular song recently was a song called Qingzhou Ci, two of which won Zhuohua's heart. ”

"What are the lyrics?"

The beauty of Helan Chu's voice has long been better than Wu Guo's singing voice in Zhuohua's ears.

"Exquisite dice inlaid with red beans, into the bones of lovesickness do you know." There was already drunkenness in Zhuohua's smile and voice.

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