Xia Xiaogui gradually heard the sound of cicadas chirping outside.

What a wonderful sound!

When you already feel that you have no love in life and fall into a kind of death-like silence, any sound related to life is nothing less than a kind of heavenly sound.

A house made of bamboo and wood, but it was not shabby at all, for the bamboo was clearly carefully polished, and the floor was of wood and wax, and it was more than a foot above the ground outside, and she slept on the high floor, with a comfortable bedding on it.

The last thing she remembered was when she had been hit by an arrow, and she touched her shoulder.

It's been bandaged very well.

Someone scrubbed her body and changed into clean clothes.

"Awake? Then get up and eat. ”

The questioner was a twenty-two or three-year-old woman dressed simply, but with a graceful bearing.

She is very beautiful, but she is beautiful and generous but not charming, which is a bit like a teacher.

"Thank you for saving me, but take the liberty of asking me, where am I now?"

"This is a painting academy, the owner of this room is my father-in-law, my father-in-law's surname is Li, my surname is Zhou, if you don't dislike it, you can call me Sister E."

"Thank you, Sister E, for the rescue." Xiaogui hurriedly got up and was rude.

"Don't thank me, my husband went out to sketch, and found that you were injured on the way, so he brought you back."

"I want to say thank you to Lee Sang-gong in person."

"It's easy," Sister E beckoned her to the window, "and there he is." ”

I saw a man in a bright yellow robe, twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with his back to the window where they were, looking at something from the tree.

"What is Lee Sang-gong looking at?"

"Look at the cicadas." Sister E said.

"Cicadas?"

"Yes, today there are cicadas from the ground up the tree, this thing is not common, cicadas are insects, the underground has to endure for three years, eating the roots of plants and rotten soil, only in the third year, can they break through the soil, go up the tree to suck the wind and drink the dew."

"Oh......"

"When they go up to the tree, their carapace is not hard, their bodies are shallow, and if they encounter birds, frogs or even praying mantis spiders, they can die."

"Sister E, you know so much."

"It's my father-in-law who knows a lot, he always says that the life of a cicada is very short and bitter, and people also have a life, and the same is true."

"There seems to be a great Zen opportunity in these words."

"Cicadas have a Zen machine for words, and what you say is also a great Zen machine." At this time, the two found out that Li Xianggong had appeared behind them.

"Xianggong." Sister E gave a salute.

"People's girl Xia Xiaogui, long live." Xia Xiaogui knelt down to give a salute.

"Hahahaha, no, no, this is not the palace, let's be polite." Lee Sang-gong said with a smile.

"What a smart boy, how do you know that Xianggong is the son of the Tang Dynasty?" Empress E asked with a smile.

"Before I fell unconscious, I heard someone say that the Imperial Doctor was coming. After waking up, I saw that Sister E had an extraordinary bearing, and I felt that she must be a nobleman, and when I saw the bright yellow clothes, I knew that Li Xianggong was today. Xiaogui said.

"Smart man," the emperor said with a smile, "I like it, I am Li Yu, the son of the Tang Dynasty, and your sister is my queen Zhou Ehuang." ”

"Do you want to ask her that?" The emperor asked Emperor Zhou E.

"Ask, although Xiaogui is a guest, he is also a member of His Majesty's people, and it is not rude to ask her about her details." Zhou Ehuang said.

"Okay, then I'll ask you. Are you male or female? I made a bet with the queen, and she said that you are a teenager dressed as a man, and I said no, you are a woman, no matter what kind of body you are, in your body, there are women living in it. Li Yu was actually interested in this topic.

"I'm a woman," Xiao Gui saluted Emperor Zhou E, and then saluted the emperor. "Your Majesty, you won."

"Hahaha, that's right." Li Yu said with a smile.

"Your Majesty can see it accurately." Zhou Ehuang Road.

"Men and women, regardless of the shape of the gods, on the shape, the crotch and pelvis of men and women, the difference is very obvious, squatting, walking, posture is not the same, but when talking about God, the difference between men and women is in the eyebrows, the corners of the eyes, and the roots of the sideburns and ears."

"I see."

"You started dressing up as a woman when you were a kid."

"Your Majesty guessed too accurately."

"It's almost true, if I hadn't sent a eunuch to help you clean your wounds and change your clothes, I would have thought you were a woman." Li Yu said.

"You are a man, I can't take you into the palace, this is my family law of the Tang Dynasty, so I brought you to this studio, the queen and I often come here, playing the piano and painting, the palace is not a comfortable place."

"Eat first, you can sit down and eat with me and the queen, this is the studio, you don't have to talk about so many rules."

Several palace maids served meals, all of which were vegetarian soup.

"I can't kill in this studio." Li Yu explained.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, this dish is very delicious."

After the meal was over, Li Yu sat down, Emperor Zhou E personally cooked tea, and Li Yu asked: "Xia Xiaogui, tell me why I was hit by the wizard's magic arrow on my shoulder, and tell me truthfully." I may be a playful emperor, but I'm not confused. ”

Xiaogui knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the people's daughter has grievances. Can I say it here? I beg your forgiveness. ”

"Get up and say. Say it in its entirety. Li Yu said.

Xia Xiaogui told the eldest princess about the transfer of troops to wash Linquan Town, torture Xu Yongzhi, behead Xu Zhixun and hunt down herself, and she omitted it and didn't say anything about Zhang Daoye of Longhu Mountain taking away Xu Xiaoduo and the eldest princess seducing Xu Yongzhi.

Li Yu's face became ugly.

"What is the relationship between the eldest princess and your master Xu Zhixun?"

"I don't know the details of the people's daughter, but it seems that it was because of love and hatred many years ago, after Mr. Xu's death, she once came out to cry and mourn in filial piety, saying that she was Mr. Xu's spiritual survivor."

"This woman."

Li Yu slowly paced out.

"Queen, did I say the wrong thing."

"Xiaogui, what the eldest princess has done, Your Majesty may not be able to call the shots for you."

"She is the emperor's sister, can't the emperor reprimand her?"

"It's not a sister, it's actually a sister, the eldest princess is not young, it's just that she has a beautiful appearance and practices Taoism, so she can't tell her age. The emperor was able to ascend to the throne, and the eldest princess played a great role, so the emperor was grateful and trusted. ”

"Does the emperor love the eldest princess?"

"It's a good question, if someone else asked, I would have slapped it a long time ago, but I didn't feel offended at all."

"The emperor said that the woman he loves the most is me, and I believe this, but I always feel that the emperor lives in the shadow of the eldest princess, and he is influenced and controlled by the other party - I shouldn't have said that."

"Queen Mother, Xiaogui understands that Xiaogui's favorite senior brother Xu Yongzhi was also influenced and controlled by the eldest princess, and his family was tormented."

"What do you want to say, Xiaogui?"

"If the queen doesn't mind, Xiaogui is willing to work for the mother, the eldest princess is our common enemy."

"Xia Xiaogui! That's been said. I am the master of the harem, and in my court, no palace fights are allowed. ”

"The people's daughter is guilty!"

"But I accept your heart."

"As my guest, you will stay in the studio for a while," Li Yu paced back into the house, "I will send someone to investigate this matter, and the matter must be listened to and believed, and those who are masters cannot listen to the words of one party, even if the person complaining is sincere and beautiful, it is the same." ”

"Your Majesty."

"During this period, I also have a small request for you."

"The people are terrified!"

Xiao Guili's heart was pounding, what was he going to do? Do you want to take me into his harem?

"As I said, the postures of men and women are very different, but most ordinary women are not beautiful when they are painted."

"Among the women I have seen, the posture and posture of the queen mother are the most beautiful, but I can't let the body of the mother of the world enter the painting and pass it on."

"Actually, the eldest princess is remarkable, but if you paint the body of the eldest princess, I'm afraid that those old ministers will mourn for another year, saying that I am in chaos in the Tang Dynasty, and that I am acting upside down." Li Yu said.

"I just had a great idea, and that is to draw you."

"Draw me?"

"Draw a woman according to your body, more beautiful than a normal woman, would you like it?"

"The women of the people obey."

"It turned out to be a model for him, and that also made it." Xiaogui thought to himself.

"I'm not a man, you can rest assured." Li Yu said.

This sentence is for Xiaogui and for the queen.

Unexpectedly, the queen was very large: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be in a hurry to get rid of it, Xiaogui is a good boy, if I can serve the Son of Heaven, I don't mind at all." ”

Xiao Gui's heart was warm all of a sudden.

But when I think about it, the queen is really clever.

Xia Xiaogui is directly Li Lianqiao's sworn enemy.

No matter how favored Xia Xiaogui is, he will not give birth to a child for the emperor.

Xia Xiaogui was not a threat.

The harem is really scary, full of pits.

"No, no," Li Yu waved his hand, "A lot of things just need to be separated by a layer, just in the painting, once the dimension is broken, the world becomes real and boring." ”

"Your Majesty's words are really too profound, the people admire it!"

"You don't want to be a people's woman, I'll give you a position, and it's convenient for you to move around here......," Li Yu said.

At this time, a high-pitched and delicate voice came from outside the door:

"Brother Emperor, hand over that fake girl to me, okay!"

The eldest princess Li Forsythia entered the studio without notification.

"Yo, she's here," Li Lianqiao grabbed Xia Xiaogui's shirt with a hand, "You did a good thing!" ”

"Sister," Emperor Zhou E said, "Your Majesty is here, don't you come to say hello first?" ”

This sentence is neither humble nor arrogant, but it is where the big festival lies.

"Forsythia Li, see Your Majesty." Li Lianqiao hurriedly turned over and bowed.

"Attend the Queen's Mother." Li Lianqiao saluted Emperor Zhou E.

This is respect and humility, you are the emperor's sister and sister, red, pink and blue-faced, lover, the main palace is the main palace, and the main palace is the number one woman in the country (the queen mother is considered an old man, not under the control of women), you have to obediently salute her.

"Get up." Li Yu said coldly.

"Xiaogui," Zhou Ehuang said, "I've seen the eldest princess." ”

"See the eldest princess." Xiaogui endured his hatred and slowly bowed.

Li Lianqiao's eyes widened, and he couldn't wait to swallow this girl in a mouthful of water.

"Sister, you came here in a hurry, what the hell is going on?"

"Brother Emperor, this Xia Xiaogui is the family of the rebel Qin criminal, I was ordered to pass through Luotan Prefecture to quell the rebellion of the Xu family, I just came back today, I heard that the Qin prisoner actually fled into the emperor's house, it is really a dream."

"Isn't that cool?" Li Yu looked forward to it, "Everyone didn't expect it!" ”

"This woman has martial arts, her adoptive parents have been suppressed by our imperial court, what if she wants to avenge her family and plot to assassinate the Son of Heaven?"

"Then rehabilitate her family and restore her reputation!" Li Yu said lightly.

"Thank you, Lord Longne!" Xiaogui kowtowed to Li Yu at that time.

"Xiaogui, I'm talking about ...... example"

"Your Majesty, you have no jokes!" Emperor Zhou E hurriedly mended the knife on the side.

"It seems that I can only agree," Li Yu looked at Li Lianqiao apologetically, "We will pardon their family." ”

"Brother Emperor, don't be deceived by this woman, she is a man physically. Pretending to be a woman to deceive the king is a crime of deception! Li Lianqiao said.

"yes, I know, I'm curious, I think it's pretty cool, I want to draw her." Li Yu said.

"Your Majesty!" Li Lianqiao used a more formal title.

"Xia Xiaogui, as a man, must be purified before entering the harem, this is the ancestral family law, Li Lianqiao begs His Majesty to allow me to take this person to carry out the palace punishment."

This trick is too poisonous.

Although Xiaogui hopes to become a woman completely, palace punishment is definitely not a normal way, it is a punishment full of pain and humiliation.

Li Yu's face already showed a look of "it's really endless", and he clapped his hands:

"Passing on the Imperial Doctor."

When the imperial doctor came in, Xia Xiaogui recognized the dry hand, this was the old man who saved her.

"Minister Xiong Shihai see Your Majesty."

"Doctor Xiong, you tell the eldest princess about Xia Xiaogui's physical condition."

"Eldest princess, the old minister checked Xia Xiaogui's body, although the body is a man, but the body has been damaged, it should be caused by a childhood injury, and there is no worry about disturbing the court, so it can be treated as a woman."

"However," Li Lianqiao still did not give up, "This woman was born as a slave and maid, and she has never performed ceremonies, so she is only afraid that she will break the rules in Ouchi." ”

"Indeed, Sister A is right, Xia Xiaogui's identity is a bit problematic," Zhou Ehuang said, "We in the Tang Dynasty also once had a woman who was born as a slave and went into the palace to do business, Shangguan Wan'er is, I think it is better for us to follow the wisdom of our ancestors and give Xiaogui the identity of a talented person, I will teach her the rules, so that Sister A can rest assured, what do you think, Your Majesty?" ”

This time it was stabbing at the root of Li Forsythia's throat.

"Okay, that's it," Li Yu said, "Sister, you're tired, go back and have a good rest, there should be a lot of interesting things to see and hear about this outing, tomorrow morning after the morning is over, you go to the palace and we'll talk." ”

"In this way, Li Lianqiao retired." The eldest princess went out backwards.

"She's getting more and more unstable." Emperor Zhou E said coldly.

"I know," Li Yu said, "that she thinks she can make me do what I say, rather than expand." ”

"Xiaogui, thank you, you will be the emperor's person in the future." Emperor Zhou E reminded.

"Your Majesty, Queen Xie!" Xiaogui hurriedly gave a salute.

"You have an identity, it's easier to get in and out, I won't trap you in the palace, but if you want to go out, what do you want to do, you have to report to me, you like your senior brother, wait until you find him, if he is willing to give up the old grudge to serve me, you can send you out of the palace to marry him." Li Yu said.

"Thank you, Lord Long." Xiaogui said.

"Xiaogui, this is a word in the play, usually we are in the palace, just say thank you." Emperor Zhou E corrected.

"Emperor Xie, Queen Xie."

"Modeling things, wait until your shoulders are healed, there is something very fun now, I don't know if you want to do it." Li Yu said.

"What?"

"Be a secret agent!"

"You mean?"

"It's called Gu Zhizhao!"

Gu Zhizhao was near the studio, and he came in after a while.

"Minister Gu Hongzhong, see Your Majesty!"

"This is Gu Hongzhong, the best painter in my Southern Tang Dynasty Painting Academy," Li Yu said, "and the level of painting is no less than mine." ”

"There is a night banquet in the house of the secretary and supervisor Han Xizai tonight, I want Lao Gu to attend it, and come back to show me the whole banquet."

"Old Gu, Xia Cairen, as a female official in the palace, will go to the banquet with you."

"Yes!"

"Xiaogui, you go over and take a good look at how the Han family's party is playing, how it is fun, why it is fun, let's open it in the palace when we come back!"

"Yes!"

Li Yu waved his hand and let Gu Hongzhong retreat.

"This is ......" Xiaogui didn't understand.

"Several of them are painters, you have to help me observe more details, and we will paint all the details into the painting."

"A beautiful work of art is given to Lord Han, which can not only tell him that the emperor is looking at you, don't be a ghost, and you can not hurt the minister like ordinary spy behavior, does Your Majesty mean this?" Xiaogui said.

"You're really smart!" Li Yu was a little geared up, "I want to use Lao Han as the prime minister, but I'm worried that this person is a northerner and may be disloyal to me, and when this painting comes out, he must be surprised!" Lao Han himself is also good at painting, I can't help but want to see Han Xizai stunned, and I can't help but study the appearance of the craft brushstrokes of this painting! ”

"Your Majesty! It's so interesting! "Xiaogui is starting to make a big fuss.

"Okay, I'll go back to the palace first." Li Yu said.

"One of your applicators, I will have someone send it to you, you will live in the studio to recuperate, don't enter the palace first, and there will be a car to pick you up and go to the Han Mansion at night." The queen said.

The emperor and queen left, and Xiaogui went back to his bedroom to rest.

"Enter the palace...... Talent ...... Forsythia Lee...... Queen......"

Such a large piece of land in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the most powerful country in the South, was actually ruled by such an artist.

Think of Li Yu, sometimes like a child, full of passion;

Sometimes like an old official, ruthless and spicy.

Which is his real body, Li Lianqiao may have despised her, this woman thinks she can manipulate the government, but she is actually a chess piece in the emperor's last big game of chess.

Think about Emperor Zhou E again, the words are gentle and the sentences are restrained, but behind every sentence, there are plans and moves.

Look at yourself again, I have been Xu Yongzhi's little follower for a few years, but I have never learned Xu Yongzhi's ability to deal with people, how is Xu Yongzhi? Where is Xu Yongzhi?

Stay in the palace and wait for news from Xu Yongzhi? With his own level of palace fighting, will he be directly given a red in the second episode?

Escape directly from the palace in a while? I'm afraid it will soon fall into the hands of the enemy.

Xiaogui finally decided to stay, in the heart of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and Li Forsythia fought wits and courage, since it was Li Forsythia who made Xu Yongzhi lose his status, then we should repay Li with peach and let Li Forsythia lose all his status.

"Wait!"