The Changming Hall was so quiet that it seemed to be audible and breathing, Chen Tongsheng lowered his eyes, and heard Zhou Guanzhao ask condescendingly: "What do you think?" ”

Chen Tongsheng's lips were trembling, her long eyelashes were also trembling, and her face without powder immediately showed its shortcomings in contrast to Zhou Guanzhao's glamorous beauty.

"I ...... Folk girls, folk girls," Chen Tongsheng stammered, and said timidly: "Folk girls don't, I don't know, I don't know ......"

Zhou Guanzhao narrowed her eyes, her fingers lifted hard, her chin was lifted again, Chen Tongsheng was forced to look at Zhou Guanzhao, and hurriedly lowered his eyes.

"Look, it scares you."

Zhou Guanzhao let go of his hand, slowly returned to the seat, propped his elbows at will, made a relaxed and idle sitting posture, and said: "I called you here today, but there is no other meaning, do you remember when you were in Mi Tiansi, a senior brother named Ruan Cheng?" ”

Chen Tongsheng nodded almost inaudibly.

"Do you have any dealings with your senior brother?"

Chen Tongsheng thought for a while, and then whispered: "No, what kind of dealings." ”

Zhou Guanzhao looked at her, although his posture was very relaxed, as if the questioning hidden by Fang Cai's blade had never existed, Chen Tongsheng still felt that he was being glanced at inch by inch, being critically eyed, and judged little by little, from appearance, clothing, way of speaking to tone.

"There is nothing else I have to do to summon you into the palace today, but a few months ago, Ruan Cheng was awarded the title of Governor of the Secret Guard, and when I asked about his unfulfilled wishes, he mentioned you."

Chen Tongsheng lowered his head and did not speak, waiting.

"He begged me to marry you, so I also wanted to ask you what you meant," Zhou Guanzhao asked with a smile, "Are you willing?" ”

Would she like to?

Chen Tongsheng quickly recalled in his heart every action that Zhou Guanzhao had done, every word he said, including the subtle tone of the raised tail tone when Fang Cai asked, "Would you like to".

For Chen Tongsheng, what she needs to know now is that the empress is willing to marry Ruan Cheng?

What kind of role does Chen Tongsheng play in her heart, what status, and what kind of thoughts did she have when she specially summoned her into the palace?

Chen Tongsheng lowered his head again, and the fingers of his two hands were entangled and intertwined, looking embarrassed.

Zhou Guanzhao said again: "You are also from the secret guard of the Mitian Division, and you know that Ruan Cheng can get the position of the overseer at a young age, which can be described as an unlimited future. According to what he said, you have been childhood sweethearts since you were a child, and Ruan Qing can be described as a good choice in terms of appearance and conduct...... What does Miss Chan think? You are still shy, unwilling to tell your heart, or have other hidden secrets, but it doesn't hurt to say, I am not an unreasonable person, otherwise why would I specially summon you into the palace to ask? ”

You're also from Yatensi.

Chen Tongsheng quickly went through every sentence in his heart.

Or is there something else going on.

But it doesn't hurt to say that.

I specially summoned you to the palace.

Chen Tongsheng took a deep breath and said slowly: "Back to Your Majesty, I ......"

The palace maids all lowered their heads and remained silent, and Zhou Guanzhao waited for her answer with interest.

If she agreed, it might not be anything, but refusal-to means that she chose Song Chuanbai.

A woman with an unknown background and a background in the secret guard, Fang Heming's personal disciple chose Song Chuanbai, which is nothing to Chen Tongsheng, because she has no power or news in her hands. But in the eyes of outsiders, especially after his senior brother openly proposed marriage to the saint, there was a big difference.

What's more, Zhou Guanzhao will not be happy to see her choose Song Chuanbai.

There is no need to look for other reasons, Chen Tongsheng can identify this.

"The ...... of the people's daughter" Chen Tongsheng said slowly: "The people's girl was born, lowly, she never knew her parents, she was the master of Fang, and she thought that there was a fate, so she adopted." The people's daughter has been in the Mitian Division for barely seventeen years, and now, the overseer is going west, alone, and the senior brother probably saw and saw this, so he asked His Majesty for marriage. ”

"Folk girl, I know that I am not worthy, I just want to ...... Just want to ...... Go north, just looking for relatives. ”

Zhou Guanzhao was a little surprised: "Oh? Looking for your biological parents? This is easy to do, just wait for me to order someone to look for it for you, why bother to find it yourself? ”

"How dare you disturb Your Majesty because of this family matter." Chen Tongsheng continued: "Senior brother has always been kind-hearted, how can he delay major events in life because of kindness? What's more, when marriage is a major event, how can the daughter make a decision at will when her parents are not there. ”

Chen Tongsheng is a euphemistic refusal and delay.

You ask me if I want to marry, I don't want to, you want to ask the secret, that is, I still think about my parents who have not had a shadow for more than ten years, and I will find it first and then say whether I agree or not.

Zhou Guanzhao looked at her and said slowly: "Speaking of your life experience, I remembered it...... Fang Aiqing cherishes you very much, and there are very few records about you in the dark department, it is said that you only stayed in the dark department for a few years, and then you were taken out by Fang Aiqing and sent to the Chen family. ”

Really.

Once she is exposed to Zhou Guanzhao by Ruan Cheng, her origin, and past can be found out clearly.

"Since you have been in the Chen family for so many years and have been raised as a young lady of the Chen family, then the Chen couple can be regarded as your parents if they have such a nurturing grace. Now that her biological parents are nowhere to be found, if the girl is worried about etiquette, she can teach the Chen couple to replace her. ”

Chen Tongsheng's mood at this time was indescribable, she fell into a deliberately created deadlock, she could neither agree to this marriage that was inexplicable at all, nor had any reason to oppose it.

Chen Tongsheng suddenly knelt down and said in a loud voice: "Minnu, the crime deserves death!" ”

Zhou Guanzhao raised his long, beautifully shaped eyebrows and said, "Oh? ”

"The people's girls can't, can't agree, this marriage, because of the ......" Chen Tongsheng said: "Because the people's daughters, they don't like men." ”

The hall suddenly fell into an even more embarrassing stalemate than before, if it weren't for the presence of the empress, the other palace maids would have exclaimed, but it was precisely because of the empress's presence that her words were even more bold and presumptuous.

Surprisingly, Zhou Guanzhao did not change her face, but she showed an incomprehensible look of surprise and said, "I don't like men, don't you like women?" ”

Chen Tongsheng didn't say a word, just put his forehead against the back of his hand and knelt down.

Zhou Guanzhao said with a smile: "You dare to say that, aren't you afraid that I will accuse you of violating the ethics of the Gangchang, and you are not afraid that you will be discredited after this matter spreads, do you know how much you will pay if you say a word?" ”

"......No," Chen Tongsheng replied, "Nothing is more important than my own heart." ”

Zhou Guan looked at her steadily, and suddenly raised his hand and said, "Come on, give Chen Tongsheng a seat to serve tea." ”

Chen Tongsheng didn't have time to raise his head, he secretly exhaled a big breath first and eased up.

Her method of doing small volts at the beginning was wrong, and Zhou Guanzhao did not despise her because of her deliberate timidity. didn't treat her as an ordinary person, the kind of woman who had never seen the world and was easily frightened. On the contrary, Zhou Guanzhao has always been pressing step by step, on the surface he is kind to match, but in fact, there is no room for her to refuse.

Because there is no need for the emperor to personally inquire about this kind of matter, especially when Ruan Cheng is not there, Zhou Guanzhao's move is by no means because he cares about the marriage of his courtiers.

So Chen Tongsheng temporarily changed his measures and made a decisive gamble on the spot.

A woman like Zhou Guanzhao, who can brazenly drag out the old minister who accused her of "violating the ethics of the Gangchang", cares so much about these false names?

Or does she actually prefer someone who is just as fearless as she is, but less ambitious?

Chen Tongsheng breathed slowly and straightened up: "Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace." ”

The moment she saw Zhou Guanzhao's expression, she knew that she had made the right bet.

After Chen Tongsheng sat down, picked up the tea cup, the tea was fragrant, Chen Tongsheng gently used transparent nails to stick to the wall of the cup, so that the heat was transmitted to his hands. Her hands were completely cold, because her nerves were too tense.

"Now you can raise your head and look at me?"

Zhou Guanzhao smiled, his tone was ridiculous, and he was actually talking about her: she was smart.

Chen Tongsheng smiled back, his nails stabbing into his palms.

Zhou Guanzhao completely saw that she was pretending to be afraid at the beginning and pretending to be unable to speak. However, since Fang Cai's words completely overturned the initial image, Chen Tongsheng no longer pretended.

Zhou Guanzhao took a sip of tea and said slowly: "The way you look reminds me of when I was young." ”

"Be clever and bold. It seems that the conclusions of the world are wrong, and I really have never met a calf with a vicious tiger. ”

Chen Tongsheng replied: "The people's daughter can't, and your majesty can't, ...... compared"

"Don't," Zhou Guanzhao made a gesture to stop her and put down the teacup: "It's just fake modesty, I've seen too much." Since you have no intention of Ruan Qing, then I will help you reject him. ”

Before Chen Tongsheng's Xie could be spoken, Zhou Guanzhao continued: "Then where should you go next?" ”

"Do you want to go back to Mitiansi to be a secret guard again, or do you want to work in the Yanghe Hou Mansion like now?"

The words came back in circles.

In any case, she has a choice to make.

"Back to Your Majesty," Chen Tongsheng said: "The people who are admired and admired by the people are dead, and now they just want to travel all over the world and fulfill their wishes." ”

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When the carriage drove through the wide official road and went out of the palace gate, Chen Tongsheng lifted the curtain and looked out.

It is clearly the same kind of sky, and even the clouds seen inside the palace gate are the same as the clouds seen outside the palace gate, but they also give people a completely different feeling. Only at the moment of driving out of the palace gate, the sky is truly open, the blue sky and white clouds, the clouds can cast shadows on any corner of this land with the wind, turning fog and rain, and turning into unpredictable thunderstorms.

But the clouds in the palace are the clouds in the palace, just a white, beautiful cloud.

Song Chuanbai closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, and his voice passed through the light smoke of incense rising from the carriage: "What did you say to Your Majesty?" ”

Chen Tongsheng said: "Your Majesty, I want to give marriage." ”

"Reason."

"I don't like men."

After ...... silence for a moment, Song Chuanbai Huoran opened his eyes and said, "What did you just say?" ”

Chen Tongsheng looked at him: "The reason is, I don't like it, man." ”

"You," Song Chuanbai didn't know what to say, "That's what you told Your Majesty?" That's the exact words?! ”

"Yes."

Chen Tongsheng continued: "I also said that the person I admire is dead, and I am willing to travel all over the world, Your Majesty has approved it." ”

Song Chuanbai's expression was about more complicated than her mood just now, as if she had suddenly eaten bad food, her face was indescribable, and she asked half-loudly: "Don't you want to find out who is behind the murder of your master?" ”