Bai Shuqin thought about it and knew that Zhou Tianmu was most concerned about Zhou Yusheng, so he proposed: "Your Majesty, why don't we go and see how the crown prince is doing now?" ”

This was said in Zhou Tianmu's heart, since Bai Shuqin took the initiative to put it forward, he was naturally happy to push the boat along the river.

Zhou Tianmu got up to go to the clean courtyard, but before he could open his legs, he was pulled by Bai Shuqin. He looked back at her in confusion, obviously she brought it up, could it be that there was a change at this moment. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but show a look of displeasure.

"Your Majesty, if you dress like this, it will be easy to cause a sensation." Bai Shuqin reminded with a light smile, "It's better to change into ordinary clothes, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Tianmu felt that what she said made sense, if she went to that kind of place in a dragon robe, I was afraid that no matter how stupid others were, they would be able to guess that Zhou Yusheng's identity was not ordinary. At that time, the three days he promised Bai Shuqin would end early.

"Okay, it's all up to you." Zhou Tianmu agreed.

Bai Shuqin whispered a few words in Zhong Yang's ear, then turned to Zhou Tianmu and said, "Your Majesty, you sit and wait for a while, and the clothes will be brought immediately." ”

Even if he didn't wear a dragon robe, Zhou Tianmu felt that he should at least change into a brocade dress, but who knew that Zhong Yang took the most ordinary black Praetorian Guard clothes, and the clothes were so simple that there was not even a little pattern on them.

"You're going to let me change this dress?" Zhou Tianmu frowned slightly.

Bai Shuqin took the clothes from Zhong Yang's hand and said with a smile: "The emperor is burly, and he looks good in any clothes." Of course, this dress is really not worthy of your noble status, but in order to hide people's eyes, you can only wronged the emperor! ”

"I'll put on this dress, what about you?" Zhou Tianmu is embarrassed.

She had already thought of a countermeasure, and of course she replied calmly at this moment: "Last time I went over, the people from the Pure Courtyard had already seen me. You have to have someone to take you with you, don't you? ”

"You, there is always an endless truth!" Zhou Tianmu pretended to be slightly angry, but there was a smile in his eyes.

Since the death of Princess Changle, few people in this palace have dared to talk to him like this. He looked at Bai Shuqin's smile, if Changle was still alive, he was afraid that the smile would be so bright!

In a trance, Zhou Tianmu seemed to regard Bai Shuqin as a stand-in for Princess Changle, and he felt in his heart that Bai Shuqin might be God's compensation for his loss of Changle.

Zhou Tianmu changed into the black Praetorian Guard costume and walked out of the room. has been in a high position as an emperor for a long time, even if he wears such simple clothes, he can't hide the imperial spirit on his body.

Bai Shuqin touched his chin and looked him up and down. He walked with a lofty attitude, and his eyebrows were full of a sense of looking at the world, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a Praetorian Guard, and he had a strong sense of disobedience with the clothes on his body.

"I'm wearing strange clothes?" Zhou Tianmu was a little puzzled by her.

She nodded and walked to his side, "Your Majesty, have you ever seen a Praetorian Guard with such a noble temperament?" You're going to bend a little bit and then lower your head a little bit. ”

Bai Shuqin began to demonstrate as he spoke, after all, the ancient Praetorian Guards were not as strict as the soldiers of the modern army. Especially the inferior Praetorian Guards, at most, are a little better than ordinary people, so there are some problems with the body being too straight.

"So?" Zhou Tianmu bent down following Bai Shuqin's appearance.

"No, no, no!" Bai Shuqin shook his head, stretched out his hand to straighten Zhou Tianmu's body a little, and then pressed his head down a little.

When she was done, she took a few steps back, looked closely, and ran over to give him a little adjustment. It wasn't until he looked like an ordinary person that she smiled with satisfaction: "Your Majesty, just keep it like this!" ”

This state of complete relaxation may be very simple or even easy for ordinary people, but for Zhou Tianmu, it is more tiring than making him straighten his waist.

But in order to be like an ordinary person, he still endured it, stretched out his hand to Bai Shuqin and said, "Mrs. Bai, come forward and lead the way!" ”

"Yes!" Bai Shuqin bent down lightly.

There were no other entourages to go to the Pure Courtyard this time, only Bai Shuqin and Zhou Tianmu.

Lu Bai Shuqin in the Zhou State Palace has long been familiar with which concubines and princes live in which palace, as well as their respective personalities, she knows.

On the way, someone secretly looked at Zhou Tianmu, wondering why he looked similar to the emperor.

Too much attention from too many people made Bai Shuqin feel that Zhou Tianmu's costume change was a bit too much of a failure. Although Bai Shuqin can't do the disguise technique, Bai Shuqin is still very good at dressing up.

She turned around and stopped, and said to Zhou Tianmu: "Your Majesty, I think you can also dress up a little." ”

"Dress up a little?" Zhou Tianmu didn't quite understand, this had already come to the Imperial Garden, and the nearest dormitory around it would take at least a quarter of an hour to walk.

The weather in Zhou was hot, and Bai Shuqin carried a makeup box with him in order to prevent the makeup on his forehead from being stained by sweat.

The box was made by herself, and it was only half the size of a palm. The outside of the box is engraved with orchids, and the inside is divided into six grids, with different shades of fat powder and different colors of rouge.

Above the box, there is a copper mirror. The copper surface is polished like a calm water surface, reflecting the appearance of a human being.

Bai Shuqin dipped his fingers in some dark complexion fat powder, stood on tiptoe, and smeared it twice on Zhou Tianmu's face. Zhou Tianmu stood like this, letting her smear his face.

"This man smeared fat powder, I'm afraid he is the best in the world." Zhou Tianmu said with a smile.

"Yes, women apply fat powder to make themselves more bright and attractive, and apply fat powder to you, but to hide your beauty!" Bai Shuqin smeared the fat powder on Zhou Tianmu's face, so that his whole person was darker than just now.

She smeared a little more bright red rouge on his cheekbones, smearing the opening, as if he had been sunburned. She took the makeup case away a little, pointed the bronze mirror inside at Zhou Tianmu, and asked him to see what he looked like now.

was originally a pampered face, but now it seems to have experienced wind and frost, not only the skin is dark, but even the crow's feet at the corners of the eyes are much deeper.

Although Zhou Tianmu's original appearance can still be seen, no one will associate this appearance with him. Even Zhou Tianmu himself was a little afraid to recognize what he looked like in the mirror.

He reached out and touched the corner of his eye, turned his face to the right side, and leaned closer to the bronze mirror, as if he couldn't believe that he was so old.

After a while, Zhou Tianmu retracted his body and asked Bai Shuqin to put away the mirror. Instead of being frightened by his old age, he smiled and said, "You reminded me of my age. ”

"Age doesn't mean anything, you have a good mentality, you are younger than those who are thirty years old." Bai Shuqin didn't dare to say that he was twenty years old, if he didn't do it well, he might be scolded for being naïve.

Zhou Tianmu obviously didn't think about it so much, he was a little interested in the makeup box she had just made, "Is this what the women of Zhuo Guo use now?" ”

Bai Shuqin took out the makeup box, flipped it twice in his hand, and said with a smile: "Did you say this?" I came to do it myself, and I begged Aunt Zhong Yang to get it for me. ”

The other maids in Changle Palace all called Zhong Yang an aunt, although Bai Shuqin lived in Changle Palace, and now he was blessed by the status of a taifu, but after all, he was also a dancing girl from another country, so he called Zhong Yang an aunt along with the other maids.

"Oh?" Zhou Tianmu was a little surprised, took the makeup box in her hand and played with it for a while, and sighed: "You are really ingenious!" What else would you do? Another day, let me open my eyes! ”

"It's just that I have nothing to do, which makes the emperor laugh." Bai Shuqin didn't want to make trouble for himself, so he said casually, "Your Majesty, if you like it, I'll give it to you in two days!" ”

"I don't apply grease and powder, what do you want to do? Why don't you make a more useful one for me! Zhou Tianmu looked at her with a smile.

Bai Shuqin frowned, thinking about what was more useful, and after thinking about it for a while, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Your Majesty, shall I make you a medicine box?" ”

"Pill box?" Zhou Tianmu was a little puzzled, and didn't understand why she thought that the pill box was more useful to him.

Bai Shuqin explained to him as he walked: "I noticed that the emperor sometimes takes pill-made medicines, and the smell should be to treat stomach problems. ”

Zhou Tianmu didn't expect her to be so careful that she even knew what medicine was, he nodded, he was indeed taking stomach medicine. When I was young, I drank without moderation, and when I was older, I tasted the bitter fruits of my youth.

"I'll make you a medicine box with the medicine you usually take." Bai Shuqin paused, and then added, "Make it in the style of a pendant, so that you can carry it with you." ”

"That's a good idea, then I'll wait." Zhou Tianmu looked forward to it, although he was always accompanied by his entourage, it was inevitable that sometimes he wanted to stay alone, and this was still useful to him.

Bai Shuqin was afraid that next week Tianmu would still call himself me, so he hurriedly reminded him, "Your Majesty, when you get to the clean courtyard, don't call yourself me, you will be exposed." ”

"I..." Before Zhou Tianmu could say any more, he saw Bai Shuqin staring at him with a serious frown, he couldn't help but smile and changed his words: "I know!" ”

"That's it, you're so smart!" Bai Shuqin did not hesitate to praise.

This kind of praise made Zhou Tianmu very happy, since his mother died, no one praised him like this anymore.

When I came to the Pure Courtyard, it was not early. Most of the people in the courtyard went out to be busy, leaving only a few eunuchs to guard the courtyard.

Seeing Bai Shuqin and them coming in, the eunuch in the courtyard recognized that she was a woman who was following the prince, and did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly let them sit in the living room, and poured tea and water.

"Where did Gonggong Chen and the person I sent yesterday go?" Bai Shuqin asked the little eunuch on the side.

The little eunuch hadn't seen any big names, and when he heard Bai Shuqin's question, he stammered when he spoke nervously, "Return... Back to the master, Chen... Grandpa Chen, they go... I went to the Bungain to see people off. ”

"The person I sent followed?" Bai Shuqin asked.

The little eunuch nodded and replied in fear, "I also followed, Chen... Gonggong Chen, he specially brought him. ”

"I see, you go down first. When they come back, bring them to me! Bai Shuqin said very domineeringly.

Zhou Tianmu stood aside and listened, seemingly puzzled by this. According to his expectations, Zhou Yusheng would not be honestly locked up here, and would definitely try his best to escape.

This day passed, but he didn't expect that not only did he not escape, but he also started to do things in the clean courtyard, could it be that there was really anything different about this clean courtyard that he didn't find.

Soon he denied the idea in his mind, these people were just a group of eunuchs, no matter how capable they were, how capable they were. Maybe Zhou Yusheng was violently controlled by them, and he waited to see what was going on.

The custom of sending people to other places in the Pure Court was unique to the Zhou State, and there were always some elderly eunuchs in the palace who needed to quit, or the eunuchs who committed crimes were expelled from the palace, and the Pure Court was responsible for selecting the right people to fill these vacancies.

This matter is not big or small, and if the person chosen is not suitable, the head of the clean courtyard must be responsible.

This is also the reason why Gonggong Chen was able to become the head of the Pure Palace at such a young age. The previous person in charge, because the eunuch who was sent to the queen was not quick with his hands and feet, angered the queen, and was expelled from the palace.