Chapter 669: She's the One Who Counts
Xiao Tingchen fell, "It's a good thing to be smart, but if you are too smart, you will bring yourself to death." ”
"It's the concubine who talks too much."
Half an hour later, Xiao Tingchen came out of the dormitory.
He stood under the eaves with his hands in his hands, and glanced at Su Jiu, who was still kneeling beside the threshold of the temple.
The little girl's back is straight, and even if she kneels, she is like a small flower tree growing vigorously, full of vitality.
As when she first saw her, her eyes were full of light.
There are flowers and trees in the heart, born to the sun.
And her light made him feel inferior in front of her.
Obviously he cared about his life, but the man couldn't help but say viciously, "Go in and serve." ”
"Yes."
Su Jiu got up.
Because she knelt for too long, her knees were sore, and she staggered to the ground!
Xiao Tingchen subconsciously reached out to help, and his strong reason prompted him to stop his movements, just looking at her embarrassment coldly.
Su Jiu lowered his head, and in a place he couldn't see, he showed a mocking smile.
I thought I would stay with him, but now it seems that it's just my own delusion.
No matter how beautiful the love words are, they are just love words after all.
She scrambled to her feet, turned and stepped into the dormitory.
Xiao Tingchen stared at her back, and refused to withdraw his gaze until the slenderness disappeared from view.
Gu Yu stepped forward and whispered: "Master, there is news from Tianshu that Marquis Xie's army has left Xiangyang Pass and will arrive at the battlefield of Dongli Kingdom in about half a month. Xichan sent someone over there, saying that she wanted to take the little empress back to China, and the envoy had arrived, so she was waiting in the Taiji Palace, you see......"
Xiao Tingchen turned his fingers and wrenched his fingers, "Let Tianshu go and check Bai Qing's origin." ”
"White light?" Gu Yu was surprised, "Isn't she just a little palace maid?" After all, the hidden piles arranged by the Rong family in the palace have been almost cleaned up by us......"
"Let the tomb go and check it out for yourself." Xiao Tingchen said coldly.
Gu Yu didn't dare to talk much, so he had to be.
Xiao Tingchen walked towards the Taiji Hall with an expressionless face.
Su Jiu stepped into the dormitory, and there were already palace maids waiting for him.
Behind the screen, a bathtub was arranged, and Shiro was gently soaking in it, humming a little song.
Su Jiu took the towel and lowered his eyebrows to wipe her back.
Bai gently lay on the edge of the bathtub, playing with the rose petals on his arm, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is very good, not as vicious as I imagined." Miss Su, I seem to like him. ”
"That's good."
"Aren't you jealous?"
Su Jiu smiled indifferently, "I already have a lover in my heart." ”
"You may not be able to return safely, will you?"
Su Jiu raised his eyes to look at her.
The girl is still well-behaved, but her eyes are flashing with interest that she didn't have before, "Wait a while, I'll take you somewhere." ”
The night was dark.
Although there are thousands of lights in the Imperial Garden, the remote place is pitch black.
Su Jiu and a group of palace maids followed behind Bai Qingqing, and were walking through the unmanned hand-copying verandah.
The verandah is surrounded by lush flowers and vines, which obscure the view of the palace people in the distance.
Walking to the middle of the verandah, Bai gently shook the fan, and suddenly turned around, "You stepped on my palace skirt." ”
Su Jiu was surprised, "What did Niangniang say?" ”
"You stepped on Concubine Ben's palace skirt!" Bai lightly suddenly made a difficulty, "Kneel!" ”
Su Jiu frowned.
Bai's expression was a little fierce, and she had to kneel.
"Slut!" Bai scolded lightly, "Kneel down until dawn and get up again, let's go!" ”
She walked away quickly with the trembling palace maids.
Su Jiu knelt on the ground, only to feel inexplicable-
Until a soft sigh came from behind.
A thin cloak that gently draped over his shoulders.
Su Jiu turned around, the man was dressed in white and was better than snow, his posture was long, his bearing was as warm as jade, and his clear eyebrows were like an ink pen.
It's the tolerance.
He was a little more calm and calm than before.
"Sister Sue." He picked up Su Jiu, "I want to see you, it's really hard to climb to the sky." ”
Su Jiu tentatively, "Bai Qingqing is your person?" ”
"The chess pieces that have been buried in the palace for ten years can be regarded as loyal." Rong Zheng smiled, "Sister Su is a little thinner than before, and it seems that Xiao Tingchen is not a good match for you." ”
Su Jiu didn't want him to see his depressed and embarrassed appearance.
She returned the cloak to Rong Zheng and said lightly: "You came to see me, do you want to pry me to help you deal with Xiao Tingchen?" I can't. I hate you more than I hate him. ”
"Sister Su misunderstood." Rong Zheng raised his hand to invite, "Bai lightly bought us a night's time, can you please Sister Su move and speak?" ”
Su Jiu didn't know what he was thinking.
After a moment's hesitation, she agreed.
The Rong family actually has a secret passage leading to the palace!
Su Jiu followed Rong Zheng through the secret passage and went straight to Wenyuan Pavilion.
This is the place where the history books are compiled.
Rong Zheng pointed out to her from afar, "Those two people, Sister Su should know." ”
Su Jiu looked over, it was Zhou Fengxian and Ah Pu.
She was surprised, these two people never read, why did they come here to edit history books?
Rong Zheng said gently: "Sister Su saved their lives and saved them from being sent to the battlefield, but Xiao Tingchen deliberately ordered them to be responsible for compiling a subset of scriptures and histories, and they were not allowed to have a little difference." Poor two people flip through books day and night, I'm afraid I'm going to vomit, right? ”
Zhou Fengxian and Ah Pu were already sleepy, relying on strong tea to refresh themselves, looking through the mountains of scriptures and histories with two dark circles under their eyes, and they didn't know how long they hadn't slept either.
Rong Zheng took Su wine to a restaurant in Chang'an City.
Overlooking from the restaurant, the west street was emptied, a big hole was dug out in the center of the street, and the shirtless man carried a large bag of tools and carefully climbed down the escalator to the hole.
It's Mo Thirteen.
Xiao Tingchen ordered him to renovate the underground drainage tunnel in Chang'an City, and no one was allowed to help him. Pity this descendant of the Mo family, and I don't know how to repair it to the Year of the Monkey. Rong Zheng chuckled and took Su Jiu to another window, "Sister Su has seen those houses?" ”
The place he was referring to was Manna Street.
The people who live there are all famous families and magnates in Chang'an City, but now, more than a dozen mansions and courtyards have been burned beyond recognition and are devastated.
"The owners of those mansions are all officials who oppose Xiao Tingchen in the court. There are corrupt officials, but there are also many clean officials. Some of them were exiled, some were assassinated, and many of them were executed...... In the short few months that Xiao Tingchen was in power, the Chang'an family disappeared by half, and the remaining family magnates either closed their doors or competed with Xiao Tingchen to flatter him, lest he get into trouble. Although he Xiao Tingchen is called the regent, what is the difference between him and the emperor? ”
Su Jiu's hands and feet were cold.
She was imprisoned in the palace, not knowing that Chang'an City had changed.
"Sister Su, there are not a few families in the court who have complaints about Xiao Tingchen, and sooner or later they will twist into a rope and drag Xiao Tingchen from the position of regent. Xiao Tingchen, he won't be arrogant for long. ”
Rong Zheng stretched out his hand and gently put it on Su Jiu's shoulder, and his voice was very soft: "Xie Rongjing is not in Chang'an, when that time comes, what should you do?" ”