The women in the hall all lifted the veils on their faces, and saw that the eyes of everyone in the hall involuntarily fell on the faces of Chu Xixi and Yu Zhiyan.

Maybe compared to the two of them, the others are just vulgar fans, not worth mentioning at all.

I don't know who shouted in the hall, "Isn't this the daughter of the Yu Shangshu family?" ”

Only then did everyone recognize Yu Zhiyan, most of them had participated in the wedding between Gu Jue and Yu Zheyan, and they all knew about her and Gu Jue.

King Xian wanted to win over Gu Jue, and said to Gu Jue very politely, "General Gu has worked hard and made great achievements, so this king will order you to choose first." ”

Only then did Gu Jue withdraw his gaze from the cup, and then walked past everyone and slowly looked in the direction of Yu Zhiyan.

Yu Zhiyan's heart tightened suddenly, she couldn't figure him out now, if he could choose himself, he would have a good life in the future in the workshop, at least he could make that Ren Mama believe what he said.

She was in a trance, but saw him slowly walking from the table, under the light, he was dressed in black, and his cloak was dragging to the ground, which was extraordinary.

Yu Zhiyan walked to himself step by step without him, and the worry in his heart gradually dissipated, after all, it was better to serve him than those strange men.

Knowing that he was close to Yu Zhiyan, he slowly stretched out his hand.

Yu Zhiyan was about to stretch out his hand, but saw his hand pass over her and take Chu Xixi's thin white hand.

In an instant, Yu Zhiyan's face was as pale as snow, his fingers were cold, and his thin lips trembled slightly.

I saw Chu Xixi follow Gu Jue to the table with an indifferent face, and then knelt beside him.

Yu Zhiyan's heart shook slightly, and he lowered his eyes slightly, vaguely understanding, but he didn't want to believe it.

Soon it was the turn of the other adults to choose people, Yu Zhiyan indifferently watched the women around her being selected one by one, until in the end, she was left standing alone in the center of the hall.

Whoever is not a shrewd person in this officialdom naturally knows the relationship between Gu Jie and Yu Zhiyan, who dares to offend Gu Jue, the living king of Hades.

When Yu Zhiyan saw such a situation, he was overjoyed, and thought that he had been blessed by misfortune and saved himself from serving these men.

Seeing this, King Xian hurriedly smiled and said, "Since no one wants you to serve, you should go back, and the reward you should give will not be less." ”

Yu Zhiyan hurriedly stepped forward to thank her, and between the flowers and shadows, she vaguely saw the sarcastic eyes on the faces of the women who came with him, as well as the worried eyes of Yinniu.

However, at this moment, a clear voice came from the corner of the hall, "Lord Wang, Weichen wants her to serve." ”

Everyone was stunned, and they didn't want someone to die like this. Only after looking at the past, I realized that it was Lord He Shuteng, thinking that he had just entered Beijing to take up the post of Taishi Ling, but he didn't know the reason.

This He Shuteng was originally sympathetic, he saw that Yu Zhiyan had no choice, he just thought that she had some hidden disease, and now she has lost face, but he is afraid that he will feel embarrassed when he goes back.

Xianwang couldn't help but glance at Gu Jue's face, but saw that his face was normal, and the beauty next to him was pouring wine for him, obviously he didn't care about this Yu Zhiyan at all.

Seeing this situation, King Xian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and waved his hand to let Yu Zhiyan pass.

Yu Zhiyan moved the lotus step lightly, slowly walked to the side of Lord He, and sat down slowly.

At this time, the house was already noisy, and some people were already drunk, without any posture, and the beauties around them began to be unruly.

Yu Zhiyan looked at Master He, his official position was obviously the smallest in this hall, no one paid attention to him, but he was at ease, Yu Zhiyan just sat there in a daze, bored.

"If you want to say you feel uncomfortable, go out for a walk." Then Lord He said respectfully, as if she was not a lowly person, but like the daughter of a big family.

Yu Zhiyan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Listening to your accent, it looks like Jiangnan." ”

He Shuteng was stunned, "My father used to be a magistrate in Jiangnan, and I grew up in Jiangnan since I was a child. ”

Yu Zhiyan was stunned for a moment, only thinking that he was a little familiar, and only a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, "I have read your "Luo Yingci", that is what you wrote to your newlyweds, right?" ”

This He Shuteng was also stunned, thinking about why a woman who had fallen into the dust would read it.

Yu Zhiyan seemed to see his doubts at this time, and said with a smile: "You and my cousin Yun Peichang are friends, I came from him, I saw you in my uncle's mansion at that time, maybe you have forgotten it a long time ago." ”

Hearing her say this, He Shuteng remembered that Yun Peichang did have a cousin, but he forgot what she looked like.

Yu Zhiyan smiled: "Is your wife okay?" ”

"She's fine, but she's staying in her hometown with her parents." This He Shuteng is an infatuated person, even if he entered Beijing, he didn't even have a concubine by his side.

Through the countless glasses, a trace of coolness slowly flashed in Gu Jue's eyes.

His black pupils reflected the appearance of Yu Zhiyan, and she was smiling in front of another man. Such a charming smile, but she has never given herself like this.

Yu Zhiyan chatted with Master He just right, but she only felt that there was a gaze that had been staring at her coldly, and when she looked up, she saw Gu Jue's cold eyes staring at her.

Soon the feast was dispersed, and the women who came with Yu Zhiyan all received rewards, but the most was Chu Xixi, who received ten times as much silver as the others.

This quickly aroused the jealousy of other women, and they couldn't help but talk about you, but they were still indifferent.

That Hanmei didn't come back with them, presumably to stay in the palace of the king.

All the women were crammed into a carriage, looking cramped and cramped.

When the carriage passed by the Xuanmen Gate in the capital, it was crowded with people watching the excitement.

Yu Zhiyan opened the curtain and only glanced outside, and then his face turned pale, and even the silver girl beside him screamed.

Immediately, everyone's eyes fell on the two of them, but Yu Zhiyan ignored them, and just rushed out of the galloping carriage at once.

She fell down on the road at once, her hands bleeding from the stones, but she didn't care, just ran straight there.

But I saw that on the city gate, there were two human heads hung high by the guards, and people were holding vegetable leaves and smashing them all together.

The sound of cursing kept coming from all around, one by one, only saying that it was a great rebellion to kill the king.

But Yu Zhiyan knelt on the ground with a thud and slowly kowtowed three times.

The heads of the king of Nan'an and the princess of Nan'an were hung on the city wall like that, and ten thousand people scolded bitterly.

Soon the people found Yu Zhiyan kneeling on the ground, and when they saw a woman kowtowing to the thief, they threw the leaves and eggs in their hands at her.

However, at this moment, Yu Zhiyan saw a man in white standing in the distance, the wind lifted the embroidered robe on his body, and the long hair like ink drifted away with the wind.

Yu Zhiyan chased after her like crazy, and she made her way through the crowd, ignoring the things thrown around her, and how embarrassed her dance clothes became.

However, when she arrived there, she saw that it was already empty, as if everything that had just happened was just a hallucination of hers.

At this moment, several stout men grabbed her, tied her up, and sent her to the human grandmother.

She was dragged out of the sedan chair with all kinds of flowers, but she saw Mama Ren sitting in the courtyard, her face gloomy as if she was about to be angry at any time.

"I've been here for so many years, and I've never seen anyone as bold as you." Mama Ren sneered, "Not only do you want to escape, but you also deceive me." ”

Yu Zhiyan raised his head, "You really wronged me, I want to say run away, are you still waiting for you to arrest me?" Besides, what did I deceive you? ”

"What deceived me?" Mama Ren smiled sinisterly, "General Gu doesn't pay attention to you at all, a slut, and deceives me, I ordered someone to find General Gu's words today, which is fundamentally different from your letter." ”

Yu Zhiyan knew that he couldn't hide it, and was thinking about how to dodge it, but saw two people walking slowly.

Walking in the front was Chu Xixi, her steps were light and heavy, obviously the injury on her foot was even worse.

Behind her was a worried silver girl, and she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw that Yu Zhiyan was not punished.

Chu Xixi walked up slowly, and then said to Mama Ren, "Yu Zhiyan didn't lie, but today the general asked me about her situation here, and said that he would go to the Holy Lord to intercede for us in the future." ”

After all, she is Mama Ren's favorite person now, and she will still point to her to make a fortune in the future.

"Really?" Mama Ren's face softened a little, "General Gu really said that?" ”

Chu Xixi knelt beside Yu Zheyan, his eyes were full of flatness, "Yes." ”

At this moment, a small servant came in a hurry outside, followed by two guards, who held several delicate wooden boxes in their hands.

"General Gu came and ordered them to send things to the girls." The little guy smiled and hurriedly explained to Mama Ren.

Seeing this, Mama Ren hurriedly sat up from the chair, and then said with a smile: "I don't know which girl General Gu asked the two officials to give to, or if all the girls have it?" ”

One of the officials said, "It's for Miss Chu." ”

Mama Ren smiled and hurriedly asked the maids to take it, and then opened a few boxes one by one, only to see the agate jewelry inside, countless treasures.

Yu Zhiyan knew that Gu Jue had always been cynical and generous to women. This Chu Xixi obviously didn't eat his set, and there was no trace of fluctuation on Qinggao's face, if the girl next to him was afraid that she would be scared.

That Ren Mama glanced at Yu Zhiyan, obviously questioning, why there was no her.

However, at this moment, the guard took out a small box from his arms and respectfully handed it to Yu Zhiyan, "At this time, the general specially gave it to you, and I want you to keep it." ”

Yu Zhiyan took it, but saw that it was a box with a mechanism, and it couldn't be opened no matter how it was opened, only that there seemed to be a sound inside, and it was obviously not empty.

Mama Ren hurriedly thanked the two guards, and then rewarded a few taels of silver before sending the two officials away.

After they left, her previous anger was swept away, and she was rare and cordial to the two of them.

Although her voice was still serious when she spoke to Yu Zhiyan, she still had a hint of kindness, "You didn't lie about anything else, but it was true that you ran away, and I will punish you to go to the firewood room today and think about it." ”

Yu Zhiyan knew that he was lucky to have picked up a life in a few days, so he dared to argue about anything, but he followed the little guy to the firewood room very calmly.

When he turned to leave, he saw the bright jewelry given to Chu Xixi, and he couldn't help but be more curious about what was in his box.

Yu Zhiyan was locked in the firewood room, where it was cold and gloomy, she was still wearing a thin dance dress, and her teeth chattered from the cold.

She found some straw and hid inside, and then slowly studied the wooden box by the faint moonlight outside the window.

She pondered for an unknown number of hours, but still couldn't find the mechanism.

All Yu Zhiyan's patience was exhausted, and she angrily found a stone, and it was smashed with a bang, until the exquisite box was smashed to pieces by her.

She picked up the contents and studied them for a while, a puzzled look on her face.

It's just that there is a shoe inside, I don't know where it came from, it smells foul, but there is a hole in the shoe, which is obviously broken.

Yu Zhiyan really didn't know what he meant, and after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't understand why Gu Jue wanted Baba to send him a broken shoe.

He simply stopped thinking about it, just left it aside and fell asleep by himself.

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After yesterday's dance, some of these women are no longer as trembling as before, but they are practicing dance desperately, as if they want to fight for a good way out here.

Some people even talked about Gu Jue, who only praised him for his fanciful and amorous feelings, but only Yu Zhiyan clearly remembered how he was murderous when he went to Huaiyin to hunt down traitors.

At noon, each of them received some silver, and when they asked, they learned that the crown princess was pregnant, and she specially rewarded them with these sinners.

Yu Zhiyan didn't care at all, not like they were chattering endlessly.

Her eyes involuntarily fell on Chu Xixi's body, but she saw that her face was still light. Yu Zhiyan still remembered that she pleaded for herself yesterday, and thought that she hadn't thanked her yet.

But I saw that her dancing steps were much slower, presumably because of the needle wound on her foot.

At this moment, someone let out an exclamation, it turned out to be Gu Jue coming.

These women are not yet able to serve those high-ranking officials and nobles, and they have to learn the dance well after some time before they sell themselves on the Jin Jiao Building, and the highest bidders will be served by these women.

Gu Jue slowly stepped onto the steps, dressed in a green shirt, his long hair was scattered, and his ink-colored hair was draped over his shoulders. The eyebrows are like distant mountains, and there are no waves in the dark eyes.

And walking in front of him was Mama Ren, who was full of flattery, and she smiled so much that the wrinkles on her face could trap a fly.

Soon the two of them walked to the attic, and the women who were originally waving their water sleeves involuntarily stopped what they were doing.

Some of the women blushed and bowed respectfully.

But Gu Jue crossed the crowd and looked straight at Na Chu Xixi.

And Mama Ren walked up slowly at this time, smiled and held her hand tightly and said, "Girl, don't jump, General Gu wants to listen to the pipa, I have already arranged it, you will accompany him to the private room of Mingyue Tower." ”

Yu Zhiyan actually thought it was very interesting, but he didn't expect Gu Jue to like this Chu Xixi so much, and he actually condescended to find himself.

But this ice clear and jade beauty obviously didn't appreciate it, just saluted respectfully, and then said without humility or arrogance, "We have rules here, and girls who go out without a sign are not allowed to accompany guests." ”

Immediately, everyone was stunned, and even Mama Ren's face turned pale with anger, after all, she didn't dare to offend Gu Jue.

"Poof." Yu Zhiyan couldn't help laughing, it was hard for her to see someone embarrassing Gu Jue like this.

However, before the smile on her face could be withdrawn, a cold gaze passed through several flowery women and came straight towards her.

Yu Zhiyan originally smiled very shallowly, but he didn't expect Gu Jue to hear it from such a distance, only to feel a shiver on his body, and a trace of coolness went straight to his head along his toes.

At this moment, Yu Zhiyan hurriedly lowered his head, but heard Gu Jue's gentle voice coming, "In this case, I will watch how they dance here, but if they dance well, General Ben will have a reward, and if they are bad, General Ben will punish them." ”

When Mama Ren heard this, she only thought about his reward, only smiled and agreed, and hurriedly asked someone to bring tables and chairs.

Gu Jue sat on the chair and looked at the women very comfortably, "Let's start." ”

When those women saw that they could dance in front of him, they couldn't help but be even more shy, and they danced their water sleeves lightly one by one, dancing harder.

Yu Zhiyan hid at the end, just wanting to mix it up by herself, but who knew that Gu Jue's cold gaze no longer looked at others at all, just stared at her.

She looked as if she was not a dancing woman, but a general of the enemy on the battlefield.

"Come and get the punishment." Gu Jue's cold finger pointed at Yu Zhiyan from afar.

Yu Zhiyan only felt a chill in his heart, now that he is here he is the king of heaven, who dares to offend him.

She walked over slowly, only thinking in her heart that this attic would collapse as soon as possible and throw Gu Jue to death.

She was obviously disappointed, until she walked up to him, and he took the ring ruler out of the table.

Yu Zhiyan's face suddenly turned pale, but she still gritted her teeth and slowly stretched out her hand.

Gu Jue sneered, "Did you see what I gave you yesterday?" What do you think? ”

As soon as she remembered the shoe yesterday, she was full of confusion, and shook her head, "I saw it, but I don't understand what it means, and I ask General Gu for advice." ”

Gu Jue raised his eyes and glanced at her coldly, "Why pretend not to understand, it's really hypocritical." ”

Yu Zhiyan's voice was extremely serious, as if he was asking a question to the teacher who taught, "I really didn't pretend, I really don't know what it means." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the ring ruler in his hand slammed over, and Yu Zhiyan pulled back his hand violently, but it was already red and swollen.