Chapter Eighty-Three: A Secret Tryst

The prince's 100-year-old banquet was held in the palace, and only one of the most extravagant palaces in the palace was selected, and within 100 days, it was renovated and built in a big way, and the officials and women who entered the palace to celebrate could not help but be speechless.

Yu Zhiyan entered the palace with Gu Jue, but she couldn't sit on the same table with him. Because of the celebration of entering the palace

There were too many people, and their female dependents were arranged outside the hall, and a charcoal basin was arranged on the side, which was also very warm.

And because she had no honorable status, she was only arranged to the end, with the families of those low-ranking ministers.

Yu Zhiyan looked at the women around him with gorgeous makeup and fancy clothes, and only secretly regretted that maybe he should really listen to Gu Jue's advice and dress luxuriously.

The ladies at the table could not help but secretly guess her identity, and one of them, a woman in her thirties, asked, "I wonder whose lady you are, and how beautiful you are." ”

Yu Zhiyan sipped tea and said with a smile: "I'm not anyone's wife, it's just a side room." ”

As soon as these words came out, several women around them couldn't help whispering, and some of them also blushed angrily, now they are all humble among everyone, but they didn't expect that there was a concubine.

However, Yu Zhiyan didn't care what they thought of themselves, and only tasted those dozens of dishes, but the Bazhen duck was very good.

She was thinking about how to ask for the recipe and take it back to the house for the cook to make, but she saw Sun Xizheng coming over with a smile on his face.

Sun Xi has always been the master of the high and the low, and in the past, where was he willing to take care of these women on their table, which couldn't help but make people a little stunned.

I saw him hunched over, still holding a glass cup in his hand, and there were a few lychees in it.

Now in the cold winter, none of these lychees are worth a thousand taels, I heard that Jiangnan only paid a tribute of 100, and only those honorable people will be rewarded by the emperor.

"Mrs. Yu, this is what General Gu asked the servants to bring to you." After he finished speaking, he respectfully placed it in front of Yu Zhiyan, "The slave has retired." ”

After he left, Yu Zhiyan glanced at the ladies around her, all of them were full of shock, and she smiled softly: "Several ladies have tasted it." ”

The woman who asked about her identity just now asked, "Could it be that you are General Gu's side room?" ”

Yu Zhiyan peeled a lychee very familiarly and bit it into his mouth, "En." ”

As soon as they heard her affirmative answer, the faces of the women at the table changed, and they couldn't help but look at Yu Zhiyan carefully, thinking that they had heard about Yu Zhiyan.

The woman who entered the palace didn't want to make friends with a few wives, and who didn't want to slap Gu Jue, so she just waited for Yu to fold the smoke one by one.

Yu Zhiyan realized that the most curious woman with her own identity was Mrs. Wang of the Qing family of Dali Temple.

At this time, the shrill voice of the eunuch came from the hall, "Princess Xuanhuashuang has entered the hall." ”

As soon as these words came out, Yu Zhiyan followed everyone's curious looks, but saw that from the top table, Hua Shuang slowly walked out, she was wearing the clothes of a Central Plains woman, and she was wearing a fox fur cloak outside, white as snow.

When she stood under the lamplight, everyone saw her face clearly, and her beautiful eyes were so dark that she couldn't see the bottom, and when the corners of her eyes were slightly upward, she smiled like a dark night.

The shadow of the eyelashes under the eyelids adds an indescribable mystery to the whole face; The bridge of the nose is straight and delicate, dividing the beautiful face into two sides.

Among them, the women in the boudoir have never seen the Huns, they only think that the people there are fierce, and the women are also like roe deer, and now such a beauty is placed there, and everyone has lost their minds for a while.

Gu Jue was drinking wine there, but when he saw Hua Shuang slowly entering the hall, he couldn't help but think of what happened to him that day, and the roots of his teeth itched.

The queen sat beside the emperor, still holding her gift in her hand, a complete wolf skin. There was not a trace of variegation on the white wolf skin, and it was a snow wolf that was rare to see in a hundred years.

"I heard that this wolf was shot to death by the princess, but she is really capable." After the queen finished speaking, she turned to look at the emperor beside her, "Dong Lang also shot a white wolf when he was thirteen years old, and I don't know who is better in their archery." ”

The emperor used forbidden drugs indiscriminately, and now his body is not as good as day by day, and the whole person is also sick.

"Sure enough, it's a woman who doesn't let her eyebrows." The emperor also praised it from the bottom of his heart.

But the queen showed a few smiles, "Your Majesty, you see that Gu Jue and Hua Shuang are very well matched, they are really like golden boys and girls." ”

Hearing this, Gu Jue almost choked to death by the wine in the teacup, he was secretly worried that the queen mother asked the emperor to give them a marriage, and he really married this barbaric woman, where would Yu Zhiyan still have a foothold in the mansion.

He just wanted to know how to make a move, so he only smiled and picked up two glasses of wine, slowly walked to the front of the palace, and then reached out to give Hua Shuang a glass, "I have sinned against the princess before, and today I only drank this glass of wine to make amends, and if you say something arrogant, you only need to treat me as a brother in the future, and if you have anything in the capital, just come to me." ”

The queen naturally had what kind of thoughts he had, her face was pale with anger, and she couldn't criticize him harshly in front of everyone.

Hua Shuang stretched out her hand and took the wine glass he brought, drank it very heroically, and then whispered, "Why, is this princess not worthy of you?" ”

Gu Jue whispered softly in her ear, "It's not worth lifting shoes for General Ben." ”

Everyone looked at the two of them whispering something, very intimate, just because the two of them had some personal feelings, they quietly discussed.

After Hua Shuang left the palace, the emperor ordered the drama team to come in, and he found that Yu Zhiyan couldn't see these things outside the palace, and he couldn't help but secretly regret that maybe he really shouldn't have taken her into the palace to suffer this crime.

Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the crowd, he only asked a eunuch to quietly bring a pen and paper, and then wrote a few words on the paper, and asked the eunuch to send it out.

He only whispered, "Go give it to her." ”

The eunuch was newly transferred, I don't know who he wanted to give it to, and when he thought of his intimate appearance with the Xiongnu princess just now, he hurried out of the palace.

Although Hua Shuang is a princess, she also sits with a female dependent, although she is wearing a skirt of a Central Plains woman, her behavior is still a little bold, she is afraid that others will laugh at her, so she is very restrained there.

She used to drink tea in a silver bowl, but now she was a little unaccustomed to this small tea cup, and just when she asked the eunuch to add tea, a little eunuch quietly stuffed a paper ball into her hand.

Hua Shuang couldn't help but be stunned, but heard the eunuch's extremely low voice coming, "It was given to you by General Gu." ”

When she turned her face, she saw that Gu Jue had already come out of the hall, her eyes roaming the table outside the hall, as if she was looking for herself, but she was obviously sitting in the first place, but he didn't find herself.

She took advantage of everyone's unpreparedness, quietly opened it, only glanced at it, and then secretly stuffed the note back into her sleeve.

She stood up, saw that her cloak was very conspicuous, took it off and set it aside, and then was about to leave.

A lady sitting next to her hurriedly asked, "Where is the princess going, she is wearing such a thin dress, don't freeze." ”

"I have a headache from being grilled with these charcoals, so I go outside to relax."

After she finished speaking, she walked away by herself, and went straight to the Star Picking Tower, although she didn't know the road in the palace, but she was very easy to identify the high pavilion in this palace.

This star-picking tower is only used once or twice a year when the queen sacrifices, most of the time is vacant, only those palace maids who miss their relatives in the past will climb up and look at the direction of their hometown.

Now that there is a banquet in the palace, those palace maids naturally can't hang out, and there is not even a palace maid around the star-picking tower here, and no one even lights the fire candle on the pavilion.

Hua Shuang climbed up the steps, and I don't know how many wooden steps she went up before she saw a wide and spacious open space, and then a figure was standing in front of the railing, and when she heard the voice, she rushed up.

"Why don't you even carry a lantern, and you're not afraid of falling it." Gu Jue's voice came out of the darkness, and then an intimate voice, "Could it be that you are afraid that we will be seen." ”

Dark Huashuang couldn't help but feel shocked when she heard his voice as gentle as water.

However, before she could speak, her body immediately fell into a warm embrace, and then he whispered in her ear, "I can't see you for a while, and my heart feels like a needle." ”

Dark Zhongshuang's face flushed slightly, and she almost forgot to resist, only feeling the heat coming from his chest, like a furnace.

She had never had such an intimate act with a man, but she liked it so much, and she was so excited.

Then he whispered in her ear, but pushed her into the abyss again, "Folding smoke, this place can see the entire capital, and it is also my favorite place in the palace." ”

What a smart person she was, she understood the reason for the matter at once, but she was afraid that the little eunuch had passed the wrong note, and he was going to give Yu a cigarette.

It's a pity that it's too dark here, and Gu Jue doesn't know that she is not the person he is looking for.

Originally, she wanted to open her mouth to tell him, or make a few sarcastic words, but she still swallowed those words, and she was even a little greedy, these feelings that did not belong to her in the first place were very meaningful.

After a banquet, Yu Zhiyan had already lost interest, but the wife of Shaoqing of Dali Temple on the side said that she would visit the Chengguo Mansion another day, but Yu Zhiyan also refused.

After the banquet dispersed, a man came to pick up his wife, and even the wives around Yu Zhiyan were picked up, and it was not until everyone dispersed that Yu Zhiyan found Gu Jue everywhere.

The queen and the emperor had already left before everyone, and Yu Zhiyan looked at Gu Jue and did not go with them.

In the hall, only the palace people were left to clean up the leftovers, and she was busy asking everyone where Gu Jue went, and everyone didn't know when they died, only that before the banquet was dispersed, he left under the pretext of excuse.

Yu Zhiyan was in a hurry to catch fire, but suddenly saw Chu Xi outside the hall, she was dressed in Su Jin, like a fairy, and she was left alone there.

Although she was the most favored in the palace, her rank was not high, and she only sat near the door of the palace, and Yu Zhiyan had looked at her a few times before.

Yu Zhiyan slowly walked outside the hall, and before he could say goodbye, he heard Chu Xixi's flat voice coming, "He left with the princess of the Huns." ”

Gu Jue and the princess of the Huns are so tense and incompatible, she is clear, if there is any adultery between the two of them, Yu Zhiyan will not believe it no matter what.

"How so?" Yu Zhiyan's face changed slightly, "Didn't you read it wrong?" ”

Chu Xi smiled lightly, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, "I saw with my own eyes that Gu Jue asked the chamberlain to pass the paper to her, and the two of them left one after the other, what is it if they didn't secretly go to a tryst." ”

Yu Zhiyan only felt a trace of sadness, and he didn't know when he would be jealous of him because of this man's sadness.

"In fact, Gu Jue's marriage to the princess of the Huns is tantamount to adding wings to the tiger, who else in this world can be more powerful than their sister and brother?"

After she retired, she went back to the house by herself, and the cold wind on the road poured in down her cuffs, and it was so cold.

The moon picking building is 100 feet high, and there is no shelter from the wind on it, and the cold wind blows on people's faces, like a thick needle constantly piercing.

Sure enough, the scenery here is excellent, you can see every alley in the capital, and every corner of the lights seems to be so close.

Gu Jue couldn't see her face clearly, and saw that she had been talking in the dark, so she thought she was frozen, so she hurriedly took off the robe on her body, handed it to her, and asked her to put it on herself.

She was not polite, and took it and put it on. Hua Shuang grew up outside the plug, and she was not afraid of being colder than this, but when she put on a cloak, she felt so warm.

In a trance, Hua Shuang heard a bell ringing, it was so crisp, and she couldn't help but reach out and shake it up, as if she was looking for it in the dark.

Gu Jue saw her hand and understood what she meant, so she only smiled and said: "You stupid girl actually likes these, I know where these wind chimes are, but they are a little high, I will take them off with you on my back." ”

After saying that, he slowly squatted down, Hua Shuang touched his arm, only walked behind him, and then slowly wrapped his neck.

As if he had received an order, Gu Jue stood up suddenly, and then slowly moved towards the corner of the building.

Who knew that the ground was a little uneven, Gu Jue didn't know where to step on, and both of them leaned forward.

Hua Shuang on his back instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck, and her lips fell behind his ears. Gu Jue immediately teased: "You girl actually dares to steal from the young master, see how I will clean you up after returning home." ”

As he spoke, Gu Jue had already groped to the corner of the building, and then Hua Shuang slowly rubbed the net according to his instructions, and then touched it, and sure enough, there was a crisp sound at hand.

The rope that tied the bell had already been delivered, and she used half of her strength, and the bell was torn off by her, but the snow hanging on the rope fell on the two people at once.

Gu Jue felt a burst of coolness and hurriedly put her down.

In the dark, he pulled Hua Shuang to his side, and just wanted to pat the remnant snow on her body for her, but vaguely saw her face.

Gu Jue's expression suddenly changed, and he casually pinched the woman's face, and his cold fingers only felt the rough skin, not Yu Zhiyan's skin at all.

"Who are you?" Gu Jue's voice was full of Sen Ran.

Hua Shuang saw that the matter was revealed, and she no longer concealed it, "General Gu asked the eunuch to wear a note to me and asked me to come to a private meeting, why did he turn his face and deny people so quickly?" ”

As soon as he heard the voice, he knew who the person opposite him was, and he only felt angry, and he just wanted to push down the woman who had been playing with him for so long.

"Get out." He said angrily, "Before I kill you"

Only then did he realize what he had done wrong, and he must have done something wrong with the eunuch.

"I was tender and sweet just now, why did you turn your face ruthless this time, are you men in the Central Plains as ruthless as you?"

Hua Shuang's voice was mocking, but mixed with a hint of loss, but Gu Jue ignored her, and only left in a hurry, and after he left, she realized that his cloak was still on her body.

Yu Zhiyan only returned to the mansion by herself, and the guards who sent them into the palace did not see Gu Jue out of the palace and did not dare to send her back alone, so they only ordered a few people to carry a sedan chair to send her back, and the rest of the people were waiting for Gu Jue to come out at the palace gate.

When Yu Zhiyan returned to the mansion, it was late at night, and the papier-mΓ’chΓ© lantern hung in front of the mansion was about to sway in the wind.

She got off the sedan chair, picked up her skirt, and just wanted to lift her feet up the steps, but she saw a figure leaning against the wall in the distance, dressed in white, and the wind blew the black hair on his body.

The wide robe and wide sleeves were blown high by the wind, and the slender figure became thinner and thinner, as if it was difficult to win the clothes. The miserable white light fell on his face like ice and snow, as if it were transparent.

Yu Zhiyan looked at him in a daze, as if everything around him had receded, and he was the only one left.

And she was about to turn around, but she saw the man leaning against the wall falling into the snow, and the black snow water suddenly soaked his snow-white clothes.

Her feet that landed on the steps still faded back, ignoring the surprise of the guards behind her, and walked straight to Feng Huang.

Yu Zhiyan saw him clearly at this time, only to see that his face was abnormally red, as if he was sick, and he was still carrying half a bottle of wine in his hand, and the wine on his body was so strong that he didn't know how much he had drunk.

Feng Huang smiled faintly, didn't say a word, suddenly covered his lips, and coughed repeatedly.

"Why are you here?" Yu Zhiyan tried her best to make her voice sound unwavering, and even she had to admit that seeing Feng Huang like this, she actually felt that he was a little pathetic.

The prince of Nan'an, who was called the first person of the dynasty by the previous emperor, was reduced to this.

"I just wanted to come and see you." He took another sip of wine, "You can have a drink with me." ”

His pale and slender hand, holding the cup, was clearly trembling slightly.

Yu Zhiyan snatched his wine jug, raised his head and opened his mouth, and drank from the jug. The wine poured like a waterfall splashed her face, and her mouth was cold and spicy, forcing her to tears.

This is just a wine sold on the street, very spicy, and now Feng Huang has no money to buy that fine wine.

Feng Huang was also frightened by her appearance, and only reached out to grab the wine jug in her hand, but still grabbed a handful.

There was a crisp sound, and Yu Zhiyan raised his hand to throw the wine jug out and shattered it.

"I'm done drinking, you go back and quit Fenghuang, do you want Moshu to watch this drunkard father every day?" Yu Zhiyan looked back at him coldly.

He looked at Yu Zhiyan drunken and misty, and through the mist, there was a flash of water in the depths of his eyes.

"I just wanted to keep you for a while that day, so I had to calculate Moshu, after so much time, are you still angry with me?" Feng Huang looked straight at me, his face was already as pale as paper, and he was more and more pale and frightening.

Yu Zhiyan was miserable in his heart, but he had to sneer, "I only have hatred for you now, if there is no Moshu, but if you think about how you calculated my sister in the first place, I will not let you go." ”

"You ......" Feng Huang's eyes were in a trance, "You really hate me like this." ”

There was fragility and helplessness in his voice, "Fold the smoke and leave Gu Jue, this is my last advice to you, otherwise we will be incompatible in the future." ”

Yu Zhiyan sneered, "Do you want to calculate Gu Jue?" It's just a grasshopper shaking a tree, and now that he's in power, you're just a commoner. ”

She turned to leave.

Behind him came his low call, which was heard in his ears, and he was extremely sad. Yu Zhiyan choked in his heart, and his feet couldn't help but pause, and he was suddenly hugged tightly from behind.

His cold lips fell to her neck, warm tears, cold lips, entangled in the skin of her sideburns, desperate, hot and lingering...... This embrace is so familiar, so familiar that it makes people nostalgic, and so attached that it makes people sink.

She seemed to remember the days when she was in love with the phoenix, but now all that was left was cold.

"Don't go, don't leave me." His hands clasped tightly around her waist, holding her immobile, as if he were using all his strength to grasp the last driftwood.

"That's enough." Yu Zhiyan pushed his arm away, and his nose was almost numb from the smell of alcohol.

After she finished speaking, she only strode back to the mansion, and ordered someone to close the door of the mansion, and she didn't know whether Feng Huang would go or stay.

Soon she was so engrossed in what Feng Huang said that she forgot about Gu Jue.

However, she was still in a daze in the room, when she heard a hurried footstep, accompanied by a figure pushing the door in, and the candlestick in front of her shook.

"How did you come back on your own?" Gu Jue walked over and gently held her hand, like a child who had done something wrong, wanting to make people blame Sou and couldn't bear it.

"Do I have to wait for you? How was it okay to talk to the princess? Yu Zhiyan's voice was flat, and her anger had disappeared.

Seeing that she already knew about this, Gu Jue's face changed suddenly, and said, "I was going to go to a tryst with you, but who knew that stupid eunuch actually sent the wrong note, which is really hateful." ”

Yu Zhiyan couldn't help but think of Chu Xixi's words today, maybe it would be best for Gu Jue to marry that princess, at least she didn't look very bad, and she wouldn't suppress herself as a wife in the future.

"Actually, you can marry her." She looked up at him and smiled, "Are you really the only one by my side all your life?" ”