Liangguo is now a total of six states, the land is vast, because Liangzhou is the place of Longxing, and at the same time, from the geographical location, it is the center of the country, like the heart of the people, so it has always borne the important responsibility of cargo transit and Gongwei Jingshi.

The history of Daliang Capital is not particularly long, it is not the legacy of the previous dynasty to renovate, from laying the foundation, to the back of the entire imperial city, after two generations of time.

This impregnable city was built in the era of Taizu Gu Qiguang, so huge, it can even be called a project that costs the people and money, and it is thanks to the prisoners of war from various countries as the first batch of hard labor to be built, otherwise if it is in the peaceful era when the people live and work in peace and contentment, this idea should not be overthrown by the ministers, and it is officially completed later, it is already the era of the second Emperor Wu, which shows the vastness and exquisiteness of this palace city.

The Dongcheng District of the capital, the powerful gather on Tianbo Street, the world knows that there is the mansion of the prince of the East Palace today, spread by the people who do things in the house, all kinds of true and false rumors, such as the carp leaping dragon gate, the four seasons of evergreen, the phoenix swimming in the sea of smoke and other wonders, has been making the uninformed outsiders fascinated, and even enter the prince's mansion to see these wonders as a lifelong pursuit, such a well-known mansion, today there is a distinguished guest.

Because Gu Cang is not only well-known in the literary circle of Liangguo, but also the prince of the East Palace, the king of Qin, and has recently spared no effort to implement reforms and new policies, so no matter what reason he comes to visit every day, he comes to visit, wants to ask for some poems, paintings, calligraphy, and exchanges with classic literary celebrities, whether he wants to go further in the officialdom and come early to curry favor with the future monarch, whether he is a princeling who comes to report the progress of the implementation of the new policy, or a political enemy who comes to oppose the new policy, in short, it is a book of books, down to the ordinary foreign scholars in the Beijing Literary Society, there are all kinds of guests, and there are no less than dozens of guests every day, but that's it, can also be called a distinguished guest, then this identity is naturally extremely extraordinary.

Ji Yaoling, who was originally the royal princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the atrium, is a serious Tianheng noble, because the Great Zhou Ji family and the Great Liang Gu family are in the same line, although the Taizu Gu Qiguang of the Great Liang has already split from the atrium and came to the south a hundred years ago, but in fact, the blood of the two sides is not far apart.

Thanks to the testament of Taizu Gu Qiguang, the royal family of Liangguo showed great tolerance for the arrival of this Princess Ji Yaoling, and it can even be regarded as the word "enthusiasm", especially the history of His Majesty Gu Yi, the emperor of the dynasty, was too bloody, and the brothers and sisters who fought for the throne did not have one left.

For this relative who came from afar, the Gu family's restraint was also very few, and after giving some daily necessities, she was allowed to enter and leave the palace at will, it seemed that they didn't care why the eldest princess came, but whether they had a secret meeting in private, and whether Gu Cang's Tianluo kept this eldest princess under close surveillance, no one knew.

Until today, it is the second time that Ji Yaoling has taken the initiative to visit.

In fact, as the eldest princess of the dynasty, she paid a private visit to the prince of the East Palace, how can it be a little unreasonable, and it is inevitable to arrange some embarrassing words, but Ji Yaoling has always done things like a man, not to mention that she believes in her own judgment very much, whether it is His Majesty in the current dynasty, or the prince who can write "Rolling Ming Jiangdong Passing Water, Waves Sweeping Heroes", it is impossible to be a villain who does not even have this little belly.

The place where the two met today was deliberately set by Gu Cang in the back garden of the "Four Seasons Evergreen", which is called one of the six views of the Prince's Mansion by the outside world.

It was the garden where Gu Cang held the Winter Solstice Literary Meeting in the mansion at the beginning, and Gu Xuan and Fuyin had a private meeting and wandered together halfway, this is a good place that Gu Cang and the third prince of the mermaid clan, Yu Yao, spent a lot of effort to get out, and the wonders naturally don't need to be repeated.

In front of the fountain with the sculpture of a cute curly-haired child with feather wings on his back, a square table carved out of marble had already been set up at the edge of the flower garden.

In the entire courtyard, only Ji Yaoling and Gu Cang sat opposite each other around the table.

On the smooth tabletop, there are two sets of tableware, the appearance is very strange, very different from the habits of ordinary people, there is no necessary chopsticks, but put a small ceramic spoon, exquisite workmanship, but the size of a finger, the other side is placed a small silver fork, in the middle of the fork and the spoon, is placed a round ceramic plate, this is specially sent to Jiangzhou, let the official kiln of Jiangzhou custom-made, it is worth a lot.

On the right hand side of the two of them, there is also a matching ceramic cup, as well as a pot of hot tea that has been brewed with hot water, and the tea leaves have been wrapped in a small bag made of Jiangzhou silk in advance, like a white sachet, only a white silk thread is exposed on the outside.

In the center of the table, there is a silver three-tier shelf, on which are placed three plates, all of which are placed in the famous snacks of the capital, such as hawthorn cakes, horseshoe cakes, toads spit honey, etc., as well as some food invented by Gu Cang himself, made of fluffy dough, most of which are colorful and look extraordinarily beautiful, but there is no appetite.

Gu Cang just sat opposite, his hands folded on his sleeves, like an old man in the countryside who was afraid of the cold, in this way, he really lost the prestige of the prince, he leaned lazily and leisurely on the back of the cushioned, made of slender rattan, on the semicircular swing pedalboard, because the pedal board was hung on the swing shelf with a rope, so he put his two legs, propped on the ground, swayed slightly, and hung a comfortable expression on his face of an old cat basking in the sun on the winter window.

"Eat, many of them were brought from the atrium by the ancestors. ”

That's right, most of these foods that are popular in the capital of Liangguo now are actually brought by Taizu Gu Qiguang from the atrium back then, and this is the only one in the entire southern land, except for the people in the capital, outsiders don't eat it.

Rao is a person like Ji Yaoling, who is persevering and has great ambitions, but when he arrives here, he will also feel a little restrained, which is actually a kind of restraint that does not want to show timidity in front of outsiders, because most of these things are familiar things, but they have only changed some of the practices, which do not affect the way of eating, and those who are not familiar with them can also not be eaten, but these strange tableware, it is really fresh.

It seemed to see Ji Yaoling's current predicament, Gu Cang took the initiative to explain to him: "Just use a fork to get what you want to eat on the plate, and then use a spoon to dig and eat it little by little, because I don't like to get my hands dirty, so I thought of such a laborious way, the thread outside the teapot is actually connected to a tea bag, because when I see that cooks cook, they like to wrap some accessories in a gauze bag and stew, so that there is no residue left, thinking that it is convenient to drink tea, so I also borrowed it." ”

After listening to this, Ji Yaoling smiled politely, in order to alleviate the embarrassment, while reaching out to pour tea for himself, he said: "The last time I saw the prince for the first time, I exchanged some poems and articles, which really benefited Yaoling a lot. ”

These words put his posture very low, and held the other party extremely high, Gu Cang listened to it, and even narrowed his eyes with a smile, looking extraordinarily kind.

"Where is this sister-in-law, sister-in-law has just arrived, and it is inevitable that she will be divided, we should have communicated more, after all, we are all a family, so don't be so polite. ”

If he was so affectionate, even if Ji Yaoling heard it, he was also very useful, and he only felt that Qi Guang Ancestor had really always thought about the Atrium Clan, and even brought his descendants to be so friendly to him.

But polite words, everyone will say it, what do you really think in your heart, no one knows, Ji Yaoling has come all the way, thousands of mountains and rivers, and she is no longer the naïve princess of Da Zhou, this kind of words, of course, just listen to half of it.

"The prince can say this, Yao Ling is really moved, in fact, the prince's literary name is also widely spread in the atrium, even my father said that Qiguang Ancestor can have such a descendant, and he has indeed not fallen into his prestige. ”

Gu Cang has known these things for a long time, and the poems and texts he threw out casually are all superb, and it is normal for them to cause huge repercussions, but that's it, in troubled times, just look at whose fists are harder, where to see who can write poems, no matter how well the poems are written, they are not as convincing as the strong soldiers.

"Oh? Really, I heard that the nine princes of the atrium are wrestling with each other, and it has been a phenomenon of troubled times in recent years, but I didn't expect that the people of the atrium are still interested in paying attention to the poetry of a barbarian from the south like me, which is interesting. ”

Ji Yaoling's heart moved slightly, this sentence contained a lot of information, first, she didn't expect the news from the south to come and go so quickly, but when she thought that there was a Qiankun Chamber of Commerce in the Western Continent that sold intelligence, she was relieved, she didn't think about it carefully on the other party's side where the spies had infiltrated the atrium, and the second was that the other party, who called himself a barbarian in the south, still made her understand one thing.

After a hundred years of separation, they are said to be relatives, but in fact they are already two families, if they want to go to the atrium to help desperately, it is completely impossible, not to mention that they are not qualified to go to the atrium to participate in the competition.

Ji Yaoling asked rhetorically: "Good works will never be buried because of the times, right?"

When Gu Cang heard this, he suddenly sat up straight, and even used strength under his feet in order to fix it and not shake it.

"My sister-in-law said this very well, a person as good as my sister-in-law doesn't want to spend the rest of his life here, right?"

Ji Yaoling's expression moved when he heard this, and he couldn't ask directly, so he could only say tentatively: "What does the prince mean。。。。。。 ”

Gu Cang put his hand on the table in front of him, and five slender and pale, woman-like fingers tapped rhythmically on the marble tabletop.

"Someone divides the nine princes into the upper three, the middle three, and the lower three, with the current strength of Da Liang, it is actually enough to fight with the lower three, this, I Gu Cang is very confident, after the unification of the south, only need to recuperate for another half a year, integrate the troops, and practice one or two, it is enough to touch the threshold of the middle three, but after all, we are the 'barbarians' in their eyes, if we rashly show up, we will definitely be attacked by a group. ”

"But according to the terrain, there is a big mountain range in front of it, which is a good thing, the frontal threat, just ignore it, when the time comes, directly stab Nanyang in the ass, all the way north, even if it is officially entering the atrium. ”

"It's a pity, I shouldn't be able to wait for that day, these things can only be left to you to work your own, and that's all I can do for you in advance. ”

"Calculate the time, those barbarians around the Great Zhou should also do it, add nine ambitious princes in a big pot and stew it into a table of good dishes, and then it will depend on whether you can swallow the big cold in your hands. ”

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A chapter to rest my mind, by the way, I also deeply reflected, I took a traverser to make a wedding dress for people in another world, it seems that it is indeed easy to make people feel disgusted, and the results are not good, I am to blame, and I am here to self-review.