The next step was to sit down with Zong Zhengxu, and I ordered Zhen Sheng to watch the tea, and called Ji Die to stay. Glancing at Zong Zhengxu in confusion, Ji Stack was instructed and stood aside silently.

"What do you want to say? There is still some business in the DPRK and China, and we need to ...... it."

Before Zong Zhengxu's words fell, I spoke to myself as if I had never heard of it: "In the book "Leaving the Wild Goose Fu" written by Cao Zhi, the king of Chen Si, it is said, 'Gan Chongjun cooks and anoints the wok'. The Warring States Meng tasted 3,000 diners, and there were three columns in the kitchen. The upper guest eats meat, the middle guest eats fish, and the lower guest eats vegetables. In the soup of these days, no matter the shortbread and soup, there is minced meat. Xiao Yuemu regarded the emperor as a guest, but the emperor said the word 'cook'. Is it because Xiao Yuemu's cooking skills are not good, and it is difficult to satisfy the emperor's mouth? ”

Slightly stunned, Zong Zhengxu raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "Yue Muli has sharp teeth, and her demeanor is better than before." He didn't defend himself, and generously admitted: "When Ji Dian came to look for the first box of shortbread a few days ago, Xu took it upon himself to keep the shortbread for himself. It was Xu's selfishness, and it was indeed not made that this delicacy reached the Kaiyuan King. ”

"The emperor is the king of the night. Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. Xiao Yuemu is in the territory of the night, and the things used can naturally be disposed of by the emperor at will. ”

The tone and meaning of my tone obviously made Zong Zhengxu a little happy: "Xu Su knows that Yue Mu Bingxue is smart and knows the general situation. Xu also said earlier that he would wait for Yuemu to mature and change his mind. ”

He raised his voice slightly, because of the closed palace door, the proud and complacent smile couldn't help but echo in the empty palace room, as if he could drill into every corner of the world with the cracks, and announce to the world: "Yue Mu has a heart, and you can follow your wishes." Tomorrow Xu arranged for the minister to go to Lianghong to propose to His Royal Highness the Tenth Prince, and by the way, he took this opportunity to help His Royal Highness the Tenth Prince to ascend to the ceremony early. ”

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." I got up and saluted, and bowed my head: "I believe that the emperor will definitely do what he says." ”

Zong Zhengxu personally helped me up, I raised my eyes, and met his smiling eyes, which were rare and bright. Taking a step back to avoid the hand he was about to hold, I didn't care about Zong Zhengxu's smile slightly: "Since the emperor has promised that he will send someone to contact the tenth brother, I don't know how the Son of Heaven will deal with the matter of King Kaiyuan?" ”

Maintaining his original expression unchanged, after a moment, Zong Zhengxu raised the corners of his lips higher: "Yue Mu is so affectionate and righteous, which really moves Xu. Don't hide it from Yuemu, King Hu Ru Kaiyuan," he turned around and sat down in his clothes, "The day before yesterday, he was sent out of the night by a good student, and he returned to Guisang." ”

And so he replied. I smiled without saying a word, turned my eyes to look at Ji Die, and the smile grew stronger. Ji Di didn't know why, his eyes were puzzled, I just ignored it, and deepened his smile.

"Why is Yuemu Waner?"

After a while, Zong Zhengxu opened his mouth to rescue Ji Die, I pursed my lips and looked back at him, raised my eyebrows and said softly: "I laugh at the emperor's preface and swear by it. The latter sentence becomes a lie, and the face does not change. ”

"Hu Ru Kaiyuan Wang Huan Ke is still in the harem of the night ditch. Or, in more detail, it is in the Lin Feng Hall where the emperor is at this moment. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ji Die's breath stagnated on one side, and he wanted to hold his breath for a moment before he breathed steadily again.

I smiled lightly and listened to Zong Zhengxu's denied it, and did not say a word, only invited the two of them to drink tea first.

"What does the emperor think about this tea?" I put down the teacup and looked at Zong Zhengxu again.

He frowned almost invisibly, but still praised: "Although it is a little clear, it is a refreshing and good choice for the coming summer." ”

Zhen Sheng stood aside and raised his head strangely when he heard this. I straightened the skirt on my body, and the old words were repeated: "The emperor's holy words, the Tao is that the king of Kaiyuan has left the night." Ji Guards are the commanders of the soldiers in the palace, and the Kaiyuan King is a noble person, why not be escorted by Ji Guards? ”

"Back to the Emperor." Ji Dian arched his hand: "Recently, the emperor has inherited the mandate of heaven, and there are often trivial matters in the palace. Ji Di needs to stay in the imperial capital in case of emergency. And the emperor lives in the Lin Feng Palace, and the emperor's special order Ji is here to protect the safety of the emperor. ”

With a slight bow, I asked, "Therefore, in the past few days, Guard Ji has been guarding the Lin Feng Palace, except for sending the shortbread soup to the emperor at my request, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Never slackened off for a moment, away from the neighborhood?"

"Never."

"Okay." I got up, raised my hand to signal him to come closer, and then half-turned to Zong Zhengxu, who was frowning: "Your Majesty, please sniff gently." Is there a fragrance on Ji Guard's body? ”

Caught off guard, Ji Di only stood in place for a while. Zong Zhengxu's eyes darkened, and he was silent.

I walked to Zhen Sheng's side again: "If the emperor is not too troublesome, please also sniff the top of Zhen Sheng's clothes, there is also the same fragrance as Ji Guard." Naturally, Xiao Yuemu is the same. ”

Zong Zhengxu sat expressionlessly in place, motionless. I patted the sheng to appease, and paced slowly in the hall: "In the past few days, all I have made is Hu Ru shortbread. One is that I was particularly fond of this item among the Huru-style snacks back then, so I was particularly handy to make it. In both cases, if you want to add a flavor paste to the ingredients, it is more suitable to have pasta with filling. ”

"Balm?"

Zong Zhengxu's face became colder and colder, and I tilted my head sarcastically: "The emperor doesn't need to worry. After all, I still have a glimmer of hope that maybe the shortbread will really reach Chengkuo's belly. Therefore, this balm is not toxic in the slightest, and please rest assured that the emperor. ”

"I won't say how to make the balm, so as not to waste the emperor's time. I will only talk to the emperor about one of the most miraculous characteristics of this thing. When the box is hot, the fragrance is overflowing, stained on the clothes and hair, and it will not disperse for a long time. Therefore, Zhen Sheng will have this fragrance on his body, and I will also have this fragrance on my body. And Ji Guard's ......"

"The day after I asked the guards to deliver it to me, the shortbread was divided into two portions. One portion was reserved for everyone in the Lin Feng Hall to eat, and it was added with a perfume ointment. The other was sent by the Ji guards, ordinary, just ordinary. According to what the Ji guards just said, and what the emperor said before, Ji guards should be by the emperor's side, waiting for the emperor to return to the palace every day after finishing the shortbread to return to me to return to me. And the shortbread I made was never given to the guards who were guarding around the Lin Feng Palace. How did Ji Guard's clothes and hair get the smell of this thing? ”

"Although Yuemu is as careful as a hair, there is a possibility of confusion." After a long time, Zong Zhengxu Shi Shiran spoke: "Maybe there are a few days when Ji Stack was sent by mistake, and Xu ate a shortbread containing a spice cream, so that Ji Stack was dyed with aroma. And Xu bathes and changes clothes every day, which is different from day to day, so he cleans himself. ”

"The emperor's ingenuity really makes Xiao Yuemu admire." I gradually retracted my smile, and my eyes became cold: "After being reminded by the emperor, I remembered again that in order to make the emperor not feel boring, I also added a silver dancao to the shortbread to be sent." This was the first time I made shortbread, I didn't remember the steps and ingredients. When the emperor tasted it on the first day, did he ever feel particularly refreshing? Just like the right talent, Zhen Sheng can't make tea, but the emperor can't notice anything strange because there is also silver dancao in today's fragrant soup, and he always takes it these days. ”

"And if the silver pill grass is added to the same place with the fragrance cream, it will produce yin deficiency and fever, blood deficiency and dizziness. These days...... The emperor's dragon body has never been sick? ”

With a pale face and clenched fists, Zong Zhengxu squeezed out a smile for a long time: "It's really step by step, interlocking." It's just a month ......"

"I met the emperor when I was young, and I boasted that I knew a little bit about the emperor. The son of Zongzheng in Xiao Yuemu's eyes, even though he is scheming, he is not hesitant to admit his scheming. Even if he will not be honest about everything, he will not deny the suspicions of others. And at this moment, the emperor's cover-up of knowingly asking really makes me wonder. Is it that Xiao Yuemu has never recognized the emperor, or has the emperor never shown his true side in front of people? ”

Calm tone, calm gaze, calm waiting. Silence spread throughout the huge palace, until a magpie's chirp suddenly sounded outside the hall, and Zong Zhengxu slowly raised his hand and waved it lightly.

Ji Di led the order to retreat, I retracted my eyes, and listened to Zong Zhengxu's tired voice, as if the vicissitudes of the year had passed: "Xuguo is not wrong." Living so far, Yue Mu knows my heart the most. This is also the reason why Xu refuses to respond to Yuemu's speculation. ”

"Kaiyuan King...... It is in the underground palace of the Lin Feng Palace. ”

"When the emperor ordered Ji to lead the guards to guard around the Lin Feng Palace, I had a faint feeling of this. It was Emperor Hu Ru and the tenth brother who persevered and sent secret agents to the palace to find the traces of the two of us. The emperor didn't want to hide my existence, but he didn't want the world to know the possibility of King Hu Ru Kaiyuan's miraculous survival. And the separation of manpower to take care of the total fear on both sides is not enough, so this is the decision to transfer Cheng Kuo to Lin Feng Palace. ”

I sighed deeply and raised my eyes to look at Zong Zhengxu: "Before the emperor and Cheng Kuo got acquainted with him, he should know Cheng Kuo's temperament, and he will never be forced to compromise and change hands." Even if the emperor deceived the heavens and seas, deceived Hu Ru, and even deceived everyone in the world, and finally made Cheng Kuo stay in the night, Cheng Kuo would never be driven by the emperor. The truth is that the emperor has a good plan, and he should be clearer than me. ”

Drinking the cold tea, Zong Zhengxu signaled for the replacement of Zhen Sheng. Zhen Sheng hesitated slightly, glanced at me uneasily, and slowly bowed down. Seeing this, Zong Zhengxu said lightly: "Since the night when Xu and Yue Mu first discussed, after Yue Mu agreed to help, he felt that Yue Mu was already worthy of Xu Gao's seven points. Later, he knew that Yuemu surrendered the soldiers in Huru, and returned to the night after just two days of friendship with the heart of Hanshan Temple, and received the Zheng Sheng in a few words, and reunited twice to take care of Fanjin...... Xu knew that he still underestimated Yue Mu's skills. Waiting for a strange woman is worthy of the world's admiration with ten points. ”

He turned his head, not knowing where to place his gaze, and lowered his voice as he recalled: "Knowing people's hearts and making good use of them is probably a skill that Xu will not be able to learn in this life." Yue Mu Ke still remembers the night when he asked Yue Mu for a kiss? ”