Qi Zhengxiu smiled: "Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness, I have known Xiao Tao for many years, and there is no need to be polite." ”

Li Yu said softly: "Zijie, it's wrong for you to say that. Even if it's deep, you have to have a name. Peach girl has a poor background, if she follows you so rashly. Not only has she been wronged, but also you have been wronged. After a while, I will give Miss Peach a name and marry you again, won't it be justified? ”

Qi Zhengxiu didn't say no. Li Yu said that he gave Xiao Tao a name, but in fact, he was just holding him hostage. Qi Zhengxiu pursed his lips slightly, and said lightly: "It's just a dancing girl, why bother with such a big battle." ”

Qi Zhengxiu's deliberate light breeze made Li Yu smile with his lips: "Miss Peach has also lived with me for a while. If you talk about dancing, it is indeed rare in the world, it can be said that the world's dancing skills are wonderful, it belongs to my Datang, and Datang belongs to Jinling, and Jinling. Peach Girl is naturally one of the best. But the benefits of Peach Girl are not only in her dancing skills. People are even more intelligent and clear, and they can understand everything. I sent someone to get her some poems and music scores, and she understood them very quickly. Now whenever I have a lyric, I have to show it to Peach Girl, and she will soon be able to make a dance set based on the lyrics. When Li Yu said this, there was a glimmer of light in his eyes.

Qi Zhengxiu was shocked, frowned slightly, and looked at Li Yu's eyes carefully, but in addition to sincere praise, there was no disrespect. Qi Zhengxiu smiled indifferently: "Your Majesty praised it falsely." The minister should complete His Majesty's entrustment as soon as possible, and ask His Majesty to give him a marriage. ”

Coming out of Li Yu's inner room, Qi Zhengxiu couldn't help but go to Xiao Tao's Hanyu Garden. Momo was there demonstrating the dancing girls while instructing them in their movements. I don't know when, the youthful and shy look has long faded. All that's left is freedom.

One turned around and lowered his waist, and an upside-down white-clothed figure appeared in Xiao Tao's sight. Xiao Tao hurriedly stood up, walked to Qi Zhengxiu's side, and smiled lightly: "Childe is back." ”

Qi Zhengxiu responded: "Yes." The two walked out side by side, chatting in small pieces.

Xiao Tao had her own room in Hanyuyuan, so she asked Qi Zhengxiu to come over, boiled a pot of tea and poured it carefully for Qi Zhengxiu: "Childe is back this time." Still leaving? ”

"Hmm." Qi Zhengxiu picked up the teacup and looked at Xiao Tao, his eyes were a little deep, "I am afraid that it will take three or five years to come back this time." I don't know, can you wait for me? ”

Xiao Tao was stunned, why does it take three or five years to go so long? But it's not easy to ask. It's just that Qi Zhengxiu asked her if she could wait for him, which made her heart a little flustered, and said casually: "Childe naturally has national affairs to worry about, and Xiao Tao is just a small person at the mercy of others, so why not wait or wait." I can't help it. ”

Qi Zhengxiu stood up, put his arm on Xiao Tao's shoulder, looked at her deeply and smiled, "I hope you wait for me." Wait until I'll get back—" I wanted to say something, but I stopped talking again.

"Why?" Xiao Tao asked a little slurching, lowering her eyes and not raising her face.

Qi Zhengxiu couldn't help but hug Xiao Tao in his arms, and his voice was very soft: "With you waiting, maybe I'll come back sooner." "Qi Zhengxiu is different from Zhao Guangyi's bluntness, his voice is always soft and soft, even if it is cold, it will not be cold and hard. The soft voice brushed Xiao Tao's ear, making her a little itchy.

Xiao Tao was hugged by Qi Zhengxiu and her body was a little stiff, Qi Zhengxiu's embrace was very natural, not urgent, Xiao Tao only felt very close but far away, it seemed that something could not be touched, it was very warm but very cold. It seems to be separated by something. After a while, Xiao Tao struggled slightly, looked at Qi Zhengxiu and changed the topic and said, "Childe should make up for me again." ”

Qi Zhengxiu smiled lightly, took out the box from his sleeve, and sat on the stool opposite Xiao Tao, Xiao Tao untied the placket, and let Qi Zhengxiu's pen draw carefully under his neck. After finishing the painting, Xiao Tao smiled and said, "Since the son has been gone for so long this time, shouldn't he tell me the color mixing formula?" ”

Qi Zhengxiu closed the lid of the box, put it in Xiao Tao's hand, and said deeply: "I have been adjusting it for a year, and in the future, someone will bring it back to you." You don't have to worry. ”

Xiao Tao put the box away, looked at Qi Zhengxiu with a smile and said, "Childe is stingy, when will you give me the recipe?" ”

When? Maybe it's when I'll never see Momo again. Qi Zhengxiu hooked his lips and smiled, did not answer, and stood up: "I should go." ”

Xiao Tao also hurriedly stood up and sent Qi Zhengxiu away.

When I returned to Hanyuyuan, I saw a narrow face, I don't know when she had arrived in her house, drinking the tea they had just left, while watching Xiao Tao purse her lips and smile.

Xiao Tao couldn't help but pick her eyes: "Why are you smiling so inauthentically?" ”

"I laughed at someone who went to see off his Langjun just now, but he didn't cry and wipe his tears to let me see the good show." The lady smiled so hard that she couldn't straighten her waist.

"Just your hippie smile hurts." Xiao Tao pounced on the itch of the lady, "Let you talk nonsense again." ”

The lady smiled while hiding back: "I'm not talking nonsense. Your Majesty has plans to give you a title and then give you and Lord Qi a marriage. Just waiting for Lord Qi to come back this time. ”

Xiao Tao was stunned suddenly, and stood in place and looked at the kiln girl in a daze: "What you said is really false?" It's not kidding me, is it? ”

The lady stood behind the chair and said, "I didn't tease you." Last night, His Majesty went to my place and talked about it when Lord Qi was going to enter the palace to face the saint today. Li Yu rarely went to Xiao Niang's place, and when he went, he told Xiao Tao about it, and Xiao Niang naturally couldn't wait to tell Xiao Tao.

Xiao Tao stayed where she was, her heart was beating fast, but her face was a little pale. The lady walked to Xiao Tao's side and shook her: "What are you doing in a daze?" Is it overjoyed? Seeing that Xiao Tao was still stunned, she couldn't help but smile again, "Isn't this what you've been looking forward to?" Look, as long as you think in your heart, with a little effort, you will get what you want one day. ”

Xiao Tao was a little weak-legged, and then sat on the chair, yes, it should be what he was looking forward to, why was he flustered? The lady looked at the little peach with blank eyes, frowned slightly, and said, "Don't you want to marry Lord Qi?" ”

Xiao Tao bounced up as if she had been stabbed and blurted out: "How come!" Sensing his gaffe, he smiled awkwardly, "No, no, like you said, it's me—it's what I've always been willing." Xiao Tao sat down again, but her mood was not very calm. Qi Gongzi is leaving, and he doesn't know what to do, but it is obvious that if Qi Gongzi does not come back, the emperor will not let him out of the palace.

Three years, passed in a hurry. In the world, under the passage of time, many things have gone from uneven to calm, and many things still cannot be calm.

In the past three years, Qi Zhengxiu would ask someone to bring Xiao Tao a box of adjusted rouge cream every year. Sometimes it's a statement, sometimes it's Xu Kai, and it will bring to Xiao Tao. The peach blossoms under the neck of the little peach are always bright and fresh. Perhaps, this is happiness. Xiao Tao deliberately didn't think about everything in Da Song, except for occasionally dreaming back in a cold sweat, or a tear stain on his face, on weekdays, Xiao Tao only warned himself to look forward. their own future, in Datang.

In October of the second year of Qiande, the palace of the Southern Tang Dynasty was not peaceful. First, the queen's youngest son Zhong Xuan died, and then the queen was too sad and followed. Li Yu was so sad that he dropped out of the dynasty for several days, only staying in the queen's bedroom in a daze. The atmosphere in the palace was also solemn and silent.

The lady and the little peach are in one place, and they are no longer as cheerful as before. A little in a daze: "These few nights, the emperor asked me to go over every day." ”

Xiao Tao responded to the funeral in the palace, and also wore plain white, only approved a blue shawl, and made a cup of tea for the lady and wondered: "The emperor summoned you, aren't you happy?" "According to the character of the lady, I was very happy to see the emperor.

The lady sighed and said, "I don't know how to say it. The emperor asked me to go, but he didn't go to his palace, but to the queen's palace, and asked me to dance. The lady's tone lowered, and her eyes were a little red.

Xiao Tao's heart trembled, and she hugged the lady tightly: "The emperor is just sad in his heart." ”

Tears fell from the girl's eyes: "You don't know, the way he looks at me—" After a pause, he bit his lip and said, "It's like looking at a dead man." ”

Xiao Tao's heart tightened, and she hugged the lady even tighter. It's not that the lady is not good enough, it's just that once a person walks into her heart, no matter how good others are, they can't see it. Xiao Tao said in a deep voice: "It will pass." When the emperor is in a good mood, he will definitely be able to see your goodness. ”

The lady hugged the little peach, and her tears kept coming: "He wants me to dance the song of the neon dress and feather, how can I dance?" That's a queen's song. He gave me the score again and asked me to learn it, but I really didn't want to learn it, and when I saw the score, the queen's face flashed in front of my eyes, and I really couldn't see it-"

Xiao Tao's eyes are also a little red, how can she learn to be the person in another person's heart? The lady cried for a long time, looked at Xiao Tao and said: "The emperor has a bad temper now, he summoned me last night, but there was a minister who asked to see him." I took refuge in the inner room behind the screen. As if talking about Lord Qi's business, the emperor lost his temper and smashed everything on the table. He never had it before. ”

Xiao Tao's heart was shocked, and she hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Lord Qi?" "Ya Dong Huan rowed.

The lady shook her head: "I don't really hear it, and I don't understand it very well." It seems that the emperor thinks that Lord Qi does not listen to him. I only heard the emperor say that he would summon Lord Qi back to Beijing in June, but he didn't come back, and he didn't know what to do. ”

Xiao Tao's palms were sweaty, and she asked, "What else did the emperor say?" What is the most serious word? ”

The lady thought about it carefully and shook her head: "There is nothing else." After the emperor lost his temper, he lost his anger and told the minister to go down and talk to Lord Qi again. There was nothing else, and I was asked to go out and dance. ”

Xiao Tao's heart eased, even so, the emperor has not completely broken with Prince Qi. She didn't know what kind of exchange of interests was between the emperor and Prince Qi. But in the palace, he is undoubtedly a chess piece that ties Qi Gongzi. Xiao Tao sent away the lady, and her mood couldn't be calm.