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Chapter 153 Inside the Palace and Outside the Palace
Branches on the moon.

Ye Jingtang carried Niao Niao back on foot, taking advantage of the moonlight along the way, still looking at the "Secret History of Cleopatra" in his hand.

The little episode that happened when he entered the palace, although it was far less severe than the last time Benben's head-on meat bomb hit, but after all, it caused some waves in the lake of heart.

As for the eldest son of the emperor who was mentioned stupidly, Ye Jingtang had some suspicions in his heart.

The eldest son of the emperor is the deposed emperor who was pulled down from his horse. According to the official statement, he should not have been given poisoned wine or died of a sudden illness.

As the righteous heir of the Great Wei, the abolished Emperor must be a big shock if he did not die. No matter whether it is a vassal king or an enemy country, as long as he can get the eldest son of the emperor, it is possible to support a puppet emperor of the Great Wei, so that he can justifiably crusade against the empress.

And Eunuch Cao is a diehard loyalist to the Wei Dynasty, equivalent to the former emperor's minister, and his apprentice took the lead in the capital, and what he wants to do has a high probability of being related to the abolition of the emperor.

Through these clues and guesses, a clue gradually emerged in Ye Jingtang's mind—Wu Wang wins over the remnant party of the abolished emperor, and wants to restore the orthodoxy of the Great Wei, but he is not strong enough, so he went to Pingtianjiao to discuss cooperation.

Even if the Pingtian Sect can agree, King Wu, who is surrounded by three breadwinners, would not dare to raise the banner to proclaim himself emperor, so he needs a serious name.

If the abolished emperor is in the hands of King Wu, King Wu can use the name of "Kuangfu Dawei" to incite other vassal kings to attack the usurper empress.

So Wu Wang arranged many spies to come to the capital to operate secretly, trying to pick up the deposed emperor.

This reasoning is a bit hasty, but it seems very likely at present.

But he didn't have the slightest evidence in his hand, and he himself couldn't confirm whether this speculation was true, so he had to continue to investigate...

While pondering, one person and one bird returned to Ranfang Street.

The night was dark, and the Yanfang Street, which was still being rebuilt, had lost half of the pedestrians.

Ye Jingtang entered Shuanggui Lane, and smelled the faint smell of Chinese medicine coming from the depths of the alley. After thinking for a while, he held back his steps and came outside the courtyard wall, wanting to see what Sister Ning'er was doing.

The door of the main room was closed, there was a faint sound of breathing, and it seemed that he had fallen asleep.

And in the west wing where he slept, the lights were on, but there was no sound. From the silhouette on the window paper, he could see a tall woman standing in front of the bronze mirror, turning her body from side to side to look at it, and shaking a small watermelon with her hands. ...

dong dong~
? !
Ye Jingtang was taken aback for a moment, pinned down the bird that was about to enter the yard, directed it to watch the alley, and then fell into the yard with extraordinary agility, and came outside his house...
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earlier
After Luo Ning came back from outside the city, she cooked a meal and boiled the medicine prescribed by Mrs. Wang.

After Yunli had finished her meal and finished her homework, seeing that Ye Jingtang hadn't come back for a long time, the two of them went to bed first.

But the man doesn't come home at night, maybe he is still happy on the dragon bed with the Queen, how can Luo Ning, who has been with the thief for so long, sleep.

Tossing and turning without feeling sleepy, Luo Ning got up and went to the west wing, sat down beside the bed, took out a small silk package from her bosom and looked at it.

A small cloth bag the size of a palm, containing two sets of four small clothes, the total amount of fabric used may not be as much as a pair of trousers.

Luo Ning took out a folded small garment from the inside, unfolded it and looked at it. It was a black triangular handkerchief, woven by some unknown method, and it was still hollowed out. Except for the two peonies covering the key points, the other places at most served as a decoration. no more...

Luo Ning showed disgust on her cold face, and took out the matching panties to look at them—the same weaving method, most of them are hollowed out, and they can't even cover the buttocks...

What a shame!

How can a woman wear something like this...

After all, Luo Ning was born in a famous family in Jiangzhou, and she was the wife of the head leader of Pingtian Sect, so she can be considered the wife of a wealthy family; seeing this kind of oiran wearing such a shameful little clothes, she had goosebumps all over her body, she wanted to throw it away, so as not to be caught by the little girl. The thief saw and did harm to her.

But it's so expensive...

The workmanship is really good, the clothes are seamless, and the texture is also excellent...

If you don't wear it for Sanniang, she's more coquettish...

No, this is not sending luggage to the enemy...

Luo Ning looked at the unsightly little gown for a moment. Although she hated it in her heart, but no one saw it, she got up and untied the cyan long skirt and apron, and put the gauze gusset on the small watermelon, and tied it on. Lanyards at back and neck.

After putting it on, Luo Ning stood in front of the bronze mirror, looked around, and slightly raised the watermelon, um... the southern hemisphere...

"..."

Luo Ning frowned, feeling that in the mirror she was a shameless seductress, and if Bai Jin saw it, she had to point at her forehead and scold her for being indecisive, and the little thief would probably shine...

Luo Ning raised her hand to shake the little watermelon, and unexpectedly found that the little clothes looked unscrupulous, and the wrapping feeling was quite good. After thinking about it, she picked up the palm-sized bottoms, put them on, and tied a bow on her round buttocks .

After putting it on, before Luo Ning had time to appreciate it, she heard footsteps coming from the yard and the thief's low voice:
"Nv Xia Luo?"

? !
Luo Ning's frightened shoulders trembled slightly, she hurriedly pulled the skirt over, and whispered:
"Yun Li just fell asleep, I boiled medicine for you, in the kitchen..."

squeak-

As soon as he picked up the skirt, the door was pushed open.

Luo Ning might as well be naked and not wearing anything now. Seeing this, she quickly rolled onto the bed, covered her body with a thin quilt, and looked slightly frightened:

"Little thief, I'm changing clothes, don't come in..."

Ye Jingtang pushed open the door, and saw Bai Huahua rolling into the quilt, paused slightly, walked in again, and closed the door.

? !
Luo Ning was very angry when she saw this, but she was afraid that Yunli would hear her, so she could only whisper:
"Little thief, you want to piss me off? Get out!"

Ye Jingtang closed the door, without any evil thoughts in his eyes, and walked towards the bed with a three-pointed solemnity:

"Just now I inquired about some news, and I need to discuss it with Luo Nvxia..."

Luo Ning was afraid that Ye Jingtang would see her indecently dressed, and felt embarrassed, she gritted her teeth and said:
"Little thief, if you do this again, I will ignore you from now on!"

"I'm talking about business, but I don't mess around. I feel that the matter of King Wu's son has something to do with the deposed emperor..."

How could Luo Ning have the heart to listen to this, and said:
"You go out first, let me put my clothes on!"

Ye Jingtang turned around, facing away from the bed:

"I just don't want to read it. This matter is very important, and it might cause chaos in the world..."

Luo Ning carefully looked at the thief's back, seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, so she carefully loosened the bedding, and leaned over to get the skirt on the bed.

As a result, the little thief never disappoints. As soon as she sat up, the little thief in front of her turned her head.

Four eyes facing each other.

Ye Jingtang turned his head to look at the bed, illuminated by the dim candlelight, sister Ning'er, who had creamy skin, was sitting sideways on the bed, her jet-black long hair was coiled in a dignified and intellectual style, there was a hint of mist in her peach-blossom eyes, and her slender eyelashes Trembling slightly, the soft red lips are slightly parted, showing three points of hesitation.

The small watermelon, which was originally as white as suet, was wrapped in triangular black gauze fabric. The fabric is small but extremely delicate. It even exudes a delicate luster under the candlelight. You can see the carefully outlined pattern of flowers. The flesh color can be seen hazily. It's two black peonies...

And the bottom is covered by thinness, so you can't see much, you can only see the bow tied with the black rope on the waist...

Although Ye Jingtang heard from San Niang that this kind of clothes are very bold, but after seeing it with his own eyes, he realized that he dared to buy such a high price. The man's life gate launched a fierce attack...

When Luo Ning found Ye Jingtang turned around, she was also stunned, her face flushed like blood, she became angry from embarrassment, and wanted to kill someone with a saber to silence her.

Ye Jingtang came to sit down, held Luo Ning's wrist, and looked carefully:

"It's pretty good-looking. You can wear it all over. Why are you shy? No one laughs at you."

Luo Ning felt ashamed and gritted her teeth to explain:
"How could I wear such shameless clothes? I was trying to get medicine for you. Mrs. Wang asked me to take care of the business. I couldn't save face, so I bought two..."

Knowing that Ning'er has a thin skin, Ye Jingtang nodded and said:

"Yes, yes, I lost the waste, so I tried it on, and I accidentally bumped into it."

"That's the way it is, you go out..."

"I'll just take a look, don't move."

"you……"

Luo Ning wanted to tear off the embarrassing tattered clothes, but the little thief didn't let go. She had no choice but to make an expression of 'there is nothing more sad than death', and she looked away with tears in her eyes.

Ye Jingtang was already used to this small appearance, so he separated his wrists and looked carefully:
"The workmanship is really good, I think it looks much better than the bellyband..."

Luo Ning endured for a moment, but remembered something, and asked:
"By the way, I asked Mrs. Wang today, and Mrs. Wang said... said..."

Luo Ning leaned into Ye Jingtang's ear, said 'warm up', and then said:
"I asked her how to do it, and she asked me to ask you. Is it possible to help you recuperate your body without taking it seriously?"

Ye Jingtang blinked his eyes, a little funny:
"It's okay, but I'm afraid you won't be able to do it."

Luo Ning really did everything, there is nothing she can't do to warm up, she said coldly:
"You teach me first."

Ye Jingtang raised his eyes to look outside, and whispered:

"Will Yun Li wake up?"

Luo Ning blinked her eyes, put on her skirt, got up and said:
"I'm going to put Yunli to sleep."

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang naturally didn't stop him, and wanted to quickly build a big house, but in the end, he saw Luo Nvxia quietly returning to the main room, closing the door, and plugging the bolt...

click~
No more movement.

? ?
Ye Jingtang's expression froze, knowing that he had been fooled, he walked out the door, looked at the dark main room, and said in a low voice:

"Nv Xia Luo?"

"Humph~"

There was a cold hum from inside the room, probably meaning—you have today, little thief.

Ye Jingtang stood in the yard, spreading his hands slightly, a little helpless.

Fortunately, after waiting for a while, the door of the main room was still opened, and Luo Ning came out from inside:

"You think I'm as dishonest as you little thief?"

Ye Jingtang was full of smiles, and walked up to hold his wife's hand:

"I know, if you don't agree in the future, I will never hold you in the mirror and look in the mirror... Hiss..."

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On the other side, the Empress Dowager's bedroom.

The night was dark, the lights between the palaces and pavilions were sparse, and there was a little splashing sound from the windows on the side of the bedroom.

wow~~
The hall was filled with mist, and in the circular bath in the center, Dongfang Li leaned against the edge, splashing the water in front of him with his hands, his eyes were slightly distracted, and he was still thinking about the intimate contact in the afternoon.

The Empress Dowager leaned beside her naked, with a posture like a lazy imperial concubine, chatting about today's banquet:
"How can I taste the age of the roast suckling pig? I also tasted it, and it was oily and greasy. I didn't feel anything special..."

Hongyu was soaking in the bath, rubbing the Empress Dowager's back and explaining:

"Practice makes perfect. Prince Wu's belly, I'm afraid he can eat a whole pig at a time, so if you eat a lot, you will naturally have experience..."

During the chat, a court lady came in from behind the screen, holding a tray with a hardcover book in her hand, her eyes were very strange, but she didn't dare to say anything, she just came to the bath in silence:
"Your Highness, Qilin Pavilion has found the book you want."

Dongfang Liren came back to his senses, raised his hand to pick up the book from the tray, and was about to flip through it, only to see four large characters on the cover of the book, and instantly came back to his senses - The Secret History of Cleopatra? !

The empress dowager was leaning in front of her, she just turned her head to look at it casually, but when she saw it, her eyes stopped on the title of the book, and she blinked her big eyes.

(⊙_⊙)?

Dongfang Liren quickly covered the title of the book, and looked at the court lady who came over:

"Presumptuous! This king asked you to go to Qilin Pavilion to pick up books, what did you get?"

The palace maid trembled in fright, feeling aggrieved and said:

"The servant girl asked the prince of Qilin Pavilion to confirm it many times. The prince said that only this book meets His Highness's requirements, so I brought it..."

Dongfang Liren's eyes were blank. He thought it was just a problem with the name, so he opened it to read the content. As a result, the opening Chapter 1 reads:

The amorous prince visits the palace in the middle of the night, and the widowed queen mother Fengchi meets the destiny...

The empress dowager next to her was shocked when she saw the rebellious words. She took the book and pretended to be majestic:

"Who is so courageous to write about this palace's affair... Oh, it's the Empress Dowager Yan, it scares me..."

Dongfang Liren was baffled, thinking that the palace servant must have taken the wrong book, but when she turned to the middle, she quickly found what Ye Jingtang had shown her...

This color embryo! !
Dongfang Liren's heart was filled with anger, and he immediately wanted to confront Ye Jingtang.

But the empress dowager was so interested that she turned the book to the beginning again:
"This book is quite detailed. I even know how many branches there are in the ginkgo tree. The person who wrote the book must have been to Fushou Palace."

Dongfang Liren carefully looked at the opening chapter, and found that the description of the Empress Dowager's bedroom in the book is similar to the current Fushou Palace, and the "Feng Pond" in the book is the bathing pool where she is lying now...

It seems that it is really a book about architecture...

But there are so many books that record the appearance of the capital, why did he choose this one?
Maybe it's because this book is written in more detail...

In order to find out, Dongfang Liren leaned against the Empress Dowager and looked at the details carefully.

The empress dowager, obviously not interested in long-winded architectural descriptions, looked at the plot of Empress Dowager Yan breaking the taboo and having a private meeting with men, and said strangely:

"Huh~ The Empress Dowager Xuanyang has a great reputation in the previous dynasty, I didn't expect to be so... so sloppy..."

Dongfang Liren felt that it was inappropriate for the Empress Dowager to look at these "lessons learned from the past", probably because she was afraid that the Empress Dowager would learn from others, so she reminded:
"The Empress Dowager Xuanyang took part in politics when Emperor Yan was young, and she offended many people. These are the dirty waters poured by rebellious officials and thieves, so it can't be taken seriously..."

The Empress Dowager shook her head and said: "This book is not like a random fabrication. Look at this stone. I used to wonder why it was polished like this. Now I find out that the Empress Dowager Xuanyang made it up."

Although the book is written about 200 years ago, the Great Wei continued to use the imperial city of the previous dynasty, only refurbished but not rebuilt. The utensils made of precious stones such as baths, as long as they are properly maintained, can be completely used for hundreds of years. No problem, exactly as described in the book.

Following the guidance of the Empress Dowager, Dongfang Liren looked at the stone platform under the bath for reclining, and found a semicircular depression.

After glancing at the book, the Empress Dowager leaned her back against the edge of the bath, slid down a bit, raised her fair legs in the water, and posed in a very...very embarrassing pose, thinking thoughtfully:

"Let's just say, I'm sitting like this, it's just right, not uncomfortable at all. It's just that the legs are not easy to put..."

Dongfang Liren felt that this posture was not right. After thinking about it, he came to the Empress Dowager, and according to the knowledge he had learned from Xia Nv Lei, put his arm through the bend of the Empress Dowager's legs, supported her on the edge of the bath, and looked down at Mei Yan. The moving mother:
"how about this?"

"so……"

The empress dowager was half-lying in the pool water with her legs resting on Li Ren's arms. She wanted to say it was just right, but she immediately realized what she was doing...

!

Quiet in the bath.

Dongfang Liren's face slowly turned red, quickly put away his rebellious posture, got up and got out of the bath, and took a bathrobe to cover his exquisite and graceful figure:

"Come here, smash this broken pool and rebuild it."

The empress dowager's face was also flushed with a strange expression, she came out of the bath and wrapped her body in a thin blanket:
"An old object from 200 years ago was smashed and rebuilt for no reason. The internal affairs supervisor insisted that I was not thrifty, so I should keep it. The writing is really detailed. Go and look for it to see if there is anything similar..."

People from Dongfang Li didn't know what to say, so they put on their robes and wandered around the palace with the empress dowager, studying these clues from the previous dynasty...
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The last 2 words were added after the release, so it should not be counted as dot coins. I repeated [-] words yesterday. I'm really sorry or[-]!

(End of this chapter)