Being scolded as a dead star?All the bosses in the capital are rushing to pet me

Outsider: "..."

It took a while, until the team left, and no one gave him a look of disgust.

“Even Duke Liu’s bodyguards don’t know, are you from Dai Viet?”

"That's right, are you from Dayue? You're not a spy from the Northern Barbarians Wunan, are you?"

The outsiders were scared out of their wits, "Don't dare to say this nonsense. My ancestors were serious Dai Viet people, eight generations above me. I just... Liu Guogong's bodyguard didn't wear that." Iconic armor, so I didn’t recognize him.”

This explanation is barely convincing. After all, people from a small place have never seen the world.

"You will know after you have stayed for a long time. The personal guards trained by Liu Guogong are different from others..." The speaker was an old man.

He didn't say exactly why it was different. After saying a few words, he walked away slowly with his waist bent.

Outsider: No, no, please explain clearly. What's the difference?

Fortunately, everyone around him was talking about Liu Guogong's personal guard, and he listened carefully.

"Every one of Liu Guogong's personal guards is in high spirits. Look at their little bodies. They are as straight as a little poplar."

"Who says it's not the case? Not only is he energetic, but he is also a very kind person. He really protects us people."

"More than that, more than that." Someone shook his head with a mysterious look on his face.

"My second aunt's grandma's child is lucky enough to go in. Every time the child comes back, he looks different. He can read and bring several taels of silver home every month. He is also a lot more sensible. This makes my second aunt and grandma's family happy. Yes, just say it to everyone you meet..."

"Ah——?!" Someone exclaimed in a strange way, "According to what you said, joining Liu Guogong's palace as a personal guard is a very good job."

"Then you have to be able to get in!" The man who muttered about the second aunt and grandma's family rolled his eyes, "Do you really think that you can accept anyone from Duke Liu's house?"

"If you want to get in, you must at least have some skills."

Someone asked again: "What are the specialties of your second aunt's family?"

The man looked proud and said, "My relative is very fast at climbing trees!"

"!"

"Who doesn't know how to climb a tree?"

"According to what you say, people from my hometown can become Liu Guogong's personal guards?"

The person who spoke rolled his eyes again, "It's not that simple. My relative is not only fast at climbing trees, he can even climb cliffs with his bare hands. Can you do that?"

"..."

Naturally, few people can climb a cliff with bare hands.

Everyone's faces froze in excitement.

"You're not talking nonsense here, are you?"

"Who is talking nonsense? If you don't believe me, ask around and ask if there is a person who can climb trees very fast." The person who kindly shared his experience said unhappily.

Hearing this, everyone knew what was going on.

Liu Guogong's Mansion recruits students with special talents?

Come on, they won't mind the weird behaviors of the kids in the house from now on.

Maybe he can become a promising young man who can enter Liu Guogong's palace.

Zhongdu was bustling with activity, and Shen Nian and his party headed to Yuehan Academy at the speed of a picnic.

Yuehan Academy was not far from Zhongdu, and both Prince Rong's Palace and Duke Liu's Palace sent elite escorts, so the journey went incredibly smoothly.

Yuehan Academy is built in a relatively high place, with wide doors and high walls. The door plaque and the carvings on both sides of the door frame are very romantic, free and easy, giving people a sense of shock.

Shen Nian gently pulled Xiao Zhi's arm and said, "Xiao Jinzhi, Brother Man must have never seen this magnificent door."

Xiao Zhi nodded indulgently, "Okay."

At this time, Liu Ji regretted not learning how to paint well.

If he also had Prince Xiao's painting skills, then the target of his sister's coquettishness would be himself.

"Brother, hurry up and lead the way. This is your territory..." Shen Nian had already climbed a third of the steps. When he saw that his brother hadn't moved yet, he turned around and shouted.

Liu Ji came back to his senses and said hurriedly: "Here we come..."

...

Just as Shen Nian and others entered Yuehan Academy, Queen Mother Yin received a letter.

This letter, I don’t know the name, I don’t know where it came from.Just suddenly appeared next to her pillow.

What suffocated Queen Mother Yin the most was that this letter was very similar to the one she had received for many years.

The paper is similar, the words are similar, and the tone of voice is even more similar.

[Do you want to restore your appearance? Come to Leng Palace alone at midnight tonight. I will wait for you there for a quarter of an hour. I will not wait for you if you are late. 】

Queen Mother Yin clutched the letter with a mixture of excitement and fear.

What's exciting is that the injury on her face can be cured.

What's worrying is, who is the mysterious man?

More than ten years ago, this man came to her and helped her fight with the late Empress. She did it, and even accomplished it to an extraordinary level, making it almost impossible for her to ascend the throne...

Now that this person came to her again, she didn't know what he was going to do?
After receiving this letter, Queen Mother Yin was very upset.

"Come here, bring the mirror to the Ai family!" she ordered.

The ordinary-looking palace maid hurriedly stepped forward holding a mirror.

Queen Mother Yin looked at herself in the mirror. Her always graceful and beautiful face was wrapped in white cloth, revealing only a pair of dead and gloomy eyes.

While the doctor was changing the dressing, she touched the skin under the cloth, which was full of pits and pits, far worse than before.

After staring at herself in the mirror for a long time, Queen Mother Yin waved her hands.

"Stay back and let the Aijia rest for a while."

When the palace became quiet, Queen Mother Yin closed her eyes and began to rest her mind.

My eyes are closed, but my thoughts are flying far away.

She recalled the time when she was still the concubine of Yin. The late emperor had not noticed her at that time, but he especially doted on a lotus-picking girl brought back from the south. That girl had no virtue or talent, but she could take her whole family to heaven with just her face. It was so popular that even the late Queen at the time wanted to avoid its edge.

From that moment on, she knew that her face was better used than a sword.

Therefore, Queen Mother Yin valued her face more than anything else.

After taking a nap, Queen Mother Yin made up her mind.

After calling in the secret guards and explaining a few words, she felt relieved.

child time.

Queen Mother Yin appeared in the cold palace dressed in black.

She came alone as the letter said, but there were no less than twenty secret guards around her to protect her.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, when no one showed up, Queen Mother Yin had some thoughts in her mind.

He said something in the dark night, "Stay away, everyone. If the Ai family doesn't call you, don't come forward."

No one answered.

Only the rustling sound of the wind was heard, and all the shadows around him disappeared.

"The Ai family has sent people away. You...can come out." Queen Mother Yin held the collar of her cloak tightly with one hand and held a lantern with the other.

call out!
A strong wind came.

The lantern in Queen Mother Yin's hand went out.

Except for the moonlight, the place was so dark that it was scary.

"Who?" Queen Mother Yin tightened her fingertips.

As she finished speaking, a black figure appeared one meter in front of her.

This man was dressed in black, as if he had melted into the night, and his face was covered with a mask, making it impossible to distinguish between male and female.

"You..." Queen Mother Yin took two steps forward, trying to see this person clearly, and said hesitantly.

"Don't come over, otherwise the transaction will be cancelled." The man in black said.

His voice was rough and unpleasant, as if his throat had been severely injured.

Just listening to the voice, it seemed to be a man.

Queen Yin decisively stopped and said straight to the point: "What do you want, Master?"