Stunning at Every Step: Sheng Chong Ghost Princess

Chapter 29 A Trip to the Court
"Here you are." Chu Ziyan suddenly stretched out the candied haws and sugar figurines in front of her. Mingyue didn't think it was a reward, so he smiled slightly, "The housekeeper won't let me eat indiscriminately, so help me eat."

When did he listen to the butler so much?
Do you have to eat it?She is past the age of eating candied haws and sugar figurines.

"Do you have to eat it?"

"Well, I wonder what it smells like."

"But I don't know the taste after eating the son."

"Let you eat as you please."

Knowing that he had no good intentions, Zhao Mingyue bit down a candied haws. The sugar on the outside was a little sticky, and the fruit inside was a little sour. She ate it and looked at him, suddenly disappointed and said: "It seems that not everyone can eat candied haws. Happy"

After Chu Ziyan watched the children eating candied haws, a look of loneliness appeared on his face. Could it be that candied haws had different meanings to him?

"Young master, eating candied haws will make you feel good, very happy!" Mingyue comforted immediately.

"Really?" A gleam of light appeared in Chu Ziyan's eyes.

Mingyue smiled and nodded, and declared that she ate another one, "It's delicious." She also tried her best to coax him. It's really not that easy to attack people first.

Chu Ziyan smiled and asked, "Mingyue really thinks it's delicious?"

"Of course!"

Chu Ziyan smiled slightly, walked to the candied haws vendor and said, "Give me ten candied haws."

He brought back ten candied haws from the boss, and handed them to Zhao Mingyue: "Eat it."

Zhao Mingyue was dumbfounded, the candied haws in her mouth were tasteless!Sure enough, she was still fooled. How could she think that this guy wouldn't trick her?There were still two pieces of the candied haws in her hand, and she took the ten bunches from him, and followed him into the carriage in a dejected manner.

The carriage traveled for about an hour, and finally arrived at the palace of the Chu State. The guards at the Zhuque Gate interrogated them, and after seeing King Yan's token, they respectfully let them go.

Passing through the thick city gate, the square paved with white jade is oncoming.

On the huge altar in the center of the square, there is a straight stone tower watch column, on which dragons and phoenixes are carved to show auspiciousness.

On both sides of the open square are symmetrical palaces. The cornices carved from sandalwood of the palace are about to fly, and the blue bricks and black tiles are gorgeous and solemn.

The carriage drove straight along the wide avenue.

At the end of the straight road is a larger palace complex, shrouded in splendor and resplendent.

Those outside are just security buildings, and this group of buildings is the interior of the palace. After entering the Tai'an Gate, the majestic buildings outside show its exquisite beauty.

In the palace, there are five steps on the first floor, ten steps and one pavilion.Between the towers, there are green trees, and in the pavilion lake, the long bridge lies on the waves.However, after entering the courtyard, the high walls between the courtyards also obscured the line of sight, so we couldn't see any more beautiful scenery.

"Mingyue likes this place?" Chu Ziyan asked suddenly.

"This is really a veritable Qionglou Yuyu." Mingyue suddenly thought about how Chu Ziyan would feel if he had the opportunity to see modern high-rise buildings. "Of course Mingyue likes such a magnificent place."

Magnificent?

That's right.

Chu Ziyan said: "There is a family living in this magnificent palace, but no one is close to anyone. Hearing the voices of people, in fact, no one has anything to do with anyone."

"But the emperor must love Yan Wang very much."

"And how do you know?"

"Yan, it means stability, Ziyan, isn't that the emperor's prayer for His Highness?"

She said, Ziyan.

Chu Ziyan cast his eyes on Zhao Mingyue: "Mingyue is so smart, she only learned the characters from me for a month, and she still knows the meaning of Yan characters."

Zhao Mingyue stared blankly, can this person have a good chat? !She nodded immediately and said, "That's because His Highness taught you well."

"Your Highness, here we are."

Fortunately, it's here, otherwise I don't know what he will ask.Zhao Mingyue got off the car, stretched out her hand to help Chu Ziyan get out of the car, and looked back to see a golden nanmu plaque hanging on the gate of this courtyard, with three big characters "Kang Ning Yuan" inscribed on it flying and dancing.

Chu Ziyan introduced: "This is the place where the king lived before leaving the palace. Maybe it is just like what Mingyue said, the father loves my son. Even though I have been away for three years, this place is still the same as before."

Kang Ning Court is not small. There are many east and west wing rooms in the front hall and back yard. The yard is full of exotic flowers and plants. In early autumn, there are still flowers blooming to welcome people, as if people have always lived there.

Most of the items in the house are not new, but they are polished and spotless.

There are also orchids and green plants in the room.

Furnishings are even more particular.

Not long after the two came in, a silver-haired eunuch came in and gave Chu Ziyan a big gift: "Old slave Chang Fu, please greet His Royal Highness King Yan."

Chang Fu was the eunuch next to the emperor.

Chu Ziyan said: "Eunuch Chang is exempt from courtesy."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Chang Fu held a whisk in his hand, and looked at Chu Ziyan respectfully, "Your Majesty asked the old slave to look at His Highness, and His Highness looked much better than before, so this old slave responded to His Majesty."

"My father-in-law."

"This is Destiny Fuzhao?" Eunuch Chang looked at Mingyue.

Mingyue saluted: "Little Zhao Mingyue sees Eunuch Chang."

"Hey, this little girl has a good complexion and is energetic. From now on, His Highness will ask Mingyue to take care of her."

"This is Mingyue's responsibility."

"Okay." Eunuch Chang flicked the whisk in his hand, and two eunuchs and four maids came in. The maids were holding basins, handkerchiefs, tea, etc. in their hands. Eunuch Chang said, "This is the maids and eunuchs assigned to Jing'an Hall. Your Highness has worked hard all the way."

Then, the maid with a basin stepped forward, Chu Ziyan washed his hands in warm water in the basin, and wiped his hands from the next person holding a silk silk, and the third palace held a saucer on top of it. A cup of tea, and a big empty cup.Chu Ziyan picked up the tea and took a sip, the maid presented the empty cup, and he spit the tea into it.

The fourth court lady came up with tea and said, bowed and saluted: "Your Highness has worked hard all the way."

Chu Ziyan said, "Let it go."

"Yes."

This is the so-called burning incense to clean hands, right?It can be regarded as too hard to bear to look directly at, what a waste of time every day like this.Zhao Mingyue stood aside and did not dare to move.Until those people were sent away, Chu Ziyan turned his head to look at her.

"What? Scared?"

"What are you afraid of?"

"Aren't you afraid why just stand and not sit?" He pointed his chin at the seat next to him, Zhao Mingyue came over to sit down, and he said, "Try it, does this red ginseng tea taste good?"

Being sent to get used to it, Mingyue picked up the cup of tea and tasted it without thinking too much. After taking a sip, there was a faint smell of medicine, which was sweet and fragrant after entering the nose.

"It's delicious." She took another sip before putting the teacup on the table.

"Really delicious?"

"Ah."

If he had eaten so many candied haws, he would still feel delicious when he drank light tea.

Chu Ziyan also took a sip from his teacup.

"..."

Mingyue looked over unconsciously.

There are several servings of the things he usually let her taste, but there is only one cup of this tea. He actually drank it like this after being drunk by her. Doesn't he usually listen to people who dislike her?

But it is estimated that this is the case.

Isn't there someone in the palace who specializes in food testing?The royal family is worried about being drugged. Every time someone eats before eating.

Chu Ziyan probably regarded her as that kind of existence.

"Does Your Highness want to eat something first or rest for a while?"

Chu Ziyan put down his teacup and said, "I haven't come back for a long time, I want to go out for a while."

Why haven't you been back for a long time, didn't you just come back on the moon night of the first lunar month?Zhao Mingyue said: "Although the journey is not far, it is better for Your Highness to rest for a while."

Chu Ziyan had already got up and walked outside.

Zhao Mingyue could only keep up with him.

In the process of following Chu Ziyan, the scenery that I missed just now is reappreciated.

The golden roof and red doors of the palace are antique... No, only a modern person like her can describe the buildings here as antique. In such an era, what you see should be magnificent and luxurious.

In early autumn, the green color of summer has not been completely stripped away, but the colorful greenness of summer has faded away. The apricot forest in front of me does not have the washed green of summer, nor the golden yellow of late autumn, but a moderate light yellow-green between yellow and green. The color is very fresh.

"Looks good?" Chu Ziyan asked out loud.

"nice!"

"That place is called Jinhong Qiushi." Chu Ziyan walked towards it.

Zhao Mingyue followed him, and couldn't help saying: "It turns out that the description in A Fang Gong Fu is not an exaggeration."

"what?"

"I heard someone describe a palace before, saying, 'I don't know the east and the west. The song stage is warm and the spring is harmonious. The dance hall is cold and the wind and rain are miserable. Within a day, between the palaces, the climate is uneven. .'"

This is the sentence describing the Afang Palace in the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's "Ode to Abang Palace". I used to think that the words were a bit exaggerated, but now I know that it is not untrue after seeing the Chu Palace.

"When we came in, there were evergreen banyan trees and pines and cypresses, as if we were still in the summer when the grass was growing and warblers were flying. We could see the chrysanthemums blooming and the ginkgoes becoming lighter, and we could truly experience the arrival of autumn."

The two said that they had already entered the Jinhong Qiushi Garden, where there are a large number of trees that change color in autumn, ginkgo and maple leaves occupy the main scenery, and there is also a large orchard in the courtyard, where pomegranates, jujube trees and other autumn harvest fruit trees are planted. Sure enough, it is Jinhongqiushi.

Zhao Mingyue was in a happy mood for traveling, but Chu Ziyan said suddenly: "No one would believe you if you were born as a beggar."

Why did you come back to this topic again?Zhao Mingyue smiled helplessly: "Why did Your Highness talk about this again?"

"It's just that you act and speak like an educated person."

Has he been doubting her identity?So test her every once in a while?Mingyue rubbed her hands and smiled: "When I was a beggar, I went to listen to Mr. Shu's stories. Mingyue didn't usually talk like this. She only learned to say this after she entered the palace."

"Then how do you usually talk?"

"Uh..." She usually doesn't speak so obliquely and flatteringly.

"Does this count?" He looked at her and asked.

Don't say it, it really counts.Mingyue smiled and nodded: "Almost."

"You fucking fuck me, too?"

(End of this chapter)