Fengming Emperor Pavilion

Chapter 174 The Calm Before the Storm

The news of Shen Qingqiang's pregnancy had already spread widely, and it was time to announce it to the world.

And this imperial capital, even if it is not announced to the world, there will be someone with a heart to spread the news outside the palace, and it will be spread to hundreds of people, and it will take only a few days for the entire imperial capital to be known to everyone.

To say that this is a happy event, it is a good thing for everyone to know about it, but for Shen Qingqiang, perhaps she can only enjoy the scenery for a while, and then there will be countless open and dark arrows.

And in this palace, the most angry person should be Zixiang in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Fortunately, she didn't know that even Donghe was tricked by Hualou that day. Itchy teeth.

At dusk in May, the sunset glow was astonishingly beautiful. Zhou Wei came to Xunfeng Palace to look for the painting building, and the painting building just left the palace, but did not take Ru Yang and the others. Zhou Wei found that the painting building was very busy recently, but did not know that she was there What are you busy with?

When Ru Yang saw Zhou Wei coming, she hurriedly went to meet her, and said to her with a slight salute: "Your maidservant, see Concubine Zhou."

Zhou Wei looked at Ru Yang, frowned slightly: "Get up quickly, where is your master?"

Ru Yang looked at Zhou Wei and replied slowly: "My master is not here, what is your empress looking for?"

"Where did you go, I asked her to practice swords."

"She didn't say anything, and we didn't ask her." Ru Yang looked at her and replied slowly.

At this time, in the western outskirts of the imperial capital, Shuoyue was dressed in a brown black robe, and they forged swords in the hidden sword villa, without asking why, what they were used for, or who was posting them.

Nanyang is within the boundaries of Chen Kingdom, but a long time ago, the Tibetan Sword Villa in Nanyang did not deal with any officialdom. Later, because of the relationship between Gu Jinqi and Shuoyue, there were some ties.

Shuoyue took over the work of Hidden Sword Villa, and received a message more than half a month ago, asking Hidden Sword Villa to help build weapons, ten boxes!

There are so many weapons that ordinary people can't use. In Shen Qingyang's consideration, as long as there is enough gold, he can't take it without him. There are official kilns for casting, no matter which side people are from, they can't just buy so many weapons, I'm afraid something big will happen.

However, it is also very likely that other countries want it. If other countries want it, he also needs to find out.

It's just that the letter landed in front of his window for no reason, but it came and went without a trace. The letter also included a receipt, which can go to Zhuangji Bank to withdraw a deposit of 2 taels of gold. The total amount of ten boxes of weapons is 8. Ten thousand taels.

Shuoyue looked at the bill, but couldn't find the person who wrote the letter. Shen Qingyang said that he made his own decision, and just after Gu Jinqi found out about this matter, Gu Jinqi said that no matter who posted the post, this person must be unusual. Man, after you build the weapon, he will naturally give you the address, so you can go with the delivery team and know it?
Although Gu Jinqi was speaking normally, Shuo Yue seemed to see Gu Jinqi's shining eyes between the lines.

They just finished casting their weapons, and when they were waiting to be escorted, Shuoyue did receive the address, which was on the outskirts of the Xiliang Imperial Capital, and the other person sent them a pass, but it was only for border crossings, he always felt that Something is wrong.

There are many elites in Hidden Sword Villa, Shuoyue set off with more than 30 normal people, and also brought a lot of hidden guards, just when he reached the border, he saw Gu Jinqi was already chasing after him.

He stopped in the outskirts of the jungle and waited. It was already dusk, and the sunset glow was astonishingly bloodthirsty.

The chirping of birds and insects outside is barely audible. For countless killers, this scene is the calm before the storm.

Both Ajiu and Hualou were dressed in men's clothes, and they also wore a human skin mask. Ah Jiu's long sword was carried on his back, while Hualou's folding fan was in his hand.

"The second young master of Hidden Sword Villa, you really have the guts!" Hua Lou stood there, his brows were full of news, but his eyes were cold and lifeless.

Hearing the hoarse voice, Shuoyue frowned slightly, looking at Gu Jinqi beside him, who looked like a man and a woman, and he vaguely remembered Gu Jinqi's appearance as a woman disguised as a man.

Hualou followed his gaze and slowly moved to the person beside him. He was very angry, but with a pair of peach blossom eyes and a small side, this person might not be from Hidden Sword Villa!
"I don't dare to be so courageous, but I have brought what the young master wants." After Shuo Yue said loudly, the folding fan in Hualou's hand opened suddenly, and directly attacked in Gu Jinqi's direction, Shuo Yue was startled, It doesn't matter who has an accident, except Gu Jinqi.

He was anxious and wanted to deal with it, but was stopped by Gu Jinqi.

Facing Hualou's move, Gu Jinqi also jumped into the air from his horseback, and the two shuttled through the bamboo forest, evenly matched.

Gu Jinqi is used to long swords, but Hualou is holding a folding fan today. It is not a plopping folding fan, but a sharp blade is hidden in the fan. If you are not careful, your throat will be blocked by blood.

Ah Jiu stood on the bamboo tip with one foot, arms crossed, looking like watching the excitement, while Shuo Yue was obviously a little restless.

"Second son, don't worry, my son is just a bit playful, and I chose the most powerful person in your team for a competition, and it won't hurt anyone." Ah Jiu's words came out word by word, so In terms of martial arts, Gu Jinqi is top-notch, and in terms of status, so is she, so she is the most powerful in this team, isn't she?

At this moment, he just thought that this person should be a very powerful person in Xiliang City, and the guards around him were not ordinary people.

Gu Jinqi looked at the jade-like man on the opposite side, who was slightly bigger than himself, but not as strong as those men. Seeing her finger protruding from her sleeve, Gu Jinqi slightly curled his lips.

"The girl's disguise technique is pretty good." Gu Jinqi said.

"Empress Empress's is even better, at least no one has recognized it for so many years." Hualou also boldly guessed, Gu Jinqi frowned slightly, his eyes suddenly changed, and shot at the painting building like a sharp blade.

Hualou smiled softly, but his smile was like a flower.

Gu Jinqi guessed who this person was, but she still couldn't guess for sure, because the only woman she remembered in Xiliang was Shen Hualou, but she didn't know what Shen Hualou looked like now.

"You have a good vision." Gu Jinqi said loudly.

"The empress is not bad, but the empress followed Shuoyue to find out my identity, she was really impulsive."

As soon as Hualou's words fell, the long sword in Gu Jinqi's hand passed through Hualou's waist, and almost opened her belt. She turned sideways, and Hualou flashed past softly, and just as the two of them were sideways When she passed by, the folding fan in Hualou's hand disappeared, and instead she held the soft sword wrapped around her waist, and she attacked Gu Jinqi straightly, causing Gu Jinqi to retreat a few steps.

Then Gu Jinqi borrowed his strength to turn up from under Hualou's soft sword.

The painting building is downstairs, and she is above, and the two stretched out their hands equally, chatting non-stop.

"People who are not impulsive are in vain." After Gu Jinqi finished speaking, Hualou smiled and said, "But you are already the child's mother."

Gu Jinqi looked at her, and said in a deep voice: "If you are also the mother of the child, then I will marry you as a child."

"Empress, don't be impulsive, your one will be the crown prince of Chen Kingdom in the future, and unfortunately I do have a daughter!" Hualou laughed while talking.

Listening to her words, Gu Jinqi felt that this woman was more and more mysterious. This imperial capital is so good at martial arts, and besides, there is a woman with a daughter, who could it be?

While the two were still fighting, a red dress flew over from the air and landed on the bamboo tip opposite Ah Jiu. The evil face made Gu Jinqi frown slightly, and Hualou also frowned slightly. .

Immediately afterwards, Ban Cen followed and stood beside Ah Jiu.

Looking at Gu Jinqi's appearance, Hualou smiled slightly and said, "After fighting for so long, can you guess my identity?"

Gu Jinqi smiled and said nothing, but Hualou said: "I have already come to the imperial capital, do you want to spend a few days in the imperial capital? Of course, this is a kind invitation from me, but if the empress thinks it is inconvenient, then I will not." demand."

"Thank you for your kindness, girl, I will not be polite."

"If you have a chance, you will meet your future daughter-in-law." Hualou laughed and returned to Ah Jiu's side, and Gu Jinqi also returned to the horse.

Shuo Yue watched Gu Jinqi come back, and asked anxiously, "Is there anything wrong?"

Gu Jinqi's eyes were deep: "Will I have trouble so easily? However, we will stay in the imperial capital for a few days before we go back. I must know who this woman is?"

"Young master, you are not an ordinary person now."

"So what?" After Gu Jinqi finished speaking, his eyes were piercing, and there was no room for objection.

And the painting building raised its voice in front and said: "It's good to put things here. I thought that it would be troublesome for the second son to bring the silver taels back from me, so I sent the remaining silver taels directly to Cangjian Villa. When the young master leaves, he will send it over."

Listening to Hualou's words, the black eagle landed on Shuoyue's shoulder all the time. He took down the note and saw that it said, 8 taels, all!

Shuo Yue took a look at Gu Jinqi and felt more and more careful on this trip.

"When I left, she had already sent the silver to the villa. This is a letter from my elder brother." Shuo Yue frowned after finishing speaking.

Just as the sky was getting dark, Hualou took Shuoyue and Gu Jinqi into a house. The house was arranged by Hualou with Donghua's help. The people took all those weapons away.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner in this dark night.

That night, Hualou invited Gu Jinqi and Shuoyue to dinner at Qingyan Pavilion, but everyone was still wearing a mask, but Qian Ye followed him all the time, he didn't talk to Hualou, and Hualou never paid attention to them. He, Gu Jinqi frowned twice in the middle of the journey, Hua Lou said: "Young master, don't worry about those who don't matter."

Although Hua Lou said it was irrelevant, Qian Ye's kung fu seemed to be weird in every move, but Gu Jinqi just followed him, probably an acquaintance, so he just asked Shuoyue to pay attention. Didn't think much about it.

Qingyan Pavilion had dinner, and Hualou sent them back to the house before leaving, but the painting building that left did not go back to the palace, but went to Dongchen's mansion.

Of course, Shuoyue sent people to follow the painting building and saw her enter the palace before going back to report.

Hearing the news, Gu Jinqi frowned slightly: "Fourth prince's mansion? The fourth prince who is rumored to only travel around? I don't believe it." Gu Jinqi said lightly, and Shuoyue also frowned.

"Everything is possible." After Shuoyue finished speaking, Gu Jinqi looked up at him and said, "Everything is possible, but tonight is a woman, she is just someone who went to the Four Princes' Mansion to hide from you."

The painting building went to Dongchen's mansion. Dongchen sat in the backyard and played the piano.

She quickly went to the bottom of the pavilion. Because she didn't take off her mask, she almost raised her hands, but when she heard the voice from the painting building, she said, "How did you get into this state?"

"Isn't it beautiful?" Hualou asked.

Dong Chen frowned, then smiled and said, "It's so ugly, go and remove it."

Ah Jiu was particularly favored by Hualou because she suddenly hung upside down from the pavilion: "Fourth Master, am I beautiful?"

Dong Chen was taken aback, and wanted to strangle Ah Jiu to death.

"What are you doing today?" Dong Chen asked.

Ah Jiu also came down from the pavilion, looked at Dong Chen and said, "We just came to see you, but hearing your resentful piano sound is really incomparable!"

That night, after sitting in Dongchen's mansion for a long time before returning to the palace, Hualou found that as long as she left the palace, no matter what time it was, as long as she came back, Donghe must be waiting for her , Of course, this waiting may not be a good intention.

Back in the Xunfeng Palace, Dong He and Zhou Wei were both sitting and playing chess with her. They both looked at the chess game carefully. After entering the painting building, they just asked who won the game, and said nothing else.

Zhou Wei glanced at the painting building, and then said: "Your Majesty has won." After Zhou Wei finished speaking, it happened that Dong He had won, so he got up and came over and asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"

"Yes, how about you?" Hua Lou asked.

"We have already used it." Zhou Wei replied slowly.

"I will come to you to practice swords in the early morning."

"Okay." The painting building responded, and Zhou Wei quickly went back to Zhongcui Palace.

At this time, only Donghe and Hualou were left in the Xunfeng Hall. Hualou glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Do you have anything to do with me?"

Donghe looked at her with such a cold and indifferent gaze that he couldn't find any trace of the past.

"You seem to be very busy recently." Donghe said lightly.

"Well, that's it, so I may still play outside for a few days." After Hualou finished speaking, Donghe's eyes changed slightly, but he said calmly: "I sent a few people to follow you, the chaos outside , not safe."

"No, it's not necessarily safe in this palace. There are many reckless people outside and many villains inside. After all, I'd rather deal with reckless people!" rebuttal.

"Since you don't like it, I'll let them come back."

"Okay." Hualou replied.

Donghe looked at Hualou with complicated and sad eyes. Hualou didn't know where his sadness came from, but he asked in a deep voice: "You are so busy these days because you are preparing to leave the palace. matter?"

Hualou was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Donghe with a smile and said, "Your Majesty thinks that I am busy outside these few days because I am going out of the palace?"

"if not?"

Listening to Donghe's words, Hualou smiled and said: "Maybe yes, maybe not. I never do anything for only one purpose, just like Your Majesty."

After that day, many things seemed to have changed, at least Hualou felt that Donghe had changed a lot, and so did Donghua, and what happened between them during this period?Hualou didn't ask, it's rare that they have the same idea, even if they keep it from her, it's fine.

Donghe was silent for a long, long time without speaking. Hualou was pouring tea. He looked back at him slowly and asked, "Would you like tea? I'll pour you a cup too."

"drink."

Hualou slowly filled the teacup and handed it to Donghe. She watched Donghe drink the tea bit by bit thoughtfully.

Both of them were silent. Sometimes Hualou didn't know what to say to him, but Donghe felt that the whole sky collapsed because he knew some facts.

After sitting for a while, Hua Lou understood that and asked, "Aren't you going to accompany the empress?"

"Mrs. Shen has come to accompany her in the palace." After Donghe said lightly, Hualou laughed.

"The empress is pregnant, isn't the emperor going to give you something as a reward?"

"If it's a reward, it's also your credit." Donghe looked at the painting building and replied.

Hua Lou curled his lips slightly, and said with a mocking smile: "Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense, as if the child is mine, and your Majesty, don't take advantage of it and act like a good boy!"

Donghe looked at the painting building quietly, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, speaking of which, there has been no happy event in this palace for a long time."

"This is a good thing, it came in time." Hualou replied.

Donghe didn't speak. After Hualou finished drinking tea, he slowly got up and said, "It's been a few days since I saw our empress, Ru Yang, are you ready for the things I asked you to prepare?"

"Your Majesty, it's ready." Ru Yang responded and took it out.

Hualou nodded and said, "Well, you can send it to Jingyang Palace tomorrow morning."

After she finished speaking, she looked back at Donghe and said, "Aren't you tired? I'm a little tired, so I'll go back to the room to rest first."

Hualou went back to the house on his own, while Donghe got up and left after sitting for a while. The nearest imperial capital and court hall were all peaceful, except for the entangled gossip and gossip between Prince An and Shen Hualou, and There is really nothing else about the news of the empress's pregnancy.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Wei and Hualou practiced swords in the palace. After practicing swords, Hualou took Ah Jiu out of the palace. Compared with Gu Jinqi and the others who were still in the imperial capital, she had to do her best these few days. friendship.

When Hualou went to the house, Gu Jinqi was lying on the hammock basking in the sun. The breeze blew by, and the leaves rustled. The Hualou pushed the door and entered. Seeing such a comfortable Gu Jinqi, there was a smile on his face. smile.

(End of this chapter)