After the first fool

Chapter 106

In Fengqi Palace, the candlelight was flickering, and the flickering lamp cores illuminated the entire bedroom like daytime. Under the bright halo, Mo Xiaoran sat cross-legged on the soft couch, her movements were generous and casual, while Bai Zixu sat beside her. , with their ears pricked up, the two talked at night by candlelight.

"Give me the token to leave the palace, and I will tell you the power and use of the musket." Mo Xiaoran made her request. After all, she was afraid that Bai Zixu would cross the river and tear down the bridge. "Don't worry, I always promise what I say." On the other hand, if it was Bai Zixu's words, should he be farting?
He frowned, and his expression was a little displeased, but in the end he couldn't hold back Mo Xiaoran. He took a gold-encrusted token from his waist and threw it on the table, "Say it, my patience is limited."

Mo Xiaoran quickly picked up the token, put it in her arms, and smiled, "Don't be angry, Your Majesty, we have plenty of time to talk slowly."

His handsome face quickly pulled out a cold smile: "Say!"

Coquettishly delaying time, she had better be able to explain the principle of the musket, otherwise, he will punish her for the crime of bullying the king!
Mo Xiaoran pinned the loose hair behind her ears, casually picked up the cup of tea, and took a sip: "Wait a minute."

After finishing speaking, she jumped off the soft couch, went to the side and picked up the Four Treasures of the Study, spread the rice paper on the low table, covered the corners with a ballast, put the grinding wheel at her elbow, picked up a pen, and sketched the model of a musket on the rice paper. "This is Xuanyuan Kingdom's musket, here is the muzzle, and here is the handle..."

Bai Zixu stretched his neck slightly, and carefully looked at the model drawing in her hand. The musket was drawn lifelike and superbly crafted, but he remembered that this woman once said that she knew nothing about piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting. There was a cold light in his eyes, Bai Zixu did not interrupt Mo Xiaoran's words, but listened with his ears up.

"The so-called musket just uses the power of the gunpowder to be fired quickly in the barrel, aiming at the target, shooting, and hitting it, just like how you usually draw a bow and shoot arrows." Mo Xiaoran tried to use what Bai Zixu could hear. He explained with the words he understood, and he nodded slowly, "But I found that this kind of pistol has a great impact. At the moment of shooting, from here," she pointed to the handle of the gun, "the pistol rebounded Strength, if it is an ordinary person, it is very easy to be shaken so that the bones are dislocated."

Bai Zixu's eyes lit up, and he asked hastily, "You mean, this magical weapon can't be used on the battlefield at all?"

Mo Xiaoran shrugged: "It's not that it's impossible, but it's impossible to mass-produce and put it into use. If you want to use a musket skillfully, you need at least a long period of secret training. This kind of weapon requires not only the strength of your arms, but also your precise eyesight." .”

The corner of Bai Zixu's mouth pulled out a confident smile: "No wonder Xuanyuan brought muskets to our country, just for deterrence! I want me to fear him."

This kind of tactic is often seen in diplomacy, Mo Xiaoran yawned, the diesel in the oil lamp had been filled several times, she shook her drowsy head, only feeling that her skin was fighting under her hands.

Although Bai Zixu still wanted to ask her about the musket, he saw that her eyes were sleepy, and her head was going up and down, almost touching the low table. She looked like a cute hamster, with a soft look in her eyes, "Queen If you are tired, you can settle down with me."

"brush!"

His words were more effective than anything else, and the drowsiness in Mo Xiaoran's head disappeared in an instant. Are you kidding me?And Bai Zixu?She doesn't want to challenge a man's patience and limits, and she doesn't think Bai Zixu will be Liu Xiahui who can sit still!Let's save it.

"No, no, no," Mo Xiaoran smiled coyly, and yawned again: "I can still hold on, let's continue."

Bai Zixu narrowed his eyes in displeasure, and tapped his index finger on the table lightly: "Are you afraid that I will touch you?"

Mo Xiaoran didn't nod or shake her head, but that expression was clearly caught by Bai Zixu's words, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and he snorted coldly: "Queen, you underestimate me! With my status, why do I need to force an unwilling woman to sleep with me?"

"Don't get excited, it's just in case," Mo Xiaoran said quickly, she didn't want to have a big fight with Bai Zixu in the middle of the night, "Let's continue talking."

"I'm tired, so I'll rest here. The queen can take care of herself." Bai Zixu lifted up his clothes, turned over and leaned on the soft couch, curled up on the couch with a stern face, his back arched slightly, his eyes closed suddenly, As if about to fall asleep, Mo Xiaoran twitched the corners of her mouth, sighed, got up, walked around the beaded curtain of the outer room, entered the inner room, took off her shoes, and fell on the bed. As soon as her head touched the pillow, she fell asleep.

Outside Fengqi Palace, Qingfeng stretched his neck, always paying attention to the movement inside. When he saw Bai Zixu and Mo Xiaoran sleeping in separate rooms, he was slowly relieved, "Fortunately, the queen has no other thoughts about the emperor. , "If not, what should his master do.

Frustrated with sleepiness, he watched quietly outside Fengqi Palace all night, fearing that Bai Zixu would wake up in the middle of the night and do something wrong to Mo Xiaoran. Unfortunately, when Bai Zixu woke up until dawn, three cock crows Afterwards, he woke up as usual, feeling a little sore. He jumped off the couch, moved his limbs, and saw a faint figure on the bed sleeping soundly behind the bead curtain, but he didn't wake her up. He yawned and went to Outside the hall, Xiao Zhu and Li Quan stood guard outside the hall door all night, and when they heard the sound of the door opening, they all snapped smartly.

I saw Bai Zixu stepping out from inside with a tired face, the dragon robe on his body was already a little wrinkled.

"Slaves (servants) kowtow to the emperor."

Bai Zixu raised his hand slightly, "Get up, Li Quan, take the court clothes for me to the imperial study, I want to change clothes to go to court."

He no longer had time to go back to the bedroom to wash up and return. Li Quan got the order and immediately ran towards the bedroom, preparing to send the court clothes to the imperial study. Bai Zixu covered his mouth and yawned again. Last night he and Mo Xiaoran He talked at night with candles until three or four in the morning. At this moment, the sky was not yet bright, the fog was thick, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness. He had only slept for nearly an hour.

"The queen was overworked last night, and she shouldn't wake up for a while." He glanced at Xiao Zhu who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Today's greetings from the Compassionate Ning Palace will be omitted. If the queen mother asks, she will say yes." My word of mouth."

Overworked?

When hearing this ambiguous word, Xiao Zhu's heart trembled, she was so happy that she almost jumped up from the ground, she nodded heavily, and replied loudly: "Hey! This slave must take good care of your mother."

She will take good care of Miss.

Bai Zixu made a slight smile, nodded and then went down the steps outside Fengqi Palace, passed the peach blossom forest, and left the palace. On this day, everyone from all parties got the news that the emperor stayed overnight in Fengqi Palace last night, and today As early as going directly to court from Fengqi Palace, the empress was overworked and skipped the morning greetings.

"You said, did the emperor favor the empress last night?" Liao Xue lost her temper in the Chaoyang Palace. The ceramic shards on the ground were scattered all over the floor. As soon as she thought of Mo Xiaoran's hateful woman being favored, she wished she could kill someone!
how can!How could she fall into the eyes of the emperor?

Several court ladies shivered, looked at each other anxiously, and did not dare to answer. At this time, Liao Xue was a gun that was about to go off, and whoever touched it would be unlucky. Hearing someone's reply, Liao Xue's face turned green and pale with anger: "Do you even dare to ignore me?"

"Plop..." Several court ladies fell to their knees in an instant, "I dare not."

"Since you don't dare, why don't you answer?" Liao Xue said coldly, her soft face was covered with haze, and the hand holding Juanpa was almost white.

"Slave... Slave..." The maid looked around, not knowing how to answer, how would they know if the emperor favored the queen?It has become a fact that the emperor stayed overnight in Fengqi Palace last night. If it is said that they are not favored, is it possible that they are just chatting under the quilt?Who would believe such an explanation?
"Who do you think is more beautiful, this bitch or the empress?" Liao Xue caressed her face and asked softly, but there was a creeping sternness in her words.

"Naturally, the empress is beautiful." The palace maid said immediately.

Liao Xue twitched the corners of her mouth in satisfaction, "Yes, you are right," so what if Mo Xiaoran really served her?In the emperor's heart, only she, Liao Xue, is the most important, "Change the clothes for me, I will cook soup for the emperor with my own hands, and send it to the imperial study."

Let's fight, let's fight!She wanted to see what the empress could do to snatch the emperor's heart away from her!
Cining Palace.

The Empress Dowager knelt on the futon in the Buddhist hall, fiddling with a string of crystal-clear emerald beads, her eyes slightly closed, with a kind and benevolent expression on her face.

Nanny Gui hurriedly ran in from the outside, just behind the Queen Mother, and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, there is news from someone who inquired that the Emperor stayed in Fengxi Palace last night, and it must be because he favored the Queen."

The hand that was playing with the beads stopped suddenly, "Is the news reliable?" The queen mother put the beads on her wrists, and stood up from the futon with the support of Nanny Gui. There was no warmth in her opened eyes.

"Really, it has been spread in the palace, saying that the empress has worked too much, and the emperor has specially allowed her to resign this morning's greeting." Nanny Gui said with a suppressed voice.

The Empress Dowager frowned slightly, did the emperor actually fall in love with that woman?Even because of her, today's greetings were spared? "Go to Fengxi Palace to see if there is any falling red."

No matter what, she couldn't believe that her son would be tempted by Mo Xiaoran.

Nanny Gui immediately took orders, and several spies from the palace headed towards Fengqi Palace one after another to inquire about the news. Mo Xiaoran leaned limply on the red sandalwood recliner, while Xiao Zhu stood aside and fanned her , The smile on my face can't stop.

"Miss, you can be regarded as guarding the clouds and seeing the moon. Now, let's see who dares to bully you." She giggled, as if she saw Mo Xiaoran doting on the harem from now on.

Mo Xiaoran closed her eyes comfortably, and when she heard this sentence, her brows frowned: "What does it mean to keep the clouds open and see the moon?" Did this girl misunderstand something?
"Miss, don't be shy. Who doesn't know that the emperor stayed in Fengqi Palace last night, and today, the queen mother sent Nanny Gui to ask for Luohong from the slaves." When Xiaozhu mentioned Luohong, her cheeks Inevitably shy.

Mo Xiaoran chuckled, "Who said I'm sleeping?" Could it be that Bai Zixu spent the night here, so she should be serving on the bed?
"Hey?" Xiao Zhu's eyes widened in surprise, "Isn't it?"

"Of course not. He and I just talked about one thing all night, and we were tired, so Bai Zixu rested here." Mo Xiaoran explained concisely, with a slight smile on his brows, " You, I don’t know what you’ve been thinking all day.” Shaking his head, he straightened up from the chair, and from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Xiao Zhu’s bulging bun face, and poked it with his hand: “Don’t make such jokes again in the future. , me and him, it is impossible in this life."

(End of this chapter)