marriage gentleman

Chapter 37

For half a month, Yun Zhen went out of the palace every day, in the name of looking for her brother.Before, Qi Guang promised Yun Zhen to help find his brother, so he specially gave Yun Zhen a token to leave the palace.It is also because of this that most of the young masters in Nanfengxuan are extremely jealous of Yun Zhen.But recently, they didn't have the intention to be jealous of Yun Zhen, because the emperor hadn't summoned them to accompany him for a long time.

Ever since the emperor had Lu Shilang, not to mention Nanfengxuan, even the people from Hongxiu Pavilion have never been summoned.

The sons deeply felt that they were about to fall out of favor.

Yun Zhen did not have this worry, he ran out of the palace at dawn every day, and came back before the key was released, and the guards guarding the gate saw Yun Zhen being favored, and never felt sorry for him.

Yun Zhen kept an eye on Zhou Muqing and Lu Li outside the palace every day.

But he had been watching for so long, but he couldn't find any clues.He couldn't help being a little frustrated, seeing that it was still half a month away from January, Yun Zhen thought about it and felt that it was really inappropriate to go on like this.

After nightfall, Yun Zhenfang returned to the palace.

When he walked to Nanfengxuan, he happened to bump into Su Chengyu who was coming back.

Yun Zhen was the only one who had the token to leave the palace, so Su Chengyu could not leave the palace with Yun Zhen, but could only stay in the palace.It happened that the two soldiers were divided into two groups, one was watching outside, and the other was watching in the palace.

Yun Zhen asked expectantly: "Brother Su, have you heard any news?"

Su Chengyu lowered his voice and said, "Let's go back and talk about it."

Yun Zhen looked around, and sure enough, there were quite a few young masters in the courtyard looking at the two of them frequently, and it was indeed not a good place to talk, so she nodded and went back to the wing with Su Chengyu.

Yun Zhenping retreated Fennel and Fenbi.

Su Chengyu asked: "Did you find anything outside?"

Yun Zhen said: "No, there is nothing unusual about Zhou Muqing and Lu Li. How about you?"

Su Chengyu lowered his voice: "I... suspect that it should be Zhou Muqing, but there is no evidence. After the morning court today, when all the courtiers left the meeting hall, I secretly hid outside and saw Zhou Muqing and King Min's eyes seemed to communicate. Zhou Muqing nodded to King Min."

Yun Zhen coughed lightly, and said, "But that alone doesn't mean that Zhou Muqing is an internal response."

Su Chengyu said: "It's just that there are so many courtiers, and the only one who has eye contact with King Min is Zhou Muqing. If King Min doesn't change his plan, there are still fourteen days before January. We have searched for evidence for so long, but we haven't even found any clues. Now, there is no way to delay it like this.”

Yun Zhen said: "I think so too, Brother Su, what do you think should be done?"

Su Chengyu pondered for a while, then exchanged a glance with Yun Zhen.

Yun Zhen immediately understood what Su Chengyu meant.At the beginning of December, the first snow fell in the capital, and the snow continued intermittently in the next half moon.The plum garden in the palace also bloomed with the first ray of plum fragrance, but the plum blossoms did not last long before they were all picked by the palace staff and made into a crystal clear plum cake.

The plum blossom cake tastes sweet and sour, with a faint fragrance of plum blossoms.

Recently, Qi Guang likes eating plum cakes very much. He can eat three or four dishes every day, and there are three dishes in one dish.

When the lights came on, the dinner prepared for the emperor was ready in the imperial dining room, and several palace people walked towards Chengqian Palace with food boxes warmed by charcoal fire.It's cold now, once you leave the imperial dining room, it will be cold after a while.

After the dishes were prepared one by one, Lu Li accompanied Qi Guang to the side pavilion.

A group of palace people knew that the emperor was happy, so they retreated without waiting for the emperor's order.Jiang Dezhong was the last one to leave. Before leaving, he glanced at Lu Li and couldn't help but feel emotional.

It has been nearly five years since Qi Guang ascended the throne, and it was the first time for him to see why three thousand dotes on a man.

With Lu Li, not only Hongxiu Pavilion, but also Nanfengxuan's son, His Majesty never summoned him again.Most of the time every day is with Lu Li, like a pair of mandarin ducks on the water, where you can see Lu Li, you will definitely see the emperor, and vice versa.

Jiang Dezhong closed the door.

The cold wind was howling outside, he rubbed his hands, and ordered: "You all wait here, I will go to keep warm. No one should disturb your Majesty and Lu Shilang while they are having dinner."

"Yes."

Charcoal basins were placed in the four corners of the interior, and the top-quality silver frost charcoal was burned, making it as warm as a spring day.Lu Li added more food to Qi Guang's bowl, Qi Guang lost his appetite after a few mouthfuls.

She put down the bowls and chopsticks, and said, "I'm seven or eight percent full, and I don't want to eat."

Lu Li took a look, and so far, Qi Guang had only eaten three mouthfuls of rice, half a bowl of meat soup.He said: "Your Majesty ate too little, but you are not feeling well?"

Qi Guang said: "No discomfort, just not hungry."

Lu Li said with a smile: "I heard from Jiang Dezhong that His Majesty has already eaten eight pieces of plum cakes today. After eating so many cakes, you won't be hungry for dinner. It's just that eating too much sweets is not good for your health."

There is also a plate of plum cakes on the table.

Hearing Lu Li's mention, Qi Guang couldn't help swallowing, his stomach that was [-]% full started to feel hungry.She said: "Perhaps it's winter. Plum blossom cakes are suitable for the occasion. I ate too much without realizing it. But the cooks in the imperial dining room are really good at making plum blossom cakes so delicious. Last year's plum blossom cakes. I ate a mouthful." I don't want to eat any more."

Lu Li said: "Your Majesty, don't wrong the imperial chef, the imperial chef who made the plum cake is the same as last year." He also tasted a piece of plum cake and said: "But the taste is indeed better than last year's."

Seeing that Lu Li was eating, Qi Guang became even more greedy. He directly pushed away the bowls and chopsticks in front of him, brought a white-glazed blue and white twig-wrapping plate with plum blossom cakes, picked up a piece, and within two or three mouthfuls, all the plum blossom cakes fell off. into Qi Guang's stomach.

Then she ate another piece.

"The widow has to reward this imperial cook well. Come!"

Jiang Dezhong came in.

"Take two more plates of plum cake."

Qi Guang rubbed his belly, and said to Lu Li: "I will stop eating if I eat another two yuan." Lu Li said helplessly: "Your Majesty said it himself, after eating two yuan, you are not allowed to go back on your word."

Qi Guang smiled and said: "Okay."

Soon after, Jiang Dezhong presented the plum cake again.After Qi Guang finished eating two pieces, he looked at the remaining plum cake.Lu Li was worried that Qi Guang would be fed up, so he simply asked the palace servants to take away the plum cake.

Qi Guangzhi looked at him: "Does Jing Heng think this pastry is better than delicacies?"

Lu Li said: "The taste is not bad." But it didn't reach that level, but Qi Guang liked it, so he agreed.Qi Guang's interest can never last long, now that she likes this plum cake, she will get tired of it after a few days, just like the beauties of Nanfengxuan and Hongxiu Pavilion, now it has been nearly five years, and she is getting tired of it now.

Qi Guang said with a smile: "Let the imperial chef make a plum blossom feast tomorrow."

Lu Li picked up two pieces of bamboo shoots and ate them with white rice.Seeing this, Qi Guang smiled and said, "I heard that Yun Zhen eats this dish every day, which is why he got the title of bamboo shoots. I didn't expect that the imperial chef also made this dish today. The taste is average. I don't know why Yun Zhen eats this dish. Why do you like it so much?"

Lu Li said: "The bamboo shoots are sweet and smooth, and taste really good."

Qi Guang asked: "Jing Heng also likes bamboo shoots?"

Lu Li said, "I'm not picky about food."

When the words fell, Yun Zhen's voice came from outside, "Eunuch Jiang, I want to see His Majesty." Jiang Dezhong said in a low voice, "Your Majesty is having dinner with Minister Lu, you wait first."

Lu Li smiled at Qi Guang and said, "I just said Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be here."

Qi Guang raised his voice and said, "Jiang Dezhong, let Yun Zhen come in." His voice fell behind, and Yun Zhen appeared in the side pavilion after a while.He came on snow, there were snow flakes on his shoulders, but once he entered the side pavilion, it turned into water.

"Yun Zhen met His Majesty."

Qi Guang said: "There is no need to be too polite." After a slight pause, she said: "It happens that I have steamed bamboo shoots here, so I will reward you."

Yun Zhen didn't expect Qi Guang to know what he likes, and he couldn't help feeling warm, but when he saw Lu Li beside Qi Guang, his expression changed slightly.He lowered his eyes and said, "Thank you Your Majesty."

Lu Li poured Qi Guang a cup of warm tea.

Qi Guang smiled at him, then looked at Yun Zhen, and asked, "Why are you here?"

When Yun Zhen was thinking about how to avoid Lu Li, Lu Li said: "The tea is gone, I'll go make another cup. Do you want to drink Yuqian Longjing or Biluochun?" Qi Guang said: "Yuqian Longjing."

Yun Zhen did the math, it would take at least a stick of incense to make tea, enough time for him to speak.

Qi Guang played with the jade bracelet on his wrist and looked at Yun Zhen with a smile.

Counting it, Yun Zhen has been in the palace for nearly a year.

The young man in front of him has long since lost his skinny appearance, and the palace raised him to be fat and white, with red lips and white teeth. Thinking of this, Qi Guang felt quite relieved.

The smile on her face became more and more kind.

At this time, Yun Zhen took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, King Min wants to rebel."

(End of this chapter)