At night, Gu Jiao recorded the power and disadvantages of various hidden weapons made by black gunpowder in the room.
knock knock knock.
Suddenly there was a soft knock on the door, Gu Jiao rubbed her sore neck, turned to look at the hidden door: "The door is open, come in."
Xiao Liulang pushed open the door and walked in with a bowl of mung bean soup.
He came to her and put the mung bean soup on the table in front of her.
Gu Jiao looked at the bowl of mung bean soup chilled with well water, and tilted her head in surprise.
She used to give him things, but today the sun hits the west, and he gave it to her instead.
Well, not right either.
When her sunflower water had abdominal pain, he cooked brown sugar water for her.
But today she has neither abdominal pain nor sunflower water, but she doesn't understand why he takes care of her like this.
Xiao Liulang sat down opposite her and said calmly, "Just now Jingkong was clamoring for mung bean soup, I boiled a little more, and left a bowl for you."
"Brother-in-law, what are you doing?"
"Boil mung bean soup."
"I don't drink."
"Jiaojiao wants to drink."
"Well, okay, then I'll have a bowl too."
The picture with Xiao Qingkong flashed in his mind, Xiao Liulang coughed lightly.
Gu Jiao didn't notice the little strangeness in someone's expression. She happened to be thirsty, so she brought the mung bean soup and scooped a spoonful into her mouth: "Well, it's so sweet."
What Xiao Liulang does is unpalatable, except for the mung bean soup, which is not bad, but the way she eats is beyond her imagination.
Xiao Liulang couldn't help but ask, "Is it that delicious?"
"Yeah!" Gu Jiao scooped a spoonful and fed it to his mouth naturally.
Xiao Liulang was stunned for a moment, her eyes were magnanimous and her expression simple, as if she had no other meaning, but she was thinking about things, adding a lot of meanings that did not exist.
Xiao Liulang's throat slid for a while, and he nodded slowly, holding the spoon gently, and drank the mung bean soup.
"Sweet?" Gu Jiao asked.
"Sweet." He looked at her, not knowing whether he was talking about Tang Tian or her.
"I think so too." Gu Jiao took the spoon he drank and continued to eat mung bean soup.
Seeing her put the spoon in her mouth, Xiao Liulang's eyes darkened.
"Do you still want to eat?" Gu Jiao looked at his burning eyes and pushed the mung bean soup in front of him.
"I want to eat more..." In the middle of the sentence, Xiao Liulang suddenly returned to his senses, he was stunned! What did you almost say!
Fortunately it was held.
He was startled with cold sweat.
Gu Jiao tilted her head to look at him: "Would you rather eat me?"
"Cough cough!" Xiao Liulang choked!
A face flushed red, and I don't know if it was choking or embarrassment.
In other words, is it really good for a lady to be so direct
"Hmm." Gu Jiao brought the bowl back and scooped a spoonful of mung bean soup, "It's not impossible."
Xiao Liulang's eyes trembled!
"But this body is too small, you have to wait for me to grow up." She said it seriously, and after speaking, as if afraid that he would lose patience, she added, "I'm delicious!"
Xiao Liulang's brain exploded with a bang, like a fire tree silver flower suddenly blooming in the night sky, his heart jumped up and he couldn't even breathe.
This is too deadly...
Does this girl know what she is talking about
Of course Gu Jiao knows, but she doesn't need to give money to be sultry, right
After someone finished teasing, he heartlessly went to eat mung bean soup.
Xiao Liulang: "..."
Gu Jiao ate and ate, and suddenly raised her head in the middle of eating: "My herbs..."
"Take it." Xiao Liulang took a deep breath and suppressed the restlessness in his heart. He decided that he would never talk to this girl again in the future.
It's okay to always end up teasing, she's fine, but he's uncomfortable.
"Oh." Gu Jiao continued to eat, "The swing of the clear air..."
"It's fixed." Xiao Liulang said again.
Gu Jiao: "Clear box."
Xiao Liulang: "It's cleaned up."
Gu Jiao: "Aunt Liu's basket."
Xiao Liulang: "It's over."
Gu Jiao: "Uncle Zhao wants the salted duck eggs."
Xiao Liulang nodded: "Send it."
She forgot to explain to Yu Ya'er and Fang Momo about these things, but she didn't expect him to be so careful and keep an eye on it, and he did it all quietly.
Gu Jiao looked at him with her cheeks raised, her eyes bright as if there were thousands of stars: "Xianggong, you are so kind."
You are good too.
Xiao Liulang said silently in his heart.
Gu Jiao continued to eat mung bean soup.
Xiao Liulang's eyes fell on a large embroidered bag wrapped in gold silk on the table, and asked, "What is this?"
Gu Jiao said, "The petals were picked by the imperial garden and made into flower cakes. I will bring back some leftovers to make dried flowers."
Xiao Liulang had seen her make dried flowers, and he almost knew the process, and said, "I'll go get a sieve."
"Yeah." Gu Jiao nodded.
Xiao Liulang got up and went out. Gu Jiao was used to being alone, but occasionally someone around her would do things with her, and it didn't feel bad.
Xiao Liulang came over with a sieve, opened the embroidery bag, and poured out the petals inside, but suddenly heard a click, and an item with obvious weight fell out of it.
Xiao Liulang looked at the jade pendant that suddenly appeared in the pile of petals, and asked suspiciously, "What is this?"
He was about to ask if it was the jade pendant that his aunt gave you, but when he reached his lips, he found that the jade pendant was incomplete. Auntie would not give such a thing to Gu Jiao, even if it was a thousand-year-old jade that was priceless.
Gu Jiao didn't know the Millennium Hanyu, but felt that this jade pendant was very delicate, but it was a pity that it was missing a corner.
She shook her head: "My aunt didn't say she gave me something, and I don't know where it came from. Maybe it was accidentally put in this bag."
careless
A thousand-year-old jade was accidentally packed in a sack of embroidery
This is not impossible, after all, Renshou Palace is rich and powerful—
Xiao Liulang paused: "Did you put these petals in by yourself?"
"No." Gu Jiao shook her head and said, "It's Jade."
"Who is Jade?" Xiao Liulang asked. After all, he didn't go to Renshou Palace many times, so he was not familiar with it.
Gu Jiao snorted and said, "It's a little maid from Renshou Palace. She is quick and smart. She serves her aunt and is mainly responsible for taking care of Empress Dowager Zhuang's jewelry and clothing. I don't know if she accidentally put her aunt's The things are put in the embroidery bag, I will take it back to her next time."
"No, I'll go." Xiao Liulang groped for the thousand-year-old jade and said calmly, "I happen to be entering the palace tomorrow to give a lecture to the prince."
Gu Jiao hummed: "Alright."
The next day, Xiao Liulang entered the palace to teach arithmetic for the prince.
He didn't embarrass the prince today, and when the time came, he let the prince out of school.
The prince is quite puzzled, why is this fellow so kind? Don't leave him in court
"What medicine do you sell in your gourd?" the prince asked coldly.
Xiao Liulang took out a stack of paper from the handout and handed it to the prince: "If His Royal Highness thinks that the minister is too kind to the prince, then you might as well finish these questions, and I will check it next time."
The prince looked at the dozens of extra pages of topics that suddenly appeared, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Why did he ask this more? !
Xiao Liulang went to Renshou Palace.
Empress Dowager Zhuang was looking at the book, and Eunuch Qin invited Xiao Liulang in and asked, "Do you want the younger one to pass the information?"
"No need, I just brought something to eat for the Queen Mother." Xiao Liulang said, and handed the prepared food box to Eunuch Qin, "The jujubes picked in the clear air, let me bring them to my aunt no matter what."
At this time, Xiao Jingkong, who was taking classes at the Imperial College, didn't know that he had been used as a tool again.
Eunuch Qin took the food box with a smile: "Clearly has a heart."
Xiao Liulang asked in a natural tone: "By the way, Eunuch Qin, is there a thousand-year-old jade in Renshou Palace? I wonder if you can lend me a look."
"What's so difficult about this? Xiao Xiuzhuan is not an outsider, so the servant will let someone pick it up." Eunuch Qin invited Xiao Liulang to sit down in the pavilion, and ordered someone to go to Empress Dowager Zhuang's bedroom to fetch the jade pendant.
"Xiao Xiu's essay, please read it." Eunuch Qin personally presented the jade pendant to Xiao Liulang.
Xiao Liulang took the jade pendant and rubbed the pattern and texture of the jade pendant: "As expected of a first-class beautiful jade, it feels cold to the touch in the hot summer. I don't know where this jade came from? Who gave it?"
Eunuch Qin replied with a smile: "The concubine gave it to Princess Ning'an, a whole piece of jade, Princess Ning'an asked the jade to be carved into three pieces of jade pendant, one was given to the Queen Mother, the other was given to Your Majesty, and finally One piece was given to Concubine Jing."
Xiao Liulang pondered for a moment and asked, "Is there no fourth piece?"
Qin Gonggong smiled and shook his head: "No, this palace must be gone, the servants outside dare not say it, but it should be rare. The Millennium Frost Jade is a rare treasure, and the concubine has gone through countless hardships. If it wasn't so precious, I wouldn't have given it to Princess Ning'an. Why is Xiao Xiuzhuan suddenly so curious about the Millennium Hanyu?"
"Oh, I saw it in a book by chance, and I was a little curious." Xiao Liulang returned his aunt's jade pendant to Eunuch Qin, "Since it was a gift from Princess Ning'an, Eunuch please keep it safe."
Eunuch Qin took the jade pendant, wrapped it in a silk handkerchief, and put it back in the brocade box: "This is natural, such a precious thing, the queen mother is reluctant to wear it on weekdays, so the servants are stored in the dark compartment, every day Gotta take it out and wipe it."
In fact, if it wasn't for Princess Ning'an's gift, the Queen Mother would definitely give this piece of cold jade to Xiao Xiuzhuan without hesitation.
What Eunuch Qin didn't know was that Xiao Liulang once had a thousand-year-old jade, which was given to him by his mother, Princess Xinyang.
But he is no longer Xiao Heng, and the piece of cold jade is no longer in his hands.
At this point, it is certain that this incomplete jade pendant is not the thing of Renshou Palace, but how it entered Gu Jiao's embroidered bag, I am afraid you have to ask the palace maid named Jade.
Xiao Liulang was thinking about how to call Jade over without being abrupt or suspicious, when he heard Eunuch Qin say: "Jade, come here and put the jade pendant back."
"Yes."
A little palace maid in pink stepped forward and held the brocade box handed over by Eunuch Qin in both hands.
"You... pour a pot of tea." Xiao Liulang said to Jade.
Emerald froze for a moment.
Eunuch Qin just thought that Xiao Liulang was a little palace maid at will, without any doubts: "If you want to go, you can go."
"Yes!" Jade responded and turned around.
Xiao Liulang said: "Eunuch Qin, go and do some work, I will sit by myself."
Qin Gong said: "Okay, then the servant will go to tidy up the internal affairs."
Not long after Eunuch Qin left, Jade came over with a pot of tea: "Master Xiao, please use tea."
Xiao Liulang looked at her and took out the jade pendant in his palm: "Do you recognize this?"
"Uh... I recognize it, I recognize it!" After looking at it carefully, Jade Jade said, "It's Miss Gu's jade pendant!"
"Her jade pendant?" Xiao Liulang frowned.
Jade nodded: "Yes, yesterday I filled Miss Gu with her unused petals, and this jade pendant was lying in her basket."
Xiao Liulang looked at her for a moment, making sure that she was not lying.
This jade pendant was not put in by someone at Renshou Palace, but someone put it into Gu Jiao's basket before entering Renshou Palace.
Where will it be placed
Is Gu Jiao going to the imperial garden where flowers are picked
Xiao Liulang went to the Imperial Garden and didn't find too many clues. He turned around and went to Huaqing Palace.
"Master Xiao, are you here to see His Majesty?" asked the little eunuch at the door.
"No, I'm here to find Eunuch Wei." Xiao Liulang said.
"Master Xiao, wait a moment." The little eunuch reported to Eunuch Wei.
Eunuch Wei stubbornly brushed the dust and walked out, and said with a big smile: "Oh, what kind of wind blows Xiao Xiuzhuan?"
Xiao Liulang said politely: "No, the prince's homework has improved, and there is a suspicion of being serious in class."
Eunuch Wei heaved a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good, presumably His Majesty can feel more at ease with His Royal Highness after hearing this. Uh... Then I don't know what Xiao Xiu wrote about this time?"
"I just passed by the Imperial Garden and found a jade pendant." Xiao Liulang handed the incomplete jade pendant to Eunuch Wei.
Eunuch Wei's eyes lit up when he saw the jade pendant: "Oh! I found it! I'll just say it! It's impossible for Miss Gu to pick it up!"
"Why is this father-in-law like this?" Xiao Liulang asked.
Eunuch Wei sighed: "Xiao Xiuzhuan is afraid that he doesn't know something. This is the jade pendant that Princess Ning'an gave to the concubine Jing. The concubine returned to the palace and now lives in the Huaqing Palace. The jade pendant was lost in the imperial garden, and it happened that Miss Gu had been there at that time. Your Majesty believed in revisiting the girl, and instead of asking someone to question her, he took out his jade pendant and gave it to the concubine."
He said, and smiled, "Your Majesty's jade pendant was also given by Princess Ning'an, and it is a treasure on weekdays, so now it's good, the empress of the imperial concubine has found the jade pendant, and the servants can also go and get your majesty's jade pendant back. already."
Xiao Liulang's eyes flashed a meaningful look: "My father-in-law said that this jade pendant belongs to Concubine Jing?"
"Yes." Eunuch Wei nodded.
Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived.
Concubine Jing walked out of the palace with the help of Grandma Cai. She was still wearing Shitai's clothes and hat.
She saw Eunuch Wei and Xiao Liulang at the door at a glance.
And Xiao Liulang also looked at her.
The four looked at each other, and the surroundings seemed to be quiet for a while.
Xiao Liulang's eyes were deep and calm, like a bottomless pool under the moonlight.
Before Xiao Liulang was born, Concubine Jing had moved to the nunnery. This was the first time he saw Concubine Jing.
The reason why he can confirm the identity of the other party is because there is no second person in the entire palace dressed like her.
Xiao Liulang lightly cupped his hands, turned and left Huaqing Palace.
Eunuch Wei took the jade pendant and walked over with a smile: "Miss Taifei, your jade pendant has been found. It was picked up by Xiao Xiuzhuan in the imperial garden."
Concubine Jing looked at Xiao Liulang's back: "Xiao, Xiu, Zhuan?"
After Xiao Liulang left the palace, he first went to the Hanlin Academy for a long time. After the evaluation, he did not go back to Bishui Hutong immediately, but went to Minghui Hall in Guozijian.
"Okay, you can step back." The old sacrifice wine pardoned Zheng Siye's penalty for standing today.
Zheng Siye is like a pardon, how much he hated Xiao Liulang in the past, he looked forward to Xiao Liulang at this moment. After all, only Xiao Liulang came, and Lao Jijiu had no time to punish him.
Xiao Liulang entered the house, and his own guard closed the door of Minghui Hall.
"Sit down," said the old sacrificial wine.
Xiao Liulang sat down opposite the old sacrificial wine, and there was a short case between the two, on which was stacked some excellent articles written by students of the Guozijian.
Lao Jijiu put down half of the article he had corrected, looked at Xiao Liulang and said, "What happened?"
He has always been to the Three Treasures Hall without incident.
Xiao Liulang told about the jade pendant, and the old sacrifice wine's face became solemn: "Do you suspect that there is something wrong with Concubine Jing?"
As expected of the master and the apprentice, there is an unspeakable tacit understanding between each other. In fact, Xiao Liulang did not mention any doubts about Concubine Jing, he just explained the whole story.
But who is the old sacrifice wine
Wannian green tea and white lotus, don't pretend to be innocent in front of your apprentices.
Xiao Liulang asked: "In the eyes of the teacher, what kind of person is Concubine Jing?"
"Naturally he is a good person." Lao Jijiu said without hesitation, but his previous knowledge may not be accurate, just as he once believed that Zhuang Jinse was a bad person, but in the end he found that Zhuang Jinse was not that evil. Maybe he thought Concubine Jing was a good person. But in fact, Concubine Jing is not that kind.
- Never admit that I am partial to Zhuang Jinse!
"Know the person, know the face, but don't know the heart." After experiencing Zhuang Jinse's incident, Lao Jijiu had a deep understanding of this sentence.
"How is her relationship with the Queen Mother?" Xiao Liulang asked.
Lao Jijiu smiled lightly: "the two were very close in the past, she was Zhuang Jinse's only friend in the palace, and the person Zhuang Jinse trusted most was her. I still remember that once, in order to bring down Zhuang Jinse, she was still Concubine Jing. Zhuang Jinse almost didn't kill me after taking a little black pot! When I put Zhuang Jinse in the cold palace, Zhuang Jinse was not so angry. Zhuang Jinse has no children, and treats her children as her own... It's Princess Ning'an and today's Your Majesty, Concubine Jing's mother family was also supported by Zhuang Jinse."
Speaking of this, Lao Jijiu sighed in disappointment, "Later, when the late emperor passed away, His Majesty ascended the throne, and Concubine Jing went to the nunnery and became a nun, there was less contact between the two."
Xiao Liulang asked suspiciously: "Why did she go to the nunnery? Did she really invite her to go?"
The old sacrificial wine shook his head: "No, it's the decree of Zhuang Jinse."
Xiao Liulang pondered: "Your Majesty will definitely disagree—"
The old sacrificial wine nodded: "You guessed right, His Majesty does not agree, but Zhuang Jinse covers the sky with only one hand, and His Majesty has worked so hard for so many years to be able to draw a tie with Zhuang Jinse, and His Majesty who has just ascended the throne is not Zhuang Jinse at all. The opponent. The relationship between Your Majesty and Zhuang Jinse broke down because of this incident."
The new month is here, and the monthly and recommended tickets are all coming. The author is working hard to save the manuscript!
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