Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen Star Appreciation

With a "snap", I threw the chopsticks on the table: "What is this for? It's a good steamed cake, why do you put things around?" Honggu glanced at me, and continued to eat the cake in her hand: "The cake steamed with Sophora japonica is delicious. I specially ordered the kitchen to make it. A few days ago, I lost my temper when I saw me drink water soaked in Sophora japonica. Today The good steamed cakes offended you again, where did the Sophora japonica violate your taboo, and you were furious when you saw it?" I sat bored, Honggu just ate and ignored me. It's not that Sophora japonica has violated my taboo, but that I have never wanted to think of the person standing under Sophora japonica.

At night, after lying down for a long time but unable to fall asleep, I simply put on my clothes and opened the door in the dark.Under the starlight, I saw a dark figure standing under the mandarin duck pergola. I was taken aback, and immediately recognized who it was. I didn't have a suitable word to say for a while. Huo Qubing turned around and looked at me quietly, and after a while he said suddenly: "You didn't keep your word, you said you would come to me some other day, but you haven't looked for me until now." When I walked up to him, I still couldn't think of a suitable word to say. Looking at the mandarin duck vine, a flower was shyly half-opening its bright petals, and I was pleasantly surprised and ecstatically shouted: "Look! That flower is blooming!" It's the first flower of the year."

Huo Qubing looked sideways at the flower: "Looks like I'm the first person to see it bloom." I took a deep breath: "It's very fragrant, have you smelled it?" Huo Qubing said: "Last year people missed them while fighting outside, but they are knowledgeable and interesting. This year's first flower bloomed for me." I laughed and said, "I've never seen such an arrogant person like you, even the flowers are blooming for you! It's just just in time." Huo Qubing stared at the flowers, with a thoughtful expression on his face: "A 'just in time' is the hardest thing to find, some things, if one step earlier, everything will be different."

"One, two, three..." I buried my head among the flowers and leaves, lighting the flower buds one by one. Huo Qubing smiled and said, "You don't intend to count all these buds, do you?" I clicked for a while, then gave up with a smile: "It's just that the point is not clear, I'm happy, it proves that they have worked hard to bloom." Huo Qubing asked: "Why are they called honeysuckle? The silver color is easy to understand. It is the white we see now, but what about gold?" I laughed and said, "I'm keeping it a secret now, I won't tell you, but after a while you come to see the flowers and you'll understand."

Huo Qubing laughed: "I'll take this as an invitation, and I must go to the beauty appointment." I let out an "ah" and said angrily, "You..." He suddenly grabbed my arm and went out: "The sky is full of stars tonight, I will take you to a fun place." I hesitated for a while, seeing his high spirits, I couldn't bear to refuse, so I followed him silently. Because there is no palace wall built in Shanglin Garden, as far as the eye can see, the momentum is open and majestic.I watched the ups and downs of the palace in front of me, thousands of households, my throat was dry, I swallowed and said: "There are thirty-six palaces in Shanglin Garden, which one are we going to?"

Huo Qubing smiled and said, "It's pretty courageous, I haven't been scared away." I said angrily: "If I die, I will drag you on my back." His eyes flicked around my face: "Does this count as living and dying together, never leaving?" I sneered twice, ignoring his crazy words. "Let's go to Shenming Terrace, the tallest building in Shanglin Garden. From the top of the platform, you can overlook the entire Shanglin Garden and most of Chang'an City. The feeling of lying there looking at the stars is no worse than when you look at the stars in the desert. In the entire Chang'an City, there is only Weiyang. The front hall of the palace is taller than it, but it is a pity that it is the place where His Majesty lives, and it is heavily guarded, so you cannot go there at night."

Unobstructed views?Unobstructed line of sight?My heart skipped a beat. He led me over the wall and over the eaves, all the way to the Shenmingtai safely, because there is no one to live in, and there are no treasures, there are no guards guarding here, only soldiers who occasionally patrol past. Huo Qubing and I climbed the stairs step by step in the dark. Before we reached the top, we suddenly heard a few words of human voice from above.We both stopped immediately, Huo Qubing scolded in a low voice: "Which bastard is this?" I tilted my head and smiled: "You are only allowed to come, and others are not allowed to come for a while? Since there are people, let's go back!"

Huo Qu Bing said: "You find a place to hide, I'll go and see which bastard it is, and send him away." I wanted to pull him, but he had already jumped up. What a bully!No wonder no one in Chang'an dared to offend him.I looked around for a while, and was thinking of hiding out of the window later, when Huo Qubing quietly landed next to me, dragging my hand and going down.I wondered and asked, "Who is up there that made you come down so quickly?" He said flatly, "Your Majesty." I covered my mouth and laughed, and said in a low voice, "So it's that bastard His Majesty."

Although he gave me a warning look, there was a hint of a smile on his stern face.I grabbed his hand and walked up: "Let's go and have a look." "What's so interesting? If you're caught, I don't care about you." Huo Qubing said without moving his body. I shook his arm and begged softly: "The emperor's corner is not so easy to hear, let's go and listen. Besides, he is... not paying attention to us." Huo Qubing looked at me for a moment, sighed lightly, and dragged me up without saying a word. Sure enough, as I guessed, Li Yan was also here.Under the starry sky, Li Yan was sitting on Liu Che's lap. Liu Che surrounded Li Yan tightly with a cloak, and sat casually on the ground by himself.The two snuggled together and didn't say a word for a long while.

Huo Qubing leaned close to my ear and said: "There is no corner to listen to, maybe there will be spring...a show...to watch." I pinched him hard, and he grabbed me and bit me hard. on my ears.The two bodies were close to each other, I wanted to scream but didn't dare to scream, wanted to struggle but dared not to struggle, I fumbled to hold his hand.He thought I would do some tricks again, although I held his hand, it was full of strength and vigilance.In the end, I just held his hand and shook it lightly. He was silent for a moment, then suddenly lost the strength in his hand, gently kissed my earlobe, and let me go.I trembled slightly, my body went numb, and I felt weak for a moment.

When he realized it, he was about to take revenge on him again, when he suddenly heard Liu Che say softly, "The front hall of Weiyang Palace is higher than this one, after you give birth, when you are in good condition, let's go up there to see the whole Chang'an City." I was busy listening to Li Yan's answer. "The front hall of Weiyang Palace is the place where all the officials visit their husbands, and the concubine does not go there." In private, Li Yan and Liu Che seemed like a folk couple, not an emperor, but a husband, not a courtier, but a concubine.Huo Qubing, who was standing closely behind me, let out a long breath, and I gently shook his hand. Liu Che laughed loudly: "I can go if I say I can go, who dares to talk nonsense?" Li Yan put her arms around Liu Che's neck and kissed him: "Your Majesty secretly brought my concubine here to look at the distant scenery and the stars. I am very happy. The most important thing is that there are only two of us here. You are my husband. I am your wife, ah! No, there are also our children, our family is here, and the concubine is already satisfied. If your majesty can think of making the concubine happy, then the concubine will never make your majesty frown because of the concubine. It’s really not a big deal for us to go to the roof of the front hall, but if it falls into the eyes of others, I’m afraid it will speak to His Majesty again. Although His Majesty doesn’t care, he will always be a little unhappy. I don’t want you to be unhappy, just like you I wish I could smile more often." Liu Che was silent for a while before he said: "This heart is the same as that heart." After speaking, he hugged Li Yan tightly into his arms. Li Yan, Li Yan, such a man pampers you almost without scruple, can you keep your heart?True love and fake drama, fake drama and true love, my eyes are already blurred, can you tell the difference clearly?Are you fighting this war step by step for the camp, or are you falling step by step without knowing it? I wanted to listen to it for a while longer, but thought of Huo Qubing, but thought it was all right, I tugged his hand to signal him to leave.The two just turned around, but they didn't know where my skirt was hooked. They only heard a "chuck", and the sound of the cloth being ripped was very clear in the silence. Liu Che shouted angrily, "Who?" I looked at Huo Qubing in a panic and guilt, he shook his head at me, signaling that there is no need to worry, everything is his. Huo Qubing turned around and pulled me up to the stage. "I thought that tonight would be a good time to watch the stars, but I didn't expect that it would be a good time to see the stars, but I didn't expect to disturb your majesty and empress's pleasure. Your majesty didn't bring any guards with him, so he probably sneaked in?" Huo Qubing saluted Liu Che. , while smiling. He didn't care about sneaking into the palace, as if he just met by chance on the side of the road.Liu Che seemed a little helpless, but also a little appreciative. He glanced at me who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile, "I haven't tried you yet, so you should come and ask me first. It seems that we are not the only ones who agree with each other." The two points that the kid said, get up!" After I kowtowed heavily, I stood up behind Huo Qubing.Liu Che let go of Li Yan, and Li Yan got up and stared at me dead-eyed.I sighed softly in my heart, thinking about how to find an opportunity to explain to Li Yan. Liu Che said to me: "Since you are here to enjoy the stars, don't keep your head down all the time, just do what you should do openly. I heard that you grew up in the Western Regions, so you should be a little bold." I lowered my head and said respectfully: "Yes!" After speaking, I turned my head and looked into the distance, but there was nothing in sight. Li Yan said softly: "Your Majesty, we have seen the scenery, and now the night is getting dark, I feel a little tired." Liu Che looked at Li Yan's swollen abdomen, and quickly stood up: "It's time to go back, I leave this here for you." He glanced at Huo Qubing with a smile, lifted the sheepskin lantern on the ground, and supported Li Yan to walk towards the steps. Huo Qubing and I knelt to see him off. When Liu Che reached the steps, he suddenly turned his head and smiled at Huo Qubing, "I'll let you off tonight. You will explain the matter clearly to me in a few days." Huo Qubing replied with a smile: "I obey the order." Li Yan suddenly said: "In a few days, I will enjoy the lotus in Taiye Pond, and my concubine wants to order Jin Yu to go with me, so I can talk with my concubine to relieve my boredom." Liu Che nodded in agreement, and I hurriedly kowtowed: "The daughter of the people will obey the mother's will." The figures of Liu Che and Li Yan disappeared under the steps. "Get up!" Huo Qubing pulled me to stand up, "You look like this when you see His Majesty, you are more docile than a rabbit when it sees a tiger." I walked to the edge of the stage and leaned on the railing: "Then what do you think I will do when I see His Majesty? Don't you have any scruples and talk freely?" Huo Qubing lay beside me and said, "This looks good. The palace is full of gentle, gentle, low-browed women. Your Majesty is already tired of them. Like Mrs. Li, she is gentle and gentle, but she is a little more unruly in her bones." Wildness can tie His Majesty's heart even more." "Are you okay just now?" I looked at his expression carefully.Huo Qubing smiled nonchalantly: "You go in and out of the palace all day long, and His Majesty acts according to his own will. It's not that he has never seen His Majesty and concubine being intimate, but you, a girl who hasn't left the court, have seen it..." I glared at him: "Stop talking nonsense, you know that's not what I'm asking." Although he was full of momentum, his face was really hot, and he looked into the distance with a straight face. Huo Qubing was silent for a while and said: "As I said, I have accidentally bumped into the scene where His Majesty is making out with various women, but this is the first time I saw His Majesty and a woman just leaning against each other quietly. Doing nothing, this is also the first time I heard about you, me, and me between the concubine and your majesty, and I was a little shocked when I heard it, but nothing else." He sighed softly, and said: "Your Majesty is also a man. Sometimes he also needs a woman to look up to him, because there are already too many people looking up to him, otherwise he would lose sight of turning around, wouldn't it be too lonely? Aunt is not bad, but her character is too gentle and submissive. Back then, His Majesty was under the oppression of Empress Dou Dou, the throne was in jeopardy, and Empress Chen was unruly and self-willed. His Majesty's anguish and pain really needed a woman like Aunt, someone who could look up to him tenderly and considerately. But now His Majesty is full of spirit, When it comes to big plans, what he needs more is a person who can smile with him, and sometimes give him a little face." I laughed and said, "You are so partial to His Majesty, no wonder His Majesty treats you differently." Huo Qubing said with a smile: "Since ancient times, how many emperors have devoted themselves? My aunt has thought about this very clearly, so it's okay. Today is Mrs. Li, and there will definitely be Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Zhao in a few years. Is there another one?" to compare?" It's exactly as he said, there will never be a hundred-day red flower in the harem, and it's not Li Yan who will be favored by others. As long as Li Yan doesn't touch your bottom line, you shouldn't care about it.But if Li Yan gave birth to a boy, she must support her child to inherit the throne. The struggle between Li and Wei is inevitable. For the first time, I sighed with a headache. "What's wrong with you?" Huo Qubing asked. I shook my head and looked up at the sky. Tonight we look at the stars side by side. Will we turn against each other and face each other coldly in the future?If all the warmth will eventually become fragments that cannot be looked back in memory, then all I can do is cherish the present. I smiled and looked at him, pointing to the Milky Way in the sky: "Do you know how the Milky Way came from?" Huo Qubing laughed and said: "Although I don't like reading books, I have heard the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. That star is the Altair, can you find the Vega?" I searched carefully: "Is that the one?" Huo Qubing shook his head: "No." "What about that one?" Huo Qubing shook his head again: "No." I looked at him suspiciously: "This must be, you made a mistake, right?" Huo Qubing smiled and tapped my forehead: "I'm so stupid to doubt me, I would be wrong? Relying on the stars to identify the direction is the most basic homework in war, but I sat on my uncle's lap to identify the stars when the road was not stable. .” I rubbed my forehead and said angrily: "I'm stupid? Then you are not a smart person. Only bastards will make eye contact when they look at mung beans..." Before I finished speaking, I covered my mouth in annoyance. I am not fat Pig Runs Into Butcher's House—Killing It?Unexpectedly, which pot does not open and which pot is lifted. Huo Qubing leaned against the railing, staring at me with a half-smile.I was flustered by his look, so I pretended to be calm and looked up at the sky: "Where is that one?" He smiled softly: "You are blushing." "It's summer now, I'm hot, okay?" ……… The beautiful scenery on a good day, the pleasure of stargazing, the small voices of the two people, floating faintly under the starry sky, as if the stars are twinkling, they seem to be laughing. The hibiscus under the shore, the beauty on the shore, the hibiscus is like a face, the face is like a hibiscus, the human face and the hibiscus complement each other, I feel a little dizzy. "Have you seen these women in the harem? Each of them has a flower-like appearance. I wonder if His Majesty sees so many women going to great lengths just to let him take another look. Is it a kind of happiness or a kind of exhaustion?" Li Yan lightly fanned the beauty fan in her hand, and said indifferently. "As long as you are the most beautiful flower, I don't bother to explore others." I smiled. Li Yan held my hand and said as she walked, "I hope you say this from the bottom of your heart." I stopped, looked sideways at Li Yan and explained: "When I rescued Champion Hou that day, I didn't know his identity. The goodbye in Chang'an City was all an accident. It was also an accident that you met us that night. The relationship between me and him There's nothing in between." Li Yan smiled slightly: "You have nothing to do with him? But he must have something with you. What kind of temper is Huo Qubing? He has eyes on the top of his forehead, but when he looks at you, those eyes obediently grow on the original place." I said helplessly: "After all, I'm his savior. He has to be polite to me. Besides, I can't control how he sees people." Li Yan stared into my eyes and said: "I heard that you hired a master for my second brother, and you also found someone to accompany you. Although you don't have Fang Ru's prostitution contract in your hand, Fang Ru is grateful to you. After speaking, she can't say to leave for a day, and my elder brother is waiting for her, and the princess, Li..." Li Yan paused, and said word by word: "Everyone of us seems to be your pawn, Jinyu, you What exactly do you want?" I am silent, what do I want?In fact, what I want is the simplest, simpler than everyone imagined, neither power nor wealth nor fame, I just want to be with Jiu Ye.If Lord Jiu is willing to leave Chang'an, I can leave everything here at any time.But he doesn't seem to be able to do it, so I can only choose to stay and do my best to be a tree to help him share some wind and rain, instead of a flower, hiding under his canopy and fragrant, I can only watch him alone Resists wind and rain.Maybe being as delicate and pure as a flower is the most attractive appearance of a woman, but I would rather be a tree that is neither delicate nor fragrant, at least to share some of the burden on his shoulders. While fanning her fan, Li Yan walked gracefully: "You have influenced Chang'an City with singing and dancing, and your workshop has continuously introduced new ways of combing hair and dressing up clothes, which has attracted the noble ladies in Chang'an City to follow suit. It is said that you and Honggu Specially opened a high-fee Yaju, only to receive mothers, wives and ladies of princes and relatives. In the eyes of outsiders, you are just running a singing and dancing studio, but since you said that I am your bosom friend, I can’t let you down Your praise. The drizzle doesn't look terrible, but if it lasts for a year or so, it may be more terrible than a flood. Not every son will listen to his mother, and not every husband will listen to his wife, but One or two out of ten is already quite remarkable. And women are the most talkative, as long as you are willing to analyze many things carefully, you may be able to grasp the thoughts of many officials in the court." It seems that Li Yan already has some influence in the palace.When she came to see her last time, she was mostly hearsay about what happened outside the palace, but now she knows everything clearly. "I thought I was careful enough this time. For this reason, I deliberately left all the singing and dancing workshops in Tianxiangju there, and let them learn from me. They even deliberately asked them to take the lead in some things, and I followed suit, but they were still rejected. You see it." Li Yan glanced at me coquettishly: "Who called you Jinyu? I have to pay attention to you. There are also the prostitution houses you have gradually purchased. When a man is in a trance, he is afraid that he can steal any secrets. Jinyu, What exactly do you want to do?" I shook Li Yan's hand and said, "I assure you, no matter what I do, our goals are not in conflict, and we don't want war." Li Yan said: "At first, I firmly believed in this point, and I was sure that you would at least not hinder me, but when I found out about the matter between you and Huo Qubing, I was suddenly not so sure. Jinyu, I missed one thing I just said, that is Each of us seems to be your chess piece, but why do you turn a blind eye to the biggest chess piece in your hand? You have planned every step of the way, why did you miss Huo Qubing? Don’t tell me that you forgot by accident.” "I...I..." I couldn't explain it, my mind turned, and I couldn't make up an explanation that could convince Li Yan. Even this was the first time I realized that I had forgotten him at every step. I really forgot his identity, he was just him in my eyes!I smiled bitterly and said, "I really can't give you a reasonable explanation to convince you. Maybe I think this pawn is too precious and I don't want to use it lightly." Li Yan glanced at me with a slight smile, admiring the lotus in a relaxed manner.I pondered for a while and said, "Do you still remember that before you entered the palace, I asked you about your eldest brother? You taught me the song "Yue Nu Song"." Li Yan said "Yes", turning her head to concentrate Looking at me intently, I said, "I learned that song for Master Shifang. Can you believe that there is nothing between me and Huo Qubing?" Li Yan stared at me blankly for a while, then slowly nodded: "Jin Yu, can you make an oath?" I shook my head: "It is impossible for me to swear to you that I will never be your enemy, and I will not take the initiative to hurt you, but what if you want to hurt me?" Li Yan laughed: "What a gold jade, the words are frank enough, I don't want you to swear this, it's really difficult. I just want you to promise not to reveal my identity, and not to use this to blackmail me in the future." Our eyes met, and I said with a smile: "I'm afraid that if I don't give you a guarantee, my life will not be easy!" Li Yan smiled noncommittally, and I thought for a moment before saying: "I swear with my life that I will never reveal your identity." Li Yan smiled and shook her head: "Jinyu, did you forget that you praised me as your confidant? The most important thing in your heart is not this, swear on the life of the person you like." I stared angrily at Li Yan, Li Yan's smile remained unchanged, I nodded with an angry smile: "Li Yan, Li Niangniang, the court can change a person so fast, I don't seem to know you anymore. Okay ! As you wish, I swear on Jiuye's life that I will never..." Li Yan shook her head: "No, use the life of the person you like." I sneered: "What's the difference? I swear on the life of the person I like, that I will never reveal your identity." Li Yan pointed to the sky with a smile: "God has heard it." I stared silently at the dense lotus leaves in the pool, and the smile on Li Yan's face disappeared: "Jinyu, don't blame me, you don't know how hard I am walking step by step. Empress Wei is in the harem, and outside There are General Wei, General Gongsun, and now there is Huo Qubing. Although I am favored, how long will the king's favor last? People in the palace are all snobbish. Because the people around her have done everything for her, she is happy to be a good person." She looked at a pool of lotus leaves and sighed. The two of them were full of thoughts, speechless and in a daze, when a clear voice of a man behind him said: "Your Majesty is a thousand years old!" Li Yan and I turned around. Li Gan was bowing respectfully to salute, Li Yan said indifferently: "Be flat!" The moment Li Gan raised his head, his eyes were full of burning pain, but immediately returned to calm, as if it was just my eyes dazzled. Although Li Sanlang, who is both civil and military, is not as dazzling as the sun like Huo Qubing, he should be the man in every girl's dream in Chang'an City.Huo Qubing was too aggressive, making people feel afraid to approach him, dare not rely on him, and even didn't know where this person was going to go, but Li Gan was like a mountain, making a woman feel at ease when she saw him. Li Gan glanced past my face, and he started to laugh. I saluted him, and he said with a smile: "We met last New Year, remember? Did Qubing bring you here today? " I replied: "Remember, it wasn't the champion marquis who brought the women here, it was the empress's order." Li Gan glanced at Li Yan without leaving a trace. Although he was confused, he didn't ask any further questions. Li Yan smiled and said: "You probably don't know who she is when you say her name, but if I tell you that this Jinyu girl is Luo The owner of Yufang, I am afraid that there are not many people in Chang'an City who don't know about it." Li Gan's complexion changed suddenly, his eyes were cold, and he stabbed at me like a sharp sword.I avoided his sight and looked at Li Yan. Li Yan looked at me with a smile, and her lips moved slightly. Although there was no sound, I guessed what she meant: We can't always be at your mercy, and you can't do everything. It's too good. I glared at her, and decided to stare at the ground to act innocent, so Li Gan stopped staring when he was tired.When his eyes swept over Li Gan, he was startled, and immediately looked at Li Yan, motioning her to look inside Li Gan's sleeve. Li Yan always had a slight smile on her face, but when she saw the little vine "Li" embroidered on the sleeve of Li Gan's robe, her smile froze suddenly, she winked at me, I smiled triumphantly Looking at her, I came to beg me again as soon as I finished, is there such a light thing in this world? Li Gan looked at me with ice skates flying out of his eyes, but Li Yan looked at me with drowning tenderness in his eyes, I smiled brilliantly. Huo Qubing said coldly: "Li San, what are you looking at?" From Huo Qubing's angle, he could only see Li Gan staring straight at me, he didn't know what Li Gan was looking at me with, he only saw me shining brightly. Ruo Yangguang smiled, but didn't understand that I was fighting against Li Yan. Li Gan wants to explain, but how to explain this matter?Did you tell Huo Qubing that he hated me because of Li Yan?Li Gan faced Huo Qubing with a hesitant expression on his face.Huo Qubing's face was getting colder and colder.What is it that Li Gan finds it difficult to explain?It is estimated that the mind has already thought of the wrong place. The matter was so subtle and funny that it made people laugh out of desperation.Li Yan's eyes turned on our faces, and with a "puchi", she supported me with her hand, and her flowers trembled with laughter.I held back for a while, but I couldn't hold back, and I laughed out loud.Li Gan stood silently for a while, then suddenly heaved a long sigh, shook his head and laughed helplessly, only Huo Qubing looked at the three of us with cold eyes. The Emperor and Princess Pingyang walked over and asked with a smile, "What makes you laugh so happily? I have rarely heard Madam laugh so freely." We were all busy saluting to the emperor and the princess. Princess Pingyang looked at Li Yan and said with a smile, "What's the matter? I'm also very curious!" Li Yan gouged me out and said calmly, "Jin Yu told a very funny joke just now." Both the emperor and the princess looked at me. I opened my mouth, but there was no sound, and I opened my mouth again, but I still couldn't make up words.Li Yan gloated at me, and looked at me with a smile, and I also smiled slightly, thinking that it was not so easy to punish me: "I heard this joke from Li Sanlang, why don't you let him tell it to me?" Listen, Your Majesty and Princess." Li Yan frowned and gave me an angry look, I smiled at her, repaying her with the same way, I didn't do too much. The emperor and princess looked at Li Gan again, but Huo Qubing stared at me coldly, I frowned at him, you idiot!What chance do I have to know Li Gan so well that I can hear him tell jokes? After Li Gan stayed for a while, he saluted the emperor and the princess with a smile: "I'm showing my ugliness. There is a nerd, the neighbor's house is on fire, and the neighbor's sister-in-law begged him to hurry up and notify the husband who was playing chess with others. After the nerd left, he was quiet." He stood quietly and watched the two play chess. Half a day later, after a game of chess, the neighbor saw the nerd and hurriedly asked, "What do you want me to do?" The neighbor was surprised and angry: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" The nerd made a bow and said slowly: "Dear brother, don't be angry, don't you hear the old saying that you are a real gentleman when you watch chess without talking?"" The emperor smiled slightly: "The most righteous people often do villain things in the name of a gentleman. This joke has some meaning, and it is bitter enough to ridicule the world." The princess laughed when she heard the last sentence: "Is there really such a person?" Li Gandao: "There must be many people in the world who disregard the life and death of others in order to fulfill their own selfish desires. Your speech is not good, but Miss Jinyu's speech has both spirit and form, and it really makes people laugh." I was a little annoyed that this Li Ganming was taunting me, but he never left me.When Li Gan was speaking, Li Yan kept paying attention to Li Gan's cuffs, her face was a little ugly, she looked at me pleadingly, I nodded slightly, her expression softened a little. The emperor asked Li Yan with concern: "What's wrong?" Li Yan said: "It probably has been standing for a long time." Princess Pingyang hurriedly said: "Go to the pavilion in front and rest for a while!" It is estimated that Li Yan wanted to leave with the emperor first, but she did not expect the princess to speak first, so she nodded, "Thank you, sister." The emperor supported Li Yan, the two of them walked slowly in front, and we followed behind.The princess smiled and asked Huo Qubing what to say. Li dared to walk with the princess, deliberately lagging behind a few steps.I also slowed down and walked to Li Gan's side, but he avoided me with a cold face, Huo Qubing turned his head and stared at me hard, I frowned and ignored him. Seeing the pavilion approaching, Li Gan didn't give me any chance to speak.My heart skipped a beat, and my foot slipped lightly to Li Gan's side, and I quietly grabbed his robe sleeve.He reacted very alertly, and immediately jumped to one side, trying to avoid me, but to my surprise, I had already expected his movement, and jumped away from him in the opposite direction. I deliberately added strength to my hand, and the two of them They are all martial arts practitioners again, with a "chi", I tore off a piece of Li Gan's robe cuff.The four people walking in front all turned their heads to look at me and Li Gan when they heard the sound. Huo Qubing's face was already so ugly that it couldn't be more ugly. Li Gan looked angry and pointed at me. I hurried to him, apologized to him with a restless face, and pretended to be panicked and dropped the sleeve piece in my hand, and stepped on it unintentionally. Go, just stepped on a "Li" embroidered with silver thread so that it could no longer be distinguished. Huo Qubing suddenly scolded: "Are you finished? Is this a place for you to talk?" Now Li Gan has realized why I deliberately tore off his sleeves, turned his gaze to Li Yan's face, and knelt down to the emperor: "I am guilty!" I also quickly knelt down beside Li Gan. Li Yan just wanted to ask for love, but Liu Che shook his head and laughed loudly, and said to the princess: "Sister, do you still remember the ridiculous things when I was young?" The princess laughed and said, "Which person didn't do one or two ridiculous things when he was young, and didn't fight against others? Looking at them, I feel like I'm back in the days when I was not out of the court." Liu Che saw me and Li Gan from Huo Qubing's face with a smile: "Get up. Li Gan, you should step down first if you are disheveled!" Li Gan kowtowed, and when he got up, he picked up the sleeve piece on the ground, turned and left in a hurry. Princess Pingyang smiled and said to Liu Che: "Your Majesty is too partial to helping people get sick, and sending Li Gan away so quickly makes us lose a lot of fun." Liu Che smiled and looked at Huo Qubing with a cold expression: "If you don't drive Li Gan away, wait for them to fight later? It won't matter if you punish him then, or if you don't punish him, what face does the emperor have?" Princess Pingyang smiled and nodded: "Indeed, Qu Bing can show his temper." A turmoil that might have turned into a catastrophe was finally resolved. I was a little tired and wanted to resign, but I didn't have a suitable excuse, so I sat down with my head down.Li Yan's expression was also a little sluggish. Seeing Li Yan's expression, Liu Che was really worried, so he hurriedly ordered someone to pass on the imperial physician, and took Li Yan back to the palace first.We just dispersed. Patient Huo Qu walked beside me, but he didn't say a word to me.I was thinking about the conversation with Li Yan, and I had some unexplainable depression and troubles, and I also had a dull face. When the two left Shanglin Garden, I bowed silently to him and was about to leave. He suppressed his anger and said, "I'll take you back." I shook my head: "No, I won't go back now, I have to go somewhere else." "Come up!" Huo Qubing jumped onto the carriage, stared at me and said two words.His expression was cold, and he would never allow me to refute. I smiled helplessly and jumped into the carriage: "Don't get angry at me, I'm going to General Li's mansion." He stared at me for a while, then told the coachman to go to General Li's residence.I looked at him, compared my heart to my heart, and explained softly, "I don't know Li Gan well. It was the first time I saw him when you took me to the barracks last time. Today is the second time we met." Huo Qubing's expression softened slightly, but his tone was still cold: "Is this the same as the second meeting?" I said: "There is a reason for this. Li Ganyu is just a melon seed to me. When you have bad eyesight, it's hard to find." A slight smile appeared on the corner of Huo Qubing's mouth: "What about me to you?" I hesitated for a while, then laughed and said, "You look like a big pumpkin, are you satisfied?" He didn't smile, and immediately asked, "What about Meng Jiu?" The smile on my face was a little stiff, I turned my head, raised the curtain, looked out the window, deliberately ignoring the two scorching gazes behind my head. When I arrived at General Li's Mansion, I was still thinking about how to get Li Gan to see me. Huo Qubing had already walked into the General's Mansion in a big way.The gatekeeper was obviously used to it, and he only rushed to salute Huo Qubing. I quickly walked a few steps to catch up with him: "I'm going to see Li Gan, why are you following?" Huo Qu Bing said: "Now it seems that you are following me, not I following you. If you don't want to follow me, we will go our separate ways. You can go to the door and ask the servant to pass the news to you." I glared at him, stopped talking, and followed him quietly.Huo Qubing asked a servant, and he said that Li Gan was practicing arrows in the martial arts field.He was familiar with General Li's mansion, and he didn't need anyone to lead the way. After walking around for a while, he had already arrived at the martial arts field. Li Gan was dressed in tight and short clothes, and he was shooting arrows in the arena. Every arrow was powerful and pierced through the target.I murmured in a low voice: "Good archery skills, the arrows are perfect, you are worthy of being the son of the parachutist family." Li Gan saw me, his pupils shrank, and the arrow in his hand suddenly aimed at me. At that moment, I knew that Li Gan was not trying to scare me, his face was cold, the hatred in his eyes was very real, he really had the intention to kill me.My body was stiff, and I didn't dare to move or say a word, lest something accidentally offend him, and that arrow would fly towards me, and the archery skill of the world-famous parachute general, I had almost no chance of dodging it. No. Huo Qubing took a long stride, and stood in front of me with a cold posture, and confronted Li Gan quietly. Li Gan's hand trembled, and he suddenly turned the bow towards the target. With a sound of "swoosh", the arrow hit the heart, and the whole arrow passed through, leaving only the white feather trembling slightly on the target. I finally exhaled the breath I had been holding in my chest, and my body became weak.My status is humble, and I am like an ant to these noble children, so I don't have to think too much about killing me.I have been using wise tactics to deal with it, but I forgot that my life can be easily ended with just one arrow. What use is the so-called wise tactics in the face of absolute power? Fortunately, Huo Qubing came here today, otherwise, otherwise... I was not afraid at the moment of life and death just now, on the contrary, I started to be afraid now.What exactly did Li Yan say to Li Gan?Did she expect Li Gan's reaction?Is she giving me a warning?Or did she just want me dead?Is there anything in the world who can keep secrets more strictly than the dead? The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, Huo Qubing turned around to help me, and for the first time I took the initiative to hold his hand.My hands were still shaking, and his hands held mine tightly.Due to riding horses and practicing martial arts all year round, his palms are densely covered with calluses, rough to the touch, full of reassuring power, and my heart gradually calms down, and my hands no longer tremble. Seeing that I was back to normal, he shook his head and laughed: "Let's see if you dare to come to Li San again in the future." I wanted to laugh but couldn't, so I said in a shy voice, "Why don't you dare? But...but I want you to come with me." Li Gan walked to our side and bowed to Huo Qubing as if nothing had happened: "I was offended just now, but you suddenly walked in front of my arrow in a good manner, which scared me into a cold sweat." Huo Qubing said coldly: "Third brother, we struggled together in the military camp. When I was very young, Brother Li once taught me how to do archery. Our friendship has always been good. I don't want to turn against each other because of misunderstandings in the future, so today I I solemnly tell you that if you dare to treat her like this again in the future, my archery skills will not be worse than yours." I looked at Huo Qubing in amazement, I couldn't tell what to feel in my heart, he actually protected me so unscrupulously. Li Gan was also surprised, then seemed to understand a little bit, looked at me in shock, smiled wryly and shook his head: "I lost control of my emotions today, I won't be like this in the future, I think Miss Jin can understand me." I twitched the corners of my mouth, can I understand?Next time I put a dagger on your neck, see if you can understand?In his mouth, he only said lightly: "I came here to say a few private words." Huo Qubing is very generous now, he walked into the distance without saying a word. I looked at Li Gan and asked: "Mrs. Li came out of my garden, and all I did was to protect her. I think this, after what happened today, you should trust me. I know you like her." , but does she know what you're thinking?" Li Gan was silent for a while, then shook his head: "She doesn't know, she is already a concubine, I am no different from other courtiers in her eyes, and I don't want her to know, these thoughts of mine are just my thoughts , I hope you keep it a secret, I don't want to add trouble to her, as long as I can see her from time to time, I will be satisfied." Sure enough, as I thought, Li Yan pretended to be ignorant and blamed me for all the bad things.While thinking about it, I said, "I assure you, I will never tell Mrs. Li." Li Gan snorted coldly: "You concealed some things that should have been told to her back then. I absolutely believe in your character in this regard. Obviously I met her before Your Majesty, but you made her one step late , one step late is a lifetime of misses, do you understand?" His tone was sad and resentful. I didn't dare to take his words: "Since I have already lied to you, how did you know that Mrs. Li is the woman you are looking for?" Li Gan's eyes were full of pain and joy: "When I entered the palace once, I happened to see her wearing a similar handkerchief. Although the color was different, the character 'Li' that looked like a vine was exactly the same. I was like Five thunders hit the top, seeing her stunned and unable to speak, only then did I realize how stupid I am. Besides her, is there another woman surnamed Li who has her charm? In fact, I saw her like a water fairy During ordinary dances, when I heard her and His Majesty's clever and witty laughter, I was already deeply impressed by her, but at that time... it was just that I didn't dare to face my own heart at that time. Missed something, and all of this is caused by you. Miss Jinyu, why did you deliberately lie to me? Since God wants me to see the word 'Li' again, why is it so late? Master Jinfang, you think I should not should hate you?" I feel a little cold.I didn't tell him the truth back then, just because I didn't want him to have the troubles he has today.If it is an ordinary beautiful woman, meeting a son of a family like Li Gan, who is both talented and beautiful, and infatuated, I don't know how many times better than going to the precarious palace, but Li Yan is not an ordinary woman who just wants to find a lover, she Definitely would not choose Li Gan.But things went around in a circle, and they mysteriously returned to the original track of fate. I didn't dare to look at his expression anymore, I lowered my head and said: "This is the end, everything is irreparable, but I beg you, please don't hurt Mrs. Li, do you know that the word 'Li' on your sleeve today can break through your eyes?" What a disaster? This 'Li' character is very special, anyone who has seen it will never forget it, you can't put Mrs. Li, who knows nothing, in such a big danger." Li Gan's voice was difficult: "I will not hurt her. I was careless today. I wore the wrong clothes. I will burn all the clothes and items with the word 'Li' embroidered on it later. It will only be engraved in my heart." I hurriedly saluted him and ran towards Huo Qubing. Huo Qubing asked: "You two look uglier than the other, how did you offend Li Gan?" I forced a smile: "There are some misunderstandings, now it is explained clearly." Huo Qubing looked at me without saying a word, light and shadows were flowing in his dark pupils, he didn't know what he was thinking.