The moonlight was dim in this dark night.
On the Eye Mountain, a group of people was riding on the winding mountain road steadily.
They came from the Squad Seven of the Eastern Depot.
Recently, the Eastern Depot received a message that people sent to western tribes for Qiangwu fern had entered the Baishui Gate within Dayi's territory.
Leng Qingtang was always meticulous that he told the captains he was poisoned only after he had found the whereabouts of Qiangwu fern.
Jiang Xiong of the Squad Seven took the order to associate with his colleagues who had gone to seek this herb. He traveled day and night with twenty men, riding on fine horses, to a post house near Baishui Gate.
After they reached Baishui Gate, Jiang Xiong smoothly got in touch with his colleague. They couldn't delay any longer. After they received Qiangwu fern, Jiang Xiong and his team rested for an hour. Then they changed the horses and went
It was dusk now. In the Pingan Market Town of Luoshui County, the bustle of the day was gradually coming to its end together with the setting sun.People were on their way home. The bustling street gradually cooled off, revealing the broad and wide ground. Among the rows of houses on both sides, restaurants and teahouses lit up the lanterns on the lintels to attract coming and going customers.A carriage train was moving slowly along the main road from south to north. A carriage stood out in the line.The carvings on the carriage's walls were not intricate but delicate, and the doors and windows were all covered with water-green curtains made of pearl velvet. When the carriage moved, the crystal tassels on the top of the curtain made clear sounds, and their shadows swayed.Some pedestrians stood and watch. It was easy to discern that the person in the carriage must be a young woman.Pingan Market Town was one of the la
In the evening breeze, the lanterns swayed and cast shattered shadows under the dim moonlight.Gu Yunyao and her servants knelt to greet Emperor Jingxiao, who suddenly graced the Xiaoye Chamber.Emperor Jingxiao was full of delights and high spirits. He stretched his arms to help Gu Yunyao up and asked her eagerly,"Yunyao, something just came up in the Palace. Have you heard of it?"Gu Yunyao cuddled in the Emperor's arms, looking obedient, tame, and marginally shy. She pursed her perfumed rouge lips and replied,"I heard that a group of carriages suddenly arrived at sunset, which was quite a splendor. The strict rules forbid the entry of foreign carriages, so it's very unheard-of."Emperor Jingxiao chuckled with his face beaming with smiles. He declared loudly,"Leng Qingtang is indeed resourceful. I thought he would be recuperating in his mansion after a good beating. Yet he has not been id
The cells of the Royal Prison in the Eastern Depot were dark and gruesome. The cell was walled on three sides and railed on the last.In this dark environment, Gu Yunxi couldn't know the day and night. She ate when she was hungry and slept when sleepy.At first, she would ask the jailer about the time when he came to send food and water. Later, the jailer would tell her the time without being asked. In this way, she spent over ten days in prison.Gu Yunxi didn't know why Leng Qingtang became extreme like this.His indifferent face, angry face, and fierce face made her shuddered as they came into her thought.The Buddhist saying went, "Who is the most affected one in the vicissitudes of life?" The better the beginning of destiny was, the more miserable the end would be.If the saying had been wrong, why would so many events have happened in a year, making his feelings for her go from indulgences to indiffer
In Master's Mansion.Wearily, Leng Qingtang took some blood ginseng soup and put the bowl on the plate, gesturing the eunuch to take it away.Cheng Wanli watched with worry.Master's health was growing worse, but why the team went for Qiangwu fern hadn't gone back yet?Leng Qingtang's sight was a little hazy. He looked at the front,"This action went well. The branches in Chongcheng and Muyang helped a lot. They deserve a handsome reward.""Yes."Cheng Wanli bowed slightly and replied,"There's also good news from the Palace. Zhaoyi Yu passed on a message that, His Majesty was overjoyed when he received the money. Before the morning ritual, he said in Xiaoye Chamber,'Dayi cannot operate without the Eastern Depot, and the Eastern Depot cannot operate without Leng Qingtang.'""Humph!"Leng Qingtang snorted. He curled his lips and revealed a mo
Stunned for a moment, Leng Qingtang's dark eyes shone with amusement."To seduce one in my condition... You are mischievous indeed."There was a hint of fatigue in his voice existed."I'm serious!"Thinking that the Master did not believe her, Gu Yunxi anxiously grasped the big hand on the edge of the bathtub. The back of his hand was as fair as jade, but it was utterly cold. Even if it was soaked in hot water for a long time, there was no warmth at all.Her heart instantly sank to the depths, desperate and bleak.Bursting into tears, she could not disguise herself anymore. She plunged her smooth forehead on that cold hand, wailing.Leng Qingtang calmly looked at her crying as his other palm slowly fell on her head, petting smilingly,"There, there, don't be sad. I will be fine, and I will marry you."The water in the tub was getting colder. He took a soft, thin blank
A glimmer of light flashed through the eyes of the stunned girl. After a while, Gu Yunxi stammered,"Is it... tear?""Correct!"Yu Xuanji's eyebrows rose in complacence, "The legend has it that Jiaozhu is transformed from the tears of mermaids. Jiaozhu Pear Curd is the original creation of a man of talent; and its main ingredient is the tears of farewells, also reputed as 'Liyu'.The icy curd is made from a beauty’s tears and hence comes its unique taste of bitterness and tartness. It cannot be replaced by any material in the world!"She saw it now...The Jiaozhu Pear Curd was a parting gift created by Pei Rushi before leaving the palace, expressing her sadness and yearning to her beloved boy.The realization struck Gu Yunxi!She, as stupid as she was, copied the dish and gave it to others behind the Master's back. It was no wonder he had been so angry!Yu Xuanji gaze
A bolt of lightning tore through the night sky as heavy rain poured.Xiao Xiaoshen's roar from the ground suppressed even the thunder."Don't touch her."As soon as he drew his broadsword, An Hong swiftly beckoned the Western Depot guards to swarm up.Two of them protected their Master Ming Lan while the rest armed men surrounded Xiao Xiaoshen.The swords scraped out of the sheaths and swished in the rain with a chilling shine.The fierce fighting unfolded immediately with the bladed flickering in the glaring storm. The clank and rattle, along with the thunder, shook the sky.On the other side, Gu Yunxi hardly rose from a rain puddle, her ears ringing and her eyes seeing stars.Her head was numbed by the heavy raindrops, yet she gritted her teeth and forced herself to look up into Ming Lan's eyes.His eyes were muffled by the curtain of rain, but the slender figure lo
Scattered with clouds, the sky brightened up, where sunlight beamed down magnificently and majestically.A shaft of light passed the mullions, penetrated the curtain, and fell on the grand bed. A halo gleamed, gilding the outline of a robust man on the bed.The man opened his eyes with a flutter of his eyelashes.Leaning against the edge, Kang Hai was sitting on the footrest before the bed, dozing off with his head dropping now and then. It was natural for one to get sleepy at dawn after a whole night up.Sensing the movement in the bed, Kang Hai shivered to lucidity."Master? You are awake!"Seeing Leng Qingtang have sat up, Kang Hai jumped up from the footrest with excitement.Covering the Master with a cloak, Kang Hai welcomed him with incessant questions of care, "How do you feel? I will send for Doctor Jiang immediately. What do you want to eat? I will tell the kitchen..."Su
Terra Nova's ninth year of the Daedalic Years, early spring.Kamakawa Yusui is shocked and annoyed when he receives news of a coup at the Imperial Palace and the imminent ascension of Prince Fuchi Yasutaka to the throne as the next Emperor.Since the Kunhuang Island and Huananhe lost a battle, Kamachi sailors suffered a heavy blow, Kamakawa was forced to take the remaining troops retreated to the south of Kunhuang Island, Tsuneoshima stationed.Unexpectedly, just when he was trying to avoid the previous shame and had been intensifying the study of the new combat program, the country had a great turnaround.Can't think too much, Kamakawa by water immediately point all 10,000 Ying army, lead five Anzai ship and a number of ships, with enough artillery Furlong machine fire speed back to Ying, swore to fight with and Shigeru cuts a high and low winners and losers.One night, as Kamakawa's fleet secretly approached Mizumura Harbor in Kyoto, a thick fog sudde
In the banquet hall of the palace, the fire and candles were bright, four dancing girls lined up, green silk buns, colorful makeup, silk sleeves fluttering and swaying, dancing in a slow and rhythmic dance.Two or three male musicians are not far from them, playing strings, flute, drums, each person's face is calm and solemn, but in the eyes of God duh, seems to have the essence of the aura of a hidden flash.The dinner was organized to celebrate the fifteenth birthday of Emperor Fuchi Masaharu, but due to the defeat of the Terra Nova army in Weihai, many of the entertainments were temporarily canceled, and only the traditional Yehime songs and dances were retained.Profound Ya Qing was the main character of tonight's banquet, at this time he was wearing brand new scarlet damask silk clothes kneeling above the chief belonging to him, looking quiet and enjoying the songs and dances.On the seats to his left were the former Emperor's side consort, Daiji, with h
Terra Nova, Kyoto.As night falls, in a short house in the civilian area, the blind man is anxiously waiting for his mother-in-law to return home from work.She hadn't been back for a day and a night, and that definitely hadn't happened in the past.Could it be that the Ninth Princess has encountered something on her end?Rustling footsteps stopped unexpectedly at the door.The blind man's sense of hearing is much more sensitive than normal people, his eyebrows slightly gathered, and without moving, he got up and lightly rubbed his steps to the wooden cabinet, and touched a sharp dagger from the top of the cabinet and quietly hid it in the sleeve of his coat.The door of the room opened, and by the sound of the footsteps coming in there should be two of them."You're Suigo Show's man, aren't you?"The one who asked the question in Terra Nova was a young man.The blind man turned his head sideways, carefully recognizing the source
A cold wind cut through the long, narrow corridor, and the lights flickered dimly.The man's ragged gasps continued to spill out of the closed wooden lattice barricade door, accompanied by the occasional few hushed cries of pain from the woman."Haru, come on, I'll accompany you to your room."Looking at Yuan Ya Qing's stagnant and godless clear face, Yun Shi's heart seized more than just pain as she tugged on one of his arms.The commotion in the room was in no way suitable for a teenager to be listening in.The teenager's eyes were lax as he took two steps with her, speaking quietly in Chinese: ."...Master, you have to trust me as well...it wasn't Mother and I's idea to march into Da Yi."Yun Shi suddenly became miserable inside, opened and closed his nose and said."I believed you, never had a doubt, and it was for that reason that I traveled across the river and across the sea to meet you in person in Terra Nova."The two co
"Yue Xilou, you traitor shall not die!"Qi and blood surged, and a strong hatred that had never been felt before invaded Yun Shi's consciousness.She jumped up with her eyes heavy with red and lunged at her enemy with all her might, reaching for his neck.Yue Xilou laughed scornfully and kicked her backwards with a flying leg.Yun Shi fell out onto the hard floor a few feet away, choking on blood and letting out a pained _groan_.Wamochi stretched his neck to look at it, grinning imploringly.Tsukishiro looks at the samurai on either side :)"Don't just stand there, take her down and keep her under good guard, she'll be of great use in the future.""Slow down ......"Yun Shi forced to endure the pain of bones about to break trembling climbed up, far away from looking at the abyss Ya Qing, the expression of desolate:"Your Majesty, I have something to say to you, please send the counselor."Empress Yuanya immediately s
The fact that the mute applicant, Yun, who was originally scrubbed out of the test, has been recognized by the Emperor as the Imperial Chef, shocks the entire Grand Cookhouse early the next morning.The cooks and handymen who had looked down on her earlier were now gathered in front of the stove in the cooking room, watching intently as she operated it herself.Even in the past days always rigid board a big white face of apricot leaf female master, this time all people before and after chasing after Yun Shi everywhere running, flattery, mouth like a river, all do their best to please. At sunrise, Yunshi was wearing a green coat and pants, put on a large apron to the stove to do the work.With white flour rolled out and crabmeat and shrimp mince and red fish roe in the filling, the meat buns are pinched out with absolutely thirty-three folds.Chicken breast, corn and green beans are sauteed in oil, thickened with soy sauce and pan-fried wine, and wrapped in so
He is, after all, the Emperor!Following the direction of Master Apricot Leaf's kneeling, Yun Shi looked at the teenager, his eyes filled with astonishment.The standing tasseled crown and the yellow coat are indeed the symbols of the imperial nobility of Terra Nova.But, this young man, he is actually the Emperor."Mute, why don't you kneel down!"The apricot leaf matron raised her eyes to the unresponsive Gu Yunshi and chided."Eh, forget it, forget it ...... Master Chief, you get up too."Meeting Yun Shi's eyes, the teenager's face flushed red and blushed as he explained: ."Granny, I don't mean to deceive you ...... I, I didn't eat well in the evening meal, and I was really hungry just now."Yun Shi's complexion returned to normal, pursed her lips and waved her hand, indicating that she didn't mind.Heh, how could she mind?She was begging for it!The hostess rises obsequiously and comes up to nod at the tee
The night fell slowly, blotting out the last rays of red light in the sky.The entire Western Garden was silent.Cloudseeker stood in the tiny compound under the endless sky, raising his head to look up at the dark inky colors of the night sky.In the field of vision, that heavy darkness seems to carry some kind of adsorption magic, only teaching people to look at a glance, want to look through.She failed the test to become a chef and lost her chance to enter the palace and meet the Emperor.Such a result directly disrupted all her latter plans.After losing her temper for a while, she thought of Hua Nanhe, who is still fighting in the battlefield, Yingyu, who is trapped in the palace of Dayi, and brother Mu Xiu, who is waiting for them to return home.Yun Shi's eyes burned as she quickly regained her fighting spirit.Now is not the time to be discouraged, since one way does not work, then find another way.The hour was already
Terra Nova, outside the Abyssinian Palace, West Court.The large cooking room was busy with players in white shirts and blue pants around wooden cases and stoves.In five days, Emperor Fuchiya's fifteenth birthday will be celebrated, and not only will there be a large-scale celebration dinner at the palace, but an all-day parade and festival will be organized throughout Kyoto."Faster, faster, the hour for the king to pass the meal is almost here, and later on your handmade delicacies will be the basis for whether or not you can stay as a loose cook."The woman in charge, Apricot Leaf, is in her thirties, with a purple shirt and pants, wandering around every corner of the cooking room with a stern look, urging the contestants with her mouth, and repeatedly scrutinizing their cooking techniques with her cold and warm gaze.The twenty casual chef applicants came from Terra Nova folk, both men and women, and most of their referrals were cooks and assistant