It was the end of August.
On the Training Field in the Eastern Depot.
Gu Yunxi was standing under the canopy of the observation deck, watching the squad soldiers below sweating like rain.
Today was the Eastern Depot's annual military exercise, the most spectacular event of the year. Wearing a brand-new azure Commander-in-chief suit, the Master, Leng Qingtang, ascended the towering observation deck very early. He was seated on the front fauteuil. Chiliarch Cheng Wanli, the close guard Xiao Xiaoshen, Gu Yunxi, and a group of servants were behind him.
Three new faces were present as well. They were the chief eunuch Ming Lan of the Yongning Palace and his two guards.
The Western Depot was under construction, and Ming Lan was about to become the Master of it. From the service center as he might be, he was under the service of Noble Concubine Wan. So despite his ineptitude in martial arts, he still came for the drill to lear
After cleaning, Leng Qingtang remained silent and slowly raised his hands to Gu Yunxi.Gu Yunxi washed the towel several times in the water, dried it, and came to him again. Hesitating for a fraction of a second, she reached out, lightly holding his hand.Leng Qingtang's hands were fair and warm with long fingers. After years of training in martial arts, with or without weapons, he had calluses on his palms and fingers, like a special mark of time passing by.It's not difficult to imagine the hardships he must have gone through from hundreds of inner servants to the high position of the Eastern Depot Master.Empathetic, Gu Yunxi threw a mute glance at the calluses and wiped his hands clean.Leng grasped the towel. His lips curled up into a considerate smile.He skillfully flipped the towel, folded it in half, and pulled Gu Yunxi into his arms."Yun Guaner, come clean yourself as well. Look, yo
Gu Yunxi and Xiao Xiaoshen happily ran to the Training Field, where the wooden targets were standing.Xiao Xiaoshen brought a bow and a bunch of Xuanyu arrows and brought the buckskin backpack directly over his shoulder. Then the bow was handed to Gu Yunxi.Gu Yunxi was almost turned a somersault by the bow.The first genuine experience, Too heavy.Xiao Xiaoshen smiled with arms akimbo, and then began to explain in detail,"The materials used to build the bows in our Eastern Depot are the finest birch in the wood. You can see here. The inside of the bow arm paster is the unique buffalo horn slice in the water town of Nan Province. The most resilient beef ribs are used to make strings. Finally, cast the most moisture-proof paint. Such a great bow in hand, naturally there will be some weight!"When he had finished speaking, he took an arrow with a falcon feather from the buckskin sleeve on his back.
It was already afternoon when Gu Yunxi finished lunch with the Master, Chiliarch and, captains, and returned from Training Field to the Eastern Depot. The Master cared for his disciple, so he asked her to have a rest in the room. After she took medicine, took a bath, and changed her clothes, it was already at night. The first time Gu Yunxi entered Training Field, in the face of thousands of troops and horses, just looking at them with her eyes had already made her tired. However, she had not only stood there for the whole morning but also learned archery for a long time. She didn't feel any discomfort when she had just got back. Until she took a bath in the afternoon, she felt every bone in her body rather painful, especially the two arms. As she held her arms up and down, they kept trembling slightly, making her almost unable to hold up the teacup. Looking at her open hands inadvertently, she was startled. Her le
Early October.Gu Yunxi and the Master had been practicing archery on the Training Field for some days. During these days, Leng Qingtang started to look at Gu Yunxi with new eyes. He found out that even though this girl was soft on the outside, she had this competitive force inside of her. She was like the leaf of cattail, simple but tenacious. In the morning, Leng Qingtang taught Gu Yunxi some simple self-defense techniques. Leng Qingtang only taught Gu Yunxi the move of "Backhand Catch" twice, and she already mastered the basic points. Her only shortcoming was that she couldn't let go of the movement even though she had practiced it multiple times. After practicing one move, Gu Yunxi lay on her stomach on the ground. The field was covered by a thick layer of soft sand, so people wouldn't get hurt when they fell. "Again! Do it again!" Leng Qingtang walked up, picking up Gu Yunxi from th
In the Royal Prison.There was a loud noise outside the prison. "Aye! Young man, are you alright?" "What happened? Get him up!" Cheng Wanli scowled. He frowned and yelled at outside, "Who is making noise here?" "Chiliarch, it's a young man from the Eastern Depot. He sat on the ground and wouldn't move right after he came in the Royal Prison." Leng Qingtang was surprised. He pushed Cheng Wanli aside and stormed out of the prison cell. Under the dim lights gathered some prison guards. In the middle was a small person. The bright purple robe made it clear that he was a guard from the Eastern Depot. Right now, he was sitting on the dirty and damp stone ground. Under the big flat hat was his sickly pale face. "Yun Guaner!" Leng Qingtang pushed the guards aside and squatted by her side. He didn't understand how she would come here all the
The most sensational news in the capital of Dayi was that the entire family of Zhong Siyou, the Minister of Personnel, were exterminated. The Minister of Personnel was ranked as the second-grade officials and was in charge of the appointments, removals, examinations, promotions, demotions, honors, and transfers of the officials of the country. Minister Zhong served the court for thirty years, from an ordinary officer in the Ministry of Personnel to the Vice Minister of Personnel, and finally became the Minister of Personnel. Court officers and the people held that although he did not make great achievements, he was still a mediocre man. Now he was sentenced to the Royal Prison by the Eastern Depot for accepting bribes, buying, and selling official positions. His family members were also exterminated. It was late autumn now. At night, the gloomy sky clouded over, and then came the first drizzle in the autumn. All night long, the
Yongning Palace.Leng Qingtang smiled and looked directly at the angry Wan Yuyao. He was calm as usual. Opened his mouth, his voice was deep and attractive, "I am devoted to Your Grace, but Your Grace misconstrues my kindness, which breaks my heart. Look, the gold hairpin of Your Grace is tilted. Let me help you adjust it." Leng Qingtang raised his hand and pinched the gold hairpin on the side of Wan Yuyao's hair. Then he pushed the hairpin into the hair bun and smoothed out the gold threads of the hairpin before he withdrew his fair hands. A series of movements were carried out in silence, and an inexplicable atmosphere swirled between the two. Wan Yuyao's heart suddenly quivered, and her anger vanished. The anger on her face completely disappeared. Wan Yuyao and Leng Qingtang looked at each other. His beautiful face was indifferent, and his eyes squinted with a smile. An incredible power could be found in his dee
"Aye. Thank you, master. We'll excuse ourselves." Outside the Wutong Garden, the two maidservants curtsied to Leng Qingtang promptly and then walked towards Prince Chen. Prince Chen rolled about on the ground and kicked in the air, refusing to cooperate or get up. "No! No! I won't go back. I haven't played enough! Go away. Go away!" Holding the stuffed tiger, Prince Chen raised his head and spat at the two maidservants. One woman pretended to be panicked and suddenly yelled at him, "Your Grace, Her Majesty is here." These words worked like magic. Immediately, Prince Chen settled down, sitting cross-legged and crumpling his slender body into a ball. His dirty face was so fraught with terror and fear that even those young and fine features were twisted. "No, no! Your Majesty, please don't hit me, don’t hit me." Prince Chen seemed really terrified by the maid's
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