It was late at night.
Gu Yunxi was embraced by his perfumed arms. Her eyes widened uncontrollably and she held the silky fabric on his waist tightly.
Her back was pressed onto the rockery, the discomfort of the hard and cold edges of which against her delicate skin was unignorable even through layers of clothes.
The night had blurred the outline of his face. The half clear and half hazy beauty in his features suddenly calmed her throbbing heart down.
It was Master Leng!
The noisy footsteps got closer. Gu Yunxi didn't dare to make a sound and leaned closer against Leng Qingtang's chest.
The moonlight pierced through the clouds, casting a large shadow under the looming rockery, which perfectly contained the embracing bodies.
Five meters away were Honour Guards. Their head held up the storm lantern to illuminate the field of vision, only to be horrified by a glimpse of the blue robe embroidered w
Helped up by Zhao An, Gu Yunyao went to the bathroom in the side palace in a gown of red feathers, waiting for the maids to bathe her.While she was having her hair dressed, Zhao An asked,"Master, should we send someone to inform Concubine Xu? In her high status, you'll be able to watch each other's back in Yongning Palace if she wish to intervene."Playing the jade and pearl hairpin in her hand, Gu Yunyao shook her head after consideration."No. It is because Xu is my friend that I shall not drag her with me. She might have offended the Imperial Noble Concubine for speaking for me. We should not trouble her anymore."Seeing that Gu Yunyao had decided, Zhao An uttered no more. He only looked down sullenly and sighed.Outside the palatial garden, Zhao An helped Gu Yunyao onto an elm sedan and watched the Honor Guards escort her to Yongning Palace.Usually, the concubines would only take their
Zhao An was exhausted and sweating profusely when he rushed to Kunning Palace. Even the back of the dark red inside officer's suit was stained. The chill of the cold clothes clinging to his spine made him get gooseflesh all over outside Kunning Palace. Contracting his neck, he looked very uncomfortable.The gatekeeper of Kunning Palace was young, and he was stunned when he saw Zhao An."Well, is that Lord Zhao from Xiaoye Chamber? Why are you here alone? Where is your master?"Today was the day when the concubines in the imperial harem greeted Empress Qian. Several concubines had arrived consecutively in the morning. From Xiaoye Chamber now only came the Chief Eunuch, which was rather bizarre.Zhao An patted his sweated forehead, quickly fathomed for an answer, and then said,"Don't mention it. My master can't come!""What?"The little eunuch looked astonished."Why is that?"
Yongning Palace——Looking at both sides, Wan Yuyao coughed slightly, and the hall quieted down.With gloomy eyes aimed at Wan Li, Wan Yuyao slowly said,"Today I will meet the sisters from the imperial harem. It may be an inconvenience for you to stay here as a courtier. Please wait for me in the side palace hall."After hearing this, Wan Li curled his lips, greedily gazed at Gu Yunjin's pretty face, and replied without turning his head."Eldest Sister, why the rush? I haven't seen you in the palace for a long time. Why did you hurriedly push me out even without giving me a seat? Since I am your brother, naturally I'm not anyone else from concubines. How could you have a party without me?"Wan Yuyao looked stiff and didn't speak.Concubine Ye was trying a jade necklace in front of her chest. She caught a glimpse of Wan Li's unwilling look and put on a smile to mediate the dispute.
"What, what do you mean by saying this?"Gu Yunxi's question was too sensitive. Wan Yuyao never imagined that she, a rank-second Imperial Noble Concubine, would be questioned in public by a small female slave of the palace. With an angry expression on her pretty face, she was in panic.Gu Yunxi pursed her lips lightly, sneered secretly, and said with her head down."Your Grace, please forgive me. I was just curious and attracted by the fragrance of this tonic soup.""I am the small kitchen's governor of Chuxiu Palace. I imprudently ask Your Grace for the cooking recipe of this soup, which I would like to study.""How dare you! Who do you think you are! That's just the most common black chicken soup. Don't you know how to stew chicken soup when you work in the small kitchen—"Concubine Ye stood up suddenly, with her eyes twisting coldly."How dare a governor argue before Her Grace? Your Grace,
Hearing that Leng Qingtang had arrived, Empress Qian was caressed on her soft and elegant face by a hint of joy.Even if the treacherous eunuch refused to join the Eastern Palace's side, he would never incline to the Wans thanks to the Spring Banquet event."Come in!"Empress Qian's utterance was curt and decisive.When the curtain was lifted, dazzling light poured into the Main Hall.Gu Yunxi couldn't help narrowing her eyes and looking straight at the brightness. She saw a tall shadow standing upright like a god descending into the world.Gazed by thousands of people, he strode into the hall wearing a pair of gold silk boots embroidered with pythons. He shone with brilliance and elegance as his robe fluttered with every step.Looking up, he scanned the many faces in the hall with bright eyes and a vague expression of mixed smiles and contempt.When he looked at Gu Yunxi, his col
In the face of beauty, Leng Qingtang smiled and answered, "Yes."He didn't raise his eyes and gripped Wan Yuyao's delicately formed hands. Then he bent down to help the beauty into the warm partition.There was much luxury in the warm partition, with soft couch tables and screens.This place was not strange to Leng Qingtang.In the early years, the Western Depot was not built, and his relationship with Wan Yuyao was not distant. In order to achieve certain goals, he also leaned here and flirted with Wan Yuyao here.Anyway, she treated him as a eunuch without sexual capacity. Therefore, they only had the foreplay.In the secluded space, Wan Yuyao lazily leaned on the couch and said,"I'm tired. Serve me for removing makeup.""As your command, Your Grace."Leng Qingtang chuckled and agreed, taking off Wan Yuyao's outer clothes and the phoenix hair clasp on her head. His
After returning to the Imperial Ceremony Office, Leng Qingtang asked the eunuch to bring some hot water and put enough fragrant gardenias in the water.He put his hands in the washbasin and rubbed the soap again and again until there were red marks on all of his ten slender fingers.Bingbi Liu stood beside him and looked at him but did not dare to say anything. He just knew that the Master did this sometimes after returning from Yongning Palace. But he had not done this for nearly two years.After wiping his hands, Leng Qingtang leaned against the rose chair and asked while smearing the xuelan hand cream,"Where is Baiquan?"Bingbi Liu bowed and said with a low voice,"He did not stay in the Imperial Ceremony Office for a long time and then was ordered to come back to Yongning Palace. I have asked Madam Mu to stay in your room. She was provided with good food and well treated."The silent and
"What did you say?"Leng Qingtang raised the eyebrows and opened the eyes wide, where a complex glint flashed."...You knew everything?"In an instant, he stared at Gu Yunxi's face with a dazed expression,"The person who changed your face... told you?"Seemed lonely, Gu Yunxi said in a quavering voice with her eyes full of tears,"Pei Rushi is my mother. Zheng... My parents, my whole family... Who killed them?"Suddenly feeling shocked, Leng Qingtang was startled and swallowed the voice into the throat. He was in such a daze that even couldn't say half a word.Her question was exactly what he tried to hide from her for more than ten years. He would rather be misunderstood by Wenren Junzheng than disclose it in Qiling that year. He even had never mentioned it to Yu Xuanji.Now, that person, that person just leaked it to Yunxi so easily!Leng Qingtang's ey
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