The moon hung in the sky and the night was dark.
Before the makeup mirror, Gu Yunyao looked upset.
"Hasn't Yunxi come back yet?" She had asked this many times.
At the time of dinner, the girl told her bluntly that the Fourth Princess Huanan Jiyan invited her to go to the fairs this night.
Naturally, Gu Yunyao wouldn’t reject the Fourth Princess and made her sister embarrassed.
Song Qin held the jade comb to brush the black hair for her master and glanced at the window lattice, frowning.
The silvery moonlight outside shined through the window lattice of green gauze and was reflected on the bronze incense burner in ethereal smoke.
Song Qin turned her head to look at the sad face of the woman in the mirror and couldn't help saying,
"Master, I want to talk with you."
The woman looked directly at the makeup mirror and raised her brows, ready to listen to her.
The night was balmy with constant breezes.Tu Muxue sneaked back to Jingyang Palace before the palace gate was locked and entered the side room in the dark.Because of Gu Yunyao's care, she got special treatment in Jingyang Palace, who could live in a room alone without living with other palace maids.With the usual alertness of people who had kung fu, Tu Muxue clearly felt that there was someone in the room when the door was closed."Who is there?"With a sharp shout, which was as low as a man’s voice, the person waiting in the room was taken aback for a moment."It's me... Yunxi, you are back!"In the darkness, Tu Muxue's eyes turned sullen. But then she changed her accent, saying like a gentle young girl."Sister? It's me. I'm back. Why don't you light a candle?"Tu Muxue walked quickly to the table and lit the candle. The yellow light flickered and instantl
Huanan Jiyan rushed into Jingyang Palace, faced the eastern side room, and yelled,"Xier, you are a counterfeit. You come out! You framed me! What are you?"All the palace maids gathered around the courtyard to watch it.The dignified princess blocked the door of someone else's house early in the morning and she wore a red rose wide-sleeved fairy dress which was wrinkled. Her hair on top of her head tumbled every which way and was stained with a few water plants. Her appearance was really shabby.Huanan Jiyan stood with her hands on her hips. The dazzling glances around her made her feel dull. However, for Lu Zhu, she was not afraid of being laughed at.There was no movement in the side room for a long time. Huanan Jiyan was very upset. She clenched her hands tightly and shouted again,"Xier, come out! In front of everyone, make it clear who you are!""Why is it so noisy?"
Upon receiving the news, Gu Yunxi and Master rushed to Weiyan Chamber together with two guards, followed by Imperial Doctor Jiang, and two eunuchs from the Imperial Ceremony Office.The curtain of the chamber was open and inside were Imperial Doctor Tian and a female medical officer from the Imperial Hospital.The two had just checked Gu Yunjin's body and were cleaning their hands.At this time, when they saw Commander-in-chief of the Eastern Depot bringing people there, their expressions were slightly strange."What have you found out? What is the cause of death?"Leng Qingtang asked in an indifferent tone.He never liked Gu Yunjin.In the past, she bullied Yunxi everywhere as she was favored by the chief maid of the Garden. But after the Eastern Depot was in trouble, she even sought refuge with Ming Lan of the Western Depot. And thus she managed to enter the Palace and help the Wans t
Imperial Doctor Jiang's explanation brightened Leng Qingtang's eyes, which made him feel enlightened.After thinking for a while, he nodded in agreement,"Yes, the man probably replaced the abortion drug with poison, coaxed Gu Yunjin to eat it, and then killed Cai Yue who is in know. By the way, isn't there another eunuch in charge in her palace..."Chang An, the eunuch in the Imperial Ceremony Office, thought of something and said behind the Master,"Master, I have asked people of Weiyan Chamber just now. They all said that Mao was on duty last night. He was seen to go out of the Palace from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., but he didn't come back yet. And yesterday, no strange people came in and out of Weiyan Chamber."Leng Qingtang snorted,"It's no doubt that the murderer is Mao."Gu Yunxi's heart was filled with anger, like a huge stone on it, and her eyes condensed,"Master, who da
"Oh, is there something interesting again?""Go and see!"Hearing the cry of the Third Princess Huanan Jixiang, the concubines gathered around and saw Prince Chen, who was covered with wet dirt and urine. Some people scoffed at him, while others covered their mouths and joked."Nanny Dong, what's going on!"Gu Yunyao raised her eyes and stared at Nanny Dong. The woman immediately looked wronged and bowed her head to hug the Seventh Prince in her arms.It happened suddenly. She really couldn't be blamed."Stop it! Don't do this!"With this angry rebuke, an exquisite figure in purple suddenly came into the surrounding circle."I'm Tu Muxue, the sword-bearing guard in the Eastern Depot. I'd like to meet you, Your Grace."Gu Yunxi tightened her small face and tried to suppress her great anger. After bowing around, she just saw Yu Xuanji."Was it you th
Night breeze was slightly cool in the Cold Palace.Outside the high wall, the branches of trees fluttered, and there was a black figure sitting on the branches.The man's square face covered by the bamboo hat looked solemn and his eyes kept searching inside the high wall."Finally, you are here."The woman in the light-colored ru skirt held the lantern in her hand and walked into the man's vision slowly."I got news from Xin'er."The man with only one arm was exactly Wenren Junzheng."Since you are here, it shows that you agree to help me."The woman showed an elegant smile on her gaunt face like a person who kept herself aloof from the world. It was hard to imagine that her heart was already covered with dark thorns.Seeing that Wenren Junzheng stopped speaking, the woman knew that he was actually reluctant. He agreed to help her only because of their affectio
Half a moment after the singing and dancing in Baohe Palace, the seat of Wan Li was already empty.With the melody of the bells ringing beautifully like wind chimes, a fiery red figure appeared at the entrance of the main hall.Emperor Jingxiao waved his hand to the audience when he saw the High Priest.Singing, dancing, and the orchestra stopped abruptly. After the dancers prostrated themselves before the golden stage, they left with deliberate steps through the small doors on both sides of the aisle.The hall fell into complete silence.Everyone held their breath and paid attention to this world-famous moment.Yu Xuanji, High Priest, cupped his hand in the other under the golden stage, saying loudly,"Your Majesty, I've ringed the blessing bell by your order and prayed to heaven for your longevity, Her Grace's health, and the prosperity and peace of Da Yi.""Great! The pr
In the Baohe Palace…Everyone looked back and saw Wan Li standing at the gate together with a Taoist priest in black. Wan Li also had a gold box in his hand. He slightly raised his jaw with arrogance and shouted,"Your Majesty, Priest Lei has come from far away with the Kunhuang Island map. Today the auspicious time arrives and I will give the true map to Your Majesty.""The Shenle Marquis?" Emperor frowned, feeling confused. He looked at the door and muttered,"How? Is there a false map?"Gradually, the onlookers began to discuss secretly. With permission, Lord Zhang waved the horsetail whisk and announced the two people at the gate into the hall.In full view of a large crowd, Wan Li walked fast and knelt down with Lei Huan under the golden platform.With a disdainful smile, Wan Li cast a sideways glance at Leng Qingtang and said loudly,"Your Majesty, the treasure map pr
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