In the Eastern Depot in Jing City, a guard strode into the main hall, saluting in front of the table.
"Lord, I have led people in searching and checking the rear mountain of Yonglu Temple. The scene has already been cleaned up by someone."
Yue Xilou leaned and sat on the chair. When his low eyes slightly trembled, he fiddled with two irony balls in his palm.
"So, there must be a survival among the assassins last night... Presumably, they have made it."
At that time, another guard walked into the hall. He even had no mind to wipe his drenched forehead but directly saluted and reported.
"Lord, the Ninth Prince Huanan He hasn't come back to his mansion."
"..."
Yue Xilou appeared to be astonished and widened the casual eyes, in which there was full of clear and complicated emotion.
When he slowly stood up and walked with his hands held on the back, he suddenly sighed.
In the meditation room, Master Huichan dressed in a new robe and sat cross-legged on a cattail hassock. He was waiting for Emperor Renxian, Huanan Xin.On one side, Great Warrior Monk stood there like a pagoda, staring at the Chief Abbot who was silently reciting the scriptures. He was about to say something but stopped.In a moment, the old monk stretched his limbs on the cattail hassock. He slowly got up and stood respectfully under the niche for Buddha. He prayed three times to the bodhisattva's gilded image at the top."You and your disciples are not allowed to say much, and you are not allowed to do anything when something happens."Not looking up, Huichan nodded and said.Hearing this, Great Warrior Monk turned his head with a solemn expression, "Why didn't you stop Prince Xian from sending those two people out of the temple?"Huichan looked up at the bodhisattva in the niche who was with a ki
"He?""What's going on? Is the Ninth Prince really here?""We spent all morning going to the temple from the Palace. Where did he come from? Does his horse have wings?""Hey, isn't it obvious? Even fools can see it...""Shhh, my sisters, be careful about your words. Don't make His Majesty unhappy..."The news that Huanan He came to see the Emperor caused a lot of discussion in the crowd.Especially among those concubines, some covered their mouths with embroidered handkerchiefs while others covered their faces with moon-shaped fans. They whispered to each other with vivid expressions.Hearing these words on the side, Commandery Princess Jingle couldn't help but blush and bow her head in shame and indignation.Learning that the Ninth Prince really came to the temple, Shi Yuanqing, Noble Concubine Hui, was frightened. She suddenly opened her bright eyes wide and angrily stare
"Your Grace, I can't understand what you mean." Gu Yunxi said.Hearing that Noble Concubine Hui blamed her, Gu Yunxi felt aggrieved and frowned. With tears in her eyes, Gu Yunxi looked at the Emperor."Your Majesty, what I only hope is to recover from smallpox and to come back to the imperial harem to entertain you. The nigrum fruits that Lord Yue gave me were used up for treatment. Last night, I was itchy, so I went to the back of the temple to look for it." Gu Yunxi said.Gu Yunxi added, "But I came across assassins. Luckily, thanks to God and His Majesty’s blessing, I survived. In order to see His Majesty, I suffered a lot. Your Grace, why do you be so aggressive and slander me in public when I just see His Majesty?"Gu Yunxi pretended to be sad and said that while sobbing. As her tender body fell into the arms of Huanan Xin, he felt heartbroken.Even though Gu Yunxi was slandered by Shi Yuanqing who was jeal
Seeing half of the concubines in the imperial harem kneeling on the ground and pleading for the woman of the Jingyang Palace, Noble Concubine Hui couldn't help raising her eyebrows and looked stunned.She planned to murder the redundant woman. Now that the plan failed, she thought about another trick to slander her ambiguous relationship with Ninth Uncle.Seeing that the plan was about to succeed, it was interrupted by this group of stupid women.How could Noble Concubine Hui be reconciled to her painstaking management that ended in failure?If there was any hope of persuading the Emperor to turn his mind and think seriously, she was willing to try."Your Majesty, there are many doubtful points in the words of that b*tch and the Ninth Prince. You can't believe it, Your Majesty!"The woman held her breath and was still stubborn. She turned to Gu Yunxi with a look of hate and determination. She clench
"Your Majesty..."Gu Yunxi's waxy yellow and decadent face drooped slightly. She was led all the way by the Emperor with trepidation. She was thinking rapidly for a moment."What should I do? What can I do to save the master from danger?" Gu Yunxi thought.Huanan Xin strode with a relaxed expression, holding a melodious tone and commanding the people behind him."Yue Xilou, the assassination case of Lady Yun should be handed over to the Eastern Depot for investigation. Be sure to find out the man who tricked Ninth Uncle into going up the mountain and ask him who was behind it!""Your Majesty, I will follow the order."Yue Xilou walked and answered, bowing his hands and bending his back.He cunningly stirred his eyes to peep at Gu Di, and he smiled darkly."When I get back to the Palace, I'll bother the Ninth Prince to go and recognize it in person when the Imperial Ceremony
It was in Suolan of the western tribes.The hunchbacked old man was hurrying on the road, extremely hard.The weather at the end of July was extremely hot, but his whole body was wrapped tightly by a heavy purple cloak.Sweat was dripping from his face, which was mostly covered by the hood.On his left and right hands were two young children, a boy and a girl. Both of them were about six or seven years old, dressed as people from western tribes and dressed in bright colors. The children's faces were pale and tender, with few expressions and even with a little numbness.The old man kept walking, and the forest path under his feet was not tortuous but seemed to be endless.Without the company of those two children, such an old man who trotted quickly through the silent mountains and forests would really be regarded as a strange and wild ghost.Behind him, the sound of footsteps was gettin
Huanan He swaggered out of the Violent Room of Imperial Ceremony Office and blinked cunningly. He turned to Yue Xilou's stunned handsome face, smiling slightly, "Lord Yue, you asked me to come to identify the criminal. I have already pointed him out for you. Next, it's up to you."Yue Xilou frowned slightly and bowed nervously, “Your Highness, there must be a misunderstanding here! This person... He...""Well, that's all."Huanan He smiled and patted Yue Xilou on the chest with a hint of sharpness in his eyes, "I understand. Lord Yue, you run the Eastern Depot. You have always been upright and highly valued by His Majesty. Some people must be jealous of you in the court. If His Majesty asks one day, I will definitely put in a good word for you. But someone is trying to use the Concubine Yun incident to drag you and me down. This is very important. You must look it up.""Yes, Your Highness. Thank you for your suggestion." Yue
In the luxuriously decorated hall, the lights and shadows flickered, and the embroidered curtains fluttered. The aroma of wine and meat was clouded with the fragrance of rouge and powder, which was a look of intoxication.In front of the table, two Persien dancers stretched their arms, twisted their slender waists, and danced beautifully.They were dressed in purple thin silk and dancing in graceful postures. Their slightly curly brown hair was tied high behind their heads, and their delicate feet fell onto the scarlet soft blanket, which was a more seductive temptation than exposure.In front of the table, the Emperor and Huanan He were sitting opposite each other and drinking to the sound of drums.The Emperor swallowed a glass of wine and turned to look at Huanan He while Liang Zhen was refilling his glass.His beautiful eyes were shining brightly on the dancing girls' trembling bodies. He seemed intoxicated
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