In the imperial city, Zhu Yunwen walked quickly through the diagonal corridor with a gloomy face. The eunuchs behind him could only keep up with his pace by trotting.
Zhu Yunwen walked into the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Gate, walked around the partition, and sat down on a chair. Immediately, a palace maid came in with tea. Wu Zhong took the tea cup from the palace maid's hand, held it in front of the emperor with both hands, and said in a flattering tone, "Your Majesty, please be at ease. The dragon body is important."
After taking the tea cup, Zhu Yunwen held it in his hand, gently fanned the water with the lid of the cup, smelled the fragrance of the tea, and said nothing for a long time.
After a while, Wu Zhong left Dongnuan Pavilion and came back. He whispered, "Your Majesty, Huang Siqing has been summoned to see you."
"Ask him to come in and talk." Zhu Yunwen said.
Huang Zicheng then entered and bowed. Zhu Yunwen waved his hand, "No nee
It is easy to find that the mezzanine was temporarily built after the tile house was repaired. If people sit on it and straighten their backs, they can touch the beams and tile roof.There were no windows, and it was very dark even in broad daylight. Fortunately, there was a small skylight between the overlapping tiles. It took Zhu Gaoxu's eyes a while to adjust before he could vaguely see the scenery on the next floor.Not only is this place short, it's also small. There was a layer of straw spread against the wall and a narrow straw mat on top, which took up almost the entire space. Pillows and a gray coarse quilt were placed neatly on the straw mat. In addition, there was only a rough wooden table placed at the end of the bed, with a few folded clothes placed on it and covered with a piece of cloth.Zhu Gaoxu only took a few glances and immediately discovered that although the upstairs was small and narrow, it was very clean and tidy.He held his br
After nightfall, there was so quiet that there was no sound at all, and the whole city seemed to be asleep.Only two people on the floor were awake. Zhu Gaoxu kept his eyes open, not wanting to sleep at all. The darkness affected his vision, but made his other senses more sensitive and delicate. The touch from head to toe and the smell in his nose made Zhu Gaoxu unable to restrain himself and constantly imagined everything about her.At this moment, she gently moved her body and turned her hand back to explore, but quickly retracted her hand. She was obviously not asleep either.Zhu Gaoxu secretly took a few deep breaths, propped himself up a little, put his mouth close to her ear, and lowered his voice to the lowest level, "I want to change clothes, the wooden basin you brought..."Xiao Ni turned around carefully, and her fragrant breath blew on Zhu Gaoxu's face. She also put her soft lips on Zhu Gaoxu's ear and said, "There is water in it, don't make
During just a short nap, Zhu Gaoxu had a strange dream.The air was cold and the surroundings were quiet and gloomy, as if he was in the underworld. He opened a coffin and saw a heavily made-up noblewoman lying inside. The woman's face was as pale as paper, and her lips were covered with bright red rouge. She lay there motionless.He didn't know why he was in this place or where it was. There was no one around. At this moment, the woman in front of him suddenly opened her eyes and sneered at him."Ah!" Zhu Gaoxu woke up with a start, feeling a bone-chilling cold all over his body. When he opened his eyes, he found that he had fallen asleep without a quilt. He sat up and looked back at the surrounding scene. There was no coffin. The light coming in from the window made the room bright. Only then did he take a long breath, but the "dong dong dong" sound in his chest still did not subside.Zhu Gaoxu put on his shoes, walked to the window, and observed the
The moment he saw the light again, Zhu Gaoxu felt as if he had suddenly returned to the world from a long journey in hell. Perhaps the underworld was like this, so dark that nothing could be seen.He first saw Wang Bin’s dark, rough, round face and fierce eyes, then he took a long breath and quickly climbed out of the coffin."Your Highness! Your Highness..." Several people surrounded him happily.Zhu Gaoxu said nothing, feeling very complicated. This was the closest he had ever been to death since the Ming Dynasty! He didn't know whether to be thankful, surprised, or scared.He looked around and saw several people lying on the ground, unconscious and unable to speak. This seemed to be an inn, and the funeral procession had already left the city.Zhu Gaoxu went out without saying anything. When he came back, Wang Bin and others were nailing the coffin. Du Qianrui turned her head and looked at him silently."Where are we now?" Zhu Gaoxu aske
An orange-yellow flame burned under the casserole, and Zhu Gaoxu slowly added firewood into the stove."Is Prince Gaoyang's mission going smoothly?" Xu Miaojin said.Zhu Gaoxu replied while watching the firewood burning, "It wasn't very smooth. I almost lost my life several times, but I managed to escape by luck... But before I left, I told Wang Gui that if I couldn't come back, I would release my aunt."After he finished speaking, he slightly side-glanced to observe Xu Miaojin's reaction, but he didn't see anything strange. Xu Miaojin was weak, her face was a little pale, and she leaned lazily on the pillow, just like a girl who had just woken up. She looked a little relieved, relieved that Zhu Gaoxu was safe, or relieved that she had a way out?Xu Miaojin also noticed Zhu Gaoxu's gaze. Her eyes flickered slightly. She pulled the quilt up again to cover her chest and said embarrassedly, "Prince Gaoyang came in suddenly. I am disheveled. It's really no
After catching a cold, Chi Yue couldn't eat for two days and almost always lay in bed, feeling weak and lazy. After lying down for a long time, he suddenly sat up and suddenly felt dizzy. It felt like everything in the cellar was spinning and foggy."Are you okay?" King Gaoyang asked, his figure moving closer.Chi Yue blurted out, "It doesn't matter."She endured the dizziness, sat down on the bed, stretched out her feet to find her shoes, her feet swung a few times on the bed, but didn't touch the shoes. She had no choice but to sit quietly for a while, waiting for the dizziness to pass.At this moment, Chi Yue suddenly felt her ankle being gently grabbed. She became nervous and looked down to see that King Gao Yang had actually squatted down and was putting her foot on his shoe.Suddenly she felt very nervous and her body was so stiff that she couldn't move.In the past, King Gaoyang was quite prudent. Even if he tied her up, he would try
Two years have passed, and the wing room where Du Qianrui lived is still there, and even the furnishings have not changed. She picked up the bronze mirror on the dressing table, blew on the mirror, and wiped it with a handkerchief. It was still so blurry, and the mirror had not been polished. She sat down on a waist-round stool with great familiarity, and looked up. The purple curtain in front of the carved window was still there; the futon on the stool was made of Shu brocade, and she had carefully examined it two years ago.Du Qianrui had only lived here for a few months, but she suddenly felt like she was back home. It was said that girls from wealthy families would stay in their boudoirs for a long time even after they got married.She sat on the stool, resting her elbows on the table, supporting her delicate chin, and was in a daze for a while. After many days of bumpy rides, she felt very tired, but when she arrived at the Gaoyang County Prince's Mansion, sh
The weather was getting warmer, and I didn't know when the insects started to make noise. By the time I noticed the sound, it could be heard everywhere in the grass and in the corners of the walls.The flowers in the garden of Gaoyang County Prince's Mansion had withered, the leaves on the treetops had grown lush and dense, and weeds had grown out of the cracks under the stone path. Zhu Gaoxu walked along this stone path, looking at the rippling lake surface.It was indeed a bit difficult to build this garden in the past, but Zhu Gaoxu seldom visited it, and it looked almost abandoned.There was still no news from the Prince of Yan at the front, and there seemed to be no major battles recently. Without the order from the Prince of Yan, Zhu Gaoxu did not plan to go south on his own, and staying in Beiping was a rare opportunity for him to have some free time.General Wang Bin and others seemed to be dissatisfied with the Prince of Yan, but Zhu Gaoxu kne