Vol 2 Chapter 43: Secretly

The moon (color) is dim, and the evening breeze blows the palace lanterns and sways, and the land is mottled with fragrance and shadow.
Emperor Xiao suddenly visited Xiaoyexuan, and Gu Yunyao and the servants of the palace knelt to greet him.
Emperor Xiao with joy (color) on his face, full of energy, stretched out his arms to support Gu Yunyao who was lying in the hall, and couldn't wait to ask her:
"Yao'er, something new suddenly appeared in the palace just now, have you heard of it?"
Gu Yunyao was half-cuddled in his arms by the Emperor Filial Piety, her eyebrows were lowered, her expression was gentle and shy, her lips were pursed with a fragrant sakura, she replied lightly:
"The concubine heard that at sunset, a group of carriages and horses came in suddenly in this palace, and the momentum was spectacular. It was all because of the strict rules of the palace, and foreign carriages and horses were not allowed to enter the outer city. Now like this, I heard it for the first time. New thing."
The emperor Xiao's "hehe" smile, his expression was like a spring breeze, and said loudly:
"This Leng Qingtang does have some tricks. I thought he was beaten, and he must be recuperating in the mansion. How do you think people have not been idle for these three months, and secretly handled a major case of speculative malfeasance in other provinces? Yes. This time the carts and horses were led into the imperial city, and the cart was loaded with three million taels of stolen silver!"
Gu Yunyao looked at Emperor Xiao intently, and listened patiently to him with a smile.
As Leng Qingtang’s informant, she naturally knew some things earlier than Emperor Xiao. Moreover, an hour ago, the truth of the things that had entered the palace had already caused a sensation in the entire harem.
At the moment Gu Yunyao pretended to be unaware, but because the emperor was too overjoyed, she knew that she could not defeat her interest, so she deliberately pretended to be stupid.
After the emperor Xiao was finished talking, Gu Yunyao immediately raised his detailed Qiushui eyebrows, with a bright and pleasant surprise in his eyes:
"Ah? So many silver coins! The concubines really want to congratulate the emperor for resolving a major worry. It is indeed a happy event for the country and the people."
After saying that, if you leave the arms of Emperor Xiao (xiong), you will be blessed.
Emperor Xiao smiled and clasped her jade wrist to avoid her saluting. Hand in hand with her again, while pacing quietly facing the sandalwood tea case, he said:
"This case was handled in a timely manner! Before the Jiang'an White Disaster and the suppression of Northern Xinjiang, a lot of money was emptied in the national treasury.
Before the birthday of the princess Anhe and the longest princess, I sent envoys to Udan, Xiyi, to send gifts, and the treasury took another salary. When he was worrying, he Leng Qingtang came to give me money, and the amount was still considerable! "
Princess An He Hua Nan Yue was originally the eldest sister of Emperor Xiao. Many years ago, Weigu Dayi had diplomatic relations with Xiyi Udan, married far away, and became the concubine of Udan’s current King Solo Yeli.
Serving Emperor Xiao to take a seat before the tea case, Gu Yunyao's eyebrows were smudged with Qingsu and a smile:
"The emperor has a kind heart, and he values ​​Confucianism and Taoism. Even the heavenly gods are helping you."
Emperor Xiao nodded in favor, and suddenly thought of something. For a moment, his eyebrows frowned, his eyes lowered, and he said in a deep voice:
"Haha... if you want to say that Leng Qingtang has the ability, it is really capable, but the temper is more and more weird and unruly. I just told him to enter the palace and intend to calm him by solving the case. Who knows that he dare to borrow (身shen) body He refused to enter the palace to see me because of his illness. I don't know what is good or what is wrong, and I still owe a fight! When I find him wrong, I will definitely reward him with more sticks!"
Gu Yunyao was fiddling with the large and small exquisite tea sets in the case. Hearing this, she raised her eyes to the emperor, smiled somewhat helplessly, and called out in a long voice:
"emperor"
Offering the freshly cooked hot tea to his hands, she harmonized and encouraged:
"There are also impermanent people (sex xing). Why does the emperor need to be like an eunuch? I think it was because he knew that he had been negligent and lazy to make the emperor frighten the emperor at the palace banquet, and he still feels ashamed. He is hiding from you today. , Is it possible to hide from you for a lifetime? However, the concubine guessed, if the emperor didn’t love and hate the Dongchang admiral, would he care so much about his words and actions?"
Emperor Xiao was drinking tea, he almost laughed when he heard this. She raised her head again and saw that Gu Yunyao was smiling with her brocade sleeves. She hurriedly put the tea cup, reached out her hand and pointed, and couldn't help but say:
"Yao'er is getting more naughty, even I have to make fun. Okay, okay, let's see how I will punish you later!"
Seeing that her palace dress had not faded, she asked in surprise:
"It's already the time of resettlement, how come Concubine Ai hasn't removed her makeup and freshened up yet?"
Gu Yunyao's eyes (color) flowed, smiling charmingly. Rise to the emperor
Bow down, with a soft voice:
"The concubines don't know that the emperor will arrive tonight. They have lost their manners before preparing, and hope that the emperor will forgive him.
Wanting to come to the emperor concubine's birthday is approaching, the concubine just ordered someone to take out the many treasures in Xiaoyexuan, thinking about choosing the best as a birthday gift. You can choose from left to right, always undecided..."
Emperor Xiao smiled softly and pulled Gu Yunyao up, trapped in his arms again, and said to her:
"She, what good things haven't you played with? Yao'er doesn't have to worry about this, just take out the same.
If you are still unsatisfied, I order people to select fresh items from the Shanggong Bureau and move them to your palace, and you will offer them on the birthday of the emperor and noble concubine. The governor must do it by hand, and the courtesy will be enough. "
Gu Yunyao leaned forward and sat on the emperor's lap, her lips curled up in sorrow, and a mist was gathered between her eyebrows:
"Hey! The concubine knows his own depth, and she is not as good as the imperial concubine in terms of her birth. Her mother's family is a huge merchant in Da Yi, and her family is well-funded. Her daughter really plays a small child and has indeed seen a lot of good things.
Whenever my concubines think of these, they end up in panic. For fear that the birthday gift given would be too shabby, it would make the nanny unhappy at the birthday banquet and be laughed at by the concubines. "
"I think they dare?!"
Seeing that the beauty was sad, Emperor Xiao was distressed. He sullen his face and raised his voice octave, then yelled at Gu Yunyao, his expression melted, and smiled:
"Yao'er is a talent that no one can match, and I know it in my heart. If you are a gentleman, except for the queen, the harem belongs to you. Although you have no mother's home, there is my shelter in the palace, so there is no need to sigh in vain."
"Yes, the concubine Xie Huang is sympathetic."
Gu Yunyao responded shallowly, pressing the delicate cheeks with apricot flower fragrance powder against the emperor's chest (xiong), rubbing it twice, the soft and itchy feeling made the emperor's mind for a while.
Gu Yunyao relieved the fog (color) between her eyebrows at this time, and whispered softly:
"The concubines have been favored by the emperor since they entered the palace, and the queen has taken care of them. Naturally, they are always grateful and dedicated to serve the emperor. They dare not slacken...but the concubines are also women and often chat with the harem sisters. At that time, I heard them. Mentioning the imperial concubine in words will give birth to a lot of envy..."
"Oh? What did they say?"
Emperor Xiao asked in a charming voice, holding Gu Yunyao's slender waist with one hand, and walking around her with several layers of clothes in the other.
"Left just talked about diorama that can show people's appearance, a jewelry box that can sing by himself, and those various things, which were never seen before by the concubines, and always felt novel. Gan Minger accompanied the sisters to the imperial concubine palace to greet him. At that time, you must take a closer look.
However, the mansion that Kagura Hou Zheng built in Nanyuan is the one that has heard the most discussion recently.
I heard that there are three-story lofts with colorful glazed tiles as the top, Jinmidian Road, and the cellar where the ice is hidden in Fuzhong. They are all piled with good jade stones. How much money does it take to support such a magnificent mansion?
If the mother's family is like this, the concubine's birthday gift chosen for the empress must naturally be a hundred times more cautious, and the selection is serious. "
Gu Yunyao suddenly silenced her voice, and she felt the palm of Emperor Xiao's wandering freely on her exquisite body pause suddenly.
Turning his head silently, he saw Emperor Junrong (color) stiff, and there seemed to be a dark shadow floating between his eyebrows.
Dayi Kingdom has strictly customized the scale and architectural pattern of the mansion of civil servants and generals.
Although Hou Kagura is a royal family member, he is not as high as the prince's title. How can the inner building of the mansion be as high as three floors?
For a moment of thought, the emperor said to himself:
"How could this happen?"
A hint of awe-inspiring flashed through Gu Yunyao's eyes, the light was sharp and complicated.
During the leisurely conversation, she finished Leng Qingtang’s account.
The lips are smiling, the jade arms are raised, and the back of the emperor's neck is softly intertwined, and the eyes are shimmering towards the emperor, charming like a fairy who has entered the world:
"Emperor, what's wrong with you?"
Emperor Xiao did not answer, but looked at Gu Yunyao intently.
Seeing her clear and bright eyes, her expression (暧ai) ambiguous and pious. The snow-white cheeks were all dyed by two faint red clouds, and he couldn't stand his caressing just now.
On the glittering cherry lips, bursts of mouth fat scented into the emperor’s nose, finally making his heart rippling more and more
Messy.
With a fierce bow, Emperor Xiao held the beauty's lips, and in a blink of an eye he wiped (gan) the pink lips. He hugged her and got up, and he rushed towards the sleeping hall, all the way as she pinched and raised her voice:
"The emperor, the concubines have not removed their makeup... the emperor!"
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At dawn, Ai Qing led ten of his guards to a carriage into the hidden mountain imperial mausoleum area.
Hidden Mountain is located on the outskirts of the northwest of Dayi Gyeonggi, surrounded by the Hu'an River on three sides. Because it is a treasure land surrounded by mountains and rivers, Da Yi was chosen as the holy place of the imperial mausoleum by the ancestor emperor at the beginning of the Kingdom. Twenty-five emperors of Dayi Kingdom have been sleeping here.
Cross the Baiyu Bridge of the Hu'an River and follow the mountain road. The road is flat and open, with lush green cypresses on both sides.
The motorcade did not take much time to move up the mountain, and saw a majestic towering white jade archway.
The carved patterns on the archway are exquisite and original. In the middle is the gilt plaque with the words "Hidden Mountain", which is shining brightly under the light gauze and the sun, which is particularly eye-catching.
There were a few people standing down the archway. Among the two headed, one was wearing a dark red court service, and the other was a Tibetan green uniform with a sword hanging from his waist. Seeing Ai Qing leading the carriage up the mountain, he hurried up to meet him.
Ai Qingmai got off his horse and held his fist to salute them:
"In Xia Ai Qing met Hu Gonggong and Li Xiaojun."
"You don't need to be polite with a big head," the father-in-law waved his hand and said in a daze:
"Since I have been rescued, I will wait for our family and Master Li to see. Later, I can also rush back to the palace as soon as possible and return to the emperor and the queen."
"You two, please move."
Ai Qing leads the way. When they got to the carriage, the coachman raised the curtain, and Hu Gonggong and Li Xiaojun looked towards the carriage.
The two beautiful women were dressed like ordinary peasant girls.
A stranger's face that suddenly appeared in front of the car door trembling tremblingly, shivering with fright, screamed dullly.
The other's expression was dull, and when he saw the stranger, instead of panicking, he grinned and said something "babble" in his mouth.
With the curtain down, Ai Qing said to Hu and Li:
"These two were rescued by the Dongchang secret guards from the Rongguo in southern Xinjiang. One was dumb and wandered around with the juggling camel squad of the Rongguo. The other worked as a slave in the frontier military camp and was beaten and abused. There is another one whose whereabouts are still unknown, and the dark guard has also given up the rescue operation."
"Hey! What a crime!"
Hu Gonggong was full of bitterness and hatred, sighed deeply, and shook his head slowly.
Li Xiaojun said at this time:
"The downfall is that Governor Leng had given instructions in advance, fearing that these women would be shocked by Shengjia, and did not dare to rush into the palace.
The emperor also had this consideration, thinking that I and Gonggong Hu were both present on the day of the spring banquet, so I sent them to represent the emperor. What I have seen so far can prove that I will report the truth to the emperor and queen when I go back. "
Ai Qing sees you again:
"This matter still needs to rely on two people, there is work! I still heard that after the tribute girl returned to the court, it was Hu Gonggong who gave the imperial remonstrance to save her two (sexual xing) lives. Ai Qing is here to replace her. Thanks to Duke Hu."
According to the precepts of the Dayi Palace, although the tribute girl did not serve the saint, but her body was humiliated and defiled, she would suffer capital punishment.
I don't (kill sha) Boren, but Boren died because of me!
Leng Qingtang worked hard to rescue the two tribute girls, naturally not wanting them to worry about their lives as soon as they returned. Instead of that, it would be better to leave them in a foreign land!
Since then, Leng Qingtang entrusted Hu Gonggong to seek opportunities to advise the emperor and try to save the life of the two tribute girls.
Hundred days after the son of Concubine Xu, Hu Gonggong took the opportunity to remonstrate, and the emperor was unwilling to recreate (kill sha) karma, so that the death penalty of the two was abolished, and the guardian servants served as food for food. The future depends on their good fortune.
Hu Gonggong waved his hand, his eyes returned to the carriage with the curtain closed, his expression was rather solemn:
"It is not their will to be taken captive by (strong qiang) people. Although they are tainted, they are the people of Dayi. The old slaves can only do a little bit. I only hope that this matter ends here. No matter it is a woman, everything has gone smoothly since then, and there will be no more tribulations." 2k