Good tea
"Hmm?" Ren Beixi heard her mumbling the name.
He subconsciously held her hand tightly.
He was used to walking behind Gui Yao, his eyes would pass over her head, or more often, staring at her red ears and the smile in her almond eyes when she looked back.
Gui Yao shook her head.
The couple walked through the streets. She was considered a wealthy person in ancient times, but she was not very interested in silver hairpins, gold hairpins, beautiful necklaces and jewelry.
It’s not as beautiful as the cluster of pink wildflowers at the bottom of the bridge.
Ren Beixi followed her gaze.
Guiyao can always see things that ordinary people would not notice and observe subtle changes. She is very perceptive.
So he suddenly turned over a past event in his mind. What was her secret? Ren Beixi was reluctant to ask, and he didn't want to force her if she chose to take back her answer.
He will also respect her decision.
At this point, Ren Beixi swallowed the last bite of the biscuit, and the candied haws that he had been holding in his hand for a long time was also bitten into pieces.
The weight pinching the corner of his clothes suddenly loosened.
Gui Yao put her hands behind her back and walked slower.
Unhappy?
The man frowned slightly, leaned over and brought his black eyes in front of her. Under his long eyelashes, he looked straight ahead steadily.
"How about going to Beijing tonight?" he asked.
Gui Yao reached out and pinched the man's chin.
He nodded hesitantly.
I don’t know how I’m going to reunite with my aunt then. The tasks given by humans are much more difficult than those assigned by the mind-reading system.
Taking another route back to the inn, she covered her ears with her hands. Reading minds on the street was too tiring, but at least she got one piece of information.
Reforms began as soon as the new emperor ascended the throne.
In the first year of Chengwen, he not only distributed land equally to the people, established education and set up private schools, but also cleared up unjust cases and severely punished corrupt officials who abused their power and violated the law.
But now, His Majesty, who has always been kind to the people, has actually ordered corvée and taxes.
It was implemented in Beijing around the beginning of this summer.
At present, it is still only implemented in the capital.
Many people in the capital complained.
But Guiyao observed the people on the street all the way and didn't see any sign of dejection.
She leaned on the bench in the courtyard of the inn with one hand, thinking about it for a long time but still couldn't understand. She raised her eyes and saw the innkeeper respectfully handing something to Ren Beixi at the corner of the second floor.
Guiyao silently changed her body.
So when Ren Beixi lowered his eyes, he could only see his own slender figure.
After reading the information in his hand word by word, he tore it into pieces and burned it with candlelight.
When I went downstairs, I saw two horses parked outside the inn.
The shopkeeper brought the tea with a smile, saying, "Miss Pinyue, Lord Jiuzhong invites you to his house for a chat."
Pin Yue sat at the other end of the bench in the inn. She did not take the cup of tea, but only looked at Gui Yao's bright curiosity and continued to polish her sword silently.
Guiyao took the tea and drank it all to relieve her greasiness.
"I heard that there is a banquet in the palace tonight?" she suddenly asked.
The shopkeeper nodded respectfully.
"What's the matter?" Gui Yao put the teacup on the table and shook her knuckles lightly.
The shopkeeper was about to speak when he saw a strong knuckle in front of him, followed by a man with a graceful step, dressed in black. So the old man just paused, sighed in his heart, what a good match, and left.
Guiyao: ...
It was already noon, but she was not hungry. However, when she saw Ren Beixi bringing down a bowl of crispy meatballs, she reluctantly took a few bites.
When the bowl was empty, I realized that the person next to me had changed.
Gui Yao: "Where is Sister Pinyue?"
Ren Beixi: “I don’t know.”
Gui Yao said "Oh" and suddenly thought of something. She leaned closer to him and asked curiously, "If Jiuchong has come back on his own, then that substitute Imperial Master can leave his job."
Ren Beixi: "That's not a bad idea."
Why is he speaking in such a sarcastic tone? Gui Yao thought for a moment and moved her butt towards Ren Beixi, her almond eyes looking like honey in the sunlight.
The two looked at each other.
"There is a banquet in the palace tonight. What is the purpose? General Ren, would you be so kind as to tell me?" She lightly dropped the subject.
Ren Beixi's voice was deep when he heard this: "To celebrate the national sacrifice."
"Ah?" Gui Yao blinked.
Counting on her fingers, there were only a few major events in the An Dynasty throughout history, and they were often called "national mourning", but why was it called "congratulations?" A hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes.
Tomorrow's date is...
On June 29th, General Ren died for his country.
Gui Yao considered her words for a long time, but in the end she seemed to be speechless because of the escaping summer heat.
Ren Beixi remained calm and unmoved.
She squeezed his hand.
He shook his head. "People's hearts are unpredictable. Don't trust others easily in the palace. Listen carefully and remember what they say. Don't leave my side."
Guiyao listened to it, but...
But what about her aunt? She suppressed the worry between her brows and lowered her head, only to see the man's index finger prying aside her exposed hair.
The hair is twisted back into a bun.
The warmth of his fingertips lingered behind her ears, causing a faint warmth, and her heart began to beat like a drum.
"I'll take care of everything." Ren Beixi's hand fell on Gui Yao's eyebrows and tapped it lightly with his backhand.
Gui Yao stepped back with trembling eyes. Just as she raised her right hand, he just shook it slightly, as if he was waiting for something to happen, deliberately.
Before interlocking their fingers, she lightly scratched his palm with her nails, but her rebellious hand was pinched instead.
“Hey.”
Guiyao thought he was so boring, like teasing a child.
Ren Beixi looked at her palm carefully. The thin line extended from the base of her thumb to the wrist, entwined with the palm lines. If it were not for the fact that the line split into two at the end, it would be difficult to detect that it was a hidden scar.
Now this is interesting.
Gui Yao, however, grabbed Ren Beixi's hand with her backhand, looking glum: "That sounds scary. I'm just a country girl, what if I make a mistake in the palace?"
The ending sound lingered around and finally came out from her lightly bitten lips.
"Let's not talk about this for now, anyway..."
She shook her wrists that were held by Ren Beixi's one hand, and had to lift her chin and move closer to him. Her pair of clear eyes made the osmanthus flowers in the small pond behind her pale in comparison. Ren Beixi looked straight into her lively eyes and listened attentively.
But Gui Yao just blew a breath and took advantage of the moment when Ren Beixi was distracted to pull her hand away.
When he came to his senses, he saw his wife standing upstairs, smiling and waving at him: "Since you don't like me and can't help me, I will go my own way!"
"At worst, I can escape from the palace with you."
That's what I said.
Entering the palace at the hour of You, Gui Yao was still a little nervous sitting in the carriage.
Once my mind starts to wander, I can't control my ability to read people's minds.
She glanced at Ren Beixi. This guy's voice was the most stable she had ever heard. Sometimes, she couldn't even hear any thoughts in his mind. If it weren't for his irrepressible love when they looked at each other, she would have thought that her ability had failed.
Slowly drive inside from the palace gate.
The sky was still a pale pale gray, but once I entered this long, narrow and wide road, I felt that the city walls on both sides were extremely cramped.
Not daring to breathe or speak, Gui Yao opened the curtain of the carriage, but did not see any more people or carriages coming and going.
"What time is the banquet?" she asked curiously.
Ren Beixi held her hand and said in a deep voice, "There's still an hour left. Let's go see His Majesty first."
Gui Yao was slightly startled, and suddenly shrank into the man's arms: "I... I'm a little scared."
Ren Beixi seemed a little confused, and after a while, he nodded.
"That's fine, we can get together again after the banquet."
"How about showing you around the palace?"
Gui Yao hardened her heart and turned her head away, stubbornly avoiding his gaze.
"Let me think about it."
She leaned against the window and watched the guards coming and going. The guards suddenly knelt down to greet the carriage, regardless of whether the people in the carriage were frightened or not. In any case, the carriage continued to travel for a while before arriving in front of a palace.
Gui Yao didn't wait for Ren Beixi to help her. She supported herself on the wooden board and jumped out of the carriage. She clapped her hands and looked up. She was so shocked by the tall palace in front of her that her breathing stopped. Her backward steps were stopped by a pair of big hands.
Ren Beixi lowered his eyes and looked at her eyelashes.
"Yaoyao, are you worried that His Majesty might not like you?"
"He won't."
"Wait, could you please standardize your wording?" Gui Yao said helplessly. After she finished complaining, she raised her head and saw a faint smile in Ren Beixi's eyes.
She had not forgotten the cause of today's banquet, but she didn't know how Ren Beixi could swallow the consequences.
Anyway, the relationship between this person and the emperor was already a big problem. She hesitated and was about to speak when a man who looked like a eunuch came in front of her, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Greetings to General Ren and Madam."
Gui Yao glanced at Ren Beixi and nodded.
"Madam Xu has been waiting for you at the Imperial Hospital since she learned you were coming to the palace."
oh……
Ren Beixi held the sword in one hand, looked at his wife, and saw that the excuse she was worried about was delivered to her door. Then he waved goodbye and left. After a while, he sighed and whispered to the eunuch to come to him first if there was anything important. He also told her to take care of her if she didn't know the rules.
The eunuch still had that smile on his face: "General, since His Majesty is willing to let me go with the Madam, are you still worried that someone in the Imperial City will hurt the Madam?"
Ren Beixi expressed his gratitude.
Let the northern attack take a step forward.
Outside the Chongzheng Hall, there was a solemn long street with beams made of cloud-top sandalwood. He rolled his fingertips over the red pillars of the hall door, and the sword marks on them were already filled.
"How many days do you plan to stay in the capital?"
Inside the hall, the man was not sitting on the dragon throne, but was writing something behind the screen.
Ren Beixi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I, Ren Beixi, greet you."
“Tsk.”
"No need to be polite."
He didn't even tie his hair up, and there were pieces of rice paper scattered all over the floor of the study. Ren Beixi lowered his eyes and picked them up, and his almond-shaped eyes glanced over at him.
As he put pen to paper, he made a gesture with his finger.
"How does it compare to the Queen's character?"
What caught my eye was a very small regular script, but it was not as good as the queen's hairpin-shaped small regular script.
He said solemnly, "It's okay."
The man crumpled up the rice paper helplessly and threw it on the ground.
"Boring. You are so boring every time I see you here." The emperor stretched lazily and pointed to the birdcage in the hall.
Ren Beixi said "hmm".
…
The two people looked at each other.
"Why let Eunuch Liu monitor my wife?"
"By the way, by the way."
As sunlight fell into the hall, the emperor squinted his eyes. The bloodstains on the bandage on his left chest were no longer visible.
Anyway, he called the young eunuch to make tea.
"You drink such good tea like a cow." The emperor held up the teacup with one hand, the meaning of which was unclear.
Ren Beixi: "So the Queen hasn't forgiven you yet."
The emperor drank the tea in one gulp and blushed: "No way!"
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