Jiu Gu

After another bout of flying and jumping, Ji Changqin sat on the chair again out of breath, his original composure completely disappeared, and he finally had a bit of youthful vigor.

Gu Jiu went out for a while, brought back freshly brewed tea, and said with a smile, "Brother, drink tea, just brewed, be careful not to burn it."

Ji Changqin rolled his eyes at him, took another cup of tea and slowly sipped it until the gloom in his heart dissipated, then he said, "Xiao Jiu, it's too dangerous, you shouldn't have said that today."

Gu Jiu sat down beside him, and poured himself a glass carelessly, "Brother, don't worry, I didn't mess around. You saw it just now, I'm pretty good at it."

Although there are many people practicing martial arts in this world, there is no inner strength and mentality. No matter how strong a person is, his strength is limited.

He thinks that his kung fu is not bad, and there is absolutely no problem in wanting to protect himself on the battlefield.

Ji Changqin took another sip of tea. Indeed, his anger could be suppressed slowly, but he found that Xiao Jiu was good at martial arts, and he was not just messing around. "Fighting is not a joke. You can't win if you can fight alone."

Gu Jiu also straightened his expression and stopped smiling, "I know. But I also know that there should not be too many voices in the army. Brother, the strength of generals is uneven now, and the forces of all parties are intertwined. A team It is not uncommon for several voices to appear here...I heard that the reason why the west side fell was because the factions of the chief general and the lieutenant general had different opinions, which resulted in the inability to issue orders in a timely manner and prohibit orders from below. Such an army will not be trusted if it fails.”

Ji Changqin pursed his lips. This was indeed the reason, and it was precisely because of this that he and his counselors discussed the selection of generals overnight last night.It's just that the people they selected after thousands of selections are still lacking in qualifications, and they can't suppress those veterans.

Seeing Ji Changqin's expression, Gu Jiu made persistent efforts: "As I am, everyone has to respect me a little bit. If anyone is disobedient, I'll just come here to make an example. They can't let them disobey orders. As long as they are willing to listen to me , when the time comes, everyone is united, are you afraid that you won't be able to win against those Western mice?"

Of course, Gu Jiu knew that things would not be so simple, those generals could not listen to him as easily as he said.It's just that the army is a very simple place, and the one with the big fist is the boss.As long as he beats those generals to the ground, then uses his status to overwhelm them, and there are a few small victories on the battlefield, and when most people are convinced by him, those people can't help being disobedient.

He is familiar with the battlefield!

Fudged Ji Changqin for a while, and when Ji Changqin's face finally calmed down, Gu Jiu warmly invited him to lunch again.

Sure enough, the expression on Ji Changqin's face became more relaxed.

The corners of Gu Jiu's mouth twitched slightly. Sure enough, the food cooked by his little stone was so delicious that this guy missed it.No, what if this person falls in love with Xiaoshitou because he likes Xiaoshitou's cooking?Gu Jiu absolutely did not allow such a situation to happen, so he said, "Brother, you haven't eaten my cooking, have you? My cooking is no worse than Xiaoshi, do you want to try it?"

When Ji Changqin heard this, he really became interested, "Do you know how to cook?"

Gu Jiu rubbed his hands together, "Yes, brother, wait, brother, I'll make you a big meal!" Then she rolled up her sleeves and went to the kitchen.

Ji Changqin thought for a while, his concubines said that they cook by themselves, but they just stood next to the cook and watched, Xiao Jiu would not plan to fool him like this, would he?Thinking of Xiao Jiu's behavior of protecting food last time, Ji Changqin deeply felt that this might be very big!

Thinking that he was just sitting here idling, he simply found a little girl and asked him to take him to the kitchen.By opening the window, Ji Changqin saw that his ninth younger brother was busy in the kitchen, his posture was skillful and elegant, and he raised his head to talk to the person in front of the stove from time to time, his eyes were soft, that was a man he had never seen before. younger brother.Confident, unrestrained, with an indescribable tenderness in every move.

Following Xiao Jiu's line of sight, the one who talked to him was the young man he felt was not good enough for his brother.

At this time, the young man swept away all the restlessness and embarrassment, and his smile was bright and sunny. Even when he was busy, his eyes fell on Xiao Jiu unconsciously. Whenever Xiao Jiu needed something, he could always find it immediately. , and then give Xiao Jiu the tools he needs, and then Xiao Jiu will show him a big smile, and will lean over to kiss him from time to time.

Whenever this happened, the young man would blush with shame, but the smile on his face could not be concealed no matter what.

Ji Changqin stood outside the door, watching quietly, even when the young man inadvertently turned his head to look over, he subconsciously hid aside.

Hearing the laughter coming from inside the room again, he took a deep breath.Suddenly, he felt that such a picture was really too beautiful, so beautiful that he couldn't bear to disturb it.

At this moment, he finally believed that Xiao Jiu was sincere to this man.

I can't believe that such a person will appear in the royal family.Ji Changqin looked up at the sky, inexplicably feeling a little glaring.

Not wanting to disturb the two of them, Ji Changqin simply turned around to go for a stroll in the garden, but when he turned the corridor, he met a group of people.

It was a group of girls, eunuchs and guards. Ji Changqin felt that these people looked familiar at first glance, and then looked at them again, and the noble woman in the middle who was sitting in a sedan chair was not their queen mother. ?

Seeing the rare empress with an angry face, Ji Changqin groaned inwardly, feeling that it was too late to turn around and avoid it, so he walked over to salute, "I pay homage to my mother."

Hearing this call, the queen looked over angrily, and seeing that it was her sensible eldest son, the anger on her face subsided slightly, "It's Qin'er, why are you here with Xiaojiu?"

Ji Changqin smiled wryly, "I came here with Xiao Jiu."

Hearing this, the anger on Empress Empress's face flared up again, "This bastard is really going too far, he even dared to mess around in the court hall! I'm going to break his leg right now! "

Ji Changqin had never seen such an expression on the face of the always graceful and luxurious empress, and cold sweat began to break out on her head, "Mother, please calm down, my son, my son has already trained Xiao Jiu. Xiao Jiu already knows his mistakes and will never do it again." Dare..."

The empress was still furious, "Don't worry about it, today I will break this bastard's leg! What about others?"

Ji Changqin could only raise his hand and point, "Xiao Jiu is in the kitchen..."

The queen was angry: "He still has the mind to eat!"

Ji Changqin bowed his head: "Xiao Jiu is cooking..."

Queen: "..."

Then, the empress also watched a warm scene of the couple cooking.She was also shocked, and her anger seemed to be sprayed with a basin of ice water, and it was completely extinguished with two sizzles.

The mother and son looked at each other, and then retreated silently into the living room, staring at each other for a while, not knowing what to say.

This is what they saw when Gu Jiu and Qi Jin entered the door carrying dishes while chatting and laughing.He froze for a moment, put the dishes on the table first, and then pulled Qi Jin to kneel down, "My son pays homage to the queen mother."

Qi Jin subconsciously wanted to shout after Gu Jiu, opened his mouth, and realized that this was not an ordinary mother, and wanted to teach him the etiquette that the housekeeper had taught him thousands of times, Qi Jin stammered, "Xiaomin, Xiaomin Greetings to the empress, the empress is a thousand years old."

Facing a person who seduced his son astray, no one would be happy about it.The queen felt that if she was a mother, a slap in the face would be light, and it would be quite normal for her to disappear unexpectedly.

But his son's sexual orientation has been known to everyone a few years ago, but this person is just an unlucky guy who was dragged into this yard by his son.The queen can't blame her son, and she really can't blame others.

As the mother of a country, she still has this kind of tolerance.Even she is somewhat grateful to this young man, thanking him for appearing, allowing her proud child to completely walk out of the last hopeless relationship and regain his strength.

Especially when she saw the scene of the two getting along just now, she actually felt a sore nose.Her son really likes this young man.Although I don't know how long this feeling can last, but at this moment, no one can ignore this feeling.

The queen stretched out her hand and helped Qi Jin herself, "Good boy, get up quickly." After thinking for a while, she took off a string of beads from her wrist and put them on Qi Jin's hand, "Here, I'll give you a meeting gift."

Unexpectedly, she could still receive a gift, Qi Jin subconsciously turned her head to look at Gu Jiu, Gu Jiu smiled and nodded at him, "This is the queen mother's wish, you just accept it."

Sure enough, Qi Jin didn't delay any longer, and smiled at the empress, "Thank you, empress." Cough, this time he didn't dare to follow Gu Jiu to call the empress.

The queen patted his head in relief again, kept praising the good boy, and insisted on pulling Qi Jin to sit with her.

Qi Jin also behaved very well-behaved, introducing from time to time which dishes were cooked by King Rong himself, and sure enough, as long as it was Gu Jiudong's hands, the queen would eat a few more chopsticks.

After the meal, Qi Jin took the initiative to take the queen to visit the back garden... By the way, he has already planted patches of vegetable gardens there, and the growth rate is very good. It looks like a verdant garden. Drip, there are still many vegetables picked from the garden today.

Qi Jin said this with a hint of pride.The queen watched the gardens that had been carefully arranged turn into patches of vegetable gardens, and the smile on her face remained undiminished. She not only praised Qi Jin for her ability, but also picked a few weeds by herself, so that Ji Changqin, who was following behind, looked at her with admiration. The corners of his mouth twitched.

When the queen was about to leave in the afternoon, Qi Jin insisted on keeping the queen for dinner, and then the queen stayed in front of her, and reservedly asked Qi Jin to fry the vegetables she had picked.

In the evening, the whole dish of vegetables went into the queen's stomach, and only Qi Jin got one, and the two sons didn't get any.

When the mother and son were full and left Prince Rong's mansion, Qi Jin warmly stuffed the empress with a basket of freshly picked vegetables.

The mother and son returned to the palace together in a carriage. Ji Changqin couldn't help but look at the basket of vegetables, "Mother, what do you plan to do with these vegetables?"

The empress raised her eyebrows, "The vegetables grown by the daughter-in-law are naturally to be tasted by the father-in-law. Xiao Luzi, take this to the imperial dining room, make soup and send it to the emperor for supper."

Thus, His Majesty the Emperor, who stayed up all night approving the memorial, received a cup of soup.I happened to be a little hungry, so I asked the eunuch to scoop up a bowl and bring it up.

The Imperial Study Room is not a place to compete for favor, except for the queen who occasionally brings some midnight snacks over, other concubines can't get close at all.Thinking of this, the emperor felt warm in his heart, but as soon as he took the soup bowl, the emperor was a little dumbfounded.

It's not that I haven't received the soup from the queen before, but this is the first time this kind of vegetable soup, the emperor can't help being a little surprised, maybe it's because Xiao Jiu was allowed to go on an expedition today, so this is expressing dissatisfaction with him?

The emperor unhurriedly stirred the green vegetable leaves in the bowl, and asked in a light tone, "Does the empress have anything to say?"

The eunuch trembled all over, not daring to hide it, and said in a calm tone as much as possible, "Your Majesty said: This is planted by Princess Rong to honor you, Your Majesty, please taste it."

The emperor's hand trembled, and he almost dropped the exquisite ceramic bowl to the ground.Staring at the soup bowl for a while, he still took a spoonful and put it in his mouth to chew.

Well, the taste is actually not bad. I heard that eating more vegetables is good for your health.