Si Tian Guan

This year's spring banquet is held in Xiyuan, where the crabapple is in full bloom, and it has the most beautiful spring scenery of the year.

No matter how used to being late, Liu Chongming didn't dare to show off at the spring banquet, but he got up before dawn, not because he was afraid of being late.

Qu Shenzhou saw that although he was sitting firmly in the carriage, the fingers on his arms curled up and stretched out again and again very lightly, knowing that Chongming was worried in his heart.

Such small habits are all learned from Chongming.

"My lord," he comforted softly, "don't worry, I will try my best to protect Mrs. Bai."

Liu Chongming looked at him, hesitant to speak.

The regular guests at the Spring Banquet all know the rules there, whether it is General Bai, Liuhou, or he and the brothers of the Bai family, they all have their own occasions to socialize, and Mrs. Bai is accompanied by her maids. walk in one place.

The hidden guards should not even try to enter the door of Xiyuan, no matter which one they belong to.

They considered stopping Mrs. Bai from going to the spring banquet, but Qu Shenzhou disagreed.

After responding to the post in the palace, how can you not go if you don't want to go, and the hexagram only mentioned this day, and didn't say where an accident might happen.

The hexagram is vague, and there may not be no chance of turning around.

In the end, Qu Chenzhou made his decision - on the day of the spring banquet, he still had the opportunity to divination for Mrs. Bai again, and the prince pushed him to Mrs. Bai to follow, so that he could judge the situation and prevent disasters for Mrs. Bai.

Both Bai Shining and Liu Chongming's strong objections were dismissed by him.

If he didn't take the risk, Mrs. Bai might not escape the bloodshed.If he just watched Mrs. Bai's ups and downs, he would die.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about me. Didn't we already agree with General Bai that I can protect Mrs. Bai, and you can protect me."

Worrying about the unknown is inevitable, but Qu Chenzhou is not as uneasy as those two.

When he fought alone and had no one to rely on, he was able to squeeze through the gap of death time and time again. Now that someone is protecting him from behind, he can move forward without any scruples. What else is there to worry about?

Liu Chongming's guilt was even worse, he didn't dare to look him in the eyes: "Shen Zhou, I..."

"If my son has my eyes, he will do the same, maybe he will do more." Qu Shenzhou twisted his hair rope and asked: "If your son is sorry, do you mind if I go out this time? ?”

He is so calm, it will be even more unnecessary for Liu Chongming to be depressed.

"what do you want?"

Qu Shenzhou leaned on the soft couch, like a cat that doesn't respond to people, with the corners of his beautiful eyes raised, pretending to be frivolous, he asked: "How about giving it to a rich man?"

It sounded like a joke, but Liu Chongming didn't want to take it seriously, and his ears turned red instantly.

To him, Qu Shenzhou is a flower that blooms in the snow and ice of high mountains.

When he didn't get it, he wanted to possess it like a madman, but now the flower has drifted down, hanging in the palm of his hand, and he could almost touch it, but he didn't dare to take a breath, for fear of blowing it and blowing it to pieces. up.

He wanted to hold people in his hands and worship them piously, but he also wanted to crush them in his hands and profane wantonly.

"Aren't you willing to give it?"

Qu Chenzhou is the exact opposite of him, he used to be indifferent and distant, but now he prefers to tease him, saying some specious things, which will seduce him, and he will not get angry if he is sure.

"Do you have a lot of money?" He moved to sit on the soft couch opposite, leaving room for him with his slender waist: "Do you want a poor son?"

"What? Who is the prince betting so big with? I'll help you win it back."

Liu Chongming bent down, with the sachet on his waist between the two of them.

He never liked to wear this thing before, but this year the sycamore tree had a lot of buds, Qu Chenzhou insisted on pushing him up to pick some off.

Thinking of him as a majestic Hou Shizi, unexpectedly... he is not so resistant to climbing trees.

When I came back at night, the flower buds had turned into a balm, and the smell was still very pleasant.

"The imperial concubine loves money like her life, and holds money tightly. I only have a few cases of silver every month, how much more?"

The sachet was uncomfortable, Qu Shenzhou leaned sideways, made room, and replied: "I can eat less."

Liu Chongming laughed muffledly, and bent down to him.

Qu Chenzhou stayed still, but his eyes flickered, his throat rose and fell, as if he was swallowing saliva.

Liu Chongming wanted to laugh, he could see that the little fox was bullying.

Once he shrank and showed his timidity, Qu Chenzhou would show his teeth and claws proudly.

If he really approached him forcefully, the little fox would obediently lay down on Zhamao, only looking at him with wet eyes.

It seems to be begging for mercy, more like looking forward to it.

Once in and out, they seemed to have been getting along like this for many years.

"Do you think I want to do something to you?"

Qu Chenzhou couldn't say "no", and cast his eyes aside.

"Actually, I want to..." Liu Chongming leaned over and deliberately breathed the heat into his ears: "I want to say that we should try not to go too far after entering Xiyuan. Besides us, there are two other people who can Help look after you."

"Jingchen?" Qu Chenzhou turned his face and saved his ears, but he could barely meet the tip of his nose: "Who else?"

"Thanks to you." Liu Chongming whispered out a name.

"It's not thanks to me, it's just a trivial matter to pierce a layer of window paper," Qu Chenzhou smiled: "In the future, there will be more people standing by Shizi's side."

Liu Chongming also laughed: "It's thanks to you. Let's wait for the rain first."

A well-timed rain will bring them two people at the same time.

The speed of the carriage began to slow down, and it would be Xiyuan in a short distance.

Liu Chongming looked out, picked up the words just now: "Did you just think I wanted to do something to you?"

Without waiting for anyone to answer, he leaned over and whispered, "You guessed it right."

When they entered Xiyuan, the Bai family's carriage had just arrived, and Bai Shiyan was not far from the side door.

"Why did you come here now?" He went up to meet him, and pointed to the door of the Moon Cave next to him: "My mother is waiting for you over there."

This is what they have made up before, saying that they want to bring Brother Xiaoqu to see the world, but there are many naughty family members in their group, who have heard that Brother Xiaoqu has a good name, and they don't know how to play tricks.

Madam Bai was naturally very happy to let Qu Chenzhou follow her. When the two met, Qu Shenzhou stood behind Madam Bai, and Liu Chongming and Bai Shiyan left.

"I can see it," Bai Shiyan poked Liu Chongming with his elbow, then pulled his lips, and asked eccentrically, "Is it also a misunderstanding?"

There was a smile on Liu Chongming's lips: "No."

Mrs. Bai was inconvenient to move, she only sat on the spring chair for half a circle, and then she was a little tired, so she found a room to rest.

Not long after, the queen sent someone to pass the message, saying that all the ladies are having tea not far away, please come over.

Madam Bai originally thought that Qu Chenzhou was only here for fun because she was young, and she had to follow her to deal with boring entertainment, so she planned to let the maid lead people out for a stroll.

But Qu Shenzhou tugged at her sleeves.

"Ma'am, I'm afraid."

Mrs. Bai was funny and distressed, so she was willing to let people leave her side, the ladies who came to the banquet often brought servants, so they only left a maid by her side, and let Qu Chenzhou follow.

The waterside pavilion is indeed not far away, gauze curtains are hung around, the coolness passing over the lake sweeps away the heat of the sun, and the curtain is lifted to enter, as if it is early spring again.

Qu Chenzhou couldn't look up, so he glanced at the hem of the skirt out of the corner of his eye. Many of the empresses and wives he recognized were there, but he didn't see Liu Qingru, who must be by the emperor's side.

Mrs. Bai was about to salute, but was stopped by the queen raising her hand.

"Excuse me." She looked around and said with a smile, "You are heavy. If it weren't for the ancestors' rules, we should go to see you."

Mrs. Bai was supported to sit down, and then she responded with a smile: "The courtiers dare not work hard for the empress, besides, how can someone be so delicate."

The queen asked someone to bring a soft back to support her waist, and said carefully: "You can't say that, you are double now, you should be more careful-what does the doctor say, is it a boy or a girl?"

"Another bastard," Mrs. Bai pursed her lips and smiled, "Shi Ning was so disappointed that even Shi Yanlei complained, why didn't they give birth to a younger sister."

"Look," the queen said to the people around her, "it's like living in the blessings and not knowing the blessings."

Others started joking around, and a young woman beside Mrs. Bai looked over enviously: "Mrs. Bai is so lucky."

"Thank you," Madam Bai replied, "Madam is still young, and she will have everything she wants in the future."

Although it was a greeting, everyone loved to listen to it. Everyone was talking auspicious words, and there was a lot of excitement for a while. The gauze curtain was lifted, and the palace officials filed in and served warm tea.

Qu Chenzhou took a step forward and took the tea from the tray, but when he turned around to hand the tea to Mrs. Bai, he accidentally stepped on the hem of his clothes hanging on the ground, staggered two steps and fell to his knees.

The whole cup of tea was poured on Mrs. Bai, and Mrs. Bai let out a small cry. The maid beside her frantically wiped the tea stains on her skirt, and the queen in the upper seat was already furious and shouted: "You dog slave! Come!"

"It doesn't matter," Madam Bai interrupted the Queen's angry reprimand immediately, although she was still in shock: "Your Majesty, calm down, the child has never seen anything in the world, so it is inevitable to be nervous for a while, and my wife is fine, just go and change clothes."

The queen stared at Qu Chenzhou who was kneeling on the ground and did not dare to look up, and smiled coldly.

"Ying'er is too soft-hearted. She has never seen the world. These lowly slaves are vicious, but they are not nice to others. Listen to me, they should be dragged out and beaten to death, so as to deter them."

Mrs. Bai laughed: "To tell you the truth, my wife can't be the master of this. This child is from the Chongming House, and I brought it here to play today. I find it fresh and interesting, so I want to have a look."

According to the laws of Dayu, a domestic slave is the property of the master's family, and if it is not for fleeing, only the master can determine his life and death.

The queen thought about it.

She put many people by her son's side. Naturally, she heard that Mu Jingzhao used to forget about food and drink for the slaves of other families. Now she heard Mrs. Bai say this, so she remembered it.

"From Chongming's family?" She sized Qu Chenzhou up and down, and could only see the lovesickness on the red rope tied on top of her head. After a while, she ordered: "I've heard of it, she seems to be a rare beauty, look up."

Qu Chenzhou didn't dare to move, he quietly looked at Mrs. Bai hesitantly.

"That's the empress." Mrs. Bai secretly grabbed the sleeve of her sleeve, still smiling and pulled him to her feet, and said, "Look up for the empress."

Only then did Qu Chenzhou slowly raise his head, but lowered his eyes, not daring to look directly at anyone.

The emperor looked at him carefully, he didn't know what he was thinking, his expression gradually calmed down, everyone seemed to be smiling when they saw her, and their hearts fell when they mentioned it just now.

"I've heard it from people a few months ago, but this is the first time I've seen it today," someone chuckled softly, "I thought it was another idle gossip, but I didn't expect it to be really good."

"Who doesn't know that Shizi is picky and not a good person, how can Shizi like it?"

"It's no wonder Commander Liao has nothing to say about the loss, but the prince hides him deeply."

Someone bumped into the speaker lightly—the last thing they should talk about is court affairs, let alone Liao Guangming.

"I heard from my nephew that the eldest son is very strict with him, and no outsiders are allowed to touch him." Someone hurriedly interrupted: "He is also very strict with him. If he doesn't like it, he will beat him or scold him."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The queen glanced out of the corner of her eyes, "It's just to discipline a lowly slave, what kind of harshness is it?"

Seeing that the person being scolded smiled submissively and lowered her head, she looked at the red marks on Qu Shenzhou's lips from being sucked, and said slowly: "Chongming really knows how to teach people, and he knows the rules. Eyes, I heard Jing Zhao mentioned the child's eyes."

Qu Chenzhou paused for a moment, and after Mrs. Bai gently pushed, he slowly raised his eyes and looked at the queen.

When old friends meet, there is no nostalgia, he only hears someone talking in his ear.

"Come on!"