Eastward Flow

Chapter 13

Zhong lisuo, who had no idea that he was being missed, sneezed in his bedroom in the west courtyard.She touched her nose, looked at the dagger in her palm by the bright candlelight, and looked at it carefully.The dagger under the lamp had a cold light, and the unsealed blade revealed a bloodthirsty edge.

Zhong Lisuo looked at the rubies decorated on the handle and the delicate patterns, and looked at them carefully for a while before stuffing the dagger into the plain deerskin scabbard.A cold light flashed, and it was retracted into the scabbard.Zhong Lisuo nodded in satisfaction, hugged the dagger and got into the warm bed wearing only his jacket.Putting the dagger on her chest, she looked up at the illuminated tent and couldn't help but laugh.

This is the dagger that Zhenbei Hou specially found for her when she just woke up last year, on the autumn day of her 16th birthday.This is a famous blade called Jiwu, which means to kill all evils and protect longevity.This is the most precious gift from Zhong Lisuo, and it is also her favorite treasure, so she wants to give her most cherished thing to the queen.

After a brief meeting in Yulong Pavilion, the cheerful Zhong Lisuo did not forget her last few words.It can even be said that she is very grateful that she said those words, and now she can give gifts to the queen openly.

She held the dagger tightly in her arms, and went through the things she was going to live tomorrow again in her mind.She has already recognized that the primrose suit that the queen is wearing today is from the south gate. If the leader of the golden robe guards knows about His Majesty's tour in disguise today, or in other words, as long as she can find a few golden robe guards whom she has seen today My lord, maybe the queen can receive a gift?

Thinking so optimistically, she couldn't help but hope that the queen would listen to her own words.It would be great if the Queen could remember that someone would thank her tomorrow, so that someone could pay attention to the matter at the South Gate.But Zhong Lisuo thought again, would the queen really take what most people said casually?When she was in power, the empress was already busy with everything. Now that the empress has ascended the throne as the emperor, she is the most honorable person in the world. Will she take her words to heart?

But when the queen spoke to her, she was still so gentle and intoxicating.

Zhong Lisuo, who had always been optimistic and positive, was immersed in the joy of seeing the queen again, and did not think about the impact his face would bring to others.Perhaps in her eyes, that face similar to Le Zhengying's did not lead to anything.Or in her world, she will always be the one who looks up to the queen, and even the queen will think of her, which is something that cannot be expected.

The hustle and bustle of welcoming the new year has not dissipated, rendering the sky outside the house very bright, and every place in the Zhenbeihou Mansion is also lit with bright lights, keeping vigil and cheering.Zhong Lisuo's bedroom was lit, watching the last night at the end of the year.An uneasy young man, with longing for the future, is looking forward to the arrival of the first day of the first lunar month.

Amidst the sound of firecrackers, the New Year's morning light filled the streets and alleys of Yuanzhou City.Zhong Lisuo, who hadn't slept all night but was in high spirits, worshiped his ancestors with his parents at home. After breakfast, he took his little red horse out.Never thought about it, but met Zhenbeihou at the door of his house.

"Su, where are you going?" Zhenbeihou, who was going to wait for his relatives and friends to visit at home, asked in surprise when he saw his youngest son who was leading a little red horse and carrying a load of things.

"Find a friend at the South Gate." Zhong Lisuo held his little red horse with excitement.The happiness on her face was so obvious that even Zhen Beihou felt a little happy.

"A classmate in the academy? Where are you going to meet? Why didn't you tell your parents before? Let Ah Sheng and a few guards go with you. It's not like Dad won't let you go out, why didn't you tell me before?" Knowing that Le Zhengsu had hardly any contact with anyone before this, and suddenly hearing that the youngest son finally had a companion, Zhenbeihou was really happy.

"No, dad, I'm fine." Zhong Lisuo smiled brightly, got on his horse neatly, and said to Zhenbeihou who was dismounting: "I will definitely come back to have lunch with my mother before noon, please tell her not to worry. Dad, I'm going out It's gone." She said, patted the little red horse, and rushed out of Qionghua Lane with her small package on her back.

Zhenbeihou, who was completely fooled by his youngest son's cheerfulness, just watched her slip away from under his nose.It took a while to react, and hurriedly urged a few guards to follow, and then I was relieved.

Just thinking that the child needs to be free when he grows up, and thinking that the youngest son is bedridden all year round, and finally able to walk around, he is not willing to restrain her and let her be more lively recently.While being happy, I couldn't help but feel sad. After all, this child is fine.

Although he had already prepared for his youngest son to die early, but suddenly raised to such a big age in the blink of an eye, the gratitude in Zhenbeihou's heart increased a little.Just as he was making arrangements for the young and ignorant Le Zhengsu, Zhenbeihou, who was walking back, met Le Zhengying who was about to go out.

"Why, you made an appointment with your friends today?" Zhenbeihou, who thought that the family would stay together on the first day of the new year, looked at the brightly dressed eldest daughter and asked with a smile.

"I made an appointment with Commander Su earlier, and today I went to Xinghualou to have a drink with some friends. Dad, if you see old friends today, I won't bother you." Le Zhengying has been talked about by old friends for several years. Just like the empress annoyed the group of ministers urging marriage, she hid as much as she could.

Zhenbeihou, who never persecuted his children, looked at her clearly, and said, "OK, OK, you can go on vacation, your mother and I want to catch up with your Uncle Su."

Le Zhengying smiled, and asked again: "You said it just now, but Ah Su also went out."

"Well, it's that child. Just now, she took her little red horse and carried a bunch of things on her back. I guess it's delicious, and I went to see friends." Zhenbeihou smiled, his face full of doting, " The freshness of a child, I am afraid that if you have a companion, you will want to give him everything." This sentence, what Zhenbeihou said is absolutely correct.

"Are you going to Xinghualou? It's also at the south gate. If you see A Su, just look at her." Zhenbeihou thought for a while, not very relieved, and muttered again.

"I remember it." Le Zhengying agreed, followed in the footsteps of her own sister, and went out.

On the way to Xinghualou, Le Zhengying, who had always loved to ponder, couldn't help but wonder, who would be the companion that his little sister would meet?Could it be the group of kids in the same class?

Ah Su doesn't get in touch with people very much, he's innocent and cute, and it's not surprising that he can be friends with those children, and he also brought a lot of food.Following this line of thought, Le Zhengying went through the adults and children living in the south gate one by one.

Zhenbeihou said that Zhonglisuo brought a lot of food, which is actually true.She stuffed the queen's favorite snacks into the gift box of the burden as a New Year's gift, and sent it along with her dagger.

Her whole heart is inside, just waiting for the empress to accept, but whether she can receive it may depend on God's will.

Since Emperor Jingwen of the Chu Dynasty, there have been more than a dozen female emperors in the royal family.After a hundred years, the civil society has become more open, and women and men generally enter the court as officials, and joining the army as generals has become a rare and common thing.There were many sage female emperors in the Chu Dynasty, such as the Zhongyuan Emperor in the prosperous age of Zhongxing, not to mention that the Assassins and Zhao Emperors at the end of Chu were both women.

In the state of Chu, under the influence of Yunzhou, the situation of marriage between men and women has gradually formed, and it has become rare and common today.By the Qing Dynasty, the concept of a huge gap between men and women had long since disappeared.So at this moment, when Zhong Lisuo came to the Office of the Office of the South Gate of Jinpaowei with a small gift box full of boxes on his back, the person who received her asked in surprise, "Young master, what are you looking for?" Sir?"

There are golden robed female adults everywhere here, if you don't tell the name, who would know who you are looking for?

But the person Zhong Lisuo was looking for was not here, so how could she say that the lord was actually Imakami who went on tour in a low suit?Thinking of this, the well-behaved young man hugged his gift box tightly, and bit his lower lip in embarrassment.