Chapter 335 Secret Meeting

In Xingqing Palace, the willow trees by the pool hang down their branches and sway gently in the breeze.

In the warm sun-drenched veranda, Gao Lishi fell asleep leaning on a lounge chair. He was covered with a blanket and gradually felt the heat.

In a daze, I heard someone walking in on the carpet, and there was a slight sound of footsteps.

It's Xue Bai who's here.

"King Shou is dead." Gao Lishi sighed, "As you wished, you got your revenge."

Xue Bai said: "If Concubine Wu Hui had not wanted to support him as the heir apparent, how could there have been such a bloody case? Blood debt must be paid with blood, it is fair."

"How can you be sure that the saint will not kill you as well?"

"Because General Gao will protect me."

Gao Lishi hesitated and said, "I don't know whether I should protect you or not. You didn't even tell me the truth."

"You will protect me, you know how extraordinary I am." Xue Bai said, "I am definitely not comparable to mediocre people like King Shou."

"No matter how extraordinary it is, what does it have to do with me?"

"You are sixty-six years old and have enjoyed all the glory and wealth. You have everything you can have in the world. What else do you want? More power and wealth? No, you want to do something as spectacular as you did when you were young.

You have achieved enough achievements in your life, but when you get older, you find that the achievements are not important. What is important is your wonderful life..."

Gao Lishi felt inexplicably excited, and blood was flowing through his old body like a dead tree again.

He opened his eyes, sat up, and looked into the veranda, but he did not see Xue Bai, only a young eunuch catching flies.

It was just a dream.

Gao Lishi felt inexplicably sad and called over another adopted son, Li Dayi, who was guarding the door.

"Where is the saint?"

"I'm rehearsing a show with Fan Meiren." Li Dayi whispered: "Fan Meiren has been in the studio for many years and has not been able to get ahead. She is very good at singing, dancing and music."

"Did the saint mention the imperial concubine?"

"Never."

"not yet?"

Gao Lishi couldn't help but think about it.

He also read the letter presented by Concubine Yang, and understood the concubine's intention in doing so. Since the explanation of the relationship with King Shou could not be explained clearly, it was better to be frank, just pretend to be thinking about the saint, and ask for death.

, if a saint takes pity on a noble concubine, he will be more likely to be soft-hearted.

But the saint has not responded yet. If it is delayed for a long time, the courtiers will think that the imperial concubine has fallen out of favor, and the situation will change again according to the world's attitude of downplaying and praising her.

For example, this time Li Linfu sided with Xue Bai, not only because of Xue Bai's ability, but also because Xue Bai had a noble concubine to support him, while Li Longkong had the title of King Shou, so he was actually helpless.

But Gao Lishi then thought about it. It was not without benefit for the saint to beat the Yang family like this. He could also use this to beat Xue Bai.

"Go to Jingzhao Mansion."

…

Arriving at Jingzhao Mansion, Gao Lishi really saw Xue Bai this time, not in a dream.

"King Shou is dead, as you wished."

"It's a pity that he died young." Xue Bai sighed.

The actual situation was far more restrained than in the dream. Gao Lishi knew that no matter how much he tried, he could not be sure that Xue Bai was Li Qian, so he ignored the matter for the time being and said, "Don't blame me for trapping you in Jingzhao Mansion.

I planned to wait for the imperial concubine to return to the palace and say a few kind words for you in front of the emperor."

"General Gao is thoughtful. No matter what, I should thank General Gao."

"If the noble concubine falls out of favor, what are your plans?"

Xue Bai smiled bitterly and said: "I have offended the prince. If I don't have the protection of the imperial concubine, I will die sooner or later without a burial place. I will have no choice but to imitate Li Mi and hide in the mountains to become a Taoist priest."

Seeing that he still refused to say anything, Gao Lishi hit him first and said, "You can't learn from Li Mi. He will definitely return to the court and become a prime minister in the future, but you will only have to hide in Tibet."

Xue Bai, however, would not be easily frightened by him and asked: "General Gao, do you think the imperial concubine will fall out of favor?"

Gao Lishi said: "You are the one who advises the imperial concubine on how to deal with it, right? The thoughts of a saint are not so easy to guess."

"As a minister, how can I dare to speculate on the holy will? I can only believe in the saint and the noble concubine... love is stronger than gold."

Xue Bai answered appropriately, but the idea he gave Yang Yuhuan this time was more based on his emotional experience, thinking that this could control Li Longji.

But he really didn't think much about the possibility of Yang Yuhuan falling out of favor. As far as he knew, Li Longji had always doted on her until Maweipo, and Xue Bai didn't even know that she had ever been kicked out of the palace.

After all, many things were different. She had him as her sworn brother, she had a model girl in the palace, and there might be more variables that he could not imagine. If Yang Yuhuan really fell out of favor, his situation would be difficult.

Gao Lishi was the best at observing faces, and saw Xue Bai's worries, and said: "Let me remind you again, don't look at the fierce competition for reserve positions in recent years, but ah, the more fierce the competition, the more obvious it is that reserves

Position is not important now, do you understand?"

"clear."

"I heard that you are getting close to Prince Qing, please be more careful in the future."

Li Longji obviously did not think that he would die in a short time, so he would let Li Linfu deal with Donggong fiercely. Only when he really realized that his life span was not long, would he think about cultivating a successor.

When Gao Lishi said these words, he meant, "The imperial concubine can't protect you anymore. Be more honest and be patient."

This is a beating, but it is also a kind of protection...

~~

At the same time, a somewhat sneaky figure poked his head out of the flower garden and glanced at the official residence where Xue Bai was. He quickly shrank his head when he saw eunuchs and guards guarding him.

This person is Ren Mulan.

Because of her young age, she has been taught by Du Jin since she followed Xue Bai to Chang'an. Du Jin has taken in and trained many children in the past few years, and Ren Mulan is the leader of these children.

She usually wanted to help with some things, but unfortunately she didn't have the chance. This time something big finally happened, and Du Jin got a piece of news and ordered her to pick up Xue Bai.

As a result, he happened to meet the old eunuch who came to see Xue Bai. He didn't know what to say, and he had been locked up in the official's house for a long time.

After waiting for a while, the sun was gradually turning to the west. Ren Mulan was anxious and thought to herself: "Isn't he a eunuch? Why don't you go back to the palace to serve the saint?"

Complaining, when she saw someone running hurriedly on the path opposite, she quickly retreated into the flower garden.

"No! General Gao..."

I only heard the visitor report in a panic outside the official house, then pushed the door open and entered.

Ren Mulan thought to herself: "It's time for the old eunuch to leave this time."

As a result, she waited for a long time, watching several young eunuchs passing messages and delivering objects back and forth. It was not until the evening drum sounded that the old eunuch hurriedly left with the people.

"call."

Ren Mulan let out a long breath, came out from the other side of the flower garden, straightened her clothes, and walked to the official residence carrying a food box.

She was wearing a maid's color dress today, which was very inconvenient. She still liked her original short-carded shirt so that she would not be restrained when fighting or running.

When I walked to the courtyard gate, the guard was a guard from Jingzhao Mansion, who had been bribed by Du Youlin a long time ago.

"Ahem, I am... I belong to the Xue family. I am Xue Lang's maid. I have been asked by my wife to bring him some snacks made by myself."

Ren Mulan felt that she was not lying.

After entering the official residence, it was Diao Geng who was taking care of Xue Bai in shift today. He was sitting on the porch and picking his ears. When he saw someone coming, he stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Mr. Lang is tired."

"Me." Ren Mulan winked and said, "It's me."

"Then the gentleman has rested too."

"I was sent here by my second mother."

Diao Geng then let Mulan in and said in a low voice: "Mr. Lang is not here, so he left with General Gao."

Ren Mulan was startled, walked around the screen, lifted up the quilt and saw that there were two pillows inside.

After finally running an errand, she failed. She quickly put down her food box and ran out to report to Du Jin.

~~

Eunuch eunuch, Zuozangku.

Although Yang Guozhong held dozens of positions, he always kept in mind that his true job was to be the chief minister, to manage money for the emperor. Once this was done, everything else would fall into place naturally.

That day, he was looking at the treasures collected from the Zuo Zangku.

"Uncle, please look, this is the 'Seven Treasures Tent'."

Yang Guozhong looked around and saw that what was being moved was a huge thing, a bed made of ivory with a curtain hanging on it, which looked extremely gorgeous.

The person introducing the treasure to him was his confidant Dou Hua.

Dou Hua stepped forward with an exaggerated gesture and opened the curtain, saying: "Look, the mat on the couch is made of rhinoceros horn; the mattress is made of mink skin; the felt is made of cricket hairs and mosquito hairs;

The bed mat is woven from dragon whiskers from Fenjin and phoenix feathers from Linhe."

Yang Guozhong looked hesitant when he saw such a gorgeous treasure.

"Uncle, how are you doing?"
To be continued...