"What do they want to do?" It wasn't until Li Baolu got into the carriage that she realized that the first wave of people who rushed in was from Concubine Lan Gui.

   "They don't want us to follow us to the palace," Gu Jingyun said indifferently as he looked at the guards outside the car: "But the emperor obviously insisted that we be present."

   "You have to follow me closely." Li Baolu said solemnly, obviously she also felt the difference. She was naturally inferior to others in terms of hard work, but she was among the best in terms of escaping.

  Gu Jingyun also nodded, if there is a change, there will be an opportunity, and I don't know if this time is a blessing or a curse.

  The summer palace is located on the hills on the outskirts of Beijing. The trees above are shaded by trees and the spring water is very cool. So every summer, the emperor will bring a group of important officials here to escape the heat.

The unimportant state affairs will be left in the capital to be decided by the four princes and ministers who supervise the country, and the important ones will be sent here for review. All state affairs that need his decision-making will be sent here.

  Although it was a little troublesome, no one dared to say anything against the emperor when he was sick and in a bad mood.

The palace was built all the way from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, so there are villas standing among the green trees and clear water. The scenery is beautiful. How can others not know, Li Baolu is envious, and it is not bad to be an emperor, at least there are countless properties. The villas on these hills are all palaces, and they are all owned by the emperor!

   She lives in another room every day, and she is afraid that she will not be able to live in these rooms until she dies.

   Gu Jingyun saw her face full of envy, and smiled: "If you really like it, we will buy a mountain and build a house for you."

   "Is she so beautiful too?"

   "I prefer something more natural." Gu Jingyun said with a serious face.

   "But I don't like thatched houses, the light is not good, the houses are low, and they may get wet."

  Gu Jingyun took the pen and paper from the small table, drew a few strokes, and asked, "What do you think?"

   "It's too square, it would be very awkward to build in the mountains. If you want to be more natural, let's build a wooden house..."

  The couple were imagining their villa, and an attendant tapped on the car window and said respectfully, "Master Gu, Mrs. Gu, we're here."

   Immediately, a servant put down the stool. Li Baolu got out of the car first, and then turned around to help Gu Jingyun down. As soon as the two looked up, they saw the imperial driver in front of them.

  Li Baolu opened her mouth wide and asked in surprise, "We live with the emperor?"

   The inner servant said with an envious look: "Yes, Director Su has allocated a small courtyard with Master Gu and Mrs. Gu. This kind of treatment is not enjoyed by His Royal Highness and the Fourth Prince."

  Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu looked at each other and moved into their small courtyard.

  The residence of the emperor is at the highest peak, where the security is the most heavily guarded. If you want to come up, you have to go through layers of inspection, and there are guards and patrols along the road.

The crown prince and several princes are in the next batch of buildings. Because they are built on the mountain, these buildings are not in a line, but all meander down. Therefore, the superiority and inferiority are first up and down, and then north and south. The orientation and the environment are used to assess the superiority and inferiority.

  In the past, when the prince came, the fourth prince was in Beijing to supervise the country. When the fourth prince came, the prince was either sick or locked up, so the courtyard under the emperor has never been controversial, but now…

   In the end, it was the Minister of Rites who made the final decision. No matter how much favored the fourth prince was, at least in terms of identity, the prince was much higher than the fourth prince, so that house was assigned to the prince.

   The strange thing is that the fourth prince, who has always refused to admit defeat, didn't get angry to find fault, but silently moved into his yard.

   Concubine Lan didn't make trouble. She only glanced at the emperor from a distance today. Since the emperor moved into the Qinzheng Hall, she hadn't seen him for more than two months.

   Concubine Lan moved into her yard and said to the maid who was close to her: "Let the kitchen prepare a pigeon, and I will make soup for Your Majesty."

  The maid pouted, "Niangniang, you make soup every day, but Your Majesty doesn't drink it..."

   "Whether he drinks or not is his business, whether I stew or not is mine," Concubine Lan Gui said lightly, "Go and prepare."

  The maid can only retreat.

   At this time, Li An ran to his father as soon as he stayed, and whispered: "Father, the defense of the palace this year is a little loose..."

  The prince raised his hand to interrupt him, and said with a sullen face: "Don't worry about this matter, just think that we are here to escape the summer heat, and no matter what we do in the future, we must bring someone to serve with you."

The people around Li An are not ordinary people, they are all servants with high kung fu. Since Li An was assassinated, the prince has replaced all the people around him, and all the people who are left are those who know boxing and kung fu. The success rate of blocking the knife is also higher.

   "Then what about my teacher?"

   "It is safest for him to live with your royal grandfather."

   Li Baolu was lying comfortably on a big rock by the stream to enjoy the shade when the forces of all parties were surging. They still couldn't go out, but she was cool.

   The small yard allocated to them is really small, with only one room and three rooms, but there is more than enough room for the two of them, and they even allocated one room to make a study.

The courtyard is built next to the mountain, and there is a cliff behind it. The first-class clear spring pours down from the cliff. It washes over the rocks and then falls down. Below is a large deep pool. The overflowing water flows into a small stream. Artificially modified, it will flow through half of the courtyards on the top of the mountain, and then flow down from the rock walls, coil around the mountains, and flow all the way to the foot of the mountain.

   And their house is in front of the big pool. As soon as the back window of the study is opened, they can see the clear spring that falls like a waterfall.

  Although the sound of splashing and running water is a bit noisy, both Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu like it very much.

After a day's ride in the carriage, Li Baolu, who was sleepy and weary, entered the yard, and the cool water vapor rushed to her face. After she walked around the small yard, she immediately ran to the stream and found a big rock to lie on it and didn't move. .

   If you live in a place like this for a long time, the humidity will be heavy, which may not be good, but for them who are just here to escape the heat, living in such a place is not much different from a fairyland.

   Not to mention, in the courtyard by the stream, including the large pool, a lot of flowers are really planted, especially the rare flowers and plants are planted by the pool.

"It's no wonder folklore says that today's emperor is extravagant, building such a large palace, so many yards, not to mention carved beams and paintings, but also planting so many rare flowers and trees, plus those furnishings, no wonder they spend a lot of money, this is what we see with our eyes. The cost you get, you can't see."

The emperor who helped Director Su to quietly come to Gu Jingyun heard the words and was half angry. Li Baolu didn't know it yet, thinking that the person who came was a palace servant who gave them something, and he waved at the door and said loudly: "Here, go. Wash the dishes and fruits."

  Li Baolu happily said to Gu Jingyun, "It would be even better if there was ice. It would be cool and comfortable to eat the fruit while sitting by the stream, so I have no regrets in my life."

  The emperor turned around the courtyard gate with a dark face, and said coldly, "You will enjoy it more than I do."

   Li Baolu slumped on the stone and looked up, mourning in her heart. When it was over, she was caught speaking ill of people behind her back.

  Gu Jingyun quickly pulled Li Baolu to stand up and salute.

   Director Su took out a futon from somewhere and placed it on a stone, and sat down with the emperor.

The emperor sat down and took a deep breath before raising his head to look at the two kneeling people. He stared at Gu Jingyun for a long time, making sure that he was not thin, but rather fat, and then turned to ask Li Baolu, "You know there are people outside the hospital, why? How dare you speak ill of me?"

Li Baolu lowered her head dejectedly and said nothing. Because the East Palace has no master, everyone is more relaxed. Don't speak ill of the emperor, even the rumors of Concubine Lan Gui have been talked about in private. of.

   This time, it was still the people from the East Palace who followed them to the palace. Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu came up by car, but the palace people came up, so it was normal for their footsteps to be heavy.

   Who else would come to their small courtyard besides the palace servants who brought them things?

  Li Baolu didn't do much, so the emperor caught the current situation.

Seeing the emperor's appearance of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, Li Baolu was afraid that the palace servants would be implicated, and said: "The concubine heard the footsteps after she finished speaking, so she quickly changed the subject and wanted to leave the palace servants, but she didn't expect to come. The person is Your Majesty."

  The emperor gave her a deep look, turned to look at Gu Jingyun, and asked after a while, "I shut you up, do you have any complaints?"

   Gu Jingyun said lightly: "This minister deserves what he deserves, and has no complaints."

  The emperor sneered, "You are sincere."

   Gu Jingyun's face was calm, the emperor felt more and more uncomfortable, he was so angry, but the people in front of him did not regret or fear, why?

The emperor wanted to leave with a swirl of his sleeves, but thinking of the purpose of his coming, he still sat still, "Although the Kaiping case fifteen years ago was replaced by your uncle, it has never been investigated and the case has not been closed. If it goes well this time, we should be able to know the secrets of the year."

   "Then will His Majesty let my uncle go back to Beijing after he finds out?"

The    emperor was silent.

  Gu Jingyun looked at him quietly, serious and persistent.

The emperor couldn't stand his gaze, so he stood up with Director Su's hand, and said lightly: "You Qin family have many old times in the court, but there are also many enemies, and there will be no less people in this world who want to kill you than me. How much, don't go out when you are in the palace, if I announce you, you can stay by my side. Now the Qin family has only your bloodline."

  Although the emperor was angry and was afraid of the Qin family, he did not want the Qin family to really cut off their children and grandchildren. After all, they were the children and grandchildren of his teacher, not to mention that the Qin family had meritorious service in Dachu.

   "Your Majesty, can you take me with you when you announce your husband?" Li Baolu raised her head and looked at him eagerly.

  The emperor twitched the corners of his mouth, "You just said bad things about me..."

"Those are all hearsay rumors that are not to be believed," Li Baolu immediately said with a serious face: "Your Majesty is wise and wise, saving and simple, how could it be like the rumors say? The way to correct His Majesty's name."

  The emperor's face turned even darker, he said with a tossing of his sleeves, "If you are not afraid of death then follow."

  Li Baolu immediately kowtowed and thanked, "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En."

  The emperor snorted and helped Director Su to leave, and immediately sent a team of forbidden troops to protect Gu Jingyun. Of course, they were guarding the other party in name, and the emperor emphasized that as long as Gu Jingyun was protected well, as for Li Baolu, she should ask for more blessings.

   That's right, I'm just so careful.

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