Cypress Boat Floating

The nights in summer are too short. Before anyone can react, the sky has already begun to brighten. Some people are still sleeping soundly in bed, but there are always some people who need to get up early and rush about for a living.

When the sky was not yet completely bright, Ye Jianqing, who had his eyes closed and seemed to be sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were clear and he was not sleepy at all.

Because I was always thinking about taking Lu Ci Qiu out to relax today, I didn’t dare to sleep too long, for fear that I would miss it if I overslept.

But she seemed clear-headed but was actually a little confused when she just woke up. She forgot that she only told Lu Ci Qiu last night that she was going out today, but did not say when she would go out. This led to Lu Ci Qiu putting on court clothes early in the morning according to his usual schedule, ready to go to the palace gate and wait for the morning court.

Ye Jianqing saw that it was still early, so he slowly fetched a basin of water to wash up, and then went out. But who would have thought, by chance, as soon as he stepped out of the yard, he saw Lu Ci Qiu loosening his clothes, wearing a tall hat and leather shoes, and preparing to go out.

"Didn't we agree yesterday to go out today?" Ye Jianqing looked at the extremely formal and complicated court dress on Lu Ci Qiu, very puzzled. She vaguely remembered that they had agreed to go out.

Lu Ci Qiu was already confused when he saw Ye Jianqing getting up early, and he was even more confused after hearing her words. He was completely bewildered: "You didn't tell me the specific time, I thought it was after the court session."

After that, he took two steps forward and said apologetically, "Did you get up so early just to take me out? But now it's time to go to court. I have to wait at the palace gate. I'm so sorry."

Ye Jianqing: "It's okay. Going to court is more important. I remember telling you yesterday. It's possible that my memory is messed up. If you're in a hurry, go first. Don't delay me."

Ye Jianqing began to doubt her memory. She always felt that she should have said it before. However, it didn't matter if he couldn't go out today. He could go tomorrow. There was no need to force him to waste time for this.

Lu Ci Qiu smiled and said, "Let's go tomorrow. We can't do anything today. Time is tight. I'll tell my second brother after I leave the court. I'll take a day off tomorrow and go out with you. Okay?"

Ye Jianqing felt a little embarrassed for asking someone to take leave for him. He scratched his neck awkwardly and said, "We can go at another time. We don't need to ask for leave. Isn't it the Ghost Festival in two days? You will definitely take a day off. We can go on your day off. It's just that I never remembered that you need to ask for leave if you don't go to court. It's my fault."

Lu Ci Qiu smiled with a doting expression on his face. Just last night he felt that Ye Jianqing was a mature adult, but today this mature adult showed such a cute look in front of him. He couldn't help but want to touch her head, but he controlled himself in the end. His upbringing prevented him from doing such abrupt things.

"Okay, then wait until I have a rest in two days, then you can take me out." Lu Ci Qiu responded softly, and told her about his schedule for today. "It's time to go to the palace to pay respects to mother today. My second brother and I will go to mother later, and we don't know how long we will stay there. You don't have to wait for me today, go and do what you want to do."

Ye Jianqing nodded to show that he understood: "I haven't visited Arnold for a long time. Can I go see him?"

Lu Ci Qiu thought about it and was not very confident about letting Ye Jianqing go to the Ministry of Justice prison to see Arnold alone: ​​"Why don't we wait a few days? I will take you there in two days. It's not very safe for you to go there alone."

"Okay." She had expected Lu Ci Qiu's refusal. She was just trying to ask, so she didn't react too much and accepted it calmly.

"Okay, it's time for you to go to the palace. I have my own arrangements for today. By the way, when you are in the palace, you can also pay more attention to the people around Concubine Shu." Speaking of Concubine Shu, Ye Jianqing thought of the person in front of him who cared most about the cause of Concubine Shu's death before her rebirth.

After the prince left the palace and set up his own residence, he could only go to the palace once a month to pay respects to his mother. Lu Ci Qiu usually stayed outside the palace, and was even confined to his house a while ago. If you really count, he hasn't seen the Concubine Shu for about two or three months, so he doesn't know much about the people around Concubine Shu. Now that he has the opportunity to visit Concubine Shu, he naturally has to take this opportunity to check if there are any suspicious people around Concubine Shu during the time they left.

"I understand. Then I'll leave first. I'll tell you if there's any situation when I come back." Lu Ci Qiu knew what Ye Jianqing meant. It coincided with his idea. He came to the palace today to investigate more about the people around his mother. Concubine Shu died suddenly that year without even a reason.

What Lu Ci Qiu saw that year was a corpse that had already been examined. Nothing could be seen, and there were no wounds on the body. At present, the only preliminary conclusion can be made that the person died of poisoning. This incident has always been a concern for Lu Ci Qiu, and he always feels very uncomfortable when he thinks about it in the middle of the night.

"Be careful on the road."

After seeing off Lu Ci Qiu, seeing that it was still early, Ye Jianqing thought about having breakfast first and then going back to the yard to exercise, practicing the sword skills that Lu Ci Qiu's master taught him yesterday.

When I watched martial arts movies before, I thought the heroes looked super cool using swords. Now that it was her turn to have this opportunity, she naturally wanted to give it a try.

But the long sword is not like the dagger she usually uses. The blade of the dagger is shorter, and the attack method is close combat, mainly taking the enemy by surprise and attacking them when they are unprepared, with the white knife going in and the red knife coming out.

When she first started practicing long sword, she always had trouble holding the angle and controlling the force, and sometimes she would habitually practice with the sword as a knife. After practicing for a few days, her current progress is only to be able to make a simple sword flower. As for how to use the long sword to attack people, sorry, there is no strategy yet.

The teacher who was invited by Lu Zhixing to teach Lu Ci Qiu martial arts sometimes frowned like a small mountain when he watched Ye Jianqing practicing sword, but he seemed to want to continue observing. After adjusting Ye Jianqing's angles a few times, he didn't say much. But with Ye Jianqing's continuous practice in the past two days, the teacher's brows finally turned from a mountain to a plain.

Ye Jianqing did not practice sword since childhood like Lu Ci Qiu, so her current progress is to practice the basic skills over and over again. The teacher said that he would teach her sword moves after she has practiced well.

After practicing basic skills tediously for an hour, Ye Jianqing rubbed his sore wrist, put away his long sword, and replaced it with his usual short knife.

The skylark is unsheathed, sharp and powerful.

Ye Jianqing already had a lot of affection for the skylark and usually took good care of it. At this moment, he was holding it in his hand to practice his sword skills. Every move he made was very skillful and he used it with ease. Isn't this better than a long sword?

After practicing a complete set of basic skills, Ye Jianqing glanced at the sundial and found that it was still early, so he put away his knife and walked under the shade of a tree.

Every day when Ye Jianqing practiced, Yuqin would wait by the side in case Ye Jianqing needed anything, and today was no exception.

As soon as Ye Jianqing walked under the shade of the tree, Yuqin brought her a cup of bitter melon juice.

The weather is getting hotter, drinking bitter melon juice is good for physical and mental health. Bitter melon is cold in nature, and summer is hot. Ye Jianqing is a martial artist with strong internal energy, so summer is not easy for her. She loves to sweat, and eating anything will make her get angry. If the internal heat cannot be relieved in time, she will always be irritable and easily get angry with everyone she sees.

This is called emotional heat stroke in modern times.

Ye Jianqing didn't want to be the kind of person who was controlled by emotions, and it was also for the good of her own health. She used to drink sour plum juice or bitter melon juice to cool off in the summer.

At first, bitter melon juice does taste unpalatable, but after it goes down your throat, it will have a sweet aftertaste and taste quite good. Over time, Ye Jianqing got used to drinking a cup every morning, which also helped him to relieve summer heat, reduce body temperature, clear away heat, replenish qi, and strengthen the kidneys and spleen.

In ancient times, bitter melon was not served on the tables of the rich and powerful. Because of its bitter taste, it was only taken out to satisfy hunger during famine. Zhang Yuchu and others did not know that bitter melon could be squeezed into juice.

When they first saw Ye Jianqing actually squeeze juice out of the bitter gourd, they were very surprised, but they didn't dare to try it. The smell coming from the quilt was not so pleasant. It smelled particularly bitter, and people who couldn't tolerate bitterness couldn't stand it.

Ye Jianqing didn't care about them and took a big sip herself. When the others saw that her expression didn't change after she finished drinking, and she even looked a little savorful, they were slightly interested. They all asked Ye Jianqing to pour them a sip to try.

It's a pity that not everyone can appreciate bitter melon juice. They don't have the experience of drinking bitter melon juice all year round like Ye Jianqing. As soon as the juice passed through their mouths, they spat it out. One or two of them wrinkled their faces because of the bitterness, and their complexions seemed to turn a little blue.

Ye Jianqing did not force them. He silently poured himself another cup and watched them gargling frantically while drinking the bitter melon juice with a laugh.

From then on, whenever people in the palace saw Ye Jianqing drinking bitter melon juice, they would recall the day when everyone lined up to rinse their mouths.

Yuqin was one of those people. Every time she saw Ye Jianqing drinking, she would feel uncomfortable because she would always recall the bitter taste.

However, later on, Ye Jianqing used this bitter melon to make them the most common dish of bitter melon scrambled eggs, which helped the bitter melon gain some favor in their eyes.

Now drinking modern bitter melon juice, Ye Jianqing suddenly remembered that there was a modern person here. She seemed to have not seen Jiang Wanyin for a long time, and now she didn't know how Jiang Wanyin was doing.

"Miss, are you worried about Miss Jiang?" As soon as Ye Jianqing mentioned Jiang Wanyin, Yuqin, who was waiting on the side, asked.

"It's not that I'm worried, I'm just wondering how she's doing lately. After all, we've been playing together for such a long time, and I haven't contacted her since I woke up." Ye Jianqing pursed her lips. She was indeed concerned, but she hadn't yet figured out whether Liu Miao's conspiracy had anything to do with her.

People's hearts are hidden. She will not doubt others easily, but she will not trust others so easily either.

"Miss Jiang should be doing well recently." Yuqin spoke vaguely, as if she was hiding something.

Ye Jianqing put down the cup and looked up at her: "Yuqin, you should know that I hate it most when people around me hide things from me or lie to me."

Yuqin's behavior was too obvious. She had always been cautious in doing things. After being by his side for a long time, he knew his personality. She always said what she wanted to say and would never say more than what she shouldn't say. She had never spoken vaguely before.

"Miss, Yuqin doesn't dare." As soon as Ye Jianqing's words came out, Yuqin was so scared that she fell to her knees, with panic on her face, fearing that Ye Jianqing would misunderstand.

"Tell me, what do you know?" Ye Jianqing didn't mean to threaten her. He helped her up and spoke in a soft voice. Yuqin was a good person. Ye Jianqing loved her very much and treated her like her own sister. Perhaps for this reason, she didn't want Yuqin to lie to her or hide anything from her, as she would be very sad if she did that.

"I've been out recently, and I heard that Prince Qin seems to go to see the courtesan dancing in Chun Man Lou quite often. Isn't the courtesan in Chun Man Lou Miss Jiang?" While speaking, Yuqin secretly looked up at Ye Jianqing, wanting to see her reaction.

Everyone in the mansion knew that the prince disliked Miss Jiang, and everyone in the mansion also knew that Miss Jiang was Miss Ye's friend.

Therefore, Jiang Wanyin's position in the palace was quite awkward, and she basically did not come to the palace, except for the time when Ye Jianqing was in a coma.

No one knows why the Prince of Qin fell in love with Jiang Wanyin. Recently, there have been rumors that the Prince of Qin goes to Chunmanlou to see Jiang Wanyin every day. If the prince knew about this, it would be disastrous.

"What! Lu Zhixing has a crush on Jiang Wanyin!!!"

A loud thunderclap exploded in Ye Jianqing's ears, and in an instant, there was nothing left in her mind, except for Yuqin's words "The King of Qin has taken a fancy to Jiang Wanyin".

It's terrible, it's all over. Lu Ciqiu gave instructions every day and every moment, and told him not to let Jiang Wanyin get close to Lu Zhixing.

As a result, the two of them were secretly hooking up with each other behind the scenes.

When exactly did they get together? Was it when she was unconscious?

Ye Jianqing felt that his brain was bombarded into a mess by this news. He was dazed and now there were only two words in his mind: "It's over". There was nothing else.

Oh, she also knew that if Lu Ci Qiu knew about this, he would definitely tear down the Prince Qin's Mansion, break into the Palace to challenge the Prince Qin, or else he would massacre Chun Man Lou.

It's over, it's really over.

Everything is over.