The little village girl dressed as a disaster star led the whole village astray

After taking a bath, Li Xi got up, put on her clothes and went out. After a tiring journey, taking a bath really helped her to relax and she felt like she was alive again.

But after all, they had been traveling all the way, and Li Xi couldn't help yawning every time she sat for a while. Seeing this, Hong Tao said, "Miss, you must be tired. How about I make the bed for you so you can rest for a while."

Li Xi yawned again. She was indeed a little sleepy, so she did not refuse Hong Tao's suggestion. "Thank you for your trouble."

"These are what a servant should do." After saying this, Hong Tao went to the inner room to make the bed. While cleaning up, she thought that this Miss Li was quite kind. She was just a maid and could not compare to Steward He in the mansion. Making the bed, folding the quilt and serving others were jobs that she should do. Yet she even said thank you for the trouble. She really had a good temper.

Thinking of this, her hands became more nimble. Since her master had a good temper, they, the servants, should be more tactful.

Li Xi didn't know that just three short words made Hong Tao think so much. She suppressed a yawn, with a slight moisture in the corners of her eyes, and walked from the outer room into the inner room.

When she came in, Hong Tao had just finished packing. She stood up and saw Miss Li coming in. She smiled and said, "Miss, I have made the bed. You can go to bed first."

"Yeah." Li Xi was really sleepy. She agreed and sat down on the edge of the bed, took off her shoes and coat, lay down on the bed, and pulled the quilt beside her to cover herself.

Li Xi closed her eyes.

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Soon, she opened her eyes again and looked at Hong Tao who was standing beside the bed with her head down. "Hong Tao, I don't like people to be around me when I sleep. You don't have to watch over me here. You can go do something of your own while I sleep. Or you can go take a nap too?"

She had studied history and watched TV, so she knew that in wealthy families, when the master was sleeping, the servants had to stay by the bed, mainly because they were afraid that the master would suddenly give orders.

But she really couldn't do it. She had to lie down while she stood. How could she sleep like this?

Through the brief contact just now, Hong Tao also roughly understood Miss Li's personality. She knew that she said this not because she disliked her, but because she was really not used to it, so she did not show any panic.

"Yes, I will do the sewing in the outer room. It will not disturb your rest and it is close to the inner room. If you have any instructions, I will be able to hear them."

Of course she would not go back to sleep as Miss Li said. No servant in any household would do that. If she was sleepy, she would at most close her eyes and take a nap.

Seeing that she had plans, Li Xi didn't say anything more. Just don't stand at the head of her bed, otherwise she really couldn't sleep.

After saying that, Hong Tao took her leave. After looking at the closed door, Li Xi closed her heavy eyelids and fell asleep.

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On the other side, after Gu Jingzhi simply washed up and changed his clothes, he just walked to the door and ran into Zhang Hao who was coming back from sending someone off.

"Major General."

"Well, I have to go to the palace now, you stay at home."

"Yes."

After Gu Jingzhi gave his instructions, he rode away.

When they arrived at the gate of the Imperial Palace, Gu Jingzhi dismounted, took out a jade pendant and returned it to the palace guard. After the guard looked at it, he immediately let him pass.

Gu Jingzhi grew up in the imperial city when he was young, and Emperor Jian'an treated him like his own family. In order to facilitate his entry into the palace, he directly gave him a jade pendant as a certificate that allowed him to enter the palace at any time.

Just by looking at the effect of this jade pendant, one can tell that it is definitely extraordinary. Emperor Jian'an's favor towards Gu Jingzhi is definitely unprecedented. With the jade pendant, he can enter and leave the palace at any time, a privilege not even afforded to the princes.

In fact, sometimes it is no wonder that the princes are jealous of him. After all, Emperor Jian'an always praises him verbally, but in actual treatment, he gives Gu Jingzhi more than the other princes.

Gu Jingzhi had also been puzzled by this, but Gu Changfeng told him that His Majesty's love for his wife and his dog was so strong that others could not understand the friendship between him and His Majesty. To put it in a very unrighteous way, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were half brothers.

In the eyes of His Majesty, he is his own nephew. Gu Changfeng said to Gu Jingzhi, most people in the world think other people's children are better, and His Majesty is the same, so he just needs to get used to it.

Although Gu Jingzhi always felt that this explanation was a little weird, he also thought it made sense, so he put his previous doubts behind him. Later, he really got used to it.

Gu Jingzhi put away the jade pendant and walked towards the palace gate.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, the young eunuch who had been waiting for a long time inside the palace gate brightened his eyes and came to greet him, "Young General."

Gu Jingzhi recognized the young eunuch in his imperial study, "Baoqing?"

"I didn't expect that the young general still remembered me," Baoqing narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Young general, please come with me. His Majesty knew that you would come to the palace when you returned to Beijing today, so he specially sent me here to pick you up."

Gu Jingzhi: "Thank you for your help. Let's go now."

How should I put it? It’s not really surprising.

Baoqing led Gu Jingzhi towards the imperial study.

"Young General, you may not know that His Majesty has been thinking about you all these days when you were away from the capital. As soon as he heard that you were coming back today, he canceled the court meeting just to wait for you." Baoqing said with a smile.

Gu Jingzhi was not very happy when he heard this, and his brows slightly frowned.

They soon arrived outside the imperial study. The door of the imperial study was open, and Emperor Jian'an saw Gu Jingzhi and his companions as soon as they arrived.

Gu Jingzhi stepped over the threshold, walked into the imperial study, faced Emperor Jian'an, and knelt down to salute, "Your Majesty, I, Gu Jingzhi, pay my respects to you. Long live your Majesty."

"Hurry up and get up." Emperor Jian'an really treated Gu Jingzhi very well. When he saw him kneeling, he stood up and helped him up, looking at him with some resentment, "Why do you have to be so polite?"

"The gift should not be wasted." Gu Jingzhi said with a faint smile, "Otherwise, those imperial censors outside will have something to say."

When Emperor Jian'an heard that he spoke so frankly, he was not angry, but became even happier. This showed that he did not regard himself as an outsider.

While motioning him to sit down, he said, "Those imperial censors are really difficult to deal with. They are always looking for something to do when they have nothing to do."

Emperor Jian'an himself was quite annoyed with those people in the Censorate. If they were really devoted to the country, that would be fine. But to put it bluntly, they were just a bunch of mad dogs, biting people everywhere, just like digging out other people's faults and exaggerating them to talk about them at the court meeting.

They say they are dedicated to the public, but I'm afraid only they themselves know what's really going on in their hearts.

"I heard that you were ambushed at the border and were seriously injured. How are you now?"

"Thanks to your majesty, the injury has long been healed."

"Why don't we call an imperial physician to come and take a look?" Emperor Jian'an was still a little worried. "Jian, go get someone to get Wang Yuanzheng from the Imperial Hospital."

"Yes, I will do it right away."

"Your Majesty, I am truly fully recovered."

Emperor Jian'an looked him up and down with a worried look, "It would be more reassuring if we take a look."