Loyal heart travels a long way

In fact, Gu Zhiyao hadn't seen Ah Man since she entered the palace. Children are very forgetful, and Gu Zhiyao couldn't remember Ah Man's appearance clearly.

Now, you can no longer call Ah Man when you meet each other, it is considered impolite to call her Princess Rumeng.

Besides, today's palace banquet is for these ministers and future officials. As a princess in the palace, An Rumeng may not be able to see her today.

At a quarter of noon, everyone went to the main hall to take their seats.

One of Chu Qingfeng and Qin Yong is the number one scholar and the other is Tanhua. Naturally, they have to sit at the front. Although Gu Zhiyao is Qin Yong's wife in name, he cannot sit with him. He can only sit with other officials' wives below. We sit together.

When those officials, wives and ladies get together, they just talk about which alleys and whose lords have raised the outer room, or this year's No. Sit on the sidelines and watch the excitement.

After the emperor arrived at the main hall, the officials, wives and ladies who were chatting with each other were not noisy anymore, they all sat down neatly, and each of them put on a graceful posture.

Eunuch Qian, the chief eunuch, first sang some clichés that Gu Zhiyao was about to doze off, and then read out the emperor's arrangement for the students of this scientific examination to enter the court and become officials.

The number one scholar Chu Qingfeng entered the cabinet and became the youngest second-rank cabinet bachelor in the Great Zhou Dynasty; Tanhua Qinyong was different from what everyone thought.

Everyone already knew that Qin Yong had made great contributions in recovering the blood of the royal family as an envoy to return the pearl, and he had to be named a second-rank official, but they didn't expect it to be the Ministry of Industry.The veterans of Zhan Shifu thought that Qin Yong would enter the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and maybe even Dali Temple. After all, the face of the king of Hades is well-known far and wide, and the Ministry of Industry never thought about it.

As a result of this scientific examination, the emperor granted more than [-] people, large and small, to enter the court as officials, and the rest were sent back to various places to serve as local officials.

After everyone gave thanks, the banquet began.

I thought that I would sit here, eat some delicacies, and then return home after the banquet. I didn't want a beautiful woman in a costume to be supported by a court lady to the main hall.

Gu Zhiyao's eyes did not linger on the woman in palace costume, but when he saw the palace lady, he couldn't help but his pupils constricted suddenly.

Even after three years, he couldn't easily forget that maid's eyebrows, because she was the second lady of the Song family——Song Ruyue.

Why is Song Ruyue here?

The Song family was exhausted by Song Ruyan back then, and both men and women fell into slavery and were sold out long ago.At that time, he thought that he had never been bullied by Song Ruyue when he was in the Song family, and thought of buying Song Ruyue back, but Qin Yong said that his identity could not be revealed easily.Afterwards, Qian Manman went to inquire about it, and Song Ruyue was bought away as early as the first day.

How could a person who should have disappeared in the capital a long time ago suddenly appear at this palace banquet?

Gu Zhiyao was in doubt, fearing that Song Ruyue would recognize him, and then suspecting that he had made a mistake, so he just stared at the maid without blinking.

The woman in palace attire seemed to be a princess, she leaned on the emperor's ear and whispered a few words, then tilted her head down as if she was looking for someone, and when she met Gu Zhiyao's eyes, she tilted her head and showed Gu Zhiyao a smile. Come smile.She spoke a few more words with the emperor, and then sat down at the emperor's subordinate position.

The emperor smiled and shook his head, and ordered Eunuch Qian, the eunuch in charge, to declare his holy will.

"Princess Rumeng misses her close friend, so Gu Zhiyao, the wife of Mr. Qin, Minister of Industry, came to sit here—"

Gu Zhiyao was a little surprised when he heard that the woman was An Rumeng, but now he was called to sit in front of him, so he couldn't help feeling a little worried.He looked at Qin Yong, and saw that Qin Yong also frowned and said nothing, as if he was thinking about something.

But in the end it was the emperor's order, so Gu Zhiyao had no choice but to lift his skirt and get up, knelt down to thank her, and went forward to sit beside Princess Rumeng.

An Rumeng has also grown a lot taller in the past three years, and her round face back then has grown into the iconic oval face.

As soon as she saw Gu Zhiyao approaching her side, she didn't let him kneel down to salute at all, and directly took Gu Zhiyao's hand and sat down intimately: "Ayao, haven't you forgotten me?"

"Princess Rumeng." Gu Zhiyao was pulled to sit down by An Rumeng, a little uncomfortable.Even if he usually wears skirts to show people, he is not a real girl after all, and he is somewhat uncomfortable being held by An Rumeng like this.But he couldn't pull out his hand directly, so he had to let her hold it.

"When you entered the palace, you were separated from me, and you still called me Ah Man when you were a child." An Rumeng seemed dissatisfied when Gu Zhiyao called her Princess Rumeng, and picked up a peach from the table with her flat mouth, She moved slowly, "Now everyone in the palace calls me Princess Rumeng, which is very boring. Why don't you share caramel with me every time you come to the embroidery workshop when you are in Xiapi."

An Rumeng's nails were dyed with bright red Kodan. Her nails were very long. When she pulled the peach away, some of the peach skin stuck to her nails.

Song Ruyue at the side hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe An Rumeng's hands, An Rumeng waved her hand, signaling Song Ruyue to take it easy.

"It's ready," An Rumeng put the peach in the bowl in front of Gu Zhiyao, "I'll eat it for you."

Gu Zhiyao couldn't eat peaches, even preserved peaches that had been drying for a long time.

Every time he touched a peach, his body would be covered with red rashes, which were itchy and he couldn't scratch them, and he couldn't see the wind until the red rashes on his body subsided.

Gu Zhiyao looked at the peach, hesitating whether to reject it.But this peach was peeled by the princess herself and delivered to his bowl, if he refused easily, he would be ungrateful.

When God's grace comes, you can only continue, there is no way to refuse.

Gu Zhiyao knew that Qin Yong must be watching him silently, so he didn't dare to raise his head to meet Qin Yong's gaze.Qin Yong is definitely unwilling to let himself eat peaches, not to mention eating peaches to get rashes, even if his clothes are wet on weekdays, he will urge himself to change them, for fear that he will catch a cold.

In fact, why not yourself?If Qin Yong fell ill, Chu Lang and himself would be the first to feel distressed.

An Rumeng went to Gu Zhiyao's side and whispered to him again: "Eat it quickly, Master Qin won the prize today, and immediately sealed him as the second-rank minister. The minister of the Ministry of Industry is a fat job, how many people are jealous, and his heart I'm not convinced! I just heard that Mr. Qin has hired this good job in the side hall, so I guessed that I would have to trouble you in the future, so I came here to save face for you!"

After finishing speaking, An Rumeng winked mischievously at Gu Zhiyao again: "I haven't forgotten you after being in the palace for three years. Come to the palace to accompany me more often when you have free time."

Gu Zhiyao closed his eyes and took a deep breath, that's right, how many pairs of eyes are watching here, if he doesn't know how to reject the princess... Qin Yong has just been sealed as a minister, how many people will poke his spine against him in the future Not to mention frivolousness, if you refuse Tian'en, you will have to implicate Qin Yong and be punished together.

Furthermore, An Rumeng didn't stay with her every day after all, so she didn't know that she was dissatisfied with Taozi.

Gu Zhiyao exhaled this breath slowly, and when he opened his eyes again, they were already full of smiles.He looked at An Rumeng and blinked like her: "Then Ah Yao will thank the princess."

Peaches are really sweet, Gu Zhiyao lowered his head to suck the juice from the peaches, and ate up the flesh, leaving only the pits, "This peach is so big and sweet, I'm afraid my concubine won't even eat after eating such a peach." I can't eat any more."