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Princess Duanrou came and went like the wind, and soon left the palace, Xiao Yan went out with her.Princess Duanrou took his hand and said with a smile: "The emperor has grown up now, and he really looks like a king. The emperor only remembers that the whole world is outside the palace. Don't live in the palace every day. Just think that the world is so small, and your heart is small. For example, your mother thinks that everyone wants to beg her for that official position, and they only focus on that little power, and they are all playing tricks. , I don’t know how happy life outside is, do you think everyone really wants to be a royal servant?”

Xiao Yan said sincerely: "Thank you, Aunt Huang, for your reminder. My nephew still needs the help of my aunt and uncle. Although the joy of mountains and rivers is very good, but in the rivers and lakes, I still don't forget the temple. Aunt Huang's surname is Xiao, isn't it?"

Originally Princess Duanrou was just trying to speak quickly and give the queen mother some eye drops in front of the emperor, but when she heard Xiao Yan say such a sentence, she paused, turned her head and took a deep look at Xiao Yan, Laughed: "It is said that the emperor came to the court to announce the edict, and it was the empress dowager who taught him well. It seems that An Guogong was not wronged this time, and I am afraid that he will have more glory in the future. It would be a waste of my heart to go to the palace to do this. Once, the emperor really grew up."

While talking, he came to the gate of the Cifu Palace, the emperor and the eldest princess were already waiting, and the eldest princess Duanrou asked Xiao Yan to get on the chariot before leaving the palace.

On the way back to Ziwei Palace, Xiao Yan couldn't help laughing with the Lich in his heart: "Did you hear the shadow of swords and swords? The queen mother always speaks calmly and softly, and refuses to get angry easily, but when she talks to the eldest princess I can't stand it anymore. When I entered the palace, she had just been married not long ago, and she was only a teenager. It is said that the late emperor loved her so much that she even asked her to choose her son-in-law. Every time she entered the palace, she gave me For food, every time there is a banquet in the palace, she always brings food to me. Empress Dowager Sun doesn't like her very much—but sister-in-law has been difficult to get along with since ancient times."

The lich replied: "It's quite interesting, every sentence is twisted and twisted, it can be seen that there is a deep grudge."

Xiao Yan said: "Princess Duanrou's son-in-law is very old, quite a round older than her, but she is very patient with Princess Duanrou, has good knowledge and talent, and was originally a good young minister in Dali Temple. The Empress Dowager probably didn't like the Eldest Princess and didn't please her. A few years ago, she somehow found an excuse to lay off her consort's post, leaving only the title of Consort Captain. The Eldest Princess was also stubborn, and never once entered the palace to beg. Didn't even say soft words to the Queen Mother. Just like that, the Queen Mother was still not satisfied. The eldest princess gave birth to the little princess, and it was fine for her to reward things, and she also gave gifts to the palace man. In fact, the eldest princess was just mocking the queen mother. , you are still young, and you want to suppress me like this just because of verbal unhappiness, why is this so?"

The Lich said: "People with power must always express themselves to enjoy the pleasure of controlling and dominating others."

Xiao Yan said: "You're right - let's not talk about them, let's hurry up and go to the newly bought Zhuangzi, we have a daytime."

Lich: "The Queen Mother won't look for you anymore?"

Xiao Yan smiled: "Of course the queen mother is pretending to be sick. She must discuss and discuss with Chengenhou about such a big event these days. She will definitely call Chengenhou's mansion into the palace in a short while, otherwise why would she stay behind?" As for Chang An, there must be a scrutiny. Without He Changan looking at me, the inner study has taken a leave of absence, and today we are free."

They have a full day!

He quickly returned to Ziwei Palace, and told the servants to write an article today, it was a bit difficult, they were not allowed to come in and disturb, just leave the food at the door—even ordered two servants to guard the entrance of the inner hall.

He Chang'an was not here, and the servants he knew more or less knew that it might not be a good thing for the Queen Mother to keep He Chang'an.

Xiao Yan got this day, arranged all the affairs in the palace, hurried out of Jin'oufang, and found Zhu Rufeng backhandedly, going to Zhuangzi to ride a horse.

Xinzhuangzi really has a valley!I haven't tried the toy given by the Lich yet.The Lich felt the eagerness in Xiao Yan's heart and was full of joy, thinking that it was really like a child.

Qiyun Villa is on the outskirts of the city, built halfway up the mountain. Zhu Rufeng found a carriage and sent Xiao Yan all the way to the foot of the mountain. Xiao Yan refused to ride in the carriage, but came out and rode on the mountain road on horseback. Looking at the maple forest all the way, one can imagine In late autumn, the forests will be completely dyed, and the mountains will be full of red, like a fire.But now it is very late spring, the green shade is green and lovely, the wild flowers are half in bloom, the birds are chirping, and the fragrance of flowers is intoxicating.

Xiao Yan and his party rode on the horse, seeing the blue sky and the green hills in the distance, they just felt relaxed and happy, and laughed with Zhu Rufeng: "Fan Jun goes to school in the study, but we left him and ran out to Zhuangzi. Playing online, he will definitely be depressed tomorrow."

The corner of Zhu Rufeng's mouth couldn't help but bend, and he followed Xiao Yan and said, "It's rare for you to come out for a day, and you have a lot of time, so you can come to play whenever you want. This place is originally close to the city, and the transportation is very convenient, but Zhuangzi built a higher terrain. The original owner of the villa spent a lot of money to repair the villa and the mountain road, and hired people to plant a lot of peach, apricot and plum trees. After a while, I can see that there are many small fruits in the back mountain. , Originally Zhuangzi was quite rich.”

"It's just that a few years ago, for some reason, several wells that Zhuangzi dug on the mountain dried up and there was no water. He dug a pond to store water, but it was also very reluctant. As a result, Zhuangzi had no output and it was difficult to maintain his daily life. The owner of Zhuangzi So we sold Zhuangzi, and because the cost of building Zhuangzi was quite high at the beginning, after all, it was extremely difficult to transport materials along the mountain road, so we refused to sell at a loss, and no one in Beijing was willing to take over."

"I picked it up for you, you picked this place, and you just cleaned it up, but you haven't found anyone who can drill a new well. Fortunately, you don't care about the output, but it's not very convenient to use water."

"Leave me for a while, and then find a more suitable villa elsewhere."

Xiao Yan looked at the deep valley behind the villa with satisfaction: "It's pretty good, the terrain is high, there are few people coming, and it's quiet."

The remoteness is indeed an important reason for Zhu Rufeng's selection. After all, the better villages are all occupied by relatives of the emperor and high-ranking nobles. Only this villa meets the emperor's requirements and is close to the capital. As for the problem of water fetching , I can only think of a way, Zhu Rufeng said: "I'll find someone to see where the wells are easy to get water."

Lich reminded Xiao Yan subconsciously: "Let him take us to the well."

Xiao Yan said: "When you visit the manor later, show me the well."

Zhu Rufeng responded, and as he spoke, he entered the gate of Zhuangzi Mountain. From a distance, he saw a servant coming to lead the horse. Zhu Rufeng personally stepped forward to help him off the horse, and said, "This Zhuangzi covers an area of ​​[-] acres. The five gentlemen’s gardens, namely plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, bamboo and pine gardens, are mainly planted in each courtyard. They all correspond to the titles of the courtyards, which can be regarded as meticulous. The wood and stone are all high-quality. Except for the difficulty in getting water, there is nothing else. They are all good, so I am reluctant to sell them cheaply."

They marched all the way, and indeed they built carved verandahs, nanmu open windows, pavilions and pavilions everywhere in the garden, and the flowers and trees were unattended, randomly growing in disorder, but there was a sense of wildness, the forest wind was rippling, the birds were chirping, Xiao Yan's eyebrows and eyes became more and more serious Stretch it out, look carefully, and you can see that there are many huge pottery pots placed under the flower walls everywhere to collect water from the sky.

The first thing I went to was the bamboo courtyard. Thousands of bamboos were planted along the mountain. The shadows of the bamboos were dark green. Elegant, sitting in the hall is also very cool.

Zhu Rufeng first took him to look at the well next to the bamboo garden, and the wall of the well was carved with flowers: "Look, sir, there is a well here, which has already dried up, and the previous owner sent people to continue digging down for more than ten feet. , still no water."

Xiao Yan looked down into the well, and saw that the mouth of the well was deep, and a cool air came up, he pressed the edge of the well and asked Lich in his heart: "Can you save it?"

The Lich said: "Yes, just a water elemental rune. Ask him how many wells he has. I will make runes later, and let them be built on the well wall. The same is true for our side. The irrigation of the manor is very difficult." Ask a magician to set up the water element array and the light element array, but unfortunately the water element here is thin, and it is difficult to set up an array, but it can still be done as a guide to attract water."

Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "I quite like this manor, but it's really inconvenient to ask the servants to send water up the mountain every day."

Zhu Rufeng said: "Please also choose a main courtyard. The former owner of the villa heard that it is because of his good bamboo and he likes to study, so he mainly lives in the bamboo courtyard. The pine courtyard is the place for collecting books and warehouses. The female relatives lived there, and the plum courtyard was the guest courtyard. In addition, the two rows of servant courtyards in front of the mountain have been arranged by the subordinates to live in the nursing courtyard recruited from Tianqiao. Currently, five nursing courtyard instructors have been recruited, and more than 20 There are more than 30 people in the nursing home, including family members, all arranged to live in the front.”

Xiao Yan nodded: "You have arranged it very well, so let's arrange it like this for now."

Zhu Rufeng said: "It's rare for the master to come here today, do you want to invite some guards to come and see the master?"

Xiao Yan asked Lich in his heart: "Do you still want to watch them fight?"

Lich's voice seemed to have a little smile: "No, time is short, you don't play paragliding anymore?"

Xiao Yan struggled in his heart: "Look at punching, it won't take much time."

Lich: "No need, we need to set up a teleportation array. It will be convenient to come next time when it's done. Besides, I haven't played paragliding for a long time. Let's go to the back mountain to have a look."

Xiao Yan stopped pushing: "Okay."

He then sent Zhu Rufeng: "You are very good, I am tired after walking for half a day, and I will rest in the room for a while, I can be alone, you don't have to wait, just wait in front - and you Leave a proper housekeeper here."

Zhu Rufeng didn't ask anything as usual: "Okay."

Zhu Rufeng went out, Xiao Yan walked around the room and saw a small study room separated by a bamboo frame behind the bedroom. The window of the study room was facing the bamboo forest in the back mountain. Very comfortable, the Lich suddenly appeared: "Let's set up the formation here."

The blond hair rose, the blue shadow rippled, and the faint blue teleportation array condensed again.

Xiao Yanshen took it for him, and focused on watching the Lich. Every time he watched him cast a spell, it was so graceful, but he also noticed carefully that after the spell was cast and the teleportation array was condensed, the original clearer soul of the Lich The body will become more blurred and light, looming as if it can dissipate in the air at any time.

The teleportation magic array, which can break through the transfer space, really consumes mana. This is obviously farther than the previous teleportation array, after all, it has been outside the city.Xiao Yan thought of the "law of the world" that Lich had repeatedly emphasized before. If the law of the world is the rules followed by this world, then this formation that can be teleported to different places in an instant is obviously destroying and violating the law of the world. Will he be punished and suppressed... He thought about it, thinking that he should try to avoid the lich from casting spells.

The Lich has returned to the soul box: "Okay, it will be much more convenient if you can come here from the palace at any time in the future, let's go paragliding."

Xiao Yan quietly left the bamboo courtyard by himself, left through the back door of the courtyard, walked all the way to the peak of the back mountain, passed by the gate of Songyuan, saw the plaque at the gate of Songyuan saying "Negative Xue Naizhen", smiled in his heart, thinking The former owner of the villa had a lot of misgivings in his heart, but he didn't know what was going on in the Chrysanthemum orchid courtyard.

Xiao Yan walked out all the way, climbed to the top of the mountain, looked down, and saw a deep valley, both sides of the deep valley are full of long grass and green, and the mountains in the distance are undulating, and the mountains in the distance are like white smoke sticking to the sky, There are occasional goshawks flying in the distance, and in the distance you can see the mountain villages and city walls, which are extremely small.

Xiao Yan only felt that his heart was broadened, and whispered to Lich: "No wonder Aunt Huang said that the world is big. After living in the palace for a long time, real people are narrow-minded. Aunt Huang looks at the Queen Mother and I, and only Feel sorry for us. You think you have supreme power, but you are actually just a prisoner of power."

The Lich said: "It's good that you can see this - the angle here is good, you just jump down and click on the gemstone on the ring."

"Okay." Xiao Yan stood and continued to look at the scenery below.

After another cup of tea time, the Lich reminded with a light smile, "Are you afraid?"

Xiao Yan: "..."

His ears were hot, his face was flushed, and he couldn't speak.

The cool wind surrounded him, and the lich appeared behind him, wrapping around his waist: "It's normal to be afraid, close your eyes."

Xiao Yan closed his eyes, his heart was pounding, he felt the lich's cold arms holding him, and he suddenly jumped down!

The intense weightlessness made him almost want to scream, is he going to die?You will die if you fall!

The wind rushed towards his face violently, and suddenly he felt a tug behind his back, wow!A huge paragliding wing spread out behind him, and his falling figure slowed down, flying forward silkily as if gliding in the wind.

He finally opened his eyes and saw that the earth was rushing towards him, and he was flying like a bird with wings on his ribs, riding the wind.

And the Lich behind him has disappeared, he was floating in the wind, raised his head, and saw that paraglider was soft and white, bulging like a sail, leading him to circle and fly over countless ridges, wrapped in warm sunlight, he Bathing and flying in the wind, comfortable and comfortable, with a wide view, the whole person seems to have merged into the sky, overlooking the ground.

Xiao Yan suddenly smiled: "Thank you." It turns out that the mountains and rivers are picturesque, so beautiful.

This afternoon Xiao Yan flew three times, and the lich at the bottom of the valley placed a teleportation array, each time he could quickly return to the villa, and then return to the mountain peak to jump down.

The last time he flew in the air, he saw the sun set, the sunset was like wine, mellow and transparent, he was bathed in the orange-red sunset, watching the changing light and shadow in the forest, and the moon had risen on the other side, murmured: " Jiuyao, it's so beautiful."

He thought in his heart, he really is the Son of the Sun—he always says he is a dead spirit, why is he such a warm person.