One month after the death of Emperor Jinghe, Gu Yan, the "acting emperor" succeeded to the throne.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, he first took care of the ministers who had criticized him in the court, and then dealt with the Wen family who intended to rebel.After some actions, the country that was already riddled with holes suddenly became more precarious.
However, the new emperor implemented the New Deal in the second year of his succession, promulgating a series of laws to restrain officials.In less than half a year, the whole world has completely changed from top to bottom.
The implementation of the New Deal was in full swing, and Gu Yan's reputation among the people rose rapidly.
Apart from the New Deal, the second thing the new emperor did was to dismiss the harem.
The original Princess Rui was conferred the title of imperial concubine. Besides, all the palace people and female relatives in the palace were expelled from the palace, and the position of empress was vacant.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there has never been a practice of leaving the post vacant, and Gu Yan's move has caused a lot of controversy.Some people bluntly advised them, but all those who forced marriages were reprimanded by Gu Yan with the words "on behalf of the emperor", telling them to find the real prince.
No matter how anxious the minister was, it was impossible to force marriage to the little prince who was less than ten years old.Gradually, no one dared to touch this brow.
After becoming a concubine, Ye Zi didn't let herself be idle, she went to the Prince's East Palace whenever she had something to do, to teach Gu Xu about literature and martial arts, and urge him to do his homework.
Gu Xu has matured precociously since he was a child, and after experiencing power disputes and dynasty changes, he is more sensible than before.He studies hard every day and is familiar with government affairs, and Ye Zi, who teaches and supervises him, also gets busy.
Emperor Jinghe left behind a crumbling world, with a lot of waste waiting to be rebuilt. It is conceivable that it will take a lot of effort to reshape this decayed foundation.Ever since Gu Yan became the emperor and was busy with government affairs every day, there were not many things Ye Zi could help with, and Gu Yan didn't want him to work too hard, so Ye Zi could only find things to do by himself.
The sooner you teach Gu Xu to be on his own, the sooner you can take over the country from Gu Yan.
Ye Zi thought so, but Gu Yan didn't think so.
Her own imperial concubine ran to the Prince's East Palace more diligently than her own bedroom, a man couldn't stand it.
This day, Gu Yan finished handling the government affairs early and rushed to the imperial concubine's bedroom, but he didn't see anyone.After asking someone, Ye Zi was indeed at the prince's place again.Gu Yan held back his anger and drove to the East Palace.
Before entering the palace gate, the sound of weapons clashing could be heard from a distance.
In a small open space outside the bedroom, two figures came and went, fighting vigorously.
The eunuch next to him was about to pass the message, but Gu Yan waved his hand and stopped him.He stood beside the palace wall with his arms folded and waited quietly, with a calm expression and no emotion.
Under Ye Zi's personal teaching, Gu Xu's background has improved by leaps and bounds. He has just turned ten years old, but he has already been able to fight Ye Zi for several rounds with a sword.
But no matter how fast he is improving, he is not worth mentioning compared to Ye Zi.
Ye Zi guided Gu Xu to make moves with ease, but he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.Ye Zi was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, just in time to meet Gu Yan's eyes.
It is impossible to say that Ye Zi does not want to stick to Gu Yan at all.
If it were his way of thinking, he wished he could stick to Gu Yan for twelve hours a day.But Gu Yan has just succeeded to the throne, and there are too many things to deal with, Ye Zi understands that he is busy and does not want to disturb him.
He has been busy teaching Gu Xu recently, so he somewhat has the idea of diverting his attention.
In the past, Ye Zi forced herself not to think about Gu Yan, kept that thought in her heart, and tried not to cause trouble for Gu Yan.But this kind of thought can't be suppressed, even if it can be stopped, it will only accumulate and deepen.
So when Ye Zi suddenly saw Gu Yan, his mind immediately went blank, his eyes were filled with nothing but the tall and cold figure.
During the martial arts competition, it is most forbidden to be distracted, even if he is just a beginner in front of him.
Gu Xu's swordsmanship is not yet proficient, even if he notices Ye Zi's distraction, he can't stop his movements for a while.
The sharp edge of the sword stabbed towards Ye Zi uncontrollably, before Ye Zi could react, Gu Yan stepped forward first, gently wrapped his arms around his waist, led him back a few steps, and dodged the sword.
Ye Zi fell into a familiar embrace, her heart beating fiercely in her chest several times.He was held in Gu Yan's arms, and before he could speak, Gu Yan sighed in a low voice: "When will you save me some trouble?"
Ye Zi knew she was wrong, but she didn't want to give in, and said back, "It's obvious that you came over suddenly and distracted me."
In the whole world, he is the only one who dares to talk to Gu Yan like that.
The Son of Heaven was not angry, he looked indifferent, and said indifferently: "Since that's the case, then I will leave first?"
Said, pretending to turn around and leave.
"Don't." Ye Zi hurriedly grabbed the sleeve of his dragon robe, and felt that he shouldn't make such an appearance in front of the juniors, so he let go of his hand angrily, and said softly, "Don't go."
Gu Yan's heart softened when he heard his voice, he shook his head and said nothing.
He turned his head and looked at Gu Xu.
The two righteous masters didn't think there was anything wrong with the accident just now, and they were still talking calmly, but the other people present were scared out of their wits.Kneeling inside and out of the palace, Gu Xu stood in front of the crowd, also kneeling and saluting.
Realizing that Gu Yan was looking at him, Gu Xu stammered: "Your Majesty atones, minister... minister..."
Gu Xu has been a little afraid of his cousin since he was a child, but now that Gu Yan is the emperor, the relationship between them is even more cautious.However, if he knew that the reason why Gu Yan had always treated him very harshly was because he was angry that he spent more time alone with the imperial concubine than he did, then Gu Yan might not be so nervous anymore.
Gu Yan's expression was complicated when he saw Gu Xu, but he couldn't really teach him a lesson, so he had to give up: "No problem, it's just that swords have no eyes, so be more careful in the future."
Gu Xu: "Yes."
After Gu Yan finished speaking, he pulled Ye Zi to go outside.Ye Zi didn't realize what he was going to do for a moment, and said in a daze, "I'm still teaching Ah Xu how to use swordsmanship."
Gu Yan held back his anger, turned his head and said calmly: "Then do you want to continue teaching, or go with me?"
Ye Zi hesitated for a second, without even thinking about it, he said, "Let's go with you."
The two left the Prince's East Palace.
Gu Yan waved away the eunuch in charge, did not call Yu Jia, pulled Ye Zi into the gazebo in the imperial garden, pressed Ye Zi on the chair of the gazebo and kissed her involuntarily, so as to "teach me a lesson".
After a while, Ye Zi became short of breath from the kiss, and blushed from the face to the neck.
But even so, when Gu Yan let go, Ye Zi was still unsatisfied, pulling the other party's skirt and chasing after him.
Gu Yan pulled some distance away from him, and said with a smile: "Why are you so impatient and miss me so much?"
"I just miss you." Ye Zi leaned on Gu Yan's chest, listening to Gu Yan's strong heartbeat, her voice was soft and full of deep attachment, "I miss you so much."
Gu Yan stroked his hair, and said intentionally, "I don't think I would come to see me and run to Gu Xu's place?"
Ye Zi looked up at him, and asked in surprise, "Why are you still jealous of A Xu?"
Gu Yan looked at him silently, Ye Zi pouted, and could only tell the truth: "I don't want to disturb you..."
Gu Yan said softly: "You come to see me, there is no need to bother me. I saw you, and it was too late to be happy."
"Really?"
Gu Yan nodded: "Naturally."
Ye Zi was so coaxed by his few words that her heart was as sweet as honey, and she couldn't help but leaned forward to kiss him again.
Gu Yan avoided it this time.
Ye Zi frowned in dissatisfaction. Before he could speak, Gu Yan took the lead and said, "It's getting dark, if you're still delaying here, do you still want to go out to play?"
Ye Zi was taken aback: "Going out of the palace?"
Gu Yan pinched his face and said, "Otherwise, what do you think, after finishing all the affairs early today, I'm looking around for you? Did you come here to see you teach the prince how to practice swords?"
Ye Zi still didn't react: "But why so suddenly, what day is today?"
Gu Yan was too lazy to talk to him, and said, "Are you going or not?"
"Of course!"
The two changed into ordinary folk costumes and left the palace gate before dark.
The long street is decorated with lanterns and festoons, which is lively and festive.
It wasn't until this time that Ye Zi came to his senses belatedly. It turned out that today is the folk Qixi Festival.
Most of the people on the street were in groups. Gu Yan dragged Ye Zi through the crowd, carefully protecting him in his arms when there were many people, so as not to be bumped by others.
Suddenly, a shout came to the ears of the two: "Master, do you want to buy a flower crown?"
Ye Zi's gaze was quickly attracted to the flower seller, who was a gray-haired old woman, holding a corolla made of bouquets in her hand.
The corolla is woven deftly, and a few small flowers are dotted on the corolla, which is very beautiful.
If Gu Yan wears it...
Ye Zi thought about it for a while, and the little thoughts in her heart became more and more excited. She scratched her heart and wanted to see Gu Yan put it on, but she couldn't help but stop.
Seeing him stop, Gu Yan followed his gaze and asked, "Do you also want things from your daughter's house?"
"Who said it belonged to my daughter's house..." Ye Zi didn't dare to say that he wanted to buy it for Gu Yan, so he could only mutter falteringly.
Gu Yan shook his head helplessly, and dragged him to the booth.
That mother-in-law's business is very good, and the corolla has attracted many people to buy as soon as it was put out, and the booth was crowded.When the two squeezed to the booth, there was only the last one left.
Gu Yan was about to speak, when a loud voice suddenly came in from the side, and said first: "Wrap this bouquet of flowers for me."
Gu Yan: "..."
Ye Zi: "..."
It's a long life, and in broad daylight, someone dares to snatch things from the current saint?
But...why does this voice sound so familiar?
The two looked in that direction at the same time, and a tall man squeezed through the crowd with his height advantage, blocking most of them behind.The man had a handsome face, with a heroic look on his brows, but there was a bit of aggression in his expression, he didn't look like he was here to buy things, but on the contrary, he looked like he was here to rob a house.
It turned out to be Wen Yi.
Ever since Gu Yan succeeded to the throne, the Wen family's forces have been uprooted by Gu Yan.The Wen family punishes those who deserve to be killed, those who deserve to be exiled, and those who deserve to be dismissed from their posts. However, Gu Yan always treats those who have no ill will.
Wen Yi made meritorious deeds in guarding the frontier and was loyal and benevolent. Not only was he not implicated, but Gu Yanjin made him a general of hussars.
Ye Zi couldn't help but smile bitterly, but Gu Yan was not polite at all, stepped forward, and Wen Ya said, "Shopkeeper, I want this bouquet of flowers."
When Wen Yi heard the voice, he subconsciously looked at Gu Yan and froze in place.
"Huang... Huang..." Wen Yi opened his mouth in astonishment, but he didn't dare to call out that title.
The old woman who bought the corolla looked at Wen Yi, then at Gu Yan, wondering: "There is only the last one left, who wants it?"
Wen Yi had a complicated expression and didn't dare to speak.
Gu Yan raised his eyes to look at him, and said calmly: "Young master, my wife likes this corolla very much, so please give me a cut."
Wen Yi's lips moved, as if he was a little unwilling and did not dare to compete with the current emperor.
Before he could speak, a female voice came in from outside the crowd: "Mr. Wen, can you do it? If you can't buy it, I'm leaving!"
Ye Zi and Gu Yan were all too familiar with that voice.
"No, you wait—" Wen Yi hurriedly responded, then turned around and said to Gu Yan in embarrassment, "Well, the emperor... no, this young master, I... my friend also likes this very much, can you do something about it, young master?" convenient?"
Seeing him like this, Ye Zi suddenly became interested, and said intentionally, "Young master, you should come first, first served. You just jumped in the queue. According to the order, this corolla should belong to us, right?"
Wen Yi's expression changed, and he was in a dilemma for a while.
When the three of them were in a stalemate, they stretched out a hand from the side and put a piece of silver on the stall: "Shopkeeper, I bought this corolla."
After saying this, he stretched out his hand and lightly took the flower crown from the three of them.
"..."
The three of them didn't expect this change, and turned their heads to look in that direction.Pei Ge conveniently put the flower crown on Pei Wan'er's head, and said, "You should be happy now."
"Thank you brother."
Pei Wan'er smiled, and dragged Wen Zhi forward.Wen Zhi subconsciously looked back at Pei Ge, and disappeared into the crowd with Pei Wan'er.
Wen Yi didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly turned and chased after her: "Wan'er, Wan'er, wait for me—"
Gu Yan and Ye Zi walked to Pei Ge's side, Gu Yan had a smile that was not a smile: "Doctor Pei, you are so brave to grab something from me."
Pei Ge bowed his hands to Gu Yan and saluted: "Your Majesty, don't blame me."
He paused, and said unhurriedly: "In this market place, even if His Majesty and the Great General come, they must follow the rules. Caomin paid the silver taels first, and the things naturally belong to me."
"Unreasonable..." Gu Yan shook his head, but didn't say anything more.
It was just a bunch of flower crowns, neither he nor Ye Zi took it seriously.The two said goodbye to Pei Ge and continued to move forward.
Ye Zi didn't care about the corolla for a long time, she was still thinking about Wen Yi, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Then what's going on with Wen Yi, after so many years, why hasn't he chased him?"
Gu Yan glanced at him: "Those two men have lovers and concubines, but they didn't pierce the window paper, so don't worry about it."
Ye Zi tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "If you want me to tell you, otherwise, you might as well be a good person and make a decree to grant the marriage. Wen Yi is still in Chang'an during this time, so we should arrange the marriage earlier, so that we don't have to go back again." Going to the northwest, it's useless to delay other girls."
Gu Yan nodded: "Okay."
The two gradually walked out of the crowd and came to the bank of the river.
There is a row of willows planted on the bank of the river, and the long willow branches hang down to the river, swaying gently in the wind.
Ye Zi looked at the row of willows, and said to Gu Yan, "Wait for me here."
Gu Yan responded, and Ye Zi walked to the bank of the river in two or three steps, and broke a few willow branches casually.
The two sat down on the stone bridge. Ye Zi dexterously wove the wicker in his hand into a simple grass ring with dexterous fingers.
Gu Yan was a little surprised: "You know this?"
Ye Zi proudly said: "What is this, I know a lot."
Ye Zi finished weaving the grass ring, put the grass ring on Gu Yan's head, and smiled with satisfaction: "Although it's not as good-looking as that old woman's, it doesn't matter, who made my husband look good?"
As he spoke, he reached out and pinched Gu Yan's face frivolously.
Gu Yan's eyes darkened slightly, he grabbed his wrist, and said in a low voice, "Call again."
Before Ye Zi could answer, fireworks suddenly went off in the distance.Gorgeous fireworks exploded in the night sky, reflecting the darkness like a hundred days.
Ye Zi rolled her eyes, got up and left, "I'm going to watch the fireworks."
Gu Yan took two steps forward to block his way, trapped him in his arms, and coaxed him softly, "My good boy, call again."
Ye Zi didn't agree with him: "Get out of the way, stop me again, the fireworks will be over."
Gu Yandao: "If you want to see it, explain that I will find someone to buy it back and put it in the imperial city overnight."
Ye Zi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that others will say that you are too sensual?"
"Don't be afraid." Gu Yan looked down at him, and said softly, "My concubine, what did you call me just now, call me again."
Ye Zi was dazzled by his expression, shook his head, hated iron not to be steel, said: "It's not interesting, how can you say such things now, of course..."
Ye Zi leaned forward and whispered a few words in his ear.
Gu Yan was startled, Ye Zi just wanted to break free from his arms, but Gu Yan grabbed her back.Gu Yan hugged him in his arms, and thoughtfully said: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"...Go back to bed, let's talk slowly."
The two walked away together, and the fireworks in the distance were gorgeous, and in Chang'an City, a school of singing and dancing was peaceful.
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Ever since Gu Yan told Ye Zi that he could go to him at any time, Ye Zi no longer had to worry about the future, and ran to Gu Yan's bedroom, imperial study, and Yishi Pavilion whenever he had something to do.At the earliest time, he could go there with a cheeky face, but as the number of times increased, Ye Zi was afraid that the palace people would gossip, so he always forced himself to find a reason to meet Gu Yan.
Most of the reasons he came up with were because he had learned a new dish and wanted Gu Yan to taste it himself.
In just half a month, Ye Zi's culinary skills improved rapidly, but she almost overwhelmed Gu Yan.
Gu Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and forbade Ye Zi from entering the imperial dining room again.
There was no reason to cook, and Ye Zi couldn't think of any other way, so he had to find another way.
In the afternoon, the scorching sun scorched the ground hot.The eunuch guarding outside the imperial study was drowsy from the sun, and when he blinked, he saw a green thing flying past in front of him.
The little eunuch looked around but couldn't find anything, so he had to give up.
Above his head, a small green grass climbed on the carved beam, and let out a long breath.
This is the coup that Ye Zi came up with.
Since you can't go to Gu Yan in human form, it should be fine if you change back to your original form, as long as you don't get noticed.Little Green Grass crawled into the imperial study room along the cracks in the beams. Gu Yan was sitting in front of the desk, concentrating on grading the papers, and didn't notice Ye Zi's arrival.
Seeing that he was busy, Ye Zi didn't dare to disturb him.He climbed behind Gu Yan, slid down the wall silently, groped and slipped under Gu Yan's dragon chair, squatted on the ground and looked up at him without making a sound.
After about an hour or so, Gu Yan finished reading the booklet at hand, pressed the center of his eyebrows, and leaned on the back of the chair to rest.
As soon as he relaxed, he felt something gently tug on his trousers.
Gu Yan frowned, and looked down, but there was nothing.
Gu Yan didn't think too much, poured a cup of tea on his own, and called the eunuch outside the door, asking him to bring him some refreshments.Several eunuchs quickly entered the imperial study room with refreshments. Gu Yan leaned on the table and chairs and waited for them to put the delicate refreshments on the table, when he suddenly felt that someone pulled him down again.
It feels clearer now.
Ye Zi pressed her body under the table, retracted her deadly beard, and carefully listened to the movement on the table.Seeing that Gu Yan didn't respond, Ye Zi stretched out the stem again.
The slender stems burrowed into Gu Yan's trouser legs, clinging to the fabric and slowly climbing up until they were about to touch a certain place.
Gu Yan suddenly said: "What is the imperial concubine doing today?"
The eunuch replied: "The imperial concubine seems to have been resting in the palace today, and did not go to other places."
Gu Yan's voice paused for a moment, and he said again: "Understood, let's go down."
"Yes."
Some footsteps sounded, the eunuch walked out, and the door of the imperial study was closed again.
Gu Yan seemed not aware of anything, and took a sip of tea calmly.
Ye Zi snickered in her heart, and stretched out her whiskers towards Gu Yan again.But this time, before he touched Gu Yan, a hand stretched out from the table, and grabbed his beard impartially in his hand.
Little Green Grass trembled slightly in fright, and was pulled out of the table by strong force.
Gu Yan put the trembling little green grass on the table, his eyes darkened slightly: "What are you doing again?"
Ye Zi curled up into a ball with guilt, not daring to look at him: "I...I came to find you."
Gu Yan was about to be laughed at by him, and he said helplessly, "You want to find me, but you can't come here in a fair manner? What are you doing, hiding under the table to take advantage of me?"
"I didn't." Ye Zi quickly retorted, regretful in her heart, "I...you were busy when I came here just now, so I hid below and waited for you. But...but I just couldn't hold back for a while."
After he finished speaking, he felt that this sounded a bit too wild, so he hurriedly added: "I can't help it, but I see that you are too tired, and I want to help you relax."
Relax and relax.
Hearing his words, Gu Yan not only didn't feel relaxed, but even felt a burst of evil fire in his heart for no reason.His eyes darkened, and his voice became hoarse: "How do you want to relax?"
Ye Zi curled herself up a little tighter, and didn't answer any more.
Gu Yan leaned forward, gently opened his branches, and gently brushed his leaves with his fingers: "Azi, you can't help me like this."
His voice was astonishingly hoarse, the tips of the small green grass trembled slightly, and he wanted to hide subconsciously.
Gu Yan didn't let him escape, and spoke softly, his voice was almost bewitching: "Azi, you change back, I'll teach you how to do it."
……
After that day, Ye Zi didn't want to set foot in the imperial study room for a long time, especially he didn't dare to see the dragon chair in the imperial study room, his legs softened when he saw it.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, he first took care of the ministers who had criticized him in the court, and then dealt with the Wen family who intended to rebel.After some actions, the country that was already riddled with holes suddenly became more precarious.
However, the new emperor implemented the New Deal in the second year of his succession, promulgating a series of laws to restrain officials.In less than half a year, the whole world has completely changed from top to bottom.
The implementation of the New Deal was in full swing, and Gu Yan's reputation among the people rose rapidly.
Apart from the New Deal, the second thing the new emperor did was to dismiss the harem.
The original Princess Rui was conferred the title of imperial concubine. Besides, all the palace people and female relatives in the palace were expelled from the palace, and the position of empress was vacant.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there has never been a practice of leaving the post vacant, and Gu Yan's move has caused a lot of controversy.Some people bluntly advised them, but all those who forced marriages were reprimanded by Gu Yan with the words "on behalf of the emperor", telling them to find the real prince.
No matter how anxious the minister was, it was impossible to force marriage to the little prince who was less than ten years old.Gradually, no one dared to touch this brow.
After becoming a concubine, Ye Zi didn't let herself be idle, she went to the Prince's East Palace whenever she had something to do, to teach Gu Xu about literature and martial arts, and urge him to do his homework.
Gu Xu has matured precociously since he was a child, and after experiencing power disputes and dynasty changes, he is more sensible than before.He studies hard every day and is familiar with government affairs, and Ye Zi, who teaches and supervises him, also gets busy.
Emperor Jinghe left behind a crumbling world, with a lot of waste waiting to be rebuilt. It is conceivable that it will take a lot of effort to reshape this decayed foundation.Ever since Gu Yan became the emperor and was busy with government affairs every day, there were not many things Ye Zi could help with, and Gu Yan didn't want him to work too hard, so Ye Zi could only find things to do by himself.
The sooner you teach Gu Xu to be on his own, the sooner you can take over the country from Gu Yan.
Ye Zi thought so, but Gu Yan didn't think so.
Her own imperial concubine ran to the Prince's East Palace more diligently than her own bedroom, a man couldn't stand it.
This day, Gu Yan finished handling the government affairs early and rushed to the imperial concubine's bedroom, but he didn't see anyone.After asking someone, Ye Zi was indeed at the prince's place again.Gu Yan held back his anger and drove to the East Palace.
Before entering the palace gate, the sound of weapons clashing could be heard from a distance.
In a small open space outside the bedroom, two figures came and went, fighting vigorously.
The eunuch next to him was about to pass the message, but Gu Yan waved his hand and stopped him.He stood beside the palace wall with his arms folded and waited quietly, with a calm expression and no emotion.
Under Ye Zi's personal teaching, Gu Xu's background has improved by leaps and bounds. He has just turned ten years old, but he has already been able to fight Ye Zi for several rounds with a sword.
But no matter how fast he is improving, he is not worth mentioning compared to Ye Zi.
Ye Zi guided Gu Xu to make moves with ease, but he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.Ye Zi was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, just in time to meet Gu Yan's eyes.
It is impossible to say that Ye Zi does not want to stick to Gu Yan at all.
If it were his way of thinking, he wished he could stick to Gu Yan for twelve hours a day.But Gu Yan has just succeeded to the throne, and there are too many things to deal with, Ye Zi understands that he is busy and does not want to disturb him.
He has been busy teaching Gu Xu recently, so he somewhat has the idea of diverting his attention.
In the past, Ye Zi forced herself not to think about Gu Yan, kept that thought in her heart, and tried not to cause trouble for Gu Yan.But this kind of thought can't be suppressed, even if it can be stopped, it will only accumulate and deepen.
So when Ye Zi suddenly saw Gu Yan, his mind immediately went blank, his eyes were filled with nothing but the tall and cold figure.
During the martial arts competition, it is most forbidden to be distracted, even if he is just a beginner in front of him.
Gu Xu's swordsmanship is not yet proficient, even if he notices Ye Zi's distraction, he can't stop his movements for a while.
The sharp edge of the sword stabbed towards Ye Zi uncontrollably, before Ye Zi could react, Gu Yan stepped forward first, gently wrapped his arms around his waist, led him back a few steps, and dodged the sword.
Ye Zi fell into a familiar embrace, her heart beating fiercely in her chest several times.He was held in Gu Yan's arms, and before he could speak, Gu Yan sighed in a low voice: "When will you save me some trouble?"
Ye Zi knew she was wrong, but she didn't want to give in, and said back, "It's obvious that you came over suddenly and distracted me."
In the whole world, he is the only one who dares to talk to Gu Yan like that.
The Son of Heaven was not angry, he looked indifferent, and said indifferently: "Since that's the case, then I will leave first?"
Said, pretending to turn around and leave.
"Don't." Ye Zi hurriedly grabbed the sleeve of his dragon robe, and felt that he shouldn't make such an appearance in front of the juniors, so he let go of his hand angrily, and said softly, "Don't go."
Gu Yan's heart softened when he heard his voice, he shook his head and said nothing.
He turned his head and looked at Gu Xu.
The two righteous masters didn't think there was anything wrong with the accident just now, and they were still talking calmly, but the other people present were scared out of their wits.Kneeling inside and out of the palace, Gu Xu stood in front of the crowd, also kneeling and saluting.
Realizing that Gu Yan was looking at him, Gu Xu stammered: "Your Majesty atones, minister... minister..."
Gu Xu has been a little afraid of his cousin since he was a child, but now that Gu Yan is the emperor, the relationship between them is even more cautious.However, if he knew that the reason why Gu Yan had always treated him very harshly was because he was angry that he spent more time alone with the imperial concubine than he did, then Gu Yan might not be so nervous anymore.
Gu Yan's expression was complicated when he saw Gu Xu, but he couldn't really teach him a lesson, so he had to give up: "No problem, it's just that swords have no eyes, so be more careful in the future."
Gu Xu: "Yes."
After Gu Yan finished speaking, he pulled Ye Zi to go outside.Ye Zi didn't realize what he was going to do for a moment, and said in a daze, "I'm still teaching Ah Xu how to use swordsmanship."
Gu Yan held back his anger, turned his head and said calmly: "Then do you want to continue teaching, or go with me?"
Ye Zi hesitated for a second, without even thinking about it, he said, "Let's go with you."
The two left the Prince's East Palace.
Gu Yan waved away the eunuch in charge, did not call Yu Jia, pulled Ye Zi into the gazebo in the imperial garden, pressed Ye Zi on the chair of the gazebo and kissed her involuntarily, so as to "teach me a lesson".
After a while, Ye Zi became short of breath from the kiss, and blushed from the face to the neck.
But even so, when Gu Yan let go, Ye Zi was still unsatisfied, pulling the other party's skirt and chasing after him.
Gu Yan pulled some distance away from him, and said with a smile: "Why are you so impatient and miss me so much?"
"I just miss you." Ye Zi leaned on Gu Yan's chest, listening to Gu Yan's strong heartbeat, her voice was soft and full of deep attachment, "I miss you so much."
Gu Yan stroked his hair, and said intentionally, "I don't think I would come to see me and run to Gu Xu's place?"
Ye Zi looked up at him, and asked in surprise, "Why are you still jealous of A Xu?"
Gu Yan looked at him silently, Ye Zi pouted, and could only tell the truth: "I don't want to disturb you..."
Gu Yan said softly: "You come to see me, there is no need to bother me. I saw you, and it was too late to be happy."
"Really?"
Gu Yan nodded: "Naturally."
Ye Zi was so coaxed by his few words that her heart was as sweet as honey, and she couldn't help but leaned forward to kiss him again.
Gu Yan avoided it this time.
Ye Zi frowned in dissatisfaction. Before he could speak, Gu Yan took the lead and said, "It's getting dark, if you're still delaying here, do you still want to go out to play?"
Ye Zi was taken aback: "Going out of the palace?"
Gu Yan pinched his face and said, "Otherwise, what do you think, after finishing all the affairs early today, I'm looking around for you? Did you come here to see you teach the prince how to practice swords?"
Ye Zi still didn't react: "But why so suddenly, what day is today?"
Gu Yan was too lazy to talk to him, and said, "Are you going or not?"
"Of course!"
The two changed into ordinary folk costumes and left the palace gate before dark.
The long street is decorated with lanterns and festoons, which is lively and festive.
It wasn't until this time that Ye Zi came to his senses belatedly. It turned out that today is the folk Qixi Festival.
Most of the people on the street were in groups. Gu Yan dragged Ye Zi through the crowd, carefully protecting him in his arms when there were many people, so as not to be bumped by others.
Suddenly, a shout came to the ears of the two: "Master, do you want to buy a flower crown?"
Ye Zi's gaze was quickly attracted to the flower seller, who was a gray-haired old woman, holding a corolla made of bouquets in her hand.
The corolla is woven deftly, and a few small flowers are dotted on the corolla, which is very beautiful.
If Gu Yan wears it...
Ye Zi thought about it for a while, and the little thoughts in her heart became more and more excited. She scratched her heart and wanted to see Gu Yan put it on, but she couldn't help but stop.
Seeing him stop, Gu Yan followed his gaze and asked, "Do you also want things from your daughter's house?"
"Who said it belonged to my daughter's house..." Ye Zi didn't dare to say that he wanted to buy it for Gu Yan, so he could only mutter falteringly.
Gu Yan shook his head helplessly, and dragged him to the booth.
That mother-in-law's business is very good, and the corolla has attracted many people to buy as soon as it was put out, and the booth was crowded.When the two squeezed to the booth, there was only the last one left.
Gu Yan was about to speak, when a loud voice suddenly came in from the side, and said first: "Wrap this bouquet of flowers for me."
Gu Yan: "..."
Ye Zi: "..."
It's a long life, and in broad daylight, someone dares to snatch things from the current saint?
But...why does this voice sound so familiar?
The two looked in that direction at the same time, and a tall man squeezed through the crowd with his height advantage, blocking most of them behind.The man had a handsome face, with a heroic look on his brows, but there was a bit of aggression in his expression, he didn't look like he was here to buy things, but on the contrary, he looked like he was here to rob a house.
It turned out to be Wen Yi.
Ever since Gu Yan succeeded to the throne, the Wen family's forces have been uprooted by Gu Yan.The Wen family punishes those who deserve to be killed, those who deserve to be exiled, and those who deserve to be dismissed from their posts. However, Gu Yan always treats those who have no ill will.
Wen Yi made meritorious deeds in guarding the frontier and was loyal and benevolent. Not only was he not implicated, but Gu Yanjin made him a general of hussars.
Ye Zi couldn't help but smile bitterly, but Gu Yan was not polite at all, stepped forward, and Wen Ya said, "Shopkeeper, I want this bouquet of flowers."
When Wen Yi heard the voice, he subconsciously looked at Gu Yan and froze in place.
"Huang... Huang..." Wen Yi opened his mouth in astonishment, but he didn't dare to call out that title.
The old woman who bought the corolla looked at Wen Yi, then at Gu Yan, wondering: "There is only the last one left, who wants it?"
Wen Yi had a complicated expression and didn't dare to speak.
Gu Yan raised his eyes to look at him, and said calmly: "Young master, my wife likes this corolla very much, so please give me a cut."
Wen Yi's lips moved, as if he was a little unwilling and did not dare to compete with the current emperor.
Before he could speak, a female voice came in from outside the crowd: "Mr. Wen, can you do it? If you can't buy it, I'm leaving!"
Ye Zi and Gu Yan were all too familiar with that voice.
"No, you wait—" Wen Yi hurriedly responded, then turned around and said to Gu Yan in embarrassment, "Well, the emperor... no, this young master, I... my friend also likes this very much, can you do something about it, young master?" convenient?"
Seeing him like this, Ye Zi suddenly became interested, and said intentionally, "Young master, you should come first, first served. You just jumped in the queue. According to the order, this corolla should belong to us, right?"
Wen Yi's expression changed, and he was in a dilemma for a while.
When the three of them were in a stalemate, they stretched out a hand from the side and put a piece of silver on the stall: "Shopkeeper, I bought this corolla."
After saying this, he stretched out his hand and lightly took the flower crown from the three of them.
"..."
The three of them didn't expect this change, and turned their heads to look in that direction.Pei Ge conveniently put the flower crown on Pei Wan'er's head, and said, "You should be happy now."
"Thank you brother."
Pei Wan'er smiled, and dragged Wen Zhi forward.Wen Zhi subconsciously looked back at Pei Ge, and disappeared into the crowd with Pei Wan'er.
Wen Yi didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly turned and chased after her: "Wan'er, Wan'er, wait for me—"
Gu Yan and Ye Zi walked to Pei Ge's side, Gu Yan had a smile that was not a smile: "Doctor Pei, you are so brave to grab something from me."
Pei Ge bowed his hands to Gu Yan and saluted: "Your Majesty, don't blame me."
He paused, and said unhurriedly: "In this market place, even if His Majesty and the Great General come, they must follow the rules. Caomin paid the silver taels first, and the things naturally belong to me."
"Unreasonable..." Gu Yan shook his head, but didn't say anything more.
It was just a bunch of flower crowns, neither he nor Ye Zi took it seriously.The two said goodbye to Pei Ge and continued to move forward.
Ye Zi didn't care about the corolla for a long time, she was still thinking about Wen Yi, she couldn't help laughing and said, "Then what's going on with Wen Yi, after so many years, why hasn't he chased him?"
Gu Yan glanced at him: "Those two men have lovers and concubines, but they didn't pierce the window paper, so don't worry about it."
Ye Zi tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "If you want me to tell you, otherwise, you might as well be a good person and make a decree to grant the marriage. Wen Yi is still in Chang'an during this time, so we should arrange the marriage earlier, so that we don't have to go back again." Going to the northwest, it's useless to delay other girls."
Gu Yan nodded: "Okay."
The two gradually walked out of the crowd and came to the bank of the river.
There is a row of willows planted on the bank of the river, and the long willow branches hang down to the river, swaying gently in the wind.
Ye Zi looked at the row of willows, and said to Gu Yan, "Wait for me here."
Gu Yan responded, and Ye Zi walked to the bank of the river in two or three steps, and broke a few willow branches casually.
The two sat down on the stone bridge. Ye Zi dexterously wove the wicker in his hand into a simple grass ring with dexterous fingers.
Gu Yan was a little surprised: "You know this?"
Ye Zi proudly said: "What is this, I know a lot."
Ye Zi finished weaving the grass ring, put the grass ring on Gu Yan's head, and smiled with satisfaction: "Although it's not as good-looking as that old woman's, it doesn't matter, who made my husband look good?"
As he spoke, he reached out and pinched Gu Yan's face frivolously.
Gu Yan's eyes darkened slightly, he grabbed his wrist, and said in a low voice, "Call again."
Before Ye Zi could answer, fireworks suddenly went off in the distance.Gorgeous fireworks exploded in the night sky, reflecting the darkness like a hundred days.
Ye Zi rolled her eyes, got up and left, "I'm going to watch the fireworks."
Gu Yan took two steps forward to block his way, trapped him in his arms, and coaxed him softly, "My good boy, call again."
Ye Zi didn't agree with him: "Get out of the way, stop me again, the fireworks will be over."
Gu Yandao: "If you want to see it, explain that I will find someone to buy it back and put it in the imperial city overnight."
Ye Zi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that others will say that you are too sensual?"
"Don't be afraid." Gu Yan looked down at him, and said softly, "My concubine, what did you call me just now, call me again."
Ye Zi was dazzled by his expression, shook his head, hated iron not to be steel, said: "It's not interesting, how can you say such things now, of course..."
Ye Zi leaned forward and whispered a few words in his ear.
Gu Yan was startled, Ye Zi just wanted to break free from his arms, but Gu Yan grabbed her back.Gu Yan hugged him in his arms, and thoughtfully said: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"...Go back to bed, let's talk slowly."
The two walked away together, and the fireworks in the distance were gorgeous, and in Chang'an City, a school of singing and dancing was peaceful.
……
Ever since Gu Yan told Ye Zi that he could go to him at any time, Ye Zi no longer had to worry about the future, and ran to Gu Yan's bedroom, imperial study, and Yishi Pavilion whenever he had something to do.At the earliest time, he could go there with a cheeky face, but as the number of times increased, Ye Zi was afraid that the palace people would gossip, so he always forced himself to find a reason to meet Gu Yan.
Most of the reasons he came up with were because he had learned a new dish and wanted Gu Yan to taste it himself.
In just half a month, Ye Zi's culinary skills improved rapidly, but she almost overwhelmed Gu Yan.
Gu Yan couldn't bear it anymore, and forbade Ye Zi from entering the imperial dining room again.
There was no reason to cook, and Ye Zi couldn't think of any other way, so he had to find another way.
In the afternoon, the scorching sun scorched the ground hot.The eunuch guarding outside the imperial study was drowsy from the sun, and when he blinked, he saw a green thing flying past in front of him.
The little eunuch looked around but couldn't find anything, so he had to give up.
Above his head, a small green grass climbed on the carved beam, and let out a long breath.
This is the coup that Ye Zi came up with.
Since you can't go to Gu Yan in human form, it should be fine if you change back to your original form, as long as you don't get noticed.Little Green Grass crawled into the imperial study room along the cracks in the beams. Gu Yan was sitting in front of the desk, concentrating on grading the papers, and didn't notice Ye Zi's arrival.
Seeing that he was busy, Ye Zi didn't dare to disturb him.He climbed behind Gu Yan, slid down the wall silently, groped and slipped under Gu Yan's dragon chair, squatted on the ground and looked up at him without making a sound.
After about an hour or so, Gu Yan finished reading the booklet at hand, pressed the center of his eyebrows, and leaned on the back of the chair to rest.
As soon as he relaxed, he felt something gently tug on his trousers.
Gu Yan frowned, and looked down, but there was nothing.
Gu Yan didn't think too much, poured a cup of tea on his own, and called the eunuch outside the door, asking him to bring him some refreshments.Several eunuchs quickly entered the imperial study room with refreshments. Gu Yan leaned on the table and chairs and waited for them to put the delicate refreshments on the table, when he suddenly felt that someone pulled him down again.
It feels clearer now.
Ye Zi pressed her body under the table, retracted her deadly beard, and carefully listened to the movement on the table.Seeing that Gu Yan didn't respond, Ye Zi stretched out the stem again.
The slender stems burrowed into Gu Yan's trouser legs, clinging to the fabric and slowly climbing up until they were about to touch a certain place.
Gu Yan suddenly said: "What is the imperial concubine doing today?"
The eunuch replied: "The imperial concubine seems to have been resting in the palace today, and did not go to other places."
Gu Yan's voice paused for a moment, and he said again: "Understood, let's go down."
"Yes."
Some footsteps sounded, the eunuch walked out, and the door of the imperial study was closed again.
Gu Yan seemed not aware of anything, and took a sip of tea calmly.
Ye Zi snickered in her heart, and stretched out her whiskers towards Gu Yan again.But this time, before he touched Gu Yan, a hand stretched out from the table, and grabbed his beard impartially in his hand.
Little Green Grass trembled slightly in fright, and was pulled out of the table by strong force.
Gu Yan put the trembling little green grass on the table, his eyes darkened slightly: "What are you doing again?"
Ye Zi curled up into a ball with guilt, not daring to look at him: "I...I came to find you."
Gu Yan was about to be laughed at by him, and he said helplessly, "You want to find me, but you can't come here in a fair manner? What are you doing, hiding under the table to take advantage of me?"
"I didn't." Ye Zi quickly retorted, regretful in her heart, "I...you were busy when I came here just now, so I hid below and waited for you. But...but I just couldn't hold back for a while."
After he finished speaking, he felt that this sounded a bit too wild, so he hurriedly added: "I can't help it, but I see that you are too tired, and I want to help you relax."
Relax and relax.
Hearing his words, Gu Yan not only didn't feel relaxed, but even felt a burst of evil fire in his heart for no reason.His eyes darkened, and his voice became hoarse: "How do you want to relax?"
Ye Zi curled herself up a little tighter, and didn't answer any more.
Gu Yan leaned forward, gently opened his branches, and gently brushed his leaves with his fingers: "Azi, you can't help me like this."
His voice was astonishingly hoarse, the tips of the small green grass trembled slightly, and he wanted to hide subconsciously.
Gu Yan didn't let him escape, and spoke softly, his voice was almost bewitching: "Azi, you change back, I'll teach you how to do it."
……
After that day, Ye Zi didn't want to set foot in the imperial study room for a long time, especially he didn't dare to see the dragon chair in the imperial study room, his legs softened when he saw it.
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