She was about to speak, but she felt a lightness under her feet and her body seemed to fly away. When she looked sideways, Mu Zili appeared out of nowhere and was hanging in the air with her in his arms.
"Does it still hurt?" Mu Zili put his sleeves on her forehead and asked softly.
Xi Meng's heart felt warm and she had already forgotten the pain. She just looked at his handsome face and smiled foolishly, "Why are you here?"
Mu Zili saw that she was fine, so he floated down with her and landed firmly in front of Gong Bo Long Hai, saying: "When I came down from the mountain, I happened to see Long Hai here, so I stopped by to take a look."
The smoke was so choking that Shi Meng coughed repeatedly, and his face turned red in an instant. When Gong Bo Long Hai saw it, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Ahem! I made Master laugh. This time
Being greedy and quick, I used tree bark as the material but forgot about the heat, which is why the whole courtyard was filled with smoke."
Shi Meng's pretty face was wrinkled, and she covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves, signaling him to leave the place first.
Purple bamboo forest, gentle breeze and faint fragrance of bamboo.
Beside the stone table, Shi Meng was looking down at the playing cards on the table with joy. It turned out that Gongbo Longhai had heard her talk about the patterns of playing cards earlier, so he secretly drew a pattern. The paper made from purple bamboo yesterday was very hard.
It was higher than usual, so he made a deck of cards for her according to those patterns.
"Come on, come on! Mu Mu, come on, sit down! Fight the Landlord! Always make money, let's have fun!"
Mu Zili was forced onto the stone bench by her, while Gong Bo Long Hai had already dealt the cards obediently.
She had been waiting for several days to finally play the game of Landlords, but before she could even shout out the word "landlords", she was disturbed by the hurried arrival of a boy.
It turned out that a distinguished guest came to the mansion.
Sima Luocheng, whom he hadn't seen for many days, finally couldn't help but visit in person.
In fact, on the day Sima Luocheng ascended the throne, he had ordered the Minister of Rites to personally lead two teams of honor guards to the other courtyard at the foot of Dengyun Mountain, and invited Simeng and Mu Zili to the Chaoyang Palace to watch the ceremony with the courtesy of a national master.
But they politely refused, and even closed the door to thank guests. It has been nearly half a month.
After that, Sima Luocheng ordered people to send several boxes of rewards one after another, but Mu Zili returned them all one by one.
Even the ice silk dress that he specially ordered the palace weaving department to rush and ordered the etiquette officer to deliver to Simeng, was rejected by Mu Zili.
Originally, he was the new king, and everything in the court was complicated. Furthermore, the Shang army had already broken through Guizhou City, and was now marching towards Chenzhou, which was downstream of Ruoshui.
Unfortunately, there are no generals available in the government and no one can be trusted.
However, this battle is of great importance. It is a dangerous move. If the siege cannot be rescued in time, it may be self-defeating. Not to mention Chenzhou, even Xuanyang City will be in danger.
Sima Luocheng thought about it again and again, so he changed into regular clothes and came to the other courtyard alone.
The boy on duty at the door recognized him from afar as a young man who had stayed here before, and went to greet him before he came to the door.
"Oh! It's been a long time, young master! But it's quite unfortunate that you came to see my young master. He is busy today..." The young man smiled flatteringly and was very enthusiastic, but Sima Luocheng's face was expressionless, which made
The boy swallowed the rest of his words.
"Sorry! Please tell me that Luocheng needs to see Miss Meng and Mr. Mu!" Seeing the boy's smile quickly condense, Sima Luocheng realized that he didn't know his identity, and now something happened.
Please, he said quickly with a smile on his face.
The young man was kind-hearted. He knew that he was a friend of the young master. Although he felt a little unhappy, he did not dare to neglect him. "Young master, please go to the side hall to have tea. I will go and pass the news on my behalf!"
As the boy walked into the courtyard, he saw that the crabapples that were still blooming in front of the corridor had withered, and their yellow branches were exposed under the melting ice and snow.
Just looking at the purple bamboo forest in the northwest corner from a distance, it is still as green as ever, and has not been affected by the wind and snow.
Sima Luocheng had just sat down in the side hall when he suddenly smelled the fragrance of wood. He looked up and saw Mu Zili and Shi Meng slowly walking in from outside the hall.
When the two of them saw him, they both bowed and saluted, "I have met you, Your Majesty!"
"You two, please don't do this! Luocheng deserves it!" Sima Luocheng hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hands to help, with deep apology in his words.
"You are now the head of a country. Even if it is in private, you should not mess with the etiquette!" Although Shi Meng is a cheerful person, she still knows the courtesy of humiliation. No matter how close this person was to them before, now
Now that I have become a king, no matter how familiar I am, I don't dare to be as casual as before.
Mu Zili also nodded slightly, seeming to agree with her words.
They thought it was polite, but in Sima Luocheng's heart they felt alienated, but they insisted on doing so, and he couldn't say anything else.
It's just that my already chaotic thoughts are even more chaotic now, and I don't even know how to speak.
After sitting down, he just lowered his head and drank tea, sighing occasionally and saying nothing, making the atmosphere in the hall very awkward.
Mu Zili rarely spoke at all, so he didn't realize anything was wrong. However, from the moment he entered the door, he could see that he looked tired and clearly had something on his mind that was hard to express.
"Your Majesty, you haven't had a good rest?" Simeng asked casually out of concern. They had been hiding in other courtyards these days and were not aware of the movements in the court. After all, Luo City was carrying such a dirty reputation.
As for the throne, I am afraid that those ministers who usually criticize his actions will never surrender to him so easily.
Furthermore, the Taifu Song Xian was basically the work of Bai Lirong, the heroine of the Shang Dynasty. Although Song Xian had a small contribution to the Mei Concubine incident, it would not be right to keep a work from another country in his court no matter what.
OK. Now that he has ascended the throne, he should have made plans for this person in advance.
It's just that he is the king now, and she is just a nobody. It is always not good to interfere in other people's military and political affairs, so she thought twice in her heart and still just asked an insignificant question.
Simeng's seemingly simple greeting was as warm as the spring sun in Sima Luocheng's heart. Although she was unwilling to accept her kindness as a national teacher, she did not stay away from Xuanyang and go to the mountains to practice as she had said before. In this way, he has
Quite gratified.
Thinking of this, his expression softened slightly, and he gradually showed a smile. He put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at Xi Meng and Mu Zili, clasped his fists and said, "To be honest, Luo Cheng came here today to ask for something!"
Hearing this, Xi Meng was about to ask him what was going on, but Mu Zili stepped in and said, "Your Majesty, you should know that my junior sister and I are not from Kyushu, and we are traveling here under the orders of our Master. Now, I promise you that day.
The matter is over. As for the post of national advisor, please forgive me and I for not being able to accept it! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Mu Zili thought that Sima Luocheng still refused to let the two of them leave, and actually came to the door in person to impose the position of national advisor on others. He also knew that Shi Meng had always been a righteous person, and if he opened his mouth to say it, he would be in front of him.
It’s definitely hard to refuse the interview.
However, when the master left, he had told him to put the animal bones into a dragon turtle bone jade pot, and then he took Shi Meng to find a pure place to practice and wait for his old man to pick him up.