Fan Lihua always has a strange feeling every time she sees Wen Hao.
That day, Fan Lihua was carried back to Weiding City by Wen Hao on his saddle. As the war horse galloped and bumped along the way, the two people would inevitably have some physical contact, and they would be extremely close. Later, Fan Lihua was carried by Wen Hao
Hugging her in and out. Although Fan Lihua was in a semi-conscious state at the time, it was impossible for her to be completely unconscious. No man had ever had such close contact with her except her father. Even Yang Guang
Never before.
What happened next surprised Fan Lihua even more. This big man with thick hands and feet in front of her was actually able to cook fragrant millet porridge and feed her spoonfuls of it. It was precisely because of Wen Hao's careful care.
, Fan Lihua’s injury recovered so quickly.
However, from the day she was selected into Xiyuan, Fan Lihua regarded herself as Yang Guang's woman. Even though she knew Wen Hao's affection for her, she still kept her words.
Despite the cold reception, Wen Hao didn't notice it and still said with a smile: "Miss Fan, what do you think Wen Hao brought to you?"
At some point, Wen Hao had a birdcage in his hand, and in the cage a bird with colorful feathers was chirping.
The strange look on Fan Lihua's face flashed away, and in an instant she regained her iceberg-like coldness. She said lightly: "Where did this come from?"
Wen Hao felt the slight change in Fan Lihua's attitude and felt happy, saying, "Wen caught this from the Xihai Lake and gave it to Miss Fan."
In fact, Liu Ziqiu has been helping Wen Hao create opportunities to be alone with Fan Lihua. However, several days have passed without any progress, leaving Liu Ziqiu completely speechless. Last night, Liu Ziqiu specially called Wen Hao over for an interview and told him that he would
Use your brain, such as sending flowers or something. Liu Ziqiu is not an expert in picking up girls, but after watching movies and TV, he always knows some tricks. It is still possible to give Wen Hao some advice. Wen Hao left the city early in the morning, but
The ice and snow had not yet melted, so the flowers were naturally nowhere to be found. Fortunately, Wen Hao knew how to work around it and caught an unknown beautiful bird by the Xihai Lake. Unexpectedly, it aroused Fan Lihua's thoughts.
When she first entered Xiyuan, Fan Lihua became the head wife of Yinghui Courtyard. She led a group of beauties to sing, dance and sing all day long. Her life was so carefree. She was in charge of Yinghui Courtyard and assigned various tasks in the courtyard.
Naturally, she selected the objects first. These objects included various utensils, clothes, jewelry, musical instruments, and some pets. There were many kinds of pets, including civet cats, beagles, squirrels, and of course various birds. Fan Lihua was then
She chose a canary that was much more beautiful than the one in front of her. After practicing her sword every day, she would sit in front of the window with bird food and play with the birds. This became her greatest pleasure, until she accidentally became the imperial guard.
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Seeing the bird in front of her, Fan Lihua seemed to be back in Yinghui Courtyard, and she felt dazed for a while. Suddenly, Fan Lihua sighed, stretched out her hand and opened the cage door. The little bird peeked into the gap,
After fluttering for a moment, it flapped its wings and flew up into the blue sky. In an instant, it turned into a small black dot, getting further and further away.
Wen Hao was slightly startled and said, "Miss Fan, why did you let it go?"
To be honest, he spent a lot of effort catching this little bird, and he was a little bit reluctant to let it go just like that.
Fan Lihua said quietly: "General Wen doesn't know something. A bird in a cage is like a woman in a palace. She seems to have no worries about food and clothing, and unlimited scenery, but she has never been really happy in her heart. Look at this bird.
Son, now that he is free and at ease, that is the life he really wants to live. General, don’t be surprised if he makes his own decisions without asking the general."
"No wonder, no wonder!" Wen Hao waved his hands and said, "This bird was originally given to the girl by Wen. It is naturally up to the girl to decide how to deal with it."
Wen Hao had long been overjoyed to hear Fan Lihua say such a large number of words from her heart, why would he care about a bird.
After letting the bird go, Fan Lihua seemed to be in a much better mood. Although she still didn't smile, she was no longer as cold as before. She stared at the birdcage in Wen Hao's hand and said, "This one
The birdcage was given to you by Master Liu, right?"
There are almost no shops in Weiding City now. Where can I buy a birdcage in a hurry? It should only be found in the former Tuyuhun Palace. Although Fan Lihua likes to wield swords and guns, she is a woman after all, and women's senses are always more sensitive.
Liu Ziqiu's intention of letting a grown man take care of her was obvious. Fan Lihua could guess that Liu Ziqiu was bringing her and Wen Hao together, but she wanted to confirm it again through the source of the birdcage.
Wen Hao scratched his head and said sheepishly: "I made it up myself."
"You made it up!" Fan Lihua's pretty eyes widened as she looked at the "martial artist" in front of her in disbelief. Yes, in Fan Lihua's mind, Wen Hao was just a martial artist.
"When I was young, my family was poor," Wen Hao quickly explained when he saw Fan Lihua didn't believe it. "Every summer, I would catch some grasshoppers and sell them at the market to supplement the family income. However, I used to make grasshopper cages.
This is the first time I’ve made a birdcage. It’s not pretty and makes the girl laugh.”
In fact, the Fan family, like the Wen family, is a military household. The life of military households is slightly better than that of ordinary people, but they are also at the bottom of society. In times of famine, they still have no food to eat. When she was a child, Fan Lihua would
He would pick up some cicadas and take them to the drug store to exchange for money. He was so similar to Wen Hao.
Thinking of the childhood scene, Fan Lihua actually had a faint smile on her face, and even her voice became gentler: "The general is too modest. I think it was well done. I wonder if the general is willing to put this birdcage
Give it to me?"
In so many days, Fan Lihua showed a smile to Wen Hao for the first time. Wen Hao held the birdcage over with both hands and was so excited that he could hardly speak: "This, this is originally prepared for girls, of course.
Give it to the girl."
Seeing Wen Hao's embarrassed look, Fan Lihua felt sweet in her heart, but soon, the expression on her face turned gloomy again, she took the birdcage and walked towards her residence silently. In fact, Fan Lihua and Wen Hao are now
Living in the same courtyard, this was specially arranged by Liu Ziqiu in order to let them have more contact. But seeing Fan Lihua's face return to coldness, Wen Hao, who was full of joy just now, couldn't help but feel a little discouraged and forgot to chase her.
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Liu Ziqiu suddenly walked out of the study and asked with a smile: "Wen Hao, you just encountered such a little setback and are you discouraged?"
When Wen Hao and Fan Lihua were talking at the door of the study just now, Liu Ziqiu had been hiding inside and eavesdropping. Based on his experience, this matter was already very dramatic, so he naturally wanted to continue to encourage Wen Hao.
"Lord, alas." Wen Hao shook his head and sighed.
Liu Ziqiu said with a serious face: "Wen Hao, Liu asked you to attack a city, but you fail to conquer it repeatedly. What will happen?"
"Ah?" Wen Hao was stunned, and then he puffed up his chest and said, "Wen will risk his life to help the lord capture the city!"
Liu Ziqiu chuckled and said: "That's right. Miss Fan is a city in front of you. Do you have the confidence to conquer it?"
"have!"
"Then why are you standing there stunned? Why don't you catch up quickly!"
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At three o'clock in the morning, Wang Guizhi stretched out, leaned gently on the couch, and looked out the window. Suddenly he saw a pink thing floating up and down on the lake with the waves, like a human figure. Wang Guizhi was shocked and shouted:
"Oops, someone fell into the water again, help them quickly!"
After the panic of the first few days, no one was sent to become a monk, and no one was given as a gift to the heroes and soldiers. Shanglin Xiyuan has gradually returned to calm. But this calm is only on the surface, in everyone's heart
But it became more and more uncertain. Someone spread the news that the beauties who escaped from Qiyin Courtyard and the maiden Sasao who escaped from Cuihua Courtyard both escaped through waterways. So, some women with a little knowledge of water began to think about it.
, also wanted to escape from the garden through the waterway.
But not everyone can bear the cold water of the lake. In the past two days, a beauty and four palace maids have drowned in the lake. However, some people still came to rescue them.
After hearing the news, the eunuchs and palace maids rushed over to the boat and fished the woman out, but they had already died for a long time.
Judging from her clothes, it was another beauty who drowned this time, but it is not clear which hospital she belonged to. However, like the others who drowned before, this beauty still held her hands tightly before she died.
A baggage. The baggage was heavy, probably stuffed with gold and silver. Wang Guizhi shook his head secretly. If they hadn't been greedy for the money, maybe they could have escaped from the garden through the waterway. It is true that people die for money.
Yang Gao was not yet one year old, and he would start crying and fussing after sitting in the main hall for a long time. The early court meeting was actually meaningless. Anyway, the power was now in the hands of Li Yuan, so Li Yuan simply found another place to discuss matters outside the palace.
Place. There is a luxurious mansion on Zhuque Street. It was originally a villa of the Yang family. Now it has been confiscated by the court and is empty. Li Yuan chose this place. Now, all the ministers have gathered here.
Discussing how to deal with what happened in Xiyuan.
Gao Shilian muttered: "It's a lie that the palace maiden threw herself into the lake, but it's true that she wanted to escape from the garden. Now that the late emperor has passed away and the new emperor is still young, why not send all the beauties and palace ladies in Xiyuan away and distribute them to the Ning family? Naturally, they won't
There will be another drowning incident into the lake."
Pei Ji knew Li Yuan's intentions, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Master Gao, that's wrong. Although Xiyuan is not a palace, the beauties and maids in it are also members of the royal family. If they are distributed to the Ning family, where will the dignity of the royal family be? If you want to
The palace ladies and beauties in Xiyuan no longer threw themselves into the lake, so they had to build sluices to stop their thoughts. The late emperor was quite foresight at the time and proposed to build several sluices in Shanglin Xiyuan, but later because Yongji was to be built at the same time,
The canal and the Jiangnan Canal were short of craftsmen, so we suspended the work. Now that the Yongji Canal and the Jiangnan Canal are open to traffic, why doesn’t Mr. Li call back the craftsmen to build the sluices?”