"Your yard is so cold." In the morning sun, the cold air in the early morning had dissipated, but when a maid named Hongli walked into Hu Ji's courtyard, she shivered in a cold manner.
When she looked at it intently, she realized that in this small courtyard where she was not unfamiliar, there were actually many places where a thick layer of frost was condensed, reflecting the sunlight, which seemed to make the sunlight feel a little cold.
"Is it a little cold, Sister Hong, are you?" Hu Ji, who was cleaning up her belongings in the room, raised her head and asked Hongli through the open window.
"Help you pack your things. Today, I and your master are about to move out. The eldest young master asked me to come over and see what can help you." Hongli said, she was the good sister who taught her a lot of things last night, but she didn't teach anything in the key places.
As the eldest grandson of Meng Ao, the head of the Meng family, Meng Tian was eighteen years old. According to the rules of this era, she was already half an adult. Therefore, Hongli, the maid of the Meng family, was arranged by Meng Tian. The meaning is naturally self-evident. Such things are not unusual in this era. King Zheng of Qin is about to marry the princess of Chu. Cheng Qi, who is more than one year younger than King Zheng of Qin, even has children.
"Don't bother you, Sister Hong. The master and I don't have much stuff, just a few pieces of clothes." Hu Ji, who had already packed two packages, said.
"Just a few clothes?" Hongli looked at the room, but her eyes inadvertently frozen in the two small clothes in front of another window.
"Little girl, are you washing your clothes early in the morning?" Hongli said.
"No." Hu Ji, who had gradually understood a little bit of what 'shyness' was, replied.
"It's not washed? Then why should I dry it? Could it be that you were last night..." Hongli said with an unfathomable smile: "Have you succeeded?"
"What's the success?" Hu Ji said blankly.
"That's what I told you before. Have you tried it on your master?" Hongli said with a gossip.
"Try it." Hu Ji replied. Although she already knows what shyness is, her shyness is limited. After all, some ideas cannot be completely subverted in a short period of time.
"What's the situation?" Hongli asked. She hadn't succeeded yet. If she could get some surprise from Hu Ji, it would be considered to be learning from each other.
"I don't know either." Hu Ji said blankly.
"How could I not know? Tell me about the situation at that time, I will help you to learn more about it." Hongli said eagerly.
"I will follow the method you said to your Hongjie, help the master press his shoulders, take off his clothes, and go into the bathtub to help the master wipe his body." Hu Ji recalled.
"What?" Hongli asked.
"What happened next?" Hu Ji recalled: "The master seemed to like it very much, at least he didn't drive me out."
Hu Ji said this and looked at the red carp. Sure enough, a little black air had appeared in the red carp's expression.
"How can you conclude?" Hongli asked.
"Master, he hugged me." Hu Ji said.
"Then what?"
"I even kissed me," recalled Hu Ji.
"where?"
"Here, here, here, and here." Hu Ji pointed her forehead with her finger, then pointed at her ears, slowly sliding across her face, lips, and neck, and then slid down along the lines of her neck.
"You?" Hongli looked at Hu Ji's dress that was deeply touching the soft flesh, and she felt envious for a moment.
"It seems to have bitten it. It hurts a little at the time, but the feeling seems to be not hurt. In short, it is very strange and makes people dizzy." Hu Ji recalled.
He even bite it? The simple three words reminded the red li of many scenes. Is this little Hu girl so powerful?
"What's next?" Hongli asked. She felt that she could learn something from Hu Ji. After all, Master is the master.
"Then? Then there was nothing. Sister Hong, I didn't know what happened next. Then the water became a little cold. The master put on his clothes and went to practice martial arts." Hu Ji said this, and felt that her cheeks were slightly hot, and then she seemed to be making a fool of herself.
But I didn't think so. It was obvious that such a thing had happened again after the age of four. The master probably didn't notice it, right? Hu Ji thought about it and couldn't help but feel dazed.
"Oh." A sigh came, and Hongli felt that the road to promotion for her maid to the concubine was very difficult.
"Forget it, I'll help you pack your things." Hongli said indifferently. It turned out that Hu Ji was not too powerful, but the people they served were different.
When Hu Ji was packing up her house and preparing to move out of the Meng family, Yang Ming had already arrived at Ganquan Palace and took over his real job.
Wei Xizhi was worthy of being the captain of Ganquan Palace during the reign of Queen Mother Xuan. Even if Yang Ming was not there, the official duties of Ganquan Palace were still familiar to him. He knew the important places and secrets of Ganquan Palace well, and had no mistakes in the training and scheduling of the 600 soldiers under his command. With such a person under his command, Yang Ming could save a lot of time.
However, when Yang Ming came to the building where the captain of Ganquan Palace used to handle official duties, Wei Qi still moved out a large-scale bamboo slip.
"These are all my investigations on 600 guards these days. They have their names, hometowns, martial arts, abilities, temperaments, and family." Wei Qi pointed to the bamboo slips piled up like a hill.
"I'm worried if I have someone like you to help me." Yang Ming picked up a volume and started reading it.
"I thought you would like to think that there are too many of these things and it is useless." Wei Qi said unexpectedly.
It is not a simple matter to keep the information of 600 people in mind. It takes a lot of energy, and it takes so much energy to understand the information of 600 guards. This is not a wise thing to some officials. After all, officials pay attention to employed people and do everything by themselves, they wouldn't be exhausted.
Especially those who are young people like Yang Ming who are in high positions are the most impatient. It is even more difficult to let such people do something that takes a long time but cannot see any value in a short period of time.
But Yang Ming looked at it without hesitation, which surprised Wei Chi a little.
"If there were six thousand people here, I would directly refuse, but there were only six hundred people, it would be fine." Yang Ming said.
"And, whether I can go further in the future may depend on these 600 people." Yang Ming said meaningfully.
The position of the lieutenant of Ganquan Palace is important, and it can be said that he is humble and has a heavyweight position. However, there is no such thing as taking up all the good things in the world. This position also has flaws, that is, it is extremely difficult to achieve success and promotion.
If Yang Ming wants to truly have his own power in Qin, it will not be possible to rely solely on Zhao Ji's protection. The entire Qin State has the most military achievements, and if Yang Ming wants to obtain what he wants, military achievements are what he must obtain.
But although the captain of Ganquan Palace is known as the captain, it is extremely difficult to obtain military merits. After all, as the empress dowager's imperial guard, can't he fight?
Moreover, if the guards of Ganquan Palace really need to fight, it is often the enemy who will hit the doorstep. If such a situation occurs, Yang Ming may have to consider whether the Qin army's military merits are of value.
But Yang Ming was not completely unavailable. In his memory, during the sixth year of Qin Wangzheng, the five countries jointly attacked Qin. The coalition forces directly bypassed the main force of the Qin army and attacked the city of Shicheng, which was only a hundred miles away from Xianyang. To some extent, they really hit the doorstep. Yang Ming and other guards who used to visit their home really needed to guard their homes at that time.
And then, the opportunity came for Yang Ming.
However, before this, we still have to train these 600 people under our command to become a truly strong army. After all, we must be strong by ourselves. If we are not strong enough, we will not be able to seize even if the opportunity is in front of us.
Yang Ming had a deal with the bamboo slips in one morning. As noon approached, according to convention, Yang Ming needed to enter the inner palace to patrol. When Yang Ming came to the inner palace, he happened to see Zhao Ji.
At this time, Zhao Ji was lying on the soft couch that had already moved to the corridor in front of the bedroom. When Yang Ming saw Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji obviously saw Yang Ming. Zhao Ji was in a bad mood and directly asked the palace maids around him to call Yang Ming in front of him.
At this time, Yang Ming saw that Zhao Ji looked depressed, her eyes were a little dark, and even some blood could be seen in her eyes.
"Empress Dowager, are you not having a good rest?" Yang Ming asked.
"It's not your fault." Zhao Ji glanced at Yang Ming sideways, and there was a lot of resentment in her words.
"This?" Yang Ming couldn't answer this.
Zhao Ji looked at Yang Ming at a loss and immediately noticed her own words. Thinking of what happened last night, a faint blush appeared on her cheeks, and she felt a little guilty for a moment.
After all, she is the queen mother, so she still needs to have the majesty of the queen mother, but what was the dream last night?
Damn it, it’s all because Yuanli tells it too clearly. The Ai family can’t do it even if they want to drive out the picture from their memory. The things that were once suppressed by their identity actually tend to be uncontrollable.
Ganquan Palace is very large and gorgeous, but it is precisely because of this that it is easier to notice your loneliness when you live here alone.
"Forget it, forget it." Zhao Ji waved his hand in a relaxed mood. Some things cannot be known to others. "The beauty killer in your family is still waiting for you, so don't say that the Ai family is unkind."
"Thank you, the Queen Mother." Yang Ming said sincerely.
Looking at Yang Ming who was leaving excitedly, a faint sadness appeared in Zhao Ji's eyes. On Yang Ming and Jing Yu, Zhao Ji saw what she was about to lose. Time has worn off too many marks belonging to Zhao Ji on her body. She is now the empress dowager.