Chapter 82： to visit

"Go and meet her!"

Bai Qingyang looked at her: "Huh?"

Li Zichou stood up, wiped off the dust on his clothes, and then stretched out his hand to Bai Qingyang: "The last time you saw your mother was before swimming in the lake, right?"

Bai Qingyang nodded. At that time, she was still terrified because Li Zichou found out that she had sneaked out of the palace. Later, when Yin Bingxie cheated on her, she realized that Li Zichou knew everything.

Li Zichou: "It's been so long, Auntie must miss you very much too. Just now I'm out of the palace, go and meet her!"

Bai Qingyang blinked, put his hand in hers, and was pulled up vigorously by her.

As expected of the strength of a person who exercises regularly, Bai Qingyang thought to himself.

"There is me in the palace, so you and your auntie can have a good reunion..." Li Zichou wanted to let go after pulling her up, but Bai Qingyang's hand was still holding onto him, and Li Zichou looked at her with some doubts.

"Together." Bai Qingyang said without thinking.

Li Zichou: "What?"

Bai Qingyang: "You come with me to see my aunt."

Li Zichou was in trouble: "Uh... this is not very good."

She had never met Mrs. Bai, and with such an embarrassing identity, it was not a wise decision to meet her rashly.

"What's wrong? My aunt is not a monster, she doesn't know how to eat people." Bai Qingyang asked back.

"I didn't mean that...wait a minute!" Li Zichou wanted to refuse, but he didn't expect the force on his hands to suddenly increase, and he was directly pulled away by Bai Qingyang without saying a word.

"Come with me to meet my aunt!" Bai Qingyang's tone was undeniable.

"But…"

"Hurry up, there will be a curfew in a while."

"..."

She is the emperor now, what curfew is she afraid of? !

The guards who were letting the wind a few steps away heard the sound of the two coming, and moved towards them one after another, but when they saw the pulling of the two, they showed a little surprise at the same time.

The dignified and elegant empress empress, who has always been cautious in her words and deeds, is walking towards the empress at this moment. Seeing the empress's expression, she is still a little embarrassed? ?

Although a little surprised, the guards still respectfully saluted the two with good professional ethics.

Bai Qingyang pulled Li Zichou directly past these followers and walked towards the east of the city.

Li Zifu accepted his fate, turned around and ordered: "Go to Changle Fang to thank the Minister's residence."

Several guards looked at each other. Although they didn't know why the two masters suddenly changed their itinerary, they dutifully assigned two people to lead the way.

At the end of the Xu Dynasty, it was almost nine o'clock in Beijing time.

Today is a special day, the evening drum has been beating for some time, but the street has not been cleared yet.

Dasheng's unwritten rule: During some major celebrations or special festivals, the Patrol Battalion and Jingzhao Mansion can close the gates of Fangshi later, and the curfew system is actually not so rigid.

But at this moment, some vendors also began to close their stalls and go home.

On West Second Street of Changlefang, someone knocked on the gate of a three-entry courtyard.

After a while, the porter's voice came from the house: "Here we come—"

As soon as the voice fell, the wooden door opened.

"Your Excellency..." The porter couldn't help being taken aback when he saw the visitor's appearance, and then he didn't say a word.

Li Zichou: "Hi, let's find Minister Xie."

The porter held the door and replied: "Girl, our lord is not in the residence."

Bai Qingyang interrupted: "Xie Zhi hasn't come back yet?"

The concierge looked at Bai Qingyang again, and was taken aback again: "You are..." Isn't this the person brought back to the mansion by the adults before?

The host was not there, and the two worried that they might not be able to see Mrs. Bai tonight.

The concierge was still clever, seeing the two of them were about to leave, he hurriedly called out: "I don't know when the lord will return to the mansion, but if you don't worry about it, you can come in and wait?"

Although I don't know the woman in the dark red cross-neck long dress, the girl next to her in the moon-white skirt is a distinguished guest that the adults have personally instructed to treat well. No matter what they want to do, please come in first.

So the concierge led them into the courtyard, and the guards brought from the palace stayed outside the house. Li Zichou originally wanted to stay outside with the guards to feed the mosquitoes, but he still couldn't hold back Bai Qingyang and was dragged in by her.

"May I ask what you two are looking for Mr. Xie?"

Bai Qingyang: "Well...Actually, we didn't come to find Xie Zhi."

Concierge: "Then..."

Bai Qingyang: "I'm looking for the wife of the family, has she rested yet?"

The concierge immediately understood that the last time Bai Qingyang came, he was also talking to the adult's wife.

"Madam hasn't rested yet, you two wait in the front hall for a while, I will find Madam right now."

Li Zichou said thank you, and the porter left the front hall to find someone.

Mrs. Bai was burning paper money in the backyard, and the concierge came to invite her, saying that someone was visiting late at night.

Mrs. Bai thought it was Xie Zhi's friend, so she got up and went to the front hall to meet guests. When she walked around the wing room, she met a strange woman, wearing a dark red summer shirt and long skirt, with a modest and noble demeanor.

Li Zichou also saw her, Bai Qingyang's bones were so similar to this one in front of him, Li Zichou knew her identity with a guess, so she bowed: "Your junior has met Mrs. Bai."

Madam Bai looked at Li Zishou, and was a little surprised that Xie Zhi knew such a beautiful girl: "This girl, are you looking for me?"

Li Zichou shook his head, pointed to the lighted hall: "It's not me, it's her."

Madam Bai turned her head and saw her darling daughter looking at her.

"Mother!" Bai Qingyang ran out and shouted.

"Qing Yang?!" Mrs. Bai obviously didn't expect her to come here after leaving the palace.

Li Zichou just stood there watching, feeling a little relieved in his heart. She didn't go there, and thoughtfully gave up the space to the mother and daughter to catch up on the past, and just look at the moon in the yard by herself.

Xie Zhi went back to Changlefang by the time of the curfew.

Her kung fu is not unparalleled in the world, even so, she has also noticed the hidden aura around her home. She is not worried about these uninvited guests, after all, she has many masters raised in the mansion.

It's just that these people were guarding nearby without any malice. She was even more curious if someone had come to her door.

The concierge opened the door for her, and just as he was about to ask if anyone had been there, he saw Li Zichou sitting alone at the stone table in the courtyard.

Xie Zhi was slightly startled, why did this master suddenly come to his house?

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Xie Zhi waved away the servants, stepped forward to salute: "I have seen..."

He just raised his hand halfway, then was pressed down by Li Zifu, and looked into the front hall. Xie Zhi followed her eyes and saw Bai Qingyang, who was talking to Mrs. Bai.

In this situation, Xie Zhi almost understood that Bai Qingyang would bring Li Zichou here, which meant that Bai Qingyang could trust Li Zichou.

Seeing Mrs. Bai, Bai Qingyang was visibly happy, and was so busy chatting with A Niang that he didn't notice the two people in the yard at all.

Xie Zhi calmed down a bit, and asked Li Zichou, "Did she tell you everything?"

Li Zichou looked away: "Well... almost."

Some things are actually known from the beginning.

Xie Zhi: "This way..."

There are some floating clouds tonight, the thin clouds envelop the moon halo, and the yard is not clear. The fire in the lamp post seemed to be still, consuming lamp oil silently.

The two were silent for a while, and Li Zichou brought up a topic: "Xie Shilang came back so late, did you also go to the riverside to release the river lantern?"

"He Deng?" Xie Zhi shook his head, "I went out to entertain Prince Diela today, so I came back late."

Speaking of this, she still has some regrets.

Today is the Hungry Ghost Festival, she originally wanted to ask Yang Dejin to set off river lanterns on the edge of the Qujiang River, but was cut off by Yeludie.

Li Zichou: "He didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

"No."

Xie Zhi and Yang Dejin accompanied the prairie people out to eat and drink today, and the meal lasted until dark. A group of people were going to go to the night show of Baixi artists in Washi, but Ayigul said that she was a little tired and wanted to go back to the embassy to rest.

Yang Dejin wanted to give up the idea of ​​going to the theater, but Ayiguli said that she didn't want to spoil everyone's interest, and said that she could go back to the embassy by herself.

Yeludeira and Ayiguri did not bring any entourage with them when they came out of the polo field. As the eldest brother, Yerudeira would definitely not let the younger sister go back alone. Ayigul is also a messenger from Shuobei, and Dasheng cannot escape responsibility for what happened on the streets of Linjing.

After Xie Zhi thought it over, he decided to ask Yang Dejin to send Ayiguri, and he stayed to deal with Yelvdiela.

Yang Dejin was surrounded by hidden guards, and Ayiguli was a woman, so nothing unexpected happened.

So the four of them divided into two groups, Yang Dejin accompanied the little princess from Shuobei back to the embassy, ​​and Xie Zhi took Yeludie to Washi.

"Where's Prince Yu?"

Xie Zhi: "His Royal Highness Prince Yu accompanied Ayiguri back to the Jiubin Embassy."

Li Zichou snorted and said nothing.

It was Xie Zhi who had the courage to ask: "Your Majesty and Your Majesty went out of the palace today to set off river lanterns?"

"Yes, there are many people on the edge of the Qujiang River." Li Zichou changed the subject, "Don't call me that when you are outside. This is your home, so feel free."

Xie Zhi automatically ignored her last sentence and said, "She trusts you very much."

Li Zichou was silent for a while, she could feel Bai Qingyang's trust herself.

I don't know when Bai Qingyang stopped guarding against him, and was willing to tell him what was in his heart, and even teased him unscrupulously.

Maybe it deviates from the beautiful, strong and tragic character that the heroine should have, but Li Zishou feels that that is the life she should have, a life that is free from restraint.

Although Li Zichou still didn't understand why she was willing to stay in the palace, but since it was her choice, he should respect it.

"You helped Bai Qingyang a lot, thank you."

The Empress' thanks came unexpectedly, Xie Zhi was taken aback: "You..."

"Don't be nervous." Li Zichou glanced in the direction of the front hall, "I have no other intentions, and I won't do anything."

Xie Zhi: "You know everything." He used a very positive tone, making sure that she would not deny it.

Li Zifu rolled his eyes and replied ambiguously: "Not too much."

Xie Zhi had a pair of insightful eyes, and although Li Zishou's answer was tactful, the calmness on his face could not be faked. Although she couldn't figure out what Bai Qingyang's position was in Li Zichou's heart, Xie Zhi felt that he could trust her.

Anyway, the master has already fallen into it.

"You have to treat her well." After a while, Xie Zhi said this, as an equal.

"nature."

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Li Zishou and Bai Qingyang sneaked back to the palace during the night, under the cover of the imperial guards' attendants, at least they were not caught by the patrols of the city defense battalion. After all, it would be embarrassing for both parties if they were really caught.

After returning from setting off the river lanterns, Bai Qingyang liked to cling to Li Zishou very much. The two of them were inseparable now, and Bai Qingyang only stayed in Tianshu Palace.

Li Zichou always felt that she was releasing some kind of nature.

No matter what Bai Qingyang was thinking, Li Zichou was quite happy, she liked to see Bai Qingyang like this.

No, after the Inner Court ended, Li Zichou was dragged to the Imperial Garden by Bai Qingyang.

Bai Qingyang pointed to a white parrot on the stand in the open air: "Shou, look!"

The little parrot is pure white, except for the red hair on the back of the head. It is very cool, but it is a bit killer.

Li Zichou raised his eyebrows and said to her: "This is a tribute from Lin Yiguo. Because it is a living thing, I let someone raise it in the imperial garden. I didn't take care of it much before. It's quite beautiful when you look at it carefully."

"It's not just beautiful." Bai Qingyang said excitedly, "It's really amazing that this bird can understand human language."

Li Zichou smiled, Bai Qingyang lived in the Central Plains, presumably he had never seen a parrot before. But she was so excited, it felt quite novel.

"Then what can it say?" Li Zichou asked.

Bai Qingyang tugged at her sleeve: "Ask it yourself."

"...Okay." Li Zichou shrugged, then turned to the smooth-feathered white parrot and asked, "Little bird, where did you come from?"

The little parrot's voice was a bit stiff and high-pitched, but it really answered every question: "Linyi, Xianglinyi."

Bai Qingyang: "Look, it's so smart!"

Li Zichou was also interested. She had rarely come into contact with this kind of parrot even in modern times.

Many owners also specially train this bird to speak when raising it, but most of the ones they train can only simply repeat the sentences of others, such a question and answer, it is really good.

Li Zichou asked a few more questions: "What do you have there?"

"Mountains, rivers, people..."

"anything else?"

"Mountain torrents, sickness, starvation, killing, eating, cannibalism..."

Li Zifu showed a surprised expression, and Bai Qingyang next to him also changed his expression from excitement to seriousness after hearing this. The little parrot was still repeating those ominous words, but the two adults had fallen silent.

"Linyi Country is located in a remote place. A hundred years ago, the people living there were all uncivilized peoples. I thought that the people there had somehow escaped the life of ruthlessness and blood, but I didn't expect that they were still in dire straits." Bai Qingyang looked at the white parrot, as if he could imagine the land Dense mountain forest.

Li Zichou heard Li Xunchao mentioned Lin Yiguo, saying that it was an independent country several dynasties ago.

The climate there is hot, the jungle is densely covered, and the living conditions are extremely harsh. Human beings are just appendages of that land.

"Qing Yang," Li Zichou looked at the bird in front of him, with pity in his eyes, "Let's let it go, shall we?"

Bai Qingyang turned to look at her, understood Li Zichou's compassion, and nodded, "Let it go."

The white parrot is not used to the hot and dry climate in Linjing, and it was a little tired to fly after being sent here as a tribute, but when it felt the knot on its claws was untied, it still flapped its wings and flew into the sky.

Whether it wants to fly back to the endless jungle, or wants to adapt to the climate here, at least at this moment, this creature is free.

No matter how high the palace wall is, it is useless when you meet the heart that wants to break through the shackles. After a while, the white shadow disappeared.

The two stood in front of the empty open-air support, watching the direction it flew away, feeling a lot of emotion for a while.

Bai Qingyang was inexplicably depressed: "Why is it so difficult to live in this world?"

As a person who had committed suicide due to unbearable psychological pressure, Bai Qingyang's tone was filled with helplessness and sadness.

Li Zishou looked back at her: "It's very difficult."

"However..." she said, "Some people are good at taking pleasure in suffering, they are the strong ones, and these people are often the ones who survive."

Bai Qingyang looked at her: "Are you that kind of person?"

"Me?" Li Zichou thought for a while, then shook his head, "I don't know."

"Hmm... I don't know either." Bai Qingyang also said.

Li Zishou: "There are many criteria for judging the strong, I think you count."

Bai Qingyang hummed in confusion.

Li Zichou didn't expand much, he just said: "Be at peace with the situation and act according to your own will." After speaking, he walked down the corridor.

Bai Qingyang quickly caught up with her, and walked with her in the shadow of the corridor, while walking, he asked, "Do you think I did it?"

"Of course, at least you are happy now, aren't you?" Li Zichou looked at the girl.

"It's average, I'm not particularly happy." Bai Qingyang's mind was still on the white parrot.

Li Zichou nodded, and said seriously: "It's because I didn't serve the Empress well."

Bai Qingyang was taken aback when he heard the words, and thought of something, his ears turned red, and he became angry from embarrassment: "You're talking nonsense again!"

"What is 'again'?" Li Zichou blinked her innocent eyes, and retorted aggrievedly, "Aren't I reflecting on myself?"

Bai Qingyang was at a loss for words, so he quickly walked past Li Zishou, leaving her a few steps away. Li Zichou was a little funny, it seemed that Bai Qingyang was really not funny.

But... now she is in a better mood.

She followed Bai Qingyang a few steps behind, looked at the scenery in the imperial garden, and felt that time passed so quickly.

When she first arrived here, she tried her best to please Bai Qingyang, wishing to become her licking dog, just to save her life; but now, the two of them can walk and chat like close friends, sharing some boring and interesting trifles .

Leisurely and peaceful, it would be great if life could go on like this without any waves.

"It's not good!" Someone hurriedly appeared from the corner, "Your Majesty, your Majesty is not good!"

Bai Qingyang: "?"

Li Zichou: "..." Do you want something to happen so soon? !

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