Chapter 3 The further away, the better

Ning Shiqian understood what Shi Lei was thinking and ignored him.

Naturally, he would not tell him that he had a dream last night, in which he stabbed the woman to death with a sword.

Growing up, he had a secret that no one knew about.

That is, he rarely dreams, but as long as he dreams, the things in his dreams will definitely come true.

Since he would kill that woman without any mercy, it can be seen that the woman must be a traitor, or in other words, that woman must be a big obstacle.

For such a person, it is natural to keep her as far away from him as possible.

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Niannan Liyuan is located to the south of the capital, and Jiuwang Mansion is located to the north of the capital.

It occupies a vast area, has magnificent buildings, carved beams and painted buildings, and is luxurious and elegant.

Because it was built by skilled craftsmen after the new emperor ascended the throne and was given to the regent Bai Jiuxiao, it is newer and even more magnificent than the imperial palace.

In front of the palace, as soon as Bai Jiuxiao got off his horse, the guards at the door all saluted.

Someone held up the canopy to provide shade from the sun, and someone came over to take the reins of the horse.

Bai Jiuxiao climbed up the steps and entered the house.

Busy servants can be seen everywhere in the house, pruning green plants, weeding the garden, watering flowers and trees, dusting beams and columns, or sweeping.

Seeing her from a distance, the servants immediately put down their work, bowed their heads, and stepped aside. Only when she passed by did they dare to stand up.

After striding through the winding corridor, past the stone landscape pavilion and the octagonal pavilion, Bai Jiuxiao headed straight towards the study.

"The prince is back." Tongquan, the bodyguard, trotted over to greet him and saluted respectfully.

Bai Jiuxiao kept striding forward.

Tongquan followed closely: "Deputy Envoy Lu has brought back today's information."

Bai Jiuxiao just said "hmm".

In the study, Lu Chengxi stood tall and tall beside the desk, twisting his sleeves in one hand and holding an ink stick in the other. He was slowly and patiently grinding the red ink in the inkstone.

Seeing Bai Jiuxiao come in, he immediately put down the ink stick and saluted: "Your Majesty."

Bai Jiuxiao took off his cloak, and Tongquan immediately reached out to take it.

"Have you seen Ning Qingzhou? How is the situation?" Bai Jiuxiao walked to the desk, lifted her robe and sat down, raising her eyes and asking Lu Chengxi.

After the morning court, she went to the Liyuan and asked the deputy next to her to go to the place where Ning Qingzhou lived.

After all, he was a hostage from another country, and he was a young child, only six years old. Even though he was arranged to live in the palace, she was still a little worried.

Considering that it would be too shameful for her to go there in person, she asked someone around her to go there and see what was going on.

"Back to the prince, he is doing well. The emperor arranged for him two maids, two nuns, and two young eunuchs to serve him. He also arranged four guards to be responsible for security. He seems to be not used to anything. He is busy making handicrafts.

Make toys.”

Bai Jiuxiao nodded, picked up a memorial on the table, and ordered: "Check the details of these six palace residents and four imperial guards carefully to prevent spies from other countries from getting involved."

"Yes!" Lu Chengxi accepted the order.

Bai Jiuxiao began to read the memorial.

Lu Chengxi continued to study ink.

Tongquan brewed a new cup of tea and placed it next to Bai Jiuxiao.

The refreshing fragrance lingered in the incense burner, and the fragrance of the finest Biluochun overflowed from the cup. For a while, the only sound in the study room was the sound of memorials being turned, and the occasional brush strokes and the rustling sound of the pen tip scratching on the paper.

Three years after the emperor ascended the throne, Bai Jiuxiao had monopolized the power. All the memorials submitted by the officials were sent to the palace first. She personally gave instructions and filtered the memorials that she thought should be submitted before sending them to Longyin Palace to the emperor.

After reading the memorial, it was almost noon.

Seeing Bai Jiuxiao folding the last memorial, Lu Chengxi quickly took the brush from her hand and placed it on the pen holder.

Tongquan went to the kitchen to check on the lunch situation.

Bai Jiuxiao stretched his sore arms and picked up a cup to drink tea.

Lu Chengxi caught a glimpse of a bright red color on the fabric of her shoulder, and frowned: "The wound on the prince's shoulder is bleeding again."

As he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to check the wound, but Bai Jiuxiao instinctively avoided it: "It's okay."

Lu Chengxi looked slightly embarrassed and retracted his hand.

Bai Jiuxiao suddenly remembered something.

The man in front of her was specially placed by her side by her emperor brother.

"Emperor Sister has been sacrificing for me since she was born. She is a delicate princess and has been raised as a man. Other princesses learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but Imperial Sister has to learn martial arts, riding and archery, how to govern the country, and how to control the country. The Enemy’s Art of War.”

"In order to help me win the throne, the emperor's sister led troops to the battlefield at the age of fifteen. I finally ascended the throne, and the emperor's sister has to help me clear the obstacles and consolidate the throne."

"But the emperor's sister is also nineteen years old. Sooner or later, the world will be peaceful, and my throne will be secure sooner or later. I hope that by then, the emperor's sister can return to her daughter's body and live for herself."

This is what her emperor brother said to her on the night of the first anniversary of his accession to the throne.

So that day, he arranged for this man to be her husband in the future.

I vaguely remember that he said that this person was the number one scholar in that class, he was full of knowledge, he also knew some martial arts, he was talented, he was from a good background, and he came from a famous family.

She was not in the mood for love, and the society at that time was unstable and precarious, so she disagreed.

But her emperor brother insisted.

He said: "It doesn't matter. I didn't ask you two to do anything. I won't tell him that Huang Jie is a daughter for the time being. I just asked him to follow Huang Jie, give her some help, and get along with him more. Huang Jie is very important to him." Also, get to know him better. If the emperor thinks he is good and is interested in him, everything will fall into place when the emperor reveals his daughter's identity in the future."

"How many years have you been with me?" Bai Jiuxiao put down the cup in his hand and asked the man in front of him.

Lu Chengxi didn't expect her to ask this suddenly, and was stunned for a moment: "Return to the prince, two years."

Yes, when her emperor brother said those words to her, it was the first anniversary of his accession to the throne, and now he has been on the throne for three years.

"May I have your name?"

Bai Jiuxiao felt that he was going a little too far.

He had been with her for two years. He was with her almost all the time except eating and sleeping. When she was in court, he was the deputy envoy. When she went on an expedition, he was the deputy general. She didn't even know his name.

Her emperor's brother had told her, but she had forgotten. She only remembered that everyone called him Deputy Ambassador Lu and Deputy General Lu.

The man in front of him obviously didn't expect that she didn't even know his name, and he was stunned for a while.

"The land rides on the stream, the ride on the stream, the stream of the stream."

Bai Jiuxiao nodded, squinting his eyes and looking at it slightly.

Lu Chengxi immediately lowered his eyelids.

Probably because he had seen Bai Jiuxiao's decisive killing and thunderous methods too many times, Lu Chengxi felt that her eyes had always been sharp and intimidating. Even if she was looking at him without any emotion now, he could feel the suffocation of Mount Tai.

I didn't know what she meant when I suddenly heard her say: "You got some ink here."

"?" Lu Chengxi raised his head.

Then he saw Bai Jiuxiao pointing to the corner of his right eye: "There is a drop of red ink."

Oh, Lu Chengxi quickly raised his hand and wiped it.

"It hasn't been wiped off, it's still there." Bai Jiuxiao said softly.

Lu Chengxi suddenly thought of something and put down his hand: "Back to your lord, this is a red tear mole that will always be there in the end."
Chapter completed!