The Moon Over Tang Dynasty

Chapter 62 Discuss merit and reward quietly

Why is he here? How could it be him?

Liuli couldn't help but look back at the mountain. As far as she knew, most of the officials who came to Wannian Palace with Emperor Gaozong this time lived in several high-lying pavilions on the south slope. She had not worried about Pei Xingjian before, but after such a thrilling escape, she suddenly Hearing his familiar voice, my heart jumped involuntarily.

I saw a few faint firelights gradually flickering in the darkness on the mountain. Wang Fusheng took a step forward, raised his head and said loudly, "Your Majesty is here, is the person coming here from Peishe?"

"It is Pei. Now that the water situation is unknown, I dare to ask your majesty to move to Danxiao Palace."

This is a good idea, but you can't stay in the corridor. Gaozong couldn't help but look down at the clothes on his body: he had been woken up from bed in the middle of the night, grabbed some clothes and ran out. Only then did he see clearly that he was wearing a light pink robe. He quickly took it off, but the wet white tunic underneath was even worse. While hesitating, Wu Zetian took a step forward, took off his raincoat and put it on him. She originally wore a cloak under her raincoat, but now only the hem was wet, which was not a big deal.

Emperor Gaozong couldn't help but hold Wu Zetian's hand and whispered, "Mei Niang..." Wu Zetian smiled faintly, turned to Wang Fusheng and said, "Tell Pei Sheren that your Majesty will come up right now."

 The rain gradually became lighter, and the fire on the mountain became brighter and brighter. Liu Kang held a lantern to lead the way, and Gaozong held Wu Zetian's hand tightly and walked up the mountain along the corridor. Several personal palace maids and eunuchs followed behind.

Seeing that Mrs. Wu and Deng Yiyi were following her, Liuli also took a few steps and silently followed Mrs. Wu. Mrs. Wu turned around and saw Liuli, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to pull her to her side. She sighed and whispered, "Tonight, it's all thanks to you!"

More than a hundred steps up the corridor, exit the cloister and walk west. Not far away, you arrive at Renshou Gate, the south gate of the harem. There were several eunuchs waiting eagerly beside the door. When they saw Gaozong waving his hand, they quickly unlocked the door and opened it. I saw a hundred guards holding torches standing neatly outside the door. At the front was Pei Xingjian and a young general wearing a silver helmet. Pei Xingjian was wearing a dark green round-neck robe that was half wet from the rain, and the hem of the robe was wrinkled. However, he did not look embarrassed, but his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and his expression was a bit anxious.

Seeing the door open, they both stepped forward and bowed, "I, Pei Xingjian, and Zheng Zhihua, have met your Majesty."

Gaozong quickly took two steps forward and said, "My dear friends, please excuse me." He paused and said, "It turned out to be General Zheng on duty tonight? He was just keeping an appointment, so why are you here?"

Zheng Zhihua said, "I was on duty tonight and heard something strange at the foot of the mountain, so I called some people to stand by the door in case of emergency. Your Majesty is fine. I'm really happy. Pei Sheren has informed people that the servants in Danxiao Hall are preparing to warm up." Your majesty can move your water and clothes immediately."

Pei Xingjian also bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I was awakened by the sound of wind and rain just now. I felt a little uneasy, so I came out to check. Before I reached the back mountain, I heard the sound of gongs beating and people shouting. I rushed here and returned When I met General Zheng, the doorkeeper Wu Zhi didn't dare to open the door late at night. He only said that someone seemed to be hiding from the water in the corridor at the foot of the mountain, so I climbed up the wall and asked for your forgiveness."

Liuli was pulled by Mrs. Wu's side. She was standing near the front. At a glance, she saw an oil umbrella thrown into the sky on the ground outside the door. Thinking of Pei Xingjian, who was usually so calm, he threw away the umbrella in a hurry. He lifted up his robe and climbed onto the wall, which was more than a foot high. He couldn't help but lower his head and chuckled: Pei Xingjian and Xue Rengui, one climbed the door and the other climbed the wall today. They are both strong and powerful. They are indeed famous generals of the Tang Dynasty! There was a smile in Gaozong's voice, "In urgent matters, follow authority, and there is no crime in keeping an agreement." He walked forward.

Pei Xingjian thanked him and straightened up, but glanced slightly behind Gaozong. Liuli tiptoed without leaving a trace, revealing half of her face. Pei Xingjian's eyes did not stop on her face, but when he lowered his eyes, The originally frowning brows have relaxed, the slightly stiff shoulders have relaxed, and the whole person has regained his calm and calm demeanor. He quietly turned around and led the way for Gaozong.

The group had not gone far when there was a lot of noise in front of them, but a group of courtiers who had stayed behind in the Wannian Palace had received the news and rushed over. The leader was Sikong Li Ji, with gray hair hanging loose, and they were deeply moved when they came. Yili: "I heard that the mountain flood broke out and the water was fierce. Fortunately, God blessed my emperor and your majesty is fine. The incompetence of my ministers frightened your majesty, and I was late to welcome you. I deserve death."

Gaozong waved his hand calmly, "Sikong Pingshen, who could have predicted this? All your ministers, please follow me to Danxiao Palace."

When I arrived at the Danxiao Palace, I saw the palace door wide open, lamps and candles lit everywhere, and all the maids and eunuchs in the palace were fully dressed and waiting at the door. The courtiers stayed in the outer hall, while Gaozong, Wu Zetian and others were crowded into the inner hall. Someone brought clean clothes for them to change into, and Mrs. Wu and Liuli were also led into a warm pavilion. A palace maid brought a copper basin of hot water, a towel, and prepared several sets of clean clothes.

Liuli was the one who got the most wet tonight. There was no dry hair on her body from the inside out. She was wearing a set of Gebuhu clothes. Although she didn't show off her curves like other palace maids, she couldn't bear it all the way. I was shivering a little. At this time, I finally dried my hair and body in this bright and warm room, and put on soft and clean clothes. I felt like I was alive again. Even though the clothes on my body seemed to be a little too small, I couldn't care less. .

Mrs. Wu also changed her clothes and sighed comfortably. She had been waiting for someone on the hillside with an umbrella. In fact, she didn't get much rain, but she was indispensable for the shock of the night. Seeing Liuli lowering her head and twirling the rain at the end of her hair, she hurriedly asked Cui Mo to come up and help comb her hair. Liuli smiled and declined, "How dare you bother my sister?" Mrs. Wu said, "I'm here to help you twirling your hair today." , If you hadn’t mentioned the benefits of this dressing room, how would we have thought of moving it up? The water is so bad tonight, I don’t know what will happen!”

Liuli could only smile and said, "This is Madam's blessing, what does it have to do with Liuli?"

It happened that the wet nurse also packed up Yueniang and brought her over. Yueniang had been wrapped in a thick cloak tonight, and she was not wet at all. Only her hair had a little bit of rain, and she started to get a little frightened. At this time She was already well. She was rolling her eyes and looking around curiously. Mrs. Wu pulled Yueniang over and said, "Thank you, Aunt Liuli, quickly." Liuli couldn't help being startled, Yueniang was already squealing. Qi said, "Yue Niang thanked Aunt Liuli." Liuli waved her hands, "Madam, please don't do this!"

Mrs. Wu said sternly, "We'll just wait. If you hadn't been vigilant tonight, the Holy Master and Zhaoyi would not have been so safe. If..." A trace of fear could not help but appear on her face.

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard someone outside Nuan Pavilion saying, "Can the painter Kudi be here? Zhaoyi has invited me."

Mrs. Wu suddenly laughed and said, "It must be a good thing to go quickly!"

Liuli responded hurriedly, "Liuli is coming right now." Here Cuimo and Aling quickly pulled Liuli's hair into a low bun. Liuli saw that there was nothing rude about her, and then hurriedly picked up the curtain and went out. As she followed the palace maid who was delivering the message, she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy: in the past two months, she had gone out to observe every night when it rained heavily, listening with all her ears, not daring to fall asleep. She gradually planned the matter carefully, and tonight she experienced it again. I have gone through such danger just for this moment, but I don’t know if it will come true...

The palace maid led her directly to a room at the back of the west hall. The room was very large. The floor was covered with dark purple lichen. A few steps into the door, there were couches and tables. A little further away, there was a faint trace behind a low-hanging vermilion brocade curtain. A large screen bed was revealed, presumably it was the emperor's bedroom in Danxiao Palace. However, there were only Wu Zetian, Yu Liu and others in the room at the moment. Wu Zetian had obviously tidied up a bit and put on a light yellow skirt, but her face was still a little pale. When she saw Liuli, she smiled and said, "You've got it. I was just looking for you in the corridor."

Liuli had actually been paying attention to Wu Zetian's movements when she was in the corridor. She never believed that she wanted to find him at that time, so she could only smile and said, "Liuli was in a state of embarrassment at the time and didn't dare to get close for fear of surprising Zhaoyi."

Wu Zetian laughed and said, "Thank you for putting that raincoat on me. Otherwise, Your Majesty and I would have been in a terrible state all the way here. Speaking of which, if it hadn't been for you tonight, I don't know what would have happened to Your Majesty, me, and Hong'er." ”

Liuli hurriedly said, "Zhaoyi broke Liuli! How could Liuli dare to thank Zhaoyi? Even if there was no Liuli, disaster would definitely turn into good fortune. The so-called good people have their own destiny, and the Holy Lord, Zhaoyi, and Prince Hong are all The noble people who are destined to be destined will have God's blessing. Liuli just meets him at the right time, how can he dare to covet God's merits? "

Wu Zetian smiled and said, "What a clever mouth! When will your cautious temperament change? But what exactly is going on tonight, you have to tell me in detail."

Liuli was already prepared for these words, and she calmed down before saying, "It was a bit boring tonight. Liuli wanted the coolness, so she opened the window to sleep. Unexpectedly, she was awakened by the sound of wind and rain in the middle of the night. When she went to close the window, she heard something like Someone was shouting, "It's wet, please get out of here!" Liuli was so frightened that she hurriedly put on her clothes, picked up a lantern and went out to call someone. When she went out, she saw that it was dark outside and she couldn't see anything. The lantern was actually there. They were all destroyed, and Liuli was terrified. Even if someone called out on this rainy night, where would she run to? She suddenly remembered that there were charcoal stoves and other items in the Banshan Pavilion where she usually painted, so she ran over and lit them. After lighting the fire, I could see the way clearly, so I quickly came down and called Zhaoyi."

Wu Zetian pondered and nodded, looking at Liuli with some admiration in his eyes. He turned back to Yuliu and said, "You should also learn a little bit. It's really the seven-orificed Liuli heart that can create this great blessing." Yuliu Several people who had been frightened all night were full of gratitude to Liuli at this time - without Liuli's warning and the fire she set, not to mention His Majesty Zhaoyi, how could the eunuchs and maids all over the mountain have escaped this torrent? ? They all agreed, and hurriedly praised Liuli's intelligence and loyalty.

Liuli felt really embarrassed and blushed immediately. Wu Zetian looked at her and sighed, "Liu Li, what you did tonight is beyond the words of 'thank you'. Your Majesty will definitely reward you generously. But if you have any wishes, you might as well tell me first."

Liuli’s hand hidden in her sleeve could not help but clenched her fist.

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The inner palaces of all dynasties were strictly forbidden. Therefore, no matter how good their skills were, Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian could only climb the doors and walls. If they really jumped in, it would be a death penalty...

 (End of this chapter)