In the dark palace, the weak candlelight flickered on and off.
Zhao Yong looked at Cao Ji, who had gray hair in front of him, and didn't know what to say for a moment.
He couldn't help but look past Cao Ji, looking at the delicate figure standing behind him.
Zhao Yong naturally knew what Cao Ji was here for.
"Cao Ji, I have been tired for a day and want to rest early. You can go down first." Zhao Yong said.
Cao Ji smiled broadly, bowed his head and said, "Here." Then he waved gently behind him.
The tall and beautiful figure behind her seemed to have received the order, and she stepped forward timidly, and carefully knelt down in front of Zhao Yong.
"My lord, please rest early, I will leave." After speaking, Cao Ji bowed and walked out of the palace.
This Cao Ji is considerate of the Holy Will, Zhao Yong couldn't help but secretly thought.
Then he twisted his sore neck and said to the girl below him: "Raise your head."
The palace maid shook her body and mustered up the courage to slowly raise her head. But the moment her eyes met Zhao Yong's, she buried her cheek deeply again.
The girl seemed to have been dressed up specially. She was wearing a thin white gauze dress, with a light powder on her face, and her appearance was pretty. Her black hair was tied into a pony bun, with only a plum-blossom white jade hairpin inserted. Although it was simple, it looked fresh and elegant.
The girl was seventeen or eighteen years old. At this time, her cheeks were flushed and she looked delicate and lovely.
"You, do you have a family?"? ? ? Zhao Yong didn't know why he suddenly asked this question.
The palace maid was also stunned, but she still timidly replied: "Xian Kao and my first concubine are both deceased. I have a young brother who lives with a slave and is now serving in the army."
She was a poor little girl, so Zhao Yong didn't ask further.
Then he stood up and walked towards the side hall.
"Come here and bathe me." Zhao Yong turned his head and whispered to the girl who was still kneeling on the ground.
"Here." The palace maid stood up and responded in a low voice.
There is a bathing place in the side hall of the palace. Zhao Yong couldn't help but sigh at the designer's understanding.
The puddle looked like a bathhouse in later generations. At this time, hot water had already been poured into the puddle, and there were even pieces of flower petals scattered on it.
The heat is thick and the candlelight is dim, making the atmosphere somewhat ambiguous.
Zhao Yong took off his robe and walked out of the bath without any shoes. He leaned his upper body on the couch beside him and moaned in comfort from the corner of his mouth.
"Why are you standing there, why don't you come down?" Zhao Yong saw that the girl was still kneeling beside her.
The girl's body trembled.
"Here." Then she took off the only covering she wore and walked out of the bath naked.
I could only hear the sound of the beautiful woman gushing into the water.
"Let me rub your shoulders. I've been exhausted from riding horses these days, and my crotch is almost worn out." Zhao Yong said casually with his eyes closed.
"Pfft." The girl seemed not to have expected Zhao Yong to speak like this, and couldn't help but snickered.
Perhaps the two of them had already met each other frankly, and the girl immediately became bolder. He quietly walked up to Zhao Yong and slowly rubbed his arms with his tall objects.
"Is the king feeling better?" The girl exhaled like silk and whispered in Zhao Yong's ear with a soft voice.
"Hmm..." Zhao Yong closed his eyes and couldn't help humming comfortably.
After taking a bath, Zhao Yong's sleepiness in the past few days seemed to have faded a little, and he felt much more energetic instantly.
Zhao Yong felt a sudden movement under his body, and then he stopped the girl's slender waist with his big hand and walked towards the bed not far away.
...The dim lights swayed constantly in the night wind, reflecting the two figures tightly entwined on the wall.
... After a night of silence, Zhao Yong fell into a deep sleep with deep sleepiness.
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The sky was clear and cloudless, and the sky was light blue, like a pair of clean velvet. The breeze caresses, the warm sunshine covers the earth, and the grass sprouts new buds under the bath of spring rain.
A young general from Wei State was currently leaning on the towering gate tower of Quwoxi City, leaning on the wall stacks, looking boredly at the merchants and carriages entering and exiting the city.
When the young general is seventeen or eighteen years old, he is called Tao An. He is a newly promoted commander in Quwo City. Today it is his turn and his subordinates to guard the west gate.
Today is a good day. The light rain for several days has made the earth full of vitality. Just like Tao An's vision for the future life.
He turned to look at the subordinates on the side. At this time, several soldiers were huddled on the ground and sleeping soundly.
Tao An knew without thinking that they must have gone to the Qin Pavilions in the east of the city yesterday.
At the beginning of the month, the Qin people fulfilled their promise and returned Jiao County and Quwo County to the Wei State. This was something Tao An never expected. Because he really couldn't understand why the Qin people still showed favor to them when Wei was clearly defeated.
When the Wei State took over the defense of Quwo County, the Qin merchants in Quwo City did not withdraw with the Qin army.
So much so that they, the fresh-blooded young men who had just gathered here from all over the Wei Kingdom, tasted the taste of a Qin girl for the first time. Although it costs money.
But Tao An is different from them. He has never been to that kind of place once. It's not that he looks down on those Qin girls who are in the flesh business, it's just because he already has a place to belong in his heart.
Whenever he thought of the girl who was busy in the fields and the sweat she shed, his whole body was filled with energy.
"After I get my military pay this year, I can go back and marry you." Tao An thought to herself.
...Just when Tao An was full of longing for the future, a rapid rumbling sound suddenly sounded in his ears.
In just a moment, the sound came from far to near, and the sound became louder and louder, until Tao An felt that the ground was shaking at this time.
The people below the city also seemed to feel something. The originally neat team was instantly in disarray. People no longer cared about the gatekeepers' obstruction and interrogation, and ran towards Quwo City in a chaotic manner.
"The Qin army is invading! The Qin army is invading! Close the city gate quickly!" Tao An looked at the dark shadow looming at the end of the sky and shouted hurriedly to the gatekeepers below the city.
Tao An's shouting instantly woke up several soldiers behind him who were still napping.
"The Qin army invaded the border! Second and third sons, hurry up and inform the general, hurry up!" Tao An turned around and shouted loudly to the people who were still a little confused.
"Qin Army? How is that possible! Didn't they just withdraw?"
Everyone was instantly awakened by Tao An's shout, rolling and crawling on the wall and looking into the distance.
I saw rows of organized soldiers slowly appearing in everyone's sight, and the darkness was overwhelming, and they were still pouring in from the end of the field of vision.
They walked in unison, held long swords, and wore armor. The first few people were riding on fat and strong horses, holding a huge flag that was slowly fluttering in the breeze.
There is a big Chinese character Qin written on the flag!
