The summer wind is getting hotter and hotter, and even the inner courtyard of the palace cannot block the smell of heat.
Time passed by, Xiao Hei held a volume of Qin Shi's poems and read quietly for an hour.
It wasn't until the palace maids brought the ingredients Xiao Hei asked for to the small courtyard, and they were busy in the kitchen for a while, that they quietly stayed in the side room, waiting for the empress' call.
A gust of wind passed by, and the aura of the palace poured into the living room.
A faint golden light rose next to Mr. Li, and then he sighed quietly and opened his eyes.
Hearing the voice of the empress, the maid guarding outside brought the lunch meal in.
Carefully placing the plates, bowls and chopsticks in the food box on the table, he replied to Mrs. Li: "My Lady, all the ingredients you requested are in the kitchen."
Mrs. Li waved her hand and said: "You can go and have a rest, and come back to help when there is an application."
The two maids resigned.
Xiao Hei looked at Mrs. Li and smiled bitterly: "It turns out that I thought that a cup of spiritual tea was not enough to break the empress, so I specially prepared to cook another soup for you..."
"This is great. You have broken through two realms in a row. You can't drink this soup tonight for the time being."
Xiao Hei sighed and said, "It will be the Queen's turn to break through tonight."
After breaking through two realms in a row, Li finally stood at the seventh level of the Golden Core. She was so happy that she naturally would not care about Xiao Hei.
After thinking for a while, he said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. You can keep the precious elixir. When the Mid-Autumn Festival comes, I will cook a soup and ask the emperor to try it."
Xiao Hei thought this was indeed a good idea.
The big snake's meat was originally produced in this world. Even if Emperor Wu ate it, it would only break through one or two levels of cultivation and would not affect the way of heaven in this world.
Then he smiled faintly: "Counting the days, it is indeed after the Mid-Autumn Festival that the empress can break through again."
Mrs. Li sighed and said quietly: "It's just that my relationship with the master is too shallow. What should I do in my future practice?"
Xiao Heixin said I can't help you with this.
He himself had never practiced seriously in Shenlong Valley. It seemed that he could break through the realm by eating and sleeping.
In the end, I just learned Shenlong Sword Technique from my master, and later I practiced swordplay with my brother...
He thought about it for a long time, until Mrs. Li served him a bowl of rice and some vegetables.
Then he replied with a bitter face: "I have to ask Qingyu about my cultivation. How can I know how to practice... Qingyu's master is an old Taoist priest, and the Queen's cultivation also needs to be taught by an old Taoist."
When Mrs. Li heard this, she couldn't help it.
No matter Qingyu or the queen, they are all her sisters. Thinking of this, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
While eating, he smiled and said, "Where are your two sisters? Who taught them how to practice?"
Xiao Hei was eating a piece of meat and replied vaguely: "I haven't taught my sister yet. I'll let my brother and the old Taoist priest go to them when I return to the imperial city."
In his opinion, Qingqing and Yan'er's cultivation would end up troublesome to the old shopkeeper and his brother.
Li had just broken through and thought that autumn could continue, so she didn't dare to say anything to Xiao Hei.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "You have to live here with the two little guys for a few days, right? It's rare to go back to the palace."
Xiao Hei was enjoying his meal, but when she told him, he suddenly lost some interest.
He paused for a while before replying: "Just stay for two days. My brother has found an academy for my two younger sisters. I have to take them to study in the academy."
Xiaohei didn't know when Shuzi and Xiaohu would come down the mountain and play in the palace for two days purely to satisfy the curiosity of the two younger sisters.
According to his wishes, after finishing the work for Mr. Li, he wanted to go home.
Mrs. Li was startled when she heard this and blurted out: "Are you getting closer to me now?"
Xiao Hei shook his head, took two pieces of dried meat from black snakes and placed them in front of Mrs. Li, and replied: "The hidden danger in the palace has been eliminated, and I don't need Xiao Hei anymore."
After he finished, he pointed at the dried meat and said, "If there is a magic medicine, put two of them and stew them together for an hour, the effect will be better."
Li thought for a while and asked, "What kind of meat is this?"
"Almost, it should be considered a dragon. I'm afraid there is no such treasure in the inner courtyard of the palace."
Xiao Hei chuckled: "I still have one piece. I will cook a soup for the Queen tonight. From now on, please don't think about me anymore."
Mrs. Li took out a silk scarf and carefully wrapped the dried meat.
He sighed and said, "Tell me, if I drink this soup, will I break through to the realm of Nascent Soul?"
Xiao Hei lowered his head and thought for a while before replying: "It depends on God's will."
This night was a night of surprise for Asuna.
Just as Xiao Hei expected, after drinking the soup cooked by Xiao Hei, the Queen of Zhou also broke through to the realm of foundation building.
This was a surprise for Asuna. After all, the master had not taught her seriously yet, but Xiao Hei unexpectedly gave her a surprise first.
After the break, Ashina hugged Li and started to cry. Xiao Hei clapped his hands and led his two younger sisters who had been crazy all day back to the house to rest.
Before going to bed, he had to tell Yan'er a story.
Although these stories were all told to Li Xiuyuan when he was bored, the two little girls obviously enjoyed listening to them.
On a slightly hot summer night, a round of moonlight shines in front of the window.
It is Xiao Hei who is both brother and father.
Ashina did not go back, but chatted with Li for most of the night, both thinking of finding time to go and live in the snowy mountains.
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Shuzi, who was anxious, hurried down to the snow-capped mountains with the old Taoist priest and others.
When he rushed into the wine shop, Li Xiuyuan was sitting in the shop greeting customers who were buying wine.
Seeing Shuzi's furious appearance, she couldn't help but frown slightly: "Sister, why are you so panicked? You are also a person who has read books."
The customer who was buying wine didn't expect that the wine shopkeeper was so particular, so he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Tell me, shopkeeper, your wine is not easy to buy, isn't it?"
Li Xiuyuan sighed: "I'm sorry, I'm often away from home, please forgive me."
The guest waved his hand and said: "That's okay, as long as the wine is good."
After saying that, he waved his hand and went out.
It was only then that the old Taoist priest came in with Gao Yue'er, and Xiao Hulu walked into the store slowly at the end.
Fortunately, he held it back, otherwise he would definitely be the one who got scolded.
"Okay, brother, tell me where Xiao Hei is. Where are the two sisters?"
Shuzi didn't care about being taught a lesson by Li Xiuyuan, but ran to the backyard: "Xiao Hei, why don't you quickly bring your sister to show me, where is this man?"
The old shopkeeper went out for a walk to buy groceries. Qingyu, who was lying in the room to rest, hadn't opened her eyes yet.
Even Shuzi walked around the two courtyards and found no sign of the two little girls.
He had no choice but to come out, look at Li Xiuyuan and smile bitterly: "My eyelids were twitching on the mountain. Brother, can you tell me if Xiao Hei is back?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled: "Xiao Hei brought the two little guys into the palace. If you don't come back today, you will be tomorrow."
Xiaohu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
He looked at Shuzi and said with a smile: "Sister, you are too anxious. Brother Xiao Hei can't run away when he comes back. My husband is still here."
Shuzi frowned slightly and said: "Xiao Hei is not a minister of Zhou Dynasty. He does not need to be ordered to enter the palace. It is not easy to come back and stay with my brother at home."
"Sit down and drink tea here."
Li Xiuyuan said to the old Taoist priest: "It just so happens that you two, master and disciple, are coming down the mountain. When Xiao Hei comes back, I should give you a surprise."
Gao Yue'er chuckled: "Xiao Hei has a lot of treasures, we can't let him go this time."
Xiaohu went to the backyard to fetch water and came back. He looked at her and coughed lightly and said, "Let's talk about everything after Brother Xiaohei comes back."
Seeing Xiaohu say this, Gao Yue'er had no choice but to quiet down, and the old Taoist priest sat down at the table.
He looked at her and said, "Xiao Hei helped you back in Beiqi. You can't push him too hard... This room smells of blood. What happened?"
The old Taoist priest was different from Shuzi and Xiaohu in that he was very sensitive to the smell of blood. After just sitting for a while, he smelled a faint hint of blood.
Li Xiuyuan smiled slightly, pointed at No. 46 and said, "Some changes have happened in the palace. Qingyu was injured and is resting in the yard next door."
When Gao Yue'er heard that her senior sister was injured, she was as frightened as a bird and slipped into the yard next door.
The old Taoist priest did not get up. He knew that since Qingyu came on the 47th, he did not need to worry about it as a master.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say: "There are countless grievances in the palace. I will give her three more years at most, and she will definitely cut off this trace of love."
Shuzi was stunned and speechless for a long time.
Thinking about it, this is also true. How can you keep practicing among the academicians in the palace?
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he said softly: "I didn't expect that after Xiaohu and I stayed on the mountain for some days, something unexpected happened in the palace at the foot of the mountain. It's really hard for Qingyu."
While Li Xiuyuan was boiling water and making tea, he looked at the three people in front of him and said, "I will not interfere in matters in the palace, and you can't interfere either. That is only the personal matter of Qingyu and Xiaohei."
"This matter has passed. If you want to know the whole story later, just ask Qingyu."
Thinking that it was wrong, Li Xiuyuan added: "Have the academy affairs been contacted? It's not okay for these two little guys to continue to run wild."
Shuzi was happy when she heard this and smiled: "It has been arranged a long time ago. No, I have to take them for a walk before going to school."
"Then you have to be ready. They are both thinking about the meeting gift that big sister will give them."
After saying that, Li Xiuyuan looked at the laughing Xiaohu and said, "You can't run away either. These two little guys are not fuel-efficient."
Xiaohu continued to laugh and said: "I will be a driver every day at most, taking them to school."
While he was talking, Gao Yue'er walked out supporting the pale Qingyu.
When Qingyu saw the old Taoist priest, she shouted with red eyes: "Master, Qingyu has no ability, you are making a joke."
Gao Yue'er pulled her to sit down next to the master, and the old Taoist stretched out his hand to feel Qingyu's pulse.
After a while, he smiled and said: "With Mr. Li's elixir, Qingyu, your body will be back to its original state in a short time."
Li Xiuyuan poured spiritual tea into the cup of all living beings. Before he finished drinking the cup of spiritual tea, the old shopkeeper came back from a walk.
Carrying a basket of vegetables, he looked at Shuzi and Xiaohu and asked, "Which one of you is going to cook? I want to go back to the house and rest for a while."
Shuzi took the vegetable basket and said with a smile: "Xiaohu and I are going to cook."
When Gao Yue'er heard this, she followed him in sheepishly: "Sister, wait for me."
In just a moment, only Li Xiuyuan, Qingyu, and the old Taoist priest were left in the store.
Qingyu held a cup of spiritual tea, looked at the old Taoist priest and thought for a while, glanced at Li Xiuyuan, and said to the old Taoist priest: "Master, Xiao Hei has prepared a big surprise for you and junior sister."
The old Taoist priest trembled when he heard this, looked at Qingyu and asked: "When you left the imperial city, you were only at the Golden Elixir level. Could it be that Xiao Hei gave you the Golden Elixir?"
Qingyu didn't know how to answer, so she had to look at Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, thinking that this guy was a little too excited.
The little black man is still in the palace, but you poured everything out first. Fortunately, you are both master and disciple, otherwise Li Xiuyuan would be angry with his temper.
After thinking for a while, he looked at the old Taoist priest and replied: "That's about right. This matter will have to wait until Xiao Hei comes back... Don't mind it, I, Shuzi and Xiaohu don't need it."
In order to avoid being embarrassed by the old Taoist priest, Li Xiuyuan directly expressed his thoughts.
The old Taoist priest has already seen the threshold, so naturally he will not be particularly excited about a pill of elixir.
Instead, he murmured: "This is a big surprise for your junior sister."
