At night in Youyanzhou, the sky is high and the clouds are thin, and the moon and stars are sparse. Going north, under a higher and clearer night sky, the city on the ground is brightly lit, and the bright lights merge into one and then float straight up, connected with the moonlight and stars. He also consciously avoided going elsewhere.
Zhongzhou, Baidi City.
The emperor's joy and anger would not affect the people closest to him, so the laughter and laughter outside the palace wall still floated in intermittently.
The eunuchs on night duty stood by the pillars, huddled in the dark shadows. They just wanted to prevent Bai Emperor, who had just passed by, from casting his eyes on them. When they heard the laughter outside the palace, they were swaying to the sky with the lights. Finally, they all cursed viciously in their hearts, fearing that they would become extremely unlucky objects.
In the past few days, after the news from Suzaku City came back to the palace, Bai Emperor's expression never looked better. Several eunuchs had become cold corpses because they stood on the left side of the pillar instead of the right side.
"Sir, Your Majesty is at the Hibiscus Palace in front."
Suddenly the great eunuch in red robe led a group of three people through the corridor. The one who walked up to the great eunuch was a sturdy young man. He looked around and curled his lips and said: "This palace is not as lively as outside, early on." It’s better to come tomorrow morning.”
The eldest eunuch looked at the palace at the end of the corridor with a look of fear, guessing how noble the identities of the three people were. He turned around and said with a smile: "The palace is indeed deserted. If you need anything in the future, Young Master, You can hold this token and spend money anywhere in the city."
The young man paused for a moment and gave a satisfied sigh. An old man next to him immediately took the token. The great eunuch used this action to quietly size up the old man.
I saw the old man in front of me, with a childish face and white hair, but a pair of palms as big as cattail leaf fans. There was always a feeling of being incompatible with the surrounding space in his silence. It seemed that as long as he was allowed to speak, the other party would use these rough hands to tear him apart. Everything in front of you.
Hibiscus Palace is located behind the central axis of the palace. Because the entire structure is made of wood, compared with other palace buildings around it, it is a little less cold and grand, and a little more soft and elegant. And this style is also Because of the accumulation of time, it has become a bit more sacred.
Mugung Dynasty, Mugung Palace, just by listening to the name, you can know how special this place is in the entire dynasty, and tonight it is a place to host a banquet for these three people. The great eunuch just thought of this , he straightened his waist and bent it down again when passing by other eunuchs.
"Sir, please."
In front of the steps paved with sapphire, the great eunuch stopped. The young man ignored the intricately carved patterns on the stone slabs under his feet and strode toward the shimmering palace door with a somewhat unhappy look on his face.
Bai Di's arrogance was really too big, he was always looking for some shabby place, and he didn't open the door to greet him when he arrived. When he walked to the door, the palace door opened silently, and a figure wearing only a plain robe immediately caught the young man's eyes. .
"Are you Bai Di?"
There was no response. The young man's face was gloomy for a moment, and then he smiled. He walked into the palace and walked to the banquet prepared on the left. After sitting down, he started eating by himself.
When the two old men behind the young man also entered the palace, the man sitting on the futon stood up, looked at them and asked, "Which of you is Elder Gu Yan, and who is Elder Gu Ci?"
"It's Gu Yan who keeps a sullen face and doesn't speak. It's Gu Ci who's smiling at you now." After a few mouthfuls of food, the young man finally felt better, so he turned his back and started introducing.
The Bai Emperor, who only wore a white plain robe, was handsome and majestic. Hearing this, he smiled faintly, bowed to Gu Ci, and asked: "The head of the Gu family said that he would send two elders, but he did not say that there would be one." A brilliant and restrained young man."
"Oh, my name is Gu Yuan." The young man replied nonchalantly.
Bai Di's expression changed slightly, but returned to normal in the next moment. He did not give any explanation for his ignorance of Gu Yuan just now. After extending his hand to invite Gu Yan and Gu Ci to the table, he said seriously: "The incident in Suzaku City is of great concern to the Gu family. It’s just a small matter, if Master Gu takes this as the birth of Young Master Gu, I’m afraid he will disappoint a few of them.”
Gu Yuan put down his chopsticks, looked at Gu Ci strangely and asked, "Didn't you say that this involves the Murong family? How did it become such a trivial matter?"
Gu Ci's expression became more serious. He looked at Bai Di and asked, "Didn't you call us to deal with this Murong branch?"
Bai Di nodded and said: "The most powerful person in Hidden Valley is just a woman in the early stage of transformation. Either of the two elders can kill the other. But such a character has nothing to do with the birth of Young Master Gu. Tied together, it doesn’t seem to hold much weight.”
Gu Yuan raised his eyebrows, glanced at Bai Di appreciatively, and said with a smile: "Early stage of transcendence? I really may not be able to beat him. I don't recognize reputation but only strength. It seems that this trip won't be too difficult. boring."
Gu Yuan was only seventeen years old and didn't like to talk about these things. He changed the topic suddenly and said, "We caught a maid on the way here. She said her name is Bai Zhi. Are she related to Bai Emperor?"
Bai Di glanced at Gu Yuan with a normal expression, thought for a moment and said, "That's right. His father used to be the lord of Jinguan City. He died not long ago. She is indeed missing. I didn't expect Young Master Gu to send me a gift first." Got a gift."
"No, no, no, you misunderstood. I really need a maid to take care of my life. This girl is pretty good. By the way, do you know who her master is?"
Along the way, Gu Yuan was thinking about the woman who broke into the black storm.
Bai Di's expression finally changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "This woman traveled around the mainland and did stay in Jinguan City for a period of time. Moreover, her identity is quite special. Young Master Gu had a conflict with her. ?”
Gu Ci had been observing Bai Emperor since he sat down. He answered the question at this moment and sneered: "It's just a woman from the three surnames of the Black Sea. Why is Bai Emperor so nervous?"
Bai Di did not hide anything and said bluntly: "Some time ago, the head of the Black Sea Winner family visited the Mugung Dynasty. The relationship between this girl and him should be extraordinary."
"Ying Que, the head of the Ying family, he should be in the middle stage of mortal transformation now. He is indeed a very powerful person. I didn't expect that we would have such an intersection with him. This woman is most likely his daughter."
"Hehe, that's even better. Then we can have a cheap father-in-law." Gu Yuan laughed and said no more. He looked at Gu Yan, who stood up silently.
Bai Di nodded towards the two of them and said, "There are still some interesting places in Bai Di City, Young Master Gu can enjoy it to the fullest."
After Gu Yuan left, Gu Ci looked away and said with a smile: "Bai Emperor probably thinks that my young master is a playboy, right?"
Bai Di shook his head, without explaining, and said calmly: "It seems that Elder Gu Ci is talking to me."
