For the first time, the number one scholar was granted the rank of a fourth-rank official, which caused quite a stir among the people.
Almost everyone is discussing that Zhang Xiu is so lucky because she has a good sister.
Only the officials in the court knew that Zhang Xiu was able to become the hairtail he is today all because of his own ability...
After all, this was a ruthless man who went to the imperial garden with a butcher's knife. I am afraid that there will never be another champion like this in the history of the world.
If one day they annoy Zhang Xiu at the court meeting, and he gives himself a blood-splattered five-step, then who the hell can stand it! !
He has a huge fortune and a beautiful wife and concubines waiting for him to enjoy. Only a ghost would be willing to work with this lunatic!
Quickly, out of sight and out of mind, send him out of the capital. Good for you, good for me, and good for everyone...
After an extreme push and pull in the court, the civil and military officials of the court praised Zhang Xiu like a flower, and finally the emperor made him the prefect of Jinhua. Everyone let out a sigh of relief and went home with smiles on their faces to set off firecrackers. banquet.
Zhang Xiu, who was left with a dark face, walked out of the palace gate with a face as cold as frost.
Just as he was leaving the palace, a palace maid suddenly stopped him.
"Uncle, please stay here. Your Majesty the Imperial Concubine is here to invite you!"
Zhang Xiu stopped, turned around, and saw a pretty girl with lightly swept eyebrows looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but frown slightly.
"The royal concubine?"
Although the imperial concubine said that she was his sister, Zhang Xiu never knew her origin.
She even had a grudge against one of her beloved relatives and friends, the Dragon King of Jinghe, her brother.
After coming to the capital, she took such good care of herself. Even she, who was more beautiful and wiser than Pan An, still couldn't figure out what purpose she had.
Suddenly hearing that the imperial concubine invited him to meet him, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but feel worried.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xiu raised his brows and said with a smile: "Your Majesty the Imperial Master is my confidante, my dearest relative and friend. How can I not take her with me when I go to meet my sister? Please wait here for a moment." , I’ll take her with me to meet my sister!”
When the palace maid heard this, she immediately showed a shocked look on her face, and said out of instinct: "Master, I am actually your confidante? You have only been in the capital for a few days, how did you manage to...her... To become a confidante?"
Looking at the inquisitive little palace maid, Zhang Xiu was at a loss for words. After a moment of silence, he said with a tangled face: "I don't know if this counts, but if I seriously commit suicide, I can splash blood on her face. This matter She knows it herself."
Palace maid: "@#￥%￥#@......"
Except that it has nothing to do with the word Baganzi, this can really be regarded as a confidante...
Half an hour later, the little palace maid who received the news from Xuantian brought Zhang Xiu and Zhang Xiu to a courtyard outside the palace with expressions of doubt on life.
This courtyard is very spacious, equipped with rockeries and ponds, and the layout has a simple and elegant atmosphere.
Zhang Xiu followed the little palace maid from a distance, looked at the courtyard, pulled off Taoist Xuantian's sleeve, and asked in a low voice: "Master Imperial Master, what do you think this noble concubine is planning? Are you going to use me as a cauldron or something?"
Xuantian's eyes twitched, he looked at Zhang Xiu sideways, and said, "I feel... the female seductress is also good at picking people, right?"
"That's good...huh?"
Zhang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, then realized there was something in her words and glared at her fiercely.
"Hahaha……"
Seeing his reaction, Master Xuantian raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a bright and beautiful smile.
At the same time, the lotuses blooming quietly in the ponds on both sides of the stone bridge made Zhang Xiu, who saw her smile for the first time, couldn't help but be stunned.
"The human face and the lotus flower complement each other in red..."
Glancing at Zhang Xiu who was in a daze in front of him, Xuantian's cheeks turned red. Reflecting on Zhang Xiu's words, he involuntarily quickened his pace and surpassed Zhang Xiu by half a body. He wanted to forcibly calm down his accelerated heartbeat and return to his daily routine. In a cold tone: "This noble concubine has never harmed anyone since she entered the palace. She occasionally sends people to ask me for Taoist scriptures. From what she asked me, it doesn't look like some evil heretic. You There’s no need to worry so much.”
"And even if she wants to harm you, with me by your side, she won't...you can rest assured!"
Xuantian walked in front of Zhang Xiu with a blushing heart and felt an inexplicable throbbing in her heart for some reason.
This strange feeling had never happened to her in her hundreds of years of practice.
Did the master ask her to come to the world of mortals to refine her heart just to get rid of this feeling?
But... is this kind of tingling, tingling, and a little warm feeling really something that must be given up on the path of spiritual practice?
Xuantian was so confused that he came to a pavilion unknowingly.
The little palace maid stopped, turned around and said, "The imperial concubine is taking a bath and changing clothes. Please wait for a moment while I go down to prepare the meal."
After that, he walked through the pavilion and walked towards the house opposite the middle of the lake.
Zhang Xiu frowned and shouted to the little palace maid: "Don't worry, the imperial concubine, you first put the steamed lamb, steamed bear's paw, steamed deer tail, roasted duck, roasted chicken, roasted goose, braised pig, braised duck , soy sauce chicken, bacon, and Songhua tripe are here, it won’t be too late to see her again after we finish eating!”
The little palace lady stiffened, staggered to a stop, turned around with a breath, gritted her teeth and said, "None of them!" After saying that, she quickly turned around and ran across the flower wall in small steps.
Not long after, several plates of ingredients were placed on the table. Zhang Xiu's face was as beautiful as the dishes. He used chopsticks to pick up the vegetables on the plate a few times and said, "How about we pack these vegetables for Yan Feng to take back? He must like to eat them." !”
Xuantian smiled for a while in his heart. He suppressed a smile and hummed expressionlessly. Then, as if he suddenly realized something, he looked solemnly and looked at the flower wall opposite.
A lithe woman in a white dress, dressed richly and elegantly, walked slowly with gentle lotus steps.
The ethereal aura of the world made her feel an invisible pressure that seemed to be nothing.
When Xuantian saw this, he said with a solemn expression: "This bird's cultivation has improved again. If she takes action, today... I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you."
"Is this the imperial concubine? She looks like I have the same genes. She is a beauty..."
Zhang Xiu frowned and looked at the beautiful woman walking towards him. Suddenly he felt a familiar fragrance hit his nose. After thinking about it for a long time, he showed a look of confusion.
"I seem to have smelled this smell on a swallow when I was a child. At that time, a bird's nest overturned, and the swallow fell to death and broke a few eggs. At that time, I was very kind and even took the dead swallow away. Buried..."
"Wait a minute, could she be the reincarnation of that swallow and come to repay my favor?"
In Zhang Xiu's surprised and uncertain expression, the imperial concubine came over with a smile and bowed to Zhang Xiu. She said with a somewhat tangled expression: "I am not that swallow, I am... I am the remaining egg in the bird's nest." !”
