From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 153

People in this era were relatively short, especially women. People like Zhao Jianjia, Xue Ningyue and Qu Ling, who were nearly 1.7 meters tall, were rare.

Zhou Yuan had only seen one tall woman who was 1.8 meters or nearly 1.9 meters tall. She was obviously Xiaozhuang from Baiyun Temple, the personal female guard of Master Miaoshan.

So Zhou Yuan recognized her at a glance.

Xiaozhuang smiled slowly and said calmly: "Junior brother, you look very energetic. You have made a lot of progress in the past few months."

Zhou Yuan was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Xiaozhuang, where is the senior sister? How did you become an angel in the palace? Could it be that the senior sister is a high-ranking official?"

Xiaozhuang smiled and said: "She is indeed a high-ranking official. Of course, I also have my own position."

"That's great."

Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing and said: "So I have someone to take care of me when I go to Shenjing! Although we have only been separated for a few months, I really miss the senior sister."

Xiaozhuang snorted and then said: "Don't be happy. The imperial edict requires you to leave within five days. Is it in time?"

Zhou Yuan fell into deep thought.

There are too many things to do.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has been discontinued for a long time. The aristocratic families also need to communicate the follow-up details, and the great scholars of Shen Qiaoshan also need to be appeased.

But...let Li Zhaolu do all these things.

Zhou Yuan just wanted to spend more time with Ningyue and Jianjia. They finally met, but they hadn't gotten along well, so they had to part ways. It was really cruel.

Moreover, they were new wives and needed emotional comfort.

"Alas, there is a long way to go!"

Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "Xiaozhuang, do you want to go to Shenjing with me?"

Xiaozhuang nodded and said, "I'm dealing with something in Lin'an Prefecture. I'll meet you at the canal dock in five days. It's relatively convenient for us to go north by water."

"Okay, then today..."

Zhou Yuan looked at Zhao Jianjia and others and smiled, "Today we will go out to the West Lake and enjoy the summer scenery. Who wants to go?"

Zhao Jianjia smiled but said nothing. Of course, she wanted to go.

But she suddenly thought of something and said quickly: "Ningyue is going, don't forget her."

Xiaoying shouted from a distance: "Brother Zhou Yuan, I want to go too, I want to go and play!"

Zhou Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "Ziyuan, go back to the house and inform Qu Ling and Mo Xiang, let them go with you."

Ziyuan pouted immediately, obviously not wanting Mo Xiang to go with her.

Zhou Yuan said: "Master Zhuang, you have been busy for so many days and you are still injured. Why don't you go and have some fun?"

Zhuang Xuansu frowned slightly and shook his head: "No, I still have a lot of things to deal with. There are a lot of things that need to be summarized about the Liangjiang Change."

Zhou Yuan said: "It doesn't matter if it's one or two days. Everyone goes, Qingying, you go too."

Ye Qingying snorted: "I don't have any interest."

Zhou Yuan turned to look at Chu Wanping and smiled: "Go and call all the girls. They came to Lin'an Mansion and have been angry all the time. Living in the dark underground, it's time to see the scenery of West Lake. "

Chu Wanping, with tears in her eyes, choked up and said: "Thank you, sir, they must be very happy."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Lord Xiong, you said you also worked in Lin'an Prefecture, can you get a big pleasure boat? We have dozens of people."

Xiong Kuohai couldn't help laughing and said: "There are countless merchants from wealthy families who want to curry favor with me, a pleasure boat is no problem."

So at Zhou Yuan's suggestion, more than 20 carriages rushed to the bank of West Lake.

All the girls got on the pleasure boat, and fine wine, food, fruit snacks, all were ready.

Xiaoying was the most excited, she didn't stop eating, and she was making a fuss while eating. Although her injuries had not healed yet, she was in great spirits.

"Congratulations!"

Qu Ling blinked at Zhou Yuan and whispered, "I heard that you had your wedding night last night?"

Zhou Yuan was startled, looked around, and hurriedly asked, "Who did you hear that from?"

"Mo Xiang!"

"Who did Mo Xiang hear that from?"

After asking the question, Zhou Yuan felt stupid. Mo Xiang must have heard it from Zi Yuan.

Okay, this Zi Yuan, on the surface, doesn't like Mo Xiang, but in private, she is a big mouth and can't stop anything.

Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "It took some tricks, otherwise it would have been delayed."

This is really not nonsense. In Zhao Jianjia's case, if Zhou Yuan hadn't said that he might go to the Central Plains to suppress the bandits, Zhao Jianjia might not have taken the initiative to offer herself.

The sun is shining and the breeze is blowing.

The West Lake is rippling with green waves and the lotus is swaying.

Many women, those who came out of the dark underground, also had brighter faces.smile.

They are all girls in their prime, but they have suffered so much. If Zhou Yuan hadn't saved them, they would have been just like the previous girls, a pile of bones.

"Really great."

Qu Ling said softly: "Looking at their smiles from the heart, I really think everything you have done is so great. That night you came to me late at night and said you wanted to turn the tide."

"To be honest, I didn't quite believe it, but now I believe it."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Ling'er, you are in danger. The worship of men is the beginning of love."

"Bah!"

Qu Ling blushed and said immediately: "The people chasing this girl can line up from Xuanwu Lake to Qinhuai River. The aristocratic families Disciples, scholarly families, nobles and scholars, there are countless of them, how can I look up to you? "

Zhou Yuan shook his hair, arrogantly, and laughed: "Can they compare to me?"

"No."

Qu Ling said softly: "Really not, you...you..."

Before he finished speaking, Ningyue had already walked over, holding a piece of dessert and handed it to Zhou Yuan's mouth, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, try this and see if it tastes good?"

Qu Ling's face darkened, damn, this damn Zhou Yuan is too dissolute.

Zhou Yuan pinched Ningyue's hand and laughed: "Although the dessert is delicious, it is not as good as Ningyue's two red plums."

"Ah!"

Xue Ningyue exclaimed softly, her pretty face suddenly flushed, and she stamped her feet anxiously: "You...Brother Zhou, there are so many people, how can you say such a thing...Oh! I'm going to play with Xiaoying!"

She didn't dare to stay for a moment, and hurriedly lifted her skirt and left.

Qu Ling looked strange and asked in confusion: "Two red plums? What does that mean? The snacks she made?"

Good boy, our Miss Qu is really simple.

Zhou Yuan did not speak, but focused his eyes on her heart.

Qu Ling became more and more confused, followed his gaze, and slowly looked at herself.

In an instant, a flash of lightning flashed through her mind, and she suddenly woke up, and couldn't help but widen her eyes and said angrily: "Lecher!"

Her face was red and hot, she stood up quickly, covered her chest and ran away.

Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing out loud, it was still easy to play with girls, this is what life is.

Fighting and killing, fighting wits and courage in officialdom, it's really boring.

Zhou Yuan knew that this kind of leisure and leisure was very precious, so he really hoped that today would pass slower, slower.