Zou Qi looked in the direction Lu Rengu pointed, and saw seven or eight feet away, on the thick branch of a sycamore tree growing obliquely, under the cover of lush leaves, hung a group of light green unknown objects.

Taking a closer look, it is vaguely discernible, the "thing" His Majesty is talking about seems to be a person?

Judging by the color of the clothes, it seems that she is still a woman?

But this early in the morning, in such a remote forest, who would hide in this tree?

Could it be another assassin who made a desperate arrangement to ambush here in advance when he learned that His Majesty would come for a walk in the Imperial Garden?

In an instant, Zou Qi's mind flashed all kinds of assassination scenes that His Majesty has encountered in the past year since he took the throne.

Poisoning, backstabbing, witchcraft, spells...

All imaginable and unexpected despicable methods emerged endlessly.

Dealing with assassination every day is already a common practice here at the Golden Wolf Guard, and it has long been no surprise.

But this is the first time have seen him half-hidden in a tree.

"Your Majesty has already appeared, but this person has not been discovered yet. Isn't this assassin a bit stupid? Or is it some new method?"

"He wants to see what new tricks these people can play."

"Also, Changning Palace seems to need to be rectified again."

Zou Qi's face turned cold, he stepped forward lightly, and slowly drew the knife out with his hands.

The sun shone on the icy blade, reflecting a dazzling cold light, instantly destroying the warmth and tranquility of the summer morning light.

Lu Rengu took a step forward, stretched out his hand and pushed Zou Qi's half-drawn knife back: "That's all, I'll go by myself."

Zou Qi followed closely behind, feeling puzzled.

"In the past, when encountering assassins during the day, His Majesty didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, and left it to the Golden Wolf Guard to deal with it. Why did he come forward to check in person today?"

"Whenever an assassin is encountered at night, His Majesty executes him personally, and I can only watch from the sidelines. If His Majesty also does it himself during the day, then I, the commander-in-chief of the Golden Wolf Guard, will become a waste, so I might as well feed the pigs."gone."

Noisy.

Lu Rengu, who was walking in front, frowned slightly, raised his hand and waved back, signaling Zou Qi not to follow.

Zou Qi stopped his footsteps, and waited for Lu Rengu to walk three feet away before raising his heels.

As the distance got closer, Lu Rengu could see clearly.

The one lying on the tree branch, no, it should be said to be entangled, is a girl.

A little girl in a light green dress, with both hands and feet, tightly wrapped around the tree trunk, dreaming soundly.

In midsummer, the temperature is still hot even in the early morning.

Even under the shade of a tree, her pink cheeks, which had not been applied with makeup, were still flushed, as if she had applied rouge.

A small palm-sized face was lying sideways on the tree trunk, squeezed by the tree trunk, with slightly pouty cheeks and slightly parted pink lips, it was really cute.

Lu Rengu was sure that this person was not the assassin Zou Qi thought.

Weak in stature and useless.

Besides, how can there be such an assassin, others have walked in front of her, but they still haven't noticed it.

Since it is not an assassin, it can appear in this imperial garden, and it is not worn by a court lady, it must be one of his many women who were forced into the palace by his courtiers.

It's just that don't know which family taught the daughter to be coiled on the tree like an ignorant child with no manners.

The two little feet under the wide green skirt are hooked together, and the two arms are tightly hugging the branches of the tree, even if they are asleep, they are still stable.

This situation really makes people feel a little hard to describe.

Lu Rengu was silent for a moment, and asked aloud, "Who are you and why are you here?"

The voice is low, with a little tired hoarseness that has been up all night.

Being disturbed, the girl's thick eyelash feathers that looked like butterfly wings trembled a few times, but her eyes did not open.

It's just that her pink lips opened and closed, her voice was soft and glutinous, and she muttered vaguely: "Good Ganoderma lucidum, I'll sleep for a while."

The sleepy voice was sweet and innocent, like a feather, gently scratching the tip of Lu Rengu's heart, itchy and crispy.

Feeling strange and strange, Lu Rengu frowned slightly, with a displeased expression on his face.

He raised his hand and stretched it towards that delicate sleeping face.

At this moment, a call came from outside the woods: "Girl, someone is coming!"

Following the sound, she saw a maid trotting towards her, about to enter the forest.

Zou Qi was three zhang away, although he didn't understand why his Majesty didn't directly kill the girl who was suspected of being an assassin, instead he stood in front of the branch and stared at it for a long time.

But based on his understanding of His Majesty, there must be something strange about the girl on the tree, and His Majesty's actions must have deep meaning.

But the servant girl who appeared suddenly was about to rush over recklessly, and she was about to run into His Majesty.

Zou Qi drew his knife with a cold face, moved his feet, and was about to go forward and take him down.

Hearing the sound of the knife being unsheathed, Lu Rengu withdrew his outstretched hand in the air, flashed to Zou Qi's side, and said softly, "That's all."

Then he tiptoed to the ground, lightly jumped up the tree, and hid himself in the lush canopy.

Seeing this, Zou Qi also jumped up the tree.

Ganoderma lucidum trotted to the tree, raised her hand and gently pushed Liu Ruoqian: "Girl, wake up."

"Huh?" Liu Ruoqian raised her head and looked at Ganoderma lucidum in a daze.

Ganoderma lucidum supported her arm, for fear that she would fall: "Someone is coming this way, we should go back."

Liu Ruoqian sat up straight, hugging the tree trunk, and with the support of Ganoderma lucidum, slipped down from the tree.

The movements are a bit clumsy, but they are proficient. It seems that climbing trees is a common practice.

The two legs were hooked together for a long time, and the legs were a little numb. As soon as the ground fell, the little girl's feet felt like needles, and she sat on the ground with her buttocks.

The fall made her grin her teeth, and with an ouch, she stretched out her hand to press her leg.

Hearing the footsteps getting closer, Lingzhi said anxiously: "Girl, people are coming, can you go?"

Thinking of what Ling Yan said, in this palace, try not to meet people face to face, Liu Ruoqian stretched out her hand to Ling Zhi: "Help me."

Ganoderma lucidum put Liu Ruoqian's arm on her shoulder, and the other hand held her waist, helping her up.

But Liu Ruoqian's legs were still numb, so she couldn't walk fast.

Ganoderma lucidum looked back, and a shadowy figure had already appeared by the edge of the woods.

In desperation, she used all her strength to pick up her own girl, who was still like a soft-footed shrimp, and put it on her shoulders, then ran away after carrying her.

Ganoderma lucidum looked skinny, but before being sold to Liu's family, she was a rough servant girl for a wealthy family in the county.

Carrying water, chopping firewood, carrying sacks, all labor-intensive tasks have been done.Over the years, just practiced a lot of strength.

After eating and drinking in Liu's house for a year, he has grown a lot and his body has become stronger.

Now carrying her petite little girl on her shoulders, it's like playing, and she ran far away in a blink of an eye.

And the little girl on her shoulder was neither surprised nor surprised, and even covered her mouth and yawned.

The tacit understanding between the master and the servant showed that it was not the first time.

Lu Rengu, who witnessed this scene with his own eyes on the tree, couldn't help it, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Zou Qi was even more stunned, with a look of astonishment on his face.

No matter how you look at it, lying on the tree, walking down the ground and asking someone to carry it, this is not what normal people do.

No wonder His Majesty just stared at that girl for so long, it was really weird.

Lu Rengu let go of the tree trunk he was holding on to, and floated down to the ground. With his hands behind his back, he left in the direction he came from.

Zou Qi also landed on the ground, looked at the two court ladies who were walking forward carrying bamboo baskets, and asked coldly, "Who is in front?"

The two maids walked and chatted, but they didn't find anyone in the woods.

Hearing the sound, he raised his head and saw that it was the commander of the Golden Wolf Guard. He threw the basket away in fright, and knelt down to salute: "I have seen Lord Zou, and the slaves are medical girls from the Imperial Hospital."

Zou Qi's tone was cold: "Why do you come here?" His Majesty's research on the weird girl was interrupted.

A female doctor replied tremblingly: "Master Zou, this servant is ordered to come here to pick phoenix leaves and dry them for medicine."

Zou Qi turned his head and saw that Lu Rengu had gone far away, so he said coldly: "Get up, don't come at this hour in the future." His Majesty Bao Buqi wants to go out for a walk tomorrow.

The two medical girls hurriedly responded, trembling, "Yes."

Zou Qi turned around, kept a distance of three feet, and followed behind Lu Rengu.

Back at Changning Palace, Lu Rengu changed into court clothes and went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to meet the courtiers who had been waiting for a long time.

While walking, he ordered: "Zou Qi, don't follow me, you go and check that woman just now."

"Yes." Zou Qi clasped his fists.

After calling the two teams of Golden Wolf Guards to follow His Majesty, he turned around and walked elsewhere.

Lu Rengu raised his feet and walked forward, walking, suddenly remembered, as if he had forgotten something.

In that sycamore grove just now, when she was beside that woman, there seemed to be something unusual?

But he couldn't think of anything unusual.

I thought about it all the way, but never thought of it when reached the gate of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

That's all.Lu Rengu shook his head, and walked into the hall amidst the shouts of "Long live Your Majesty".

Ganoderma lucidum carried Liu Ruoqian around the imperial garden and got lost.

Liu Ruoqian patted her on the shoulder: "Lingzhi, my legs are healed, please put me down."

"Okay, girl." Lingzhi carefully put her girl on the ground, her eyes full of trust: "Miss, you must remember the way back."

She has great strength, but she doesn't know the way.

But her girl is amazing, no matter where she goes, as long as she walks through it once, she can remember it clearly.

Even in unfamiliar places that she has never been to, the girl can always find her way.

Liu Ruoqian nodded: "I remember."

Ganoderma lucidum smiled proudly: "This servant will know that you remember."

The two avoided people and went back to Zuihua Palace smoothly all the way.

Seeing that the two came back safe and sound, Ling Yan, who was anxiously preparing to go out to find someone, breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward to support Liu Ruoqian's arm, and welcomed him in.

I went to the Royal Garden and slept on the tree again. The little ginseng was full of energy and energy, and felt energetic all over body.

He didn't sit down when he entered the door, but just stood there and drank two cups of jasmine tea.

Elegant and fragrant, the taste is fresh and mellow, after two cups, the whole person becomes more and more comfortable.

Liu Ruoqian licked her lower lip reminiscently, put down her teacup, and began to look around the Drunken Flower Palace with great interest.

After wandering around inside and out, he went back to the house very satisfied, and lay down on the couch in the warm pavilion, stretched his hands and feet straight, and stretched his waist.

After stretching, the little girl curled her mouth and touched her head.

Although she couldn't see it, she could feel it, her little leaves finally froze.

This imperial palace is not useless, the imperial garden is very good.

Seeing the little girl lazily lying on the couch, touching her head with both hands, and laughing foolishly, Ling Yan felt a sting in her heart, and the silver cake in her hand almost fell to the ground.

When we talked last night, the girl was fine, except that she had never seen anything in the world, she was simple-minded and ignorant of world affairs, and she didn't see anything wrong.

Why, all of a sudden, he looks a little stupid?

Noticing Lingyan coming from the corner of the corner of the eye, Liu Ruoqian sat up and said with a smile, "I know, Lingyan, you should pay attention to your manners."

Looking at the little girl who sat down dignifiedly in the blink of an eye, Ling Yan blinked, suspecting that she was dazzled just now.

She put the silver cake on the table on the couch, leaned close to Liu Ruoqian, and whispered softly: "Miss, this servant has heard that from time to time, His Majesty will announce to the masters of the harem to go to Changning Palace to chant scriptures."

Liu Ruoqian took a bite of the crispy and sweet silver cake, her eyes lit up instantly.tasty!

While chewing, she asked casually: "Chanting? What sutra?"

Seeing the little girl holding the cake in her left hand and holding the plate in her arms with her right hand, squinting her eyes as she ate deliciously, Ling Yan felt another sting in her heart.

When is this, my head will fall off at any time, how can the girl be so heartless.

Looking back at Ganoderma lucidum chatting homely with the new maid, Lingyan sighed heavily in her heart, feeling tired.

For such a short moment, a thought suddenly came up in her heart, she didn't want to care about it, and she loved it.

But after thinking about it, before he died, he hadn't been able to meet the eldest son, so Lingyan had to cheer up again.

She took a deep breath and looked back at Liu Ruoqian.

It didn't take long for the little girl to finish three silver cakes, her cheeks were bulging, and she reached for the fourth one.

All right, love to eat.

Ling Yan didn't want to worry too much, and continued in a low voice, "Girl, what Your Majesty requires all masters to read is the Ksitigarbha Sutra."

Sure enough, the little girl looked at her blankly while holding the cake: "Ksitigarbha Sutra, what kind of sutra is that?"

Lingyan: "The one who saves the undead."

Liu Ruoqian took a bite of the silver cake: "Why does Your Majesty want to listen to this sutra?"

Ling Yan: "I don't know, but it is said that those concubines who were beheaded were beheaded directly by His Majesty because they did not recite the scriptures well."

"So, girl, you should recite this sutra well in advance."

Liu Ruoqian stopped eating this time, stared round her eyes, stared at Lingyan in a daze, and spoke after a while, with a weak and soft voice: "But Lingyan, I can't read."