What is it like to go to the Emperor's special bathhouse?

Thank you for invitation.

The people just went out and were panicked.

Go out of the guest house and go to the right, enter the inner palace gate and walk straight to the lotus soup.

Gu Qing followed the eunuch very slowly. The more he walked in, the more he was in the inner palace, and the more he was covered with dense Yulin Guards and Left Guard soldiers.

The eunuch turned around and smiled at Gu Qing, explaining that there were no such many soldiers guarding the Huaqing Palace. However, after Mount Li was set on fire last night, the Yulin Guard and the Zuo Guard were extremely nervous. The general responsible for protecting the emperor knelt outside the emperor's bedroom for the middle of the night to apologize. At the same time, the Huaqing Palace added countless guards, surrounding the palace like an iron barrel.

When talking about artificial setting fire, Gu Qing couldn't help but feel hatred. This time he truly agreed that he should cut the person who set fire to pieces to relieve his hatred.

"When the wildfire was extinguished, the palace sent people to search the mountain. After searching for it all night, it was rewarded in the morning. They found traces of people staying in the woods in the mountains. There were about two or three murderers. People might have taken advantage of the fire last night and ran down the mountain. Chang'an Jingzhao Prefecture and Lantian County Government sent elite and bad commanders to investigate the case. Gu Changshi, don't worry, this group of thieves will not live for a few days."

Gu Qing nodded.

A fire almost burned to death today can be regarded as a shocking case. Li Longji escaped last night, and now the entire Chang'an court is probably shocked.

As for who released this fire, Gu Qing's suspicion was still Li Heng, the prince of the East Palace.

There is no way, the prince’s suspicion is too great, almost obvious. After the incident last night was spread, both the court officials and the people probably had to suspect the prince, but Li Heng was covered in his mouth and couldn’t even explain it.

But Gu Qing was still a little strange. The court struggles have always been full of conspiracies. The prince's behavior is equivalent to openly breaking up and rebelling without any consequences. In theory, the prince's behavior should not be so simple and crude. If the matter is defeated, he will even be cut off from the way forward.

The eunuch led Gu Qing along the way to introduce the imperial soup from the inner palace. Only then did Gu Qing realize that there were many soup pools in the Huaqing Palace. In addition to the Xingchen Soup dedicated to Li Shimin, the Lotus Soup dedicated to Li Longji and the Haitang Soup dedicated to Yang Guifei, there were naturally the Prince's Soup dedicated to the prince, as well as Shangshi Soup dedicated to the inner officials and palace maids, Shaoyang Soup dedicated to guests and court officials, etc.

Gu Qing followed the eunuch in silence. He was obviously a man of two lives, but he acted like a local bun all the way. While increasing his experience, he could not help feeling a little ashamed.

When he arrived at a luxurious and tall palace, the eunuch pointed to the palace and told Gu Qing that this was the lotus soup specially used by the emperor. He pointed to a slightly shorter palace next to the palace. The eunuch told Gu Qing that the palace next to the lotus soup was the crabapple soup.

Gu Qing showed an inappropriate smile on his lips.

The name "Begonia" has been good. Later generations have a poem that teases the old couple and young wife. One of the lines "A tree of pear blossoms over the begonia" is quite a bit of injustice, beautiful, but it is also detrimental.

The eunuch smiled and asked Gu Qing to enter the hall. There was no hall in the hall. After entering, there was a huge pool in the middle. The pool was filled with hot springs. Two little eunuchs stood respectfully beside the pool. They stepped forward to take off their clothes for Gu Qingkuan and asked Gu Qing if they wanted to serve in the bathing soup.

Gu Qing hurriedly rejected this inappropriate request.

He is not used to approaching women, nor is he used to approaching men, and half-male and half-female are even less used to being.

Although he still disliked Li Longji's bathhouse in his heart, Gu Qing knew that it would be impossible not to soak in. The eunuch's eyes were staring at him. If he showed disgust, then the life-saving grace of Li Longji last night could be completely wiped clean in an instant.

After taking off his body, Gu Qing closed his eyes and jumped into the Yu Tang. The water temperature of more than 40 degrees was just right for the temperature that the skin accepted. Gu Qing only felt that the capillaries in his body were opened, and he was soaked in warm water. Gu Qing sighed with satisfaction.

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I didn't dare to soak in lotus soup for too long. The gifts given to my ministers by the emperor and the gifts received by the ministers are actually symbolic. It is enough to just taste it briefly. Just wait for disaster.

After soaking for two incense sticks, Gu Qing came out of the pond naked, wiped it dry, and quickly put on his inner clothes.

The little eunuch waiting outside seemed to hear the movement, rushed in, served Gu Qing diligently, changed him into a brand new scarlet official uniform, and a luxurious jade belt with various gems inlaid on the jade belt, which was shiny and attracted the attention of the thief.

The little eunuch changed his clothes and explained with a smile that the official uniform and jade belt were given by the imperial concubine. After Gu Changshi changed clothes, he asked him to visit His Majesty at Yichun Pavilion. The emperor waited for a long time.

After dressing up, he hung a newly-given goldfish bag around his waist. Gu Qing walked out of the lotus soup and hurried to Yichun Pavilion with the eunuchs.

When Gu Qing entered the hall, he heard a hearty laugh as soon as he entered the hall gate. The laughter was mixed with a bit of hoarseness and harshness. It was obvious that Li Longji's voice had not fully recovered.

"Gu Qing is here, haha, hurry up, there is no need to be polite, come forward." Li Longji stood in the hall and waved to him with a smile. Yang Guifei sat next to him, and also stared at him with a smile.

Gu Qing lowered his head and walked forward quickly, standing one meter away from Li Longji.

Li Longji said unhappily: "I asked you to come forward. Why are you doing so far away from me? Are you afraid that I will beat you?"

After saying that, he laughed, as if he had told a funny joke.

Gu Qing pulled the corners of his mouth, but Yang Guifei giggled with shame.

The support of Yang Guifei made Li Longji more excited. At this moment, he might feel that he was a humorous and approachable emperor, and his character was a bit more plump.

Turning his head, Li Longji smiled at Yang Guifei and said, "I should really beat this kid. My wife knows that last night, Gu Qing ordered Yulinwei to dig a hole and bury me alive. No one in all dynasties dared to be so rude to the emperor."

Gu Qing hurriedly apologized for fear and apologized: "I offend the sage without slander. I deserve to die. Please punish Your Majesty."

Concubine Yang gave Li Longji a blank look and said, "Sanlang, don't scare the child. If Gu Qing had not dug a hole to cover the soil in a hurry, I wouldn't know what the tragic situation would have been last night."

Li Longji laughed and said, "You don't take it seriously. I am a rude person. Gu Qing, I was almost buried in the fire last night. Thanks to you, I really should thank you."

Gu Qing lowered his head and said respectfully: "Your Majesty is so serious. It is my duty to eat the king's fortune and solve the problem of the king. I dare not take credit for it."

Li Longji praised: "How many civil and military officials in the court can recognize their duties? Gu Qing has this idea, and I have seen the loyalty of the innocent child."

He turned around and smiled at Yang Guifei and said, "I want to thank you even more. If it weren't for your little fellow villager who introduced you to me, the Tang Dynasty would probably have lost the whole country today."

Yang Guifei said anxiously: "Sanlang, don't talk nonsense. Your body is related to the country's fortune. A very noble body must be helped by God. Even if Gu Qing is not present, Sanlang will not be able to do anything."

Li Longji sighed: "I am also very glad. I was fortunate to have Gu Qing accompany him last night. When the fire broke out, I and the people around me were confused. Only Gu Qing was the calmest, and the way he came up with was incredible..."

Looking at Gu Qing with a smile, Li Longji smiled and said, "Gu Qing, you ordered digging a trenches again last night, and used fire to attack fire. What is the reason?"

Gu Qing smiled and said, "Digging trenches is to stop the fire from spreading on the ground and to draw a boundary for the fire. The fire is to attack the fire with fire because I have tested the direction of the wind and lit another fire at the upper air outlet. It can block the fire above with the wind and leave us more room for survival. In short, Your Majesty and I are trapped in the fire. I can only try my best to delay the spread of the fire and do my best to isolate the fire from others, all for survival."

Li Longji nodded slowly: "Digging the trenches is to cut off the spread of the fire on the ground, and using fire to attack the fire is to spread the fire above the woods. I finally understand that when you ordered last night, everyone was unconscious and thought it was a life-threatening. Later, I knew that your two methods were indeed effective. If it weren't for the method you came up with, I would have been burned to charcoal before the fire was put out. The purpose of saving the car last night should be Gu Qing as the leader."

"I just do my duty and dare not take credit."

Li Longji remained silent for a long time and said slowly: "Gu Qing is still the chief of the Left Guard now?"

"yes."

Li Longji said oh, but stopped mentioning it.

Yang Guifei smiled and said, "Sanlang, it was not only Gu Qing who made great contributions to rescue the emperor last night, but also Princess Wanchun."

Li Longji raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Yinger...haha, it's my good-nest girl. I heard that when the fire broke out, the Huaqing Palace was in a hurry. It was my eyeinger who took over the guards and ordered the extinguishing of the fire in an orderly manner. Fortunately, she could put out the wildfires quickly. If it was a moment later, even if Gu Qing's method worked, it would probably not last long. I really should thank her."

Yang Guifei covered her mouth and giggled: "Gu Qing and Wanchun, one of them rescued the car in the fire and the other outside the fire. They cooperated tacitly. No matter who they lacked, the consequences would be unimaginable."

Li Longji was stunned, looked at Gu Qing quickly and smiled thoughtfully, but he did not accept Yang Guifei's words, but ordered a banquet.

Gu Qing was the only guest. It can be seen that today's banquet was specially designed by Li Longji to thank Gu Qing for his life-saving grace. The hot wine and dishes were brought into the hall, and the beautiful Kabuki also danced gracefully in the musician's performance.

This banquet was very reserved. Gu Qing, who had made great contributions, dared not be unrestrained, for fear of leaving Li Longji with the impression of being proud of his contributions, so he could only follow the rhythm of Li Longji. When Li Longji chatted, he agreed. When Li Longji took the wine, he took the initiative to stand up and toast. After the banquet, Li Longji was already drunk.

Gu Qing took the lead and left Li Longji.

Concubine Yang yawned and returned to the harem to rest.

In the hall, Gao Lishi flashed out from behind the screen, and Li Longji suddenly sat upright, and his drunkenness just now looked extremely awake.

Li Longji leaned against the cushion and said slowly: "General Gao, is your body better?"

Last night, Gao Lishi was also injured. His throat was so painful that his throat was so painful that his wild fire was burning. At this moment, Qiangzi was enduring his discomfort and stood beside Li Longji as respectfully as usual.

"Thank you for your concern. I have applied medicine and my health is much better."

Li Longji glanced at him and smiled and said, "Actually, you are the only person I trust the most, General Gao, you must take good care of yourself."

Gao Lishi said with gratitude: "Your Majesty loves you, but I cannot repay you. I can only die with my remaining body and repay Your Majesty for your grace of knowing your favor."

Li Longji waved his hand and said, "We have just walked through the gates of hell. Don't say "life" or "death". It's so unlucky."

Then Li Longji lowered his face and said, "Has the person who set fire last night ever seized it?"

Gao Lishi lowered his head and said, "Jingzhao Prefecture and Lantian County sent out all bad commanders to investigate and attack with all their might. No thieves have been captured yet."

Li Longji snorted and said with a face of Hanshuang: "It's been a day, but I haven't got anyone yet. Are Jingzhao Prefecture and Lantian County a bag of wine? I'll give them three days to get the thief within three days, otherwise they will submit a memorial to return to the field."

"yes."

"What's going on in Chang'an after something happened to me?"

Gao Lishi was the old man who had been with Li Longji for many years. He knew very well that Li Longji was asking about Chang'an's movements. In fact, he was asking the prince, so he whispered: "After the incident, the Eastern Palace was frightened all day long. His Highness was furious and roared in the Eastern Palace, and even said that a traitor framed him and wanted to kill him... At noon today, His Highness had already climbed the chariot and left the city and rushed to Huaqing Palace. His purpose seemed to be to defend and explain to His Majesty. He would arrive soon."

Li Longji laughed, but his expression was neither sad nor happy.

Gao Lishi glanced at Li Longji and said carefully: "Your Majesty, I have a shallow understanding and don't understand. With the ability of the prince, even if he has a heart of rebellion, he should not set fire to Mount Li so roughly. This matter is too risky. Your Highness should not be such a reckless man..."

Li Longji said lightly: "People's hearts are unpredictable. Before the truth has never been revealed, I can't tell who is loyal and who is traitor. If the prince comes, stop me and let him wait."

Gao Lishi received the order.

Li Longji suddenly asked again: "How should I grant you the gift to Gu Qing?"

Gao Lishi was stunned and hurriedly said, "The Sacred Heart has its own judgment, and I dare not talk too much."

Li Longji rubbed his forehead with some distress and sighed: "Since Emperor Gaozong's last emperor, my Tang Dynasty has intentionally or unintentionally reduced the title of Duke and Marquis. What I am worried about is that I have given too many titles, which will only consume the foundation of the country. I am also afraid that after the title is granted, I will be arrogant and arrogant..."

As he said that, Li Longji raised his head and looked at Gao Lishi and smiled bitterly: "At the moment of life and death last night, I spoke without saying anything, and made a promise to be a marquis in order to survive. I have done this impulsively. Now I have escaped from the sky. Think about the promise I promised last night... Alas!"

Gao Lis immediately understood what Li Longji meant.

Simply put, life was saved, and the promise of the marquis wanted to repent.

It was not aimed at Gu Qing, but Li Longji did not want to give the Tang Dynasty a new title. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, promotion may be nothing, after all, it is just an official position, but titles are easily criticized because the glory of titles is greater than official positions, and although the titles are reduced from generation to generation, the court must support at least three generations.

When a man becomes a scumbag, he not only cheats women, but also cheats men. The promise he just made is still in his ears, and he wants to regret it when he lifts his pants. Li Longji's face is like a scumbag at this moment.

Gao Lishi next to him had a better and better impression of Gu Qing. Relatively speaking, in the eunuch world that has been around for five thousand years in China, Gao Lishi is a relatively simple person. He is not so bad-minded and knows how to be grateful.

Last night, Gu Qing saved everyone's lives, including saving Gao Lishi's life. Gao Lishi was grateful to Gu Qing from the bottom of his heart. Seeing that Li Longji seemed to have a plan to repent, Gao Lishi moved his heart and smiled and said, "What Your Majesty said is reasonable. The title of the Tang Dynasty cannot be granted casually. Since Your Majesty is regretful, it is better to promote Gu Changshi to an official position. Just pretend to forget the title of the title."

Li Longji's expression moved slightly: "Pretended to forget? This..."
To be continued...