A parade of the pleasure boats by the Qujiang Pool, the official wife's team walked around the scenic lake for a long time. It was gradually past noon and it was time to return to the city.

The Empress Dowager stayed alone in the deep palace for ten years. Due to her status, she could not show up and did not have enough prestige and could not rule the country from behind the scenes like those powerful empress dowagers in history. Even though she enjoyed the ultimate noble glory in the world, she was just a poor person who was alone in the empty boudoir.

After finally coming out for a walk, the empress dowager was a little reluctant to go back. She did not climb the imperial chariot, but walked towards Chang'an City with her nephew Xiao Ting, and talked about some family matters along the way.

People need communication, just like Mrs. Lu, there is no child under her knees, and I cherish it so much that I can have a nephew to accompany you to tell the truth.

The Empress Dowager has no children, and as Xiao Chuyang's sister, she almost regarded Xiao Ting as her own son. Unfortunately, Xiao Ting does not have the experience of Xu Buling again. She is just a naughty child of seventeen or eighteen. Her brain circuit is not very normal. Not to mention caring, I would be grateful if I didn't make the Empress Dowager angry to death.

On the stone path between the bamboo forest, the queen mother was wearing a gorgeous palace skirt and walking slowly with dignified posture. The wives of the official family could not leave the queen mother behind, and they were all following behind. Zhang Xiang pressed his waist knife and walked ten steps away from the queen mother, while the wolf guards took five steps. There was no chance of assassination around him, and even hidden arrows could not be shot.

Xiao Ting shook the jade fracture fan in winter, and followed the empress dowager leisurely. She looked pretty handsome, but unfortunately her expression was a bit owed:

"Aunt, my nephew has a different status in the world. After going to the Imperial College, all the teachers and gentlemen smiled. When the students saw me, they even gave me a thumbs up and called me "Young Master Xiao". Especially the prince of Shu. They used to laugh at me, but now they speak politely..."

In just one short sentence, the four words "fulfilled ambition" are fully displayed.

The Empress Dowager was not easy to scold Xiao Ting in front of outsiders, so she had to glance lightly: "If you do serious business, the Master will naturally appreciate you. My Xiao family man of all generations, 'Swords and shoes go to the palace, don't go to court, and praise you and worship you,' is a common thing. You are complacent now. When you reach your father's position, you will not be able to ascend in the day?"

Xiao Ting smiled and said, "I dare not think or not... Well, they praised me, and I said my aunt taught me well..."

Finally, I said something human.

The Empress Dowager nodded softly, and while walking slowly, she remembered what happened to the observation deck just now. She looked back at the team behind her and said and laughed to Mrs. Lu:

"By the way, I heard that I had a masterpiece at the Dragon Song Poetry Festival a few days ago?"

Xiao Ting's eyes lit up, folded his fan and clapped his palms: "Oh~ So my aunt has heard of this? That's right, for the Long Yin Poetry Club, I thought hard and prepared for three days and three nights, and wrote a song "My Prime Minister Dad"..."

The Queen Mother was helpless: "It's a masterpiece. How much do you have? I don't know?"

Xiao Ting's face froze, he shut up in disappointment, thought about it for a while before he said seriously:

"There were a lot of dregs at the Dragon Song Poetry Festival that day, but after catching gold in the sand, there was indeed a poem that was more outstanding. Well... the wind lingered in the agarwood and the flowers were gone, and I was tired of combing them together at night..."

"Comb your hair! What comb it, you...get out of here!"

The Empress Dowager's face suddenly darkened, and her beautiful eyes seemed to be about to kill someone.

"Combing" is the synonym for the first time a brothel woman received a customer. When the empress dowager heard this, she was naturally very angry.

Even Zhang Xiang, the commander who had always been serious and cold, coughed lightly, looked elsewhere, and pretended that he had not heard anything.

Xiao Ting covered his mouth with a fan and said embarrassedly: "It's a good word... No, it's all the playboys like the Imperial College who are talking nonsense, which makes me remember... Aunt, do you know who wrote this poem?"

The queen mother frowned and her eyes widened. After enduring for a long time, she didn't scold her and said coldly:

"Xu Buling wrote it?"

"No!"

Xiao Ting looked back with pride and then whispered: "Long Yin Poetry Club, I asked Xu Buling if he had bought poetry as well. He admitted it. I laughed at him, and he was so angry that he beat me..."

The Empress Dowager was actually very confused. She didn't believe that this poem was written by Xu Buling, who had been "developed and simple in his mind since childhood. After hearing Xiao Ting's words, she believed it and half doubted:

"Are you sure Xu Buling is not lying to you?"

Xiao Ting blinked, feeling a little dissatisfied: "I am so smart, how could Xu Buling that barbarian trick me!"

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The empress dowager pursed her red lips lightly, wanted to speak but stopped, and finally nodded and stopped talking.

Xiao Ting kept talking around, which could be regarded as a way to relieve his elders of boredom.

After walking on the stone path, I gradually arrived at a place where the bamboo forest is densely packed. The bamboo is evergreen all year round, and thin snow hangs on the bamboo leaves, which is as quiet as ink paintings.

When the Empress Dowager was chatting with Xiao Ting, a 'click' sound suddenly came out in the quiet bamboo forest, as if the dry bamboo was being trampled and cracked, the sound was faint and far away.

The empress dowager and Xiao Ting didn't feel the inaudible movement at all. However, Zhang Xiang had already pressed the Yanling Knife and stopped on the stone road. More than ten wolf guards around him turned their heads together, all looking at the source of the sound.

The bamboo forest is deep and there is no way to see the situation inside.

The Queen Mother noticed something was wrong from the wolf guard's reaction, looked around in a daze, and asked:

"Zhang Xiang, what's wrong?"

Zhang Xiang looked respectful and raised his hand and bowed: "There are small beasts in the forest. To prevent disturbing the empress dowager, he asked the empress dowager to move back to the palace and go over and take a look."

The Queen Mother was also tired of walking around. She nodded slightly and the wolf guards carried over to the chariot.

When Xiao Ting heard that there was a little beast, he became excited and followed Zhang Xiang with a fan and said, "Auntie, I'll go over and take a look."

The Empress Dowager knew Zhang Xiang's martial arts. Not to mention the little beast, even the New Year beast had to lie down when it came. Naturally, she was not worried and took the palace maids to leave.

Behind the team, Xu Buling walked among a group of charming ladies, with round and smooth peaks on the front, back and forth, and it was not etiquette anywhere. The key was that those young ladies and princesses who were as old as cardamom, deliberately came to him and took the opportunity to chat with him and said a few more words. He could not be too cold due to the rules and could not resist it.

Seeing that there was movement in the bamboo forest, Xu Buling said with the flow:

"Aunt Lu, I'll go over there and take a look."

Mrs. Lu, who was walking beside her, looked up and saw Zhang Xiang and Xiao Ting walking into the bamboo forest. She knew that there might be something strange, and frowned and said:

"Don't go..."

Xu Buling blinked, looking like he wanted to go out and play but couldn't help.

Mrs. Lu finally felt distressed and shook her head: "Forget it, be careful, I'll wait for you at the intersection, don't play for too long."

Xu Buling nodded slightly, took the reins of the horse from Yuenu, and then left the team and walked towards the depths of the bamboo forest...
Chapter completed!