Inside the Imperial Palace in the capital. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The news received by the crown prince Qin Siyang gradually got better.

Liu Shuangli was fine, and he had an unexpected receipt because of this.

The emperor's illness deteriorated sharply after the onset of winter, and the time he spent awake was less than one day a day. The imperial doctors are worried, and no one can guarantee whether the emperor's illness will survive this winter.

After entering the wax moon, the sky began to float with sporadic snowflakes. Small snowflakes that were as clear as crystal clear flew in the air, covering the entire earth bit by bit. Occasionally, one or two points fall into the skin and slip into the palm of your hand, and you don't feel cold, but you feel cool and cool, and it's tempting.

The wax moon celebration that was originally held in the palace every year was also canceled due to the emperor's illness. The festival outside the palace is still going on as usual because of the ignorance. In the palace, it fell into a gloom early. Like snowflakes falling from the sky, obscuring all the sunlight.

Although the rays of the sun could not be seen, the heavens and the earth were bright, until sunset, when the genius gradually darkened according to its unchanging cycle.

As the sky darkened, the dark shadows of countless eunuchs swam silently in the corridors of the towering imperial city, and as they swam, lanterns were lit one after another. Slowly, on the long corridor, the eaves of the various temples turned red for the next time.

The sky was completely dark, but on the ground, within the walls of the imperial city, it was red. The eaves of the huge temples lit with lanterns look as if they are floating in the air in red and black.

The Prince's East Palace, located in the lower east corner of the imperial city, is also lit with red lanterns.

Under the corridor of the inner courtyard, the two large braziers of the golden tripod were piled up with inch-long silver charcoal and burned red, and the carbon fire kept 'crackling', and a few red lanterns quietly hanging on the beams of the temple reflected each other, and there was also a clear contrast.

Qin Siyang, who had just had dinner, lay lazily on the soft couch under the porch, covered with a thick bright yellow coat, and looked at the white snowflakes falling in the red light for a while.

At this time, Qin Siyang looked lazy and unfocused, even if he called out a few times outside the hall and the arrival of the Six Princes, it failed to arouse his slightest spirit.

"Embrace Qiu to enjoy the snow under the corridor, haha, the seventh brother is a good Yaxing, and he really lives up to this winter scene. The sixth prince, Qin Sifei, walked lightly from the front hall and laughed loudly.

Hearing the laughter, Qin Siyang only tilted his head slightly to the side and looked over, his eyes were cold and there was no trace of emotion.

Qin Sifei, the sixteen-year-old sixth prince this year, is tall and thin, his body has basically grown, and he stands up straight and is more than half a head taller than Qin Siyang. With a fair face, elegant eyes, and a handsome and elegant demeanor, anyone who looks at it secretly praises his bearing, which is more suitable for the title of prince than the indifferent and impersonal Seventh Prince Qin Siyang.

The laughter had reached his ears, and Qin Sifei's entire silhouette was also reflected in Qin Siyang's eyes, but he was still lying lazily on the soft couch, without the intention of getting up to greet him.

"It's Brother Seven, why did you come to me when it was dark. Qin Siyang replied indifferently.

The palace maid stepped forward to untie the red cloak and fur ear warmer winter hat for Qin Sifei.

"I'm really idle and bored, I just want to walk around the seventh brother's palace, isn't the seventh brother welcome?" Qin Sifei replied with a smile, the expression on his face was still light, and he did not show the slightest dissatisfaction with Qin Siyang who was lying still.

Also, no matter how his seventh brother is the crown prince, that is, the next king. Although he is an elder brother, he is just a courtier, or his mother was beaten into the cold palace, and all the outer family were dismissed and exiled, and his position in the court was also dismissed, and he was not knighted to build a mansion, so in the end, he was a wandering prince who had nothing.

That's it, why did the prince of the dynasty get up and want to greet it. Therefore, the current sixth prince, Qin Sifei, is very open to everything.

Qin Siyang gathered Qiu Yu together, and said lightly: "The sixth brother can come, how can the younger brother not welcome it." As he spoke, he instructed the little eunuch to carry out a soft couch and a pot of charcoal fire.

Qin Sifei thanked lightly, half-leaned on the soft couch, glanced at the inner hall, and said with a smile: "Didn't the seventh brother leave Master Gao tonight?"

Qin Siyang raised his eyebrows slightly: "Sixth brother came to me to listen to Master Gao's music?"

Qin Sifei hurriedly waved his hand: "I just didn't see Master Gao, so I casually asked, why did the seventh brother think of listening to the music, he was really wronged." ”

Qin Siyang smiled coldly: "Doesn't the sixth brother also like to listen to Master Gao's songs?"

Qin Sifei smiled: "I'm just listening to it, let's attach a Yaxing, I don't like it much." He sighed lightly.

A gust of wind blew, and several snowflakes fell on the couch in the porch.

Qin Siyang lightly pinched a snowflake that fell on his body, and watched it slowly melt into his fingertips: "Isn't there a master around the sixth brother?"

Qin Sifei shook his head: "No." ”

"Then how about I send Master Gao to Sixth Brother?"

"Huh?" Qin Sifei was startled, and waved his hand again, "How can this work, he is the master of the seventh brother, how can the sixth brother teach him." ”

Qin Siyang said lazily: "Actually, I am reluctant to give it away, but I don't like Master Gao, saying that he is too charming." Every time I come to play, I will be yelling for a different teacher who teaches poetry and music. Master Gao has been teaching in the East Palace for more than half a year, and he has been teaching very well, without the slightest mistake, how can I drive him away. So I thought, I can't drive it away, it's better to give it to the sixth brother, which is also a matter of killing two birds with one stone. ”

Uh, so that's the case, give this master Gao to me, not for anything else, just to please the queen's fifth princess Qin Sijing. Qin Sifei smiled bitterly: "If the seventh brother said so, the sixth brother is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." Tomorrow, I will worship Master Gao as my teacher and invite him to teach Fei lyrics and music to me, so that my deserted courtyard can be lively. ”

When Qin Siyang heard that he agreed, his indifferent face showed a rare smile of relief.

The sky was getting darker and darker, but the snow was falling harder, and it was all over the place in the red light of a lantern.

Qin Siyang looked at the flying snowflakes and smiled.

"Is there anything else going on with the sixth brother?" The indifferent tone seemed to be asking kindly, but it was more like he was driving people away.

Qin Sifei's eyes darkened, his lips that were not stained red moved, and he finally sighed: "Seventh brother also knows, I am sixteen this year, and after the Chinese New Year next year, I will also be seventeen." But so far, the matter of building a mansion and marrying a family has not yet been settled. ”

Qin Siyang raised his eyebrows and frowned slightly: "Why should the sixth brother be so anxious. Isn't the second sister's family affair also settled, and the marriage can only be completed after next year. You're a boy, so what's the point if it's a year or two late? ”

The light in Qin Sifei's eyes became darker and darker, seeing that he, the younger brother of the prince, really had no intention of saying more about this, he sighed lightly and said, "What the seventh brother said is the same, it is the sixth brother that I am anxious." In this way, there will be nothing to do, so it will not disturb the peace of the seventh brother, and the sixth brother will leave. ”

After speaking, Qin Sifei got up and saluted, turned around and left.

The snow fell heavily that night until it was dark, and it didn't stop.

The red lanterns hanging everywhere in the imperial city were lit up by the eunuchs in turn before dawn after most of them were extinguished in the middle of the night.

Inside and outside the palace city, there is no one to take care of it outside, but inside the palace city, on the long corridor, there are already countless eunuchs silently sweeping the snow.

Because of the continuous deterioration of the emperor's condition, this majestic imperial city has stopped discussing politics in the early dynasties for several months.

However, although the routine early court discussions outside the imperial city have stopped, the palace concubines and women in the imperial city have never stopped.

Getting up early every day and going to the queen's mother to say goodbye is the content of the imperial city, and it is also the beginning of their day. Since the emperor was bedridden, greeting the emperor's illness and praying for the emperor's blessing has become a necessary course for them every morning.

Early in the morning, the sky outside has not yet fully lit up, and the heavy snow has gradually thinned out overnight, and the contents of the Kunning Palace in the inner palace of the imperial city. As the head of the inner palace, the queen has accepted the greetings of the ladies and wives of the palace.

After dismissing those palace concubines who were constantly talking or dealing with them in silence, her own two biological daughters, but she had not seen a single person.

The queen sighed softly, and didn't want to pay any more attention to her two spoiled daughters. After taking a sip of tea, she asked her henchman Gao Yueming, "You said that the sixth prince went to the palace last night?"

Gao Yueming lowered his hand and replied, "Yes, Niangniang." I heard that I wanted to tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about the construction of the palace. ”

"How does the prince reply?"

The prince replied that the second princess had only just been engaged, and the marriage would not be completed until next year. The sixth prince is a man, so there is no need to rush this matter. ”

Queen Wang nodded: "Yes, this prince is silent and ignores everything on weekdays, and he really refuses to get up, but it is not a fuel-efficient lamp." What do you say about the six princes?"

Seeing that the prince didn't help him speak, the sixth prince didn't have anything to say, so he left directly. ”

"Hehe," Queen Wang chuckled, "this sixth child is very warm, and his temperament is completely opposite to his own mother, hey, it's really difficult for him." ”

Gao Yueming lowered his head and claimed yes, and said: "There is another thing, the prince also sent Gao Ningyuan to the sixth prince. ”

Queen Wang's eyes rolled: "Gao Ningyuan, that little white face who can only sing songs?"

"Yes. ”

"Didn't the prince like this little white face very much, why did he give it away?"

Gao Yueming bowed again: "It's because the fifth princess doesn't like this Gao Ningyuan." ”

"Oh," Queen Wang raised her eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "This palace remembers not long ago, isn't it because Jing'er is unhappy that Gao Ningyuan's character is similar to her name, and she forced the prince to change the character for others." That's not enough, you have to drive everyone away?"

Seeing that Queen Wang seemed to be displeased, Gao Yueming didn't dare to say much, so she only lowered her hand to respond.

Queen Wang's face was slightly gloomy: "For more than a year, Jing'er and the crown prince have not gotten too close." (To be continued.) )