Among the countries of Dongji, the most important is the clan of the Shu Kingdom.

The clan of the Suguo is composed of the big families and the royal family, and they control the etiquette and music regulations of the entire Shuguo.

What is ritual music? Ritual music is a complete and orderly social, political and cultural system, and ancient emperors often used rituals and music as a means to achieve the goal of ruling in harmony between the inferior and the inferior, orderly, far and near.

If it weren't for Yun Chen, the original lord of the Shu Kingdom, whose life and death in the Battle of Jingwei Pass were unknown, Yun Fan had been wandering in the North Continent for many years and had no news, and it would not be Yun Ji's turn to ascend to the throne.

Normally, soon after she inherited the throne, she would marry the eldest son of the Liu family, the largest family in the four major families of the Shuguo. After that, the Liu family will become the de facto ruler of the Shu Kingdom, replacing the Yun clan to continue the Shu Kingdom. Unfortunately, Xia Guo's marriage strategy broke all this.

In front of these families and princes who play with power, even if she is the lord of the country at this time, she cannot escape the fate of becoming a chess piece. Yun Ji doesn't want to be manipulated, she wants to chase the love and hate in her heart. But born in the emperor's family, how can there be so much love and hatred. If she is not the lord of the country, she may be able to find a way to leave, but there is no if.

Today's Yun Ji doesn't want to be a sinner of the Yun family. She wants to keep her family business and the Yun family's long-cherished country. She was unwilling to become a pawn in the game between the clan and various forces, although she ostensibly obeyed them. After experiencing the decline of the dream country after the Heavenly Fire Tribulation, to the unknown whereabouts of her father Yunchen, and then to the invasion of other countries, the little girl in the past has slowly grown up in the process.

She wants to be the master of her own destiny, she wants to be the real lord of her country, she wants to have power. In her view, only when you really have power is you really have freedom. And Xia Guo's marriage strategy allowed her to see an opportunity to get rid of the control of the clan, and at the same time, it could also allow her to temporarily preserve the kingdom.

She didn't know Yun Fan's whereabouts until recently, and she wrote two letters. The first letter was a secret letter written in blood, which was used to recall Yun Fan, who had the Chiyan warriors and Sabe warriors to follow at this time. And asked him to come back and inherit the throne. At the same time, Yun Ji told the elders of the clan that Yun Fan already had his own army, and persuaded them to accept the marriage between the Shu Kingdom and the Xia State as an expedient measure.

The second letter was to reply to the marriage proposal of the lord of the Xia Kingdom. This letter is also a secret letter, written by Yun Ji in streamer ink. All letters written in streamer ink need a certain temperature to surface, and the temperature cannot be too low, nor too high. And what is written on this secret letter is not what Yun Ji and the Shu Kingdom Clan promised. The content of this letter contains a transaction between Yun Chun and Ao Chun, the lord of the Xia Kingdom, which only Ao Chun and Yun Ji know.

Yun Ji cares about Yun Fan, but she cares more about Shuguo.

Yun Fan at this time is different, he cares about both.

So he came back.

Yun Fan didn't think that there would be a trap waiting for him,

In this world, the most difficult thing to sort out is trivial family matters.

In addition, it is the imperial mind.

Yun Fan's personality is as scattered as the clouds on the horizon.

But once he got serious.

There is nothing that Yun Fan can't do.

Perhaps because of his looseness and incomprehension, the four major families of the clan, except for his own Yun clan, although the other three families will support him to succeed to the throne in order to maintain the etiquette, but they do not want to see this future lord of the long-term country.

In today's dream country, only the depressed Bright Moon City and the ruined Mirror Moon City remain. Surrounded by the princes of various countries like wolves, and there are undercurrents of dissent inside, although Yun Fan has more than 5,000 Chiyan warriors who have shocked the princes of the world, and the brave and good Northern Continental cavalry, he knows that these alone are not enough.

So, what will Yun Fan need most at this time?

people's hearts, and the determination of the whole country to share the same hatred and hatred.

And not a lonely throne.

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The moonlight of Bright Moon City is the most beautiful moonlight in the world.

Because of this, Yun Fan will never forget this place.

Tonight's Jingyi Palace, there is a grand feast.

Under the throne, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty passed through the Wenyang Pond and the Wuyuan Pond according to their respective official ranks, and sat on the left and right sides of the main hall. Subsequently, the families of their own countries also sent representatives of their respective families to slowly enter the scene.

It is obviously two shallow palace decoration pond water, but the name is so delicate. It can be seen how much the name taker hopes that the civil and military attachés above the court can love each other like mandarin ducks.

Tonight's Manchu civil and military, dressed in ceremonial clothes, solemn and solemn.

At the signal of the elder courtier, the young palace man carefully lit the agarwood and put it into the golden lotus flowers floating in the clear pond one after another.

In front of the civil official's desk is the Wenyang Pond, and in front of the military attaché's desk is the Wuyuan Pond, the shallow two pools of water are cut into four areas by the cross red carpet, one belongs to the country's clan family, one belongs to the distinguished guests from afar, and the remaining two belong to the civil ministers and military generals respectively.

The Jingyi Hall, which is used to entertain distinguished guests, has become concise and clear under the arrangement of this layout, with clear layers and special elegance. The red carpet in the middle spreads from the open Zhumen all the way to the lonely throne at the end.

The chimes on both sides of the carillon perform the ceremonial music of the great country under the Chinese lanterns. The ethereal smoke wanders in the wind in this flute one after another. Each golden lotus exudes a different tranquility, mixed together, it is an indescribable tranquility and warmth.

On the throne, she wore a wolf-beast hairpin on her head and a navy blue gauze robe embroidered with four emblems: moire, purple willow, green sunflower, and red plum, to cover her white peach-like skin.

The four different emblems represent the four different clans of the Suzu Kingdom. The moire is the family crest of the Yun royal family, the purple willow is the family crest of the Liu family of Mingyue City, the green kui is the family crest of the Xia family of Liuyun City, and the red plum is the family crest of the Han family of Yaoguang City.

The family crest, also known as the family crest, originated in the early days of the Ji Dynasty, when the nobles often attended some gatherings and exchanged a thin leaf-like wood chip with each other at the party to connect feelings and build friendship. The wood chips are carved with the names and family words of the original owners of the wood chips.

In the Eastern and Western periods, the nobles switched to palm-sized gold leaves instead of wood chips, and the wood chips used to exchange contact information also had a new name "Jane".

Members of the royal family usually used white gold leaves as "Jane", the emperor used pure gold leaves inlaid with fine jade as decorations, and ordinary nobles used gilt mahogany chips as "Jin Jane".

With the change of this detail, the family crest behind the original "Jane" has also changed from a single pattern to a complex totem. Some powerful families will use the mythical beast of ancient legends as a totem and draw it into a family crest as a symbol of status and bloodline, showing the grandeur of the family.

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Yunliu Xia Han is the four largest families in the Shu Kingdom. It is also the four core pillars of the Ancestral Church of the Sect. The Liu, Xia, and Han families are the side branches of the Yun family, and the Yun family is the sect. But in some specific years, these family heads can influence the choice of the future head of the country by virtue of their influence.

When the family crests of the four major families of the Shu Kingdom were embroidered on such a beautiful robe at the same time, no one was qualified to put it on except the lord of the Shu Kingdom. Due to the war between the Shu Kingdom and the Mo Kingdom, the three cities of Dianxing, Liuyun, and Yaoguang fell, and most of the living members of these above-mentioned families gathered in Mingyue City.

Yun Ji actually doesn't like the wolf hairpin pinned to her bun. Every time she wore this wolf hairpin, she felt very tired, especially on such an important occasion as tonight, when she had strayed into a moment of sleep in full view of everyone.

The long eyelashes fluttered slightly with the rhythm of breathing, half-asleep and half-awake. Soon, in the ups and downs of the music and the turning of the mountain circuit, this rare moment of clear dream, with the ethereal smoke plucked by the palace people, gradually diffused in the gradually lively hall.

When she raised her eyes slightly wistfully to look at His Royal Highness's ministers. Yun Fan's gaze happened to touch her at this moment.

"When did it arrive. The melancholy gaze, in front of the familiar face, turned into a pool of tender water.

"It's afternoon today. Yun Fan replied.

"I heard that you have met a lot of people with lofty ideals in the Hokuriku over the years, why are you only two at the banquet tonight?" her gaze swept over the VIP room, and only saw Gu Yina and Sinzaima. Yun Ji has already heard about the story of the six generals of the Sa Department and Gu Yina, and tonight, although the rumored Gu Yina has arrived, the six generals of the Sa Department did not all attend, which made Yun Ji a little puzzled.

"In the past few years in Beilu, they are used to coming and going in the wind and sand, licking blood on the knife edge, and when they first came to Mingyue City, the rest of the people were a little unaccustomed to the water and soil, so as soon as they entered the city, I let them go to rest first, if there is a number of rudeness, I hope that the lord of the country will forgive me. "When Yun Fan lies, his eyes don't blink or his ears are red.

"It's okay to be polite, it's all your own family. Between the words, Yun Ji recalled the appearance of Yun Fan when he left a few years ago, and was a little distressed for a while. "It's you, compared to what you remember, not only lose weight but also tan. ”

"The lord of the kingdom is still as fond of talking and laughing as he used to. Yun Fan felt that he hadn't changed much except for his tan, perhaps in his opinion, these were very normal growth processes.

"It's been a hard time in Hokyuku these years. Yun Ji said with concern, he was very moved by Yun Ji's concern, so he comforted: "It doesn't matter if it's hard or not, after all, it's all over. ”

"yes, it's all gone. In her eyes, the melancholy mood seemed to be depressed when talking to Yun Fan, "Tonight is a family banquet, you don't have to be too restrained. ”

In fact, tonight's Jingyi Hall is a state banquet in the name of a family banquet. In the ritual and music culture of the Ji Dynasty, there was never such a thing as inviting family members and civil and military officials to entertain guests from afar at a family banquet. What's more, this distinguished guest from afar is also the future lord of their own country. The reason why Yun Ji said this was just to let the six people of Beilu who followed Yun Fan back relax. After all, there will definitely be a place for them in the future, and it is still important to make a good first impression.

As the ceremonial officer shouted: "Open the feast", the banquet officially began.

The graceful dancing queen danced in the eyes of everyone, dancing in the hall. The beautiful dancing posture is like a golden lotus in the pond, which is dizzying against the backdrop of the lantern music. During this period, the palace people delivered the first round of delicacies to each guest's desk one after another.

At this time, Yun Fan was a little too low-key.

As the focus of everyone's attention at tonight's banquet, this man with stories all over his body is implicitly like a girl waiting for words.

In Yun Ji's memory, her younger brother shouldn't be like this. Yun Ji thought to herself, could it be that Beilu's experience changed him? After thinking about it, her gaze fell back to the VIP seat, and just at this time, Gu Yina happened to raise her eyes, so the first beauty in Jibei and the first beauty in Beilu ushered in a historic look.

The sapphire-like eyes dissolved the melancholy in Yun Ji's eyes here. Just looking at each other for a moment, Yun Ji felt as if she was in love with this blonde girl from Hokuriku.

She saw the long-awaited freedom and happiness in the eyes of this girl, but with the sound of singing and dancing, the alternation of ritual and music, these were all turned into unattainable dream bubbles in Yun Ji's eyes.

After recognizing the reality, Yun Ji took advantage of this gap to talk to everyone about the dream she had just strayed into. Her eyes were still on Gu Yina's body, giving Gu Yina the illusion that the lord of the country had specially told her stories.

In fact, most people followed Yun Ji's gaze and thought that the story she was about to tell was to Yun Fan in the VIP seat. Everyone knows that Yun Fan is the protagonist of the banquet tonight, but Yun Fan has always low-key regarded himself as a formality. There was not the slightest wave in his eyes, as if he didn't care about everything at the banquet.

Yun Ji: "Just now, when the bell was ringing, Lone strayed into a clear dream. In the dream, the gates of Bright Moon City were pushed open in the early morning mist, and an army like a flood of beasts filled the streets and alleys of the city in an instant. ”

"It seems that this dream is not idle. Yun Fan said, "The lord of the country has all the opportunities, so he still has to pay more attention to rest." ”

"It's just a dream. She sighed, "At that time, Lone sat in the main hall as he is now. From the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to the palace people around him, no matter how Lone reprimanded, no one came to tell Lone who was coming. ”

Yun Ji: "But Gu saw that everyone had a valuable brocade box hidden in their sleeves. So, I thought it was you back, and I thought that everyone would see the news of your return as a secret surprise. So Lone decided to personally go out of the moon to greet him. As a result, when Lone met this army on the street with full of joy, Lone realized that it was not you who came back. ”

Yun Fan: "I love to knock on the door and never push the door." ”

"Then guess it, this army belongs to that prince. Yun Ji asked Yun Fan with interest.

Yun Fan: "I can't guess." ”

Yun Ji: "You don't want to guess. ”

Yun Fan smiled: "It's still the lord of the country who knows me." ”

Yun Ji: "This army is dressed in blood-red armor, riding fierce tigers, and holding a battle axe that can only be wielded by the combined arms of ordinary people. ”

"It's the Blood Tiger Rider of the Xia Kingdom. The courtiers on the Wenchen table whispered, with a hint of awe in their words.

"In addition to this, another army was dressed in bronze armor and wearing a white feather of night crows, which followed closely behind the soldiers in red armor. The melancholy turned to undisguised disgust when she spoke of the army.

"The white-feathered night crow of Mexico. A general on the military table snorted coldly, his eyes showing hatred and contempt.

Yun Ji: "This group of people recklessly broke into civilian homes, looted gold, silver and jewelry, and sniffed to see if anyone had escaped the battle axes wielded by blood-red armor. The scattered gold dust and the fallen jade beads were stained with hot blood in the wailing and wailing. These soldiers with strict discipline on the battlefield are like man-eating beasts in the face of the old and weak of other countries. ”

"It's just a bunch of hypocritical robbers. Yun Fan said. "And how can you be called a soldier? ”

"The gloomy and dim sky, the stench of the streets, the corpses scattered all over the ground, the hideous and twisted faces. The once prosperous Bright Moon City, with the cooperation of the two armies, turned into a purgatory on earth. His lips opened slightly, and his throat seemed to be choked. The next moment, her gaze moved away from the person who came from afar, and inadvertently landed on the banquet of the family ministers in the main hall.

After witnessing Yun Ji's face, in just a few sentences, he experienced five complex changes of joy, surprise, disgust, sadness, and helplessness, and the guilt that came from nowhere came to Yun Fan's heart.

"Sir, this long-awaited lord clearly said that he was dreaming before, but now it sounds like a nightmare. During the VIP banquet, the puzzled Sinzaima asked Gu Yina in a whisper in barbarian.

"I remember that there is an old saying in Dongji, which tells drunkards to look for wine, but not to drink. "What's more, dreams and reality are often opposites. ”

"Then what's the point of care!" Sinzaima frowned, unable to control his tone, which attracted the displeasure of many Shuguo officials around him. "You whisper!" Guina reminded Sinzaima. Although it shows that there are often some business travelers from Beilu in Moon City, in the eyes of this group of scholars from the scholars, whether it is a business travel or a business travel from Beilu, the prejudice in their eyes is not only for a certain profession, but also for a race.

Of course, the wariness of these barbarians is also one of the sources of displeasure for these officials. Since ancient times, the Shu Kingdom has been sitting in the important places north of the dynasty, and it is inevitable that there will be some friction with the army of the North Continent.

Freezing three feet is not a day's cold.

Seeing this, Yun Fan frowned slightly, then turned sideways and said to Xin Zaima: "Don't lose your courtesy. ”

When everyone stopped paying attention to them, Gu Yina whispered to Sinzaima: "Before the story ends, you can never guess what the true intention of the storyteller is, so continue to listen to her first." ”

Under the throne, the representatives of the distinguished families of the ministers were thoughtful.

On the throne, the woman continued to tell the unfinished dream.

"When these two armies are stained with blood, they rub shoulders with Lonely. Lonely sits in the river of the blood of countless people of the country. Unexpectedly, whether it was a bronzed robber or a blood-red soldier, it seemed that he could not see the loneliness from that moment. In panic, Lonely suddenly looked back. She paused, "Guess what Lone saw." ”