The winding garden path opened up as soon as a moon gate came out. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Instead of cramped, shadowy red palace walls, white stone-paved palace paths have replaced cobblestone garden paths, which are so spacious that they can even accommodate two carriages at the same time. The road is brightly lit, and there is hardly a shadow under the feet of people walking on the palace road.

In front of the palace road, you can also see that there are palaces on both sides of the high and low continuously, and the stars and the moon will appear in front of the palace in the center of the palace, this is the Dusheng Palace, the palace where Emperor Xia Hao held a night banquet today.

The white stone stretches straight, along this paved road from the stairs down, through the square and open square, only to see the Dusheng Hall in front of you built on the white marble pedestal, standing independently in the night.

Wu Yan looked up into the distance, the moon was hidden behind the thin clouds, and the four corners of the Dusheng Hall were like winged eagles, so high that they could almost peck at the white clouds and bright moon in the sky. The moonlight sprinkled the world, the glazed tiles on the eaves of the palace reflected a cold white frost, and the wind chimes under the eaves swayed with the wind, jingling, echoing the pearl music from the palace. The lights outside the hall are blazing, and the whole palace is melted into a warm light, and it feels more brilliant, tall and majestic, and I am afraid of flashing my eyes after looking at it for a long time.

I don't know how many zhang high the jade pedestal is, but I know that the steps are extremely long. Wu Yan and his party passed by the guards standing on both sides of the steps, and saw them standing solemnly in silver armor, like stones that are tireless in the night. Wu Yan walked up the white jade railing carved with dragon moire and water patterns, and he didn't know how many steps he had passed, and finally reached the end of the steps and walked to the outside of the Dusheng Palace.

The red door of the temple, which was almost two people high, was wide open, and you could see the inside of the temple at a glance.

The outer hall is covered with a sea-blue carpet, and the princes and nobles sit opposite each other behind the pillars in the palace. The hall is illuminated with more than ten lighthouses, the candlelight on the lighthouse is enchanting, I don't know that there are more than 100, at this time they burn at the same time, and the temple is illuminated as bright as day. There are palace maids in purple palace clothes shuttling among them, adding wine and food, and they are as busy as butterflies in flowers. At this time, the wine had passed three rounds, and their faces were already drunk, and when they saw these people slowly coming in, few of them got up and saluted.

They walked to the inner hall, which was separated from the outer hall only by a bead curtain, and the beads used on the curtain were all pearls taken from QH, although they were only the size of a fingernail, but they were exquisite, and it was rare that there were about 100 beads on the bead curtain, all of the same size, crystal clear. The palace people lifted the curtain for them, and when they fell, the bead curtain shook off the warm and misty brilliance, and it was as if the moonlight was collected here and slowly bloomed.

Behind the beaded curtain, the red carpet stretched forward, and the dancers danced to the music on the red carpet, and the thin shirts on their bodies could not hide their beauty, but also showed off with their gentle waists.

The red carpet spreads up the stairs from the hall, and at the end, a wooden table made of agarwood is full of delicacies, sweet wine and honey, and a gold-lacquered chair behind the wooden table, on each side of the seat stands a young woman in red palace dress, one holding a white porcelain wine pot and the other holding a peacock fan. On the chair sat a man in a yellow robe, leaning his hand on the armrest of the chair, holding his forehead, not admiring singing and dancing, nor drinking food or wine, but hiding his face behind his sleeve. The armrest of the chair peeked out from under him, and it was a mighty dragon head, who could he be, no longer have to think about it, it was naturally Xia Hao, the current Emperor of Dayong.

The woman in the gorgeous costume who was walking with them walked a few steps briskly at this time, but instead of saluting the Son of Heaven on the dragon chair, she bowed to a woman beside the steps of the hall. The woman was wearing a pure white blouse and a goose yellow long skirt, not only did the skirt not have any patterns, it was very simple and light, even the bun was almost smooth, and there were no hairpins, only three or four seasonal flowers of one color, and the black hair was as black as ink.

Even Xia Zihe actually bowed to the woman in white and yellow dress, and saluted from afar. Wu Yan just wanted to see the appearance of this woman, but the palm suddenly warmed, and the warm body temperature that clearly belonged to the man was close to the skin, Xia Zihe looked at himself with smiling eyes, grabbed Wu Yan's hand and pulled it forward, before Wu Yan reacted and wanted to break free, Xia Zihe had already let go of his hand and sat next to the steps.

This position next to the emperor was reserved for several princes, but at this time, only Xia Zihe sat alone in the position of the four princes, and the other three princes were absent for some reason.

Wu Yan followed, standing under the curtain hanging from the pillars of the main hall, where could he care about the appearance of others, and only asked anxiously, "When can I leave?"

Xia Zihe sat lazily, holding his face with his hands, just hiding the finger prints on his cheeks behind his palms, he watched the dancers in the hall dance, and said in a low voice, "It's rare to open your eyes, why are you in a hurry to leave." ”

Wu Yan wanted to say something more, but saw that diagonally opposite, next to the lower left of the dragon chair, Wu Ying, who was wearing a white shirt, was sitting upright at the table, looking at the hall singing and dancing with a smile. Sitting next to Wu Ying was a young man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he didn't pay attention to the singing and dancing in the hall, he was holding chopsticks in his hand and was seriously tasting the food on the table, because he didn't like sweets, he didn't taste the honey sweet lotus, sweet and sour fish and other dishes on the table, the palace maid who set the meal saw this, bowed her head and smiled, and immediately took these dishes down, and there were other palace maids who served other delicacies, and immediately filled the gap on the table.

This dead guy only cares about tasting the food for himself, and forgets what it means to be blessed and enjoy hardship. Wu Yan scolded in his heart, but when he saw Ying Qi enjoying himself like this, he was both envious and jealous in his heart, knowing that Ying Qi couldn't see himself at all, he couldn't help but glare at him a little more.

In his ears, Xia Zihe's voice came slowly, "You help me pour wine, and I will help you pick up vegetables." ”

At this time, five dishes were already on the table in front of him, all of which were served in a palm-sized white porcelain plate, and a peach blossom was painted on the side of the plate, which was lifelike. In the dish, or the soup is thick and fragrant, or the dishes are bright and fragrant, Wu Yan can't call his name, let alone see what it is, he only feels that his throat is full of saliva, and his heart seems to have thrown a greedy frog, which is tirelessly noisy.

Xia Zihe put the celadon wine jug on the table between his fingers, and suddenly stuffed it into Wu Yan's palm behind him, and his voice immediately remembered, low and dumb, as if whispering in people's ears, "Whatever you want to eat, I'll bring it to you." With my delicacies, everyone is here, and the bag allows you to eat something he hasn't eaten. ”

This is clearly a double temptation, and Wu Yan really can't help but say that he is unmoved. But before she could speak, she saw the bead curtain in the inner hall swaying again, and a man in a black robe walked in in the brilliant lights, passed in front of Wu Yan with hurried steps, walked straight to the steps, and raised his voice to the Son of Heaven who was sitting quietly on the dragon chair, "Erchen greets my father." ”

In the graceful singing and dancing, the man on the dragon chair didn't seem to hear it, and still didn't move. However, the woman in the white dress and yellow dress moved lightly and stood in front of the black-robed man.

Wu Yan saw the woman's face at this time, only to see her charming goose egg face, a pair of willow eyebrows faded into the sideburns, a pair of apricot eyes under the eyebrows like smoke and autumn water, lips like a pill slightly bent, smiled and didn't know what to say to the black-robed man, the black-robed man heard this, looked up at the yellow-robed man on the seat, his steps moved slightly, but he did not leave, but stood silently and abruptly in the hall.

Wu Yan looked at the figure of the person in the hall, and suddenly felt that his hand holding the wine jug was slightly pulled, and the other party's hand seemed to pour a glass of wine, and there was a slight sound of pouring wine from his hand. A young man's voice was faint in the sound of wine, faint, but clear, "Do you know why I asked you so abruptly about the purpose of Tianshan's visit to Dayong that day?"

Wu Yan looked down at Xia Zihe, but he didn't look at Wu Yan, looking at the side face singing and dancing in the hall was quiet and lonely and sad, as if there was something unspeakable, as if he was sad and sentimental because of some misunderstanding.

"Tell me, then, why you asked me like that?"

The corners of Xia Zihe's lips curled, as if he was smiling, he raised his head and was about to speak. At this time, Xia Zihai, who was standing in front of the steps, seemed to be unable to hold back, and at this moment, just before Xia Zihe was about to speak, he had raised his voice to the emperor of Dayong again, "My father is above, and my son has something to ......do."

"At this time, a banquet is set up to entertain the guests, you are too late, and you are still hustle and bustle here, where is the face of the guests? But I don't know where something big has happened, it is worth your care?" The emperor on the dragon chair was like a sleeping dragon being awakened, his voice was low, and his raised face had a gloomy expression, and there was no love and tenderness.

As the voice of Emperor Dayong sounded, the singing and dancing in the hall stopped instantly, and the singing and laughter a moment ago seemed to be an illusion.

"Let's say, the atmosphere has been defeated, there is nothing to taboo, you can say it presumptuously and boldly", Xia Hao supported his body with his hands on his knees, he raised his head, looked at Xia Zihai with calm eyes, and felt that under the majesty, it was difficult to distinguish between joy and anger, "Are you entering the palace this time for state affairs or family affairs?"

Xia Zihai bowed his hand, and after giving a salute, he said slowly, "Back to my father, my son is really here for family affairs." ”

"Hmph, it's a big family matter, tell me, which one is it?"