The Crane Tower is the highest restaurant in the capital, it is said that it is built in imitation of the Yellow Crane Tower in the south of the Yangtze River, it is five floors high, the business is prosperous on weekdays, it is suitable to go out to enjoy the lanterns on a good day such as Shangyuan and Mid-Autumn Festival, the Crane Tower is not to have silver to enter, and it has long been set in advance by the dignitaries and nobles.

Stand tall and see far, but if you want to stand tall, you have to climb the stairs.

Tang Yu is everyone's best girl, at most a few times a month to visit relatives and friends, not to mention weak, but also a delicate body, climbed to the third floor and was out of breath. The overhead lantern exudes a soft light, and the little girl's cheeks are flushed under the lamp, panting softly, like a begonia blooming at night, I see pity.

"I'll help you. Wei Zhao walked up to her and said in a low voice.

Tang Yu shook his head, stood in place for a while, looked at it, and then glanced at the two guards who were following on the second floor not far away, frowned, and said, "Let's go." After speaking, he stepped up the wooden steps in front of him.

Wei Zhao was afraid that she would fall into the air with all her strength, so he followed her considerately, watching his cousin climb up step by step not easily, thinking of Song Qin who coerced them to come to enjoy the lanterns, the haze in Wei Zhao's dark eyes became more and more heavy.

Song Qin, regent.

The first emperor had two brothers, King Cheng was a fellow mother, and King Duan, Song Qin, was born from a half-mother. When Song Qin was sixteen years old, the barbarians in the southwest rebelled, and the first emperor sent Song Qin to the expedition, which seemed to be reused, but in fact it was a hidden murderous opportunity. But Song Qin's life was great, and in the end, there were only 2,000 left of 30,000 horses, so he relied on these 2,000 soldiers to defeat the barbarians and pacify the war. After the war, Song Qinkeng killed 10,000 prisoners to pay tribute to the dead army, became famous in the first war, and was known as the ghost prince.

The first emperor defended him and ordered Song Qin to garrison the southwest wilderness, and he was not allowed to return to Beijing without an edict.

Gradually, the people of the capital almost forgot that there was another Duan King in Daqi.

But the first emperor did not forget, and every year he would send people to visit and secretly visit to see if Song Qin was honest in the southwest, not only to use Song Qin to guard the frontier, but also afraid that Song Qin would secretly expand his power. It's a pity that there are thousands of defenses, and in the end, it turned out to be his own brother King Cheng who rebelled, led the rebels all the way to the capital, plotted to kill the first emperor, and killed the prince.

Seeing that King Cheng was going to usurp the throne successfully, Song Qin entered Beijing overnight and quelled the rebellion with thunder.

In the melee, the four princes and two princesses of the first emperor were killed, leaving only the fifth prince who was only four years old, and a third princess who had just given birth prematurely. At that time, Song Qin was twenty-two years old, wearing armor, with the heroic posture of the invincible god of war, changed into a python robe, and the dragon and phoenix posture had the appearance of an emperor, first had military exploits and suppressed traitors and thieves, and immediately won the support of half of the courtiers and persuaded him to ascend the throne.

Song Qin insisted on refusing to resign, and elected the five princes from Concubine Shu as the new emperor, because the five princes were young, he was temporarily assisted by him until the emperor was twenty weak crowns.

seems to have no intention of taking the throne, but in just four years, almost all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have stood on Song Qin's side, and the words of the Queen Mother and the Emperor have not worked with Song Qin's eyes. And Song Qin acts, those who follow others, add officials to knighthood, and those who oppose others, only idle and drudgery, and the ambition of the wolf son is obvious.

Wei Zhao is one of the few people who hate Song Qin the most in the capital, because the current queen mother is his aunt, and the emperor is his cousin.

However, the emperor was young, so they could only wait for the opportunity.

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"Uncle Huang, Sister Yu, why haven't they come up yet?" In the private room on the top floor, the third princess leaned on Song Qin's chest, staring at the door with big black and white eyes.

"They go slowly. Song Qin lowered his head and tidied up the hair that was messed up when he put down the hood for the girl, his face was fair, and his breathing was steady. He is physically strong, has both internal and external kung fu, and climbs five floors with a thin girl in his arms, as if walking on the ground.

"Then why didn't Uncle Huang wait for Sister Yu?" the third princess raised her head and asked puzzled.

Song Qin touched the top of the girl's head and did not answer.

The third princess looked at him and obediently didn't ask.

In fact, she has always been afraid of this imperial uncle, because he is always cold, the third princess has never seen him smile, she asked Mama why the imperial uncle does not like to laugh, Mama is very nervous and taught her not to ask, it is better not to mention the imperial uncle without a word. When it comes to Uncle Huang, Mama's tone is even more terrifying than telling fairy stories.

Then she got sick, so sick that she slept all day, and one day she woke up and saw her uncle sitting on the edge of her bed, gently wiping her sweat. It was the first time for the third princess to be taken care of so gently by her elders, and she couldn't tell why, but suddenly she was not afraid of Uncle Huang, although Uncle Huang still didn't like to laugh.

Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the imperial uncle took her to the palace and asked her what she wanted to do the most, and the third princess heard her grandmother talk about the lantern festival outside the palace, saying that she wanted to see the lanterns, and the imperial uncle really hugged her out. Uncle Huang was very strong, Mama was tired and panting after holding her for a while, Uncle Huang carried her all the way, and climbed such a high building, without shouting tired.

The third princess likes to be held by the imperial uncle, it is very comfortable, and she wants to sleep.

All the weight of the girl was put on the man behind her.

Song Qin felt the subtle change, his eyes changed slightly, he looked down at the girl, just in time to see the third princess open her mouth and yawn, the five-year-old little girl, her mouth was wide open, and the breath she exhaled carried the sweet taste of the sugar man she had eaten two quarters of an hour ago. Song Qin had never smelled the breath of others so closely, and he was a little uncomfortable, but he didn't avoid it, and gently pinched the girl's thin face, "Don't sleep warmly, there will be fireworks outside in a while." ”

If this is her last night, Song Qin hopes that this fatherless and motherless girl will be happier for a while.

The third princess rubbed her eyes, put down her small fist, and saw a familiar figure finally appear outside the door.

"Sister Yu!" the third princess shouted happily, but her voice was soft.

Tang Yu only showed up after resting outside, seeing the third princess wilting and sleepy, she felt sorry and distressed, and put aside her dissatisfaction and fear of Song Qin for the time being, she smiled and teased the little girl, "The third princess is walking so fast, Sister Yu can't catch up with you." ”

The third princess said proudly: "Uncle Huang has great strength!"

Tang Yu smiled and didn't even look at Song Qin's face.

When their cousins appeared, Song Qin looked sideways out of the window, his face was indifferent, and idlers should not be disturbed.

He, the prince, didn't speak, Tang Yu and Wei Zhao could only stand.

The third princess was very polite, pointed to the chair across the table, and invited the two to sit down. Every time Cousin Zhao and Sister Yu entered the palace, the Queen Mother would ask her to come over to play, so the third princess was very familiar with the cousins.

"Sister Yu, you look so good tonight. The little girl also loves beauty, looking at Tang Yu wearing a snow-blue cloak opposite, the third princess praised sincerely.

Tang Yu instinctively glanced at the only foreign man present.

Song Qin turned a deaf ear and admired the bright moon outside the window with a faint expression.

Tang Yu relaxed and asked the third princess softly if the lantern festival was fun tonight.

The third princess nodded, wanting to speak, but always felt that Sister Yu was sitting too far, she said it was too difficult, the third princess looked at the chair next to Uncle Huang, and said expectantly: "Sister Yu, you sit here, I want to be closer to you." ”

She also wanted Sister Yu to hug her. The imperial doctor thought she was asleep, and whispered to the imperial uncle, and the three princesses heard it, and she might not survive tonight. She likes Sister Yu, Sister Yu has a very special fragrance, faint, Mama said that it is Sister Yu's body fragrance, every girl will have it when she grows up, she wants to smell it again.

Go sit next to Song Qin?

Tang Yu was embarrassed, looking at Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao's face was very ugly. And the regent on the other side, who had been ignoring them, finally looked over, his black eyes stared at Tang Yu coldly, his eyes were sharp, like the sword on his waist, and the cold air was pressing.

Tang Yu understood that Song Qin wanted to give the third princess a good night, and whatever the third princess wanted, whether it was robbed or coerced, he would do it.

Gently tugging Wei Zhao's sleeve and signaling him not to be impulsive, Tang Yu stood up calmly, walked around to Song Qin, and saw Song Qin looking out of the window again, she sat down.

As if there were flowers quietly blooming around him, Song Qin suddenly smelled a faint fragrance, as if there was nothing.

The long eyebrows furrowed slightly, Song Qin was disgusted, he didn't like this kind of smell from the human body, even if it wasn't unpleasant.

"Sister Yu hugs. ”

He didn't like it, the third princess liked it, and stretched out her hand to Tang Yu coquettishly.

Tang Yu looked at Song Qin again, Song Qin's head did not move, his body turned sideways, and the arm holding the third princess also moved down, meaning that he was willing to hand over the third princess. Tang Yu held the armpits of the third princess, hugged the thin girl to his lap, sat facing Wei Zhao, and bowed his head to coax her: "Why did the third princess lose weight, didn't she eat well? ”

The third princess nodded obediently, "I drank half a bowl of porridge in the evening, and Uncle Huang fed me." ”

Tang Yu's eyelashes moved, and he couldn't imagine Song Qin's meticulous care of the third princess.

The third princess looked up, and seeing that Sister Yu didn't seem to believe it, she turned her head and called Song Qin, "Uncle Huang, I ate half a bowl of porridge, right?"

The niece asked him to testify, and Song Qin turned around and touched the girl's head, "Nuan Nuan is good." ”

The third princess smiled happily and continued to talk to Tang Yu.

Song Qin was about to turn around, when his gaze suddenly fell on his niece's waist. The girl hugged her niece in exactly the same posture as him, holding her niece's small hand with her right hand and wrapping her niece with her left arm. Inside her cloak was a begonia red gown, the cuffs of the same color, so that the exposed hands were white and shiny, comparable to the finest mutton fat jade, slender, soft as boneless.

There was a displeased look on the other side, Song Qin didn't need to look up to know who it was, he raised the corners of his lips contemptuously, and turned out the window again.

Wei Zhao saw that he withdrew his gaze from peeping at Tang Yu, and the anger in his chest gradually calmed down.

Neither of the two men spoke, and only Tang Yu and the third princess talked softly in the private room.

I don't know how long it took, when the window lit up, Tang Yu and the third princess looked over at the same time, and just happened to see a gorgeous firework.

The night is like a curtain, the moon is in the sky, and the bright fireworks are blooming one after another, which is as beautiful as a dream.

"It's so beautiful...... the third princess muttered.

Tang Yu was just about to echo, the man in front of him suddenly turned around, and at that moment, Tang Yu clearly saw the fireworks reflected in his phoenix eyes, his eyes were like water, the fireworks were beautiful, and the eye waves merged with the colorful outside the window, and turned into a thrilling brilliance, not gentle, but better than any gentleness.

Tang Yu lost his mind.

Song Qin was about to pick up the third princess, and his body inevitably approached her, feeling the little girl's gaze, Song Qin raised his eyes.

He saw the fireworks in her clear eyes.

Tang Yu fell into a pair of cold pools that were biting cold, she woke up instantly and immediately lowered her eyes.

Song Qin's gaze swept all the way over her pale face, cherry red lips, and the cloak strap on her chest to her niece. He bent down, held up his niece's armpits, and when he lifted it up, he brought a faint fragrance of his daughter and rushed towards him.

Maybe it was because he smelled it for nearly a quarter of an hour and got used to it, but Song Qin unexpectedly found that the aroma was stronger at this time, but he was not as disgusted as before.