After a while, I was carried out of the palace by the mighty royal honor guard.

The rules of the royal family have always been cumbersome, and now I am carrying my palanquin to the Seibu Gate, and before the sun goes down, I will take a fire from the beacon tower of the city gate with the crown princess and light the first light at the head of the city.

The sedan chair tossed and turned along the way, shaking the heavy gold ornaments on my head trembling, touching the night pearl in the black bun, making a crisp sound.

I stared at the crumbling golden crown above my head and listened to Zhizhi's endless admonitions.

I was dizzy from the weight of the hair ornament, and Zhizhi's chatter made me even more annoyed, and I said, "You are seventeen this year, right?" I thought that when my father's birthday was busy, I would let him marry you by pointing out the family, what do you think? ”

When Zhizhi heard my words, she was so frightened that she opened her mouth several times, but she didn't know what to say, and finally she was silent, and I took a closer look, and I blushed a little.

Not long after it was quiet, I was helped off the sedan chair by the palace lady who followed me, and the royal flag covered the sky and the sun, which made me wonder where my father had cut the amount of the reduction.

The sun was setting in the west, dyeing the sunset red outside the sky, and the Seibu Castle Gate stood majestically in front of you, and the sky light plated the gray and blue bricks and tiles with a layer of golden red edges. I stood under the city gate, listening to the sound of the hunting wind in my ears, and my eyes were in a trance......

"Take care, wait for me to get back."

In the years of Jin Ge Iron Horse, countless heroes in Chang'an City went out to fight, for many years wearing armor, with heavy promises and ambitions, passing through this city gate, a few years later or fame or battlefield bones.

Three years ago, it was also such a dusk, sunset, I stood at the head of the city to see the imperial court 200,000 Shence army westward expedition to the Turks, the goshawk circled and flew by, leaving a few scattered chirps, piercing the sky.

"Princess......" Seeing that I was silent, Zhizhi was a little worried, I don't know if the words just now were too powerful, she spoke hesitantly, and her voice was extremely low: "Princess...... The slave maid only learned that after a while, the ceremony for a while, the guests seated, and ...... And also...... Yuwen ...... The people of the Yuwen family ......"

Her voice was so small that it took me a lot of effort to hear what she was saying, and I laughed dryly and asked, "Who else?" ”

Zhizhi: "I heard that the Duke of Zhenguo has been ill recently, and it is estimated that the one who came to attend the ceremony is the son of Yuwen Mansion......" Zhizhi was very melancholy, and his expression was rarely sad.

Zhizhi's sadness is not without reason, this situation makes my client in a dilemma quite embarrassing, not to mention the personal mother who has always been "protective of the Lord" around me. Speaking of which, I have a more or less relationship with the person with the surname "Yuwen".

I practiced in the Chaolu Temple of Fengming Mountain for three years, and I took a nap every day in the Buddhist class, and in the end I only participated in the word "cause and effect", which was quite appropriate for my "origin" with the Yuwen clan.

When I was a child, I met a son with the surname Yuwen and the name but I didn't know it very well, and I planted the fruit of the confusion and the eldest son of the Yuwen family.

Later, because Yuwen Chuyang died on the battlefield, in order to highlight the chastity and filial piety of the princess of the Zhou Dynasty, I went to Fengming Mountain as an exemplary person of the heavenly family and embarked on the road of cultivation for my deceased fiancé.

This promotion made me from the original Princess Zhaoyuan to the first princess to enjoy food in the history of the Great Zhou, which gave me the identity of attending the ceremony, and gave me the opportunity to experience the taste of a hundred turns and thousands of times at this time.

Buddhism said: Planting is the cause, reaping is the effect, and everything is created by idealism. Many times I lament that creation makes people, and I can't help myself at all.

The people of the Yuwen clan, except for Chu Yang and the son whose name I can't remember, I have not had any dealings with others, but I often hear the women in the palace frolicking and mention them, and regard them as heroes in my heart and lovers in my dreams. I have always despised their behavior of Huaichun, and I am not a gossip person, but I know that the third prince of Yuwen Mansion has replaced the first Yang in the past and has become the most commonly heard name in their mouths.

There are three reasons why he became popular, one is the unsparing love of Princess Bailanshao; The second is that he is the most heroic undefeated god of war in the Great Zhou after Chu Yang, and he has already worshiped General Jinwu at a young age, and his future is bright; The third is that I heard that this Yuwen son grew up in the wolf pile when he was a child, returned to Chang'an two years ago, and led his troops to break through Xiliang in one fell swoop, making him surrender to the Great Zhou Tianwei, and achieving a myth.

This third reason seems to be a number, but in fact, the Huaichun woman in the boudoir has always loved to listen to such ups and downs with a curious color, although I don't like gossip, I also know that the protagonist of this kind of story is often desirable.

In the past few days since returning to the palace, it has been rumored in Chang'an that this legendary General Jinwu will be my next concubine, so many people are coming with a gossip mentality at the Thousand Lantern Festival ceremony today.

The moment I stepped on the beacon tower of the city gate, the imperial nobles and nobles who were already standing in brocade clothes and the courteous officials opened the way in front of me, and every step was a gust of wind and grass.

I felt really complicated in my heart, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when I found that the only people in the Yuwen Mansion were sitting in the seats.

The crown princess was sitting far away from the main seat, and when she saw me coming, she hurriedly walked towards me with gentle steps.

This is the first time I have seen the wife of my eldest brother. The daughter of the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion has always been bright and moving, and there is the charm of my aunt's youth between the eyebrows and eyes, and she is lined with a gold and silver silk Luan Bird Chaofeng embroidered brocade dress to make the whole person more dignified, a pair of eyes with water waves, and a slight mouth, in short, is a beauty.

The beauty pulled me over with one hand, led me to sit on the main seat of the Luan Feng Chaohuang on the right, and said to me: "I often hear the prince and aunt talk about the princess on weekdays, and when I see it today, it really deserves its reputation. The road was bumpy, and the princess took a short rest before the guests came to perform the ceremony. ”

I looked around, and everyone bowed their heads slightly, and I had an unobstructed view of what was going on below.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Yu Ruo said again: "The old Chitose of Xiaoyao is very old, and his movement is quite inconvenient, and he is still mostly on the road now. The other is the third son of Yuwen Mansion, who has not seen anyone at the moment, and it is estimated that it is almost there. ”

The sunset is getting thinner and thinner, like the blood and the sun staining the sky.

From a distance, the city of Chang'an was bustling with people, as if you could hear the voices of the people.

I was about to open my mouth when someone came hurrying up, and when I looked closely, a man dressed in the armor of the palace kneel respectfully under my seat.

His upper body was straight, neither humble nor arrogant, he gave a slight salute, and he was still holding a sandalwood box in his hand, and said: "The eldest princess and the crown princess, the general has been entangled in military affairs recently, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come today." Under the entrustment of the general, he specially presented some small gifts as a gift for tonight's ceremony, and congratulated the eldest princess on her smooth return to the court. ”

As soon as the words fell, as if they smelled the smell of gossip, the crowd under the seats on the left and right trembled excitedly, and their eyes began to glow.

I glanced at the crown princess lightly, and she immediately understood, and coughed twice: "The general really has a heart, Zhizhi, accept the gift first." Now the auspicious time is coming, princess, you don't have to wait for others, you and I will preside over the ceremony first. ”

A chamberlain on the side of the crown princess followed the Jin Wuwei down the city gate, it was said that there was still a gift that was too big to take, and I was relieved to see that everyone was still unsatisfied, and began to preside over the ceremony amid the loud chanting of the ceremonial official.

The atmosphere returned to solemnity, and the sound of Si Le striking the bell hovered over the nine heavens.

I carefully removed a flame from the beacon, lit the glass lamp in my hand, and held it high, and everyone raised the lamp in their hands. The twilight is four, as if the spark is burning the plain, the lights spread all the way from the city gate, and Chang'an City has become a sea of lights in the blink of an eye, and the lights are brilliant.

After the ceremony, Zhizhi and I quietly slipped down the city gate from the other side, where people were already standing in front of a carriage with their regular clothes ready for the ceremony.

I took the clothes from Sijiu's hand and looked at them, frowning: "Why are they women's clothes?" ”

Sijiu scratched his head: "Zhizhi said that the princess can't be allowed to come by temperament, and the girl has to look like a girl." ”

The corners of my mouth twitched, I glanced at Zhizhi, reluctantly entered the carriage to change my clothes and came out, looking left and right: "You are with me today?" What about the Star Slave? ”

Sijiu replied: "I came here with him, but somehow he suddenly ran away like crazy, and the princess knew how I could catch him with my little arms and legs." Most of them saw a beautiful girl Baba followed. ”

The star slave was picked up by me from Fengming Mountain, when I first picked him up, he was covered with wounds, and he couldn't speak, and the master in the temple told me that he was mostly a wild child raised in the mountains and forests, without a father or mother, and no different from a wild beast. I felt compassion and left him with me.

Although the star slave can't speak, he is simple by nature, and there are only three things in his head: food, beauty, and me. When Zhizhi summed it up like this, I always felt that something seemed strange, but I couldn't say it.

When I heard Sijiu say that he was going to look for the girl, I was relieved, as long as he didn't suffer from the cold, he would come back to me by smell.

The direction of the carriage is the most prosperous center of Chang'an City, there are more and more people along the way, the streets are lined with lights, crowded with people, bustling and lively.

After a while, the carriage stopped at Liuxianju, the most prestigious teahouse in Chang'an City.