December 19, Pei Ze's birthday.

Although he said that he didn't care, when the day really came, Pei Ze started to look at Xiao Yanzhi's face from early in the morning.

Does Xiao Yanzhi know that today is his birthday? I shouldn't know, he didn't tell Xiao Yanzhi again...... But will Xiao Yanzhi ever ask Li An? Or will Li An take the initiative to tell Xiao Yanzhi? If he knew, how would Xiao Yanzhi celebrate his birthday? But it seems that Xiao Yanzhi doesn't seem to know...... Does Xiao Yanzhi know?

And Xiao Yanzhi, who could see all kinds of expectations from Pei Ze's eyes early in the morning, really held back his laughter and internal injuries, and it took a lot of effort to maintain his ordinary appearance as if he didn't know, and survived the time when he had to act together in the morning, Xiao Yanzhi decided to act separately from Pei Ze today.

In the imperial study, after the emperor ordered a few people to kneel, Pei Ze, Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian stood up as usual, saluted and knelt down, but when they straightened up again, they saw that Xiao Yan didn't move, and still sat firmly on the chair.

The emperor was also surprised, and asked, "What are you still doing here?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile: "Erchen suddenly remembered that there were still some things to tell his father, so he wouldn't leave with his righteous brother and the two imperial brothers today." ”

"What else do you have?" The emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Yanzhi, but waved his hand to signal that Pei Ze and the three of them could leave.

Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanzhi suspiciously, but only got a smile from Xiao Yanzhi.

At this time, it was too late to say that it was too late to stay together, so Pei Ze could only go out with Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian first.

As soon as he came out of the Liangyi Palace, Xu Lishan said to Pei Ze with a smile: "I haven't had time to say congratulations to Brother Pei from morning to now, and I wish Brother Pei a happy and prosperous year, and a long and happy Kangning." ”

"Thank you." Pei Ze nodded, but turned his head to look at the Liangyi Hall again.

Xu Liqian also arched his hand and said with a smile: "I wish my righteous brother the rising sun and longevity." Knowing that the righteous brother doesn't like to be lively, I still follow the practice of previous years, and this birthday gift has been sent to the Wucheng Palace, but I won't go to join in the fun when the righteous brother has a rare gathering with friends. ”

"His Royal Highness Lao has bothered." Pei Ze said politely.

Xu Liqian waved his hand, and then left with a smile.

"I specially asked people to find two jars of good wine, and it should have been sent to the Wucheng Palace. Feng Yuan, when will they arrive? Excitedly walking down the steps in front of the Liangyi Palace, Xu Lishan suddenly paused, turned to look at Pei Ze, who was still standing on the top of the steps, "Brother Pei, what's wrong?" Don't you go? ”

Pei Ze looked at Xu Lishan, then turned his head to look at the Liangyi Palace, and then raised his feet and took a step.

"Let's go."

In the imperial study, Xiao Yanzhi watched Pei Ze and the three of them leave, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Xiao Yan didn't speak for a long time, the emperor asked impatiently, "What are you going to do this kid?" I'm busy! ”

Xiao Yanzhi came back to his senses, then stood up, and said to the emperor with a smile: "Then the father and emperor are busy, and the sons and daughters are retiring." ”

The emperor looked at Xiao Yanzhi suspiciously: "Didn't you say that you still have something to tell me?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi said innocently: "But didn't my father say that you were busy?" Anyway, this is not an important matter, father, you are busy with you, and the son-in-law asks others to go. ”

The corners of the emperor's eyes jumped, and he said, "If you have something to say, say it quickly!" ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Erchen just wants to ask General Pei if the tablet is in Foguang Temple." ”

The emperor's eyes sank and he asked, "You mean Pei Ze's father?" What does this do, you ask? ”

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth and said, "What else can Erchen do?" I heard about General Pei from others, and I felt that I should always go to the pillar incense to worship. ”

Abducted someone's son, he should go and say hello anyway.

"Do you still have this heart?" The emperor smiled, "Go ahead, it's in the Valhalla in Foguang Temple, and the first one is the first one." ”

"The minister is gone."

Turning around and walking to the door, Xiao Yanzhi did not immediately push open the door of the imperial study, but first leaned on the door and listened to the movement outside the door, and then carefully pushed the door open a crack and secretly looked out.

Looking at the sneaky Xiao Yanzhi, the emperor frowned: "What are you doing?" ”

"Nothing." Xiao Yanzhi straightened up, turned his head and smirked at the emperor twice, and then pushed the door out.

When he walked to the door of the Liangyi Palace, Xiao Yanzhi still looked around secretly like a thief first, and made sure that Pei Ze was really not there, so he took He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng to stride out of the Liangyi Hall and walked towards Foguang Temple in a leisurely manner.

The harem is very lively at all times, but the Foguang Temple, which is enclosed in one place, is comfortable and quiet at all times.

The little novice who swept in Foguang Temple didn't recognize Xiao Yanzhi, but he had been practicing in Foguang Temple for a long time, and he could judge that Xiao Yanzhi's identity was not low from Xiao Yanzhi's clothes and He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng who followed Xiao Yanzhi, although he didn't know how high Xiao Yanzhi's identity was, but these had nothing to do with them, so they didn't need to care.

Therefore, when the little novices saw Xiao Yanzhi, they only looked at it lightly, and then they did their own things.

Xiao Yanzhi was not in a hurry to find the Valhalla, but took He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng to wander around in the courtyard of Foguang Temple.

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi's cheeks were blown red by the cold wind, Zhang Shaosheng opened his mouth and asked, "Lord Wang, do you want to go down and ask where the Valhalla is?" It's cold outside, so don't stay outside for too long. ”

"It's out of the way," Xiao Yanzhi sniffed, "I can't run to the Buddha hall every day, it's rare to have a chance, just let me be clean and clean." Occasionally, I want to try my peace of mind without distractions. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Shaosheng couldn't say anything more.

After turning around in the courtyard of Foguang Temple for more than half an hour, Xiao Yanzhi snorted and went to Valhalla.

However, Xiao Yanzhi seems to be at an inappropriate time, in the Valhalla, the abbot of Foguang Temple and two monks are sitting in front of dozens of rows chanting sutras.

Xiao Yanzhi hesitated for a moment, asked He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng to find a sheltered place to stay, and then stepped into the Valhalla, and after closing the door of the Valhalla with his backhand, he stopped at the door of the Valhalla, leaning against the door and listening.

The chanting in the Valhalla continued, and no one seemed to notice Xiao Yanzhi's arrival, but after reciting the scriptures, the abbot didn't even reply and said unhurriedly: "The King of Shu is here, but is there something?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Does the abbot recognize me?" ”

The two monks got up, bowed to Xiao Yanzhi, and then left Valhalla, and the abbot was still facing the tablets.

"The old man was fortunate to have met the prince, but it was far away at the time, and the prince was afraid that he didn't notice the old man."

Although he is the abbot of Foguang Temple, he seems to be out of place in this palace, but he also often walks around the palace, sometimes to discuss Buddhism with the emperor, sometimes to see the scenery in this palace, and sometimes he just wants to move his legs and feet.

Xiao Yanzhi walked to the abbot's side and looked at the rows of clean and neat tablets.

"The generals who are enshrined here are all sacrificed for the country?"

The abbot also stood up, nodded and said: "Exactly, here is headed by General Pei, all of whom are generals who helped His Majesty to conquer the country, and His Majesty remembered their hard work, so he specially built a Heroic Hall in Foguang Temple, and the old man and his disciples chanted and prayed for them every day, hoping to wash away their sins." ”

As he spoke, the abbot picked up three sticks of incense from the incense table and handed them to Xiao Yanzhi.

"Thank you." Xiao Yanzhi took the incense, lit it with the help of the abbot, and bowed reverently before □□ the incense into the incense burner.

After Xiao Yanzhi finished the incense, the abbot bowed slightly to Xiao Yanzhi, then turned around and left, and intimately helped Xiao Yanzhi close the door.

Xiao Yanzhi pretended to stand in front of the large pile of tablets for a while, listening to no sound around him, and then sat on the futon that the abbot had just sat on.

"General Pei, don't you mind if I come to talk to you, right?"

Xiao Yanzhi chatted with the tablet here, and Pei Ze over there also returned to the Wucheng Palace, and sat at a table with Xu Lishan and Feng Yuan.

Feng Yuan looked left and right, but he didn't see Xiao Yanzhi's shadow anywhere, so he asked Pei Ze curiously, "What?" Won't the King of Shu come today? ”

Pei Ze's face sank, and he said coldly: "I don't know." ”

He still wants to know what Xiao Yanzhi wants to say to His Majesty, when will he say that he can't do it today? And what are you saying that you haven't even come back for lunch after talking about it for so long?

Feng Yuan was stunned, then turned his head and asked Xu Lishan beside him in a low voice: "Did he quarrel with the King of Shu?" ”

Xu Lishan shook his head and said, "No, the imperial brother said that he had something to discuss with his father, and I am afraid that he is still in the palace at this time." ”

But how did Feng Yuan know Xiao Yanzhi?

"Talking about things now?" Feng Yuan looked at Pei Ze again, and saw that Pei Ze was still gloomy, so he smiled again, "Come on, come on, our brothers haven't been together for a long time, I heard that King Qi brought good wine today?" Open on! ”

As soon as Feng Yuan's words fell, Luo Yi, the general of Yulin Wei who was sitting next to him, bumped into him: "What's the matter with the King of Shu?" ”

"What's going on?" Feng Yuan glanced at Luo Yi, "It's okay if you don't have anything." ”

"Hey, you!" Luo Yi glared, "Don't think that I won't dare to hit you if you're lame now?" ”

Feng Yuan snorted coldly and said, "Don't think that you can beat me if I am lame, what are you talking about?" ”

In the imperial history, Cheng Fan An said warmly: "We are here today to celebrate Pei Ze's birthday, but we are not here to listen to the two of you bickering, if you two haven't seen each other for a long time and want to reminisce about the old relationship, will it be another day?" ”

Bingbu Langzhong Chuxin smiled: "Who let the two of them sit next to each other?" Quickly separate them, separate them! ”

Fan An shook his head and smiled, and had to get up and move somewhere and sit between Feng Yuan and Luo Yi.

"Speaking of the King of Shu...... Pei Ze seems to have a good relationship with King Shu recently. How? Is the King of Shu an interesting person? ”

Hearing this, Pei Ze glared at Feng Yuan.

If Feng Yuan hadn't been talkative, how could the topic have been on Xiao Yanzhi?

Among these five people, he and Xu Lishan grew up together since childhood, and Feng Yuan is lifelong friendship, but he is not very close to the other three people, they were not in the same team back then, but they only occasionally met once in a while to sit down and drink together, and then His Majesty dismantled the people around them, and the few of them who stayed in Chang'an City got together, and you can be called friends until now.

But he is cautious about Xiao Yanzhi, and he has only told Feng Yuan so far, and even Xu Lishan doesn't know, how can he sue the other three people lightly?

"What's fun?" Pei Ze smiled, "I just know that if I don't look at him, he's afraid he's going to get into trouble." ”

"That's true," Chu Xin nodded in agreement, "How many waves did the King of Shu make as soon as he entered the palace?" If there is no one to take care of him, he will cause a small disaster, but it will be a big loss of life. ”

Luo Yi poured a bowl of wine and said puzzledly: "He King Shu lost his life, what does it have to do with you Pei Ze?" ”

Pei Ze's eyes flashed.

What does it have to do with him? It didn't matter before, but now it's a big deal!

Feng Yuan, who knew that he was speechless, immediately explained: "How can it have nothing to do with Pei Ze? It's not that you don't know him, although the King of Shu has nothing to do with him, but in the end, he personally picked it up, it is said that he was still hunted for a year to catch it, this person was brought into the palace by him, do you say that he can watch the King of Shu lose his life? ”

Fan An shook his head, looked at Pei Ze and said helplessly: "When will you be able to change your temperament?" It's not what it used to be, we were able to say everything in the army back then, but now in the court, we have to look at other people's faces every day, and it's very difficult to be alone, why do you have to drag another burden? ”

Pei Ze's gaze swept around the faces of several people, and then he said dissatisfiedly: "Are you here to celebrate my birthday today, or are you here to teach me a lesson?" ”

"Gotcha! Don't talk about this, drink and drink! Feng Yuan hurriedly cooperated to skip the topic.

But this topic was skipped, but Pei Ze's meal of wine was not at ease, and after chatting with Feng Yuan and the others, he was about to glance in the direction of the gate of Wucheng Palace, and Li An, who was on the side, really couldn't stand it.

Feng Yuan, who knew the inside story, also guessed that Pei Ze was waiting for Xiao Yanzhi, but he was afraid that others would ask about this matter, so Feng Yuan desperately tried his best to find something to say, just to prevent others from noticing this matter.

However, several other people were also people who had been in the court for three years, how could they not see Pei Ze's absent-mindedness and Feng Yuan's abnormality? But seeing Feng Yuan's desperate posture, they knew that they didn't want them to ask, so they didn't ask, anyway, even if they asked Pei Ze here, they wouldn't say it, so it was better to go to Feng Yuan together to extract a confession another day.

Pei Ze waited for an afternoon, no matter how he waited, he didn't see Xiao Yanzhi come back, the more Pei Ze thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he drank this wine.

Seeing Pei Ze's appearance, Li An faintly felt a little headache.

The King of Shu actually came back a long time ago, but he went through the back door, saying that he was not familiar with Feng Yuan, and he didn't want to sweep everyone's interest, so he avoided it. Moreover, the king of Shu himself avoided and did not say anything, and he was not allowed to sue their prince, he was uncomfortable for a long time, and he was even more uncomfortable when he saw their prince sulking.

Knowing that the prince has been waiting for the king of Shu to come back, does he want to tell the prince that the king of Shu has actually returned?

But if the prince knows that the king of Shu specially avoided it, I'm afraid he will be even more angry, right?

It's really damning......

Fan An and the others gradually noticed that Pei Ze was wrong, but watching Pei Ze pour one cup after another, they didn't know whether to leave or not, so they could only accompany them.

Feng Yuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he summoned Li An and said, "Li An, we have finished drinking this wine, you can make a pot of tea." I drank all afternoon of wine, how did I feel uncomfortable. ”

After saying this, Feng Yuan also kicked Fan An.

Fan An's eyes flashed, and he agreed: "Yes, yes, I remember that Pei Ze received a tribute tea from His Majesty some time ago, and he brought it up." I drank this wine and had a headache. ”

Pei Ze raised his eyes and looked at Feng Yuan and Fan An suspiciously, and then looked at the empty wine jar piled up around him, waved his hand depressedly, and asked Li An to do what Feng Yuan said.

Li An immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly sent someone to remove all the wine and replace it with tea.

Feng Yuan rolled his eyes, and ran away under the pretext of internal urgency, and pulled Li An away by the way.

"I said that the king of Shu is coming today, is he coming today?" Hiding behind a tree, Feng Yuan asked eagerly.

Li An glanced at Pei Ze and said in a low voice: "The King of Shu has returned, and he is in ...... In the backyard too. ”

As soon as he heard this, Feng Yuan's eyes widened: "He came back, he didn't come out?!" Pei Ze is still waiting! Go, go, take people out! ”

The King of Shu came to Wucheng Palace, it was really like going back to his own home, why did he go to the backyard as soon as he came back?

Li An said with a bitter face: "If I can shout the King of Shu, then is he still the King of Shu?" The king of Shu said that he would celebrate the prince's birthday today, but look at it until dark. ”

"Wait until it gets dark?" Feng Yuan frowned, "Why wait until it gets dark?" ”

It's dark, how can he celebrate Pei Ze's birthday?

"Then how do I know!" Li An glared at Feng Yuan, "I'm still looking forward to the King of Shu coming out to make a smiling face!" ”

Feng Yuan was stunned: "Tsk! It's just a birthday, what a moth! Wait until it's dark, right? Gotcha, I'll go and help drag it for a while, you go to the backyard and tell the King of Shu to let him hurry up! Why do you have to wait until it gets dark......"

Feng Yuan ran to relieve himself with a dissatisfied face, and when he came back, he looked like nothing had happened, and as soon as he sat back in his seat, he pulled Pei Ze and laughed.

After listening to Feng Yuan's words, Li An hurriedly ran to Pei Ze's bedroom to find Xiao Yanzhi.

"Lord Wang, are you there?"

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yanzhi walked to the door and opened the door, looking at Li An with a puzzled expression, "Are all the people gone?" ”

"Not yet," Li An said again, "Lord Wang, don't you really go ahead to take a look?" ”

"They're not gone yet?" Xiao Yanzhi looked up at the sky and frowned slightly, "It's dark early in winter, why don't they leave?" ”

Upon hearing this, Li An wanted to cry and asked without tears, "Do you still have to wait for them all to leave?" ”

But the prince is angry, Feng Yuan and they don't dare to leave at all!

"That's what I planned," seeing that Li An's expression was not right, Xiao Yanzhi asked with a smile, "Look at you like you're about to cry, what's wrong?" ”

Li An was embarrassed: "What else, the prince has been waiting for you for a day......"

Xiao Yanzhi burst out laughing when he heard this: "Doesn't he care about his birthday? So what am I going to do? ”

Li Anpi said with a smile: "Then can you be the same as everyone else......

Xiao Yanzhi smiled, looked at the sky again, and still insisted: "Since he has been waiting for a day, it is not too late." If it wasn't completely dark, I wouldn't be able to see clearly. ”

Li An asked curiously, "What are you going to do, Lord Wang?" ”

"What's the hurry? Won't you find out later? Xiao Yanzhi smiled evilly, "By the way, if Xu Lishan and they haven't left by then, then you and Kong Qing will have to help me stop people, if they break into the backyard and see me, then it will be a big mess in the world." ”

Blinking blankly, Li An had a faint bad premonition: "Lord Wang, can you tell your subordinates a message first?" How much trouble are you trying to cause? ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and shook his head: "It's hard to say." I thought they would leave at night, but if they didn't...... That's a bit of a hassle. So I'll leave it to you and Kong Qing. ”

Li An suddenly had a sense of mission to shoulder the people of the world.

Come on, as long as you can make them happy, let him do anything!

Li An simply didn't go to the front yard, and after calling Kong Qing, he and Kong Qing stayed at the door of the room, urging Xiao Yanzhi every other time to stick incense, which made Xiao Yanzhi cry and laugh.

Finally, when it was dark, Xiao Yanzhi dragged a big bag out of the room wearing a big cloak.

"What is this bag, Lord Wang?"

Helping Xiao Yanzhi carry the bag of things to the middle of the courtyard, Li An wanted to know what was in the bag, it was obviously such a big bag, but it was not very heavy.

"What's the hurry, I'll listen to you urging me today," Xiao Yanzhi pouted, "You and Kong Qing can guard the entrance, and find two more people to help me." ”

"Yes." Li An hurriedly called two more people, and then he and Kong Qing guarded the entrance of the backyard, but both of them looked in the direction of Xiao Yan, looking curious.

I saw Xiao Yanzhi take out something from the big bag and hand it to the subordinate next to him, after the two subordinates worked together to pick up the thing, Xiao Yanzhi looked around the thing for a long time, as if he was confirming something, and after confirming it, he took out a fire fold from his arms and lit something.

As soon as the firelight lit up, Li An and Kong Qing saw clearly that the thing that was carried in their hands by the subordinates was a prayer lantern, and when they saw the big characters written on the prayer lantern by the firelight, the two of them were shocked, and they were shocked into a cold sweat.

Kong Qing turned his head to look at Li An and asked uneasily, "Is this thing ...... Can it go to heaven? ”

If this prayer lantern flies into the sky, I'm afraid it will cause a sensation in the whole city, right?

Li An gritted his teeth and said, "Let it go to the sky!" ”

If the prince sees this thing, he will be happy, so he must let it go to heaven at this point! If it makes a sensation in the whole city, it will cause a sensation in the whole city, and there is no signature on the prayer lantern anyway......