Chapter 13: The Storm in Yanjing (10)
The palace guards rolled up the bamboo mat curtain of the crane spotted concubine, the Mu brothers and sisters retreated left and right, covered the mica screen to avoid the slanting sun, and Yu Ziying sat down on the inlaid lacquer chair, then took a pot and poured a sip of tea.
Mu Lige sat down with a vertical collar on the folded clothes, and poured a full cup for herself with the glutinous purple sand teapot she was holding in her hand, and simmered it in one gulp.
After a long silence, the two turned their heads to look at each other in unison.
"Xiaofeng, what does the imperial brother think of Emperor Jing...... Seems to be interested in you? ”
"That kind of cat and mouse interest?"
“…… It's better than ignoring it. ”
“……”
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On the ten-step platform, Hu Lai, who was wearing a red fish bag official uniform, bowed to the stage, and after he first saluted Emperor Jing in the golden rope of the ancestral tent, he walked to the side of the ceremonial official to chew in his ear.
The ceremonial officer bowed his head, and then took the two palace eunuchs to the front edge of the high platform, facing the bright banner banner to spread the hunting, thousands of miles of blue sky as far as the eye could see, he led his neck and said: "Today's good banquet, in order to thank the country and travel far away, the current scene is scorching, midsummer three dogs, may the next detention and travel banquet, and participate in the grand event to take the summer cool song." ”
After the opening remarks of the ceremonial official, Hu Lai walked to the top of the high platform with a happy face, and recessed from the stone foundation into a square invagination, his arms were almost submerged, and he could not see the specific internal operation from the seats of the countries, only to see that he made a posture of twisting and turning to the right......
Hearing a rumbling sound, everyone was surprised that the central location of the princess of the previous country was very concave and convex in the central lot, and the click was like a Rubik's cube to quickly reorganize the puzzle After the puzzle was assembled, it became a smooth and neat stage like tofu, and a layer of back curtain wall like green leaf scales was overlapped behind the stage, shining in the sunlight, and no lights rotated.
From the left and right sides of the background wall, a group of lotus clothes and neon clothes spring Luo sleeves, dancing phoenix buns in the air, the Miaoman woman with her waist holding the pipa moved lightly to the stage, and the background wall moved with the moving shadow like a refractive mirror, refracting brilliance in all corners of the stage.
Just as they were holding their arms-length lute, they suddenly heard the sound of heavy chains dragging machinery and rolling from the depths of the ground.
In the stunned gaze of everyone, the center of the word slumped to the ground, and then a burst of milky white mist like a light silk surrounded the pedestal, the ice mist was like a fish swimming in the clear stream, flowing light and agile like the breath of the fairy palace building, endlessly changing, like a swimming dragon, like a frightening flood.
From both sides of the high platform of Emperor Jing's tent, there is a huge red carpet, the court musician wears a round hat, a red dress flows out like a spark and a colorful cloud, before walking, the music rushes out like a tide, and the wonderful melody echoes in the sky of the whole audience, as if it is a fairy music, swirling in the undulating square and rushing freely, suddenly the rapids roll, suddenly the soft waves, splashing into the clouds when the high-pitched agitation, and falling into the valley when the low twists and turns......
The musicians on the stage smiled lightly and slid the pipa, plucked the strings three or two times on the shaft, and threw their sleeves and feet......
"Wow~" Everyone stood up involuntarily, staring at this wonderful stage with novel and amazed eyes.
"What's that? How can there be smoke wafting out? ”
"It's amazing that this base can be automatically arranged and raised!"
There was a lot of discussion on and off the field, and the voices were endless.
Mu Lige ordered the bamboo mat curtains on both sides to be rolled up, and when he greeted the sun, he slightly shrugged his eyelashes, and he couldn't take his eyes off it, his eyes were full of light, and he couldn't help but admire: "It's really worthy of the Chaoyuan Kingdom!" With such a new and unique stage, only they can do this kind of unheard of performance. ”
The smoke on the stage is similar to the dry ice reaction, dry ice is a carbon dioxide solid, the temperature is about -20 degrees below, when it is placed at room temperature, it will immediately sublimate, sublimation, will absorb a lot of heat, resulting in a decrease in the temperature of the surrounding air, so that the water vapor in the air condenses, forming water vapor or ice fog.
Yu Ziying's eyes flickered, and her precise and calm brain was like a super-intelligent electronic answer dictionary, quickly giving accurate answers.
As for the stage stone base can be raised automatically, naturally it is only the use of mechanical force, Yu Ziying in Greedy City had heard that Emperor Jing had secretly cultivated a secretly formed team of clever creations, among which Hu Lai, who was known as the first clever master, was the leader, and now seeing this ingenious stage construction, it seems that the rumors are not groundless.
She had a relationship with Hulay, and her memories of his handmade pedal skateboards were still fresh in her mind, and she reckoned that the stage of such whimsical ideas and advanced consciousness must have been his idea.
Watching the singing and dancing on the new fantastic stage, the nations gradually forgot all the unpleasantness of the previous days, and devoted themselves intently to the wonderful performance dedicated to the Yuan Kingdom.
It's just that there are also people who have no intention of this, and the tide is hidden.
"Brother Huang, who do you think is that group of people dressed strangely?" Yu Ziying turned sideways.
When Mu Lige heard this, he looked along Yu Ziying's line of sight, and saw a group of tall figures with different temperaments meandering in the square, they were all wearing a heavy black wide cloak, a golden ribbon around their waists, wearing black gloves, hanging their heads and folding their arms, walking like an ascetic, the ethereal and ethereal atmosphere of indifference to the world lingered in it, as if even the scorching sun could not shine around them, and it looked dull and gray.
The group was divided into two rows, and the leader was one who walked on a scarlet carpet towards the Jingdi high platform.
Mu Lige retracted his gaze, bent the corners of his mouth with soft lines, and his eyes gradually deepened: "That's a person from the Northern Frontier Country." ”
Yu Ziying observed his expression, and intended to talk to him about the Northern Frontier Country, so he pretended to be puzzled: "Obviously the weather is so hot, why do the people of the Northern Frontier Country dress up like this?" ”
Mu Lige's eyes reflected the sunlight and showed a light and pale color, his eyes turned to the stage, and he said casually: "The people of the Northern Xinjiang Country have always disliked to associate with other countries, and the purer the aristocratic blood, the more xenophobic they heard...... Hobbies. ”
Xenophobia? Hobbies? Yu Ziying disagreed: "In that case, why did the Northern Frontier Kingdom come to marry the Chaoyuan Kingdom?" ”
Mu Lige glanced at her, patted her forehead and said, "You don't have to worry about this kind of thing, you just need to put all your heart and soul into winning this marriage." ”
"That's not what I said! Brother Huang, the object of marriage sent by the Northern Frontier Kingdom is my rival, isn't this reason worth my concern? Yu Ziying had a pair of big bony eyes, and her cheeks were naturally pink and red.
"You...... But I know how to plan ahead. Mu Lige's eyes softened, and he chuckled: "However, the imperial brother of the Northern Frontier Kingdom also knows very little, but the border between the Eastern Imperial Kingdom and the Northern Frontier Kingdom is relatively close, and he may be able to know a thing or two." ”
"Then the imperial brother will help me go to the East Emperor's jealousy hall and inquire." Mu Xiaofeng is the relationship between Mu Lige and jealousy.
Mu Lige glanced at the position of the seat of the Eastern Emperor State at random, shook his head, and said ambiguously: "Let's talk about this matter." ”
Yu Ziying's eyes flashed, and he knew in his heart that Mu Lige didn't intend to let others know about his relationship with jealousy, or even further, he wanted to prevent other countries from knowing that the Daoying Imperial Kingdom had a private connection with the Eastern Imperial Kingdom.
Since he couldn't get any useful information from Mu Lige, Yu Ziying decided to observe it himself.
I heard that the Northern Frontier Country has a lineage relationship with the Wu Clan, the Wu Clan has a long history, during which the side branches and bloodlines are scattered, and it is not surprising that some of them are integrated into the Northern Frontier Country.
Although the costumes of this group of envoys from the northern frontier country are almost the same, the figure of the leader is relatively slender, the wide robe is like the silhouette of a picture scroll, the ripples hang down obliquely like smoke waves, the wind is scattered, and the corners of their underwear can be vaguely peeked into a kind of golden embroidered vine, like a flower, like a leaf, like a word, with a dark refraction of light and shadow overlapping embroidery, which makes people not distinguish carefully.
When they walked up to Emperor Jing, they raised their robes, folded their palms in front of their foreheads, and bowed: "Kaqin Wankang, Your Majesty Emperor Jing is safe." ”
"Kaqin Wankang" is a northern territory language, similar to the meaning of Wanfu Jin'an, and "Anda" is an honorific title.
The content of the talks between the two countries was very concise and obscure, and the envoys of the southern Xinjiang country did not declare their identities, but simply fulfilled their etiquette and turned down.
When the envoys of the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom were halfway through, they encountered the arrogance of Zhao Luhou, the representative of the Tianyuan Kingdom, who took two officials and guards of the Tianyuan Kingdom to step on the red carpet without squinting.
"Click!" There was a crisp sound, and I only heard the jagged dragon-tailed flagpoles on both sides of the red carpet being swept around by a strong gust of wind and swaying to the left, perhaps due to excessive load-bearing, breaking from two-thirds of the part, and falling slowly towards the red carpet.
A shadow fell from the top of his head, and the envoy of the Southern Xinjiang State seemed to sense something, and his first reaction was to retreat to the side, and he accidentally collided with the guard with a knife beside Zhao Luhou, and the flagpole was about the thickness of a baby's arm, seven feet high, and fell down in a hurry.
"Be careful!"
"Ahh
"Tom tom!"
The footsteps of the two parties were staggered, arrogant and burdened with sleeves on their backs, and they deviated from the direction as soon as they took a step, and immediately the guards stationed on both sides of the carpet in the Yuan Kingdom were startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to rush to the rescue.
"What's wrong?"
"It's like the flagpole is broken......"
The people at the table couldn't help but look over, and they couldn't help but look at each other.
Yu Ziying stood up suddenly, his eyes were as bright as lightning, and the white chain was torn in the darkness.
Mu Lige was stunned and couldn't help but be surprised: "Xiaofeng, what's wrong with you?" ”
"Brother Huang, did you say that the household department of Chaoyuan Country has filled its own pockets, and actually created a batch of inferior flags." Yu Ziying's voice was faint, revealing an incomprehensible coolness.
Mu Lige glanced at what happened on the red carpet and said, "It's windy today, and some accidents will happen......
"Really? Accidentally...... "Yu Ziying's gaze moved to a broken place on the flagpole, and some kind of sharpness flashed under the thick eyelashes.
A strange light flashed under the clear sunlight just now, although this light was close to the light flickering on the stage, but Yu Ziying had been watching the people of the Northern Frontier Country, so naturally he would not be mistaken.
The ceremonial officer of Chaoyuan Kingdom and the captain of Dongchang were well-trained and had strong on-the-spot adaptability, but they took care of things in just a quarter of an hour, and politely apologized, and arranged for the imperial doctor to accompany him to examine the injury.
But in the end, there was still no accident, and after the courteous representatives of Chao Yuanguo apologized, both sides expressed their acceptance, and the matter was revealed.
"It's rude."
The envoys of the Northern Frontier Kingdom folded their sleeves and folded their arms, and took the people of the Southern Frontier Kingdom to express their apologies to the arrogance.
Arrogantly glanced at him thoughtfully, then his eyes drooped, and he bent down to pick up a large white jade coffin box from the ground that had just accidentally fallen from the envoy of Northern Xinjiang, and there was a withered flower in it, this flower had a strange appearance, only three petals, but the stamens were as dense as a thousand plants, and they were goose yellow and white, and he said, "Your things have fallen." ”
The people around the envoy of Northern Xinjiang hurriedly lowered their heads and spread their hands respectfully, waiting for the things to be taken and returned to the envoy of Northern Xinjiang.
"Thank you."
The envoy took the lead to put the things back in storage, bowed his head arrogantly and politely, and led the people back to the table along the road.
The arrogant eyes squinted and stared, the pupils that seemed to be full of purple wine flashed a thoughtful, he rubbed his fingertips and just touched the cold temperature left by the petals, his eyes swirled and rotated like glass beads soaked in wine, flickering and dimming, he hooked his lips and sneered coldly: "...... Deliberately? ”
After this small accident completely subsided, Yu Ziying kept staring at the back of the envoy of the northern frontier without blinking for a moment.
And Mu Lige has been thinking about things since just now, but he didn't notice her strangeness.
Just now...... In that white jade sarcophagus...... What is hidden is the dried flower of Qianrui beads?
It was so easy for her to find ......
It seems that in addition to giving another to Emperor Jing from the Southern Frontier Kingdom, the envoy of the Northern Frontier State also kept one privately.
Now that she has two, she needs to think about what to do.
Although Emperor Jing has one there, according to the general rules, the gifts sent by the countries are generally collected in the treasure house by a special person, and the treasure house is heavily guarded, and it is not easy to steal it, and if it is too out of line, her identity will also be exposed.
Although he still doesn't know the depth of the envoys of the Northern Frontier Country, after all, this is not the Northern Frontier Country, and there are only a few people around him, and it is easier to take care of the people from the right time, place and people than to steal or skillfully take the dried flowers of Emperor Jing's Thousand Rui Beads.
However, she did not take this lightly, and Yu Ziying secretly thought - this envoy of the Northern Frontier seemed to behave very ordinarily in terms of conversation, behavior, treatment of people, and even the occurrence of accidents, which made people not have the slightest suspicion, except for the strict Arab attire.
But she always felt a strange feeling of disobedience from him.
It's like seeing a huge black shadow in the dark night, but in the end it is a harmless rabbit that runs out of the darkness.
Suddenly, Yu Ziying's gaze was certain, and she suddenly woke up.
Her feeling is not wrong, she was trying to read before, and the person she inadvertently peeked at was clearly a person with very distinct human characteristics, he was like a flame in a vast blank, a pool of blue snow and cold pools, a flower climbing red stamen, a willow folding green strips, a flower sleeping flower lying willow, although unpredictable, but it can overflow anyone's sight and fill anyone's mind.
However, at this moment, he is as ordinary as a drop of seawater, thrown into an ocean and never recovered.
It shouldn't be!
Yu Ziying raised a small face and looked serious.
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There is an inn
"Xiaoyun, where are you going!" Ji Yunzhaoxue saw Yu Yunhao get up from the bed, and hurriedly put down the basin and stepped forward to stop it.
Yu Yunhao's handsome and pale little face was full of seriousness: "Sister Xue, I'm ...... I want to go to her. ”
Who "she" refers to, Ji Yun Zhaoxue naturally knows.
"Xiaoyun, don't be confused, we are only here to enter Yanjing for the mission, if you spoil the affairs of Lord Lazy Emperor...... We will never be able to recover! Ji Yun Zhaoxue held his thin shoulders, her beautiful eyes were anxious, and her words were heavy.
"Sister Snow...... I ......" Xiaoyun breathed heavily, he clutched the quilt tightly, his head hung low, and his childish voice was a little sad: "I won't help him...... I always thought you were the same, do you really want to help him? ”
Ji Yun Zhaoxue's eyes flickered, she didn't dare to look directly at Xiaoyun's dark and pure eyes, and only said vaguely: "This is just a delaying tactic...... When we can think of another way, I will naturally not help him, and besides, the person who will answer will be here soon, and we can't leave. ”
"Sister Xue, I want to go to her, although she asked me to wait for her at the inn, but Xiaoyun wants to tell her......"
"Tell her what? When she handed us over to the princess of the Ying Emperor Kingdom and the angry marquis of the Ghost Kingdom, you should know that you were abandoned by her, Xiaoyun, only Sister Xue will never abandon you in this world, and only Sister Xue really loves you and protects you, do you understand? ”
Ji Yun Zhaoxue stretched out her hand and hugged the skinny Xiaoyun in her arms, and said softly.
She couldn't see, the little cloud with her back to him, her face was as cold as stagnant water, her eyes staring straight at one place, deaf to her words.
Sister Ying didn't abandon him...... He felt that the princess of the Ying Imperial Kingdom who came to see him last night had exactly the same breath as hers, but he couldn't say this kind of thing to Sister Xue, and he didn't even tell her, he could feel the echo of the bloodline from Sister Ying...... If she is really his sister, then she is the only remaining pure-blood royal family in this world......
He knew that although Sister Xue loved him, she listened to the words of the Lazy Emperor more, so he couldn't let Sister Xue know the Dao, if she knew the Dao, then the Lazy Emperor would also know the Dao, and then the infant sister would also be caught by the Lazy Emperor, so before everything happened, he had to tell the infant sister the truth.
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Jing is sorry.,There was no update because of the sudden power outage last night.,Because there's no way to notify in advance because of the sudden incident.,But Jing will make up for yesterday.,So there's a change at night.。