Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the Hoan Palace, which has been busy for most of the month, has finally returned to quiet, and the palaces have been newly decorated inside and outside, and the lanterns under the eaves of the verandah reflect the joyful and warm colors. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The snow stopped for two days, and then it started to fall again in the night, and it was a little cold. Emperor Xuan came out of the Tai'an Palace, and a snowflake happened to fall on the tip of his nose, melting in an instant, leaving only a trace of coldness. Wang Huaide asked the emperor for instructions: "It's late at night, is Your Majesty going to the palace of a lady to rest?" ”

Emperor Xuan sighed, and a white mist rose in front of his eyes: "It's rare to be quiet, let's go for a walk in the imperial garden with me." ”

Wang Huaide bent down and said, "Huh." ”

The imperial garden was silent, Wang Huaide was holding a lantern in his hand, the candle shadow was dim, and it was not as cold as the cold light of a snowy night. Emperor Xuan glanced at him and said with a smile: "Just throw away this Laoshizi's thing, I look bad at it." ”

Wang Huaide smiled: "Your Majesty's heart is like a mirror, so any dirty obstacle has nothing to hide in front of Your Majesty, not like an old slave, old eyes are dizzy." ”

Emperor Xuan was instantly amused, and the fatigue of the day suddenly eased a lot, and he scolded with a smile: "Old thing, you know a lot." ”

The sound of the piano came from the wind, as if far away, but when you listen closely, it seems to be very close. In such a cold night, there were people who had the same interest as him, and Emperor Xuan was curious: "Who is playing the qin?" ”

Wang Huaide also heard the sound of the piano, listened intently for a moment, and said, "It seems to be coming from the direction of Taiye Lake, Your Majesty wants to go and see?" ”

Emperor Xuan said: "Okay, there are ancient people who tread the snow to find plums, and I will come to the snow to find the piano tonight." Walk! ”

Snowflakes fall slowly from the air, the surface of the lake of Taiye Lake is ethereal, looking from afar, the pavilion of Penglai Pavilion looms in the mist, the sound of the piano is still intermittent, floating from the water, with an ethereal melody, more and more cold, more and more mysterious.

Emperor Xuan quickened his footsteps, the snow road was slippery, Wang Huaide was afraid that his master would fall, and from time to time he reminded him from behind: "Your Majesty, you slow down, be careful of your step......"

Emperor Xuan suddenly retracted his figure, stared intently at the lake, and said, "Shhhh ”

Wang Huaide followed his gaze to the lake, rubbed his eyes in disbelief at the first glance, and almost stopped breathing at the second glance.

What kind of elf is that? A touch of light purple, the purple is extremely light, so faint that if you don't look carefully, it seems that it will blend into the vast snowy night, and you will never be able to find her trace again. However, the purple was extremely dazzling, because there was no other color in heaven and earth.

Snowflakes bloomed quietly at her fingertips, and she turned the clouds with her bare hands, lighter than the wind, whiter than snowflakes. She dances lightly with a slender waist, more graceful than willows, and more enchanting than a spirit snake. She looks forward to life, her eyes are as bright as the moon, and every time she looks back, she reveals endless sorrow, like the watch of the past five hundred years, only looking forward to the lingering dance of the same heart in this life.

Emperor Xuan was fascinated by it, and he didn't know whether the scene in front of him was in a dream or reality. The wind lifted the veil on her face, and Emperor Xuan's heart then mentioned the Adam's apple, wanting to see her face, but the light purple fluttered in the wind, and her appearance was even more blurred.

Emperor Xuan couldn't help but stretch out his hand: "Girl......"

The purple elf looked over, and like a frightened fawn, it quickly disappeared into a cloud of mist. Emperor Xuan eagerly chased after him, and when he bypassed the willow bank, where could he still see the figure of the beautiful woman.

Wang Huaide asked unsatisfactorily: "Your Majesty, the old slave can't be a dream, right?" ”

Emperor Xuan also exclaimed: "Penglai Water Pavilion is dancing in a shocking way, and it is suspected that Xian'e has fallen into the mortal world!" ”

"Your Majesty." Wang Huaide did not forget to remind: "It's not early, you should go back to rest, and you will have to preside over the festival early tomorrow morning." ”

"Okay." Emperor Xuan's eyes glanced at the lake again, and made sure that the beautiful woman had left, so he returned with regret.

The next day, Emperor Xuan in front of the Taihe Hall to accept the princes, the ministers of worship and tribute, and then go to the altar, sacrifice ancestors, worship the gods, and then by the high priest presented a four-eyed mask, Emperor Xuan held the pen to point cinnabar on the face, the ritual officially began, the high priest put on a mask, wearing a black clothes and red clothes, holding the golden gun dragon flag, and then there are all kinds of masked priests, moving and advocating, singing the sacrificial words, starting from the altar, around the four gates of Dongxuan, Nanding, Xihua, Bei'an, and then to the altar and the end, Emperor Xuan and the princely officials followed behind, the whole circle down, it was more than half of the Shen time.

After the ceremony, the princes and hundreds of officials returned to their homes, Emperor Xuan rested for a while, and immediately went to the Taixian Hall to welcome the Chinese New Year's Eve with the empress and concubines. This year's annual banquet is still hosted by the queen, and concubines of five grades and above can attend as usual.

The unitary clock rang, the Shao music played, Emperor Xuan ascended to the golden dragon seat, and raised the chopsticks to signal the official start of the annual banquet. However, although this New Year's banquet is gold leaf jade liquid and precious food, it is not the highlight of Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone is just acting according to the rules set by the ancestors. When the New Year's banquet was withdrawn, Emperor Xuan returned to the Taichang Hall to change into a regular costume and came back, at this time, the Taixian Hall has been rearranged into a family banquet venue, musicians and dancing girls have appeared, and the atmosphere of the New Year's Eve has just been ignited.

Emperor Xuan's mind was a little trance, the purple shadow dancing on the surface of Taiye Lake last night has been haunting his mind, looking up, every dancing girl seems to have her shadow, but it is not her, lacking a lightness, a softness, a charm, a sorrow, and he also can't speak, can't explain the experience......

The queen and Hua Guifei were on the left and right of Emperor Xuan, as if they were concentrating on appreciating the singing and dancing in the hall, but if you look closely, you will find that the queen has a calm smile on her face, which is the appearance of really enjoying it, while Hua Guifei looks a little lonely. This is not to blame her, according to the usual habit, after Emperor Xuan sat down, he would invite her to raise a glass to drink from time to time, or put dishes he thought were delicious into her dishes to show his love. But today's Emperor Xuan, although his eyes are staring ahead, there is nothing, as if he is still sitting here, but his mind has already drifted out of the clouds.

Hua Guifei put down the chopsticks, covered her mouth and coughed lightly, Lan Yan hurriedly cared: "Niangniang, what's wrong with you, but are you uncomfortable?" ”

Lan Yan's voice was not loud or small, which would not attract the attention of too many people, and it was enough for Emperor Xuan to hear it. However, Emperor Xuan still looked indifferent, and Concubine Hua frowned, slightly unhappy. The queen looked over at this moment, and as soon as the eyes of the two met, Concubine Hua quickly caught a trace of imperceptible smugness in her eyes, although it was fleeting, she was sure that she was not mistaken. Hua Guifei immediately pretended to be unwell, got up from her seat, and prepared to leave the table quietly, when Emperor Xuan was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Why did Concubine Ai leave the table?" ”