The west is built on the water by the Forbidden Palace, which is divided into two palaces, east and west. In the west, most of the palaces are built up by thick blue bricks and white walls, which naturally exudes solemnity and solemnity.

Looking down from above, Xiyin Palace is like a curved ink-colored half moon, wrapped tightly, only a circular heavenly court is carved out in the middle, echoing with the Sacred Heart Hall in Dongyang Palace, like the two instruments in Tai Chi Bagua.

Empress Shen's birthday banquet was held in the main hall where the light of the sun and the moon shone from the circular heavenly court.

The originally majestic and deserted Hall of Light was rearranged at this time, and the tables and chairs on both sides were arranged in two rows in turn, and the princes and ministers were seated according to their qualifications.

The middle is about ten steps wide, the depth of field is about 100 steps, and a smooth road paved by the bluestone bricks carved with the pattern of dragon and phoenix playing beads leads directly from the palace gate to the dragon chair that is dragged up by the high platform.

And on the shining dragon chair under the illumination of the moonlight and starlight, at this time sat the emperor in a dragon robe, and the queen sitting beside her was wearing a red silk dress and a dragon pattern of woven gold clouds, wearing a dragon and phoenix pearl crown, with a smile on her face. Festive and dignified, Gao Hua reveals majesty, changing the simple and gentle appearance on weekdays.

Accompanied by the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras, the ministers who came from afar entered the hall one after another with the birthday gifts prepared early in their hands and came to the dragon chair to offer their congratulations.

If you pay a little attention, it is not difficult to find that as Zuo Qiyang expected, almost all people's birthday gifts are ostensibly dedicated to the queen, but in fact, they are voted for the queen mother's preference. It's just that the emperor and the queen were happy to see this, not only did they not care, but showed an appreciative smile, and accepted this part of their hearts without any guilt.

But these Ah Zi turned a blind eye.

She sat down in the corner after the exam with Zuo Qiyang. Looking at the people coming and going in the Hall of Light, listening to the endless singing and dancing, I only felt that these were as flashy as bubbles, and they would burst when they poked.

Even the queen sitting on the dragon chair at this time looked a little hateful in her eyes—she was cured of her solid illness because of her own pill, but Master and Hui Niang lost their lives because of this pill.

Thinking of this, Ah Zi gasped in surprise and hurriedly withdrew his gaze.

What's wrong with her?

How could he have such a vicious idea to wantonly speculate on the queen's mind and trample on the queen mother's kindness to her......

She shook her head as hard as she could, trying to get rid of these terrible thoughts, but soon hatred crept up little by little. Lingering.

She wringed her skirt with both hands. Biting his lip, he secretly thought in his heart: "I can't stay in the forbidden palace of Xiyou anymore." ”

I can't control the malice that slowly rises in my heart.

If the Empress Dowager and her old man finally discovered her thoughts, how disappointed and sad would she be?

She's leaving.

But when she thought about it, she realized how helpless she was in her current situation. How embarrassing his identity is - a prisoner of war in Dongyuan who was brought back by the guards beside Emperor Xiyou. Because of the favor of the Empress Dowager Nishiyu, he had the opportunity to enter and leave the Sacred Heart Palace at will. Won the closeness of Empress Xiyou and the appreciation of the crown prince, and even the emperor looked at her differently, such an honor. Entering the palace, at the foot of the Xijing Imperial City, and even the entire Xiyouguo, I don't know how many people are extremely envious.

But now that I think about it, these false names are like bubbles.

No matter how much pampering she has, she still can't get rid of her status as a prisoner of war. Compared with ordinary people, she is missing one ordinary right after all-freedom.

Zuo Qiyang, Empress Dowager, Empress ...... These people weave a dreamlike web for themselves, allowing themselves to be in it without feeling constrained.

But now that she has awakened, she wants to escape, but finds it difficult.

Ah Zi unconsciously reached into his pocket and groped for the smooth surface of the cold blood-soaked jade finger inside.

Do you want to return this wrench to the prince, so as to ask him to protect himself from Xijing?

But in this way, all kinds of connections between himself and the royal family of Xiyu have been completely severed. Thinking of the Empress Dowager's disappointed eyes, Xin Zi only felt that her heart was like a knife, and she couldn't breathe.

Zuo Qiyang saw that her face was getting worse and worse, and whispered to comfort her, but Ah Zi only sounded like scratching her boots, and she couldn't touch the root at all.

At the end of the ceremony, everyone was seated, the delicacies prepared in the imperial dining room were served, and everyone raised their glasses to offer a congratulatory message to the emperor and empress dowager.

The music of silk and bamboo was played again, and a group of dancers dressed in bright redwoods entered the hall to dance, and in the midst of the pleasing dance music, everyone had a satisfied smile on their faces, savoring the wine and food in front of them.

Zuo Qiyang gently sandwiched a two-color horseshoe cake beside him into Ah Zi's bowl.

This is Ah Zi's favorite dish on weekdays, Zuo Qiyang actually remembered, at this time, he was even more willing to put down the shelf for her to add, Ah Zi gratefully squeezed out a smile towards Zuo Qiyang, but the smile froze there, but it looked a little weird.

Zuo Qiyang smiled back, but could only sigh in his heart.

For some reason, he always faintly felt that Ah Zi was like an injured bird that he had caught, and now that the bird's wings had grown and he saw everything around him, he was about to flap his wings and fly to the sky and leave him.

The two of them had their own thoughts, eating the dishes silently, relatively silent.

Most of the birthday banquet passed, everyone drank heartily, and suddenly there was a commotion outside the hall, and several guards shouted a few times, followed by a crisp sound of weapons colliding.

The dancing girls who were originally swaying gracefully in the center of the hall were all frightened, and they stopped in fright, gathered together, and looked out of the palace gate in a panic, ignoring the emperor and empress and the civil and military officials.

The emperor's face instantly turned gloomy.

This is the Xiyou Forbidden Palace, and when the birthday banquet is held, the vigilance in the palace has already been adjusted to the highest level, it stands to reason that even a swallow should not want to break into this Hall of Light, who is so bold that he dares to make noise outside, and even provoke the guards to meet each other?

The musicians who heard the movement also put down their instruments, and everyone looked vigilantly towards the outside of the hall.

Chang Dehuai, who realized that something was wrong early, was the first to rush outside the hall to investigate the situation, and when he got the news, he rushed to the emperor's side at a trot out of breath, leaned over and whispered a few words in the emperor's ear, and the emperor's face instantly turned from anger to joy.

"Haha, good! Good! QuickPass! ”

The Emperor's words echoed in the Hall of Light, and the laughter not only made everyone's hearts fall down, but also turned into more doubts.

Chang Dehuai received the order, but he smiled with the emperor, stepped forward, and shouted loudly outside the hall.

"Biography - Dongyuan Envoy Tang Yinbrown Meets You!" (To be continued.) )