Mo Cang frowned and asked her, "In a dream?" ”

"That's right! In a dream! ”

Bai Bait raised his head firmly and said earnestly.

"In the West Palace, the days are like years, and the concubine's thoughts about His Majesty are like flying flowers all over the city, fluttering and sprinkling, more than endless! Although this kind of obsessive days guarding the palace walls are cold, fortunately, in the dreams of His Majesty, they are sweet......"

"You mean, you often dream of me?" His tone was low, and his eyes were faintly questioning.

Looking at each other, she nodded, her heavy eyes with seven points of affirmation, two points of cowardice and a point of affection that is rare in the world.

The evening breeze blows slowly, constantly stirring people's hearts.

At this time, sensing that the monarch was moved, Luan Jing opened his mouth at the risk of death.

"Yes, Yan Meiren often chatters with slaves, thinking about you during the day, but not seeing you. Now it coincided with the cold food, so this "Ancient Acacia Song" was played to express the feeling of missing the monarch! ”

Mo Cang's thoughtful eyes moved back from the Luan mirror to the white bait, "What she said, but is it true?" ”

Hearing this, I was terrified.

Bai Bait knelt tighter, "The concubine doesn't dare to bully the king." ”

Although he didn't dare to look at him at this time, he could feel the tightening of his gaze from a distance......

The cool breeze blew people's heads painfully, and in this dead moment, she clearly remembered how the cold beads of sweat crawled from her neck to her back inch by inch.

Bless the king, bless the ancestors, but don't let Mo Cang Traceless recognize me so quickly!

Fortunately, the suffocating atmosphere did not last long.

Without a trace, he suddenly spoke.

"Such a difficult "Ancient Lovesickness", you can interpret it so vividly,"

The few words were like the keys that opened the door of the memory box, and at that moment, many memories merged into the minds of the two of them almost at the same time......

The voice sounded like praise, but it was a bit questioning and playful, teaching people to beat wrong......

She suddenly raised her head, even though she knew that any panic was fatal at this moment, but when she looked at each other, there was panic in her eyes......

Even more disproportionately was that he suddenly leaned down, staring at her with interest.

Between the pitches, she was stunned constantly—

Could it be that you have to see through it!?

She desperately wanted to run away from his locked gaze, but those heavy eyes couldn't take her eyes off for a while!

As if she had been poisoned, she stared at his unbelievably perfect facial features, like autumn leaves falling into a rushing river, swept into an unfathomable whirlpool, and finally fell step by step......

He stretched out his slender jade fingers, pinched her beautiful jaw, and his smile was as flat as moonlight, "I suddenly feel that you are not only a beauty, but also a talented person!" ”

That smile almost pulled her back from the edge of the cliff, her long eyelashes flashed slightly, and she smiled calmly, "Concubine, thank you for your pity......"

"No," the smile on Mo Cangwu's face suddenly disappeared, and he shook his head.

Unable to understand the faint sigh, Bai Bait forcibly held a smile and asked softly, "Your Majesty, what did you say?" ”

Luan Jing also hesitated.

He let go of her suddenly, and his eyes turned back to the calm surface of the river, not looking at her again.

She shouldn't have answered like that, she shouldn't have ......

"Such a difficult "Ancient Acacia Song", you can sing it word for word, it seems that you are not only a singer, but also a talented girl!"

"That's nature! Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, is my housekeeping skills, piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and hops, is my rich bag, 300 poems and rhythms, but also dabbled a lot! A mere song "Ancient Acacia Song" is naturally at your fingertips! ”

……

"Get up!"

"Your Majesty Xie......"

Breathing a sigh of relief, Bai Bait and Luan Jing glanced at each other.

Could it be that this is the rumored that monarchs like to be moody?

Mo Cang stared at the flickering river lanterns without a trace, and suddenly asked, "These river lanterns, are they all put by you?" ”

Who?

Everyone was looking at each other.

Looking at the lonely back, dressed in white, pale and a little dazzling, Bai Bait suddenly felt weak.

Seeing that Bai Lian was about to step forward to reply, Luan Jing immediately stopped him secretly.

Since this "you" of the monarch does not refer to, then this means that whoever comes forward to reply is the murderer!

White Bait doesn't think so.

Mo Cang is traceless and not stupid, since he entered this pavilion, it has been the two of them who have been talking, and this "you" must refer to her.

Bai Bait knew that Mo Cang Wuxian must have already known, and the person who was talking to him in the Hua Pavilion was her!

Obviously, he did not pursue her offense, but intended to forgive her, if she was not wiser at this time, I am afraid that the new and old accounts will be settled together!

Ignoring anything else, Bai Bait calmed down, walked to the side of the desert without a trace, and replied softly: "Back to Your Majesty, it was all done by the concubine." ”

Luan Jing stood behind Bai Lian's shadow, clasping his palms tightly, thinking, this is over!

"Cold food, whether it is inside or outside the palace, smoking and fire are prohibited, do you know?" Mo Cang looked at her indifferently and asked.

"The concubine knows." She replied calmly.

His eyes paused slightly on her two bare arms, looking at the bright river lamps, and the frown that had just been frowned couldn't help but loosen.

"If you know, why do you knowingly? Over the years, there have always been some people in the court who are dissatisfied with this, do you want to challenge my authority like them? ”

"Don't dare to concubine!"

Bai Bait immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine body does not mean to represent anyone, and the concubine body does this to better comply with Your Majesty's will." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Mo Cang's expression became serious.

White Bait's tone is softer.

"The concubine thought that those who were dissatisfied with this must not understand His Majesty's true thoughts. In all dynasties, when it comes to cold food, in order to commemorate the ancestors, all fireworks are strictly forbidden among the people, neither hot food nor fires are allowed to be used for warmth. However, the palace is different from the people, in addition to the prohibition of hot food, the palace can be warmed, and the Son of Heaven will also transmit the fire of elm willow to the mansion of the important ministers of the court on this day to show the love of the Son of Heaven. ”

Such an approach has attracted more dissatisfaction among the people, and it is rumored that the Son of Heaven favors his ministers and coldly Limin. In these years, before and after the cold food, the cold of spring is severe, the world has not yet warmed up, every night, the cold is pressing, in the market, the fire of the elm willow is in full swing in the originally rich official palace, many poor people, but can only endure hunger and cold, dimly watching the chimney that is constantly burning. Such a picture is not uncommon in Qin Huai. Your Majesty is a monarch who loves the people, and for the sake of the people's livelihood, he will definitely make some trade-offs in it. ”

His eyes twitched slightly.

"For the sake of the suffering of the majority, give up the ban on cold food? Apparently not. The legacy of the ancestors must not be forgotten by future generations. His Majesty really cares about the opinions of the people, and His Majesty also knows that the people do not reject the ban on cold food, and what the people really care about is the monarch's practice of favoring one over the other and pampering the powerful ministers, in the eyes of the people, they will think that such a monarch really cares about his courtiers, because he needs these courtiers to defend his court, defend his position, and will not really care about the suffering of the people. ”

Her tone was full of certainty.

"But Your Majesty is different. Therefore, His Majesty canceled the tradition of transmitting the fire of elm and willow over the years, and instead required that the palace and the outside of the palace be consistent, the courtiers and the subjects be consistent, and Your Majesty and the people be consistent. In addition, His Majesty has relaxed the restrictions on Miyagi to a large extent, and on the day of cold food, the city gate is open all night, and the people can sing and dance all night long, and the way of celebration is colorful. Your Majesty hopes that on this day, inside and outside the palace, we can celebrate the festival together, and we can enjoy our own pleasures while remembering the virtues of our ancestors. ”

She glanced at the floating river lanterns on the surface of the river and continued: "The concubine is doing this now, in fact, it is also imitating the practice of the people. When the concubine was in Yanzhou, every year when it was cold, the concubine would go to the Baidi River with a few sisters to put river lanterns and pray together. The concubine thinks that the river lantern represents beauty, in this endless darkness, the river lantern can bring hope to people, it is the light of hope, the light of hope ignited in the hunger and cold! ”

Look at the unhurried, constantly clustered river lanterns, the stars are shining, colorful, like one reunion after another in the world.

Everyone's eyes seemed to be full of flowing light.

Mo Cang's traceless gaze was faintly retracted, staring at her, and suddenly asked meaningfully: "I am in your heart, is it really as you say?" ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be a little surprised, including Bai Bait himself, he didn't blame her for speculating about the holy will, but asked such a thing about loyalty and trust......

"The same sound is like a drum, and the rhyme is like a harp. Your Majesty believes in the concubine body, and the concubine body also believes in Your Majesty, and vice versa. It is precisely because the concubine believes in and understands His Majesty that she will have no scruples and follow the holy will. ”

Bai Bait calmly responded, seeing that Mo Cang was untraceable and silent, he couldn't help but secretly raise his eyes to investigate, he was not angry, and he thought that this three-inch incorruptible tongue was still useful at a critical moment......

Seeing that the monarch didn't mean to blame anymore, Luan Jing was also relieved, and it was time to step forward and help Yan Meiren get up, right?

But at this moment, Mo Cang suddenly spoke.

"In ancient times, there was a beauty, because of its 'magnificent and dignified, knowledgeable and courteous', it is a model for women all over the world to emulate. Today, Yan Meiren, drunk in the palace, has lost her manners, has lost her 'magnificent and dignified', and has committed the following crimes, which is contrary to 'knowledge and etiquette', and she is no longer worthy of the position of beauty! ”

As soon as I heard it, there was a thunderbolt, and the kneeling white bait, his waist suddenly went all the way, looking straight up at the tall figure, and his chest rose and fell-

He paused, then looked sideways at her, his handsome face like an ice sculpture.

Through those eyes, she saw no sign of satisfaction, not so much anger as indifference.

The ruthlessness of the indifference, she had learned it as early as two years ago, for fear that it would plummet, and there would be no room for turn, she couldn't help but firmly stand on Yan Wenwan's heavy character, and the crystal tears flashed one after another, and her eyes were full of Chu Chu's moving color.

Shockingly, he didn't even look at her again, not even the afterglow!

Obviously, he didn't want to see the so-called Chu Chu in her eyes for a moment!

He just stood there coldly, his face sinking like water, his expression becoming more and more stiff, and in addition to anger, there seemed to be hatred in his eyes.

It's not so much unwillingness, but disgust!

There was dead silence all around, and everyone seemed to be waiting for an answer.

Later, it was the whirring sound that broke the dead silence.

The trees on the riverside swayed lonely with the shadows of the trees, and the sultry chill jumped over the river and came in the wind.

Even through a layer of white clothes, you can feel the slightest chill.

His eyes were refined, the corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, and he finally spoke:

"Today, from a fourth-grade beauty, to a talented person, from a fifth-grade beauty!"

Hearing this, his face changed suddenly, and Luan Jing knelt on the ground in shock, and suddenly remembered the phased task given to them by King Xuan before entering the palace......

In the midst of everyone's panic, the corners of Bai Bai's mouth were raised, and he was busy bowing to thank him: "Concubine body-thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Immediately after, there was a chaotic but not chaotic voice, "Congratulations to Your Majesty......"

On the cold surface of the river, rows of sideways bowing shadows are reflected, and the river lanterns with stars are shining one after another......