When His Majesty advocated frugality, there were less than fifty people attending banquets in the palace, but there was only one exception, which was Chinese New Year's Eve. The harem ladies attended, the vassal king returned to the dynasty, and even the ministers and their families above the third grade could participate, Cai Ling attended twice when she was young, and only remembered that the Qilin Hall was terrifyingly wide, and the palace was warm like spring.

After breakfast, Cai Ling followed Bi into the palace, and before leaving, he asked Yuan'er to wait for her to return to the house to set off firecrackers together.

still went to the Queen Mother as usual to say hello, and today Biluo did not sit down, and the two went to Ziwei Palace side by side. Although Weiyang is full of lights, the Ziwei Palace is particularly lively, the red lanterns are hung high, the windows are pasted with all kinds of spring flowers, the palace people are wearing dark red satin jackets, and the begonias, camellias and pansies in the flower beds are just right.

"Father-in-law, come here." Bi Luo pointed to a man who was laughing with the little palace maid and said, "Take the gift that Concubine Jin presented to the Queen Mother." ”

The palace maid hurriedly curtsied, and was about to say something, when the man had already strode over. He only wore a coarse cloth garment of crow blue, which did not fit in with the satin red shirt in the palace, and his face was darker and rougher.

"Okay." As he spoke, the man had already taken the big and small brocade boxes in Cai Ling's hand and held them in his arms. The moment the two looked at each other, Cai Ling had already laughed, but the man only made a silent look.

"Father-in-law, be careful." When he went up the steps, looking at his stumbling steps, Biluo said anxiously, "Don't break the jade bracelet offered by this concubine." ”

"It's okay! I have a lot of jade bracelets there. ”

The man didn't care, he immediately annoyed Biluo, and was about to go up to reason with him, Aunt Chun came out of the inner hall, saw this situation, and hurriedly bowed to pick up the brocade box, and several eunuchs came forward to take the box in Aunt Chun's arms, only to hear Aunt Chun worried, "How can you bother the prince to do these rough work?" ”

Rajah? Biluo was surprised, this person was dressed as even the eunuchs in the palace, how could he be the king? She couldn't help but look him up and down, and he didn't hide it, just looking at Biluo with a smile.

"This is the side room of the Third Highness." Cai Ling stepped forward and whispered a warning.

"That kid has a good eye." He turned his face sideways and whispered in Cailing's ear.

She gave him a hard look. While speaking, the Queen Mother came and pointed at the man and said, "The boss is not small, and he doesn't have a proper shape all day long, what are you doing to be funny with these juniors?" He pointed to Biluo, who was bending his knees and saluting, "This is the Chen family next to the prince?" ”

"You should have seen this, Jiang Cailing. She was about fourteen when you were in Beijing, and she is now of married age. The Queen Mother specially pointed to Cai Ling and introduced.

When the man heard the word "marriage age", he smiled unkindly and was glanced at by Cai Ling.

"He is the King of Dian. Rank thirteen. The Queen Mother said to Biluo.

"Thirteen Princes."

"Mad King!"

Bi Luo gently lowered her head and called "Thirteen Princes", but Cai Ling couldn't help but exclaim. She met Shen Youjian several times a year around Chinese New Year's Eve, and drank in the Dongxi Building, she knew that he was king in Yunnan, but she didn't know that the title was so.

"South of Yunling, Dianchi Lake." He raised his eyebrows and explained nonchalantly.

"You two are the same age, and you don't have blood kinship, so you don't need to be so polite, it's okay to make trouble." The Queen Mother was suddenly very generous.

Shen Youjian's eyebrows raised again, as if he was sending some signal to Cai Ling, Cai Ling pretended not to know, and glared at him fiercely. She is eight years behind Shen Youjian, why is she the same age? In the Baique Pavilion in the Dongxi Building, she poured wine and tea and served him like an ancestor in the future, all because she thought that in the future, she would call this person "Uncle Thirteen"!

In the afternoon, Shen Youjian changed into the brocade robe prepared for him by the Queen Mother, and was dragged by Aunt Chun to straighten out the hair crown, and when he reappeared, he was already the son Yan Ruyu, but there was still a circle of green beard around his lips, revealing the unruly nature of the countryside and forests. The Queen Mother took Biluo to take a lunch break with satisfaction, and Cai Ling and the King of Dian began to greet each other in a prodigal manner.

"Did you notice?" King Dian took a sip of tea, "I'm afraid the queen mother is trying to match you and me." ”

The king of Dian is the posthumous son, and his biological mother is the first emperor Zhaoyi, who gave birth to the king of Dian for only three years, and died of depression. He was raised by the concubine since he was a child, and was honored as the "queen mother" of the Empress Dowager Yang.

"I perceive it." Cai Ling swallowed melon seeds, "Anyway, have you married a wife?" ”

Now the Queen Mother seems that she can marry anyone, but she can't be the wife of the prince. The vassal king in front of him is a good candidate, Yunnan is located on the border of the country, outstanding people, rich in products, she married the princess of Yunnan and has no worries about food and clothing. Thinking about it this way, in fact, the Queen Mother still treats her well, and she is a little moved.

"I don't have a wife." He put the peanuts in his mouth, and after a moment said, "There are eighteen people in the side room. ”

At that time, she had just taken a sip of tea, and the tea soup was very hot, and she wanted to squirt it out and spray him in the face, but after thinking about it, she swallowed it forcefully.

She continued to swallow melon seeds silently, and he suddenly became interested, chatting about the peculiarity of Yunnan's landform, the pleasant scenery, and the gentleness and affection of Yunnan women, and the honesty and reliability of men. Cai Ling listened quietly without interjecting or answering, and he said boringly: "You girl is so hard to figure out." In previous years, he pulled the king's sleeve and shouted to me what I saw outside Chang'an City, but now he looks like this! ”

"There are ups and downs, and they can't always go smoothly. How did you manage to live so freely without taking everything to heart? Tell me about it. Cai Ling put down the melon seeds and asked with one hand on her face.

"This king has repeatedly told you in the past that there are nothing more than eight sufferings in the world: birth, old age, sickness, death, love and separation, long-term resentment, unwanted, and unable to let go. This king has no distractions, everything can be thrown, what else is there to worry about? He taught purely, and there was no more cynicism.

"Anything can be thrown. How do you throw that eighteen-room side room? She laughed.

"Everything is a transformation, and this king only seizes the day, not thinking about the future." He continued to eat peanuts and lay on his side on the small collapse.

After a few moments, "Gotcha!" He glanced at the sun outside the window, "It's not too early, I should go to the front of the court." What Uncle Thirteen said, you can carefully read it. He stood up and patted off the peanut skin on the python robe, "If you can use the thirteenth uncle's place, you can just open your mouth." ”

He knew that she wanted to call him "Uncle Thirteen" in the past, but in the end, he deliberately angered her. She was very generous, and said with a smile, "Uncle Xie Thirteen!" ”

Because it was laughter, the volume was not controlled, this "Thirteenth Uncle" resounded in the hall, she wanted to cover her mouth, and when she saw Shen Youjian gloating, she couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, the palace man who served Shen Youjian said timidly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Jin An." ”

Shen Muchi didn't know when he was standing outside the hall, one foot was stepping into the threshold, but the other foot was not moving, as if he was frozen. The King of Dian arched his hand and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The crown prince entered the palace and returned the salute, "Thirteenth uncle." ”

"Unfortunately, the queen mother and your pillow person are taking a lunch break, and now only Cailing is here, but you want to come to her?" The King of Dian asked with a smile, and deliberately replaced "people around him" with "people next to him".

Cai Ling's cheeks were red, it was really embarrassing, she gave up her nameless and shareless marriage because of her father's guilt, how could she call His Majesty's brother "Uncle Thirteen"? also let Shen Muchi hear it, he should laugh at her for not being able to do it again.

But why did he have a smile on his face, a happy smile spread in his eyes, and the whole person was very high-spirited, and he only heard him, "Uncle Thirteen is just right here, and my father is thinking about Uncle Thirteen." ”

After he finished saying the words "Thirteen Uncles", he cast his eyes over, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles, as if the camellia tree that was blooming outside the court was as bright as the warm winter sun.