The second day happens to be the day of the full moon of the great mourning, and it is also the day in the middle of the great mourning. There are many people who come to pay respects in the temple.

When it was almost noon, Rongya saw a large group of people and horses coming noisily in the distance, and the honor guard was very long, not like an ordinary prince. Taichang officials sang loudly: "His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County has arrived, and he is happy!" Immediately afterwards, the temple sounded the music dedicated to the prince's memorial service.

But I couldn't see the car of the king of Beiling County for a long time, only a team of honor guards. After waiting for a while, I saw a gorgeous and unusually large sedan chair slowly coming. Thirty-two people carry Dajiao, like a moving palace. The sedan chair stopped, and a pair of guards and a pair of attendants stepped forward, some putting footstools and some waiting in line. A burly, handsome, richly dressed guard walked to the door of the sedan chair and said loudly: "Your Highness, the Taimiao has arrived." ”

There was no sound in the sedan chair, and two doors opened on the side of the sedan chair. It turns out that this sedan chair is not surrounded by conventional soft cloth or facial curtains, but doors and windows made of fine golden silk nanmu.

Immediately afterwards, four pairs of beautiful palace ladies came out of the big sedan chair. The four pairs of palace ladies wore exactly the same clothes, surrounded by the same white mink collar, covered with the same white very fitting coat, holding the same white handkerchief in their hands, wearing the same white warm hat on their heads, and wearing exactly the same white earrings, rings, and hairpins. These four pairs of palace ladies are like fairies carved out of ice and snow, otherworldly, elegant and dignified.

After the four pairs of palace laves, two more boys came out. The two boys were also pure white, as light and elegant as two cranes.

When the four pairs of palace ladies and the two boys stood still, they saw the king of Beiling County slowly walking out of it. He was dressed in a white garment that was so pure that there was no blemish in it, and the workmanship was incomparably fine. Rongya is a man who doesn't pay much attention to clothing, but even a rugged person like him can clearly feel the extreme exquisiteness of the clothes of the king of Beiling County. The warm and bright sunlight of mid-spring shines on the pure white and flawless big hat worn by the king of Beiling County, and the big sun shines under the sunlight, showing different hidden patterns and patterns, and with the swing of the stride of the king of Beiling County, the patterns and patterns are constantly changing. Xiao Tuxiu's appearance is very broad and majestic, tall and tall, with a straight waist, and a crown carved from white jade on his head; The hair is gray, meticulous, and the sideburns are distinct, like a knife cut. He has a slightly elongated oval face, slender and bright eyes, a tall and round nose, broad lips, and long and full ears. The best thing is the thick long hair on his chest, flowing and smooth, swaying gently in the wind. The whole person of Tuxiu looks forward to Shenfei, his demeanor is in all directions, and the ubiquitous atmosphere of wealth and nobility reveals a kind of natural fairy wind bones, plus the palaces, boys, and guards around the king of Beiling County, it looks like a god descending from the earth.

Rongya thought to himself: "Even the Xuanyang Pope doesn't have such a demeanor. No wonder my mother often said that the king of Beiling County was born with a princely demeanor. ”

Taichang Peng had already knelt down and saluted, and after getting up, he smiled respectfully and said, "Your Highness still has such a unique demeanor. Your Highness please. The prince of Rongya, who guarded the Rongzhu family in Canaan County, guided His Highness in. ”

Xiao Tuxiu smiled, stroked the beautiful hair on his chest with his left hand, and walked straight forward without speaking. When Rongya heard his name, he came up to greet the guide, and said casually: "Greetings to Your Highness!" ”

The king of Beiling County looked at Rongya with a warm eye full of love, and said with a smile: "You are Ya'er." I got along very well with your father in the early years in the counterinsurgency barracks. When your mother gave birth to you, I went to see you, and in a blink of an eye you were so old. Are your father and mother all right? ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern. Everything is fine with the minister's parents. Always hear them think of you. The courtier's mother often praised His Royal Highness's natural princely demeanor. ”

Tuxiu took Rongya's hand and patted it lightly a few times, and then said in a loving and earnest tone like a grandfather: "Your father is one of the few righteous gentlemen in the world, Ya'er, you have to learn more from your father." The words said by the king of Beiling County are all polite words and preaching that are often heard, but when they are said in the unique tone and demeanor of the king of Beiling County, they make Rongya feel very warm and cordial, like a spring breeze.

Rongya suddenly remembered that he heard the two chamberlains in Yulin Garden last night that Chuntuo wanted to harm the king of Beiling County. Out of a good impression of the king of Beiling County at first sight, as well as hatred for Chun Tuo who almost arranged for Yun Ji to sleep, Rongya decided to tell the king of Beiling County, Zixing Luolan, about the poison. However, now that the king of Beiling County and Rongya are surrounded by a group of guards, palace ladies and boys, it is really inconvenient to speak.

Xiao Tuxiu began to raise his legs and walk up the steps of the main hall of the Taimiao, and the guards and other entourages could not go up the steps, but could only stop at the bottom of the steps. Taking advantage of the opportunity for the king of Beiling County to climb the steps alone, Rongya whispered: "Your Highness will be more careful, if someone takes the Panlong White Jade Cup to His Highness to eat tea, Your Highness must not eat it, there is the poison of Purple Star Roland." ”

The expression of the King of Beiling County did not change at all, as if he had not heard what Rongya said, but the hand holding Rongya added a little strength. Rongya understands that the king of Beiling County is implying that he has understood.

After a few steps, he entered the main hall, and completed the tedious memorial ceremony in an orderly manner, and then entered the Xinuan Pavilion with the melting cliff. There was no one in the Xinuan Pavilion, only a few attendants waiting to serve. A chamberlain greeted him respectfully, and after saluting, he said, "Your Highness, please sit down for a while, and the slave maid will pour tea for Your Highness." ”

Rongya's heart became nervous, but there was nothing unusual about it, just nodded to the waiter in agreement. Tea poured. But instead of a white jade cup, it was a marigold. Rongya felt very embarrassed and strange, he heard it clearly last night, and today when he waited for the king of Beiling County to go to Xinuan Pavilion after worshipping, he used a white jade cup to serve tea, and the tea was filled with the poison of Purple Star Roland. How could it be marigold, would the tea still be poisonous, and what would the king of Beiling do with it? If there is no poison in the bowl, then how does the king of Beiling County think of himself, if he blames himself for being reckless and unstable, if he accuses himself of slandering the chamberlain in the Xinuan Pavilion in the main hall of the Taimiao Temple to poison the king of the county, this is a felony to provoke the royal nobles, then it will be a big trouble.

There was some sweat on the head of the melting cliff, and at this moment, a voice sounded from behind: "Stop! Bastard thing, how can you be so unconscious, how can you serve His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County like this?! ”

It was the voice of one of those two last night. Rongya became alert, turned his head sharply, and a white-faced chamberlain came.

The white-faced chamberlain continued: "Your Highness, don't be surprised, these are some unconscious slaves who have just entered the palace, and they don't know the rules very well. He glared fiercely at the chamberlain holding the marigold, and blamed: "His Royal Highness the King of Beiling County is a well-known elegant person in the world, he never uses gold and silver utensils, only uses white jade dining and tea sets, and even the first emperor and His Majesty today have specially prepared a complete set of special white jade cups for His Royal Highness, how can you be so ignorant?" Damn it. ”

Xiao Tuxiu just smiled, without saying anything, his left hand stroked his long hair, his eyes drooped slightly, and he didn't look at the melting cliff at all.

The white-faced chamberlain reprimanded the chamberlain holding the marigold, and said to the room in the Xinuan Pavilion: "Dong Tuo, use the white jade cup dedicated to His Highness to serve tea to His Highness." As he spoke, he came over to serve diligently, and said softly: "Your Highness is still so bright." No wonder the first emperor and His Majesty today say every day that His Royal Highness is the demeanor of a god. Your Highness is really a peerless look born noble. See, the dog was not doing everything well just now, not so much because he didn't know anything, but because he got carried away because he saw His Highness's figure! ”

Xiao Tuxiu still just smiled lightly and said softly: "It's not in the way." ”

Then came an attendant. Hold a certain tea cup with a tea tray.

White jade! A white jade cup engraved with a coiled dragon!

The whole body of the white jade cup is pure white and crystal like ice and snow, the wall of the cup is extremely thin, and a coiled dragon is carved on the periphery. The dragon is vivid, and the measures are very ingenious: the horns on the dragon's head and the dragon's tail are bent and protruding from both sides of the white jade cup, just forming two handles, and the two dragon claws in the middle of the dragon's body are scattered and stretching out the lower end of the white jade bowl, which just rightly constitutes the base of the white jade cup, and the cup body of the white jade cup presents a perfect calyx-shaped, round and smooth.

However, Rongya did not have the slightest mood to appreciate the exquisiteness of this white jade cup. Rongya stared at the white jade cup, and then at the king of Beiling County. But the king of Beiling County just lowered his eyes, and still didn't react. The white jade cup was brought over, and the white-faced waiter said, "The weather is very cold." His Royal Highness came all the way, and he was tired. Don't look at it now, it's mid-spring, but the ground in our holy capital is cold. The gate of the compound is too empty, and the wind is still strong, just like a knife, and the face of the person who blows it hurts. Your Highness, drink a cup of tea and warm up. As he spoke, he took the tea tray and handed it to Xiao Tuxiu.

Xiao Tuxiu stroked his long hair and said, "Put it here first, I'll drink it later." ”

"Whoa." Although the white-faced chamberlain promised in his mouth, he did not put the saucer on the table, but still held it in his hand, and said: "But it is best to drink it while it is hot, let it be left for a long time, drink it cold, and use your own internal organs to restrain it, but it hurts the most." ”

"I see." There was no emotion in Tuxiu's voice.

Rongya planned to come to relieve the siege of the king of Beiling County, so he walked up, took the tea tray, and said, "I'll bring it to His Highness, you go down first." ”

The white-faced chamberlain froze slightly, but immediately calmed down and said, "Don't panic, don't panic." Your Highness sits down peacefully, and there is no need to be busy at all. If the tea is cold, the slave maid will go in and change a cup of hot water for His Highness. After all, I have to have a drink before leaving. However, the slave maid did not dare to drink cold tea for His Highness when he was killed. ”

There is a reason why the white-faced chamberlain said, "I always have to have a drink and then leave." According to the rules of the holy capital, during the funeral, drinking tea after the memorial is to remove bad luck and exchange death for life, which was originally just a folk custom, but over time it has become a belief that everyone in the holy capital believes that if you do not drink tea after the festival, it will bring bad luck to yourself and your family. Over time, this custom was adopted by the royal family and became one of the royal rituals. However, the emperor's funeral, drinking tea after the memorial is not just a simple thing like an auspicious thing, but the royal prestige is related to the important regulations, the princes, ministers, princes, concubines, if they do not drink tea after the memorial in front of the coffin of the emperor of Daxing, it is a serious loss of etiquette, and they will be impeached, dismissed, and reprimanded. If during the funeral of Emperor Longwu, the chamberlain has been polite but refused to drink tea for no reason, it is a strange thing that can neither be explained nor understood, and it will inevitably attract suspicion and criticism from the government and the opposition.

The white-faced chamberlain and Xiao Tuxiu were silently deadlocked, and the scene gradually became a little embarrassing. At this moment, the king of Ganzi County, Xiao Shihuan, walked in, followed by a five or six-year-old child, who was very handsome and cute. Xiao Shihuan and Rongya looked at each other for a moment, and both looked away. Xiao Tuxiu and Xiao Shihuan are cousins who are familiar with each other, the two of them gave a simple salute, and Xiao Shihuan turned his face to the child and said, "Xun'er, come and see your uncle and grandfather." Then he turned to Xiao Tuxiu and said, "Brother Wang, this is the little grandson that my eldest son gave birth to me, called Xiao Xun." ”

Xiao Xun was very obedient, like a little adult, he saluted in a decent manner, and then looked at Xiao Tuxiu with straight eyes, and after a while, he suddenly said in a milky voice: "Uncle and grandfather, are you a god?" ”

Tuxiu laughed: "Good Xun'er, good grandson!" It's okay if others compliment me, and at your young age, you say the same, I can't help but believe my uncle and grandfather. Hahaha. Shihuan, Xun'er has the appearance of you when you were a child, and her appearance and temperament are very similar to yours. Shihuan is so blessed, you have a successor. I really like this little grandson. As he spoke, he hugged Xiao Xun over.

At this time, the tea for Xiao Shihuan and Xiao Xun was also handed over, and they were two of the best marigolds for the royal use. Xiao Shihuan picked it up and drank it. Xiao Xun looked at the two marigolds, and then looked at the white jade cup in the tray in Rongya's hand, and said, "I don't want this marigold, I want this jade cup wrapped around the dragon." ”

Xiao Shihuan smiled and said, "You little thing, so bold." This is the white jade cup for your uncle and grandfather, how can you use it as a little hairy cub. Drink the tea in this marigold. Don't be rude. Be careful that I go back and spank you. ”

He pouted and said, "I don't, I don't." My uncle and grandfather are immortals, and they like Xun'er so much, they will definitely agree with me to use this white jade cup. ”

Xiao Shihuan is the most spoiled by this little grandson on weekdays, as long as he asks for what he wants, Xiao Shihuan will find all over the world, and he will try his best to find it for him. In addition, Xiao Shihuan and Xiao Tuxiu are extremely familiar, so Xiao Shihuan wanted to ask Xiao Tuxiu to open a special case and appreciate the use of this white jade cup, so he waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "Brother Wang, look at you, there is no way, hahaha." Hey, this cycle! Hahaha. ”

Rongya noticed that the eyes of the King of Beiling County quickly flowed, but they returned to normal in an instant. Xiao Tuxiu smiled and said, "We are a family, it's okay." It's rare that Xun'er and my uncle and grandfather like the same things, and it seems that our grandparents and grandchildren are fateful. Follow, you just drink. ”

As soon as he heard this, he suddenly broke free from Xiao Tuxiu's arms, and before Rongya could react, he hurriedly picked up the white jade cup and drank it with his head up. Rongya was shocked, he didn't expect the situation to change so much in an instant. Melting Cliff waits for a reaction......

However, there was no response!

Rongya is very glad, it seems that there is no hand or foot in the white jade cup, and this little follower will be fine; At the same time, Rongya also felt very embarrassed, the news that he had secretly reported to the King of Beiling County just now turned out to be false.

Just as he was drinking tea, he picked up the marigold that was originally given to him, pressed his long hair with his left hand, and drank it with his head up.

Xiao Shihuan said: "Xun'er, thank your uncle and grandfather." Your uncle and grandfather never used gold and silver utensils, only white jade cups. For the sake of your little thing, today is an unprecedented exception. ”

Xiao Xun pounced very sensibly, gave Xiao Tu a big gift, and said, "Xun Er thank Uncle and Grandfather for their grace. Uncle and grandfather, Xun'er wanted to ask his uncle and grandfather for something, but he was afraid that his uncle and grandfather would not agree. ”

Xiao Tuxiu deliberately teased Xun Xun and said, "Uncle and grandfather want to see what Xun Er is asking for." If Xun'er is not well-behaved, his uncle and grandfather will not agree. ”

Xiao Xun hugged Xiao Tuxiu's thigh, shook it and said: "Immortal uncle and grandfather, Xun'er is the most well-behaved, and he listens to his uncle and grandfather the most." Uncle and grandfather, I beg you, give Xun'er this white jade cup engraved with a dragon. Xun'er likes it so much. Please, Uncle Immortal. ”

Tuxiu laughed and said, "Good grandson! That's nothing. It's rare for my Xun'er to like it, even if you take it. How about my uncle and grandfather send someone to send you a complete set of white jade utensils when you go back? ”

Xun'er was overjoyed, jumped up with the white jade cup, and said loudly: "Uncle and grandfather are living immortals, living immortals." ”

After sitting for a while, the king of Beiling County and the king of Ganzi County both stood up, paced out of the Xinuan Pavilion, and then said goodbye, and were guided by the sons of different county guards, and walked out.

"Fortunately, the king of Ganzi did not attack in public." Rongya thought happily in her heart.

In the face of the king of Beiling County, Rongya was quite embarrassed in his heart. Rongya guided the king of Beiling County to his sedan chair, not knowing what to say, silently sent the king of Beiling County to the sedan chair, saluted, sent the king of Beiling County to board the sedan chair and left, and stood in front of the courtyard with a heavy heart, waiting for the other princes and relatives.

At the end of the day, Chang Ji, the king of Xiangting County, came to pay respects. Xiangting County is located in the northwest, mixed with Yidi, many mountains and forests, so there are many horse thieves, rogues, and Yi people intrude a lot, and correspondingly, there are many wars. Xiangting County is a vast desert to the west, except for the camel team of the merchant traveler, no one dares to cross this "sea of death", most of the camel caravans of the merchant traveler who cross the desert rest in Xiangting County, prepare goods and prepare food, and the people coming and going in Xiangting County are extremely complicated, and the security vigilance is also very important. Because of this, although the king of Xiangting County is also a noble family of the king of the county, he has grown up in the military since he was a child, and the people of Yidi business travel have been mixed up all the year round, and after he became an adult, he has fought in many ways, and he has a good body, and his temperament is heroic and open-minded, although he is more than sixty years old, but he will raise it very well. Rongya stood outside the gate of the courtyard and looked at it from a distance, his grandfather Xiangtingjun Wang Changji's figure was tall and straight, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, extremely powerful, a pure white silver hair neatly tied in the majestic and solemn crown, and the body was the hair often worn by the Northwest people, a long saber was obliquely at the waist, and he took steady square steps, like a hill to this side. There weren't too many retinues of King Xiangtingjun, but they were all majestic Northwest sergeants dressed up and walking in a tiger's style. This is another majestic charm that is completely different from the extreme attention and fairy wind bones of the king of Beiling County, and it is also familiar and more loved by Rongya.

Rongya greeted him from a distance, knelt down and saluted, "Father (1) is good." I'm Melting Cliff. ”

Chang Ji looked at the melting cliff, stunned for a moment, and then suddenly grabbed the melting cliff. Rongya is also a newly grown man, but in the hands of Changji, the king of Xiangting County, he is like a light little lamb. Chang Ji raised his hand to the melting cliff and said with a laugh: "Your mother wrote that you look like me. I don't think it's very similar, you look at you, you're as thin as a chicken. Your father is in the hot and humid forests of Canaan County, and he is all smoldered by the heat, how did he raise my cliff to look like this? If that little chick in your crotch is so thin, people will complain about you when you marry a daughter-in-law. Hahahaha. Rongya's heart is warm, he has loved this grandfather who talks and laughs and is like a lion since he was a child. Rongya wrapped her grandfather's thick arm tightly and said, "Auntie (2) is okay?" How are the uncles? ”

"It's all good, it's all good. When you leave, your parents are okay, and my two little grandsons and Yu are okay? ”

"All good. It's all good. ”

"Why are you so thin, Ya'er?"

A black-clothed guard beside Changji, the king of Xiangting County, interjected and said, "Your Highness, who in the world can be as innate with divine power as you." The Melting Cliff Boy is already very majestic and majestic, and our guards are not as good as him. Your Highness, you see, in addition to being not as strong as you, the prince of Rongya is not exactly the same as you in terms of eyebrows and demeanor? Then he turned to Rongya and said, "Rongya Gongzi, I'm Huo Jing." ”

"Ahh Are you Brother Huo Jing? I don't even recognize how you've changed. ”

"Haha. Childe hasn't seen Huo Jing for eight or nine years, right? The last time we met, I wasn't as old as you are. Huo Jing said with a smile.

"Your eldest brother Huo Jing is already the Zuo Duhou of the eldest father. Ask him much for advice. Changji, the king of Xiangting County, said with a smile.

"It's all His Highness's love and support." Huo Jing bowed and said.

"Ya'er, are you comfortable living in Taixue? Oh, I am fully aware of your settlements. You're all being watched, do you understand? "Chang Ji, the king of Xiangting County, is such a majestic and delicate person, and he can accurately grasp all the subtleties. This is completely different from the heroism and wildness of the outsiders he shows.

"I'm all right in Taixue, Father, please rest assured."

"Good. It's the time of mourning. Today is the day of the full moon of great mourning, and there are too many people coming and going in the temple. You are the one who came to hold the vigil for your father, and you have a great duty, so I will not talk to you about it here. During the mourning period, you can't leave Taixue and Taimiao, if you have anything, just send that boy Puguang to tell Huo Jing. Puguang and those two servants were secretly inserted by me for you, otherwise they would have arranged for you to be their own eyeliner. To Puguang them, you can rest assured. ”

"Thank you, Father."

"Father will tell you the most important words: Now that the political situation in the Holy Capital is changing, and the court situation is very complicated, during your time in the Holy Capital, don't talk nonsense, don't get into trouble. There is still a month to go, and the mourning will pass, and then you will come to live with the eldest father, and I will make my own arrangements. ”

Changji, the king of Xiangting County, waved his hand, and did not let Rongya guide him in to pay respects, but pointed to another son to guide him. As soon as he entered the Taimiao, the king of Xiangting County ended his memorial service and left in a hurry.

The arrival of the king of Xiangting County made Rongya feel very down-to-earth. It was the first time he had felt so grounded since he got up from Canaan......

The day passed quickly.

Concentrate:

1. Father: grandfather or maternal grandfather.

2. Grandmother: grandmother or maternal grandmother.