On the morning of the first day of October, the bell rang, and thousands of officials inside and outside the capital were allowed to enter the Xingqing Palace to kneel and congratulate the concubine on her birthday. For a time, the Nanxun Hall of Xingqing Palace was crowded and bustling.

The hall could not accommodate so many officials, so the pomp was moved to the square outside the hall. Xuanzong and the concubine stood on the platform above the steps in front of the hall in full costume, and more than a thousand officials below knelt on the ground and saluted, chanting in unison to congratulate the concubine Fangchen, which was no less than worshipping heaven and earth and paying tribute to the ancestors. For a woman, there is really no one before and no one after him.

After kneeling to congratulate the birthday, Xuanzong ordered someone to read out the holy decree, praising the virtuous and virtuous concubine, and the world of Fengyi. At the same time, it was announced that Datang would be banned for three days and nights across the country, and the carnival would be enjoyed to the fullest. and ordered an amnesty for prisoners in the world in the name of the concubine, in order to accumulate the virtue of the concubine.

These practices are obviously beyond the ancestral system of the Tang Dynasty, and the amnesty of the world is an act only for the emperor to ascend the throne, but it is used on the birthday of a harem concubine, which inevitably makes people feel that the practice is too much. Before that, of course, some people raised the issue inappropriately, but they were angrily reprimanded by Xuanzong, and they didn't dare to say anything more.

They didn't know Xuanzong's thoughts, and Xuanzong, who was already sixty-five years old, had unspeakable secrets in his heart. As he grew older, Xuanzong's energy, physical strength and physical functions had deteriorated rapidly. When he met Yang Yuhuan a few years ago, he could still express his favor with his body, but with his dying old age, his body was no longer able to express his desires. There is a saying that the heart is more than enough but the strength is insufficient, and the weakness of the heart is the state of Xuanzong in the past few years.

And Yang Guifei is at a good age, it is the bright and brilliant age when a flower opens, but Xuanzong can't use actions to water and nourish this flower, which has become the pain in Xuanzong's heart and the sadness that is difficult to speak. Although Gao Lishi and others tried their best to search for the elixir to revive Xuanzong's strength, the oil ran out, the lamp dried up, the fire was difficult to ignite, the water dried up, and the fish died, and there was no way to return to the sky. The medicine of the tiger and wolf had no effect except for making Xuanzong's body suffer from repeated problems.

For the sake of Xuanzong's dragon body, everyone gave up their efforts in this regard in the end. And Xuanzong also had to face the most beautiful woman in the world, but he couldn't have sex with her. The dilemma of pleasure. The most painful thing is not Xuanzong, he actually doesn't have a strong desire for this kind of thing, it's just that Xuanzong feels uncomfortable for her because he loves the concubine. Although Yang Guifei never complained, and she couldn't see any dissatisfaction in her every day, from her eyes, Xuanzong saw a deep loneliness and emptiness.

There is no way to make up for this. If the concubines are other concubines, Xuanzong doesn't have to pay attention to their feelings, but this is Yang Yuhuan, this is a woman that Xuanzong really fell in love with, and it is a stunner that allows Xuanzong to taste love after entering old age, in Xuanzong's opinion, this relationship is very precious. An emperor who does not lack women, who does not lack sex. There is no shortage of outlets. But if you want to get a love, it's harder than anything else. And Xuanzong tasted the taste of love.

Yang Guifei's smile, joy and anger, a small movement, a slight sigh, and even complaining, angry, disgusted and even reprimanded herself, in the eyes of Xuanzong, it was all cute. Xuanzong can tolerate everything about the concubine, even the disdain she shows for herself. Who would have thought that the Tang Ming Emperor, who was known as the immortal monarch and the first emperor in the past, would be so overwhelmed by a woman and intoxicated by her joy and anger.

Because of this, Xuanzong decided to make up for his debt to the concubine with other actions. As the emperor of the Tang Empire, Xuanzong had supreme power, and he could mobilize these powers to make the concubine feel his love and guilt for her. Although Yang Yuhuan tried his best to oppose Xuanzong's doing, saying that it was unnecessary, Xuanzong still chose the concubine's twenty-eighth birthday. And at this age when there is no need to most of the time, give the concubine the most grand celebration. Xuanzong doesn't care what kind of amnesty can only be used when ascending the throne, how to be lively, how to be eye-catching, how to be grand, how extravagant, how extravagant, how extravagant, how to do it.

Xuanzong perfectly shows the typical performance of a dazed elderly person falling in love. Ignoring anyone's rather criticism.

Wang Yuan naturally also went to the congratulatory table, and he was also one of the birthday officials in the square in front of the Nanxun Palace. But after the birthday greeting, Wang Yuan went out of the palace and went home and hid at home. The gongs and drums on the street were noisy, and it was very lively, Wang Yuanle's quiet hiding at home to repair flowers and cut grass, this was a rare day after he came to the capital and no one disturbed him.

In fact, as a close partner of the Yang family, Wang Yuan was pointed out by Yang Guozhong to participate in the preparation and presiding over the affairs of the noble concubine Fangchen, but Wang Yuan resolutely refused. It's not to avoid suspicion and clear up, but Wang Yuan is unwilling to come forward for such a thing. In Wang Yuan's opinion, Xuanzong was in a daze, and he had no name for such a birthday ceremony for no reason, and it was useless except for working the people and hurting money. And in Wang Yuan's view, the parties may not be happy. It can be seen from the expressionless appearance of the noble concubine Niangniang sitting on the steps of the Nanxun Hall that she may not like this either.

Although he didn't have much contact with the concubine, overall, Wang Yuan's impression of the concubine was not bad. This good impression is not due to the beauty of the concubine, nor is it due to the close relationship between himself and the Yang family, but from the demeanor and words and deeds of the concubine. In Wang Yuan's opinion, the concubine is actually a very simple and simple woman, and she is quite self-contained and graceful, and she is by no means a person who is extravagant and extravagant as rumored. Those lychee concubines may not like to eat them, but Xuanzong asked someone to send them fresh from Lingnan, what can the concubine do? Yang Guifei is actually good to Wang Yuan, it should be said that Yang Guifei has nothing to do, otherwise some of the handles that Wang Yuan held in Yang Guifei's hands are likely to become the butcher knife for Wang Yuan's death. The records of self-surveillance and suspicious letters left by Mrs. Yu Guo before her death, any one person could become a guide. Flames. Yang Guifei did not delve into it, and it is difficult to say whether it was because the city government did it simply or deliberately.

and the last time Li Guinian assassinated the concubine, Yang Guifei has not been quiet. This matter has become a secret between Wang Yuan and the concubine. Yang Guifei didn't even tell Yang Guozhong, the wife of Qin State, and they didn't even tell them, I have to say that this greatly increased Wang Yuan's good impression of her to some extent.

Wang Yuan didn't think that this was the concubine's own request for this grand birthday, and he didn't think it was a move by Xuanzong to love the concubine. Wang Yuan simply attributed Xuanzong's behavior to Xuanzong's own desire to do so. In Wang Yuan's mind, Xuanzong's shortcomings of great joy have lingered, and this is just a manifestation of his great joy.

Compared with Yang Guozhong's triumphant expression, Wang Yuan could only sigh secretly. You think it's glory, but it's a danger. The more Xuanzong doted on the concubine, the more he did such an incredible thing for the concubine, and what brought the Yang family was not glory, but a catastrophe. The Yang family is already like a lantern hanging from the treetops, everyone can see it, and everyone is looking at it.

In the evening, the palace attendants came to the palace to announce the decree and invited Wang Yuan and his family to the palace for dinner. Only sixty or seventy of the 1,000 officials were able to attend this banquet, and this was the highlight of the real birthday banquet. After sending away the palace attendants, Wang Yuan and Li Xin'er Gao Moyan began to bathe and change clothes and prepare to enter the palace. It was a formal and solemn occasion, and it must be dressed appropriately to show identity.

Wang Yuan came to the room to change clothes after bathing, but found that Li Xin'er was sitting in the room in a daze, still dressed as before, and did not take a bath at all or change clothes and comb her hair again. I don't think it's a little strange.

"What's wrong? The first watch banquet is about to start, and we must hurry up to the palace. Wang Yuan said.

"Erlang, I'm afraid I can't go." Li Xin'er said.

"Why?" Wang Yuan asked in surprise.

"Did Jiro forget? My identity...... If I enter the palace, if I am recognized by Li Linfu and the people in his mansion, how can it be good? Li Xin'er frowned and bit her lower lip.

Wang Yuan was stunned, and not only scratched his head. It's really a tricky thing, and I forgot about it. Li Xin'er used to be the dancing girl of Xiangguo Mansion, and she inevitably had to meet Li Linfu in the palace when she went to the palace. is an eye-catching character again, Li Xin'er is likely to be recognized when she sits next to her, which is a ** annoyance.

"How's that for good? But His Majesty knows the news that I brought my family into Beijing, and wants us to bring my family into the palace to congratulate the concubine, if you don't go, wouldn't it be ......" Wang Yuan smacked his lips and said.

Li Xin'er said: "I don't know what to do. Or...... How about letting the little sister of the Gao family pretend to be me? ”

"This ......" Wang Yuan was a little speechless, waved his hand and said: "No need to do this, you put on makeup, try to avoid people when you enter the palace, men and women sit separately when you sit at the table, as long as you are not by my side, you will not be recognized." I'll follow ...... Mrs. Qin Guo said hello and taught her to take care of you. ”

Li Xin'er shook her head and said, "No, I don't want to take this risk, I'd better not go." Let the little sister of the Gao family go for me, it's not worth taking this risk at this juncture. I'll say it myself, you don't have to worry about it. ”

Li Xin'er got up and went out, went to Gao Moyan's room, found Gao Moyan who was changing clothes after bathing, muttered something, and after a while, Gao Moyan and Li Xin'er came to Wang Yuan's room.

Gao Moyan held Yun Temples, wearing a set of light-colored palace clothes, with a long skirt on the ground, and the slender figure set off became more and more upright. A pair of long legs make her tall and tall like an international supermodel, which is very eye-catching.

"Sister Xin'er is unwell and can't enter the palace, right? Do you want me to temporarily pretend to be your wife and enter the palace with you? Gao Moyan crossed his waist and said.

Wang Yuan said: "I ......"

"Sister Xin'er is really virtuous, you actually agreed to such a request, you are too much." Gao Moyan waved his hand.

"It's not...... It's because ......"

"Okay, okay, don't say it anymore, it's incumbent on me to solve people's emergencies, and I agreed. Sister Xin'er is resting at home, sister rest assured, sister, I am responsible for watching him for you. I heard that some women were going to-night, and when I went to the feast, I brought them back at once, and I would not allow them to linger. Gao Moyan said.