Section 6 Ten Miles of Flower Road

In the afternoon of the second day, from the entrance of the Zijin Hall to the passage outside, a red background and cloud pattern carpet specially used to welcome important foreign guests were laid out, and the palace people lined up in two rows to stand on both sides of the carpet, and eight clan nobles wearing auspicious clothes led the VIPs of Li Chaolai from the Chang Chao Gate and walked all the way to the front of the Zijin Palace.

A lake blue brocade cloak inlaid with white fox fur, lined with plain brocade woven with flowers, on the head is a set of red gold and ruby jewelry, sixteen steps on the long red gold tassels hanging steadily on both sides, ring the ring, noble and elegant. The woman's goose egg face, which was still a little immature, seemed to have faded in just a few months, with a small face with a big palm, a pointed chin, and a look that seemed to be disgusting and joyful, but she couldn't hide a little sadness in her eyes. Xiao Nanguo's entourage was left in the Ming Palace, only her sedan chair entered the Chang Dynasty Gate, this is the meaning of Emperor Wei, and it is also her meaning, looking at the long red carpet, the wide white marble steps that seem to be invisible at a glance, the majestic purple gold hall is different from the beautiful and tactful Li Dynasty, Carved beams and painted buildings, it has no details of decoration, more is the whole building on the hard and sparse lines, majestic atmosphere, just like the young Emperor Wei in front of him with a simple crown, a golden belt, not even a sachet and jade pendant, but let her heart beat wildly, the moment she raised her eyes, there was a flash of amazement in her eyes, but then hidden in the bottom of her eyes, calmly leaned over:

"Li Chao and Princess Li Yaojin of Ya, pay a visit to His Majesty Emperor Wei. ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess, please get up, it's been hard all the way. ”

Compared with the battle outside the hall, the people in this hall seem to be too few, so quiet that even taking a big breath seems a little abrupt, Emperor Wei just gently put down the teacup in his hand, and the sound of porcelain contact in the hall is particularly harsh, "I heard that Her Royal Highness the princess is already the lord of Xiaonanguo, why do you still think of herself as the princess of the Li Dynasty?"

"This visit to Wei is for the lifelong events of the two sisters, and it is a family matter, and no matter where Ya'er lives or where she is, she will always be the daughter of her father and the Li Dynasty. ”

"It's a family matter, how can there be a vassal, Her Royal Highness the princess is really very loyal to Emperor Li, presumably the noble ladies of the Li Dynasty are often favored by this emperor's uncle. ”

When the woman standing in His Royal Highness heard this, she couldn't help but turn a little pale, pursed her lips for a moment, lowered her snow-white neck and said softly: "Now that I have seen the little girl, His Majesty Emperor Wei should already know everything, so why make fun of the little girl." ”

Yang Shi, who was next to Emperor Wei, couldn't help but glance at the princess below with his small sesame mung bean eyes, this glance didn't matter, he shook his body and almost didn't fall - where is this princess of the Li Dynasty, this is the young appearance of the Queen Mother! He swallowed his saliva carefully, looked at Emperor Wei's expression and said softly: "Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Princess Li Chao has come a long way, and she must be tired of traveling, do you want to send Her Royal Highness the princess down to settle down and rest first, and set up a banquet in Penglai Pavilion tonight?"

"Well, it's been hard and hard all the way. Wen Zihua showed a faint smile, "Her Royal Highness the princess has a noble status, so she will be sent back to the post house to rest, the two county lords have entered my palace in Fujian, although they are not canonized, they are also in the harem of the Evergreen Palace, and the queen mother has her own arrangements." As for the banquet in Penglai Pavilion - there will be distinguished guests to the Evergreen Palace tomorrow, and we will feast together tomorrow night. ”

After speaking, without waiting for His Royal Highness's woman to react, Wen Zihua had already gotten up and left, leaving Yang Shi, who had a question mark on his head, while busy asking someone to send the angry princess out of the palace, while repeatedly doubting his memory: Tomorrow, a distinguished guest is coming to the Changqing Palace? When did the Queen Mother arrange for those two county lords? I don't know any of this! Although he was confused, he was still very clever After sending off Princess Li Chao, he immediately hurried to the Empress Dowager Yang's Yunyang Palace to report.

On the evening of this day, Wen Zihua was still staying in the Ming Palace, and after reading a handwritten letter from Murong Jing, there was a rare joy on his face: "I have become an uncle." ”

Jiang Jianing was stunned for a moment, and then laughed as well: "King Min and Queen Min are so blessed, they have an eldest son in the first year of ascending the throne. ”

"Well, you can go to the storehouse in a moment, find some good things to pick out for me, and prepare some gifts for my little nephewβ€”by the way, you ask them to collect some old clothes from folk children and make a hundred family clothes for the children. ”

"Yes. The emperor loves the prince of Fujian so much, it is really a blessing for the two countries, and the slave and maid will be arranged. Jiang Jianing brought a cup of hot tea to the desk, "Tonight, after the curfew, the outside of the Evergreen Palace will be prepared, just look at this day, there will be a heavy snow tomorrow." ”

The smile on Wen Zihua's lips gradually faded, leaving a shallow crescent moon curve, "I remember that on the day I ascended the throne, it also snowed a lot, so let her also walk, the long road of a person in this heavy snow." ”

This snow, as promised, began to fall from the early morning of the next day, it was not big at first, the sparse snowflakes didn't even care about the palace people who came and went, and when the two thick doors of the Evergreen Palace that were rarely opened slowly opened, the cyan sky, the gray-white earth, and the vast world suddenly gave birth to a wide avenue of flowers, which stretched from the sky, perhaps the magic of the flower god quietly last night, leaving a large whole whole rose, peony, lily, jasmine, Begonias and many unnamed flowers, dazzling red, dreamy purple, brilliant yellow, melancholy blue, holy white, as if they had emerged from the cold land overnight, each more delicate than the other, each more magnificent.

This originally cold and ruthless world suddenly bloomed this flower road, all of a sudden made the palace people who were in a hurry and toiling in the early morning surprised and delighted, it seemed that everyone suddenly forgot their work at hand, three or five groups gathered in front of the inner palace gate leading to the Zijin Palace, the flower avenue came to an abrupt end in front of this closed Zhu Gate, although the situation inside the door could not be seen, but everyone couldn't help but begin to imagine what kind of scene would be in front of this closed door in the Zijin Palace, this flower avenue led to the front. And Yang Shi, who came from the Ming Hall in a hurry at this moment, saw the group of people at the gate of the palace from a distance and began to shout: "Spread out, spread out, this is a place where you can stay!"

"There will be a distinguished guest coming in a while, the emperor has clearly decreed that no one is allowed here, you are still here, is it because the head on your neck is too stable!"

The palace people listened to the reprimands of the chief eunuch, and they all dispersed at once, and Yang Shi wiped the beads of sweat from the corners of his forehead in the cold morning, looked at the strange scene outside the gate of the Evergreen Palace, and couldn't help muttering: "This is the canonization of the queen, and there is no such a big battle......