Chapter 32: First Meeting
Last night's banquet in the Purple Wind Pavilion lasted until midnight, during which Chen Xuanyuan and King Jin, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, frequently raised their glasses and drank bitterly, like friends who had not seen each other for many years, making people a little confused.
The night bell of the child hour hit the purple wind pavilion before everyone came back to their senses, it turned out that it was very late at night, the original palace had been forbidden before the time of the child, and no one could enter and leave the palace casually, but today the palace had already made a good greeting in advance, and there were ministers in the purple wind pavilion to accompany the Tang envoys, so although the palace gate has been closed, the ministers who came out of the purple wind pavilion will be open.
There were already a lot of people who had already retired from the wine chips, so when the banquet was over, there were not many people left, and everyone also got up after Emperor Chen Xuan was away from his seat, and the empty space was full of messes showing what someone had been doing here.
Outside the Purple Wind Pavilion, the Tang envoy and his party were preparing to return to the Mingxin Hall under the leadership of the young man King Jin, and General Li Hu also followed the young man and was responsible for sending the Tang envoy and his party back to the Mingxin Hall safely.
"General Li doesn't seem to have drunk much," the young man said to Li Hu who was beside him as he walked
"Where does Your Highness speak, the minister has a heavy responsibility, how dare he drink more" Li Hu heard the young man's words, and replied with some seriousness
"It's His Royal Highness the King of Jin, it's really a good amount of wine, a thousand glasses are not drunk," Li Hu raised his voice as if complimenting
"Hahahaha, aren't you the same for the emperor," the young man suddenly laughed heartily
"I just haven't seen the amount of General Li's drinking, and I don't know when I will be able to drink with General Li like tonight," the young man turned his handsome face and suddenly looked at Li Hudao, who was walking on the side.
The young man carried the moonlight on his back, so that Li Hu could not see the expression of the young man in front of him clearly
"Your Highness is in love, how dare you compare the amount of alcohol with Your Highness," Li Hu pondered and said
"It seems that General Li Hu looks down on His Royal Highness, and even drinks like this" The young man turned his head and continued walking.
"Your Highness, the minister didn't mean that, the minister was afraid of disturbing His Highness, they all said that they drank and misbehaved, and the minister was afraid of delaying His Highness's major affairs, so wouldn't the minister forgive his sins." Li Hu couldn't hear anything from the young man's calm tone, so he carefully excused himself
"What can His Highness do, General Li is free, even if he comes to the Mingxin Palace, His Highness will definitely have good wine and food and drink with the general," the young man said with a little hanging
"Then the ministers are busy with this matter, and they will definitely visit His Highness" Li Hu was a little helpless, but he still replied.
In this way, Li Hu accompanied Tang Envoy and his entourage, under the escort of Chen Bing, dressed in moonlight and stepping on the evening dew, slowly walked towards Mingxin Pavilion.
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Yang Xin Pavilion, Chen Xuanyuan left the Purple Wind Pavilion and went straight to the Yang Xin Pavilion, he didn't mean to rest, but washed his face with the water that the palace maid had prepared, and sat in front of the desk with the tea handed by the old eunuch Wang De and slowly tasted it, as if he was waiting for someone.
"Your Majesty, General Li Hu asks to see you," came over for a while, and the old eunuch Wang De, who was guarding outside, came in and said softly.
"Let him in," Chen Xuanyuan said, putting down the teacup in his hand
"No"
"Your Majesty, you have already sent the Tang envoy back to the Mingxin Pavilion," General Li Hu stood at the bottom and said to Chen Xuanyuan in a deep voice
"Well, what's wrong" Chen Xuanyuan gently scrubbed the teacup on the desk, as if casually asked
"There's nothing out of the ordinary, the minister kept sending them to Mingxin Pavilion before leaving," General Li Hu thought for a while and said in a deep voice
"Hmm," Chen Xuanyuan said lightly
"Your Majesty, King Jin kept saying that he wanted to have a drink with the old minister on the way back to the Ming Heart Palace, but the old minister shirked it but had to agree" Li Hu raised his eyes and glanced at Chen Xuanyuan, who was calm, and finally said it hesitantly.
"Oh, and this, what does the general think" Chen Xuanyuan looked up at Li Hudao who was next as if he was suddenly aroused
"The minister doesn't quite understand, it's all up to His Majesty's will," Li Hu said in a deep voice as he looked directly at Chen Xuanyuan's gaze.
"It's not early, General Li Hu will go back and rest first, there are still tasks waiting for General Li tomorrow" After being silent for a while, Chen Xuanyuan's voice came out faintly, as if he was a little sleepy.
"Yes..." Li Hu was stunned for a moment, lowered his head, and finally slowly retreated.
"Wang De, rest" After Li Hu left, Chen Xuanyuan's voice came from the Heart Cultivation Pavilion for a while.
Later, the Heart Cultivation Pavilion finally merged with the night, but few people knew that in this dark night, everything that should have happened had already happened, and what should not have happened had quietly sprouted.
After two days of cultivation, Lin Qing's body has improved a lot, and after getting up this morning, he feels even more refreshed, Lin Qing has not felt this feeling for a long time, and it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, allowing himself to experience a feeling of physical and mental pleasure.
Therefore, Lin Qing finished breakfast in the morning, and took Xiaohuan out to breathe while he was still sick and did not need to go to Cilin Palace to ask for peace.
Although it is now summer, and the air outside is hot and dry at noon, the air in the morning is indeed pleasantly tight, neither too cool nor hot, and it is very suitable for coming out to relax.
He Xiaohuan walked slowly on the stone-paved path, and the soft cloth shoes made the soft feet feel the slight concave and convex feeling brought by the stones, making people feel a sense of joy like touching the earth.
This feeling made Lin Qing go back to his childhood, back to the ravine where he was born and raised, at that time, he was able to run barefoot on the dirt road full of gravel, not afraid of anything, and his mother was looking at him with a smile on her back with a basket full of bamboo artemisia.
The slight coolness of the leaves pulled Lin Qing back from his memory, and now he is no longer the person in his memory, not only his body has changed greatly, but even his gender has changed, he smiled slightly bitterly, and there was some bitterness in his heart, even if he went back, he couldn't get his original feeling back, and he lost all of them.
"Niangniang, are you okay" Xiaohuan on the side looked at Lin Qing a little stunned, thinking that Lin Qing was uncomfortable there again, and hurriedly asked.
"Oh, it's okay, let's keep walking" Lin Qing calmed down, walked around the grass, and continued to walk forward.
Tang Yu got up very early in the morning, although he had a fight with Emperor Da Chen last night, but with the amount of alcohol he had, there was nothing to do.
After finishing the breakfast presented by the palace maid of Mingxin Pavilion, Tang Yu took Chang Lin out of the Mingxin Palace, and as soon as he left the palace gate, he saw several Chen soldiers in armor standing around the Mingxin Palace, they were holding spears, as if they were guarding against something.
Tang Yu sneered in his heart, obviously saying that it was to protect the safety of Tang Envoy, but in fact, it was Zhengdaguang's surveillance, but it was understandable that no one would know that there was a tiger in the backyard and not go to find a cage to lock it up.
Tang Yu waved the sleeves of his cyan robe, preparing to leave the confines of Mingxin Pavilion, Chang Lin followed behind with his head down, without saying a word.
"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, is there something important?" As soon as he walked out of Mingxin Pavilion, a middle-aged man in red armor stopped Tang Yudao.
"You are?" Tang Yu knew what this person was doing, so he pretended not to know and asked.
"Zhang Han, the deputy commander of the Praetorian Guard, is responsible for protecting His Highness and the envoys in the Mingxin Palace" The middle-aged man didn't care about Tang Yu's deliberate ignorance, and said to Tang Yu respectfully.
"Oh, it turned out to be Commander Zhang, I heard General Li Hu say that His Royal Highness has been a bit too much recently, I don't remember it too much, and please don't care about it, Commander" Tang Yu said a little indifferently.
"Your Highness, as long as you don't blame the ministers for being sloppy," Zhang Han said without hurry
"It's been a few days since His Royal Highness came down to Da Chen, and he hasn't gone out yet, just looking at the weather being suitable, I want to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Da Chen's Palace, I don't know if the commander can lead the way" Tang Yu knew that the person in front of him was not good, so he had to say deliberately.
"It is the duty of the minister to protect His Highness, since His Royal Highness wants to enjoy the beautiful scenery of my Dachen Palace, the minister should lead the way" Zhang Han finished speaking, then got out of the way and made a gesture of Tang Yu inviting first.
Tang Yu took Chang Lin to walk forward past Zhang Han, Zhang Han followed behind the two with two soldiers, and several people gradually moved away from the Mingxin Palace, wandering around the rest of the palace.
Lin Qing and Xiaohuan walked slowly with the little morning air left, crossed a bush, and unconsciously walked to the Quiet Garden.
At this time, Jingyuan is no longer the same appearance that Lin Qing saw when he first saw it, I remember that Jingyuan at that time was like a little girl who had just been dressed up by her mother, pink and moving, and Jingyuan at this time was like a young girl who was about to grow up, which was a little ignorant.
The eyes are full of green, as if you have entered a sea of green, and the cherry blossoms have already withered, leaving only green leaves to flourish on the branches.
Lin Qing had already crossed the gate of the garden, standing under a green tree, watching the green leaves dance lightly in the breeze, a fresh feeling belonging to the leaves soaked into the nostrils, this feeling went down the nostrils, straight to the heart, like a force to open the heart, intoxicating.
"Your Highness, this is a cherry blossom garden, called—"
A male voice came into Lin Qing's ears, making her suddenly jump out of the quiet atmosphere, and wondered why this was here?
Slowly turning around, looking at the garden gate, I saw a young man in a robe, with a slender figure and a smile on his face, giving people a gentle feeling, but when his eyes touched his forehead, it gave people a sense of grandeur.
The young man also saw her, but his eyes suddenly froze, and he didn't know why...