In the afternoon of the next day, Wang Yuan entered the palace to bid farewell to Xuanzong and the concubine. Although he has only returned to Chang'an for three days, Wang Yuan has actually returned to his heart like an arrow, and the things that should be done have been done, and returning to Jiannan as soon as possible to prepare for the attack on Bison City is what Wang Yuan desperately wants to do. Staying in Chang'an for one more day will bring more disturbances and dangers, and Wang Yuan doesn't want to dream a lot at night.

Autumn is high and refreshing, beside the agarwood pavilion in the hundred gardens, the autumn chrysanthemum is fragrant, and the fragrance is rich. Xuanzong and Yang Guifei enjoyed the great time of autumn here, when Wang Yuan came to see him, Xuanzong was taking Yang Guifei, Yang Guozhong, Mrs. Qin Guo and others to enjoy the chrysanthemums in the hundred gardens. A scene of joy.

The chamberlain led Wang Yuan to the audience, and Xuanzong, who was standing by the flower bed, immediately smiled and beckoned when he saw Wang Yuan: "Wang Yuan, come on, I am talking to Guozhong about you." ”

Wang Yuan saw the end of the ceremony and said with a smile: "I don't know what Your Majesty and Prime Minister Zuo said about the ministers?" ”

Mrs. Qin Guo smiled leisurely beside her: "Can you still say bad things about you?" I'm praising you. ”

Xuanzong smiled: "Aunt Eight is right, she is praising you." ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "How dare you be a minister?" ”

Yang Guozhong stroked his beard and smiled: "Why don't you dare to be?" Who can be your right among my rising stars in the Tang Dynasty? ”

Xuanzong nodded and said, "Yes, I just talked to Guozhong about you being only nineteen years old, and I suddenly remembered when I was nineteen years old. When I was nineteen years old, my mother and my mother-in-law, Concubine Liu, both disappeared, and their bones are still missing. At that time, I was confused and panicked, and I only knew how to drink every day to kill my sorrows, and I was extremely decadent. Think about it back then, but I can't get to be as good as you are now. ”

Xuanzong is talking about the two years of longevity eight years before he ascended the throne, when the world was still the world of the Wu family, and the Li royal family was killed and killed, and everyone who survived was in a panic, and he was afraid that Wu Zetian's butcher's knife would fall on his head. At that time, Xuanzong was still Li Longji, and he was only nineteen years old. But overnight, his biological mother Dou and the imperial concubine Liu both disappeared overnight, and even the corpses could not be found. Although he knew that it was the hand of Emperor Wu, he had nothing he could do. Thinking of those days, Xuanzong still has palpitations in his heart.

When everyone saw that it reminded Xuanzong's past, they didn't dare to speak. Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty was a hidden dragon in the abyss at that time, and as soon as the opportunity came, the dragon would fly above the nine heavens." It turns out that His Majesty was not decadent at that time, but forbearance. Can the minister's nineteen-year-old be compared to His Majesty's nineteen-year-old? Now my Tang Dynasty is in the hands of His Majesty, if the light of His Majesty is like the light of the sun and the moon, our courtiers will be like a grain of rice, how can we compete with it? ”

Xuanzong laughed and said, "Wang Yuan's mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter, did Guozhong teach you how to speak in front of me?" Guozhong, you can just say something you like to hear, but don't teach Wang Yuan badly. ”

Yang Guozhong scratched his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, the minister didn't teach Wang Yuan to speak like this, this is all his own words, and it has nothing to do with the minister." His Majesty is happy to come to find his ministers again. Hey, that's it, Your Majesty is becoming more and more disrespectful to the ministers. ”

Xuanzong laughed and said, "How can I disrespect you? You're selling again, are you looking at something in my study again? Is this my jade inkstone, or is it the horse on my bookshelf and the flying swallow Tang Sancai? ”

Yang Guozhong said with a smile: "If Your Majesty rewards Tang Sancai to the minister, the minister will feel that Your Majesty respects the minister." ”

Xuanzong and the noble concubine Qin Guo laughed for a while, and Xuanzong pointed to Yang Guozhong's nose and said, "What do I say about you." The dignified Tang Dynasty Zuo Xiang, like a beggar, asks me for this and that, and then the horse will reward you. ”

Yang Guozhong thanked him loudly and knelt down to thank him, and Xuanzong stroked his beard and smiled, looking very happy. Wang Yuan smiled and watched, secretly surprised in his heart. The scene in front of him is probably a normal situation for Yang Guozhong and the Yang sisters to get along with Xuanzong. The fact that monarchs and ministers can get along with each other in such a joking and joking way shows how intimate Yang Guozhong has reached in Xuanzong's mind.

Xuanzong turned his head and looked at Wang Yuan with a smile and said, "Wang Yuan, I will also reward you with something, what do you want?" ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "Weichen doesn't dare to ask His Majesty for things, and he will not be punished for nothing." ”

Yang Guozhong rolled his eyes and said, "What are these words?" If you want to say that, do I have to return to your majesty all the things that your majesty has rewarded? ”

Xuanzong smiled: "Yes, you are forcing Guozhong to return all the things he got from me." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Is that so? Then Your Majesty will give a gift to the minister. ”

Xuanzong shook his head and said, "What's the point of that?" The things I give you must be what you desire, and if I give you something you don't like, and if you are not happy, will I not be even more unhappy? ”

Wang Yuan raised his head and thought about it, and wanted to say: You reward me with 1.8 million yuan. But know that that's impossible. But other than that, Wang Yuan didn't know what he wanted, so he froze there for a while.

Yang Guifei on the side said softly: "Your Majesty, Wang Yuan is the envoy of the border town, shouldering a heavy responsibility, and he is also the leading general of my Tang Dynasty. His Majesty rewarded him with a weapon, so that he could make more meritorious contributions to the Tang Dynasty and fight bravely to kill the enemy. The concubine saw that the sword hanging in His Majesty's study was given to him. ”

Xuanzong laughed and said: "I still love the concubine with a quick mind and enough eyesight." That sword is a divine blade, the name of the sword is broken, it was obtained by me more than ten years ago, and it is my favorite thing. That's it, I'm going to give it to you. ”

Wang Yuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's love thing, the minister doesn't dare to ask for it." ”

Xuanzong said: "I'm old, and my sword is useless. Didn't you reward you for fun, didn't you hear what the concubine said? I want you to hold this sword and make meritorious contributions to my killing of the enemy. Aren't you going to attack Bison? Just let this broken army sword drink the blood of the Tubo people. I've got you covered. ”

"Your Majesty said it well. Wang Yuan held this sword to kill the enemy for His Majesty, which is equivalent to His Majesty personally killing the enemy. Yang Guozhong stroked his palm.

Xuanzong smiled, and Wang Yuan hurriedly knelt down to thank him. Gao Lishi immediately ordered someone to go to the imperial study to get the broken sword, and let him carry it out of the palace when Wang Yuan left the palace.

Everyone followed Xuanzong and the concubine to wander in the hundred gardens, admiring the golden chrysanthemums blooming in the garden, and the monarchs and ministers walked and talked happily. Soon after, Gao Lishi saw that Xuanzong was tired, so he suggested going to the Agarwood Pavilion to sit and rest and drink tea. So everyone returned to the Agarwood Pavilion, put the tea on the table, and drank tea to rest.

Xuanzong drank a few sips of tea, wiped his face, and then smiled at Wang Yuan: "Wang Yuan, you came to the palace today to resign, I wanted to keep you in the capital for a few more days, but you have something to do, and I won't delay you." But don't forget what you promised me. Before leaving, you promised to compose a new song for me the day before yesterday, but did you compose it for me? ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "How dare you make a promise to Your Majesty." The song has already been written. ”

Xuanzong was overjoyed and said, "Why don't you play it?" Come, call the musicians. ”

Soon after, more than a dozen musicians hurried over and gathered in the open space between the flower beds under the Agarwood Pavilion. Wang Yuan walked out of the pavilion and came to a group of musicians and singers, talked with them in a low voice, hummed the tune he wanted to play to them, and discussed how to equip the instruments. These court musicians were all connoisseurs, and they were excellent at communicating musically, and Wang Yuan immediately understood their intentions when he said a little. It took less than a quarter of an hour to get through and understand the trick.

Wang Yuan returned to the pavilion, Xuanzong was waiting a little anxious, Wang Yuan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister can start, but the time is in a hurry, maybe it is hasty and rough, please forgive your Majesty." ”

Xuanzong waved his hand and said, "I won't pick your thorns, go and play it." ”

After Wang Yuan retreated to the screen, the strings sounded with a 'ding dong', and suddenly there was silence inside and outside the pavilion, and everyone listened with bated breath. But listening to the sound of the transverse flute, melodious and tactful, after a while, the sound of the piano sounded like flowing water, the sound of the flute became smaller, the sound of the pipa, the sound of the hole flute slowly entered, and in the pleasant music, a male voice began to sing softly.

The grass is green and the white fog is vast.

There is a beautiful woman, on the water side.

In the singing, Wang Yuan slowly appeared from behind the screen, holding the bamboo flute of Xiangfei and singing softly. Only then did everyone understand that it was Wang Yuan who sang it himself, no wonder his singing voice was not good, but Wang Yuan's singing voice was very infectious.

The grass is green, and the white mist is blurred.

There is a beautiful woman who lives by the water.

I would like to swim against the current,

Snuggle up beside her.

There is a dangerous beach in front of helplessness,

The road is long and long.

I'm willing to go down the river,

Find her direction.

But I saw it vaguely,

She was in the middle of the water.

……

I would like to swim against the current,

Whisper to her.

There is a dangerous beach in front of helplessness,

The road is full of twists and turns.

I'm willing to go down the river,

Follow her footsteps.

But I saw that it seemed to be vague,

She stood in the water.

The grass is green and the white fog is vast.

There is a beautiful woman, on the water side......

As Wang Yuan's slightly raised final note slowly faded, there was silence outside the Agarwood Pavilion, and everyone was attracted by the melody and lyrics of this new song, and they were silent in the atmosphere of the song.

After the singing stopped, everyone was silent, listening to the autumn breeze outside the pavilion, blowing the golden chrysanthemums blooming brilliantly and lonely. Not far away, the dragon pond is sparkling, and the green willows by the pool are clinging, lonely and swaying.

Mrs. Qin Guo on the seat was full of affection, and looked at Wang Yuan infatuatedly. In her opinion, this piece was written for her.