The jujube red horse ran out of six or seven streets and alleys, and stopped at a noodle restaurant with a shed on the side of the street, Xu Mingyuan turned over and dismounted, tied the horse, asked for three bowls of noodles, two stacks of sauce beef, picked up a clean table and sat down. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The thin old man who was missing one ear quickly smiled and served Xu Mingyuan a bowl of steaming knife-cut noodles, adding a golden egg on top and sprinkling a handful of tender green green onions, which made people appetize when they looked at it.

Three bowls of noodles in his stomach, Xu Mingyuan stroked his somewhat full stomach, and the mouth of the bird that had faded out of the dry food these days also felt a little greedy.

Putting a silver ticket of one hundred taels on the table, Xu Mingyuan walked to the horse, turned over on the horse, pulled the reins, and headed in the direction of the imperial city.

By the time the old man with missing ears reacted and wanted to call Xu Mingyuan with the silver ticket on the table, he had already disappeared at the end of the long street.

A thousand black cloud riders wearing black heavy armor have been standing in front of the imperial city for four days, although they have not been sitting on horseback, but they have been standing for so long with dozens of pounds of heavy armor, even the physique and discipline of the three armies with the black cloud cavalry are also a little unbearable.

In the words of the deputy general Han Hongtao, he might as well be as happy as going into battle to kill the enemy.

However, a thousand black clouds rode in front of the imperial city, like a glimpse of the black steel city wall, no one dared to cross the slightest, which showed the power of the black cloud horse.

And at this moment, a red horse was galloping towards the Suzaku Gate, without the slightest intention of slowing down and avoiding.

Han Hongtao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he shouted loudly: "Black Cloud Ride, Charge Ready!" ”

Hundreds of black cloud riders in front of the Suzaku Gate shouted angrily at the same time, and the spears in their hands were pointed obliquely, ready to charge.

However, after Han Hongtao saw clearly who the person was, he hurriedly shouted: "Black Cloud Ride, stay put!" ”

The discipline of the Black Cloud Cavalry is strict, the order is forbidden, and the spear is put away, and it is on standby.

Han Hongtao clamped the horse's belly and stepped forward.

Xu Mingyuan pulled the reins, the horse's front hooves were raised high, and then fell heavily and stopped in front of Han Hongtao.

"Xu Yanshi is going to enter the palace?" Han Hongtao looked at Xu Mingyuan and asked loudly.

Xu Mingyuan nodded and said, "Exactly, please send someone into the palace to spread the word." ”

"Okay, please wait." Hearing this, Han Hongtao nodded in response, returned to the gate of the imperial city, said a few words to a eunuch on duty, and he trotted to the imperial city.

Xu Mingyuan rode forward, his eyes swept over the hundreds of black cloud riders, his brows frowned slightly, his eyes fell on Han Hongtao, and said, "Brothers, are they already very tired." ”

Han Hongtao nodded, his mouth exposed outside the helmet showed a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said with a wry smile: "This heavy armor hasn't been taken off for four days, and many brothers have already blistered on their bodies." ”

Xu Mingyuan nodded and did not speak again.

It didn't take long for a middle-aged eunuch to trot out of the imperial city, shouting at the top of his voice: "Lord Xuanxu is here." ”

Xu Mingyuan turned over and dismounted, and followed the middle-aged eunuch with a humble face towards the inside.

Walk through the imperial city, go straight to the Taiji Palace, and stop until you reach the imperial study.

The middle-aged eunuch and the little eunuch in front of the imperial study whispered a few words, turned to look at Xu Mingyuan and said, "Lord Xu, Your Majesty is waiting for you inside, please go in." ”

Xu Mingyuan nodded, walked in through the door opened by the two little eunuchs, and as soon as he entered the house, the door behind him was slowly closed.

"Sir." As soon as Xu Mingyuan entered the door, Yan Sisheng, who was dressed in a five-clawed golden dragon robe, had already greeted him, held a disciple salute, and shouted respectfully.

Xu Mingyuan returned the salute, and then bowed down with a courtier's salute.

Xu Mingyuan straightened up and looked at this great prince who had not seen him for several months, who had not grown much in height, but his temperament had matured a lot all of a sudden.

Dressed in a well-cut bright yellow suit, his face was slightly pale, a little tired, his eyes were slightly red, and he should have cried in the past few days.

However, a pair of eyes are quite firm, without the previous naughty appearance, but it really has a bit of the meaning of a young man.

Xu Mingyuan looked at the new emperor for a while, turned his head to look at the screen on the side, and said calmly: "Please also ask Princess Yiyuan to come out, I think I need to be honest about today's matter." ”

After the screen, a woman wearing a plain long skirt walked out, the gold and silver hair ornaments she wore on weekdays were gone, but she simply inserted an ebony hairpin, her eyes were a little red and swollen, but her expression and demeanor were not the slightest, it was Princess Yiyuan.

"Lord Xu, don't be surprised, this palace was talking to Your Majesty before, and when I heard that my lord entered the palace, I didn't want to disturb you, so I stood behind the screen." Princess Yi said with a little apology on her face.

Xu Mingyuan nodded slightly, did not show displeasure, and said with a somewhat serious expression: "Chang'an is settled, the world will be chaotic, and His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Princess should know it." ”

"Lord Xu, what do you need?" Princess Yiyuan looked at Xu Mingyuan and said loudly.

"A holy decree to kill, a Dawan soldier to stabilize the rear." Xu Mingyuan looked at Princess Yiyuan, and his voice was slightly deep.

Princess Yiyi's eyes were slightly condensed, but she didn't think about it for too long, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Mingyuan walked out of the imperial study, holding a holy decree and a promise in his hand.

A small eunuch led him in the direction of the harem and stopped outside a small courtyard.

The little eunuch walked into the courtyard, and after a while, a figure dressed in palace maid clothes ran out of the courtyard and rushed into Xu Mingyuan's arms.

Xu Mingyuan looked down at the little girl in his arms who had not yet reached his shoulders, smiled and rubbed her hair, and said softly: "Don't cry, this hasn't taught you yet, you have been wronged first." ”

The little girl Guo Cailing poked her head out of Xu Mingyuan's arms, looked up at Xu Mingyuan, two lines of tears slipped down her cheeks, but her expression was quite happy and delighted.

I haven't seen it for a year, the little girl has grown a lot taller, her hair is simply tied, and her eyebrows and eyes that have just grown already have the appearance of a beauty, and she thinks that she will be able to become a big beauty in a few years.

"Brother Mingyuan, you said that you could see you when you came to Chang'an, but when people came to Chang'an, you went out of Chang'an." Guo Cailing pouted, a little dissatisfied.

"Didn't I come back to see you, your father and mother knew that you ran out secretly and were in a hurry, if it wasn't for Xiaopang's guarantee, I'm afraid I would have to chase you to Chang'an." Xu Mingyuan stretched out his finger and lightly touched the little girl's forehead, and said a little doting: "Is it the habit of living in the palace?" If you're not used to it, come out of the palace with me today. ”

"It's okay to live in the palace." Guo Cailing nodded, looked left and right, and saw that the little eunuch was standing quite far away, so she suppressed her voice and said: "There is a little eunuch named Xiao Shengzi who often steals delicious things for me to eat, all of which have never been eaten in Shuzhou City, but they are delicious, I will leave some for you to eat next time." ”

Xu Mingyuan held back a smile, nodded, and muttered, "Then you can stay in the palace for a while, I have to go out for a few days, and I will pick you up when I come back." ”

"Brother Mingyuan, are you leaving again?" When Guo Cailing heard this, she showed a look of anxiety.

Xu Mingyuan smiled and said softly: "Lingling, my brother has been a little busy recently, and when he is done with this while, he will not be busy in the future." ”

"Okay, Sister Qingyi came to see me a few days ago, when you're not busy, you must come to see me, Lingling is waiting for you to pick me up." Guo Cailing nodded, although she was a little reluctant, she didn't keep any more.

Xu Mingyuan took out a carved jasper hairpin from his arms, gently removed the wooden hairpin on her head, inserted the jasper hairpin into it, and said with a smile: "Our Lingling has grown into a big girl, live in the palace with confidence, no one will bully you." ”

After speaking, he turned around and left, the smile on his face disappeared, and he looked a little gloomy.

The little eunuch trotted to follow, and asked softly and respectfully, "Lord Yao is in the Yamen of the Ministry of War, will you go over now?" (To be continued.) )