Chapter 238: Lantern Riddles
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In the afternoon.
The emperor's dragon drove out slowly from the Chengtian Gate.
At present, the twelve dragon flags are hunting in the snow, and then the sixty sun and moon and five elements flags are in the center.
The guards on duty in front of the palace and the general of the Jinyi Guard walked in front of the front on a high-headed horse.
The royal car slowly walked out of the palace gate under the backdrop of various flags and honor guards, and a group of ministers of the court and the central government followed behind the royal car on foot.
The courtiers waiting in front of the palace gate bowed down one after another, and the mountain shouted long live.
Without pausing, the royal car went straight to the noon gate along the snow-covered bluestone road.
Yang Xiaoyu took four thousand households under his command and followed behind the Jinyi guard in charge.
Along the way, he saw Luo Sigong riding a tall horse, standing on the left side of the royal car, and another brocade-clothed guard who was in charge of driving followed behind Luo Sigong.
Yang Xiaoyu secretly scolded Luo Sigong for being shameless, the guards on duty were supposed to be in charge of the guards, and they should be standing on both sides of the royal car to protect the safety of the emperor.
Yang Xiaoyu observed carefully, and the car of Mrs. Fengsheng Ke Yinyue was driving behind the hundred officials, walking with the emperor's concubines.
According to today's etiquette specifications, there are phoenix flags fluttering in front of the royal car, and all the flags are auspicious dragon winds, which shows that the queen of the world is sitting on the royal car.
After about half an hour, the royal car stopped under the noon gate, the ministers and the people on the street knelt down to greet them, the mountain shouted long live, and Yang Xiaoyu took the four thousand households under his command to hide at the end. Symbolically shouted long live.
The carpenter emperor wore a dragon robe, and the queen who was wearing a phoenix robe got off the royal car, and under the compliments of the ministers, he slowly ascended to the morning gate, and there were many concubines, palace maids, eunuchs, and so on behind him, and all these people went to the noon gate city, and the ministers followed according to their ranks.
Yang Xiaoyu was wearing a unicorn suit. But he was an authentic member of the third rank, and he should be ranked more than seventy, but he waited until the fifth rank official landed in the city, and then slowly went up to the city tower with the thousands of households under his command.
Above the city tower, the dragon flag flutters, and the flag is scattered!
The emperor's position was arranged at the highest point of the Wumen Tower, and behind him was the seat of the concubines of the inner court, and the hundred officials set up a hundred seats according to the official position, and each table was placed with various melons and fruits.
There are no seats for officials below the third rank. You can only stand and watch.
Most of the seats near the emperor are some imperial relatives, and below are cabinet assistants and six high-ranking officials.
According to the grade, Yang Xiaoyu should sit in the back position, but he was too much of an eyesore, so he stood in the middle of the hundred officials with his subordinates, and his eyes kept scanning the high-ranking officials in the seats.
After the ministers paid their respects to the emperor, the carpenter emperor stood up and announced. From today, the imperial court will have a three-day holiday. The public and the public have fun.
After the officials thanked for the grace, the palace maids came forward with the imperial wine in the palace to pay respects, and the officials first toasted the emperor and the queen, and then toasted each other, enjoying themselves.
At this time, under the noon gate. The soldiers and horses of the five cities drove out the people on the street, vacated a stage that was half a mile long, and let the folk jugglers perform on stage one after another.
The Carpenter Emperor sat on his high seat, pointing to the jugglers below and clapping his hands.
The queen next to him is dignified and dignified, with the momentum of a mother facing the world.
More than two hundred steps away. Yang Xiaoyu couldn't see what the queen looked like, but he saw the queen's graceful back before.
Little by little, the clock ticked, and night fell.
The light market is bright, the lanterns are blooming, and when you look at the past, you can only see a lot of firelight lighting up the jubilant night.
Fireworks and firecrackers burn together, there are cannons, fires, three-level waves, ground mice, flower tubes, some fireworks are one zhang high, the box is divided into five layers, set off everywhere, it is good-looking.
On the occasion of this festival, the ministers frequently toasted, guessed riddles with each other, and competed in literary talents.
The carpenter emperor has never read poetry since he was a child, and he knows nothing about guessing riddles, and a colt toasts him and says: "Your Majesty, the minister has a lantern riddle, please guess it!" ”
"Tell me as much as you can!" The Carpenter Emperor clapped his hands and laughed.
"When I was young, my family was peaceful!"
The horse laughed and said, "The emperor can guess it!" ”
The carpenter emperor knew what anagrams, and when he heard this, he was overjoyed and shouted: "I know, it's high!" ”
Then, the carpenter emperor laughed and said: "When the horse was young, his family was average, and after marrying the princess, his family was immediately higher than others!" ”
The ministers were stunned, no one dared to stand up and speak, and the colt who guessed the lantern riddle was even more disgusting as if he had eaten stool, his face flushed, and he didn't know how to answer.
"Your Majesty, look at today's weather, put the lights in the cold, it's both high and cold!" The queen said coldly.
"The Emperor Shengming!"
When the ministers heard the queen's explanation, they thought that the emperor had another deep meaning in his words, and they were busy calling Shengming.
Only a few auxiliary ministers in the cabinet shook their heads and sighed, a simplest riddle, the emperor couldn't guess it, and the queen still needed to come out to play a round, as auxiliary ministers, their faces were dull and difficult to speak.
The carpenter emperor waved his hand and asked the ministers to sit down and continue to guess lantern riddles, enjoy lanterns, and watch fireworks.
It was not until the eve of midnight that the carpenter emperor was sleepy, so he ordered the banquet to be withdrawn and returned to the palace.
The ministers surrounded the carpenter emperor and went down the noon gate and returned to the palace.
At this time, the sound of arrows was heard in the west, south, and north directions.
Whoosh!
A volley of powerful arrows pierced the tumultuous night and shot at the Carpenter Emperor's chariot.
Flutter flutter!
Wow!
The arrows shot like poisoned diamonds into the brocade guards on both sides.
A few waves of arrows shot outside the imperial car, and the startled carpenter emperor hugged his head and shouted: "Escort, escort!" ”
The sudden assassination made the officials stunned, and they all hugged their heads and ran away.
The brocade guards and the guards in front of the palace hurriedly rushed around the imperial car and blocked the emperor's car with their bodies.
Arrows came in the darkness, and from time to time some of the guards standing in front of the royal chariot fell to the ground with a wail.
The scene was chaotic, the palace maids and eunuchs were in a swarm, and the ministers screamed in fright and ran to the side, looking for a place to cover.
Yang Xiaoyu saw that something was really wrong, and ordered the four thousand households behind him: "Go with this official to escort!" After speaking, he pulled out the embroidered spring knife at his waist, pushed aside the officials in front of him, and galloped towards the emperor's royal car.
"Don't mess around, protect the holy driver!"
A middle-aged man dressed in civilian attire stood under the city and shouted.
But no matter how you roar, you can't stop the fear of the ministers, and you can't stop the embarrassed palace maids and eunuchs.
The arrow clan kept shooting at the royal car as if he had eyes, but fortunately, the guards on the side of the royal car were several layers inside and out, and someone fell down after being hit by an arrow, and a guard immediately stepped forward to make up for it.
Yang Xiaoyu looked at the direction in which the guards fell and judged that the arrow was shot from the southwest.
Before he could react, a man in black jumped down from the tall buildings on both sides, one by one holding a sword, and rushed unstoppably towards the royal car.
The soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division greeted them with spears, and the battle began.
Yang Xiaoyu saw that the situation was not good, and rushed forward with his three-legged cat's kung fu, which was no different from looking for death.
At this time, he saw that the concubines behind the holy car were unguarded, he smiled, waved his hand and rushed to the concubines' car with four hundred households.
The eunuchs and palace maids in front of the concubines' cars fled in panic, leaving the empty cars and the concubines crying slightly.
"The ministers are here to escort the car, don't worry about the girls!"
Yang Xiaoyu took four hundred households and shouted cheekily.
Maybe he didn't choose the right place, and just as he shouted, a dozen or so men in black sprung up.
Yang Xiaoyu was startled, but fortunately, there were four subordinates with strong martial arts behind him, and immediately shouted: "Someone, escort!" ”
The four thousand households pulled out their sabers at their waists one after another, and greeted the dozen or so black-clothed people.
Yang Xiaoyu said in his heart that his life was the most important, so he immediately ran to an inconspicuous car, rolled on the spot, rolled directly under the car, climbed on the snow, looked at the footsteps that swayed back and forth, listened to the sound of weapons in his ears, and his heart was beating non-stop.
At this time, he heard the crying of a woman from the car, and secretly thought which concubine could it be?
He immediately stretched out his head to look outside, and saw that his four thousand households had stopped the man in black, and the two sides were fighting.
Yang Xiaoyu immediately rolled out, ran into the carriage with an arrow, lifted the curtain, and the woman inside screamed in fright, he hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, the lower officials come to the rescue, Niangniang hurry up and get out of the car!" ”
Without waiting for the woman inside to answer, Yang Xiaoyu reached out and grabbed her jade arm and dragged her out of the carriage. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)