Winters in Jinling Castle are wet and cold.

Wealthy people have fur and charcoal fires to keep warm, and wine can also give people the illusion of warmth.

People who don't have money basically rely on hard carrying.

It was a lazy afternoon.

It was raining, and Xiaogui stood under the corridor of the studio, looking at the gloomy sky outside.

Let's go in and make a pot of tea.

In this weather, the emperor will definitely not come, and there will be no other visitors, so rest and read books.

As soon as she had finished thinking about it, she noticed a wet bird pacing in front of her.

Chirp ash.

This stupid parrot was too desperate to insist on delivering the letter in such a heavy rain.

It should be the most important news.

Xiaogui brought the twitter ash into the house, added charcoal to the fire, wiped the feathers of the twitter ash with a hand towel, and gave it melon seeds and citrus fruits from Fujian to eat.

She unloaded the chirp ash and pulled out the message inside.

The epistle is short.

"Chai Rong is dead, the prince succeeds to the throne, and Sister Qiao is here."

Short messages tend to be more important.

Xu Yongzhi must tell Xiao Gui what happened recently, so that Xiao Gui can make the next judgment.

But for Xiaogui, this news made her mood particularly gloomy.

Even though she had only spoken to Chai Rong once, this emperor still impressed her.

Chai Rong is a man of human terms, who will tell her about her origin as the son of a merchant, her dream of pacifying the war, her physical condition, and through her, she will pass on her true heart to Li Yu.

She likes a heroic and sincere person like Chai Rong, and she thinks this person is a bit like a middle-aged version of Xu Gongzi.

Although she had known Chai Rong's body for a long time, sooner or later there would be this day, but when this day really came, she suddenly trembled.

When Chai Rong was there, there was a war every year, but everyone could understand who to fight and why.

After Chai Rong's death, there will be wars every year, but who fights whom and why, I'm afraid no one can see through it.

"You're full and go on your own." Xiaogui said to Chirp Ash.

Xiaogui put on a cloak and a hat, and walked to the palace.

Li Yu sat and talked in the queen's bedroom.

Walking into the courtyard, Xiaogui heard a burst of rattling laughter, which was not the kind of laughter, but the kind of sarcastic and sarcastic laughter.

Except for our amazing eldest princess Li Lianqiao, who else can have such a laugh?

Li Lianqiao and Li Yu were drinking under the corridor, and the queen Zhou Ehuang was leaning on a couch on the side, sitting and resting.

Xiaogui was at the bottom of the steps and asked Li Yu and the queen mother to say goodbye.

"It's raining so hard, why are you still running here?" Li Yu frowned when he saw Xiaogui.

Li Forsythia saw Xiaogui's coat and hat, and laughed: "Where did this mountain fisherwoman come from?" Your Majesty, is this the woman of your family? ”

Xiao Gui's gaze directly bypassed Li Lianqiao and looked at Li Yu.

"I just received the news that Chai Rong is dead." She told Li Yu.

Li Yu didn't seem particularly worried, but seemed to have expected this for a long time.

"Sit down and have a drink." Li Yu greeted and said.

"There may be changes in the situation in Kaifeng, does Your Majesty really feel that it doesn't matter?" Xiaogui asked.

"How do I think that's a good thing? Now our opponent is a seven-year-old. Li Lianqiao gloated with a look of schadenfreude.

"Does the eldest princess really think that the more chaotic the Central Plains, the better?" Xiaogui asked.

"It's a mess, if Zhou can be split into seven pieces, Datang will have a chance to win the Central Plains." Li Lianqiao said.

Xiaogui was about to refute her statement, Li Yu waved his hand and asked her to sit down.

Li Yu personally poured the wine and gave it to Xiaogui, Xiaogui stood up and thanked him, and Li Yu waved his hand.

"It's all my own family, don't be so polite today." Li Yu said.

"Chai Rong is a hero." Li Yu said.

He poured a glass of wine on the ground under the porch.

"This cup, toast him."

"A mighty king, a mighty adversary, an imaginative figure, he is the noblest enemy I have ever seen." Li Yu said.

"Brother Emperor, you probably think too highly of this person." Li Lianqiao said angrily.

"Let's tell the truth, sister." Li Yu comforted Li Lianqiao and said.

"If one day, Chai Rong leads the army to Jinling City, and I surrender to save my family's lives, I believe he will definitely do it." Li Yu said.

Xiaogui relaxed a little in his heart, Li Yu still knows heroes.

"However, if he dies, it may be that I hit Kaifeng City!" Li Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Li Forsythia laughed out loud with a special "hahaha".

"I'm sorry, Xiaogui, I know you have a good impression of Chai Rong, but I'm really happy that he's dead," Li Yu said, "I don't want to enter Bianliang, but I think there is still hope for taking the opportunity to take Shouchun and take back the land in Huainan." ”

"Celebrate!" Li Forsythia clinked glasses with Li Yu with wine.

"The fifty boats that Chai Rong asked for can also be handed over first." Li Yu suddenly thought of an expense that could be saved.

"Liang Wucheng!" Li Yu called over the chief eunuch beside him.

"The minions are here."

"I passed on two oracles: the first, to Xu Xuan, prepare gifts, draft national letters, and prepare for mourning; The second, to Han Xizai, told him to prepare and go to his house for a banquet in the evening! ”

"Whoa." Liang Wucheng passed the word.

"Queen, come with me." Li Yu first invited Emperor Zhou E.

"I'm tired easily, go to bed early, and come back after a while. It's rare that Your Majesty wants to have fun with the officials, so have some fun, I'll go, those officials will not be able to let go. But Your Majesty, please drink less, the dragon body matters. "The queen is very thoughtful.

"It's okay, I'm here!" Li Lianqiao said with a big grin.

"I think let Zhaoyi accompany you," the queen directly ignored Li Lianqiao's words, and said to Li Yu, "Lord Han and many officials are also familiar with her, and I will be relieved to have her take care of you." ”

"Very good!" Li Yu was very satisfied with this arrangement.

Li Lianqiao saw that the enemy had joined the banquet, and he was inevitably a little unhappy.

"Then I'll go back and prepare first, and I'll see you at Han Xizai's house in the evening." Li Lianqiao turned around and retired.

She put on a fiery fox fur, which was exactly the time of summer, when she asked Li Yu for a red panda skin, which Li Yu gave her.

"Look at it, Zhaoyi, the gift given by the emperor, even if it is not a panda skin, it is very comfortable to wear, dress like an old fisherwoman, don't you embarrass the emperor?"

She put aside the mean words and turned to leave.

Xiaogui looked at the coat he had taken off just now, and he also felt a little embarrassed.

"The concubine went back to change her clothes."

"What to change? I've got it here! The queen grabbed Xiaogui's hand and followed her to pick out clothes.

Open the queen's wardrobe, and you will know what wealth is and what life is.

Silver, gray, blue, red, white, gold, six colors of fox fur.

"Don't be like the eldest princess," Zhou Ehuang said, "She is a person, she has been floating in the folk since she was a child, in fact, no one treats her decently, a red fox fur is going to show off to you for a long time, in fact, the color of her armpit is not right, and the things stored in the library must be the rest of my picking." ”

Xiaogui thought about Li Lianqiao's triumphant appearance, and suddenly felt that she was a little pitiful.

Emperor Zhou E came over with a white fur, put it on Xiaogui, and looked at it carefully.

"Your eyebrows and eyes are like daisies, and you are very beautiful in white fur." Emperor Zhou E praised.

"Queen Mother, is there any black?"

"The black fox doesn't, but the black one has a mink! The Jurchens came in. ”

Emperor Zhou E asked the palace maid to bring the mink, "This is warm and waterproof, it doesn't matter how much wind and rain it is." ”

"Well, it's better for you to understand yourself, the black one makes you whiter and more beautiful." Zhou Ehuang said with a grin.

Xiaogui looked in front of the mirror, and it was still black.

"What the concubine thinks is, Your Majesty is happy today, wearing a white fur in the past, if others think that I am mourning Chai Rong, won't it cause criticism, black is better." Xiaogui explained.

"You've thought about it very well, this mink has given you away." The queen praised.

"No, Queen Mother, it's too precious, I can't ......," Xiaogui said.

"My sister gave it, what dare you not ask for." The queen said.

"Compare that woman to that woman!" The queen suddenly approached Xiaogui's ear and said in a low voice.

"And, take a good look at our man! That woman has always been a little dishonest. The queen said.

"Understood!" Xiaogui said with a smile.

In fact, Xiaogui also likes the white fur, and does not choose white, which has nothing to do with that excuse.

White is the color of her man, Xu Yongzhi.

She, Xia Xiaogui, will always be a touch of deep blue beside the boy in white.

Han Xuzai was resting at home, and suddenly received a holy decree.

"Come to your house for a banquet."

Damn, it's getting dark!

I had to send everyone to brave the rain to bring the singers, dancers, and musicians one after another.

Then send an invitation to those fun-loving officials, saying that the emperor asked me to treat me, everyone come.

A rude military general is not invited, and an old man full of benevolence and morality is not invited, this is a gathering of artists.

Later, he figured out that it was Chai Rong who died, and Li Yu happily wanted to celebrate.

"It's okay, in the past ten years, Datang will not die for the time being." Han Xizai muttered.

A group of unimportant guests arrived first, and Uyang appeared in the lounge.

The first important guest was the eldest princess Li Lianqiao, who heard that the eldest princess was coming, and Lord Han Xizai hurried out to greet her.

Li Forsythia is dressed up too beautifully.

Han Xizai recognized Li Lianqiao's appearance very much, and he once said, "The eldest princess Yan Guan Datang." ”

That's right, especially the eldest princess, although she is not young, she never looks more than thirty years old, and she is an extremely beautiful woman with a childish face.

Considering that Han Xizai and Li Lianqiao have always been two forces that are not in harmony with each other, this evaluation is particularly objective.

Lord Han has a lot of say in the appearance of women, and the dancers he invited and the singers he raised were all first-class looks.

At that time, it was also a group of hundred officials who drank, and some people made it bad on the spot, and asked the eldest princess how she was better than the queen?

Han Xizai was also unhurried, and replied: "The courtier is like a father, and the queen is the mother of the world, this cannot be compared, but the most beautiful woman we mortals can see is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”

Everyone laughed, and this matter later reached the ears of Li Lianqiao.

She is actually very useful, so after many years of doing right, Li Lianqiao actually has no hatred for Han Xizai.

Lord Han pulled Li Forsythia out of the car and saw that Li Lianqiao was dressed like a red fire.

"Eldest princess, it's beautiful."

"Lord Han, I'm going to bother."

The two of them had their own hearts and minds, and they were about to go in, when they suddenly saw Li Yu's honor guard.

Lord Han hurriedly saluted.

Li Yu pulled Xiaogui out of the car and happened to hit Li Forsythia in the face.

Lord Han seemed to hear a "click", where did the thunder come from in this winter.

It's not Thunder, it's a fateful duel between Red Fur and Black Sable.

Lord Han Xizai looked at Xiaogui and found that this girl was at least as beautiful as the eldest princess, considering that a few months ago she was still an image of Chai Heniu who had just recovered from a major injury, this progress wanted to be big, and it was only a matter of time before she seemed to surpass the eldest princess.

"Sable! Sable! Look at you so coquettish! Li Forsythia shouted.

"What kind of mess?" Li Yu said.

"Oh, my new word, a sentence from "Like a Dream Order." Li Forsythia hurriedly covered up.

"Sister, don't spoil our lyricists, okay?" Li Yu couldn't help but say.

Li's eyes were full of anger.

Xiaogui turned a blind eye and walked straight over.

Han Hee-jae is worried, his house has just been renovated in the summer, and now there is about to usher in a war between two women, and a little anger can burn down his house.

Li Yu was in a good mood, and said to Han Xizai: "I also brought wine, I brought wine, you played music and dance, think about it, you can join forces optimally, right!" ”

"Don't you dare!" Han Hee-jae was cautious.

As he spoke, Li Yu entered the banquet hall of Han Xizai's house.

A group of people knelt on the ground in the dark, and when they saw Li Yu coming in, they shouted long live.

"Don't be so restrained today, our most powerful enemy Chai Rong is dead, everyone today must make me lively!"

All the guests cheered.

"Drink!" Li Yu let out a long roar, and this carnival began.

Xiao Gui sat in the corner, coldly looking at these men who had gotten rid of their daily state and were manipulated by the god of wine, Du Kang.