The musicians sat in the corners, playing court music, and several dancers in pink gauze dancers danced in the open space in the middle of the feast, their skirts fluttering with the dancers' movements.

A group of palace maids carried exquisite food plates, and in turn went around from the outside of the feast to each small table, and placed the drinks and dishes on the table.

The dancers finished their last dance and did not stop, and exited the banquet in an orderly manner, and the musicians stopped playing in good spirits, and the venue became very quiet.

The ministers all seemed to realize something, and they all looked at the emperor.

"In the winter of last year, there was a food shortage in Wuxian country, and I crossed the Tongjiang River to harass my Shangqubian Town, and I also wanted to attack the city and plunder the land, but fortunately, there were Situ father and son, who worked together to repel it.

General Situ was in the twilight, and I was heartbroken that the old general was at the border, so I was urgently recalled to Beijing to retire with peace of mind. Situ Huantong joined the army with his father, he was young and promising, and he was the pillar of my Shangqu, and he went to the White Tiger Battalion to serve as a leader from now on. ”

After the announcement, the emperor raised his glass and saluted Situ and his son.

Situ and his son stood up and drank all the wine in their glasses to show their gratitude.

Situ Huantong's appointment of the counselor has already spread in the palace, and only those who have lower official positions and no one in the palace have just learned about it, and their faces are surprised.

Zuo Xiang sat next to the father and son, and was the first to know the news, and now after the emperor announced it in front of all the ministers, he quickly expressed his congratulations and turned around to toast a glass of wine.

Everyone came back to their senses a little and came forward to say goodbye, and the banquet was lively for a while.

"You are Brother Situ?"

Suddenly, a small head appeared in front of the table, blinking big watery eyes, clear eyebrows, similar to the emperor.

The boy looked to be about eight or nine years old, thin and a little pale.

Huantong had already guessed at this time that the child in front of him was the eighth prince Teng Zirui, the son of Concubine Xiao Xian, who had always been weak and sick, and the youngest son whom the emperor pitied the most.

"Exactly down there."

The Eighth Prince suddenly smiled and pulled Huantong's sleeve, "Then Brother Situ will teach me martial arts, so that I can protect my mother and sister." ”

At this time, a little eunuch ran over to this side in a panic, and the eighth prince smiled after catching a glimpse, and leaned into Huantong's ear: "My name is Zirui, I live in Yukun Palace, remember to come to me." ”

After speaking, the little eunuch had already arrived, pulled the Eighth Prince to his side, and then knelt at Situ Huantong's table: "The little one is not optimistic about the Eighth Prince, causing trouble to the adults, and the adults forgive them." ”

Huantong didn't care about this little eunuch at this time, and shook his hand and took him away.

Yukun Palace, the palace with the word "Kun" is the queen's bedroom, and the eighth prince is from Concubine Xiao Xian, that's right, how could he live in Yukun Palace.

Phantom Tong was troubled by this question, and suddenly felt that the banquet was a little noisy, so he pretended to be drunk, slipped out, and walked all the way to the lake in the island.

The lake in the island is not big, full of lotus flowers, and now there are only some old lotus leaves left. An octagonal pavilion was built in the middle of the lake, which was connected to the shore by a promenade. Seeing that there was no one in the pavilion, he decided to go in and rest. As soon as he sat down, the fifth prince came with a fan.

"I saw you swaying all the way out, I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I came over to take a look, but I didn't expect this palace to be too worried."

"I just think it's a little noisy, and I want to come out and breathe."

"I'm worried, I have something on my mind." Not a doubt, it's a yes.

"I just met the Eighth Prince pestering me to teach him martial arts, and before leaving, I told me that he lived in Yukun Palace."

"I'm bored, how to sneak into Yukun Palace to find the Eighth Prince? Forget it, it's better to please the eighth prince than to please the prince, the tree is good for the shade, and the mother of the palace is a noble concubine.

The mother concubine of the little sick seedling is just a virtuous concubine, although she is the first of the four concubines, she is not as big as a noble concubine. Besides, there is a grandfather who is the prime minister in this palace. This prince is right in front of you, so why bother with how to please a little prince. ”

Huantong suddenly felt that the fifth prince was also an interesting person, but he didn't show any expression on his face, he just shook his head.

"I'm wondering, why did Concubine Xian live in Yukun Palace, shouldn't Yukun Palace be the queen's bedroom."

The fifth prince suddenly stepped forward and covered Huantong's mouth, and only after observing left and right that there was no one was relieved, he said: "Don't let the queen and the third brother hear this, this is also a taboo in the palace, I am also annoyed by the banquet today, so I will talk to you here." ”

Phantom Tong's eyes signaled thanks, and the fifth prince smiled and nodded to accept the thanks, and then lowered his voice and leaned into Phantom Tong's ear.

"Empress Li is the second queen of her father's emperor, and before her, Feng Jing, the daughter of Feng Wu, the right minister at that time, is the queen. Ten years ago, the Feng family had an accident and fell, Feng Xiang was executed, and Empress Jing also died tragically in the cold palace.

Empress Jing has a pair of dragon and phoenix twins, that is, the eldest prince and the eldest princess, who knows that my eldest brother is also miserable, and it didn't take long for him to die, leaving only the eldest sister to live in Queen Jing's Yukun Palace, when the eldest sister was only seven years old.

The father felt that the eldest sister's life was miserable, so he asked the most gentle and indisputable Concubine Xiao Xian to take care of her and allowed them to live in Yukun Palace.

In the second year, Concubine Li became Queen Li, but the emperor did not let the eldest sister and Concubine Xiao Xian move out of Yukun Palace, but directly renamed Empress Li's Huaning Palace to Huakun Palace.

So Concubine Xiao Xian has been living in Yukun Palace. There are two palaces with the word Kun in the palace, and Emperor Li has always been worried about this matter, and Yukun Palace is the thorn in Queen Li's heart. ”

"It seems that the emperor loves the eldest princess very much." Phantom Tong seemed to be relieved and smiled.

"The eldest sister has a withdrawn personality and has always been lukewarm to her father, a few years ago, her father still thought about her in everything, but now she may be cold, so she doesn't care about it, but she hasn't wronged her eldest sister."

Huantong was a little silent, and the fifth prince didn't speak again, sitting quietly on the side, looking around.

"Oh, yes. There is a lily of the valley orchid by this lake, which is quite beautiful, and it was planted by the eldest sister. Right there, you can go and see. ”

Following the direction of the Five Princes' fingers, Phantom Tong found the lily of the valley flower, which was still in full bloom even though it was late autumn.

It is snow-white, and the flowers are like bells, several in bunches, hanging from the stems. The evening breeze is light, the flower branches are swaying, and the fragrance of the flowers is faint like an ethereal song.

Lily of the valley, the flower that grows on the cliff, blooms on the top of the cliff, but how can it bloom into the sea in the palace?

Huantong remembered that when he was six years old, he went to the mountains with his master for the first time, and he saw the string of lily of the valley orchids at the bottom of the cliff, and he liked it very much. At night, while the master was in peace, he secretly ran out and found the cliff by moonlight. He didn't remember how he had climbed up that night, but he vaguely felt that he had picked the lily of the valley.

"Do you know, this lily of the valley is undefeated in all seasons." A familiar voice echoed in his ears, interrupting Phantom Tong's thoughts, and when he turned his head, it was the cinnabar mole that crashed into his eyes.

"Girl......"

The girl didn't seem to want to communicate with Phantom, but just wanted to find a listener, and just talked to herself.

"Of the palace I liked the most, it was the cleanest place. These flowers have been there since I first arrived at the palace, and they have never been defeated since then. The palace people said that the flower was spelled, and the souls of the owner's deceased relatives gathered on the flower, so that the flower kept blooming, so the palace people were somewhat taboo about these lily of the valley. ”

She suddenly turned her head, tilted her head and smiled: "I'm sorry to make you look at the flowers." ”

Looking back and smiling, the six palaces have no color, the black guard clothes melt into the white sea of flowers, and they are swept away by the mortal dust, the wind blows, the hair is flowing, like a fairy who has just descended from the earth, and Huantong suddenly feels that the light of the stars has dimmed a lot.

"The girl is very compatible with this flower, if the girl likes it, I am willing to find a bouquet for the girl another day, plant it in my yard, and see it at any time."

"Childe doesn't know who my surname is, so he promised a gift, it seems that Childe is really an abrupt person." The girl turned her head and continued to look at the sea of flowers, as if she had no interest in Phantom Tong's proposal.

Phantom Tong was about to ask the name along the way, but unexpectedly, a little maid suddenly rushed over and dragged the girl beside Phantom Tong aside, shouting while dragging: "The princess's garden does not welcome the queen's lackeys!"

"Xia Zhu, come back." The woman who spoke was wearing a lotus lotus-colored thin smoke gauze pleated ruyi skirt and a white light veil with a hibiscus flower embroidered in the lower left corner of the light veil.

"Miss An, this palace hopes that you will not come again in the future. My brother died at the hands of the queen, and this flower was planted by my brother, and he wouldn't like the queen's people to come here every day. "The voice was a little hoarse, as if he had just cried.

"Didn't you hear the princess, why don't you hurry up."

The master is gentle and dignified, but the maid is a powerful one.

Miss Ann didn't say anything, as if she hadn't seen the princess the whole time, didn't greet her or apologize, and walked away.

Huantong looked at this weak princess, presumably the owner of this sea of flowers, the eldest princess Teng Ziyan.

"Wechen Situ Huantong has seen the princess." Miss An can walk away indifferently, and she really still has to be courteous.

"Childe is exempt. However, I also bother to ask my son to rest somewhere else, today is the death day of King Jin, and the palace wants to worship the eldest brother here. ”

Phantom Tong silently withdrew, walked to the princess's side, paused for a while, and then opened his mouth: "The people have passed away, but the living are like Si." Don't be too sad, I believe that His Royal Highness King Jin also hopes that the princess will live happily. ”

Teng Ziyan raised her head suddenly, through the white veil, through the moonlight, she could only glimpse Phantom Tong's vague facial features. Huantong said that he left, but Teng Ziyan stood there and froze.

"Brother, I really miss you so much, when I heard that voice, I thought you were back."

Turning his head, the white lily of the valley in his eyes was in full bloom in the moonlight.

"Brother, is your soul really hidden in the flowers, and today you are talking to me through others."

The light veil was blown up by the wind, revealing a pale little face, and the two eyes were already red and swollen from crying, and a clear tear slipped down her cheek and dripped on the flower, and was gone.