There are few stars in the dark night, the outer courtyard separated by a wall from the Baohe Hall is silent, the singing and dancing gradually stop, everyone raises a glass to drink, the ministers stand up and wish the emperor a thousand blessings, the sound of wine glasses colliding, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestras, mixed with it, the sound of the sound is in the ears.

There was a sharp sound in the outer courtyard, and everyone looked back at the silent night, and a huge beam of light rushed into the sky, and with a "bang", a huge fire tree silver flower bloomed.

Tang Xuanhe got up, and then everyone followed him to the outside of the palace, in front of the Baohe Palace was the imperial garden, the father-in-law stood in a clearing, covering his ears with one hand, and holding a match in the other, after lighting the fuse, he ran away.

With a piercing sound, a beam of flame rushed into the sky, blooming, and then declining, several guards stepped forward to light the fire together, and ten thousand arrows were fired together, which can be described as colorful, like a goddess scattering flowers.

Everyone laughed and gathered together to stare at the sky.

Mo Ran doesn't like to be lively, and after there are a few people left in the hall, she walks out of the hall in a hurry, and it happens that a beam of fireworks is blooming in the sky, in the shape of a colorful peony.

She stood on the stage, crowded with people at the lower end of her sight, the noise seemed to be a little out of place with her, and the woman stood alone on a high place, surrounded by silence.

In the dark night, she raised her head slightly, and the light reflected on her thin and fair face, as the saying goes, people are often the ones who remember their hearts in the complicated scene.

She did see it, thousands of figures, she could always catch a man in a dark purple brocade robe at first sight, in the Mid-Autumn Festival in previous years, every moment, no matter how crowded and noisy the surroundings were, at the moment when the fireworks rose and bloomed in the night sky, she turned her head and could always see his bright face, as bright as stars.

Although her eyes were fixed on the night sky, there was no smile on her lips, her whole face was cold as if she had been fished out of ice water, and there was a person standing next to her at some point, he had a good smell on his body, but Mo Ran couldn't tell what it was.

She tilted her head slightly, it was Tang Huaiyi, the king of Huainan, with a smile on his lips, and his temperament did not match her.

"Miss Su always seems to be so quiet."

Suddenly, Mo was puzzled, and turned his head sideways again, but the man was still staring at the fireworks in the sky.

"That's how the heart is." After a while, she whispered back.

"But this is not the case with the concubines of Sufu that this king heard about before."

Mo Ran picked his lips, "What did the prince hear?" ”

Tang Huaiyi paused, retracted his gaze and put it on the woman's face, "Tingtingyuxiu...... I don't know the general situation, and I am arrogant. ”

Mo Ran knew that there were a lot of rumors about her in Luoyang City, but she never cared, and she didn't bother others to refute it, she didn't say anything, her dark eyes stared at the fireworks and never left.

After a while, seeing that the light in his eyes had never moved away, Mo Ran looked at the man beside him, "What is the prince looking at?" ”

Tang Huaiyi turned his head with a smile, his hand unconsciously swayed Xiao who was covered in emerald green in his hand, "I want to see how different you are from that rumor." ”

"The result?" Mo Ran didn't like to talk to people, but because Tang Huaiyi hadn't talked too much outside after returning the hosta to herself, she rarely had a good impression of this strange man.

"I haven't figured out the girl's heart yet, but the rumors are really nonsense."

Mo Ran smiled and didn't answer, both of them held their heads high, and outsiders seemed to be watching the fireworks in their eyes, but they didn't know what they were thinking.

Tang Huaiyi's gaze gradually moved downward, and it also fell on the dark purple back in front of him, "The girl is just watching...... He. He paused, his words flickering, "You ......"

With his slightly raised jaw, Mo Ran looked in the direction, but it was Jiang Junqing, Mo Ran didn't deny it, "Didn't the prince see it?" Mo Ran retracted her gaze, the smile in her eyes grew, and she stared at the man, "But not in the future." ”

Looking at each other, Tang Huaiyi looked at the woman's shallow smile and was slightly distracted, and it took a long time before he tilted his head in a daze, and he clearly heard the more powerful beating in his chest, "I won't say it." ”

He couldn't explain why his heart was beating so violently, and why his face was hot as he stared at the woman's smile.

Since he was a child, he was favored by the first emperor because of his mother's concubine, and it was also because of his mother's concubine that he fell from a high altitude and was driven into Jianghuai to be crowned a king.

The fireworks burst into flames as if it were daylight, and the woman quickly withdrew her attention, not noticing the man's reddened ears.

The noise in his ears returned to normal, and the fireworks lit up the night sky again, and the sight was bright, and the man in the distance slowly withdrew his gaze and turned his head.

Under the eaves of the red wall, the woman smiled like a flower, like an eagle in the vast sky ready to attack, burning his eyes.

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Early the next morning, Mo Dye in the carriage held his forehead drowsy, yesterday's banquet ended, the Empress Dowager Yuan and Ge Shuwang said that today Su Mansion and the royal family went to Taoyuan Temple to incense, although a little uneasy, but Ge Shuwang did not refute the face of the Queen Mother.

The mountain road is difficult, the carriage is bumpy, it is difficult for Mo Ran to fall asleep with her eyes closed, she doesn't know why the Empress Dowager Yuan has been particularly enthusiastic about the Su family recently, she doesn't believe that the Empress Dowager Yuan likes her smart and clever rhetoric, is it because of the draft in the spring next year?

Mo Ran's mind became clearer, she sat up straight, lifted the curtain, a smell of earth in the rainforest rolled the fragrance of unknown flowers and plants in the mountains, Bi Luo on the side saw Mo Ran wake up, and asked in a low voice, "Is Miss hungry?" I went out in the morning and brought some pastries, and if the young lady was hungry, she could pad her stomach first. ”

Mo Ran looked at Biluo, she opened a layer of mahogany drawers, there were some small and delicate pastries in it, Mo Ran liked sweet, but now the carriage was bumpy, she really had no appetite.

Liu Ying wiped the corners of her mouth, stretched her waist, and asked as soon as she opened her eyes, "Why haven't you yet?" ”

Biluo glanced at her with disgust, "If you go up the mountain, it's almost there." ”

Liu Ying frowned, looking impatient, "It's too upside down, the slave's body and bones are about to fall apart." ”

Mo Ran looked at her, stunned by her interruption of thought, and smiled helplessly.

"In previous years, there were ministers who voluntarily came to worship their ancestors, and I don't know why the Empress Dowager Yuan asked Su Fu to follow, does Miss know why?"

Liu Ying turned her head to look at Mo Ran, who looked out the window, "I don't quite understand either." ”

Biluo, who was sitting next to him in a regular manner, heard the sound and said, "Is it that Su Fu and King Yingchuan have been moving around more frequently recently." ”

Hearing this, Mo Ran turned his head and asked, "King Yingchuan?" ”

Biluo nodded, "It's the seventh prince of the first emperor, Tang Zhuoye, the king of Yingchuan." ”

Tang Zhuoye, Mo Ran repeated the name in a low voice, she didn't have much intersection with the royal family in her previous life at the moment, and everyone still stayed on the fact that the concubines of the Su Mansion didn't know the general, so she was really not impressed by these princes.

However, if it is really because Su Fu has been moving around frequently with King Yingchuan recently, presumably the Empress Dowager Yuan will have some doubts.

In front of Taoyuan Temple, Mo Ran got down from the carriage, she looked around, the entire royal family and maids and guards, and the group of people had already blocked the front of the temple tightly.

Because Taoyuan Temple is a royal temple, there are no people who come and go, and it is sparsely populated on weekdays, but today it seems to be more popular.

At the front of the team were the young emperor Tang Xuan and the Empress Dowager Heyuan, and several ministers of Zhengyipin were accompanying them, including Su Yingzhi, Mo Ran and other juniors walking behind.

Taoyuan Temple is halfway up the mountainside, the valley outside the temple is deep, the branches are luxuriant, there is a marriage tree that claims to have a hundred years of history on the mountain road outside the temple, the dense branches are hung with large and small red brocades, and some of them have the names left by ink.

Officials below the fourth grade can not enter the glazed archway, Mo Ran walked into the temple but could not enter the temple of worship, so he turned around in the temple and came out again, standing next to the marriage tree.

Su Jinnian also entered the hall with everyone, and Su Yingrong was not with her, so she was standing on the edge of the cliff quite boredly at the moment.

Liu Ying and Biluo also stared at the red silk on the marriage tree, and they couldn't see the ink on it clearly when they were far away, but they refused to give up, so they almost took them off to see them clearly.

Mo Ran looked at the mountain stream in the distance and was distracted, and it wasn't until Liu Ying on the side spoke in her ear that she came back to her senses, "Do you want to tie one too?" ”

As she spoke, He Biluo took out the red satin that had already been prepared from her sleeve, and Mo Ran shook her head, looking not very interested, "You guys tie it, I don't need it." ”

Liu Ying refused to give up, and asked her to tie one with soft grinding and hard foam, Biluo also came over to persuade her when she saw this, Mo Ran just wanted her ears to be cleaner, so she had to take the red silk from Liu Ying's hand.

Liu Ying and Biluo couldn't wait to find a vacant seat and tie it up, and Mo Ran found a slightly lower treetop and tied the red silk on it.

At the gate of the temple, there were footsteps walking in this direction, and as soon as Mo Ran turned around, he saw a man in brocade clothes walking towards this side, and he saw Mo Ran tying up the red silk and walking in front of her, holding a folding fan with gold trim in his hand, "Miss Su." ”

Mo Ran looked at him silently, and saw that he was dressed extraordinarily, it must be which prince, "You are?" ”

"Miss Su is really a noble person, and the king of Japan went to the house a few days ago to disturb her."

As soon as he said this, Mo Ran still didn't remember where he had seen him, but he had already guessed who it was.

Mo Ran saluted him, "The little girl has seen the King of Yingchuan. ”

Tang Zhuoye waved the folding fan in his hand casually, "No need to be formal." His eyes fell on the marriage tree covered with red silk on the side, and he couldn't help laughing, "Miss Su also believes in this?" ”

Mo Ran smiled faintly, "I don't believe it much, I think it's novel, so I hang it and play around." ”

"Why didn't Miss Su go in?"

"The little girl couldn't enter the palace, and she felt that it was really boring to sit alone in the courtyard, so she went out for a walk."

The two stood side by side, facing the heavy rocks in the distance, chatting with each other, Mo Ran heard the neighing of horses from the mountainside in the distance, the sound of horses' hooves stopped abruptly, Mo Ran looked in that direction, the dense forest was blocked, and a bright yellow roof of the carriage could be faintly seen.

However, he didn't really see it, and the man next to him said, "It's time for dinner, let's go in together." ”

Mo Ran nodded, followed him into the temple, and before leaving, he glanced in that direction again, and the carriage stopped there but there was no movement.

There is an attic next to the main hall, which is hidden among the greenery, and it is said that the first floor is used for fasting and meals, and the second floor and above are used for the royal family to stay overnight.

Approaching the attic, Tang Zhuoye stopped and said to Mo Ran, "Girl, please first, this king wants to clean his hands first." ”

Mo Ran nodded and didn't care, and walked straight in.

Mo Ran entered the hall and glanced around, and the group sat at a few tables separately, and Tang Xuan and a table were the emperor and a few princes, the Empress Dowager Yuan and the concubines were at a table, and the rest of the ministers sat at two tables, among which Jiang Junqing was not seen.

The meal has always been light, Mo Ran has a bad appetite, only used a few mouthfuls to excuse himself to be unwell and went out first, just out of the main hall with his front feet, he saw a hurried back in the distance, Mo Ran felt strange and followed.

After walking a few steps, Mo Ran felt that the person was a little familiar, like the little eunuch who had just followed Tang Zhuoye, only to see the little eunuch turn around and walk to the back of the temple, separated from the front hall by a green bamboo forest, and rows of red-roofed bungalows could be seen behind the bamboo forest.

The little eunuch was also very clever, just entered the bamboo forest, Mo Ran couldn't find him, she walked forward and wanted to walk through the bamboo forest, just happened to be able to clearly see the row of red houses, one of the wooden doors was opened, someone walked out of it, because the distance was too far, the person didn't seem to pay attention to the bamboo forest, Mo Ran to the side, hiding behind an old tree.

The person who came out of the door, she remembered, was the king of Yingchuan who had just said that he was going to clean his hands, and when he came out, he closed the door with his backhand, and he did not pass through the bamboo forest, but left along the eaves.

Mo Ran had been waiting behind the big tree, and after about half an hour, the wooden door was pushed open from the inside again, it was Li Kai, the crown prince of Daqi!