Chapter 45: Father and Son

The emperor is already an old man, the first half of his life worked hard, at this age, he only thinks about the old age, but although he is keen on singing and dancing to promote the idle days, but he will never take any concubine with him, because everyone in the imperial palace knows that the white emperor is a very affectionate man, although there are countless beauties in the imperial palace, but he only loves one woman in his life, this woman is Feng Mi's mother Concubine Xiu.

This love is so heavy that whether it is in the past or now, the White Emperor only has Feng Mi's mother and son in his eyes, except for Feng Mi, the White Emperor does not want anyone to bring him the feeling of family happiness, so after Feng Mi was born, all the emperors left the palace, even the grandchildren and granddaughters who should have been under the knees of Cheng Huan, they were not allowed to come back at will without an edict, when Feng Mi was young, he thought that the emperor and his mother were in deep love, so he was the only child in the palace.

Of course, the palace people and ministers also said this to him, Feng Mi is a treasure in the palm of the White Emperor's hand, it is the sun and moon hanging high in the sky, and can only be used to look up, but unfortunately, these words became a lie eight years ago, after Feng Mi's mother passed away, and it was at that moment that Feng Mi understood one thing, the emperor's love is poison, and without warning, it will make people irreversible.

According to tradition, every year's New Year's Festival, the emperor has to take the emperors to Wu Yat-sen to pay respects, and this year is no exception, but who would have thought that all the people left, and a few months later, the emperor's five sons and phoenix dance will appear in the imperial palace again, and the emperor's favor will be held for his birthday.

Who will remember in the past, July 17, is the birthday of the emperor's fifth son Feng Wu, but after this year, this day will be attached to a special meaning, in the eyes of outsiders, it is the same favor as Feng Mi, it has not been mentioned for a long time, the emperor's rare guilt, sometimes, guilt is more real than favor, because sooner or later the favor will disappear, but once the guilt is generated, it is forever.

Feng Mi has a personal experience of this, the emperor's paranoid love for Concubine Xiu is always equal to the guilt that the emperor can't give up.

Changyu Youle looked at Feng Mi, who was distracted all the way beside him, and stretched out his hand to pull the reins in his hand, and Feng Mi realized that the imperial palace had arrived.

Every time he goes to the imperial palace, Feng Mi will only choose that one, the path that only lights the candlestick all year round, and will only go to the always brightly lit Qinzheng Hall to see the emperor, and will drink a bowl of Meishan cuiya with the familiar white porcelain teacup, he has never been to any banquet, even if he has to go, someone has already replaced the festive decoration with the rich bright yellow, he is very paranoid, and no one dares to disobey his paranoia.

A palace man who was waiting to greet him hurriedly ran inside, and the guards guarding the door stepped forward and led the horses of the two to the stable, and the two palace people stepped forward and led the two to the venue of this banquet - Donglai Pavilion.

Before the two came, no one had told them that the emperor actually gave him the Donglai Pavilion in the north for Feng Wu's birthday banquet.

Changyu Youle sneered: "It's really amazing, you can actually coax the emperor to give him Donglai Pavilion." ”

Donglai Pavilion this place, but the palace where the emperor and the emperor got married, the direction is due north, it is a rare blessed land in the imperial palace, but after the emperor passed away, the emperor sealed this garden because of guilt, I didn't expect that there was no noble Fengwu, who could get such attention.

After a while, the plaque hanging with the golden silk nanmu came into view, and the four big characters of "purple gas from the east" on the top were specially written by the emperor for the emperor and queen back then, and this garden was worthy of being the most noble person who lived in the world, and everything in the eyes was different from other places, although luxurious but quiet, it made people yearn for it.

It's just that the time for the banquet to start is coming, and it's not ready yet. The palace people were in a hurry, replacing the red lanterns in the waiting corridor with the palace lamps inlaid with flowers in the festival, and replacing the long table and flower wall with congratulatory gifts with ordinary carved round tables, and placing lotus flowers with dew, and even the bright red word "Shou" on the longevity peach was replaced with the word "Fu" in bright yellow.

Changyu Youle smiled: "What should I do, I didn't prepare a birthday gift." ”

Feng Mi looked at the red who was getting farther and farther away from him, and said softly: "I'm here, it's the best birthday gift." ”

This sentence made the whole world quiet, the palace maid and the palace people in the garden were stunned for a moment, and continued to move in their hands, no one dared to peek at him again, Feng Mi just stood there quietly, as if he was a god in the sky, the sun and moon in the sky, unreachable.

"Your Highness." The celebrant ordered Zhang Yuan to bow and said with a smile: "Your Highness is really here, the lower officials are still worried, if Your Highness is not there, how to explain to the emperor." ”

Explaining to the emperor, not to today's protagonist Feng Wu, shows that no matter what the emperor's intentions are, this person will not follow the crowd, Feng Mi nodded and said: "The fifth brother of the main hall has a birthday, why can't the main hall come, the emperor?" "In this hall, except for the palace people and the waiting officials, the emperor and Feng Wu are not there.

"Just now, Ci Ling said that His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness is accompanying the emperor to feed the fish on the curved bridge behind him."

Changyu Youle scolded: "Your Highness is Your Highness, where did you come from, Fifth Highness!" ”

"The lower official lost his words." Zhang Yuan bowed slightly and said, "Please take a seat, I think the emperor should have come." ”

Sure enough, there were some footsteps outside the main hall, and someone could only hear someone shouting: "The emperor has arrived!" The Fifth Highness has arrived! The teaching department began to play music, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively, but I saw that Changyu Youle's face was darker than just now.

However, Feng Wu's face was not very good from the time he approached the main hall, how to feed a fish, everything has changed here? Why? He looked at Feng Mi standing straight in the center of the main hall, as if he was the master of this Donglai Pavilion, but he was far from an outsider.

The emperor didn't expect that this son, who had been having trouble with him, really came, Feng Mi, Feng Mi, his most beloved son, looked at Feng Mi kneeling on the ground, and the emperor in his mouth was like on weekdays, and there was nothing wrong with the cold ice, but his heart was like being pricked by a needle, "Get up." He crossed Feng Mi and walked up the steps with the flamboyant Feng Wu.

"Your Highness, take a seat." Zhang Yuan whispered beside Feng Mi.

Birthday wishes, gifts, and tonight belong to Feng Wu, and it has nothing to do with Feng Mi, he will appear, but he just wants to see all this with his own eyes.

"The lower official presents a song for the emperor." The dancing girl dispersed in the field, and a handsome man walked into the middle of the field, and the little boy behind him put the guqin and incense case, and everyone was in an uproar.

Master Xingchen, the chief musician of the Teaching Workshop Division, seems to have obtained the aura of heaven and earth between the mountains and rivers all the year round, and he plays the guqin in one hand, and he can bring people's emotions into it just by plucking the strings slightly, but for some reason, such a star that seems to be an immortal actually makes Feng Mi and Changyu Youle show a playful smile at the same time.

"Lord Xingchen has just returned to the palace for less than half an hour, and it is for the September Reunion Festival and the selection of the pianist of the teaching workshop." That is to say, Xingchen didn't know in advance that there was a birthday banquet prepared by the emperor for Feng Wu today, why did this Zhang Yuan seem to have grown to his side at this time.

At this moment, Xingchen is playing an unknown piece of music, which sounds like flowing water, but in fact it is majestic and exciting. Feng Mi closed his eyes and listened, but for some reason, he heard a little bit of playfulness, but all the musicians who bear the name of the stars have always lived outside the etiquette, if it weren't for the fact that the stars have been passed down in one line since ancient times, and have their own unique rules, I am afraid that even the most important festivals, he dares not to listen to the emperor's decree.

At the end of the song, the stars retreated, and the eyes of half of the officials in the hall who looked at Feng Wu changed, which was expected by Feng Wu and could be guessed by most people.

"Xiaguan once again congratulates His Royal Highness Fifth on his birthday." Ye Rui, the prefect of Dongying, got up, bowed down and said, "The Fifth Highness has been in Dongying City for many years, he has been well-governed, kind-hearted, and the people are grateful, so he specially asked the lower officials to prepare some congratulatory gifts, but there are too many of these congratulatory gifts, and the lower officials are not good to bring them up, so they asked them to make a list of gifts." ”

The emperor asked with interest, "The congratulatory gifts of the people?" Grab it and let me see it. ”

Ye Rui asked the subordinates who had been waiting outside for a long time to carry in a stack of three-foot-high gift lists, and there was an uproar in the hall, it seems that Feng Wu is very popular in Dongying City.

The emperor glanced at it casually a few times, and said to Feng Wu: "These people really have a heart, it seems... He paused for a moment before he said, "You're still a very generous child. ”

Feng Wu smiled and didn't answer, but Ye Rui was very sure of the emperor's praise for Feng Wu, "There is one thing, the lower official said, the emperor don't laugh, when the Fifth Highness was in Dongying City, he often ate and lived with the people, and there was no shelf at all, at that time, many uncles and aunts said that they wanted to marry their daughters to the Fifth Highness as their wives, but I don't know what the Fifth Highness thought in his heart, whether he was picky, and at this time, there was no suitable wife to pass the door." ”

The emperor's marriage is naturally for the emperor to marry, Ye Rui knew that he had lost his words, and knelt on the ground in a panic to beg for mercy, but heard Feng Wu speak: "Don't blame the emperor, when we were in Dongying City, we often lived with the people, and it was also occasional that words were invisible, and he didn't mean to." ”

The emperor didn't have a clear attitude towards Ye Rui's disrespect and Feng Wu's explanation, but seemed to care, and asked casually, "What kind of girl do you like?" ”

Everyone thought that Feng Wu must be able to say, everything was arranged by the emperor, but they didn't expect Feng Wu to smile and say: "Yes, the granddaughter of the old lady of the Lan family, Qi Xiaotong." ”

Blue Family! It is the mother family of the first emperor and the queen! For some reason, the atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became tense, and some eyes even looked at Feng Mi who was sitting quietly on the side.

After a while, the emperor laughed out loud and said, "The old lady of the Lan family doesn't care if you like her granddaughter or not, she swore to me that she will never let the girl of the Lan family marry into the imperial palace again." ”

"What if the son really wants to marry her?" Feng Wu's soft words, because of the rise in tone, turned this simple question and desire into a threatening question, what will happen to the emperor?