Duanmu Jun was in a good mood, and his previous worries had long since disappeared, he smiled and pointed in the direction of the main hall, and said, "I'll go back to the banquet first." ”

She thought in her heart, today is the Qianqiu Banquet, and Cen Gongzi wants to come with a lot of trivial matters, so she should not delay him.

Duanmujun waved at him, turned his head and greeted the palace maid behind him, "This sister, let's go." ”

The palace maid almost stumbled, and said in her heart: The sister of Cen Du's sister calls her sister, how dare she be ......

She was so frightened that she almost fell, but she finally managed to hold on, her legs trembling in her skirt, and she caught up with Duanmu with trepidation.

“…… Miss Duanmu, go this way. ”

The palace maid didn't breathe a sigh of relief until she reached the next corner, and when she turned the corner, she couldn't help but glance back in Cen Yin's direction, and saw that Cen Yin was still standing motionless, as if watching them leave.

The palace maid quickened her pace again in a panic, thinking in a panic: Oops, she seems to have forgotten to say hello to Lord Cen just now!!

Cen Yin saw Duanmujun's back disappear around the corner, so he withdrew his gaze and looked down at the purse in his hand, his gaze slightly condensed.

On one side of the corridor, the big red roses are in full swing.

As soon as the wind blew, the faint fragrance of flowers mixed with the scent of the purse penetrated into the tip of the nose, and Cen Yin's expression became softer and softer, like a summer breeze and a warm winter sun.

He pinched the purse in his hand, and was about to put it away, when suddenly his movements stopped again, and he felt that there seemed to be something in the purse.

He was stunned, his eyes half-drooping, and carefully opened the purse.

I saw a small peace charm in the purse.

His white fingertips touched the peace charm lightly, and his long eyelashes fluttered slightly, like a butterfly flapping.

Cen Yin felt a warm current flowing through his heart, and his heart was unprecedentedly calm, stable, and restrictive......

He stood still for a long time, then suddenly raised his head, looked at the blue sky, looked at the glazed tiles glittering in the sunlight in front of him, and took a deep breath.

Then, the fetters in his eyes disappeared.

His eyes settled again, deep and bottomless, incomprehensible and unpredictable.

He turned around and continued to walk towards the main hall of Cining Palace, and as soon as he entered the hall, he happened to hear a clear and loud male voice playing:

"Your Majesty."

A long, thin figure stood up from the seat and stood out from the crowd, and everyone's eyes looked at it in unison.

The young man with a weak crown was heroic, as tall as a clump of green bamboo, and his cynical handsome face on weekdays was solemn at the moment, releasing a sharp aura as if the famous sword was about to be unsheathed.

Even if the young man didn't say anything, the ministers knew what he wanted to say.

The wine glasses that many people brought to their mouths paused in mid-air, and secretly said that it was not good: King Jian is too good at picking the time, and I am afraid that the emperor's mood will not be better now.

Those ladies and nobles also felt the subtle atmosphere and looked at each other.

Jun Ran also knew in his heart that this was not the best time, but he also had all kinds of helplessness in his heart, originally he wanted to find a better opportunity, but because of the discord between the Empress Dowager and the emperor, I am afraid that there will never be any good time today.

He could only bite the bullet.

"Your Majesty," Jun Ran clenched his fists at the emperor on the throne, and asked loudly, "Dare to ask when the ministers can leave for the north?" ”

His clear and steady voice clearly echoed in the hall, and Guanglu Siqing's forehead began to sweat again.

After the words fell, the staggered sounds in the hall stopped in an instant.

The emperor casually put down the wine glass in his hand, "pop", and the sound of the collision between the porcelain cup and the desk fully showed the displeasure in the emperor's heart.

The sound of silk and bamboo in the hall also stopped abruptly, leaving only the sound of cicadas outside the hall, which seemed to be close and far away, monotonous and poignant.

The emperor's dark eyes were as deep as a bottomless abyss, the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed into a straight line, and the kind of royal majesty that was not angry and self-righteous came like a mountain and a sea.

However, Jun Ran still stood proudly, immovable.

The emperor's expression was even colder. The Queen Mother relied on her biological mother's position to pinch herself, and threw her face to herself, this gentleman has also learned!

"There's no hurry." The emperor said casually, "General Yongwu has just come to the military report, and the Northern Yan people have been defeated in successive battles for more than half a month, and Lingwu City is impregnable. ”

The implication is that with the brave general to support King Jian, Jun Ran doesn't have to go to the north.

Jun Ran's eyes widened slightly, his fists tightened even tighter in an instant, and the green tendons clearly appeared on the back of his hands, and his heart rose and fell like a tide.

He knew that the emperor would allow him to go to the north before, and it must be the credit of Feng Yan.

However, the Sacred Heart is fickle.

The emperor's wariness of his father and the palace of King Jian finally prevailed.

The emperor procrastinated again and again, not allowing himself to set off, but he had no choice but to invite himself again and again, and was rejected again and again.

The north is in danger, but the emperor is still deceiving himself.

Beiyan has lost consecutive battles?!

This brave general Su Suichang is really well versed in the way of wording, Lingwu City has not been captured for a while, is it their Dasheng victory?!

More than 100,000 enemy troops have reached the doorstep, but they still have to whitewash the peace...... Once the Northern Yan reinforcements arrived at Lingwu City, the consequences were unimaginable.

Sometimes, Jun Ran really wants to leave Beijing directly regardless of it, but his sister and mother are still in the capital, if he leaves without permission and is accused of treason with the enemy, what kind of ending will his relatives end? !

Jun Ran just thought about it, and he felt heartache.

Jun Ran gritted his teeth and took a deep breath, and before he could say more, Feng Yan, who was sitting diagonally opposite him, stood up suddenly.

The eyes of everyone in the hall naturally looked at Feng Yan, including Duanmu Fei.

Feng Yan spoke one step ahead of Junran, and hugged his fists and invited himself: "Uncle Emperor, it's better for your nephew to go to the north!" ”

After his words fell, the ministers looked at each other, and the palace became quieter.

Feng Yan continued: "Uncle Emperor, nephew heard from my mother that when Uncle Chongming was the crown prince, he also went to the north in person, cooperated with the Zhenbei Wangfu, commanded the three armies, and swept through the Watu County of Northern Yan. Although the nephew is not talented, he also has the blood of the Mu family in his body, and he hopes that the emperor's uncle will be perfected. ”

All the ministers in the hall bowed their heads, thinking that this Feng Yan was simply a pot that should not be mentioned, who didn't know that Emperor Chongming was a thorn in Jinshang's heart, isn't this begging?!

The Emperor breathed a sigh of relief to his chest, his face cloudy, and his right hand gripped the armrest of the throne tightly.

At this moment, even time seems to have slowed down, and everyone's heads are lowered, and they dare not move.

An old and frail woman like Prince Li, who is a little regretful in her heart, knew that today's Qianqiu banquet would be like this, she might as well be sick!

And Mrs. Li and the daughters of military generals like the Xin family have a cold heart: King Jian invited himself to the north, but the emperor did not hesitate, why is it self-evident.

The generals fought on the battlefield outside, fighting for this great prosperity and peace, and they were afraid that the monarchs and ministers would not be single-minded, and they would die unjustly and lose unjustly!

Thinking of San Lang and Shiro who died at sea, and thinking of her son-in-law who died in the northern realm, Mrs. Li looked at the familiar and unfamiliar emperor in front of her, and her heart was at a loss.

The emperor did not speak, and the silence in the hall continued.

Suddenly, a gust of wind through the hall suddenly blew from outside the hall, and almost at the same time, a feminine male voice sounded unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, you have already ordered the prince to go to the north to assist King Jian, how can there be a reason to change the order every day." It's time for Jun Shizi to leave. ”

Everyone subconsciously looked up, and saw a red figure beside the emperor at some point, and his robe was flying in the wind.

The bright red instantly became the focus of all eyes in the entire temple.

All the ministers were relieved, wiped the cold sweat with their cuffs, and said secretly: It's good that Lord Cen is willing to come forward!

Duanmujun and Duanmufei also looked at Cen Yin in front of them.

Duanmu Jun smiled with his eyebrows, his eyes fell on the indigo purse that Cen Yin wore on his waist, and the willow eyes narrowed with satisfaction. He really liked it!

Duanmu Fei only glanced at Cen Yin, then silently lowered his head to drink his sherbet, did not dare to look at Feng Yan, and a thought appeared in his heart: It seems that there is a chance that this matter of Jun Ran will be completed.

Or Ah Yin is the most intimate, giving himself a step down! The emperor was also relieved, the lesser of two evils, he would rather let Jun Ran go to the north than Feng Yan.

The emperor pretended to smile boldly, "I also feel that the dog days are hot, and I think that it is easy to get hot on the road recently." Junran, since you have everything ready, I will allow you to set off tomorrow. ”

He looked at Jun Ran below with deep eyes, and slowly turned the jade wrench on his thumb.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Jun Ran was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists and saluted the emperor, his voice was sonorous and powerful, and his body, which was originally as tense as a full bowstring, finally relaxed a lot at this time.

The emperor's expression was pale, and he said, "Get up", and then picked up the wine glass and drank the wine slowly, his eyes bright and dark.

Jun Ran stood up, and the depression in his heart was swept away.

He threw a grateful look at Feng Yan, which meant that the great grace was not grateful.

He himself knew that he was reckless today, and he almost thought that he would be disappointed again today, but he didn't expect Feng Yan to follow his words and help him a lot.

In the scorching eyes of everyone, Jun Ran sat down in his robe, he picked up the wine glass and compared it to Feng Yan from afar, which could be regarded as a parting wine for him.

Either way, if only he could go to the North!

I hope my father can hold out until he arrives!

As the mellow drink poured into his stomach from his throat, his mouth had a bitter taste.

Jun Ran forcibly suppressed the apprehension in his heart, his eyes became deeper, and he toasted a few friends one by one with a parting wine.

Another turmoil passed, and Guanglu Siqing's heart that almost mentioned his throat and eyes was slightly relieved, and he felt that if today's Qianqiu banquet continued to be so tossed, he was afraid that he would have a heart disease.

Guanglu Siqing sighed secretly in his heart, and was about to ask people to tell the musicians to play music, when a rush of footsteps broke the silence.

A palace maid in Tsing Yi came panting, running up and down.

Guanglu Siqing had a vague sense of foreboding.

Sure enough—

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's phoenix body is unwell again! ”

The palace maid in Tsing Yi knelt on the gold brick ground, her body humbly prostrated on the ground, and she did not dare to look up at the emperor.

After the words were spoken, the surroundings fell silent again, and there was no sound.

Thinking of the feud between Emperor Fang Cai and Empress Dowager He, the guests all hung their heads and held their breath.

The emperor's right hand once again clenched the armrest on the throne, his face sank like water, and his heart seemed to be shrouded in a faint haze.

The emperor was impatient, but in front of the ministers and the ladies, it was not easy to show it.

The Son of Heaven must rule the world with filial piety.

The emperor instructed the palace people to declare the imperial doctor, and got up to leave.

The queen let everyone continue to enjoy the banquet, and also followed over to visit the Empress Dowager He.

Everyone hurriedly sent the emperor and queen away.

After the figure of the emperor disappeared into the hall, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other.

Without the emperor and Empress Dowager He here, the originally stiff atmosphere in the hall eased down, and the musicians began to play music again.

The feast continued in an orderly manner, and the singing and dancing leveled down...... Until the end of the birthday feast, the emperor and empress did not return.

Seeing the sun setting, Guanglu Siqing gritted his teeth, neither daring to disturb the emperor and Empress Dowager He, nor daring to keep the guests in the palace.

After Guanglu Siqing asked Cen Yin, he sent all the guests out of the palace.

Today's Qianqiu Banquet ended in a strange atmosphere.

Everyone left the palace one after another, scattered, and returned to their own houses.

At this time, it was only halfway through, the sun was setting in the west, and the weather was not so hot.

After the sisters said goodbye to Mrs. Li and Xin at the gate of the palace, they returned to Duanmu Mansion with Duanmu Xian, and the person who escorted them back was Feng Yan.

Duanmu Xian now feels that as long as he looks at Feng Yan's courteous and flattering face, he feels that it is very eye-catching, and he feels that all the diligence of this stinky boy is coveting his own four girls.

But in front of Mrs. Li and the Xin family, Duanmu Xian didn't like Feng Yan very well, so he had to escort them back by Feng Yan.

As soon as the carriage entered Duanmu Mansion, Duanmu Xian couldn't wait to speak out: "Ah Yan, it's not too early, you should go back." ”

Duanmu Xian is talking nonsense with his eyes open, and the sun hasn't set yet!

Feng Yan has always been cheeky, this is all in the door, where can it be so easy to be dismissed.

He said with a smile: "Grandfather, it's still early, I happened to get a seven-star chessboard used by Yan Yiming, a former chess saint, a few days ago, thinking that my grandfather is good at chess, I specially took it today, and I plan to give it to my grandfather." ”

The corners of Duanmu Xian's mouth twitched, Feng Yan's chessboard will not be sent sooner or later, and he will choose to send it at this time, so he is obviously waiting here.

However, when he thought of the seven-star chessboard of Yan Yiming, the former chess saint, Duanmu Xian felt itchy again, and felt that since Feng Yan wanted to marry his own four girls, it was also appropriate to honor his grandfather.

Duanmu Xian pretended to clear his throat, and said with a hint of arrogance: "You, you have a heart." ”

Feng Yan salivated and hurriedly said "It should be", "As long as grandfather likes it", Yunyun's polite words, and then ordered the little servant to go and get the chessboard.

There is a saying that eating people is soft-mouthed and short-handed.

Duanmu Xian took Feng Yan's things, so it was not good to drive him away directly, so he "politely" invited him to sit in the outer study.

Duanmujun looked interesting, and she had already laughed several times in her heart, she casually said that there was something else, so she didn't go with her.

So, Feng Yan followed Duanmuxian and Duanmufei to Duanmuxian's outer study.

When the light golden yellow and fragrant quince chessboard was placed squarely on the square table, Duanmu Xian's eyes lit up uncontrollably, and he was almost reluctant to blink.

This is a treasure that money can't buy!

Duanmu Xian suddenly felt that Feng Yan was also a little more pleasing to the eye, Feng Yan proudly threw a look at Duanmu Fei who was sitting on the side, and said with a smile: "Grandfather, why don't you point me to my chess skills?" The implication is to accompany Duanmu Xian to the next game.

Duanmu Xian's mind was completely occupied by the chessboard in front of him, and he agreed without paying attention.

After a while, he regretted it again.

This game of chess started at once, and it was only half an hour before it reached the middle game.

Moreover, where is Feng Yan playing chess, every son is grinding and chirping, while playing chess, he also pours tea and water for Duanmu Fei, and sends snacks to peel walnuts......

Where is this kid playing chess with him, it is clear that he is using this as an excuse not to leave.

Duanmu Xian's dislike is directly manifested on the chessboard, Baizi is murderous, and the sound of the collision between the chess pieces and the chessboard is like a pearl falling on the jade plate, crisp and pleasant.

When Mama Zhang came to ask Feng Yan if she wanted to have dinner at home, the two had not yet decided the winner.

Duanmu Xian didn't want to leave Feng Yan for dinner at all, but fortunately, this time, Feng Yan suddenly became interested: "Grandfather, it's not early, it's time for me to leave." ”

Feng Yan got up and arched his hand at Duanmu Xian, but his eyes reluctantly fell on Duanmu Fei's body.

Before you know it, it's time, and the sunset has fallen to the horizon.

He also wanted to stay with Duanmu Fei for dinner, but Jun Ran was going to leave for the north early tomorrow morning, and he still had something to prepare.

Duanmu Xian had long wanted to drive him away, so he couldn't wait to wave his hand and said, "Ah Yan, you go." ”

Feng Yan looked at Duanmu Fei with a blank eye, and hoped that Duanmu Fei could send him out in person, however, Duanmu Xiancai would not let him get his wish, and beckoned to Duanmu Fei with a smile, "Four girls, come, play chess with grandfather!" ”

Feng Yan unabashedly wrote his disappointment on his face, and walked away step by step.

And Duanmu Xian was like a child with a new toy, and he kept playing chess with Duanmu Fei with great interest, this time, he simply left Duanmu Fei on his side for dinner, and after dinner, he pulled her to continue playing chess.

As the sun sets, the silver moon and stars appear in the dark sky.

Seeing that the willows were on the moon, my sister had not returned to Zhanqing Courtyard, and Duanmujun personally came to the outer study to urge people.

The big girl in the outer study saw that it was a big girl, and she didn't know it, so she brought people in directly.

The grandfather and grandson sat by the window, the orange light in the room, the silver moonlight outside, the two rays of heat and cold blended into a dreamlike brilliance in the window, and sprinkled softly on the two of them.

Duanmu Xian held the sunspot in his hand, with a sad face.

Duanmu Fei held a teacup in his hand, drinking tea comfortably, and a lovely pear vortex came out of the corner of his mouth.

is such a daily picture, looking at Duanmujun's eyes, I only feel a warmth rising in my heart.

The corners of her rosy lips couldn't help but curl up slightly, and she subconsciously lightened her steps.

She didn't want to disturb Duanmuxian and Duanmufei, but Duanmufei had already seen her, put down the teacup in her hand, and turned her head to her with a smile as bright as stars.

"Sister!"

Duanmufei immediately threw down Duanmuxian and glued Duanmuxian, "Grandfather, let's go down here today......

Yes?! Duanmu Xian was still immersed in the chess game, raised his head blankly, and was about to persuade Duanmu Fei to say a few words, when he heard a sudden sound of a bell outside the window.

There was silence in the study, and the three grandparents and grandchildren in the room all subconsciously looked out of the window, and Duanmuxian's body trembled almost invisibly.

The night is as dark as ink, and the moon and stars are scarce.

It was as if an endless darkness enveloped the land, and there was silence outside.

"Boom!"

Another bell rang faintly, and the trees in the courtyard seemed to feel it, their shadows swaying in the bright moonlight.

The three ancestors and grandchildren are all looking at the bright moon in the night sky, the dark clouds will half cover the bright moon, the night sky is dark, and there is a vague ominous atmosphere.

The distant bell was still ringing one after another, and the echoes were endless, almost resounding through most of the capital.

Neither the grandparents spoke.

In the dead of night, the bell suddenly rang, and there was only the death knell, and it was also the royal death knell.