Gilles' face froze, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

The patriarch of the Wuji clan, Mo Kemo, immediately played a round and said: "Young people, it's nothing if you bump into each other a little, and the marriage fight is lively." After a pause, he changed his words, "Your Majesty, I heard that there is an ice lantern festival tonight, and the minister has never seen an ice lantern. ”

Who doesn't like to listen to good words, the emperor laughed heartily when he heard this, and said: "This time it also coincides with the cold winter of Layue, I just want to have a scene, and everyone will be lively and lively together." ”

"Gu Shiyun: 'I was pitying the fire tree and fighting Chunyan, and suddenly I saw the clear light reflecting the night. The pearls of the sea are still with water, and the sleeves are full of cold. It is the beauty of this ice lantern. ”

Most of the princes and princes of various tribes who accompanied him had never seen ice lanterns, and they were all in high spirits and the atmosphere was lively, and it seemed that even the cold in the air had dissipated a little.

Ashina said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, the ministers you said are really like cats scratching in their hearts, and I really want to go over and see them immediately." ”

When he said this, others also echoed it, and they were happy.

The emperor smiled and said, "Then we will go to Xuefang Garden to enjoy the lanterns now." ”

An Ping's expression was always faint, and the corner of his eye seemed to glance at Ashina inadvertently, and his eyes looked towards the blue sky in front of him.

Not only Anping was looking at Ashina, but Geng Hai, who had been following behind for a long time and hadn't spoken, was also looking at Ashina, but the person he was thinking about was Cen Yin.

Geng Hai stroked his sleeves casually, and his mind flickered: Cen Yin was a close minister of the emperor and often followed the emperor...... But today Cen Yin is "again" away!

The corners of Geng Hai's mouth hooked his lips with a sneer, and his eyes were as cold as ten thousand years of ice, Cen Yin should not be deliberately hiding, right?

If that's the case, is Cen Yin really ......

Geng Hai narrowed his eyes, a sharp light flashed quickly in his pupils, and he smiled calmly. It doesn't matter if it's real or fake, Cen Yin can't escape anyway!

The emperor and his entourage turned around and headed to the Xuefang Garden in the northeast.

After walking through a bluestone path and a winding verandah, the group entered the garden through the south gate of the Xuefang Garden.

It is a splendid and gorgeous ice palace.

Compared with yesterday, there are a lot more ice lanterns in the garden, a piece of jade and silver, and it is covered in silver.

Everywhere the eye can be seen, there are all kinds of ice sculptures, those ice lanterns are lit one after another, and the crystal clear ice lanterns are shining with colorful dazzling brilliance.

Each ice sculpture is like a lifelike and vivid sculpture, which is breathtaking!

"It's incredible that this crisp and hard ice cube can be carved into such a delicate and gorgeous ice lantern."

"They all say that I am a skilled craftsman, and it is true!"

"I'm afraid that this big ice cube can't be completed by hundreds of people, right?"

“……”

Everyone was amazed and full of praise, and the emperor couldn't help but show a little self-satisfaction when he heard it.

The prince who led the errand of Xuefangyuan followed the emperor step by step, seeing that the emperor was happy, the smile on his face deepened, and he diligently introduced these ice lanterns to the emperor and everyone, and walked all the way, all the way and said: "...... Your Majesty, the dragon lantern is just around the corner in front of you, and it has just been set up this morning. ”

While speaking, the prince secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he was quick and had arranged the dragon lantern early in the morning, otherwise it would be a disappointment for the emperor to come and not see the dragon lantern!

"Oh?" The Emperor answered, quickened his pace, and turned to the left.

In front of a Huo Ran Kaiang, what greeted everyone's eyes was a huge dragon-shaped ice lamp, which was more than five zhang long, the giant dragon carved from ice opened angrily, the big eyes of the copper bell almost glared out, the winding body was magnificent, and every dragon scale was clearly visible, which seemed to be vivid.

The orange light of the fire made the huge dragon lantern reflect the crystal brilliance, as if a giant dragon was soaring through the clouds in the colorful sky, and it simply set off the other birds, fish, cats and other ice lanterns around it into vulgar powder.

There was silence for a while.

Everyone's eyes fell on the dragon lantern in front of them, including the emperor, and they couldn't hide the admiration on their faces.

The emperor couldn't help but step forward and take a closer look at this vivid dragon lantern.

This dragon lantern is so exquisite, the eyes, nostrils, and sharp teeth of the dragon head are all lifelike, and the big dragon's mouth seems to be roaring silently.

The Emperor couldn't help but stretch out his hand and touch it on the frost-white dragon's head......

"Click."

He seemed to hear a slight snapping sound, or cracking.

The emperor frowned slightly, and vaguely saw a black ant crawling through the eyes of the dragon's head, which made the emperor jump up and take a step back.

Almost in the next moment, the huge dragon lantern shattered with a "snap", splitting into thousands, if not tens of thousands, of ice, and falling to the ground with a crackle, as if a large hailstone had been smashed.

It was only a few breaths, and the dragon ice lantern that had been full of energy turned into broken ice and dust.

The air was still filled with the chill released by the broken ice, and the clouds were smoky and foggy.

The emperor stood there like a coffin in ice, unable to move, and a pair of sharp eyes almost bulged out.

It all happened so suddenly......

He only felt that something in his heart seemed to be shattered with the cracking of this dragon lantern......

The Emperor's heart was pounding out of rhythm, and his mind was restless.

This scene also made the tribal princes, clan nobles, and close ministers of the Son of Heaven behind the emperor dumbfounded.

This dragon has represented the meaning of the Son of Heaven since ancient times, and this dragon-shaped ice lantern was shattered in front of the emperor, which always gave people a feeling of bad luck.

Most of the people accompanying him today knew the emperor's temperament very well, and knew that the emperor must be thunderous and angry at the moment, and they were all silent, and the originally noisy garden instantly fell silent, as if all the voices had been sucked away.

The princes and other chamberlains were so frightened that they almost lost their souls.

The prince was the first to kneel down with a "plop", shouting "The emperor forgives the sins", and the other chamberlains also knelt on the cold and hard ground, all of them were sincerely frightened, and their faces were like paper.

The Emperor still stood there, motionless, deaf to the pleas of his chamberlains.

The Emperor was in no mood to pay attention to them, and at this moment his eyes were full of horror, and the black ant crawling on the dragon's head lingered in front of his eyes......

Obviously, the ritual arranged at Qianfeng Temple last time didn't have any effect...... Yes, the sky has thundered, which means that God does not forgive the second son, how can it be useful?!

Now, Heaven is angry with him again.

Thinking about it, the emperor's pupils shrank, and his heart went up and down.

The emperor's silence made the hearts of those servants even more panicked, and they all trembled like chaff, and they were all puzzled: this dragon lantern was still sturdy when it was moved in the morning, why did it suddenly break at this time!

The others behind the emperor were silently watching the mess in this place, even the two princes did not dare to touch the emperor's moldy head at this time, and the surroundings were so quiet that it seemed that even the sound of breathing had stopped......

Suddenly, the emperor's cold voice sounded in the garden: "What a disappointment! ”

The chamberlains only felt a chill on the back of their necks, as if a guillotine was hanging from above, and no one noticed that the corners of the mouth of a small chamberlain kneeling at the back were hooked in a treacherous arc, and his head was lowered.

When the emperor looked at these trembling chamberlains, he felt that his heart was rising in flames, and when the angry words came to his mouth, he hesitated again.

He couldn't help but think of the Dharma of Qianfeng Temple that day, Cen Yin said that this Buddhist family pays attention to the virtue of having a good life in heaven, so that if you want to make a good relationship, you will have good results......

Others may not have seen it clearly, but he knew best that the ice lantern had shattered the moment his hand touched the dragon's head. If you make a big move and see the blood, maybe you will make God think that you are dissatisfied, and think that you will die without repentance, wouldn't it be even more beautiful?!

The emperor's hand subconsciously pinched the Hetian Yuyu wrench on the thumb of his right hand.

At this time, Geng Haihai took a step forward and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this reception banquet is approaching, and Lord Cen doesn't know where it is, and he is too inconsiderate in doing this...... "This kind of thing happened!"

"Enough!" However, before Geng Hai finished speaking, he was interrupted impatiently by the emperor, and said almost angrily, "Geng Hai, you take care of yourself!" ”

This Geng Hai is really narrow-minded, and he wants to give Ah Yin's little shoes to wear when he has the opportunity! The emperor glanced at Geng Hai unhappily, and Geng Hai chuckled in his heart.

"That's it." The emperor waved his hand indifferently and said casually, "I will spare you when Ayin intercedes with you." ”

"Thank you for the emperor's kindness!" The prince hurriedly thanked him and kowtowed heavily.

The emperor was irritable in his heart, and he didn't have the heart to appreciate any more ice lanterns, so he flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked back.

The prince and a few other chamberlains were still kneeling, putting their foreheads on the ground, not daring to get up at all, until this moment the high heart was completely put down: I thought that if I didn't lose my head this time, I would have to eat a board, but I didn't expect the emperor to let it go gently......

I don't know what Lord Cen said to the emperor that made the emperor change his mind.

This time it's really a blessing from Lord Cen Duke! The prince wiped the cold sweat with his cuffs, hey, the cheap lives of these people are not worth anything, and only Lord Cen will always read it. Wang Gonggong looked at the broken ice and ice slag on the ground, and sighed in his heart.

Now that the emperor is gone, the others don't have the heart to stay here to enjoy the ice lanterns.

The third prince Mu Youjing called "Father" and took the lead in chasing out, and then the fourth prince Mu Youyi and others also followed, and after a while, the Xuefang Garden became empty.

An Ping and Wen Wuchen, who was in a wheelchair, did not leave in a hurry, looking at the back of the waiters, the little waiter who was originally kneeling at the back had disappeared for some time.

The two quietly exchanged a look, their eyes smiling knowingly with each other.

"It's a shame." Wen Wuchen half-lowered his eyes, and looked at the broken ice in that place, and several black ants crawled by, "Boom and ......"

After the emperor left Xuefangyuan, he went directly back to Beijing.

The news of the royal driver's return to Beijing spread throughout Qianya Garden in a short time, and the young men and girls who were not in Xuefang Garden at that time were all shocked.

Even if the emperor was not there, he did not delay the afternoon reception banquet, anyway, everything that should have been prepared was prepared, but it was a lot more deserted, the reception banquet was presided over by the three princes and the four princes, and several tribal princes and clan princes also used the excuse that they did not come, and Geng Hai, Wei Yongxin and other important ministers also followed the emperor back to Beijing.

Feng Yan didn't care about this, anyway, as far as he was concerned, as long as his Zhen Zhen was there.

At the reception banquet, after three rounds of wine, the atmosphere became lively, many guests drank red-faced, Feng Yan casually toasted a round of wine, and then couldn't wait to return to Anping and Duanmufei's seats.

An Pingzheng was talking to Duanmu Fei seriously: "...... Scarlet, what kind of reckless person still wants to compare with Ah Yan, it's really beyond his strength. Ah Yan's kung fu is taller than him, and he looks better than him. ”

It seems right that An Ping said this, Feng Yan is indeed good-looking! Duanmu Fei thought about Heru's upright face and nodded thoughtfully.

Mother is really good at talking! Feng Yanxi smiled, strode over, and said in a low voice, "Zhenzhen, what will happen when we go out to play?" ”

On this cold day, Duanmu Fei didn't want to go outside to blow the cold wind, but before she could say anything, she heard Feng Yan say again: "I saw it when I was digging ice fishing in the morning, and now the ice is more than three inches thick, so it should be able to ice frolic." ”

As soon as he heard the word "Bing Xi", Duanmu Fei's eyes lit up, where could he care about whether he was cold or not, he immediately ran away with him, and An Ping watched the two of them leave with a smile, his eyes showing love.

Feng Yan took Duanmu Fei all the way to the shore of Chongyue Lake.

The surface of the lake has long been frozen, and the thick layer of ice is like a silver mirror spread on the surface of the lake, shining silver.

Ah Yong, who was dressed in a cyan little guy and a short fight, had already prepared skates and waited there, and when he saw Feng Yan and Duanmu Fei coming, he hurriedly came up and saluted the two.

He had already tried it on the lake in advance, and the ice was thick and hard enough to withstand it.

Duanmu Fei happily changed into skates with two-toothed skates, excited and nervous, before he went to the lake, his little face was already red, as if he was dyed with rouge.

After putting on the skates, Duanmu Fei could barely walk, like a toddler, and walked towards the lake with difficulty with the support of Feng Yan.

Feng Yan took the lead in stepping on the ice, then faced Duanmu Fei, stretched out his hands to her, and said softly: "Zhenzhen, skate on the ice, but don't be afraid, grab my hand." ”

Duanmu Fei stretched out his left hand, grabbed his right hand first, and at the same time carefully stepped on his left foot, feeling that his foot would slip and not slip away.

Feng Yan gave her an encouraging smile, and Duanmu Fei mustered up the courage to step on his right foot again, standing side by side with his feet, as if he was about to slip at any moment.

The two of them clasped their hands together, facing each other, Duanmu Fei was so stiff that he didn't dare to move.

Feng Yan's hand was so warm.

"Vera, look me in the eye." Feng Yan said with a smile.

Duanmu Fei commanded and moved, obediently looking at him with four eyes, Feng Yan's beautifully shaped phoenix eyes were full of smiles, just like the starry night sky.

Feng Yan's eyes are so beautiful, just like Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Anping! Duanmu sighed silently in his heart.

Feng Yan continued: "Keep your head up, don't look at your feet." Remember? ”

Duanmu replied, his big eyes were shining, and he was so cute that Feng Yan really wanted to touch his cheeks.

He cleared his throat and continued to teach her the basics of Bing Xi:

"Now you try to lift your right foot and put your weight on your left foot......"

"Once you are on your feet, put your right foot back and try to lift your left foot......"

"Let's try to stand up in a different way......"

“……”

On the huge lake, only Feng Yan's voice sounded from time to time, and Duanmu Fei occasionally responded, although her eyes didn't look at her feet, but all her attention was uncontrollably on her feet.

"Walk like walking, step by step, try to keep each foot on the ice as long as you can......"

Feng Yan held Duanmu Fei's hands tightly, and guided Duanmu Fei to slide forward with his retreat, slowly, step by step, the two of them slid slowly on the ice......

Although the speed of the two of them sliding is not as fast as Duanmufei's walking speed, it is enough for Duanmufei.

With Feng Yan here, she doesn't have to worry about falling at all.

With Feng Yan here, she will be able to learn it soon!

Duanmufei's body relaxed unconsciously, and a crisp laugh came out of his mouth, echoing on the ice.

At this moment, a penetrating voice suddenly came from not far away: "Look, there they are!" ”

Feng Yan immediately recognized the owner of the voice, and on his handsome face, the corners of his mouth that were originally slightly raised froze in an instant. He helped Duanmu Fei to slow down a little, and finally stopped by the lake.

Duanmufei's left hand still firmly held Feng Yan's right hand, following the prestige.

More than ten zhang away, several young sons and girls walked over to this side with a smile, Jun Ran, Wuyang, Han Xing, Mu Jinfan, Prince Bao's son Mu Huachang, and seven or eight people such as the third prince and the fourth prince came.

"Ah Yan, you are too unrighteous, run out to play by yourself!"

Jun Ran walked briskly with a folding fan, smiling and complaining, with a touch of cunning in his eyes.

He was the first to find out that Feng Yan and Duanmu Fei were gone, so he deliberately dragged the others to find them together, who let Ah Yan leave them so unjustly!

Han Xing also nodded with concern on the side, and gave Duanmu Fei a complaining look, as if to say, Cousin Scarlet, you come out to play, and you don't bring it to the palace.

Duanmu Fei only cared about giggling, she was playing with ice play, and completely forgot about Han Xing.

"Because I think you're noisy, go aside!" Feng Yan said to Jun Ran unceremoniously, and rolled his eyes angrily, feeling that Jun Ran was really eyeless.

"Yo, are you still reasonable?!" Jun Ran casually put away the folding fan with a "snap", and pointed at Feng Yan with the handle of the fan to find Wuyang to preside over justice, "Wuyang, you say, is he a wicked person to sue first?!" He shook his head and sighed, looking disappointed.

Wuyang had long been accustomed to Jun Ran and Feng Yan being together and would joke with each other, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Jun Ran's "complaint".

"Jun Shizi, don't be angry." The third prince, Mu Youjing, took two steps forward with a smile, smiled warmly, and tried to make peace, "I think it's because there are many people at the banquet, so Cousin Yan didn't call the prince." Now that everyone is here, let's just play together. With that, Mu Youjing instructed the attendants to hurry up and prepare skates.

Jun Ran opened the folding fan casually again, fanning it casually, and was a little speechless in his heart: He and Ah Yan have always gotten along like this, just kidding, where do you want this Royal Highness of the Third Prince to be a good person!

The corners of Jun Ran's mouth raised slightly, hooking up an arc that seemed to be a smile but not a smile.

"Ah Yan, how boring it is to skate around on the ice, why don't we team up and compete in the 'Spinning Dragon Shooting'?" Jun Ran proposed with a grin, his eyes scanning back and forth between Feng Yan and Duanmu Fei, "Since Ah Yan and the fourth girl of Duanmu are sneaking away, then the two of you can form a team." The losing group returned to Beijing for a treat. ”

Jun Ran's proposal made Feng Yan feel very appropriate, he agreed without saying a word, and winked at Duanmu Fei with a smile, meaning, Zhen Zhen, don't worry, he is here!

Wuyang and Hanxing looked at Feng Yan sympathetically, they knew best how uncoordinated Duanmu Fei's hands and feet were, not to mention helping, it was already good not to hold Feng Yan back.

"......" Duanmufei didn't have a chance to speak at all, and things had already developed to this point.

The other people gathered together and quickly divided into groups, Wuyang and the fourth prince Mu Youyi in a group, Jun Ran and Hanxing in a group, the third prince Mu Youjing and Mu Huachang in a group, and Mu Jinfan volunteered to be a referee for them.

More than a dozen chamberlains got busy, drawing a winding formation on the ice, only enough for a single person to walk together in the tortuous and narrow formation, and set up arrow targets at the corners of each place, and set up a gate at the end of the formation, on which hung two balls, the heavenly sphere and the earth, respectively, and the contestants had to pass through the gate in order to shoot these two balls like a horse turning around and shooting an arrow.

If you want to play this "dragon shooting" well, it is not only necessary to be good at ice play, but also good at archery, and shooting the ball is different from shooting the target, and the test is skill.

Today, they have a limited number of people, so as long as the game is simplified appropriately, in fact, it takes hundreds of people to really "spin the dragon and shoot the ball" to be lively and interesting.

After everyone agreed on the rules, they all put on their skates and bows and arrows on their backs, and got ready.

After the loud gong sounded, the game began, and the seven people sped out like arrows from the string.

Feng Yan encountered obstacles at the beginning, Jun Ran and Mu Huachang deliberately formed a human wall together to hinder Feng Yan's progress, while Han Xing, Wuyang, and Mu Youjing temporarily took the lead under the cover of their teammates, and quickly slipped into the narrow formation, and Feng Yan temporarily fell into the penultimate position.

Hanxing has always been active, but all the games that require hands and feet, such as horseback riding, pot throwing, wooden shooting, polo, juju, etc., are played well, and they are not inferior even to men.

Only Duanmu Fei stood alone in place, with no intention of catching up at all. She slowly took arrows from behind her, took arrows, and drew her bow......

She discussed tactics with Feng Yan, she couldn't even stand steadily, so she didn't go to make trouble for Feng Yan, she just had to be responsible for shooting the few arrow targets she could shoot here.

"Whew!"

Duanmu Fei shot an arrow crookedly, and Mu Jinfan, who was standing on the shore, saw the corner of his eye twitch, and watched as the weak arrow hit the edge of the target dangerously, and then fell.

Feng Yan was busy, and he turned around and praised, "Zhen Zhen is awesome!" ”

There is no regression in his archery skills! Duanmu smiled beautifully and continued to repeat the actions of taking arrows and shooting arrows.

At the same time, the people in the formation almost slid to the center of the dragon-shaped formation, the skates under their feet seemed to merge with them, the ice blades "slashed" across the ice, and the snow-white ice flowers seemed to be mixed with sparks, and the agile figures were like a frightening dragon, sliding quickly and smoothly.

The situation has changed, Mu Youjing is ahead of everyone, and Feng Yan has also gone from the penultimate to the third, Feng Yan is still speeding up, while sliding, while shooting arrows, the speed of the sliding under his feet is not affected at all, the feather arrows "swish" out, each arrow hits the bull's-eye, not only that, he also deliberately shot other people's arrows crookedly.

"Whoosh!"

Another arrow was shot, and in the next moment, Feng Yan's hand was on Mu Youjing's shoulder, and at the moment when the other party didn't react, he flew over the other party's head with a somersault, and then fell to the ground, and after a light spin, he continued to move forward.

This scene is so beautiful!

Duanmu Fei applauded Feng Yan again and again, his eyes shining.

Feng Yan took the lead, and the leading advantage became more and more obvious, every arrow hit the bull's-eye, and his body galloped towards the gate.

Everyone was having a lively time, and no one noticed that there were two more people in a pavilion hundreds of feet away, and the lord of Roland and his brother Heru stood side by side, both raising their eyes to look in the direction of Feng Yan.

Lord Roland stared at Feng Yan with burning eyes, his brown eyes becoming deeper and deeper in the shadows of the pavilion.

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