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Kang Yunyan didn't rush to see Duanmufei, but first went to the small kitchen to make the ingredients into bird food, and was busy for half an hour, and then took the finished bird food to the east room.

The room was still so lively, just like before she left, Han Xing and Duanmu Fei were still circling around the little starling.

Han Xing is playing shuttlecock with the little starling, which should be made of pheasant's tail feathers, colorful and gorgeous, like a bird when it rises and falls in mid-air.

When Kang Yunyan entered, the shuttlecock flew right towards her cheek, causing Dong'er to snort in fright.

"Quack!"

The little starling screamed, bit the shuttlecock with one mouth, and then flapped his wings and circled in mid-air a few times, as if to say, I'm amazing, I'm amazing!

Han Xing and Duanmu Fei were very supportive, and applauded it "pop", "Xiaoba is really amazing!" ”

The little starling bit the shuttlecock and flew back to the small square table between the cousins, put the shuttlecock down, and then looked at them expectantly, and "croaked" again.

Pine nuts!

Han Xing could almost read these two words in the eyes of the little starling, and he was almost about to intercede with it.

"Miss Kang." Duanmufei beckoned to Kang Yunyan, Kang Yunyan hurriedly lifted the food box in his hand, opened the food box, and took out the fragrant bird food inside.

She made the bird food into granules larger than rice grains to facilitate the starling's pecking, and added diced radish, wolfberry, yam and so on to it.

The little starling forgot about the pine nuts all of a sudden, flew over with a croak, ate the bird food in the bowl, and pecked the residue to fly around......

Han Xing regarded the little starling as a little doll in his heart, lest it choke, and persuaded him on the side: "Little Ba, eat slowly, no one will rob you." ”

As she spoke, she instructed Congzhen to fetch a bowl of water for the little starling, and she served her attentively and thoughtfully.

Seeing that the little starling liked the bird food he made, Kang Yunyan finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She still remembers that her starling likes to eat yellow eel, so she mixed some yellow eel mud into the bird food, but luckily this little starling tastes similar.

Kang Yunyan had a slight idea in his heart.

Because the little starling was very satisfied with the bird food made by Kang Yunyan, Han Xing simply appointed Kang Yunyan to be responsible for making bird food for the little starling.

Kang Yunyan is also very conscientious, for fear that the little starling will get tired of eating, so he changes various ingredients every day to make bird food that is easy to peck at.

One pattern a day, attracting the joy of the bird's heart, the black feathers all over the body seem to be rubbed with grease as if shining.

The little starling has always been well versed in the way of inches, and on the first day, he first familiarized himself with the rooms where he asked Mei Xuan;

The next day, he flew out of the house and inspected the entire courtyard where he asked Mei Xuan;

On the third day, he crossed a pond behind Wen Meixuan and walked around the surrounding pavilions;

……

By the tenth day, the little starling had already familiarized himself with the entire Canghai Forest, and one of the things he did every morning was to inspect the sky above the Canghai Forest.

It's not tired, but it's tired.

"Hachi, slow down!"

Bi Chan chased behind, during the Chinese New Year, she didn't serve the four girls much, she was busy watching this starling all day long, Canghai Forest is not like Duanmu Mansion in the capital, the personnel are complicated, Bi Cicada followed the little starling every step of the way is afraid that it will be injured by mistake.

Where will the little starling pay attention to the cicada, it was locked up in the house for a night to sleep with, and now it's time for it to go out and play.

"Quack!"

The little starling was more excited when he was chased, flying higher and screaming louder, quite a kind of momentum of dominating the world.

"Quack ......"

Not far ahead, a purple-robed young man was striding towards this side, and the little starling lowered his body slightly, showing off his flying skills......

Three feet, two feet, one foot......

It gradually lowered, getting closer and closer to the comer, and suddenly, the purple-robed young man looked up at it, and the phoenix eyes that were as beautiful as cold stars flew obliquely, carelessly.

"Quack ......"

The little starling recognized this "bad guy" at once, and was so frightened that it even changed its voice, and the bird's body trembled, and it almost didn't fall from the air......

The cicada below watched as the little starling fluttered its wings in a panic and fell on a bush not far away, and then "quacked" and cried, like a fluttering old hen half-flying and half-jumping away.

The corners of Bi Cicada's mouth twitched, feeling a little strange. She also thought that Xiao Ba had always been not afraid of the sky and the earth. It turns out that it still has natural predators.

Bi Chan quickly turned around and saluted the young man in front of him: "Feng Gongzi." ”

After saluting, Bi Cicada hurried to chase the little starling again, but he couldn't let a bird run away, and called "Little Eight" in his mouth, and the cry became farther and farther......

Feng Yan didn't care at all, and strode in to ask Mei Xuan.

Of course, he was looking for Duanmu Fei.

Today, the emperor is going out to play, and he plans to take a few princes and princesses and the children of the clan, etc., Duanmufei and Hanxing will also go together, so Feng Yan came to ask Mei Xuan early in the morning to pick up Duanmufei.

Duanmu Fei and Han Xing had already dressed up, and as soon as Feng Yan arrived, the three of them immediately set off from asking Mei Xuan.

When he walked to the far door of Wen Meixuan, Han Xing couldn't help but turn his head and look around again, muttering, "Xiaoba doesn't know where to play." ”

She originally planned to take the little starling out with her, but the little starling couldn't stay idle, and as soon as the window opened, it couldn't wait to fly out to play.

Han Xing had no choice but to give up, and instead told Kang Yunyan: "Yunyan, you have to take good care of Xiaoba, don't starve it." ”

"Yes, Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess." Kang Yunyan hurriedly responded.

Feng Yan, Duanmu Fei and Han Xing left, Kang Yunyan stood at the entrance of the courtyard and watched the three of them drift away, followed her to tell Dong'er to find the little starling and Bi Chan, and he went to the small kitchen to cook bird food as usual.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, there was no New Year's atmosphere in the Canghai Forest, that is, a few red lanterns were hung along the way.

When Feng Yan, Duanmu Fei and Han Xing came to the gate of Canghailin, there were already more than a dozen people waiting there, including the three princes, the three princesses, the governor of Yingtian, the prefect of Meng, Wen Jingzhi and others.

Before everyone had time to salute each other, they heard a waiter sing a report in a shrill voice:

"The emperor has arrived!"

The emperor in a royal blue brocade robe and a moon-white cloak was strolling leisurely towards this side, and he was followed by Cen Yin, Cheng Xunli, Wei Yongxin and several other close ministers, each of whom cooperated with the emperor to dress up in regular clothes.

Duanmu Fei's gaze swept quickly over the emperor and Cen Yin, and he smiled at Cen Yin's obedient curved lips, which was regarded as a greeting.

Cen Yin also nodded slightly at the little girl, and a soft smile appeared on her beautiful face.

Cen Yin walked on the left hand side of the emperor, the emperor occasionally turned his head to talk to him, his expression was intimate, Rao is Wen Jingzhi and Ying Tian Governor had never seen Cen Yin before, and they vaguely guessed the identity of this beautiful young man, and looked at Meng Zhifu with a verifying gaze.

Governor Meng looked at Cen Yin with a stunned expression.

Today's Cen Yin is wearing a bamboo blue straight jacket, covered with a blue coat, and a crow green square scarf on his head, looking like a scholar from a scholarly family, which is very different from the Dongchang factory supervisor who was dressed in angry horses and robes when he entered the city that day.

Ying Tianxun cleared his throat, and Governor Meng turned around and nodded, meaning, this is Cen Yin.

At this time, the emperor had already approached, and everyone hurriedly saluted the emperor, either as a bow or as a blessing, "Your Majesty." ”

Since beating the emperor Layueli seriously ill, Duanmu Fei has not seen the emperor so closely for several days, the emperor's figure still seems to be tall, but his face is a lot haggard, the eye sockets are slightly sunken, and the sideburns are mixed with a few silver threads.

Today, the emperor was obviously in a good mood, laughing, "No courtesy." When you go out today, everything is simple, and everyone should not be too restrained. ”

Who in front of the emperor can not be restrained, but since the emperor has said so, the governor of Ying Tian will also respond in this way, with the appearance of "the emperor is happy with the people".

"Let's go."

The emperor neatly took the lead in turning over and getting on the horse, and the others also got on the horse, while Duanmu Fei, Han Xing, Shu Yun and other female dependents got into the carriage respectively, and the carriage and horses went out of the Canghai Forest in an orderly manner, all the way to the north of the city.

After Cen Yin came to Jiangnan, the emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief and handed over all the chaos in Jiangnan to Cen Yin to be responsible.

For the emperor, the biggest headache now is the matter of the edict.

After the edict, a wave of fury was set off in the Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River, and those literati and scholars combined with the emperor's guilty edict to criticize the emperor for a while, questioning that the emperor was plotting to usurp the throne and not taking the throne properly.

The emperor was anxious, but the three princes were stupid before, and they happened to arrest a few people who spoke for Emperor Chongming and put them in prison, and the two things came together, as if proving the emperor's weakness.

This chaotic situation makes the emperor unable to speak, even if outsiders know that the culprit is Mu Youjing, I am afraid they will only think that he is signaling behind his back, and it is he who makes his son a scapegoat.

The emperor didn't want to face the criticism of outsiders, Rao was later recovered, and he had been hiding in the sea forest and did not go out, only occasionally recruiting a few students he had been optimistic about to come in and talk, not only to talk about literature and scriptures, but also to analyze the current situation of the dynasty, and praised the emperor's achievements over the years, which finally made the emperor's heart feel a lot more comfortable, and from time to time invited Zeng Yuanjie and several people to come to Canghailin to have fun.

In the Chinese New Year's Eve, after Cen Yin arrived in Canghailin, he had a secret conversation with the emperor.

Cen Yin persuaded the emperor not to pay attention to the controversies outside, and he didn't need to explain anything, he was the dignified son of Dasheng, and he was the most honorable person in Dasheng, so why bother to explain so much to these people!

The emperor felt that Cen Yin's words had won his heart.

Also, explaining too much will only show that he is weak-minded, the so-called "edict" was taken out by Bai Lanjun against the party, and he was deliberately "framing" him, intending to discredit him, the son of Dasheng.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, so in order to show that he had a clear conscience, he decided to travel today, and deliberately called these many people to make a huge noise.

"Smack!"

The emperor waved his horsewhip and rode his horse at the front, the whole person looked high-spirited, and said in his heart: Ah Yin is still reliable!

Twenty or thirty horses in the rear followed closely behind the emperor, and this huge convoy attracted the curious eyes of many people.

On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the streets in Gusu City began to be lively again, and those shops opened their doors to do business again, and the people were still immersed in the joy of the New Year.

There is still a thick layer of snow on the buildings and branches of the trees in the city, but the snow on the streets has long been swept away, and the horses' hooves "deserve" on the streets.

As the prefect of Gusu, Governor Meng was the most familiar with the city, and followed the emperor closely, introducing the surrounding scenery to the emperor from time to time.

Meng Zhifu looked at his eyebrows and smiled, but he was actually bitter in his heart.

According to the emperor's original route to the south, the imperial driver should stay in Gusu City for more than ten days, and then the emperor will continue to go south, go to Jizhou, and then set off in Layue to return to Beijing.

But because of various "accidents" on this southern tour, the emperor's trip was delayed, and the emperor simply stayed in Gusu City, and he didn't even go back for the New Year.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu once advised the emperor to be so unruly, however, the emperor ignored it.

The Meng prefect's mansion is just a prefect, and he can't speak, so he can only continue to entertain the emperor, and the silver is spent like flowing water.

"Gotta ......"

The huge convoy traveled for a long time, until it reached Yulin Street in the north of the city, and the surroundings became lively.

On both sides of Yulin Street, there are many shops, teahouses and restaurants, and the road is endless.

The emperor simply dismounted and walked instead.

Seeing this, the others could only dismount one after another, and the girls in the carriage stepped into the carriage one by one.

As soon as Duanmu Fei opened the curtain, he couldn't wait to retract it immediately.

It's so cold today!

The cold winter wind drilled into the neckline like a knife.

Hey, Duanmu sighed silently in his heart, he really shouldn't go out this season, and he doesn't know why the emperor suddenly came to travel again......

At this time, Feng Yan appeared by the carriage and stretched out his hand to Duanmufei diligently, "Zhen Zhen." ”

Facing his beautiful phoenix eyes, Duanmu Fei's head was blank for a moment, and she subconsciously put her left hand on his palm and got out of the carriage with his hand.

Immediately afterwards, Feng Yan put a thick cloak around Duanmufei, and put the cloak hat on for her, but he didn't know where to find a hand stove and stuffed it into Duanmufei's hand.

This series of movements flowed like a cloud, as if he had practiced it many times.

With the hand stove, Duanmu Fei felt alive again, and smiled sweetly at Feng Yan.

At this time, Han Xing also got out of the carriage behind Duanmu Fei, and just happened to see Fang Cai's scene, feeling that he was about to be blinded.

Ay. Han Xing sighed silently in her heart, forget it, she will give Cousin Scarlet to Cousin Yan, she will go to Cousin You to play.

Thinking about it, Han Xing suddenly felt that something was wrong...... Odd?

Before she could come up with a reason, she saw Duanmu Fei beckoning to her happily, "Cousin Hanxing, you see that shop seems to sell bird food, bird cages, and bird racks." ”

Little Starlings will love it! Han Xing's eyes lit up, and he was immediately distracted.

She eagerly stepped forward, took Duanmu Fei's hand and said, "Cousin Scarlet, let's go buy some gifts for Xiaoba." ”

The two little girls jumped towards the shop, and Feng Yan, who was left behind, stared at Han Xing expressionlessly.

"Ah Yan."

After Duanmu Fei took two steps forward, he seemed to remember that he had forgotten Feng Yan, and turned back and beckoned to him with a smile.

As soon as Feng Yan saw her delicate little jade-like face, he immediately showed a bright smile and happily wagged his tail and followed.

The three of them said that they were going out with the emperor, but in fact, they were playing their own games, and they just barely managed to stay out of the team.

The shops on the street were similar to the emperor, and after a while, the emperor felt bored, so he picked a nearby teahouse and went in.

Governor Ying Tian also knew that the emperor liked to "have fun with the people" when he traveled in micro-clothes, so he proposed: "Master Mu, why don't we sit in the lobby for a while?" ”

This sentence was quite in line with the emperor's heart.

So, a group of more than a dozen people, except for the disguised waiter and brocade guard, everyone else entered the teahouse.

The second brother immediately greeted them, and when he saw that there were many of them, he divided four tables for them to sit down, and served them tea and snacks diligently, serving them diligently and thoughtfully.

Duanmufei was naturally at the same table with Hanxing, and the two looked at the bird rack, whistle, bird food and bird nest they had just bought with great interest, talking and laughing.

That cheerful appearance caused the emperor to glance at the two girls, feeling that the two little girls had not grown up, like children.

Shu Yun at the next table was also looking at Han Xing and Duanmu Fei, the corners of her mouth curled out disapprovingly, she didn't bother to pay attention to them, and drank tea by herself.

The business in the teahouse is not enough, although it is not to the point of being full, and the tables and chairs in the lobby are also sat by the tea guests, and the sound of laughter comes from time to time.

"Brother Zhang, I see that you are full of red face, could it be that there is something good about you recently?" A short, stocky middle-aged man in a brown brocade robe said to his tablemate.

Master Zhang stroked his goatee with a smile, "The emperor is wise, the country is peaceful, of course I am wide and fat." ”

"yes, yes." An old man on the other side immediately echoed with deep sympathy, "This day is getting better and better every year, thanks to the good governance of today, this Xuanlong prosperous era is again." ”

"That's right......"

In the lobby, there was a wave of praise, praising the four seas and praising the emperor's eloquence and wisdom.

The tea guests listened to the emperor's heart with great joy, and their brows stretched and they smiled.

Governor Meng and Governor Yingtian on the side quietly exchanged glances with each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Wen Yongju, who was waiting on the side, had been observing the words, and when he saw this, he took the opportunity to say: "Master, the slave heard that there is a piece of Shangqing Lake near here, and the three-color plum forest on the lakeside is very famous. ”

Governor Meng glanced at Wen Yongju with some surprise, but immediately bowed his head and said: "Master Mu, the Meilin snow scene of Shangqing Lake is known to everyone in Gusu City, and every year when it snows, there are many people who come here to enjoy the snow scene. ”

"I still remember when I went to Shangqing Lake to see the snow, it was five years ago." Wen Jingzhi stroked his beard and said, he was also full of praise, and the emperor was a little interested when he heard it.

Everyone surrounded the emperor, and they said a word, talking lively, Cen Yin didn't say a word from beginning to end, and drank tea by himself.

Shu Yun sat at the table on the right hand side of the emperor, she held the teacup with a complicated expression, and looked at her eldest uncle Wen Jingzhi with a stunned look, her eyes darkening.

A few days ago, cousin Wen Yongdie came to Canghailin again and told her uncle:

"Shu Yun, I told my father everything you said, and my father thinks your method is too reckless."

"My father said that this matter still has to be considered in the long run, so don't be impatient first."

"Shu Yun, you won't be married until next year, and there are still the eldest princess and the second princess who haven't married yet, and there are at least two or three years before your wedding, what my father means, it's better to wait a little longer, find a suitable opportunity and beg the emperor again."

At that time, every word Wen Yongdie said still clearly echoed in Shu Yun's ears, and Shu Yun's brows furrowed tightly.

She stared at Wen Jingzhi's side face for a moment and then withdrew her gaze, looking down at the teacup in her hand, a leafy green Biluochun rose and fell in the green tea soup, just like her mood at the moment.

Her cherry lips pursed, and she was still angry when she thought about it.

The Wen family's thoughts are obvious, I am afraid that because the father pointed out that he was such a waste as Cao Qinfeng, the eldest uncle's family felt that they had no future, so they planned to give up on themselves!

Yes, where is there any family affection in this royal family, only status and interests.

Shu Yun was almost desperate, he couldn't sleep all night, and yesterday he went to Mingse Pavilion to see Chu Qingyu and complained.

It's better to be the second emperor's sister-in-law, not only comforting herself, but also giving herself an idea to find "that person......

Shu Yun drank the tea silently, the voices around her had left her, and she was immersed in her own world.

The emperor sat in this teahouse for a stick of incense, and after slowly drinking the cup of tea in his hand, he left with everyone and continued to walk along Yulin Street.

Shangqing Lake was just one street away from Yulin Street, not too far, so the emperor simply continued walking.

On the shore of Shangqing Lake, there is a crowd of people.

Everywhere you look, are those people who come to enjoy the snow, men, women and children, walking on the lakeside, bridgehead and plum forest, and some people are enthusiastic to float a flat boat on the lake, in the ice and snow, there is also quite a artistic conception of fishing alone in the cold river and snow.

Those literati and students laid out bamboo mats and straw mats in the plum forest one by one, sat on the ground, and drank in front of the plum blossoms and residual snow on the branches, or raised their glasses, or talked loudly, or recited poems......

The emperor had never experienced such a plum appreciation, so he was a little excited and fanned the folding fan in his hand.

Wen Yongju immediately saw the emperor's intentions, and asked, "Master, do you want the servants to prepare a few mats?" ”

The emperor bowed slightly, signaling him to go.

Wen Yongju hurriedly sent a small chamberlain to prepare. There was a vendor who sold mats to tourists on the lakeside, and the little waiter bought seven or eight of them and spread them neatly in the white plum forest.

In this huge plum forest, there are at least hundreds of literati and students, and the emperor and his party are just a drop in the ocean, which does not attract too much attention, and the people around them talk and laugh on their own.

Hanxing also thought it was funny, and happily pulled Duanmu Fei to sit down, and sighed regretfully: "Cousin Scarlet, it would be nice if Xiaoba also came with us." It likes to be lively and will definitely love it here. ”

"......" Duanmu Fei looked around at everyone, and his expression was a little indescribable.

Yes, if the little starling comes, it will definitely be happy, but the people around it may not be.

With its no-one nature, it will definitely play with the snow on the branches of this mergrove, and when the time comes, the residual snow will be fanned down from the branches......

Duanmu Fei could almost imagine how these well-dressed literati students were embarrassed by the little starling.

Well, forget it. It didn't come just right.

Duanmu Fei was thinking about it, a teacup was handed to her, and she took it easily, and the plum blossom tea with hot soup in the teacup was just right to cover her hands.

Duanmu sniffed the tea fragrance of the flower tea, smiled with satisfaction at Feng Yan, and smiled crookedly with a pair of big eyes that appeared outside the veil.

Feng Yan was encouraged, took out some warm snacks from the food box, and also put them on the mat.

The two little chamberlains dressed as small servants on the side kept staring at Feng Yan, and they all said in their hearts: This kind of trivial matter can obviously be served by them for the four girls...... As the saying goes, water is poured for seven points, tea is poured for eight points, and wine is poured full. Feng Gongzi is really rude, this tea is almost nine points full, if it spills out and wets the skirt of the fourth girl, wouldn't it be beautiful!

The two little chamberlains exchanged glances with each other, and one of them thought that Duanmu Fei liked to drink tea, so he hurried to the other and muttered a few words in the ear, and the two hurriedly went to prepare tea utensils such as red clay stoves and teapots, intending to burn the stove to make tea.

The two little chamberlains hurriedly ran over, causing Shu Yun on the side to frown, feeling that these chamberlains were all frizzy.

Shu Yun sat down on the mat, looking to the right front, three or four zhang away in a plum forest, four or five students sat on the ground, one of them was wearing a blue woven gold auspicious cloud tuan, holding a wine glass and laughing with the friends next to him.

The other party's side face was so familiar to Shu Yun.

Although Shu Yun had only seen him once, that time, when she was extremely embarrassed, she still recognized the other party at a glance.

It's him, Cao Qinfeng.

The horse that her father gave her.

Shu Yun looked at him with disgust, whether it was the cheesy robe on his body, or the crooked front teeth he showed when he laughed, as well as his overly ostentatious smile and eyes, all of which made Shu Yun feel disgusted and vulgar.

A man like Cao Qinfeng is mediocre, despicable and vulgar, how can he be worthy of a proud woman like himself!

The handkerchief in Shu Yun's hand was clenched tighter, and under the thin veil, green tendons appeared between his neck, and the braided jade teeth bit his lower lip tightly, almost not biting blood.

She secretly clenched her fists and said in her heart: Success or failure depends on today!