In the blink of an eye, ^

As the saying goes, "one night is two years old, and five years are divided into two years", so in ancient times, Chinese New Year's Eve was very important. On Chinese New Year's Eve, the elders and children are dressed properly, greet in turn, and then enter pepper and cypress wine, Tusu wine, drink peach soup, change peach charms, and the children also set off firecrackers everywhere, which is very lively.

In the evening, it was the royal family banquet, and when Shen Shi, the imperial relatives who were hand-picked by the emperor to participate in the family banquet were already waiting on the phoenix platform. As soon as the Youshi (1) arrived, Meng Hongyu took the concubines to Phoenix Terrace.

In previous years, the emperor and the empress dowager sat on the throne. Unfortunately, a few days ago, Xinyang contracted a cold, and the Queen Mother took care of him day and night, overworked, and fell ill, and now he is sick in bed and unable to attend the family banquet. Therefore, it has not yet been decided who will sit on the empty throne, and the concubines have long been secretly looking forward to it.

Everyone saluted, and the emperor said: "Today is a family banquet, everyone here is a family, please drink heartily, no need to be formal." After saying that, he took Zi Ling's hand and let Zi Ling sit on the upper seat.

The crowd then took their seats one by one.

Concubine Liu Ruxin sat down in front of her desk with a displeased face, and did not forget to stare at Zi Ling with a stupid look. It's no wonder that if you want to talk about seniority, it should have been Concubine Shu who sat on the top, so she deliberately dressed up carefully.

The well-dressed concubine, with delicate skin, flowing eyes, and a goose-yellow dress highlights her graceful waist just right, looking very charming, compared to Ziling's light makeup and plain clothes, I don't know how many times more beautiful it is. But the emperor actually let such an "ugly girl" who is not as good as himself sit on the top position, how can Concubine Shu not be angry?

Although Zi Ling did not have the appearance of stunning sentient beings, he sat beside Meng Hongyu calmly, looking down-to-earth and generous, with an elegant temperament, without a trace of inferiority and shame.

Zi Ling knew that she had won a deep favor these days, so there must be many relatives of the emperor who had never met before who wanted to take the opportunity of the family banquet to see her true face of Lushan - what kind of woman can please the emperor so much, and I heard that she is still a saltless woman who is not good-looking? There are also jealous concubines waiting to see her make a fool of herself! Therefore, Ziling was extremely cautious and did not dare to be sloppy in the slightest.

The relatives of the emperor toasted to the emperor in turn, and every time after the toast, Meng Hongyu would privately whisper to Ziling to introduce relatives who did not know him. Seeing Meng Hongyu and Zi Ling's infinite intimacy whispering, Concubine Shu gritted her teeth with hatred, ^

A twenty-five or sixteen-year-old man stood up and toasted the emperor: "Ministers salute the emperor for a glass, may the emperor be forever solid and prosperous." ”

This man was born with a burly figure, a handsome appearance, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and an awe-inspiring heroic spirit between his eyebrows and eyes, which was extraordinary compared to the men of the same age here. If you want to put it in the twenty-first century, he is also a handsome guy who is enough to fascinate thousands of women, Ziling couldn't help but look at him twice.

Meng Hongyu told Ziling in a low voice: "This person is Zhang Wenyan, the captain of the Yulin Army, who has stayed by my side since he was a child and has a very good relationship with me, so I appointed him to participate in the family banquet. ”

It turned out that he was Zhang Wenyan. Although they had never met, Ziling had already heard of Zhang Wenyan's name.

In the deep palace, a group of palace ladies who are in their prime always like to talk about those outstanding imperial relatives and military generals, and a handsome and young man like Zhang Wenyan is the object of their affection, so they are more keen to talk about his gossip.

Ziling also learned something from the palace maids more or less, knowing that Zhang Wenyan's father was a hero who died on the battlefield, he accompanied the emperor to practice martial arts since he was a child, and had a good relationship with the emperor. Zhang Wenyan married Murong Xi, the daughter of the first emperor's sister and the emperor's cousin, and was also considered an imperial prince. It is said that Murong Xi is tricky and jealous, so the husband and wife are gradually dissatisfied, and the relationship is not harmonious.

Singing and dancing are noisy, and drinking is in full swing.

Concubine Shu stepped forward with a wine jug and wanted to pour wine for the emperor. When passing by Zi Ling, he deliberately stepped on his skirt, and a stumbling handle knocked over the wine jug in his hand, and poured half a pot of wine on Zi Ling's body, and the light blue jacket was wet. The palace maids and eunuchs were in a panic, and the jade slave hurriedly brought a brocade to wipe it for Ziling. The guests also stopped for a glass of wine and watched the episode.

"The concubine missed for a while and soiled Xiao Guifei's new clothes, what a sin, I hope the emperor will forgive me." The concubine is blessed with sin.

Meng Hongyu didn't care very much, and said casually: "Concubine Ai didn't mean it, I won't blame it." Get up. ”

Zi Ling had already seen through that she was deliberate, and only a stupid woman would play such a stupid trick! She wanted to make Ziling ugly, but she didn't know it, but she was embarrassed.

Zi Ling didn't say much, smiled and said, "Sister is unintentional, don't worry about it. Zi Ling went to change his clothes. ”

After saluting the emperor, Zi Ling took the jade slave to the Xinuan Pavilion by the Phoenix Terrace.

The Yu Nu had already instructed the palace maids who came with him to go to Yongle Palace to get clothes, and Zi Ling was waiting in the Xinuan Pavilion.

This place is far away from the main hall, and the hustle and bustle in the banquet hall comes from afar, intermittently, if there is nothing, it sounds like a world away from Ziling, and it is indistinguishable in a trance. Yes, the singing and dancing in this world is lively, but it seems that none of this has anything to do with her. Perhaps, she thought, all this was really a dream of another life, this dream was so long and so long, and it never woke up.

Leaning in front of the window, looking up at the cold stars in the sky, it is like a silver nail nailed to the night full of holes. This ancient star is really beautiful!

The air has long been filled with the fragrance of plums, and in this cold season, plum blossoms always seem to bloom, adding a little blood to the silvery world. The plum shadow is mottled, and there is a figure under the plum tree, standing still.

How is it so familiar? Zi Ling only felt familiar, but he couldn't see who he was.

She timidly asked, "Who is under the plum tree?" ”

"Humble Warfare." The familiar voice is still cold without a trace of temperature.

Oh, it turned out to be him.

Zi Ling suddenly remembered that she seemed to have not seen Zhan Zhan for a month, and now that she saw him, she was in a happy mood and asked, "Where did Brother Zhan go?" I don't seem to have seen you in a long time. ”

"I went out on a long trip on the orders of the emperor, but because of the suddenness of the incident, I didn't have time to say goodbye to my mother, I hope my mother will forgive me." For more than a month, he has been thinking about her every day, has she ever known? Did you ever let him fall into her dreams?

Zi Ling was not afraid of the cold, ran to the courtyard, took a good look at Zhan Zhan, and then said: "Brother Zhan has turned black, just like a black African, no wonder I couldn't see your face in the dark night just now." After saying this "cold" joke, Zi Ling himself giggled.

I don't know why, when I see Zhan Zhan Ziling, I feel relaxed, and I can't help but be naughty, as if they have known each other for a long time, he is her brother, he can protect him, spoil him, and let her be arrogant. Perhaps, it was because he always had a cold face, which made Zi Ling love to tease him more.

Zi Ling tilted his head sideways and said mischievously: "Master hasn't taught his apprentice kung fu for a long time, how should I punish you for being absent from school for so long?" I haven't seen you for so long, but I miss your sword dance, or I'll punish you for dancing for me again? ”

Miss? Did she miss him?

Zhan Zhan endured the ecstasy in his heart, still expressionless, and said coldly: "Niangniang lost her words!" She didn't understand what a sin it was for the emperor's concubine to say "miss" to other men!

Zi Ling didn't know what was wrong with his words, but he felt disappointed - hey, when he encountered this kind of robot, he could only sigh to himself.

At this time, the palace maid sent clothes, and Ziling went into the warm pavilion to change clothes.

Zhan Zhan still stood motionless under the plum tree like a sculpture, staring affectionately at the hazy warm light shining through the window.

When he changed his clothes and returned to the banquet hall, Ziling saw Concubine Shu sitting in her place, constantly pouring wine and food for the emperor, and serving him wholeheartedly.

It turned out that her stupid trick was just to break Zi Ling away so as to win the emperor's favor for a while? Ziling couldn't help but laugh dumbly, this Liu Ruxin is too much work, right? Nearly 100 guests were looking at her! It's a shame for all the concubines! Those who don't know think that the harem is full of such stupid and ridiculous women!

Not wanting to see her face again, Zi Ling turned to leave, strolling in the corridor outside the hall.

Yunu asked, "Won't Miss go in?" It's cold outside this hall. ”

"No, the air inside is cloudy, but it's still clean here."

After a while, Li Zhao came looking for him.

"It turns out that the mother is idle here, and the emperor has something to do with you."

I don't know what the emperor is looking for himself? Zi Ling followed Li Zhao into the hall suspiciously.

Concentrate:

(1) Unitary time: between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.