When she woke up, it was already dark, and she was moved to the bed at some point.

Qingyue was guarding outside the door, and Beigong Yu couldn't be seen in the house, so she must have gone back while she was asleep.

The door was closed tightly, but there was a crack between the windows, the cold autumn wind blew in at night, Xia Xiaoxiao's face exposed outside was blown cold, the quilt was warm, she didn't want to get up, she lazily called Qingyue twice, Xia Xiaoxiao waited for a long time, and did not see the figure outside the door come in, it was estimated that this girl was standing outside the door and fell asleep, helpless, so she had to wrap the thin quilt and climb to the window, reluctant to leave the quilt The hand just reached the window, her eyes fell through the window and fell on the hibiscus tree in her yard.

Hibiscus tree, Dusk Pavilion, the name of her courtyard in the Chenxiao Palace is derived from this tree, her tree is much larger than other trees, and her only preference in this courtyard is to lie under the tree, look up at the blue sky, and take a break occasionally. At this time, Xia Xiaoxiao looked at the person who was trampling the tree she liked so much, and her hand on the window tightened.

The man had his back to the moonlight, and his toes were lightly tapping on the branches of the tree's tip, the small branches that should not have supported his weight so easily, but now it looked like the man above was as light as a swallow, standing on it steadily, with his hands in his hands, and his body was straight.

Xia Xiaoxiao said to him that let him still wear a mask, and he really found a mask that was exactly the same as the one before, and the moonlight poured down on him like splashing ink along the breeze, and it was still the white clothes he loved, and the dark lines on it shimmered slightly silver in the moonlight, more like a feather coat given by God, given to the person who was most suitable for it.

In the middle of the autumn night, the cool breeze kept blowing, and she couldn't help but shiver when she was wrapped in the quilt, Xia Xiaoxiao knew that the person was looking at her, she kept telling herself that she couldn't shake, let alone soft-hearted, but on the other hand, she couldn't help but think, hasn't he been standing there since nightfall?

Xia Xiaoxiao was in a trance for a moment, and suddenly pushed the window open, threw away the quilt wrapped around her body, the cold wind blew in violently, she slapped her face twice, and after she woke up, she pretended not to see anything and closed the window tightly, leaving no gaps.

Dividing line

Soon, the smuggling of sea salt from the border between Yue Hua and Nanming was cracked in one fell swoop, and the disaster was also alleviated in the south, and the war with the Yue side was won in one fell swoop due to the heavy casualties of the Yue State.

Although I don't know what kind of calculation Nanming is making, but the war has stopped, and the national disaster has eased, which is tantamount to double happiness, and the tense atmosphere in the court has finally made people breathe a sigh of relief at this time.

In order to celebrate the victory of the war with the Yue Kingdom, and to let the ministers of the court relax, the emperor ordered that a palace banquet be held in the palace, and all the ministers were invited to enter the palace with their families and hold a feast.

Xia Xiaoxiao dressed more formally than usual, wore a cloud bun, and wore more jewelry than usual, in front of the courtiers, she still had to show some posture as a princess.

She really didn't want to go.

The courtiers, naturally, also included her father.

The banquet time was at dinner time, and the emperor chose the imperial garden, the venue was wide and the open air was fresh, which was indeed much better than in the oppressive hall.

On this occasion, the crown princess needs to go to the banquet place with the prince.

Xia Xiaoxiao, who wanted to use the excuse of arriving late, was urged by Pingshun all the time, so he slowly walked out of Chenxiao Palace and saw Beigong Yu riding on a chariot.

Beigong Yu chose an ink-colored dark pattern robe today, with two strands of broken hair left between her hair, and leaned lazily on the back chair, deliberately vacating her place next to her.

His gaze swept back, and there was a smaller chariot behind the parked chariot, on which there were also two people.

One is Xia Yingxi, the other is Shu Changhua, both of them are Beigong Yu's favorite concubines, when they saw Xia Xiaoxiao, one was full of joy, the other was reluctant, but they both saluted her.

The palace banquet, according to the etiquette, Beigong Yu only needs to take her alone, and he probably gave the two of them a reward, and took this opportunity to let them meet their mother's family.

Beigong Yu saw Xia Xiaoxiao's deliberate slow appearance, and her eyebrows twisted up unhappily, other women couldn't wait to arrive at the banquet early, but she regarded the banquet as a slaughtering field!

There was nothing to say all the way, Xia Xiaoxiao pretended to be asleep on the chariot, Beigong Yu deliberately made people walk fast, and the coquettish bumps were very bumpy, and when she arrived outside the banquet hall, Beigong Yu walked straight inside, leaving her outside to keep breathing in the fresh air, and almost fainted and vomited.

"Sister, are you okay?"

Xia Yingxi hurriedly came over and patted her on the back.

"The mother's body is really delicate enough." Shu Changhua came to such a sentence sourly, and eighty percent of it was vinegar that she took a chariot with Beigong Yu.

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't bother to pay attention to her, waved her hand to signal that she was okay, stood up and straightened her back, and wanted to go inside, today's dress didn't fit very well, but as soon as the front foot went up, she stepped on the corner of the skirt, and when she saw it, she fell to the ground, and a figure flashed in front of her with a gust of wind on the side, and caught her steadily!

"Did it hurt?"

A familiar voice drifted into my ears from the top of my head, and it was not difficult to hear a little nervousness in my tone.

Xia Xiaoxiao was thrown like this, and his courage was gone, and he looked up with palpitations, and what caught his eye was Beigong Pheasant's extremely handsome face, and Xia Xiaoxiao was a little shaken again.

Xia Yingxi and Shu Changhua on the side looked straight, and when they reacted, they hurriedly saluted him, "I've seen His Royal Highness the Emperor!" ”

Although they had heard that Beigong Pheasant's true face was nearly ten percent similar to Beigong Yu, if they hadn't just seen Beigong Yu walk in, they couldn't believe that the person in front of them was Beigong Pheasant at this time.

Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes were still full of gratitude, but in an instant, she changed to indifference, pushed away the hand he was holding her, and said softly, "Thank you for leaving the king." ”

A trace of hurt emotion flashed in Beigong Pheasant's eyes, but Xia Yingxi Shu Changhua was present, frowning, but he could only learn from Xia Xiaoxiao's appearance and said softly, "Niangniang is polite." ”

There are many people who come and go here, and those who know Xia Xiaoxiao see that the two of them are together at this time, so they all regard it as Beigong Yu and call His Royal Highness the First Prince.

"It seems that it is better for this palace to stay away from the prince, so as not to be misunderstood."

Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at him and led Xia Yingxi to the banquet place in the imperial garden.

Beigong Pheasant's hand from his sleeve tightened, and a touch of self-deprecation appeared on his face, misunderstanding? If it weren't for him who gave up the crown prince at the beginning, why wasn't the person beside her at this time?

"Listen, I've heard a little like it, how could I expect it to be so similar? It's like the same person, but fortunately, I saw it today, otherwise if I met it one day, I might think it would be Your Highness! ”

Shu Changhua still kept looking back, and the two willow eyebrows were twisted to death, and he couldn't believe that there were such similar people in this world.

Xia Xiaoxiao listened to the more and more upset, and entered the imperial garden, the palace people all lit the glass lamps in the imperial garden, and when night fell, the lights emitted a bright light like a starry sky.

In the center, the red carpet with peony splendor, a lot of cases were placed on both sides, and they sat down according to the official rank, and the people in the dragon and phoenix chair above had not yet arrived, Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes looked for the position at the bottom point, and sure enough, next to the position of the dragon and phoenix chair, Beigong Yu was already sitting there, pouring a small wine in his hand, and when he saw her coming, he put down the white jade cup in his hand, and his tone was a little displeased,

"Why is it so late?"

He was only a step or two ahead of her, and she could have been a quarter of an hour behind him!

Xia Yingxi followed behind Xia Xiaoxiao at this time, and the two of them saluted him with Shu Changhua, Beigong Yu nodded slightly, his eyes were still fixed on Xia Xiaoxiao, and Xia Yingxi and the two of them moved in small steps to the place where the ministers were sitting with permission.

Xia Xiaoxiao sat down, followed Xia Yingxi and saw a plan not far from them below, Xia Fu was wearing a dark blue dress today, compared to the court clothes or regular clothes when Xia Xiaoxiao saw him before, she looked a little kinder, her second mother saw Xia Yingxi walk over, and the emotions of not seeing her daughter for a long time surged to her face, full of joy, Xia Xiaoxiao's heart was a little uncomfortable, and the tone of words in her mouth was not so good, "I fell." ”

"Hurt?"

Beigong Yu asked casually, Xia Xiaoxiao was about to answer, and then heard Beigong Yu's suddenly darkened tone and said coldly, "According to the palace, it seems that it is not injured." ”

Why did Xia Xiaoxiao sound so like she wished she had really fallen?

"It is said that a woman's heart is a snake and a scorpion, how can His Highness's heart be so poisonous?" She turned her head and glared at him, and found that Beigong Yu's eyes were looking at the entrance of the Imperial Garden, and her eyes followed it, and found that Beigong Pheasant was walking over to this side at this time, and then she understood the meaning of Beigong Yu's later sentence, this person, his eyesight is too high.

Beigong Pheasant, who came in behind Xia Xiaoxiao, first glanced at Beigong Yu beside him, and then paused on Xia Xiaoxiao's body, and then walked to a desk opposite them and sat down.

"When did you first find out?"

At this time, almost all the ministers and princes present had arrived, and in the center there was a woman who began to dance, accompanied by the light music, she asked him softly, referring to when he knew about the end.

"In the beginning."

Beigong Yu replied without being salty.

Xia Xiaoxiao looked at him with the grace of an extraordinary man between her eyebrows, and gradually recalled the first time she saw him, as time went by, she became more and more unaware of why she liked this man in the first place.

"Your Majesty, the Queen has arrived!" At the entrance of the Imperial Garden, there was a sound of the little eunuch shouting at the top of his voice, and the noise in the garden suddenly stopped, and the dancers who accompanied the dancers also retreated to the sides and knelt down, followed by the sound of everyone getting up to worship.

Beigong Yuxia Xiaoxiao also got up, "The sons and daughters see the father and the emperor, and the queen mother!" ”

Beigong Chengyan and Yun Cheng slowly walked from the entrance of the imperial garden, because it was a palace banquet, no more than the court, the emperor and the queen were also dressed casually.

Beigong Chengyan sat down on the dragon chair, waved his robe, and filled the entire imperial garden with a trace of harmony but majesty, "Today is a palace banquet, all the secretaries should sit down, there is no need to be so restrained." ”

"Minister, obey!"

Everyone sat down one after another, Beigong Chengyan clapped his hands, and the palace maids brought wine and food to each table, "In this imperial garden today, I and all the Aiqing only talk about elegance, not about state affairs, and throw away the gifts of monarchs and ministers, all the Aiqing here just eat, drink, have fun, and have fun!" Come on, play music! ”

"Emperor Xie!"

The voice fell, and the dancers stood on the red carpet in the center again, and their little feet like golden lotuses stepped lightly on the brown sugar, as if flowers were really blooming on the ground, and everyone was eating and drinking, talking and laughing.

Watching the dance, some people watch the dance of the dancers, and there are also people who take a fancy to the people among them.

At a glance, Beigong Ji was the one who looked at the figure of the dancing girl.

"The person who this king asked the fifth brother to help find, has the fifth brother heard from him?"

The dancing music started, Beigong Pheasant left, sat next to him, but he was just drinking, and his eyes passed over the dancers who separated the two sides of the case, not knowing what he was looking at.

Beigong Ji, who was staring at the wonderful figure of the dancing girl in the center, thought that he was arguing, and said casually, "No, there are so many women in the palace, where do you let this king find it?" ”

"What does the fifth brother mean that this king entrusted the wrong person at the beginning?"

Beigong Pheasant's tone was cold, and there was another glass of wine in his hand, which was poured into his mouth like pouring water, as if he was drinking a glass of colorless and tasteless water.

Beigong Ji suddenly felt that the air beside him seemed to be cold, looking at Beigong Pheasant's slightly deep face, he felt a little hairy in his heart for some reason, so he collected that disdainful tone, and said softly, "This king doesn't mean that, it's just that there are tens of thousands of women in this palace, up to the palace concubines and concubines, down to the palace slaves and maids, to find the imperial brother such a girl who doesn't know her name and appearance, it's really not a matter of a while, the imperial brother must not be too anxious." ”

Beigong Pheasant Li glanced at him lightly, "Then I hope that the fifth brother can keep this matter in mind, Beigong Yu's fifty percent of the army has been handed over to you by this king, but don't make this king feel cold." ”

"That's, that's, the royal brother has done the king so much, this favor, the king has to pay it back!" Beigong Ji stammered, but a ruthless color flashed in his eyes, Beigong Pheasant left, when he was a child, he saw his face that was as similar to Beigong Yu's shocking celestial appearance, I thought that it would be different ten years later, but everything was just a trick, but now he hated it as long as he saw Beigong Yu's face, not to mention that Beigong Pheasant was almost exactly the same face as him? After he uses him, sooner or later he will kill the two brothers of Beigong Pheasant!

The women dancing to the music waved their long water sleeves, and a woman rotated in the center, just blocking Xia Xiaoxiao's view of the desk opposite, she picked up the wine jug and poured a full cup into the white jade cup, and when she drank it into her throat, a spicy smell emanated from her throat to her whole body, she said, "You sent someone to follow me." ”

The words are the continuation of the previous ones. The tone is firm.

Beigong Yu, who was enjoying the dance and drinking alcohol, listened to her words, but just smiled and was noncommittal.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Xia Xiaoxiao drank another glass of wine and asked, "Why did you tell me about Luozhi?" ”

Beigong Yu still smiled and didn't answer, his eyes showed a light that Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't understand, and he pointed to the wine in Xia Xiaoxiao's cup with a fox-like smile, "Xiao Xia'er, this wine is very strong." ”

Well, it's Lie, it's only two cups, and her already somewhat cold body is not so cold.

"Beigong Yu, do you know that sometimes you can really make people angry when you play with people like this?"

Her voice was faint, without any joy or anger, just a faint complaint, just a complaint to Beigong Yu, if it was before, Beigong Yu, whom she liked so much, teased her like this, she would definitely be very angry, but now, she can't get angry anymore.

Beigong Yu's hand came to her, and the cold back of his hand gently swept across her cheeks, which were a little hot after drinking, and said softly, "Who taught Xiao Xia'er to speak to Bengong like this?" ”

Xia Xiaoxiao's hot face suddenly felt very comfortable, and he enjoyed this cold feeling a little, so he couldn't help rubbing his face twice on the back of his hand, glared at Beigong Yu, and said sarcastically, "Didn't Your Highness let the concubine put away that fake look?" ”

Now, she doesn't plan to be as tired as before, there is wine today and drunk today, if Beigong Yu is unhappy, then he will be unhappy, Beigong Yu accepted her brand, she can't even get out of the palace occasionally to relieve her boredom, and if she goes on like this, she will have to go crazy sooner or later!

Beigong Yu saw that she was relying on her cheeks and using his hand as an ice pack to cool her down, so he flipped his palm and pinched her face fiercely, "Yes, this palace is still more comfortable looking at you who are not afraid of heaven and earth." ”

The music changes to another cheerful tune, and the dancers form a circle and crouch in the center, ready for the next dance.

The picture was exposed in front of Beigong Pheasant, Beigong Yu looked at Xia Xiaoxiao with a smile, pinching her cheek with one hand, as if a husband and wife were flirting and scolding.

Because it was the opposite seat, Beigong Ji seemed to have seen it, and Beigong Pheasant Li heard him sneering in his ear, "I don't know if Beigong Yu is deliberately making a show for everyone, or if he really has affection for Xia Xiaoxiao." ”

Beigong Pheasant Li drank another glass of wine, as if he didn't hear what Beigong Ji was saying, put down the cup and got up and walked out.

Xia Xiaoxiao opened Beigong Yu's ravaged hand on his face, covered his face with both hands and glared at him viciously, "Don't you hurt if you dare to love!" ”

He squeezed her face hard, and it was really ruthless! No mercy at all! Apparently because she told the truth and took revenge on her!

"Hmm."

Unexpectedly, Beigong Yu responded softly with a smile, and the flush on her face that had not yet dissipated came up again, which suddenly burned her head.

"How can you be so faceless and skinless!" She glanced at Beigong Yu and muttered in a low voice, covered her face that was pinched by Beigong Yu and left the desk, and walked to the depths of the imperial garden.

Beigong Yu glanced at her back, and looked over the case, Beigong Pheasant's position was empty, and the corners of his mouth hooked an arc of unknown meaning, he shook the white jade cup in his hand, and the white wine in the cup that was about to overflow to the mouth of the cup was rippling slightly, reflecting the clear glass light in the banquet, and his eyes turned to a place where the ministers below were sitting, where Xia Yingxi was looking at him with a pair of bright eyes.

The smile on the corner of his mouth gradually retracted, and he raised the white jade cup and drank the liquor in the cup.

Xia Xiaoxiao gradually walked to a rockery far away from the banquet hall, there was no such flashing and bright glass light as the banquet hall, the surroundings were darker, relying on the unique yellow moonlight in autumn, the whole person's ears that were noisy and headache also quieted down.

As she walked, she patted her cheek, which was a little numb by Beigong Yu, and recalled her previous thoughts about Beigong Yu not being angry, not to mention that she couldn't be angry, but Beigong Yu might blow up at any time, she was afraid that if she stayed by Beigong Yu's side again, she couldn't help but bite her dead on the hand where he pinched her face!

The rockery is surrounded by a pool of water, and there is a moon in the water that is missing a corner of the head, sparkling under the moonlight, reflecting her flushed face, the red on her face does not know whether it is pinched red by Beigong Yu or flushed by the spirits, she bent down, scooped a handful of water from the water and splashed it her hot face, and suddenly felt much more comfortable, so she scooped a few more times.

She slapped water on her face many times, but after the water dried, she still felt that the heat on her face had not faded, so she simply buried her whole head in the water! This damn wine, how could she have thought that there are usually at least two jars of wine outside the palace to make her fall, this time, only two glasses are on her face! If she drinks another bowl, won't she have to lie down?

"Whew! It's so comfortable! ”

After holding it in the water for a long time, she raised her head from the water, the water droplets dripped along her neck to her chest, and the water droplets on her eyes were also stained and she couldn't open her eyes, and she realized that she forgot to bring a handkerchief out of the house!

She grabbed her sleeve with her eyes closed, and was about to dry her face with her sleeve, when someone suddenly shoved a handkerchief into her hand, and she was not polite, thanked her and wiped it off her face.

When her eyes opened, she saw the people under the moon clearly, Xia Xiaoxiao was stunned, looked at the purple robe he was wearing, and looked around, except for them, there was no one else, she looked at the handkerchief embroidered with Mulan in her hand, and asked him, "Yours?" ”

"Hmm."

Beigong Pheasant Li replied softly, under the moonlight, the flush on her face gradually faded, reflecting a little bit of white mixed with the moonlight, she was always like this, and there was always a bit of aura in her eyes under the moonlight.

The first time I saw her, it was in the moonlight, she recognized him as Beigong Yu, and in the crowd of people, he immediately heard the joyful voice from the noise, and what he saw when he looked back was those bright eyes.

Now, she looked at him with the strangeness and familiarity in her eyes, the strangeness, the look she had never had for him, the familiarity, the gloom in her eyes when she was once disheartened with Beigong Yu.

"I don't know if it's the prince's handkerchief, if the prince doesn't dislike it, you can wait for the palace to send someone to the prince in a few days to send a new past."

Purple clothes, in this environment where there is only moonlight around him, but it is very suitable for his complexion, Xia Xiaoxiao flattened his head, and his eyes can only see his chest, falling on a dark magnolia embroidered on his chest.

"Do you have to put me thousands of miles away like this?"

Beigong Pheasant sighed, a little lonely.

"This palace doesn't seem to have a deep friendship with the prince, so why refuse to say it thousands of miles away?"

Xia Xiaoxiao still didn't look at him, and her tone was just like the tone she had when she saw Beigong Pheasant for the first time, no more enthusiasm, no more coldness.

"Whether it's Beigong Pheasant Leaving or Falling, is it so important to you?"

There was a bit of helplessness in his words.

Xia Xiaoxiao's head couldn't help but droop, staring at his fingers and whispering, "Whether you are a Beigong pheasant or a fall, in fact, it doesn't matter what you are right, no matter who it is, you are just you after all."

That's not really what she cared about