Arriving at the outskirts of Jiankang City, the convoy stopped, the envoys began to take care of their appearance, and the accompanying envoys from Beiqiu put on leather clothes, dressed properly, and washed the dust.

I attached it to Duobu's ear and whispered, "That dress is so heavy, I wear it for a day, and I'm tired to death." Duobu frowned, served me without saying a word, changed my clothes, and carefully took out the white jade from the golden silk nanmu box and handed it to me, making full preparations for the court.

Before entering the city, there will be a complicated and boring process. First of all, outside the national gate, about 300 steps away, the earth is the palace wall, leaving four gates. And he made an altar of earth, ninety-six feet in circumference and four feet high, and put on the altar the images of the gods of the upper and lower four directions. Four feet square, painted in six colors; Cyan in the east, red in the south, white in the west, black in the north, dark above, yellow below. Decorated with six kinds of jade: the upper is the gui; The bottom is Bi; Nanfang Zhang; Western Amber; Northern Huang; Oriental Kei. Worship the sun outside the south gate, return and worship the gods of the upper and lower four directions on the altar, worship the sun outside the south gate, worship the moon and the four rivers of the river, river, Huai and Ji outside the north gate, and worship the mountains, rivers and hills outside the west gate. Sacrifice to the sky, gather firewood and burn; Sacrifice to mountains and hills, to high places; The sacrificial river is to throw sacrifices into the water; The sacrificial land should be buried with animals and jade.

I held Biyu in my hand, and I was engrossed in lowering my head and counting the steps under my feet, Mu Ran walked in front, and Da Sima Helian Bai accompanied me on the right side, with a serious expression and a majestic demeanor. When he walked into the palace, Nanzhan's personal envoys were already wearing leather clothes and greeted him outside the palace gate.

The leader bowed to me, bowed my head slightly, and bowed three times. When I got to the steps, I didn't have to be humble, but I only took the jade and walked forward to the altar.

Helenberg went to the altar first, bowed and saluted, and took me up. As soon as I took a step, my palms began to cry and sweat, and I was familiar with the procedures, but when it came to the actual operation, I began to faint, and my eyes were black and I didn't know what to do next.

Helian Bai seemed to see my hesitation, and reminded me softly: "When you go to the altar, you will first listen to the orders of the celebrants, and then bow to the chief after you get off the altar, and then go to the altar to accept Biyu."

I gritted my teeth, nodded slowly, stiffened and turned to the left to stand, Si Li's hands were raised high, I sent the jade to him, and then turned around and went down the altar, and then bowed to the head of the priest and sent a few lines of worship. After some etiquette, Helian Bai breathed a sigh of relief, handed over all the bundles and silks he brought, and handed over the roster of good horses to the Nanzhan representative, and finally completed the docking.

When I gave the gifts, I bowed twice, and Helenberg led the horse on my behalf, and went out through the left gate to follow the messenger to the court.

The one who came to greet him was the king of Nanzhan Yonghe, who was still thirty and forty years old, a middle-aged man with a refreshing face, who spoke extraordinarily, and wore a green shirt very neatly. I stood behind Helian Bai, thinking to myself that this man was about the same height as Daddy, and even his body was similar, but he looked too serious.

Baili bowed and arched his hand: "The princess is obedient to the Hajj, and the Southern Emperor has given the pavilion a temporary residence, and the king has been specially sent to come to make a point for the princess." The princess worships according to the old Hajj rituals, and will enter the temple again tomorrow. ”

I have a good appearance, learn from Helian Bai to bow down and bow to the head, and say decently: "There is a prince of Lao."

Baili bowed his head, waved his arms, and the guards on both sides began to move, stepping along the Vermilion Bird Avenue, escorting the Beiqiu envoys to the direction of the official residence.

On the second day, the sky was slightly bright, Duobu pulled me out of the quilt early, carefully dressed me in clothes, put on a crown, I drooped my head in a daze, and was pushed by Duobu a few times in a half-dream, and then completely woke up and fell asleep. Lying on the table, I looked up to the sky and shouted: "I'm so tired, I'm really tired."

Duobu squatted down to arrange the hem of my clothes for me, and patiently recounted today's rituals. I kept my eyes open, and it was painful to listen to the tedious docking ceremony.

In the middle of the day, I sat in the first carriage headed by the head with the bundle and the book of Jiasu, and the rest of the carriage and horses followed. The carriage was loaded with a flag decorated with dragon motifs, a bow with a dragon flag, a bow sleeve, and a silk cushion with a jade pad, and I sat between these objects, as if it were also a gift.

Under the guidance of King Yonghe, the Beiqiu entourage arrived at the Nanzhan Temple, put down the sacrifices and completed all the rituals of the court, and worked for a long time, and finally took the ink car to the palace to meet the Southern Emperor.

It was almost dusk, it was already sunset, the sun had set at this time, and the sky was not dark. The heavens and the earth are dark, and everything is hazy.

In the Wuji Palace, the Southern Emperor faces south, the three princes face north, the servant is on the left side of the road gate and the subordinate officials of the servant are on the left side of the road gate, facing the south and the west are on the top, the position of the court has been decided, and the hundred officials are lined up in line, holding the jade wat and waiting for the envoy of Beiqiu. I walked in front of Helenbai, walking cautiously, the heavy clothes were about to crush me to death, but I still had to have a decent smile on my face, but I was poor for my thin body, and my size was also petite and delicate, and it was really difficult for me to wear a huge dress.

Nandi was on a high position, wearing a robe and a crown, very dignified and decent, and I approached him step by step.

"I came to see the princess, and I brought the Beiqiu national gift as a fundraiser, and I want to tie the jade silk of the two countries and share a hundred years of peace." Helian Bai's loud voice resounded all over the court, but it seemed that it could not reach the ears of the Southern Emperor, and the waiter on call passed the words to Shangyi, who took small steps to reach Nandi and whispered.

Nandi smiled heartily and nodded his head to the left and right. The attendant next to him suddenly said loudly: "Please ask Princess Beiqiu to come forward." ”

After walking such a long way, the soles of my feet hurt so much that I couldn't open my legs, and when I heard the edict, I had to move stiffly and walk to the center of the court, kneel to place Guiyu and then worship the head, and then kneel down to take Guiyu after reporting to the Southern Emperor from above.

I knelt down on His Royal Highness and recited the official words that I had memorized for a long time: "Beiqiu has come to envoy Uroran to herd in the summer, and with the wish of the whole country, I have come to the south to discuss peace, and I hope that the friendship between the two countries will last forever, and that peace and stability will be stable."

Nandi received Guiyu, and just waved his long arm and said, "The princess came from afar, and she worked hard all the way."

My belly is slandered, naturally it is hard, and it is a day of walking, standing and kneeling, can I not be tired? I'm almost tired and lying down, I prefer you to sit comfortably, and I don't give a seat or anything, just can say kind words!

It's just that he can't say this, and he still replied with a smile: "Come for the peace of the two countries, don't dare to say that it's hard, do ...... It's all my duty, uh~" I hurriedly covered my mouth and looked at Nandi in distress. was originally said well, but suddenly involuntarily shuddered, destroying all the good images just shown.

The corners of Baiguan's mouth hooked, and Helian Bai frowned.

Nandi still smiled gently, and looked kindly at me, who was still kneeling and replying. My little one, delicate and weak, speaking in a milky voice, obviously tired but talking about those polite words, the words are not clear, and the words are half down, which is obviously the result of not being familiar with the back. Nandi stroked his beard, he didn't feel a little funny, and his originally boring mood was also dispersed by this stupid and lovely me, and he slowly became happy.

Nandi said: "The princess is hard, get up and talk back!"

I let out a sigh of relief. As soon as he grinned, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Helianbai with a black face on the side, and the smile that had just been flashed was gone.

The process of the audience was tedious and torturous, and I stiffened my neck and listened to the long, boring prayers, and I had to continue to persevere. I don't know how long it took for all the charters to come to an end.

The Southern Emperor gave me a vehicle, ordered to obey, and set up a mansion for me. With countless rewards, I carried the box containing the life suit and headed in the direction of the palace.

Nanzhan's edict was placed on the box, and he went out of the temple by the west steps, facing east, with Helian Bai on my right. After Taishi read out the edict of the Southern Emperor, I went down to the hall between the east and west steps, facing north and bowing to the head again. Taishi put the edict on the life robe, I accepted it with both hands, and bowed twice. After performing the feasting ceremony, the food ceremony, and the swallow ceremony, I was sent to my residence, Zhanhua Palace.

Zhanhua Palace, candles.

The silk and bamboo orchestral music that was waiting to be washed disappeared, and everyone left. I sat on the soft couch and gasped for breath, I already had a sore back, and I was very tired at this time. Duobu went out with the housekeeper to eat for me, leaving me and a few unfamiliar palace ladies staring at each other.

Zhanhua Palace is my future residence, the decoration is very atmospheric, although it is not luxurious, but also exquisite. What catches your eye is a large yellow translucent silk brocade tent, gently rippling in the wind. There is a bottle of incense burner not far from the entrance, the green smoke curls, the fragrance comes to the nose, and there are two young girls standing next to the lampstand for lighting, which are the palace maids specially pointed to me by the king of Yonghe. I held my cheeks, my eyes rolling, and I looked at the people in the room, intentionally or unconsciously. I just think they are all very delicate, goose egg faces, cherry mouths, slender and slender figures, and their temperament is also very good, but there is no expression on their faces, and they didn't say a word for a long time after entering the house, and concluded: They are not interesting people. Look at a few people dressed in exquisite brocade clothes, wide sleeves, and skirts that just fell to the ground, although they look very fairy, but they must not be too neat to act, and they came to the conclusion again: it is useless!

After retracting my gaze from the maid, I began to look around in earnest, scanning all the ornaments in the room.

The light in the room flickered on and off, and I was in the backlit position.

I only heard the door be gently pushed open and a person walked in. I woke up and thought that I should have come back from the door.

"Duobu, are you back?"

No one cared, looking back.

When he saw the person clearly, his face turned red all of a sudden, and it was not a step. I stood up in shock: "Who are you?" ”

The two maids knelt on the ground and greeted softly: "Little prince."

The person who came snorted and didn't say much.

My eyes widened, and my pupils began to move slowly, staring straight at the visitor... Xindao, this person is so beautiful.

In early spring, the grass and trees germinate, the insects sting at night, and the sound of trembling comes and goes, disturbing people tightly. With the arrival of the boy, the annoying insect chirping and frog chirping are as beautiful as plucking the strings.

"Let's go out first, and I'll call you in if there's something." The boy's voice was beautiful, like the wind blowing through the frozen treetops.

The maid stepped back, and as she left, she didn't forget to look up at the young man shyly. After the others left, I looked at the boy again, and he did have a good-looking face. The eyebrows are green and thin, the eyes are like beautiful bows, the nose bridge is high, and the lips are very thin, but the shape is very good. He was not so much a man as a woman, and he looked not much older than me, but fifteen or sixteen. In short, he was a good-looking and young man. I can't help but sigh, secretly thinking about how good it would be to give such a good look to a girl, and it would be better if I gave it to myself.

In the past, when I was joking with Ah Zhao, I often heard him say how tender and lovely the women of Nanzhan were, and the men of Nanzhan were not much better than women. Especially the Nanzhan royal family, the gold-inlaid jade that grew up in brocade clothes and jade food, the wind can't blow, the rain can't get wet, can the flowers cultivated by pampering and pampering not look good. I didn't believe it before, Tuoba Zhao couldn't be a few years older than me, and he was also a half-old child, and he had never been out of the house, so how could I know what Nanzhan Beauty looked like. But now that I have seen the real person, I believe it truthfully.

I smacked my lips and muttered softly, "The people of the Central Plains really have a good skin." Ah Zhaocheng doesn't deceive me. "I have always revered beauty, no matter who matters, as long as it is good-looking, I like it, for example, when I look at the elegant and handsome young man now, I am very happy in my heart, and I can't help but look at it a few more times.

"What are you talking about?" The young man asked in a voice.

I was startled, and hurriedly opened the topic as if someone was in my mind, and said indistinctly: "You, please sit here, no, sit over there...... Uh, you feel free. ”

I scratched my ears and cheeks, and I really wanted to slap myself.

When I was in Beiqiu, I tried to learn Nanzhan Yayan for a few days with the gentleman who taught Nanzhan Yayan, and at the moment I used it to talk hard, and I wanted to pull my hair to show remorse. When I was supposed to study, I had no intention of studying, and I was playing around all day long. It's useless to learn this Nanzhan Yayan about it, anyway, if you don't go to Nanzhan, this language will definitely not be used, so why bother tossing in vain, you can be lazy openly with an excuse, so every time I go to class, I lie on the table with peace of mind to make up for sleep, or I am perfunctory, and I have never listened carefully to half a class. As the saying goes, when books are used, they hate less, and the knowledge that was disdained in the past is really useful now, but I can't even understand the words, which is really regretful.

I don't know if I was too nervous and used the wrong words, so I asked thoughtlessly, "Who are you?" Also to see me? So why are you here now? ”

Maybe I was too brainless to ask, or I didn't hear what I was saying, but the boy only looked at me with a smile and didn't reply immediately.

"What am I saying wrong?" I was timid.

The young man shook his head, and burst out laughing, and Lang laughed back, "Who are you?" Why am I coming to see you, what do you have to see! ”

It turned out that he heard clearly.

I blushed and wrung my fingers as hard as I could, trying to look up into his eyes, but I didn't dare. wanted to open the topic, but there was nothing to talk about, so he only lowered his head and hummed: "I'm ......, Wuluolan Muxia, from Beiqiu." Do you really not know who I am? ”

The boy laughed again: "Teasing you, I naturally know who you are, otherwise how could you come here."

"I am the son of the King of Yonghe and the grandson of the Southern Emperor. This Zhanhua Palace was originally a mansion given to me by the emperor's grandfather, but when you came, I gave it to you. That's why I came to see the new owners here. He took an apple from the table and played with it in his hand, walked up to me as he spoke, and sat down on a chair a few feet away from me, and pulled out a ruffian smile to me.

"What's your name, your name is a bit long, I don't remember it." The boy touched his nose embarrassedly.

"Mu Xia, Uroran Mu Xia.... The sound is as low as a mosquito fly.

He's been laughing since he entered the door, and he doesn't know what's funny. I looked at the smile on the corner of his mouth, I looked a little stupid, I have never seen someone who smiles so good, the smile is clean and thorough, it is easy for people to let down their guard.

"What are you thinking?" The boy shook the apple in his hand in front of my eyes. I came back to my senses from his smile.

"Your name is interesting, it's quite long. My name is Baili Yunqian. The long-term cultivation has been extreme, and the great luck has suddenly changed, and my name comes from here. However, everyone is used to calling me Changji, this is my word, and if you don't mind, you can call me that way. ”

"You can also call me a short, someone I know...... They all call me a deficiency. ”

He took a sip of the tea on the table, and hurriedly squeezed out a note to me: "Hmm~"

"You're not curious, is this my nickname or my big name?"

Changji put down the teacup in his hand: "Horizontal and vertical is just a title, but you don't have to investigate whether it is a big name or a small name, just call it well."

After that, he handed me the apple in his hand and said, "Taste it, this apple is very sweet and crisp." It is not common in Bukchi. ”

I took the apple and sat down in the chair on the other side, sitting upright and staring at him without blinking.

Changji was a little shy by me, and asked bluntly, "What are you doing staring at me all the time, what is on my face?"

I pursed my lips and smiled, and said, "It's delicious, you look really beautiful."

"Beautiful? Are you talking about me? The young fox asked a question in confirmation.

I nodded, noncommittal.

I think this is the praise of Duobujiao, saying that Nanzhan people will politely praise each other, especially praise each other's appearance. Regardless of whether I am sincere or not, everyone loves to listen to good words, and the relationship will be quickly drawn together after listening to good words, and I am sincerely saying good things, then there will be mistakes.

"Well, I'm really complimenting you on your beauty, your good looks. Has anyone ever said the same thing, praising you for being pretty? I tilted my head to look at him, and there was a light in my eyes.

He was expressionless, slightly displeased, and stared straight at me with a straight face. I turned my face away, chuckled in my heart, and secretly screamed that it was not good, I must have said something wrong and made him unhappy. Fang Cai blushed, only felt that his ears burned at the moment, and thinking back to what he said, it was really inappropriate.

Seeing that I was embarrassed, the young man stretched his brows and smiled peacefully, and corrected: "The word beautiful is not used to describe men. The man is good-looking, so he has to be praised with handsome and chic, jade tree in the wind, and graceful and suave. As for the words "beautiful", they are used to describe women, not men. ”

"What about the beautiful food?" I added.

"Naturally, it is also used to describe women."

I was instantly embarrassed, I see. It seems that I have been using it incorrectly all along.

"The Central Plains people are really particular about words, I don't speak much Chinese, and you don't mind if you don't use the right words." At the end, I didn't forget to ask: "By the way, then you look at me, I am also a woman, so can I use beautiful food?"

Changji was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and laughed out loud. After a moment, he smiled.

"Well, you can use it." True or false is not necessarily.

This sentence made me feel very good and felt very happy.

"What are you looking at?"

Suddenly, I turned my head to look at the windowsill, and I stared at him blankly. For a moment, I followed his gaze and looked at the window, like an ink-stained night, crossing countless silver lights, falling into the distance like a waterfall.

"It's a shooting star!" I was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly ran to the window to watch the rain-like stars streak across the sky.

When I was in Bukchi, I also liked to look up at the sky. At this moment, the world is already quiet, and the light of the candle gently brushes on the face, like a dream......

"I've got to go, I'll see you another day." He got up and walked like a fly.

I watched his distant back fade before I turned my head and stared at the apple in my hand, the corners of my mouth began to rise unconsciously.