Chapter II

That day, I smiled and ran into Aunt Song's arms, "Aunt Song, Daddy said that he would take me into the palace to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet!" ”

Aunt Song hooked my nose with her hand, showing a surprised expression, "Enter the palace, really?" Aunt Song has lived for thirty years, let alone entering the palace, even the palace gate has never been seen. Ah Candle is really powerful, he wants to see the world at a young age, so Ah Candle has to look carefully, so that he can come back and talk to Aunt Song......"

I just laughed and forgot to nod my head......

Before that, I had never seen the palace gate like Aunt Song, let alone entered the palace. But I have heard others mention that this palace is like a fairyland on earth. Everywhere is resplendent with gold, and everywhere you go, there is a landscape. There are countless delicious and fun ones. Many delicacies from the mountains and seas, and rare treasures can be feasted on in the palace.

When I think about it, I look forward to it even more. Maybe it's because there aren't many opportunities to go out, so I only see entering the palace as a good opportunity to go out and play.

The night before entering the palace, Daddy handed me over to the study. Squatted in front of me and said to me in a serious tone, if I want to dress plain and clean tomorrow, but I must know the rules and understand the square circle. If others ask, they will answer, and if they don't ask, don't be silent, just sit quietly next to him.

I don't understand why Daddy didn't let me wear nice clothes or talk when I finally had the opportunity to go out and play.

When Daddy squatted down, I noticed that there were a few more wrinkles between his eyebrows, and there seemed to be a few more silver threads on his sideburns. I just thought it was because I worked too hard and was tired of handling political affairs.

But I never thought that Daddy might be really old......

This is the first time since I was sensible that Daddy spoke to me so seriously.

Obviously, I want to enter the palace to see the world, but in my opinion, it is a happy thing. But why in Daddy's eyes, I can't see a trace of joy, more helplessness.

It took many, many years before I realized that Daddy was worried at that time. He didn't intend for me to follow him into the palace, but the Queen Mother insisted on asking for it, and she intended to choose a concubine for the emperor. Daddy didn't dare to resist the order, so he had to agree to take me into the palace with him.

I don't understand Daddy's helplessness at all, but I'm still leisurely. The night before entering the palace, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep. All I thought about was the fun and delicious food in the palace......

Finally, I stayed up until the morning, and I sat in front of the mirror. I had already taken Daddy's words as a deaf ear, and I still changed into that pink plush gauze robe, which I loved. This dress was made by Aunt Song and made by herself according to my size.

"Little Candle is so beautiful...... Aunt Song walked in and poured me a face wash.

I leaned back in front of the mirror: "Really? ”

I was six years old. I only remember that the wind and snow were so great that the strange wind blew on my face as if it had been slashed by a knife.

I got into the carriage that followed my father into the palace and pulled the curtain, "Aunt Song, go back quickly, it's windy outside, I can ......come back in the evening after attending the queen mother's birthday banquet."

Aunt Song was still standing under the carriage, "I'll watch you go, I'll go in again, hurry up and put on a velvet robe, don't suffer the wind cold on the way back." ”

The car was gone, and I grabbed the curtain and refused to let go. It wasn't until I couldn't see Aunt Song that I slowly put my hand back in the car, because it was really cold outside.

I was sitting in a carriage with Daddy, and I happened to find an opportunity, so I asked him, "Daddy, is this palace fun?" ”

"It's fun, it's not fun...... Daddy touched my head and held me on his lap. I was pulled very tightly, as if I was afraid that I would run away.

I don't understand, what Daddy said, is it an answer? If it's an answer, how can I not understand it, so is it fun or not?

After a quarter of an hour, the man sitting in front of the carriage stopped the car. Pull open the door of the carriage and tell Daddy that it has arrived.

I couldn't wait, and immediately jumped out of the carriage.

Just standing at the gate of the palace, I felt that it was magnificent, not only wide, but also gorgeous, really carved beams and paintings, resplendent with gold. The four corners of the temple are raised high, as graceful as four swallows with wings ready to fly...

Walk inside, it's really spacious. I looked around curiously, but Daddy held my hand tightly, always whispering to me not to run around, or even to look around. I don't know what I'm doing if I don't let people see it, but I still listen to Daddy and pull my neck back and just look at the front.

I walked into the main hall with my father, and saw His Majesty and the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother wore gold and silver with a rich and noble face, His Majesty looked very young, and Daddy said that His Majesty was only five years older than me, young and promising.

"It's amazing, so young and above 10,000 people, Daddy, is it interesting to be Your Majesty?"

"Ah Candle can't talk nonsense, this is a contempt for the royal remarks, don't say it again in the future!" Daddy hurriedly looked at me, his face was a little hideous, and reminded me in a low voice.

"Oh!" I was afraid that Daddy would be angry, so I responded timidly.

But I thought in my heart what kind of bullshit palace this is, there are many rules, I don't want to see or eat, if I knew it was so boring, I wouldn't come, why don't I go back and build a snowman with Aunt Song!

After kneeling and bowing, he sat down cross-legged, and today he came either the emperor's relatives or important ministers of the court.

I was jumpy, because I couldn't move around at will, and I looked around all day, and I saw a girl about my age sitting in front of His Majesty in the center of the hall. She was very good-looking, her skin was white and tender, and her eyes were so big that they could shine, and I took a few more looks at her when she was good-looking. I looked at her with kindness in my eyes, but she replied to me with a pair of godless dead fish eyes, and my wholehearted hot face was exchanged for a cold ass from her. She doesn't want to see me, I don't look at her. I turned my head back and quietly asked Daddy, Daddy just told me not to speak, and when I got home, he told me that it was Shen Suyi, the princess of Xiliang, in fact, I had heard that there was a princess in Xiliang in the distance, but I had never seen a real person.

Xiliang was defeated the year before last, she was sent to her relatives at a young age, and she left her hometown at such a young age, which is quite pitiful, I suddenly understand her a little, and it is normal to be a little tempered in such a situation. But I heard that Your Majesty likes her very much, and she may be the queen of my Tianyue in the future.

I actually don't think the palace is fun at all, and the people are strange, seeing them all wearing gold and silver, living in a luxurious palace, but each of them doesn't seem so happy, but more helpless, that kind of helplessness in life......

The food table was full of delicate snacks and fruits, many of which I had never seen or even heard of. I thought to myself that His Majesty deserved to be above ten thousand people, and the things he ate were different from those of us ordinary people. I looked at the food and swallowed so much that I wanted to eat it, but I didn't dare to reach out to take it.

"Prime Minister Nan, quickly, let the mourning family take a good look at your beloved daughter hidden in the boudoir." The Queen Mother looked at my father and kept waving at me.

"Obey, Ah Candle pass!" Daddy first went back to the Queen Mother, and then called me again.

"Oh!" I immediately straightened up and walked to the center of the hall.

"Little girl A candle to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother please be safe, I wish the Queen Mother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan!" Although I have never been in the palace, I have seen a big scene, and my father taught me yesterday.

"Okay, this little mouth is really sweet, quick, come to the mourning family and let the mourning family take a good look!" The Queen Mother opened her mouth, and her eyes narrowed into a line when I laughed.

I was actually a little overwhelmed, and I couldn't help but glance in the direction of Daddy, and when I saw Daddy nodding, I dared to get up and run to the Queen Mother.

As soon as I came up, the Queen Mother took my hand: "Ah Candle, a good name, not only has a clever mouth, but also a handsome appearance, what a beautiful embryo, come, mourning family to reward you with wishful cakes." I took the wishful cake, thanked me and went down.

In fact, I think the Queen Mother is very good-looking, plump, and her skin is as white and red as a teenager, but I can't see any intimacy in her eyes, which is completely different from the way my father looks at me. I don't know if it's because the weather is too cold or other reasons, I always feel that the Queen Mother's hands are so cold, and when she pulled my hand just now, I felt very uncomfortable, like touching the snowflakes outside.

I took the wishful cake, bowed my head and carefully guarded it, and my heart was full of joy. I thought that such a good thing must be kept and eaten by Aunt Song, because Aunt Song used to say that she had never seen anything in the palace. I'm about to go back to Daddy. As soon as he looked up, he was greeted by a young man who looked high-spirited.

He is the younger brother of His Royal Highness the Dynasty, the sixth prince of the first emperor, and the only son of Concubine Feng Shu, King Yi Chu Muxiu. I didn't know it at the time, and I didn't know his identity until I grew up a much, long time later.

This brother is so handsome, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his eyebrows are dark and thick, and he looks like a woman, as if he walked out of a painting. Unlike other older brothers I've seen before, I always felt that he had a special temperament in him. I looked at him and was a little fascinated, and I was in a trance for a while before returning to Daddy.

I had never seen him, let alone known who he was, but I saw him richly dressed and extraordinary. The other piece of jade pendant on the waist is delicate in workmanship, and it is definitely a rare peerless jade in the world.

"To Your Royal Highness, please say hello to the Queen Mother, I wish the Queen Mother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan!" Chu Muxiu also bowed, gritting his teeth very reluctantly when he spoke.

What he said was the same as mine, although it was exactly the same, but his tone was different from mine, his tone was cold, and there was a faint murderous aura in his eyes, seeing that he seemed to be smiling and the whole person burst out with a frightening feeling, like falling into an endless abyss of desperate fear.

"Let's get flat!" The Queen Mother, who was still smiling just now, immediately put away her smile when she saw him, her eyes were cold, as if she saw an irrelevant passerby, Her Royal Highness did not speak, and her eyes were the same.

Chu Muxiu straightened up, sat down as well, and sat opposite me.

"Now that all the Aiqing have arrived, we will celebrate the birthday of the queen mother together." His Highness took up the glass and ordered the people to get up.

"I wish the Queen Mother happiness such as the East China Sea, longevity than Nanshan, I wish me a prosperous day and a prosperous world, a peaceful country and a peaceful country, and smooth wind and rain!" The ministers all raised their glasses.

After the birthday celebration, I saw many plump dancing girls dressed in gorgeous silk and running into the center of the hall, accompanied by the melodious sound of the piano, they danced like butterflies out of the cocoon, showing their dancing posture to the fullest.

In this staggered cup and dancing girl, I looked at him a lot. I was only six years old, and I didn't know what shyness or reserve was. I just think that person is good-looking, so I can't help but look at it a few more times, I put away my eyes and found that Princess Xiliang was also looking at him, I wonder if the future queen should not stare at His Majesty?

Chu Muxiu not only has a clean face, but his big eyes are particularly good-looking, blazing, although he is a little fierce, he is exceptionally clear, and his two eyes are as aura as copper coins. I was fascinated by it, it was like sitting under an osmanthus tree and watching the sunset, oh no, his eyes were even better than the sunset.

I saw that he was dressed in silk and satin, with a peerless jade waist, and his whole body revealed a noble temperament. If you want me to see, he is by no means an ordinary person, either a relative of the emperor or a relative of the emperor, just like me, from a famous family. It's just that I don't know why he came alone, didn't he come with his father and mother?

I don't know when he looked up, I was still watching him take his eyes off. In the sound of the piano, he looked at me, and I looked at him, eye to eye. My eyes were full of admiration and admiration, and his eyes seemed to be the same as just now, with the same murderous aura. Time seemed to stand still, and all the noise was gone.

Time was fast, and the boring birthday party was finally over.

After everyone bowed, they gave way to each other and pushed out of the main hall......