In February, the cold wind is like a knife.

The day that the people of Huizhou have been looking forward to has finally arrived.

This thousand-year-old city located at the junction of the north and the south has a square and neat pattern like Luoyang, the capital of the gods. Tall and thick four sides of the city wall is like a chessboard symmetrical square market, the east and west gates, the north and south gates of the connecting line each have a straight avenue up to 100 steps wide, the east and west are called Anping, the north and south are called Ningxiang, the two avenues cross the intersection of the state city center, is located in the Huizhou Mansion.

On the Ningxiang Avenue leading from the main gate of Huizhou City to the Huizhou Mansion, the ground is washed with water early, and the shades of the streets and buildings along the way are covered with colorful silk brocade ribbons, which are bright and dazzling.

A thousand soldiers of the Huizhou Prefecture Army in armor lined up on both sides of Ningxiang Avenue with lances, and the cold tips of the lances made the people who were watching the excitement behind them dare not squeeze forward, so they had to stand on tiptoe and try to stretch their necks to look east.

On the colorful buildings on both sides of the street, the ladies and daughters-in-law of the major families have already occupied the best positions, prepared small handkerchiefs for melons and fruits, and looked out the window excitedly.

In the distance, the sound of gongs and drums to open the road came, and a hundred strong and sturdy officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty appeared in the field of vision of the people of Huizhou.

Behind the officers and men who opened the road was a mighty convoy of dozens of carts, like a long queue.

The middle chariot is the most ornate, composed of bright yellow and vermilion, carved beams, and obviously the highest status, because in front of the chariot are five snow-white horses.

There are five horses, only one less than the Son of Heaven.

The car is so large that it would be more appropriate to call it a chariot.

This is the honor guard of the only sister of the current emperor Gao Dan, the eldest princess of Jinyang.

The cheers of the people rang out on both sides of the street.

Song Mingxuan, the prefect of Huizhou, led his subordinates to greet him in front of the city gate.

The officers and men who opened the road were well-trained and formed a protective formation, and the convoy stopped at the city gate.

With the sound of the silver bell, the curtain on the largest carriage in the middle was lifted by a female official, and said to the woman sitting in the chariot: "Your Highness, Huizhou City has arrived. ”

"Really? It turns out that it has arrived. ”

Princess Jinyang, who was dressed in a luxurious and graceful body behind the curtain, whispered.

She is wearing the princess's Zhai clothes, wearing a crane in a big red satin mink skin, wearing a red gold embroidered red ground entwined rose Luo skirt, and a red gold phoenix with wings on the Lingyun bun on her head is swaying, the phoenix mouth is full of bright and transparent rubies, and the snow-white Hao wrist wears a string of red agate Buddha beads, a gorgeous red color with her bright and atmospheric appearance, like a warm sun in winter, as if the heaven and the earth are burned.

Princess Jinyang took the female official's hand and walked out of the carriage.

The eyes of everyone present lit up.

The surrounding officials and people bowed down and bowed down in convincing.

"See Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Princess Jinyang raised her head and glanced at the majestic Huizhou city wall in front of her with complicated eyes.

Her mind drifted for a moment.

Then she quickly gathered her heart and said to the crowd around her who were kneeling together.

"Flat."

Song Mingxuan stood up and walked to Princess Jinyang, "Weichen is Song Mingxuan, the prefect of Huizhou, to welcome His Royal Highness to Huizhou, and he has prepared a banquet in the mansion to wash the dust for His Royal Highness." ”

"Lord Song bothered."

Song Mingxuan raised his head, looked around with some confusion, and asked hesitantly: "I heard that the first prince of the Huizhou Mansion was walking with Her Royal Highness the Princess, I don't know ......."

"Duan Gongzi is homesick, and he has entered the city of Huizhou one step ahead of the palace." Princess Jinyang said lightly.

"I see." The prefect of Huizhou replied with sincere fear, "Please ask Her Royal Highness the princess to get in the car and enter the city, there will be government troops to lead the way." ”

Princess Jinyang's guard of honor drove into Huizhou City, and the cheers continued to resound.

The people of Huizhou who welcomed her waved the prepared red cloth strips, and the young woman on the Cai Lou waved handkerchiefs and flowers, and no matter how biting the cold wind in winter was, the enthusiasm of Huizhou City today could not be reduced.

And when the female official opened the curtain and Princess Jinyang waved outside the car, the people, who were far away from the political center and had never seen the royal family, squeezed forward frantically despite the guards' obstruction, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

Although in the end, the fanatical populace was stopped by the princess's guards, but what they had in their hands could not be stopped.

For a moment, handkerchiefs, sachets, concentric knots, and flowers that are rarely seen in the middle of winter rained down, and it only took a moment to turn the princess's convoy into a sea of flowers. And those washed water spirit melons and fruits kept throwing them into the convoy like no money.

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"Tut-tut, throw the fruit and win the car, what a big show! This scene can be compared with the eldest aunt's outing. ”

In a tea stall on the side of the road, a young man wearing a hat caught a melon that fell from the upper floor, took a big bite, and said vaguely.

The tea stall that used to be crowded with people is now deserted, and even the owner of the tea maker has gone to see the princess's honor guard. There was only one table in the entire tea stall with people.

It was two young men wearing hats.

"Huizhou is not as good as Shendu, and the people have not seen any royal relatives, so they are naturally more enthusiastic."

A teenager sitting opposite the young man who was gnawing melons said with a smile.

He lifted his hat slightly, revealing his handsome chin, and looked out at the princess's guard of honor outside the crowd.

"It's still Erlang, you have the foresight, if you hadn't sneaked into the city with me first, it is estimated that you would have been stoned to death by a melon in the car by now." The young man on the opposite side continued to feast, and after nibbling on the melon, he sneakily glanced around, took off the hat, revealed a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"There's no one here, let's all go and see my unlucky aunt, Erlang, you can also take off the hat, you're tired."

The young man sitting opposite him, Duan Erlang reached out and took off the hat when he heard this, and placed it on the table in a dignified manner.

The young man looks like he is only fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in an old robe, dressed as a poor scholar, but he looks really handsome, handsome and unforgettable - his face is like a crown of jade, the bridge of his nose is high, his eyes are like cold stars but he does not make people feel aggressive, he is as warm as jade but upright as a green pine, but his literary quality is not weak at all.

"Tut-tut, worthy of being Duan Shangshu's younger brother." The peach-eyed young man opposite finished nibbling on the melon, picked up another cup of tea, drank it with a clatter, and said with a smile, "I'm going to be tempted by this handsome." ”

"Your Highness laughed." Duan Erlang didn't get angry when he heard this, because he knew that the young man in front of him was such an immodest person.

This young man who drank tea with a reckless atmosphere turned out to be a serious royal family, and it was the sister-in-law of the emperor's brother today, the famous prince of Shendu - the king of Xin'an Xiaojun.