"Huh." Yue Tianyu held one hand weakly, covered her lips and chuckled: "Why, when I say this, am I actually scared Ah Cao?" ”

Yue Xiao came back to her senses, "hiss" gasped, her fingers holding the tea cup were slightly red, she withdrew her fingers, put them to her lips and blew twice.

Yue Tianyu sighed softly, "I'm not a child anymore, it's not good to be distracted often, your position is special, you must always pay attention to protecting yourself." So as he spoke, he summoned a distant attendant to fetch the medicine.

"What the eldest brother said is that there have been a lot of things recently, and he may be a little tired, Ah Cao will pay attention, and the eldest brother doesn't have to worry about it." Yue Xiao tapped her eyebrows twice with her other hand, hooked her lips and said.

The attendant returned quickly, presented the medicine box to Yue Tianyu's hand, and then retreated into the distance, Yue Tianyu reached out and naturally took his brother's hand, as if he was young, patiently and gently helped him with medicine, the fingers that had been stained with water vapor were slightly cold, and the mint ingredient in the scald medicine made Yue Cao squint comfortably, and then turned his head to look at the gradually clearer sky outside the pavilion, and the haze that had stopped in his heart was swept away, "The rain has stopped." He said.

Yue Tianyu's hand movements did not stop, but while wrapping gauze around him, he leaned forward gently, looked up and looked out, and said, "Yes, tomorrow is the moon's evening, maybe there will be a bright moon to accompany me." ”

Yue Cao smiled and agreed, "Maybe it's really possible, tomorrow I will go to the old place with Brother Huang and Ah Zheng to enjoy the moon, just the three of us." ”

"Very good, then as Ah Cao said, I will bring a jar of good wine to help the fun." With that, the two brothers looked at each other and smiled.

The next day, over the Nanyue Imperial City, revealing the long-lost clouds and blue sky, originally today should be a good day for the whole country to celebrate, but because of the disaster of floods in various places, the Moon Emperor previously ordered to cancel the National Day and the palace banquet, and only prepared a sacrifice and blessing ceremony presided over by Si Tianjian.

Looking at Si Tianjian, who was on the altar and reciting the sacrificial text loudly, the Moon Emperor suddenly felt a buzzing in his ears, raised his hand and rubbed it, it seemed to be better, although the action was small, it was still seen by the queen beside him, and then asked with concern: "Your Majesty, are you lacking?" Can the concubine help you rest? ”

Hearing this, the Moon Emperor smiled at her and shook his head, and turned his gaze back to the altar, and at this time, no one noticed that under the altar in the distance, among the people, a middle-aged man dressed in Xuanyi and with an ordinary face was staring at the emperor and queen standing in front of the temple, showing a strange smile.

The sacrifice was coming to an end, the witch dance slowly stopped with the sound of drums, Yue Tianyu suddenly felt that something was wrong, intuitively looked at the people gathered below, and keenly captured the Xuanxi figure, Yuexiao stood beside him, and with his movements, the Xuanyi man seemed to be aware of the two sharp cold rays, turned his head to look back, and the three of them collided with each other, only to see the Xuanyi man with a disdainful smile, his expression was almost provocative, and Yue Tianyu and Yue Cao did not know where this person came from, their expressions became more and more tense.

At the same time, the man in Xuanyi quietly withdrew the silver needle that was originally between his fingers, and when Si Tianjian sprinkled the last handful of millet on the high platform, announcing the end of the sacrifice and prayer, he quickly turned around and left, trying to drown in the sea of people.

When he turned around, Yue Cao summoned Xi Qiu, a close attendant, and told him to follow the mysterious man, Xi Qiu led the order to lead people quietly, Yue Xiao turned his head to look at Yue Tianyu, and whispered: "I have arranged for someone to follow." Yue Tianyu bowed his head lightly and said "um", "This person must not be simple, let's look at it for the time being." "That person's aura is out of place with the people around him, and his ordinary appearance must be a disguise, and his smile that makes the soles of his feet chill is simply terrifying.

The sacrifice lasted for two hours, and when the group returned to the forbidden middle in a mighty way, it was already lunchtime, and the Moon Emperor was tired, so he let everyone disperse, and the queen accompanied him back to the road bed, and hastily rested after lunch.

In the evening, the palace lights are lit up, and the forbidden center that has been simply decorated dispelled some of the haze atmosphere that has been shrouded in the forbidden area recently, and has a little more joy that the festival should have.

Although the palace banquet was canceled, the reunion dinner still had to be eaten, but it was changed to a royal family banquet, and the people who went to the banquet in addition to the royal clan in the imperial city, invited a few close ministers and their families who were close to the deceased, and there were no gorgeous songs and dances on the banquet, only the palace wind music was left to help the fun, and the etiquette was still adhered to between the cups and the lamps.

It's just that this atmosphere is a little cold, after all, it is a reunion festival, so just over half of the banquet, the Empress Dowager Xiahou, who was sitting next to the Moon Emperor, suddenly opened her mouth: "It's still early, the wine can be drunk slowly, none of the people here today are outsiders, and the family members of the Qing Dynasty have not seen each other for a long time, so you might as well have some fun programs, so that the old woman of the mourning family can also see the demeanor of the nobles and nobles in the imperial city today." ”

"It's okay, then according to the mother's wishes, it's better to start with Wei Qing's house." The Moon Emperor smiled and responded to the Queen Mother's meaning.

"Brother Huang, it's boring to come in turn, it's better to have something interesting." Yue Yunchu sat next to the Queen Mother and said with a smile while holding a wine glass.

The Moon Emperor nodded at her and said, "Then according to the opinion of the imperial sister, how about you?" "The Moon Emperor has always loved this sister who is more than ten years apart from her mother.

Therefore, Yue Yunchu did not see outside, immediately got up and went down to the hall, and said while walking: "Actually, it is roughly similar to the 'fundraising' that we have played in private on weekdays, but today we are fighting for talent and not wine, plus it is the moon and the night, of course, the day of reunion of the moon must be good in pairs, so the rule is to prepare two sets of chips, and those who are not married here can participate in the drawing. ”

Yue Yunchu's idea won the heart of the Queen Mother, even if he agreed, the Moon Emperor initially felt that there were many marriageable men and women in this palace, in case they were really matched together, I was afraid that those delicate ladies should not, but looking at the past, the originally reserved ladies were now all shy and smiling, looking eager to try, and on the other hand, his sons were all handsome and black, as if they were facing a great enemy, this situation made the Moon Emperor, who was also a young man, suddenly feel interesting, and agreed to watch the excitement. And the heirs prepared chips and long tables to decorate.

After a while, the hall is close to the emperor's high platform, put a long table covered with red silk, two chips on the table, under the order of the Moon Emperor, whether you want to or not, you must step forward in turn, otherwise it is to disobey the holy order, after a dozen young men and women complete the drawing, after checking the match, it is also a few happy and a few sad, lively, all temporarily retreated to the side, to discuss the talent behind.

At this time, there was a chip left in each of the two cranks, which was just a pair.

Looking at the chip, the Queen Mother seemed to remember something, turned her head to Yue Yunchu and said, "Yunchu hasn't taken it yet, the rest is yours." ”

Yue Yunchu was startled, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "The queen mother is wrong, the sons are elders, how can you play with them, don't talk nonsense." ”

Without waiting for the Queen Mother to speak, the Moon Emperor took over and said: "I think what the Queen Mother said is right, the eldest princess Ninghua has just established the rules, but everyone here has to participate, everyone is listening, are you going to play tricks as an elder?" His gloating look made Yue Yunchu a little dumbfounded, how could she not know that her always gentle and respectful imperial brother actually had this side.

Speechless for a long time, watching the Moon Emperor and the Queen Mother open their mouths a few times but didn't know what to say, and then thought, what is the elbow turned out, lifting a stone to hit her own feet, she knew it today, so she resigned herself to the fate of the stage, when the hand just stretched out, the idea moved to hold the remaining two chips firmly in the hand, and said to them with a slight pride: "There is no other suitable candidate now, then I will be alone." ”

"Who said that?" The Moon Emperor looked at her with a little smugness, came to his senses, and said to the attendants: "Xuanxiahou commanded the envoy to enter the hall. ”

With a sharp and loud call from the attendants, Xiahou Chong immediately came in from outside the hall, today he happened to be on duty, wearing armor and stepping on soap boots, because of his tall body, the whole popularity of Yu Xuanang, such a posture made many nobles who were used to seeing Confucianism shine in their eyes, and even Mrs. Xiahou herself looked at her son with appreciation.

"Minister Xiahou Chong, knock to see Your Majesty." Approaching the emperor, Xiahou Chong's momentum did not decrease, and he knelt on the ground and saluted.

"General Xiahou, excuse me, today is the night of the moon, Zhao Qing came to think that Qing is just a young man who has just passed the weak crown, so let's follow the eldest princess Ninghua and them to have a lively time."

When the words fell, Xiahou Chong and Yue Yunchu were stunned, the two looked at each other, and clearly saw the disgust in each other's eyes, but the king's order had been issued, and they could only hold back the dissatisfaction in their hearts, and they still had to receive the order and thank them on their faces.

When Xiahou Chong went to the side hall to remove his armor and returned, Yue Tianyu, Yue Cao, Yan Baojing and Wei Xueyan had arrived in the hall, which was originally supposed to be a group of two, sorted in turn, but the names of the four of them happened to collide, and Wei Xueyan looked at Yan Baojing who had drawn a group with Yue Tianyu with a look of grievance since she learned about the pairing of the chips, so Yan Baojing and Yue Cao privately made a bunch of four people, and presented the same song "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night", Yue Tianyu held Xiao, Wei Xueyan stroked the qin, Yan Baojing hugged the pipa, Yue Cao responded to the most suitable sword dance for him.

"Phew...... The euphemistic and simple melody and smooth and changeable rhythm of the ...... seem to have experienced the whole process of the moon from rising to hanging high and then setting in the west slope overnight, and the sword dance of the moon is also as fast as the rapids of the river, rushing away; Sometimes the rhyme is curling and swaying, bringing everyone into a world of fascination.

Outside the hall, a round of bright moon in the sky, such as lead Hua thousands of miles washing the sky, the lights in the hall are swaying, and the aftermath is constantly lingering.

At the end of the song, the Moon Emperor in the hall praised the reward while stroking his palms, and the Queen Mother and the Queen also responded, and everyone present praised each other.

Yue Yunchu raised her eyes to look at the Queen Mother on the seat, staring at the four young people in the hall with bright eyes, shook her head secretly, and said in her heart, I am afraid that someone is going to make trouble, and I don't think about it deeply, anyway, it has nothing to do with her, and then turned around and continued to discuss the talents of the two with Xiahou Chong.

After Yue Xiao them, it was Yue Zheng's turn, he matched the granddaughter of the Taifu family, Jiang Li, to make a poem and painting, although this is not what he is good at, but looking at the delicate appearance of the young lady, coupled with the superb music skills of the previous few people, they can only retreat to the second, fortunately, Miss Jiang has four arts, he is only responsible for the writing part, but it also complements each other.

And then the next few groups, the most miserable are Xiahou Chun and Wei Wuji, these two began to kill and didn't believe that there was such a coincidence, everyone else was a worthy noblewoman, only they were two big men together, but after watching it several times, they also accepted their fate in discouragement.

It's just that for the talents of the two, the Xiahou family and the Wei family are indescribable, the reason is just that in the Nanyue Imperial City, although these two people are not infamous, but the name of the gentleman is also resounding in the noble circle, but fortunately, both of them are clean enough, except for playfulness and occasional tricks, there are no other bad deeds, so these two, one is the queen mother's favorite nephew, and the other is the "holy envoy" who is about to leave Beijing with King Yu.

These two living treasures got together and performed the vulgar and elegant jokes they often heard in the restaurant, which would have been reprimanded in normal times, but today is a family banquet, so there are not so many taboos.

So on the whole hall, there was a lot of laughter and laughter at this time, which relaxed the tense nerves of these princes and nobles present all day.

And looking at the Moon Emperor's relaxed face and smiling eyebrows, the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother also glanced at each other, smiled and nodded at each other.

Then, the Queen Mother leaned towards Lan Guifei again, and whispered a few words to her, Lan Guifei subconsciously turned her head and glanced at Yue Cao, a little hesitant, but in the expectant eyes of the Queen Mother, she finally nodded and whispered: "It is up to the queen mother to decide, but it is better to ask Ah Cao's wishes." ”

The Queen Mother smiled with satisfaction, raised her hand and patted Lan Guifei's hand lightly twice, signaling to her to rest assured.

Time flies, just when Yue Yunchu was already yawning, it was her and Xiahou Chong's turn.