Today is the birthday of Emperor Gu Yi of Liang.

Gu Yi is actually a very diligent and thrifty emperor, which can be seen from the number of his concubines, in the Canghai realm, not only the human race, but the emperors of all races throughout the ages, which is not sitting on the harem beauties of three thousand, but only the three generations of Liangguo rarely focus on pleasure, but are diligent in political affairs and dare not slack off.

Every year's birthday banquet is a rare extravagant feast in a year.

This time, the birthday banquet is still held in the Taiji Palace, this time all the officials of the third rank and above and some representatives of the real family can have their own place in the palace, and the officials below the third rank can enjoy the exquisite imperial meal in the wide front hall of the palace, that is, the people of the capital outside the imperial city, according to the usual can also come to ask for a gift money.

Gu Xuan prepared everything even earlier today, because there was a small family banquet after tonight's state banquet, and her mother, who was the imperial concubine, would also attend.

The birthday banquet is divided into two sessions, one is a state banquet, which is to enjoy with the people, and the other is a family banquet, which can only be attended by members of the royal family, when the queen and the four high-status imperial concubines and some favored concubines, as well as several princes and older princesses will attend.

In the main hall of Taiji Palace, although no one has yet arrived, there are already dozens of palace maids and eunuchs who are busy.

These arrangements were made a few days ago, and now they are just routine inspections, after all, the birthday of the king of a country cannot tolerate the slightest mistake, and once something goes wrong, the person responsible will definitely not have good fruit to eat.

Gu Xuan was standing at the gate outside the palace at this time, he practiced martial arts all the year round, his body was strong, the cold and heat did not invade, he did not wear a bloated winter cotton clothes, but wore a chic power suit, with his hands behind his back, waiting quietly.

Half an hour later, three carriages slowly approached from a distance.

The coat of arms representing the Sihai Province where the mermaid envoys lived, shines brightly.

Gu Xuan's heart couldn't help but overflow with a little sweet joy, these days he will go to Sihai Mansion almost every day to take the initiative to find Fuyin to come out to play, although the two elder brothers Yu Yao and Bei Chu don't like him, the powerless and powerless fifth prince, but Fuyin is obviously not that kind of girl, at least Gu Xuan thinks so, not only does she dislike Gu Xuan, but she waits in the Sihai Mansion early every day, and then the two of them travel around the capital together during the day, and they are never tired of it.

She must have a good impression of herself, otherwise she heard that the third Gu Li was also fanatically pursuing her, why did she never agree to go out with the third child?

Anyway, Gu Xuan himself thought so anyway.

People who have grown up under the oppression of the people around them all the year round, a little kindness thrown by outsiders may be treated as a great goodness.

Seeing that the carriage stopped at the prescribed place, the mermaids in the carriage walked down one by one.

Gu Xuan waited for a long time, and made sure that all the people in the carriage had come down, but he didn't see Yu Yao and the other three.

Where did Fuyin go?

Gu Xuan's heart couldn't help but be a little anxious, he looked into the distance, and it turned out that it was another carriage coming slowly, it was the carriage of the old Sanfu, just behind the carriage of the Sihai Mansion.

Gu Xuan's heart chuckled, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

As soon as the carriage stopped, two people walked down from above, namely Xu Huaiying and a young man full of wealth and nobility, Xu Huaiying is currently the chief bookkeeper of Dali Temple, although it is only the official position of the sixth grade, but because the family background of the Xu family is too prominent, his father Xu Jintang is a hereditary first-class pillar of the country, the commander of the three armies in Youzhou, the general, that is the real Huang Zi Gongqing, the mainstay, according to the law his father is not there, Xu Huaiying, the eldest son of the Xu family, naturally has the qualifications to go to the palace to celebrate his birthday on behalf of Xu Jintang.

And this rich young man is the second young master of the Li family, the Li family of Yongzhou is the first-class businessman in Yongzhou, with strong financial resources, almost controlling the economic lifeline of Yongzhou, at the beginning of the founding of the Liang State, expanding on all sides, fighting every year, resulting in a shortage of domestic resources, and the court finally even had to pay too poor to pay, at that time it was the head of the Li family of that generation who took the initiative to stand up and funded a large amount of military expenses, grain and grass to the imperial court, which allowed the imperial court to stabilize the situation, and then the founding emperor of the Liang country, nicknamed ' Wu's word Taizu personally mentioned the word, and gave the Li family a plaque of "pillars of the country", the Li family is to enjoy the hereditary title of Marquis of Wanjin, the second son of the Li family is now studying in the Guozi prison in the capital, and he is naturally qualified to enter the palace on behalf of his father who can not come to congratulate his birthday.

The two of them actually stepped down from the same carriage now, which can't help but remind people of one thing, Xu Huaiying's father was an official in Yongzhou for ten years.

However, this is not what Gu Xuan cared about, Xu Huaiying and the second young master of the Li family were directly ignored by him, he didn't look away, and sure enough, Yuyao, Bei Chu and Fuyin also walked down from the third carriage one by one, and the last one to get off the carriage was the third prince Gu Li.

The six people over there talked happily with each other, and they didn't notice this, and one after another, other carriages came slowly, and the people who came down were all dignitaries or people from wealthy families, Gu Xuan stood at the gate of the imperial city in a daze, and the other side was only a few dozen meters away, but it seemed to be two worlds.

Yu Yao and the other three walked over with Gu Li and the others talking and laughing all the way, and the two sides collided together, Fuyin and Gu Xuan looked at each other, and the latter immediately took the initiative to speak: "I met the carriage of the third prince on the road, and it happened that the carriage of the Four Seas Mansion was not enough, so they came together." ”

Gu Xuan, who was still stunned, felt warm in his heart, and the whole person suddenly returned to his senses, and the other party took the initiative to explain, obviously taking him to heart, since this is the case, then what is he unhappy about, and he also nodded in understanding at the moment, and a trace of joy appeared on his face.

Gu Li looked at the scene in front of him, frowned slightly, suddenly stepped forward, stopped in front of Gu Xuan and Fuyin, and opened his mouth to invite: "Sister Fuyin, let's go in together,"

"Yes, Princess Fuyin, don't waste your time talking to this kid. Xu Huaiying also said next to him, if there is no accident, he will also inherit the title of Duke of Zhuguo in the future, so no one dares to care about him if he speaks presumptuously now.

The second son of the Li family next to him frowned slightly, but he didn't speak, but quietly distanced himself from Xu Huaiying next to him and followed silently.

However, Yu Yao opened his mouth first to relieve the siege and said: "Let's go in together, since the two of you are Your Majesty's sons, your Majesty's birthday today, you must not delay time." ”

Today is the emperor's birthday, a day of great joy, if there is a conflict, it will not be good for anyone, Xu Huaiying can only snort, did not say anything more, just blocked in front of Gu Xuan, and invited: "Brother Xingkong, let's go." ”

The second young master of the Li family arched his hand in understanding, and actually walked into the imperial city first, and the guards next to him saw that it was a friend brought by the third prince, so they only searched hastily, and let him go directly.

Fuyin didn't speak, just committed himself apologetically towards Gu Xuan, her eyes were pitiful, Gu Xuan was so angry at this time that all kinds of anger turned into finger wrapping, and since Fuyin's two brothers were here, of course she wanted to be with them, and she couldn't make it difficult for her, so she turned sideways and let Gu Li and his party walk in.

Seeing the group of people in front of him slowly walking away, Gu Xuan's heart sighed secretly, and he also walked inside, and at this moment, Gu Cang actually walked down from the corner tower next to him, as the prince of Liangguo, the future master of Da Liang, and also the main person in charge of tonight's banquet, Gu Cang was chic and leisurely, with his hands behind his back, and came slowly and slowly.

"Fifth brother!"

Seeing that Gu Xuan was in front of him, Gu Cang slightly sped up a little, walked over and greeted him warmly.

Since that day, the two have not seen each other for a long time, and there are many people on the day of the meeting, so they haven't talked in detail, but for this second brother who takes care of himself and has the ability to reach the sky, Gu Xuan has always had a kind of respect and good impression that ordinary people don't have.

"Second brother. ”

Gu Xuan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his head to salute.

Gu Cang accepted it calmly, and then said: "The fifth brother was waiting for someone just now, it is the little princess of the Shark Kingdom, the first beauty in the Canghai Realm." ”

Seeing Gu Xuan's face full of surprise, Gu Cang whistled softly, some frivolity that the prince of a country should not have.

"I see that everyone says that, and casually talks about it, what girl doesn't like to be praised, if you call her that, she must be happy. ”

Gu Cang walked over as he spoke, shook his hands in the cold day, gently bumped Gu Xuan's waist with his elbow, and asked with a cheap smile: "Fifth brother, do you like people?"

Gu Xuan was punctured and couldn't help but blush, but he didn't deny it, this second brother was like a respected elder, in front of him, Gu Xuan would not lie.

"Second brother Mingcha. ”

Gu Cang smiled: "As long as you are not a fool, you can see it, but the second brother has a lot of words, this woman is not simple." ”

Gu Xuan was slightly stunned, and from the bottom of his heart, he subconsciously disgusted the other party's statement, even if he was his most respected second brother.

"Does the second brother see her like this?"

As soon as he asked this, he didn't expect Gu Cang's face to suddenly become serious: "It's a good thing to oppose me, after all, I can't do everything very well, I believe that in the future, you will go further than me, and you will always be called by me, and you can't do it." ”

The topic jumped so fast that Gu Xuan lowered his head, not knowing how to answer.

Gu Cang just looked at the gloomy sky and sighed: "It's okay to like her, but at least she's not what you can control now, but people live for a lifetime, and when they should be young and frivolous, they should also be young and frivolous, this is not wrong." ”

Gu Xuangang wanted to say that she was not that kind of person, but Gu Cang directly waved his hand to stop his words.

"Don't be in a hurry to refute me, fifth brother, I just want to warn you, life is still a long way, don't give up the motivation to move forward for a little scenery along the way, don't be inferior, always feel inferior to others, the third child must be born better than you? ”

Gu Cang said as he didn't accompany Gu Xuan anymore, but continued to walk away slowly.

"Sneak out for a walk, and if you don't go back, they should be in a hurry. ”