Xiu Mingda has followed his master since he was ten years old, and the master is the most trusted alchemist of the saint today. Today coincides with His Majesty's birthday, and he was blessed with the grace of the saint and authorized the cultivation of his name to follow the master into the palace for a banquet.

"No loud noises are allowed within the high walls of the palace, and no free movement is allowed. At the feast, eat without speaking, and do not look around. Your Majesty asks you what to answer, and you are not allowed to talk about anything else. Remember? ”

Xu Fu was worried that his apprentice would enter the palace for the first time, and he was afraid that he would offend the emperor by his inappropriate words and deeds. Keep talking about the face.

"Yes, I wrote it down." Xiu Ming replied respectfully.

Inside the palace gate, * solemn, all the way over, the eunuchs and palace maids all bowed their heads and walked slowly. I was afraid of making a big move and crashing into the nobles in the palace.

The silver armor on the patrol guards reflected a dazzling cold light in the bright moonlight. Xiu Naming, who was originally very excited and excited to participate in the banquet, was more or less affected by the surrounding environment, and gradually calmed down a lot.

Ying Yinyan got up and took the edict read by the emperor's personal eunuch in confusion. In previous years, on her father's birthday, a little transparent like her, who had no sense of existence, was not qualified to participate in the banquet. Why did my father suddenly issue an order this time and summon her by name to attend tonight's birthday banquet.

Ying Yinyan's mother died early, and her grandfather's family was just an ordinary businessman. Since the death of her mother, Yingyin Yan has cut off contact with her grandfather's family. She doesn't have a strong family background, and within the treacherous palace walls, her life is a little better than that of ordinary palace people.

Fortunately, the palace rules are strict, even if she is no longer favored, there will be no slaves who oppress their masters.

Mama Ye, the nurse of her mother, entered the palace with her mother. When Yingyin Yan was still an infant, she was taken care of.

Mama Ye often complains about the injustice of heaven, obviously she is also a princess of the heavenly family, why are the other highnesses all dressed in gorgeous clothes, fine clothes and jade food, but her little master has to live in such a remote and dilapidated palace.

It's just a hard time to live this day, but Yueyue has to be deducted from the top with all kinds of excuses.

However, as a party to the party, Ying Yinyan is quite satisfied with the current state of life. At least not many people are worried about being unfavored, unlike her poor tenth sister, although she is deeply favored by the emperor, she died in the end.

I want to attend my father's birthday banquet tonight, and I can't dress too plain and shabby. Ying Yinyan opened the wooden wardrobe and helplessly found that the only piece of clothing that she could barely look at in the past was a goose yellow gauze skirt worn during the ceremony last year.

"Her Royal Highness Concubine Lin of Qinglin Palace is about the same size as the princess, or the slave maid will go and ask for a suitable dress for you. Master Lin has a gentle and kind temperament, so it must not be difficult to borrow a dress from her. ”

Mama Ye looked at the few gauze skirts in the closet, and felt both self-blame and sadness in her heart. She has no ability to be a grandmother, and she can't even prepare a good dress for the little master.

"Don't bother, I think this one is pretty good."

Ying Yinyan took out the goose-yellow gauze skirt from the cabinet and stood in front of the bronze mirror to compare, the size was just right. The clothes are plain, but what does it matter, the sisters are all beautiful women like flowers, who will notice her sitting in the corner?

"What's more, what's going on in our palace, outsiders don't know. It is inevitable that the tongue will fall, so it is the most appropriate to wear it. ”

Mama Ye turned to the side and sighed softly, the master died early and was not favored, so she couldn't plan for the little master. The little master grew up in an environment where he stepped on the ground since he was a child, and he was sensible and distressing.

"Okay, isn't it just a garment? Mama, you have to have this time to be sad, you might as well hurry up and come over and help me clean up, our palace is far away from the banquet place, and if you don't hurry up, you will be late. ”

The thick chime Qin Zheng rang out, and the dinner officially began. Ying Yinyan walked into the banquet hall panting and sweating. Fortunately, she finally caught up. Just as Ying Yin Yan had predicted in advance, her seat was indeed at the very edge of the hall.

Ying Yin smiled self-deprecatingly, the dancing girl in the court had a bewitching posture. The headdress jewelry she wore was even more gorgeous than that of a princess.

It's been a long time since the clean days, and Yingyin Yan is a little uncomfortable with this kind of noisy occasion, not to mention that she has always lived in a simple place, and she doesn't have a sister to talk to.

Feeling bored, she sat quietly in the corner alone, bowing her head and eating seriously the food prepared by the palace maid on the table.

Because the emperor admired and trusted Xu Fu very much, Xiu Ming and Xu Fu's seats were specially arranged in the position closest to the emperor's right hand.

Xiu Ming looked at Ying Yin Yan in the distance with interest, her beautiful appearance and refreshing dress made her stand out among the princesses with jewels and heavy makeup.

It's just that the person concerned doesn't seem to be aware of the inquiring eyes of the people around him, and he is immersed in his own world and eats very sweetly.

"I have long heard that Master Xiu's swordsmanship is outstanding, and he is amazing. In this court, the pianist playing the zither alone is inevitably a bit boring and boring, and I don't know if the cultivator is willing to come forward and dance the sword to help the fun. ”

"Fix the name, fix the name." Xu Fu looked at the cultivator outside the world, and frowned unhappily.

"Master" Xiu Ming came back to his senses and carefully looked at Xu Fu with a black face.

"The Holy One asks you if you would like to come forward and dance the sword to cheer up."

"It is a great honor for Weichen to be able to cheer for the saints."

Xiu Ming got up and took the long sword in the guard's hand, and slowly stepped into the middle of the hall with the sword in his hand. Dressed in white, it is outstanding. The straps between the hair, accompanied by the long sword, the sword dance is light, and the style is graceful.

Ying Yinyan looked at the cultivation of the sword dance in the hall in surprise, she had seen a lot of singing and dancing, and it was the first time to dance the sword. Looking at Chengle's sword-wielding Xiu Ming, Ying Yinyan couldn't take her eyes off excitedly.

"Floating in the mortal world, nothing will cause dust. Your apprentice is good, not bad. The emperor looked at the sword-wielding cultivator in the hall, and his eyes were full of appreciation.

"Your Majesty praised it falsely, he's just a few shows."

"You, you. The apprentice is so good, when it is time to praise, he must praise well. You're so strict, maybe you'll be scared away one day, and you'll regret it when the time comes. ”

"Your Majesty laughed."

From the beginning of the banquet, Xu Fu's ice cube face, because of the emperor's jokes, finally had a smile.

There is a large begonia tree next to the palace where Ying Yin lives and is planted by her mother when she was alive. When the weather is good, she often takes the piano left by her mother and the insect repellent incense made of wormwood by her mother to play the piano in the forest.

The emperor was obsessed with pills during this time, and specially built a pill room in the palace, so the disciples of Xiuming were also able to follow Xu Fu into the palace to practice pills for the emperor.

On the way to the alchemy room after collecting medicine in the medicine garden, Xiu Ming faintly heard the melodious and tactful sound of the piano in the distance. He followed the pleasant sound of the piano into the begonia forest, and for a while, he took out the long Xiao on his waist and played with the sound of the piano.

"You are the man who danced the sword at the banquet that day."

Yingyin Yan was still wondering which nasty ghost had disturbed her interest in playing the piano, and when she looked up, she found that it was the son of the sword dancer that day. Wearing a lake blue robe, with a dark blue glazed jade pendant pinned to his waist. It goes well with this elegant white begonia forest.

"You're the gluttonous princess at that feast."

Ying Yin Yan didn't like Xiu Ming and said that she was greedy, so she pouted in displeasure, picked up the piano and planned to get up and leave.

"My name is Xiuming, I don't know if the princess will play the piano here tomorrow."

Xiu Ming saw Ying Yin Yan turn around and leave, and asked a little rudely without caring about the first acquaintance.

"This princess will come when she is in a good mood, and she will not come if she is in a bad mood." Ying Yin Yan did not give a definite answer, and said very perfunctorily.

On the second day, Ying Yinyan deliberately came an hour later than usual, and seeing that it was already close to Bo Xishan, she thought that Xiu Ming should have left a long time ago. But what she didn't expect was that when she entered the begonia forest, Xiu Ming was holding a sword and sitting on the stones by the tree waiting for her.

Since then, the two have often met in the begonia forest, sometimes playing the piano and Xiao. Otherwise, it is to win Yin Yan to play the piano, cultivate his name and practice swords. The two of them lived very chic and wanton in this small world of seclusion.

"Yan'er, this is a birthday present for you."

"What? God mysterious. ”

Ying Yinyan took the mahogany box in Xiuming's hand, and when she opened it, she found that a camellia pendant carved from white jade the size of a thumb was lying on the brocade cloth in the box.

Xiu Ming knew that Ying Yin Yan had always liked camellia very much, and today was her birthday, so Xiu Ming did what she liked, and deliberately found a skilled craftsman, used the best white jade, and carved a camellia pendant for her.

"Thank you."

The intention of repairing the name made Yin Yan very happy in her heart, and the ignorant feelings have always been entangled in the hearts of the two.

There is no need to deliberately declare it, Yingyin Yan also knows the affection of Xiu Ming for herself. Seeing that Xiu Ming was happy because he was happy to receive his gift, Yin Yan didn't know where to get the courage, stood on tiptoe and gently kissed Xiu Ming's face.

Ying Yin Yan's kiss was like a goose feather gently twitching in Xiu Ming's heart, he stared intently at Ying Yin Yan's back gradually disappearing into the forest, standing in place and smirking, sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys and girls, love each other. The flowers are young, and the time is very good.