Chapter 23: The Affair of the Palace Banquet
Into the painting angrily dragged the book in her hand and threw it aside, grabbed her ears fiercely, and knew to Shen, "Miss, you have a good rest, I'll retreat first with the piano." ”
Shen Zhi, who should have been asleep, quietly stretched out his hand, waved it to show that he knew, and quickly retracted it in Jinqin's shocked eyes.
In the painting, he grabbed the ears like the piano, and dragged the person out through gritted teeth in the cry of pain in the piano.
There was a sudden silence in the room.
Shen Zhi opened his eyes and listened to the screams of the piano outside the house and the reprimand of the painting slowly faded away, and the smile in his eyes gradually faded.
In the incense burner on the table, a wisp of green smoke rises, reflecting the silence of the room.
Shen Zhi pinched the cold little fish jade pendant in his purse, and slowly came out of his mind.
Somehow, she suddenly thought of Xiao Zhi, who had a hurried side on Changqing Mountain.
In the previous life, until she died, the other party seemed to be alone, and in this life, on such a day, I don't know what kind of situation is around him.
Settle the royal palace.
Pavilions, pavilions, eaves and walls, golden tile glaze, outside the Jiuqu Bridge, rockeries stand up, there seem to be a few rare fish swimming in the clear water, and the little maids and maids who have walked are all footsteps
Lightweight, well-organized, and seeing visitors are also respectful in words and in decent postures, anyone who sees these will can't help but exclaim.
A young man in a long royal blue robe, led by the guards, crossed the rockery and clear water, walked across the Jiuqu long bridge, and sighed as he walked, "I haven't been here for a while."
Uncle Huang here, it seems to be a little more chic. ”
The guard said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "The prince sometimes has some strange thoughts, and it is not uncommon for there to be changes. ”
The man in the royal blue robe smiled when he heard this, and said nothing more.
When you turn the pavilion and pavilion, the eyes suddenly open up, and in the vast white snow, a pavilion with curtains hanging around it appears in front of you.
"The prince is waiting inside, the second prince is please." The guard stood still and said respectfully.
The young man in this royal blue robe is the second son of the emperor of the current dynasty, that is, His Royal Highness the Second Prince, named Xiao Teng.
The dragon gave birth to nine sons, each with its own differences, the second prince Xiao Teng was born one day later than the eldest prince Xiao Yue, and the heartiness of the eldest prince Xiao Yue is different, his face is handsome and gentle, and his eyebrows and eyes are habitually brought
With a smile, he didn't deliberately show the majesty of the prince, and he looked like a noble son who knew etiquette and was funny from a distance.
Xiao Teng glanced at the pavilion not far away from a distance, and said with a smile, "I'm tired of you leading the way." ”
The guards didn't dare to say anything, so Xiao Teng walked towards the pavilion.
Approaching this pavilion, he immediately noticed the chic nature of this pavilion, each pillar was engraved with intricate seal inscriptions, and the cornices at the four corners of the pavilion were depicted extremely exquisitely
, on which there is a small lion that swallows the sun and the moon, and the pavilion is surrounded by thick curtains, as soon as the curtains fall, the cold air is blocked out, and the pavilion is smoked with warm incense
There were still some fresh fruits on the table that were out of season, and two cups of steaming hot tea were placed there, as if they had already guessed his arrival.
Xiao Teng looked at it without a trace, then looked at the people in the pavilion, and laughed loudly, "Uncle Huang is so leisurely and elegant, on such a cold day, he is still enjoying the snow outside." ”
If you follow his gaze, you can see a young man in the pavilion with his back to him, sitting in a wheelchair, hearing his voice, the other party is turning around in a wheelchair, and his face is poopy
also came into Xiao Teng's eyes.
Xiao Teng was stunned.
Even though he had known that his imperial uncle was extremely handsome and a beautiful man that everyone in the capital said, what he saw with his own eyes was still unbearable.
Dressed in white with black hair, his face is handsome, his facial features are not as rough as other men, but a unique gentle outline, beautiful lines, and his eyes are pale brown, like crystal clear
The transparent glass orb, but also with a cold texture, the bridge of the nose is high and straight, the thin lips are slightly pursed, perhaps the reason for the cold weather, the lip color is faintly white, at a glance, it seems to be not
Cannibal's fireworks are fairy-like.
This is his imperial uncle - Xiao Zhi.
Although the generation is older than him, he is actually about the same age, and when others are seventeen or eighteen years old, they are all freshly dressed and angry, appreciating flowers and wine, chic and wanton, which is unique to young people
of vigorous energy.
And he, the imperial uncle, is notoriously cold, his coldness is not just superficial and pretending to be mature, but more like a coldness that comes from the bones of the impermanence of human feelings
Desert, corresponding to his notoriously indifferent appearance, is also his extremely handsome appearance.
Xiao Teng hid the sour jealousy that flashed in his heart, stepped forward, and said, "Uncle Huang, how long have you been watching the snow scene here?" ”
Xiao Zhi rubbed the object in his hand, glanced at him, his pale brown eyes were shallow, and he couldn't see his emotions, he said, "You sit here, can you enjoy the snow outside?" ”
Xiao Teng's tone was stagnant, and the pavilion was surrounded by curtains tightly, and there was no snow scene to see.
He hurriedly snorted and said, "It's my nephew's quick mouth and he said the wrong thing, Uncle Huang is not surprised, don't be surprised." "But I was a little unhappy in my heart, this imperial uncle was inevitably too unround
slipped, obviously he was just looking for a random conversation, but the other party deliberately embarrassed him as if he couldn't understand.
At this time, Xiao Zhi said: "You don't usually come to my side on weekdays, why do you want to come over today?" ”
Xiao Zhi thought in his heart, it was not his mother concubine, he had to come over, and it would not hurt to be close to the imperial uncle. Who doesn't know that his imperial uncle is idle and wild, and his ears are not
Hearing about the affairs of the court, every day is either fiddling with the palace, or going out from time to time, I don't know where to go, just look at an idler, what is there to woo.
But he definitely couldn't say these words, so he took out the words he had prepared a long time ago, and said with a smile, "On weekdays, I am afraid that Uncle Huang will be busy with affairs, so I don't dare to bother more, but this year."
When the gate was close, thinking that the emperor's mansion was deserted, the nephew thought of coming to the emperor's uncle to talk and accompany the emperor's uncle. ”
When Xiao Zhi heard this, his lips hooked slightly, and a smile of unknown meaning flashed away, and returned to his original state in an instant, "I'm used to being alone, I don't need you to accompany me, but your father is the emperor, and the body is okay."
Still healthy? ”
Xiao Teng didn't expect the other party to suddenly change the topic for a while, and only replied after a while, "Father Emperor Long's body is healthy, but there have been a lot of things in the court recently, and I am a little annoyed." ”
"That's good."
Xiao Teng couldn't figure out the meaning of his words, so he simply threw it behind him, and asked instead, "Uncle Huang, will you go to the palace banquet in a few days?" ”
"Your mother asked you to ask?" Xiao Zhi didn't answer the rhetorical question.
Xiao Teng was shocked by his amazing insight, how dare he admit it, and hurriedly said, "No, it's just that my nephew thinks that Uncle Huang always stays alone in the mansion, and it's too lonely and lonely, no."
If it is lively together, and this year's palace banquet, my father will also return to the banquet to invite many ministers and officials, and it will be very lively. ”
Xiao Zhi wanted to refuse, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know what he remembered, his eyes deepened slightly, and he became, "Okay." ”
Xiao Teng originally thought that he would hear the words of refusal, but he didn't expect that this imperial uncle, who usually cherishes words like gold and is as cold as an iceberg, actually agreed to his proposal, and suddenly couldn't control himself
Happy, he said again and again, "The nephew will rush back and tell the mother the good news, and the nephew will wait for the imperial uncle at the palace banquet two days later." ”
After that, he saluted Xiao Zhi and left happily.
Xiao Zhi watched him leave, his pale brown eyes were not shocked, and at this time, someone lifted the curtain and came in, took a thick blanket in his hand, covered Xiao Zhi, and slowly pushed him
out.
"Master, do you really want to go to the palace banquet?"
If Shen Zhi was present, he would definitely recognize that the person who spoke was the person he met in Changqing Mountain not long ago, the person named Gray Ling.
Xiao Zhi said, "Just have nothing to do, just go." ”
As he spoke, he smiled suddenly, his handsome face was a cold and sarcastic smile, "My brother, even if I have been idle for so many years, still regards me as a thorn in the eye, and he can't wait for it."
Pull me out, and I can't do it because I have a lot of worries. ”
"It's because I'm worried about the affairs of the court, and I'm probably worried about my existence."
Gray Ling listened quietly to him as he said these words, and sighed in his heart, how hard the master has lived over the years, others may not know, but he, the personal guard, is very clear
Still.
sighed in his heart, but he inadvertently saw something in the corner of his eye, and suddenly felt a little surprised and hesitated, "This is ......"
"This?" Xiao Zhi followed his gaze to look at his hand, he slightly released his palm, and a jade pendant in the shape of a green lotus appeared in his palm.
Gray Ling looked at this jade pendant, the more she looked at it, the more familiar she felt, and suddenly remembered that a few years ago, her master already had this jade pendant, but it appeared for a while, and then it was no more
I haven't seen it, I don't know how it suddenly came out again.
"A few years ago, I traveled all over the world to look for a famous doctor, but I didn't find a famous doctor, but I was entangled by a crazy madman, and I forced this thing to stuff me, saying that it was the fate of my life,"
Xiao Zhi seemed to think of the past, and couldn't help laughing, "Later, I couldn't find that person, so I didn't take it seriously, so I just left it aside and threw it aside." ”
"Then how can you ......" Gray Ling wanted to speak and stopped, so why did she take it out again now?
As if to understand his unfinished words, Xiao Zhi rubbed the jade pendant in his hand for a while and put it away, "It's nothing, it's just that I inexplicably remembered such a thing recently, so I took it out."
Here it comes. ”
As he spoke, he changed his words and said with a smile: "It's also funny, how can the fate of people be a jade pendant can be clearly explained." ”
Not to mention......
Xiao Zhi glanced at his legs covered by a thick blanket, and his clear pale brown eyes were only covered with a layer of gray haze at this time.
These pairs of useless legs always tell him that he is inseparable from the fate of a wheelchair in this life.
His heart, as early as that night, was already dead, and this life is just a living and living in a mess, so what kind of fate can we talk about.
Xiao Zhi's lips curled into a self-deprecating arc, and he tucked the jade pendant into his sleeve.