Chapter 13: The First Seed of Love

The next day, night covered the entire city of Kyoto, and the red lanterns hanging in front of homes and the laughter of children greeted the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Walking on the corridor leading to the banquet place, you can see the carved railings and jade bricks, red bricks and green tiles...... Occasionally listening to the sound of firecrackers from outside the palace, Xiao Huang couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart about the palace city of ten steps, one pavilion, one hundred steps and one hall.

No matter how flowery the rhetoric, it can't be as shocking as it is to see it with your own eyes, but the more beautiful things are, the more poisonous they are, and the more vivid the color, the greater the potential danger.

And the palace has always been the end of the struggle for power, and the land under this foot is for people to trample on, and I don't know how many people's blood has been buried......

"The brave general has arrived~"

After the briefing, the little eunuch who led the way stepped back and pointed to the extravagant palace in front of him, and said respectfully: "This is the Qiongxia Palace, please go in with General Xiaoyong, the general's wife and the young lady, if there is nothing to order, the slave will go down." ”

"I'm tired of my little father-in-law." Lian Huaying said as she stuffed a silver ingot into her hand.

The little eunuch took the silver and bowed his head and thanked him, and then left happily.

Suddenly, Mo Liyun and his wife and daughter stepped into the Qiongxia Palace, and all the eyes in the hall were focused on them.

Jimo Liyun is mature and handsome, with a tall posture, because he leads the troops all the year round, and when he is not smiling, he has a cold and hard air on his body.

The third princess Lian Huaying smiled at the corner of her mouth, beautiful and gentle, and she did not lack the upbringing of a royal daughter in her gestures, and she did not lose her proud and free temperament.

Xiao Huang's facial features are exquisite, standing beside her father and mother in a down-to-earth manner, she looks slender and pitiful, and a snow-white fur collar cloak makes her complexion fair and smart.

Such a family, I believe that they will be the focus wherever they go.

When being scrutinized by others, Xiao Huang also had a full view of the general situation in Qiongxia Palace.

The first thing she discovered was Chai Zige and Sima Yi standing in the middle of a group of people, the former was an important minister of the court, and the latter was a relative of the emperor, so they would not be missing on such an occasion.

I saw that Chai Zige was still with a pleasant smile on his face, dealing with a group of officials.

And Sima Yi was shuttling among a group of ladies and young ladies with a folding fan in his hand, and the moment he entered the hall, Xiao Huang seemed to vaguely hear a sentence, "I haven't seen you for many days, Miss Qin is becoming more and more beautiful." ”

Of course, the two people in the middle of the crowd naturally saw Jimo Liyun and his party.

Sima Yi first beckoned: "Yo, it's General Xiaoyong who is here, please come in." The tone is still consistent.

"Thank you, Shizi."

did not smile at the brothers in the general's mansion, that is, Mo Liyun meticulously bowed his hand, although Sima Yi did not change his past virtues, he still hooked his peach blossom eyes, but he also returned the salute with great caution.

"The banquet will not start for a while, if the general doesn't dislike it, come and sit with Zige, as for the general's wife and Ling Yuan, how about with Neiko?"

Chai Zige didn't know when he got out of the officials, walked in front of Jimo Liyun and said this, both asking and arranging.

The latter nodded and replied, "Chai Zuo Yushi is polite. ”

Hearing that several people were so polite, Xiao Huang instantly understood, and stopped his due politeness in time, and did not shout the two titles of "uncle" and "third uncle", but obediently sat in the women's seat with Lian Huaying and Chai Zige's wife.

The relationship between Jimo, Chai and Sima can actually be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

It's just that every class has its rules and taboos, and even brothers who are so good in private can't "hook their shoulders" under the nose of the imperial power.

After all, one of them is an important minister of the imperial court, one is a general with real power, and the other is a relative of the emperor and the country......

The bell of the banquet rang, and the sound of announcements sounded one after another outside the Qiongxia Palace.

Half an hour later, the singing and cheering suddenly stopped and started again, "The emperor has arrived, and the queen has arrived~"

……

After dozens of rumors, Xiao Huang couldn't help but wonder if the eunuch who reported outside the door would die because he couldn't change his breath.

"Long live my emperor, long live, queen mother, thousand years old, thousand years old."

After a while, people who still didn't have a good impression of the gathering occasion were pulled to kneel down by their own mother.

The ensuing echo made her cover her ears, although there were many people attending the banquet, but they were not in a shadow, and there were most of the female dependents, but this "three long live" made Xiao Huang have a sense of being in the suburbs of ten thousand people.

"It's all flat." After a while, a loud voice came from the front of the hall.

"Emperor Xie!"

Emperor Xia Yu waved his hand and said majestically: "Take a seat, let's have a banquet." ”

"Spread ~ meals~, singing and dancing~"

As soon as Chang Fuquan finished singing and finishing, the neatly arranged eunuchs and palace maids entered with meals, and then there were dancing girls at the side door, brushing their sleeves to cover their faces and twisting their waists and tiptoeing to the center of the hall......

The mellow sound of entering the bottle was also born according to the scene, "Erchen wishes my father and the emperor a thousand years of peace and health!" ”

The first person at the bottom right of the dragon chair picked up the wine bottle and made a congratulatory gift, and after a little leaning over, he said: "I also wish the emperor Eniang eternal youth and a safe year!" ”

The words fell, and the wine in the cup was drunk.

"Haha, okay, Jerry has a heart." Emperor Xia Yu smiled heartily.

Seeing this, everyone shouted long live.

On the other hand, Xiao Huang, since she sat down, her eyes were only on the utensils containing food on the table, although she had followed Professor Yin into a lot of treasure halls before, but the kind of cultural relics buried in the ground covered in soil, how could there be something that really exists in front of her now?

What's more, being in the company of plates, saucers, and cups is the only thing she finds interesting at the moment.

Therefore, when the sound wave vibration from the echo effect was heard in her ears again, Xiao Huang didn't even bother to block her ears, and only raised her eyes to look for the culprit who interrupted her research on "antiques".

In order to avoid embarrassment at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet this time, she put a lot of effort into private, even if she didn't know the face of the real person, but she didn't plan to embarrass the general and his wife for such a low-level joke as mistaking etiquette.

Listening to the name of the queen by the person who toasted just now, it is not difficult to guess that person is Xia Yujie, the crown prince of the current dynasty, the only biological son of the queen.

Thinking of this, she glanced at the other side quietly, but happened to bump into a pair of peach blossom eyes with a slight smile...... Xiao Huang was stunned, Sima Yi was also stunned, and then both of them retracted their gaze as if nothing happened.

When the dance music was getting stronger, Emperor Xia Yu suddenly opened the bottle and said: "Jimo Aiqing is stationed at the border for me, and I have worked hard for the past ten years, I will give you a cup." "I was about to drink the wine in my hand.

Jimo Liyun hurriedly stood up, "Weichen is panicking, it is the duty of his subordinates to share worries for the emperor, Weichen respects the emperor with a cup, I wish my emperor long live Kangtai!" ”

Before the words fell, there was no wine left in the glass.

"Alas, they are letting the emperor's uncle drink, the queen's aunt and aunt are still not drunk, the queen's aunt, Yi also toasts you, I wish you to be beautiful every year, beautiful every day."

If it is so bold and unbelievable, except for the father who is the Hou Ye, whose mother is the most beloved little princess under the knees of the former emperor, and who has the reputation of the demon king of the mixed world since he was a child, and who has no official position, who else can there be?

Sure enough, the queen smiled comfortably when she heard this, not like the solemn mother of the country, but teasing as if she was worried about her own child: "You mouth, I don't know how many girls you have coaxed, right?" ”

"The queen's aunt is wronged." Someone looks like he is not aggrieved.

"Oh? When are you going to bring a niece and daughter-in-law to show your aunt? ”

"Yes, the queen is right, you are not too young, but you can't be greedy anymore." Emperor Xia Yu rarely agreed, which shows that he is also concerned about the lifelong affairs of his "elderly" nephew.

Seeing this, Sima Yi could only shed infinite tears in his heart, relieved the second brother's siege, but put himself in.

Fortunately, he once frankly said that he didn't want the marriage given by the royal gift, and Emperor Xia Yu did not feel sorry for him for the sake of Xihe Princess.

Now, he could only pretend to be stupid and replied with a smile: "Yes, Yi will try his best to complete the task." ”

"You, you're so old and haven't ......" Before the queen's "positive shape" could be spoken, the sound of silk and bamboo stopped abruptly, and the Qiongxia Hall fell into a deathly silence.

Suddenly finding that the atmosphere around him was strange, Xiao Huang looked up slightly and saw that the people in the hall, whether they were standing or sitting, were all looking in the direction of the hall entrance.

Without exception, their eyes were full of fear, and there was a trace of imperceptible disdain, and even Chai Zige, who "laughed at everyone and hid it in his heart", the smile on his face fell off in an instant.

Slightly puzzled, Xiao Huang turned her eyes curiously, but it was this glance that made her later life completely fall......

At that moment, the whole world was silent, only the touch of red clothes came slowly in her eyes, the clothes fluttered above, the black hair was lightly raised, the charm in the charm was fully displayed, the red and black were staggered, adding a touch of arrogance, so beautiful that people couldn't tell his gender for a while.

The deep tunnel-like eyes, cold and evil, as if a glance is enough to capture people's souls, but it seems that everything in the world cannot enter his eyes, extremely cold, like a god descending into the world at night, like a demon and a demon, and there is a bloodthirsty breath hidden throughout the body......