Outside the Zhaoqian Palace, on the white marble steps on both sides, there was a row of palace maids and eunuchs. The palace maids held the palace lamp in their hands and stood with their heads bowed. The eunuchs stood aside with dust whisks in their hands, half-bent respectfully.

Under the nine steps outside the hall, according to the official rank on both sides, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are neatly arranged. On the right stood the military generals, and on the left stood the civil officials. At the foot of the nine steps below, there was a row of guards with sharp weapons hanging from their waists on each side. Under the bottom twenty-one steps, on the empty field, the honor guard sent by Shang Xia Guo to greet Murong Zhining was neatly arranged.

Yan Feng and Murong Zhining slowly walked out of the Zhaoqian Palace, and Murong Zhining's slender hand rested lightly on Yan Feng's palm. Behind them, two palace maids held two huge pheasant feather palace fans.

Yan Feng was wearing a crown of heaven and a dragon-patterned silk robe, and he wanted to send Murong Zhining through the most solemn ceremony to prove Murong Zhining's status in his heart.

Murong Zhining was wearing a phoenix crown on her head, her green eyebrows were swiped, her red lips were dotted, and there was a bright red rouge dotted on her forehead. On her bright yellow large-sleeved light gauze palace robe, she was embroidered with gold thread. A flower-swept skirt was tied around her waist with a jeweled horn belt, which lined her slender waist and did not hold it.

Everyone looked at this scene and fell into the illusion that they had come to attend the big wedding ceremony.

Yan Feng carried Murong Zhining out of the court hall, and according to the rules, he could only send her here. Murong Zhining turned to face Yan Feng, folded her hands over her shoulders, and bowed her head to Yan Feng to say goodbye. Yan Feng bowed in return, stood outside the main hall, and looked at her turned back with affectionate eyes.

Murong Zhining slowly walked down the nine steps under Yan Feng's gaze. She clasped her hands in front of her, and the end of her bright yellow light gauze palace robe was long and winding on the steps, making her look extremely illusory and ethereal, as if she was from the fairy world.

Qi Yun Yuexuan stood in the ranks of generals on the right side of the steps, he looked at Murong Zhining floating down, and his thoughts were rolling. He finally understood why Murong Zhining was so proud and never gave in to him. That is her own inherent kingly temperament, and it will not be reduced by the change of identity. Qi Yun Yuexuan suddenly realized with sadness that he had never won in this encounter. Murong Zhining had been looking down at him arrogantly, her light and light clouds made him feel a kind of contempt. The humiliation and torture he imposed on Murong Zhining was just a means to cover up the frustration that Murong Zhining had brought him.

Qi Yun Yuexuan actually hoped that Murong Zhining would turn his eyes to look at him at this time, which would alleviate the slight sense of loss in his proud heart.

Murong Zhi stared without squinting, she moved the lotus step gently like a Lingbo fairy, and walked in every way. Her fair skin was slightly exposed, shining with pearls in the sun. Between her delicate collarbones, a turquoise sycamore leaf attracted the attention of Qi Yun Yuexuan. The sycamore leaves are green and transparent, emitting a shining soft light, but the red silk rope tied with the sycamore leaves seems to have undergone a long time of polishing, which looks a little shabby, and is incompatible with the crystal green leaves.

Qi Yun Yuexuan's palms clenched involuntarily, and there were fine beads of sweat in his palms. Murong Zhining walked past him with a swaying posture, as proud as before. She didn't look at him as much as Qi Yun Yuexuan hoped, she still regarded him as a passerby. Qi Yun Yuexuan's complicated and resentful gaze fell behind Murong Zhining, who was staggered by, and a small cinnabar mole behind Murong Zhining's ear stung his eyes.

Qi Yun Yuexuan's mind was in a mess, his steps were vain, and his body couldn't help but fall down. He looked sideways at the back of Murong Zhining, who was walking away, and shouted softly uncontrollably: "Little flower cat." ”

Murong Zhi's feet froze and stopped. She stood there and didn't look back, only elegantly raised her hand to her chest, tore off the sycamore leaf, and lightly placed it on the white marble pillar beside her. She didn't stop, and walked slowly down the steps, calm and calm. No one knew what was going on, and no one could see her expression.

Yan Feng took in this scene from a high place, and he suddenly understood that God had made a big joke with the three of them. He rushed down the stairs and walked up to Qi Yun Yuexuan, throwing a heavy punch into his face regardless of his dignity.

Qi Yun Yuexuan was stunned for a moment, walked over and picked up the sycamore leaf, and held it tightly in his palm.

At the foot of the steps, Ambassador Shang Xia took the palace maid who was traveling with him, knelt down to Murong Zhining, and helped her into a carriage driven by eight horses. The carriage has a wide trunk, a carved dragon and a phoenix, and a circle of tassels hanging from the top, like a small palace.

The carriage slowly drove away from the palace under the gaze of everyone and disappeared from everyone's sight. Yan Feng and Qi Yun Yuexuan kept looking at the direction in which the carriage disappeared, as if they were lost.

After the civil and military officials dispersed, Yan Feng and Qi Yun Yuexuan did not leave. They sat on the steps on either side of His Highness, thinking about their thoughts.

Yan Feng's mind was tumbling with memories: when he was twelve years old, one day Qi Yunhuan and Qi Yun Yuexuan came to the palace to play with him. The two boys had a clever excuse to break up and climb over the palace wall with the help of the eunuchs. The outside world has an unusually great attraction to Yan Feng, and Qi Yun Yuexuan is also happy to have someone to play crazy with him.

The two of them secretly took out one of Yun Nan's horses and rode out of the city. Two teenagers rode on horseback, one after the other, enjoying the speed of the wind, shouting loudly all the way through the fields. They didn't even notice that two men were slowly approaching them on horseback.

Yan Feng and Qi Yun Yuexuan realized that danger was coming, jumped off their horses, and hid in waist-deep weeds. The two men on horseback walked slowly in their direction, and their voices were clearly audible: "Be careful, don't let them run." ”

Yan Feng and Qi Yun Yuexuan rolled over and rolled into the ditch below them, and the sound of "Xi Xi Suosuo" pulling grass sounded above their heads. A shrill voice asked, "There are two children, which one did the eldest brother tell us to catch?" and another replied in a low voice: "The spy said that the older one is the prince, and we are going to arrest him." A shrill voice said, "The horse is nearby, it can't go far, look carefully." If you catch both of them, you can't go wrong. ”

The sound of the grass gradually faded away, and Yan Feng and Qi Yun Yuexuan turned around and fled in the opposite direction. The sound of them moving alarmed the two thieves, who turned after them.

Qi Yun Yuexuan said anxiously and softly: "I'll go and lure them away, you go find someone to help." Yan Feng said decisively: "No, let's run together." Qi Yun Yuexuan pushed Yan Feng: "If you want to be arrested, my father must kill me." Besides, they caught the wrong person, and they will release me soon. Qi Yun Yuexuan pushed Yan Feng down and pressed his head down. Yan Feng vaguely saw that in the placket of Qi Yun Yuexuan's clothes, half a green, leaf-like thing was exposed.

Qi Yun Yuexuan climbed to a high place and ran outside, but he was quickly caught by the two thieves who chased him. Among them, the tall thief with a deep voice asked viciously, "What about the child who is with you?" Qi Yun Yuexuan pretended to be scared and trembled: "You hurry up and let Xiao Wang go, otherwise my father will not let you go, my father is the emperor." The two thieves exchanged glances, grabbed him and left.

Qi Yun Yuexuan was also thinking back to what happened back then. He was blindfolded with a black cloth by the tall thief and put on his horse, which then turned on his horse and galloped away with him. The horse had been running for a long time, and when he stopped, someone carried him on his shoulders and walked a long way, judging by him, a long mountain road. In the end, he was thrown into a room.

Qi Yun Yuexuan slowly rubbed the cloth covering his face on the ground with his head, and only then did he see that this was a firewood room. The house was littered with firewood and weeds. After a while, the tall thief entered the house again, pushed him to the ground, and tied his hands backwards to a post. The thief viciously threatened him in a low voice: "Stay honest with Lao Tzu, if you want to escape, Lao Tzu wants your life." ”

Qi Yun Yuexuan was imprisoned for a day and a night, no one came to bring him food and drink, he was hungry and thirsty.

The door of the firewood room "creaked" and opened a crack, and a small plush head with two small buns stretched out his head to look inside the firewood room, and immediately shrank back. Qi Yun Yuexuan didn't see it clearly, and asked in fear, "Who is there?" The little head stretched out again, it was a little girl of four or five years old, and her face was dirty and covered with pot smoke.

Qi Yun Yuexuan asked softly, "Hey, can you let me go?" The little girl didn't speak, she retracted her head in fear, and the door squeaked and closed again.

Qi Yun Yuexuan struggled desperately, and the rope on his body tightly bound him, without a trace of loosening.

There was another sound at the door of the firewood room, the door was gently pushed open, and the little girl flashed into the firewood room, looked out of the door, and gently closed the door. She walked up to Qi Yun Yuexuan and handed a steamed bun to Qi Yun Yuexuan's mouth. Qi Yun Yuexuan couldn't wait to bite down, he was hungry. The little girl walked to the window, where there was a large water tank, she pushed the head of the tank with great difficulty, stood on tiptoe, scooped half a spoonful of water from the water tank as high as hers, and brought it to the mouth of Qi Yun Yuexuan.

Qi Yun Yuexuan, who was full of food and drink, asked the little girl, "Is this your house?"

The next day, the little girl pushed open the door again and came in, and he quietly brought half a piece of pancake to Qi Yun Yuexuan. Qi Yun Yuexuan asked while eating the cake she fed to her mouth, "What's your name?" The little girl shook her head: "The nurse won't let me talk to strangers." I heard the dwarf say, I'll kill you when I get the money. Qi Yun Yuexuan begged her in a low voice: "Then can you let me go?" The little girl looked at him timidly: "Let you go, they will kill me." Qi Yun Yuexuan was kind and tempting: "I can take you to run." The little girl still shook her head: "They will kill my nurse." ”

Neither of them spoke again. After a long while, the little girl seemed to have made up her mind: "Little brother, I let you go, I don't want to see you killed by them." ”

The little girl untied the rope from Qi Yun Yuexuan's body and tiptoed him to the courtyard. She pushed the pile of firewood away from the wall, revealing a dog hole that led out of the yard, and the little girl climbed out with him.

Qi Yun Yuexuan followed the little girl to the back mountain before stopping. The little girl looked up at him: "Little brother, run quickly, they are coming back soon." Don't run down the road, run into the woods. ”

Qi Yun Yuexuan ran out for a while, and when he saw that no one was chasing him, he stopped. He ran back and squatted on the ground, touching the little girl's fluffy little head: "My name is Qi Yun Yuexuan, you will take this to Beijing to find me in the future." He took a sycamore leaf carved from jade from his neck and hung it around the little girl's neck. The little girl's voice was innocent: "The name of the little brother is really strange, what eats fish...... Do you want it fresh?" she turned around and glanced behind her: "Brother Fish, run, someone is coming." Qi Yun Yuexuan glanced at her gratefully, and just happened to see a small red mole behind the little girl's ear. Qi Yun Yuexuan's eyes turned red: "Thank you, little flower cat." He turned and fled into the woods.

The little girl ran in the opposite direction and lured away the pursuing thief for him.