Shu Yao's energy is very strong.

And she has been pestering the emperor to play with her, throwing pots and playing chess.

So much so that when she finally said she wanted to rest exhausted, it was already the second watch.

The empress originally wanted to wait for the banquet to end and find a way to let the emperor stay with her.

After all, it was hard to see the emperor once, and she didn't want to miss this opportunity.

But she really can't survive this little girl who is just fourteen years old, Ye Shuyao.

And today is her birthday, and the queen is not easy to persuade the emperor to rest.

Therefore, the queen, who was slightly inferior in physical strength, had fallen asleep soundly in Kunning Palace an hour ago.

In the Yaohua Palace.

Ye Tianhuai looked at Shu Yao's defenseless sleeping face and breathed a long sigh of relief.

In front of her, there was a game of chess that had not yet been played.

The princess's chess skills are not good, if it weren't for Ye Tianhuai to let her, she wouldn't be able to play now.

"Take the princess down to rest." Ye Tianhuai said to the female official of Yaohua Palace.

"Yes." The ladies saluted and helped the princess to the dormitory.

"I haven't ...... yet Lose...... Don't ......," the princess murmured.

Ye Tianhuai looked at her little face that was still frowning slightly in her sleep, and couldn't help laughing.

This girl is still thinking about playing in her dreams.

The lively main hall finally fell silent, and Ye Tianhuai sat on the side of the chess table with one leg in his arms.

If her twin brother hadn't died, and if her brother had succeeded to the throne as emperor, would she be the same as the current Princess Shuyao?

If.

Ye Tianhuai smiled bitterly.

Why are you sentimental today? It seems that he drank too much.

Ye Tianhuai thought so, and stood up with the chess case.

"Li Baoquan, return to Jingshou Palace."

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The early autumn night is a little cool.

Ever-bright lamps were lit on both sides of the palace road at intervals, and the lights were bright, but they couldn't make Ye Qianhuai feel warm.

She was tired.

I don't know why, although the queen looks bright and cute, Ye Tianhuai can always feel an inexplicable pressure when facing her.

Just like when facing Gu Shihai.

Gu Shihai is the murderous aura and majesty brought out by the ranks, and the queen is the kind of girl's ardent expectations and the irrefutable coercion behind that expectation.

all made Ye Qianhuai feel suffocated.

This father and daughter are surprisingly similar in this regard. Ye Tianhuai sighed in his heart.

At this moment, in the distance, a wisp of piano sound drifted from the middle of the night.

It's the sound of the guzheng.

The sound of the piano is brisk, but it has a bit of majestic heartiness.

Ye Qianhuai has heard this song, which is the famous "Pre-Array Song".

This is a song that is widely circulated among the people, and it is a flute song, which is adapted from the military song used to boost morale before the battle in ancient times, which makes people's blood boil.

But the version of the guzheng, Ye Tianhuai heard it for the first time.

In Ye Qianhuai's impression, the guzheng always gives people a melodious and tactful feeling. Being able to play this magnificent feeling of worship with the guzheng is very rare.

"Who's playing?" Ye Qianhuai asked Li Baoquan, who was following him, on the public opinion.

Li Baoquan looked up in the direction of the sound of the piano, and pondered: "Back to Your Majesty, it seems to be the direction of Yonghe Palace." ”

"Yonghe Palace? Is it Chen Guifei's courtyard? Ye Qianhuai asked.

"It's the residence of the concubine." Li Baoquan replied.

Could it be that Chen Julian is playing the piano?

Ye Tianhuai was a little surprised.

Isn't she unwell and went back to the palace early to rest?

However, Ye Tianhuai thought about it, as early as before Chen Julian entered the palace, he heard that she was a talented woman who was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I've only seen her paintings before, and I haven't heard of her, but I think her piano skills won't be bad.

It's just that the sound of the piano, so strong and powerful, free and uninhibited, is not quite consistent with Chen Julian's gentle and delicate image.

Just when Ye Qianhuai was wondering, the sound of the piano became more urgent, and the two clean strums that stepped on the drum beat fell like a sudden rain, which made people feel shocked and breathed.

"Go to Yonghe Palace." Ye Qianhuai groaned for a moment and commanded.

Li Baoquan was stunned.

Although it had been a few months since the emperor's wedding, he had never seen the emperor stay in the palace of his concubines.

Now there are only two masters in the harem, the queen and the concubine, and the question of which master Ye Tianhuai will be lucky to be the first has always been a hot topic in the harem after tea and dinner.

Could it be that today, this suspense is finally going to be broken?

Li Baoquan couldn't help but have conjectures.

"What are you doing? Don't know the way to Yonghe Palace? Ye Qian said.

Li Baoquan came back to his senses and immediately supported the honor guard and the chariot to the direction of Yonghe Palace.

The closer you get to Yonghe Palace, the clearer the sound of the piano becomes. When the emperor's guard of honor stopped at the gate of the palace, the song was reaching the climax, becoming more and more passionate and bright. Li Baoquan was just about to announce the arrival of the emperor loudly, but Ye Tianhuai raised his hand to stop him, and then quietly got out of the car himself, signaling them to stay outside the palace.

There is a hundred-year-old laurel tree planted in the courtyard of Yonghe Palace, and in early August, you can already see the dotted buds on the branches, like pale yellow fluff dotted among the green branches and leaves.

A crescent moon hangs on the top of the laurel tree, and the moonlight shines through the branches of the laurel tree, and the shadow is sprinkled on the figures under the tree.

On the stone table under the tree is a long zither, and next to the stone table sits a yellow-shirted fuqin man.

It was Chen Julian.

She still kept the cloud bun that had been loosened up at the banquet on her head, but at this moment her hair was a little scattered, and the bun was half hanging down, like two lazy clouds, a little more casual and arbitrary. Under the pale yellow veil, a jade neck is as white as jade under the illumination of the moonlight. Her slender body was wrapped in that yellow shirt, like a piece of jade with a cold temperament, straight and noble.

Like a fairy under the moon.

The girl's slender ten fingers flew between the strings, she hung her head, focusing only on the long qin in front of her, as if only she and this zither were left in heaven and earth, and everything else was gone.

There was a dazzling glint in her eyes, and a smile on her lips.

Ye Qianhuai didn't know whether she was stupid or stupid, she looked straight at the woman playing the piano in the courtyard, and unconsciously clenched her palms.

It seems like a long time has passed.

It wasn't until a palace maid ran out of the side hall that Ye Tianhuai came back to his senses and looked at the palace maid.

The palace maid was holding a wine jar in her hand, and when she saw Ye Tianhuai standing at the gate of the courtyard, her face turned pale with fright in an instant, and the wine jar in her hand slipped a little, but fortunately, she reacted very quickly and immediately held it with her other hand.

The palace maid was just about to exclaim, but Ye Tianhuai raised his index finger and made a silent gesture on his lips.

This song is not over yet.

She wanted to listen to it in its entirety.

The palace maid then knelt down silently holding the wine jar.

Ye Tianhuai moved his gaze back to Chen Julian.

At this time, she found that there were several empty wine jars at Chen Julian's feet.

(End of chapter)