It's the 10th day of the first lunar month, and although the brand-new red lanterns on both sides of the street have not been removed, the festive music and buzzing voices have quietly disappeared, and the people of Kyoto have returned to their original life tracks, and the taste of the New Year has also dimmed.

Nie Yun took Shen Ling'er along Vermilion Bird Street all the way south, and stopped when he reached the innermost majestic imperial city.

The heavy dragon-patterned gate, the deep doorway, the oncoming wind through the hall, and a slight cold aura made Nie Yun clearly feel the majesty of the imperial city.

After taking two deep breaths, Nie Yun walked forward slowly, but as soon as he walked ten meters away from the dragon pattern gate, he was stopped by a pair of iron halberds.

"Who are you? Why are you here? Looking at the white-clothed young man in front of him, the mighty and majestic Imperial Forest Army frowned slightly. secretly said which hairy boy is so unruly, and even dares to approach here at will.

Although there are many young people who come here to admire the majesty of the imperial city, usually he just reprimands and leaves, but today His Majesty held a feast of Qionghua, and all the guards were strict, so he asked in such detail.

"Uh..." Nie Yun scratched his head, then took out a gold-inlaid card with his backhand and said, "This... Is it held here? ”

"Huh?" The Imperial Forest Army showed a trace of surprise in his eyes, carefully took the card and looked at it for a moment, and then handed the card back after a while, although his tone was a lot more respectful, but the doubt in his eyes did not diminish for a moment: "The Qionghua banquet was held in the royal garden in the outer city, you don't even know this?" ”

"Ahh It's not written on it. Nie Yun took the gold-inlaid card and looked up and down for a long time, but he didn't look at the location of the Qionghua banquet.

"Didn't the person who sent you the invitation tell you?" The Royal Forester's brows furrowed even tighter, if he hadn't carefully checked the authenticity of the invitation, and the anti-counterfeiting aura on the invitation was exactly the same as that of the young man in front of him, he would have ordered the arrest of this sneaky guy of unknown origin in front of him.

Finished... It is estimated that Elder Shen Dan thought that he was not going, so he didn't tell him the specific location. Nie Yun patted his head a little big, not to mention the shame now, and he was inexplicably suspected.

"I guess he forgot to tell me." Nie Yun sighed.

Just when the Imperial Forest Army was still thinking about continuing to ask a few questions, the sound of frame wheels sounded leisurely, and the Royal Forest Army's face changed slightly, turned his head and glanced at his colleagues, nodded and said: "Your Majesty travels, we still need to be careful, offended." ”

Saying that, he waved lightly, and several heavily armored Imperial Forest Soldiers ran over, erected iron halberds to surround Nie Yun and Shen Ling'er, and retreated to the side.

Seeing such a posture, Nie Yun's eyes revealed a trace of helplessness, and he turned his head to Shen Ling'er with an apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry..."

I took my apprentices out to a banquet, but because of my own negligence, I was surrounded by the Imperial Forest Army, and I couldn't say anything, after all, if you put yourself in your shoes, a young man who received an invitation to the Qionghua banquet didn't even know where the location was, but fortunately, he came to the palace gate when the emperor was traveling... I don't doubt who you suspect...

"It doesn't matter, just wait for Your Majesty to leave." Shen Ling'er pursed her lips and smiled, but comforted Nie Yun softly: "Besides, Your Majesty has just set off, so it's not like we can't catch up with the banquet." ”

And just as the two of them were talking, the sound of the frame rollers was gradually approaching, and as the dragon pattern gate slammed into the ground, the slightly scattered frame rollers became clear, and Nie Yun raised his head and glanced up.

I saw more than a dozen luxurious troika carriages first come into view, through the light yarn on the frame, you can vaguely see the figure in the purple court dress sitting solemnly, followed by two teams of cavalry and six lines of infantry soldiers composed of the "Qing You Team", that is, the team specially used to clear the road and ensure smooth travel.

After that, there was a guard composed of twelve rows of cavalry holding horizontal swords, bows and arrows, arranged at different intervals, and behind them were twelve soldiers holding dragon banners, divided into two rows, followed by the six jade chariots on which His Majesty the Emperor was riding.

His Majesty the Emperor's carriage was the core of the entire battle, surrounded by clusters, and the guards were extremely strict, so Nie Yun couldn't see it really, and could only vaguely see a majestic back through the golden gauze tent.

The emperor's car was followed by several equally luxurious carriages, surrounded by layers of cars, Ling Nie Yun couldn't see it really, and could only faintly see that it should be a young man, a woman, estimated to be the prince and the princess.

It's just that I don't know why, but I always feel that the majestic back of the bright yellow is a little familiar. Nie Yun touched his chin, then shook his head with a smile, the backs of people in the world are almost the same, what is unfamiliar...

The scale of the emperor's travel is so large that it takes more than ten minutes for the honor guard convoy to walk out of the palace gate.

And Nie Yun was naturally surrounded for more than ten minutes, and when the emperor's convoy completely left, the surrounding iron halberds were taken away.

"You..." Just as the Imperial Forest Army was about to let Nie Yun leave after a few more interrogations, a grandmother walked from the front.

"What's the matter with Mama Rong?" The Royal Forest Army's brows relaxed slightly, obviously he also recognized this grandmother who had followed the queen all the year round, and now she was following Her Royal Highness the eldest princess.

Rong Mama casually glanced at the two figures surrounded in the center, and then whispered something to the Royal Forest Army, and turned her head to leave.

And the leader of the Royal Forest Army turned around, looked at the two of them and frowned slightly, and finally waved his hand.

"Let's go, don't wander around in front of the Imperial City next time."

"Huh?"

Nie Yun raised his head and was slightly stunned, he had been ready to be interrogated for half an hour, but suddenly he was fine?

But since others had already let them go, he wouldn't have asked why people weren't loyal to their duties, and there was a hint of joy in his eyes, and he pulled Shen Ling'er towards the Royal Forest Garden.

He didn't think it would be later than the Emperor...

"Eh, where is the Royal Forest Garden?"

"Eh, master, I'm really convinced of you, come with me." Shen Ling'er gently patted her head in the same way as Nie Yun, and then took Nie Yun's arm with her backhand and walked towards the east of the city.

......

Ten minutes ago.

Immediately followed by the Son of Heaven's six jade chariots in a five-plane jade chariot.

Xiao Xue, who was dressed in a luxurious dress, glanced back through the curtain on the carriage: "Huh? Why did Xiao Yunzi and Ling'er run to the edge of the imperial city? ”

"Senior brother?" Han Yue's eyes revealed a trace of doubt, she poked her head out slightly and glanced back, seeing the white-robed figure surrounded by a group of Imperial Forest Army in the center, she was slightly stunned, and then said in a hurry: "Why are you still surrounded by the Royal Forest Army?" ”

"When my father travels, he runs to the gate of the imperial city, and he doesn't surround him." Xiao Xue was not surprised by this at all, and stretched her waist lazily and said, "I'll let Mama Rong explain to the Royal Forest Army when I go back." ”

Hearing Xiao Xue say this, Han Yue relieved herself, and instead pursed her lips and smiled lightly: "No, if we didn't agree to play with him, he asked Ling'er to accompany him to visit the imperial city, right?" ”

"Hey, then he's really good, he only came to Kyoto for a few days and found him such a beautiful girl." Xiao Xue pursed her lips and said, "Yueyue, you don't care about him." ”

"Huh? Ling'er is a junior apprentice, speaking of which, it's still my nephew, what do I care? Han Yue was slightly stunned, a little inexplicable.

"Hey, Ling'er is only one year younger than Xiao Yunzi." Xiao Xue stroked Xuebai's forehead helplessly: "Can you really treat her as a nephew?" ”

"Not really, I see her as a sister." Han Yue stretched out a white jade finger and put it to her lips, thought for a moment and said slowly, "And she also calls me sister." ”

"That's it." Xiao Xue clapped her palms and said, "Then Xiao Yunzi can treat her as an apprentice?" ”

Han Yuemei's eyes flashed a little thoughtful, and then smiled slightly: "Otherwise? It's good that Ling'er is also called a junior master. And it doesn't matter if the junior brother treats Ling'er as a friend, after all, he is about the same age. ”

"That's different, friends are far from masters and apprentices, especially the opposite sex." Xiao Xue moved her red lips and pointed out.

"Then can I still let my junior brother make friends?" Han Yue glanced at Xiao Xue lightly: "And aren't you also a junior brother's 'opposite sex' friend." ”

"Can that be the same?" Xiao Xue straightened up, her tone rising slightly.

"Okay, okay, Ling'er is quite simple, and the junior brother will not be deceived by her, what do you want to do so much." Han Yue grabbed Xiao Xue's slender arm, with a smile in the corner of her eyes: "Speaking of which, Ling'er is quite similar to Bing Yao, and the first time we met, they called us 'Sister Xiaoxue' and 'Sister Yueyue'." ”

"Bing Yao..."Xiao Xue raised her head slightly, recalling the delicate girl who had mocked Nie Yun with her, although they had only been together for half a month, it was also one of the few friends she recognized, but I don't know if there will be a chance to see each other again in the future.

With her wisdom, it is not difficult to guess that Leng Bingyao must have come from an extremely distant place, after all, Leng Father took them from the center of the extreme north to the extreme north city in an instant with a wave of his robe, and he looked for his daughter for half a month...

Thinking of this, Xiao Xue couldn't help but sigh leisurely, speechless for a while.

......

The Son of Heaven traveled through cumbersome procedures, and because he wanted to fully display the majesty of the emperor, he moved forward very slowly, coupled with the great achievements of His Majesty the Founding Ancestor in driving out the Tartars and recreating the great cadres, which attracted countless civilians to bow and worship the Son of Heaven Luan, and the mountain shouted "Long live".

And in the face of this enthusiastic people, the Qing You team can't drive them away bluntly, and can only persuade them to retreat to both sides with a pleasant face, but this efficiency... Therefore, from the imperial city to the east of the city, it was only ten miles away, and the Son of Heaven ceremonial guard walked for an hour before arriving at the royal forest garden.

It wasn't until they came to the Royal Forest Garden, which was surrounded by the Royal Forest Legion, that the enthusiastic people slowly dispersed...