After winter, it gets dark in Yangzhou very early. The people did not notice it, and it was evening.

Inside the city, the sun sets at dusk.

The charming sunset reflects the sky into a piece of red Zhu Dantong, the sunset tilts the mountains outside the city, and the red glow condensed on the peak is like a bloody remnant like a layer of scarlet swords.

Jianfeng pointed back to Yangzhou.

In less than half an hour, the full moon had quietly risen from the bridge, and the cavalry of the King of Qilin was stationed outside the city on the order of King Su.

And King Su himself finally decided to stay in the Fengling Palace.

Tonight, there was a big banquet in the Fengling Palace, and the officials in the city came one after another. The purpose of this dinner is to wash the dust for King Su, after all, King Su went down the mountain to Yangzhou after two years, this matter is now a household name, and the huge pomp and circumstance of hundreds of officials will definitely be given.

However, neither prince has yet made it to the antechamber.

Bei Tao is leading a few maids to stand at the entrance of the palace garden, for the same reason, at this time, the two royal highnesses King Fengling and King Su are still talking in the garden.

Gao Yingchen accompanied Su Qixiao to visit the Fengling Palace, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked: "So is it better to Guangling Tower or this king's mansion?" ”

Su Qixiao retracted his gaze overlooking the pavilion in the distance, and replied helplessly: "It's all good, but if you ask like this, only the Fengling Palace." ”

Gao Yingchen wanted to choke him, but he didn't expect that it was still the same as when he was a child, and it seemed that he couldn't win against him. Gao Yingchen suddenly remembered the woman who always won him, broke Su Qixiao's shoulder, stared straight at him and said, "Then change the question!" You go down the mountain on this trip, this king and Bai Ruoyun, who do you want to see more? ”

Su Qixiao took a sip of tea and said sincerely: "As far as the two of you are concerned, how can there be more or no more to say, this king wants to see it." ”

He raised his eyes slightly, playing with taste: "You have such a good relationship with her, why do you ask that?" ”

"I just want to ask!" Gao Yingchen glanced at him, raised his sleeves and drank a glass of wine, "Then do you know?" Ruoyun is about to arrive in Yangzhou. ”

"Yes."

"The news is so good, you can't wait to see her?!"

"No, come to Yangzhou for business first."

"It turns out that she is a private matter!"

“……”

Su Qixiao laughed angrily, this woman's focus is really strange.

The sky was snowing, and the two walked to the banquet near the front hall, and a noisy conversation could be heard from afar.

Gao Yingchen pointed in the direction where the hundred officials gathered, raised his head and asked, "It's starting to snow again, can't you go over?" ”

"It's too noisy there, if you can go later, you can go later."

"You're still like this, you don't like to be noisy like Chunfeng."

Su Qixiao's heart sank, looked at the ministers who were talking to each other in the direction of the banquet, changed the topic, and said, "Guess, what are your Yangzhou ministers talking about?" ”

Gao Yingchen glanced at him and said, "Knowingly, as soon as you arrived in Yangzhou, the only son of the Wu family was arrested and put in prison. Which Yangzhou official confiscated Wu Yue's gold and silver benefits? Isn't your arrest of Wu Yue's son the same as arresting their lifeline? ”

"Didn't you and Qi Yutang catch it?"

Gao Yingchen rolled his eyes and said, "Qi Yutang didn't listen to you?" ”

Su Qixiao smiled lightly for a moment, and suddenly hit the nail on the head and said: "It's also interesting to say, the flies in Yangzhou can't be picked up by your lord of Yangzhou." ”

Gao Yingchen, who has always been arrogant, rarely lowered her eyes, remembering that these officials were all henchmen arranged by her father, called auxiliary politics, but they were actually restrictive, she had thousands of thoughts in her heart, and said sincerely: "You can come, it really helps me a lot." ”

"I'm here to help you." Su Qixiao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he peeled a lychee for her, his movements were soft, but his words were as sharp as ice blades, "Rats stealing food?" OK. But when it should be used to make a hole, it is hidden, there is no such good thing, this king helps you Yangzhou like this, and it is the same after returning to Suzhou. ”

Gao Yingchen's heart warmed, her eyebrows and eyes were as crystal warm as peeled lychees, and she tilted her head and said, "By the way, the absurdity on your Xueji Pavilion should be for others to see, right?" ”

"That's not, I'm really unscrupulous."

“……”

Gao Yingchen's face was full of resentment, and he pulled the back of his hand fiercely, just his heart was warm, and now he wanted to drive him out of the palace immediately......

Su Qixiao's debauchery and seriousness will always be incomprehensible.

While the two were talking and laughing, the snow fell more and more.

"Let's go inside." Su Qixiao rubbed the back of his red and swollen hand and mentioned.

"Hmm."

Before leaving the back garden, Gao Yingchen looked up and said, "Speaking of which, this year is not yet the lunar month, and Yangzhou has already fallen so much snow. ”

Su Qixiao's warm palm caught the snowflakes, and after a moment, he closed his eyes and said softly: "It's good, Ruixue Zhaofeng Year." ”

·

Tonight's banquet in Fengling Palace, hanging lights and colors, staggered.

Su Qixiao's black hair was tied in the white jade unicorn crown, and he changed into a noble brocade royal robe, and when he and the Fengling King, who was also a jade leaf Jinke, entered the main hall, the hundred officials suddenly quieted down.

Gao Yingchen walked steadily, stepped into a high position, waved the cuffs of the purple skirt embroidered with phoenix patterns in the imperial court, and said loudly: "The sheng flute plays the phoenix song, and the drum music welcomes the king." Today's feast is for King Su! ”

"Congratulations to King Su!"

Hundreds of officials shouted in unison, and after that, they all stepped forward to congratulate, and no one dared to talk quietly about idle matters anymore.

Some are just sheng drums and dancing immortals.

The gold bottle sake bucket is ten thousand, and the jade plate is shy and ten thousand dollars.

The delicacies at the dinner were very much in line with Su Qixiao's taste. It's no wonder, after all, in the past, the palace banquet was arranged by Bei Tao, but this time, King Fengling personally went to the dining room to order the dishes before the dust washing banquet, and she also specially told the meal tea to be elegant, less heavy oil and salt, and to be sweet and sweet to the taste of Gusu. His Royal Highness who treats people so meticulously has never even seen Bei Tao.

On the steps of the main seat, Youcao and Bei Tao stand on the side, pouring wine for their Royal Highness.

Baiguan couldn't help but sigh when he saw the beautiful face like the moon in the clouds. Everyone in the world says that King Nasu is poor and extravagant, and he has always had the notoriety of being a wandering king, and now he sees that his maids are so beautiful, and the rumors are true. In this dynasty, she can become the personal maid of the prince and general, either with amazing martial arts or good work, then the prodigal king is good, and the requirement is peerless......

At this time, a white-haired civil official wearing a bird complement walked up and saluted: "His Royal Highness King Fengling, His Royal Highness King Su, the old minister will give you a drink." ”

Su Qixiao raised his eyes when he heard this, he knew this old civil official, he was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy next to Emperor Gao Jing of Great Xia, and after King Fengling became a vassal in Yangzhou, the emperor sent him to be Gao Yingchen's assistant, and now he is probably one of the stubborn old men in her mouth.

"Hmm." Su Qixiao responded, his expression was indifferent, he knew that such a group of officials like a person was what Gao Yingchen was worried about in the fiefdom-

King Fengling is the lord of Yangzhou, but he is not the lord of Yangzhou.

Yangzhou's affairs, big and small, are related to politics, and a group of old ministers who actually obey the emperor's orders participate; It is about business, and it is controlled by Wu Yue, who has close contacts with the divine capital Luoyang.

The so-called Yangzhou fiefdom is more like a big chess piece that the emperor is forced to embed in the Soviet land.

And now that Su Qixiao has arrived in Yangzhou, he has taken the Wu family's baby pimple and opened the knife, where has this Wu Kai, the only son of the fat and strong family, been imprisoned? This group of Yangzhou veteran officials naturally had to hurry up to see who this rumored King Su who was even polarized in terms of word-of-mouth was sacred. If Wu Kai was only imprisoned for disturbing Yaxing, who was looking for pleasure in King Su's Guangling Building, then with the Wu family's big business, it should not be a problem to save Wu Kai's life from the hands of the two princes, but if King Su wanted to make a deep ......

Wu Kai's life is dead and alive, and the immortals are difficult to know.

It stands to reason that no matter who arrests someone and imprisons someone in Yangzhou, at least he must have the approval of King Fengling, but there is such a debauched prince in the world who never makes sense.

The ministers of Yangzhou all wanted to take advantage of this to get close to King Su for the dinner, but Su Qixiao didn't pay attention to the toasts and rhetoric of any officials at all, and just indulged in the amount of wine like a river and sea, and the grass stood aside coldly, making it impossible for others to get close.

Youcao watched this group of old foxes return in vain, and while pouring wine for His Royal Highness, he said indignantly: "The prince still came to ask questions about the wind banquet, which is really disappointing." ”

Su Qixiao held the wine cup, leaned on a high position, and said with a light smile on the corner of his lips: "This king's Yaxing, no one in the world can sweep it." ”

The nine-turn elixir is better than wine, and the five-tone music is not as poetic as poetry.

The reception lasted for two hours.

When everyone left, King Fengling, who was in the middle of the main position side by side with King Su, always stared into the distance, with a subtle expression.

She still clearly remembered the last words Su Qixiao said before leaving-

"Whenever the poor people are trying their best to sweep the snow in front of their doors, this king wants to sweep the snow away for them."

At that time, an unprecedented sense of surprise struck, which made Gao Yingchen's heart lose her mind, she was rarely sad as the King of Fengling, but her eyes were sad at the moment, Gao Yingchen lifted her slender jade finger and stroked Su Qixiao's sideburns, and said sadly: "I haven't seen you for two years, you have changed a lot." ”

Perhaps slightly drunk, Su Qixiao rubbed the Baihui acupoint on his head with his knuckles, and said with a smile: "Is there one?" ”

Gao Yingchen stretched out his hand to remove the wine in front of him, and sighed: "Although you were arrogant before, you were just like Chunfeng, you are happy and happy, and you have no quarrel with the world. ”

Su Qixiao suddenly raised his eyes, his voice was dull, and he smiled dumbly and said: "It is true that the heart is arrogant, and the romance is not bad. But what you said in the second half of the sentence is leisurely? No, in fact, you should know that I have never been a person who has no quarrel with the world like Gao Chunfeng. ”

Su Qixiao then faced her again, his eyes were straight: "This king doesn't want to win the hearts of the people, nor does he want to use the road to govern the world, this king just wants the people not to pile snow in front of their homes." ”

Gao Yingchen brushed away the hair that was blown away by the wind in front of her eyes, and smiled: "Now you, I don't know how to connect with that poor and extravagant King Su." ”

Su Qixiao lightly clasped the white jade wrench, shook his head and smiled: "No way, the one on the dragon chair of the Shendu will not allow the existence of a king with a different surname who is desired by the people, not to mention that this king is not a person who is admired by all the people." ”

"Talking about my father in front of me, you don't treat me as an outsider anymore."

"This king has never treated you like an outsider for a moment."

Gao Yingchen was stunned for a moment, raised his hand to cover his cheeks, if it weren't for this action, the world might really have a chance to see the Phoenix Spirit King with a crimson face.

Gao Yingchen coughed and asked, "The world has a deep misunderstanding of you, aren't you wronged?" ”

Su Qixiao was half drunk, leaned on his back, and asked suspiciously: "This king has always been the prodigal look they rumored, there is no misunderstanding, how can he be wronged?" ”

Gao Yingchen instantly recalled the picture of reuniting with him upstairs in Guangling during the day, one hugged left and right on the bed, and the other was angry under the bed......

She was angry, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and she scolded again: "It's shameless! ”

·

The snow is falling, and compared to the lively lights of the palace, the mansion of another wealthy merchant in Yangzhou is as silent as a mourning hall.

Originally, this dinner was scheduled for Yangzhou rich Wu Yue to come, but this big drama during the day made the Wu Mansion panic now.

Mrs. Wu caressed the rosary reluctantly, and she paced back and forth in the hall, urging the old man Wu Yue to think of ways to quickly rescue her precious son from the prison.

And Wu Yue, the head of the Wu family, had a gloomy face, sat on an ebony chair, his white eyebrows wrinkled like dead bark, and lamented: "It's going to change." ”