The emperor was surprised: "What are you crying for?" ”

"Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, and he still remembers the villain, and the villain is really moved. When I saw His Majesty's kind face, I couldn't help but think of Pei Gong......"

The more Qingtou thought about it, the more he felt that Pei Gong was good. Thinking about it before, even if he made a mistake, Pei Gong would teach him a maximum of two lessons, and it would be over. If it weren't for Chang'an, he hadn't stayed enough, so it would be better to go to the eastern capital overnight to serve Pei Gong.

The emperor smiled dumbly, put down the book in his hand, and observed the green head.

"The men in Guanzhong have a wide forehead, a fleshy nose, and a well-balanced body, while a sweet and cool man has a long face, a thin and high nose, and a black skin and a strong body. Look at you, a little like a cool local? Did you go to his house to do things when Pei Ji went to Ganliang? ”

Qingtou nodded incessantly, and exclaimed from the bottom of his heart: "Your Majesty is wise! You can even see this! ”

The emperor stroked his beard and smiled: "I have seen countless people, so I naturally have a little experience. Tell me, how did you get into the Pei family? ”

Qingtou hurriedly responded, saying that when he was five or six years old, one day he was driving sheep on the road, and met a scribe riding a mule, and asked him how to go to Weiyuan City. The county guard saw that he went out to herd sheep at a young age, and his clothes were ragged in winter, and he only had a pair of broken shoes on his feet, and asked, knowing that he had no mother when he was a child, and lived with his father who was a bad gambler, who knew that he fell into the river drunk one day and drowned, leaving him with only one hand to help people herd sheep, so as to change a bite of food. And because he was stupid, he was often bullied, and he didn't even have a name, so the county guard took pity on him and adopted him. Because when they met, it was December, and December was combined for green, so he was named Pei Qing, and his nickname was Qingtou.

The emperor sighed, muttered that he wished there would be no orphan in the world, and then told him to eat the fruit of the tooth tray on the table.

Qingtou has heard that the rich and noble families in Chang'an can eat fresh fruits that have been simmered with ice in the summer and summer days, and one bite will cool the abdomen and the heat will disappear, but with Lang Jun, naturally there is no such blessing. Hearing the emperor's words, he glanced at it and secretly swallowed his spit, but thinking of the gaze cast by Fang Cai Langjun, he shook his head: "Thank you Your Majesty for the reward, the villain doesn't eat." ”

"Why?"

"The villain eats rudely, for fear of offending His Majesty."

The Emperor laughed, "I like that you don't have those rules. Eat with confidence! ”

Qingtou still shrank his hands and feet, and then saw that Ye Xiaoniang finished making tea, poured a lamp and presented it to the emperor, and then, peeled a few grapes with her own hands, sent the crystal flesh fruit to him, and said with a smile: "Eat, don't worry about your master." If you are afraid that he will say you, don't tell him. ”

She said this, Qingtou put her heart down, sighed, kowtowed to the emperor on the ground, and carefully ate an ice grape that Ye Xiaoniang peeled for him. After taking a bite, it was really cool and seemed to be sweeter.

The emperor asked Pei Ji about his daily life over there.

Qingtou gradually let go, and kept talking about how Pei Ji was honest, how he cared for the people under his rule, how he was loved by the people, his eyebrows danced, and he was honored.

After hearing this, the emperor was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Where is your Pei Langjun?" What does he like to do on weekdays? ”

Su Yu glanced at the emperor. I saw him look as usual, smiling at Qingtou.

Qingtou said: "Pei Langjun is different from Pei Gong. He usually doesn't like to talk, he often goes out, and he goes for ten days and a half months, and he can't see anyone. However, Pei Langjun is also very good, he does everything by himself, and he doesn't have Lang Jun's frame at all. He used to read and often asked me to study with him. It's just that I don't want to study, and I want to sleep when I see a book. ”

Although Qingtou has been very dissatisfied with his master recently, he is dissatisfied with it, and in front of outsiders, he still has to maintain Langjun.

The emperor shook his head with a smile: "I want to sleep as soon as I study, and I really live up to your family's kindness to you." ”

"Yes, Lang Jun can't help it, so he didn't care about me later." Qingtou scratched his head, and seemed to be a little remorseful when he thought about it.

"Do you know where he's gone? Who do you usually interact with a lot? The Emperor continued to chat with the servant.

Qingtou struggled to think: "Where is Lang Jun going?" Sometimes it is Pei Gong who sends him on business, if it is not on business, the villain will not know, and Lang Jun never seems to say it. As for the people who come and go a lot, the villain only knows He Duwei. ”

"Who is He Duwei?" The Emperor asked with interest.

"It's Lang Jun's father, the former general Pei of the Divine Tiger Army, the former commander of He Jin and He Du! I heard that it was a warrior who fought the Battle of the Northern Abyss back then! Speaking of this, Qingtou unconsciously puffed up his chest.

"He Jin ......" The emperor seemed to remember something, and repeated the name in a low voice.

"That's right! Although his official position is not high now, in Weiyuan County, when his name is mentioned, there is no disrespect in the army! ”

The emperor nodded slowly, "Does your family Langjun often go out with this He Duwei?" ”

Qingtou was about to answer the emperor's question, when suddenly Ye Xiaoniang interjected: "Your Majesty! ”

"Good to go! If you don't leave, you don't know how long it will be when you get there tonight! ”

Although she knew that Ye Xiaoniang was extremely favored by the saint, Qingtou was still stunned when she interrupted the emperor's words like this. The emperor turned to look at her, and she did not avoid the attention of His Majesty the Emperor, and the two looked at each other like this, with a hint of faint confrontation.

There was silence in the tent for a while, the old palace eunuch lowered his eyes, and as for the rest of the palace eunuch Gong E, they held their breath and did not move at all.

At this time, Qingtou finally reacted, and his heart became worried, always wondering where he said the wrong thing, which would cause such a situation, but he didn't know what was wrong, he couldn't help but panic, and even the fruit tasted nothing, so he hurriedly spread it and lay on the ground, and he didn't dare to penetrate the atmosphere.

Fortunately, after a while, I heard the emperor say lightly: "It's okay." It's time to hit the road. Qingtou looked up again, saw that the emperor seemed to be fine again, turned to himself, kindly instructed people, put all the fruits in the food box, and asked him to take it to eat on the road, and asked Qingtou what car he was taking, and when he heard that it was the last big mule cart, he was about to say something, Ye Xiaoniang suddenly said again, she took the car by herself for the rest of the journey, just enough to take Qingtou.

The emperor looked at her again, squinted his eyes, and didn't say anything else, only ordered Zhao Zhongfang to arrange. Zhao Zhongfang should be, and then went out to convey the emperor's order to drive.

The order quickly spread to the front and back, and the guard of honor and the guard of honor were soon in place. The emperor boarded the carriage again under the greeting of Han Kerang and others. Qingtou tightly hugged the food basket containing the fruits, and under the countless eyes of the little lady Ye around and Lang Jun, she climbed into another carriage and followed Emperor Luan.

It turned out that he was riding in a car, and Lang Jun rode beside him to guard the road.

Qingtou was dizzy and carried away for a while, until he got in the car, walked out for a while, slowly calmed down, remembered the scene that made him deeply uneasy, and quietly asked the little lady Ye beside him if he had said the wrong thing.

She opened the corner of the curtain and looked out.

Walking through a neat team of horses with banners and halberds, she seemed to look at the figure of Lang Jun riding a horse in the distance, and after a while, the curtain turned and said, "It's okay." It's not about you. ”

Although Ye Xiaoniang was comforted, Qingtou's intuition still made him unable to completely feel at ease.

This night, after dark, after a whole day on the road, Luan arrived at Cangshan.

In the old sage dynasty, the holy car came here every year to escape the summer, so the palace is not only very complete, but also far more than the imperial palace in terms of luxury. The palace is centered on the Qingrong Palace, surrounded by the mountain, the height is staggered, or endless, or self-contained, and there are other palace rooms and various flying towers of no less than dozens of rooms of no less than the size of the building.

In the early years, Chang'an fell, and naturally this place was also occupied, but the rebels only cared about pleasure, and this place did not suffer any damage. Now, in order to welcome the arrival of the saint, this side has made preparations early, sprinkled and dusted, and the inside and outside have a new look.

That night, the emperor stayed in the main palace Qingrong Palace, the crown prince, the crown princess, the king of Kang, the king of Ning, the eldest princess, etc., with the king of Xin'an Li Xu, the lord of the two counties of Danyang in Yucheng and others, living in several secondary palaces such as Maoxiu, Miaofu, Yingzhou, etc., bathing in the emperor's grace of the ministers, women and envoys of the vassal king, etc., then separated from the palace rooms such as Jiechun, Qingjin, Ruiyu, etc. The rest of the people, according to their own positions and grades, have moved into different residences.

On this night, the lights were as bright as day in the foothills near the palace, and outside the palaces and between the roads connecting the many palaces, I saw the deacons and palace supervisors and the servants of the various families busy carrying things back and forth, and the hustle and bustle did not completely stop until midnight.

After the green head arrived, he lived with his master.

Pei Xiaoyuan followed Han Kerang, and in order to facilitate the driving, he lived with the rest of Jin Wuwei's people in a wide house not far behind Qingrong Palace. He has a single house. The green head cleaned up his hands and feet neatly, made the bed, went to the food room to eat indiscriminately, and finally waited until the master came back to change his clothes. Help him remove his armor and change into the civilian clothes of the military attaché he usually wears, and graciously hand over his belt. When the master finished dressing, he grabbed the horizontal knife, as if he was about to leave, and hurriedly brought out the plate of grapes he had hidden, and offered it.

"These are all things that Your Majesty has rewarded me. There are also these ones, which were peeled for me by Little Lady Ye herself. I was reluctant to eat them, so I ate two, and brought back all the rest, and iced them with ice. Lang Jun, you eat! ”

In order to make Lang Jun taste the taste of ice grapes, he also cheekily asked the old palace supervisor to borrow Bingjian, and the old palace supervisor heard him say that he wanted to leave it for Pei Langjun to eat, so he borrowed it without saying a word. At this moment he looked at his master with a blank eye, hoping to please him.

Pei Xiaoyuan's eyes fell on the few sparkling and moist peeled grapes on the plate, looked at them for a while, slowly raised his eyes, and finally spoke, "I have eaten and can't eat it." You eat it. ”

His tone was gentle, not in many days.

"I'm going on a night watch. You go to bed early, you don't have to wait for me. ”

He commanded again, and walked out.

Qingtou looked at his back, his heart was hot, he couldn't hold it anymore, and at the risk of being scolded again, he shouted Lang Jun, put down the grapes, chased after him and asked timidly: "Lang Jun, you don't ask me, what did Your Majesty ask me during the day?" ”

Pei Xiaoyuan stopped and asked, "What words?" ”

Qingtou looked at his face and repeated the emperor's question and his own answer.

“…… Suddenly, at that time, Little Lady Ye interrupted His Majesty's words and said that she was leaving. Your Majesty seemed a little upset, but he didn't blame him, and he really didn't ask me anything, got up and left. The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and I was afraid that I would say something wrong. Later, I asked Mrs. Ye, and she said she was fine. But I'm still not at ease, so I want to ask Lang Jun......"

After Qingtou finished speaking, he looked at him worriedly, and saw that he was silent for a moment, and bowed his head slightly.

"She's right, it's okay, you don't have to worry."

At this point, Qingtou finally completely relieved his heart and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"It's good if you're not wrong, it's good if you're not wrong!" He patted his chest.

"Your Majesty is really a good person!"

"Also, Lang Jun, you should come back early to rest! I've made your bed for you! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan glanced at the little guy, nodded, and turned to leave.

After he walked out, he met Liu Bo and the others who were coming to him, said a few words about tonight's arrangement, and then separated, and his figure disappeared at the end of the mountain road covered by lush trees behind Qingrong Palace.

Chapter 75

Su Yu arrived with the traveler, and for the first time, quietly moved into the Yueyue Building.

This is the highest building in the Cangshan Palace, belongs to the annex building of Qingrong Palace, the buildings on both sides are connected with a volley flying corridor, the painting building is flying, the Danying is carved into the tree, the inside is more sparsely paved with the ground, the shell beads are the curtains, the decoration is fine and gorgeous, needless to say.

This is also the last night she spent as Ye Xuyu.

When this night is far away, she will appear in front of the eyes of the world again, and her identity will be different. She will be the princess of Huishouchang, Li Yan'er.

This matter was secretly handled by Zhao Zhongfang and Zong Zhengqing. The clothes she wore tomorrow morning, the crown she wore were now quietly hanging in her bedroom. The clothes and tiara shimmered brightly in the light of the gilded nine-branch lamp that burned brightly from the candle nearby.

Two more leaks. The rain bathed out, no sleep, covered his clothes at will, walked through the dark and fragrant bedroom, lifted the curtain and pushed the door, walked to the terrace, and looked ahead.

The bright moon hung on the roof of the building, so close that she could pick it up if she raised her hand.

Under the winding and undulating peaks of the mountain, which is like a dragon's spine that cannot be illuminated by the moonlight, the night is already completely enveloping this summer resort that looks lush and beautiful during the day. However, below the halfway point of the mountain, the lights became bright again. At this moment, overlooking the tall building where she is, there are fire dragons swimming among the foothills, and the little fire sticks and garden fires dotted among them are like countless sparks scattered in the world by the gods in the sky on a whim.

Aya told her to go to bed early and wake up early tomorrow. Tonight, however, may be destined to be sleepless for her.

A-Niang in the dream, she always told her not to return. However, she has returned, and even tomorrow, she will be the person that A-Niang may not want her to be. If she knows, will she be requiem?

And Ah Gong. After a farewell, Ah Gong was silent. Where did he go? When a person is outside, can there be warm porridge for hunger, and there can be eaves and tiles to cover the rain?

If he knew her decision, what would he think?

In the cool night breeze blowing, she had a lot of thoughts, and finally, she returned to the "idle chat" between the emperor and Qingtou during the day.

Aya had never been reassured of him. This has long been clear to the rain. Those words, in front of her, Aya's thoughts, how could she not understand.

And what about him?

She couldn't help but think of what had happened a few days ago.

He took her out of the Fan family's courtyard, and they spent the night at the old man's house in Xishan, and then it was the eventful night of the Bon Festival, and then a few days passed, until tonight, at this moment, Su Yu suddenly felt a little uncontrollable.

Even if it weren't for the distractions that had been haunting her all these days, even if it was just because of the care he had given her, it seemed as if she should have said goodbye to him.

As Ye Xuyu, say goodbye to him tonight.

She turned back into the pavilion, and when she went downstairs through a side door, she was back to her usual attire.

At this moment, the surroundings of Qingrong Palace and several nearby palaces were completely quiet, and all idle people were excluded. Tonight and every night that will be spent here, around Cheongei Palace, in addition to the 120 people of Minggang who have been regularized, there are also countless secret sentinels, which together form a tight night defense.

Pei Xiaoyuan is not here.

Su Yu went out of the palace and met Liu Bo, who was on night duty outside the palace, and told her that Pei Langjun went to Suzaku Terrace.

Tomorrow morning, on a vast foothill flat land a few miles south of the palace, a grand martial arts ceremony will be held under the Suzaku stage. 20,000 soldiers from Gyeonggi had gathered at Cangshan a few days ago, and when the time came, His Majesty the Emperor would bow down and personally review the army to the south of Cangshan.

Tonight, after arranging the situation on the side of Qingrong Palace, Han Kerang rushed over non-stop, met with the military department and the rest of the guards to coordinate, and finally arranged for tomorrow's martial arts.

Followed by Zhang Dunyi and the other two guards he led, Su Yu followed the road in the direction of Suzaku Terrace, walked only a few miles, bypassed a beam like a mountain gate, and was cheerful in front of him.

Tonight, countless tents were set up behind this mountain beam, and in the barracks, all the soldiers who participated in tomorrow's military parade were held. Blazing fire sticks were burning everywhere. It seemed as if all the men and horses had just finished the last integration drill and were leaving the camp to return to the camp. The neighing roar of the officers, the majestic response of the soldiers, the roar of the horses galloping back and forth on the field...... The atmosphere is tense and serious, but there is no lack of excitement and enthusiasm.

The venue was too big, the people were in a vertical and horizontal manner, the sky was dark and chaotic, and the rain was looking for him, and after a while, I finally saw him.

He, Han Kerang, and other general-looking people stopped not far from Suzaku Terrace. Han Kerang waved the knife in his hand and kept pointing forward, left and right, looking like he was talking about the route of tomorrow's martial march. He stood behind the crowd, and his figure was mostly hidden in the corner where the fire staff could not be illuminated, and it was inconspicuous.