Suddenly, I don't know which leader it was, and he sang a loud praise. The people in the hall woke up, and immediately praised the princess for her wisdom and wisdom.

According to the princess's orders, some courtiers took the white luan out of the palace gate and released it into the wild. Chang'an Ling was ashamed, fell to the ground, and even claimed to be taught. Fortunately, the princess also praised him for his heart, and did not embarrass him too much in public, and His Majesty the Emperor even laughed and ordered someone to give him a wine to suppress his shock. But with this lesson from the past, among the remaining ministers, there are those who want to take the opportunity to flatter and offer "auspicious" again, and they also know that the princess who has just returned to the court on the seat does not seem to be a person who can be fooled, where do they dare to continue to come out to please themselves, so they have closed their mouths.

Another banquet envoy also followed the emperor's order to convey the princess's words to the soldiers who were participating in the banquet in the barracks at this moment. Soon, there seemed to be a burst of cries of princess Chitose one after another. Even though it was several miles away, the cheers also crossed the foothills of Cangshan Mountain under the night, faintly heard, and the sound did not stop.

Pei Xiaoyuan slowly turned his face from behind the pillars of the main hall, his eyes crossed the lanterns and jagged figures in the hall, and looked at the purple shadow sitting in the center of the hall in the distance, which seemed to be shimmering with blurred golden light, and he didn't feel stupid.

But tonight in this temple, there is not only one person who is crazy.

Just as the musicians were playing music again, and the singers wanted to sacrifice their throats, suddenly, with a bang, a wine cup fell to the ground, and the noise attracted everyone's attention, and they saw that it was sent by the prince of Xifan under the seat.

The current prince of Xibo, named Hedu, is the eldest son of the new king who regained the power in the country after the defeat of Xibo three years ago. He is brave and fierce, known as the Plateau Snow Eagle, and must take the lead in every battle, not only won the love of the king of Xifan, but also won the hearts of the people in the Xifan army, and was very popular. In the previous war, it had brought a lot of resistance to the Holy Pilgrimage army. Xifan was finally defeated, and He Du came to Chang'an as a hostage to show the new king's submission to the Holy Dynasty.

Naturally, the saint did not treat this prince from a country that had long been a fierce enemy, and as soon as he came, he made him a mighty general. He was one of the one hundred and twenty athletes during the day. At that time, although I was at the end, I didn't see it very clearly, but I already felt that the princess of the Holy Dynasty was extremely noble, extremely beautiful, and my heart longed for it, and until tonight, the lanterns were shining, and the princess was close in front of her, with a nose and cherry lips, looking like a fairy, and her snow-white shoulders were hidden under the drape, so that He Du couldn't take his eyes off it, and his heart was ape, and he was reluctant to take his eyes off for a moment. When she had just spoken, and smiled, he felt that her bright eyes were looking at him, and he was so fascinated that he kept drinking one cup after another, so that he lost his temper, and the wine cup fell to the ground, and rolled out of the ground until he rolled to the feet of a musician in the field, and then stopped, attracting almost all the people around him.

This prince of Hedu simply took advantage of the strength of wine, strode out of the case, came to the saint, paid homage, and said loudly: "The little minister Hedu, who was twenty and six years old at the time, and had no wife in the country, is fortunate to see the face of the princess of the Holy Dynasty today, like seeing a celestial man." If Your Majesty is willing to marry the princess, from now on, my country will submit to the Holy Dynasty, for thousands of years, this will be unswerving! If you break your oath, tell me to fold my wings on the plateau, and I will not die well! ”

The people in the hall were taken aback by him, and when they heard what he wanted, they were all dumbfounded, and they could only sigh in their hearts. Some of them even laughed. provoked He Du's face to turn red, and he exclaimed: "Your Majesty, don't you believe my oath? ”

The emperor was also defenseless, stunned for a moment, and quickly, reacted, returned to normal, and said with a smile: "The prince is a hero, and he has a heart, and I appreciate it quite a lot." However, the princess has just returned to the court, and I am waiting to relate with her, and as for other things, I will talk about it later. ”

He was unwilling, a pair of drunken tiger eyes turned to the princess on the seat, and saw that her eyebrows were slightly constricted, and her expression was calm, as if what she had just said had nothing to do with her. However, just the appearance of this ice and snow jade man makes people more and more greedy the more they look at it. He picked up his glass, returned to his seat, and thought about it in his heart.

He has been in Chang'an for a while, so he naturally knows some of the etiquette of the Holy Dynasty, and knows that his actions are indeed rash, so it is no wonder that he was ridiculed, the emperor did not treat him as a thing, and thought about it in his heart, so he immediately sent someone back tonight and asked his father to send an envoy to propose marriage for him.

As soon as he got down, a young man dressed in fine clothes rose up from his seat.

He is different from He Du of Fang Cai, he is long and jade, and he is polite.

This person is the little prince of the Bohai Kingdom, named Lantai, because he has no political affairs, he has settled in Chang'an for many years, he is familiar with the scriptures, and last year he referred to the imperial examination and won the Tanhua in one fell swoop. He is also good at music. All kinds of additions have made him a noble son-in-law of many high-ranking families in Chang'an, but he is lonely and self-admiring, and once said that unless it is the woman he likes, he would rather never marry.

I saw him come out, took a pipa from the hand of the musician, tuned it with a plectrum for a few times, and then turned to the emperor in the palace, saluted respectfully, and said: "Today, the princess returns to the court, and she sees that Your Majesty is perfect, and the minister is also very happy." The ministers in the palace gave poems on the spot, and the ministers were not talented, and they were given a song on the scene of the ugly ceremony, and the name was returned, so as to show the ministers' hearts of congratulations, and hoped that His Majesty would give permission. ”

The emperor was slightly surprised when he heard this, and then smiled.

The prince took the piano and sat down, and played the congratulatory song composed by him on the spot. After a song, the aftermath lingered, the people around were all drunk, and the emperor was happy and ordered a reward.

At this time, I saw the prime minister of the Bohai Kingdom, who had come to Chang'an not long ago to congratulate the saint on his longevity, walked up, and after worshipping, he said respectfully: "My king's heart is to the holy dynasty, and he has to be graced by His Majesty. This matter, not only my king, but also thousands of people in our country is also hanging in the balance. The prince admired the princess, and his subordinates were courageous, and tonight the prince begged His Majesty to kiss him, and begged His Majesty to love him. ”

"The prince has a heart of ice, the sun and the moon can shine, if this request can be approved by His Majesty, then it will be a great blessing for my king and my thousands of people in the Bohai Sea!"

The Bohai royal family has always admired the rites of the Holy Dynasty and has been naturalized for a long time. For example, the Lantai prince in front of him, if he is not a person he knows, he will be the same as the Qing Gui Langjun in Chang'an City.

Not only that, the Bohai Kingdom has long been bound by the surrounding foreign races for the Holy Dynasty, so the saints have always treated the Bohai royal family well and did not hesitate to envelop them.

To tell the truth, many people in the palace feel that if the emperor wants to surrender the princess to the concubine one day, the prince Lantai in front of him is really an excellent candidate.

The emperor was silent for a moment, not knowing what he was thinking, and then said with a smile: "I naturally perceive the sincerity of the prince and the prime minister. It's just that as I said, the princess has not long returned to the court, and I have no intention of proposing marriage. Stand down. ”

Lan Tai and the prime minister naturally knew that the emperor could not marry the princess who had just returned to the dynasty so easily, so they just saw someone start and show their intentions, so that the emperor could be impressed first.

The two saluted, and then withdrew.

Cheng Ping was already half drunk at this time, leaned behind the case, turned his eyes, looked at the figure behind the corner pillar of the hall, hesitated slightly, and glanced at the envoy beside him. The envoy understood and hurriedly followed, asking the emperor to marry the princess.

The prince of the wolf court wanted to marry the princess of the Holy Dynasty early on, and the matter was almost known to everyone. Therefore, at this moment, the envoy of the wolf court came out to fight for marriage on behalf of the prince, and everyone was not surprised.

When the emperor heard this, he followed the tone of the party, and naturally refused. Then he showed his eyes, walked around the palace, and said: "I didn't expect that on the first day of the princess's return to the court, so many sons and daughters competed to propose to me. I simply asked again, who else has the heart of the Lord and the others who are here? ”

The emperor's voice fell, and all the ministers looked around, only to see a handsome silver-robed gentleman striding in the hall, poof, fell to the ground on both knees, knelt in front of the emperor, solemnly kowtowed, finished, and said loudly: "Yes!" The minister has a heart of admiration for the princess! Tonight, I will call people back, and ask my father to send an envoy, and my cousin is still the heart of the princess! ”

Everyone looked at it and saw that it was Yu Wenzhi, the prince of Xiping County.

For a time, the ministers in the palace exchanged heads and ears with each other.

In the incessant buzz, the emperor smiled slightly: "I know your intentions for the princess. Let's do it first, tonight is not a wedding feast. ”

The emperor made the final decision, and then, naturally, no one dared to mention this matter again, after the feast, the prince led the hundred officials to send the emperor and the princess back to Qingrong Palace to rest, and then, everyone was talking about it in twos and threes, and slowly, they dispersed.

After Han Kerang saw the figures of the emperor and the princess disappear at the palace gate, he turned his head and didn't see his subordinates, so he hurriedly searched everywhere, and finally found him near a night sentry post outside the palace. He's checking the night's password with the Night Guard. Han Kerang pressed his temperament, and when he was done, he beckoned people to a corner where no one was around.

"Something is wrong with the general?" Pei Xiaoyuan asked, looking as usual.

Han Kerang looked at him for a moment, sighed, and shook his head: "What's wrong with you?" Unhurried? I don't think you're in a hurry at all? ”

After he finished speaking, seeing that his subordinates were still silent, he was so anxious that he almost jumped to his feet.

"You've seen it all tonight, haven't you? Boy! It's only the first day, and so many sons and daughters from all walks of life are vying for Princess Shang and being Your Majesty's concubine! ”

He still didn't say anything.

Han Kerang was so anxious that he couldn't wait to punch him, and tried his best to resist the impulse, and said, "Tomorrow's hunting, I don't need you to be the honor guard and release the police!" ”

Pei Xiaoyuan raised his eyes to look at him.

Han Kerang glanced left and right, leaned in, and said in a low voice: "Everyone in the court knows that you and the princess were close before, and she still lived in your house!" You'll give it to me tomorrow too! Behave well for Your Majesty! ”

"Prince Ashina is Zuo Wuwei, Yuwen Shizi is Long Wuwei, He is Weiwei, and what is the Prince of Bohai is Xiaowei, Tanhualang, little white face, and can play music, it's even more amazing!"

"I don't blame you for hiding from me for a long time, just one, if in the end, the princess is snatched away by the son of the other guard, you lose the face of my dignified son of heaven Konoe Jin Wuwei, I only ask!"

Han Kerang put down his words and strode away.

Chapter 79

Han Ke let go, but Pei Xiaoyuan didn't leave immediately. Under the cover of the dark night, he stood alone for a moment, barely allowing the block in his chest to gradually dissolve a little, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard someone call in a hesitant voice: "Master? ”

When I raised my eyes, I saw that it was Li Xu, standing under a lantern at the intersection in front of me, looking at this side.

He immediately dispelled the distracting thoughts in his heart, walked towards him, and asked with concern, "It's not early, why don't you go back to rest?" ”

Li Zhi looked for him everywhere after the banquet, Fang Xun went to the vicinity, asked a Jinwu guard, was told that people went in this direction, looked over, to the intersection, faintly saw a Taoist figure wood carved mud tire standing alone in a corner of the dark, looking a little like a master, but not very sure, so at first did not dare to rush up, only tentatively shouted, found that it was really him, hurriedly flew to meet him, said that he was looking for him.

"Master, what are you doing standing here alone? Waiting for someone? ”

Li Yu looked left and right: "If the master has something, I will go." It's not good to disturb the master's business. ”

"Nothing." Pei Xiaoyuan explained, "It's just that I just passed by nearby, and when I saw that it was dark, I was afraid that it would not be good for the night guards, so I came to inspect it." ”

After he finished speaking, he smiled: "Is there something wrong with the master?" ”

Li Yu immediately reached to the back of his waist, and couldn't wait to pull out the fan that had been inserted in his belt: "Master, you also saw it in the palace tonight, right?" This was given to me by Aunt Princess. Master, look! ”

Afraid that the light would not be enough, Pei Xiaoyuan could not see clearly, so Li Yu sent the fan all the way to his nose: "This fan painting was painted by my aunt herself!" There's also her inscription on it! ”

"She gave everyone else all the sachets and embroidered bags, and only gave me this fan that she painted with her own hands! Not even King Kang! ”

"And, there's! My nickname is Madara, and after my aunt gave birth to me, she hoped that I would grow as strong as a tiger, so she gave me this milk name. Master, look, what is painted on it? It's a little tiger! Could it be that Aunt Princess, knowing my nickname, specially painted it for me? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan took advantage of the lighting of the lantern at the intersection to see that on the fan surface of the silk ground, there was indeed a colorful little tiger, which was climbing the Songyun dangerous post and raising his forehead halfway to the sky. The little tiger in the painting, although the physique is not as big and strong as the adult tiger, and the tiger's head looks a little naïve, but the posture of the king who roars majestically with his back facing the sky and makes the beasts tremble, is vividly expressed.

The apprentice was still eagerly awaiting his response.

Pei Xiaoyuan bowed his head and said, "It must be." The princess should have specially painted it for you, encouraging you to climb the dangerous path and make a difference in the future. ”

Li Xu's idea was confirmed by the master, and he was overjoyed, and nodded: "The apprentice must keep it in mind." After speaking, Xi Zizi cherished the fan back into his waist again, and then took out a piece of manuscript paper from his placket and unfolded it for Pei Xiaoyuan to look at it again.

"Didn't Your Majesty say tonight that everyone should compose a poem and turn it in? I also made one. Master, can you see it? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan looked at it again and saw that it was a palace poem, writing:

"Cangshan Cuiwei Danlou Yao, Baoji bright light moving purple sky.

The nine-fold heavenly wind and the green girl descended, and the jade Zuo Michang sun and moon were Zhao. ”

"How? Master, do you think I'm flattering too much? ”

Seeing Pei Xiaoyuan looking down at his poem and being silent for a long time, Li Xu's initial excitement slowly cooled down, scratched his ears, and said with a little apprehension.

Pei Xiaoyuan woke up.

He was distracted, but it was because of Li Xu's poems, and he remembered her appearance at the night banquet tonight.

From the first day he knew that she was a princess, he knew that her status was extremely valuable and unattainable.

However, it was not until yesterday that he witnessed her appearance in the center of the crowd in the honor guard of the princess, and he truly realized that what is close in front of him is far away and unattainable.

Bumping into Li Xu's introspective gaze with a little shame, Pei Xiaoyuan retracted his thoughts, handed the poem back to his apprentice, and said with a smile: "No." You write well. She ......"

He paused and changed his title, "The princess is indeed like a goddess in the lower realm, and she deserves any praise." ”

Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, rejoiced again, and nodded vigorously: "That's it." That's it, the words she said when she refused Chang'an Ling Xiangrui tonight entered my heart! If our holy pilgrimage is from the inside to the outside, from top to bottom, those ministers and officials who hold elephant boards and jade wat all day long can hold such thoughts, then why can't our holy pilgrimage prosper and flourish! I don't read much, but after reading a lot of old history, the biggest feeling is that a country and a dynasty are all broken first in the court, and the whole world is completely broken. And the reason why the court is self-destructive is often from the top. For example, I read the history of Liang a few days ago, the Liang Dynasty is known as well-dressed, and Hou Jing crossed the river with thousands of people, which can cause it to collapse in one day! This is far away, take it closely, the chaos in the last years of Jingsheng, thinking about it, in the final analysis, is not because the old sage closed his eyes and listened to the dogs and horses, causing the traitors to take power, and the villains danced, so that virtuous and capable ministers like Pei Gong had no place to play, and they could only leave the dynasty one after another, and finally caused a tragic change——"

Pei Xiaoyuan stretched out his hand and covered Li Xu's mouth.

"Beware of the ears of others!" He looked left and right and commanded in a low voice.

Li Zhifang only had some understanding, and he couldn't say this kind of thing in front of others on weekdays, so he held back his heart for a long time, and when he came to the master, he always felt that he was different from others, and he forgot his feelings for a while, so he talked about it. At this moment, he was covered with his mouth, unable to move, unable to breathe, and only the two eye bones were turning around.

"I understand." When his mouth regained his breath, he hurriedly explained, "I just want to say that Aunt Princess is not only like a fairy, but also has extraordinary knowledge, which makes me extremely admired!" ”

For some reason, because of his apprentice's words, Pei Xiaoyuan had a strange feeling in his heart, he was secretly and honored, however, it was mixed with a little sourness and a sense of loss, just like a delicate treasure that originally belonged to his private collection, and suddenly in the blink of an eye, he found that it no longer belonged to him. Not only that, but even the various memories I had before, when I think of it now, it is not as confusing as it is true, as if it is only a bubble dream.

He didn't want to be unable to extricate himself from drowning for a long time, so he changed the topic and said a few words about going hunting tomorrow, and suddenly thought of the young man of the Guo family who she had worshiped in his custody before. After his observation over the years, he felt that the young man had a steady temperament, simple and alert, and after joining the guard, he was studying hard every day, making rapid progress, and Li Yu was also the same age, and it was quite suitable to be a companion, so he mentioned that he would arrange a companion for him, and then hunt to follow the left and right, both as a companion and as a protection.

Li Xue was disciplined very strictly by his widowed mother Xue Niangzi in the past, and since he was a child, he didn't have any people to play, so he was happy.

Pei Xiaoyuan immediately ended the master-apprentice narration, sent him back to his residence Yingzhou Palace to rest, sent him to the intersection, and when he was about to part, he saw him looking at himself again, looking like he wanted to say something, so he smiled and asked if there was anything else.

"It's not called ...... anything"

Li Yu hesitated, and quickly glanced around: "Master, tonight, so many Langzi of so many families are vying to ask the saint for marriage, and in the end, the saint still asks like that, even the prince of Yuwen has come out, why are you ...... master?"

He was beaten.

"Master, didn't you have a good relationship with my princess and aunt before?"

Tonight, he could see it clearly, and when the saint asked that sentence, he was not the only one in the banquet hall who secretly glanced at the master. It wasn't him who came out as a result, which really disappointed Li Xu, and he couldn't figure it out.

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't expect this apprentice to come to such a sentence before leaving, so he froze for a moment, and then explained: "You're misunderstood." The master only knew her identity earlier than others by chance, and in order to protect the princess, he got closer to the princess, and that's it. ”

Li Xu's face showed great disappointment, thought about it, was a little unwilling, looked at his face, and whispered with courage: "There are four people coming out tonight!" I originally thought that it would be great if my aunt could be my sister again......"

Pei Xiaoyuan and his apprentice stood opposite each other at the crossing leading to Yingzhou Palace, choking and speechless, when suddenly at this time, there was a movement nearby, and the woman's high and low voices and laughter were sandwiched with the sound of Huan Pei Lingyu in action, and faintly drifted with the night wind. He turned his face following the sound, and faintly saw a group of women coming out in front of the Yueyue Tower next to Qingrong Palace, it should be the crown princess, the eldest princess and others who went to visit her, and they just came out.

He didn't want her to see him, so he immediately said, "Come in." ”

"Also, you can't say this kind of thing in front of anyone in the future."

He sent Li Zhi in, and said another word with a serious expression.

Li Xue replied in a sullen voice, saluted him, and turned to go. Pei Xiaoyuan waited for his apprentice to enter the palace gate, quietly bypassed the Yueyue Tower, turned a way from the side, and left.

Han Kerang did what he said, and in order to make his optimistic love shine in the hunt that starts tomorrow and win glory for Ben Wei, he deliberately came forward to do some things in person, and the result was that Pei Xiaoyuan walked around and found that there was no place where he could interfere.