Volume 2: The Holy Capital Volume Qingyun Banquet: (8) Undercurrent
"Be quick with your hands and feet, Chinese New Year's Eve today, the wind jade guide given by the emperor must be sent to the palaces as soon as possible...... Ouch, will you dog slave light hands and feet, this is for Wan Guifei. ”
"And you, don't you know that this is for the eldest prince? your hands and feet are lighter, and if you break it, just wait to turn around!"
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At dawn in the early morning, the Imperial Materials Division of the household department was already busy, and an old eunuch stood on the stone table in the center and kept giving orders.
Although it was a cold morning, a layer of fine sweat appeared on the old eunuch's powdery face, and the two big red walnuts in his hand absorbed enough sweat and became more and more crystal ruddy.
"Gonggong Yang, how to send this Fengyu Yin to the fourteenth princess?" A deacon of the Imperial Wood Division was very embarrassed with a Nanmu tray, and he didn't know whether this one was going to be sent to the Smoke Dyeing Palace or to the Absolute Wing Palace of the National Teacher.
"Leave it there, the emperor asked me to send it to the princess in person, don't worry. The old eunuch glanced at the jade bottle containing the green liquid and looked a little disgusted, but it was a little unfortunate to contact the daughter of the demon girl during the New Year.
This person's name is Yang Han, the internal supervisor of Emperor Yunze, and he has been with Emperor Yunze since he was young, and he has been with him for most of his life. But he is a master who eats inside and outside, and if he has no other preferences, he loves money, and he is closer to Wan Guifei in private.
Not long ago, Tuoba Ran returned to the palace, but he gave the news to Tuoba Qing and received a lot of gold bars.
In the morning, when Emperor Yunze gave the wind and jade introduction, he specially told him to send it over in person, and gave her the invitation card for the Qingyun banquet. After serving Emperor Yunze for most of his life, Yang Han had only seen that expression on Emperor Yunze's face three times.
The first time was when she married Princess Garan, the second time was when Takubaran was born, and the third time was this morning. He had never seen Emperor Yunze, who had always had a casual temperament, so thoughtful, and after one night, he seemed to be three or four years younger.
"Early in the morning, Gonggong Yang worked so hard, and I, the steward of the Imperial Material Division, was lazy. While speaking, Wang Xiuyuan, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly arrived, and his entourage also brought some food boxes.
"Lord Wang. ”
"My father-in-law has worked hard, it's cold, I ordered someone to cook some hot porridge and bring it to you. ”
"Lord Wang is polite, polite. The old slave can't help it, and the emperor personally ordered me to send it, and I don't dare to say no. Lord Wang is very hard in charge of the Imperial Materials Division, how can it be said that he is neglectful. ”
"Hahaha, my father-in-law still likes to laugh. ”
The old eunuch rubbed the cold and quickly took the food box when he was a little stiff, Wang Xiuyuan waved his hand, and the accompanying servants sent the food box to the deacons and little eunuchs one after another, I will refuse to drink a bowl of fragrant hot porridge in the cold morning.
Just when people were attracted by the sudden hot porridge, a maid brought by Wang Xiuyuan who was not good-looking filled filled with a bowl of hot porridge and brought it to the deacon who was holding Tuoba Ran's share of the jade introduction: "My lord, please." ”
"Thank you. ”
The other maid next to her took the tray with her hand, and the other maid who delivered the porridge quickly opened a small wooden box in her arms, pinched up a little medicinal powder and quickly sprinkled it into the jade bottle containing the wind jade.
Even faster than the deacon drank the bowl of porridge, and when he had finished drinking it, he returned the tray as if the maid had never moved. And the powder dissolved instantly after entering, and there was nothing unusual at all, and the deacon was unaware.
"Then my father-in-law is busy first, I just came to see the progress, since there is nothing to do, then I will leave first. ”
"Your Excellency, please. The old lady smiled and sent Wang Xiuyuan out of the Imperial Materials Division, and continued to work after returning, leading the jade to the palaces.
Wing Palace.
Ye Xuan sat cross-legged in the snow and his body was swept by his divine soul power like the wind, and a white spirit gathering pattern gathered in front of Ye Xuan, and the rich ice attribute vitality condensed into a white vitality with the operation of the spirit array.
"Whew......" Ye Xuan took a deep breath and was engrossed.
"It will definitely succeed, it will definitely be possible!" Ye Xuan said something in his mouth, and his palm quickly sealed, and the divine soul power began to outline, and then the spiritual array changed. The white vitality was disintegrated by the changing consumption of the spirit array, and then the spirit gathering array was transformed into the spirit array, and a light blue ice shield was immediately formed.
"It's done!" Ye Xuan felt the Imperial Spirit Array that had been condensed so hard in front of him and was ecstatic, this Imperial Spirit Array had failed nearly a hundred times before and after, and every time he condensed his vitality, it took him a lot of time to condense his vitality, and he only succeeded once in a morning, and the probability of failure was even greater than that of refining.
"Click!"
Just when Ye Xuan was pleasantly surprised, the pattern on the edge of the ice shield in front of him was disordered, and before Ye Xuan could make adjustments, the entire ice shield shattered into a point of light. The whole process was as fast as a gust of wind, Ye Xuan didn't even know where the problem was, and didn't give him a chance to reflect at all.
At the same time, Ye Xuan's divine soul power was counterattacked, and he was dizzy and nauseous and retching, and fell into the snow panting.
"It's hard. Ye Xuan pinched a handful of snow and rubbed it on his face, this was the first time he had failed, he had forgotten it, he had obviously succeeded, but why did it collapse again?
"It seems that it is not unreasonable for the master to choose you, my eldest brother condensed the Imperial Spirit Array at the age of twenty and broke the record of the empire. You're only eighteen years old, and you're better than him. Tuoba Ran held two buns in her hand and handed one to Ye Xuan, she had been watching from the side for half an hour, and she didn't dare to come forward to disturb.
"Eat first, and then have the strength to eat. ”
"Hmm. ”
Ye Xuan took the steaming bun, but he was still thinking about what went wrong just now. Before I knew it, I had eaten the bun in my hand, and I ate it with the remaining snowflakes on my hand.
"Poof...... Hahaha......"
"What are you laughing at?"
Tuoba Ran laughed heartily on the side, pulling Ye Xuan, who was in deep thought, back to reality: "By the way, how many products does the eldest prince have?"
Ye Xuan suddenly thought of that man with super strength, in the city above the clouds in the unwasted state, he had suppressed Yueqing with his divine soul power. That kind of divine soul power gives people the feeling that it is like an iron-blooded spear that breaks through the formation and kills the enemy at the front of the battlefield, and it is extremely aggressive.
"It seems to be six pins. ”
"It's so high......" Ye Xuan was envious, he didn't know how long he would have to wait to reach that height.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, Gonggong Yang asks to see you. While speaking, a maid ran over to report that it was an old eunuch who wanted to see Tuoba Ran outside the gate of the Absolute Wing Palace.
"See me?" Tuoba pointed to himself, "I don't know him, what is he looking for me?"
"According to the etiquette Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor wants to reward Feng Yuyin, and each prince has a share, and he also brought an invitation to the Qingyun banquet, saying that he must hand it over to you personally. ”
"It turned out to be an invitation. As soon as she heard this, Tuoba Ran directly ignored her previous displeasure, and in her eyes, nothing was as important as the invitation.
However, when the two of them ran to the gate of the palace, their faces changed, this eunuch was none other than the old eunuch who was carrying the chariot a few days ago - Yang Han.
"It turned out to be Gonggong Yang, you really got up early enough. Tuoba greeted him without smiling, he could understand the old eunuch's eyes. Since it is a slave, it should have the characteristics of a slave, and Concubine Wan's minions should all be this virtue, and this is also the atmosphere in the palace.
At best, it is said that the weak eat the strong, and at worst, it is called bullying the weak and afraid of the hard.
"I've seen Princess Dye. Yang Han didn't salute when he saw Tuoba Ran, but just raised his eyelids.
"The wind jade sent by the emperor has arrived, and the old slave has sent it to you. Yang Han raised his hand, and the little eunuch behind him brought a Nanmu box, and Ye Xuan, as a close attendant, stepped forward to take over.
As soon as he started it, Ye Xuan was keenly aware of the rich vitality fluctuations in the box, which was on par with the dragon marrow.
"Trouble Father-in-law Yang. ”
"Tonight's Qingyun banquet also invites the two of you to attend, this is the invitation of the two. Yang Han took out two cyan cloud pattern jade cards from his arms, one for Tuoba Ran and the other for Ye Xuan.
"Two?"
"This one was specially given to him, and the emperor specially told him to add an extra seat. Yang Han didn't glance at Ye Xuan at all, in his eyes, Ye Xuan was just a bun from the countryside.
"Then it's hard for Gonggong Yang to make such a trip. Tuoba Ran nodded after hearing this, and for the first time felt that the emperor had finally done something serious.
"Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, the old slave wants to ask for some joy from the princess. After hearing this, the old lady did not leave, but smiled a little strangely, and Tuoba felt uncomfortable when she saw it.
Joyful? What joy? Is this girl married? Joyful, but there is a lot of murderous spirit.
Ye Xuan didn't understand what this meant, and stood stupidly with the wooden box.
The invisibly embarrassing atmosphere began to be revealed, two and a half old children, you look at me, I see that you don't understand what this means, which made Yang Han's face blue and white for a while.
"It turned out to be Father-in-law Yang, the children are not sensible, please forgive me. At this moment, the herring fish arrived at the scene, and although her broken calf was fitted with a prosthetic leg, she still did not dare to walk on the snow.
"Blue Fish Girl. Yang Han's old face immediately greeted her with a smile, she is the personal maid of the national teacher, although she has no official position, her status is not low.
"A few days ago, the national teacher wrote a couplet, and I hope that Yang Gonggong will accept this point, and I will take such a trip. After the blue fish walked in, he wrapped a few gold coins in paper and stuffed them to Yang Han, and the couplet was fake, and the gold coins were real.
"Thank you Miss Qingyu, the words of the national teacher are hard to find, how dare you accept it. Yang Han half-pushed, his hand stretched out and wanted to push away, but his fingertips were caught in the prevarication for a moment before he stuffed it into his sleeve and left. The old face smiled like a red flower.
"So that's what it means to be happy. Tuoba Ran was disgusted, he had never dealt with these eunuchs before, so naturally he didn't know the mess of reasoning.
"Disgusting. ”
"Let's go, let's go back, why bother with them? My freshly steamed buns are out of the pot, and there is your favorite meat and shrimp filling. The shoulders of the two herring landlords pushed them back into the palace.
"It's better to be Sister Herring. ”
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