Volume II: The Holy Capital Volume Qingyun Feast: (18) Gifts
"Is the poison in your body cured?
"It's all right. Ye Xuan helped the weak Tuoba Ran to walk on the snow-covered palace road, leaving two strings of straight and neat footprints.
"There's something I have to apologize to you, it's about Feng Yuyin. Ye Xuan hesitated for a moment but was still about to say it, this matter must have a complete ending because of him.
"Wind Jade Lead?"
"Actually, as early as when Gonggong Yang sent that thing over, my guardian spirit had already detected the toxin, but in order to help you find out the poisoner, I drank half of it and kept half of it as evidence, thinking that Gonggong Yang would be detained first and then touched by the vine, but I didn't expect that in the end, the relationship between you and Your Majesty would be so stiff. ”
Ye Xuan told me that after all, this matter was too inconsiderate and too aggressive.
"I am sorry that it caused a conflict between you and your father. ”
"You ......" Tuoba Ran grabbed Ye Xuan's sleeve and suddenly fell silent. Only Tuoba Ran knew how anxious and angry she was after seeing Ye Xuan's poisoning, and even made her murderous for a while.
There were too many things that happened tonight, and Tuoba Ran's mood was already tired, and he wouldn't be angry with Ye Xuan.
"You're still lying to me. Tuoba Ran inexplicably remembered the scene of the separation in the Winter Spirit Ancient Realm, and Ye Xuan also deceived him.
"Twice, I can forgive you now, but I'll remember it for you later. Tuoba Ran looked at Ye Xuan with a smile, and strange thoughts suddenly welled up in his heart.
"Huh? later?" Ye Xuan hadn't understood yet.
"Or promise me two conditions, or I won't forgive you. Tuoba Ran suddenly became an old and cunning businessman, especially when there was no one in front of Ye Xuan.
"Don't worry, I won't make too many of these two requests. Tuoba Ran still had an angry expression, but in fact, he kept snickering in his heart.
"Okay, aren't you mad at me?"
"Of course not, you're here to help me. The only thing that makes me angry is that you still lied to me, whether it's good for me or not, and you won't be allowed to do it again. ”
In the wind and snow, Tuoba Ran grabbed Ye Xuan's sleeve and stopped, looking at him with a serious expression.
"Good!"
"That's right, that's what a junior brother should look like. Tuoba Ran immediately smiled, and there was no longer the angry look just now. Stretched out his hands and lazily opened his arms towards Ye Xuan.
"What are you doing?" Ye Xuan looked at her posture, and a trace of bad feeling suddenly rose in his heart.
"I can't walk anymore, carry me~" Tuoba Ran stood in place close to the scoundrel with his arms outstretched, pouting his small mouth.
“......”
"Hurry up......"
"Isn't it okay to see that you have been gone for a long time just now?" Ye Xuan looked at Tuoba Ran's posture and secretly screamed.
"Then I don't have the strength now, I can't walk. Tuoba Ran smiled slyly, making Ye Xuan's head suddenly grow three times.
......
"Ye Xuan, let's sneak out of the palace and have fun. On the long palace road, Tuoba Ran lay comfortably on Ye Xuan and looked at the fireworks through the palace wall: "It must be very lively outside tonight, let's go out together." ”
"Do you want to get out?"
"Hmm. ”
Ye Xuan's divine soul power also saw the colorful fireworks, what would the fireworks in the Holy Capital look like?
"The master gave me a token when he left, and this thing seems to be anywhere in the palace. Ye Xuan thought of something and took out a token from his arms.
Let's go back and change our clothes first, go through the back door, and don't let Sister Qingyu find out. ”
"Good. ”
Before leaving the palace, Tuoba Ran and Ye Xuan sneaked back to the Wing Palace to change their clothes, and Tuoba Ink War usually did not allow Tuoba Dye to leave the palace, so he could only do it secretly. When he left, Tuoba Ran deliberately found some hair accessories, and barely managed to make up a little extravagance.
Ye Xuan is still the same as before, and there is only one type of clothes for the attendants, but there are many pieces, and it is difficult to see whether they are changed or not.
"Wait. Before leaving, Tuoba Ran grabbed Ye Xuan, and strung the piece of Feng Yanyu with a rope and hung it on Ye Xuan's waist: "Well, that's pretty much it." Takubaran nodded in satisfaction.
"It's my New Year's gift to you. ”
"It's too precious. Ye Xuan felt the power of the pure phoenix in the jade pendant, and was a little frightened.
"If you let you take it, you will take it, this is the first time that this princess has given a New Year's gift to others, so she doesn't give face. Tuoba dyed white, Ye Xuan glanced at him, pulled his sleeve and left: "Hurry up, hurry up, you won't be able to see the fireworks when it's late." ”
Ye Xuan looked at the fast-running Tuoba Ran and suddenly smiled, this was also the first time he had received a New Year's gift!
When the two walked from the Wuhua Gate to Suzaku Street, the hustle and bustle in front of them suddenly heard the two half-grown children clearly. The sound of firecrackers, shouting, singing and dancing, laughter, all kinds of sounds, the flow of people into a big river, instantly melted them into a part of it.
The Holy Capital is larger than any state, and all the people living in Qinglong Street are eunuchs, and the families of military families live in Baihu Street. Only Xuanwu Street and Suzaku Street are the most lively, covering one hundred and eight squares in the holy capital.
The custom of lifting the ban in the whole city from Chinese New Year's Eve to the sixteenth day of the first month has been passed down since ancient times, and is known as the "seventeen troubles", and all walks of life have ushered in the most lively period, everyone will go to the streets to play, and every year the Jingzhao Yin Mansion will send additional personnel to maintain order during this time.
Ye Xuan and Tuoba Ran instantly blended into the crowd, although both of them had set off fireworks, they had never let go of so many tricks, and the gold coins in the hands of the two of them were enough, and the food was as fast as flipping a book.
The two of them walked from the east to the west of Suzaku Street like happy deer, and walked around all the markets on Suzaku Street.
I have boarded a 100-foot float to sprinkle sugar and pray for blessings, watched the famous singers of the holy capital sing famous songs, boarded a cloud boat to put river lanterns on the moat, and went to the largest Xuanfeng Temple to offer incense.
"Take you somewhere. ”
"What?"
After leaving the temple, Ye Xuan took Tuoba Dye to a restaurant in the bustling area, and when he was playing before, Ye Xuan heard that there was a big opera in the Bird Building, and there was a famous gentleman in the capital who told the story.
When the two of them went, they were already full and there were no seats, and it happened that the shopkeeper was passing by, and after seeing the clothes on Ye Xuan's body, he recognized that this was the close servant next to the prince, and at the same time saw the token on Ye Xuan's waist, and immediately vacated the best room in the restaurant and gave it to the two of them.
The location is perfect, there is only one place.
Ye Xuan didn't think much about it, and it was possible that the shopkeeper recognized this as the token of the national teacher. After sitting down, Ye Xuan found the shopkeeper and wanted to order a play, and the boss readily agreed, which can be regarded as having exhausted the family and ordered one.
"I don't like to listen to singing, I don't understand. "After coming in, Tuoba Ran was not interested in the big drama below, but he ate a lot of melon seeds.
"I chose a gift for you. Ye Xuan sat on the side and smiled quietly, Feng Yanyu's warm vitality wandered in his palm, flowing through the heart veins and reaching the whole body, and there was no chill on his body.
"Gift?" Tuobaran's eyes lit up: "What gift?"
"Have you ever heard of a story?"
"No, right...... Does the old man who teaches in the palace count?"
"You'll find out later. Ye Xuan smiled mysteriously, and the big drama below was sung for a long time and cheered continuously, but Tuoba Ran was drowsy.
Until Mr. Storyteller came up, the loud startle woke her up.
"Hey, hey, here we go, listen. Ye Xuan pushed the sleepy-eyed Tuoba Dye.
"Today, let's talk about a legendary woman, the Lan Queen, who is known as the luck of our country!" As the loud voice of Mr. Storyteller passed through the hall, Tuoba Ran straightened up as if he had been electrocuted, and he was awake for a moment.
Queen Lan ...... Her deceased mother......
"If you want to talk about Queen Lan, you have to mention the Galan royal family of the Galan Empire, and His Royal Highness King Chi back then, that is, the current Emperor Yunze. The spectators around listened intently, holding their breath, and even Takubaran was attracted by this story, pricking up his ears and listening intently.
"It is said that many years ago, Emperor Longying was mediocre in his later years, and when he heard that there were many beauties in the Shanglei Empire, he rashly invaded the powerful Shanglei Empire. The Sha Lei Iron Hoof of Shanglei Country has been famous for thousands of years, and the corruption of the imperial court at that time was serious and corrupt, and it was powerless to fight again after half a year. After the death of the old emperor, it was passed on to the next emperor, Emperor Qingchun, but the good times did not last long, and Emperor Qingchun died quickly. ”
"It is said that heroes come out of troubled times, although Emperor Qingchun died, he left three princes, one of whom is our Yunze Emperor. ”
"Eh, it's your father. ”
"Say what he's doing, half-footed old thing. Tuobaran's expression was a little disdainful, and he planned to ignore this paragraph.
"After Emperor Qingchun died of illness, the two princes competed for the throne, and only our third prince, His Royal Highness King Chi, was only willing to be an idle prince. But the destiny is like this, there are no mediocre people in the emperor's family, and those two princes have made the country into a miasma, with enemy countries encroaching on the outside, and corrupt officials running rampant on the throne fighting each other. ”
"At that time, the Fengyan Empire was constantly in war, starvation, and the people were displaced and their wives were scattered. His Royal Highness King Chi, who was nearly nineteen years old, couldn't stand it anymore, and after leaving an heir, who is the current eldest prince, persuaded the national teacher to get the help of the national teacher, and secretly married the Galan royal family, marrying the eldest princess Galan Ye, who was only eighteen years old at the time of the Galan Empire. ”
"This ideal is just to be an idle prince, His Royal Highness the King of Chi, for the sake of the country, he has to wear armor and hold a sword, raise troops to quell civil strife and ascend to the throne. ”
"Emperor Yunze, who is only nineteen years old, can be described as high-spirited and ambitious. After stabilizing the court a little, he and that legendary woman, Queen Lan, carried the entire Fengyan Dynasty. ”
"The great contemporary poet Cao Jue once wrote a poem for Queen Lan, in which he commented that there was no one before and no one after him. ”
"Speaking of Queen Lan. Ye Xuan glanced at Tuoba Ran beside him, wanting to remind her, but found that she had already been addicted to it.
"Embroider the sword to open up 300,000, how many people are still under the moon in Cangzhou? ”
"The battle of Cangzhou was a key battle for the wind and rock to change the number of qi that year, and the Shalei Iron Hoof at that time attacked Cangzhou in one fell swoop, and the 300,000 Shalei Iron Hoof elites could directly take the holy capital as soon as the city was broken. Emperor Yunze sat in Cangzhou, with only 30,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and he had been besieged for three months, and he was at the end of his rope. ”
"At this moment!" Mr. Storyteller suddenly slapped a startled sigh: "The pregnant Queen Lan has appeared!"
Hearing this, Tuoba Ran nervously clenched his dress, could it be that he had experienced such a war at that time? But after thinking about it, Tuoba Ran suddenly found that the time was not right, if he had been born at that time, I am afraid that he would not be sixteen years old now.
"Originally, the queen who was raised in the palace traveled thousands of miles back to the Garan Kingdom, knelt at the Garan King for three days and three nights, worked hard to move back 200,000 rescue soldiers, and then came to Cangzhou across an empire non-stop. ”
"When Cangzhou was about to break through the city, a comet swept through the sky, and the dazzling stars formed a scimitar to surround the cold moon, dazzling like a blade. Queen Lan personally led her troops to raid at night to cut off the grain and grass of Shara's Iron Hoof, and used a full moon scimitar to surround all the elite of Shara's Iron Hoof under the city. ”
"Maybe the Qi of the Fengyan Empire is standing with Queen Lan, Sha Rai Iron Hoof saw that the heavenly vision army was in chaos, Empress Lan took the opportunity to send scouts to spread rumors on Sha Rai Iron Hoof, and at the same time, Emperor Yunze broke the cauldron and went out of the city to meet the attack, like a comet in the sky, pierced through Sha Rai Iron Hoof, and divided it into small teams to break them one by one. ”
"The full moon scimitar has become a must-behead of the enemy, and after Empress Lan and Emperor Yunze joined the siege, most of the elite of Shara's iron hooves were beheaded under the horse. However, during the encirclement and suppression, Emperor Yunze was seriously injured, and Empress Lan took over the military talisman to pursue the victory, recovering the land of the two states in one fell swoop. ”
"In the case of the disparity in troops, Queen Lan won more with less, and then broke 70,000 enemies, until there was still one state left after the soldiers were exhausted, and all the soldiers of the Garan Empire who were brought out with Queen Lan charged into battle were placed on the border, and a truce treaty was signed with the Shanglei Empire. ”
"Seeing that everyone was happy and famous, tragedy happened. The storyteller sighed, and he couldn't help himself with tears.
Tuoba Ran vaguely guessed something and slowly lowered his head.
"Queen Lan, who was already pregnant, overworked, and was injured many times when she regained the lost territory, resulting in a dark disease, and she fell seriously ill on the way back to the Holy Capital, and failed to save the fetus in her womb. ”
The voice fell, and Takubaran hugged his knees and cried silently. He cried very quietly, without a sound, only tears the size of beans streaming down his cheeks.
"I maybe...... There's also an older brother or sister ......" Takubaran's voice was almost distorted, his cheeks buried deep in his knees, and his body trembled uncontrollably. Let Ye Xuan on the side look at a touch of sadness in his heart, I don't know how my sister who is far away is doing now, and at the same time, in the New Year, will it be better over there?
Ye Xuan has grown a lot since his grandmother's death, and he didn't know how to think about it at all before, but now he dares to risk his life to get an opportunity under the imperial power, although this goes against his nature, but he has to do it.
He vaguely understands that the so-called growth is nothing more than a compromise with reality.
My sister must have a relationship with the Fengyan royal family, and his only reliance is Tuoba Ran. Ye Xuan didn't want to use Tuoba Dye as a tool, so he spared no effort to help her.
Tuoba Mozhan doesn't say it, Medusa doesn't say it, and he can't ask others. Ye Xuan is never a person who sits back and waits for answers, he will not stop......