The heavy snow that falls in the middle of April in the late spring of the capital has transformed the beautiful terraces of the inner courtyard of the palace into a world of ice and snow.

When people opened the frozen palace gate and entered the inner courtyard of the palace, they were surprised to find that in such a cold and snowy place, they actually saw a lot of living mouths! For these soldiers who had witnessed the strange situation of the wind and snow just now, although the flying snow was the only thing they had seen in their lives, and they did not know what kind of power it had, they guessed from their astonishing instincts that they had cultivated for a long time in the killing formation, that these chaotic ministers and thieves in the palace had probably been wiped out long ago. Therefore, when they actually attacked the palace, they were very surprised to see that there were so many survivors who were still alive.

The reason for this is only known by the awakening words. The heavy snow that he fell just now was actually just an external appearance, and in the end it was still a Taoist spell of leniency. The ice and snow that fell from the sky were only related to the subject's anger. A person shrouded in snow, no matter how high or low his mana cultivation is, the more fierce and cunning his heart is, the greater the damage he will receive.

Therefore, under such a spell, according to later inspections, Chang Yihou and his cronies were frozen to pieces. There are also many "masters" who are full of fire and anger in the Five Elements, and they have also died on the side of the road without exception. And in all these rebellions that were frozen to death by a heavy snowfall, there was an old man who woke up!

When the big event has been decided, Xingyan and Ju Ying hurried to the Taiji Hall of the main hall of the palace with elite soldiers, and were about to rush into the palace, but Xingyan saw a one-armed Taoist with a sword leaning over the stone beast on the left side of the palace. Originally, there was no shortage of scum in the hands of the Marquis of Changyi, who was fighting for the tiger, but at this moment, he could clearly see that the Taoist priest who died on the stone deer on the left side of the temple gate was actually wearing the unique white ground and blue-edged Taoist robe of the gate!

"Who could it be?!"

Seeing the same door here, Xingyan was naturally very surprised. He knows very well that whether it is the former head of Lingxu Zhenren or the current head of Qinghe Dao, they are all masters who are soft on the outside and strong on the inside. Compared with the so-called "alien masters" in the world, even the most humble disciples of the Taoism in the Shangqing Sect are all morally profound and virtuous people when they go out after some education. Therefore, this time Chang Yihou was so rebellious, how could there be a ghost disciple of the Shangqing Dynasty to help?

With such a question in his heart, Xing Yan went over and opened this person's body, curiously wanting to see who it was-this look, but he found that this Taoist with a combed bun and one arm was his acquaintance, Zhao Wuchen! Although he was now frozen to the point that his face was blue and there were many purple spots, Xing Yan could see at a glance that this was the despicable fellow who came to tease and blackmail Xue Yi when he was not at Chidoriya Cliff!

"Alas!"

At this time, he put his finger in front of his nose and tried it, and Zhao Wuchen was already out of breath. Seeing Zhao Wuchen's embarrassed death, Xingyan was also a little emotional. Famous and decent disciples, if they are doing right, why should there be today's ending. There is a saying that "all sentient beings are evil, and all causes must be effected", the first half of the sentence is still not known to be right or wrong, but this "all causes must be effected" is indeed very reasonable. And people said that "retribution is not happy", originally thought that this Zhao Wuchen had no news, and he was far away, and he would never be able to deal with him in the future, but who knew that in the end he still died in his own hands!

After a few words of emotion, Xingyan glanced at this Zhao Wuchen a few more times, looked at him now in such an embarrassed manner, and then remembered his free and flying demeanor when he first saw him, and couldn't help but suddenly feel a little gloomy. So he didn't look any further, but waved his hand, and asked the sergeants who were moving the dead to help the wounded come and carry him out and give him priority for burial.

When Xingyan arranged Zhao Wuchen's body, when he arrived in the Taiji Palace, he was a little surprised when he saw the situation in the hall. Under the light of the snow all over the ground, it is clear that the Marquis of Changyi, who is said to have always boasted of his martial arts, is wearing a civil dress at such a juncture. At this moment, he was slumped on the high jade dragon chair, wearing a gorgeous crown dress, and the crown on his head hung nine locks of color, and the end of the crown was decorated with jade, which was as clear as the moon under the reflection of the snow light in the hall.

"Humph!"

Seeing such a life-and-death enemy, even a girl with elegant manners like Ju Ying couldn't help but snort coldly, and scolded in a coquettish voice:

"What a chaotic thief! Death is dying, but he still thinks about the emperor!"

It turned out that although others were ignorant, Ju Ying, who was familiar with the royal etiquette, knew that the crown dress he was wearing at this time was the clothes worn by the emperor when he ascended the throne. On the crown of the crown, painted with fire, mountain, dragon, Zongyi, Chinese insect five chapter patterns, the bottom of the embroidered algae, pink rice, yellow, black four color patterns, is the Son of Heaven to ascend the throne of the dress, and the nine crowns are painted vermilion algae pattern, with colored ropes strung nine times, each end of the nine decorated with jade, is also the crown used by the Son of Heaven to ascend the throne.

Ju Ying's guess was quickly verified. When Xingyan and others attacked the Taiji Palace, there were still several undead courtiers in the hall. Among them, there was a Taishi Ling named Chang Xin, according to his busy confession at that time, saying that Chang Yi rebelled, and when he heard about the incident outside the city, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Although the wisdom and courage of the Marquis of Changyi, who had been proud of the spring breeze for several months, had been somewhat worn out because of the coup d'état, his outstanding astonishing judgment had not diminished in the slightest. When he heard the horses outside the city talk to him about all kinds of details, Chang Taishi saw that Chang Yihou, who had always won the game, had some bad premonitions. When all kinds of dying and struggling resistance orders were issued, the Hou Ye, who had been the "emperor dream" for half his life, was anxious to hold an enthronement ceremony in this Taiji Palace.

The coveted enthronement ceremony was carried out so simply and hastily that the sound of shouting and killing outside the palace drowned out the earth-shattering firecrackers in front of the palace; although the heavy snow had not yet arrived, the Dali temple secretary who was temporarily appointed by the Marquis of Changyi was singing more and more trembling, and the sound became smaller and smaller.

Of course, for the Marquis of Changyi, none of this is important, the important thing for him is that as long as the subordinates in the palace desperately resist for a while, slow down for a while, let him complete the ceremony, and then the Taishi Ling will completely record the process of the enthronement ceremony, he will achieve great success, achieve his long-cherished wish, and from then on also leave a name in history and become an emperor.

It's just that, unfortunately, although many of Chang Yihou's previous wishes have been fulfilled, this time the biggest wish has not been fulfilled.

Halfway through the shabby ceremony, the sky over the palace suddenly changed to the clouds, as if the ice and snow gods had arrived, and suddenly thousands of cold snow flowers fell and buried the creatures in the palace. So, before the finger joints of Chang Taishi, who was holding the pen, froze, the Marquis of Changyi on the emperor's throne breathed and froze...... In the following days, as the only remaining orthodox bloodline of the royal family in the capital, Ju Ying suddenly became very busy.

When the relics of the great war in the palace were slightly cleared, the imperial daughter Princess Yongchang, with the assistance of a group of loyal ministers, gave orders in the Ming Hall of the Son of Heaven in the imperial city, outlined the government and cleared the source. Of course, as the biggest contributor to this counterinsurgency and a close friend of Her Royal Highness the Princess, she accompanied her throughout these political affairs. When necessary, he also used small spells to help his good friends deter the unruly dignitaries of the court, so that they would not dare to have any half-heartedness towards the weak princess.

After waiting for a few days of companionship and seeing many royal matters, he said that this Shangqing master, who was very admired by others, only felt that it was really an eye-opener in his heart! After going deep into the imperial palace for the first time, the Zhongsan doctor and the master of the Four Seas Hall, who was born in the mountains, found that the magnificent and magnificent style of the royal family was ten times more complicated than he imagined!

For example, in the first few days, the Mingtang of the Son of Heaven where he often stayed was the Hillhouse Building, surrounded by water on all sides, and its shape was round and below, with eight windows, four doors, nine rooms, twelve blocks, thirty-six households, and seventy-two houses. It was only after asking the officials of the Ministry of Rites that I realized that the number of these shapes was exquisite. Surrounded by water on all sides, Yu Tianzi is rich in the four seas; the upper circle is Yu Tian, the lower is Yu Earth, eight windows are against eight winds, four should be four o'clock, nine rooms show Kyushu, twelve should be in December, thirty-six households should be thirty-six rains, and seventy-two bars should be seventy-two winds. After all kinds of natural attention to the mountains and rivers, this Mingtang has another name, called "Vientiane Shrine"!

In addition to the Ming Hall, there is also the Tai Temple. When the government was sorted out, Ju Ying, as the princess, led the ministers to go to the Taimiao to worship the unfortunate father and brothers. Because of the respect of the East in the five directions, the temple of the Son of Heaven in Luoyang is located near the Canglong Gate of the Imperial Palace. During the sacrifice, the first emperor used 18 prisons, and each of the five princes used 12 prisons, and each prison contained a pig, an ox, and a sheep, and the total number of livestock was 234. There were so many sacrifices, and when they were slaughtered, the Royal Forest Army was dispatched to slaughter these sacrifices in a hurry.

When the government and sacrifices are done, as a symbol of the reform of the old and the new, according to the custom, the court has to arrange a big banquet in the Deyang Hall in the southwest of the Taiji Hall of the Imperial Palace.

Different from ordinary people's imagination, such a royal banquet is a national event, and the pomp is extremely gorgeous and luxurious, and its complexity even exceeds that of the grand Taimiao sacrifice. The big banquet in this Deyang Hall is prepared by the Shang Bao Division, the Jinwu Camp is guarded, the Teaching Workshop Division sets up music, the dance team dances in line, the Guanglu Temple prepares wine, and the Imperial Kitchen Division sets up the meal. After this arrangement, there are thrones, Huang Lu, twenty-four gold guards, music pits, wine pavilions, dining pavilions, delicacies and delicacy pavilions in the Deyang Palace, and there are dance floors and big music pools outside the hall.

When the feast began, the princess sat cross-legged on the throne of Huanglu in the north of the seat, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs were seated in the palace above the fourth grade, and the palace below the fifth rank was entertained. In this procedure, like Xingyan, the middle doctor between the four or five products, will be specially issued by Juying, and after the approval of Dali Temple according to the regulations, the chief token will be issued, so that he can set up a seat next to the princess. In the middle of the banquet, behind each official who attended the banquet, there were three colorful maidens and palace servants, whose functions were "Si Hu", "Shangjiu", and "Shangshi", who were responsible for serving wine and food to these court officials.

Such a cumbersome feast ceremony is naturally impossible to describe. Perhaps, just by watching the round of music during the banquet, you can see the general clue.

For example, when the princess raised her glass for the first time, she bowed down except for the awakening words, and at this time, the priest knelt down and played the "Song of the Flame Spirit" to show respect. In the second round of toasting, the "Song of the Imperial Wind" is played; at the same time, when Ju Ying signals the ministers to drink the wine in the cup, the dance team outside the palace dances; this round is composed of dozens of strong men with their topless bodies, black lacquered wooden swords, shouting and dancing "the dance of pacifying the world". Since then, it is roughly the same, the third round of "Song of Emperor Ming", the dance of "Fu'an Siyi", the fourth round of "Song of Heavenly Dao", the dance of "Cheshutong", the fifth round of "Song of Zhenhuanggang", the dance of "Hundred Operas", the sixth round of "Song of Jinling", the dance of "Eight Barbarians Offering Treasures", the seventh round of "Song of Changyang", the dance of "Lotus Picking Team", the eighth round of "Song of Fangli", the dance of "Fish Leaping in the Abyss", and the ninth round only play "Song of Driving Six Dragons".

All of this is just a toast before the main meal, and it has been tossed nine times. Always looking forward to it, without waiting for the main banquet to begin, the hall master of the four seas who lacked tempering was already tired and sweaty, and the Venus danced wildly in front of him. Dazzled, several times he almost missed the gentle words that the princess had secretly delivered between toasts. When he was sweating profusely, Xingyan looked at Ju Ying beside him again, but saw that she was as if she was fine. Although he was wearing a heavy crown of Qibao Baguio and a nine-light Danxia phoenix dress, his pretty and delicate face was still cool and sweat-free. In front of the banquet, in the midst of singing and dancing outside the hall, she was still graceful and elegant, meticulously getting up and raising wine in accordance with the etiquette, and at the same time she could take time to say a few words to the awakening from time to time.

"Alas......"

No matter how comfortable Ju Ying is, looking at the situation in front of him, Xingyan is just lamenting. In addition to lamenting, I can't help but have some doubts:

"To be an emperor...... I don't know what the old thief thinks......"

In this way, after a lot of hardships, when the main meal finally began after more than two hours, the master of the Four Seas Hall, who was already sweating profusely, suddenly felt that his appetite was already great, and he couldn't care about any etiquette for a while. Seeing him so hungry, the kind and gentle princess pursed her lips and snickered, and specially issued a temporary imperial decree, saying that the time was not early, and all the ministers must eat within half an hour - suddenly, hearing the edict of Her Royal Highness the princess, many courtiers who were already dizzy with hunger couldn't help but burst into tears, and the old eyes were full of tears, while chewing and swallowing, while shouting long live in their hearts, and said straightly, "The princess is still wise"!

Skipping such trivialities, ten days have passed before you know it. On the tenth day, the only man in the royal family, King Langya, also rushed from the fiefdom of Linhuai Kingdom at the call of the princess. After all, the country can not be said to be without a king, although the king of Langya does not know much about state affairs, but after getting the will of his aunt, without saying a word, with the help of his close ministers, regardless of thousands of mountains and rivers, swaddled and swaddled, the nurse held, and rushed to Beijing at night - since then, the two-year-old Langya little prince, under the arrangement of his aunt Yingyi, officially ascended the throne and continued the royal orthodoxy. At this time, the "Changyi Rebellion", which had been a disaster for more than two months, was officially declared over.

At this time, the big thing is over, and Xingyan has to think about his own whereabouts.

Of course, Jingshi is not a place where he stays for a long time, and he will definitely leave. Eight thousand miles away, on the Thousand Bird Cliff in Luofu Mountain, there is also the Bingxue Mei Ling who is located in his own kindness, and his life and death are uncertain, and he needs to take care of himself. Although he was sure to leave, he was still hesitant to say that when he returned this time, how would he deal with the girl in the palace who was close to his heart? After all, she was the only one he cared about.

mentioned Ju Ying, through getting along day and night these days, Xingyan suddenly realized that maybe he didn't know everything about her before. These days, as the emperor's daughter, in order to "save the building from the general", Ju Ying has carried too much heaviness. is different from his imagination, in front of such a heavy pressure of responsibility, the delicate girl who looks as weak as an orchid shows extraordinary patience and bearing when she is about to die. In the imperial court, she is polite, has a degree of advance and retreat, is decisive, and has a clear mind, so many things and undercurrents after the chaos, after she disposes of it, it is actually a hundred officials are appropriate, and everything is orderly!

Seeing Ju Ying's open-mindedness when he was doing things, he thought soberly, even if he was replaced by his own so-called "good man", I am afraid that he would not be able to handle it well for a while. Aware of this, and then thinking of Juying's performance in front of him, all he left for himself was just the image of the girl next door like a childhood sweetheart, and he felt that his illusion was a bit ridiculous for a while.

"Hehe......"

Saying that, in the early morning, when I thought of these things in my heart, when I was a little entangled, I heard the familiar sound of Huan Pei Ling in the distance, and gradually from far to near. In the warm morning breeze, when I heard such a pure and clear voice, I smiled soberly, and suddenly I had a plan in my heart......

(To be continued)