I don't want to play anymore

In a few days, it will be the Empress Dowager's birthday.

The Empress Dowager is a mid-mature lady, she still has charm, and the emperor attaches great importance to her birthday every year, so this year is no surprise, and he ordered his subordinates to speed up the arrangements early in the morning.

When it really came to the Empress Dowager's birthday, the palace was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the sound of silk and bamboo played continuously. All the ministers above the second rank were invited to the palace for a banquet, which was a rare and lively scene once a year.

Before the dinner began, the ministers were already waiting in the hall.Long Yanzhao personally went to the Yong'an Palace to invite the Queen Mother over. The Emperor and the Queen Mother's guard of honor went hand in hand, and the Queen Mother was accompanied by special palace servants who pushed the handicapped King Hao, and took care of King Hao's son who was under two years old.

Still holding the Buddhist beads in her hand, the Empress Dowager looked at the deliberately rearranged courtyards along the way, and said to Long Yanzhao: "Aijia is just a birthday, and the emperor doesn't need to be so extravagant."

But Long Yanzhao said: "But it's not an extravagance. It looks like the Chinese New Year is coming, and the palace should celebrate and rejoice, to get the glory of the empress."

The Queen Mother was noncommittal to this statement.

Although she worships Buddha all the year round, her mother's family has been weak in recent years, and she seldom comes out to intervene in government affairs, and she lives in seclusion.

But it can still be seen that she actually likes this lively atmosphere very much.

Long Yanzhao knew that his mother's empress was actually a miserable person.

Although she was not born with a child suffering from a natural disease like Concubine Chen, she missed the throne from the day she was born.But he also gave birth to a lone star like himself.

Long Yanzhao was "exiled" in those years, and occasionally heard from the woman in charge how hard life was for the queen mother in the palace.

——Give birth to a son who restrained his father, his mother, and his brothers. Even though Long Yanzhao's character and ability were the most outstanding among all the princes when he was a child, so what?

His father could still cruelly send him out of the palace, leaving him alone for years.

During those five or six years, Long Yanzhao could imagine what kind of miserable life the queen mother lived in the palace.

Although he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, Long Yanzhao also expressed his understanding of the empress dowager's indifference and dislike towards him, and tolerated it as much as he could.

Because the queen mother doesn't like to see him, he rarely touches the queen mother's bad luck.If there are any good things, they are always sent to Yong'an Palace first. Usually, the Queen Mother will be the first to think of during important festivals, and arrangements will be made according to her preferences...

Everything that can be remembered has been considered, and everything that can be done has been done, except for giving up the throne to...

On the other side, King Hao's son-in-law suddenly cried, and the queen mother who had just said a few words to him has already turned her head to coax him.

Although King Hao has a natural illness, his one-year-old son-in-law is very healthy.

The children's cries were loud and annoying, but the Queen Mother didn't feel the noise at all.Instead, he asked the palace man to hand over the prince to her to hold him, as if he was afraid that the palace man would not walk steadily and drop the little prince.

Long Yanzhao saw it and didn't say a word, just watched from the side.

The queen mother didn't like him touching the child, and even reacted very violently at one point, no matter how rough-hearted Long Yanzhao was, he couldn't fail to see this.

He was the lone star of the criminal, but he didn't dare to get too close to this little son, lest the queen mother would worry that he would restrain her nephew.

A group of people finally came to the hall specially prepared for this birthday banquet. After all the officials paid homage, the birthday banquet began.

Long Yanzhao sat in the center of the upper head, and the Queen Mother was in the curtain not far behind him.

King Hao sat first, and the ones sitting opposite were King Yan and Princess Yongxin.

The rest of the people who are related to the royal family are lined up in order, and the important officials in the court are located in the distance.

After singing and dancing, Long Yanzhao looked directly past the royal family and relatives, looking for the red figure near the gate of the distant palace.

Even after such a distance, with Gu Jingyuan's appearance and strength of character, it is still easy for people to spot him at a glance.

It's just still too far away.

Can't see clearly.

This made the Ninth Five-Year Lord feel a little regret for no reason, and a little unhappy.

After drinking for ten days, it was time for the relatives of the emperor and the family of the ministers to present gifts to the Empress Dowager.

There is such a link every year.

Although the power of the relatives behind the queen mother is weak, she is still the emperor's biological mother after all, and the emperor has not fully ruled in person, so what will happen in the future, everything is possible.

So the gift that should be given still has to be given.

Not only should it be given away, but it should also be given in a rare and unique way.

In order to please the Empress Dowager, all gems, jades and treasures will be moved to the hall on this day, sometimes even some rare and rare beasts.

Last year Uncle Weiyuan gave the Empress Dowager a pair of rare spiritual birds, although palm-sized, they looked like phoenixes, the Empress Dowager liked it very much when she saw it, the Emperor also followed Longyan Dayue, and directly named Weiyuanbo's son as the second-rank general of the town army .

This year everyone has learned from the past, especially the uncle of the aristocratic family who wants to get a position for his descendant, it can be said that he has spent all his time thinking about this day.

One by one, the rare treasures were carried up, and after some introductions, they were carried down again.

When it was Qi Huaibo's turn, he did not immediately bring up the treasure, but mysteriously introduced it first.

Qi Huaibo is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager.

That is Long Yanzhao's biological uncle.

After the old Qi Huaibo died of illness, his son inherited the title of the family according to the law of Dayi Dynasty.But because the Empress Dowager's younger brother is too vulgar and superficial, and has no ability, the Empress Dowager has been helping her mother's family in the palace all these years, but she has never helped her mother's family.

The decline of foreign relatives is largely due to this relationship.

Qi Huaibo, who was potbellied and full of fat, stood in the hall, saluted the emperor and the queen mother, and then said mysteriously: "The emperor and the queen mother are well-informed, and ordinary treasures are probably hard to catch the eye. Today, I want to present a pair of Baby, it must be rare, please look over it, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother."

The queen mother always pampered her younger brother, and couldn't help asking with great interest: "What kind of treasure is it? Show it up for a look."

After obtaining permission, Qi Huaibo put his palms together and clapped his hands three times. The sound of silk and bamboo in the hall resounded again. Amidst the soft tones, everyone saw two graceful young men in red clothes appearing outside the hall gate.

The two teenagers were similar in appearance, described as beautiful, and their bodies were generally thin and slender.

And none of them have a bun, and a head of black hair is scattered on the shoulders, their faces are white without beard, their lips are red and their teeth are white.

As if the whole hall became lively and fragrant, the two teenagers moved in unison, stepped into the palace with lotus steps, bowed respectfully to the ninety-five statue above, and then halfway Standing up, she showed a few flattering smiles at the present day.

There was a loud discussion in the hall, but the sound of silk and bamboo in the ears dissipated since then, only Qi Huaibo laughed in satisfaction and said: "I am worried that the Queen Mother's life in the palace will be boring, so I specially called this Two children, let them enter the palace to accompany the Empress Dowager, and to amuse the Empress Dowager. Therefore, what I present today is exactly these two young men!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the discussion in the hall grew louder.

It's not for anything else, it's because these two teenagers look too much alike...

Many people glanced at Gu Jingyuan who was sitting near the door.

It's not the iconic red dress, nor is it that the two teenagers are so delicate and beautiful that they can stand shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Gu.

It's just... I can't say this kind of feeling, there is obviously no similarity in appearance and temperament, but just looking at these two teenagers, I will still think of Mr. Gu immediately.

...Qi Huaibo said that it was a gift to the Queen Mother, but it was obvious that these two young men were dedicated to the Emperor.

The empress dowager's thoughts could be guessed by the important officials in the court, and now that Qi Huaibo offered these two teenagers again, it was obvious that he wanted them to run off Mr. Gu with the emperor.

After all, it was just a trick of the harem to fight for favor.

The emperor naturally thought of what other people could think of.

The tall Ninth Five Lord raised his long eyebrows meaningfully, and looked down with bright starry eyes, but what he was looking at was not the two teenagers, but Gu Jingyuan who was sitting in the corner.

Long Yanzhao knew what kind of idiot his uncle was, and the emperor was not at all surprised that he could present such a "gift" on such an occasion.

Of course not interested.

If he cared, he cared more about Gu Jingyuan at the moment.

No one has ever dared to present two beautiful boys so openly, claiming to enter the palace to entertain the Queen Mother.

When such an incident happened so suddenly, he was a little afraid that Ah Yuan would misunderstand and think wrongly, and he was also very afraid that he would get hurt because of it.

His eyes lingered on Mr. Gu, who was wrapped in a red court dress. Gu Jingyuan's waist was straight, his shoulders were slightly heavy when he sat there, and his neck was long and upward, presenting a beautifully curved shape.

As for the expression, perhaps because they were too far away, Long Yanzhao didn't notice any obvious changes on Ah Yuan's face.

He still sat there in an orderly manner, facing the food in front of him, his eyes occasionally swept over the two red-clothed youths, and his reactions were ordinary, no different from ordinary courtiers.

Long Yanzhao thought that maybe he was too decisive in refusing other princes from other aristocratic families to enter the palace, so Ah Yuan knew his thoughts and didn't think there was anything special about these two young men, so he was so calm.

... After all, Ah Yuan is a person who has seen many storms and has great talent and heart, so naturally he will not take the appearance of these two teenagers to heart.

Thinking of this, Long Yanzhao felt a little relieved.

In addition to being relieved, Wei Wei began to be a little curious, wondering what kind of behavior Ah Yuan would behave if he was really jealous...

But of course he wouldn't do such stupid things to make people jealous.

After watching Gu Jingyuan's reaction for a moment, he didn't like someone moving out Mr. Gu and comparing other people with A Yuan at will. Today, Long Yanzhao passed the queen mother for the first time, and took the initiative to say: "Absurd, besides the queen mother, there are several other people in the harem. The concubine is here. Uncle Qi Huai, what do you mean by sending these two men into the palace for no reason?"

His words were so high-sounding that he seemed to have forgotten the existence of Mr. Gu who often walked in the palace and Mr. Dong before.

It is not a new thing for the emperor to have male favorites in the harem.

But the bad thing about these two teenagers is that they went to serve the queen mother in name.

It is precisely because she is the queen mother that she should avoid suspicion.

Otherwise, would the empress dowager still have a good reputation in her later years?

Long Yanzhao grasped this point, obviously he was considering his mother's reputation, but the meaning inside and outside the words was very obvious, that is, he refused to accept this "gift" and did not allow these two teenagers to enter the palace.

The hall became quiet again, and none of the other uncles and officials dared to speak out at this moment.

It's not hard to guess that Qi Huaibo deliberately dressed the two teenagers to look like Mr. Gu.

The same obedient and quiet beauty, the same bright red robe taking advantage of the jade-like skin... If there is anyone who can catch the eyes of the emperor nowadays, it must be this style.

But now the emperor doesn't even think about it, he just refuses... Then think about the various ways His Majesty has treated Mr. Gu these days, the look in his eyes...

The ministers exchanged glances.

——Could it be possible that Mr. Gu will succeed in ascending to the position and really enter the harem?

It's okay to enter the harem, but now His Majesty's harem is empty, and there is no one there...and the speed of the high-ranking person who takes care of the lord...maybe he will really become the No. 1 in the harem in the future.

What's more, relying on Mr. Gu's intelligence, he can stir up the situation with a flip of his hands. If the emperor really falls in love with him, he will be confused by him...

All the ministers couldn't help looking at Gu Yuanjin in the front row, and then at Gu Jingyuan in the corner.

...Could it be that the Gu family and his son are really about to turn the world upside down?

The emperor's refusal made Gu Yuanjin feel better and began to rethink the value of Gu Jingyuan.

As for the Empress Dowager, she really hoped that someone would enter the palace to ban Gu Jingyuan, but now that the emperor said this, even if she intended to keep these two teenagers, she would not be able to open her mouth.

Long Yanzhao continued: "Of course I know that Uncle Qi Huai has good intentions. Uncle and mother-in-law have a deep affection for siblings. I was afraid that mother-in-law would be bored in the palace, so I didn't think too much about it. I and mother-in-law both took it, but they ..."

"No, no, please tell your Majesty, these two young men are not ordinary people, Your Majesty, let me listen to the details."

Unexpectedly, Qi Huaibo had other preparations this time, and he did not give up just yet.

Long Yanzhao's original intention was to let him get rid of him as soon as possible, and stop talking about the beautiful young man. Unexpectedly, Qi Huai Bo was so ignorant that he said without His Majesty's permission: "These two young men, although His appearance is similar to that of ordinary people in the Central Plains, but he was born in a small country in the Western Regions, and he is a person from Tianyin, to put it simply, he is from Tianyin."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

At present, the Tianyin people are almost a race in legends.

Tianyin people were originally a synonym for the people of Yin, a small country in the Western Regions, but different from other ethnic groups, Tianyin people have three genders, which are women with normal female characteristics, and "cathode" and "yangnode" with masculine appearance. A person with signs.

Male Tianyin people can't see any abnormalities when they are young, but they will start to differentiate at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Among them, Yangren are no different from ordinary men, but Cathode people can conceive and have children despite their appearance.

Tianyin people, regardless of gender, are mostly thin, fair and beautiful, and they are not good at physical labor or force.

But because most of their races are beauties, they once prospered among the countries in the Western Regions just by marriage.

Only later, after hundreds of years of evolution, the three physical signs were gradually regarded as alien by people, especially cathode people, because their bodies were different from ordinary people, and they were regarded as extremely yin bodies because they were able to give birth to offspring even though they were men. unknown existence.

People who once married Tianyin people also gradually regarded the birth of an extremely yin body as an ominous omen.

Because it is impossible to tell whether it is extremely yang or extremely yin before the age of ten, and among the Tianyin people, the offspring born to women and extremely yin bodies may also be extremely yin. The surrounding countries jointly strangled and were directly overthrown in the war.

The Tianyin people who escaped by chance were displaced and had to bury their identities to survive in the world. After hundreds of years, the real Tianyin people have been hard to find, and there are very few left.

Because it was rare, Long Yanzhao couldn't help but take a few extra glances at the two young men in the hall.

Seeing the emperor's interest, Qi Huaibo immediately continued: "Tianyin people are usually twins, but not all of them have one yin and one yang. For example, these two have just completed their differentiation, and they are both confirmed. The body of the extreme sun."

As he said that, he showed a flattering smile to the queen mother who was at the top of his hand: "The queen mother's birthday is also in the court. How can I present the unknown extremely yin body? And the extremely yang is the opposite of the extremely yin. According to the legend of the Western Regions, An extremely yang body is an omen of great auspiciousness, if the Empress Dowager keeps these two youths by her side, she will definitely be in good health and prolong her life."

This is quite rare, so someone asked curiously: "Then how to tell whether it is yin or yang? Doesn't it mean that the appearance is the same? Could it be that the pulse is different?"

"Usually feeling the pulse can't distinguish it. It needs to use a special thing from the Western Regions to grind out the juice and fuse it with the blood. If the color is red, it is extremely yang, and if the color turns blue, it is extremely yin." Qi Huaibo explained that in order to ensure that what he offered would not bring any ominous information, and also to open the eyes of everyone, he also specially prepared the juice of that plant and planned to demonstrate it on the spot.

Just as everyone was surprised and looked at the two teenagers in the middle again, waiting to see the results of the blood test, Mr. Gu who was sitting in the corner was already as pale as paper, without any trace of blood.

A courtier around him noticed his abnormality, and couldn't help asking with concern: "Master Gu, are you okay?"

Gu Jingyuan tightly pinched the futon under his seat, his nails were deeply buried in it, but when he heard that someone came to care, he shook his head and said, "Thank you...I'm fine."

Some of the more decent ministers sitting near him, who had no personal relationship with Gu Jingyuan, but also saw Mr. Gu's character and character in their eyes, couldn't help but sigh.

What kind of yin body, what kind of auspicious sign, just sounds new, but it's still a plaything.

Qi Huaihou is just an idiot, usually arrogant and lustful, but today he did such flattery in public in the palace... The queen mother is really confused!

On the other hand, some noble families who have the same "hobbies" as Qi Huaihou are very curious about these two teenagers. Now that they heard that Mr. Gu is not feeling well, they can't help discussing in a low voice: "It seems that this yin body is still there. It's really unusual, even Mr. Gu feels threatened."

"Haha, no matter how beautiful the face is, it will age. Look at how fresh and tender these two children are. It's not surprising that Master Gu will be under pressure."

……

The main hall was extremely empty, even if it was full of officials, Long Yanzhao couldn't make out what everyone was talking about.

But there was a commotion below, and he was always paying attention to a certain corner, so he couldn't help but immediately noticed the abnormality on Gu Jingyuan's side.

Gu Jingyuan's sitting posture was still upright and standard, with his head slightly lowered, appearing calm and respectful.

Although he couldn't see his brows clearly, Long Yanzhao could guess that at this moment, his eyes were slightly lowered, with a dazed expression on his face.

But his situation this time seems to be quite different from usual.

Maybe it's because he looked at Mr. Gu too many times in the early morning. He is wearing a dark red official uniform, with a high waist, and he stands upright. With his eyes closed, Long Yanzhao can draw his imagination out of thin air.

So the Ninth Five-Year Lord only glanced at the silhouette, and knew that Ah Yuan's body was probably tense and uncomfortable at the moment.

The mind of watching the excitement was instantly extinguished, but anger rushed out in vain, and rushed straight to the sky.

Long Yanzhao slapped the table violently, his action was prior to his thinking, and he had already opened his mouth to reprimand: "What kind of cathode and anode are just people, why is it so strange? There are also those who are ominous and auspicious people, aren't they just You just said it? Where did the person come from and send it back to me? I don’t believe in this evil anymore!"

The emperor's sudden outburst of scolding startled Qi Huaibo, who was smiling and answering other dignitaries' questions below.

Although Qi Huaibo also had a decent position, he was used to being an idiot, and he was not in charge, so he couldn't bear the wanton abusive aura emanating from the emperor at this time.

...He got these two beautiful young men from the Tianyin clan by accident, and felt that their charm was somewhat similar to that of Mr. Gu, so he got them back and trained them. The emperor used auspiciousness to please his own sister, and maybe he could help the queen mother get rid of Gu Jingyuan by the way.

This is simply an unrivaled treasure that kills three birds with one stone!

It was supposed to be safe, but why didn't he think in advance that the emperor... is the biggest evil star.

If there is anyone who does not believe in fate the most, it must be the emperor.

But at this time, he played tricks on numerology and metaphysics in front of the emperor...

……

His calf was a little cramp, Qi Huaibo plopped to his knees on the ground.