laugh and forget the book

The personal servant rushed to report that Han Mengying, the concubine of Yanxi Palace, was in critical condition, and the imperial doctor asked the emperor to hurry over to make a decision.

When Xuan Qi heard this, his complexion changed drastically, he only nodded slightly at several people, and hurried to Yanxi Palace with his servants.

Everyone knew that Han Mengying was the emperor's favorite concubine, and she was pregnant in August, and if she wanted to invite the emperor to sit in the palace, it might be to the point where the emperor's heir could not be guaranteed.

The emperor left, and the banquet naturally ended.

Originally Xuan Qi left Long Yang to spend the night in the palace, and went directly to court tomorrow, with such a sudden change, Long Yang couldn't stay any longer, he didn't want to disturb Xuan Qi who was full of worries, so he went out of the palace by himself.

Chapter 3

3,

The next day, Xuan Qi went to court, his expression as usual.

Seeing His Highness, Long Yang was secretly relieved.

When the new emperor ascends the throne, Vientiane will be renewed. He must offer sacrifices to the heaven and the earth, praying for good weather, peace and prosperity for the country and the people. All officials, civil and military, must pay homage to them. This busy work will pass in a few days.

When the sacrificial ceremony was over, I got a letter from the Marquis of Xiangyang and Princess Xiangyang. As expected in the letter, Princess Xiangyang was willing to return the fief and return to Jinling with the Marquis of Xiangyang for a long-term stay.

To welcome the Marquis of Xiangyang and the princess, the mansion was newly built, and there was a lot of hustle and bustle, Xuan Qi handed over this matter to Long Yang, who dared not neglect.

When they arrived in Longyang, they finally found out that after the banquet that night, Yingbi had a difficult labor, and the premature baby was left behind, and it was almost a month later.

That was when Xuan Qi left Longyang in the imperial study room, and the queen mother sent maids to invite the emperor to a family banquet. The queen mother sent a message that the emperor hadn't set foot in the harem for a month since the death of Concubine Ying, even though the new emperor should put state affairs first, but This is too inappropriate.

Xuan Qi frowned, but in the end he agreed, and troubled the queen mother to wait a while, he took Long Yangqi to Shoukang Palace in a while.

After the palace maid took the order and left, Xuan Qi turned his head and saw Long Yang standing there frowning, his eyes showing worry, he couldn't help but smile slightly: "I'm fine, you don't need to worry."

"but……"

"When I arrived at the Palace of Yanxi Palace that night, Mengying could no longer even scream. The imperial doctor reported that the mother and child had to be one. If Mengying was saved, the emperor's son would die, and Mengying would never be able to see her again. I have an heir." Xuan Qi smiled miserably, "I was so confused that before I could open my mouth, there was someone beside me who was the first to take the lead, saying that I would obey the Queen Mother's order. If the concubines in the harem encounter this dilemma, they will all... only protect the emperor's heir..."

Long Yang was startled, looking at Xuan Qi again, the young emperor's eyes seemed to be filled with tears.

Xuan Qi's harem is nothing more than a queen, a concubine and a concubine, and there is also a 14-year-old beauty Xuan.Among these concubines, Xuan Qi's favorite is the gentle and virtuous Concubine Ying, who has no illustrious family to rely on. Now that the beautiful woman has died so tragically, how can he feel no hatred in his heart?

But who can he blame?The empress dowager who takes the heir as the most important thing?

Xuan Qi regained his composure, and said: "The emperor was born safely, but there are some congenital deficiencies, petite and weak, like a kitten. Poor baby, she lost her mother at birth."

Long Yang couldn't make a sound for a while, and it took a long time to suppress the sorrow in his heart, and comforted him in a low voice: "The Holy Majesty is so emphatic in love and righteousness, and the Empress Yingbi has a spirit in heaven, so she will definitely not blame the Holy Majesty."

Xuan Qi glanced at Long Yang, grabbed Long Yang's hand violently, held it tightly, his lips trembled slightly.

Long Yang is familiar with this kind of Xuan Qi, whenever this neglected prince is bullied between the eldest prince and the second prince, he talks and laughs freely with outsiders, and when he is alone with Long Yang, when he feels grief and indignation, he will firmly hold on to him. He is like a life-saving straw for a drowning man.

After a long time, Xuan Qi let go of Long Yang, he looked at Long Yang's red hand pinched by him apologetically, and said: "Sitting in this position, but unable to protect the woman I love, it's really disheartening to think about it." Long Yang, if you have someone you like, you can tell me, even if the world doesn't allow it, I will definitely be your backer."

Long Yang sneered: "I'm afraid that the backing of the Holy One is not solid enough."

Xuan Qi chuckled, but didn't take it seriously.

Since it was a royal family banquet, Long Yang was supposed to shirk, but Xuan Qi refused to let him go, so he dragged him to live in the Shoukang Palace of the Empress Dowager.

The banquet was naturally full of the emperor's family, the empress dowager took the seat, all the empresses and concubines were present, the young prince, and Xuan Qi's two children, Prince Shaozhen and Princess Jianing were carried by the wet nurse.

Not long after the banquet started, the queen mother suddenly called the maid to bring in a young woman in purple and yellow dress. The woman had bright eyes and gentle brows. After paying respects to the queen mother and the emperor, she was called to her side.

"Prince, do you still remember her?"

"This is……"

The queen mother smiled and said: "No wonder you don't remember. The last time we met was more than ten years ago. Ai Jia remembers that you were young at that time, and you played and played in the courtyard very well."

Xuan Qi looked at the woman twice, and suddenly said: "Could it be that sister Xue'er? It's really a woman with eighteen changes, and I can't even recognize her."

It turns out that this woman's surname is Ling and her name is Xue, she is the Empress Dowager's niece, she and Emperor Xuanqi are cousins, they have known each other since childhood, but they have not seen each other for many years.

Lingxue still appeared generous in her shyness, and smiled back: "Your Majesty has not changed, he is used to making fun of people..."

Xuan Qi couldn't help smiling when he recalled how he teased his little cousin in childhood.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager smiled and took one's hand, and continued: "Childhood sweetheart, childhood sweetheart, Huang Er, Ai Jia and your aunt really hope that you can get married together. If Huang Er is willing to bring her into the palace, give her a It’s a good home, and it’s a matter of mourning the family.”

Xuan Qi had anticipated what the Empress Dowager meant, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "This matter... let's take it easy, don't rush it for a while, in a few days, Eldest Sister will return, why not wait until then..."

The Queen Mother frowned upon hearing Xuan Qi's words, and cast a condescending glance at Empress Zhu Yixiu, and said, "Just as the Emperor wants, the Xue'er Ai family will stay in the palace."

Zhu Yixiu sat in the lower table, but didn't answer the words, as if he didn't notice the warning in the Queen Mother's eyes.

Long Yang, who accompanied the last seat, couldn't bear the undercurrent of the family banquet. He and Xuan Qi, who was high above him, were separated by a deep gully, and he couldn't get along with each other. When I saw an opportunity, before I knew it, my drunkenness became stronger and my mind became confused.

The family banquet is over, and the harem concubines return to the harem surrounded by palace people. Xuan Qi excuses to discuss unfinished state affairs with Grand Master Long, and after bidding farewell to the Queen Mother, he will go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation with Long Yang.

After leaving the Shoukang Palace, the two monarchs and ministers walked side by side on the road, and most of the guards and guards followed ten steps away.

Long Yang looked sideways at Xuan Qi, the young emperor looked solemn in the night, he didn't show any joy or anger, and he didn't know what kind of evil he was, but suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and with the accumulation of alcohol, he grabbed Xuan Qi's long hair Sleeve, boldly looking straight into the king's black eyes: "Long Yang has admired His Majesty for a long time, I don't know what His Majesty thinks? If Your Majesty... If you have half affection for Long Yang, Long Yang is willing to..."

Xuan Qi's eyes widened suddenly, he looked back at Long Yang in astonishment, even panic, and both of them stopped walking unconsciously.

After a short pause, Xuan Qi gently waved Long Yang's hand away, with a calm expression on his face, before moving forward again, he said lightly to Long Yang: "Long Aiqing, you are quite drunk, I still have people send you out of the palace Rest, Ai Qing won't come to court tomorrow morning."

Chapter 4

4,

After contemplating behind closed doors for a day at home under Feng Shengzhi, Longyang went to court again, and everything was still the same.

As a prime minister, Long Yang is busy with official duties every day. Before Xuan Qi ascended the throne to pay homage to the prime minister, he was the servant of the Yellow Gate.He thought that even if his identity changed, it wouldn't matter much.

Who would have thought that Xuan Qi had not summoned him into the palace for a whole month after the night of arrogance.

Long Yang regretted it, and even thought of resigning from office.

In February, the Marquis of Xiangyang and Princess Xiangyang drove back to Jinling. Longyang was very busy, which happened to save him from thinking about it.

Xiangyang was appointed as Jing Zhaomu. Although he handed over all the rights to the fief, he was obviously satisfied with it.As for Princess Xiangyang, she was not an ambitious woman in the first place, but she was even more elated when she returned to her mother and brothers.

Long Yang entertained the Marquis of Xiangyang at the mansion that night, and after seeing off that dear friend, he returned to the study, unfolded the scroll, picked up a pen and dipped the inside of the inkstone on which the boy had polished the ink, and wanted to tell the emperor that the Marquis of Xiangyang was not in the capital. Two hearts, no need to be on guard, I don't want to write the word "Your Majesty" just now, and my heart suddenly feels overwhelmed, and my heart hurts.

He put down his pen, walked to the backyard, and took out the bronze sword hanging on the wall from the bedroom.

The Prime Minister's Mansion where Long Yang lives was originally Xuan Qi's previous royal mansion. After Xuan Qi became the emperor, he naturally moved to live in the palace.

The back garden of this mansion is huge, from the Jiuqu bridge with a crescent-shaped long lake, you can reach the octagonal pavilion with gray tiles and red eaves, the pavilion is also huge, Xuan Qi used to play martial arts with Longyang, Xingshou and others here When the mood is good, actors and dancers are called to sing and dance here.

Long Yang walked to the pavilion, drew out his sword, and swung it as he wished.

Since Xuan Qi was conferred the title of crown prince, he has been busy too. He hasn't practiced martial arts or wielding a sword for a long time. He almost forgot that apart from his status as a high official in the court, he was once a young knight-errant wandering the rivers and lakes.

That was the past with Xuan Qi.

Xuan Qi, who had two older brothers on top, would never have had his turn to inherit the throne.The third prince was also happy and at ease. Compared with his brothers, he lived a life of freedom.

Long Yang and Xuan Qi met for the first time when they were five years old, and they hit it off right away, but they still couldn't stop the naughty prince from drawing flowers on his face while he was asleep.

At the age of 13, Longyang's swordsmanship has achieved a small degree, and he is more than one step better than Xuanqi.Xuan Qi was obsessed with going out in micro-clothes, Long Yang had no choice but to follow the unrestrained and active prince and be his personal bodyguard.

At the age of 15, the first emperor gave Xuanqi a marriage, marrying the daughter of Zhu's family, Minister of the Ministry of War