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According to the law of Jin, the vassal kings of foreign vassals return to Beijing every three years to report on their duties. If they return to Beijing to report on their duties, they must first submit a petition. In addition, they are not allowed to enter Beijing without a sacred intention. Every time they enter Beijing to report on their duties, they can only stay in the capital for five days.

King Sheng, the youngest son of Emperor Dezong and the youngest brother of the current Emperor Chunyou, at the age of 27, has a son and a daughter. The eldest son has been in Beijing since he was five years old as the servant of the Prince of the Eastern Palace, and lives in Xindu.

This time King Sheng's job report happened to coincide with Zhengdan. Three years ago, King Sheng said that he was not yet sick, which made Emperor Chunyou miss him all the time, so he invited him to stay until the Shangyuan Festival before heading back to Xuzhou.Now that the emperor had spoken, there was no reason why King Sheng should not, he bowed his head to thank him, and enjoyed a few days of family happiness with the prince who was not yet a weak crown.

Since Chengzu, every year from the eighth day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month on the Lantern Festival, there is a two-mile-long lantern market outside the Donghua Gate of the capital. Lanterns of different shapes and forms are lit one by one after the sky is getting dark. The fire trees and silver flowers are never dark. When you return home, even if there is no moonlight, you can blow out the candles and walk along the fireworks.

On the night of the Yuan Dynasty, the square in front of the Meridian Gate is piled up like a mountain of colorful lights, and there are dazzling fireworks and fireworks to watch. The crowd gathered around the inner three floors and the outer three floors. Noisy and noisy one after another.

In front of the vendor, Rou Ke looked left and right, pursed her lips and thought for a while, but she still couldn't make up her mind.

The stall owner had just entertained a group of guests, and when he turned around to see this beautiful girl who was still hesitant, he was about to say a few words to her so that she could buy the lanterns as soon as possible, but suddenly came The young official in scarlet robes - presumed to be a big boss, hastily resorted to all means to attract him.

As soon as the stall owner spoke, Rou Ke woke up a little bit, looked sideways, but smiled: "You are a good comer, I was worried about which one Xiao Yu or Rong Yue would like."

The stall owner was overjoyed when he heard it: "Oh, you two are acquaintances?"

Tang Ci nodded, hugged Rou Ke's shoulders, and said with a smile, "She is my wife."

Although it was not the first time Tang Ci said such words, Rou Ke couldn't help but blush slightly when many people looked at her. Fortunately, the crowded crowd was hidden under the red and green lanterns, so she couldn't see clearly.

The stall owner is a capable person who knows how to do business, and immediately clapped his hands and praised him as an afterthought: "A person with the appearance of a girl is really suitable only for a young talent like an adult! Seeing the love between the two of you, you must be newlyweds, right? Xiaodian There happens to be a batch of specially made lanterns for couples, why don't you two take a look and choose?"

Rou Ke wanted to tell him that she was not married yet, but Tang Ci was a step ahead of her, and said with a smile: "Please trouble brother."

When the stall owner pulled out two lanterns from nowhere, they looked ordinary at first glance, but after blowing on the torch and lighting them up, they were also ordinary.

The stall owner turned around and handed the carved wooden poles of the two lanterns to the two of them. He pointed to the inside of the lanterns to the two of them quietly, and showed his neat white teeth with a smile: "How about it? You don’t need to throw it away after the market, you can use it for boudoir fun, right?”

This lantern is indeed worthy of the name of "specially made". From the outside, it looks like a little rabbit with red eyes and short tail. Holding the lantern and looking inside, it is actually a scene of a man and a woman rejoicing.

Rou Ke saw that her mouth was dry and her body was hot, she didn't know whether she was scared or angry or shy, but Tang Ci was very happy, took out a few liang of silver from her bosom and handed it to the stall owner , let him choose two more lanterns for the little girl to play around with.

Tang Ci carried three lanterns, walked straight forward, and said as he walked: "A Wei, I am late tonight. The emperor's imperial driver went up to the tower to watch the lights, so he had to compose poems to him with other ministers of civil and military affairs. Coincidentally, I met Lu He—the one I told you about..." She felt something was wrong as she spoke, and turned her head to see that Rou Ke was standing ten steps away from her, halfway He refused to come any closer.

"What's the matter?" Tang Ci hurried forward and asked with concern, "But it's too crowded here, making you faint?"

Rou Ke didn't speak, but only winked at the already blown out lantern in her hand.

Tang Ci followed her gaze, couldn't help laughing, immediately blew out the lanterns, held three lanterns in one hand, and pinched her face with the other hand: "You don't like this thing, why didn't you just say it? Seeing that you don't speak, I just thought you liked it but were ashamed to speak out, which made me a bad person myself."

"Whether I like it or not, when can't you tell? It's clearly an intentional trick." Seeing that she was struggling to carry three lanterns, Rou Ke wanted to take one for her, but she stopped her.

"How can there be a husband who makes his wife tired when visiting the lantern market—leave it to me, it's not serious." Tangci changed into two hand-held lanterns, and asked her to hold her arm, and the two walked together, " When you were a child, you watched it in the cat room... you also watched it with such enthusiasm, so I naturally think you like it."

As soon as the words fell, there was a heart-wrenching pain in the tender flesh of the elbow, and before Tang Ci grinned her teeth to relieve the pain, Rou Ke immediately kicked her, pushed her away from the crowd and ran out.

There were so many people bustling with each other, it would be hard to lose someone, Tang Ci immediately ran after her, and told himself in his heart that he should know how to be more modest next time he teased her—the implication was that he would tease her again next time.

I don't know how long I have been chasing, but after chasing for several streets, I finally found a figure at the corner of the street.

He stopped at the spot and took a few breaths, and was about to act coquettishly when he walked over, but was dragged behind by Rou Ke who was hiding in the corner, and made a silent gesture.

The front of the restaurant was full of figures, coming in and out, calling for friends, so Tang Ci hadn't seen a familiar figure standing not far from the two of them just now.

I don't know who was talking to Hu Laiyan, most of the time the two talked, it was the person who said that Hu Laiyan was listening, nodding in response from time to time, distinguishing between superiority and inferiority.

Although Tang Ci and Rou Ke both had their ears pricked up, but the surrounding voices were noisy and they had little to gain, but they both recognized the word "Sheng Wang".

"Hahaha——" Hu Laiyan suddenly turned to the restaurant, and smiled at the man, "Shangyuan Festival is a rare festival! Fire trees and silver flowers close, star bridge iron locks open. The dark dust follows the horse, and the bright moon follows people. Here You can enjoy the night view all over the tall building, I have already booked a private seat, General Cao may as well come with you."

General Cao did as he said, and when he turned around, the dental plaque on his waist was displayed—the two sharp-eyed people were shocked!

Because of this accident, the two of them didn't have much fun playing.

In desperation, I randomly searched for a Lantern Festival stall, and when I sat down, my face was still full of sadness.

After all, Rou Ke was calmer than Tang Ci when things happened. After thinking about it along the way, she went through the scene of the banquet in the inner palace at Zhengdan in her mind, and then persuaded Tang Ci: "Uncle Cheng and Hu Laiyan This guy has never had any conflicts. He has always lived in a corner of Xuzhou. He doesn't get involved in party disputes, and the government doesn't hear about it. No matter who tries to make him stumble, he can't find a reason? Besides, Uncle Sheng Wang will set off for the Xuzhou Palace tomorrow. , This time, the emperor invited me again, and I was watching from the sidelines when Zhengdan gave the banquet, the emperor treated Uncle Wang very well, I think there will be no trouble."

There are quite a lot of diners in the Lantern Festival stalls, and when you come and go, there are only the shouts of the shopkeepers and the responses and conversations of the diners, and it is easy to not hear what others are saying.

"The emperor's mind, how to do it accurately? More than ten years ago, he..." Tangci was discouraged for a while, and he was bored with a cup of tea, and said sullenly, "Forget it, don't mention it."

Twelve years ago, Emperor Chunyou, who was fashionable as the king of Qi, pretended to be obedient and clever, and he did not know how many people he had deceived.

"I also know that the emperor's thoughts are difficult to guess." Rou Ke stroked her back to show her comfort, and then talked eloquently, "But because he is the emperor in the ninth level, everything he does must be justified and well-founded." In the world, since Uncle Sheng Wang only drank tea and wine every day since he entered Beijing, he didn’t even leave his mansion, so where is the reason? Maybe it’s a good thing, King Lu and the others want to recruit him?”

"Ah Wei, you don't know—" Tang Ci was very anxious, and his voice unconsciously became louder, attracting several people's attention, he hurriedly slowed down for a while, and then he came to Rou Ke's ear and whispered, "Sheng At that time, Wang Shu Dingyou's coup was also because he was close to my father, and he almost even sat down. It was also because Qin Yan and other ministers pleaded for mercy and was really young and ignorant of world affairs. Have you forgotten this matter? Emperor Such a person, even my sister and a little girl are cruelly locked up, let alone Uncle Sheng?"

After Jing Tangci said this, Rou Ke immediately drenched her clothes with cold sweat, unexpectedly felt that the emperor's intentions in this behavior were really unfathomable.

At that time, there was a loud sound of horseshoes, and a row of soldiers in red-tasseled armor rushed across the sand and rocks, with a general riding a tall horse at the head of the team.

Tang Ci and Rou Ke skipped over the two bowls of hot Lantern Festival that had just been placed on the table, and they both got up and walked away quickly.

Habayashi Wei was well-trained, and after a while he disappeared, leaving only the aftermath floating in the void and lingering among the delicate lanterns.

Although there have always been night watchmen in Shangyuan night, there has never been a battle like this for many years. The lively people gathered together and chattered non-stop——

"My grandson is working as a servant in the Habayashi Guard. He told me today that it would be inconvenient to come over to enjoy the lanterns at night. I said something too much-how can there be such a troublesome person in the imperial court? He is not allowed to reunite with his family on holidays. He Then he told me quietly that it was because of the fear of accidents at night, and I was still thinking that the world is peaceful, and it is under the feet of the emperor, so there will be some accidents, and I am afraid that his young people are rare and strange, but I never thought that it is really a big accident!"

"That's not true! What is the origin of this King Cheng? How dare he hide the dragon robe in the mansion?"

"Tsk—what's the Tibetan Dragon Robe? I heard that the military armor and equipment were first searched from the mansion of King Sheng in Xuzhou. The matter was of great importance. The dragon robe was found in the house, and this is the stolen goods!"

……

Rou Ke and Tang Ci stood aside and listened to each word, and her heart sank into the ground one by one, feeling completely cold.

After a long time, until the onlookers dispersed, and the cold night wind blew, Tang Ci let go of her tightly biting lips, and grasped Rou Ke's wrist in a daze, tightly, refusing to let go of even half of her strength.

You are still here, luckily you are still here.

Tang Ci's pale face made Rou Ke feel even more distressed, her blood fluttered even though it was a bustling street, she hugged her in her arms, and comforted her over and over again: "It's okay, it's okay, how can Uncle Sheng Wang be such a person?" , the teacher will definitely have a way."

She said it over and over again, but her voice lowered again and again, deeply enveloped by the despair of being alone and helpless. At the end of the day, it seemed that there were only two of them left in the great world, and only two hearts that were so cold that they couldn't hold themselves. Only low sobs remained.

Under the absolute supreme imperial power, people—has always been so helpless.

Crying was just a temporary venting of emotions, Tang Ci quickly calmed down, wiped away his tears, and went to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials together with Rou Ke.

In front of the Lantern Festival stall, under the willow tree——

The graceful □□ clings to her like a water snake, gently shakes the cattail fan, retracts her eyes, blinks her eyes and asks lightly: "Yo——Could it be that Mr. Shen is still in love with that girl? How can you compare to my beauty..."

Before she finished speaking, that Mr. Shen turned around and left.

The night is full of strange things.