Give you a spring

Xie Lianzheng was chatting with a few acquainted courtiers. Emperor Chong hadn't come yet, and it wasn't time for the official banquet, so everyone was chatting casually.

Lian Zheng arrived very early today. His Majesty attached great importance to him because he solved the flood in southern Hunan last year, and sent him to do many things. For example, today's Shangyuan banquet was organized by him and the group of people from the Ministry of Rites.

Compared with the endless stream of people on his side, the eldest prince Xie Shi was a little "cold". Although he was arranged in the seat closest to His Majesty, only a few people came to say hello. I don't know if he felt embarrassed or not. comfortable.

"Your Highness has been in the limelight recently, helping His Majesty with several important tasks. I heard that you will hold the next martial arts test and literary test?" A courtier from the household department came over and said to Lian Zheng.

Lian Zheng smiled, and glanced at Xie Shi who was drinking tea alone in the front left, "This has not been confirmed yet, Mr. Liu, don't say it too early, I heard that... Young Master Ling also came to the household department recently Employed?"

The courtier was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the second prince to receive the news so soon, "Yes, the child is ignorant and doesn't know the depth of the court, it's better to take him with him to watch."

When Lian Zheng heard it, he smiled slightly, "This king will also help to watch."

Those who listened understood what these words meant, and the courtier immediately whispered, "Then thank you, Your Highness."

Lian Zheng waved his hand, and wanted to say a few more words, but inadvertently caught a glimpse of someone——

Guan Yue.

A few days ago, this man briefly appeared at the gate of the city, and it is said that he secretly took him back to Beijing at His Majesty's request.

Lian Zheng sent people to the other courtyard to inquire, but they didn't find out the identity of the people inside, nor did they see Ping Wei.

It should be bad luck, otherwise, relying on Ping Wei's face that resembles Ming Concubine, the identity can be guessed at once.

Lian Zheng waved at Guan Yue, but the other party didn't see him, so he talked to a few courtiers next to him and planned to stop him in person, but his elder brother Xie Shi, who had always been indifferent, stood up and took a step ahead of him. Pull people.

...It's really quick-witted.

Guan Yue came a little late today, although it was four years ago that he fell out with his father because of the matter of entering the Ministry of Industry, and the relationship between the two has become less rigid since then, but every time Mr. Guan sees his son's naked body Different from the official uniform of the Ministry of War, I always feel uncomfortable.

So Guan Yue specially avoided his father tonight, and waited for the carriage to leave for a while before leaving the house, and set off for the moon-watching platform.

There were a lot of people at the banquet, Guan Yue first looked around to find Ping Wei's trace, but if he didn't find anyone, he didn't say anything, and even met the second prince not far away.

He knew that the other party would come to him to ask something, but he really couldn't answer, so he quickly pretended not to see and looked away, trying to find a place where no one was around, but before he could carry out his plan, he was caught by the eldest prince behind.

Guan Yue had no choice but to turn around and salute, "Prince."

"Everyone is eager to come earlier and get to know more people, but you are not in a hurry, you will arrive soon after the banquet," Xie Shi said.

"My father is not very happy to see the robe of the Ministry of Industry, and the minister waited for him to leave before setting off."

Xie Shi said "En", and wanted to go around a few more times to knock down the city wall. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the engraving on the top. It was six o'clock in Xu o'clock, and Emperor Chong was about to arrive.So he cut the long story short and asked, "Who did your lord pick up at the city gate that day?"

"What day? I can't remember." Guan Yue also noticed the time, thinking that there was not much time left to start the banquet, so he played Tai Chi with him.

"On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, you even chatted with a soldier named Chen Jing."

"Your Highness even investigated who I chatted with that day so clearly, why didn't I find out the identity of the other party?"

Guan Yue's words implied something, and Xie Shi was silent for a while—there was a person beside him who was responsible for checking various things for him. He had been very efficient for so many years and hadn't made many mistakes, but this time he checked the person in the carriage. people, but it never came to fruition.

"Why can't His Highness find out? Have you thought about the reason?" Guan Yue asked.

Xie Shi didn't speak. He vaguely felt that he had done something very important at His Majesty's will. This matter might directly affect the current situation of the court, but he was not sure. He was about to ask the other party to hint more. There was an exclamation from the gate in the distance.

His Majesty is coming?

How would he come in from the gate this time? Xie Adapted to the prestige, and froze in place for a moment after seeing the person coming.

——He knew why Guan Yue couldn't find out the identity of that person, and Guan Yue refused to tell the reason.

Lian Zheng stood at the entrance of the hall, he was in charge of the banquet tonight, so all matters big and small were under his control, seeing that all the ministers had arrived and His Majesty was about to come, so he went outside to call someone to come over and serve all the appetizers.However, as soon as he stood still, he saw someone walking towards him from afar.

Judging by the style of the clothes on the other party, it should be someone who is going to attend the banquet, but isn't everyone here?

—He never made a mistake in counting people.

"Go and see who that person is," Lian Zheng grabbed a young eunuch casually and ordered.

The little eunuch rushed to respond to the sound, but when he was about five feet away from the opponent, he knelt on the ground with a "plop", as if he was extremely frightened.

What's going on, Xie Lianzheng frowned, felt strange but also a little angry, strode forward, intending to see for himself who came rashly.

Ping Wei went to the Imperial Palace yesterday, although he went straight to the Tongxin Hall and Huaqing Palace after arriving, and didn't go for a good shopping, but only these two halls have a general impression of the layout of the entire Imperial Palace.Emperor Chong paid attention to enjoyment and was quite versatile, so he arranged the palace extremely delicately, and the planting of flowers and plants echoed the design of the palace.

However, coming to the moon-watching platform today, compared to the aura-filled layout of the imperial palace, it is much more solemn.There are no decorations at all, only an 80-meter-long aisle, and there is nothing around, except for the silent companions of the palace people holding lights.

And at the end of this road, climb up to that tall building where the banquet will be held tonight.

The clothes on Pingwei's body weighed five catties. He wore a crown on his head, a golden hairpin in the middle to fix his hair, and a black fox fur coat. The red clothes inside were embroidered with four clusters of five-clawed golden dragons, and the belt was still tied. There is a jade pendant.

As he said this morning, it looks very good after wearing it, but the bad thing is that the clothes are not only heavy, but also affect the movement very much. The overly cumbersome design makes every step he takes very small.The distance that can be covered in a cup of tea on weekdays took twice as long today, and it was finally finished quickly. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a little eunuch running over.

what happened?

Ping Wei looked over, but before he could ask, the man saw the clothes on his body through the lights on both sides.

Only royals can wear clothes embroidered with five-clawed golden dragons...

The little eunuch became the first person to know Pingwei's identity tonight, and he knelt on the ground with a broken heart.

"Your Highness...Your Highness..."

Hearing that address, Ping Wei smiled helplessly, raised his head and wanted to move on, but saw Xie Lianzheng standing high outside the door.

With sullen and curious face, it seems that he has not known his identity yet.

So Pingwei quickened his pace and decided to let his second brother know about his younger brother's existence earlier.

Lian Zheng stepped down the stone steps, and within a few steps, he bumped into the person coming up from below. He was defenseless and froze in place.

"Hello, Brother Huang, I'm Xie Xu, and I'm Pingwei," the other party said with a smile on his face.

This last name...

No matter how much Lian Zheng wanted to deny it, it was useless, he froze in place.

"We met for the first time. I didn't expect that the emperor would come out to greet him in person. I also understand that the emperor needs time to calm down, but..." Ping Wei pointed inside very "considerately", and said, "The banquet It's about to start, I have to go in quickly, where is Brother Huang?"

"I...I have to call someone over to serve the food," Xie Lianzheng never expected that His Majesty would give him such a big surprise today, and he stretched out his hand weakly to support the side railing, took a deep breath and said, "That Ping Wei You go in first."

"Ah."

In the banquet, when Ping Wei entered the door, there were bursts of exclamations. He walked in front of the First Prince Xie Shi, and seeing Guan Yue was beside him, he greeted Master Guan after saying hello.

"Am I not mistaken? Is this man wearing the clothes that princes only have?"

"Why did another prince appear suddenly? Was it specially arranged by His Majesty?"

"I thought it was just a simple meal tonight, but I didn't expect it... It turns out that this year's Shangyuan held such a grand ceremony for this person. A few days ago, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households quarreled in vain."

...

Xie Shi didn't speak, but the courtiers around him exploded, uttering what was in his heart.

He pretended to be calm, and asked, "Where has Ping Wei been before? Why did he just return to the palace now?"

"I have been staying in Yu An before, and my younger brother only found out my identity a few days ago," Ping Wei said nonsense seriously, but in fact he knew his identity since that year.

Xie Shi secretly wrote down the town he mentioned.

Guan Yue didn't say much, he returned to his seat when he saw that it was almost time, Ping Wei had no place at first, but Xie Lianzheng asked someone to bring in a table and cushions, and arranged them next to Xie Shi, as if deliberately trying to avoid him He made it impossible for him to ignore Ping Wei, the prince who appeared suddenly.

At [-]:[-] pm, everyone sat down, and Eunuch Tang appeared at the top, shouting, "Your Majesty is here!"

All the courtiers stood up and knelt down, and Emperor Chongdi and the empress walked into the hall surrounded by them.

"See Your Majesty."

Emperor Chong stood on the highest point, facing the bottom, "Everyone is flat."

Now, the long-prepared Shangyuan banquet officially kicked off.