Give you a spring

The maids came out from the rear with delicacies and wines, and filled them up for the courtiers.

Emperor Chong raised his wine glass, "Tonight, during the Lantern Festival, I will celebrate with all the ministers under the moon-watching platform. You don't have to be nervous, treat it as your own home, and you can do whatever you want. But let me mention one thing first, tonight is only for small talk. Nothing about the court is allowed to be mentioned."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," the courtier raised his glass and drank it down.

Ping Wei put the wine glass to his mouth, and licked it carefully.In addition to being afraid that his whole body will turn red later, he also remembered the conversation with He Zhou at noon. The other party said that he would get him drunk and do evil to him. In order to avoid any "bad things" when he went home later, he still acted cautiously. wonderful.

Xie Shi next to him noticed his almost unchanged wine glass, glanced at it, and said nothing.

The banquet was quiet at the beginning, the emperor was much more interested in food than chatting with his courtiers, he only occasionally raised his head to chat with the second prince Xie Lianzheng, mostly to praise him for the quick and good work he did recently.

And here Xie Shi and Ping Wei, as if they were forgotten, didn't mention a word.

The First Prince was neglected by His Majesty, normally Xie Lianzheng would have been complacent and taunted him a few words, but today he suddenly made a fool of himself, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in His Majesty's gourd, he was more surprised than secretly delighted.

Then he turned to look at the new prince—Ping Wei didn’t respond, just lowered his head and ate in silence. There was food on the left side of the table, and meat soup on the right. They both tasted good, but the belt around his waist was too tight. The mouth can only stop the chopsticks.

After three rounds of drinking, when everyone had eaten almost, Emperor Chong said, "Xie Xu."

"Your Majesty," Ping Wei walked to the center.

Emperor Chong stretched out his hand and made a gesture to him, motioning him to lean to the right, and said to the officials below, "This is Xie Xu, my fifth prince, who was murdered by villains when he was young, and was stolen from the Huaqing Palace of Concubine Ming. , I ordered people to search for it for more than 20 years, and only found it in Yu An'a and other border towns, and brought him back from that poor place a few days ago, Lian Zheng."

He looked at Xie Lianzheng.

"Your Majesty," the other party stood up in response.

"In the future, I will take more care of your younger brother," Chongdi said, then looked at Xie Shi who had been silent all this time, "You too, Shi'er."

Xie Shi agreed at the same time, who would have thought that the first sentence Chongdi said to him tonight was actually related to this Xie Xu? big impact.

His Majesty is still deliberately ignoring him.

What's more, a new prince has appeared now.

He looked at Lian Zheng on the opposite side, and planned to cooperate with one of them in the future to bring the sudden appearance of the tripartite back to its original position.

What Emperor Chong said just now was not very rigorous. Why was the Fifth Prince stolen from the palace by villains? Appeared just right when the two princes were fighting for life and death.

Every minister had these questions in his mind, but even though he was thinking about it a thousand times, when he looked up at Pingwei's face, which was more or less similar to Concubine Ming's, he believed it all again.

But then again, what about Concubine Ming?

Someone thought of this concubine and immediately looked around.

There are three thousand beauties in the harem. Apart from the queen, there will be no other concubines attending such a banquet, but today is the concubine Ming's son coming back and being formally introduced in front of the officials. How could she be absent?

Oh, right....

The courtier recalled again that Concubine Ming suddenly had a falling out with His Majesty about what happened back then, and it was said that His Majesty was going to throw her into limbo, but then he seemed reluctant and arranged her in Huaqing Palace, which was far away from the main hall. Never see her again.

The subject silently sighed inwardly, then looked up at the standing fifth prince in a very complicated way.

Feeling the probing gaze behind him, Ping Wei turned around and looked back, happened to meet the eye of the courtier, and couldn't help smiling at him.

The courtier was unprepared for his too pretty face, and he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, but Shang Pingwei had already moved his eyes away and turned back to face Emperor Chong.

His Majesty didn't notice his movements, but the queen who was next to him, who hadn't said a word, looked over.

Ping Wei slightly nodded at her.

The other party was also stunned, and there seemed to be a strange expression in his eyes, but it was a pity that he concealed it very well, so he couldn't see what it was.

After the business was finished and the meal was almost finished, Emperor Chong moved outside and climbed up to the high platform to see the scene of singing and dancing and the celebration of all the people.

"Xie Xu," he waved his hand and called Ping Wei over, "Look below."

"Haiyan and Heqing are nothing but this?"

He still remembered what the other party said that day, the world is very big, and injustice happens every day, but in the place where the emperor lives, there is a sense of stability and peace.

Ping Wei looked at the bottom and said with a smile, "It's really lively."

— using such a word.

Emperor Chong's face sank slightly, "Xie Xu, I didn't ask you to come here to scare me."

"I don't dare," Ping Wei said in a soft voice, "it's just that I have been to the hot south and the extremely cold north, lived in the dangerous frontier, and lived in Yu'an Xiao As the town grows up, I have met many people, happy ones, tortured ones...all of them.” There are more places to go and more things to see, so you won’t feel that there are people everywhere just because of the singing and dancing in Linjing City. Peace and prosperity.

Emperor Chong understood what he meant, his eyes flickered, and the light and dark inside alternated, but he didn't speak.

The two walked to the side to talk, and the ministers were chatting casually without any scruples. Looking at the grand occasion below, Pingwei suddenly felt a slight movement in his heart, and turned his head and said, "Today is the Lantern Festival, and I wish your Majesty a long life and glory." Wealthy."

Emperor Chong smiled lightly, "Prosperity and wealth...don't I have it all."

"Then I wish you...you get what you want?"

Ping Wei said softly, he didn't use an honorific title, but instead used an ordinary father-son title.

Emperor Chong was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect the other party to say that, he looked at Ping Wei, and answered the question, "You really look like Shen Qingru."

What was said was Concubine Ming's name, the two had been at odds for many years, but today the other party would mention it personally.Ping Wei couldn't help but wonder why the two suddenly broke up back then.

Just thinking about it, the sound of a gun salute suddenly sounded in the distance.

Fireworks bloom in the endless night.

All the people below screamed and cheered.

"Now, is there anything you want to have immediately?"

The sound of cannons being fired from all directions was noisy, and Chongdi's indistinct voice came.

"Now," Ping Wei focused on watching the fireworks, said softly, "I really want to call my guard and watch the fireworks with him."

"Isn't it the idea of ​​Guotai Minan?"

"Ok?"

After dozens of fireworks exploded at the same moment, there was a brief moment of calm. Taking advantage of the emptiness, I turned my head slightly and looked at the people next to me with a smile, "Your Majesty, you must be with important people first, and then you can think about happiness when you are happy." Someone else."