Companion reading

1. 001. Entering the palace as a concubine...

In the second year of Emperor Jingdi, on December [-]th of the original calendar, there was heavy snow.It is advisable to see off and bury, but not to marry or put on a beam.

It was snowing heavily, and the golden tiles and glazed tiles of the imperial capital were covered by a vast expanse of whiteness. The imperial city in the distance seemed somewhat ethereal and unclear in the flying snowflakes.

Shili Yujie is covered with a thick layer of red crumbs after the firecrackers, like ten miles of red makeup on snow.

The streets and alleys are covered with festive red silk and satin. A wanderer who came back from afar happened to see this scene of universal celebration when staying in the store. He couldn't help but asked the lady proprietress in a daze: "Today is the evil day, why is the whole world celebrating?"

"Little brother, looking at your outfit, you must have come back from another place." The proprietress in the restaurant said with a smile while tidying up the table, "No matter how bad the day is, you can stop the emperor from setting up a concubine."

"Oh, so today is my emperor's day of celebration. Why is there no news about such a universal celebration?" Youzi said with a little bit of joy and a little bit of confusion.

The proprietress laughed and said, "Little brother, don't say that you haven't heard the news when you are far away from home. Even in this imperial capital, you just got the news two days ago. The imperial list on the wall is still new."

After hearing this, Youzi became even more confused and hurriedly said: "So, dare to ask me which family is the lady and son of the empress and concubine?"

The question got to the point, the proprietress didn't clean up at all, she found a chair and sat down, looking like she was going to have a long talk.The most important thing is that there is no guest officer besides this wanderer in the store.

"It's a long story." The proprietress sighed and said, "The new emperor has served the late emperor for three years, and that's the end. Normally, he should establish a concubine, but this time the new emperor has only established a concubine without conferring a concubine." There is only one concubine, Liu Xifeng, the second son of Prime Minister Liu's family."

After hearing this, Youzi said curiously: "I only heard that Liu Xiran, the son of Liu's patriarch, is in full bloom, but I have never heard of Liu Xifeng's name."

"That's right, the eldest son of the Liu family was able to read at the age of three, was able to write poetry at the age of five, composed essays at the age of seven, and entered the imperial court at the age of 16. Now he is in the third rank and is the Minister of Rites of the dynasty. It is rarely known, that is, when I was five years old, I entered the palace and became the companion of the second prince, and I have never heard of it. Speaking of this, my emperor is the seventh son of the late emperor, but he has never had a companion. The choice, I never wanted to be refuted by him one by one. This time I rushed to establish a concubine, the common people often said with a smile that it was probably because Liu Ergong met my emperor when he was the second prince's companion, so he entered the palace as a concubine because of his close relationship ..." The proprietress paused for a while, looked around with shrewd eyes and said, "Hey, it's all about the royal palace, so you and I will let others guess. Today, my emperor is very happy, and all the food and wine are discounted. It's better to get a lot of money." It's not appropriate to talk about royal affairs, so the proprietress took advantage of it to change the topic.

Youzi also knew her worry in his heart, and got up to thank her when he heard this.

In fact, what the proprietress says is only listening to other people's words, and what the wanderer can't hear is what the proprietress's words are. As for the cause and effect, only those in the snowflake imperial city know...

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night, the sound of bells and drums in the palace sounded.In the courtyard of the deep palace covered with happy characters, the maid and the eunuch stood silently in front of the new house, and occasionally the wind and snow blew by, slightly narrowing the eyes that were a little sore from the wind and snow...

As a newcomer, Liu Xifeng walked to the bed in a bright red suit, and pushed open the window carved with delicate patterns.

The wind was blowing furiously outside, and the snowflakes scattered and gathered in all directions, and finally fell.The wind blew the snow into the window, hitting Liu Xifeng's handsome face and eyebrows, Liu Xifeng smiled faintly, the smile was very light and faint, but it looked even more majestic.

This smile fell into the eyes of the emperor who walked into the inner hall softly, and the young emperor held his hands together fiercely, with an unspeakable bitterness in his heart, this person, this person has never smiled at him, never smiled at him like this Pass……

Liu Xifeng quietly watched the flying snow outside until she felt her body go numb, then raised her slender white hands and gently closed the window.

When he closed the window and looked back, he was sitting by the soft bed alone, holding a purple gold stove in his hand, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe embroidered with Nine Dragon Opera Pearls, wearing golden soft boots, and his pale hair tied in a purple gold crown. With light eyes, a smile on the corner of the beautiful mouth, and a touch of drunken blush on the delicate and delicate face, the whole person sitting there is admirable like a picture scroll of smoke and rain, such a person who is out of the dust.Of course, appearing here at this moment is only Shen Fengluo today.

Seeing that Shen Fengluo's expression obviously paused, Liu Xifeng immediately cleared up the emotions on his face, raised the hem of his red clothes and knelt on the ground to salute: "I see the emperor, long live my emperor."

He knelt there quietly until his knees felt a little numb, and then he heard that person said lightly: "Get up." There was a hint of hoarseness in Shen Fengluo's voice, with a little bewitching.

Liu Xifeng stood up slowly, and stood there with downcast eyes, with a majestic and heroic vigor, and although there was no smile on her face, it still made people feel gentle and elegant, very comfortable.

Shen Fengluo narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at his indifferent face, the red candles in the room were lightly burning, the double happiness was eye-catching on the door, the brocade quilt on the bed was embroidered with dragons and winds, the pillow was embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in water, and the curtains on the bed The tent is woven with gold and silver threads, the pattern is double lotus, and even the person standing opposite is wearing a big red phoenix robe.

It is indeed a very festive day, Shen Fengluo thought, but he didn't know what the person opposite was thinking.Countless images even flashed through his mind, what kind of expression Liu Xifeng would see when he opened the door, surprised, constrained, overwhelmed, or uncomfortable.It's just that he never thought that he was still as calm and calm as before, even with a smile on his eyebrows and eyes, soft and unusual.

"Speaking of which, if it wasn't for the second elder brother who wrote a letter from the border to marry you as a concubine, I would have forgotten that there are such people in the Liu family." Shen Fengluo got up and walked to Liu Xifeng and whispered with his chin gently raised.He felt uncomfortable, since he was unhappy, then everyone would be unhappy too, Shen Fengluo thought so.

Liu Xifeng's expression remained unchanged, she raised her clear eyes to look at the lofty emperor, then lowered her eyes and said nothing.

"...Is it uncomfortable?" Shen Fengluo asked with a low voice and smiled, countless emotions flashed in his eyes, but the deepest part was that sadness.

"Your Majesty, I am now your concubine, so naturally it has nothing to do with others." Liu Xifeng smiled slightly, her gentle smile was like peach blossoms in full bloom in March.

Shen Fengluo looked at the slightly raised eyebrows and smiled and said: "Really? If so, then please Aifei remember your duty. Don't let me regret it." After finishing speaking, he let go of his hand slightly, Turn around and push the door away...

Outside the wind and snow were blowing with the wind, Liu Xifeng looked at his leaving back and slightly lowered his eyes to cover the expression in his eyes, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

But in my mind, I suddenly remembered the first time I met him when I was a teenager, it was also such a heavy snow, when I was only five years old, now twelve years have passed.

Thinking of these Liu Xifeng's smile deepened, but it's a pity that Shen Fengluo is not him after all, and he doesn't understand why his smile is.

Taking off the festive red clothes, extinguishing the red candles in the room, Liu Xifeng walked to the window in the dark and slightly opened the window, looking at the silver and white outside, watching the bright yellow disappear in this courtyard, in the night, He laughed silently, then turned around and walked softly to the bed, lay down on the mandarin duck brocade quilt with his eyes closed and fell asleep.

On the wedding night, although he slept peacefully alone, he didn't feel lonely. As the saying goes, the future is long, and there will be a day when he can let go of his heart and sleep together in the same pillow. Thinking of these things, Liu Xifeng quietly smiled...

The so-called joy and sorrow of some families, when the lights were on that day, the fireworks in the palace rose into the sky, blooming, bright and dazzling, illuminating the falling snowflakes, making them look very beautiful.As the north wind howled, the streets and alleys in the imperial capital were full of people, for this celebration.

And Liu Yujun, the father of Liu Xifeng, the Prime Minister Liu's family deep in the Royal Street, stood pacing back and forth in the study, sighing secretly.The eldest son Liu Xiran stood outside the door for a long time and finally knocked on the door and entered.

"Father is worried about the second brother?" After entering the door, Liu Xiran stood under the light and asked with downcast eyes.Compared with Liu Xifeng, Liu Xiran's face has a more feminine and seductive look, and his face looks a bit cold, but his eyes are as clear as Liu Xifeng.

"A companion is like a companion to a tiger. The current emperor is no better than the former emperor. Which prince is better now than the prince who provoked him? The second prince and him also have a lot of grievances, and Wenyu was accompanied by the second prince... I don’t know what happened this year. It caused the emperor to issue a concubine in such a hurry."

"My lord father is too worried. Looking at the emperor's color, I am afraid that he has no bad intentions for the second brother. Although the second brother does not reveal his thoughts easily, but judging by his color, he does not seem to object to this marriage. Although I don't know the second brother What is the reason why the younger brother left the palace three years ago, but the second younger brother never does anything he is not sure about, so father just relax."

Liu Yujun sighed slightly, the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were slightly wrinkled, but he did not hide his elegance and introversion at all.

"Although Wenyu has a calm temperament, he is also stubborn. It may not be easy in the deep palace..." Liu Yujun frowned at this point.

"Father, don't worry too much. You and I are careful in the court, and it must be fine." Liu Xiran said with a faint smile, his face was more charming, but he was not disgusting at all, but because of his vitality His eyes were a bit more heroic, but the words he spoke were a bit cold, and there was a bit of sharpness hidden in them.

As his father, Liu Yujun knew that there were some grievances between him and Liu Xifeng, but the so-called palms and palms were all flesh, Liu Yujun couldn't say anything, as long as it wasn't his brother Ni Qiang who framed each other, some comparisons would be fine.

Thinking of this, Liu Yujun changed the topic with a smile: "