Lord Prime Minister

The wedding gown for the prince’s wedding came from Jinxiufang. It was a deep red double-breasted gown, with mandarin ducks as a patch, and fell to the hem. A golden bead, singing against each other, is lifelike.

Mu Zihuai carefully put on Prince Xiguanti, adjusted his belt and stepped back to the side, secretly wiping off his sweat.The prince called out all the maids who waited on changing clothes, and only let Mu Zihuai do it. The prince's wedding dress was cumbersome and complicated, and there were more than a dozen pieces inside and outside. It took Mu Zihuai nearly half an hour to sort it out.Fortunately, I knew something about it before, otherwise I would have made a big fool of myself.

Huangfu Yunhua stood in front of the bronze mirror, lowered his head slightly to look at the image in the bronze mirror, and smiled with satisfaction: "Zihuai is really dexterous."

Mu Zihuai twitched the corners of his mouth, unable to smile, and looked up at the prince in the bronze mirror.

The yellowish mirror reflected the tall figure of the prince, with a wide belt around his waist, and the deliberately widened placket set off his shoulders to be more generous and reliable. His sword eyebrows were drawn into his temples, his thin lips were raised, and the redness all over his body seemed to be dyed with some joy on his face.

"Where is the prince not suitable?"

Huangfu Yunhua opened his arms and looked at Mu Zihuai behind him through the reflection of the bronze mirror. "how do you feel?"

Mu Zihuai was stunned for a moment, only felt that the prince's sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his thin lips seemed to be smiling but not smiling, he seemed to be loose and unrestrained, but his dark and deep eyes were extremely serious, as if he couldn't move his eyes away after just one glance.

"My lord is extraordinary, so naturally he looks good in any clothes."

"Really?" Huangfu Yunhua asked again in a low voice, looked at Mu Zihuai in the mirror with a smile, turned and walked towards him.

Seeing the prince approaching step by step, Mu Zihuai was about to stick to his body, so he couldn't help but take a step back. "My lord?"

Huangfu Yunhua took another step forward, and when he lowered his head slightly, he could see the top of Mu Zihuai's head, the fluffy one was indeed kind of cute.His heart softened, Huangfu Yunhua put his arms around the waist of the person in front of him, and hung on him as if he had no strength. He felt that the person in his arms became stiff, but he didn't refuse, so he had to bury his head into his shoulder socket place.

Mu Zihuai's body was stiff and he didn't dare to move. The weak breath from his shoulder disturbed his heart lake, causing small ripples.

"Tonight, shall I go to live with you?" Huangfu Yunhua buried himself in Mu Zihuai's shoulder, took a breath, sniffed the faint fragrance that belonged to Mu Zihuai, and raised the corners of his mouth.

Mu Zihuai felt as if he had lost his soul. He heard the prince's words, but his mind went blank. He shouted all kinds of words in his heart that were politely rejected or contradicted by words, but his body was out of his control.All he knew was that he stood there in a daze, letting the prince hug him, saying such words, but he couldn't say a word.

The five sons of the current emperor, Prince Minqing got married, and the long wedding team set off from the palace at Shenshi, circled the capital and arrived at the mansion of the minister who led the guards.The sister-in-law personally helped the bride with Fengguan Xiapei onto the double-topped red sedan chair, and the wedding team returned.

Prince Minqing was sitting on a tall white horse, with a red flower ribbon tied around the horse's neck, and the person on the horse was also dressed in red, with a high spirit.The eight-seater bridal sedan chair for the bride followed closely behind, and the sedan chair was tightly closed so that no one could see the princess's appearance.In the end, a group of guards and money-scatterers scattered the copper coins in the basket as they walked, and the people looted after the wedding team.

Mu Zihuai did not follow, and stayed in the mansion to help on the pretext of being unwell.When the wedding team who sent off the relatives came back, the young man shouted at the door, and everyone rushed to the door, huddled together to watch.

Prince Minqing dismounted, took the bow and arrow tied with red strings from the welcoming guests, drew the bow, and the three feathered arrows were neatly nailed to the top of the sedan chair, and everyone cheered.The curtain of the sedan chair was rolled up, and the bride-in-law stepped forward to help the bride get off the sedan chair, stepped over the brazier in front of the threshold, and burned all the ominous things before entering the door.

At dusk, the emperor and queen came with the princes and daughters, and the wedding banquet officially began.

The banquet is divided into inner and outer halls, the inner hall is exclusive to the royal family, and the outer hall is used to entertain officials, relatives and friends who come here.Mu Zihuai sat in the outer hall, lined up with officials, and sat in the most marginal position.

There were only three people seated at the eight-seater table, Mu Zihuai was not familiar with them, so he didn't want to talk too much, he just ate some wine and waited for the prince to pay his respects.

Kong Qing was wearing a red outer shirt. When he stepped into the outer hall, he attracted many people's attention. Many people recognized him as the top young lady who disappeared a few years ago. A few glances.

It was only when he sat down next to Mu Zihuai that Mu Zihuai realized that he had also come. He thought he would not come back.

Wearing a bright red robe with wide sleeves, it seems that she wants to compete with the bride.But he does have this ability, Mu Zihuai turned his head to look at him, Kong Qing is the most beautiful person he has ever seen, no more than men and women, as for the new princess who has not met...but So how beautiful?A princess is a princess.

Mu Zihuai couldn't help smiling wryly, and asked Kong Qing, "Why are you here?"

Kong Qing sat down on the chair and watched the two officials opposite him leave the table and walk away, the expressions on their faces were not good. "My lord is marrying a wife, why don't I come?" Holding the red sleeve with her fingers, drawing a red mark, Kong Qing raised her head and smiled, her eyes bright.

Mu Zihuai saw the mist in his eyes, raised his hand and poured him a glass of wine and handed it to him. "Drink less, I will be worshiping soon."

Kong Qing shook his head, but did not touch the glass of wine. "I have known for a long time that the prince will marry a wife. For me, as long as I can be by the prince's side, it is you." Halfway through the words, Kong Qing looked at Mu Zihuai, and pushed the wine glass towards him . "This glass of wine should be poured for yourself."

Mu Zihuai's heart shook, he squeezed the hands on his knees, glanced at his reflection in the wine glass, and laughed with the corners of his mouth pulled. "What are you talking about? Naturally, I want to drink the prince's wedding wine." After speaking, he raised his head to drink up the wine glass.

Kong Qing watched as Mu Zihuai drank the wine, then retracted his hands and placed them on his knees, with an indifferent smile on his face, he couldn't help but let out a soft sigh. "Loving a man is a very hard thing, let alone that man is a prince. I have already made up my mind, but you don't seem to have it."

After the words fell, Mu Zihuai didn't speak, and Kong Qing saw that his expression was lonely, so he couldn't say anything more.At this moment, with the sound of a gong, the emperor and empress came out from the inner hall, and everyone bowed their heads and bowed down.

When the emperor and queen are seated, there are only a few close relatives of the prince left in the hall, and the rest are surrounded by the door. Mu Zihuai and Kong Qing squeezed in the crowd, watching the prince enter the hall, and then the bride-in-law led the bride into the hall. Come.

Xu Caicai, the daughter of the minister who led the guards, wore a golden flower and eight-treasure phoenix crown on her head, and a cloud-colored shoulder strap, with willow-leaf-browed eyebrows and red lips, she walked in with her head slightly lowered.

The prince stood in front of him and stretched out his hand to greet him. The princess-to-be looked up shyly, and put her slender hand into the palm of the prince.

The welcoming lady covered her mouth and smiled, then hurriedly withdrew, leaving the newlyweds at home.

The bridesmaid stepped forward and stood obliquely in front. Seeing that the prince and concubine had already stood up, the emperor and queen were all beaming with joy. After a while, he said, "Bride and groom, bow to heaven and earth."

Holding a piece of red silk in both hands, the prince and princess turned around and walked a few steps, bowing to the sky.

Mu Zihuai and Kong Qing recorded that in the crowd, seeing the prince's eyes were dyed red, as if the princess was the only one, Mu Zihuai somehow remembered what he said when he changed the prince's clothes this morning.

The prince here turned around after worshiping heaven and earth, went back to worship Gaotang again, the emperor and queen looked at each other and smiled, very satisfied with the new princess.

"Husband and wife worship each other." The bridesmaid yelled again.

The prince and princess turned around and faced each other, the male was facing the wind, and the female was sinking fish and falling geese, what a beautiful pair of jasper.They looked at each other and smiled, as if they only had each other in their eyes and nothing else.

Mu Zihuai watched, but someone grabbed his elbow suddenly. Looking back, it turned out to be Kong Qing.At this time, his eyes were red, he stared at the two people above the hall, and sighed that his status was so low that he couldn't even enter the hall, so he had to squeeze in the crowd to catch a glimpse of the prince's marriage.

The elbow hurt a little from his grasp, Mu Zihuai saw the water in his eyes, reached out and patted the back of his hand, and pulled him out of the crowd.

After Huangfu Yunhua worshiped at the hall, he was rewarded by the emperor and the queen. He finally asked the officials from all walks of life who came up to fawn on him. He sneaked up and looked around, but he didn't find Mu Zihuai. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Pulling to talk, I feel more irritable.

Mu Zihuai pulled Kong Qing out of the crowd and met two brothers, Long Xiu and Long Lei. Kong Qing was in a bad mood, so he said goodbye and went back to his residence.Mu Zihuai saw that the two of them were in a better mood, and dragged them to find a corner to sit down.

"I just searched around and didn't see you, so I thought you weren't coming."

Long Lei smiled and sat down next to Mu Zihuai, took a glass of wine and drank it, grinning so hotly. "The prince is married, how could we not come?"

Seeing that he poured another glass of wine to drink, Mu Zihuai hurriedly stopped him. "Don't drink too hard, how can your brother send you back when you get drunk later?"

Long Lei smiled and put down his wine glass, wiped his palms on his clothes, looking a little nervous.

Long Xiu looked Mu Zihuai over and said, "Are you an associate academician now?"

Mu Zihuai was taken aback, and nodded. "I was promoted last time when I sorted out the history books. I'm really ashamed."

"There's nothing to be ashamed of. You've done well, so you deserve this position." Long Xiu said frankly.

Mu Zihuai smiled, but did not speak.Long Xiu didn't know that this was all done by the prince, and he had no great ambitions. If it wasn't for the prince, he might have found a leisurely place to live in retirement.

Long Lei kept seeing a group of princes and princesses in the distance, and suddenly wanted to leave after a while.

"This is not the Dragon Mansion, where are you going?" Long Xiu asked him, frowning slightly.

Before Long Lei could speak, Mu Zihuai rushed to joke and said, "Don't stop him, maybe he has a crush on some girl."

Unexpectedly, Long Lei didn't refute this time. He scratched his head and smiled shyly, as if Mu Zihuai had said the truth.This reaction made Mu Zihuai stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Is it true that I have hit the mark?"

Long Lei smiled and ran away without saying a word.

Mu Zihuai didn't get the answer and looked back at Long Xiu. Long Xiu was also a little puzzled, frowning and wondering what he was thinking.

The prince held up the wine glass and went back and forth between the banquets, toasting several glasses of wine. The invited theater troupe had already started to perform, and the whole hall was very lively.

Huangfu Yunhua raised his head and drank a glass of wine, and looked up all the people in the outer hall, and finally found Mu Zihuai in the corner, talking and laughing with Long Xiu who was beside him while drinking.

Just as he was about to go there, he was held back by a person, Huangfu Yunhua got angry, turned his head and glared angrily, seeing the person who held him back, he immediately dispelled the anger in his eyes, raised a smile and said: "What's the matter, brother? "

The second prince, Huangfu Renhao, pulled him and looked carefully again. He felt that Huangfu Yunhua's eyes were full of smiles. Could it be that he had misread the anger just now?

"The queen mother asked me to tell you that we are going back to the palace."

Huangfu Yunhua paused and asked: "Father is leaving too?"

Huangfu Renhao nodded, "Father is afraid of spoiling the interest of the guests, so he intends to leave quietly. I'm afraid he has left the palace now, so you don't need to send it off, just greet the guests."

Huangfu Yunhua smiled thoughtfully. "Then I won't give it away, my brother will make amends to my father and queen mother for me."

"Yunhua," Huangfu Renhao approached, and whispered with a smile on his face, "The empress left behind a nanny before she left, and she will tell the concubine first about your roommate."

"Nurse? What are you keeping her for?" Huangfu Yunhua frowned, feeling that the Queen Mother seemed to leave someone to watch over him.

"One moment, don't neglect it." Huangfu Renhao smiled, stepped back a few steps, and walked out of the hall.

Huangfu Yunhua took a step after him, watched him leave the hall, then turned back to the place where he saw Mu Zihuai just now, but found that he had disappeared, even Long Xiu didn't know where he went.

Mu Zihuai was dragged by Long Xiu to the Huxin Pavilion in the backyard. He stood still and blew the biting cold wind for a while before asking him, "What do you want to say?"

Long Xiu looked at his side face, the fluffy white scarf made his face white, and the breath he exhaled condensed into mist, which seemed a bit untouchable.

When they met for the first time, the two of them were still not what they are now, and I never thought that I would come to this point. If there is one reason for all this, it must be the man in front of me.

Ever since that steamed bun with fingerprints on them, their lives have been linked together, becoming more and more entwined. Even if he fled to the border, even if they were separated for two years, Long Xiu still saw that the threads between them were entangled and couldn't figure it out. , not willing to cut off.

"Mu Zihuai." Long Xiu sighed softly, let out a hot breath, and looked into the distance together with him.The noise from the front yard has become very small when it reaches here, making the place even more quiet.

Mu Zihuai glanced at Long Xiu, and he remembered that Long Xiu rarely called him by first and last name, but every time he couldn't help but treat him seriously.

"Mu Zihuai, what do you think of Long Yang's beauty?" Long Xiu pressed the distance, squeezed the fingers in his sleeves, and finally asked.

Mu Zihuai was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Long Xiu to ask this, so he couldn't help turning his head to look at him. "Why do you even remember to ask this?"

Long Xiu didn't look back, not daring to look at Mu Zihuai. "My lord, doesn't he just like Longyang, why did he get married?"

Mu Zihuai turned his head and felt the coldness of the winter night permeating for a moment. "My lord is a prince, so why not get married? I like men...maybe it's just a casual talk, but you also know that my lord has a bright and cheerful personality, and I don't care about etiquette, so I can't take it seriously."

"Then what do you think of people who like Longyang?" Long Xiu finally turned his head and looked at Mu Zihuai. The other party didn't look at him, which made him a little relieved and a little disappointed.

"What can you think about this?" Mu Zihuai smiled, and looked back at Long Xiu, as if he felt that this question was redundant.

That's right, Longyang's favor goes against the laws of heaven, so if anyone has any opinion, he must be disgusted.Long Xiu's eyes dropped to the ground, his heart was stuck in place.

"Everyone has their own preferences, so why should others comment? When is it stipulated that a man must be with a woman? It's just some thoughts left by the ancients. You can do whatever you want without any scruples." Mu Zihuai stretched out his hand in the He exhaled from his mouth, feeling the instant warmth, and it became even colder when the heat dissipated.

Long Xiu was startled and looked at Mu Zihuai in disbelief. "You...you really think so?"

Mu Zihuai looked at him a little funny, but nodded seriously. "Of course. What? Could it be that you are as good as Long Yang?"

Looking at Mu Zihuai, Long Xiu felt a warm current overflowing from the bottom of his heart, warming his whole body, and nodded in a daze. "yes."

"What is it?" Mu Zihuai looked at the frozen lake, the noise in the distance seemed to become louder, making him unable to hear Long Xiu's words clearly.

"I have the goodness of Long Yang." Long Xiu looked at Mu Zihuai, there was a gleam of light in his dark eyes, and he looked at Mu Zihuai expectantly, as if the light would disappear once he was opposed.

Mu Zihuai looked at him in shock, his heart was blank, Long Xiu has always been serious and even a bit rigid, if he said yes, it would definitely not be a lie.

"I like men." Long Xiu said it again, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed as Mu Zihuai did not respond.

"This...you..." Mu Zihuai finally found his voice, frowning, not knowing what to say, is it persuasion?Still support?In the past, he might have scolded him angrily, but now, Mu Zihuai found that he couldn't find a position to persuade him. "Think carefully, are you really..."

"I like you." Long Xiu interrupted him, speaking quickly with an air of fighting to the death, his eyes fixed on Mu Zihuai, refusing to let go of his slightest move.

Mu Zihuai felt as if his brain had been hit by someone, his thinking was slack and he couldn't grasp the main point. After hearing Long Xiu's words clearly, he stopped thinking, just nailed to these four words, and looked at them repeatedly. go.

"You..." Mu Zihuai wiped his face, turned his head away, and chose the best way to speak: "Think about it carefully, you...really treat me... Love between men and women? Rather than temporary dependence and gratitude?"

Whether it was in his previous life or in this life, it was the first time Mu Zihuai was confessed by someone, but it was something he would never have imagined.It doesn't feel good to be confessed by a man who is like a younger brother.

Long Xiu's eyes were filled with disappointment, he looked at Mu Zihuai's cold white fingers hanging by his side, he couldn't help but moved forward to hold them, and looked away with some difficulty.

"It's not love between a man and a woman, it's liking. I can't tell whether it's dependence or gratitude, but what I can be sure of is that I like you, Mu Zihuai."

"When I was in the frontier, what I wanted the most was to come back to you. I don't like you going out with the prince. I don't like you touching Long Lei's head but being serious with me. I don't like not having you at home. Do you understand? Zihuai, I think I fell in love with you, and I didn't want to, but I just fell in love."

Mu Zihuai didn't speak, but Long Xiu kept talking, as if he wanted to pour out all the feelings he had felt in the past few years.He never knew how much effort he had to use to not say the word "like" when he came back from the expedition, and how much effort he had to make himself not cry out.

He thought maybe he fell in love with him.As my mother said to him the night before she hanged herself, when you fall in love with someone, you will understand what life and death are together, and what is never leaving.

"Long Xiu..." Mu Zihuai called out his name, but he didn't know what to say, and his opened lips closed again.

Long Xiu's fingers trembled, and he carefully grabbed the hem of Mu Zihuai's clothes and tightened his grip.

"Needless to say, I just want to tell you today that I like you, you don't have to accept or refuse." Long Xiu forced a smile, as if he didn't care.

Mu Zihuai felt that his sleeves were a little heavier, and looked down slightly to see Long Xiu clutching his sleeves tightly. The man who didn't even frown when he killed an enemy in the field, now he was pulling his sleeves like a child, afraid that the opponent would Turn around and leave.

"What are you two doing?" A voice broke through the air, mixed with anger and dissatisfaction, and broke up the two of them.

Long Xiu loosened the hem of Mu Zihuai's clothes, and the two looked back, and saw the prince in red standing outside the red pavilion, his thin lips were tightly pressed, and his eyes seemed to be burning with flames.

Huangfu Yunhua's eyes stayed on Mu Zihuai's hand deliberately, and said why he couldn't find anyone in the front hall, so he ran here.He clearly saw Long Xiu holding Mu Zihuai's hand just now, the two got very close, what did Long Xiu say?

like?A tryst between two people here?

Huangfu Yunhua only felt a flame burning violently in his heart, making him lose all reason.

"Prince?" Mu Zihuai called him, a little curious that the prince was not greeting guests in the front hall, why did he come here?He was also a little worried about whether he heard what Long Xiu said just now.

Huangfu Yunhua only felt that the scene of the two of them just now was stuck in his heart like a thorn, but the anger in his heart had nowhere to vent, he only knew to stare at the two of them.

Long Xiu looked at Huangfu Yunhua and felt his clear anger, but it was a bit ridiculous.A person who is getting married, what can he say now? "Why isn't the prince in the front hall? I just heard that there is going to be a bridal chamber."

Huangfu Yunhua's eyes were sharper, cutting Long Xiu like half a blade. "Mu Zihuai, there are so many things going on in the front hall, what are you doing here?"

"It's fine to be the eldest brother again in the front hall. I'll come out to get some air." Mu Zihuai didn't know why the prince was angry, but he just thought he was angry and ran out without greeting the guests, so he walked back while talking.

Long Xiu glanced at the two of them, and called Mu Zihuai to stop. "I'll take my leave first, and come to visit another day."

"Don't you wait for Xiaolei?" Mu Zihuai stopped, glanced at the prince, and felt that Long Xiu didn't say goodbye to the prince, but directly told him that it was rude.

"Don't wait, that kid will go back by himself." After speaking, he walked to Mu Zihuai's body, and finally shook Mu Zihuai's cold hand with his palm. "Hands are so cold, hug a heater when you go out in the future."

Mu Zihuai felt the warmth of his fingertips, so he shrank back and put them in his sleeves. "Winter will be over soon. It's too troublesome to use a heater. Besides, I'm not that weak."

Huangfu Yunhua looked at the two, and his anger became even stronger in his heart, he snorted heavily, and without waiting for the two, he went straight to the front hall.

Mu Zihuai glanced at the prince's back in surprise, said goodbye to Long Xiu, and walked to the front hall.

The guests in the front hall had almost dispersed, only a few officials were drunk, they gathered around a table and continued to drink, and found that Ren Danfeng was instructing his subordinates to start clearing the dishes.

Mu Zihuai walked over and asked, "Brother Ren, is there anything I can help you with?"

Ren Danfeng waved his hand, while asking a maid to refill the food and drinks for the rest of the table. "You go to rest. You can leave this place to the servants. I'm going back too."

Mu Zihuai nodded and searched around. "Where is the prince?"

"Enter the bridal chamber." Ren Danfeng turned his head and smiled at Mu Zihuai, explained the rest of the matter, and walked to the backyard.

Mu Zihuai froze on the spot, the prince's words suddenly sounded in his mind, and he felt that he was just joking.

After explaining to the servant girl to guard the table of guests, she would personally send the person back to the mansion when the time came, and then walked to Yixiang Garden where she lived.

All the servant girls crowded in the hall, even Qingyi was called to help.When Mu Zihuai returned to the courtyard, it was still dark, without any light.

After groping to light a candle, Mu Zihuai sat down on the bed and let out a long sigh of relief. He felt so tired today that it was difficult to move his fingers.

Yixiangyuan was far away from the front hall, and I couldn't hear a sound at all, and it was frighteningly quiet.

After calming down, the prince's words, Kong Qing's words, and Long Xiu's words alternated back and forth in his mind, and his heart was in a mess. Mu Zihuai just sat there, feeling that he should do something, but he didn't have the energy.

With the prince's hazy attitude and Long Xiu's liking, when did he actually fall into such a quagmire.

Mu Zihuai raised his head and looked at the open door, and the words that the prince said this morning still involuntarily surfaced in his trance.

Will it really come?

Just as the question surfaced, Mu Zihuai shook his head again, feeling a little scared in his heart.What is the prince to himself now?It should be someone who forced himself to use himself. Why... It seems that something has changed that he can't control.

As for Long Xiu, what should he do with the liking in his mouth?As a younger brother, Long Xiu's liking, what should I do?

I want to just sit like this for a long time, without thinking or doing anything.

Just sit like this...

"Sir, did you get up so early today?"

After an unknown amount of time, a voice sounded. Qing Yi walked in with water, hung up the towel, and was surprised to see that Mu Zihuai had gotten up, put on his clothes and sat down.

Mu Zihuai was taken aback for a moment, and looked up out of the window. It turned out that the sky was already bright, and he sat like this all night.

"Where's your lord?"

Qingyi soaked the towel in water and handed it to Mu Zihuai. Although he didn't know why he asked this so early in the morning, he still replied: "I will enter the palace at dawn, and the kiss will be done in the morning."

Mu Zihuai nodded and wiped his face carelessly with a towel. "It's time to go to the palace to meet the emperor and queen."

Fortunately, did not come.

Mu Zihuai felt relieved, but there was an indescribable feeling in his heart, like running in the water for a day without any strength, feeling that something was always missing, and the missing thing was the most important thing piece.

Realizing that something was wrong with him, Mu Zihuai quickly threw down the towel and walked out of the yard.