Linque

In the cold winter months, even though I soaked in the hot springs, I was drenched in warm satin, so it was not comfortable at all. When the cold wind blows after going ashore, I will catch a cold even if I am not careful.The servants of Yichun Garden didn't dare to ask people to come out of the hot spring, and hurriedly went to get a cloak for the heating furnace.

They are all nobles from aristocratic families, this kind of playful thing can't be said on the scene, otherwise they will be embarrassing enough.

Ling Ye ordered someone to pass on the warm sedan chair, and asked the servants to take them to the nearby Chengguang Palace to change clothes, and then announced the imperial physician.Mu Xiyun and Mrs. Yong'an Hou also hurriedly followed after hearing about it.

As soon as Mu Xiyun left, it would be difficult for Chu Heng to go see it again. The emperor and the queen mother had arrived, and the Winter Festival was about to officially start, so Lishan Ye could not be alone.

So after the servant reported, Chu Heng hugged Qing Yan, still standing upright beside Ling Ye. It looked like he didn't intend to greet the queen mother, nor did he intend to put Qing Yan down for him to salute—it was obvious I don't want to deal with the Queen Mother.

The atmosphere was tense for a while, everyone's faces were embarrassing, especially the queen mother, her breath was stuck in her throat, and her face was ugly.

However, in the Dayin law and the front court ceremonies, there is only the etiquette of the Mahayana to the emperor, and there is really no mention of other people in the royal family.She didn't have any reason to want to have an attack, so in the end she could only swallow the breath with a calm face.

Fortunately, there is no need to be too particular about the etiquette at the Winter Festival meeting. The ladies babbled and smoothed things over and said a few words of flattery. ahead.

Ling Ye didn't say anything. He glanced at the "culprit" beside him who pretended to be innocent and innocent, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

The emperor and the empress dowager had already sat down, and the wives of the sixteenth family brought their sons and daughters to greet them.

The emperor sat at the top. Today's winter festival, he didn't wear a dragon robe, only a brocade shirt similar to the clothes of the princes of the aristocratic family.Although he was dressed in casual clothes, it didn't take away half of his imposing manner. Just sitting there with a idly expression made people subconsciously surrender.

The girls present at the meeting were all the daughters of the sixteenth generation of Dayin's family. They were as young as flowers and jade, and they were all dressed up in fancy dresses. They walked forward gracefully to say hello.Usually, only when entering the palace for worship during the New Year and holidays, can one take a look at the emperor sitting on the throne from a distance, so there are very few opportunities to spy on the sky at close range.

Different from what he imagined, the emperor is not sitting on the top of the dragon robe at this moment majestic and stern. On the contrary, he has a gentle face, a smile on his lips, and looks at the first position on the left from time to time, where is sitting It was Lishan Dongjun who was invited by the emperor himself.

But the strange thing is, from the perspective of the noble ladies who came forward to pay their respects, Dongjun seemed not very happy at the moment, his lips were tightly pressed, and he was holding a teacup in his hand, and he didn't see him taking a sip for a long time. He just sat there sullenly, not knowing what he was thinking.

But they don't have time to think about the reason now. The time to go up to say hello is so short, not even a cup of tea. The most important thing is to make a good impression on His Majesty. If you can get him a compliment or even ask for his name, Maybe there is really a chance for the phoenix to ascend the branch.

No one in the royal family was ugly. No matter men or women, all of them were beautiful and handsome, and the emperor was the best among them.

He is young and dignified, with the most outstanding handsome appearance. The harem is quiet and there is no trouble. At this moment, he has lost his majesty and majesty, with gentleness written in the corners of his brows and eyes. Take the spring hearts of the girls.

Except for a few who belonged to each other, which of the other aristocratic ladies didn't have a dream of a queen in their hearts, and everyone wanted to go to the emperor's side. From then on, the emperor and empress had the same respect, and became the unique person in his heart.

The Winter Festival is the best time to get close to His Majesty. The girls attending the meeting have family background, talent, and good looks. The only thing they lack is His Majesty's favor.As long as there is a chance to enter the palace, Cheng En will give birth to an emperor's heir in the future, and he will not worry about the prosperity, power and family prosperity in the future.

The former dynasty and the harem are different, the prince is not their obstacle - many people on the field are quietly looking at Qingyan in the arms of Lishan Dongjun - the emperor is only in his 20s now, at least he will reign for 40 years , if there are other princes under his knees, who can tell whether there will be any changes in the position of the crown prince?

The prince is now a holy family member, with a stable position, but that is because the emperor wants him to be stable.Who let him have a mother who was a rebellious party of King Qi, if the emperor intends to abolish him in the future, it will only be a matter of one sentence-the life and death of Jiazhao Xu's honor and disgrace are in the emperor's thought, and Qingyan's other branch The Gu family in the Winged Northern Territory is the mother clan of the emperor. They will be loyal to the prince to outsiders, but to the family members of the Tian family, they will only be loyal to the emperor.

Qing Yan's Winged Emperor can be folded as he says, and it is unknown if there will be another prince in Jiuzhong Palace in the future, who will directly replace the present prince.

The women of the aristocratic family have been fascinated by their ears and eyes. They know how to weigh the pros and cons of everything since they were young. Before the Winter Festival, the family has been reminded of them. Now they naturally know what to do. Standing in the field is a beautiful scenery, which is pleasing to the eye.

Princess Changning sat on the right and watched, eagerly looking forward to which girl her emperor's nephew would take a fancy to.

Before the Winter Festival meeting, she had mentioned to the emperor that there should be someone by her side. If she was afraid that Qingyan would be wronged in the future, imperial concubine Zhaoyi would not allow it, and it would be okay to give Jieyu, who was a little lower in rank.

She had a big talk in the morning, but the emperor didn't directly refuse as before, but he didn't express his opinion. The eldest princess was a little dazed when she saw the emperor, thinking that maybe her nephew really had someone in his heart.

Princess Dachang said this to the emperor, not out of consideration for the prosperity of the royal family and the stability of the country, but she just felt sorry for the emperor who had been alone and alone for so many years.

The true heart is rare in Jiuzhong Que. The eldest princess has lived through the reign of the first emperor and witnessed the tragedy of bloodshed in the same room.

At the same time, the first emperor gave many sons the hope of Yuji, and let them fight and kill each other, and finally chose the most outstanding successor as he wished——Ling Ye is a hero and a wise master, and Dayin's mountains and rivers are handed over to him It's only going to be better than ever.

But after the seizure of the throne, the dead and injured of the first emperor's sons, and the few who survived by chance in the end, all experienced life and death, and there was no brotherhood at all, and it was worse than strangers who had never met before.

In the beginning, Princess Changning was afraid that Ling Ye would follow his father's old path, and she didn't want the emperor to have too many heirs.

Later, there was Qing Yan, who was brought up by the emperor to the Ming Cheng Palace when he was still an infant. Ling Ye treated him leniently and strictly, with a kind father's heart and strict father's methods. He was completely different from the late emperor as a father. look.In order for Qingyan to be in the East Palace, he even tolerated Jiazhao Xu's crime of rebellion, and he also set up a bridge to let the Gu family be Qingyan's backing. Even if there was thunder for the prince, he first gave the rain to the extreme.

Qingyan is smart and well-behaved, and his father is an example. In the future, as long as he improves a little bit and takes over Dayin Heshan from Ling Ye, he is not afraid of being a successful king.

Princess Changning is not worried about the country of Kyushu, she is only worried about her nephew of the emperor now.

She was a little afraid that the emperor had experienced too many nasty palace disputes in the early years, and later was controlled by the empress dowager for a long time. After staying in the shadow of Jiuzhongque for a long time, he became more and more ascetic, and had no such thoughts at all. up.

In the past, when the eldest princess and the emperor mentioned the concubine, the emperor always declined and said that he wanted to find someone he really liked to spend his life with.This statement itself is true, but how can there be anyone around the emperor?He only meets noble ladies from various families at palace banquets throughout the year——

A group of people knelt down on the ground, and the emperor sat on a high throne. He could only see their shoulders and rows of black heads lying on the ground. He couldn't tell who was who, and what chance he had. Who do you want to fall in love with?Is it possible that he is still counting on someone who will fall in love with him at first sight?

It is true that fate is destined by heaven, maybe there is such a person in the dark, who can make him fall in love at the first sight, but how can it be so easy to meet this person who can make his heart flutter in an instant?

Therefore, Princess Changning felt that the most important thing now was to have someone by the emperor's side. After two people had been together for a long time, they could show affection even if they had no feelings.Many young girls gathered here today, maybe... the eyes of the Eldest Princess are full of smiles.

The more she thought about it, the more beautiful she became, and she turned her head to look in the direction of the emperor, but gradually, Princess Changning could no longer smile——

She found that although the emperor had a gentle smile on his face, he was actually absent-minded from the beginning to the end, and he didn't pay attention to it at all, let alone who he liked, he never looked at anyone carefully, and asked him who they were later Greeted him, he may not even know.

I have visited every family, seeing that the sixteenth family is about to complete a circle, there are not many people, and some of them have no daughters of the right age at all, such as Lishan Ye's family, now only Lishandong Jun is here .

I don't know if it was because Qingyan was eating snacks beside Dongjun, but Princess Dachang found that the emperor's eyes were always looking at Dongjun, and his attention was also on Dongjun, and Dongjun didn't seem very happy.

The Eldest Princess couldn't figure out which play she was singing in front of her, and the feeling that something was wrong in the morning came to her mind vaguely again.

After all the aristocratic families met, the emperor said a few more words, and then it was time for the caring girls to come forward to have fun, but someone wanted to disturb the situation.

Qingyan swallowed the snacks in his mouth, wiped his little hands with a handkerchief, then stood up from Lishan Dongjun, ran to the emperor, shouted "Father Emperor", and began to tug on the emperor's sleeve , climbing onto his knees with hands and feet.

The emperor was so kind, he immediately hugged Qing Yan, and said with a smile to everyone: "The crown prince can't sit still, I'll take him to stroll in the garden. Don't be restrained today, everyone just enjoy themselves."

As soon as the words fell, the emperor called Shang Lishan Dongjun, and the two big and one small just left, leaving behind a group of people who cast their winking eyes at the blind man.

Others can't understand it, so can the eldest princess not understand the way?The noble ladies hadn't stepped forward to perform, and all the wives of the aristocratic families were here. The emperor had to show some face, so he couldn't leave the table on his own initiative, but children didn't have any scruples.The emperor must have coaxed Qing Yan with only one piece of candy, and asked him to drag him away on purpose.

Sure enough, Qingyan came down from the emperor's embrace before he had gone far, and the eldest princess squinted her eyes to see clearly, the emperor took a candy from the pouch and handed it to Qingyan, and then patted him on the head. Show praise.

Qingyan ate the candy happily, and didn't want anyone to hug her, so she started running around, touching this tree for a while, and smelling the flower for a while, as happy as a bird.

And her emperor's nephew and Lishan Dongjun followed side by side, pacing slowly.The emperor didn't know what to say, Dong Jun turned his head and seemed to laugh, and the unhappiness just now was swept away.

Princess Changning felt more and more that something was wrong.

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It was not until the end of the winter festival, when the emperor returned to the Jingcheng Hall, that Chu Heng left from Shanglin Yichun Garden.There was no other reason, he just wanted to know if there would really be a "noble concubine" emerging from the crowd.

Although he didn't know where Ye Shuli heard the rumors, he knew very well that most of the aristocratic ladies who came forward to pay their respects today had the same thoughts.

But apart from "Exemption", until the end of the Winter Festival, His Majesty did not say any other unnecessary words to any son or girl.

And when His Majesty called him to leave together in full view, Chu Heng suddenly felt a stronger desire than ever before—he wanted to return to the Hall of Respect and Sincerity, thinking of this man named "Ling Ye" He wanted to go to the side of the person, wanting to be at most three steps away from the imperial servant Mo.

Even wanting to be... closer.

The idea of ​​shortening the distance made him no longer want or see anyone else around Ling Ye.

He even thought of "spending a lifetime together" Jing Xueli said for no reason.

I don't know if Jing Xueli cast Gu on it, the peach blossom talisman in the sleeve seemed to become hot the moment the thought came out, the temperature on it first burned the wrist, and then the flesh. The blood in the blood also warmed up, flowing along the meridians and finally gathered in the bottom of the heart. The hot temperature nourished the "spend a lifetime together", giving this seed a strong and tenacious power, and it immediately took root in the heart.

When Chu Heng regained his composure and calmed down, the seed called "Spending a Life Together" had already begun to germinate and grow quietly, and he found that he couldn't get rid of this seemingly absurd seed no matter what. Instead, he grew a length just by touching it, as if he was competing with reason, clamoring that he must go back to the Hall of Jingcheng.

Thousands of thoughts piled up in his heart, and he immediately bid farewell to the emperor, saying that Ji Wuyue would return to Lishan.

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Chu Heng waited for half an hour in the carriage on the Lishan Mountain at the gate of the palace. When Ye Shuli came back from the Palace of Jingcheng after being scolded, Chu Heng's face could no longer see any abnormality.

Ye Shuli changed his clothes, stroked his chin and thought about it all the way, and said to Chu Heng as soon as he got in the car: "How did Mrs. Yong'an Hou raise such an arrogant and domineering son like Xiao Gaomin with such a gentle and kind temper. Did Guangdian hear anything?"

Chu Heng didn't speak.

Ye Shuli rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Yong'an Hou's name is Xiao Gaomin—"Xiao Xiao". Dare to make his mother change her mind, hahaha."

"..."

So even though he knelt with Xiao Gaomin in the Hall of Respect for a quarter of an hour, and was scolded by His Majesty again, Ye Shuli still made money by grabbing Xiao Gaomin's nickname?

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After the Winter Festival, the next biggest event in the imperial capital will be the Empress Dowager Qianqiu.There are still a few days before the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there will be another gathering and banquet among the various families.However, Wenhou's mansion, which has always been very important in the Gaomen clan, was unusually quiet.

According to rumors in the market, after Wen Yuan, the eldest lady of the Wen family, came back from the Winter Festival, she started to have sores on her mouth and tongue that night, and it became more and more serious, to the point where she couldn't go out to meet people.If this goes on like this, let alone the gatherings between the various families, I'm afraid they won't even be able to go to the Qianqiu court banquet.

Mrs. Wenhou was so anxious that she asked the imperial doctor to come to the post. After every visit, they said that Miss Wen was suffering from a fire, and she prescribed several prescriptions to reduce the fire and detoxify, even after pouring a bunch of Coptis chinensis bitter medicine, there was nothing wrong. How much improvement, it can only be kept temporarily.

This matter was only passed on among the aristocratic families in the inner city, but it did not cause any waves.

On the twenty-seventh day of the winter month, Lord Lishandong left the imperial capital and returned to Yiye Gucheng.

Chu Heng stayed in Luyuan for two more days, and in the early morning of the [-]th day of the winter month, he went to the Hall of Martial Arts to cancel his leave.According to the etiquette of the former court, the first thing for those who are in front of the imperial court to rest, go out on business, or return to the palace after a long vacation is to pay respects to His Majesty at the Hall of Respect and Sincerity.

——When I went, of course I didn’t forget to bring those books I picked up in Lishan Bookstore.

It was a quarter of an hour's journey from the Hall of Martial Arts to the Hall of Jingcheng. He used to walk this path at least twice a day. Even after nineteen days of absence, he still didn't feel the slightest sense of alienation.

On the contrary, every brick on this road and every tile on the palace walls on both sides exudes an inexplicable smell that reassures him, as if what he returned is not just the Jiuzhong Temple, but the place where his heart belongs.

Chongji Gate, Jingzhang Palace, and finally Jingcheng Hall.

The peach blossom talisman was faintly hot between his wrists, and the person he wanted to see was inside right now.

When the guards in front of the palace reported, Ling Ye was reading the regulations of the Qianqiu court banquet, and without any preparations, a sound came from his ear unexpectedly——

"Report to Your Majesty, Imperial Attendant Mo Chuheng is asking to see you."

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Bowl: These people are coveting His Majesty, how do you feel?

Hua: No, it’s impossible, it’s mine, stay away from him!