In the twinkling of an eye, it was March [-]rd, and the Sui capital city was full of traffic, with beautiful carvings everywhere, and noble cars driving west of the city.

The carriage of the Prince's Mansion also set off early that morning.

The banquet will be held for several days in a row, and they cannot come back in the middle. Everyone, including the Sui Emperor and Empress Yan, will spend the night in the Qushui Palace by the Qushui River.Therefore, in addition to the necessities needed for travel, bedding and some daily necessities must also be carried.

Ji An brought the palace servants from the other courtyard to clean up the house two days in advance.The palace was near the water, and there were many mosquitoes. Sui Heng was afraid that his little lover's delicate skin would be unbearable, so he specially asked Ji An to prepare gauze curtains, mosquito repellent lotions, etc., and asked Shifang to go to the imperial hospital to prescribe a lot of emergency medicines.

Jiang Yun has nothing to worry about. He still stays in the house or in the gazebo to read books on weekdays. When the day comes, he takes his bookcase and sits in the carriage, and sets off with Daliu.

Sui Heng was responsible for security matters, especially the safety of Emperor Sui, so he had to follow Yujia closely, not with the Prince's Mansion.

Jiang Yun was happy to be at ease.

Sui Heng left Shifang and Fan Qi to drive with the Prince's mansion, and left them a team of personal soldiers. He made an exception and pardoned Gao Gong the night before departure, let him perform his crimes and meritorious deeds, and went up to the palace with Ji An to serve him.

After all, Gao Gong is Queen Yan's man, so there is no problem with his loyalty, and the environment in the palace is complicated, so Sui Heng is worried about leaving Jiang Yun in the care of others.

Naturally, Gao Gong was grateful for his gratitude, wishing to show Sui Heng all his loyalty. Along the way, he even competed with Ji An for the rough work of serving tea and pouring water.

Needless to say, Fan Qi, although reckless and simple-minded, Sui Heng brought it out with one hand, and at critical moments, he is the kind who will fight to the death to protect the lord.Sui Heng told him to protect Jiang Yun like he was his master, and if there was any mistake, please come and see him.

Qushui is located at the foot of Lishan Mountain. It bends like a moat and surrounds most of the Sui capital.Qushui is not only a place for outings, but also a gathering place for literati. Every spring, even if it is not during the spring banquet, many literati and celebrities will come here together to recite poems, compose poems, and drink for fun.

Thousands of horse-drawn carriages came from all directions, and finally after entering the boundary of Lishan Mountain, they slowly merged into a long dragon.The mountain road is difficult and dangerous, and it is inconvenient for carriages to travel fast. When traveling to narrow places, it is inevitable that they will be blocked together.

"Look, my lord, that seems to be the carriage of the Prince's Mansion."

In a low-key and gorgeous carriage, the attendant suddenly pointed out the window and said to Yan Qi who was sitting upright.

Yan Qiben was concentrating on writing the article silently, when he heard the words, he paused the tip of his pen, followed the servant's direction, and saw not far ahead, a group of cavalry wearing black armor and scimitars on their waists were closely guarding a black horse. Bao Gai's carriage stopped beside the road.

Apparently it was also because of congestion.

The soldiers who have been on the battlefield have a fierce and fierce spirit, which is not comparable to that of ordinary guards.What's more, the reputation of the Qinglangying Camp is an existence that can make children stop crying.The drivers in front and behind knew that it was the carriage of the Prince's Mansion, so they avoided it wisely.

The servant was surprised: "Didn't His Royal Highness set off with the royal driver on horseback? Why did the carriage from the Prince's residence also come? Your Highness hasn't married a concubine yet, so he should have no family members."

Yan Qi paused for a moment before saying, "Your Highness naturally has His Highness's arrangement."

The servant rolled his eyes: "Why don't you go down and ask for some water for the young master?"

Yan Qi didn't speak.

The servant understood, opened the car door and walked down quietly, came to the car in the Prince's Mansion, and said respectfully: "The villain is a servant in Yan Xiang's mansion. I just went out in a hurry and forgot to bring water. Can I ask His Highness for a glass of water? My son drinks?"

Ji An and Gao Gong stood at the front.

The two looked at each other, Ji An said: "Your Highness is not here, I need to ask my son for instructions on this matter, please wait a moment."

The servant craned his neck to look around, and saw Ji An turned around and walked to the car door, bent down and said something, after a while, the car door opened at a corner, and a hand as white as jade stretched out from inside.

Passed a cup of clear water to Ji An.

It was a bright spring day, but the interior of the carriage was dim. The servants were far away, and only a vaguely elegant silhouette could be seen.However, just a glimpse is enough to make people amazing.

The servant took the water with gratitude, returned to the carriage of Yan's mansion, and reported to Yan Qi: "My subordinates have already found out that the one sitting in the carriage is not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but a young young gentleman. The two housekeepers in the office respectfully called him 'Young Master'."

The servant put aside the water he had asked for.

Because I know that the son will not drink water from outside.

Yan Qi was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said, "I see."

**

In the afternoon, the carriage officially arrived at Qushui Palace.

Ji An and Gao Gong led the palace servants to carry things and tidy up the room, while Shifang and Fan Qi checked the surrounding terrain and arranged defenses by the way.

The Qushui Palace is very large, and there are hundreds of rooms in the Guang Palace, and each room is divided into two or three small rooms, which are enough to accommodate hundreds of people to live at the same time.

Sui Henggui was the crown prince, with one person under ten thousand, so he naturally had a separate residence.The other princes and princesses lived in Qixia Palace with Sui Emperor and Empress Yan, except for the grown-up second and third princes.

Ji An Gaogong handled affairs neatly, and quickly tidied up the palace.

Jiang Yun tidied up her bookcase, and not long after sitting down, Sui Heng came in.Because he wanted to ride a horse with him, he didn't wear a brocade robe and jade belt as usual today, but wore a black armor, with black hair and a high bun, vigorous and neat, making him look taller and longer with longer legs, more handsome and unrestrained, with a majestic imposing manner up.

Jiang Yun was still in his usual light robe.

Sui Heng hugged him directly from behind, and asked, "How is it? Can you get used to this journey?"

His black armor was cold and hard, making Jiang Yun a little hurt, and when he showed his sharpness like this, he looked more like a wolf with full attack power.Jiang Yun nodded: "It's okay."

"That's fine."

Sui Heng bowed his head, kissed his little lover's jade-white cheek, and said: "Let Ji An serve you something to eat first, and later, Gu will come to pick you up for a banquet together."

Jiang Yun nodded obediently.

Knowing that the schedules of the Spring Banquet and the Liushang Banquet are not the same, the first day is to play the banquet, and the second day will officially start the competition.

Sui Heng: "You also have a kiss."

Jiang Yun frowned at him.

In broad daylight, I made things difficult for him again.

Sui Heng raised his eyebrows: "If you don't kiss, Gu will take someone out and kiss you in front of all the guests."

Jiang Yun had no choice but to turn around, wrap his arms around his neck, and slapped on one of his cheeks in the same way.In the end, she was picked and picked by him, and she kissed her three times before giving up.

"That's good."

Sui Heng touched his face contentedly, and left satisfied.

The banquet was held at night, and in the evening, Sui Heng really came back, took Jiang Yun out of the hall, and walked to the place where the banquet was held.

The dinner party is directly facing Qushui and is held in the open air.

The monarchs and ministers of the Sui Kingdom sat in the front, and the rulers and ministers of all subordinate countries, including the five Jiangnan countries, sat in the back half.Jiang Yun saw many familiar faces. Jiang Yuping, the leader of the Jiang Kingdom, and the elderly leader of the Chen Kingdom traveled a long distance and went to Chendu to participate in person. The princes of Luo, Wei and Yun led their ministers.

Chen Qi did not stay with the Lord Chen, but sat among the staff in the Prince's Mansion, beside Xu Qiao and other main generals of the Qinglang Camp.

On the Sui side, Jimo Qingyu, Yan Bing, and Han Xiao were all present. Jimo Qingyu sat first on the left, and Yan Bing sat first on the right. The two faced each other across the air, followed by their disciples. There is a clear distinction between Wei and Wei, just like the usual tit-for-tat posture in the court.

It's just that behind Yan Bing are two rows of Yan's children dressed in Yan's family costumes. They are either famous talents all over the world, or ministers who hold important positions in the court.

Jimo Qingyu was followed only by a dozen or so direct disciples, and they all wore blue scarves and plain clothes.

Although there are few people, no one dares to underestimate Jimo Qingyu's status and influence.In this era, the left is the most respected. In the Sui Dynasty, there were two ministers on the left and right. Strictly speaking, the status of the left minister Jimo Qingyu was higher than that of the right minister Yan Bing.

Jimo Qingyu is also the only direct disciple of the late great Confucian Jimo Hong, and he has a very high status in the hearts of Confucian disciples and literati. If not, thousands of students would not crowd their heads every year to worship Jimo Qingyu under the door.

It's just that Jimo Qingyu has a very high vision, and has hardly accepted new disciples in recent years.As for the dozen or so personal disciples standing behind him, although many of them have not become official, most of them have already become famous all over the world for their outstanding talents.There were a total of ten judges in the Literary Competition of Liushangyan, and nearly half of them were disciples of Jimo Qingyu's sect.

This was also one of the important reasons why everyone did not dare to offend Jimo Qingyu.

Jiang Yun didn't want to be too ostentatious, so he asked Sui Heng to arrange for him an inconspicuous, shaded corner where he could enjoy the scenery and drink. Sui Heng followed the good advice this time, but warned Jiang Yun not to drink too much.And left Shifang to take care of it.

Soon after the Sui Emperor arrived, the monarchs and ministers laughed at Yan Yan and raised their glasses to enjoy themselves.

The subordinate countries each presented gifts carefully prepared for the Sui Emperor.

The banquet was full of hard dishes, Jiang Yun ate a glass of wine and a piece of pastry, then stopped talking.At this moment, a palace official came over, bowed to Jiang Yun, and said, "His Royal Highness asked the slave to call the young master to enjoy the scenery by the river."

Shi Fang first asked, "Do you have a certificate?"

The palace man hurriedly took out a token from his sleeve.

After Shi Fang checked it, Fang Tong Jiang Yun said, "It is indeed His Highness' token."

Jiang Yun nodded, and left the table with Shifang, and when the palace servants led them to the river, he saw two figures standing under the willows, beside the water filled with lotus lanterns, one with black hair and a high tuft, wearing a Xuan Jia was obviously Sui Heng, and the other was dressed in a scarlet official robe with a jade belt, and was Yan Qi who had a relationship with Jiang Yun once.

Jiang Yun raised his eyebrows.

The palace people were obviously at a loss, not knowing what was going on.

Shi Fang frowned, and said to Jiang Yun: "Since Your Highness has made an appointment with the young master, he will definitely not break the appointment. Most likely, he was stopped halfway."

Sui Heng was indeed stopped halfway.

He turned around and saw Yan Qi who suddenly appeared here, his eyes sank immediately.

"How do you know you're alone here?"

Yan Qi saluted lightly, but didn't answer, but quietly looked at Sui Heng for a long time, and said: "Your Highness, even if you hate the minister in your heart, there is no need...to use such a method."

"In what way?"

"That young master from the south of the Yangtze River, His Highness brought him back, didn't he just want to show it to the minister?"

The air was so still that you could hear a needle drop.

Sui Heng looked at him and suddenly sneered.

"Whoever you think you are is worthy of deliberate targeting."

"Yan Yushi, you are too self-indulgent."

The blood on Yan Qi's face faded dry.

The corners of his lips moved, and he said, "Your Highness needs me to win the spring banquet for you, doesn't he?"

"You think too much."

Sui Heng twitched the corner of his mouth, as if hearing a joke: "I don't need anyone."

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