Chronicle of Emperor Jing

Even if Wei Yan had the guts to summon the emperor, he didn't dare to procrastinate.He bid farewell to his mother, hurried out of the courtyard, ordered his horses to be ready, and soon went into the palace with his entourage.

As soon as he entered the emperor's bedroom, he was welcomed into the side hall where his clothes were stored by the servants who were waiting for him at the door.

After entering the palace, he realized how similar the scene in front of him was to his home.There was a pile of open suitcases on the ground, and the maids were busy sorting them out, while the emperor was patrolling back and forth with his hands behind his back, and when he saw him coming in, he waved to him and let him pass.

"Come here and have a look. I'll let them figure out what they need on the way. Later, I'll pick a few smart maids to accompany you to serve you well."

The Ministry of Internal Affairs happened to send a batch of newly made clothes today. Emperor Jing didn't need to worry about such trivial matters, but he suddenly thought that Wei Yan was going to travel in the near future, so he came here on a whim to take a look.The reason why the ground was so messy was mainly because the court ladies were separating the emperor's and Wei Yan's clothes and putting them in the cabinets.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. However, I have packed my luggage at my house, and there are people serving me beside me." Wei Yan immediately refused after hearing the words.

Let the maids around the emperor serve him?Do you think his life is too long?If he really did this, there would be a long line of people who would come to trouble him, or did the emperor just want to see the excitement of the time?

"The people around you are careless, I don't worry about it." Emperor Jing was not displeased with Wei Yan's refusal, he just walked over with a smile, helped him up, who bent over to greet him, and took him around for a while.

The person who has served him for more than ten years, why didn't he feel that he was being careless, and the emperor wanted to remind him?Wei Yan whispered in his heart, of course, just whispered.Although the emperor had a smile on his face at this moment, he didn't have the guts to try to see if the tiger would show its power.

The two men really don't have much interest in clothes, no matter how exquisite they are, they just look at them and count them. When they need to use them, the maids who wait for the changing clothes are naturally worried, so they just scanned around roughly. just went out.

There was a banquet in the palace that night.Emperor Jing sat for a while, joked with the queen mother, and then found an excuse to leave the meeting.If he had eyes behind him, he would definitely be able to see the thoughtful eyes of his empress mother, the unwilling eyes of his queen, and the mournful eyes of many of his women when he left. eyes, so he didn't see.

After coming out, Emperor Jing found that Shen Mo had already arranged everything.

They changed their clothes first, and dressed up in disguise. He and Wei Yan dressed up as rich sons who went out to play, followed by a few guards dressed as servants, and left the palace gate one after the other.

In a peaceful and prosperous age, under the feet of the emperor, the Lantern Festival in the capital is naturally very lively.All kinds of lanterns are hung in front of the window or at the door, or on the porch or at the corner of the eaves, or even on the trees and poles. Anyway, they are hung up wherever they can be hung. The capital is dotted with fiery trees, silver flowers and endless sky.As for the Lantern Festival, it will be held on Changfeng Street, the busiest downtown area in Beijing.

Emperor Jing knew that Shen Mo must have arranged a large number of hidden guards here. I am afraid that there are people guarding all the high places, and there are also a large number of guards in disguise in the crowd. There are still countless pairs of eyes watching his every move, but seeing There was a crowd of people all over the street, and he was still very excited when he saw the faces of all kinds of people glowing red under the lanterns all over the street.

No matter how precociously he has been tempered by family affairs and political affairs, the emperor at this time, facing the lively scene full of streets, can easily restore his youthful disposition.

"Go over there and have a look." Emperor Jing was impatient that Wei Yan was always a few steps behind him, and while talking, he took his hand and pulled him into the crowd.

Wei Yan was carefully blocking the flow of people so that no one would bump into the emperor. When he didn't pay attention for a while, his right hand fell into the emperor's palm. The warmth of the tentacles seemed to burn his skin. fell into a state of sluggishness.

"Look, son, that lantern seems very beautiful." After a long while, he came back to his senses, looking at the enthusiastic back who was pulling him forward, Wei Yan tried his best to pull out his grasped palm as calmly as possible.He casually motioned to the emperor to look at the lanterns on the roadside, trying to take advantage of his distraction to withdraw his palm.

It's a pity that the person holding his palm seems to know his mind very well.He moved slightly, but the other party held it tightly and remained motionless; he exerted a little strength, and the other party squeezed his palm as a warning; His fingers were in a state of □□, and then he was dragged to the lantern he had just signaled.

"So you like this kind of lantern." Emperor Jing saw clearly the lantern that Wei Yan was pointing at just now, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was so constricted.

"Two gentlemen, come and have a look. Take a look. The big lantern has three coins and the small lantern has one penny. If you guys guess the riddle on the hanging lantern, you will give a small lantern." Although the stall owner didn't understand the two Why is the handsome young master interested in the lanterns he put up that are very popular with children, but when the business comes, no one will be stupid enough to push it away, so he hurried forward to greet him warmly.

A few lanterns with lantern riddles written on them were hung in front of the booth. The lantern riddles where they stood were like this: "Walking is also sitting, sitting is also sitting, sleeping is also sitting. Hit an animal."

"Frog." Emperor Jing quickly said the answer.

"Young master is so smart." The stall owner casually said the compliments given to children every time they guessed the answer. After he finished speaking, he realized that something was wrong. He hurriedly took out the prize, a lantern made of a small frog, and handed it over, "You two gentlemen." What else do you need?"

When the lantern was handed over, of course Emperor Jing would not pick it up, and Wei Yan didn't have the nerve to reach out to take it.

"Why don't you pick it up? Do you still want me... huh... I can't take things?"

Then, Wei Yan heard the emperor snort softly, motioning for him to take it, but his expression was half a smile, obviously waiting to see his excitement.

Wei Yan had a vague feeling of shooting himself in the foot with a rock, but now it seems that he is not the only one following him, right?He turned his head and glanced around, only to find that the guards dressed as servants were all in a daze, acting like passers-by, as if we definitely didn't know these two people, and made it clear that they would definitely not come to help him, so he had no choice. I can only accept it obediently.

In the end, of course, Wei Yan was held in one hand and a small frog lantern in the other, and started the tour of the Lantern Festival for the Lantern Festival.

For Wei Yan, the luck of the misfortune is that their sleeves are big enough to cover the clasped palms of the two people underneath, so there should be no danger of being discovered by passers-by. This may be the only place that can comfort him Bar.

Walking along the flow of people, after a while, the group of them had a lot of things in their hands.

The emperor soon carried a small lantern in his hand, which was of course in the shape of a dragon.As for the guards who followed, their hands were naturally filled with all kinds of small things that the emperor was interested in. Counting them carefully, there are two bunches of candied haws, a bag of fried chestnuts in sugar, a big bag of various candied fruits, and a small monkey made of noodles. , a small grass-made dragonfly, a pair of clay dolls, and five or six small lanterns won by the emperor by guessing lantern riddles.

What's rare is that all the guards held these things without changing their faces, and they still maintained a calm and paralyzed demeanor, which made Wei Yan very ashamed and secretly ashamed that his concentration was really not enough.

He only held a lantern of a small frog in his hand, and he was ashamed and uneasy. He hid it quietly under his sleeve when he was walking, and he wished that it could disappear. No matter how the lantern looks normal, it can be ignored.

After shopping for about an hour, Emperor Jing felt a little hungry, and after giving an order, everyone began to find a place to rest and fill their stomachs.

There are huge crowds of people at the Lantern Festival, and the food stalls are also full of people.

Emperor Jing’s excuse for going out of the palace at that time was to have fun with the people. The guards who followed, under the premise of the emperor’s righteousness, surely no one would be full and go to the emperor to ask the emperor to do something like clear the place and disturb the people, so They can only obediently wait in line in front of a certain Lantern Festival stall.

Fortunately, the "boys" in the back are all tall and burly, with a capable and capable face. Although the things in their hands have weakened this perception to some extent, their aura still cannot be underestimated. The two youths in fine clothes, although ordinary people were not kind enough to give them seats, no one dared to join their line after all, and finally got their seats before the emperor's patience ran out.

"Wei Yan, what kind of stuffing do you want? Sweet? Salty?" The waiters at the Lantern Festival stand were too busy at all, they sat down for a long time without coming to say hello, Emperor Jing had no choice but to be a guest waiter and ask Wei Yan what he wanted to order .

"Sweet."

"Sesame? Bean paste?"

Wei Yan pondered and pondered again, still hesitating.

Sesame or red bean paste, that is the question.

"A bowl of sesame seeds. A bowl of bean paste."

While he was pondering, Emperor Jing had already made a decision for him.As for what the "boys" want to eat, I'm sorry, that's obviously the work of the guys, and it's not within the scope of His Majesty's services.

After waiting and waiting, Wei Yan's fingers under the sleeves were touched over and over again, and finally their Lantern Festival came.

"Young master, let me taste it first."

Everything the emperor eats will be tasted beforehand, and there are only him and the emperor sitting at their table, Wei Yancai said.

As a result, the emperor glanced at him, ignored him, picked up the spoon and started eating.

The emperor had already started eating, Wei Yan could only focus on the bowl of Yuanxiao in front of him.

"My lord, I can't eat like this." Wei Yan quickly discovered another problem. He twitched his right hand. Of course, the emperor still didn't move at all, so he could only helplessly beg him to let go.

"You don't only have one hand." Emperor Jing remained unmoved, still firmly holding his hand.

In fact, it is not difficult to eat with the left hand, anyway, with a spoon.Seeing that the emperor insisted on not letting go, Wei Yan could only accept his fate and began to eat the Lantern Festival in front of him.

"This bowl is made of sesame seeds. Come, try it." Unfortunately, the emperor didn't let him go, and after eating for a while, there were new tricks.

Wei Yan looked at the spoon that suddenly appeared in front of him, and at the smiling face of the emperor, he knew very well that refusing would not work at all.He quickly looked around, and everyone in the booth was engrossed in eating hard. People like him looking around are rare.After confirming that no one would pay attention to their corner, Wei Yan immediately moved forward and swallowed the Lantern Festival on the spoon in one gulp.

"You can also taste it like this? Be careful if you choke." Emperor Jing was frightened by his actions, and hurriedly put down the spoon, reaching out to help him smooth his chest.

Unfortunately, the emperor's words were right, and the result of swallowing the jujube was that Wei Yan was really choked, and the two of them were in a hurry for a long time before they recovered.

"Idiot, why panic, no one can see." Unfortunately, Wei Yan was reprimanded by the emperor for nothing.

They sat in a corner, with their backs to the crowd, and his family's "little servants" sat on the two tables behind. If someone hadn't squeezed over to watch the fun, the possibility of being seen was indeed not high. This was Emperor Jing's blatant statement There is a reason why people take the Lantern Festival to tease people in public, but they are not afraid of being bumped into.

"Give me a taste of bean paste." Seeing that Wei Yan was fine, Emperor Jing ordered him again.

Molestation is more lively if there is some interaction, and besides, he really doesn't mind being molested by the person in front of him.