The next day before dawn, Chu Yuan pinched Duan Baiyue's nose and said, "Get up."
Duan Baiyue closed his eyes and sighed: "I can't sleep late without a blanket with peacock feathers."
"Well." Chu Yuan lay on his chest, "No way, accept your fate."
Duan Baiyue stroked his back with one hand: "Do you really have to get up so early?"
"It's okay to drag it for a while." Chu Yuan bit his lower lip and asked for a short and lingering kiss, "Today's celebration process is complicated, if you don't want to remember it, just follow me, do you know?"
"It's like I've never participated in such a ceremony." Duan Baiyue hugged the person and changed his posture, rubbing his cheek with the back of his hand.
"Before you were the prince, you could just sit down, but this time is different." Chu Yuan stuck his hands around his neck, "If something goes wrong, go to Leng Palace to embroider half-year flowers."
Duan Baiyue said sincerely: "Actually, I can continue to sit down." Or simply go out for a walk in the city and come back after dark.
"That won't work, you can't do it in vain." Chu Yuan threatened, "Well, if you think about running around all day and night, I will assign 16 maids tomorrow to teach you the rules at Jinxiu Palace."
Duan Baiyue said: "I suddenly feel a little dizzy."
If you feel dizzy, you need to go too. If you can't walk, lift it up. Chu Yuan couldn't help but say that, he pushed the person up from the bed abruptly, and when the servant heard the movement, he hurriedly filed in to wait for the two of them to wash up, and then ordered breakfast. Chu Yuan's side is a porridge side dish with silver silk rolls, and Duan Baiyue's side has a huge bowl of bird's nest porridge in addition to these.
…
The inner servant's eyes showed envy, the emperor was really kind to the prince, and he nourished him early in the morning.
After the two of them finished their breakfast, it was already bright outside. Remembering that there were still a few papers to read yesterday, Chu Yuan took the time to go to the imperial study room. Duan Baiyue went to the small courtyard not far away by herself, and the guards of the Southwest Mansion guarding the door hurriedly saluted, saying that the little prince will not wait until dawn. I just came back, just after a short break.
"Then let him continue to sleep." Duan Baiyue changed his mind, "Come back to this king when you wake up."
The guard agreed, but Duan Yao had already heard the voice, yawning and sticking her head out of the window: "Brother."
"Go to Tao Mansion?" Duan Baiyue pushed the door and walked into the house.
"Yeah." Duan Yao got out of bed barefoot and poured a cup of overnight tea on the table, trying to wake herself up, "but I didn't talk about you and my sister-in-law for a long time."
"What are you talking about?" Duan Baiyue was puzzled.
"Did you know about the ghost ship that appeared in the South China Sea, Bo Lun Luo?" Duan Yao asked.
Duan Baiyue frowned.
"It was the first time I heard about it last night." Duan Yao said, "When Senior Tu Bujie got lost in the South China Sea, he saw a bright red boat with many monks on it. According to Lord Wen, they were demon monks."
Duan Baiyue's head hurt when she heard it: "A monk again?"
"This time it's not an ordinary monk, it's a demon monk." Duan Yao emphasized, "And it seems to be quite serious, at least when the master Taifu heard about this yesterday, he didn't even bother to persuade the emperor, and went back to the manor overnight to talk to Lord Wen. I read a lot of books together."
"What's the result?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"Balunluo was originally a cult in the Western Regions. More than a hundred years ago, people of the righteous way joined forces with the imperial court to expel them from the country. It is said that they went to Nanyang." Duan Yao said. The original has disappeared for a long time, but I don't know why it reappears."
"Master Tao is worried that this group of demon monks will come back?" Duan Baiyue touched his chin.
"Yeah." Duan Yao nodded, "Nanyang finally stopped, but there is such a stubble, not only Master Taifu, Master Ye Gu and Master Wen are also a little worried, and feel that Bo Lunlu should not reappear for no reason. There has to be a purpose, and I’m afraid that their purpose is Da Chu.”
"What did the ghost ship do when floating at sea?" Duan Baiyue asked again.
Duan Yao shook his head: "Senior Tu Bujie only glanced at the deserted island from a distance, but didn't see it clearly."
Duan Baiyue continued: "When does Master Tao plan to bring this matter to the emperor?"
"Tomorrow." Duan Yao said, "Today's ceremony, it would be too disappointing to mention this, and I am not in a hurry for this day or two."
"Alright." Duan Baiyue said, "It's hard work, then go to sleep."
"You also go back to the dorm earlier." Duan Yao got back into the bed, and told his brother, "Change clothes." Since he wanted to celebrate the victory of the Chu army, not to mention wearing red and colorful, he could always replace this white one, too widowed. Light, not at all graceful and luxurious - it is written like this in the history books, after all, the prince and the queen are still different.
Duan Baiyue knocked on his head, turned back to his residence and wanted a cup of tea, but Sixi had already prepared a new dress, saying that it was the style chosen by the emperor himself. A purple brocade auspicious cloud dragon pattern belt is a good fabric that only produced a batch of three years in the south of the Yangtze River.
"If the lord doesn't like it, there are other things." Sixi smiled brightly, "The time is too fast, and I only have time to do six bodies."
Duan Baiyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she really planned to keep herself in the harem.
"Your Highness will change clothes first, and will bring the soup later." Sixi continued, "Peach gum stewed snow fungus, yam simmered spareribs, as well as Cordyceps pigeon cup, red jujube lotus seed soup, all the same."
Duan Baiyue's scalp was numb when she heard it, and she changed clothes and fled as if she had left the hall, for fear that she would really be pulled to feed Dabu Tang.
In the imperial study, Chu Yuan finished handling the government affairs, and before he had time to drink a cup of tea, a servant outside shouted, "The King of Southwest China is here."
Duan Baiyue pushed the door into the house, Chu Yuan stretched out his hand lazily: "Come here."
The waiter knew the look very well, and hurriedly closed the door for the two of them.
"You knew that you were bullying me." Duan Baiyue grabbed his cheek, leaned in and kissed him fiercely, "What are you bullying?" Chu Yuan said innocently, "It's probably wrong to provide you with brocade clothes and jade food." Such willfulness It is unruly, if the historian knows, it is estimated that three pages of guilt are not enough.
Duan Baiyue held the person on his lap and pinched him on the waist.
"I like to see you wearing snow satin." Chu Yuan put his hands around his shoulders, "Also, those soups are not nonsense, they are really stewed for you. You have to take good care of yourself."
"Either together in the future." Duan Baiyue said, "Otherwise, you will be left alone in the hall, changing clothes, incense, stewing soup and desserts, surrounded by gauze curtains flying around, and a circle of waiters standing with smiles all over their faces and not speaking. Some… scary."
Chu Yuan leaned on his shoulder and smirked for a while: "Oh." Promise.
"When will the celebration start?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"It's time to set off." Chu Yuan took his hand and stood up, "By the way, you just went to find Yao'er, what did Master Taifu say last night?"
"About you and me, I was distracted without saying much." Duan Baiyue adjusted his clothes for him. "To celebrate the victory today, you should be happy. It's not too late to talk about anything tomorrow."
"Also." Chu Yuan nodded and walked out with him. Luan Jia was already ready. This time, he didn't need to sit in the fragrant soft sedan anymore.
In front of the Zhengde Hall, a hundred civil and military officials held jade wattles, separated on both sides according to their grades, and another three thousand soldiers of Chu lined up neatly, with iron shields and cold arrows and silver armored spears. Boundless flags and flags are hunting in the wind - in addition to the bright yellow Jiulong flag of the Chu army, there is also the black tiger battle flag of the Southwest Prefecture.
Duan Baiyue got off the horse, lifted the curtain of Luan's car for Chu Yuan, and said in a low voice, "It's here."
The officials present lowered their heads more and more cautiously. Although they could not see anything on their faces, they also had their own thoughts. According to this posture, the emperor is afraid that he is determined this time, but Emperor Jin, the most deviant and apostate in the history books, is nothing more than raising dozens of male concubines in the palace for fun, and there has never been a monarch who does not stand up Not accepting a concubine, but wanting to be with the frontier king, what kind of formality is this.
Chu Yuan naturally knew what the people present were thinking at this moment, but he didn't want to pay attention to it. Only climb the long steps side by side with Duan Baiyue, and go higher and higher. The morning light penetrated the sky in an instant, dyeing the golden hall more dazzling and brilliant, and the white fog that had condensed the whole night has now dissipated a lot. Looking from a distance, you can vaguely see the outline of the entire royal city, and countless delicate buildings undulating. Scattered, there is a faint sound of bells in the Huguo Temple, and a white jade belt river winds through the west side, endlessly flowing out of the city, and finally merges into the rolling mountains, majestic and picturesque.
"See the emperor!" The ministers knelt down and saluted.
Chu Yuan smiled: "Zhong Aiqing is flat."
Xue Huaiyue rode his horse and rushed out of the formation, and with the sound of thunder and thunder drums, the formations of the soldiers of the Great Chu changed and lined up in sequence. These 3,000 Xuanyi Guards were the most bloody troop of the Chu army, they had great military exploits, and they had also suffered many scars. The sea of clouds in the sky was churning, and the wind was bleak in the ears. Xue Huaiyue gave an order, and thousands of soldiers knelt on one knee at the same time, shouting loudly: "Long live my emperor!"
Ye Jin was standing on a high tower and was looking at the long steps of the hall from a distance, and his mood was very complicated, because he suddenly discovered that after he was used to seeing Duan Baiyue, if one day his brother was really replaced by a woman , No matter what type it is, it seems to be more pleasing to the eye than this bald head.
…
to die.
Ye Guzhu thought heavily.
He must have fallen for evil.
To take medicine.
As Chu Yuan said, the process of this ceremony was indeed extremely cumbersome. Ye Jin yawned and left the palace not long after, planning to go to the Sun Moon Villa's business to hide and relax. Duan Yao even woke up and fell asleep. He didn't get up until it was dark, but when he heard the guard say that the prince was still at the banquet, his heart was filled with sympathy.
It turns out that being a queen is still physical work.
After another two hours, the palace finally quieted down. Chu Yuan was so hungry that he snatched peanuts from Duan Baiyue to eat.
"Who can believe it." Duan Baiyue sighed, "There's still a whole day of banquets here."
"Wen Aiqing has been eating." Chu Yuan said, "but I can't do it. If you were greedy at a banquet when you were a child, you would be punished by your mother to kneel when you go back."
"It's all breaking the rules." Duan Baiyue pulled him to sit down, "What do you want to eat, I'll tell the imperial kitchen to do it."
"Send the guards to go out and buy a few bowls of wontons and come back." Chu Yuan said, "The one we went to eat earlier."
"There are many wonton stalls on this street, and the guards are afraid they can't find which one, so I will go there myself." Duan Baiyue said, "Wait for me for a moment."
"You're going?" Chu Yuan shook his head, "I'm not too tired. Forget it, let the imperial kitchen cook the noodles."
"What's so tiring to buy a bowl of wontons." Duan Baiyue laughed, "Wait for me, come back in half an hour."
Chu Yuan thought for a while: "Then I'll go with you."
"Just now I'm still talking about back pain." Duan Baiyue was helpless.
"The back pain is caused by sitting. It's good to go out for a walk." Chu Yuan took his hand, "Just right, let's go out together to breathe."