When the Chu army returned from a victory, the people in the royal city were naturally rejoicing. Although it was late at night, the streets were still full of people. The two walked through the alley hand in hand, and saw that the small wonton stall had been moved to the shop. There were too many customers to sit, and there were even a few tables and chairs on the street. The shopkeeper was replaced by a pair of young people, like It was the son and daughter-in-law of the old couple who were carrying a fat baby in and out.
"A bowl of wontons in chicken soup, and a bowl of wontons mixed with sesame sauce." Duan Baiyue pulled Chu Yuan and sat down at a dimly lit table, "A few more side dishes."
"Okay." Housheng agreed and hurriedly brought two cups of tea.
"Is the business okay?" Chu Yuan asked with a smile.
"Okay, it's much better than before." The young man wiped the table swiftly with his hands and feet, "There are more and more merchants in the royal city, and it is very lively even at night. If it were my father who set up the stall in the past few years, where would there still be people? Also, watchmen and walkers will come to fill their stomachs.”
In addition to this wonton shop, there are also people selling pancakes, boiled sweet-scented osmanthus, sweet taro, and fried chestnuts. Every shop is full of people, queuing up to talk and laugh. Once the topic of the war in the South China Sea, the voice will be heard. Putting down a few points, the rest of the people also like to gather around and join in the fun, and they are very fascinated by it.
Duan Baiyue smiled and blew the soup wontons in the cooling spoon and placed them in the small bowl in front of Chu Yuan.
The color looked a little dull, Chu Yuan picked up the chili oil and added three full spoons of it, just now he felt a little taste.
"Why are your tastes getting heavier recently." Duan Baiyue wondered, "Isn't it too spicy?"
Chu Yuan pouted: "I want to eat the food made by Aunt Jin."
"This... Why don't I find a good cook and send it to the imperial kitchen?" Duan Baiyue was embarrassed and couldn't bring his aunt to the palace.
"No need." Chu Yuan lowered his head and continued to eat wontons, not so much for Aunt Jin, but for the Southwest Mansion, for those ten days of worry-free days.
Duan Baiyue guessed what was on his mind, and the corner of his mouth raised slightly.
Before the bowl of wontons was finished, a light rain started pouring down from the sky. Duan Baiyue bought sweet-scented sweet-scented sweet-scented taro next door, holding the bowl in one hand and pulling him in the other, Xiao ran temporarily sheltered under the eaves of a family.
So the sedan chair was already ready, and the guards who were going to pick them up back to the palace had to retreat and continue to guard from a distance.
It was a little windy in the night of late autumn, the steaming sugar taro was soft in the mouth, and the aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus that had been stored for a whole summer, sitting on the steps and eating a bowl of sweetness, watching the rain falling down the eaves and splashing on the ground From one small ripple after another, I didn't feel the slightest chill.
Chu Yuan closed his eyes and leaned comfortably on his shoulder to listen to the wind and the rain.
"What are you thinking?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"I want to get married." Chu Yuan turned to look at him.
Duan Baiyue raised her eyebrows.
"This time is no better than the one in the southwest." Chu Yuan put his hands around his neck, and the lights flashed in his eyes, "I not only want to tell the world, but also the surrounding small countries, plus the Western Ocean, South Ocean and East China Sea, who would If you want to continue to do business with the Great Chu, you are not allowed to lack any of them during the celebration."
Duan Baiyue said: "Can this kind of thing force others?"
"It doesn't matter." Chu Yuan said, "I am the emperor." It was just so unreasonable that he refused to accept the war.
Duan Baiyue shook his head with a smile, and touched his lips: "Little fool."
"What about you?" Chu Yuan said, "What were you thinking just now?"
"I'm thinking about the Southwest Mansion." Duan Baiyue said, "And Master."
"Master will be fine." Chu Yuan held his hand, "Even if the wedding invitations are widely distributed now, the journey to various countries is a long way, and the big wedding will have to wait until a year later. Master will come to drink when he has enough sleep. Wedding wine, by the way, I have a quarrel with Master Taifu, do you believe it?"
Duan Baiyue nodded and clasped his fingers with him: "Go back, you have to go to court tomorrow morning."
"Go and buy a bag of fried chestnuts for Yaoer first." Chu Yuan pulled him to stand up, "He likes to eat these little things."
After the autumn rain just now, there were many fewer people on the street. Chu Yuan asked for a few packets of chestnuts and said, "I have no money, you pay the bill."
When the stall owner heard that he had no money, he thought he was going to eat the Overlord's meal. He raised his head and wanted to make a theory, but he felt that the young man in front of him looked familiar. He looked to the side, it was not the King of Southwest who had been full of portraits these days. With a loud bang, he took the silver in a dizzy manner, not knowing what to say, just looked at the two of them talking and laughing, walking further and further away.
Is this really... the emperor and the prince
It was the second half of the night after returning to the palace. Duan Yao was upright and sleeping with the quilt in his arms. Duan Baiyue put the sugar-fried chestnuts on the table and turned around to leave the courtyard.
The waiter had already prepared hot water for bathing, added a few drops of essential oil, and the room was filled with a faint floral fragrance. Chu Yuan leaned against Duan Baiyue's arms, and was gently pressed and rubbed by his shoulders, his whole body was soft, and he was unwilling to move.
"Are you tired today?" Duan Baiyue asked in his ear.
Chu Yuan bit his lips sideways and said vaguely, "Go to bed."
"Don't want to try in the water?" Duan Baiyue stroked his waist with the palm of his hand, and under the slightly hot water, it felt as smooth as brocade.
Chu Yuan rested his chin on his shoulder, refused to speak, and his back was crimson.
Duan Baiyue tucked his wet hair behind his ears, and the kiss was much slower than before. Chu Yuan opened his eyes with some doubts, but just happened to bump into the other person's eyes with a gentle smile, and the red candles around him danced, reflecting his favorite appearance in this life.
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The water surface swayed from gentle to violent, Chu Yuan panted heavily on his shoulder, like a stranded and dried-up fish. Countless crystal water droplets splashed and fell, soaking the soft blanket around the tub more and more wet, the fragrance of flowers mixed with ambiguous breath, Duan Baiyue held his waist and pressed him hard, wanton and affectionate.
The corners of Chu Yuan's eyes glowed with water, and he was confused. He only knew how to cry and hug his sturdy back, and there was a hot and humid feeling in his ears, and he couldn't tell whether it was a kiss or a love story.
Outside the hall, a circle of waiters shivered and looked at each other, not knowing whether to avoid or continue to serve. Before entering the palace, I learned the rules, but it was the emperor's concubine.
Duan Baiyue pulled the blanket on one side, wrapped the person out of the cold water, and gently placed it on the soft couch on the side.
The waiter hurriedly brought new bath water, Duan Baiyue twisted the hot towel, and gently lifted the blanket covering him. Chu Yuan closed his eyes and turned his head, his eyelashes trembling like butterfly wings.
Duan Baiyue smiled, carefully dried his body, put on the ointment, and then hugged him back to the dragon bed.
It was raining again outside the window, Chu Yuan huddled against his chest and slept warmly and comfortably.
In the early morning of the next day, Si Xi had almost recovered, and came to serve him early in the morning. The rest of the servants were relieved and hurriedly reported the events of last night to the Grand Duke.
Four Xi confirmed it again: "The second half of the night?"
"Not only in the middle of the night, but it's almost dawn." The chamberlain lowered his voice.
Even if it is too early to go up again. Sixi lightly entered the dormitory, opened the curtain and glanced, but saw that Chu Yuan had already woken up, and Duan Baiyue was changing his clothes, so he panicked and hurried in to help.
"Have the high fever subsided?" Chu Yuan waved at him.
"Go back to the emperor, the medicine of the ninth highness is good, it is no longer a problem." Si Xi replied.
"That doesn't work either, go back and go to sleep." Chu Yuan said, "Come back in ten days."
"This..." Sixi was embarrassed, looking at the new servants outside, they didn't seem to be able to serve well, otherwise the emperor would not wake up and wouldn't know.
Duan Baiyue stepped forward to help him walk out, winked by the way, and squeezed out the words from the gap between his teeth: "Give this king a chance, eh?"
Father Sixi was embarrassed: "I'm afraid it's inappropriate to let the prince serve the emperor all the time."
"Wear clothes for your daughter-in-law, it's not called serving, it's called being informed and knowledgeable." Duan Baiyue went out all the way, forced him to the guard, and waved his hand with a smile, "Father-in-law, let's go back and rest."
Seeing that the eldest duke, who was finally looking forward to his return, was helped into the sedan chair and carried out the door, the circle of little servants wanted to cry loudly - don't go!
Duan Baiyue turned around and returned to the dormitory. Chu Yuan had already changed into his dragon robe and was yawning lazily.
Duan Baiyue stepped forward and kissed him on the lips: "Are you awake?"
Chu Yuan planted his head on his chest: "It's even more sleepy."
Duan Baiyue laughed: "I asked you to sleep for a while, but I refused."
Chu Yuan closed his eyes and squinted for a while, until the servants whispered outside, saying that Long Ran was ready, and then went out the door hand in hand.
Duan Baiyue found a place to level the roof opposite the Golden Hall, laying down while blowing the wind, while waiting for him to go to the morning. Unexpectedly, it didn't take long before a waiter brought soft chairs and fruits and set up a place to rest in the courtyard.
The servant smiled and said, "Your Highness, please."
Duan Baiyue said: "The roof is pretty good."
The waiter insisted: "The roof is too rough."
Looking at the fragrant big soft chair, Duan Baiyue showed hesitation, and really didn't have the courage to lie down.
The maid knelt down and burst into tears: "Your Highness!"
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Duan Yao Meimei woke up, and Meizizi came to his brother eating sugar-fried chestnuts, but when she pushed the door, she was shocked.
Duan Baiyue held a handful of melon seeds in his hand and looked at him calmly.
Duan Yao: "..."
Duan Yao said, "As long as you are happy."
Duan Baiyue's head buzzed, and she raised a palm, and patted her brother out.
The calf trembled in the surrounding area. After all, no one had served such a violent... Queen? Lord? No experience.
Very frightened.
When Chu Yuan just came back the day before yesterday, the backlog of government affairs in the DPRK had already been dealt with, so in the early DPRK, only a few officials appeared, and the rest carefully paid attention to the expressions of the emperor and the grand master, and when they heard " With the word "Sanchao", fleeing seems to be retiring, there are timid officials, and even their backs are soaked in cold sweat.
"How?" In the dining room, Duan Baiyue handed over a bowl of white porridge.
"Master Taifu? I didn't say anything. I guess I have to wait for me to go to the imperial study." Chu Yuan wiped his mouth for him. "What about you? Where did you go to sleep late?"
"It's really not this time." Duan Baiyue said in distress, "A circle of servants followed me, not allowed to lie on the roof, and built a big chair in the yard, crying and asking me to go to sleep."
Chu Yuan: "..."
"I thought it was you who bullied me again." Duan Baiyue tapped his nose with the end of his chopsticks, "Don't know?"
Chu Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I was negligent. It's only been two days since I came back. I'm afraid that the people in the palace don't know how to serve you. No one can ask Sixi to be in bed when she is sick, so she can only run around diligently."
Duan Baiyue said from the bottom of his heart: "It's scary."
"Just like you, you still boast that you want to sleep on a peacock feather blanket." Chu Yuan patted him on the side with a sympathetic tone.
Duan Baiyue moved her side face closer.
Chu Yuan pinched his chin and turned it straight, and stuffed a small bun: "Don't make trouble."
The breakfast was just finished, and sure enough, someone came to pass on the news, saying that Master Taifu was already in the imperial study. Duan Baiyue sighed: "Yes, I can't escape."
"I didn't think about hiding." Chu Yuan said, "I had some concerns in the early years, because the border was not yet fully established, and I couldn't be arrogant and arrogant. But now that the military power is in the hands of the world, the people who have been placed in by the Tao family over the years, It has long since become my person, and this journey is not so much wanting to hide, but worrying."
Duan Baiyue said: "Worried?"
"Taifu is my mentor, just like the master treats you." Chu Yuan smiled, "This court has a tendency to pull gangs, although I and Taifu sometimes suspected each other, but after so many years, he finally It is wholeheartedly advising me. Without his power, when I first ascended the throne, Da Chu would have been in chaos for at least two more years."
Duan Baiyue raised her eyebrows: "So powerful?"
"Everything is settled now, and the grand master is old." Chu Yuan held his hands, "I can naturally send him an imperial decree to send him back to his hometown to spend his old age in peace. But if possible, I would prefer to let him go. Taifu will stay in the court and at least drink a glass of your wedding wine before leaving."
Duan Baiyue asked, "Do you want me to help you?"
"It's fine if you don't get mad at him twice." Chu Yuan said, "Let's go, go to the imperial study."
"Don't worry too much." Duan Baiyue said while walking with him, "Besides your and my marriage, Taifu should have another matter for you."
"By the way, you mentioned it yesterday." Chu Yuan said, "What is it?"
Duan Baiyue replied: "Balun Luo."
Chu Yuan's eyes were a little puzzled.
"It's a ghost ship that appeared in the South China Sea." Duan Baiyue focused on the matter and said, "Have you heard of it?"
Chu Yuan hesitated and shook his head.
"Let's listen to what Taifu has to say first." Duan Baiyue said, "It's not too late to make a decision."
Wen Liunian also came with Tao Rende, holding a thick stack of books in his hands, all of which were records about Bharat.
"Monster from the Western Regions, ghost ship from the South Ocean?" Chu Yuan turned over hastily.
"Yes." Wen Liunian said, "We have checked a lot of information, but most of them are based on folk rumors, and since the sect has disappeared for many years, even the leader of Shen alliance has little knowledge of it."
"Lord Taifu, what do you think?" Chu Yuan asked.
"This matter should not be careless." Tao Rende said, "Even if the other party will not land temporarily, but there are many islands in the South China Sea, I am afraid that this group of demon monks will be secretly growing their power, just like the previous group of rebels, sooner or later they will pose a threat to Da Chu. ."
"What Taifu said is very true." Chu Yuan said: "It's just that the Nanyang Sea is vast, and that Senior Tu can't tell where he saw Bo Lunlu, so it's a little tricky to deal with."
"It's better for the emperor to send a few teams first, disguised as a long voyage caravan, to keep an eye on it along the way." Wen Liunian said, "If that mother-in-law is serious, she will definitely show up again."
Chu Yuan nodded: "When Qianfan returns tomorrow, let him come to see me."
Wen Liunian took the order, bowed out of the imperial study, and saw Duan Baiyue standing opposite, so he said: "The emperor just finished talking about Bo Lunlu, and Master Taifu is still inside."
Duan Baiyue said: "Thank you sir."
"My lord, why don't you go next door to have a cup of tea and sit and wait." Wen Liunian lowered his voice, "According to the emperor's temperament, this conversation won't take long, so don't worry."
The waiter brought in the fragrant tea, and Chu Yuan smiled and said, "Try it, it's the Wuyi tea that Master Taifu likes, and I specially asked for it from Wen Aiqing."
Tao Rende knelt down and said, "I implore the emperor to approve the old minister and return to his hometown."
Chu Yuan shook his head: "Master Taifu, why is this necessary?"
"Old minister is ashamed of what the late emperor entrusted to him." Tao Rende, with tears streaming down his face, kowtowed to the ground with his head.
"Don't try to persuade me?" Chu Yuan put down the teacup in his hand.
Tao Rende said sullenly, "The emperor will not listen."
Chu Yuan stepped down from the dragon chair and sat cross-legged opposite him as he did when he was a child. He instructed the servant to bring in some cushions and sit down with Tao Rende.
"The first time I saw Taifu when I was a child was in this imperial study." Chu Yuan smiled, "It's more than 20 years in a blink of an eye."
Tao Rende was silent.
"Do I have to marry a woman I don't love?" Chu Yuan rested his chin on his knee and tilted his head to look at him.
"The emperor has made up his mind, so why bother to ask the old minister." Tao Rende sighed.
"Xiaoman is Chu Xiang's son." Chu Yuan handed him a cup of tea, "Just after the full moon, he was taken by Jinniang to escape from the Emerald and Burmese country, and by chance, he happened to be taken in by the Southwest House."
Tao Rende took the teacup: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
"The people of the Southwest Mansion have never coveted the throne." Chu Yuan leaned against the wall, more like muttering to himself, "From the throne of the prince to the throne, this journey is not easy for me, but no matter how difficult it is, it is better than But he. In order not to make others suspicious, he has carried the innocent infamy of the wolf's ambition for many years, and stepped on the blood of the knife many times, just to seek favor in front of the father and emperor for me. Among those achievements praised by the grand master, at least Half of it was done by him, but apart from me, who would know."
Tao Rende was silent.
"And the time of Cracked Mountain, I thought he could easily take Chu Jiang's life, but I didn't know that he was concentrating on practicing at that time and shouldn't have left the customs." Chu Yuan's eyes were red, "It's just because I was very unreasonable. Xin, he went crazy and suffered from poison for ten years, and then he couldn't stand it any longer, so he hid in an ice room and wanted me to forget him."
Tao Rende sighed in his heart.
"If you can forget, why wait for so many years." Chu Yuan smiled bitterly. "The battle of the South China Sea was hard. He was injured and fell into the sea. How many times his life was hanging by a thread, but fortunately everything has passed, isn't it?"
Tao Rende stood up tremblingly.
Chu Yuan said: "There are only two people who I want to invite to the wedding banquet in Wangcheng. One is Senior Nan Moxie. In order to save me, he is still in a coma and his life and death are still unknown. There is another person, Master Taifu."
Tao Rende bowed and said, "I also ask the emperor to agree."
Chu Yuan looked at him: "Master Taifu still refuses to stay in the court?"
Tao Rende said: "Yes."
"It doesn't matter." Chu Yuan sighed, "I will make an order tomorrow to send someone to send my mentor back to his hometown."
Tao Rende said: "After resigning from office, the old minister still wants to live in Wangcheng for a few more years and bring his grandson."
Chu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tao Rende saluted and wiped his tears as he exited the door, but he didn't stop.
After a while, Duan Baiyue pushed the door and came in: "How's it going?"
Chu Yuan hugged him and buried his face in his chest.
"Crying?" Duan Baiyue patted him on the back.
"Master Taifu has resigned." Chu Yuan muttered.
Duan Baiyue paused and comforted softly: "It's not bad to go back to my hometown to raise birds and farm the land for a long time."
"Actually, it was expected." Chu Yuan raised his head, "My father entrusted me to Master Taifu when he was dying, but now I insist on marrying you. Since I was entrusted by my father, I can only hang up. Only by resigning from office can we reluctantly end this matter."
"I don't feel well?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"It doesn't count." Chu Yuan said, "Taifu promised to stay in Wangcheng and come to drink your wedding wine."
"It's not very good." Duan Baiyue held his hand. "The matter is resolved, go back and rest for a while? I didn't sleep much last night, and I woke up before dawn this morning."
"Why don't you ask me about Po Lunluo?" Chu Yuan said.
"I was waiting for you outside just now, and I happened to meet Lord Wen." Duan Baiyue said, "Want to hand this over to General Shen?"
"Not necessarily, but at least ask him what he thinks." Chu Yuan said, "Qianfeng wrote a letter to ask the ghost doctor, and the other side of the East China Sea. I will send a secret letter later to see the seniors first. Do you know about this group of Po Lun Luo?"
"Senior Yun?" Duan Baiyue nodded, "That's right, Chaoya can't give it for nothing."
"It's just a bunch of demon monks, it's not enough to be afraid of." Chu Yuan said, "Let's go, don't mention this, go back to sleep."
"I carry you?" Duan Baiyue asked.
Chu Yuan lay on his back leisurely, too lazy to be assertive.
The waiter outside and inside had already prepared the sedan chair, but he didn't expect the prince to come out with the emperor on his back, so he hurriedly lifted the empty sedan chair, followed them far behind, and only waited for the summons to come forward to serve.
Tao Rende's resignation was widely known in a short time. In the afternoon, Liu Dajiong came to the door with two jars of old yellow wine, forcibly woke him up from the bed, and insisted on having a drink in the garden.
"What kind of crazy are you doing?" Tao Rende was exhausted.
Liu Dajiong sighed: "If you leave, who else in the DPRK can invite me to eat fire?"
Tao Rende blew his beard: "You sighing, are you regretting this?"
"Ah, otherwise." Liu Dajiong put down the wine glass, "From now on, you will grow flowers at home and raise your grandson to enjoy the happiness, and leave me alone in the court to do my best, and I haven't eaten yet." Who is more pitiful is clear at a glance, and the listeners shed tears.
Tao Rende drank silently and didn't want to talk to this person again.
In the early morning of the second day, the civil and military officials looked at the position of Taifu that was suddenly vacated at the front, and they were all sighed, but they also understood a little bit more.
Few of them are fools who can mix well in the DPRK. Since the situation is already like this, what is there to fight for? It's better to be a mute gourd and just wait for the wedding next year. Fortunately, there are also candidates for the crown prince. Although he is the son of Chu Xiang, he grew up in the Southwest Mansion since he was a child. It is said that his character is quite Zhou Zheng. Even Lord Wen is complimenting.
Three days later, hundreds of invitations were rushed and sent to all parts of the country and all the dependent countries around the clock. The wedding date was set in August of the following year, which is the best time of the year.
In the late autumn and early winter, the mountains outside the city were soaked in layers of frost and leaves. Duan Baiyue found a large flat rock and asked Chu Yuan to sit and rest—they rarely had time today. , even with a relaxed mood.
"Do you want to eat?" Duan Baiyue handed him a handful of pea-sized red berries, "sour."
Chu Yuan had already stretched out his hand, but after hearing it, he turned back: "Don't be sour."
"This kind of small fruit is only interesting when it is sour." Duan Baiyue threw it into his mouth, "It's just fun to eat. When I was a child, my master often used this to deceive Yaoer."
"Is there one in the southwest too?" Chu Yuan took one from his hand and licked it open with the tip of his tongue. It was really sour and astringent.
"This kind of small fruit can climb vines, no matter where it is, as long as there is a piece of land, it can grow." Duan Baiyue said, "It can also be dried to make snacks."
"Is there a letter from the Southwest Mansion?" Chu Yuan asked.
"Well, the master is still the same." Duan Baiyue took him into his arms, "but you will wake up one day, don't worry."
Because of the medicine of the ghost doctor, this time, instead of burying people in the graves, they have been placed in the back mountain ice room, and soldiers are sent to guard the entrance of the cave, hoping that one day they will be like before. Messy hair rushed out screaming hungry.
With a loved one by his side, time always flies by quickly. It seems that not long after returning to the royal city, the snowy moon has arrived.
Shen Qianfeng and Ye Jin left and returned to the Sun Moon Villa last month, and Duan Yao slipped out of the royal city because of boredom, and did not know where to go to enjoy the mountains and waters. Master Wen's parents and eldest brother brought their family with them. They came to Wangcheng for Chinese New Year happily. They brought a lot of food unique to Jiangnan and gave them to the palace. A huge smoked pig's head was placed on the top of the gift box. Wearing fruit trees, with red ribbons tied to his ears, Duan Baiyue looked strange and walked around for a long time.
The servant naturally wanted to report the matter to the emperor, Chu Yuan said in surprise: "You want to eat so much?"
"It's not." The waiter said firmly, "The lord surrounded the pig's head, and when I saw it, there was a cup of tea."
So that night, Duan Baiyue ate cold pork ears, fried pork skin with peppers, sliced arched mouth, and hot yellow throat and meat slices in the hot pot.
"Eat more." Chu Yuan thoughtfully served him the dishes, and by the way, he reflected in his heart whether he had been eating too much vegetarian food with him recently, making people hungry.
Duan Baiyue didn't know what to do, and he was quite happy to eat.
So Chu Yuan looked at him with more gentle eyes. After returning from the imperial study in the evening, he asked the imperial kitchen to make a pot of pork ribs soup.
The eunuchs and maids in the whole palace are envious, and the emperor and the prince are really in love.
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Duan Baiyue went to the street to buy some rare things for Chu Yuan. She wanted to please her during the Chinese New Year. As a result, she didn't pay attention, and a person rushed across the street with open arms and a smile on her face.
The people around were gasping for air, dumbfounded, it was amazing, there are people who are so bold and want to be frivolous.
"Brother Duan!" Sikong Rui reunited after a long absence, tears welling up in his eyes.
Duan Baiyue dodged calmly.
Sikong Rui landed on the jewelry stand.
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After compensating for the loss of the stall owner, Sikong Rui dragged Duan Baiyue and extorted a meal of abalone and sea cucumber in Shanhaiju. Only then did he bring Xiuxiu and his son into the palace with satisfaction.
Chu Yuan smiled and said, "With Sikong Shaoxia's family, the New Year will be lively."
Four Xi hurriedly sent someone to clean up a side hall, and when you climbed up, you could see the king's city, and the view was excellent.
Si Kongrui sighed with emotion that the two of them were friends and friends.
Xiaoman was not in the palace. A few months ago, he secretly went to Nanyang with the army to track down the whereabouts of Bharat. I was afraid that he would not be able to return until next summer.
On New Year's Eve, Chu Yuan banished his officials and returned to the bedroom with a little drunkenness. Under the layers of gauze curtains, a pair of misty eyes shone with mist.
"Are you comfortable?" Duan Baiyue kissed wetly all the way.
Chu Yuan slid his index finger across his profile and said in a hoarse voice, "I won't tell you."
Duan Baiyue raised her eyebrows, held his hand and pressed it heavily on the side of the pillow, galloping recklessly on the young body, until she was forced to scream and beg for mercy, and then she slowed down.
In the outer circle, the inner servant held his hands, his eyes looked at his nose, his nose looked at his heart, and he was extremely calm.
Get used to it, get used to it.
In Xiaoye Temple, Miaoxin was knocking on the wooden fish and chanting sutras, but the sound of wind came from behind.
Miaoxin frowned slightly, without saying a word or looking back.
"The emperor of Da Chu is getting married." The other party's voice was old, "with a man."
Miao Xin shook her head: "You shouldn't be here."
"Don't you want to stop it?" The man in black said, "Before the big wedding, there is still time to change everything. If not, how do you think future generations will evaluate this emperor?"
Miaoxin clenched the rosary secretly, her voice calm: "The emperor has made up his mind, what can a poor monk do when he becomes a monk."
"Since you can't change your mind, why not just..." The man in black supported his shoulders, bent over to his ear, and murmured as if bewitching, "Kill him!"
A flash of light suddenly flashed in Miao Xin's eyes, mixed with pain and struggle.
"Kill him and stop this big marriage." The man in black suddenly clenched his shoulders, his nails were almost embedded in flesh and blood, "Forget the clay statue in front of you, the emperor in the royal city is the only one in your heart. The god who wants to worship, no one can tarnish his prestige, no one."
Scenes from the warship came into my mind one after another, Miaoxin's face was distorted in pain, she raised her hand and slapped the man in black on the chest, pushing him out of the window.
The rosary in his hand broke without warning, the Bodhi seed rolled around, Miaoxin fell to the ground, her eyes were red, and she almost crushed her fist.
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On the first day of the new year, the emperor will lead civil and military officials to sacrifice to the heaven.
On the second day of the new year, envoys from various countries are to be entertained.
On the third day of the new year, the little prince of the Mobei tribe ate too much sugar and jujube, and cried out in pain, so Chu Yuan had to visit early in the morning.
The fourth day of the new year…
The fifth day of the new year…
It wasn't until the Lantern Festival that Chu Yuan finally had a free day. Duan Baiyue said, "Want to go out and see? Today on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Wangcheng should be quite lively."
"It's quite lively, guessing the lantern riddles and enjoying the lanterns, but if you and I leave the palace this time, I'm afraid I'll be watched all the way." Chu Yuan patted his chest.
Duan Baiyue regretted: "Yes.
"Come." Chu Yuan dragged his hand and walked all the way to the Imperial Garden.
"It's so cold, what are you going to do?" Duan Baiyue was puzzled.
"You'll know when you go." Chu Yuan didn't allow him to talk much, and walked through the nine-curved corridor, but there was a bright light in front of him. Countless lanterns are hung on the treetops, like stars falling, endless. The candles flickered and danced, dyeing a piece of orange through the tissue paper.
"You did it?" Duan Baiyue was surprised.
"It's for you." Chu Yuan held him, stood under the biggest lantern, and said with a smile, "Although it's not as lively as the outside world, the lanterns are the same, and no one bothers you. Do you want to eat Yuanxiao? The imperial kitchen is today. I deliberately bought Zhi outside... um."
Duan Baiyue dragged the back of his head with one hand and kissed him as tenderly as possible.
The maid hurriedly turned around and crept back a distance, so as not to disturb the emperor and the prince.
"Don't bother to prepare next time." Duan Baiyue rubbed his thumb against the corner of his lips, "I just said casually, I'm not a seven or eight-year-old baby, I have to watch this kind of excitement, I just want to have a relationship with You just go out and relax."
"Not only lanterns, but others." Chu Yuan said.
"Also?" Duan Baiyue asked with a smile.
Suddenly a firework burst into the sky, like a golden waterfall hanging on the dome, illuminating the imperial garden for a moment. When the people in the royal city saw it, the cheers grew louder. The little doll laughed and clapped. Every time they saw the fireworks rise, they jumped up and raised their hands, as if trying to hold that beautiful moment.
"All for me?" Duan Baiyue asked.
Chu Yuan hugged him and shook: "Do you like it?"
"Recently, you are so busy that you can't even bother to eat, and you still have the heart to prepare this." Duan Baiyue nodded his nose, "No wonder Sixi is also babbling along."
"Let's talk about whether you like it or not!" Chu Yuan grabbed his ear.
"Why don't you like what you gave me." Duan Baiyue said, "It's a pity that I can't hide it, and I have to share it with the people of the whole king city."
"Be bold." Chu Yuan patted him on the chest, "After all, you are the queen." To watch fireworks, you have to keep it private, and it is difficult to write history books.
Duan Baiyue shook his hand and stuffed a small cloth bag: "I have come and gone, I'll give it to you."
"What is it?" Chu Yuan asked.
"Open it and take a look." Duan Baiyue pulled him to sit on the fence.
"Sugar?" Chu Yuan poured out the contents, "Where did it come from?"
"I made it myself in the imperial kitchen." Duan Baiyue said, "I used the pine nuts you like and the honey from Mrs. Wen."
Chu Yuan chewed a small piece, and the mouth was fragrant.
"How?" Duan Baiyue looked at him.
Chu Yuan wrapped his arms around his neck: "It's delicious."
Duan Baiyue said: "That's called Xianggong."
Chu Yuan refused: "No."
Duan Baiyue was dissatisfied: "I was willing to call before, and I called many times." Why suddenly refused.
Chu Yuan said: "Because every time you listen to it, you feel like crazy."
Duan Baiyue felt chest tightness when she heard the words.
What is insane.
It is clear that the love is deep, and it is difficult to restrain oneself.
Chu Yuan said casually: "Master."
Duan Baiyue sat upright, not crazy.
no response? Chu Yuan pouted: "I won't call you next time."
Duan Baiyue: "..."
So the sedan chair prepared by the maid this night was not used again, because the prince was too lazy to walk this time, so he directly hugged the emperor and flew over the eaves and walked back to the bedroom, as fast as lightning, exactly like the legendary hero in the mouth of the storyteller.
Very thrilling.