Just as Luo Qingqing said, the prince first stated the achievements of the court this year to the crowd outside the palace, and rarely mentioned evil spirits.
Thanks to the amplified notes, his voice can be heard clearly even from hundreds of meters away.
"Don't you think it's ridiculous?" Gan sneered, "Gaoguo fought all the way from Leizhou to Suzhou, and there were also rumors of armies from other countries appearing in Youzhou, but His Highness the Crown Prince never mentioned this and pretended to be in peace and prosperity. . If there are traces of enemy troops near Gyeonggi, I wonder if the prince can stand safely on the high wall of the palace."
"Gao Guojun has entered Suzhou?" Xia Fan said unexpectedly.
"It's normal that you don't know. After all, the east-west roads are blocked by the Daqi garrison, and what they intercept is the border news. If the Privy Council hadn't mobilized in full force, I guess Youzhou would be gone."
This is an unexpected piece of information.
But is Gao Guo so tyrannical
According to the princess, the two countries have always had occasional frictions on the border. They were taking advantage of each other and no one could do anything about the other. Why did they suddenly explode two months ago, continuously attacking cities and territories, and actually penetrated deep into the interior of Daqi? Couldn't be contained
Judging from this situation, it is already a slim hope that the war will end when winter comes.
With the city as a support, Gao Guojun can spend the winter in Qi.
"We'll talk about these things after I pass the ceremony." Yu Linglong moved to Xia Fan's side, "Don't you think it would be a bit disgraceful to talk about military and national affairs at such a dust-free banquet? In my opinion, it's better to talk about something relaxed and happy. It’s a good thing.”
A few inches away, Xia Fan could already smell the faint fragrance coming from the other party.
He leaned back calmly, "For example?"
"For example, Confidante, Fenghuaxueyue." Yu Linglong raised the corner of her mouth, "If you want to say that Shangyuan is inferior to Yongding City, then you can say that it is inferior in every aspect, but when it comes to brothels, Shangyuan can be said to be the best among the six countries."
"Alas... here we go again." Feinian held his forehead.
"Hahaha, Linglong didn't lie to you!" Qian suddenly laughed, "Yongding was once the royal capital of the Yong Dynasty, so it has unique advantages, but Shangyuan was famous for its many gentle women at that time. And there is also a The advantage is that there is a seaport to the east of Daqi, and not only local women, you can even find women from the Western Countries in the Flower Street."
Having said this, Hagoromo lowered his voice coldly and pretended to be mysterious, "Do you know why King Kai cut off most of his contacts with overseas countries after he founded the country?"
"Because the aftermath of the war is not over yet, and the evil spirits are not over yet?" Xia Fan gave the official answer.
"Hey, those are all excuses to deceive others! In fact, King Qi doesn't want his royal capital to be like a brothel. When others mention the royal residence, they will automatically think of things like Yingying Yanyan!" Qian said with enthusiasm. Go up and pour yourself another bottle of wine.
"And... this statement?" Xia Fan twitched the corner of his mouth.
"If it's not serious business, just believe half of what I'm saying to you." Fei Nian reminded him quietly.
"But this kind of thing cannot be eliminated by suppressing it, so as of today, the level of brothels here is still the highest among the six countries." Yu Linglong said with bright eyes, "After the Banquet of Ten Thousand Lanterns is over, do you want me to take you there? Wandering around? I know all about these attic courtyards."
A beautiful teenage girl wants to take him to a brothel, and she is also a guard at the Privy Council
Can Gyeonggi be better
"Don't worry about her." Feinian added, "Even though Yu Linglong is dressed up like this, she is actually just like you."
"Like me?" Xia Fan took a moment to react, "Uh, what do you mean-"
"Well, she's a boy."
"Cough, cough..." Xia Fan was choked immediately. Even though he claimed to be well-informed and his knowledge in that area had accumulated into subspace, seeing it in reality was another matter.
"Sure enough, you are very good!" Yu Linglong suddenly said seriously, "When other people hear my identity, most of them will show disgust and disgust, but you... are just a little surprised."
"Master Qian," she turned to look at Yuyi, "I recognize this person."
"Please don't treat the grand pawn as a joke!" Bai Zhan said coldly, "This matter is related to the future of all countries."
"It's your business how you evaluate it at that time. Isn't it okay for me to express my opinion?" Yu Linglong made a face at Yunshang layman, "If someone sees me it's like seeing a ghost, no matter how talented he is. , I don’t want to see you either!”
When Xia Fan came to the banquet, he had made various assumptions, but he did not expect that the Gyeonggi headquarters would be so "busy". Now that I think about it, Xin Wu's words were not a lie. Among the core members, official position and status are not decisive.
Just as the two people exchanged cold eyebrows, the sound in the square suddenly became much noisier. Many invitees stood up and looked up to where the prince was.
"It's time to turn on the lights." Feinian said.
It turned out that unknowingly, Ning Weiyuan had completed his "year-end summary", and the Lantern Festival entered the stage of blessing and celebration.
"I would like to wish the people of Shangyuan... and even the millions of Daqi people a safe and prosperous year, and wish my country a prosperous Daqi!"
The people's voice reached its peak in an instant.
Even though he was separated by the high palace wall, Xia Fan could still hear the thunderous sound outside the wall. Obviously, the reputation of His Highness the Crown Prince in the eyes of the city people is not low. At least at this moment, the people regard him as a ruler who is no different from the emperor.
As if to push the atmosphere to its climax, countless floating lanterns rose into the sky, carrying a little bit of candlelight into the night sky. There are floating lanterns flying not just inside and outside the square, but throughout the city. The brightness of each lamp is not obvious, but thousands of them are connected together to form a dense network.
This soft "net" pulls up and down in the fluctuations of the airflow, integrating the entire Shangyuan City together. The stars all over the sky were eclipsed at this moment, and the flying lanterns seemed to become the new sky.
"Nice scenery." Xia Fan whispered.
"Yes," Fei Nian nodded, "only in recent years when evil spirits have been eliminated, people have the leisure to appreciate it as a spectacle, rather than a life-saving thing to resist evil spirits."
Under the illumination of thousands of lights, Xia Fan noticed a strange shadow rising from the ground and crawling towards the palace wall.
Are you dazzled
He rubbed his eyes and looked at the strange place again - the shadow was almost moving against the wall. At first glance, it seemed like a natural change caused by the change of the incident angle of the firelight. But soon, he realized that the shadow was not afraid of the fire.
what's the situation
Xia Fan raised his gaze and immediately fell on His Highness the Crown Prince.
An idea suddenly popped into my mind -
This shadow is heading towards Ning Wei!
"Hey, look over there!" Yu Linglong also noticed something unusual on the palace wall.
Qian had already thrown down the wine bottle and stood up.
But Shadow was faster than them all.
The moment Yu Linglong shouted, it had already jumped onto the wall, turned into a human-like black shadow, and pounced towards the prince!