Immediately, the atmosphere in the hall became even more condensed.
Emperor Qingping frowned, and his originally indifferent tone suddenly became unpleasant: "What did you say, it's damaged?"
Xue Yan knelt on the spot and said lightly, "Yes."
He lowered his eyes, Jun Huailang could not see his eyes and demeanor. But I saw that everyone in the hall looked at him with different expressions, and the several concubines on the opposite side even covered their mouths with handkerchiefs and whispered.
Xue Yan seemed to be unconscious.
"Do you know the origin of that jade arrow?" Emperor Qingping said sharply. "It was built after the founding of the dynasty by Taizu, and it was modeled after the weapon he used to fight the world. There is no second pair in the world. You said that it was damaged if it was damaged?"
As he said that, he slapped the faucet on the armrest heavily, and the sound was not loud, but the entire hall fell into silence.
Even the queen, who was sitting beside her with a worried face, dared not speak.
Xue Yan was silent.
Jun Huailang sat diagonally behind him, and could see his tall and straight back. He was only a fifteen-year-old boy, and he was clearly in a desolate and pitiful situation, but he had an uncontrollable strength, like a weed burrowed out of a stone crevice, tough and wild.
He also did not expect that the tyrant who would kill innocent people in the future would take the blame for a trivial little eunuch.
Emperor Qingping didn't wait for his apology and response for a long time. He lowered his head and could only see the young man's jet-black hair. He looked like he was being disposed of by Jun, as if he didn't take his anger into his eyes at all.
Emperor Qingping was even more angry and said: "You still have no intention of repenting? Destroy the imperial gift at will, and disrespect the Taizu, I have to punish you today!"
Jun Huailang couldn't help but glance at Xue Yan again.
Then, he heard Emperor Qing Ping say: "After the banquet, I will go to get twenty big boards, and next time, I will not spare you lightly!"
Everyone in the hall changed their expressions.
The court stick used in the palace is extremely heavy, and even an adult man will be maimed if he can't stand 50 boards. Twenty court sticks are already considered a very heavy punishment. Even if the eunuch before the emperor made a mistake, it was rare to receive such a heavy punishment.
However, the concubines around, although their eyes were different, almost all of them had an attitude of watching the excitement.
The queen on the side couldn't sit still, and couldn't help but speak out to persuade Emperor Qingping. But seeing the angry look on Emperor Qingping's face, he swallowed the words again.
"My son leads the order." Xue Yan saluted.
Yi Jie Yu, who was next to her, covered her lips with a veil, and said calmly, "Go down when you get the decree, don't make your father unhappy here. The palace is no better than your Yan County, so you have to be more guarded. Rules, the same mistake, you can't make it again in the future."
Jun Huailang actually found these words a bit harsh, he couldn't help raising his eyes and looked at Xue Yan again.
Whenever he was in the situation of any other prince in the palace, he could seek revenge with him without any grudges. But he just like this picture that everyone is trampling on at will, but it makes him unable to do it.
Bullying the weak is not what a gentleman does.
At this moment, Xue Yan got up, and Jun Huailang unexpectedly bumped into his gaze.
He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly felt a little guilty, and turned his eyes hastily.
He didn't see it, Xue Yan's eyes stopped on him for a moment, and the corners of his lips raised indiscernibly, evoking a mocking arc.
The young master who has never seen the world. he thought contemptuously.
Just now on the road, he still glared at himself arrogantly, as if he had provoked him somewhere, like a fierce and proud little peacock.
But Xue Yan also knew that he was born to be disgusted by people, and everyone looked at him in different colors, but none of them were good ones.
But just now, this young master was still staring at himself, his eyes were complicated, but not malicious, like pity and guilt.
Could it be that because I didn't help just now, I regretted it later
Which of the powerful children in Beijing is not a human being, and is best at disguising a hypocritical face, but he didn't realize that he actually got into such a soft-hearted and timid glutinous rice dumpling
It looks beautiful. Without the domineering posture just now, his eyebrows and eyes were quite gentle. Wrapped in a thick cloak and a big cloak, he was originally noble and cold, but he avoided his gaze and was rather cramped.
Xue Yan turned around and walked out.
He looked contemptuous and thought rather viciously, now that he is in the capital, he has a lot of things to do, so he doesn't have the time to spare. If he was still in Yan County, he would definitely bully the little peacock and let him see him again in the future, even if he didn't dare to hide.
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The mid-autumn palace banquet was quite lively, and the princes and nobles feasted and feasted.
Jun Huailang was not in the same seat with his parents, so he took care of Jun Linghuan alone. Fortunately, his sister was very relieved, and he was able to separate his heart and notice the movements of the princes.
Duke Yongning was the leader of the dukes, next to where several princes sat. Now the emperor has a total of seven princes, the third prince died of illness, the seventh prince was young, and there were a total of five princes sitting on the seat.
The eldest prince is now in his twenties and has served in the court, surrounded by colleagues who came to toast. The second prince was sitting on the case next to him, but Jun Enze actually left the table and stayed by his side, and the two were whispering something. The fourth prince is Yi Jieyu's son. He looks like a handsome gentleman. Although he doesn't say much, he teaches people like a spring breeze.
Beside him, Xue Yunhuan was surrounded by a group of aristocratic family members, toasting and complimenting him incessantly. Xue Yan was the only one, and there was no one around. Those sons of aristocratic families who passed by him had to look sideways and didn't say much.
At this moment, the second prince suddenly opened his mouth and said in a loud voice towards Xue Yunhuan: "This year's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet has been cancelled, do you know?"
Jun Huailang saw that his smile was full of schadenfreude, and he held a few points of victory.
The little eunuch who was standing behind him and waited on him looked a little familiar. Jun Huailang took a closer look and saw that the eunuch was the one who took the lead in bullying Xue Yan just now, and was also the culprit of the damage to the jade arrow.
... It turned out that the second prince did it
Jun Huailang admired his boldness for a while. But on second thought, when Xue Yan first returned to the palace, it was the second prince who gave him the disarming power. If he wanted to be born again and again, the second prince became more and more confident.
Over there, those aristocratic families don't have such well-informed news. However, they looked forward and found that there was indeed no utensil for throwing pots in the hall, so they all asked curiously: "There is really no, Second Highness, do you know why this year is?"
The second prince smiled meaningfully.
He looks like his mother-in-law, who is plain and mediocre. He has a square face and a pair of small eyes when he squinted and smiled.
"Because someone broke the jade arrow!" he said.
The disciples of the aristocratic family were suddenly in an uproar, and they started to talk about it. Jun Huailang looked at Xue Yan out of the corner of the eye, and saw that he just sat in his seat calmly drinking tea as if he didn't realize it.
Someone asked, "How could it be broken? I heard that Your Majesty didn't give that pair of arrows to His Highness?"
Another humane said: "Yes, is it the Fourth Highness?"
Although the sixth son, Xue Yunhuan, is the direct son, he does not like to read. If the paper and Wu Shuangquan are favored again, then it must be the fourth prince Xue Yunhong.
But I saw the fourth prince smiled faintly, and said, "Where do I have this ability, you all look up to me." After speaking, he only cared about the food and had nothing to say.
A group of aristocratic family members discussed again.
"Whose hands is that?" they asked.
The second prince showed a convoluted smile: "Those who have this ability are naturally the stars in the sky."
The stars descended to earth? Interesting to say, there is only one constellation up and down the whole palace, that is the evil star.
Suddenly, everyone's eyes fell on Xue Yan.
Xue Yan raised his eyes as if inadvertently, and his amber eyes looked at them quietly.
Immediately, those aristocratic families seemed to have seen some kind of monster, and they avoided their eyes, as if looking at him again, they would be killed by the thunder tribulation descended by the gods.
The second prince burst into laughter, and Jun Enze also laughed.
Jun Huailang felt uncomfortable, pursed his lips and turned his eyes away.
At this moment, Xue Yunhuan, who was sitting in the group, didn't bother to watch the second prince's monkey-playing performance, and stood up impatiently. This little bully always does what he wants, he turned around and left without saying hello to anyone.
He walked to Jun Huailang's case, buttoned the table top, and said, "Go, go out and breathe."
Jun Huailang naturally wanted to go with him, but Jun Linghuan was still eating, so he couldn't leave her alone.
Just at this moment, the fourth prince, Xue Yunhong, got up and walked over with a warm and calm expression. He smiled and said to Xue Yunhuan, "Sixth brother, let me accompany you for a walk. It's time to put the Kongming lanterns on, and the prince can go to Taiye Pool in a while. look for us."
Jun Huailang had no impression of him, but he didn't have any distaste for him, so he nodded and said with a smile, "The two of you will be bothered to wait for me in that moment."
Xue Yunhuan was eager to stay away from the silly bag of the second prince, so he did not refuse and followed Xue Yunhong.
Seeing this, Jun Linghuan thought that he had delayed his brother out to play. Originally, he had a piece of cake in his hand, but he quickly put a big mouthful in his mouth and said, "Huan'er will be ready to eat soon!"
Jun Huailang was amused by her, and was afraid that she would choke, so he hurriedly fed her some tea and told her to swallow the cake slowly: "Don't worry, be careful of choking."
Saying so, she gently followed her back. He is ten years older than Jun Linghuan, and his second brother is far away from Yumen Pass. Since he was a child, he has often taken care of his younger sister, and he has long been familiar with it.
But did not notice, this scene fell into a pair of indifferent amber eyes.
When Jun Linghuan was full, most of the seats for the sons of the officials were empty, and the seats for the prince were also completely empty. For children, feasting is boring, and the most interesting part of the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet is to go to the Taiye Pool and set off the lights.
Jun Linghuan also thought about this. When she was full, Jun Huailang took her and led her to Taiye Lake.
It was a cool night, and the two of them wore capes and walked in the palace lanterns lit with palace lanterns, their robes swaying like a painting.
But with a stick of incense, the two came to Taiye Pond.
At this time, there were many people standing by the Taiye Pool. The full moon hung in the dark blue sky, and several Kongming lanterns flew into the sky precariously, reflecting the lights reflected by the lake. With a sound, he dragged Jun Huailang to the side of the pool.
There was a group of people around the pool, and as soon as they approached, Jun Huailang heard the voice of the second prince.
"Isn't that the fifth one? Come here and put the lights on with your brothers?"
The voice was quite a bit of a rogue in the market, and a deaf person could hear that this person was causing trouble.
Even if he was as gentle as Jun Huailang, he couldn't help but feel that this person owed a lot to him.