It is the custom of Liang Kingdom to climb the tower and watch the lanterns on the night of the Yuan Dynasty. Although it has not been passed down for many generations, the emperor has never been absent every year, and the people of the capital have gradually developed the habit of visiting the palace gates and seeing the emperor's true face at the same time. Even people from other places heard about this, and some of them would rush to the capital on the Shangyuan Festival, just to see the emperor, queen or crown prince with their own eyes.
This year's Shangyuan Festival is naturally no exception. Even if there are many changes in the middle of the year, the people at the bottom will not know about it. They also just come to worship, just to watch the fun.
It is customary to climb the building and watch the lanterns on the Chaoyang Building, which is the closest to the palace gate. Building such a high-rise building inside the palace gate is similar to the observation deck in the military camp. Although Beijing is stable and the palace is not for anyone who dares to trespass, there will be no shortage of people who dare to rebel in any dynasty or generation.
However, the Chaoyang Tower has not been used in real use yet. The rebellion of the three princes was settled too quickly under the emperor's calculations, and there was no time to attack the palace. Therefore, the function of Chaoyang Tower is still only for lighting and viewing the lanterns.
At Xu Shizheng, the emperor and the prince appeared on time downstairs in Chaoyang.
Outside the palace gate separated by a wall, a large number of people have gathered at this moment. If you stand on the palace wall and look down, you will see a black mass of people's heads. It was crowded with people, and the noise was constant, even the emperor and prince who had just come to Chaoyang Tower heard it.
The emperor looked back at the prince. Under the light of the lights, his pale face seemed to have a warm color, obviously not so weak. Coupled with the prince's self-discipline, no matter how seriously ill he is, he is still tall and straight, and his aura can even make people ignore his increasingly thin body, and can only feel that the prince is quite majestic.
Not realizing what was wrong, the emperor helped the prince to straighten the collar of the big cloak, and then said, "Let's go, follow me up the stairs!"
The prince bowed slightly, turned sideways and let the emperor take a step first, and then followed him up the building.
At this moment, the Chaoyang Building is dark, and the lanterns that decorate the entire high-rise building have not been lit. Because the first lamp of the Chaoyang Tower must be lit by the emperor himself, and as long as the first dragon lantern is lit, the mechanism within it will connect the lanterns on the entire Chaoyang Tower, making it one by one → ignite. Without the need for others to intervene, the whole process is also very magical.
The emperor stepped onto the Chaoyang Tower first, and the guard next to him immediately handed the torch to the prince who was a little slower. In today's Chaoyang Tower, only the emperor and the prince can step on it, while the guards and palace servants can only wait downstairs.
The prince took the torch and tilted it slightly forward, just enough to illuminate the steps in front of the emperor.
The two climbed the building step by step, and people outside the city gradually saw the torch that climbed the high building. Only Chaoyang Tower was still very dark, and everyone could only see two figures, but this was enough to make people who saw the emperor and the prince for the first time excited.
The flow of people was surging, and they crowded forward unconsciously, until they approached the palace wall and were forced to retreat by the sergeants with knives.
Fortunately, Qi Yang and Lu Qipei didn't join in the fun. They were too mature for the emperor and the prince, and had no idea of looking at them from another angle under the palace wall. Therefore, although they came to watch the fun, they did not move forward, and a dozen attendants stood behind the three of them. When the surrounding people saw this battle, they all consciously pushed to both sides and did not conflict with them.
For this reason, the hustle and bustle around is enough to make people's brain hurt, and Qi Yang can't help but sigh: "It's terrible, I knew I wouldn't come here to join in the fun." It was the first time to experience such an immersive experience.
Of course, the feeling after the experience is not very good, it is too noisy and crowded around.
Lu Qipei protected the person in his arms, and smiled softly in her ear: "His Royal Highness is also here to bring A Sheng to watch this lively event, so please bear with it for the time being. But it's enough to watch the liveliness this time, let's go. Next time we don't come."
While the two were talking, Lu Sheng was still playing with puppets, and when he heard the two mentioned him, he looked up.
Lu Qipei smiled and touched her head, the child's soft hair fell on his palm, which felt quite good. The smile in her eyes deepened by two points, and she chatted casually with Qi Yang, and the two of them turned their eyes to the tall building not far away.
On the Chaoyang Building on the other side, the emperor and the prince have already climbed to the top of the building step by step.
Everything has been arranged on the high-rise building, a delicate dragon lantern is in sight, and the dragon's beard and dragon's claws are vivid. And if this huge lantern, which is one person tall, is lit, it will be enough to illuminate the surroundings as bright as day. Coupled with those small lanterns that surround the entire Chaoyang Tower, after all of them are lit, this dimly lit high-rise building can immediately become the most dazzling existence in the capital of Shangyuan Night!
It is not the first time for the emperor and the prince to go upstairs to light up the lantern, so the first thing they see is not the dragon lantern in front of them.
The two stood on the Chaoyang Tower and looked into the distance. The first thing they saw was the dark crowd outside the palace gate. Many people came to worship, and when the emperor and the prince appeared, the crowd was surging and noisy. Then look farther, and most of the capital can be seen...
Under the rule of the emperor, the Liang Kingdom had a prosperous appearance, and the capital was even more prosperous with singing and dancing.
The so-called Shangyuan night climbing the building to watch the lanterns is to watch the dragon lanterns, and more importantly, to watch the lights in the city. It is a custom to appreciate the lanterns at the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, but it is not the government that forces every house to hang lanterns, so you can see many clues at this glance.
When the emperor saw the lights all over the city, he knew that the people were prosperous this year and could afford to light the lights. This made him feel a little satisfied, even though his health is getting worse now, but these are all his achievements... He can't control life, old age, sickness and death, but this peaceful and prosperous world is enough to make him famous in history, which is the greatest affirmation of his life. .
With pride in his heart, the emperor turned his head and reached out to the prince: "Give me the torch, I want to light the lamp one last time!"
The prince was stunned when he said the word "finally", his lips twitched and he wanted to say something, but he swallowed the words when he met the emperor's zhanran's gaze. He silently handed the torch up, watched the emperor hold the torch and stepped forward, and followed two steps subconsciously.
Just at this moment, a gust of cold wind blew through.
The sharp sword eyebrows frowned slightly, and he didn't know if it was the prince's illusion. He always felt that there was a strange smell in the wind.
The emperor didn't notice the abnormality. He was so excited that he stepped forward with a torch to light the lamp. And at the moment when the torch lit the wick, the prince finally remembered what that strange smell was - it was the smell of ***!
The crown prince was startled, and looking at the lit wick, he rushed towards the emperor without thinking: "Be careful, father!"
With a loud bang, Chaoyang Building exploded, the huge dragon lantern shattered, and the sky-high fire light illuminated one side of the world. There was a dead silence outside the palace gate, which was originally bustling and noisy, and many people looked up in stunned silence, not understanding what was going on.
The world seemed to be quiet for a moment, and then it was filled with more noise.
The people outside the palace gate may not yet understand what the accident on Chaoyang Tower means, but they have already instinctively realized that something big has happened. Everyone likes to watch the fun, but everyone doesn't want to trouble themselves, it's still a big trouble.
So after a moment of silence, the people who had returned to God outside the palace gate had long since lost their excitement and began to flee. Everyone wanted to leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible. A pot of porridge.
Someone was knocked down. The fallen person made several screams, calling for help, but there was almost no possibility of standing up. A pair of hurriedly fleeing feet stepped on them, and the trampled people gradually lost their voices.
Rao was Qi Yang and Lu Qipei, who were standing at the back and were guarded by attendants, and they were almost scattered at this moment.
Lu Qipei didn't care about anything else, he hurriedly stuffed Lu Sheng into Qi Yang's arms, and stretched out his arms to protect the two of them in his arms. What kind of peach lantern, rabbit lantern, and glazed palace lantern were all smashed and smashed by people under this conflict.
No one cared about this, even Lu Sheng was so frightened that he shrank in Qi Yang's arms and didn't dare to move, and his little body was shaking slightly.
Lu Qipei only wanted to take them to a place with few people on the street. However, Qi Yang stared blankly at the fire on Chaoyang Building, holding Lu Sheng unconsciously and wanted to rush towards the palace gate, but Lu Qipei could hardly hold her back.
"Aning, Aning, calm down, there are too many people and we can't get through now!" Lu Qipei shouted loudly in Qi Yang's ear.
The masks on the faces of the two had already been taken off at this time, Qi Yang was unmoved by the words, and still wanted to rush towards the palace gate, but there were two lines of clear tears in his eyes - although it was dark upstairs in Chaoyang before, it could be The moment the dragon lantern was lit, she also saw the emperor and the prince standing beside the lantern. But now that the dragon lantern has exploded, and the Chaoyang Building is in flames, it is almost self-evident what will happen to her father and brother.
Unprecedented panic enveloped his heart, Qi Yang could not wait to put his wings and fly into the palace at this moment!
But no, she has no wings, and there is even no way forward. She cried and cried, her legs softened and she almost fell to her knees, but Lu Qipei hugged her and comforted her: "It's alright, it's alright, we'll go there as soon as there are fewer people."
But even in the past, what can they do
Not to mention that Qi Yang was in a panic, Lu Qipei was equally distraught at this moment. But she still had to protect Qi Yang and Lu Sheng, and took time to take another look at the Chaoyang Building, which was raging in flames and clearly in chaos, and her mood fell to the bottom.
After a while, the Xiaoqi Battalion came with the newly added troops, and the chaos in front of the palace gate was finally brought under temporary control.
Qi Yang and Lu Qipei didn't have time to see the tragic situation at the scene, and they didn't want to know how many people died in this chaos. The two were guarded by the few remaining attendants, pushed aside the crowd and started rushing towards the palace gate.
On the way, he was stopped once by people from Xiaoqi Camp, and when he reached the gate of the palace, he was stopped once again by Yu Lin. But fortunately, Lu Qipei carried the identity seals of the two with him. No one dared to stop them in the chaos, but they entered the palace as quickly as possible.
After entering the palace, Qi Yang couldn't care about anything else, wiped his tears and left everyone behind, and ran towards Chaoyang Tower. Lu Qipei was worried that she wouldn't care about Lu Sheng anymore, so he followed closely.
When the two arrived, they saw the emperor and the crown prince being carried down from the high-rise building by Yu Lin.
At this time, the fire on Chaoyang Tower was not yet extinguished, and the kings and princesses had not yet received any news.