The Times Spent in Pretense

Chapter 29: Blow cold air

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After the monarch and his ministers calmed down, Emperor Changlong called his sons forward: "Yingting, these are my sons. You haven't returned to Beijing for many years, and you won't even recognize these children."

"This is the Crown Prince." Emperor Changlong sighed, "Although he has a little knowledge of martial arts and has learned some martial arts and martial arts, he has a lazy temperament. If I hadn't always restrained him to learn to govern political affairs, he probably wouldn't even think about the imperial study. Enter."

"The last commander has seen His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness has a dragon and a phoenix posture, and his imposing manner is extraordinary." Hua Yingting looked at Emperor Changlong and the Crown Prince carefully, "His Highness has beautiful eyes and nose, just like Your Majesty."

Emperor Changlong laughed.

The prince returned to Hua Yingting with a bow: "General, you are wrong, there are still many shortcomings."

"This is my eldest son."

"The last will meet the King of England."

King Ying felt that something was wrong. When introducing the prince, the father and emperor only used a bunch of adjectives.

After introducing his son, Emperor Changlong insisted on inviting Hua Yingting to take the car with him. Hua Yingting blushed and said, "Your Majesty is kind, but I will be deeply moved. It's just..." He looked back frequently, even his neck was red. up.

Seeing this appearance, Emperor Changlong didn't understand that he was afraid that his wife's fault would be committed again, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Forget it, I won't be this wicked person today. It's a great joy for your husband and wife to return to Beijing today. , if I caused Aiqing to go back and kneel on the floor, it would be my fault."

"Your Majesty." A woman in red came with a smile, and she gave a great gift to Emperor Changlong in a valiant manner, "I haven't seen you for many years, and your style is the same as before."

Hua Yingting shrank his neck and did not speak.

"General Wei." Emperor Changlong looked at the woman in red before him, and said with emotion, "I am old, but General Wei is still shining."

The most famous female general of the Jin Dynasty, Wei Mingyue, was once a psychological shadow in his youth. When he was young, he was ignorant. Seeing that Wei Mingyue was beautiful and moving, he said a few frivolous words. A few days later, he saw Wei Mingyue cracking a stone bench with a smile under his nose.

From then on, when he saw Wei Mingyue, his leg hurt, afraid that she would break his leg if she missed. Even because the psychological shadow is too great, all the women in his harem have completely opposite appearance and temperament to Wei Mingyue.

After many years, even if Emperor Changlong was an emperor admired by thousands of people, the first thing he thought of when he saw Wei Mingyue was the stone bench.

For this reason, even though he knew that Hua Yingting was very afraid of his wife, he felt that he was a real hero, a real man, and a role model for the children of the capital.

"Aiqing." Emperor Changlong pushed Hua Yingting and pushed him to Wei Mingyue's side, "Thank you for the two generals who have made great contributions to the Jin Dynasty, and I have come to take them into the city."

"Born as a Dajin person, die as a Dajin soul." Hua Yingting and Wei Mingyue knelt in front of Emperor Changlong, "This is the responsibility of the last general."

"Long live, long live, Your Majesty." The couple bowed their heads.

"Long live, long live, long live, Your Majesty." All the soldiers who followed back to Beijing shouted in unison, the sound was so shocking that the mountains and rivers trembled.

"It is the luck of my life to have two good generals." In the loud voice, Emperor Changlong bent down to support the two, and his eyes were wet again.

"Let's go, the palace is preparing a celebration feast, and Zhongliang will follow me back to the palace."

The emperor led the princes to the gate of the city to welcome Hua Yingting into the capital. What a shame. Lin Zhou watched the emperor's guard of honor slowly disappear from the city gate, and sighed secretly.

Since ancient times, famous generals are like red faces, and white heads are not allowed to be seen in the world.

How beautiful the flower family is today, the more careful the flower family will be in the future. Over the years, under the guard of the Hua family, the border has been successfully reported. But now the most ferocious Jin Po country has been suppressed by the Hua family, and other small countries have no power to fight, at least to ensure the tranquility of Dajin for the next 50 years.

In the next fifty years, where will the Hua family go

"Father." The girl from the Lin family got off the carriage and saw her father staring at the empty city gate silently, thinking that he saw the Hua family being greeted by the emperor, and they could only avoid it in the corner, feeling gloomy. He said comfortably: "You have always been clean and low-key and returned to Beijing. Others don't know that you have arrived in the capital. So..."

"Silly child." Lin Zhou smiled, "Hua's family has a good time for a while, as for what will happen in the future, his own history book review said. I didn't think too much about being a father, you don't have to worry."

His daughter is fine in everything, but her mind is too delicate. If she doesn't change her temperament, she will marry into the royal family in the future, but what should I do

Brother and sister Hua Liuli and Hua Changkong were going to the city gate to meet their parents early in the morning. They learned that His Majesty brought several princes to meet them in person, and after setting up a reception banquet in the palace, the two brothers and sisters followed the reception team. inside.

From the city gate to the palace, there is still a long way to go.

Although the streets have been cleaned, and there are no idle people waiting on the side of the road, it can't hold back the warm nature of the people in the capital.

Above the roadside restaurant and restaurant, it was crowded with men and women watching the fun. After the emperor passed by, it became lively. Some throw flowers, handkerchiefs, and banknotes.

Hua Liuli heard the guards shouting hoarsely: "Be careful, don't fall down."

"General Wei, General Wei, look here." Hua Liuli was certain that it was a little girl who was screaming.

"General Wei, I want to marry you." Hua Liuli glanced at her mother's graceful back, and then at the girl in the teahouse waving her handkerchief and jumping around, feeling extremely complicated.

Miss, it is hopeless to fall in love with a married general, so let's find someone else to fall in love with.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, the mother still likes the little girl so much." Hua Changkong's tone was very emotional, and it was no wonder that His Majesty's imperial guard of honor walked so fast, it seemed that it was for the convenience of the common people to cast flowers and applaud.

Emperor Changlong could return to the palace ahead of schedule, but several princes had to accompany the soldiers. The King of England picked off the flower that had been thrown on top of his head by mistake, and his ears were buzzing.

The prince, who was riding in front of him, suddenly reined in the reins and stopped the horse. He turned to look at the brothers and sisters of the Hua family who were following behind the princes, and waved to them: "The third son of Hua, Princess Fushou, you come forward."

The King of England immediately realized that the prince wanted to be a good person in front of the two generals Hua and Wei. He knew that Ji Yuansu, this bastard, likes to show his full spectrum in front of his brothers and pretend to be the best person in front of others.

"Your Highness." Someone on the horse that Hua Liuli rode was holding the reins. When she heard the prince calling her, she drove the horse to the prince.

"You and the two generals haven't seen each other for a long time. Come up and have a good reminiscence." The prince thought, how could this little girl's eyes shine so brightly that his heart swayed: "Today is your family reunion. You don't have to pay too much attention to the rules."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Hua Liuli felt more and more that the prince was a good person, such a good prince, someone said that he was arrogant, so shameless and smeared.

"Go." The prince patted the horse and gave way to the side.

When King Ying saw this scene, he cursed in his heart, he was a liar, a sinister villain!

When the couple saw their little daughter coming, the smiles on their faces softened: "Liu Li, come to my mother soon."

"Mother." Hua Liuli asked the horse to get close to Wei's. If there were no outsiders present, she might plunge into Wei's arms.

Wei Shi reached out and touched her head: "My mother's little girl, are you happy in the capital?"

"Everything is fine." Hua Liuli grabbed Wei's hand, "I just miss my father and mother a little."

"We miss you too." Wei Shi looked at her daughter's eyes, as gentle as she was looking at the most precious jewel.

When the prince saw this scene, he couldn't help but let Ma'er walk slower, leaving enough space for their family of four to talk.

The two generals treated their youngest daughter, as rumored, as precious as pearls in their palms.

"General Wei, you can't marry me, let me marry your daughter!"

A woman's scream crossed the noisy street.

Hua Liuli raised her head silently, looked at the screaming girls upstairs, and winked at them.

Is the folk customs of the capital too open

"Don't marry!" Hua Yingting raised his head and roared.

What's going on with the little girl now, not to mention his daughter-in-law, even his daughter doesn't want to let go

Immediately, countless handkerchiefs and sachets were thrown down from upstairs on both sides, and the whole street was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

In the private room on the second floor of the teahouse, Princess Jiamin looked at the little sisters who were poking their brains and sipped tea without saying a word.

"I heard that General Wei is a beautiful woman who moves the capital. I didn't expect that after so many years, her demeanor is still the same as before."

"I think... Hua Liuli is really pretty."

"Shut up." The speaker peeked at Jiamin, "There are many good-looking girls in the capital. How old is she?"

"But she's not pretty, she's very pretty..."

"Did you guys come out to drink tea, or did you just look at people's looks?" Jiamin put the teacup on the table, stood up and said, "Tonight there is a banquet in the palace, so I won't accompany you."

After Jiamin left, the little sisters looked at each other.

"Knowing that Jiamin doesn't like Hua Liuli, you still praise her for her beauty, pig brain?"

"You can't blame me, it's mainly because of her beauty."

"Fortunately you're not a man."

"why?"

"A lascivious man can easily go out and harm other girls."

"Good sisters want to help their own people, and we have to shame Hua Liuli so that we can help Jiamin out of our anger."

"Do you think that we are like the annoying passers-by A, B, C, and D in the book?"

"Shut up!" The sisters scolded the talkative girl in unison.

Can they be passers-by, A, B, C, D? They are clearly the resourceful team of protagonists in the storybook.

In order to show the importance attached to the great hero, this reception banquet in the palace was held very grandly. Because Emperor Changlong was too happy, he couldn't help drinking a few more glasses of wine, and his words were all praise and closeness to Hua Yingting.

The civil servants at the bottom also followed suit and praised the Hua family from top to bottom. Some officials even praised the stone lion at the entrance of Hua's house.

Hua Liuli sat beside her mother with an obedient face. From beginning to end, she only had to smile, shyly, and blushing, and she received a lot of praise.

With her daughter by her side, Mrs Wei only drank two glasses of wine and stopped clinking the glasses. The other female relatives saw it. Knowing that the mother and daughter hadn't seen each other for a few months, there must be a lot to say, so they didn't go to persuade them to drink.

"Mother, you and daddy escorted the second prince back to Beijing all the way, have you ever encountered someone robbing a prisoner's car?" Hua Liuli took the chopsticks to prepare food for Wei Shi, and took the wine cup far away.

"There are people from Jinpo country, and they negotiated along the way, for fear that we will torture him." Wei Shi smiled, "But the people who came to take prisoners were not people from Jinpo country."

"Instigate discord?" Hua Liuli instantly understood that Jin Poguo acted arrogantly and bullied many small countries. These small countries can't afford to offend, so they have to use this method to sow discord, and they can also take advantage of the discord between Da Jin and Jin Po to develop their own country.

"I thought that second prince would commit suicide in anger." Hua Liuli whispered, "He was very arrogant when he was on the battlefield."

"If you can live well, who wants to die?" Wei Shi smiled vaguely, "It's been a lot more honest these days."

"Don't you continue to scold me?" Hua Liuli asked in a low voice.

"Heh." Wei's eyebrows raised, "He will never dare to scold you again in his life."

After the banquet was over, the drunk emperor said, "Ying Ting, you and I haven't seen you for many years, and we will talk tonight by candlelight." After speaking, he turned to look at Mrs. Wei, "How does General Wei feel?"

Even if he was drunk, Emperor Changlong felt subconsciously that Wei Mingyue had to be consulted on this matter.

The young courtiers are somewhat inexplicable. It is an honor for His Majesty to invite the courtiers to talk at night. Why do you still ask General Wei

On the contrary, some old officials showed a deep expression of "I know, but I just don't say it."

"This is the luck of the last general's husband." Mrs. Wei stood up and saluted Emperor Changlong. After she finished speaking, she turned her head to look at everyone. The old ministers all bowed their heads. Only the ignorant and ignorant young people still had doubts in their eyes.

The old ministers secretly shook their heads, young people don't know how precious life is, it's good.

"His Royal Highness." A Dali Temple official hurried to the prince's side, "The second prince of Jin Po Kingdom refused to eat, and was clamoring to see Fushou County Master."

The crown prince glanced at the slightly drunk father, and said to the officials of Dali Temple: "What qualifications do you have to see the honorable county master of my court after defeating a small country, let him make trouble."

"Yes." Dali Temple officials ordered to retreat.

It is strange to say that these two princes were caught by General Hua. Why did he gnash his teeth in hatred for Fushou County Master

That night, the Hua family did not leave the palace, but were left in the palace.

Seeing that Hua Liuli was very familiar with the court attendants of Shoukang Palace, Mrs. Wei remembered that her daughter had said in the letter that the Queen Mother had kept her in the palace for a period of time, so she specially expressed her gratitude to the Queen Mother.

"This child Aijia loves very much. If it wasn't for the fear of others gossiping, Aijia would have kept her by her side all the time." The Queen Mother smiled at Wei Shi, "I have suffered you at the border all these years."

"The Empress Dowager, you know it." Wei Shi smiled and shook his head, "For the last general, being able to guard the border is not a hardship, but staying in the back house for a lifetime is hardship."

A woman as a general is ten times more difficult than Erlang, but fortunately, she can meet Mingjun and show her ambition.

"Yeah, women in the world are not easy. As a daughter of the Wei family, you have learned martial arts and warfare. If you are imprisoned in the back house, it will be hard." Speaking of this, the Queen Mother sighed.

If she hadn't married the late emperor, she would have been able to do what she liked. The old things are gone, she also let go, but she has some thoughts in her heart.

"The one who knows the end of the world is still the Empress Dowager." Mrs. Wei poured hot tea for the Empress Dowager herself, "Has the Empress Dowager been doing well all these years?"

"Okay." The queen mother patted the back of Wei's hand, "The emperor is very filial, and the prince is also very close to the Ai family."

Hua Liuli, who was sitting next to him, thought that even the queen mother thought the prince was good, and it was indeed those who smeared the prince who were mad.

"Liu Li." The queen mother turned to Liu Li and said, "You are weak, go back to your room to rest early."

Hua Liuli knew that the Queen Mother and her mother had other things to say, so she just pretended not to know, got up obediently and left.

Walking out of the main hall, Ye Feng was a little cold, she took the cloak handed by Iris and tied it, and walked to the side hall lightly. After walking a few steps, she saw a lot of beautiful lights hanging in the yard, stopped and asked, "Last time I came, it didn't seem like there were any of these?"

"County Lord, you forgot, today is the Shangyuan Festival." Iris whispered, "These lamps are all made by the little palace ladies."

The palace maid next to her with a lantern to guide the way smiled and said: "County Lord, this is an old rule in the palace. Every time it is Shangyuan Festival, each palace will hang beautiful lamps until the next morning."

"So many palace lanterns must be very beautiful." Hua Liuli looked at the tassels on the palace lanterns swaying in the wind, "I don't know how beautiful the palace is tonight."

"If the county master likes it, you can go to the viewing platform in the palace, where you can have a panoramic view of the entire palace." Thinking of Hua Liuli's sick body, the palace maid suddenly felt lost, and quickly lowered her head.

"Where is the viewing platform?" Hua Liuli was a little curious.

The palace maid did not dare to speak, and she looked at Iris for help.

Iris sighed: "County Lord, you are weak and the wind is strong at night..."

"If you can't enjoy the beauty of the world because of your infirmity, what's the point of such a day?" Hua Liuli looked at the sky sadly, and a full moon hung in the sky, as bright as frost.

Iris didn't dare to persuade any more, so she had no choice but to let these maids lead the way.

Fortunately, the viewing platform is not far from the Shoukang Palace, and Hua Liuli did not go far before reaching the viewing platform. She looked up at the towering stone steps expressionlessly, turned her head to Iris and said, "I suddenly feel a little sleepy, let's go back."

It's no wonder that you can enjoy the panoramic view of the palace. With such a high platform, anyone standing on it can see most of the capital.

Hua Liuli's reaction was not surprising at all. Iris was not surprised at all. She held Hua Liuli's hand and said with a smile, "Master, be careful with your feet, and the servants will support you."

"Who's ahead?"

Hearing the thin and long voice, Hua Liuli turned her head to look, and found that the neatly arranged palace maids were walking towards this side with palace lanterns, and the prince was sitting on the chariot, and his expression didn't seem very good-looking.

The eyes of the two met in the dark night, and the prince's expression moved slightly: "Little girl from the Hua family, why are you here?"

"I heard that there is a viewing platform here, so I wanted to come and have a look." Hua Liuli blessed the crown prince, "Is His Highness also here to watch the scenery?"

The prince raised his head and glanced at the high viewing platform, and got down from the carriage, his expression was almost indifferent: "Yes."

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Hua Liuli prepared to slip away: "If that's the case, then the servant girl won't disturb the prince..."

"The stone steps are difficult to climb, so I will take you up." The prince handed the corner of his robe to Hua Liuli, "Drag."

Hua Liuli grabbed the corner of the prince's clothes and blinked with big eyes: "Ah?"

"The night view of Shangyuan Night is the most beautiful time in the capital every year." The prince led Hua Liuli up the stone steps. "Not only the palace, but the streets outside the palace are also bustling and lively."

"No curfew tonight?"

"Every year, there is no curfew on New Year's Eve, Shangyuan, Qiqiao, and Mid-Autumn Festival nights." The prince walked slowly, and he looked back at Hua Liuli from time to time. "Tonight's capital is the real fire tree and silver flower."

The stone steps were cleaned very cleanly, and Hua Liuli's skirt dragged on the stone steps, making a slight rustling sound. Halfway through the climb, she slowed down.

The prince looked back at her: "Cold?"

Hua Liuli shook her head blankly.

The prince took off his cloak and put it on Hua Liuli. Wearing a big cloak on Hua Liuli, Hua Liuli looked like a child who had not yet grown up. The cloak hat covered most of her face. She loosened the corner of the prince's clothes and pulled the cloak hat twice, but the hat was too large. Big, covering her entire face.

The prince reached out to help her take off the hat, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"His Royal Highness." Hua Liuli helped Fubuyao, "It's not right for you to make fun of your ministers and daughters like this."

"I'm sorry, looking at you now, Gu looks like a cat that fell into a ball of thread." The prince coughed twice, his beautiful eyes smiling, "Come on, Gu will pull you away."

He stretched out his hand in front of Hua Liuli.

Hua Liuli looked at him suspiciously.

"You are a half-sized girl, what are you worried about?" The prince laughed and put a handkerchief in the palm of his hand, "Well, it's just across the handkerchief."

"I'm not worried about myself." Hua Liuli handed her hand to the prince. Anyway, she was someone who was going to raise her face and was not afraid of misunderstanding.

I'm afraid that the prince is such a good-looking boy that he will be misunderstood by others and have nothing to do with her.

She was born with a cold body, and compared to her, the prince's hand was like a stove. Looking at the prince's back, she couldn't help feeling a little sad when she thought that the face she raised in the future would definitely not be as good-looking as the prince.

Looking at the beauty of the world, and then looking at other things, most of them have become vulgar fans.

She looked back at the lantern maids who followed behind them. The bright lanterns flickered in the dark night, which was also a grand scene.

"It's here." The prince's voice brought her back to her senses.

Hua Liuli looked up, and what she saw was not the scenery in the palace, but the bright and endless street outside the palace gate, and the fireworks that flickered from time to time.

It was very windy on the viewing platform, and Hua Liuli didn't feel cold when wrapped in a large cloak. She lay behind the wall and sighed for a long time, "What a beautiful scenery."

The prince stood behind her and remained silent.

"Did your Highness come here to watch the scenery during the previous Shangyuan Festival?" Hua Liuli looked into the distance and really understood what the words "prosperous capital" mean.

The prince walked to her side and stood still, looking at this magnificent scene: "Well."

"It's good." Hua Liuli's hair was swaying to and fro by the night wind, and she exhaled a breath of hot air, "This kind of scene makes me really happy to see it."

The prince looked sideways at the little girl beside him, wanted to say something, but said nothing.

Under the viewing platform, the British King and Miss Lin, who met the future princess for the first time, were ten steps away. The mother-in-law insisted that tonight was the Shangyuan Festival, and asked him to take the Lin family girl to enjoy the lanterns in the palace.

What's so good about these broken lanterns at night.

But his mother's fate was unbearable, so he came out with the Lin family girl. In order to save trouble, he was too lazy to take her to other places, and planned to bring people to the viewing platform to let her watch it slowly.

But when he got under the observation deck, he realized that there was already someone above, and couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "Who is so brainless, running on the observation deck at night to blow the cold wind?"

Hearing this, Lin Wan's face froze. Should she blame herself for choosing the wrong fiancé, or should she blame herself for being too good at hearing

The night wind is swaying, and there are countless embarrassments surrounding the two of them.

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Lin Wan: I shouldn't be here, I should be at home.