Eastward Flow

Chapter 12

The banquet in the Yulong Pavilion did not come to an end until the bells of the Chinese New Year rang.In Her Majesty's congratulatory speech, the people who ushered in the new year lit the firecrackers and went home hand in hand amidst the blooming fireworks.

No one knows who His Majesty chose at the banquet at the Yulong Pavilion. After the feast is over, all the events that happened at the banquet are recorded in the eyes of those who are interested. Taking Lin Mengdie as an example, those ministers have long been remembered in their hearts The people who are in the middle of the banquet add a little more weight after the banquet.

The golden-robed guards carried lanterns and escorted His Majesty's dragon chariot towards the palace.The bright lights are connected together in the wind of the cold night, forming a mighty light path, shining under the bright fireworks.Zhong Lisuo stood on the Yulong Pavilion, watched His Majesty's dragon chariot that seemed to be blooming in the sea of ​​lights go away, and sighed softly.

I don't know when we can see each other again?Those who can always accompany His Majesty are members of the Privy Council.If she works harder, can she be her living man?

Not knowing that the empress was being urged by the ministers to get married, Zhong Lisuo was very optimistic.After escorting His Majesty back to the palace with the officials, she followed her elder sister and returned to her own Qionghua Lane accompanied by fireworks all over the sky.

There was a hustle and bustle outside the imperial city, and as the palace city got closer, the tranquility inside the palace was gradually revealed.Wrapped in a fox fur cloak, His Majesty alighted from the dragon chariot, and took his two younger sisters to Qianyuan Hall.The three sisters had dinner together, and after giving the sisters red envelopes like ordinary people, His Majesty left Princess Ping An alone to talk with her.

Her Majesty the Queen, who once commanded thousands of troops, has always been upright.Whether it is a government order or a review of the memorial, each item is directly spoken in vernacular.Taking reviewing memorials as an example, the queen never used any euphemistic rhetoric, and always said "accurate." or "no."

Under the leadership of the empress, it was also very straightforward when the officials of the household department were asked to instruct the terms.For example, "It doesn't take that much money to hold a banquet. I suggest that you refer to the practice of Emperor Jingwen of the previous court." "Have you checked the market price? After asking, please make a reasonable application and send it over."

The Empress, who studied in the Hongwen Museum when she was young, doesn't like to use polite words and sentences, she likes to speak clearly.She is the emperor, the commander-in-chief, and she promises everything she says, so she doesn't need to beat around the bush.Therefore, at this moment, when facing Princess Ping'an's marriage, the queen was as straightforward as ever: "What does An An think of Miki? Do you intend to marry him?"

The eldest princess never imagined that His Majesty kept her for this matter.Xuan Jingan, who has done a good job for the eldest princess, couldn't help but blush when she heard about this after going through many things.Miki is the nickname of Wang Zhongli in Yunzhong, and it seems that his dull elder sister has paid attention to him.

"Sister Huang..." The Eldest Princess sat on the couch with her knees, looked at His Majesty through the cup in front of the low table, couldn't help but cover her face and called out, "You are really..."

"I'm all blushing." The queen sighed, looking at the beautiful younger sister in front of her, and said, "That's why I like that kid. The imperial sister will give you a marriage order, and let the commanders of the Tiansi choose How about a time for you to get married?"

"Yeah." After blushing, the eldest princess nodded, trying her best to maintain the princess's demeanor, and suggested generously: "However, marriage is a matter of mutual consent. For the marriage, the emperor's sister will first Put it aside for the time being. When he comes to ask for marriage, can you let go of your mouth?"

The Queen nodded, thinking this was the reason.After thinking about it, he quickly realized, looked at his younger sister with a smile in front of him, shook his head and sighed: "You, you, so you two have agreed a long time ago? This still needs to be done in vain." He also said that he came to ask for a marriage. I am afraid that the kid had already found his sister to talk about it.

The eldest princess smiled softly, thinking of the gossip in the court, she said with some embarrassment: "Sister Huang will blame me for not explaining to you, and causing you a lot of trouble?" The princess knew that Wang Zhong in the cloud left the curtain In the eyes of many ministers, she is a suitable candidate for the emperor's husband, and her emperor's sister is troubled by being forced to marry.If I told Sister Huang earlier, would the matter of King Yunzhong be resolved sooner?

"Miki is not enough to bother me."

"I know, it's those old people who are bothering you, and that's why Miki didn't dare to explain it to you." The eldest princess looked at Huang Jie and said warmly.As the only bloodline left by the Chu Dynasty, with an orthodox status, how many people are worth using?It's a pity that King Yunzhong doesn't have the world in his heart, but he can use his status advantage in exchange for his sincerity in marrying the eldest princess.

Clever as an empress, she understood what the King of Clouds was going to do from just a few words, smiled softly, and said, "He really has a heart."

"That's the sincerity he should have." The eldest princess said with a frank face.This is also the reason why she is not in a hurry to ask the emperor to give her a marriage.With the presence of the King of Clouds, the power in the court can be divided into three, so that the pressure on the imperial sister is not so great, and she can find other people by following the clues.

Zhong Limu is her sweetheart, and King Yunzhong is a bait for Daqing court.As long as there is an opportunity, Yunzhong Wang Zhongli will do his best to go through fire and water for His Majesty.

The eldest princess thought, they all thought the same thing, to protect His Majesty well for a certain person.This is the tacit understanding between her and Zhong Limu since they met when they were young.

After listening to her younger sister's remarks, the queen looked at her calm expression, and suddenly wondered why her younger sister didn't tell her that she admired the King of Clouds.She was still worried that she was busy with state affairs and neglected her sisters, which caused them not to talk to her.

After thinking about it, the queen smiled helplessly, looked at her sister and said softly: "I don't want you to be like this, those old people can't hinder me. I will announce Sanmu to enter the palace in a few days, and you should prepare for the big wedding." .”

"Sister Huang..." The Eldest Princess knew that Elder Sister didn't want them to do this, so she procrastinated again and again without opening her mouth, so she sighed and said, "Sister Huang, are you worried that I won't be able to get married?"

"Of course not." His Majesty smiled softly, held up the cup in front of him, took a sip, and said in a low voice, "I just hope that lovers can get married soon."

Her Majesty the Empress, who is nearly [-] years old, has a delicate face like a young girl in her teens.She was holding the cup at the moment, her shiny black hair was rolled up and spread out on the black dragon robe, she looked beautiful and slightly heroic.Those clear eyes were shining with soft light, filled with tenderness at this moment.

In the memory of the eldest princess, her eldest sister is such a majestic heroine on horseback, and a gentle and charming noble lady after taking off her battle robe.The princess adores her eldest sister so much, admires her, and loves her dearly.

Especially this girlish appearance, in her impression, is the appearance of the elder sister at all times when she faced Emperor Zhao.

Do lovers end up getting married?As far as the eldest sister is concerned, her lover has been buried in the mud.The Prince Zhaoming who has the appearance that everyone likes is gone, but will there be another lover?

The princess thought so, and couldn't bear to recall the late Emperor Zhao.She looked at the cup in elder sister's hand, thought of her appearance after drinking, and wanted to snatch it, but couldn't bear it, so she said to elder sister, "What about elder sister? Everyone is anxiously waiting for your lover." Appeared. Did you see a suitable one today?"

The queen tilted her head, thought for a while, and said, "They are all children who haven't grown up, so tender."

"Where is Mr. Lin Mengdie Lin? Shakuhachi plays very well, and his physical strength should be very good." The eldest princess who has been in the army for a long time is also quite bad in a certain way.

"It's not as good as Your Highness." But His Highness's body is very weak.The queen thought so in her heart, it seemed that she couldn't stand the toss.

The empress never shied away from mentioning Emperor Zhao in front of others, but everyone regarded that person as her taboo and dared not mention it at all.But tonight, she suddenly wanted to tell others about that person, so she drank another glass of wine.

There are some things that you can say without scruples only after drinking.

"An'an, you don't know, Your Highness plays shakuhachi very well. It stands to reason that you must have a good body when playing wind instruments. But Your Highness looks tall and thin, without any flesh. When I first saw her , she stood in front of the horse, looking like she would fall when the wind blows."

"Could such a thin person be the prince? But she is very good-looking, I have never seen a young man who is more beautiful than her." It was so good that she couldn't move her eyes away once she raised her eyes.

Her lips were stained with wine, and her clear eyes were covered with mist.No one knew that Her Majesty the Empress, who was majestic outside, was a drinker who couldn't drink even a glass.The queen, who usually drank white water at the banquet, talked intermittently about Prince Zhaoming after getting drunk tonight.

The eldest princess has heard it many times. In the first year after Emperor Zhao's death, after meeting the drunk eldest sister for the first time, she listened to it intermittently.She knew the first meeting between the prince and elder sister, the secret that could not be revealed, and the ignorant and inextricable love of elder sister.

In front of the bed where Emperor Assassin died, his eldest sister dedicated her whole life to Prince Zhaoming.The princess thought, if she was the eldest sister, she would be willing to be bound by the other person for the rest of her life if she met such a person who was willing to fight with her life to save her.

But that person is not her, she is not the person involved.So when the person involved was her eldest sister, from the perspective of a bystander, she hoped that her eldest sister would live a better life.

She took down the cup from the elder sister's hand, interrupting the empress' intermittent talking to herself.

"Sister, you drank too much." The princess said, looking at the elder sister who was only willing to confide in front of her, and sighed softly.

And only His Majesty murmured softly in response to the Eldest Princess: "Your Highness..."

Like the night wind whispering, lingering and biting.