Li Chaoyi's Anecdote

Chapter 15

Not too much... As long as I feel a little happy in my heart, I don't feel bitter. "

"You're right." The emperor got up and sent Wuyi out. It was dark now, and the vermilion lights in the palaces were hung up one by one. Yi himself lit a lamp and handed it to Yanshi.

"Should I send someone to take you back?"

Wuyi flicked his fluffy ponytail and said, "Don't look down on me." After he walked a few steps, he heard the emperor say from behind: "Don't forget to come to the Tianshou Festival in a few days."

Wuyi waved his hand: "Don't worry, I will definitely give you a big gift when the time comes."

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The birthday of the emperor of this dynasty is called the Tianshou Festival. The former emperor liked to be lively when he was alive. Every year, the Tianshou Festival is celebrated by the whole country. Although the new emperor has a quiet personality, he has kept this tradition. Tianshou Festival has become a rare event nowadays. One of the few remnants of the Holy Yuan Emperor.

The emperor was born in July, which coincides with the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the summer heat has not subsided, and this year's Tianshou Festival has caught up with the Nuo God Sacrifice in the capital. The emperor specially invited several Nuo opera troupes into the palace to enjoy the fun with the people. .All of a sudden, gongs, drums, shengxiao and gongs came and went one after another inside and outside the red wall, and even the fourth prince, who had never liked this way, privately asked for a wooden mask to play with in his arms, which made Yi Ze laugh at him for a long time.

On the day and night of Tianshou Festival, the emperor held a banquet in the palace, and only invited a few close relatives of the clan.The emperor glanced at a vacant seat in front of the hall, said nothing, but lacked interest. He poured himself a few drinks, and finally couldn't help calling Fang Linghua, "Go and see where that kid Le Wuyi ran to. Where did you go?" As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he realized something was wrong, and changed his words: "Xuanle Yanshi."

Li Yan was sitting next to the emperor, he could hear every word clearly, and interjected: "I saw him leave the palace early in the morning, I'm afraid I forgot that today is the Tianshou Festival, San Lang, you..." When he saw Yi, he smiled slightly. Frowning, he stopped silently, turned his head to the side, pretending to watch the Nuo opera, but after a while he was really fascinated.

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What is being played on the stage is an old story from the past. It is about two brothers who made an agreement that after conquering the country, one of them will be half of them and they will never fight.Unexpectedly, the elder brother became greedy and set up a poisonous plan to murder the younger brother, and finally the two fought desperately in front of the golden palace.The story was full of twists and turns, and the two actors acted so emotionally that everyone present held their breaths and did not even dare to blink.I saw the two brothers fighting more and more fiercely, and their posture became more and more arrogant. Suddenly, they jumped up and jumped in front of Yu Jia, wielding swords and swords, full of murderous intent.

The emperor sat upright, with the wine glass in his hand unwavering, but the fourth prince yelled: "Presumptuous!" With a knife, he split the mask made of locust wood into two, blood spattered immediately, and a scar fell on the man's chest. On the straight bridge of the nose.

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Yi looked at the bloodstain winding past his nostrils, his vision suddenly became blurred, and he regained his composure, he had come to a place full of flowers, bamboo trees and pavilions, peaceful and quiet, stone tables and wooden chairs, everything was available.

"It turned out to be here..." The emperor drank the warm wine in his hand and sat down on a seat against the light. At this time, the moon was shining in the sky, the night wind was blowing, and the scent of osmanthus was blowing. He already had this smell. Haven't smelled it in 11 years.

Yi Ze suddenly recalled when and where this was, and he felt certain in his heart.The next moment, two teenagers came out side by side from the depths of the flower path, one of them was tall and thin, it was himself, the other had a high nose and deep eyes, he seemed to be of barbarian blood, but he was happy.

That was the last night before he went back to Mount Taihua to bid farewell to Qinghe.

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"Yize, don't you really want to go to Dongyi with me? I heard that there is a tree there that blooms every 30 years, and the juice that flows out is more fragrant than fine wine."

"I have promised Master that before returning to court, I will go to Taihua to see him first, and he has something to say to me."

The two of them got closer and closer, and stopped in front of a rockery, pointing to a poplar tree next to it and said: "I just planted this a few days ago, when you really become the emperor, I will use it to give you money." Make a crown for you to wear to court every day."

Yi took a closer look at the poplar, which was thin and thin, and very small. He couldn't help laughing and said, "When it grows up, all my hair will fall out. What do I need a crown for?"

Wuyi raised his eyebrows: "Don't underestimate yourself, I will make a bet with you, within three years, you will definitely ascend to the throne of God."

"Three years," Yi Ze laughed, "You are not a god, how could you expect it?"

"You are ambitious."

Yi Ze was taken aback when he heard the words, this was the first time someone used this word to describe him.

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"From the first time I saw you, I felt that although you are cold and unreasonable, you are never willing to spend your life in obscurity. Some thoughts, although you have never said them, but we have known each other these days, even if I should be able to see that I'm such an idiot. Otherwise, how could you get to where you are today?"

The third prince on the opposite side was momentarily at a loss for words.

The emperor suddenly remembered that when he was very young, he couldn't walk steadily, so he was hugged by his mother and concubine to find his father.At that time, Emperor Shengyuan was still strong and strong, with the faint demeanor of a young man in Chang'an still on his face. He sat on a high dragon chair and stretched out his hands to the mother and son.Concubine Shu put the young Yi Ze down and watched him stumbling towards his father. He accidentally fell down on the road, but he didn't cry and got up and continued to stagger.

However, what attracted his attention was his father, whom he had never met before, or the magnificent and majestic throne beneath him. Even in front of his closest mother and concubine, Yi Ze never announced it.

As if there was a mighty will of God in the dark, as soon as he saw the shining dragon chair, he wanted to go up, touch it, and sit down. Every pattern and every curve on it coincided with the palm of his hand. The veins of the muscles—that belonged to him.

Yi only told this to one person, his master, Elder Juewei of Taihua Mountain.After hearing this, the elder was silent for a moment, and then slowly said to him: "Don't blame today's catastrophe, there must be a reason for the past... hide and hide, after all, you can't escape your destiny."

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The emperor raised his head and put down the wine glass in his hand. He knew what the young Yanshi was about to say. After 11 years, he still had some expectations.

Wuyi said, "Yi Ze, I actually like you quite a bit."

"I also like Brother Le very much."

It is enough to say this, and I know that they are not talking about the same kind of liking, but when I think about tomorrow that person will travel far, to a place higher and wider than the sky, I feel light and windy. Month, full of guts.He reached out and grabbed Yi Ze's sleeve, and held his hand through a thin layer of cloth: "I didn't intend to tell you, but you are leaving tomorrow, and I am going on a long journey, I don't know What year and what month will we see you again... Yi Ze Yi Ze Yi Ze, I will call you three times, I am afraid that no one will call you like that again in the future."

The emperor took a deep breath. After he returned to court, his father and brothers called him the King of Wu, all the officials called him His Highness, and his younger brother Li Yan called him Sanlang, but his original name was actually a little strange.Seeing that Yi Ze lowered his head, he didn't know what he said to Wu Yi, the two of them suddenly laughed and quarreled, they walked farther and farther, and finally disappeared.

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The emperor watched as Li Yan cut off the masked head with a single knife, spraying countless fluorescent spots from his cavity, one face after another came in the void, and then went away decisively.

"Yanjia?" Li Yan turned around and executed another actor on the spot, only to see that the gold and stone were scattered, but it was still a Yanjia.

"What about you, this king knows where you are!" The fourth prince held a knife, like a young tiger smelling blood.

"King Wei, put down the knife first, and sit back in your seat." The emperor finally opened his mouth, but Li Yan still wanted to argue, but when he met his eyes, he couldn't help but bowed his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Yi Ze turned his eyes to the big drum standing on one side, and said, "I haven't come out yet, do you want me to invite you in person?"

There were only two beeps from the drum, and someone threw two drum hammers from behind, and said in a muffled voice, "Your brother and I really don't get along. Every time we meet, he has to break my Yanjia before he gives up."

The emperor smiled and said: "If I let him worship you as a teacher, and let him know the hard work of making Yanjia, he wouldn't be so willful."

"No way!" Li Yan shouted together with the man.

"This king doesn't bother to learn these heretical things..."

"You can't learn it, and I'm too lazy to teach it." Wuyi slowly turned out from behind the drum, "The most important thing in the way of Yanshu is to respect living beings. Bloodthirsty and easy to kill like you, how can you kill people at every turn?" Learn my Yanshu."

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The emperor waved away the crowd without changing his face, and the birthday banquet broke up unhappy. In the end, even Li Yan left, leaving the two of them standing alone in the courtyard where the cups and plates were scattered.There was still wine in the jug, so it was like throwing it away after taking a sip. He pulled up the emperor's sleeve and said, "The moon is not over, and your birthday is not over yet. I know there is a good place to go, which is more interesting than the palace." too much."

Yi Ze lowered his head: "Is this the way I go out?"

"It's more conspicuous..." Wuyi wrinkled her nose, "How about I wait for you to change clothes?"

The emperor rolled his eyes: "It's not necessary."

I saw that this year's champion of the new discipline had a few more drinks, and at this moment he was drunk and fell asleep on the table, and the emperor took off his robe with his own hands. Afraid that he would catch cold, he used all the dragon patterns on his clothes The sword was scratched and draped over his body.The emperor wrapped the red robe around his body, tied it with a jade belt, and smiled back: "Let's go, I've been to the Qionglin Banquet, and now I'm taking you to the Imperial Street to ride horses."

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The Imperial Forest Army guarding the gate recognized the clothes, and the emperor was about the same age as Zhuangyuan Lang. They didn't encounter many interrogations along the way.