The next day on New Year's Eve, Emperor Tianwu finished his last morning court session of the year. Then he impatiently pulled Zhang Yuan towards Winter Moon Palace.
There were four little eunuchs following behind Zhang Yuan. They were all holding trays with brand new palace clothes on them. They were all white. He muttered as he walked, "It's New Year's Eve. If the emperor wants to get closer to Consort Yun, he should send something festive. Who wears white for New Year's Eve? Red is good, pink is good. "
Tianwu waved his hand, "No, no, Pianpian is not good. When have you ever seen her wear red and green with heavy makeup? She likes white. White is elegant and beautiful. It fits her temperament like water the best. " When Tianwu thought of Consort Yun, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He then asked Zhang Yuan, "It's New Year's Eve today, do you think Pianpian will see this one?"
Zhang Yuan wanted to say no, but it was New Year's Eve and it wasn't good to attack his master too much. He thought about it and then seriously said, "The possibility is fifty-fifty!"
"Then you might as well not say it." Tianwu rolled his eyes at Zhang Yuan and no longer said anything to him. He only increased his pace and almost jogged to the front of Winter Moon Palace. When he stopped, he was panting heavily as he said, "I can't, I can't. If it was a few years ago, I wouldn't be panting like this. These two years, my body is clearly not as good as before." His voice was very loud, almost as if he was using his internal strength to shout.
Zhang Yuan felt that it was very embarrassing. He was already this tired, yet he could still shout so loudly. Emperor, who are you trying to trick? This was too insulting to Consort Yun's brain.
He couldn't help reminding him, "It's not that exaggerated. Before the princess left, she left you so much medicine. This servant has been watching you eat it every day."
Tianwu felt that this damn eunuch was too talkative. He raised his hand and knocked on the front door of Winter Moon Palace many times. As he knocked, he shouted, "Pianpian, open the door! It's the new year, we … I'm here to give you new clothes. They're all freshly made in white. I'm sure you'll like them! Hurry up and open the door for me. Let's stop messing around, okay? "
He knocked on the door again and again, causing the palace servants in the Winter Moon Palace to feel apprehensive. They were used to this kind of scene. Every New Year's Eve at the Martial Emperor Palace would come here. However, they had the confidence to not open the door in the past. After all, Consort Yun was there to support them. However, this year, Consort Yun was not in the palace at all. These palace servants were all trembling with fear. They were afraid that Emperor Tianwu would not be able to hold back and barge in. Once the fact that Consort Yun left the palace was exposed, none of them would be able to live.
The people outside were still shouting and the knocking on the door continued. However, it was slower and weaker than before. Finally, Emperor Tianwu stopped knocking. Instead, he leaned against the palace door and let out a heavy sigh. Everyone heard Tianwu say, "I'm getting older every year. My two children are not in the capital this year. Pianpian, I know you're bored, so aren't I here to play with you? Can you open the door for me? "
Unfortunately, the front door of Winter Moon Palace was like an ice wall. Not only was it as hard as ice, it was also cold to the point of being inhumane.
Tianwu smiled bitterly. He waved his hand and indicated for the eunuch behind him to put the clothes in front of the palace door. Then he said, "Forget it. We come here every month to call you and you've never been soft-hearted. It's fine. It doesn't matter if we meet or not. As long as you're still in the palace, our heart will be warm. " After he finished speaking, he turned his head and said to Zhang Yuan, "Wait here for a while. If someone comes out to get the clothes, ask them if Pianpian has been well. We want to walk by ourselves. Don't follow us."
Zhang Yuan watched as Tianwu walked away with his hands behind his back. His back was not as tall and straight as it had been in the past. He was slightly hunched and his steps were not as powerful as they had been in the past. He was slightly staggering. His nose felt sour and he quickly turned his head away from Tianwu. It wasn't until Tianwu was far away that he reached out to knock on the door of Winter Moon Palace and called out, "Jiejie, open the door and bring the clothes inside. The emperor has already walked far away."
The door to Winter Moon Palace opened a small crack and two palace maids squeezed out. They quickly picked up the clothes on the ground and went back inside, not paying any attention to Zhang Yuan. Very quickly, the door to Winter Moon Palace closed with a bang. Zhang Yuan let out a heavy sigh and waved his hand at the four eunuchs beside him, "You guys can go back first. I also want to walk by myself."
He walked to a secluded place and said to the air, "Come out!"
As soon as his voice fell, a hidden guard immediately appeared and stood in front of him. Zhang Yuan asked that person, "Is everything in the east alright?"
That hidden guard nodded, "With the seventh prince's protection, it's fine. It's just … … "The hidden guard paused and then said," Does eunuch still not want to tell the emperor? "
Zhang Yuan nodded his head heavily, "We definitely can't tell the emperor! Since we already know about Consort Yun leaving the palace, we should keep our mouths tightly shut and never speak of it to anyone else. Right now, the seventh and ninth highnesses are both not in the capital. If the emperor goes to chase after Consort Yun, then does he still want this Dashun country? "
This year's New Year's Eve, it was destined that people would be rushing about outside.
Xuan Tianhua's group was already close to Fuzhou. They only needed to travel for half a day before they could enter Fuzhou City. The Fuzhou prefectural magistrate had already sent people outside the city to welcome them. The people from both sides met three days ago.
"You lost. The emperor dotes on that little eunuch Zhang Yuan the most, not His Ninth Highness. Drink!" Under a withered tree on the side of a small path, a group of attendants were sitting in a circle. There was a fire in the middle and a half-cooked duck was roasted over the fire. The one who spoke was a woman wearing a white winter robe and a bamboo hat. She was holding a wine pot in one hand and a wine bowl in the other. She carelessly pushed the wine bowl to a young man next to her. "Drink."
The young man expressed his dissatisfaction: "Everyone in the world knows that the emperor dotes on the Ninth Prince the most. Even His Highness can't compare to him. How could you lose?"
The woman waved her hand: "If I say you lost, then you lost. I have first-hand information here. You should know that I have spies in the palace. That old man, the emperor, always has that eunuch by his side no matter where he goes. Even when he sleeps, that little eunuch has to stand guard outside. When have you ever seen him bring the Ninth Prince with him wherever he goes? "
The man was at a loss for words. He paused for a moment before saying: "Someone who follows the emperor everywhere must be a eunuch."
"That's not the same." The woman continued: "The old emperor and that little eunuch are always together. Their relationship is not ordinary. He's not an ordinary eunuch. You should drink."
The young man's head was filled with black lines. Where did His Highness the seventh prince find such a god? How could she dare to say anything?
Someone beside him poked him: "Let you drink, then drink. Why are you talking so much nonsense? It's good to drink more wine on such a cold day."
The woman nodded: "That's right. The weather is a bit cold. I heard that the East border is better than the North border. I don't know if the snow in the North border is knee-deep." As she spoke, she turned her head to look at the Xuan Tianhua who was sitting far away. The other party was also looking at her with a helpless expression. The woman also drank a mouthful of wine and sighed: "Following His Highness the seventh prince is like suffering. He doesn't even give us more meat."
A soldier quickly cut off the leg of a roasted duck and handed it to her. At the same time, he said: "That Bu Cong has been in the East border for many years. The soldiers here are basically his former subordinates. Although Bu Cong has fled for fear of punishment, generally speaking, the people in the military camp are loyal. I'm afraid that it will be difficult for us to blend in this time."
When the woman heard this, she became angry: "Difficult to blend in means that those people don't listen to His Highness the seventh prince's words? Then let's do it. At worst, we'll kill everyone who opposes us. Let's see who dares to say no! "
When she spoke these bold words, everyone looked at her. After being stunned for a while, they all cupped their fists and looked at her with admiration: "Brother Tian is domineering!"
Xuan Tianhua finally couldn't listen anymore. He stood up and walked over. When he reached the woman's side, he grabbed her arm and forcefully pulled her away from this place. He didn't let go until they were back to where he originally sat. When the woman was pulled away, she turned around and shouted to the young people around the fire: "Let's continue drinking after we enter Fu Zhou City tonight!"
At this moment, Xuan Tianhua's heart was about to collapse. He looked at the woman and said helplessly: "Mother, what did you say to them? Brother Tian, where did Brother Tian come from? "
The woman was none other than Consort Yun. When she heard Xuan Tianhua's question, she proudly told him: "My surname is Yun. Isn't the cloud in the sky? So I told them my surname is Tian. As for them calling me Brother Tian, that's because they think I'm straightforward and have a brotherly spirit. Also, Hua 'er, today is New Year's Eve. It's quite tiring to travel on New Year's Eve. "
Xuan Tianhua spread his hands: "It's already tiring. Who told you to come along? You should have just obediently stayed in the palace. You're a good niangniang, but you insist on calling me Brother Tian. What do you want me to say about you? "
Consort Yun copied him and spread her hands. She told him very seriously: "The palace is not good, and niangniang is not good either. The happiest years of my life were when I was in the stockade. It had nothing to do with the palace."
With these words, the words that Xuan Tian Hua had wanted to say to console her were stuck in his throat and turned into a silent sigh. That's right, Consort Yun was not happy in the palace. He was her son. If he had a choice, he would rather have Consort Yun leave the palace. Even if she was bragging and drinking with others, it was still better than being locked up in the Winter Moon Palace.
He stretched out his arm and hugged Consort Yun tightly, then immediately let go. "As long as you're happy." He said, "As long as you're happy."
In Xue Song Prefecture, in the courtyard of the only illusory hall, seventeen girls were standing in two neat rows. The oldest of these girls was only fourteen or fifteen years old, while the youngest was only ten years old. They were all wearing colorful clothes and were obediently listening to a woman who looked to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old speak.
"The so-called illusory technique is a kind of performance where the performer constantly changes in order to achieve an unfathomable state. It can also give the viewer a surprising experience. Some people call it a miracle. Each of you has an ice flower in your hands. Now, according to the method I taught you before, let the flames rise from these ice flowers! "
This woman's voice had a bewitching effect, making people feel as if they were in a fantasy world. It was to the point that they all believed that fire could rise from the ice flowers.
The girls followed the superficial knowledge they had learned before and constantly changed their hand gestures, trying to make the ice flowers catch fire. Unfortunately, the time it took for a stick of incense to burn passed, but there was still no sign of the fire.
The woman shook her head in disappointment and whispered to a middle-aged man next to her: "This kind of random person just to make up the numbers won't do. This year will be like this. Next year, we must find some talented people and train them from young."
As soon as her voice fell, the girls suddenly cried out in surprise. She stared blankly and saw a beautiful girl wearing a blue dress holding her ice flower with both hands. On top of the ice flower, there was a cluster of flames.
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