The Palace of the Prince of Qin became quiet, and the night banquet of the Chang'an Palace was still going on all night long.
Three hours ago.
A group of courtiers came leisurely and took their seats in order. Crown Prince Shen Yu wore a bright yellow python robe and sat beside Emperor Jing Yuan, rubbing her eyes warmly with a woman next to her.
The woman was dressed in palace attire, with a flamboyant and glamorous appearance, and her face was full of heroism, especially the little flowers between her eyebrows, which were particularly eye-catching.
When a lady from the official family saw the flower tin, she couldn't help being curious, and asked the maid serving on one side crisply: "The crown princess's flower tin is very beautiful, who painted it? Can you find it for me and draw one too?" "
The palace maid covered her lips, and bowed gracefully: "Miss Hui, it was painted by the prince himself, and you can't do anything about it."
Your Highness the Crown Prince.
The official lady looked at the couple over there, and couldn't help feeling envious.
It turned out that this beautiful woman in palace attire was none other than the Crown Princess Shen Xiaoshi.
After Shen Xiao was born in the general family, he is proficient in the art of war and has superb martial arts.
A few years ago, Shen Xiao went to the battlefield with his father to support Shen Yu's Northern Expedition to conquer Yan's army. It was also in that battle that the prince and his wife got married, and after returning to the court, they asked Emperor Jing Yuan to give him a marriage contract.
Emperor Jing Yuan readily agreed, and held a lively and lively wedding for the prince and his wife. Even the canonization ceremony of the crown prince was outrageously extravagant.
Today the husband and wife are reunited, Shen Xiao has been waiting in Daming Palace early. Seeing Shen Xuan coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Emperor Jing Yuan saw this, and let the young couple go to the side hall to chat about themselves.
It wasn't until the dinner began that the two sat beside Emperor Jing Yuan.
Looking further down, there are several princes and princesses who are only in their prime.
Emperor Jing Yuan looked left and right, but seeing no one, he waved to the side.
Eunuch Li stepped forward immediately with a whisk in his arms, bowed his waist and said with a smile, "Long live."
"Where is Changle?" Emperor Jing Yuan asked.
"Go back to Long Live, Her Royal Highness the Princess is changing clothes in the side hall, and she said that she will perform a dance to welcome the Crown Prince." Eunuch Li responded with a smile.
Changle is the title of Shen Chao, the four princesses of the Celestial Dynasty.
This girl.
Emperor Jing Yuan shook his head and laughed, and raised his glass to the ministers who congratulated the crown prince on his triumphant return.
As soon as the song fell, the sound of the song changed suddenly, and the gurgling water suddenly came out.
"The princess welcomes guests and presents a dance!"
A eunuch shouted, and the lights around the stage suddenly went out.
Jin se blew in unison, followed by the sound of flute.
A paper lantern above the stage was lit up, and red silk flew from the distant night, entangled on the beam above the stage.
? A robe with long sleeves grasped one end of the red silk, came from the air, landed firmly on the table, and slowly bent sideways to look back.
This girl has high curly hair on her temples, and the two blushes at the corners of her eyes are like peach petals. The girl was wearing a white gauze, only revealing the eyes that were like a prince's, with crooked brows and eyes when smiling.
It was also this pair of watery eyes that aroused the amazement of the audience when they looked back and smiled.
The so-called Bai Meisheng who looks back and smiles is probably nothing more than that.
The music suddenly changed, the pipa sounded, the big bell struck, and the girl on the stage raised her water sleeves and danced to the music, frowning and moving like the flying girl in the Dunhuang murals.
In a corner under the stage, a brocade-clothed young man also followed the princes and nobles, raised his elegant and indifferent eyes, and looked up at the girl who seemed to be unique in this world.
He didn't realize that his heart was slowly speeding up with the music.
Some hazy drunkenness.
I don't know whether people are intoxicated or drunk.
As the song fell, the applause from the audience was thunderous, one after another.
The girl turned to the side of the high platform, lowered her eyes and bowed softly: "My son has seen the father, long live the father, long live the father."
He bowed to Shen Yu and his wife again: "Changle welcomes the crown prince's elder brother to return in triumph."
"Changle doesn't need to be polite. Come and sit down quickly. Dad left you your favorite hibiscus cake." Emperor Jing Yuan greeted her cheerfully.
Shen Chao, that is, the girl, raised her eyebrows and smiled when she heard the words.
She hurriedly changed into a set of skirts, and Dian'er Dian'er ran to Emperor Jing Yuan's side to cuddle up and sit down.
Looking at the pile of hibiscus cakes in front of him, Shen Chao's eyes were filled with joy.
In the world, only the elder brother of the prince can show off his beauty with hibiscus cake.
She slowly took off the white gauze, picked up a piece of hibiscus cake, and slowly sipped it.
Below, the brocade-clothed young man who had been watching here from the corner of his eye, caught a glimpse of Shen Chao under the veil.Looking at his face, he was slightly taken aback.
The night banquet was still about singing and dancing, so Shen Chao talked to Shen Ting and his wife a little more personally, and then coquettishly coquettishly with Emperor Jing Yuan, and took the maid of honor to the Penglai Hall where Concubine Mu Gui lived.
Concubine Mu Gui was pregnant with Liujia, and it was really inconvenient to attend. Emperor Jing Yuan thought that she was heavy, so he asked Eunuch Li to send some ice cubes to relieve her from the heat.
Shen Chao bathed in the night and walked forward leisurely.
All the way on the bluestone slabs, taking advantage of the cool breeze at night, it is very leisurely.
"You go and fetch the regular portion of ice in my palace. My concubine is afraid of the heat. I'll wait for you in the long corridor and go to Penglai Hall together." As he walked, Shen Chao suddenly remembered something and hurriedly paused. He stopped, looked sideways at the maid beside him, and said with a smile.
The maid bowed and turned to leave.
Shen Chao walked to the corridor and sat down slowly.
The moonlight is diffuse in the lotus pond, and the small leaves are only showing their sharp corners.
Shen Chao narrowed his eyes comfortably, feeling quite happy.
Today, the prince's elder brother is still in court, and in the future she can go to the East Palace to listen to his elder brother's anecdotes about the frontier.
In an instant, a strong wind rose above the lotus pond.
Shen Chao suddenly opened his eyes, touched his sleeve robe, and pulled out a soft whip.
"Who is here, why don't you show up soon?" Standing up in one step, Shen looked around.
Although she was spoiled and spoiled, she was deeply impressed by Shen Ting's admiration for martial arts, and she practiced martial arts since childhood. Especially the one-handed whip method is even better than blue.
A ray of evil wind suddenly came, blowing chaotically and sinking towards the black hair.
Shen Chao turned around, his water eyes suddenly widened.
After a few breaths, frogs croaked again in the lotus pond.
The corridor also became quiet, as if nothing was unusual.
Except for that one, the soft whip lying quietly on the ground.
In Daming Palace and Linde Hall, bells and drums are still played for the night banquet.
At that time, there was suddenly the sound of Zhang Luo beating drums outside.
It was extremely noisy, and it seemed to be faint, and a fight could be faintly heard.
The sound of drumming and music stopped suddenly.
Everyone looked at each other, as if they sensed something was wrong.
Emperor Jing Yuan narrowed his eyes, and asked loudly: "What's going on outside, such a commotion?"
Eunuch Li ran in in a panic, knelt down on the ground with a plop, his expression extremely terrified: "Long live, someone broke into the palace at night and killed the felon Duan Zhengqing!"
As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.
It turned out that a group of assassins came at night and lurked in the prison. While the guards were drinking and eating meat, they killed everyone and cut off Duan Zhengqing's head before leaving.
Seeing the assassin, the imperial guard who stayed at night immediately drew his sword and stepped forward.
The fight outside was caused by the fighting between the two sides.
"Presumptuous! Yunji, lead the troops to capture the assassin, be sure to torture who ordered it!" Emperor Jing Yuan was furious and stood up.