Qing Yan

At the beginning of the day after the snow, at the end of the imperial road in front of the Forbidden Palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a group of people turned around with the sound of horseshoes.

The leading man was dressed in the color of a county king, covered with a fur cloak, and under the snow cap on his head was a sallow and thin face.He is thin and thin, with a sickly face, sitting on the horse, but his figure is tall and straight, and the sword hanging around his waist can still set off his former bravery.

"Shen Quan, Your Majesty sent you here to pass the decree to announce the king's entry into the palace. What's the matter?"

After Shen Quan was called, he tapped his legs lightly on the horse's belly, approached the man's mount unhurriedly, stepped back half of the horse's body to show respect, and said with a smile: "My lord, didn't you just hear the edict from the servant? Why are you asking this servant again?"

Hearing this, the man glanced at the attendant who was following far behind, and hummed in a low voice: "Master, you are here to play tricks! You are a roundworm in His Majesty's stomach. What is she Xuanben doing, you boy!" Don't you know?"

Shen Quan saw his vigilance, and said with a grin: "My lord, don't be a slave. We are just slaves serving our master. We don't know what the master is thinking."

The man snorted coldly, expressing his disbelief.

After another half-shot, Shen Quan raised his head and looked at the south gate of the Forbidden Palace, Deyang Gate, and suddenly said, "My lord, Your Majesty has a decree, please enter the palace through Wufeng Gate to have an audience."

Yi Wang Yuwenda frowned slightly: "What does your majesty mean?"

Wufeng Gate is the side gate of the Forbidden Palace, next to the Imperial Garden and the Imperial Garden, and beyond the Imperial Garden is Zhilanxuan.

Shen Quan still smiled: "What does your majesty say, the servant will tell the prince. As for the deep meaning, the servant will not know. Or, wait for you to meet the saint and ask yourself?"

Yu Wenda's suspicions deepened, but he didn't want to waste any more time talking with him, so he took the lead in turning a corner and galloped towards Wufengmen.

Shen Quan deliberately slowed down his pace, and let several attendants pass him to follow.

His eyes swept over these people one by one——

The first two people were Yi Wang's trusted bodyguards, one was Zheng Bao and the other was Ke Zhen, and Shen Quan recognized them; but the four behind were very familiar.Shen Quan kept in mind Yu Wenrui's order to "carefully observe whether there is anything unusual in Yi Wang Mansion" before leaving the palace, and kept all this, including what he saw and heard in Yi Wang Mansion before, in his heart.

A group of people entered the Wufeng Gate smoothly, and got off their horses according to the command. Several guards of Yu Wenda were waiting outside the palace.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I could faintly hear the sounds of animals neighing and birds singing in the imperial garden, which was quite unique in this quiet and empty silvery day.

Yu Wenda stopped and listened intently for a while, his eyes seemed to reveal longing, "This is the lark's cry... there are even snow wolves... Oh, Your Majesty is really intrigued! Why didn't she call Zhilanxuan's snow deer Put it in the imperial garden for the snow wolf to chase and play?"

The corner of Shen Quan's mouth twitched.He knew that Prince Yi was a suave and outspoken master in his early years. Although he is not often seen nowadays, his temperament has not changed at all.

After walking a dozen more steps, Yu Wenda's words became a prophecy——

In the distance, the frightened and frantic running of beasts is getting closer and closer, not only that, but also the helpless whining of deer.

Yu Wenda was startled, stopped in his tracks, and stared fixedly at the white figure running wildly from far to near, as if the snow all over the ground was rushing up.The snow deer nearly half a foot high roared past with the strong wind, and everyone who saw it was stunned.

Shen Quan's jaw dropped from the shock: the snow deer were raised in Zhilanxuan, and they were always docile and pleasant. If someone hadn't intentionally hurt them, they would never have been so frightened.In the Forbidden Palace, who is so courageous!If this disturbs Sheng Jia, it's fine!

Just as he was slandering, the sound of hurried footsteps came from far to near. The little man in the blue shirt had a flushed face, and the sweat from his sprinting had long since been blown away by the cold wind.She was only about seven or eight years old, and she only wore a royal blue cotton robe, probably for the convenience of running, and the outer clothes were thrown away somewhere.The little man's hands were not empty yet, he was holding a small bow in his left hand, and a shorter arrow in his right hand, and he chased after Snow Deer's footsteps.

After all, the snow deer is a beast that is good at running, it is not something that a child like her can catch up to, and in a blink of an eye, it disappeared without a trace.And that child, when he saw Yu Wenda and his party, couldn't help but stopped a foot away.

She completely forgot about Xuelu and the bow and arrow she was holding in her hand, stopped there, looked Yu Wenda up and down, and finally stared fixedly at his face, seemingly confused and puzzled.

Yu Wenda also looked at her, a smile gradually appeared on his face.This child was chasing a snow deer in the Forbidden Palace. Obviously, she still wanted to shoot her with a bow and sword. It was really against etiquette, but when he saw her for the first time, he liked her, especially that fearless look. The energy made him seem to see himself when he was a child again.

I don't know which child it is.Yu Wenda thought.

Maybe she followed the lord into the palace to say hello to some nobleman, but since her lord was not in sight, she became mischievous.

Thinking in his heart, he took a few steps and stood in front of the child.

His tall and thin figure immediately blocked the sun above the child's head.

"Which family doll are you from? You are so naughty in the palace, aren't you afraid of bringing trouble on your family?"

The little girl seemed to be in a daze, she just looked up at him blankly.

Yu Wenda was amused in his heart, glanced at the bow and arrow in her hand, and said softly: "That snow deer has always been obedient, why are you chasing and shooting it?"

The little girl's face became even redder, and she moved her hands holding the bow and arrow, as if she wanted to hide behind her, but she didn't know what was going on in her heart, so she insisted on not moving again.

Yu Wenda suddenly felt that the child was very interesting, and was about to ask something more, when he saw two court ladies running from a distance, anxiously: "Little ancestor, can you..."

The two were surprised to see Yu Wenda, and then saw Shen Quan standing behind Yu Wenda, their legs went limp immediately, and they hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "I have met His Royal Highness Yi Wang! I have seen Manager Shen!"

Yu Wenda was amazed by the respectful look the two treated the little girl. Except for Jing Jiayue, who was lawless, he had never seen anyone who dared to be so "dominant" in the forbidden palace!

Staring at Yu Wenda's disappearing figure, Jixiang blinked his eyes, pursed his lips, two puddles of water appeared in his eye sockets, and he was about to cry.

"You just said that he is King Yi of the Great Zhou?"

The two maids looked at each other, nodded and said: "It's His Royal Highness Yi Wang...Miss Yu, go back to Zhilanxuan? If you are frozen, the servants will not be able to bear it."

More than afraid of freezing her?If people knew that this little girl was messing around in the palace, I'm afraid I would be punished, right?

Ji Xiang didn't move, and said with tears in his voice, "King Yi? Is it Daddy's King Yi?"

The two maids looked at each other, puzzled, but also afraid that she would say something terrible, so they hurriedly coaxed and dragged her away.

Yu Wenda originally thought that he would meet him in Chongyang Palace, but he didn't want to be led by Shen Quan to Qiyun Palace, which is not far from Zhilanxuan. What's more, he didn't expect that not only the emperor, but also the queen mother Jingyan were waiting for him.

He saluted, was given a seat, and the maid served tea, and then the emperor shunned the others, leaving only three people.

Yu Wenda was surprised in his heart, thinking about the words in the imperial decree, he couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty said that he would invite several important officials and clans to discuss the matter of attacking Beizheng, but I don't know the others..."

Where are the others?

Yu Wenrui didn't answer him, but stared at him for a while in silence.

Yu Wenda's scalp was numb from her probing gaze, and he glanced at the queen mother uneasily, but found that Jing Yan's face was calm, and his eyes didn't fall on himself at all.

Yu Wenrui suddenly said: "Brother Dahuang has lost weight and lost a lot of weight. Is it because there are a lot of affairs in the mansion and you are too worried?"

Yu Wenda's nerves suddenly tightened, and he said with a smile: "Your Majesty is joking! No matter how many chores I have in the Yiwang Mansion, can it be more than your Majesty's palace? Your Majesty's palace can still be organized in an orderly manner, let alone the small Yiwang Mansion." ?”

Hearing this, Yu Wenrui squinted his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "My harem is well-organized, it's all thanks to the Queen Mother's careful management!"

Jing Yan frowned invisibly, and gave Yu Wenrui a sidelong glance.

Yu Wenrui pretended not to see it, and continued: "So, brother Dahuang should also marry a sister-in-law to take care of the housework."

What does it mean to "should" marry a sister-in-law?

Jing Yan wished he could sew this little friend's mouth right away.

But Yu Wenda didn't think of going elsewhere for a while, the corners of his lips curled up, and he changed into a prodigal look, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has always known the temperament of the minister. There are too many women here, and jealousy and quarrels are troublesome ..."

Seeing the empress dowager and the emperor's complexion changed slightly, he changed the subject and said, "So, your majesty, please forgive me! If you marry a princess, you must be a lady of some family, and you will take care of me every day, so I don't regret it. Ill? What's more, I always feel sorry for you, and I can't bear to let her feel sad for my minister all the time, right?"

The corners of Yu Wenrui's mouth twitched slightly when he heard it, and he said to himself, I see you are sick now!Or there are too many women, draining the vitality of the disease!

Since she is an empress, she naturally can't see that men in the world don't take women seriously, so her blood surged, and she said coldly: "Since Brother Dahuang is so compassionate, do you still remember Alatan Tana from Monan nine years ago?"

Yu Wenda's complexion changed slightly, and he smiled stiffly: "I'm not afraid of Your Majesty's jokes. I have traveled around in the past and met a lot of women. What is it from Monan... Tana? Ha! I really can't remember!"

Yu Wenrui gritted his teeth bitterly and said: "Poor princess Monan Chang, who gave birth to a child for you, and worked so hard to raise the young girl, you don't even remember her!"

Yu Wenda's expression was shocked, and the figure of the little girl chasing the snowy deer just now flashed across his mind.