a pillow in autumn

The next day just after Yinshi, Zhou Mubai was dug up from the bed by Shuyao, half-closed his eyes and let the maids take care of the grooming, Biyue brought in the crimson blue cloud pattern robe that he had prepared the night before, and waited on it with Shuyao He put it on, and then put on a gauze dress with a bright silk face, rolled up the snow-white piping properly, and put on a white jade belt. A girl lowered her eyebrows and held a long box. Seeing it, he shook his head and said: "Today is a grand festival, all the princes and princesses have to pray in the Liufang Palace. This purple amber has dark patterns of the dragon, which may be a bit eye-catching. Why don't you wear this tuberose."

At this time Zhou Mubai was fully awake, and upon hearing that, he also looked over, nodded and said hello.A second-class girl outside came in to answer, and breakfast was ready.Biyue tied a jade pendant on him, and Shuyao tied a white jade crown for him, and the handsome young third prince is freshly out of the oven!

Arriving at the Liufang Hall, the crown prince Zhou Muchen and the second prince Zhou Muye were already in the hall, the three of them greeted each other, and after a while, all the princes and princesses arrived one after another.Because the Mid-Autumn Festival is a family ceremony, the Minister of Rituals was not around. After Zhou Lin and Zheng Xuan arrived, they led the concubines, princes and princesses to salute in front of the ancestral tablet, and the moon sacrifice ceremony had to wait until evening.

In the afternoon, Zhou Lin woke up after taking a break, and the attendant Xiaochi waited for him to change clothes. Eunuch Liu came to pay his respects. The autumn banquet had been set up in the flower array of Daoyu Garden. To welcome the cold, the princes and princesses all went to the imperial garden to enjoy the autumn.Zhou Lin became interested after hearing this, waved his hands and said, "You all follow me to see!"

The imperial garden is full of fragrant flowers. Outside the Louyue Pavilion, autumn chrysanthemums are planted all over, mostly light green and pale yellow. Several clumps of rare black chrysanthemums are kept beside the pavilion. Zhou Mudi and Jinfei Shangguan Wei are sitting in the pavilion to accompany Empress Zheng to enjoy the chrysanthemums .Zhou Lin ordered his followers to wait at a distance, went up to the pavilion alone, and did not allow them to salute, and picked a few seasonal fruits to rejoice.Concubine Jin and her daughter are chatting about the treasures in the chrysanthemum: "The snow-covered white robe and the drunk Qiongfang are really rare. Your grandfather also had two plants in his house, and they were the alien species that Qiongzhou paid tribute to. The emperor knew that your grandfather loved raising them." Chrysanthemum, Tete gave it to him."

"The last time your father was ill, I told him to rest and recuperate. When he went to court yesterday, he actually told me that he was going to retire and return to his hometown. You said, I must not allow it?" Zhou Lin smiled, but he didn't look angry.

"Father is indeed old, but the courtiers and concubines dare not speak nonsense about the affairs of the court, the emperor is the one who decides." After being married to him for a long time, he naturally knew his temperament, Shangguan Wei didn't say anything, he pursed his lips and smiled, the corners of his eyes were full It's style.

Sure enough, Zhou Lin smiled and said: "You can retire, but you don't have to go back to your hometown. Shangguan came from Yunzhou, and the journey is long. Your father is old and can't stand the fatigue of the boat. Besides, I have to ask him to refer to many things. See details."

Shangguan Wei took Zhou Muge together and bowed his knees to salute: "My concubine, thank the emperor for your kindness." Fang got up, and the little princess Zhou Mudi trotted over from outside the pavilion, just gave a random blessing to the elders, and pulled Zhou up. Mu Ge went out: "Sister Huang, let me release the paper kite. The third brother released the paper kite well, and the fourth brother also released the paper kite."

Empress Zheng couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "Are you calling for rescuers?" Turning to Zhou Lin and Concubine Jin, she said, "It's been so many years since paper kites have been released in the palace, let's take a look too?"

As they spoke, they walked out of the pavilion, only to see that the clouds had just dispersed, the fragrance of flowers rippling slightly in the autumn breeze, and a few paper kites were flying up and down in the blue sky, echoing each other from a distance.Zhou Mubai handed the coil to Mudi, picked another one up and put it up, Muge helped Mudi control the rope, Muyi’s paper kite flew the highest, and he took the coil and ran to the small slope to call him third brother, the youngest The prince Zhou Muyu clapped his hands and cheered, and the two nurses followed closely. Mu Chen and Mu Ye also came from the Wanhua Formation, watching the younger brothers and sisters play.

Mudi’s paper kite also rose gradually, and the attendants handed over the scissors, Mu Bai and Mu Yi twisted the long rope in their hands, the paper kite drifted with the wind, and gradually disappeared into the clouds, but Mudi was very reluctant and kept pulling The rope refused to be cut, but Muge raised his eyebrows and raised his hand, the long rope snapped at the sound, and the kite flew higher and higher. Mudi looked at the kite that could never fly back in the mist in the sky, and a layer of water slowly accumulated in his eyes.

Empress Zheng felt that her daughter was in a low mood, so she stepped forward to help her hand and said: "This year's Ten Thousand Flower Formation has changed a little bit more than before, you and your royal brothers and sisters should be careful when entering the formation later. "Smiling, she took off the snow jade bracelet on her wrist and held it in her hand, "If you are superior in skills, this Jiuyao Huacai will be given to you by the Queen Mother."

"Really?!" Zhou Mudi shouted joyously immediately, embracing her mother's arm and acting like a spoiled child.This bracelet looks like creamy white jade, but it is actually an ancient snow biscuit, which can shine with nine colors of brilliance on different sides, so it is named Jiuyao Huacai, which is a homonym of Jiuyao, which also means nine stars guarding.She begged her mother so many times for this bracelet, but she finally let go.

"When did the queen mother lie to you?" Zheng Xuan patted the back of her hand to see her jump up again.

Seeing that it was the last time to submit the application, Eunuch Liu bowed to ask for the order, Zhou Lin raised his hand, Eunuch Liu understood, turned around and saluted and said with a smile: "It is the emperor's decree that tonight the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet will be held in the Ten Thousand Flowers Formation On the Qixin platform, after a while, there will be little servants leading the young masters to different formations. As usual, please hold a long flag and enter the battle. If you encounter danger, you can wave the flag for help. When we arrived at the Qixin Terrace," Eunuch Liu raised his tone slightly, "Your Majesty, I will wait there for your kind letter from my little masters."

After a while, Zhou Mubai stood in front of the mausoleum gate of the Ten Thousand Flowers Formation. The little servant who led him here held a long flag in both hands. Mubai stretched out his hand to take it and unfolded it for a closer look. The crimson flag was embroidered with the totem of Suzaku with gold silk.The little servant said mischievously: "I wish the third prince a victory! The little ones can also enjoy the glory, and get a few more rewards." After saying that, he kowtowed and retreated.

Zhou Mubai raised his eyes and saw that the green vines were tangled and tangled, stretching tens of feet to the left and right, stretching and stacking. He didn't know how many times there were changes inside, so he had to walk in.After walking a dozen or so steps, there is a corner, and a few more steps, but there is a fork in the road, there is a dead end in the fork, and there is a new fork in the road, and after walking for a while, Mu Bai is a little confused, so he follows the book Looking at the method from above, looking up at the sky, I only hope to find some ways to follow the shadow of the sun.

Stopping and walking along the way, Mubai only felt his eyes were green, and he didn't know where he was. Suddenly he heard a voice in front of him. After walking a few steps, the voice could not be heard again, so he had to stop to distinguish it. A thin voice seemed to be sobbing.

"Who's there?" Mu Bai asked persistently, the voice stopped, and Mu Bai searched for the source of the sound, but couldn't find it. Suddenly, a voice behind the green screen next to him asked, "Is it Brother Mu Bai? Reed pipe."

"Where are you? Are you hurt?" Mu Bai heard a difference in her voice.

Sure enough, Mu Di replied with a slightly crying voice: "Yes. I got caught in a tree and vine, it hurts so much. Huh, huh."

Mubai squatted down halfway, trying to see through the gaps in the vines, but the branches and leaves were luxuriant, and heard Mudi say: "Go straight ten steps to the east, turn left, don't stop at the first fork, don't stop at the second fork." Go straight to the left, there is only one corner at the end, follow the corner, and you will come to me."

Mu Bai did as he said, and after a while, he really saw Mudi standing on tiptoe with his right foot between the barriers, holding a flag in one hand and climbing the vines in the other.Mu Bai hurried a few steps, took the flag from her hand, asked her if it hurts badly, Mudi pouted her mouth and nodded vigorously, said tearfully: "The vines bully me." Mu Bai could not help but smile, and frowned again : "Can you still walk?" Mudi shook her head, Mubai pressed her ankle lightly, Mudi let out a soft cry, and pressed her small fist on Mubai's shoulder, tears were about to fall again.

"I'll carry you." Mubai handed the two flags to her together: "Hold it, remember not to hold it high." As he spoke, he half knelt down and let Mudi lay on his back, and Mudi was not polite, and obediently climbed his back.

"Turn right ahead, you need to go straight to the half shot, and then turn right at the second corner." Mudi's voice came crisply from behind Mu Bai.

"Why do you seem to have a plan in your mind?" Mubai turned his back to her, watching her feet swaying by his side.

"I can walk out with my eyes closed." Mudi hummed proudly: "This Ten Thousand Flowers Formation was built according to the power of the eight trigrams of the universe, and the nine palaces were born in the eight trigrams, and the way of playing is changing every year, but ah... ..." Mudi put his arms around Mubai's neck and giggled: "It hasn't been built yet, but sister Huang and I came here to play quietly. You are locked up in the Shang's study every day to memorize, so naturally you don't know."

"Oh? Oh..." Mu Bai's voice turned slightly, with a mischievous taste: "Actually, you and Sister Huang checked the door early in the morning..."

"Shh..." Mu Di hurriedly hugged his neck to signal: "Don't let Father know!"

"Hee hee." Mu Bai turned her upside down so that she could walk a few steps faster: "Then let's go to Qixin Terrace."

"You also want to fight for the first place?" Mudi pouted behind him: "I also want to be the first."

... Mu Bai was a little embarrassed: "My good sister, I want to ask my father for something."

"Well... well, today you saved this princess, so I will let it go to you. The queen mother loves me the most, and I will find a way to ask her to give me Jiuyao Huacai in the future. Turn left in front, cross it and turn right." Mudi thought for a while on Mubai's back and said: "What do you want to ask Father?"

"I want to ask for the remnants of the ancient song "Yi Lan"." Mu Bai said as he walked quickly again, his forehead was already slightly sweating.

"Do you like the piano score?" Mudi yelled before he could answer: "Quick, walk out of this notch and you will see the Qixin Terrace."

"I promised a friend." Mu Bai replied while running as hard as he could.

The two of them came out from Wanlu, and it suddenly became clear that Zhou Lin, Empress Zheng, and concubines were already on the Qixin platform, setting up festive lanterns around, and a few servants saw them running away Coming over, Mu Bai put down the reed flute, but the reed pipe waved away the servant and refused to let him help him, he only held Mu Bai's arm and hopped forward.Mubai held her arm, and the two walked to the Qixin Terrace with support. Empress Zheng was full of concern, but she also knew Zhou Lin's temper, so she didn't speak, she just looked at them.

Zhou Mubai supported Zhou Mudi to stand upright, and knelt down on one knee: "Greetings to my father, my son is back."

Eunuch Liu has come down from the stage, stretching out his arms to be supported by Zhou Mudi. Zhou Mudi also wants to kneel down. Zhou Lin made a gesture, and Mudi stuck out his tongue and said mischievously: "Mudi also pays respects to the emperor, son. The minister is back too!" Empress Zheng felt relieved knowing that she was not seriously injured.

"You really lived up to my expectations." Zhou Lin laughed and raised his hand to make him stand up.

Mubai struggled in his heart for a while, finally kowtowed and said: "Today, sister Mudi won the first prize."

"Oh?" As soon as these words came out, everyone at the table looked over, at this time Zhou Muge also arrived, saluted and stood aside.

"If it wasn't for Mudi's guidance, I wouldn't be able to get out of the Ten Thousand Flowers Formation. Even though Mubai would like to win the first place, it's my younger sister who wins in the end."

"No. It was the third brother who won." Mudi stood beside Mubai: "I let the vine sprain my feet. If the third brother hadn't saved me, I would still be trapped in the formation at this time. Naturally, the third brother won."

"Hahaha." Zhou Lin was delighted to hear it: "So, you two, brother and sister, won this prize together?!"

Mubai and Mudi raised their heads together when they heard this, their faces were full of surprise.

The author has something to say: Due to the frequent disconnection of the Internet on Saturdays, this article will be updated on Tuesdays and Fridays.Thank you dear ones for not giving up.