Thinking

Lu Yingqiu told him that Emperor Su had known Emperor Hongjia well when he was young, and presumably also met Yu Ke's mother.

Emperor Su got closer, and he had just returned from the New Year's Eve sacrificial ceremony, and had just changed into an imperial dress with a black background and a dragon pattern.

This royal costume made the elegant Sudi look very imposing, but when he faced Qi Si, he was always gentle, and Qi Si didn't feel afraid, and looked up generously to meet him.

Emperor Su came over, put his hand on Qi Si's shoulder, his eyes were like a pool of deep water, reflecting Qi Si's figure, and said: "Well, you are taller, and you look good. I heard that you are very diligent in martial arts and study, and you are tired. Not tired?"

Qi Si replied: "I'm used to it, I'm not tired, thank you Your Majesty for your understanding."

These words came from the bottom of his heart. Since he came to Yan Kingdom, Emperor Su has considered him thoughtfully, and he did not suffer cold reception because of his status as a hostage, but cared for him everywhere.

Is it because I knew Yu Ke's father and mother before?Think conjecture.

Emperor Su smiled, and there was a smile in his sinking eyes: "Tonight, all the ministers will come to the palace banquet, and the children of the family will also have them. Take you around, or go back early."

The tone is as friendly and casual as if you are talking to your own child.It's a pity that there is no one in the harem of Emperor Su's palace, and he has no heirs. I don't know what to do if he has a child.

After hearing this, Qi Si nodded with a sly smile in his eyes, "Understood."

Seeing that he finally showed the frankness of a young boy, Emperor Su couldn't help saying: "If you want, you can live in the palace for a while. In summer, you live for a while and then leave. Only then did I feel that Nuoda Palace really has no decent home. people."

Qi Si felt a little sour in his heart for a moment, remembering that he had often felt this way a while ago, feeling very lonely, so he nodded and said, "Of course I would."

Emperor Su smiled and nodded, and asked the palace servants to take him to the palace banquet.

Inside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the silk fabrics are laid out, the tables and mats are displayed, the palace people come in and out, and they are busy gathering their heads. Hundreds of officials and courtiers, princes and princes are all here. The whole hall is full of dignitaries and ministers, the most powerful people in the country of Yan It's all here today.

The courtiers were already greeting and chatting with each other in the hall, and the acquaintances of the princes of the Hou family were chatting and laughing in twos and threes, the hall was very lively, Qi Si followed the palace people into the hall in a low-key manner, and took his seat under the throne.

It's nothing uncomfortable, the hall is warm and lively, and the ministers and sons around are all well-mannered people, talking and laughing with elegance and restraint.

A young civil servant came over, dressed in a luxurious dress, with a smile on his face, thinking at the same time: "Is your highness living well in my dynasty?"

Qi Si met him at the ceremony after entering the Yan Kingdom, and recognized that this was Li Cen, the Right Prime Minister of the Yan Kingdom, and also the father of Li Xuanrong, the head of the Hongdu Academy. Thanks to your country's care, I am living a very good life in Changyu."

Another person came over from the side, also dressed in luxurious clothes, embroidered with dark patterns of gods and beasts, elegant and wise, standing about, with a gentle and handsome face, and said slowly: "Lord Li came early, your highness looks younger than Xia Tian today." Looks good and seems to be healed."

Thinking about the past, this person is the Prime Minister of the Left—Shang Shu Ling Jiang Xunyan, Jiang Xunyan has a literati demeanor throughout his body, but he is somewhat similar to Emperor Su.

Li Cen still had a smile on his face: "Master Jiang, Happy New Year, it's not that he saw His Highness, and came to say hello."

Qi Si said politely, "Master Jiang, Happy New Year."

Li Cen is sophisticated, good at being a man, and kind-hearted, but he doesn't know how Li Xuanrong came to be so arrogant and domineering.

The two prime ministers of Yan State thought about greetings and left at the same time.

Qisi was a little distracted, not knowing what was going on in the Jin Palace, was Emperor Hongjia's palace banquet also so lively?Did Yu Ke get along well with the emperor brother at the palace banquet like herself?

Thinking about it, he didn't realize that someone sat down next to him, the person lightly touched his arm, and Qi Si suddenly raised his head—it was Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi was dressed in a dark blue cloud brocade dress with dark patterns, his features were handsome, and his clear eyes were even more radiant. With a sinking sword on his waist, he was very eye-catching.

He had just entered the hall, and saw Qi Si'an sitting here quietly in a distance, dressed in a luxurious dress, delicate and fair, motionless, as if meditating on something.

"Young Master, you don't want to stay?" Xiao Zhi's eyes were bright and gentle.

Qi Si smiled, everyone was worried that he didn't want to stay at the palace banquet, and said: "No, the two prime ministers just said a few words."

Xiao Zhi understood, blinked at him, and said: "After the banquet, if you feel bored, you can ask the palace servants to take you around. The snow scene in the imperial city is still very beautiful."

"The envoys from Great Liang have arrived—the envoys from Jin have arrived—"

The palace banquet was about to begin, and someone suddenly communicated at the gate of the hall.

Qisi was a little surprised, he didn't expect an envoy from the Jin Kingdom to come to the palace banquet, could it be Lu Yingqiu?

The envoys of the two countries entered the hall together.

The leading envoy of the Jin State was a civil servant in his 40s. When Qi Si and Yu Ke left the Jin State, they did not recognize the courtiers of the Jin State. Ji Si had never met this person.

The envoys followed the seating order and saw Qi Si, and came to salute the "Prince".

Qisi stood up to greet him, and quickly searched through the envoys, but Lu Yingqiu did not come, and the envoys left to take their seats.

Not far away, the Great Liang envoy led by a middle-aged man dressed in the costume of the Great Liang Qiang tribe, with a deep face and a rough momentum.

The envoy of Great Liang was accompanied by several entourages, one of them was a tall and thin man with a sullen face, bruised veins in his hands, and a strange lightness in his steps.

The tall and thin man happened to be seated diagonally across from Qi Si, across the table and the wide aisle, his eyes met Qi Si's, with evil eyes, staring at Qi Si, very inexplicable.

Qi Si felt uncomfortable when he looked at him, and felt that this person was sick, as if he was about to swallow himself, but he was not afraid.

Xiao Zhi noticed the man beside him, shook Qisi's hand quietly under the desk, motioned him to relax, picked up a glass of wine on the desk, and said in a low voice: "That man is Prince Daliang's attendant, called Duji Hubu , has always been gloomy, you don't have to be afraid of him."

Qisi felt a little more at ease.The weird man named Duji Hubu picked up a glass of wine, raised his glass to Qi Si from a distance, and drank it down with a vicious smile on his face.

Qi Si was instantly disgusted by him, not knowing why this guy who had never met him stared at him, so he simply turned his eyes away and stopped looking at him.

The man smiled smugly and put down his glass.

Xiao Zhi frowned, took off the sinking sword from his waist, and put it on the table casually, his eyes showed a sharp warning.

Duji Falcon stopped provoking them any more.

Courtiers are not allowed to wear swords and weapons when entering the palace, but the shadow guards are different. Only the chief and deputy commanders of the shadow guards and generals of first rank and above can enter the palace without removing their armor and weapons.

Xiao Zhi, as the Patriarch of the generation of Shenyingwei, can wear a sword whenever he goes in and out.Duji Hubu also recognized him.

The palace banquet was about to begin, and everyone in the hall took their seats one after another. Xiao Zhi comforted Qi Si with a few words, and left to take his seat.

"Your Majesty is here—"

The eunuchs shouted loudly, and the palace people surrounded the emperor's guard of honor. Emperor Su entered the palace and took a seat on the imperial throne.

The hall was silent for a moment, all the officials and ministers, the sons and envoys bowed down and saluted one after another, and the hall was full of colorful clothes and jade crowns, and the scene was spectacular.

Emperor Su said: "Pingshen", and everyone sat down in a flat body.

Emperor Su held on to the golden cup on the throne, and exuded the power of the emperor around him. He congratulated everyone: "My country of Yan has been peaceful and smooth for a year, and the people are safe and peaceful. It depends on the help of the ministers. Today, I have a banquet to entertain all of you. You and the neighboring countries are here to congratulate the festive season, I hope that you will have a good time, and I also hope that in the coming year, you will spare no effort to build our dynasty and the people of the world, and a peaceful and prosperous world!"

All the people under the seat stood up and raised their glasses one after another, congratulating each other sincerely.

On the throne, Emperor Su was like an emperor, with the demeanor of the Tian family, which was different from what Qi Si had seen in private. He thought of Emperor Hongjia of the Jin Kingdom.

The royal family of the Jin Dynasty established the country with martial arts. Emperor Hongjia has the temperament of a general.

Emperor Su then raised his glass to greet Qi Si and the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin and Great Liang, and then let everyone go at their own pace, and the courtiers performing songs and dances entered the hall, and the music was melodious for a while, and the wine was mixed with each other.

The courtiers in the audience toasted to Emperor Su one by one, and met each other in twos, talking and drinking together.

Qi Si had never participated in a palace banquet before, so at first he thought it was very fresh and shocking. After watching it for a while, he realized that it was actually just a lively scene. The people in the hall were two points for enjoying the festival and eight points for toasting and socializing.

He saw a few senior officials from the official family who he knew in the academy and got along well on weekdays, so he went to chat with them and wish each other a happy new year.

Several people saw a man dressed in fine clothes not far away, and several people gathered around him to greet and chat. The appearance of that man was somewhat similar to that of Emperor Su. He was a young man with a handsome face, but his figure was a little bit more Suave.

A few people around Qi Si told him that that man was the only brother of Emperor Yan Guosu—Rong Wang Chen Li. Rong Wang was easy-going and not good at government affairs.

I couldn't see Xiao Zhi anywhere, I thought I was called to do something, so I felt bored, remembering the words of Emperor Su and Xiao Zhi, I stretched out my hand to recruit a little eunuch, and asked him to take me out for a stroll.

The little eunuch looked very clever, and understood the meaning of Qi Si, so he asked someone to fetch a cloak for Qi Si, and walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony with Qi Si in a low-key manner, and went to the Bafang Terrace outside the garden.

Bafangtai is a tall building on the edge of the imperial garden, with a wide and high view from the platform.

Qi Si ordered the rest of the palace people to wait under the Bafang Terrace, and only let the little eunuch go up with him, turn up the stone steps and climb up, and stood there not far behind Qi Si. The footsteps of the patrolling palace guards were orderly and vague.

It's night now, standing on Bafangtai, looking from a distance, you can see the lights inside and outside the palace, the lights of thousands of families in Changyu City, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.

A few days before New Year's Eve, there was a heavy snowfall. At this moment, the moonlit night is bright, the sky is full of moon, the world is covered with snow, thousands of miles of plains are wrapped in silver makeup, it is clearly white, magnificent and peaceful.

Qi Si was wearing a thick cloak, standing on this high platform, he could see Chang Yu's snowy night scenery in his eyes, he took a deep breath of the clear winter night air on the high platform of the palace, and felt peaceful and comfortable inside, with an open mind.

In a blink of an eye, he has gone so far.

At this moment, he no longer misses his hometown and friends so much. The whole world can be seen by this round of bright moon. If his parents see him in the sky, they should be relieved.

Unknowingly standing there for a long time in the cold night, he came back to his senses, remembering that the little eunuch behind him and the people from the palaces under the Bafang stage might be too cold to wait, so he turned around and prepared to let him take him away.

As soon as he turned around, before he could speak, he saw a black shadow rushing towards the eunuch behind him like a ghost under the moonlight. Fly across the snow!

Without seeing the man's movements, the little eunuch fell down limply in an instant, like a prey knocked down by a ferocious beast, and he didn't know whether he fainted or died.