I live in Beihai Jun Nanhai [Rebirth]

Ji Qinglin rested his chin and looked at the sky thoughtfully for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Is life short? How long is longevity?"

Uncle Huo said disdainfully: "Naturally, the longer the better."

Ji Qinglin said: "Then if you have already tasted the joys and sorrows in the world, and experienced separation and reunion, what is the meaning of the remaining days?"

Uncle Huo was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and said, "That's right, at your age, you naturally disdain Changsheng."

He paused, then looked into the distance and continued: "Only when you are old and have unfinished business, can you understand that time flies and eternal life is hard to find."

Looking at Uncle Huo's deep look, Ji Qinglin couldn't help asking with a smile: "Then what unfinished business does Uncle Huo have?"

Uncle Huo squinted at him: "Are you saying I'm old?"

Ji Qinglin chuckled, and shook his head briskly: "No, I just feel that the world's views on life and death are a bit paranoid."

Hearing this, Uncle Huo seemed to be interested: "Oh? Then what's your opinion?"

Ji Qinglin thought for a while, and seemed to be looking for a reasonable explanation. After a while, he said mischievously: "If I give you a purse and let you go shopping on the street, you don't know how much money is in it, and you buy it while you buy it." , suddenly found that the money is not enough, how would it feel?"

Uncle Huo thought for a moment and replied, "Of course I feel sorry."

Ji Qinglin smiled slightly: "Isn't this where paranoia lies?"

Uncle Huo looked at Ji Qinglin with some doubts, and Ji Qinglin looked back at him and said, "People in the world feel sorry because what they see in their eyes are the things in front of them that they haven't bought yet, but you have to know that those things are so good. After all, you won’t be able to get it. So why don’t you look at the things you’ve already bought in your hands at this time? Could it be that what’s actually in your hands is no match for those things that are out of reach?”

Ji Qinglin paused, and continued: "The money in this purse is like a person's lifespan. Instead of waiting until there is not much left and then asking for a continuation, why not spend it on the most important things early? Do what you want to do most, go to The place you want to go the most, the person you want to see the most, this life is not wasted, even if you live in your twilight years, what regrets do you have?"

Uncle Huo was slightly stunned, his eyes fluctuated a little, then he slowly turned his head and looked forward, falling into silence.

Ji Qinglin didn't know what he was thinking about with this expression, but he didn't disturb him anymore, put down the curtain, and leaned back in the car to rest his eyes and rest.

After a while, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, and non-emperor relatives in the palace were not allowed to drive, Ji Qinglin jumped out of the carriage holding the box, followed Uncle Huo to hand over the post, and went to the palace together.

After walking for a while, Ji Qinglin was already dizzy, but seeing Uncle Huo's expression remained the same, he asked curiously, "Uncle Huo seems to be very familiar with the palace?"

Uncle Huo didn't hide it, nodded: "I've been here."

Ji Qinglin smiled, and didn't ask any further questions. He raised his head and looked at the tall and magnificent palaces in front of him, thinking that these palaces made of gold and silver are indeed more eye-catching than the houses of the aristocratic families outside. Eye-catching, but always lacking some characteristics and fireworks, a little serious, or old-fashioned.

After walking for a while, the number of people in front gradually increased, and everyone was walking in one direction. Those people were dressed in rich clothes, and they all knew each other.

Ji Qinglin's attire was the same as usual, plain white, with embroidered bamboo leaves dotted around the belt and hem edge, walking in the group of people was ordinary enough to be eye-catching.Because he had almost never been out of the mansion in an upright manner before, everyone was very unfamiliar when they saw him, and whispered among themselves.

One or two sharp-eyed ones saw Uncle Huo, and their eyes lit up slightly, as if they couldn't believe it: "Huh? Isn't this the housekeeper Huo from the Jifu? Then the one in front of him..."

"Is it the young master of the Ji family?"

"Oh, that little child prodigy? That's really weird. Didn't Master Ji always hide him in his mansion like a treasure? How come he will come today?"

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The voices of those people were not high, but Ji Qinglin could vaguely hear them. He thought it was funny, but he was not restrained. He bowed to all the courtiers openly and saluted. Although he didn't know any of them, most of the people who came today were court officials. Officials, and most of them are elders, it is always right to be more polite.

Ji Qinglin was originally born with delicate features like his mother, and he was always kind. When he bent his eyes and smiled, it was easy to make people feel a sense of gentleness and intimacy. Therefore, when everyone saw him clasping his hands as a gesture, they smiled and nodded in response.

It didn't take a while for everyone to go to the main hall where the banquet was held. The hall was already full of tables and seats, and the maids and servants were busy during the banquet, leading all the guests to sit at the side of the banquet.

Master Ji is not a courtier, strictly speaking, he can only be regarded as a commoner. To participate in this kind of palace banquet, the seat can only be set at the end of the table.

Ji Qinglin didn't feel anything about this, and after sitting down carelessly, he first raised his eyes to look at the two seats on the high stairs, thinking in his heart: That might be the seat of the emperor and empress.

However, he was wrong about this point. One of them belonged to the emperor, but the other one belonged to the queen mother instead of the empress.

After all the people arrived, a report came from outside the palace, and the emperor and queen mother arrived.

Everyone got up and knelt down to greet each other. The emperor and the empress dowager entered the palace wearing dazzling golden costumes. The empress dowager's golden hairpin swayed three times, and her long clothes trailed the ground. Ji Qinglin couldn't help being speechless. Such a long clothes tail, In case someone steps on her, don't she trip her up?

Ji Qinglin had heard the rumors about the Queen Mother who said "If you are a daughter, you must enter the palace" when he was born, he had also wondered what this old lady looked like, but now that he saw it, he realized what kind of old lady this is, with a trace of hair on her temples. There is no white hair, the skin is as firm as fat, and the bearing is graceful.

The emperor walking beside her can be regarded as inheriting her mother's advantages, with red lips, white teeth, thick eyebrows and big eyes, but there are no characteristics at all, and the majesty of a king is missing around her, perhaps because she has never really been in power.

After the emperor and the queen mother took their seats, they said "flat body", and everyone slowly got up and returned to their seats.

At this moment, the emperor raised his eyes and swept across the seats in the hall, his eyes fell on Ji Qinglin, he froze slightly, and frowned suspiciously.

Ji Qinglin didn't panic when he saw him looking at him, he just cupped his hands and smiled.

The eunuch next to the emperor had sharp eyes, seeing that the emperor didn't seem to know him, so he leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear, the emperor nodded in a dazed look, then turned around and whispered a few words next to the empress dowager , so the queen mother also looked at Ji Qinglin, with some surprise in her eyes.

Ji Qinglin laughed secretly, thinking that the emperor was probably used to being instructed by the queen mother, and he would rush to tell the queen mother about everything, even if he was in power in the future, he would always refer to the queen mother's meaning.

Before the banquet started, the emperor toasted and said some nonsense, for example, this banquet is to thank the ministers for their assistance, and I need you all to do your best in the future, so it has nothing to do with Ji Qinglin, so he also held up the cup with everyone and pretended to agree A few times, but my mind has already flown to the sky.

Finally, when the emperor had finished speaking, everyone raised their glasses to drink, and the sound of drums and music suddenly sounded, and a dozen graceful dancers with slender waists and long sleeves "floated" in outside the hall, dancing to the music.

Ji Qinglin glanced casually, but from the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of someone raising the wine glass in his direction on the seat diagonally in front of him.

The man looked young, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, although he didn't wear a sword, he was still heroic, his complexion was a little darker than that of everyone in the palace, he looked like a military officer who had experienced many battles.

Ji Qinglin was secretly speculating, and heard Uncle Huo beside him whisper: "He is the Great General of Zhenbei. His ancestors once ruled the Northern Territory for Daluan, and he has been relied on for generations."

Ji Qinglin nodded slightly, just looking at his seat, one can tell that this person is of great importance.Although he didn't know what his relationship with the Ji family was, but since he was kind enough to raise a glass to him, he didn't hesitate to raise his glass to greet him from afar.

The man didn't know that Ji Qinglin was holding tea and not wine, and seeing him drink it up with his head raised, he raised his eyebrows and curled the corners of his lips, as if he was very satisfied.

Ji Qinglin looked at him and smiled, but stopped looking at him, but ate and drank casually, his eyes wandered around the hall, looking at the jade pendant of the old man on the left, and then at the bracelet of the family member on the opposite side. Looking at the arm of the dancer in the center of the hall, which is as white as lotus root, I feel that this palace banquet is nothing special.

Although the Ji Mansion is not considered wealthy, he has seen a lot of gold, silver and jade objects, not to mention beauties, none of his four sisters is a beautiful woman, so seeing the scene in front of him is quite impressive. He was a little disappointed, he had hoped that the palace would be much different from the outside, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that.

Just looking at it casually for a long time, Ji Qinglin's eyes drifted to the top of the distant stairs again, just in time to see a small eunuch walking quickly up the side of the stairs, leaning over and whispering something in the emperor's ear.

After the emperor heard the words, his eyes widened slightly, he seemed very surprised, he tilted his head, his eyes collided with Ji Qinglin, and he looked him up and down.

Ji Qinglin was puzzled, blinked his eyes, and saw the emperor immediately went to the empress dowager and said something, and then the empress dowager also looked at Ji Qinglin in surprise.

However, the empress dowager was obviously much calmer than the emperor, she calmed down very quickly, patted the emperor's arm lightly and said something in a low voice, then got up and left her seat, and with the help of the maid, she went down the stairs from the side, bypassing the pillar Go to the apse.

Ji Qinglin looked away, and asked Uncle Huo softly, "Why do they look at me like that?"

After asking this question, Ji Qinglin turned around and realized that the place where Uncle Huo was sitting next to him was empty, and he didn't know when he disappeared.

Did you go to the toilet?Ji Qinglin scratched his ears, and was about to get up and ask the little eunuch beside him, when he looked up, he saw a court lady walking towards him, she was the one who helped the queen mother leave just now.

When she got close, she lifted her skirt and knelt down beside the table, raised her hand to cover her mouth and whispered in Ji Qinglin's ear: "Young Master Ji, the Empress Dowager is here to invite you."