Huaigui

Yaoguang Pavilion used to be Gao Jing's safe haven, but at the beginning of his 19th year, he was trapped and out of breath.The escape plan did not take shape, because Gao Jing had to attend the emperor's family banquet the next day.

The emperor's illness improved after half a year. Coupled with the New Year's Eve, the other princes in the fiefdoms returned to Beijing to meet them. What's more, the married Princess Anxi and the eldest prince Aluo of Rouran Yu Jiulu came to pay homage. Be safe, a grand banquet is imperative.

One day before the Shangyuan Festival, at night, the Penglai Pavilion on the east side of the Mingtang is brightly lit, as bright as day.

When Gao Jing arrived, he happened to meet King Yu and his concubine, with the servants and guards behind them carrying the tribute.Seeing that the servants were in a hurry, Gao Jing didn't take it seriously, bowed and said, "Uncle Huang, Master Xu."

He never called Xu Xin as an elder, in fact, he didn't give Prince Yu any face, but Xu Xin accepted it kindly: "Your Highness looks much better during the New Year's festival than in the past."

King Yu also smiled and said: "There will be boxes of land tributes to be sent to the North Palace in a while, and the left and right queens don't like Yuzhou's local products, so I will arrange for someone to choose for Your Highness first."

Gao Jing nodded, and after thanking him, he turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation: "Uncle Huang, go first."

King Yu nodded in return, and immediately walked in front without looking sideways.When he got out of the high-sighted field of vision, he suddenly turned his head and stared at He Lan with a pair of eagle-like sharp eyes.

The footsteps stopped, and Gao Jing noticed it and pulled him hard. He Lan Mingyue couldn't look any more, so he had to follow Gao Jing with his head buried.

Feeling that He Lan had fulfilled his wish, Gao Jing let go of his hands and greeted the couple in front with a bright smile: "Master Yuan and Sister Huang are here too."

When Yuan Ying saw him, her face was reddish, and she hurriedly asked to worship, but was reprimanded by Mr. Gao Le: "What are you begging him for?! Ben Gong is his sister, and he should worship Ben Gong, a worthless thing!"

"It doesn't matter." Gao Jing said with a smile, "I have a close relationship with Mr. Yuan, so why should the imperial sister be divided into high and low? If you want to subdivide it, Gu is the eldest son born by the mother's queen. Wouldn't it be wrong for the imperial sister to judge by age?" Is there a gift?"

Mr. Gao Le was at a loss for words for a while, thoughtfully, and glanced at him: "Eldest son? Maybe not."

Before him, there was an elder brother who died young. Although he didn't know how he died, the emperor has always had this heart disease.That man was like a lingering shadow, so much so that he was called "Second Highness" since he was a child, and Gao Jing knew these things well.But even so, he still couldn't help frowning when he heard Gao Lejun's yin and yang aura.

Gao Jing's expression is different, Gao Le-jun seems to have achieved his goal.She smiled sweetly, took Yuan Ying's arm—or rather supported him—and walked quickly to the Penglai Pavilion.

The light dazzled his eyes a little, He Lan Mingyue saw Gao Jing standing there for a long time, stepped forward to help him, and comforted him speciously: "Your Highness, those things... don't take it to heart."

Gao Jing was amused by him, and pressed his eyes: "Gu is fine, it's just that no one dared to mention this for a long time."

He Lan Mingyue said with concern: "It's cold, do you want to hire a hand stove?"

"No, just drink some wine later." Gao Jing said, seeing him stunned, he couldn't help but pinch Helan's tall nose, "I know you're thinking of me! You're so cute when you're stupid."

Helan Mingyue stood aside holding her nose, but she didn't know that all of their rare intimacy was being seen by others.

He was supposed to wait outside, but there were so many people in Penglai Pavilion that day, so Gao Jing asked him to accompany him and stay with Amang to avoid any accidents.Daning is calm now, but there are always undercurrents surging.

Hu Jiman dances, the music is light and lively, and it is very unpleasant to exchange glasses during the banquet.

When the banquet was at its most grand, the emperor walked down the jade steps in person with a wine glass in hand, and had a great chat with Rouran Prince Aluo. When the chat got aroused, he even took over the pipa from the band and played a piece.

The first note fell, shattering the peace and security of the entire Penglai Pavilion.

Like weeping like complaining, like screaming, like whining, the sound of wind, the cry of cranes, the rolling of yellow sand, and the ice-covered thousands of miles.The music gradually quieted down, and he began to talk about the past from a very far away. When the breath was about to die, there was a sudden clank, like a golden and iron horse attacking the isolated city from the distant sky.

Swords, swords and shadows go to the dusk, and then to the fierce place, the four strings are plucked together, and the sound of breaking ice is clanging and shattering!

At the end of the song, everyone in the venue looked at the emperor, unable to return to their senses for a long time.

"It's been a long time since I played it, my hand is raw." The emperor returned the pipa to the musician, took the wine glass again, showed a gentle smile, and immediately dissolved the atmosphere that had been frozen by the music just now.

Gao Qian, who always liked to cheer, didn't know why he was silent for a long time that day, but King Yu said, "This song... I seem to have never heard it before, but I feel very familiar. May I ask Your Majesty, which song is it?"

The emperor said: "When I was young, there was an old friend who went to Saibei for the first time. When he came back, he wanted to play a song for me. When I heard it, it was like visiting the snowy mountains and the Gobi. I pestered him to learn. Today, I heard Aluo talk about the scenery of Tianshan Mountain. Although I can't really yearn for it, but I remember my old friend, and I feel it - I can't play it as well as him."

Everyone seemed to feel something when he spoke, but they couldn't catch the nostalgia in the emperor's words.

The king of Yu raised his glass and said: "The sword rests for a while, and the world is peaceful."

Everyone said that the world was peaceful, the emperor was noncommittal, and sat down beside Gao Qian, leaving the queen to sit alone on the high platform.Most of the concubines around her were far away from her, but Queen Dugu looked more like that "widow" in this way.

The music played again, and this time the song was about a flourishing world, and what was being danced was a beautiful picture scroll.

Gao Jing lowered his head and stuffed a piece of orange into his mouth. Feeling sweet, he turned around and gave half to He Lan.He quickly took it, tasted it, and it was as good as honey. He Lanmingyue smiled at Shang Gaojing's expectant eyes, and said with his mouth: "It's delicious."

"Really?" Gao Jing raised his eyebrows at him, turned around, and started talking with Prince Qin next to him.

The taste of honey melted between her lips and teeth, He Lan Mingyue swallowed it, and silently looked at the emperor during the banquet—he didn't know what Gao Qian said, and smiled with lowered eyes, and most of his sickness was healed under the warm light in the room.

The song just now didn't affect him in the slightest.

Helan Mingyue had never heard of it, but from the first note of the song, he could be sure of the picture it depicted: Yinzhou City in the snow in August, because of the bitter cold, the Longxi Palace did not look extravagant.A tree is planted in the simple courtyard, with iron-like branches that never bloom, and are only gentle when snow falls.

The man in armor is very tall in his thin memory, like an iron tower that will never fall down, sitting under a tree holding a Hujia, sometimes a piccolo, sometimes a huqin, playing a song that is out of tune.

That was the beat in memory, Helan Mingyue sounded out of season, and almost shed tears.

The old man is gone.

At this moment, he suddenly hated without desire and without reason.

The fragments were pieced together into a story of the past, young and friendly, the emperor even remembered this out-of-tune song, but it turned out to be a bloody life-and-death crime of "rebellion" engraved on the pillar of shame.

Once the hate starts, "leave" follows immediately.Xu Xin's words were still in his ears, and He Lan Mingyue looked at her at this moment, she was sitting beside King Yu like a conscientious decoration, she didn't wear a knife by her side, and she didn't drink alcohol boldly anymore, people couldn't guess what she meant.

With his mind wandering, Gao Jing suddenly stood up: "The room is very stuffy, I just want to go out."

He grabbed He Lan's arm and gave him a look.Helan Mingyue nodded, and as Gao Jing left, Aman chased him out and put a fur cloak on Gao Jing to protect him tightly.

There is a pond behind the Penglai Pavilion. The thin layer of ice is illuminated by dim lamps and candles in the corridor, and the fish in the lower layer can be vaguely seen swimming.

Gao Jing leaned on the railing, and persistently looked into the distance: "Father has never been to Saibei."

Helan Mingyue only responded, and Gao Jing said: "There are many things...Mingyue, we can't find the truth anymore. If I were you, I would have already reached this point, and I wouldn't hold on to it anymore."

He lowered his eyes and said nothing, and thought: I asked for a reason for the death of my father's family, why did I become a hard search?

Just now, I had infinite yearning and excitement for Gao Jing, and a few words seemed to pour a basin of cold water on my head.The ice and snow in the first month were still there, Helan Mingyue's hands and feet were cold, and her back felt an indescribable numbness.

He knew that Gao Jing was reassuring himself, and told him euphemistically that under the emperor's order, ordinary people can no longer make troubles, not to mention that it was an iron case more than ten years ago, and the witnesses and material evidences were conclusive.It is even possible that He Lan has been searching for several years, but the results obtained are meaningless.

But he couldn't help thinking, how could Gao Jing say that?

In the past, He Lan would ignore it, but now it is different.He treated Gao Jing sincerely, even though it didn't matter whether the other party knew about it or not, he still felt that Gao Jing and him had to stand by one side no matter what.

After knowing the truth, she chose to hide him. At that moment, Helan Mingyue almost believed that Gao Jing also had feelings for her.

It seems that he is thinking too much, too presumptuous.

"En." He Lan Mingyue replied, standing behind her with her hands down.

"Think about it slowly." After Gao Jing finished speaking nonchalantly, he relaxed his body and leaned towards him.Helan Mingyue held him in her arms, Gao Jing laughed, and grabbed him with cold fingers.

During the Spring Festival, the Penglai Pavilion is so beautiful and the banquet is very lively, but Helan Mingyue has the illusion that he has returned to the Prince Yu's Mansion when he was young.Narrow world, closed doors and windows, he was locked in darkness.

Maybe the bright moon is good, but it is alone, and it is a prophecy.

They hugged for a while, Gao Jing boldly kissed Helan Mingyue's chin, playing with his fingers around his hair.Someone would come here at any time, He Lan Mingyue was so nervous that her body stiffened, Gao Jing didn't take it to heart.

"The queen mother urged me to consummate the house with... that woman." Gao Jing said boredly, "She knows I can't do it with a woman, but she is very harsh, and she has no choice."

Helan Mingyue was still shocked that the queen knew about it, and suddenly remembered the disgusted eyes she looked at him, Gao Jing played with his fingers, absent-minded: "You didn't hear, the queen mother is going crazy, if it wasn't for Yang, she would have cried and cursed." .It's so ugly to say it...the son I put high hopes on is a broken sleeve."

"..."

"Tell Father, we mother and son are finished, she knows it in her heart." Gao Jing opened He Lan's palm and let out a sigh of relief, warmly pressing his hand on it.

He played seriously like a child, with mist in his eyes, He Lan Mingyue said: "Your Highness will find a loving person in the future."

"Who can tell!" Gao Jing smiled and stomped on him, "After my mother took away the Yang family, she almost forced me to die. How could I bear the reputation of being unfilial? When I was young, you were punished for me. What can I say this time? .”

He Lan's heart tightened: "Want...to be with her?"

"I'd rather find someone to have intercourse for me, and then do my mother's work." Gao Jing said, looking at He Lan from the corner of his eyes, staring at him meaningfully.

Instantly, he understood the meaning of Gao Jing's gaze, and let go of Gao Jing suddenly: "Your Highness!"

Seeing his reaction, Gao Jing was stunned for a moment, and immediately took his hand with a smile: "There are so many guards in the Yaoguang Pavilion, just find a strict-mouthed one. Don't be afraid, I won't even if you want it."

Helan Mingyue was still in shock, her throat tasted fishy.

This expression made Gao Jing even happier: "Mingyue, you've never been like this before, what's wrong?"

Later, He Lanmingyue recalled that he had a lot of questions to ask Gao Jing, such as "You really don't have any feelings for me" and "Am I the same in your heart?" After asking, Gao Jing might still think about it. .But he said nothing, and shook his head mournfully.

At the same time, in the corner, someone had a panoramic view of it.

Gao Qian covered the corner of his mouth, forcibly suppressed the discomfort in his throat, and was supported by Aqiu to re-enter the Penglai Pavilion.Seeing him sitting down, the emperor personally handed over the hot tea: "Go out and get some fresh air, are you much more comfortable?"

"I also watched a good show." Gao Qian said lightly.

The emperor asked curiously: "Brother Qian, don't be a fool, what is it?"

Gao Qian stared at the green tea soup for a long time, and said softly during the singing and dancing: "When I went out, I happened to see Jing Er and his guards... I don't know if Brother Huang has any impression, it is the boy with gray eyes back then."

The emperor didn't show his expression, he just said: "Has he been punished for Jing'er?"

"It's his luck to survive that time." Gao Qian drank tea leisurely, "After a few years, he has become more and more outstanding, and his relationship with Jing'er is also extraordinary."

The emperor fell silent.

Gao Qian finally said: "I didn't grow any eyebrows when I was young, but now, with those eyebrows, my younger brother looks more and more like... Helan Maojia."

Hot tea stained the edge of the table.

Dark clouds cover the moon.

Refusing to go to the dormitory to rest, He Lan returned to the guard's residence.Gao Jing asked the servant to come to invite him first, but he didn't go and replaced Aman, but Helan Mingyue still didn't move.

In the end, Gao Jing came in person, leaning against the door and said wearily, "Why are you so angry with me?"

He had no choice but to follow back to the dormitory.That wide bed seemed to be able to eat people, lying on it, Gao Jing was sleeping soundly beside him, and he couldn't close his eyes all night.

He finally understood, from the Yaoguang Pavilion to the Wensi Palace, from the empress to the ordinary guards, except perhaps A-Mang, everyone looked at him as if they were looking at a male favorite—those people were right, he deserved it What chills him the most is that Gao Jing not only deepens this "rumor" with his words and deeds, but also persuades him to be content with the status quo.

What is he to Gao Jing?

After three years, it was just Gao Jing's plaything.

Lost in a mess.