Huaigui

The next morning, Gao Jing was awakened by the sound outside.Someone was talking vaguely in the ear, the voice was a little intense, Gao Jing subconsciously touched the bed beside him——

It was already empty, and even the residual heat was about to dissipate.

He opened his eyes abruptly, seeing Aman standing beside him, he couldn't help but ask, "Where are the Helan people?"

Amang blessed Fushen and said: "The third son came to He Lan in a hurry early in the morning, and now the two of them are arguing in the garden outside. The servant listened boldly for a while, as if... it was because of Feishuang."

"Feishuang? What happened to it?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Feishuang has been kept in Wucheng Palace these days. Helan didn't go back to spend the night yesterday, so it flew out by itself somehow. The guards were afraid that it would be blamed for losing it, so they followed it all the way to the gate outside the west city gate of Luoyang. Linhai camp. It happened that the third son of Yuwen was releasing eagles there. Feishuang rushed over and had a good fight as soon as he saw it... The feathers flew around and pecked the third son's favorite eagle. Come and reason with He Lan."

When Pingcheng was resting, Gao Jing had raised Feishuang for a few days, and he knew that this Saker falcon had a very human shell and was not easy to get along with.At this time, I suddenly heard that it was going to fight with Yu Wenhua's eagle, and I was amused and anxious to get out of bed.

"Then are they arguing outside Mingtang for me to see? Mingyue brother usually speaks slowly, how could he argue more than Yu Wenhua's broken mouth, it can't be..."

Amang pouted his lips and couldn't stop his smile: "This servant thinks it's okay to be quarreling, but the third young master has always been unforgiving when he speaks, if he is really anxious, Mingyue must beat him up."

Gao Jing's movements slowed down, and he suddenly thought of something: "It's also..."

Amon asked, "Is Your Majesty going out to dissuade him now?"

"Discourage? I won't go, let him fight." Gao Jing sat back on the couch leisurely again, "Yu Wenhua helped him lie to me before, but at this time the two of them had internal strife, and I didn't have time to watch the excitement."

Amang playfully said: "You're not watching the excitement, if Mingyue can't beat the third son, I will see that you run faster than anyone else."

Gao Jing smiled and patted her: "Shut up!"

But he didn't get what he wanted, He Lanmingyue quickly returned to the bedroom from the outer room with Feishuang in his arms.Seeing Gao Jing swaying his legs to eat his breakfast, whether he was sitting or not eating, he couldn't help but said, "How do you look like an emperor?"

"The emperor just likes to do what he likes to do. This is what my nanny said when I was a child." Gao Jing plausibly said, "Even the emperor often lays down to receive courtiers? You got up early, so you must have not eaten yet. My name is People took more—hey, why is Feishuang so slumped?"

Helan Mingyue thought he didn't know, sat down and fed Feishuang the nuts on the table, explaining: "It likes Yu Wenhua's eagle, but people may not be interested in it, and it will peck it as soon as it sees it."

"Didn't it start a fight?"

"How do you know?" He Lanmingyue looked at him suspiciously, but didn't think much, "It's a fight. Feishuang likes Chifeng—the one with a pinch of red feathers on his forehead—and Chifeng happens to be with other eagles." Just for fun, it was so angry that it wanted to peck the red wind, and almost blinded its eyes, Yuwen was very angry."

Gao Jing remembered that Chi Feng was raised by Yu Wenhua himself, and he said nervously: "Then what should we do?"

"I had a fight with me, and then somehow..." He Lan Mingyue tilted her head and thought for a while, "I probably realized that you haven't woken up yet, and it's time to disturb you to sleep, so she slipped away as if she dared not speak out. "

Gao Jing laughed loudly: "I don't care about his eagle!"

"Really don't care?" He Lanmingyue asked back, "Don't pursue it, Yuwen is also eager to protect the eagle. Feishuang has been crying for a long time since fourth uncle left... Now that he is much more lively, I feel relieved. It's good to have a playmate, and it doesn't matter if Chifeng ignores it."

"But they are not the same breed at all!" Gao Jing said whimsically, "Or should I choose another good match for it?"

Helan Mingyue laughed that he might as well be the old man after he abdicated, and the two of them played around together, leaning against the table and eating their breakfast.There was no court meeting that day, but after a short rest, the Minister of Honglu Temple was notified to come to see him.

Hearing this, Gao Jing sat up straight in Helan Mingyue's arms: "Let's pass it on."

He thought that Zuo was nothing more than the trivial arrangement of the guard of honor at the Taichao meeting later on, but the content of the memorial presented by the Minister of Honglu Temple was another matter.Gao Jing took a few glances and threw it to He Lan: "Look."

"What?" He Lan opened it and read ten lines at a glance, "So I made an apology for not arranging your birthday first?"

Gao Jing turned to the Minister of Honglu Temple: "The incident happened suddenly. This kind of labor-intensive life is nothing but pass it on. This year will not be done. Everyone is busy with the Great Court Meeting. Now the official position is vacant. It's just a birthday. necessary."

The Minister of Honglu Temple was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty has returned to Luoyang, and the people are very happy..."

He Lan Mingyue suddenly said: "Didn't the Qixi Festival in previous years be arranged by the people themselves? How could I remember that the governor of Kyoto was doing it?"

"This, my lord, it is indeed so." Honglusi bowed and said, "But those are the common people's fun after all, if the palace needs to prepare, it can be completed within two days..."

"I said you don't need to be busy." Gao Jing interrupted him, "Let everyone do their jobs first."

The Minister of Honglu Temple responded and resigned not long after.

When he left, Amang, who had been serving by his side, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, my servants talked with the lady history of the Shangshi Bureau yesterday. They went out to buy food from the palace. I heard that many people are looking forward to this good festival. The people know that the war Stop, orthodoxy is restored, I was thinking of celebrating your birthday, will you..."

"I am so popular with the people?" Gao Jing narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm afraid I just want to take the opportunity to have fun, so let them go."

But Helan Mingyue said: "Do you want to go out of the palace to have a look?"

There are only a few numbers but it seems like time has turned back. The night before last, he regretted whether he could do it all over again, but what He Lan Mingyue mentioned rashly made Gao Jing recall the starry night of Shangyuan.

It's just that where the fox mask is now, no one cares.

Gao Jing blinked: "Going out of the palace... Then you have to lead me. If there are too many people, I'm afraid I might get separated."

"I'm here." He Lan said softly, "This time we'll go to Yunlang Pavilion to watch the fireworks."

When they were packed up and ready to leave the palace, there were others.

Downstairs of Wufeng, the handsome young man who took the same car with Gao Jing was Gao Sheng who had been with him for a long time.

Because He Lan Mingyue didn't inform her in advance, when she first met Gao Sheng, she was actually very strange.

He was much taller than when he left, and he looked like a calm young man when he was not talking. Thinking of the first time he met Gao Sheng, he stumbled behind Gao Jing like a meat dumpling who couldn't understand the emperor's brother. Softer.

Gao Jing took his hand and pulled him over: "Look, brother Cheng, who is back?"

He only raised his eyes and hurriedly glanced at Helan Mingyue, without the expected excitement, he nodded and turned his eyes away.This reaction made Helan Mingyue strange, but she didn't ask any further questions.

Gao Sheng used to be simple-minded and sometimes foolish, but he was never so timid.

What's going on here?

Because micro-services don't require too much ostentation, Gao Jing only asked Lin Shang to lead a small team to accompany him.There is a moat outside the Wufeng Tower. He was riding in the carriage with Gao Sheng, but suddenly he lifted the curtain and called for a stop, and he was helped down.

He raised his face to Helan Mingyue by the bridge, stretched out his hand and said, "Pull me up."

If they wanted to ride together, Helan Mingyue took a look around and did as no one cared.He asked Gao Jing to sit behind him, and the other party's hands naturally hugged his waist and put his face on his back, the posture was really intimate.

Helan Mingyue wanted to remind him, but Gao Jing said, "Brother Cheng is not in a good condition."

"what happened?"

Gao Jingdao: "As I mentioned to you earlier, he was kept next to him in the ghost prison and saw everything. Although the queen mother kept covering his eyes, he is not really a fool after all, and he can understand a little bit. Later, he was arrested again. Locked up for so long, I was happy to see me a few days ago, and then cried a lot, and it has eased up a little these days, but I still refuse to communicate with others."

Helan Mingyue lowered her eyes and heard Gao Jing continue: "I thought he liked you very much, and it might be helpful to bring him to see you. You saw it just now, but it's useless——I really love him sometimes, but I don't want to know what to do."

"I used to think that you didn't like him." He Lan Mingyue said.

Gao Jing didn't deny it: "That's true. I think he's stupid, and I can't understand what he said. If Brother Yu is still there, I'll just throw him to Brother Yu. I don't like either of them."

When Gao Yu was mentioned, both of them were silent for a while, and Gao Jing said again: "I... also after that incident, I realized that I only have his younger brother in Ziwei City. Sheng'er has a hard life, and a brother can take care of him Just take care, what he wants to do, as long as it is not out of line, I will follow him."

"Does Your Highness have a playmate on weekdays?" He Lan Mingyue asked suddenly, "If there is someone who can speak well, it might be better to accompany him every day. You are also busy, so you can't take him with you wherever you go."

Gao Jing shook his head first, then thought for a while and said, "Actually, there is, but I'm afraid you won't like it."

"What am I not happy about?"

"He... and Sichan get along very well, no, it's not a conversation, that is, Sichan is very patient with him, and he likes Sichan very much." After Gao Jing finished speaking, he wanted to see Helan Mingyue's expression nervously. Feeling that the back of the person holding him tensed for a moment, but there was no other movement, he quickly said, "I understand that this matter cannot be counted in this way, let people go to other princes and kings, there will always be someone who is willing to play with him... "

"It's okay, you can take her back."

Helan Mingyue's straightforward answer stunned Gao Jing: "Huh?"

Holding Gao Jing's hand, he could vaguely see the lanterns on the Fuwei River in the distance.He Lan Mingyue turned her head to look inside the carriage, and said, "It's rare to be destined, as long as you are not afraid of being gossiped about."

Gao Jing guessed that he might still not be able to accept it, so he said: "At first, the imperial sister asked me to adopt Sichan to her, are you willing?"

Helan Mingyue was suddenly a little confused, he didn't like that child, and he couldn't let go of what happened at that time.In all fairness, Gao Sichan is indeed innocent, and it seems inappropriate to just push her out like this.

He said "ah" vaguely: "Forget it...it's not impossible to stay, stay by your side."

Tongue almost got knotted, in fact, he could hear that he was still at a loss, so who is Helan Mingyue doing for?Gao Jing hugged him, rubbed his forehead against the back of Helan Mingyue's neck, and changed the topic:

"How long will it take for Yunlang Pavilion to arrive?"

The voice was about to fall, and suddenly a gorgeous golden firework rose from the night sky not far away.

The sound of the explosion seemed to shatter all the filth, He Lanmingyue's eyes lit up, he turned his head and gestured to Lin Shang, but before the others could react, he clipped the horse's belly, whistling, and galloped away go.

Amang opened the curtain of the car when he heard the sound, and was stunned for a moment when he saw a figure from behind: "Where will Lord Helan take His Majesty? Shall we follow?"

"Let them go." Lin Shang said, a teasing smile appeared on his cold face that had never changed for thousands of years.

Yunlang Pavilion is located on a cliff in the east of Luoyang City. In the early years, it was just a military fortress. Later, when the world was initially established, Emperor Daowu climbed up and looked at the whole Luoyang and even Ziwei City, so he built a pavilion.After Emperor Zhaocheng ascended the throne, he was bestowed with the word "Yunlang" by the imperial pen, and peach trees were planted all around.

Now that the peach trees have grown and flourished, the Yunlang Pavilion has become one of the most beautiful scenery in Los Angeles every spring.

As the night falls, only those who set off fireworks can go to the highest point because it is close to the cliff. There are crowds of people around Yunlang Pavilion, the folk customs of Beining are open, and it is the Qiqiao Festival, and young men and women travel hand in hand everywhere.Helan Mingyue had to slow down the speed of riding the horse. He got off the horse and led him forward. Gao Jing was half lying there, reaching out to tickle Helan's hair from time to time.

The fireworks are actually not as gorgeous as imagined, but standing in the crowd to watch them is unique.

Gao Jing rarely had such an opportunity to "have fun with the people", and no one around him knew that he was the new emperor who had just experienced Nirvana.People looked at the fireworks and shouted to celebrate the festival.Gao Jing was overjoyed. He had never seen such a beautiful and grand fireworks, but he couldn't help being infected, and later he even started to cheer along with it.

He watched the fireworks, and Helan Mingyue looked at him.

The eyes of the two met occasionally, although they were not very lingering, but they never let go of the fingers covered by their sleeves.It is difficult to be the focus in a crowded place, not to mention the night is the best cover.

The person who set off the fireworks on the Yunlang Pavilion lit the biggest one, and the red gold exploded in the air, which turned out to be in the shape of a peony.The crowd seemed to be ignited, and the surroundings were full of laughter. One flower did not stop, and another more brilliant one exploded. The peonies bloomed in the starry sky one after another. He Lan Mingyue only felt peace of mind when he watched it.

Gao Jing once said that peonies will always wither when they are in full bloom, and he doesn't like it.But now seeing this fleeting red gold peony, which can't even bloom for a season, the happiness on Gao Jing's side face is eternal.

He will remember the mood at this time, and also remember the people who watched the fireworks with him.

As long as you learn to miss and cherish the feeling, fleeting and eternal, occasionally you can exchange positions in an instant.

On the way back, Gao Jing was still gesturing the outline of the peony with his hands while sitting on the steed, excited as if he was a child: "I will set off such a big fireworks in the palace in the New Year!"

"Just now you were very involved. I heard from a young man next to me that this year's fireworks are made by a 'Huji shop' in Xishi. You can invite them to do it." He Lan Mingyue said, "The silver and green one is also very nice."

"The one that's going to fall?"

He Lan Mingyue nodded: "The Milky Way falls for nine days, is that what you said?"

Gao Jing smiled and said of course not, and counted the shapes of fireworks in detail.

He was in high spirits, and talked about making the next Lantern Festival night exciting.Helan Mingyue didn't talk much, and often accompanied him as an audience. He looked at Gao Jing as if he had finally escaped from the strangling atmosphere of the court for a while, and he thought that going out of the palace this time was rewarding.

In fact, he is not as stressed as Gao Jing, and He Lanmingyue knows it, not to mention that he has a way out to return to Saibei.

Now that Gao Jing has reached this point, he must never retreat.

Sometimes He Lan Mingyue wonders what is so good about being emperor and why everyone wants to fight for that position.It is said that the world is in the palm of the hand, but isn't there only Ziwei City for daily activities?And compared to the three thousand miles of mountains and rivers, the majestic Ziwei City is just the smallest corner.

Perhaps this is the difference between him and Gao Jing. Gao Jing has his ideals and responsibilities.

"...Tell me, do they think I'm unreasonable? That's right!" Gao Jing said more and more happily, "Father once told me that if I can clean up these moths within ten years, I will be qualified." It is. At that time, I will choose a smart child from the side branch of the clan to adopt, and after I train him, I will immediately drop the pick and don't wait a day."

That's right, Gao Sheng is destined not to be able to inherit his lineage, and the other princes of the former emperor... were all killed by Gao Hong.

Does he really not hate Gao Hong at all?

When Gao Jing said this, seeing He Lan kept silent, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"No." He Lanmingyue shook her head, joking with him, "It will take a long time, I'm still waiting for you to step down early, so we can travel all over the world."

Gao Jing smiled happily, but said on his mouth: "Do you think I am Li Huan, who can ignore everything and just want to make yourself happy? Hey, sometimes I really envy Li Huan. After this time, he wrote a letter to let me Get rid of those complicated titles, let him go freely in the mountains and rivers - he thinks he is not made to be a king, but I sometimes think that being an emperor is like being locked up, and he can't go anywhere."

"After the political situation is stabilized, it's okay for you to go out occasionally for ten and a half months." He Lan Mingyue comforted.

Gao Jingdao: "If that's the case, will you still be with me at that time?"

His eyes were so bright, and his sleeves fluttered occasionally in the night wind. He Lan Mingyue restrained her smile, and when she opened her mouth again, she expressed the sincerity from the Lantern Festival on the Lantern Festival: "Naturally, I will accompany you."

From now on, a little bit of joy and parting and hatred will be together in this night every year.