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"This is the only thing my mother and concubine left me, Brother Qi, please keep it for me," Feng Shuo stared at the flute in his hand, said sincerely, but his voice gradually became softer, "What if after tonight... ...and you bury it with me."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qi Lang was taken aback, and reprimanded in a low voice.

"Really, Brother Qi," Feng Shuo sniffled, "I have nothing else, only this... please bury it with me, this is my only request."

Qi Lang looked down at the jade flute in his hand. The jade flute was extremely warm and moist. There was a poem engraved on the flute, which read, "The jade flute is played in the Yellow Crane Tower, and plum blossoms fall in Jiangcheng in May".

"My concubine mother was given the name of a daughter of a Jiangnan family by the emperor, but in fact she is just the maidservant of the empress." Feng Shuo's hand seemed to fall on Qi Lang's hand unintentionally, and said in a low voice, "Concubine mother It is said that she was originally a singer... Thanks to the love of the empress and the favor of the father, she entered the palace, but the father liked her only because..."

The secrets of the royal family were revealed so easily by him. If the courtiers knew that Emperor Qingyuan secretly recruited the Xiye singer, it would be another storm.

"Father is really a sentimental and ruthless person," Feng Shuo said in a hoarse voice, "Mother and Concubine died depressed and unhappy after Father's death. Even death can't exchange Father's sincerity. Tell me, don't give your heart casually."

Qi Lang grasped his hand tightly, then let it go abruptly.

"My mother and concubine are busy with the affairs of the harem and have no time to care about me. Since I was a child, no one has ever been sincere to me, and the emperor is the same. I am just his child who doesn't like women. If it wasn't for me, he would have He doesn’t necessarily accept my mother and concubine, maybe he doesn’t want me to exist in his heart.” Feng Shuo said with some self-deprecating, then raised his wet eyes to look at Qi Lang, “But Brother Qi is different, Brother Qi treats me well. That’s great, let me be the emperor, even if you don’t do well, you don’t dislike me, you gave me a lot of ideas to save my life, let me save my life from Duke Wei, I’m really grateful to you.”

Qi Lang looked at his face with complicated emotions in his heart.How much does Feng Shuo know about what he has done, and does he know what his current situation is? If Feng Shuo knew that he had decided to kill him after tonight, would he still say such sincere words?

There was a voice in his heart telling him not to trust him, but Feng Shuo's soft eyes with some wetness made him feel soft, he couldn't help but stroked his hair, and reproached him: "Don't think too much, excuse me, you don't will die."

"Since Duke Wei forced me... I blame myself all the time," Feng Shuo's tears finally fell, he looked like a soft little animal, "I know he will kill me sooner or later, and I will too. I don't want to live in the fear of dying all the time, Brother Qi, you should be happy for me, if I die after tonight, I will be completely relieved."

Qi Lang frowned and didn't speak.

"After I die, I don't know if Duke Wei will listen to my will," Feng Shuo seemed to be talking to himself, "If it was Brother Qi, it would be great. Brother Qi is so powerful, even Let me give you the throne, I am also willing. But will Duke Wei really support Brother Qi... He is so bad, what if Brother Qi is cheated by him then?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Qi Lang interrupted suddenly angrily, with a cold tone, "Who told you these nonsense?"

Feng Shuo seemed to be frightened by him, he flinched and said after a long time: "No one told me, did I say something wrong?"

"Brother Qi, don't blame me," Feng Shuo pleaded, "Just accept this flute and bury it with me, when it will be stained with your scent, it's like Brother Qi is still with me, we You won't be alone even if you're underground."

With this face, this tone, and this expression, Qi Lang suddenly felt that he couldn't stay any longer.He stood up suddenly and walked out without saying a word, but Feng Shuo hugged him from behind.The boy was a head shorter than him, with the smell of ambergris on his body: "Brother Qi, did I make you angry? Don't be angry, I won't do this again in the future, please."

Various thoughts flashed through Wei Shuqing's face, the vicious smile on that face after hearing that Feng Xie had died, and the ambition hidden between the textures, even a child could see it. Will he really stand up for himself?Or after using it, kick yourself away?

Feng Shuo clings to his back, revealing a smile with unknown meaning.

He recently heard that big businessmen and nobles from all over the world who transported medicinal materials have entered Zhongyang one after another. The girl never came to him again, and she didn't know the situation. After the meeting, the courtiers and nobles from all over the world feasted in the inner court of the imperial palace to blame themselves for their mistakes.

It's just that I don't know who will win after today, and it's better to keep the back road.

I heard that Qi Lang and Wei Shuqing had a lot of quarrels because of the sinful banquet. It seems that Wei Shuqing disapproved of letting nobles from all over the world enter the palace at the right time of the plague, but Qi Lang thought there was nothing wrong with it. The two had a big quarrel. parted ways.

The aristocrats in Zhongyang have already sensitively sensed that the Qi and Wei families are about to part ways, and began to plan for themselves before the incident happened.Wei Shuqing is scheming and Qi Lang is young and promising. No matter which side wins, the first ones to be liquidated must be these vacillating nobles.It's better to find a way out for yourself in advance while the two have not yet torn their faces.

The feast for self-crime was held in the Jinting Palace behind the Chaoming Palace, and Feng Shuo had been placed on the dragon chair in the Jinting Palace early on, waiting for the nobles to see them one by one and give them their seats.Qi Lang was sitting on his right side, chatting with him casually, Wei Shuqing was on his left side, with a bad face.

The legend he brought into the palace today is the goddaughter he just met. She was dressed in a pink dress, she was charming and charming, sitting beside him, she didn't know what she was talking about, but Wei Shuqing, who had always been cold-hearted and cold-faced, showed a trace of kindness. smile.

Qi Lang sneered in his heart, Wei Shuqing liked to raise some oil-headed and flour-faced godsons in the mansion in the early years, and today another goddaughter appeared, and he didn't know what he was raising.The Wei family was already a mess of pickled meat, and it was not too shameful to show it to the Jinting Palace.

Thinking in his heart, but nothing showed on his face, Qi Lang just chatted with Feng Shuo casually, waiting for the group of adults to come in for a visit.

"The envoy of the Fifth Ministry of Political Affairs, Xie Yi from the Zhongyang Xie family has an audience—"

"The emissary in charge of the five departments of the Dian, Zhongyang Fu's Fu Yujin has an audience—"

"The Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration..."

"Joe's into the cloud..."

The Golden Court Palace is very large. In order to show the royal grace, the court officials in Zhongyang are only allowed to attend banquets above the middle and upper ranks. The entire Golden Court Palace.Feng Shuo spent the whole afternoon nodding with court officials and nobles, saying hello to Cheng En, his mouth dry.

It wasn't until nightfall that the banquet officially began.

The Jinting Palace is resplendent and resplendent. It is the most extravagant palace since the establishment of Feng's capital, and it is also a place for banquets and gatherings. However, it is the first time that it is open to foreign officials.After everyone was seated, the palace servants who passed the dishes came out one after another. Qi Lang clapped his hands, and some graceful actors and dancers came up to perform dances, which aroused the cheers of everyone.

Wei Shuqing has been sitting on one side, watching all this with cold eyes.He strongly opposed Qi Lang's holding such a banquet that gathered nobles from all over the country, not to mention that the shadow of the plague was still hanging over Zhongyang, just the people pouring into Zhongyang from all directions was enough to make people feel panic.

Wei Shuqing was dissatisfied and couldn't show anything, so he had to quietly confess to the guards in the city of Parrot Guard and Xuanjian Daying, and asked them to lead troops to guard the gate of the palace.All the nobles who enter the palace for a banquet are not allowed to have more than two attendants. Such an arrangement made him feel a little more at ease.

In his early years, he also accomplished a career with Emperor Yuan Qing, so he was very disgusted with such a luxurious scene. Fortunately, Su Furong was always by his side, chirping with these gossips to make him happy, which made him feel happy Slightly better.

The audience was extremely noisy, and after serving the dishes, Qi Lang was toasting one by one.Wei Shuqing was too lazy to look at him, so he just smiled and said to Su Furong: "Furong, you have seen such a scene before? Why do you still feel at ease to chat with an old man like me in the face of such a grand banquet?"

Su Furong glanced down, and complained in her heart that if she hadn't had a mission, she would have run down to eat and eat, but she sneered on her face: "I used to travel with my master and treat people's diseases. I have seen such a grand gathering, but I have seen a lot of large and small banquets. These people exchange glasses, full of wine and beautiful people, very boring."

"That's right," Wei Shuqing glanced at the little emperor drinking sullenly on the throne, and his tone was a bit cold, "Some people are full of power and flattery, and want to win over the nobles, for fear that their Sima Zhao's heart will be unknown to passers-by. .”

Just as Su Furong was about to speak, a voice came out from the crowd: "The eldest son invited us to a banquet today, and I am grateful to you. We need more songs and dances to add to the fun at the banquet. I brought some actors from my hometown with me. I don't know what the eldest son wants to do a sword dance with His Majesty?"

Qi Lang poured the wine in his hand and said with a smile: "Today the accompanying actors are not allowed to enter the palace, I don't know..."

But the man just now replied loudly: "What's the matter? If the eldest son and His Majesty like it, just make a decree. They are all waiting at the palace gate. I searched around and found these actors. It took me a long time to rehearse to bring them along. Come to Zhongyang, and ask the eldest son to accept my kindness."

Qi Lang pondered for a while, then looked at Feng Shuo who was sitting on the throne, Feng Shuo looked eager to try: "Why don't you just call them, I have never watched a sword dance before."

Wei Shuqing's face darkened, and just as he was about to get up, Su Furong pulled out his sleeve, and said softly and skillfully: "Why should Wei Gong say more about this kind of thing, and ask the people at the palace gate to keep an eye on it." .There are only a few people, what can they cause? After the banquet is over, Duke Wei can teach Young Master Qi a lesson alone, why bother to slap him in public. "

Qi Lang had heard too much flattery tonight, thinking that the palace gate was heavily guarded and nothing would happen, so he waved his hand and said, "In that case, let someone lead them in."

The author has something to say: Note:

First, I went to Changsha to relocate, but I didn't see home in Chang'an to the west.

The jade flute is played in the Yellow Crane Tower, and plum blossoms fall in May in Jiangcheng.

——Li Bai "Whispering the Flute at the Yellow Crane Tower"