Gu Qingci

The firecrackers gradually ended, and red chips fell all over the ground, which was rolled up on the ground by the small whirlwind.

Liu Yueying was supported by Pianqiu, followed by a group of palace people, walking unsteadily back to Chaofeng Palace.

There is always drinking at the annual palace banquet.The queen was raised as a crown prince since she was a child. In fact, she can drink quite well. Unfortunately, very few people know about it.

However, this year Liu Yueying seemed to have drunk a little too much, she wobbled in the grand teacher's chair, resting her hands on her forehead.

Pianqiu brought a group of court ladies to change Liu Yueying's clothes, and she methodically took off the emperor's golden sparrow hairpin and scratched her head one by one.

"Your Majesty, is your head hurting again?"

Gently kneading and pressing his temples with his fingers, he slowly opened his eyes, which were bloodshot.

"I'm just a little drunk today."

"The servant is going to bring a bowl of hangover soup?"

"No, that's fine too."

When the headgear was removed and the bun was removed, Liu Yueying slowly got up and let them change her clothes.

The ground cage was burning hot, and it was not cold to stand barefoot on the ground. The tranquilizing incense beside it had already been lit by the little maid, and the faint fragrance wafted from it.

Liu Yueying sat on the dragon bed, and the curtains around the bed were lowered by the palace servants, and the light gauze outside had long been replaced with thick velvet, which was hung on the screen of the compartment.

All the palace people withdrew, leaving only one candle burning alone outside the bed curtain, and the calming fragrance slowly seeped into the nose through the bed curtain, this is a day-to-day life in winter.

But, today is New Year's Eve...

There was a moment of silence all around, and the emperor stared at the carving on the top of the bed in a daze.

The ministers brought their family members to the palace banquet one after another, and they were still cautious when they first gave the meal and gifts. When they watched the song and dance performance, everyone was more or less drunk, and some people sneaked down with their family members. For such a small move, the emperor turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it.

Although Liu Yuehua is the eldest princess, she is much more relaxed and free than the emperor. During the palace banquet, in front of so many ministers, she dared to have sex with the actors under the head seat. The diners and servants draw their fists and write poems every year.

Pianqiu and Chang Shi had dinner together a few years ago, and after serving her to sleep, they would take Wu Xia to have a small cooking session, and the three of them had a chat together.

Only she, the emperor, sat alone at the head of the Golden Luan Hall, waited alone on New Year's Eve, and slept alone on the bed on the first day of the lunar new year.

In fact, this restraint could have been avoided.

She is the emperor, she can chat with the ministers at the palace banquet, care about the lives of the ministers, and be praised for being considerate to the ministers.

However, those courtiers will inevitably be restrained if they do this. In front of everyone, whoever speaks from the bottom of their hearts will have to use their brains when they say anything, and they will be exhausted and panic.She was reticent by nature, and this move added a burden to the courtiers, so she simply didn't say anything.

As for Liu Yuehua, she would have to stay with her in the palace to watch the new year if she said whatever she wanted.However, she knew what kind of temperament her own sister was.

Showing off his power in front of others, he is full of spirits, but when he is in front of her, he does not dare to show his air, and he is careful when speaking, watching his words and expressions, with an appearance of fear.It's better to let her go back to the house to have fun with others, so as not to make herself and her feel uncomfortable.

So in the end, I really became a loner, enduring loneliness alone in the deep palace.

Obviously, I didn't feel much in the past, and I became numb day after day. I watched this scene with cold eyes, neither envious nor jealous.The high walls built in the heart resist the intrigues and tricks, so it might be that they are calculating others.After staying in the abyss for a long time, doubts and precautions have become instinctive. It is safest not to see through the emotions of the superior.

However, everything in the world has a but.

This year, the appearance of the thousands of lights made her very uncomfortable.

Seeing other people's furtive and intimate appearances made her envious and jealous, and her heart felt sour. She drank a lot of wine without knowing it, and it was rare for her to feel dizzy.

The emperor was afraid of the cold, and Mrs. Tang in the bed was very warm, but not one ten-thousandth of that person.

The sun is as warm as a stove.When sharing the same bed with her, I always unconsciously lean into her arms to feel her hot temperature.

Maybe Yang Li didn't even know it, but when she was in love, she would produce a milky fragrance, reminiscent of a newborn child, it was so clean.

In fact, the eyes she inadvertently revealed are indeed like a child who has not experienced much in the world. Only when she is helping her with government affairs will she appear calm and cautious beyond her age.

Liu Yueying turned around and lay on her side, with her arms folded in front of her chest, her head slightly buried in the quilt - this was the most common sleeping position when she slept with Yang Yun, but now her side was empty.

How did she spend New Year's Eve in Dongshan tonight?

Closing his eyes, what appeared was the man's innocent smile.

It turns out that this is called miss.

Such a smile without impurities and clear eyes can be completely trusted, right?Liu Yueying's hands gradually clenched the quilt.

The emperor has a very accurate view of people, and it is because of this that he feels uneasy-does Yang Li think about her the same way she thinks about Yang Li?

The word "emotional" is too heavy to say or judge easily.

Taking a deep breath, a few days ago Feng San, the leader of the Fengqi Army, sent a message that the Northern Qiang began to take action, and sent a group of dead soldiers to sneak into the Daxing Palace to assassinate.

It's just that the scorpion shakes the tree, and I don't care at all, but if that person is by my side, I will always feel more at ease...

Thinking about something and nothing, it took a long time before I slowly fell asleep.Another day of light sleep.

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On the first day of the new year, everyone got up later than usual.

After everyone set off firecrackers for a long time after the New Year's Eve, the sound was loud, and Yan Xi directly hugged Xiao Zhi by the waist and spun around, she was really floating.It was lively for a while, and they returned to the house one after another when it was almost ugly.

I stayed up late last night to write a letter to the emperor, talking about the situation in Northern Qiang. As for why I knew it, I made up a reason and said it was intuition.After finishing writing, let the carrier pigeon fly across thousands of mountains and rivers.

After sleeping late, I didn't get up until the sun was high. After washing up, the first thing I did was to pay New Year's greetings to Master.

My doubts about Sha Yu gradually deepened, and I had to find time to ask Master.

Went to Master's master bedroom, Yan Xi and Xiaozhi came earlier than me, what the hell, shouldn't these two people's Spring Festival be shortened by you and me!

"Yang Li, why are you here so late, you don't care about Master at all." Yan Xi teased me without missing a chance.

"This is my master, how did it become yours!"

In the end, the old man Yang Daxia actually spoke for Yan Xi: "Xiao Li, this is your fault. Since Xiao Zhi recognizes Yan Xi, my elder is naturally Yan Xi's elder."

... It's okay to turn your elbows outward, but his next sentence is even more unsurprising.

"By the way, Xiaozhi has already found a lover. As a big sister, when will you find someone to bring back for my teacher to see?"

...the atmosphere was silent.

Yan Xi and Yang Zhi stared at me in a very tacit understanding, their expressions were beyond words.I feel like my head is sweating.

While touching his nose, he said vaguely: "Master, why are you so anxious? Isn't it? It's still early. Just wait a little longer, and it will happen." His eyes flicked wildly, panicking like a thief.

Yan Xi narrowed his fox eyes and said, "That's right, it's still early. Next time Hero Yang comes to Rongcheng to have fun, maybe he can see Yang Li's beautiful wife."

Yan Xi is really daring, what a beautiful wife, she can say such nonsense, if someone hears it, she will immediately pull out her tongue and punish her.

Master is not as stupid as me, just laughed when he heard this, and kept silent.

After staying for a while, they went to have breakfast first, and Master and I stayed here.Not knowing how to speak, he looked around, but couldn't find Sha Yu.

Seeing my sneaky look, Master said first: "Don't look for it, Sha Yu isn't here." Well, I couldn't hide it from Master's eyes.I don't know if Sha Yu has mentioned the matter of seizing the house...

"What do you want to ask, just ask, I'm in a good mood as a teacher today." He stood up and took out a sword, motioning for me to come to the backyard.

"Master, how did you and Sister Sha... know each other?"

The movement of swinging the sword did not stop, forming a sword aura, and the master's voice came along with the sword aura: "This question is a long story."

"Let's make a long story short!" I was a little anxious, Sha Yu was really disturbing, I didn't know who she was, what identity she was, where she came from, what position she had, and she just said such scary words to me.

The fast sword energy gradually slowed down, and the speed of the master's sword dance slowed down, and he said calmly: "20 years ago, I saved her and her mother's lives."

"When I was traveling 20 years ago, I encountered their mother and daughter being chased by wolves, and they were in a panic. I just swung a knife, and I saved two lives. At that time, Sha Yu was only seven years old. A horn."

Master's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes gradually drifted away, as if he was recalling something far away.

"I wanted to find a mountain village to house their mother and daughter, but her mother cried and told me to send Sha Yu back to her hometown, and her life is not important."

"I've never seen such a desperate person. But she told me that Sha Yu can only live if she dies. It's the first time I've seen that woman's desperate eyes in 30 years of life."

"Xiao Li, have you ever seen a cuckoo crying blood?" A rare look of pain appeared on the master's wanton face.The cruel years have left traces of weather on his youthful and reckless demeanor.

I nodded to respond to him, but I feel that Master is very sad now, no less than the mournful cries of the cuckoo.

"I agreed to that woman out of nowhere, and she gave me a jade hairpin, and jumped off the cliff directly."

Master looked at the peach blossom tree in the backyard in a daze. The tree was bare, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"You said, how desperate are you for your own life to trust a stranger without reservation?" After a long while, he seemed to be talking to himself.I can't answer this question.

"I took Sha Yu back to my hometown and left her the jade hairpin. After 15 years, a gorgeous woman came to Dongshan to see me, an old man, to reminisce. I haven't seen her for so long, and I can't recognize her anymore. It's amorous feelings, and her mother is simply a different kind of person."

"Fortunately, she showed me the jade hairpin and gave it to me. Since then, she has come to Dongshan to stay for a long time every year."

After the master's story was finished, the waving sword was finally inserted into the bald peach blossom branch.

It's not a good thing. The river head is not a storm, so it's difficult for others to travel in the world.People in the world will always have their own sad fate.Master clasped his hands behind his back and came back to his senses.

"Where is her hometown? Master, you only said that he is from the south, but the south is so big, which state, county, and township is it?"

Master stretched out his hand and slapped me on the forehead, returning to his usual demeanor: "This is her secret, I can't tell it. But just worry, Sha Yu will not do things that hurt nature and reason."

"Can……"

"But what's the matter, don't you have any secrets that you don't want people to know? Did I ask you as a teacher?" He pulled the sword out of the peach blossom tree, scolded me, turned around and went into the room.

He bowed his head a little guilty.