Dream of the Demon Palace

The [-]th of March in the Lunar Calendar of the Demon Palace is Queen Xiao’s birthday, which coincides with the Year of the Snake. The Demon Palace honors the "Gu Meng" snake clan, and the Year of the Snake is even more joyful. To celebrate the queen's birthday, please come to all the vassals and nobles to gather together.

The Demon Palace was built on the highest Demon Spirit Mountain in the Demon Realm. In the Demon Realm, the higher one lived, the more prominent one would be.The shape of the whole mountain is deliberately cut into five steps, which are collectively called the Demon Palace. There are exquisite and unique palaces built on each step. The steps face south from the north, symbolizing royal power.

Yaoling Mountain covers an area of ​​about 500 million square kilometers, with a building area of ​​about 130 million square kilometers and 680 buildings.The topmost floor is the residence of the demon king and concubine, which is called "Yiju"; the second floor from the top floor is the place where the emperor discusses politics in the early days, called "political residence"; the third floor is the place where the internal affairs of the palace are handled, called "Neiju"; the fourth floor is the ancestral temple and ancestral hall, where festivals and ceremonies are held, called "Liju".The fifth floor is a little distance away from the upper four floors, only 50 meters from the ground. It is an important place for the army and is called the "military residence".

The Jinjiang Xinggong was built on the fourth floor of the Liju, and the Yumeng Terrace was in the center of the Xinggong. The area was not large and could only accommodate less than 2000 people.However, those who do not have demon skills want to climb the Yumeng Terrace on the fourth floor, but they must ride a flying spirit beast, otherwise it will take a lot of time to climb up.

Yumengtai is surrounded by lotus ponds, where the air is fresh, and various monster butterflies often play on the lake.The place where Yumengtai used to hold the canonization ceremony for Queen Xiao was already luxurious, but after some decorations it became more lively and luxurious.

The concubines and princes, the head of the demon palace Yichen, the third prince Xianchen and other princes, the elders of the spider clan, the fish clan, the feather clan and other monster clans, as well as the demon cities such as the demon city, the spirit capital, the soul capital, and the prison waterfall. The feudal kings are all gathered at Yumengtai today.The birthday of the mother of the country is a great joy for the whole country to celebrate!

Yumeng Terrace is magnificently arranged, and the main colors of all the decorations are mainly red and gold, because Empress Xiao believes that red represents the main palace, and gold represents power, so every birthday is arranged in this way.The floor of the brown-red spirit stone is covered with a red carpet embroidered with golden acacia flowers, and the corners of the carpet are golden patterns of hanging fish and grass; It is magnificent; the center of the roof is painted with double phoenixes and longevity, and the four corners are carved with Ruyi and many sons, which is very meaningful.

"I really don't know if it's a birthday banquet or a wedding banquet, maybe it's a ghost wedding banquet!"

After Yichen got off the carriage, he just settled down, when he heard such a strange remark.Looking in the direction of the sound, he saw the third prince Xianchen standing by the lotus pond looking at Yumengtai one kilometer away.

"How did the third brother come so early, but he doesn't seem to be interested!"

Xianchen turned around angrily, revealing the whites of her eyes.He is not tall and thin.Single eyelid, phoenix eyes, thin lips, awl face.Due to a serious cleanliness habit, he always covers his mouth and nose with his cuffs, and hides his hands in the sleeves that are so long that they hang down to the floor. His silver-white hair has become a little dry and frizzy due to frequent washing, but it is still combed meticulously.The extreme appearance and sickly body made him look like a man.

"It's the second master!"

The scene of a brothel woman inviting guests flashed through Yichen's mind. It sounds very awkward to be called the second master by others, let alone being called the second master by a man.

"Why does the third brother look unhappy?"

"Would you be glad to have you come all the way to celebrate a sow's birthday?"

Xianchen spoke angrily, her voice shrill and disdainful.He frowned slightly, and covered his mouth and nose with the other sleeve.

"Third brother, you can't talk nonsense like this!"

"Keeping a sow by my side for so many years, Wu Chen is really flirtatious!"

Yichen was startled when he heard this, and thought it was ridiculous, but felt that Xianchen's mind seemed abnormal, and he always felt that he was a little crazy, as if he had been possessed by an evil spirit.

"Since birth..." Xianchen began to talk to himself, and Yichen looked at him half-surprised, "He is Wuchen, and his name predestined him to be as clean as a flower, while you and I are both picky." You can only live like shit crawling on maggots..."

Crawled on maggot shit?Gu Mengyichen wondered what kind of metaphor this was, but he had never felt this way before, and wanted to laugh for a moment.He felt that the person next to him must be a lunatic. What kind of stimulation did he receive? Could it be caused by excessive cleanliness?He was a little overwhelmed, watching Xianchen keep talking crazy, wondering what happened to him during these years of semi-reclusive life.

It's just that Yichen and Xianchen don't have any brotherly relationship. Yichen was naughty when he was a child, and Xianchen was perverse, so the two didn't get along well.Yichen still remembers accidentally bumping into Xianchen when he was young, but Xianchen fell unsteadily into the lotus pond. As a result, the mother and concubine who provoked Xianchen cried and made noise at the former king.Thinking of the past, Yichen only felt a headache.He wasn't particularly curious about what happened to Xianchen.

The snake is cold, the heart is cold, and the demon palace is filled with countless indifferences. Everyone does not trust each other, and they speculate on each other. The indifference is suffocating.

Suddenly there is a boat coming from the opposite side, it is a small and light lotus leaf light boat.This lotus leaf light boat is made of green spiritual wood, with some round lace on the edge, shaped like a lotus leaf.Yichen boarded the boat, and wanted to leave Xianchen as a lunatic, but found that Xianchen's eyes had been staring at Yumengtai, but there was no clue, and he didn't know what Xianchen was staring at.

I saw Xianchen collapsed on the ground as if frightened, and then climbed onto the lotus leaf light boat in a panic, but his eyes were fixed on something in Yumeng Terrace.Although Yichen found it strange, he didn't want to talk to Xianchen, what a shame for a prince to be so disrespectful!

"Obviously they are all big monsters who can fly into the sky and escape from the ground, but they still have to take a boat!"

The old slave who rowed the boat joked, he watched Yichen grow up, he was one of the foremen among the first batch of palace people, and he is also an old man in this palace, he has a close relationship with the princes and always likes to joke with them.

"It's also a pleasure to experience the ordinary life once in a while!"

The weather is fine. Although the fish and insects in the lotus pond can glow, they are not so obvious compared with the sunlight. However, there are still halos and spots of light as light as smoke rising slowly from the lake. Shake it slowly, it's very beautiful.

"It's been a long time since Yumengtai has been so lively..." The old slave was relaxed and happy, rowing leisurely.Glancing at Xianchen from the corner of the eye, he sighed, "The third prince's madness has occurred again!"

Yichen was curious.

"Madness? Where do you start?"

The old slave motioned to Yichen to follow her ears, and Yichen half-bent down, her smooth black hair hanging down her shoulders, with a hint of tea fragrance.The strings of skull beads around the neck are dangling, reflecting the colorful halo.

"Do you still remember the story of the colorful spider being imprisoned, the story of the colorful spider trespassing in the human world and being caught and imprisoned..."

The colorful spider is an old friend of Yichen, who ran away from home during the years when Yichen was so stubborn, and met the colorful spider in Lingdu, and the two have a very close friendship.Later, after the colorful spider was imprisoned, he didn't hear from him, and Yichen broke up with him.After all, the colorful spider was handed over to the prison interrogator by Yichen. He didn't know about his colorful relationship with Xianchen. Unexpectedly, he was detained for more than thirty years.

"What does this have to do with the prince's madness?"

"The colorful spider and the prince..." The old slave lowered his voice and coughed lightly, "...be full of affection (a man and a man fall in love)..."

Yichen was shocked, and his eyes wandered away.He wasn't interested in Xianchen's affairs at first, but he couldn't help being curious when he heard this. He glanced at Xianchen and continued to listen to the old slave's gossip.

"The demon king ordered the killing of the colorful spider for fear of rumors about his family scandal. The colorful spider fled to the world in fright. After hiding for several years, he was caught back. He was supposed to be beheaded, but when the prince learned that he was going to kill the colorful spider, he decided to kill it." Frightened mad, the madness comes and goes, good times and bad days!"

"That colorful spider..."

"Seeing that the third prince is crazy, and the demon king can't do it anymore, he sentenced the colorful spider to prison for trespassing on the human world. He has not been released yet. I don't know if the prison will detain him for a few more years."

Yichen thought that it was his dereliction of duty that he, as the head of the demon palace, didn't even know about such things that had been rotten on the street. Thinking of this, he sneered.He was also to blame for wanting to avoid the palace and live in seclusion, so he captured the colorful spider alive without asking why. Fortunately, he didn't show up in person because of his friendship with the colorful spider, otherwise the colorful spider would definitely hate him and poison him.

"Beautiful feelings?" Yichen murmured in a low voice, his voice was very soft, and was immediately swallowed up by the sound of water waves caused by the old slave's rowing, "Two men?"

Xianchen no longer covered his mouth and nose, but Yichen tapped his lips with his index knuckles, feeling like vomiting.He has lived for such a long time, knowing that there is a theory of colorful emotions, but he has always thought that it is just a myth and legend, but unexpectedly there is such a person, and he still appears by his side.Besides, he and Colorful Spider are good friends who have lived together under the same roof for many years. Thinking that his good brother around him actually likes men, he can't help but think about it more and more disgustingly.

Finally boarded the Yumeng Terrace, Yichen stepped on the cool and clear white jade bricks, pulled the crazy Xianchen up, and signaled the old slave to back down.Yichen can be regarded as a "good guy". He pretended to help Xianchen sit down, and asked the maid to serve him a refreshing cup of mint tea.

They came too early, apart from the busy palace people and a few juniors, Yumengtai had not yet had such noble figures as the two of them on the stage.

Xianchen drank mint tea, rested for a while and closed his eyes to rest his mind. His sanity improved a lot, and he became normal again.He pretended to be sitting upright, his chin raised slightly, his eyelids drooped, pretending to be noble, and he still covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, but he didn't know how embarrassing his actions were just now.

"Second Master, why do you always look at others?"

Yichen pretended to be calm and took a sip of tea, remembering what the old slave said about the relationship between the third prince and the colorful spider, he didn't know how to face the man in front of him, who was also a big monster of the snake tribe, but Yichen felt that Xianchen was a Alien, but still very curious.He thought of Lin Xiaochu, and thought of what would happen to him if Lin Xiaochu married beautifully, but he couldn't think about it without experience, he just felt sick.

"The third brother has been staring at the Yumengtai on the boat just now. I don't know what he is looking at. I am very curious."

Xianchen stared at him with wide eyes and blinked mechanically, as if he couldn't understand what Yichen said.

"Second Master, what are you talking about, I can't understand you, Young Master!"