Placid Chang'an

The moon rises in Dongshan, the lights come on, and the streets gradually become lively.Colorful silks are spread all over the sky, lanterns of various colors are dizzying, the sound of firecrackers shooting up from all over the sky is loud, and the fiery trees and silver flowers are dazzling.

The little emperor has never been out of the palace, and he is curious about everything. He holds a sugar figurine in his left hand and a dough dog in his right hand. He is hugged by Zheng Yang and wants to step on stilts for him, so that he can see all kinds of novelties. .

Seeing a lot of people gathered around a stall, I asked what it was for.

Zheng Yang looked at it with his head: "It seems to be a crossword puzzle."

The little emperor became interested again, and raised his hand to point: "You are all talents of the imperial court, full of talents and learning, you all guess, and I will reward you for guessing correctly!"

The talents of the people are not used in this way, but they can only follow the holy order and bite the bullet.

Ning Santong said helplessly: "All of you have fame and fame, you have to let me order, first let me choose."

Su Cen had no objection, Feng Yiming chuckled, Zheng Yang directly made a "please" gesture, and Ning Santong chose a simple one first - Can Deng's ear three times, "Can Deng" took "" Fire", combined with "ear", is a "Geng" character.

The stall owner announced the answer, and as expected, Ning Santong let out a long breath.

"I guess that 'one enters Jiangdong everywhere spring'" Feng Yiming continued, "'Jiangdong' is 'gong', adding 'one' is 'king', and 'everything spring' is a word for 'forest'. Together it is a word 'Lin'."

The onlookers suddenly realized that this was obviously more difficult than the previous one.

Just as Zheng Yang was about to choose, the little emperor changed his mind, "You two are left with a champion and a second place, these are too simple for you. In this way, I will choose, and you answer."

The little emperor casually pointed to one, "Brother Yang, guess this."

"The sound of the wind entering the maple forest," Zheng Yang raised his lips and smiled, "When 'wind' enters the 'forest', you can get 'fenglin', and 'sheng' implies that the pronunciation of the answer is similar to that of 'sheng', so it is a 'forest 'Character."

Seeing that the left and right could not help them, the little emperor finally chose the longest one for Su Cen.

Never forget before the flower, sincerely looking for the dark fragrance.

Su Cen looked at it and couldn't help laughing, "Isn't this a word?"

"This is an anagram, how can it not be a word?" The little emperor snickered, "Su Zhuangyuan, are you unable to guess?"

Su Cen smiled slightly, "'Flower' is '' before, 'Forgetful' is 'death', this is a 'mansion' is 'middle', 'dark fragrance' is 'he', this is another 'kind' character. So I say this is not a character, but a solar term, which is for 'grain of awn'."

"Young master is very talented and knowledgeable," the stall owner couldn't help laughing, "This is a mystery I was hiding, and the young master has seen through it. These young masters are all dragons and phoenixes, but I am a small stall, so I came up with a few crossword puzzles for everyone's enjoyment." Ha Le Ha, if all the young masters guess it for me, then it will be boring."

This seemed to be an order to evict customers, but fortunately, the little emperor had enough fun, so he didn't make any trouble, and turned around happily to go to the stall to pick out prizes.

Guess a crossword puzzle correctly and get a lantern. The little emperor picked three lanterns, and he was in a dilemma with one lantern left.

"Let's have this."

Su Cen and Feng Yiming spoke together, but they pointed to the same lantern.I saw a narrow-eyed fox painted on the lantern, full of cunning.

"This one looks good?" The little emperor frowned, but he still chose that one. He couldn't carry it with his two hands, so he gave Feng Yiming a cat and Ning Santong a fat-faced doll, and kept one for himself. The little white rabbit finally gave the fox to Su Cen.

Then he waved his small hand: "Reward for merit."

Zheng Yang hugged the little emperor for a long time, but in the end he didn't share anything, and looked at the little emperor pretending to be wronged, "What about me?"

"You want to hug me, how can there be a portable lantern?" The little emperor stuffed the sugar figurine that he had been licking for a long time into Zheng Yang's mouth, "This is for you."

Zheng Yang: "..." Isn't it okay if he doesn't want it?

After walking around half of the Royal Street, watching a variety of plays, and drinking sticky bean porridge, the little emperor still looked unsatisfied, and Yan Fu, who was behind him, stepped forward to remind the little emperor that it was time to return to the palace.

Everyone didn't dare to miss the time, and they were walking back in a hurry, but they met Qi Lin halfway.

And Qi Lin had obviously been waiting for them for a long time.

Everyone was stunned, only to see Qi Lin holding his sword and saluting: "My lord asked me to welcome His Majesty back to Xingqing Palace here."

The smile on the little emperor's face visibly froze.

Thinking about it, Prince Ning's eyeliner is all over Chang'an, I'm afraid that the little emperor will be watched as soon as he leaves the palace.But since he asked Qi Lin to wait for them here instead of sending the little emperor back to the palace on the spot, does that mean... the prince is not very angry?

Zheng Yang's calf trembled when he heard that he was going to Xingqing Palace, Feng Yiming was going back to Yangzhou tomorrow, and it was inconvenient to stay outside, so they separated. Su Cen's house was close to Xingqing Palace, so Su Cen escorted him The little emperor went to Xingqing Palace.

After parting ways, Qi Lin led the way, and Su Cen followed behind with the little emperor in his arms.

The little emperor was much quieter than before on the street. He buried his head on Su Cen's shoulder, tangled up and down again and again, and asked cautiously, "Do you think Uncle Huang is angry?"

Su Cen asked, "Is Your Majesty afraid of the prince?"

The little emperor also cared about his emperor's majesty, and refused to admit directly that he was terrified to death, and made a small comparison between his thumb and index finger: "I'm a little bit afraid."

Su Cen smiled lightly, a bad idea suddenly popped up in his mind, looked at the front and back of him, and asked in a low voice: "Then do you like to be the emperor?"

The little emperor was also taken aback. He was born as a prince, and he was told to be an emperor since he could remember. He took the throne at the age of six, and has been up to now. No one has ever asked him, do you like to be an emperor?

The little emperor frowned and thought about it seriously, and finally tilted his head and said to Su Cen: "I should still like it."

Su Cen asked, "Why do you like it?"

"Because I want to be like the emperor's uncle in the future." The little emperor said without hesitation, "Although I am a little afraid of the emperor's uncle, I also think that the emperor's uncle is very powerful. When I came out this time, I saw singing and dancing, and the people lived and worked in peace. Does this mean that I am You and Uncle Huang have managed the world well?"

"Yes." Su Cen nodded sincerely.

There is really nothing more convincing than political achievements.

"I want to be like the emperor's uncle in the future, to spread benevolent government, make the world obey, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and be a good emperor."

"Then have you thought about it..." Su Cen's heart tightened, "What should the prince do after you take over the government?"

The little emperor hugged Su Cen's neck, his eyes were clear: "The emperor's uncle will always be my emperor's uncle."

"What if someone speaks ill of the prince in front of you?"

"I know what you're thinking," the little emperor squinted his eyes and smiled, "The emperor's uncle taught me to distinguish right from wrong, check right from wrong, and never listen to one-sided words."

Su Cen nodded, no wonder Li Shi was willing to work hard to teach the little emperor, the little man carved out of ice is extremely intelligent, he is indeed a malleable talent.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about our conversation today," the little emperor leaned close to Su Cen's ear and said softly, "I won't tell the queen mother either."

Su Cen smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I'll also tell you a little secret, I like Lord Su," the little emperor whispered into Su Cen's ear, "Because the uncle likes Lord Su."

Approaching Xingqing Palace, Li Shi was already waiting in front of the gate.

Seeing the emperor's uncle, the little emperor obediently got down from Su Cen's body, and called out to Li Shi with a reserved expression, "Emperor's uncle."

Li Shi nodded, with no expression of joy or anger on his face, he called the little emperor over and held out his hand, and looked at Su Cen calmly.

In front of so many people, Su Cen didn't want to show anything, but it was inconvenient to leave first. After asking Ann, he stood with his head bowed, and faced Li Shi's gaze with courage, not knowing what this man's intentions were. .

At the end Li Shi smiled, "Go back, let Qi Lin take you back."

Su Cen quietly breathed a sigh of relief, "I will resign."

Just turned around, but turned back again, "Hey, my lamp."

Before, because he wanted to hug the little emperor, he handed the two lamps to Yanfu, and now he was about to leave, only remembered when he saw the dark night.

Just as Yan Fu was about to hand it back, Li Shi squinted at the two lamps and smiled, "Which one is your lamp?"

Su Cen opened his mouth but stopped it abruptly. How could he admit that he chose a fox, and the squinting fox on the lantern was so similar to the squinting person in front of him.

Su Cen pointed, "That rabbit is mine."

The little emperor raised his big watery eyes, and mercilessly exposed him: "Don't you like foxes?"

Su Cen: "..." What about the united front formed just now?

Li Shi took the paper lantern with the fox painted on it from Yan Fu, and when the night wind blows, the fire light inside flickers on and off, reflecting the narrow-eyed fox in the painting more and more cunning.

"I like foxes too." Li Shi took an eight-treasure glazed palace lantern from a servant and handed it to Su Cen, "Well, I'll change it with Mr. Su."

This person was playing tricks on him, but Su Cen didn't reach out to take it, and cupped his hands: "I don't dare, since the prince likes it, then I will give it to the prince."

Li Shi picked up the lamp and didn't move: "It's dark and the road is far away, there must be a lamp."

Su Cen understood that if he didn't turn on the light today, he wouldn't want to leave here.With a helpless smile, he could only take the lamp down the hand with the Moyu finger ring.

Li Shi raised his lips and smiled, he led the little emperor back and asked as he walked, "Where do these lamps come from?"

The little emperor saw that the emperor's uncle was not angry with him, and was quite interested in his experience that night, so he replied with great interest: "We're going to guess the crossword puzzles, Su Cen is so good, he can guess the difficult crossword puzzles as soon as he guesses them." bingo……"

Su Cen looked down at the palace lantern in his hand and couldn't help but smile wryly. How come he turned into a fox in the end?