Big Han Weiyang

In the Changxin Hall, the candles were brightly lit.

The wives of Emperor Jing and the vassals of various countries are all relatives by marriage, and they are very familiar with each other.

It was very warm in the hall, they were wearing light swallow clothes, and they knelt and talked and laughed leisurely behind their respective food tables.The table is full of rare fruits in winter, as well as court and folk pastries.

The maids and servants lined up in four rows along the lacquered pillars in the hall with their heads down and their sleeves hanging.

As the emperor's mother, Empress Dowager Dou deservedly sits on the throne.She was wearing a dark green straight train, covered with big pale moxa sleeves, and her long snow-white hair was pulled up by two golden hairpins.Although the eyes are almost blind, but the temperament is soft, the expression is happy, and there is a kind of beauty that has accumulated over time.

The seats of Princess Guantao and King Liang are on both sides of her, and that of Emperor Jing is a little bit to the side.

I am not afraid of Emperor Jing at all, but I have an indescribable awe for this old lady who has always been kind and kind, and likes to tease crickets like a child.

Empress Dowager Dou didn't know that King Liang had arrived, she kept smiling and sat quietly.When King Liang walked up to her with red eyes and said his congratulatory speech, she heard King Liang's voice, and woke up like a dream. She groped for her youngest son's hand and said tremblingly, "Is it the third child? The third child is back? "

The two of them wiped the corners of their eyes while booing and inquiring, and Princess Guantao made jokes so that the mother and son who had not seen each other for many years could not cry on the spot.

Emperor Jing was ignored, and the conversation between Empress Dowager Dou and King Liang finally came to an end. He looked at the empty space and said to Empress Dowager Dou, "Mother, the emperor greets you."

Empress Dowager Dou's smile faded, she responded gently to the eldest son, and then she had nothing else to say.Emperor Jing hurriedly toasted to other guests to conceal his loneliness.

"Hey--"

someone talk to me?

Avoiding the angry eyes of Mrs. Wang and sisters, I searched for a while among the guests present at the banquet, and finally found that it was Chen Ajiao who was sitting next to Liu Rong waving.

Gillian has a slightly girlish appearance this year.Dressed in brocade and jade, with bright eyes and good looks, she is dressed like the maid beside the Queen Mother of the West.The turquoise wide sleeves set off her white wrists as white as snow, but the nine gold rings dazzled me.

There is no need to worry too much about the family banquet, I greeted her to come up, and moved half an empty seat to the right for her with Liu Zhi.Gillian sat down unceremoniously.

Liu Zhi asked, "Sister Gillian, why are you sitting with Brother Rong?"

"That's right, don't you usually stay with Aunt the eldest princess?" I said.

Gillian frowned, and said, "I don't know, Grandmother asked me to go. If it wasn't for the Nuo Exorcism Ceremony, I would go home."

Liu Zhi and I were pleasantly surprised: "To exorcise ghosts today? That's great. But this year is earlier than last year."

"Let me tell you in secret," Gillian said mysteriously, "Aunt told me that the Huns entered the border again a few days ago, and the emperor's uncle was very upset, so she and grandma arranged this ceremony at the banquet. Let the emperor's uncle be happy."

"The Huns are really bad. They always bully my father. Ah Yue, when we grow up, we will kill all the Huns together." Liu Zhi said in a childish voice.

I nodded firmly.

Gillian sighed, supported her cheek with her wrist and said, "Liu Rong is like a log, suffocating to death, I don't want to be with him again."

"Sister Gillian, don't say that, Brother Rong is very good. I like to play with Brother Rong." I said, Liu Zhi also nodded in agreement.

"Okay, okay, I won't talk about him." Gillian pouted her mouth in conceit, and then smiled again: "Li Ji was very angry when she saw me next to Liu Rong. She said that the vixen next to the emperor's uncle It was all given by my mother, so let him ignore me."

Below, Liu Rong bowed his hands to me, and then pointed at Gillian.I waved my hand and smiled back, and seeing Li Ji's gloomy phoenix eyes, I asked her in a low voice, "How many women did Aunt the Eldest Princess give my father? Li Ji is so angry."

A-Jiao rolled up her sleeves, picked up a piece of snow-white pear meat from the dark red lacquer plate with green fingers, thought for a while and said: "The row of ladies on the left side of the hall is probably given by my mother. .By the way, two new dancers were also given away yesterday.”

"Wow..." Liu Zhi and I looked at Princess Guantao, who was chatting and laughing among Empress Dowager Dou, King Liang, and Emperor Jing with a new look.

Then Liu Zhi smiled and said: "Sister Gillian, when I grow up, you will treat me like the princess and aunt treat my father."

A Jiao poked his forehead with her fingertips that still had pear juice, and said, "Little pig, how old are you, you already want women."

"Don't call me little pig." Liu Zhi pouted unhappily.

"Oh, good boy, it doesn't hurt or hurt." I rubbed the red spot on his forehead for him.

Liu Zhi clapped my hand awkwardly, and his mouth became even higher: "A Yue, I'm the older brother, I don't need you to take care of me."

"You are only half an hour older than me. My mother said that the Pixiang Hall is farther away from the Proclamation Room than the Yilan Hall. My father went to the Yilan Hall first after hearing the news, so he thought you were older than me. In fact, it was me." elder brother."

"I am the older brother. My father said I am."

The ensuing exorcism ceremony made us forget about the quarrel, and followed the adults to the outside of the hall.

The air was icy cold.

The main halls in the palace are all built on high platforms.

There was almost no light outside, and apart from the scattered palace lanterns in other palaces, it was impossible to see anything clearly.

The thick night shrouded the huge Changle Palace in Chang'an City, as well as the Weiyang Palace located on its west side.

Weiyang Weiyang, is it Ye Weiyang or Changle Weiyang?

Right in front of the gate of the palace, a fire was lit up enough for a dozen people to sit around.After dancing the exorcism dance, the little boys threw the wooden boards with ghost heads into them one by one.

Then the princes and ladies also began to burn ghosts.Braving the heat wave, Liu Zhi and Gillian and I grabbed the ghost heads from the children's hands and threw them in, making the flames rise higher and higher.

The red light vividly illuminated the faces of hundreds of royal relatives present on the field.The high tongue of fire seems to be able to split the thick night.

Even Emperor Jing let go of his usual indifferent smile with a helpless expression, his expression was serious and real.

He took the torch, lit it in the fire, and handed it to the waiting sergeant.

The sergeant walked down the platform step by step with a torch, and the black armor gradually disappeared into the night.

Liu Zhi and I clasped our hands tightly, watching the torch get farther and farther away anxiously, flickering as if it was about to go out.However, in an instant, hundreds of red dots centered on the torch and spread into a sea of ​​flames.

The soldiers held the newly lit torches and formed a square formation, majestic and solemn, illuminating the vast flat ground under the high platform.

Standing in front of the crowd, Emperor Jing clasped his hands to the sky and said loudly: "I pray that the emperor, the queen of heaven, the gods of the four directions, will bless me, the great man, the mountains and rivers will last forever, and all the demons and monsters will be wiped away—"

Everything was silent, only Jingdi's deep voice echoed between heaven and earth.

At this time, no matter whether it is the noble lady of the feudal lord or the tens of thousands of soldiers, he is the only one in his eyes.

I looked up at Emperor Jing.

He just stood in front of Changxin Hall and prayed to heaven and earth, but it made people feel as if he was standing in the center of Chang'an, the center of the great man, and the center of the world.

"Throw those monsters who are burning into the Wei River." Emperor Jing ordered thousands of soldiers.

The torches gather together to form a fire dragon.

It wasn't until the last gleam of fire disappeared at the city gate that everyone walked towards the main hall contentedly.The hall was once again noisy.

I suddenly realized that everyone had unconsciously held their breath just now.

Liu Zhi was still looking up stupidly.

"Grandma," I shook Queen Mother Dou's sleeves, "are those soldiers throwing demons? Can demons be burned to death?"

"It's Yue'er." Empress Dowager Dou listened carefully to my words and stroked my head, "Grandma can only tell you, maybe you can, maybe you can't. Because what they ignite are not demons, but beliefs against demons. "

"Grandma, are there any monsters in the world?" Liu She and Gillian also squeezed over.

"Of course there are monsters in the world." Empress Dowager Dou asked Liang Wang and the eldest princess to support her.

"What the hell is that monster?" I asked.

Empress Dowager Dou sat down and hugged me, smiled and said, "What people are afraid of is monsters. Yueer, Yuer, Gillian, what are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid that Ah Yue will ignore me, so no one will play with me." Liu Zhi answered first.

Empress Dowager Dou, Princess Chang, Emperor Jing, and King Liang were all amused.

I said hesitantly: "Yue'er doesn't seem to be particularly afraid of anything." I can't say that I am only a little afraid of you, grandma.

"That's not good," Empress Dowager Dou said, "People still have to be in awe. Even your father, the emperor, is in awe of the gods of heaven and earth."

I nodded ignorantly.

A-Jiao proudly puffed up her chest and said, "A-Jiao is afraid that she won't be able to wear brocade and silk clothes, or dress up with gold, silver, pearls and jade jewelry..." After speaking, she added in a shy voice, "I'm afraid The future husband doesn't like me."

Emperor Jing jokingly said: "I didn't expect that Gillian, who is not afraid of anything, would have such thoughts about a little girl. I don't have to worry about you not being able to get married in the future."

Ah Jiao blushed, she didn't run away like an ordinary girl, she knelt there in anger.Princess Guantao's heart was very soft at this moment, she hugged her little daughter into her arms and loved her all the time.

The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren laughed and talked happily.In the hall, cups were exchanged, and the atmosphere was hot.

Even when Empress Dowager Dou talked about her reluctance to return King Liang to his fiefdom, Emperor Jing rarely echoed her voice, and suggested that King Liang could stay in Beijing for a longer period of time.

We all thought that this would be one of the countless ordinary banquets in Changle Palace.

No one expected that the next moment, Empress Dowager Dou would take advantage of the atmosphere just now and say: "Emperor, you also know that mother is not willing to let the third child go. In this case, mother came up with an idea to make your younger brother the crown prince, so , he can stay in Chang'an all the time, and he can help you fight barbarians, see if it works."

Shouldn't the prince be one of us?

Me, Liu Zhi, Liu Rong, and many other brothers with the same father looked at each other in dismay.

Emperor Jing took a deep breath, not knowing what to say.

"Okay?" Empress Dowager Dou smiled expectantly, it could even be said to be pleading.

Under the eyes of everyone, Emperor Jing really couldn't bear to embarrass Queen Dowager Dou, and he couldn't say no. He hesitated for a long time, and smiled awkwardly: "This, it's not impossible...just..."

"Okay! You are not joking." Before the words were finished, the word "just" was interrupted by Empress Dowager Dou standing up, and she said in a voice that could be heard in the whole hall: "Dou Ying, wine! Take my altar treasure Purple Gold Alcohol that has been used for more than 20 years.”

The room was silent.