I started a boy band in ancient times

Generally speaking, it is very rare for an emperor to stay with foreign ministers, and even if there are, they will only live in the court room and side hall, waiting for summons at any time.It is basically unheard of to go deep into the inner courtyard of the imperial palace, or even the emperor's bedroom.

...But it cannot be said that there is no such thing at all.

The southerly wind is not prevalent, but it is not extremely repulsive either.In the final analysis, it was the late emperor who favored several men in the past.Most of them were of low status, they were actors and actresses, the first emperor thought that they were a little bit interesting, and kept them as titles, and those who were uninteresting were rewarded with pens and sent back.

There was only one time when the courtiers were pulled into the Palace of Picking Stars.

Whether it was successful or not, the world has different opinions, but what is clear is that the young official decided to ask for sickness and return home after that, but the late emperor was furious and refused to allow it. Instead, he was placed in a position with too many affairs On the job, he has been working for many years, killing people's spirits everywhere.

——The courtier is Ming Qian Su, the current Prime Minister of Ming.

Therefore, it is generally said that only when the emperor wants to sleep will he let his foreign ministers stay in the Zhaixing Palace.

But Chu Qi felt that respecting the king could not be the reason.

The eunuch who led the way led him to the luxurious side hall, and explained: "This hall is the 'Taiwei Hall'. Your Majesty sympathized with King Jing and helped him deal with state affairs, so he built a new hall for King Jing to rest. , Your Majesty used to not sleep well at night, and often had the imperial physician stay at night to check, so it is convenient for them to rest here."

Chu Qi thought to himself, this reason is quite honest, although he doesn't know why he is allowed to enter the palace now, but he should probably live here too.

But the eunuch didn't stop and led him past.

Then there is the place where the emperor lived.

"This hall is the 'Ziwei Hall', and His Majesty has just returned, and announced the Imperial Physician."

It should be dealing with hand injuries, Chu Qi thought, waiting to go in and meet the emperor.

But the eunuch took him away again.

"Your Majesty has ordered that I will summon the prince tomorrow."

"..."

Chu Qi was taken to the side hall on the other side, and the leading eunuch pointed out a few people to stay, turned around and said with a smile: "This hall is the 'Gouchen Hall', son, you will stay here tonight."

This time, he didn't explain what Gou Chen Dian does, but Chu Qi didn't object, and stepped in after thanking the palace servants.

The lamps and candles have been placed in the room, and the incense burner is also being smoky, filling the room with fragrance.But when Chu Qi smelled the incense and saw the furnishings in the room, he couldn't help but feel dazed for a while, as if he had returned to more than ten years ago.

At that time, although he was not the prince, he was the most beloved child of the late emperor, and he often went to the palace to accompany the late emperor.Later, when it was the age for the prince to enter school, the first emperor simply asked him to move into the palace. On the surface, he was said to be accompanied by the prince, but in fact he was treated almost like a prince, and Long favored him very much.

The first emperor chose a palace for him, personally ordered the furnishings, and even specified the smell of the incense, for example, the light and light smell, the most commonly smoked is called "Today Moon".

...But why is Liu Jiyue also doing this now.

He asked the palace man: "When did the emperor prepare this room?"

The palace man replied: "Half a month ago, some things have been rummaged from the warehouse for a long time."

Chu Qi: "..."

Okay, half a month ago, that was about the time when Ling Feidu rushed back to the capital to inform King Jing, and then King Jing informed the Emperor of his return?

Then quickly prepare a room that is the same as before, so that he can relive his childhood memories?

...What are you drawing?

Chu Qi didn't understand, no matter whether it was rewards or punishments, it didn't make sense.

— but never mind.

He was used to living alone and didn't need anyone to wait on him, so he didn't let the palace servants stay in the room. He blew on the lamp and extinguished the incense burner by himself - he hadn't used incense for more than ten years, then walked to the bedside with ease, lie down.

Feeling it, it's okay, Liu Jiyue is not brainless, knowing that changing the bedding to a bigger size can't keep it the same.

Then very heartily close your eyes and breathe steadily.

Although I can't sleep yet.

Too many things happened today, his mind is in a mess, only when he is quiet now can he sort out his thoughts, and gradually recall some contradictory and weird places.

On this day, I first met Mingyao.Mingyao is still the same, basically nothing has changed.Then I went to the Fengfeng Tower, and found out that the most famous luthier there, Lan Dingxue, 'Nongxian Tiaotao' had died a month ago. The cause of death was complicated and confusing, but it seemed to be related to the emperor and Luo Zong.

Then there was Lan Dingxue's elder brother, Lan Ningbing got the news from nowhere, and went to Fengfeng Building to ask for an answer.Lan Ningbing is the most enigmatic, the sound of the piano can cause hallucinations, her personality is arrogant and proud, once she starts to put on a show, she is sure to try to make something bad happen.

However, it seems that his identity is also very strange, and he is by no means an ordinary musician.Although he kept saying that he was "just kidding", he actually did an assassination and injured the emperor. As a result, not only did he not go to jail, but he even received preferential treatment in the end.

And Lan Ningbing did know a lot of things, not to mention anything else, it was indeed the first time he heard that the emperor had a personal guard called "Qing Liwei".

But from Lan Ningbing's tone, it seemed that Ling Feidu also belonged to this Qingli Guard?

Then why was he sent by Chu Jingzhong to protect his safety?

...is not clear.

Chu Qi felt a little sleepy.

He had been away from Beijing for too long, ten years, and spent many days in chaos and uneasiness. In the end, he even adapted to the simple life of going south.After gradually calming down, Chu Jingzhong exchanged letters with him once in a few months, but he reported his safety and Chu Jingzhong said he had read them. He never invited him back to Beijing or mentioned the developments in Beijing, and he never wanted to ask about it.

Occasional news, such as the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens and the Flower Festival, were written by letters from his pen pal Gu Tu.

Therefore, he is probably not familiar with the various forces intertwined in Beijing and China.

If it wasn't for the damn star-making system, he wouldn't want to go back to Beijing either.

I don't even want to enter the palace.

"...I really don't want to." Chu Qi muttered in a daze.

However, perhaps because the spices really promote sleep, and he was too much troubled this day, in a strange place where he was reluctant to do so, he gradually fell asleep peacefully.

Even the familiar fragrance of "Tonight Moon" made him fall into a drowsy dream——

In the winter month of Yuanxing's 17th year, the weather was surprisingly cold, the road was blocked by heavy snow, and the moment your hands were exposed outside, you would be frozen stiff.

Chu Qi didn't live in the palace a few days ago, but today he heard that the emperor missed him, so he had no choice but to leave the general's mansion, and drove all the way to the Palace of Picking Stars.He was very talented in acting and staged a section of "Father and Son Family Relationship", which made the emperor feel much happier, and his chest tightness was relieved a lot, and he praised him as being more useful than an imperial physician.

When he came out from Zhaixing Palace, the sun was already getting late, the emperor originally wanted to invite him to have dinner with him, but he had no choice but to let him go back to the mansion and come back tomorrow when he heard that Chu Jingzhong had something important to report.

Chu Qi didn't want to stay any longer, and was about to get into the carriage, when he suddenly saw a familiar figure in the distance, standing in the snow, quietly looking in his direction.

Chu Qi thought he was dazzled at first, but when he took a closer look, his hands and feet became cold and he rushed over.

"Jiyue? Why are you outside alone? How long have you been standing? Where's the umbrella?"

"Not...how long." Liu Jiyue shook her head, and then stopped talking.He was dressed very thickly, but he still couldn't help shivering, his face was pale, his lips were purple, his black hair was covered with snowflakes, and his eyebrows and eyes were frosted.

Chu Qi brushed off the frost and snow for him, and said worriedly: "How long is it? You are not in good health, and you can't get any wind. Where's Chunya?"

Chun Ya'er is the little eunuch next to the Seventh Prince. She usually looks very clever, but she doesn't know why something goes wrong.

Liu Jiyue shook her head again: "I... sneaked out...."

After the Seventh Prince fell into the water and became seriously ill, he suffered from aphasia for a long time and was unable to make a sound. He also lost his mind when he saw everyone, and even worse when he saw Chu Qi. He was almost terrified.

It didn't get better until I got older in recent years. I was able to have simple short conversations with people, and I wouldn't run away when I met Chu Qi. This made Chu Qi very happy.

Chu Qi took a deep breath in his palm, rubbed his frozen little hands along the way, asked someone to take a hand stove from the car, and stuffed it in his arms.

Then he asked with a smile: "Why did you sneak out? Are you still rebellious like others? No way, look at you, you are a pitiful person alone."

Hearing this, Liu Jiyue suddenly raised her head to look at him, her brows frowned, she really looked pitiful.

"So... you don't go... okay?"

Chu Qi didn't take it seriously: "I will enter the palace tomorrow, so I'll come and see you first, how about it? His Majesty will definitely let me stay in the palace for a long time when the Chinese New Year is approaching."

Liu Jiyue stared at him lazily, her lips trembling slightly: "No...after you leave today, you won't come back...don't leave, okay?"

Chu Qi tilted his head in doubt, and was about to explain something, but suddenly found that Liu Jiyue was not in the right state. He touched Liu Jiyue's forehead, and it was really hot, and he caught a cold easily.

"You really... hey." Chu Qi couldn't leave him here alone, so he had to call for help first, and send Liu Jiyue back to the dormitory.

The birth mother of the Seventh Prince died young, and lived in the first palace with his adoptive mother, Concubine Xian.This concubine Xian is also related to Chu Qi, she is Chu Qi's aunt and Chu Jingzhong's sister.

But Concubine Xian is not "precious according to her aunt and nephew", she is not favored at all, and her bedroom is still in the deepest and farthest remote corner, which is comparable to a lonely palace.

Chu Qi was worried that he would be delayed on the road and his condition would be worsened by the cold wind, so he took Liu Jiyue back to his palace first.

His place is very close to the Palace of Picking Stars, a place specially prepared by the emperor. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. In order to let him easily enter and live in the palace at any time, there are people guarding it all day long and burning fragrant spices.

What is often smoked is tonight's moon, and it is also today.

Tonight Moon is a very clear spice, it will have a faint fragrance after a long time of smoking, and it is also very expensive and rare, at least Chu Qi has never smelled this smell from people in other palaces.

Chu Qi himself can't say whether he likes it or not, he doesn't ask for much, but since it's the emperor's request, he just needs to smoke it.

Liu Jiyue slept on his bed, covered with a thick quilt, muttering nonsense in a daze.

Chu Qi ordered someone to add silver charcoal, and then pressed a damp cloth on his forehead to cool down, and waited quietly for the imperial doctor to arrive.

During the period, the Seventh Prince's attendant, Chun Ya'er, came to find him, and when he saw him, he knelt down and couldn't help sobbing in a low voice.

Chu Qi thought he was crying, and cursed in a low voice: "What are you doing? Don't worry, the imperial doctor will be here soon."

Chun Ya'er wiped his tears, but he was not talking about this matter. His eyes flickered, hesitating, and finally he murmured: "Young master, you really can't go."

"Where am I going?" Chu Xi said, "Alright, I will live in the palace today."

"No, not this—"

At this moment, someone from outside the palace came to report, and the emperor asked him to go to the Palace of Picking Stars immediately.

Chu Qi didn't know, so he glanced at Liu Jiyue, who was unconscious, and said to Chun Ya'er, "Take care of the seventh prince, I'll come as soon as I go."

Chun Ya'er looked at his leaving figure, as if she had a premonition of something, but she clenched her teeth tightly and dared not speak again.

Chu Qi didn't know that he left for ten years.

He stepped into the Ziwei Hall of the Star Picking Palace, but what he saw was not the late emperor, but Chu Jingzhong, who was dressed in a heavy court uniform and a Wubian crimson robe.

Chu Jingzhong told him calmly that the late emperor had passed away, and he had prepared chariots, horses and manpower to send him away from future turmoil in Beijing.

……

The fragrance of tonight's moon in the air has faded rapidly, and Chu Qi's long-ago dream is also quickly recalled.

He slept soundly and his posture was good, without any bad movements such as kicking or twisting.

But it seemed that someone had been watching him for a long time, and finally he chuckled and left.