I started a boy band in ancient times

After another hour or so, the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet was completely over, all the officials dispersed and left the palace one after another to return to the mansion.

This has never happened before, usually the emperor is tired, and when the night gets dark, he will leave the banquet in half a moment, leaving King Jing alone to preside over the overall situation with a stern face.

But today, not only King Jing was not there, but the elder son of his family went off in person, and he even brought the son of the Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty to perform a dance and dance, which aroused the audience's excitement and discussion.

There are those who are old-fashioned and angry. Both of them are sons of powerful and noble families, and they are related to the royal family, but they are acting as actors and actresses for fun. It is really humiliating and shameful. ——In the end, he also emphasized that it must be Jing Shizi who led Mingyao to harm, which is even more abhorrent.

There are also many people who think that performance is the most exciting.The qin music is melodious and melodious, and the artistic conception is transcendent; the whip technique behind the white curtain is fierce, with a combination of hardness and softness;

But more people were good at speculative activities, so they didn't express their opinions at first, until they saw the emperor smiling and happy, and rewarding many things one after another, they were convinced that they liked it too much, and they also praised it.

Chu Qi didn't care whether the rest of the people really liked it or faked it, he knew that it was enough for Liu Jiyue to feel good.

——As long as the emperor shows his liking, countless people will catch up to perform, not to mention the sons of the rich and powerful, even the rich and powerful themselves are willing to wear colorful clothes.

If he can take advantage of the east wind and slightly change Guochao's aesthetic atmosphere, it will be of great benefit to his star-making mission.

Of course he was just thinking about it.

After the banquet, Chu Qi obeyed the agreement and gave Ming Yao a long vacation—so he was taken away by Prime Minister Ming.

Before leaving, Mingyao was in tears, with a pained look on his face, Chu Qi had no doubt that Mingyao would instantly nod and agree to any request he made at this time, as long as he didn't follow his father home.

But in Chu Qi's view, the person Mingyao was afraid of was actually extremely kind.

Prime Minister Ming was not as "old-fashioned" as Ming Yao deliberately smeared, and he severely reprimanded them for singing and dancing like a few old scholars.On the contrary, he did not hesitate to express his joy, and even praised Mingyao a few words, "Finally knows how to work hard", and added a sentence, "If you forget to move, you will be used to tricks."

Then he smiled and thanked Chu Qi for his care for the past ten days.

Chu Qi was listening, and what Ming Qian Su said meant that, except for him, few people in the world could stand Ming Yao's coquetry, and they endured it with a heart of stone. They are rare and powerful people.

Chu Qi felt that they were really interesting father and son.

He had only heard of famous names before, and had never seen the legendary Ming Qian Su with his own eyes. He couldn't help but take this opportunity to take a second look. However, Ming Qian Su noticed his eyes, and his eyes flickered, and asked seemingly inadvertently. : "My son, do you know where King Jing has gone?"

Chu Qi was startled.Although he didn't know the details, he could guess that Chu Jingzhong left Beijing in a hurry, probably to solve the follow-up matters of Qingliwei.The main business in the capital was discovered, and the transfer was a very huge project, even one month was considered short.

Naturally, this matter will not be made public, but he doesn't know that Ming Qian Sugui is the prime minister and knows the inside story of the geometry, so what does he mean by asking this.

So he shook his head and said, "I don't know. What's the matter, Prime Minister?"

Ming Qian Su frowned and said, "Forget it, maybe it's just me being careless..."

Chu Qi felt a little strange, the prime minister, Taiwei, King Jing, and the three were known to be at odds with each other, and among them, Ming Qiansu and Chu Jingzhong might not be able to deal with each other even more—Ming Qiansu was suppressed, framed, and exiled when the late emperor , but Chu Jingzhong has a share of the credit.

But at this time, the tone of his question did not seem to be hostile, but a bit like... worried?

Chu Qi almost suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

But Ming Qian Su didn't say anything more after that, and left with Ming Yao.The rest of the ministers also returned to the government one after another.

There are a lot of people entering the palace today, apart from the officials, there are also musicians and dancers from all over the world. The Empress Dowager did not attend the Mid-Autumn Banquet, but she also found a troupe to perform for her alone. , Even when Chu Qi returned to Gouchen Palace, half of the palace people who always guarded there were reduced.

When he stepped into the hall, he was suddenly a little dazed. Although there were fewer people, he was still diligently dyed with spices, and today he changed the flavor, not Tonight Moon, but "Zhaoyinggui".

Zhaoyinggui is different from Tonight Moon's light and faint fragrance. On the contrary, it is a rich and unique spice. If it is smoked for a long time, it will be a little bit pungent.Just a trace of breath can drill into the depths of your mind, making you remember that smell, which will never be forgotten, and every time you smell it, you will think of the scene at that time.

Although Chu Qi doesn't like incense, he also thinks it's a good idea to change to Zhaoyinggui at this time.

Tonight, the moon is shining brightly, and the Mid-Autumn Festival feast is full of joy. He made his debut with the men's team and took a big step in the mission of making stars. It is really gratifying and worth commemorating.

...But when he first entered the palace, he couldn't help but think of the last time he heard Zhaoying return.

That seems to be... the summer night in Yuanxing's 16th year was also a Mid-Autumn Festival.

The palace banquets during the late emperor's time were much more lively than they are now.Although he doesn't have many heirs, there are quite a few concubines in the harem, and when assigning positions, they don't come first according to their positions. Instead, the female concubine sits on the left, the male concubine sits on the right, and then goes down in turn, and the princes sit in the other direction. .

But that year was very strange, the seventh prince was missing from the prince's seat, but Chu Qi was more.

It is not surprising that the Seventh Prince is not here.He himself was not taken seriously. The first emperor didn't care, and his adoptive mother, concubine Xian, didn't care. It's not uncommon, anyway, even if he stayed behind Chu Jingzhong at the beginning, he would be called by the emperor to fill the table in the end, and it would be less troublesome to get closer.

But in the past, there was still a certain appearance, and it was like this when the banquet was held that year, which inevitably made people show strange colors.

Chu Qi was the more depressed one. The third prince next to him was tall and burly, and from time to time he glared at him fiercely; the fourth prince was amiable, but his words were full of rivalry, and he even asked them when We should change our words and call him "seventh brother".

Chu Qi scolded the late emperor over and over again in his heart, but he didn't want to do what he wanted. It was a rare disobedience, and he deliberately let him down, but he was the first person to leave the meeting.

Liu Jiyue is cuter, he thought, although he is a little afraid of him, shrinking into a ball with poking, but it is also pitiful, unlike those two elder brothers, it is really annoying.

As Chu Qi thought about it, he felt that it would be too lonely for the Seventh Prince to stay alone in Concubine Xian's remote palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so why don't you send me something to visit.

——I hope he will stop avoiding him for the sake of his sincerity.

But what to send.

moon cake?It's too flimsy; a gift from the emperor?That would definitely not work, Liu Jiyue would be the first to be blamed if someone found out; other things that I thought of were only available outside the palace, and I couldn't get them for a while.

Wait...Chu Qi suddenly had an idea, Mid-Autumn Festival—the Moon—Guanghan—Jade Rabbit!

Forget about sending rabbits!

He himself didn't have the habit of keeping animals, but at that time, he didn't know which rabbits in the palace gave birth to cubs, and they couldn't live in them in two or three months, so they kept sending them out. Chu Qi also accepted a few, and occasionally remembered the time Feed two.He knew that Concubine Xian lived far away and didn't walk around with others, so there must be no one in Liu Jiyue's place.

After making up his mind, Chu Qi decided to go back to his palace first, catch two cute and tender ones, and send them to Liu Jiyue in his arms.

However, when he turned into his residence, he found that Liu Jiyue was already there, watching the rabbits chewing grass from a distance.

But Liu Jiyue found that Chu Qi came back suddenly, but her face turned pale, her body stiffened from nervousness, and she wanted to run out without saying a word.

"Why are you running!"

Chu Qi's smile froze on his face, he ran over helplessly, picked up a rabbit, chased after Liu Jiyue, and stuffed it into his arms.

"I left early in the morning to find you, but now you came here by yourself." He stroked the white rabbit's ears, "For you, little jade rabbit, happy Mid-Autumn Festival."

After he finished speaking with a smile, he saw that Liu Jiyue kept his head down, didn't give any response, shrunk his shoulders as if he was frightened, so he had to bend down to see his expression, who knew Liu Jiyue was even worse? Turn your face away and press your head against the rabbit fur.

"You don't like it..." Chu Qi blurted out in disappointment, but then, he found that Liu Jiyue's ears were as red as that rabbit's, and he understood everything instantly.

He couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and pinched the tip of Liu Jiyue's ear.

Liu Jiyue shuddered reflexively, but didn't dodge, then raised her head, revealing reddish eyes like rabbits.

He hugged the rabbit, stroked the fur gently, and murmured: "...Thank you."

"Thank you, didn't you come to look for me first? Unexpectedly, Xiao Jiyue, she usually runs away when she sees me, so she is just shy."

Liu Jiyue was not shy this time, she just shook her head and explained: "There is no one in each palace, it is very quiet, I was walking under the moonlight, and I came here before I knew it."

"...that's really the guidance of the moonlight!" Chu Qi smiled and clapped his hands, "at a time like this...you should light a stove of that incense!"

That night, Chu Qi and Liu Jiyue spent the Mid-Autumn Festival together feeding the rabbits, and the fragrance of the shadows returning from the incense burner next to them infected the entire courtyard.

……

Chu Qi's memories faded away, and he rubbed the center of his brows with a bit of a headache.

He still felt that the smell in the temple seemed to be too strong, which actually made him a little choked up.Originally, when I smelled the moon tonight, I would feel a little drowsy, but now that I change the fragrance, I don't feel sleepy at all.In the past, when he ordered photos to return home, he also took photos in the outdoor courtyard, because the fragrance was really strong.

Thinking so, Chu Qi pushed open the window and let the moonlight enter, pouring silver light all over the place.

The evening breeze gently brushed over his face, taking away most of the fragrance of the photo, leaving only a little aroma, which made him feel that the taste was just right.

And from this angle, you can actually see Ziwei Hall.Looking around at this moment, although there were candles burning in Ziwei Hall, Chu Qi knew that Liu Jiyue should not have returned yet.

When leaving the banquet, it was mentioned that he would stay in the queen's palace tonight.

He continued to rub his eyebrows with his eyes closed, waiting for the fragrance of returning home in the air to slowly fade away.

I don't know what will be the first thing that comes to mind when I smell it next time, it should always be today's perfect debut performance, right?

He smiled self-deprecatingly.

After a while, the smell of spices faded away, and the inexplicable irritability in his chest gradually subsided. Chu Qi took a deep breath, and was about to close the window and go to sleep, and then asked the emperor to leave the palace tomorrow, but suddenly found that there was someone standing on the window sill. Gulu tilted his head and looked at him.

The whole body of the pigeon is silver-gray, except for a few pinches of red hairs on the wings on both sides, which seems to be a non-mainstream highlighting, very individual.

Then he lifted his foot, and stepped on Chu Qi's instep with four toes, like an arrogant uncle, with more personality.

Chu Qi: "..."

Chu Qi: "???"

Chu Qi: "!!!"

Today is August fifteenth.

He suddenly remembered one thing.

He seems to have met with a pen pal before.

But now... where's the pen pal?

Chu Qi found that there was indeed a note tied to the pigeon's leg, so he took it off in a hurry. This time, the old pigeon was also very cooperative, and instead of asking for food first, he stepped on Chu Qi's fingernail, which means "ow first." Come on, little brother."

"Okay, okay." Chu Xi said, he unfolded the note, but saw that the familiar handwriting on it was a letter from a pen pal.

The content of the letter is only a poem:

Que Yue returned home with her slender photos.

Chu Qi: "..."

He suddenly realized.

Why live in the capital, with a wealthy family, poor health, sick and weak scholar, worrying about the younger sister's marriage...

What picked up the pigeons that fell in the yard at home, cared about the war in the west, and wanted to gallop on the battlefield...

What is the host on August [-]th, inviting him to drink and enjoy the moon...

What foolish brother... what Gu Tu!

——It's all fake! ! !

Chu Qi's eyes darkened, and he almost vomited old blood. He stood up and looked for it, only to find that all the 28 letters from those four years had been left in Prince Jing's Mansion, and he hadn't brought them into the palace, otherwise he was afraid that he couldn't help tearing them up.

At this moment, the domineering pigeon on the back of his hand suddenly spread its wings and flew towards the entrance of the hall.

Chu Qi wanted to turn around and catch it, but in an instant, he seemed to realize something, and his body froze.

Sure enough, his good pen pal called softly from behind: "Chu Qi."