After being robbed by the prince of the enemy country

After being worshiped by all the officials, the emperor and empress attended the palace banquet together.

The banquet of Qushuiliu is set in the Hall of Taihe, and the royal family members, important officials in the court, and foreign relatives and nobles attended it.

As soon as Chu Shao took his seat, he saw his elder brother on the seat on the right. Shu Hu Tunan was next to Chu Yun. Huai Zhen was able to send an invitation to Jiang Bei, so it can be seen that he did not anger Bei You for the previous incident—of course, it may be entirely to please his brother-in-law. .

But I didn't see Dai Qin.

During the interval between singing and dancing, everyone had a round of congratulations, three rounds of wine, and five flavors of food. Chu Shao found an excuse and led his brother to the terrace outside the Hall of Harmony.

As soon as he was out of everyone's sight, Chu Qingxu hugged his elder brother, apologizing endlessly, "I failed my elder brother's plan that night, which almost dragged down the entire Beiyou."

Chu Yun sighed softly, raised his hand and patted his younger brother's back, the fabric touched by his palm was smooth and soft, much better than the coarse clothes on the grassland.

The wedding banquet was full of Chu Yun's mixed flavors, but just at the banquet, he saw with his own eyes that Chu Shao was respected by the officials of Zhongqin, and he also saw that Xiao Shao had gained a lot of weight in just six days, and his cheeks were also swollen. Overflowing with blood that was hard to see on the grassland, the unrest in Chu Yun's heart has faded a lot.

"I just gave you an extra way back that day, for fear that you would regret it in the future, but I miscalculated Huai Jiugu's obsession with you, and I also miscalculated your love for him. It is God's will to cause today's situation. Fooling people is also the result of your own choice." He raised his hand and brushed the broken hair on Chu Shao's forehead, "Brother doesn't blame you, as long as Shao'er doesn't regret it."

Chu Shao lowered his eyes and said softly: "I have no room for regret now. I have always been worried about the situation of Beiyou. Today I saw Shuhu attending the event, so I am completely at ease."

"Zhongqin sent three troops to Jiangbei." Chu Yun seemed to sigh, "At first, Shuhu wanted to take back Qizhou for me, but now he is completely tied up, that's all, the restoration of the country is also to save you, Now that Huaizhen has made you the empress, I am afraid that even the whole country is willing to split half of it with you, so there is no need for Nanqi to restore the country."

He turned his head and looked at the whole view of Kyoto under the terrace. He saw red wedding silks floating all over the city, and the streets extending in all directions were lit up with colorful lights. It was so lively. It really was the emperor's marriage, and the whole people were blessed. It can be seen that Huai Jiugu's sincerity towards Chu Shao.

He tried so hard to get Chu Shao back, thinking about it, he would not be willing to treat him badly.

He changed his mind and smiled again: "Fortunately Wen Dun Daiqin didn't come, otherwise seeing this scene would only make me feel even more upset."

Chu Shao wondered, "Could it be that Huaizhen didn't send him an invitation?"

Chu Yun raised his eyebrows, full of deep meaning, "Not only did I send invitations, but I also specially sent envoys to distribute wedding candies, telling everyone that the queen of your Khan has now become the queen of Zhongqin, let them come together Be happy."

Chu Shao: "..." It really seemed like something Huai Jiugu could do!

"Daiqin was so angry that he hadn't eaten for two days. If he came to the banquet today, not only would he lose his face as a khan, but he would probably vomit blood in his private heart, so he didn't come at all, but he asked me to pass a message for you."

"what?"

Chu Yun replied with a smile: "He said, one day, he will defeat Huaizhen and snatch you back."

Chu Qingxu was also happy when he heard this: "He is a child after all, although he is stupid, his heart is not bad, I heard that Shuhu always bullied him in the past, brother, I would like to trouble you to persuade Shuhu not to bully a child all the time. "

"Daiqin saved you, it's because of my kindness, I will definitely persuade Shuhu and Jiangdong to rebuild the old relationship. By the way, he also asked me to hand over this hairpin to you."

Chu Yun handed over a hosta inlaid with Hetian white jade and luminous pearls. The luminous pearls shone faintly in the night, adorning them like stars.

Chu Shao recognized this as the headdress he wore on his wedding day in the grassland.

"Daiqin said, this is a treasure made for you. Even if you can't belong to the grassland, only you are qualified to wear this hairpin."

Chu Shao's brows moved slightly, and he took the jade hairpin with both hands, "Thank him for me, and reply for me, I believe he will be able to defeat Huaizhen one day."

Daiqin's character is a bit cowardly, what is lacking is such radical encouragement, Chu Shao sincerely hopes that he can catch up and not seek to be side by side with Zhongqin, at least Jiangdong can be protected from Huaijiu's threat.

These words were entirely out of good intentions, but they changed their taste in the ears of others.

"My lord..."

Beside the pillars outside the terrace, Wen Yan saw Huai Zhen's gloomy face - Huai Zhen heard every word Chu Shao said just now.

The hand hidden under the sleeve slowly clenched into a fist, Huai Zhen restrained himself from disturbing the two brothers' heart-to-heart conversation, and returned to the main hall without a sound.

After the palace banquet, there will be a grand fireworks display.

The circular terrace to the east of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was full of guests. Chu Shao went back to the inner hall and changed into the red wedding dress, and took off the heavy hair crown from his head. He should have changed into a purple gold cloud hairpin that matched the clothes.

But he pressed Xiangxiu's hand to take the hairpin, and he pinned the hairpin of Hetian white jade inlaid with night pearls to the horse's tail. Xiangxiu didn't know what was going on. He only saw that the hairpin was very delicate and luxurious, and mistakenly thought it was a gift from the king, so he used it The empress combed her high ponytail to make the Hetian jade hairpin more prominent.

Huaizhen waited for half a cup of tea outside the hall before seeing Chu Shao come out. He changed into a fine attire with a jade-white pinched golden phoenix pattern. People are moved by seeing it.

Before Huai Zhen could move his heart, his heart stopped for a moment, and the jade hairpin holding the night pearl on Chu Shao's head was almost stuck in his heart.

Today is his big wedding with Chu Shao, yet Chu Qingxu bid farewell to his head the wedding jade hairpin that Dai Qin gave him that day!

The Ye Mingzhu emits a faint light in the night, reflecting the green light of the Hetian jade, which is as green as the grass that Huai Jiugu fell off his horse to eat on the day of the kidnapping.

Huaizhen's eyes reflected green light, Chu Shao pretended not to see it, and walked ahead to urge him: "Didn't you say you want to watch the fireworks? Let's go, don't keep the people waiting."

Huai Zhen was very depressed, but he didn't dare to say it clearly, because he was afraid that Chu Shao's upset would ruin the wedding that had been going well so far.

He forced a smile on his face and followed.

The fireworks were set off throughout the capital, so that all the people could witness the grand wedding feast of the emperor and empress with their own eyes, and truly share the joy with the people.

When Huaizhen was in the palace, he specially let off a firework for Chu Shao. At that time, Chu Shao was so coaxed that a few clusters of fireworks could make his eyes smile and reach the bottom of his heart.

Now the entire capital city was lit with grand and splendid fireworks for him alone, the entire night sky was as bright as day, and even the moon and stars were temporarily robbed of some of their light.

But Chu Shao couldn't even smile at the corner of his mouth.

Huai Zhen was uneasy, he shook Chu Shao's hand, and asked cautiously, "Is this fireworks not good?"

"The fireworks are very good, but the mood of the people watching them has changed." Chu Shao looked back at Huaizhen, and recalled: "I remembered the moment when my eyes just recovered, and I saw the same kind of fireworks. Later Si Yun told me, That was what you set off for Wen Rongyu, from that moment on, all the fireworks to me are only dazzling and glaring."

He silently withdrew his hand from Huaizhen's palm.

Huai Jiu was lost and at a loss, everyone around him was cheering for the fireworks, and the people on the street were singing and dancing and laughing.

This performance worth a thousand taels of gold made everyone happy, but the person in front of him who he really wanted to please was not even willing to give him a smile.

"Fireworks... nothing to see." He took Chu Shao's hand and led him away from the east terrace, "I'll take you to see other things, you will be happy."

Chu Shao was brought to the south terrace by him. There were few people here, facing the direction of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Under the illumination of fireworks, the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice was releasing the prisoners in an orderly manner.

Chu Shao looked closely, and found the former subordinate who had sung Nanqi folk songs in front of him, and the archer with empty sleeves fluttering in the wind.

"I promised before that as long as you are willing to return to Zhongqin, I will release all Nanqi prisoners of war. Today is the big wedding, and I am amnesty to all prisoners. Not only will they regain their freedom, but they will also receive 100 taels of settling allowance, and they will return to Qizhou later. It doesn’t matter if you stay in Kyoto or you can survive.”

Huaizhen put his hands on Chu Shao's shoulders, the light of fireworks reflected in his eyes, "Shao'er, are you happy with this?"

Chu Shao did not expect that he could really release the prisoners of war. This is equivalent to forcing Zhongqin and Nanqi to settle their suspicions. It is equivalent to disregarding the hearts of Zhongqin people and the public opinion of the DPRK and China, insisting on erasing the blood feud between the two countries. He can even foresee that, Tomorrow morning, Huaizhen will face verbal criticism from the officials because of this amnesty.

This was not a simple exaggeration, the new emperor had to bear a mountain of public opinion pressure for this, and he risked his reputation just to make Chu Shao smile on his wedding day.

Chu Qingxu should have thanked Huai Zhen for his generosity and keeping promises, but when the good words came to his lips, he abruptly changed to: "I am also a prisoner of Nanqi, can you also set me free?"

Huaizhen's hands trembled, his face slowly sank, and he said helplessly: "Shao'er, you can't be too greedy."

Chu Shao didn't argue, he knew he couldn't give himself a satisfactory answer.

He obediently obeyed Huaizhen today, that's why he kept his promise and let these captives go. If one day, Huaizhen changes his mind, empathizes with others, or chooses himself for the next "Wen Rongyu" as before, then these temporary Will the captives who have been freed be taken back to the cage again?

Zhongqin's garrison in Jiangbei is equivalent to hanging a knife on Beiyou's head. If the knife falls, his brother will be implicated. There is no difference between the knife hanging on Chu Yun's head and Chu Shao's head.

Chu Qingxu believes that Huai Zhen has some kind of sincerity towards him, but all kinds of scars in the past year have warned him, this kind of sincerity cannot last long.

He closed his eyes, feeling the beating of the cold wind, slowly clenched his hands, and kept admonishing himself in his heart:

Relying on Huai Jiu Gu's sincerity to survive, he will only repeat the mistakes of the past.