princess is everywhere

Compared with the little general in memory, the appearance of Xu Mu in front of him didn't change much, but he looked more mature.If you look more closely, you can still see a scar on the corner of her eyebrows, which is not obvious, but it adds a three-point sharpness to her whole body.

Of course, even so, Xu Mu is still the little general Anyang is familiar with, and what is different from the memory is her temperament—too cold and harsh, not the gentle and gentle appearance in Anyang's impression, and the eyes that meet her At that moment, Anyang even had a feeling of being frozen.Until Xu Mu blinked his eyes, the doubt in his eyes diluted the coldness.

The two looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

Xu Mu didn't know the woman in front of him, and Anyang really didn't know how to face her at the moment, except that he didn't intend to recognize her at the beginning.The head servant who sent Xu Mu out was the first to break the silence: "General Xu, this is Princess Anyang."

With some doubts and probing eyes, he quickly turned around Anyang, and then Xu Mu looked away, and raised his hands and bowed to her like a truly unfamiliar subject: "Meet Your Highness the Eldest Princess."

Anyang put on a sullen face, nodded his head pretending to be reserved, and then remembered to say: "General, you don't need to be too polite."

Xu Mu then straightened up. Of course, she had nothing to say with the current Anyang, especially the chief servant at the side obviously came to invite Anyang into the palace.But when she looked at Anyang, she still hesitated for a moment, and then she resigned and left—I don't know if it was Anyang's illusion, but she always felt that when Xu Mu left, the coldness on Xu Mu's body seemed to have subsided a lot.

An Yang turned his head, stared at Xu Mu's back for a while, and then turned his head to the head of the housekeeper and asked knowingly: "This General Xu, I don't seem to have seen it before?"

There is nothing that cannot be said about Xu Mu's identity, so the head servant smiled and said, "Return to Your Highness, this General Xu has always been stationed in the northern border, and he only returns to Beijing once in a while. It is normal that His Highness has never seen him before. It just happened to happen, otherwise General Xu will probably go back to the northern border in a short time, and it will be a few years before he will enter the capital next time."

The speaker was unintentional, but Anyang couldn't help but secretly squeezed his cuffs tightly after hearing this, and couldn't help but look back before entering the palace gate.In the end, I don't know if it was fate or what. Xu Mu, who had already left, just turned around, and the two looked at each other again.

Anyang was already full of worries today, this exchange of glances made her panic, she hastily withdrew her gaze and entered the palace gate.

An Yang didn't know what Xu Mu was thinking when he saw this scene in the distance. She didn't even notice the probing gaze of the chief servant beside her.As soon as she stepped into the gate of the palace, she heard her royal brother say with dissatisfaction and blame: "Your health is just better, imperial sister, why did you come out to have a wind? If you come here, you don't need to find a place to shelter from the wind and warm, or Wait outside."

The weather was still cold in Shangyuan, but when the eldest princess went out, the fox-fur hand stove was ready for everything, and she was carried in a sedan chair when she went out, so she couldn't freeze her.But the emperor's concern is always kind, so Anyang smiled and confessed twice, and acted like a baby to expose the matter.

The emperor's acting like a baby to his younger sister was also very useful, he quickly laughed and asked, "Why did the imperial sister suddenly want to come to find me?"

Anyang blinked, and could only make up an excuse—heaven knows she didn’t come to look for Brother Huang, but this kind of thing obviously cannot be said directly—so he racked his brains and thought, and said: "Today is Shangyuan, In the evening, Brother Huang will go upstairs to light the lanterns, and I heard that the new lantern made by the supervisor is very beautiful, so I came here to ask Brother Huang for the best one."

The emperor laughed dumbfounded after hearing this: "That's all? But every year, don't I give you the best lanterns?"

There was a Lantern Festival in Shangyuan, and the emperor had fun with the people in order to observe the people's sentiments. It was customary to set up a high platform inside the palace wall and go upstairs to light the lights.When the dragon lanterns in the palace are lit, the lanterns in the entire capital will be lit up accordingly.Then the exquisite palace lanterns on the high platform as a foil will also be bestowed by the emperor to the front and rear palaces, which is similar to blessings, and the exquisiteness of the palace lanterns also represents the attitude of the emperor.

Undoubtedly, the emperor has always loved Anyang very much, so every year the general will specially make two of the most beautiful palace lanterns.One was given to the Queen in Changqiu Palace, and the other was given to Princess Anyang.

This is a common practice, and Anyang used it as an excuse, which was really clumsy, so she rolled her eyes and said, "Then I want to watch the emperor light the lamp?"

The emperor shook his head without thinking about it after hearing this: "No, you are not in good health yet, it's too cold at night."

An Yang then said: "But my injury has recovered a lot, if you don't believe me, you can ask Imperial Physician Wu."

The brothers and sisters had a real debate. In fact, there was no need to ask the doctor Wu. The emperor also knew that Anyang's injury was recovering very well. Except for the two times of coma before, the speed of Anyang's recovery was beyond everyone's expectations. , Even the imperial physicians were secretly amazed.Naturally, he did not hide this matter from the emperor, after all, he personally intervened every three days, and it is a good thing that the eldest princess's injury improved.

But in the end Physician Wu was called over, and once again verified that Anyang's body was recovering well, the emperor reluctantly agreed to Anyang, and rarely decided to take his sister up the stairs together.

When he came out of the Xuanshi Hall, Anyang couldn't help laughing, and suddenly put away those messy thoughts.

It's just that the eldest princess who left didn't know, and right after she left, the head servant told the emperor exactly what he had seen outside the palace gate.Including Anyang and Xu Mu's two eye contact, including the slightly abnormal behavior of the eldest princess at that time, and also including the strange and familiar feeling when the two met but made others unable to get into it...

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In the Shangyuan period, it got dark very quickly, and in the middle of the You period, twilight gradually covered the earth.The lanterns inside and outside the palace gates had been prepared long ago, and the whole capital city would be illuminated by the lanterns just waiting for the emperor to ascend the tower and light the biggest dragon lantern on the high platform.

This is a grand event. The emperor personally lit the lanterns in Shangyuan to pray for the people, so many people wait outside the palace every year.

Seeing that it was almost dark, the emperor's imperial servant also arrived under the temporary high platform, and naturally Anyang, who was living a strict life, was walking with him.The brothers and sisters had just got off the sedan chair, and they could hear the noise from the people outside even through the distance and the palace wall.In contrast, the solemnity of the palace, although the palace walls and high platforms were decorated with palace lanterns, none of the palace guards on duty dared to take it lightly.

The emperor walked up to Anyang, gathered the cloak for her personally, and said: "It's windy on the high platform, if you feel cold after a while, come behind Brother Huang." This is to protect her from the wind himself.

Anyang couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Brother Huang is still the same as before."

The emperor also smiled when he heard the words, and held his sister's hand in person: "Let's go, everyone is waiting, let's go up and light the lamps."

As the emperor's words fell, a servant held a torch and stepped onto the high platform to light the way for the brothers and sisters.Anyang immediately followed the emperor, and stepped up the wooden stairs step by step. After walking a few steps, she thought of something and suddenly looked back—the lighting of lanterns in Shangyuan was to share the joy with the people, but this grand event obviously couldn't be the emperor's one-man show , in addition to the common people, there will be many foils.

This foil is naturally the officials of the court, or more specifically, the officials valued by the emperor.They had been waiting on the palace wall for a long time, only waiting for the emperor to finish lighting the dragon lantern, and the exquisite palace lantern on the high platform would be given to them as a show of favor.

Anyang turned his head subconsciously, trying to find that familiar figure among the group of officials.

Unfortunately not.Perhaps it was because Xu Mu had been guarding the northern border and had forgotten about her when he arranged for the officials to watch the lanterns.Or maybe it was because she had just hurried back to Beijing, and the emperor took pity on her hard work and didn't want her to follow her.What's more, she is not a character in the emperor's heart at all, and she is not qualified to appear here... In short, Xu Mu is not there.

Anyang couldn't tell whether she was disappointed or something else, but at this moment, she obviously didn't have time to think about it, so she just took a quick glance and then looked away.Then she calmed down, straightened her expression, and followed her royal brother to the high platform slowly.

Going up the building and lighting lamps has always been the emperor's prerogative in the Liang Kingdom, unless the emperor is too sick, he will ask the prince to act on his behalf.However, the emperor would often bring people to light the lamps together, and the most common one was the empress who was the mother of the world. It is also a good story for the emperor and the empress to light the lamps together.In addition, the crown prince with a stable position, the emperor will not give up his power, but will bring his successor by his side early to teach him.

It is not unique for Anyang to ascend this high platform as a princess, but it is absolutely rare.So much so that when the brothers and sisters first climbed onto the high platform, the people they saw outside the palace walls were startled, and there was even a moment of silence.

The capital is no different than other places, and every year there is the custom of the emperor going up to the building to light the lamps, so most of the people in the capital have seen the holy face, and even know the empress who accompanied the emperor to light the lamps.But the woman who accompanied the emperor to the tower this year is not the queen, so who is it?Could it be that she was a concubine in the palace?That would be bad, if the emperor favors beauties so much that he treats his wife contemptuously, it is a sign of a foolish emperor.

Fortunately, Anyang's identity was quickly spread out, so the bustle outside the palace walls resumed, and the atmosphere was even more enthusiastic than before - it was common to see queens accompanying them climbing the stairs, but rare to see princesses accompanying them climbing the stairs, what a novelty.

It was also the first time for Anyang to see such a scene, and he couldn't help but glance outside the palace wall, but unfortunately the lanterns in the city were not lit, and it was so dark everywhere that he couldn't see clearly.

Seeing this, the emperor reminded: "Don't worry, you will be able to see clearly when the lamp is lit later."

An Yang nodded, there were officials on the palace wall below who had spoken long ago, chanting some blessings.After the prayers were finished, it was time for the emperor to light the lamps.The emperor didn't delay, took the torch and lit the dragon lantern elaborately made by Jiang Zuojian.

Starting from the dragon head, dragon mouth, dragon horns, dragon body.The tail of the dragon gradually lit up...

There was a burst of cheers outside the palace wall, and then the palace lanterns on the high platform were lit along with the dragon lanterns, and the lanterns that had been arranged outside the palace walls were also lit.Almost in an instant, the capital that was originally shrouded in darkness suddenly brightened.

Anyang looked outside the palace wall again, this time he saw a mass of heads, except for the front row, he couldn't see the people behind.But no matter how many people were standing outside the palace wall, she still spotted the familiar figure that she hadn't seen before at a glance.