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Half a year later, Si Yuanting's 14th birthday came. This time, Chu Yuezhi finally managed to surprise Si Yuanting, and performed the dance in front of Si Yuanting that he failed to do last year.

As Chu Yuezhi grew older, because His Majesty didn't like his emperor's son to dance like a girl, he seldom went to practice dancing with his mother-in-law, and rarely danced in front of others, but in front of Si Yuanting, Chu Yuezhi Yue Zhi has always been casual and at ease.

So on the night of Si Yuanting's birthday, Chu Yuezhi asked the palace people to catch many fireflies in advance in the Xiefang Palace, and then sealed them in bamboo tubes. The mother-in-law invited a maid who could play the piano to play dance music, and under Si Yuanting's surprised eyes, Chu Yuezhi danced and opened the bamboo tubes hanging on his body one by one, and fireflies flew out of the bamboo tubes. Then he circled around Chu Yuezhi's body.

To the sound of the dance music, the little man in red danced cheerfully, with long sleeves fluttering, and fireflies flew out constantly, like a fairy child descending to earth to dance in the night.

Si Yuan stood there in a daze, looking a little bit mesmerized.

Chu Yuezhi's smile was bright and mischievous, his little face was flushed with cuteness due to dancing, his peach blossom eyes looked at him from time to time, and the fireflies around him were dancing with Chu Yuezhi's movements. Realizing that this is a birthday dance for him, so happy, so happy, and so, so beautiful.

Maybe it's not appropriate to describe a nine-year-old child as beautiful, but at this moment, in Si Yuanting's eyes, the scene of Chu Yuezhi smiling and dancing for him among the fireflies flying all over the sky is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen in his life screen.

When the dance was over, Chu Yuezhi finally tilted his little head, put his face in his hands and smiled brightly at him, bent to one side and stretched out one toe, the movement just stopped, and the fireflies around him had not yet dispersed. Going, Si Yuanting could no longer restrain the impulse and love in his heart, and went forward to Chu Yuezhi in three steps at a time.

"Si Jiu, this is a birthday dance I specially asked my mother-in-law to make up for you. Do you like it?" Chu Yuezhi looked up at Si Yuanting and asked out of breath.

"I like it. This is the best birthday gift I've ever received." Si Yuanting hugged Chu Yuezhi in his arms, and then circled around surrounded by the last bit of fireflies.

He has always been reserved and restrained, and rarely exuberantly exuberant, but at this moment, he just wants to let Chu Yuezhi know how much he likes this birthday gift, and his heart is full of joy and satisfaction.

When he was still in the Si family, it was not that no one celebrated his birthday for him. On the contrary, he was outstanding and loved by his elders since he was a child. Every year on his birthday, the Si family would hold a family banquet for him. Give him gifts, but he knows very well that those are just favors for the sake of his father and the Si family's face, without any sincerity, and not much precious.

He naturally cherishes the love of his elders and parents, and the birthday gift they gave him, but he never thought that when he was 14 years old, the most precious and purest birthday gift he received would be A prince from the palace.

Even the elders and parents in the family have expectations for him. Every time he receives a birthday gift from them, he can feel the weight of it, which is an invisible weight; only Chu Yuezhi, I don't have any other extra expectations for him, I just hold my heart in front of him, hoping that he can have a simple and happy birthday.

Hugging Chu Yuezhi in circles, Si Yuanting laughed unabashedly, and reflected Chu Yuezhi's "giggle" smile as he hugged his neck.

Si Yuanting stopped slowly when the fireflies were gone, and said solemnly to Chu Yuezhi: "Thank you, Chu Qi, I will never forget this birthday gift you gave me in my life."

Chu Yuezhi held Si Yuanting's face in his hands, and kissed him on both cheeks, "Si Jiu is the most beautiful, and I will be as happy as tonight in the future!"

Si Yuanting carried Chu Yuezhi into the palace, he didn't say anything more, but when they walked into the palace and the maid outside could no longer see him, Si Yuanting smiled and lowered his head to stamp Chu Yuezhi's forehead. A light kiss.

At that time, none of them knew that this would be Si Yuanting's last birthday gift. In the next 21 years, he never showed a trace of joy, nor did he experience even a moment of peace and joy.

Three months later, the Tatars sent envoys to the Daheng Kingdom.

In recent years, Daheng Kingdom has not had particularly outstanding military generals, and because His Majesty has neglected the development of military power for a long time, the frontier military defense is weak, and they are frequently provoked and tested by foreigners. In recent years, the originally loose tribes in the frontier area have gradually Starting to unite and grow stronger, they showed a faint contempt for the Daheng Kingdom, and they had no longer fear of the Daheng Kingdom and then invaded the border expansion territory.

This time, the Tatars sent envoys to bring people to the Daheng Kingdom. On the surface, it was to present a National Day congratulatory gift to His Majesty, but in fact they came to show off their authority.

At the banquet for the envoy and his party, the envoy not only had an arrogant attitude, but also ridiculed the military strength of the Daheng Kingdom in his words, and kept mocking the weakness of the people of the Daheng Kingdom. Hou didn't look as good as their ordinary Tatar warriors, and he didn't know whether Daheng Kingdom would give up the city to negotiate peace if they raised troops with the strength of Daheng Kingdom.

Facing the envoy's impolite words, although His Majesty on the Dragon Throne was extremely angry, he dared not speak out, not even a word to refute.Just because he has always been afraid of the brave and capable troops of the frontier tribes, and he also knows that his Daheng country's army is not enough for unscrupulous generals. Now that he knows that the tribes are united, he dare not easily offend the envoys.

In His Majesty's view, it is absolutely unfeasible to go to war with the tribes that have united in the frontier.Therefore, even if he was mocked and insulted at the banquet, His Majesty could only swallow his anger, and even arranged for the envoys and his party to live in the palace.

The Minister of Honglu Temple once told His Majesty before the envoys came that the Imperial Palace is not only an important place for His Majesty to discuss matters with the courtiers, but also a place where His Majesty, all the concubines, the crown prince and the princes live, so that the envoys and others It might be inappropriate to live directly in the palace, but according to the rules, foreign envoys should live in the Huitong Hall when they come to court.

However, due to the envoy's arrogance, His Majesty finally had to decree to arrange another residence for the envoy and his party in the palace.

It was also an arrangement that eventually led to catastrophe.

Just as Si Yuanting thought, the so-called concubine Chun's harming Chu Yuezhi was actually ordered by His Majesty, and the empress naturally knew the inside story, but it was the third prince Chu Yuelei's biological mother, Concubine Hui, who actually arranged everything .

According to His Majesty's wishes, a serious crime must be committed on Concubine Chun's head, so that Concubine Chun's mother's family can be questioned.Therefore, Concubine Hui thought for a while, and finally decided to use the youngest seventh prince, Chu Yuezhi, to accuse Concubine Chun of murdering the emperor's heir.

Among the so-called concubines who came from Chun’s palace, who stunned Chu Yuezhi and the maid and tried to kill the maid, and finally trapped Chu Yuezhi in the unused vat of the harem, they were all arranged by Concubine Hui. During the interrogation, the court ladies who came out to report on Concubine Chun were also bribed by Concubine Hui, and the families of these palace people have already received a sum of money that can guarantee the rest of their lives without worry.

In fact, even if Si Yuanting did not find Chu Yuezhi that night, Concubine Hui would send someone to go to the cold palace with an excuse the next day, and then find Chu Yuezhi trapped in the vat.However, in Concubine Hui's plan, the idea was to take this opportunity to scare Chu Yuezhi into a fool.Concubine Hui has always disliked Chu Yuezhi's mother-in-law who was born as a dancer, but Chu Yuezhi's mother-in-law has never competed for favor. No matter how she dislikes it, she can't do anything to a dancer who practices dancing behind closed doors every day.It's just that she didn't expect that His Majesty would arrange an attendant for Chu Yuezhi, which was a treatment her own son Chu Yuelei had never received, and she became vicious towards Chu Yuezhi after coming and going.

After thinking about it, she thought that it was inappropriate to really kill Chu Yuezhi, so she trapped Chu Yuezhi in the big vat called Tian Tian Ying Da Di Wu, in an attempt to scare people.

It can be said that if Si Yuanting hadn't been on guard and found Chu Yuezhi that night, he might have fulfilled Concubine Hui's wish and frightened the originally intelligent Chu Yuezhi into a fool.

How could His Majesty fail to understand Concubine Hui's thoughts?He also knew that it was he who ordered to use Concubine Chun to interrogate the servant of the Ministry of Rites, which caused Chu Yuezhi to suffer. As a father, he inevitably felt guilty for Chu Yuezhi, but he didn't want to admit that it was his fault, so he did it later. I stopped visiting Chu Yuezhi, and at the same time gradually alienated the vicious Concubine Hui.

I clearly did something for His Majesty, but after the matter was completed, His Majesty left me in the cold. How could Concubine Hui bear this kind of grievance?She was unwilling and unable to blame His Majesty for being ruthless, so she vented all her grievances and resentments towards Chu Yuezhi.

Concubine Hui is a scheming woman. If she can plan for His Majesty, she can also plan for herself. In addition, she is a very patient person. She knows that she should not attack Chu Yue too soon, so she has been holding back Fatally waiting.

Until the envoy came to court, she finally had another chance to act.

The envoys were arranged in the palace, which was simply a godsend to Concubine Hui Hui.

After several inquiries, Concubine Hui quickly learned that the envoy had an extremely bad habit that ordinary people could not accept, so she quickly bribed the officials and palace people who served and received the envoy and his party. On that day, the palace servants who were supposed to take the envoys directly to the Linde Hall for the banquet took a detour and took them to the road that Chu Yuezhi and Si Yuanting had to pass back to the Xiefang Hall after their evening classes. on the way.

So, in the hazy orange light of the lanterns held by the palace people, the tall and hideous envoy, who was born with an unusual face, saw at a glance that he was walking towards them from a distance, holding Si Yuanting's hand, and chatting happily with Si Yuanting. While Yuan Ting was talking, Chu Yuezhi, who had a white jade face and crooked eyebrows and eyes, smiled.

A beastly light full of filth and malice burst out from the envoy's strange eyes.