Hualuo Chang'an

Early in the morning of the Shangyuan Festival, Luo Mingde announced a decree to grant the title of Princess Xiang Luo Changyue, as the Princess of Xiang Kingdom, to marry the King of Xiling as Queen, and set off for Xiling on the [-]th to get married.

This matter has been discussed in the palace for a long time, and it has been rumored a lot since Ana Jing entered the capital, until now it has finally come to a conclusion.

At night, the palace was lively again as usual.Because the Shangyuan Festival originally wanted a reunion, Luo Mingde took the officials and the emperor's eldest son Luo Changzhi to climb the tower to show his closeness to the people. At this time, Luo Chang's injury had healed , The body has also been raised, and it seems to be the same as before.Afterwards, Luo Mingde bestowed his kindness and asked all the officials to return to their respective residences, and only internal banquets were held in the palace.Most of the guests at the banquet were family members and relatives, and the only outsider was Princess Anajing of Xiling.

Banquets in the palace are always ostentatious, and it's not good to eat. Therefore, Luo Changxi and Gong Yining ate a few mouthfuls casually, and left the table early.The two planned to go back to the house to tidy up before going out to celebrate the lanterns, and then eat something in the night market.

Unexpectedly, just as they were about to go out, a distinguished guest came to Princess Zhenguo's mansion, and they could only hear the report——

Princess Xiangguo arrives.

Both of them were a little surprised.

Gongyi Ning even took a moment to realize that this "Princess Xiangguo" was the title Luo Mingde gave to Luo Changyue who was about to get married as "a facade".

So, in other words, it was Luo Changyue who came.

After Luo Changyue returned to Beijing from Huzhou, she has been living in the deep palace for a long time, almost never stepping out of the palace gate.Even if they wanted to see Luo Changxi and Gong Yining, they would send Shulan to invite them most of the time, and never visited the palace in person.Luo Changxi was stunned for a while before he realized it, and hurriedly greeted him out in person.

There had been a thin snowfall the day before, and it was still a little cold outside.

Luo Changyue wore a big red fur cloak, led by the palace servants, and walked slowly towards Luo Changxi's north courtyard.Her face was calm and her eyes were soft, as before, unable to see the true emotions inside.

"Sister Sihuang, if I knew you were willing to come, I would have waited for you to leave the palace together." Luo Changxi walked over to help her, "My north courtyard is too deep, and the road is not easy to walk..."

"Do you really think I have a leg injury?" Luo Changyue chuckled lightly, "Even if I did, it has already been 'cured' by Anajing."

"Si Huangjie..."

"Why are you acting like this?" Luo Changyue smiled again, "I'm fine, so you don't have to worry about me. I was just bored in the palace, so I wanted to come out and spend a Shangyuan with you guys Festival, but I don't know... Did it bother you and Miss Gongyi?"

"Sister Sihuang was joking, and we were also bored." Luo Changxi said, "I was thinking about going out to watch the lanterns."

"Lantern?"

"That's right." Luo Changxi also smiled, "Sister Sihuang, do you want to go with us?"

"Of course I'm going." Luo Changyue nodded, "The lanterns in Chang'an City... I've seen it this time, and I'm afraid I won't have the chance to see it again in the future."

Luo Changxi frowned slightly, but did not answer.

Because it is the Shangyuan Festival, there is no curfew at night, and the streets are bustling with people who come and go.Some set up stalls, some looked at the lights, and in this cold wind, there were even those who took a boat tour on the lake.

Probably because of the lotus lanterns scattered on the lake, they are so beautiful that you can't help but want to get closer to see them.

Luo Changyue and Luo Changxi are both soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and they don't like to be followed by others, so they don't bring any palace guards or guards with them. Gong Yining is also lively, so I just feel that there is one more person They were a little more restrained, and naturally they didn't want to bring other people out, so the three of them changed into homely clothes, like ordinary women in Chang'an City, walking hand in hand, strolling.

Along the way, Luo Changxi always paid attention to Luo Changyue's expression.

I saw Luo Changyue's calm expression, nothing unusual could be seen, only occasionally a faint look of loneliness could be glimpsed in her eyebrows, but that loneliness also passed by in a blink of an eye, so fast that Luo Changxi almost thought he was dazzled .

"Actually..." Luo Changxi couldn't help but said after all, "Even if Sister Si Huang doesn't come out of the palace to look for me today, I will go to the palace and look for Sister Si Huang tomorrow morning."

"Of course you should come tomorrow morning." Luo Changyue said calmly, "I will be leaving then, shouldn't you come and see me off? It will be difficult if we want to meet again in the future."

"That's not necessarily the case."

"Oh? Why not?" Luo Changyue raised his eyebrows slightly, then turned his eyes to look at Luo Changxi.

"Sister Sihuang never thought about it..." Luo Changxi also looked at her, "How could I just watch you marry to Xiling?"

"Then what are you going to do?"

"As early as half a month ago, I made preparations." Luo Changxi did not elaborate, but said, "When your convoy leaves the customs, my people will do it..."

"How to do it?"

"Not in the name of the Xiangnan Army, but as a group of daring robbers..."

Hearing this, Luo Changyue laughed again.

"This kind of 'hands-on'... is unnecessary."

"Why?"

"Firstly, is Anajing so easy to fool? After she leaves the customs, she must be prepared, even if she is not prepared... She won't let you go if you do this." Luo Changyue's expression was light, "Secondly, , I am willing to marry into Xiling, otherwise, what can the emperor's decree do to me? Therefore, there is no need."

"Heart... willing?"

Gong Yining couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"good."

Luo Changxi was also taken aback, but Gong Yining reacted first, and asked again: "Is it... What did Concubine Yao say?"

"En." Luo Changyue nodded lightly, but then she raised her eyes to look at the lanterns in the distance, and said, "Let's go to the front and have a look again? I don't know what that white gauze lantern is. ?”

Obviously, Luo Changyue didn't want to say more.

Gongyi Ning sighed softly in her heart, and followed Luo Changyue's pointing glance.

"That is……"

"Do you recognize?"

"Night Epiphyllum Lamp."

The Night Epiphyllum Lantern is a gift for caring people.

This allusion was told by Nangong Ya and Gong Yining.At that time, Nangong Ya received a night flower lantern from Ye Liuzheng in Yetan City, and since then she has a heart and love.

"That lamp is beautiful."

Luo Changyue smiled lightly, and the lights shone in her eyes, flickering into fragments of brilliance, which gave Gongyi the illusion that she saw tears in her eyes.However, when Gongyi Ning took a closer look, the pupils were the pupils, the lights were the lights, between the two reflections, there was a bright stream of light, but there were no undue tears.

"It's a pity, but it's not mine."

Finally, Luo Changyue sighed.

In the early morning of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the Xiling envoys, who came to Beijing to congratulate, welcomed Luo Changyue, the princess of the Great Xunxiang Kingdom, back home.

Luo Changyue did not allow Luo Changxi to be sent out of the city gate, but Gongyi came up with an idea, and pulled Luo Changxi up the tower together, and could see from a distance that long line of chariots and horses slowly moving towards the Xiling in southern Xinjiang And go, stay away from this Chang'an city.

The two of them watched from the top of the city tower, inevitably feeling a little sad in their hearts.

This time parting, I don't know when we will see each other again.

"You really listen to your sister and stop robbing her?"

"En." Luo Changxi nodded and said, "Since she said it willingly, no matter what the reason is, I should listen to her."

"What could be the reason?" Gongyi Ning said angrily, "It must be Concubine Yao's words that made her give up."

"I did say harsh things. I said that I never wanted to see her again. Every day she was there, I had a headache every day. I just hoped that she would disappear before my eyes and never appear again. But she looked like He seems to be half-believing, he seems to have given up, and he seems not to give up." Speaking of Yao Qianyu, Yao Qianyu's voice actually came from behind him.

Both Luo Changxi and Gong Yining were taken aback.Yao Qianyu has been imprisoned in Yaohua Palace since what happened to Luo Changzhi, but for some reason, she came up to this tower alone at this time.

"Why did you come?"

"I said, I haven't completely lost yet." Yao Qianyu smiled faintly.

Seeing her like this, Luo Changxi quickly thought of a possibility, and said, "Could it be that you told the emperor about Eagle Fort?"

"You are quite clever." Yao Qianyu nodded, "That's right, I told the emperor everything about Eagle Fort."

"You... said?" Gong Yining couldn't believe it.

"Because I suddenly figured out something. After staying in this deep palace for so many years, although I don't discuss politics, I have at least learned how to look at people who discuss politics." Yao Qianyu explained, "You should know about Ling Xiang. The ancestors of the Ling family fought together with the Emperor Taizu, and the descendants of the Ling family are all good, but these are secondary. Luo Changxi, you should know better than me what the Ling family relies on to be able to rule in the court Many years of glory? Especially Ling Xiang, he is an extremely deep and terrifying person, standing for many years without falling, what can be done, what can't be done, presumably he is the most sober and clear in the whole court. Although Eagle Fort is powerful, but after all They were born in a reckless world, and in terms of intelligence and scheming, they can't beat these old power officials. Then they naturally don't understand that people like Ling Xiang can't be bought no matter what."

Luo Changxi had also thought about this matter.

Although Eagle Fort promised many seemingly attractive conditions, from Ling Xiang's point of view, those conditions were not of high value.

Ling Xiang has the status he has today, so how can he not understand that the most worthy of his reliance in the world, except for the ninety-five-year-old who sits high on the dragon chair, no one else is mediocre.

Since Luo Changxi knew about the secret relationship between Ling Xiang and Eagle Fort, she kept it hidden in her heart, neither mentioned it to anyone, nor tried to investigate it, because she was waiting, waiting for herself to reveal the truth, or waiting for Ling Xiang to speak .

Until now, after hearing Yao Qianyu's words, Luo Changxi finally realized something.

"what do you mean……"

"This can be regarded as my going all out to try it once." Yao Qianyu smiled, "Anyway, I'm already at the end of my life, no matter how bad it is, I can't go anywhere." She bet that Luo Mingde knew the existence of Eagle Castle early in the morning, It was Luo Mingde's instruction that Ling Xiang agreed to cooperate with him.If this is the case, then maybe Luo Mingde even understands her identity very well.Otherwise, why did Luo Mingde just imprison her in the deep palace after the incident on New Year's Eve, without interrogating her or giving her a chance to argue?

Yao Qianyu stayed in the palace for five years, and she was no longer the innocent and ignorant girl five years ago.She has already understood what it means to judge the situation and the situation, and she understands even more because of the entanglement in her heart. If she wants to survive from desperation, she can only abandon the past.

So she begged to see Luo Mingde and confessed everything frankly.

"I just realized that although the emperor stays in the deep palace all day, there is nothing in the world that he doesn't know." Yao Qianyu said, "So I'm going to ask the emperor to give me a chance... just because As long as I am still in the palace, Eagle Castle will trust me for a day. Then, the emperor will have more control over Eagle Castle."

"But this way..." Gong Yining was in shock, "Didn't you betray Eagle Castle?"

"Betrayal?" Yao Qianyu raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Why didn't Eagle Fort betray me?"

"Then what did you tell Anajing?"

Mentioning this, Yao Qianyu laughed even harder.

"Anajing is indeed very powerful, but she still lost to me."

"Defeated?" Gong Yining couldn't believe it.

Obviously Luo Changyue followed Anajing away, yet Yao Qianyu still said that Anajing lost?

"Anajing is arrogant and arrogant, and he is destined to lose here." Yao Qianyu said again, "I know that Luo Changyue must go with her, and there is nothing I can do. But I have one more bargaining chip than Anajing , that is... Luo Changyue's heart."

From the beginning to the end, Luo Changyue only had Yao Qianyu in his heart, and he never had any kindness towards Anajing.

This is Yao Qianyu's reliance.

"...So, I told Anajing, do you want to take a gamble?"

——Just bet on Luo Changyue's heart.

"I said, even if I am willing to be a heartless and heartless person, Luo Changyue still won't love her."

How could Anajing bear such a provocation, she agreed impulsively.

——If Luo Changyue has no intentions for her, she will never force her to do so. If Yao Qianyu can escape from this deep palace, she will willingly return Luo Changyue.

For the duration of this life, there will be no repentance.

"Actually, this is also my helpless move, but..."

Yao Qianyu seemed certain that she would win.

"Can……"

Gong Yining wanted to ask again, after all, such an agreement was really unbelievable.What if Luo Changyue changes his mind?What if Ana Jing doesn't keep her promise?What if Yao Qianyu couldn't escape from this deep palace for the rest of his life?just in case……

"No one can predict the future." Yao Qianyu seemed to see her thoughts, and said, "But if there is a glimmer of life, I will definitely not sit and wait for death."

Gongyi understood.

"Luo Changxi, what about you?" Yao Qianyu asked again, "Didn't you prepare a big gift for Ana Jing?"

"Naturally." Luo Changxi said lightly, "As the king of Xiling, it's really inappropriate for her to devote all her heart to Da Xun's Chang'an City, the imperial city..."

As early as half a month ago, Luo Changxi made preparations.

"You're right. Ana Jing is arrogant and arrogant, and bullied me to be a big star." Luo Changxi said, "I will lose here."

Originally, when Luo Changxi returned to Beijing to report on his duties, he only brought important generals of the Xiangnan Army with him, and most of the soldiers were still stationed in southern Xinjiang.In the impression of the world, they only thought that where Luo Changxi was, the Xiangnan Army would not move.But more than half a month ago, after Luo Changxi informed Luo Mingde, Jing Qing secretly brought the generals of the Xiangnan Army back to southern Xinjiang.

"...When Anajing returns to Xiling, she will find that the Xiangnan Army has cleaned up the small tribes around Xiling for her." Luo Changxi continued, "Besides, she has been away from Xiling for too long, and the people in the Xiling Palace That Xiling King... should also reveal his secrets."

Jing Qing received two orders before leaving Beijing.

The first is to eliminate the tribes around Xiling, and strictly prevent the small tribes from submitting and attaching to Xiling.

The second is to sneak into the palace of the Xiling King. In short, before Anajing arrives in the capital, he must disclose the matter of the Xiling King.

"...At that time, she will be in a state of desperation, and she will be under the enemy's back, so she should not have so much thought about playing tricks." Luo Changxi smiled, "I will leave Beijing tomorrow and return to southern Xinjiang. At that time, I will be with you Anajing is goodbye on the battlefield."

"It's really interesting."

Yao Qianyu listened interestingly, but had another question.

"Actually, I have never understood that the emperor was very wary of you at first, but then... how did you convince the emperor? You let him let you go around like this without asking, and even asked you to take the eldest son of the emperor to the southern border Experience, he is not afraid..."

Luo Changxi listened, but did not answer directly.

She just turned her head and glanced at Gong Yining beside her, her gaze was really gentle.

"You might as well... take a guess?"

"Have you not……"

"En." Luo Changxi stretched out his hand and held the hand of the person beside him, "I told him that the military power of the Xiangnan Army will no longer be extended here, and the Ling family has no warriors. As for me..."

There will be no future.

Yao Qianyu froze for a moment, then laughed out loud.

"You... are really daring..."

"It's nothing."

"Could it be... there are more powerful ones?"

"Have……"

"what?"

"I said..." Luo Changxi laughed, "If I can remove Xiling for him, then let him give me a decree."

What purpose?

Yao Qianyu originally wanted to ask this question.But when she was about to speak, she saw the two people in front of her looking at each other and smiling, their eyes full of enviable affection.

such a smile...

She had too.

It's always like this when you're with the one you love... Before you know it, you smile.

— even if there is nothing funny about it.

Yao Qianyu turned his head and looked at the long and straight avenue in Chang'an City leading to the outside of the city.However, no matter how long or far that road is, no matter how slowly the people on that road walk, it will eventually come to an end.

The person in her heart...

is getting further and further away from her.

As for the "more powerful thing" that Luo Changxi said, Yao Qianyu didn't want to ask any more, and there was no need to ask any more.When two lovers are together, what more can they ask for?

definitely is……

For a long time, never leave.

——Luo Changyue, tell me, don't you?

(End of the article)

The author has something to say: Finally...it's over...it's over...

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