As soon as these words came out, all the candidates for the princess sat upright, looking at Li Zhan either reservedly or eagerly.Everyone knows that whoever gets the lantern will be Princess Qin, the future princess, or even the queen.

Li Zhan looked at the lantern in front of him with a calm expression, "The girls and the young master each have their own characteristics, and it's hard to tell which is better."

Concubine De said: "King Qin just needs to choose according to your preference."

The emperor also said: "Zhan'er, choose."

Li Zhan looked at Lin Hou and saw that he had no intention of helping him out of the siege, so he knew that today he was doomed.Yu Sheng sweated for Li Zhan, but Yu Ce drank the wine leisurely, with an expression of watching the show.

Concubine De urged: "Prince Qin?"

Li Zhan narrowed his eyebrows slightly, "If you must choose a name for the ladies and gentlemen, you might as well choose it yourself."

Concubine De was stunned, "This..."

Yu Sheng almost couldn't hold back his laughter.Although Li Zhan looked somewhat similar to the emperor, he was still more like Empress Lin in his bones, unwilling to admit defeat easily.

The emperor got a little headache from the two father and son, "Zhan'er, don't make trouble."

Empress Lin also agreed to choose Li Zhan's concubine tonight. Empress Lin didn't want to force her son too tightly, so she suppressed the discomfort in her body and said, "If Zhan'er doesn't want to send it off, then that's all."

The emperor said displeased: "How long will the empress delay for him?"

Empress Lin retorted: "Why does the emperor insist on making things difficult for others?"

The last thing Li Zhan wants to see is the intensified conflict between the two fathers because of him. "Father, Father," he stood up and said, "If this lantern must be given away..." His eyes flicked from the faces of the candidates one by one, and came to the row of men, from Li Luan to Yan Weilan , from Yan Weilan to Yu Ce, and finally to Yu Ce.

Yu Sheng opened his mouth wide, as if he was going to swallow an egg raw - Li Zhan didn't mean to...

"My lord Yu's words just now, 'The flowers on the pool are pure and young', I like it very much. I will give this lamp to Mr. Yu." Li Zhan was speaking to Yu Ce, but his gaze was downcast. On the wine cup in front of Yu Ce.

Yu Ce firmly held the hand holding the wine cup, and the wine almost spilled.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and Queen Lin looked at Yu Ce inquiringly after a brief surprise.Yu Sheng felt that the expressions of the people in the opposite row were a bit eye-catching, so he lowered his head and pretended that he couldn't see anything.

For a while, no one said anything, so Li Zhan picked up the lantern, walked up to Yu Ce, lowered his eyes and said, "Master Yu."

Yu Ce's eyes reflected the dimly lit lantern, and he felt that other people and things around him had disappeared, and only the lantern in front of him, this person remained between the heaven and the earth.Unexpectedly, he stretched out his hand, about to take the lantern from Li Zhan, and pulled him back from his trance with a light cough.Yu Ce laughed at himself, what kind of dream was he doing.He put on a good expression, stood up, and bowed his hands to Li Zhan, "My lord is absurd. However, it is reasonable to send a child with the Chinese Valentine's Day lantern, but it is really unreasonable to send a friend."

Li Zhan looked at him and said word by word, "Yu Ce."

Yu Ce pretended he didn't hear it, and said with a smile, "My lord likes the couple, but I wouldn't have thought of the second couplet without Mr. Xu's upper couplet. According to my minister, this lantern should be given to Mr. Xu."

The brother of the Xu family who was suddenly named was more surprised than happy. He looked at Li Zhan and then at Yu Ce, looking dazed and at a loss.

Yan Weilan chuckled lightly, and said: "My lord and Mr. Xu must have met for the first time tonight, and we can't even talk about friends. Wouldn't it be even more unreasonable for the lord to send Mr. Xu a lantern?"

The plot is really confusing. As a melon eater, Yu Sheng couldn't understand it.Li Zhan refused to accept the emperor's forced marriage, and Yu Ce wanted to push him out, but Yan Weilan was on Li Zhan's side.Then what should I do, should I also take the opportunity to stand in a team?

Yu Ce's smile retreated slightly, and he said lightly: "In the folks, as long as you meet someone you like on the night of Qixi Festival, whether it's the first time or not, you can give a lantern to express your love."

"Enough." Li Zhan seemed a little disheartened, "Since Lord Yu wants me to do what I want, I will do it. Come and give the lantern to Mr. Xu."

The brother of the Xu family took the lantern in fear and trepidation, "Thank you, thank you, my lord."

The lantern went from the emperor to Lin Houna, where it belonged to Li Zhan again. After being rejected by Yu Ce, the lantern was sent to the brother of the Xu family. At this point, the farce caused by the lantern finally came to an end.

A group of people had their own thoughts, Yu Sheng was a little clueless, and the expressions of the emperor and Queen Lin were not very good-looking.Especially Lin Hou, his face was pale, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he hardly moved his chopsticks. Only when serving spicy dishes, he took a bite or two.

Concubine De groaned inwardly, everything she did was in accordance with the emperor's orders, but she did not expect to offend King Qin.Originally, this task should have fallen on the Queen's head, but everyone in the Queen's womb knew that it was impossible for him to preside over the situation on such an occasion.So everyone said in private that Empress Lin didn't look like a brother at all.She sighed and looked at the third princess who was sitting next to her, only to see that the latter was staring at Lord Yan opposite him non-stop, her palm-sized face was stained with pink, and she asked, "It seems that you don't know what's going on in your heart." Is there a calculation?"

The third princess said coquettishly, "Mother Concubine—"

"There's nothing to be shy about." Concubine De said cheerfully, called the maid at the side, and said, "Go and send a message to the emperor."

Halfway through the banquet, the atmosphere was already very depressing, and Yu Sheng wished it would end quickly so that he and Yan Weilan could live in a world of two.Now the two of them are so close, obviously only one distance away from Yu Ce, yet they can't say a word, even if they want to exchange a glance, they have to find a chance, it's really going to suffocate him.

I thought that the Tanabata Banquet was about to end in depression, but an emergency military report sent by an eunuch changed the atmosphere 180 degrees.

The emperor read all the ten lines at a glance, then closed the notebook suddenly, his eyes widened in an instant.Li Zhan called tentatively: "Father, but the south..."

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, "Song Sheng has captured Jinling City."

Everyone present, whether they were men or women, showed joyful faces, and Song Fan was even more ecstatic, almost jumping up.Jinling City could not be attacked for a long time, and the Yuan Army and the Destiny Regiment had been in a stalemate for several months. Finally, the good news came, and even Li Zhan, who had a calm face, had some joy in his eyes.Only Yan Weilan didn't respond, as if she had expected all this long ago.

The emperor was overjoyed, and said to Song Fan: "Your father, you have worked hard."

Song Fan chatted and laughed with the emperor openly: "Father often said that being trapped in Beijing is so boring, the emperor asked him to put down the rebellion, even if he asked him to let him go, he was too late to be happy."

The emperor smiled quite face-saving, and immediately rewarded the Song family with a lot of things.Among the candidates, brother Xu got Li Zhan's lantern, and Song Fan got a reward from the emperor. It seems that Princess Qin is one of them.

After rewarding Song Fan, the emperor said again: "Weilan, Song Sheng was able to capture Jinling City this time, and you have contributed a lot, so you should be rewarded."

Yu Sheng couldn't help frowning. Others might wonder what Yan Weilan did, but both Yu Sheng and Li Zhan knew what role Yan Weilan played in it. It's just that... the emperor mentioned this matter in front of others, so he wasn't afraid Is it a leak?

Yan Weilan stood up and said, "I dare not be a minister."

"It's the night of Qixi Festival, and I have to reward you with something special." The emperor tapped his fingers on the table, as if thinking deeply, and said with a smile: "If I remember correctly, you are already eighteen."

Yu Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

Yan Weilan said: "Yes."

Yu Sheng remembered Yan Weilan's birthday clearly, it was three days ago.But at that time, Yan Weilan was still in the suburbs of Beijing, and none of the gifts prepared by Yu Sheng were sent out.

The emperor looked at the third princess, seeing that the third princess was too shy to look at him, he understood, and said: "In this case, I will give you a marriage, okay?"

Yu Sheng: "..." Could this be the legendary feng shui cycle?Not long ago he was still watching Li Zhan's good show, why is it Yan Weilan's turn now?

Does the emperor have a lot of free time? How can he still have time to worry about his subjects' marriages?Although Yan Weilan will definitely refuse, if the emperor insists on granting the marriage, no one can do anything about it.Yu Sheng became irritable, holding ten fingers tightly, frantically testing on the verge of going berserk, and then he heard Yan Weilan say: "I thank the emperor for his kindness."

? ? ?What's the meaning?Yan Weilan... Is this a promise?If it wasn't for Yu Ce holding Yu Sheng, Yu Sheng would have gone berserk.He fixed his eyes on Yan Weilan without blinking his eyes, his heart seemed to be grabbed by two hands, which made him almost out of breath.

The emperor didn't expect Yan Weilan to agree so simply, Lin Hou gave Yu Sheng a sideways look, with a bit of unbearable in his eyes.

Yan Weilan lifted the hem of his clothes, and knelt in front of the emperor, "I beg Your Majesty to bestow one person on this subject, and the prospective subject will form a good relationship with him and make a married couple."

"Oh?" the emperor asked with great interest, "Who do you want to ask?"

Yan Weilan smiled slightly, his well-defined lip line raised a bewitching arc under the starlight, and Jianshui's eyes reflected the surrounding lights, he opened his red lips lightly, and said the name hidden in his heart: "Yu Sheng."

Yu Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and he looked directly at Yan Weilan, as if someone had cast a spell on the soul and solidified it into a fossil.

These two words were like a thunderbolt, which holographically shocked the people present.The emperor raised his eyebrows, Queen Lin smiled faintly, and the third princess stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what she had just heard.Yu Ce's face was disturbed, Li Zhan narrowed his eyes, and everyone else was dumbfounded.Li Luan stood up abruptly, accidentally bumped into the table, and brought out the sound of cups clashing, "No!"

Concubine De reacted, and smiled dryly: "Lord Yan, are you joking? Second Young Master Yu, you are an ordinary person."

Yan Weilan ignored him, but looked at Li Luan: "Why not?"

The cynicism of the past was no longer on Li Luan's face, "Because the Second Young Master Yu has a marriage contract with this king."

Yu Sheng jumped up and cursed: "What nonsense are you talking about, when did I marry you?"

Yu Ce pulled him back and said in a low voice, "Shut up."

Yan Weilan's eyes were sharp and deep, as if a storm was brewing, "King Shu, don't say he doesn't have one, even if he does, I'll snatch him over."

Li Luan sneered and said, "That depends on whether you have the ability." Li Luan stood up and knelt down beside Yan Weilan, "Brother Emperor, my younger brother is already twenty-six this year, why don't you worry about my younger brother?" What about marriage?"

The emperor said leisurely: "Isn't it because you don't want a princess?"

"My younger brother wants it now." Li Luan said, "Brother, please marry me to my younger brother and Second Young Master Yu."

"Prince Shu," Concubine De said confusedly, "Could it be that you are drunk? Second Young Master Yu, he is an ordinary person!"

Li Luan glanced sideways at Yu Sheng, and said affirmatively, "He's not."

The second thunder rumbled down, and even Yu Ce was stunned. "My second brother was classified as an ordinary person three years ago, and there has been no abnormality in the past few years. Please speak carefully, King Shu."

Yu Sheng wished he could rush up and bite Li Luan to death—why did he say it, what qualifications did he have? !I have worked so hard to hide it for so long, and even brought Yu Lu with me. The two of them participated in the imperial examination together. If their identities were really exposed, the consequences would be disastrous...

Yan Weilan's eyes were extremely cold, and his whole body was full of killing intent. Yu Sheng had never seen him look so vicious. If Xueya was by his side now, Li Luan would have been bitten to death.Yan Weilan closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, her pupils were already clear, "If King Shu wants brothers, he already has several, so why make something out of nothing and talk nonsense?"

"Whether this king is lying or not, let's test it." Li Luan said, "If he is really a brother, Yan Weilan should not rob this king, and the emperor will choose a good marriage for you."

Yan Weilan's lips were as red as blood, "Whether he is a brother or an ordinary person, he is mine,"

The emperor smiled, "This palace has never been so lively for a long time. Speaking of which, there has been a precedent for ordinary people becoming brothers before." He paused and looked at Queen Lin, "What does the queen think?"

Empress Lin glanced at the emperor, and said calmly: "As King Shu said, you can tell whether Yu Sheng is an ordinary person or a brother with the jade gui. Mr. He, go to the jade gui."

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