Huaibi

The master of Fengyi Palace is in great spirits, and invites the harem to gather for a winter tea banquet.

The concubines who were invited all went with different thoughts, each of them knew about the Crown Prince's return to the Sacred Heart, and planned to flatter him with a few words.Only the person from Qiuhua Palace still had that indomitable attitude with a faint disgust in his eyes.

Concubine Yi couldn't flatten her arms, she was already annoyed, she hated it even more, and waited unwillingly for the next opportunity.However, opportunities are not easy to come by, and the queen's cynicism came quickly.

The people in the palace are full of rudders, seeing Pinghuaizhen full of favors, naturally one of them is sweeter than the other, they praise Pinghuaizhen for his good looks and talents, and even praise the prince for being so extraordinary. This is what the emperor and empress taught Proper.Even more daring ones even mentioned the incident of Xianshan at the tea banquet, defended the prince against injustice, and reprimanded the sinister people. I don't know which kind of wicked people deliberately slandered the prince.

The winter wind is cool, the tea smoke curls up and the water is dizzy, the queen takes a sip, raises her eyes and glances at the concubine Xin who speaks freely, thinking that she is gradually losing her favor and has no children under her knees, so it is reasonable to rush to find a backer.The queen didn't think there were too many of her own, and when Concubine Xin said this, in front of all the harem, she definitely had no reason to turn her back, so she smiled and said: "Right and wrong are just and in the hearts of the people, the world will eventually See it."

Concubine Xin was delighted to hear this, and hurriedly echoed a few words of flattery, not caring about Concubine Yi's cold eyes at all.

Concubine Yi had a sneer on her lips, without saying a word.

In two days, the queen's words really came true.

When the Xianshan incident first started, there was a lot of discussion among the people in Beijing, and even the children sang nursery rhymes, implying that the prince was cruel and merciless and killed Gao Shi.Up to now, the twists and turns, the young boy has not changed, still seems innocent and ignorant before, he just changed the song in his mouth into "dirty and innocent, disabled brothers and feet", not only implying the prince's innocence, but also imposing the stakes on the royal family with words , making Emperor Hongxuan's sons and daughters all become suspects with malicious intentions.

The prince seldom raised his beak, kept his ears shut, and seldom stepped out of the Xu'an Hall. He closed the window and copied the book calmly, keeping the "Emperor's Instructions" in his heart.

From time to time there was another gossip in the palace, saying that one day a palace official would secretly gossip about folk nursery rhymes, but the prince heard it with his own ears and severely reprimanded and punished him.Ping Huaizhen was extremely angry that day, annoying his brother and family.When this matter was heard by Emperor Hongxuan, he couldn't help admiring it greatly. As for whether the folk rumors were true or not, I don't know how much the emperor believed and how much he didn't.

The twelfth lunar month of winter passed away without a trace, and the folks ushered in the new year of the first month. The old things were covered with snow and dust.

When Emperor Hongxuan opened the seal on the first day of the new year, Ping Huaizhen, as the crown prince, often accompanied the emperor and did everything by himself. He didn't see He Jinyi again until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year's Day banquet.

For the Chinese New Year state banquet, not only the ministers of various families were invited, but also the monarchs of the subordinate countries who came to pay homage.Ping Huaizhen felt bored early in the morning but was still sitting in a high position, accompanying him all night, and towards the end of the banquet, he quietly left the banquet when everyone was drunk.

The hunting dance in the center of the temple pool is particularly charming. The dancers wear golden-orange tiger skins and hold fireballs in their mouths, which shows that the Hongxuan Dynasty is prosperous forever.Prince Jiang Changzhan just sat on the corner of the seat and watched extremely intently. It took him a while to realize that Ping Huaizhen had disappeared, and then turned his head to look around. He didn't know when the young master He who was in the distance was no longer in the seat.

Jiang Chang didn't dare to make it public, just pretended that the prince didn't go anywhere, stepped back to a place that was even less noticeable, and continued to watch people and dance.

The imperial garden at night is peaceful and quiet, the bustle of today's palace is all gathered in the same hall, making other places appear more clean.

The water in the pool in the garden has not yet melted, so I don't know how thick the ice is. He Jinyi was bored, so he threw a stone into the pool. Hearing a faint crisp sound, he couldn't tell if there was any crack on the surface of the pool.He stood by the bridge and leaned down, but was suddenly hooked back by Ping Huaizhen from behind.

"Be careful." Ping Huaizhen said helplessly, "I said you were too close to the pool, where did you remember?"

He Jinyi turned around to look at him, the moon was shining brightly, and the youth was like jade.

"Aren't you next to me?"

"That's true," Ping Huaizhen replied as he heard that it was interesting, "I will never let you fall." Then he took him to walk slowly under the bridge, away from here.

The snow on the ground has melted a lot, and the branches are still dotted with fluffy white balls, lightly decorated with wintersweet, which is not bright enough to look attractive in the dark night.He Jinyi lifted the lantern up and looked at it carefully. A gust of wind blew away the candle flame, and strands of hair blew onto his face, making him uncomfortable to close his eyes. A careless hand in his hand caused the flame to burn the cage paper.

"Oh, be careful." Ping Huaizhen laughed in his voice, and hurriedly asked him to let go.

The lantern fell to the ground, and the flame went out after the paper was burned, and the surrounding area was darkened.

He Jinyi heard "Be careful" twice in just a short while, feeling helpless in addition to being slightly embarrassed, smiled and said in a low voice: "It's good now, I can't see the way clearly."

His tone sounded unwilling and aggrieved, revealing a rare stupidity.

"Go back to Xu'an Hall." Ping Huaizhen led him away from the imperial garden, when the two of them came, maybe someone followed, the light and shadow here is really not safe enough.Besides, the two of them were just looking for a place to be alone, so they didn't have to stay in the imperial garden to enjoy the winter scenery that they were already tired of.

He Jinyi nodded and turned back with him, chatting on the road, chatting about how the New Year was celebrated at home, and how to pass the time without seeing each other for a few days.Although the New Year's Eve is lively, Ping Huaizhen has been busy for the past few days, and it is inconvenient for him to enter the palace to disturb him, so it is inevitable that there will be times when he feels secretly bored.

Ping Huaizhen was happy: "What's the trouble? I would like Jin Yi to come and disturb each other every day."

He Jinyi felt that his chest was tight and swollen. Since he realized his mind, every time he got along with Ping Huaizhen, there was always a bit more inexplicable throbbing than before.

"Then I..."

"I will bother you every day in the future, how long will it take for the crown prince to look at me before he gets tired of it?"

Ping Huaizhen couldn't help but stop laughing, stopped to look at him sideways, didn't answer for a while, and led him forward again.He Jinyi didn't wait for a reply, and didn't understand what it meant. It wasn't until the two of them returned to Xu'an Hall that Ping Huaizhen made a careful calculation with him: "Thinking carefully, I have known Jinyi for nearly ten years. We have known each other for nearly ten years. I saw Jin Yi for the first time on my sixth birthday, and now it's only one month, so it will be ten years."

He Jinyi listened to what he said, then thought back in his heart, and realized that it was true.It is hard to notice in ordinary life, but now that I think about it, it has been ten years.

"Ten years, thousands of days and nights, I haven't gotten tired of looking at Jin Yi." Ping Huaizhen suddenly took a step forward, "Not only am I not tired, but I also hope that you can be by my side all the time..."

He Jinyi was so nervous that he couldn't speak, and his heart beat suddenly.

"Jinyi, I haven't seen you for five days, so you teach me how to think."

He Jinyi's thoughts were in a state of confusion, and he just looked at him with all eyes, seeing him getting closer and closer.The candles in the hall are still brightly lit, as bright as day, and embarrassment suddenly arises.

The two have been ambiguous for a long time, and now Ping Huaizhen no longer makes superficial temptations, and his words and deeds are very clear.He Jinyi held his face and waited for him to get closer, but felt that his movements were slow, which was really tormenting.In the end, I couldn't help it anymore, and avoided it as if my tail had been burned. My eyes flickered around and I didn't know where to put it.

"What is Jin Yi afraid of?" Ping Huaizhen forced him with determination, and approached him even closer, his voice was very low and shallow but very clear, "There is no one in the hall."

He Jinyi stammered: "There are... magpies."

The gray magpie on the table jumped up and down unconsciously.

Ping Huaizhen laughed out loud, and He Jinyi was finally willing to speak. The seemingly meaningless three words actually answered everything.

He Jinyi responded to his thoughts, his joy, and his emotion.

Ping Huaizhen couldn't hide his excitement, a smile poured out of his eyes, he turned around and went to extinguish the lights in the hall.He Jinyi watched helplessly as the light dimmed, then looked at Ping Huaizhen walking back in front of him in the haze, embraced him and asked, "On the third day of next month, on my sixteenth birthday, Jinyi...give me a kiss." How are you?"

The heartbeat was deafening.

He Jinyi was silent for a long time, and slowly raised his hand to hug him back.

Ping Huaizhen was suddenly rascal: "I'm back on my word, Jin Yi promised so happily, wouldn't it teach me how to push forward? I want to kiss right now." He Jinyi fell into a kiss on his face, and He Jinyi was taken aback by the kiss , choking for breath, staring at him blankly.

Fortunately, the candle has been extinguished, covering a lot of embarrassment.

Ping Huaizhen laughed softly beside his ear, and after a while his face was touched by warm lips again, Ping Huaizhen kissed him, slowly moved to his lips, lingering tenderly for a long time.

He Jinyi gradually calmed down, and the sense of panic and bewilderment gradually dissipated with his light kiss, and tenderness and sweetness flooded in his heart, feeling how lucky he was, to be able to connect with others at the first taste of heartbeat.

What is the disparity in status and the world's intolerance, why worry about it now.

"Jinyi, I like you. There is one more thing I have never told you frankly."

"what?"

Ping Huaizhen fully confessed: "I kissed you like this when you were sleeping soundly."

He Jinyi was speechless, his cheeks blushed in the darkness.