Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 258

Suppressing the urge to cry up to the sky full of grief and indignation, Xiao Jue put his son down "very gently" and whispered in his ear: "Son, are you going home tonight? Father will take you back together, okay? Call you Mother will hold a banquet for you to make up for it, and see that you have lost weight."

"Don't, father," Baozi pushed him away, and looked at Xiao Jue's strange face with a smile, "My mother saved delicious food for me in the main tent, and I can replenish oil and water every three days , if I go home without authorization, three supplements will be deducted; if I bring home someone she doesn’t want to see without authorization, thirty supplements will be deducted; Dad, do the math, thirty times, my three-month snacks, you Even if I hold a banquet, will it make up for my loss?"

Xiao Jue was silent, his finger knuckles were crackling, and he said in a low voice for a long time: "I bring a banquet every day to replenish your oil and water, you don't need to pay attention to your mother's snacks."

"My mother said that as long as I accept bribes without authorization, she will immediately make Fengmanlou close within three days." Baozi shook his finger, "Father, banquets, I can do whatever I want; Fengmanlou, I can do whatever I want, both One cannot have both, forsaking the banquet and taking the wind to fill the building."

Xiao Jue threw his son on the ground, and said angrily, "Father, you can do whatever you want, mother, you can do whatever you want, but there is disagreement between the two, and you can take your mother instead of your father!"

In the fifth year of Qianyuan, the lonely winter without snow flowed slowly under the tragic situation where someone wandered around in all directions and tried to find a way out.

By the time the Emperor sat on the throne of Longzhang Palace with blank eyes, counting with his fingers that Changge had not seen him for three months and twelve days and two hours, the eunuchs of Longzhang Palace were already busy climbing the ladder Hanging lanterns hanging colorful satin.

Xiao Jue stared blankly at the beaming eunuchs coming in and out for a while, and then at the extraordinarily festive and richly decorated Longzhang Palace, only then did he wake up, as if it was almost New Year's Eve?

From the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the imperial palace has entered the New Year’s celebration period. A series of seals, colorful clothes, stove sacrifices, Shan Palace, pasting peach charms, receiving gods, burning incense, stepping on the new year... Xiao Jue dismissed them one by one absent-mindedly. I can't get excited about doing anything.

Today, I got up at four o'clock to offer incense in each hall. It is said that after the incense offering, I should go to the Longevity Palace to salute and share breakfast with all the concubines, but the Longevity Palace has no master, and the harem is even more disgusting to Xiao Jue because of Concubine Yao and Concubine Shu , the upper study room has been sealed, and there is nothing to do. From the fourth watch to seven or eight hours at noon, the emperor is completely in a daze.

In the afternoon, the sun slowly turned to Longzhang Palace, shining a bright light of red satin into Xiao Jue's blank eyes, and he woke up quietly.

Today is New Year's Eve!New Year, reunion of thousands of families, will I still stay in the empty Longzhang Palace like so many years ago, with the bright moon, toast to the shadow, drunk alone in the golden powder and jade brocade, and then on the first day of the new year? Waking up in a daze to the sound of golden drums?

If she never comes back, don't mention anything, but it's just like this every year. When she comes back, I will continue to stay in Longzhang Palace and drink cold wine in front of the empty and cold inner hall, while she brings a man and hugs her son to form a circle. A table of red candles burning brightly to celebrate the joyous New Year, I can only imagine with sadness, even her excitement and joy can only be heard around the wall?

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, even more intolerable as a man, especially intolerable as the man she used to be.

Xiao Jueteng jumped up, and immediately galloped out of the palace, ready to brazenly meet his 120-eighth bump into a wall.

All the way through the bustling Tianqu and Xifu Streets, the streets are full of people whose families are buying New Year’s goods and happily bringing them home for the New Year. They are dressed in red and green, calling their wives and husbands. He stopped his horse involuntarily, and took a few extra glances in a daze.

The family relationship in the world, the warmth of the world of mortals, when can I fully own it?
Xiao Jue was slightly distracted on the horse, and suddenly felt the horse was shaking, but it was a child playing happily, holding candied haws and firecracker strings and galloping past his horse, followed by his parents who kept calling for him to fear that he would fall, and his father chased after him first. On the morning, she patted the ashes off her son, with a look of resentment and pampering, while the mother babbled about picking up the toys that the child had accidentally scattered. The faces of ordinary couples were filled with happy and contented smiles.

Xiao Jue stared blankly, although he created the prosperity of Wufu and Minfeng in this peaceful era, but at this moment, Emperor Xiliang did not feel satisfied with glory, only felt deep envy.

He was stunned for a while, then suddenly jumped off his horse, and started shopping at a small stall on the side of the road. The poor emperor is alive to this day. He is either fighting a war or becoming an emperor. When he was a young man, he would not go there in person even if he was not favored. Shopping, today is a new experience that I have never had in my life, so I walked around the stall for a long time, and I learned from others. Wanxiang firecrackers made the stall owner give him a vicious look and scolded him: "Where are you a fool! Wanxiang firecrackers are only made by the palace, and you can't buy them even if you have money!"

Xiao Jue rubbed his nose and continued to pick things for Changge. This time he encountered a difficulty. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that the things on these stalls were too crude and not worthy of Changge, who was unique in the world. The silk flowers were gaudy, the rouge was thick, The style of the hairpin gold ring is old-fashioned, how can you get it out?

The emperor squeezed among a bunch of red men and women, picking and choosing at the stall, the patterns were almost turned upside down by him, the peddler frowned and couldn't see Xiao Jue, he just concentrated on choosing—hey, I haven't bought it myself in this life It's a strange feeling to give something to Changge.

It's obvious that the things haven't been sent out yet, and people are still not sure whether they will accept them, so why do I feel so happy just here to pick out gifts?
Xiao Jue pursed a stretched smile, and finally picked up a hairpin at the bottom of the stall. It was of ordinary texture. The whole piece of sapphire on the head of the hairpin was made into a flying goose. There was a small piece of black agate at the eyeball. The color is deep and shiny, and there is a kind of extraordinary charm among the golden phoenix and jade peaches all over the stall, especially the eyes, which remind him of Changge's eyes, with infinite brilliance in the flow.

Xiao Jue said happily, "That's it!"

The peddler rolled his eyes and handed him the things, but there was another trouble when paying, because Emperor Xiao didn't bring any money.

The peddler saw that he was digging left and right but couldn't get anything out, his face turned from blue to black, he banged on the stall, and said impatiently: "If the customer has no money, don't touch my things!"

Xiao Jue smiled shyly, he naturally knew that he had to pay for things, but he really didn’t have that habit, when a guard who followed secretly wanted to pay the money, Xiao Jue immediately stretched out his arms to stop him—he had to pay for all the presents today. Buy it yourself.

After thinking about it, he snapped off the gold button on the cuff, smoothed out the dragon pattern on it with his fingers, and handed it to the vendor.

The peddler took it suspiciously, and looked at it repeatedly in his hand. Xiliang is rich, but it has not reached the point where gold is used as currency. , I really don't believe it.

Xiao Jue was impatient with him, grabbed a gold button, pinched it lightly, and the button was immediately pinched into thin gold leaves, Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows slantingly, and smiled at the peddler, "How about it? "

The peddler was taken aback, afraid that he would pinch his own head with hands that could crush gold, so he quickly collected the gold leaves without saying a word, Xiao Jue laughed, and carried a bunch of things on his horse to the Grand Master's Mansion.

Seeing the green nails on the wall from afar, Xiao Jue sighed, tied the things on his back and carried them on his back, ready to climb the wall, the nails are nails, poisonous and poisonous, today no matter what, we must stay in the Grand Master's Mansion Chinese New Year!He couldn't believe that she could just ignore him when he was poisoned and planted in her grand master's mansion?

If we really don't care about it, our life will be boring.

Xiao Jue inhaled and raised his legs.

"Squeak".

Xiao Jue turned his head in astonishment, and saw that the gate of the Grand Master's Mansion, which had been closed for many days, slowly opened, and two people came out with lanterns. The first one vaguely recognized Changge's Huangmeng subordinate, the chief steward of the Grand Master's Mansion, stepped forward Bowing deeply to Xiao Jue, he said: "The Grand Master ordered the villain to wait here for a long time, please."

Xiao Jue opened his eyes wide, a little unsuited to the current situation, he had already been used to shutting doors in the past few months, but he was a little at a loss when he was greeted with a good voice, he was stunned for a long time before he said: "Welcome me?"

There was a smile hidden in the butler's calm face, and he bowed again, "The grand master ordered, if you see someone climbing the wall, please pull it off the wall and come into the mansion for a gathering."

Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows, turned around and looked at the wall with high nails, smiled heartily, and followed the housekeeper into the house without asking any more questions.

When I entered the door, I noticed that the so-called ceiling lamp had disappeared.

The Grand Master's Mansion was also decorated with lanterns and festoons, and the banquets were placed from the main hall to the outside of the courtyard. Except for the subordinates at all levels who were on duty as usual, the servants of the Taishi Mansion and the subordinates of Huangmeng had already gathered in the courtyard to drink and laugh. Straight to the backyard, the atmosphere is extremely warm and relaxed.

The butler led the way humbly, and said in a low voice: "The Grand Master is waiting for you in the Nuan Pavilion."

Xiao Jue's heart felt hot when he heard it, and his steps became faster and faster. Just after he turned around a corridor, a little red shadow rushed out, round and hot, and threw himself into his arms.

"Father!"

As soon as Xiao Jue stretched out his hands to catch them, before he had time to kiss his son who was dressed in an extremely coquettish bag, the boy washed his face with saliva first, then stretched out his little hand, grabbed the huge package, He laughed triumphantly and said, "New Year's money! New Year's money!"

Xiao Jue quickly put him down on the ground, unfurled his bag showing off, and said, "Rong'er, look what I bought for you?"

Baozi stared wide-eyed, and fiddled with the things in the bag for a while, looking at those clay dolls, rattles, windmills, pottery whistles that he was tired of playing with when he was two years old, he had the urge to laugh, but when he looked up, he saw the emperor's father with a look on his face. Showing an expectant look, he rolled his eyes, pounced on them and rubbed them, "Good dad! You are so kind! I like these the most!"

You Tiao'er stared at his master who was hugging the clay doll as if he was intoxicated, and tricked his father into a smirk, slandering the shamelessness of the master in his heart, "...Yesterday I said that I hate clay dolls the most. with..."

(End of this chapter)