It is already the tenth day of the first lunar month. Although the brand-new red lanterns on both sides of the streets have not been removed, the festive music and the bustling voices of people have quietly disappeared. The people of Kyoto have returned to their original life track again, and the taste of the new year has also changed.
It dimmed.
Nie Yun and Shen Ling'er walked south along Zhuque Street, and they stopped when they reached the majestic imperial city at the end.
The heavy dragon-patterned gate, the deep door opening, and the oncoming wind passing through the hall, with a bit of cold air, made Nie Yun clearly feel the majesty of the imperial city.
After taking two deep breaths, Nie Yun walked forward slowly, but just ten meters away from the dragon-patterned gate, he was blocked by a pair of iron halberds.
"Who are you? Why are you here!" Looking at the young man in white in front of him, the majestic Imperial Guards frowned slightly. He secretly wondered which family's boy was so unruly that he dared to approach even here at will.
Although there are many young people who come here to admire the majesty of the imperial city, he usually just scolds them and goes away, but today His Majesty is holding a Qionghua feast, and all guard specifications are strict, which is why he asked in such detail just now.
"Uh..." Nie Yun scratched his head, then took out a gold-inlaid card and said, "Is this... held here?"
"Huh?" There was a trace of surprise in Yu Linjun's eyes. He carefully took the card and looked at it for a moment, then handed the card back after a while. Although his tone was much more respectful, the doubt in his eyes did not diminish at all: "
The Qionghua Banquet was held in the Royal Garden in the outer city, you don’t even know this?”
"Ah... there's nothing written on it." Nie Yun took the gold-inlaid card and looked it up and down for a long time without looking at the location of the Qionghua Banquet.
"The person who sent you the invitation didn't tell you?" Yu Linjun frowned even more tightly. If he hadn't carefully checked the authenticity of the invitation, and the anti-counterfeiting aura on the invitation was exactly the same as the aura of the young man in front of him, he would have thought
I have to order the arrest of this sneaky guy with unknown origins.
It's over... Elder Shen Dan probably thought he wasn't going, so he didn't tell him the specific location. Nie Yun slapped his forehead a little, which made him feel embarrassed now, and he was also suspected for no reason.
Already.
"I guess he forgot to tell me." Nie Yun sighed.
Just when the Imperial Guard was still thinking about asking a few more questions, the sound of the frame rollers sounded leisurely. The Imperial Guard's expression changed slightly, he turned to look at his colleagues, nodded and said: "Your Majesty, we need to be careful when traveling.
Act and offend."
After saying this, he waved gently, and several more heavily armored Imperial Guardsmen ran over, raised their iron halberds, surrounded Nie Yun and Shen Ling'er, and retreated to the side.
Seeing this posture, Nie Yun showed a hint of helplessness in his eyes, and turned to face Shen Ling'er with an apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry..."
He took his apprentice out to attend a banquet properly, but was surrounded by the Royal Forest Army due to his negligence, and he couldn't say anything. After all, if he puts himself in his shoes, a young man who received an invitation to the Qionghua banquet actually didn't even have a seat at the banquet.
I don’t know where it is, but luckily, by chance, I came to the palace gate when the emperor was traveling... This doesn’t make you doubt who you are suspecting...
"It doesn't matter, just wait until His Majesty leaves." Shen Ling'er pursed her lips and smiled, but softly comforted Nie Yun: "Besides, His Majesty has just set off, and it's not like we will be late for the banquet."
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While the two of them were talking in detail, the sound of the rolling wheels of the carriage gradually came closer. As the dragon-patterned door suddenly opened, the sound of the slightly scattered rolling wheels of the carriage became clearer. Nie Yun raised his head and glanced up.
More than a dozen luxurious four-horse carriages came into view first. Through the gauze on the carriages, one could vaguely see the figure sitting solemnly in purple court clothes inside, followed closely by two teams of cavalry.
and the "Qingyou Team" composed of six lines of infantry soldiers, which is a team specially used to clear roads and ensure smooth travel.
After that, there was a guard composed of twelve rows of cavalry holding cross swords, bows and arrows. Behind them were twelve soldiers holding dragon flags. They were divided into two rows and followed by six aircraft on which His Majesty the Emperor was riding.
The jade chariot is gone.
His Majesty the Emperor's carriage was the core of the entire team. It was surrounded by people and the guards were extremely tight. Therefore, Nie Yun could not see clearly. He could only vaguely see a majestic back figure through the golden gauze curtain.
Following the emperor's car were several equally luxurious carriages, which were surrounded by layers of layers. Nie Yun could not see clearly. He could only vaguely see that they were young men and women.
It's the prince and princess, right?
I just don’t know why, but I always feel that the bright yellow towering back looks a little bit familiar. Nie Yun touched his chin, then smiled and shook his head. The backs of everyone in the world are all the same, so there’s nothing that doesn’t look familiar...
The scale of the emperor's travel was so large that it took more than ten minutes for the ceremonial convoy to leave the palace gate.
Naturally, Nie Yun was surrounded for more than ten minutes. Only when the emperor's motorcade had completely left did the surrounding iron halberds move away.
"You..." Just when the Royal Forest Army was about to ask Nie Yun to leave after a few more questions, a nun walked leisurely from the front.
"What's the matter, Aunt Rong?" The Imperial Forest Army's brows relaxed slightly, obviously recognizing this Aunt who had been following the Queen all year round, and now she was following Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess.
Aunt Rong casually glanced at the two figures surrounded in the center, then said something to the imperial guards and turned around to leave.
The leader of the Royal Forest Army turned around, frowned slightly as he looked at the two of them, and finally waved.
"Let's go. Don't wander around in front of the imperial city next time."
"Um?"
Nie Yun raised his head and was slightly stunned. He had been prepared to be interrogated for half an hour, but suddenly everything was fine?
However, since others had already let them go, he would not ask them ungratefully why they did not fulfill their duties. With a hint of joy in his eyes, he pulled Shen Ling'er towards the Royal Garden.
He didn't expect it to be later than the emperor...
"Hey, by the way, where is the Royal Garden?"
"Hey, Master, I'm really convinced by you, come with me." Shen Ling'er followed Nie Yun's example and patted her forehead gently, then held Nie Yun's arm and walked toward the east of the city.
...
Ten minutes ago.
Behind the Emperor's six jade chariots was a vehicle with five jade chariots.
Xiao Xue, who was dressed in a luxurious dress, glanced back through the gauze curtain on the carriage: "Eh? Why did Xiao Yunzi and Ling'er come to the edge of the imperial city?"
"Junior brother?" Han Yue had a trace of doubt in her eyes, she slightly poked her head out and glanced back, seeing the quilt
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The white-robed figure in the center surrounded by a group of imperial guards was slightly startled, and then asked anxiously: "Why are you still surrounded by imperial guards?"
"When my father is on his way out, he runs to the gate of the imperial city. Who else would we surround him with?" Xiao Xue was not surprised at all. She stretched out her waist lazily and said, "I'll ask Aunt Rong to explain to the imperial guards later.
Just one click."
Hearing what Xiao Xue said, Han Yue felt relieved, then pursed her lips and smiled softly: "Isn't it possible that since we didn't agree to play with him, he asked Ling'er to accompany him to visit the imperial city?
"
"Hey, then he is really good. He has found such a beautiful girl for him just a few days after coming to Kyoto." Xiao Xue curled her lips and said: "Yueyue, you don't care about him."
"Ah? Ling'er is his junior apprentice. After all, he is still my junior nephew. What do I care about?" Han Yue was slightly stunned and said inexplicably.
"Hey, Ling'er is only one year younger than Xiao Yunzi." Xiao Xue stroked her snow-white forehead helplessly: "Can you really regard her as your nephew?"
"That's not true. I regard her as my sister." Han Yue put a white jade finger to her lips, thought for a moment and said slowly, "And she also calls me sister."
"That's enough." Xiao Xue clapped her palms and said, "Then Xiao Yunzi can just treat her as his disciple?"
A look of thought flashed in Han Yuemei's eyes, and then she smiled slightly: "What else? After all, Ling'er is called junior brother master. And it doesn't matter even if junior brother treats Ling'er as a friend, after all, they are about the same age."
"That's different. Friends are far different from masters and apprentices, especially those of the opposite sex." Xiao Xue moved her red lips and pointedly said.
"Then I can't let junior brother make friends?" Han Yue rolled her eyes at Xiao Xue: "And aren't you also junior brother's 'opposite-sex' friend?"
"Can it be the same?" Xiao Xue straightened up, her tone rising slightly.
"Okay, okay, Ling'er is quite simple, and my junior brother will not be deceived by her into thinking so much." Han Yue took hold of Xiao Xue's slender arm, with a smile in her eyes: "Speaking of which, Ling'er is like Bing.
Yao looks so much like her that she called us 'Sister Xiaoxue' and 'Sister Yueyue' when we first met."
"Bingyao..." Xiao Xue raised her head slightly, recalling the pretty girl who had ridiculed Nie Yun with her. Although they had only been together for half a month, she was one of the few friends she recognized.
I don’t know if I’ll have a chance to see you again.
With her wisdom, it was not difficult to guess that Leng Bingyao must have come from an extremely far away place. After all, Father Leng had taken them from the center of the Far North back to the Far North City with a wave of his sleeves, and he
I have been looking for my daughter for half a month...
Thinking of this, Xiao Xue couldn't help but sigh and was speechless for a moment.
...
The emperor's travel procedures were cumbersome, and because he had to fully demonstrate the majesty of the emperor, he moved very slowly. In addition, the founder of the country had made great achievements in expelling the Tartars and rebuilding Daqian, which attracted countless civilians to look at the emperor.
The Luan driver kowtows and worships, and the mountain shouts "Long live".
In the face of these enthusiastic people, the Qingyou team could not drive them away abruptly. They could only persuade them to retreat to both sides in a pleasant manner, but this efficiency... Therefore, in the short time from the imperial city to the east of the city,
It was only ten miles away, and the Emperor's ceremonial guard had to walk for an hour before arriving at the Royal Garden.
It wasn't until they arrived at the Royal Forest Garden, which was surrounded by the Royal Forest Legion, that the enthusiastic people slowly dispersed...