The New Year's Eve in the prefecture's palace is extremely solemn.
As the governor of a county, Luochuan needs to worship heaven and worship the gods on this day. Although the folk of Zhongzhou have their own unique stories and legends about gods, on this day of the New Year, everyone from the royal family and the governors of various counties to ordinary people can enjoy
The only person who performs a major ritual that the family and the heaven worship together is the legendary goddess of creation, Nu'e.
After worshiping heaven and offering sacrifices to gods, Luochuan, as the new clan leader of the Luo clan in Lijun, still needs to lead a group of Luo clan members to worship their ancestors. In the huge ancestral temple just behind the prefect's palace, hundreds of people from the Luo clan have inherited
The Zong Lao people who were selected from the big surnames, wearing uniform clothes with the marks of different generations, followed Luo Chuan, a twenty-year-old young man, to worship their ancestors.
Only after completing this step can Luochuan, the governor of Lijun, be fully recognized from the inside out, and secure his position as the governor of Lijun in fact and name.
On this day, at such a major family ceremony, Luo Yun, the son of the former eunuch, did not appear, which became a very eye-catching signal that spread to the study rooms of all interested people inside and outside the court.
After all the rituals were completed, it was already dusk on the first day of the new year. Luochuan hosted a banquet in the palace for dozens of elders of the Luo clan, and waited until all the elders of great seniority and age were sent out of the palace.
He finally had to take a breath and let the palace attendants and cavalry guards surrounding him disperse a little, leaving only Siqi and the two of them walking side by side on the road inside the palace.
The stone slabs are cold and the high walls are dull. The red lanterns hung on the high walls by the palace attendants are connected in a line from near to far, like a passionate fire dragon leading straight to the end of the road, which makes the palace feel a little bit more.
It means lively.
Luo Chuan clasped his hands behind his back, raised his head, and strolled forward without looking at the road, "Siqi, are today's Licheng and this prefect's palace considered a home?"
"Of course," Siqi must have been in a good mood lately, always smiling when he saw her, "When you are free, you must go to my yard and take a look. I have cleared the entire backyard and planted some
The courtyard is filled with poppies, and I hope that when I return from southern Xinjiang, the flowers will be blooming there."
Luo Chuan smiled and shook his head, "I originally asked you to find a more spacious palace to live in in the harem, but you found the most remote corner. You don't have to worry about running around every day."
Siqi smiled and said, "The prefect's palace must follow the rules of the prefect's palace. I can have my own yard and can plant the flowers I like as I please. It's a good life that I couldn't even imagine when I was in Beijing.
Walking a few more steps every day is nothing. People, you must know how to be content, otherwise there will be no happy days."
"Yes, just do as you like." Luo Chuan actually doesn't care about these things. "Just don't fall behind in your cultivation. I have thought about it. If one day you can enter the four realms of distraction, I will really allow you to enter."
Jun Qingqi will become a hundred generals."
"Seriously?" Siqi's eyes widened in surprise, he opened his hands to block Luo Chuan's path and asked again, "Is what the prefect said true?!"
"Of course you take it seriously," Luo Chuan stretched out his hand to push her hand away and continued to walk forward, "I have thought about it, if you don't have a worthy goal in front of you, with your temperament, you will inevitably be lazy in cultivation. Instead of
It's better to just accept it. Maybe I will be able to produce a female general from Li County in the future. If you are granted a title for your merits, plant poppies on the sunny side of the mountain, and the flowers will bloom.
Isn’t it even more beautiful when the breeze blows in the season?”
Si Qi became a little crazy as he thought about his words, "Build a yard at the foot of that mountain, then it would be worth dying..."
But then she thought about it and felt it was a bit difficult. One look at Luo Chuan's face and she knew that it was probably useless to ask for anything, so she let it go.
The two chatted about trivial things all the way to a remote but heavily guarded courtyard in the harem. When they arrived, Luo Chuan obviously lost interest in talking too much, and Si Qi just followed in silence.
All the way into the innermost courtyard, a young man wearing a thick velvet cloak was sitting at the table looking in a certain direction in a daze. His originally delicate face looked a little decadent because of some stubble, and his hair was stranded.
Messy, with a myriad of melancholy between his eyebrows, it was Luo Yun.
When he saw someone coming in the courtyard, he ignored it and just continued to stare in that direction, casually saying, "The prefect has returned from worshiping his ancestors?"
Luo Chuan hummed, but did not go to the table and sit down. He just stood far away on the stone road in the courtyard. He looked at Luo Yun quietly for a while, turned around and was about to leave, but when he walked to the entrance of the courtyard, he
He came back and said, "Tomorrow I will host a banquet in the palace. There will be a sword competition. All the Wangchuan sword cultivators and the palace guards will compete. If you are interested..."
"No interest," he directly interrupted Luo Chuan, "Don't worry, Lord Taishou, now Luo Yun is not only not interested in anything about Lijun and Luo family, but also has no interest in such things as cultivation.
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The more he spoke, the colder his tone became, and finally he couldn't help but raise his head and glare at Luochuan, "I can't understand. Now that you have returned to Licheng with the power of the Northern Expedition, both the military and the nobles are in awe of you. You hold the position of governor.
It is already too stable to be stable. Even if your father is resurrected and has not been seen at this moment, it will definitely shake your position. Why should you be so wary of Luo Yun, who is nothing? Is it because my grandfather is from Yongchang County?
Prefect? After this battle, I'm afraid you won't even take him seriously, not to mention that I'm just a dispensable grandson of his?!"
His eyes were red, he pointed to the door and choked slightly, "You let them watch me and didn't let me leave this courtyard, and now you don't even let me participate in ancestor worship, you have clearly put me in the Luo family."
Side branch, isn't it enough? Isn't it enough? What threat can I pose to you? When my father gave everything to you, I was just pushed to wear a meaningless prefect's robe for a few days. From the beginning to the end, it didn't matter.
What threat has it really caused to you?! What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that I will threaten your position, or are you afraid that I will gather someone to threaten your safety?!"
He punched himself in the chest, "Just me, a piece of white paper who grew up in the prefect's palace, what threat can I pose to you?!!"
Luo Chuan just watched Luo Yun finish venting before sighing and saying slowly, "You are right, you have never posed a real threat to me from the beginning to the end, and I am not afraid of what you can bring to me.
Trouble, there is only one thing I worry about from the beginning to the end, that is, Luo Tianen's son and Luo Chuan's brother will fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives. At that time, you will be in a real dilemma of life and death, and I will also
So falling into passivity, no matter what choice you make, is a big mistake."
He looked at the dull-eyed Luo Yun and said, "Father has his father's thoughts, and I have my own considerations, but whether you or I like it or not, we are all brothers. This matter cannot be changed. I hope that when I come from the south
When you come back from Xinjiang, it will be the day you can leave the prefect's palace. Although the city is not as big as Zhongjing City, it is still enough for you to live for a while." He walked to Luo Yun and put down a long picture he drew with his own hands.
Bar invitation card, "No one wants to take away your hope. Even if your hope is to replace me one day, you can do it. There is just one thing, you have to learn how to live first."
Luo Yun watched Luo Chuan's leaving figure and waited until he had completely left.
Tear that inexplicable invitation card to pieces...