Hypocrites

There was no debate until the end of the show.Mu Jihe has a stubborn temper, and Deng Yang refuses to admit defeat. The two of them argued blushingly, to the point of calling each other "ignorant children" and "philistines".

Shen Yu wandered around in the outer corridor and came back, but it wasn't over yet.There was no Xinzhou or other palace guards on the opposite side, maybe Liang Heng didn't come today.

"These two people will be officials in the same court in the future, and the quarrel must have caused the emperor a headache." Yan Ran laughed.

"That depends on Prince Heng's temper," Song Jun said teasingly, "Maybe I'm bored, so I'll choose a reason to demote both of them to the ends of the earth, out of sight and out of mind."

Not long after that day passed, the emperor's birthday banquet was put on the agenda.The southern army guards went door to door to distribute invitations to officials living in Nanlu, and Shen Jin, the new crown prince of Beilu, also received two invitations, inviting father and son to Zhangyi Palace to celebrate the event.

The whole family looked at the emperor's invitation card. The material was not rough hemp paper, leather paper, or ink-stained silk, but a leaf of gold foil, on which each person's name and official position were filled with graphite powder.

For Shen Yu's copy, he filled in "Prince Counselor".

"When did Brother Yu get an official position?" Yan Ran was very surprised.

Shen Yu recalled that after he entered the capital, he didn't even meet the emperor in person, so he said euphemistically, "It's time for the official to write the invitation."

What Mujihe pays attention to is different from ordinary people: "What do you eat at the palace banquet?"

"Work hard, Junior Brother!" Song Jun was full of hope, "Enjoy the royal banquet today, and enter the emperor's eyes tomorrow!"

The emperor can't tolerate ordinary people.On the day of the birthday banquet, all the officials sat on the ground in front of the square in front of the hall. Tianlu and Fengque flanked the dragon's tail, climbing a hundred steps, spreading to the horizon, which is the majestic cornice and hanging corner of the main hall.

On the main ridge, a dragon and a phoenix stand on two sides, and at dusk, the red color melts on the roof of the verandah.The emperor sits far away from everyone's sight, and all living beings under the throne are treated as worthless.

Among the officials present, some Shen Yu had met before, and most of them were strangers.Qiu Zhiyuan was in the same row as the generals, beside him were two other white-faced and bearded eunuchs, one with a smile on his face and the other with a big belly, needless to say, they should be the other two of the three generals, Tong Fang and Niu Shida.

Duan Boyu was at the head of the civil servants, dressed in plain literati shirts, exchanging cups with others, talking and laughing at Yanyan.

The young master of the crown prince is not a big or small official, and he is usually awarded the idle position of a bachelor in the palace, or a high-ranking official.Shen Jin was an exception with no qualifications and background, Shen Yu followed Shen Jin quietly in the middle of the queue, occasionally chatting with his peers, it was also insignificant.

But there are several second generations hanging on the tail. Although the official rank is small, there are many people who flatter them.

It was Duan Yanling, Lian Zhen and the others, who talked loudly and loudly, and Shen Yu, who was separated by dozens of people, could hear them.

A person galloped straight in from outside the Chengming Gate, but the guards of the Southern Army did not stop him. The sound of the horse's hooves was like thunder, and the officials at the table all looked sideways.I saw that the man didn't get off his horse until the banquet, and a yellow gate envoy from the side took the mount for him.

"Chou Qianli!"

Someone in the second generation shouted loudly.

The young man walked over, the hem of his crimson and silver-streaked clothes flying high and high.

It is the "King of Flowers" in Deng Yang's mouth who sits on several hectares of flower fields and houses towering buildings, Qiu Qianli.Since his surname is Qiu, it is not difficult to say that he has something to do with Qiu Zhiyuan, such a grandeur, it is not difficult for Shen Yu to imagine.

Unexpectedly, Qiu Qianli's official rank was even higher than Duan Yanling and Lian Zhen's, and he went straight to sit not far from Shen Yu, the red dress complemented his beauty and handsome appearance, and he was quite attractive.

"Qianli, you are late, and I will punish you with three cups of palace jade liquid!"

With disdain in his face, Qiu Qian poured a cup of golden wine on the ground: "What's so delicious about Lao Shizi's rice wine? Put it on the cup and pour it!"

It turned out to be arrogant and domineering.

Mr. Shen Yu looked around, but Shen Jin couldn't help restraining him: "Sit down, what are you looking for?"

"Prince..." Shen Yu hesitated.

It was the emperor's birthday, but the prince did not come.

The emperor did not show up, and the ceremonial officer read out the congratulatory speech, "If you are ordered by heaven, you will live forever."After finishing his speech, the night was dark, the Milky Way stars sprinkled on the square in front of the hall, and the banquet officially began.

Envoys from all over the world offered congratulatory gifts, and even the generals and courts of the Iron Horse Glacier in the north also gave face.The princes, emperors and grandsons who were unable to attend the banquet in the remote areas of Fengjiang also took the time to send people to send local treasures, and the King of South Sichuan and the King of Zhangshan were among them.

The king of southern Sichuan led troops all the year round, stationed in the four towns of Zhuoshui in the north, and competed with the Northern Dynasty.People from the south Chongwen, people from the north Chongwu, under the iron hooves of Beichao's high-headed horse, it was the King of Southern Sichuan who guarded Nanqi's weak country with a saber.It can be said that the generals of Bei Chao and the King of Southern Sichuan have had a long-standing grudge, but the envoys of the two parties met at Emperor Nan Qi's birthday banquet, and for the sake of a little false peace that was rare during the war, they could live in peace with each other.

The king of Zhangshan is the emperor's biological father. There is no reason in the world for a biological father to celebrate his son's birthday. Only the royal family often has ethical farces.

After the important people congratulated, it was the turn of the unimportant people.

Duan Yanling and Lian Zhen's Lantian jade stele appeared jokingly, shining brightly and blinding bureaucrats, big and small, and it really made a splash.The head of the seat, Duan Xiang's face is not very good-looking, and he really has nothing to do with this incomprehensible eldest son.

Then there was a float presented by Qiu Qianli, and some unnamed people presented unnamed tricks.The emperor gave rewards one by one, and the officials of the ceremony said some words of praise and encouragement on their behalf.

Shen Yu couldn't sit still anymore, only then did he see Xinzhou, who hurried over from Chengming Gate, and offered the Mountain God Eye.Liang Heng is still not here.Speaking of which, since Shen Yu sent the Mountain God's Eye to the Chu Palace, Liang Heng never showed up again, and Xie Ling Pavilion never saw him that day.

The emperor accepted his son's congratulatory gift and spoke official language that was no different from others.Shinshu hurriedly disappeared from the banquet again.

"Where are you going?" Shen Jin called to stop her son.

Shen Yu's gaze was still following the direction where Xinzhou disappeared, and he said perfunctorily, "Look for a latrine, is there a latrine in the palace?"

Tianlu Pavilion is one of the three towers, and it looks like an Optimus Prime from a distance. When you walk around and walk around, you find that the base is also horribly wide.

Xinzhou is at the back of Tianlu Pavilion, talking with someone, who has a white beard, is quite old, and wears a medical officer's attire.

"What's wrong, Your Highness?" Shen Yu asked aloud.

Xinzhou was startled, and turned around: "Shen...His Royal Highness is ill, and is planning to ask the doctor to take a look."

at the banquet.After waiting for half an hour, his son did not come back, so Shen Jin pondered lonely: Where did that kid go?

The apse of the storage palace is used as a curtain to shade the sun in summer, and the four corners are sealed to keep out the wind in autumn.The evening wind made the bamboo strips rustle.

Xinzhou walked in with ulcers, and two small yellow gates waited on him. Liang Heng rested on the bed with his eyes closed, his face flushed.

"Your Highness," Xinzhou knelt beside the couch and called him in a low voice, "the medical officer is here."

Liang Heng seemed to have fallen into a coma, unconscious, his brows were wrinkled into an upside-down character.

"I caught a cold at night a few days ago," Xinzhou said to the ulcer doctor, "at first there were no symptoms, but one day I suddenly developed a fever."

The sore doctor checked Liang Heng's pulse. Shen Yu looked at it and felt irritable in his heart. He looked away and asked Xinzhou, "When did you catch a cold?"

Xinzhou seemed to be a little embarrassed to say: "The night the young master sent the rock... His Highness couldn't put it down..."

Shen Yu was puzzled and waited for him to continue.

Xinzhou had no choice but to say embarrassingly: "I tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep. I got up several times to go to the warehouse to look at the rocks. The autumn wind is like scissors. If it blows so many times a night, it will hurt."

"..."

The ulcer doctor and Shen Yu were speechless at the same time.

Xinzhou accompanied the cancer doctor to go out to dispense medicine, Shen Yu sat down beside the bed, and heard Liang Heng half asleep and half awake, asking for water and calling cold.

A pot of pear soup was simmering on the stove, and the eunuch poured a bowl and helped him up.Jin was slipped, and Shen Yu tucked him into his chest.When the water bowl was brought to his lips, Liang Heng opened his eyes, saw Shen Yu, was startled, and stared at him dumbfounded.

Shen Yu remained expressionless, waiting for him to finish drinking the pear soup.

"Stupid."

Eunuch: "Big...!" Liang Heng sprayed the word "brain" back into his stomach with a mouthful of soup.

"What did you say?" Liang Heng stammered.

"I've been looking forward to the day for more than half a month, but I can't participate because of fever," Shen Yu said coldly, "Do you think you are reliable?"

"Ah..." Liang Heng was in a daze until Xinzhou came in and reported the diagnosis and prescription of the ulcer doctor to him, and then brought two eunuchs down to decoct the medicine, and there were only two people left in the empty bedroom.

"That," Liang Heng looked at Shen Yu's face, and asked cautiously, "My father likes that mountain god eye? Did he say anything?"

Shen Yu moved his sleeves, looked down and saw Liang Heng's five fingers reached out from the edge of the quilt, and grabbed his cuff.

"I said it," Shen Yu said calmly, "I praised you for your vision and filial piety. I even sent a medical officer to visit you."

Liang Heng's chin was tucked into the quilt, and his sick eyes were glistening with water, staring straight at Shen Yu with a guilty conscience.

"You lied to me," Liang Heng whispered, "The medical officer was hired by Xinzhou."

was dismantled.

Shen Yu put his hand under the quilt, and said, "What's the difference, isn't your father raising the medical officer to treat you?"

"I'm uncomfortable..." Liang Heng said softly.

"It's natural to be sick, so let's take a good rest." Shen Yu got up to leave, but Liang Heng stretched out his hand again, grabbing his sleeve.

The high body temperature during the illness made his cheeks blush spread to the corners of his eyes, and two drops of water secreted from under the drooping eyelashes.

"You stay with me," Liang Heng said in a nasal voice, "No one came to see me except you."

That strength was lighter than a feather, but it was like an irresistible magnet, firmly attracting Shen Yu to his side.

"Sir, didn't you say that your parents only worry about their illness. When my father was ill, I always wanted to go to the palace to visit. Later, I saw that he didn't like it, so I went less often. Why didn't he come to see me when I was sick? Say, are he and mother the kind of people who think it's okay to be sick?"

Shen Yu didn't know what to say, he could only comfort and touch his face, the temperature was hot.Shen Yugang was walking on an autumn night, his palms were cold, Liang Heng rubbed them comfortably, snuggling into his palms.

"I like your home, Shen Yu, your family lives together. Sometimes I think Chu Palace and Zhangyi Palace are so big..."

The door of the palace opened a crack, and the autumn wind rushed in bleakly.

Xinzhou probed, and looked at Shen Yu who was guarding the bed.The candles of the palace lanterns burned stiffly in the windshield.

Xinzhou remained silent, retreated, and closed the door for them.

"Don't go..." Liang Heng muttered, about to fall asleep, hooking Shen Yu with his finger, "Otherwise I'll be the only one left..."

He rested his face sideways on Shen Yu's palm, breathing hot.Like a poor chick that can't find its way home.