Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the morning of the Lantern Festival. Su Ziji got up early, had breakfast, and dealt with today's affairs in the study.
Since a few days ago, the capital has been filled with a festive atmosphere, especially in the palace. The lights have been lit since the tenth day of the first lunar month, and it is said that the lights will not be turned off until the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.
"Your Highness." The wild Taoist opened the door and came in with a smile: "This is Princess Xinping's reply to you."
Su Ziji took it and slowly opened it.
The wild Taoist didn't look at the letter, he only looked at the table and said: "All the other guests who have come have replied. You have read all their replies, and this is the only one left."
"You've been working hard since you came here, now you can take a rest..."
Su Ziji nodded: "I understand."
While saying this, he subconsciously pinched his eyebrows with his fingers. He stood up unconsciously, arrived at the steps and looked around. Sure enough, someone was hanging lanterns on the eaves nearby. The eight palace lanterns were very beautifully painted, and there were also riddles.
above.
Further away in the courtyard, there are many shadows of people, and it can be seen vaguely that they are all people with lanterns and colorful decorations.
"What is your Highness thinking about?" The wild Taoist asked when he saw Su Ziji looking at him in a daze.
"I am watching these lanterns and colorful decorations, jumping with joy. It is already lively during the Chinese New Year, but during the Lantern Festival, all the people inside and outside the imperial city are even more happy. I heard that the emperor also wants to watch the lanterns to receive congratulations."
Su Ziji seemed to be thinking, and said slowly: "But as I have told you, there is an aura in these that makes me feel vaguely uneasy."
The wild Taoist was thoughtful about these words, and just comforted him: "But Your Highness, you have already done everything you should do. You can only do your best and obey the destiny."
"It's the right thing to do your best, but I'm still a little unwilling to accept fate." Su Ziji took a breath silently, and his eyes were a little confused.
This is all my own feeling. In order not to affect the mood of those around me, I only mentioned it to the wild Taoists.
Although I have long been no ordinary person, I have been busy with everything during this time and am still a little tired.
Especially when he thought of attending the Lantern Palace Banquet today, Su Ziji couldn't help but sigh.
When I was not a grandson in the past, I never imagined that being a prince would be so tiring. Not only do you have to participate in many things, but many of them are necessary but feel like a waste of time. But it is impossible not to participate.
If it were anyone else, someone who has either been nurtured since childhood, or someone who has been a prince or prince for more than ten years, would still be overwhelmed and would be in a hurry.
Su Ziji was only a little tired when he became the crown prince, which surprised many people.
However, even though he was a little tired, Su Ziji was still enjoying it.
Once he had taken the position of Crown Prince, he had no intention of being pulled down again.
With this thought in mind, Su Ziji opened the letter in his hand, and as soon as he took it out, there was a faint cold fragrance.
The paper she used to reply to the letter looked unusual at first glance. However, since Su Ziji came to Beijing, he has been paying less and less attention to these external objects. In the past two years, he has not paid much attention to the trend of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, so
I still don’t really know what kind of paper Princess Xinping used.
It feels good to the touch. The plum blossom regular script is written line by line on the paper, which is very pleasing to the eye.
I have to say that for a once-favored princess, Princess Xinping's calligraphy is not very good, but it is still pretty good and she can definitely impress people.
Su Ziji pinched his eyebrows and looked slowly, and at the same time, a reminder sounded in his ears.
"[Qin Yi] +300, level 6 (780/6000)"
Along with the prompts, there were also looming scenes unfolding before Su Ziji's eyes, some of which made Su Ziji's mood complicated.
He couldn't help but feel a little silent. His reply letter to Princess Xinping was actually a very formulaic greeting and thank you, followed by a random question and some advice on her areas of expertise. It was no different from the letters he wrote to others.
The name is asking for advice, but in fact, I am taking the opportunity to use my magical power to investigate the situation and understand Princess Xinping's position.
Although she is a princess who has fallen out of favor, she is still a royal princess and the emperor's daughter. She may be able to play some role at critical moments.
Not only the letter, but also the mood I had when I wrote the letter was the same as I would treat others.
I really didn't expect that Princess Xinping would take it so seriously when I just asked a question about piano art. She stayed up all night and didn't even bother to eat, so she checked a lot of information and asked many famous teachers.
Su Ziji could feel her bloodshot eyes and her unspeakable thoughts in the looming scene.
This feeling was too sincere and too heavy, not to mention that he had also spied on a secret of Xinping. During these days, she had also placed spies in the palace, asking for information and preparing to report it to him.
"This... ugh!"
This made Su Ziji, a person who originally only wanted to take advantage of her, feel a little unbearable.
Sighing secretly, his eyes fell on this letter, and he couldn't help but feel a little disgusted in his heart. It would be fine if he didn't accept such an intention. Taking advantage of a woman's feelings for him would be a bit despicable.
"But the great cause of the emperor's plan is not worth it. I can only repay it in the future." Su Ziji put down the letter, thought about it, spread out a piece of paper, and wrote the letter seriously.
Originally, if you write a reply letter and the other party writes a reply, you don't have to reply. Even if you reply, you don't have to take it seriously. Otherwise, if you come back and forth, and if you come back and forth again, wouldn't it be endless?
But in Su Ziji's mind, she spent the whole night researching but never mentioned anything in her reply. She sighed secretly again and started writing.
After writing the words of thanks, Su Ziji thought for a while and wrote another poem.
It is now the Shangyuan Festival. It would be good to write a poem with the title of Shangyuan Festival, which would neither seem strange nor cause her to misunderstand.
"Tonight is the Lantern Festival in my hometown, and I am sitting in the lonely village of Duxiangman.
I have a legacy to keep me company, and I am glad that there are no carriages and horses passing by to invite you.
When spring comes back, the plum blossoms in the grass pavilion begin to move, and the moon is full and the snow in the empty courtyard has not disappeared.
The lanterns in the hall are all gathered together, and the important things should be remembered a long way away."
After finishing writing and reading it again, Su Ziji closed the envelope and told the wild Taoist that he did not need to deliver the letter in person, but would give the letter to the person who came to deliver it to Princess Xinping.
"yes!"
The wild Taoist did not see that His Highness had any thoughts about Princess Xinping. After all, the relationship between the two should not be entangled, so His Highness should just feel a little pity for Princess Xinping. In addition, Princess Xinping is the emperor's daughter after all, and there is a former one in the palace.
The favored mother-in-law may be useful in the future.
Without doubting his presence, the wild Taoist took the letter and left.
When I went out, I saw someone leading a group of monks inside. The leading monk wore a black eyepatch to cover one eye, but he still couldn't hide his elegant appearance. Who else could he be if he wasn't Benxuan?
The monks led by Benxuan looked very strange. They seemed to be no different from the previous monks, but they felt a little inconsistent for the wild Taoists. They seemed to have a bit of edge. After a brief count, there were about ten people.
?
Is there something magical about these ten people?
Thinking of what happened before, the wild Taoist secretly thought that before he could look coldly at the imprisoned Benxuan, now he could also smile at the released Benxuan. The two groups passed by each other and nodded with a smile.
"Mr. Lu!"
Benxuan also smiled and nodded. He was inherently good-natured and had a better temperament. Even if he was blind in one eye, his smile would give people an unusual feeling, with a bit of elegance and a bit of romance.