A stick of incense time passes slowly.Seeing that His Majesty closed the last fold, Wu Huan hurriedly stepped forward, "Your Majesty is driving." ”Zong Xu glanced at Wuhuan and shook his head helplessly, "Let's go." ”When he left the imperial study, he suddenly realized that it was indeed a little late today than usual.The pace of going back silently quickened a little.Seeing Fengyi Palace from afar, Zong Xu paused when he looked at the palace footsteps that were different from before.The previous Fengyi Palace only lit two glass lamps at the palace gate every night, but tonight the two plane trees on both sides of the palace gate of Fengyi Palace were full of small glass lamps like stars, and under the reflection of the little sparks, the two plane trees were directly turned into glass trees.It also reflected the open space in front of the gate of Fengyi Palace like a starry star.Wuhuan was dumbfounded, and couldn't help but blurt out praise: "It's so good-looking!"
”Zong Xu glanced at him, and scared Wu Huan so much that he hurriedly lowered his head, for fear that His Majesty would see the clues.This is a surprise prepared by the queen mother for Her Majesty, and he can't stir it up.Stepping into the gate of Fengyi Palace, the scene inside is not much different from the outside.The courtyard in front of the palace is also decorated with glass lamps on the flowers and branches, decorating the Fengyi Palace at night into a real palace that never sleeps for the first time.But such a beautiful scenery is not as good as standing in the most dazzling place of the lights, and the queen who greets him in full costume.Along the road led by the lights, Zong Xu walked in front of Wei Xi with a little more hurried footsteps for the first time, "Xixi?
”"Happy birthday, Your Majesty."
Wei Xi looked at the flickering sparks in Zong Xu's eyes, reached out and held Zong Xu's hand hanging by his side, and smiled, "Do you like it?"
”The four words of happy birthday made Zong Xu stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but lower his eyebrows and chuckled, nodded, and replied seriously: "I like it, I like it very much." ”I like the nightless lights of this Fengyi Palace, and I like the queen who gave him this scene that is not also bright."
There's also a birthday party."
Wei Xi pulled Zong Xu to turn around and push open the door of the side hall in front of him, and in the extraordinarily warm side hall, the warm yellow halo was sprinkled in every corner, soft and not dazzling, gathering a table of carefully prepared birthday banquets.Wei Xi took Zong Xu in, walked all the way to the banquet, led the person to sit down in front of the main seat, and sat down next to him, "In the past, every time it was my birthday, my father and mother and my brothers and sisters would personally cook a birthday banquet and give me carefully prepared gifts.Now I am also His Majesty's family, and I will accompany Your Majesty every year of your Majesty's birthday in the future, make such a birthday banquet for Your Majesty, and give Your Majesty a birthday gift that I have carefully prepared, okay?
”"Okay."
Zong Xu nodded lightly in a gloomy voice, "Those days ago, Xi Xi was arranging these?"
”Wei Xi nodded calmly, "Well, the reason why I didn't say it was because I wanted to surprise Your Majesty."
Quick, pick up the chopsticks and taste it, the birthday star wants to eat the first bite, you came back a little late today, and if you don't eat it, it will be cold. ”Zong Xu hummed lightly, took a deep breath, picked up the chopsticks and looked around on the table, "Every dish made by Xi Xi looks delicious, I can't make up my mind." ”Wei Xi gestured to the one closest to him, "This is what I'm best at." ”Zong Xu couldn't help but hook his lips, tasted it, and praised it: "It's delicious." ”Wei Xi took a bowl of soup and handed it over, "Originally, there was still wine today, but there will be surprises after the birthday banquet, and I am afraid that I will make a mistake after drinking wine." ”Zong Xu took the soup bowl, and there was more expectation in his eyes.Halfway through the dish, Wei Xi thought that he was already seven points full, so he got up, "Your Majesty will wait for me for a while." ”After speaking, he hurriedly walked out of the side hall.Zong Xu wanted to follow and take a look, but he hesitated but didn't move, stopped his chopsticks and looked at the small glass lamps made of warm yellow glass around him and waited quietly.In less than a stick of incense, Wei Xi came back with a tray.Directly in front of Zong Xu, "Longevity noodles." ”Zong Xu lowered his eyes and looked over.In the small jade bowl, there is a bowl of noodles, only a few green onions, fragrant, full of strong smoke and fireworks.Wei Xi handed the chopsticks to Zong Xu, "This noodle is a whole one, Your Majesty remember not to bite it off." ”"Okay."
Zong Xu pinched his chopsticks and looked at the noodles in the bowl, stunned.He still remembers that the last time he ate longevity noodles, it was cooked for him by his mother concubine holding his sick body, and since then there has been no longevity noodles, and he has forgotten his birthday.But now.He looked at the longevity noodles carefully cooked in the bowl and silently told himself that it would not be the last time.He will remember his birthday every year, because there is another person who cooks longevity noodles for him.A bowl of longevity noodles is delicious, Zong Xu has never eaten so full at night, but he is still reluctant to waste the dishes on the table.Wei Xi was still afraid that he would support himself, so he was moved and funny and pulled people up, "The surprise of the meeting is time-limited, now it's time for us to go." ”Zong Xu had no choice but to put down his chopsticks, and was quietly happily pulled out of Fengyi Palace by Wei Xi, all the way to the back of the palace."
Xixi, where is this going?""
Go to the Star Picking Pavilion."
As the tallest building in the entire imperial palace and even in the entire Shangjing City, the Xingxing Pavilion is naturally built at the back of the queen, within a radius of ten zhang, and there are no other buildings.Xiao Qi had been waiting at the bottom of the Star Picking Pavilion for a long time, and when he heard the footsteps getting closer and closer, he immediately got ready.Wei Xi stood still in the open space holding Zong Xu's arm, raised his head and smiled at Zong Xu, and then raised his hand and snapped his fingers under Zong Xu's unclear gaze, and reminded at the same time, "Your Majesty, look at the Star Picking Pavilion." ”Zong Xu looked at the towering Star Picking Pavilion in front of him.Xiao Qi also opened the special fire fold in his hand at the sound of Wei Xi's snapping fingers, squatted down and lit the first lamp on the ground.The first lamp quickly lit the second lamp with the characteristic fire oil line, followed by the third, and the fourth lamp looked at the eyes of those who watched this scene happen, that is, the entire Star Picking Pavilion, starting from the bottom, the star-like bright lights lit up one by one, almost in the blink of an eye, several lights could be lit up, around the entire Star Picking Pavilion, one circle, two circles, three circles slowly spiraled upward, until finally lit up the entire Star Picking Pavilion.Zong Xu was reluctant to blink.There are also many people in other parts of the palace who have seen the wonderful scene on the Star Picking Pavilion, some have seen the process of lighting up one after another, and some have only seen the sparks circling around the Star Picking Pavilion like day.Yongshou Palace.Emperor Mingde was going to go to bed after dinner, but he couldn't eat or sleep, so he simply put on a robe and took his loyalty to admire the moon in the pavilion in the courtyard.The Star Picking Pavilion was originally built in the direction of the rising moon, so he happened to see it when the lights were lit up in the Star Picking Pavilion.It wasn't until the top light came on that he looked at it for a while before he withdrew his gaze and looked at the equally stupid Duan Zhong next to him, "Duan Zhong, what is that?"
”"The Star Pavilion lit the lamp."
Duan Zhong replied in a daze."
I know that the lights are on in the Star Picking Pavilion, but how did these lights come on so quickly one after another?""
The minions don't know.However, the only one who can light up the lights in the Star Pavilion should be His Majesty. ”"What is this good light for?""
Slave" Duzhong originally wanted to continue to say that he didn't know, but suddenly it occurred to him that it seemed that His Majesty was born in September, but he didn't know if this lamp had anything to do with his birthday.Because he was not sure, he was afraid that he would say something wrong, so he didn't dare to say it."
Or the slave will send someone over and ask."
Emperor Mingde was a little moved, but he still waved his hand, "That's it." ”When the master and servant were talking here, Wei Xi had already taken Zong Xu to the Star Picking Pavilion and climbed to the top.You can see the lights of the entire Shangjing City, sparse or dense.Not only Emperor Mingde was curious, but Zong Xu was also curious, "Those lights?"
”"There are glass tubes between the glass lamps, and there is a very thin but easy to burn fire oil line in the glass tubes, and these lamps are obliquely upwards and wide and narrow at the bottom, which can bring the gas into it with the combustion, so these lamps will be lit faster and faster."
Zong Xu didn't seem to understand when he heard it, so he could only praise from the bottom of his heart: "Xi Xi is really amazing." ”"It's okay, it's okay, in fact, it's just to use your brain and your mouth, the lamps are made by the Liulichang side according to my instructions, and these lights are all hit by Luo Sheng and his subordinates, and they are all very powerful."
Zong Xu thought of Luo Sheng's strangeness in the past few days, and said in his heart, I see."
Xi Xi is the best."
Wei Xi was just about to say that you don't praise me and I will go to heaven if you praise me again, when Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Xiao Qi's gesture in the open space below, and hurriedly pushed Zong Xu's face back towards her, "Your Majesty, look to the south and see Shangjing City." ”Zong Xu looked over obediently, and then was stunned again.I saw that under the dark blue night sky as clear as water, from the thousands of households in Shangjing City, almost at the same time, a sky lantern exuding a transparent orange and yellow halo rose.One or two sky lanterns may not be conspicuous, but what if there are 30,000 of them?
The stars above the sky fell one after another, instantly sprinkled all over the entire Shangjing City.At this time, as long as they are not staying in the room in Shangjing City, whether they are men, women and children, or those who are quarreling and fighting, they are all looking up at the magnificent sky full of countless sky lanterns that have converged into a sea of lights.What they saw in front of them, the sky above them, was a grandeur and shock they had never seen before.At this time, how can you have the heart to do anything else."
This sky lantern," Emperor Mingde opened his lips with difficulty, "Be loyal, do you say it has anything to do with Fang Cai's Star Picking Pavilion?"
”"This, the minion is not sure.Your Majesty's birthday seems to be in September. ”Emperor Mingde was stunned.Zong Xu was also looking at the magnificent sea of lights under the sky in front of him, unlike the shock of others, he only felt that that little bit of light fell into his heart little by little at this moment, and then bloomed a flower full of endless joy."
And one last surprise."
The sky lantern floats higher and higher, almost when the moon is shining.The sky lit up with a light like day.When everyone's eyes couldn't help but be attracted to the past, the white light flashed, and the orange-red and blue-purple intertwined beams suddenly exploded and sprinkled around, and the dazzling light covered a small piece of the sky, and also let everyone see clearly that among the colors of orange, red and blue and purple, there was also a bright yellow light.Under the dark sky, it converges into four big words: Happy Birthday.This firework is like a signal, and it is also like a start.At the moment when it was about to be annihilated, several white lights rose into the sky almost at the same time, and thousands of beams of light bloomed almost at the same time, and the night was about to dawn at this moment.Before it could get dark again, several fireworks exploded.The continuous fireworks of all kinds bloomed a stick of incense in the sky of Shangjing City, and seeing that the sky finally darkened, everyone withdrew their wide open mouths, ready to bow their heads and rub their necks, which were a little sore.The moment he lowered his head, he was stunned again, and he saw that in the entire Shangjing City, suddenly several white lights lit up, and the fireworks bloomed countless purple and red beams, which was enough to surround the entire Shangjing City at this moment.One shock after another, and each time it was bigger than the last.The crowd had already lost their words when they saw it.Zong Xu stretched out his hand and pinched his somewhat sore neck, the wind in the night was already a little cold, but his heart was hot.Half of my heart was joy, half of it was worry.Rejoicing in this birthday ceremony, the queen of his family used a lot of thought.What worries him is the fireworks, if he guesses correctly, it is Xi Xi who made it himself.So even if he was happy, he had to say, "Xixi, promise me that you will not be allowed to do such a dangerous thing in the future." ”The fireworks are indeed beautiful, but he also sees the danger of exploding at that moment behind this infinite beauty.Wei Xi pouted, but nodded obediently at Shang Zongxu's gaze, "Okay." ”There was a sudden tightening of the waist.Zong Xu hugged the person in his arms tightly, looked at the sea of lights still floating in the sky, and said softly: "Thank you my Xi Xi, this birthday ceremony, your Zong Xu will never forget." ”