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 turned on 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's eyes did not look at the letter, but only fell on the table, saying: "All the other guests who have come have replied. You have read 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, stood up unconsciously, and looked around in front of the steps. Sure enough, someone was hanging lanterns on the eaves nearby. The eight palace lanterns were very beautifully painted, and there were riddles. above.
Further in the courtyard, there are numerous 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 couldn't help but ask when he saw Su Ziji looking at him sadly.
"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 I have already told you, there is an aura in these contents that makes me feel vaguely uneasy."
The wild Taoist was thoughtful about these words, and just consoled 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 breathed out silently, with some confusion in his eyes.
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 am no longer an ordinary person, I am still a little tired after being busy with everything during this time.
Especially when he thought about 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 had either been nurtured since childhood, or someone who had 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 happy.
Once he had taken the position of Crown Prince, he had no intention of being pulled down again.
Thinking of this, Su Ziji opened the letter in his hand. As soon as he took out the letter, 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 really don’t 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, as 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 actually I am taking the opportunity to use my magical power to explore 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 a role at critical moments.
Not only the letter, but also the mood I had when I wrote the letter was the same as how I treated 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 feelings 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 the 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 too clean. I can only repay it in the future." Su Ziji put the letter down, 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 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's the Shangyuan Festival now. It would be nice to write a poem with the Shangyuan Festival as the title so that it wouldn't seem strange or 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 are moving first, 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 ones should be remembered a long way away. "
After 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 people 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 left with the letter.
When he went out, he 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, before he could look coldly at Benxuan who was imprisoned, but now he could smile at Benxuan who was released. The two groups passed each other and nodded with a smile.
"Mr. Lu!"
Benxuan also smiled and nodded. He was already 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.
