Chapter 165: Escort

It is late autumn, and the lush green leaves of Jiuman Mountain are mixed with red leaves, bright red like a fire. That touch of red looked like blood in Qin Jiu's eyes. After arriving at Mingyue Villa, Qin Jiu rested in Hanxiangyuan where she lived with Concubine Hui.
As the dusk approached, Emperor Qing gave a banquet, and Qin Jiu followed Huifei out of Hanxiangyuan, heading north to the Lanyue Tower. The Moon Tower is about six stories high, and it is a place to climb up and admire the moon. Surrounded by green trees, the eaves of the tower protrude from the red leaves, like bird wings. The square in front of the Moon Tower is the place for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.
Qin Jiu remembered the scene when she came here for the first time to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival feast: Jin Wuwei and Xiao rode on one side with swords, Sile Fang set music, Si Wu Fang singing and dancing, and various folk juggling, riding Donkeys, returning home, zip lines, acrobatics, and even circuses, trained monkeys beating drums, bears riding bicycles, and some rare animals such as elephants and rhinos, dressed in jewels, enter the show. After watching these programs, the bright moon will rise, and Emperor Qing will bring his concubine to the Lanyue Tower on one side to enjoy the moon.
Qin Jiu followed Concubine Hui into the square, and saw crowds in the square, and many people were already seated. The floor of the square is covered with gorgeous carpets woven with gold threads. On one side of the tree are twenty-four pairs of glazed palace lanterns. The four corners and the open space are filled with seasonal flowers of various colors, especially chrysanthemums, which are arranged in various styles. All kinds of auspicious patterns.
At the top of the northernmost side, there is a seat, which is a throne of red sandalwood carved with dragon patterns, which is for the emperor. There are two red sandalwood seats under the left and right hands respectively, which are the seats for King Anling and King Yan, and below are the seats for several courtiers. Only a half of the courtiers who came to Mingyue Villa tonight, most courtiers still stay in Beijing.
The seat of the female family is on the side of the emperor’s seat, separated from the male seat by a screen. There are two chaise couches with red sandalwood and lotus carved in the front. They are the seats of the concubine Xian and the concubine Hui. There are cushions and pillows of various colors. There are cups, chopsticks, furnace bottles and other objects on the table, and there is a carved lacquer box in front of each seat.
There were already quite a few people seated on the side of the female relatives. Concubine Hui strolled over to her table and sat down, letting Qin Jiu sit beside her. Because it was a feast, the imperial concubines and officials' family members who came to attend were all dressed up according to their tastes. Looking around, it was colorful, a bit more gorgeous than the flowers in the garden, and this extravagance almost eclipsed the moon in the sky.
Soon after Qin Jiu took the seat, Yan Su's mother and concubine Xian Fei arrived. She is not wearing the plain clothes like a nun like last time. Tonight, she is wearing a robe of crimson gold silk embroidered with lotus patterns, with a palace dress of the same color, and a big gold phoenix hairpin in her hair bun. The blue beaded pendant swayed in front of his forehead, light and shadow flickering. The clothes lined the gentle and kind face of Concubine Xian with a bit fierce and compelling extravagance.
Qin Jiu originally thought that Concubine Xian would stay in Beijing tonight, because if Yan Su did something tonight, he would not let his mother and concubine come in. After all, this was rebellious and extremely dangerous. But Concubine Xian is still here, can it be said that all this is my own guess?
Concubine Hui smiled and greeted: "My sister's outfit today makes me almost unrecognizable. It turns out that my sister can be so noble and dignified!" On the surface, this sentence praised Concubine Xian, but it actually ridiculed Concubine Xian in secret. On weekdays, it is shabby and small.
Concubine Xian was not at all annoyed, and smiled gently, as if she hadn't heard Concubine Hui's sarcasm. The mother behind her glanced at Concubine Hui's pink-blue rimmed court dress, and said to Concubine Xian: "The slave looked at Concubine Hui's dress, which is very unique, it looks like the empress when she first entered Beijing."
When Concubine Hui first entered Beijing many years ago, she looked much younger back then. The old mother replied to Concubine Hui quietly, which means that you are much older now.
Concubine Hui's face changed slightly, but in front of many officials' family members and concubines in the harem, it seemed that it was not easy to attack. In the end, she just said indifferently: "I hope my elder sister can last forever."
Qin Jiu's lips sneered faintly, and when he heard Concubine Hui's last words, his heart sank. The reason why she followed Concubine Hui tonight was actually to deliberately inquire about Lian Yuren's movements. Helpless Concubine Hui didn't know if she didn't know, or she deliberately kept it from her, she didn't even reveal her words. But at this moment, the usual quarrel between her and Concubine Xian made Qin Jiu more alert. Concubine Hui's tone was obviously complacent, and she seemed certain that Concubine Xian's nobleness could not last.
Lin Zhaoyuan, who was sitting at the bottom of Concubine Xian, smiled, "The two sisters are naturally luxurious."
At this moment, Qingdilong arrived and the feast began. For a time, all kinds of delicacies and delicacies were laid out like flowing water, and the maidservants shuttled between them, serving drinks and dishes for everyone. The square was filled with the sweet aroma of food. On the high platform built on the open space in the south, various juggling is going on lively.
At this time, the Mingyue had risen, and when I looked up, I saw a round of ice disks lingering in the undulating curve of the mountains, and the faint clear light was flowing silently between the sky and the earth like a tide. The silence in the sky is in sharp contrast with the excitement on the ground.
On the high stage, the juggler has retreated and replaced with opera. An old student, dressed in costumes, sang tunes leisurely, his voice was rough and slightly hoarse. Qin Jiu vaguely felt that the voice was a bit familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere. You know, this unique rough voice is rare. However, she couldn't remember it for a while.
Qin Jiu frowned and asked the court lady behind him, "This opera singer, but the opera team in the palace?"
The maid shook her head and replied: "It's not in the palace, I heard it's a rejuvenation class."
The rejuvenation class in Fengming Pavilion is the group that Yan Yu went to perform. Qin Jiu suddenly remembered that this old student with a rough voice was Master Liao, the leader of the rejuvenation class. Although she had not seen him that day, she had heard his voice. Yan Yu actually brought in the rejuvenation class, presumably, he was also in this rejuvenation class.
After the feast lasted for an hour, Emperor Qing, accompanied by several concubines, boarded the Moon Tower. Qin Jiu is not Qing Emperor's concubine, and has no chance to follow. Concubine Xian returned to the Ningxin Temple where she was temporarily staying at Mingyue Villa on the pretext that she wanted to go back to chanting Buddha, but did not follow.
Qin Jiu watched as a group of court ladies hugged Emperor Qing and his concubines to go up. Qin Jiu knew that there were people in the bureau of plain clothes among the court ladies, so he was not worried.
The courtiers in the square drove back to Beijing after the feast was over. There were also several elderly and frail courtiers and their families who, with the special permission of Emperor Qing, stayed in a courtyard of Mingyue Villa, including durian.
Qin Jiu issued the death order and ordered the Suyi Bureau to protect the durian secretly, so as not to let him make any mistakes. She was standing on the side of the square, and seeing the people scattered in the square, nothing happened. But not far above, there was a sound of piano from the Lanyue Tower. This Zhengzheng Qin tune was magnificent, with a faintly bright moon shining on the river, and Xiao Lebai could not play it. The Emperor Qing didn't let Xiao Lebai play music just now on the square. It turned out that he wanted to stay alone for the last time.
Fifteen, the full moon should be the day when people are reunited.
Qin Jiu looked at the bright ice plate from afar, only to feel that it was so sad and sad that it was so round that people could not feel the charm of a full moon.
On the distant tower, when the piano was played to its fullest, a faint noise came along with the wind. The sound was not loud, and it would be difficult to detect if it was not a martial artist.
It looked like Yan Su had begun, Qin Jiu's eyebrows condensed, and a sharp look slipped across Feng's eyes. She turned around suddenly, but her eyes condensed suddenly.
Not far ahead, Yan Su was leading several Jin Wuwei and walked over here quickly.
In Mingyue Villa, most of them are the Xiaoqis of the great leader Yuan Ba. Yan Su's five thousand gold guards can only defend outside the Mingyue Villa and cannot enter the villa. However, Yan Su can bring several Jin Wuwei guards with him.
Qin Jiu narrowed his eyes to watch Yan Su gradually approach, walked not far in front of her, and stopped.
Moonlight ran down from his shoulders, and the white robe shone cold and lonely under the moonlight. He tilted his head, his cold face was facing Qin Jiu, his eyes slid bitterly across Qin Jiu's face, and asked faintly: "Jiuye, on the day of Su Qingting's trial, I will invite you to Linglong Pavilion to talk, why don't you go? ?"
Qin Jiu didn't expect that at this time, Yan Su would ask such a sentence. She smiled sweetly: "Does the prince want to talk to me, do I have to go?"
Yan Su faintly glanced at the people of the Tianchen Sect behind Qin Jiu, and squinted: "I have something to say with Jiuye, can I take a step to speak."
Qin Jiu smiled lazily, "It's okay, why not just go to this tower!"
The two stopped in the hall on the first floor of the Moon Tower, Qin Jiu only stood at the door and stopped moving forward. Yan Su glanced at her, wandered down to the viewing window, the moonlight was clear outside, and his handsome eyebrows were on the cage. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said calmly, "I don’t know anything. Before the case of Su Qingzhi, you will Knowing that Su Qing is smuggling with the Tianchen Sect, why should he expose his affairs? You are not afraid that this matter will be implicated in the Tianchen Sect? Besides, do you know that this matter will involve the case of the Bai family?"
"Is this important?" Qin Jiu lazily smiled.
Yan Su's gaze crossed her enchanting squinted eyes, "Very important."
Qin Jiu smiled softly and said: "I naturally know that the smuggling case involves Tianchen Sect, but I also expected that the Holy Sovereign would not take the Tianchen Sect? The result proved that I was right. As for the Baijiazhi case……"
Qin Jiu narrowed his eyebrows and glanced at Yan Su, saw that his expression was still indifferent, and then smiled: "I am a member of the Tianchen Sect, and the case of the Bai family has nothing to do with me. I know that this case will be involved, and I don't know it again. Is there any difference?"
Yan Su stared at the corners of Qin Jiu's lips like the charming smile of night flowers, and a self-deprecating smile gradually appeared on the corners of his lips.
Qin Jiu asked lazily, "His Royal Highness is all right? Can I go out?"
Yan Su didn't answer, Qin Jiu turned and walked down the steps. In my ears, I heard Yan Su's fierce voice behind him, "Tianchen Sect has committed a disturbance, and Jin Wuwei is told to come and the thief."