The Neon Tower

The Queen Mother's birthday is celebrated with the whole country.The capital is decorated with lanterns and festoons everywhere, and the people are jubilant.Civil and military officials dressed up solemnly and entered the palace one after another.

Yu Han was the one with the most plain clothes, but also the most conspicuous one in the crowd. His elegant and handsome temperament was exactly the same as that of his father, Duan Wang.The father and son have always been eye-catching in the crowd of officials.

"Brother Yuhan~ Are you here? Meet His Royal Highness Duan Wang!" Zhen Rong found Yuhan who was buried in the crowd at a glance, and ran towards him.

"En~" Duan Wang replied coldly, seeing that the young people must have something to talk about, he passed Zhen Rong without stopping, and continued walking in the direction of Chaodian.

"What? In a hurry." Yu Han said.

"No, Dad is discussing political affairs with a few adults. I'm bored, and I can't find anyone who fits my mouth. I can only hope that you will come." The two walked in step.

"Hey, Brother Zhen, what your Excellency said makes Fan a little scared."

"Tch, come on, are you afraid that I will still fall in love with you?" Saying that, Zhen Rong put his arm around Yu Han's shoulders and the two walked with a smile.

"Yuhan?" After walking for a while, a clear male voice came from behind.

Yu Han and Zhen Rong turned around and saw that it was the Crown Prince coming down, and they hurried forward to salute.

"See His Royal Highness."

"See His Royal Highness."

"..." The crown prince glanced at Zhen Rong with displeasure on his face, his nose gasping: "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness."

"Don't hook your shoulders on the road. If you are seen by others, you will gossip again. Today is the emperor's grandmother's birthday, so you can't make any trouble. Do you hear me?" Nodding his head modestly and politely, he returned to his usual demure expression.

"I understand, I will take a step ahead." Yu Han saluted again, and gently touched Zhen Rong with his elbow. The other party immediately understood the meaning, followed the salute, and turned around and walked away together.

"Yu... oh... so fast." The prince looked at the back of the far away with a little disappointment. After all, there was a group of people behind him, so he couldn't rush after him, so he had to sigh and hold himself The prince's shelf continued to move forward slowly.

Walked a long way--

"Brother Yuhan? Why are you walking so fast?" Zhen Rong asked curiously.

"Didn't you hear what His Highness the Crown Prince said? Today is the Empress Dowager's birthday, how can you allow you to walk on the road laughing like this, it's disrespectful to the royal family. Let's go! If you delay, be careful that the Emperor will question you." Yu Han said with a smile , I thought to myself: Dad once told you to remember to hide when you see the prince.

In the hall, all the officials saluted the Queen Mother and congratulated the Queen Mother for being as blessed as Donghai and Shoubi Nanshan.The emperor Longyan was very happy, and said that he would write a few words for the queen mother, which attracted applause and applause from all the officials.

Yuhan was waved by the manager's father-in-law to the front of the imperial court.On the pre-prepared paper scrolls, the four characters "Shou and Tianqi" were written vigorously and vigorously, and then brought to the emperor, and asked him to stamp the jade seal on it, and then the two father-in-laws each held one side and flattened it to display In front of Baiguan's eyes, Baiguan burst into warm applause.

The little official standing at the back of the next hall leaned into the ear of the person in front and asked carefully: "What's going on? The emperor said he wanted an inscription, so why did he ask a kid from nowhere to write it?"

Hearing that, the man showed a flustered expression, winked his eyebrows and waved his hands to tell him not to say anything, then moved closer to his ear and said in the softest voice: "You don't know where you came from, you are new to the post, right? This is a long time ago It happened that King Ming rebelled, the emperor was injured, and he could no longer write with his right hand. 13 years ago, by chance, I saw Mr. Fan, who was only nine years old at the time and was accompanying the prince. His writing was the same as before the emperor's hand was abolished It was written exactly the same, so it was sealed as an imperial pen. Now the scriptures for the emperor, and the comments in reply are all written by Mr. Fan."

"It was more than 20 years ago that King Ming rebelled. Before Mr. Fan was awarded the imperial pen... who wrote the memorial?"

"It is said that several people have been changed before, and the ghostwriting is ghostwriting, but the emperor has always been dissatisfied with the font."

"Oh~ it's just a little boy. It's because he looks a little bit handsome that the emperor likes it. How well this word is written is not up to the emperor."

"Hey! Newly appointed, don't talk nonsense. Be careful of causing disaster! This is an officialdom. If you speak so freely, one day you will regret it. Don't say that the official didn't remind you."

The hall was still filled with jubilation, and all the officials had begun to offer congratulatory gifts in order of rank and rank.From rare treasures, exotic animals, gold, silver and jade to famous calligraphy and masterpieces, all of them are high-quality congratulatory gifts that cannot be met. The envoys of neighboring countries even presented the most precious strange stones of their own countries as birthday gifts.But the Empress Dowager just sat on her seat dignifiedly, nodding when she saw someone she liked, and her face was always the same, solemn and majestic, and it was impossible to tell whether she was happy or unhappy.When all the officials had basically finished presenting their congratulatory gifts, she finally opened her mouth to speak.

"Why hasn't Yuhan come yet?"

"Yes, Yuhan, hurry up, your grandmother is waiting to see your congratulatory gift." The emperor laughed and said in a strong voice.

"I'm here, arranged according to official position... I'm the last one, so I'm late, I hope the emperor and queen mother will make amends." Yu Han hurriedly walked to the front of the emperor and knelt down, and said.

"Your Majesty." The Empress Dowager turned her head slowly and looked at the present Majesty.

"My son is here." The emperor is about fifty years old, full of energy and high spirits, it is not difficult to see that he was also a handsome young man with a weak crown when he ascended the throne.

"Yuhan is the son of Prince Duan, why is he in the same row as the officials?"

"After returning to his mother, Yu Han is only the adopted son of the imperial brother. According to the family rules, he is not included in the royal family tree and cannot enjoy the same treatment as other sons of the royal family. Although he has won the favor of me and the queen mother, there is nothing I can do about it." The emperor lightly Sighing lightly, he said with a smile on his face.

"The family rules were also set by the Taishi and the emperor back then, and now the emperor is sitting on this dragon chair... the same." The queen mother said.

"The queen mother means..." The emperor squinted his eyes, looked at Yu Han again, and then glanced at it from the corner of his eye. Standing behind him was Duan Wang, who was distractedly cleaning the thread of his sleeves.

"But, Yuhan doesn't have royal blood, so I'm afraid..."

"Today is Aijia's birthday, Aijia wants to be happy." The Queen Mother's tone became a bit irresistible, the emperor never dared to disobey the Queen Mother's meaning.

He sighed again, raised his voice and asked the officials present: "Today, I want to include Prince Duan's adopted son, Fan Yuhan, in the royal family tree and give him the surname Zhao. Do you have any opinions?"

"Ah?" It happened so suddenly, Yu Han was so frightened that he knocked his head to the ground: "I... I don't dare to be a minister."

All the ministers looked at King Duan, and said in unison: "Go back to the emperor, the ministers have no objection, and everything is in accordance with the emperor's wishes." After saying that, the ministers knelt down.

The Queen Mother clapped her hands lightly: "The imperial court is really blessed to have a group of outstanding and loyal courtiers. Your Majesty, do you think so?"

"..." The emperor didn't look at the queen mother anymore, he just sat up straight and said, "What the queen mother said is very true, by the way, Yuhan... Where is your congratulatory gift? Don't forget what I said."

"Go back to the emperor, my minister...it's ready, please take a look at the emperor and the queen mother." Yu Han carefully opened the scroll.The painting on it is a beautiful and kind Guanyin. Although the brushwork is lifelike, it still looks downcast compared with the congratulatory gifts sent by the officials in front. "

"... Avalokitesvara?" The emperor looked at the scroll with a somewhat contemptuous expression.

"Interesting...hehe...interesting..." The Empress Dowager showed a smile on her face. Although she was very old, this smile seemed to radiate kindness, making the officials bow their heads immediately.

"Dare to ask my mother, what's so interesting about this picture?" The emperor's tone was a little annoyed, thinking, this old woman deliberately favored this foreign surname, how many years she had a stern face, and today she actually smiled because of an ordinary painting?

"Please look, Your Majesty, it's a maze map." The Empress Dowager leaned slightly, narrowed the distance between her and the Emperor, and pointed to the map.

The portrait seems to be just an ordinary painting, but between the lines and the distribution of ink colors, some interesting mysteries can be faintly seen.

"Well, you Yuhan, you can still work hard on the Guanyin statue." The emperor said, patting the handle of the dragon chair.

"..." Yu Han was a little afraid to speak. Although he did have some small hands and feet on the clothes in the portrait, he knew that such a little care was not enough to make the queen mother show her joy. The queen mother wanted to protect him: "The emperor , the empress dowager is wise, and she knows the mystery at a glance. There are a total of 39 cracking methods in the portrait, implying that life will last forever, and the empress dowager's youth will last forever, and I will live forever."

"Okay!" All the ministers applauded unanimously.

At the end of the prayer, the queen mother said she was tired, and asked Yuhan to accompany her to the palace to rest.Although King Duan is a king of idleness, when he appears on such an occasion, there are inevitably people who flatter and flatter him, and say a lot of nice things, just for the benefit behind him.He has long been used to facing such eloquent people, and he is even more comfortable dealing with them.

"Yuhan is a person with a foreign surname, why is he favored by the imperial grandmother, we are her grandchildren?" Several princes in the corner discussed indignantly.

"Yuhan is the son of Uncle Duanhuang. Uncle Duanhuang is the biological son of the emperor's grandmother. The emperor's grandmother loves Uncle Duanhuang the most. This is called Aiwujiwu."

"Father is also the biological son of the emperor's grandmother. We are the biological sons of the father. Are we not as good as uncle Duan's adopted son?"

"I heard that Yu Han is not an adopted son, but an illegitimate son. Uncle Duan Huang gave birth to an unknown woman outside. It may be that the woman was born in a humble family, and it is inconvenient to reveal her name, so she is said to be an adopted son."

"Hmph, isn't that a wild species?"

"You guys! Didn't you hear what my father said just now? They are all my brothers, how can they speak so badly?"

"...His Royal Highness." Several princes lowered their heads in unison.

The prince suppressed most of his anger: "Stop gossiping, everyone is tired, go back to the inner hall and take a rest, there are still things to do later."

When the queen mother returned to the bedroom, the maid immediately offered a cup of hot tea, and the queen mother nodded and let her go down.

"Then, the minister also resigned, so as not to disturb the Queen Mother's rest."

"stop."

"Yes, I obey the order."

"Didn't the emperor announce the decree to include you in the genealogy just now in the hall? You are still so submissive..." The queen mother gave Yu Han a white look, and held up the teacup to hold the tea leaves.

"Minister... Yuhan deserves to die... please forgive me... Grandmother."

"Good~ my good grandson." The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction.

"Grandmother..." Yu Han asked.

"kindness?"

"Yuhan dare to ask Grandmother if she really saw the mystery in the painting?"

"Oh~ Don't try to fool Aijia with such small skills, the one in the painting is not Guanyin at all, and you also know that if you draw such a picture of Guanyin, it is a crime of disrespect to the gods and Buddhas, but it is just a vivid painting of Aijia when he was young. Appearance, just added a little thought to the dress, only Aijia appreciates it, adding a little fun is not bad, anyway, Aijia has spent his whole life...finding a way out of himself..."

"Yuhan didn't mean that..." Yuhan quickly knelt down and said hastily.

"Get up~ The painter is quite good, Aijia likes it very much, but this painting alone is not enough to make Aijia laugh, it's just to prevent the emperor from embarrassing you..."

"Thank you, Grandmother..."

"I'm tired of mourning."

"Yuhan resigns." Yuhan exited the bedroom.