0497 Midnight Conjuring
How's that?'s Dragon Pool isn't bad......"
Emperor Shunyao walked into the imperial bathhouse with an open cloth robe, his long hair was casually curled on the top of his head, the imperial dragon pool was steaming completely made of precious stones, and the eight palace maids outside only wore bandeau kneeling on both sides, and there were not only bright glass mirrors on the dressing table, but also all kinds of delicate and expensive dressing supplies.
"It must be good, do a lot of health care in this place, who dares to catch prostitutes......"
Zhao Guanren also looked around in a gauze robe, and after the two palace maids knelt and pushed open the door of the bath, there were three large baths inside, a cold water pool, a decoction pool, and a clear water pool, and there were eight palace maids kneeling by the pool to greet them.
"This idea is really dirty, what kind of prostitution am I prostituting in my harem......"
Emperor Shunyao walked in with a smile, and Zhao Guanren followed up with a smile: "The difference between the two is that one is retail for individual customers, and the other is exclusive for annual subscriptions, and they are also spending money to have fun, there is no difference in nature, can the emperor not give them silver?"
"Ahh......h
Emperor Shunyao stretched out his arms with tears and laughter, and the palace maids hurriedly came up to take off their robes for him, handed him a soft towel and helped him step into the soup pool, but Zhao Guanren's face turned red and said embarrassedly: "Take it off, there are too many people, right?"
"Haha~ It's also a shameful time, so I'll strip him naked......"
Emperor Shunyao seemed to grasp his weakness, and his childlike heart rose for a while, Zhao Guanren hurriedly jumped into the pool with his bathrobe, and shrank in the water before taking off the bathrobe, the palace maids wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and knelt on the edge of the pool to arrange tea and pastries.
"Let's go down first, and then come in......"
Emperor Shunyao waved his hand lightly, Zhao Guanren took a cup of sour plum soup, lit a cigarette and leaned comfortably on the edge of the pool, and Emperor Shunyao also lit a cigar and asked, "What did the queen explain, and what are your last words?"
"I don't want to be born in the emperor's family in the next life, I just want to be an ordinary people's woman......"
Zhao Guanren spat out a cigarette and said: "There is no latter martyrdom! This is a very scary rule, six years ago, you were injured in the abdomen of the imperial driver, and the ladies found that they could not regenerate, but most of them are twenty or thirty years old, and the harem is also very popular, so it is not strange to borrow seeds to have children!"
"I seem to have become a tyrant, the biggest joke in the world......"
Emperor Shunyao raised his head and laughed miserably, and actually left two lines of tears, which shows that he and the queen also have some feelings, but the feelings are not better than the imperial power.
"As soon as you enter the Houmen, it is as deep as the sea, and Xiao Lang is a passerby from then on......"
Zhao Guanren lay on his back in the water and said: "The palace and the outside of the palace are two worlds, the people outside want to come in, and the people inside want to go out, to put it bluntly, the palace is to draw the ground as a prison, and being the emperor is not a kind of favor, I think it is more like a punishment, but the bitterness in it, no emperor dares to say it!"
"Alas~"
Emperor Shunyao waved his hand and said: "I really don't like to listen to talk, I always poke into people's hearts, say something happy, and if I hear about it, I will have to go home!"
"Finally, let's talk about something unhappy......
Zhao Guanren said: "The clue really points to Prince Duan, if the Xuanyang Heavenly Master succeeds in summoning the soul tonight, and it is determined that the evil art is done by Prince Duan, then there is a black hand in the harem that none of us expected, the prince, the sixth child, and the ninth child are all victims!"
Emperor Shunyao straightened up and asked, "Why can't it be the sixth child, just be so sure that he is fine?"
"The sixth child wants to toss, but unfortunately he doesn't have the ability......"
Zhao Guanren shook his head and said: "But I hope that the blame can be pointed at the sixth child, and what I am most afraid of is that it will fall on the head of Prince Duan, then this person is too terrible, and it is likely that he personally participated in the murder of the emperor!"
"I'm confused, who else ...... besides them"
Emperor Shunyao looked at him in bewilderment, Zhao Guanren handed him a glass of iced rice wine, and said with a smile: "Everything is in the guessing stage, at night you call out all the princes and concubines and let them watch the Xuanyang Heavenly Master move."
Soul, maybe you can see something!"
"Okay, I'll wait a few more hours......
Emperor Shunyao clapped his hands after drinking rice wine, and the bathrooms were immediately pushed away, and there were more than ten concubines wrapped in bath towels and lined up to enter, although they were all only concubines, but they were all harem mothers, and they were all red faces when they saw Zhao Guanren.
"This dragon pool is the second man to come in besides me......"
Emperor Shunyao chuckled and beckoned, and the ladies could only step into the pool with red faces, but they had obviously been instructed, and four of them swam to Zhao Guanren's side, rubbing his shoulders and pinching his feet shyly, and two kneeling by the pool to feed him wine and eat fruit.
"Your Majesty!"
Zhao Guanren leaned on the edge of the pool with open arms, looked at the beautiful palace maid who knelt around by the pool, and said with a smile: "I take back the words of my youth and ignorance before, in fact, it is still very cool to be an emperor most of the time, and I will not change it for a god at this moment!"
"Haha~"
Emperor Shunyao raised his head and laughed: "Are all the people in the world stupid, who is not happy to be the emperor, but tonight's reward has to be paid out of their own pockets, and they will be exclusive to the New Year in the future!"
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"Mother, I don't let people sleep in the middle of the night, what kind of conjuring spirits, I'm scared to death......"
The concubines gathered outside the Tianhe Hall with a full stomach full of complaints, a lot of kerosene lamps were hung on the square, illuminating the large square in black and white, the forbidden army was all withdrawn to both sides far away, and the Xuanyang Heavenly Master set up an altar in the center of the square.
"Why did you call us all out......
The little county lord and the demon moon princess also came out, and the guards stopped their slaves and maids, but there were only about a hundred concubines who could be counted as concubines, plus more than a dozen princes and princesses, and there were not many people, all gathered in the leeward corner next to the base of the stairs.
"The crown prince and Prince Duan are here......"
The concubines scattered their legs and saluted, only to see the prince walking over with his head held high, and Prince Duan yawning as if he hadn't woken up, and each led his own daughters.
"Yongning! What is this going to do, do you want to catch ghosts at the altar in the middle of the night......"
Prince Duan was locked up for a few days and didn't know anything, the little county lord walked out of the crowd and said: "Spiritualism! Someone has set up an evil spell in the harem, and the imperial grandfather has invited a celestial master to summon spirits, wanting to find out who the real culprit is behind the scenes, and someone will be unlucky tonight!"
"Hmph~ Lao Jiu, don't be scared to pee your pants later......"
The prince rolled up his sleeves and sneered, and stood straight at the side of the steps of the main hall, while Prince Duan pouted and said: "Whoever does the good deeds knows in his heart, but the prince of the East Palace, Lao Tzu has a fart for setting up evil arts, when I am two hundred and five?"
"Hey, have you heard about ......?"
A lady suddenly said: "I heard that the prince of the county went to the imperial dragon pool to take a bath, and the emperor called more than a dozen noble concubines and ladies to serve, and the prince of the county asked for six in one go, Li Guifei and Qian Guifei are cleaning up, and they will go out of the palace to King Zhao's mansion early tomorrow morning!"
"What, King Zhao is going to the Imperial Dragon Pool, is the emperor also there......"
Most people were stunned by the news, and the crown prince and Prince Duan also pricked up their ears, and pushed their wives and concubines over to eavesdrop.
"Nonsense! Who would dare to go to the bath if the emperor is not there......"
A well-informed lady said: "Didn't you find out that a few of them didn't come, Qian Guifei is simply beautiful, take a box of golden melon seeds and give a reward to the next person, saying that King Zhao rewarded her with a bunch of treasures, and Wang Guifei was also abolished and thrown to her as a slave!"
"Then the princess is not allowed to hang herself......"
A concubine said in horror: "Wang Guifei usually bullied her, she swiped her ear in public, this time she was a slave in her hands, it must be worse than death, mother! God bless, I am not the queen's party, it has nothing to do with me!"
"What's going on, why did Zhao Yunxuan go to the Royal Dragon Pool......"
Prince Duan looked at the little county lord in astonishment, and the little county lord pouted and said: "The emperor treats him as a toilet, and all the rotten goods he doesn't want are thrown into his mansion, anyway, he has a lot of lice."
Afraid of biting, the reputation of disobedience and domineering is outside, Concubine Bai Shufei will go to his mansion this morning and kowtow!"
"Hey, the king of Yongshi is here......
The ladies all brushed their brushes and showed an obedient smirk, only to see Zhao Guanren wearing a red dragon robe, walking over with two big sleeves, followed by Tan Qingning and Commander Duan, but at this time, no one dared to come forward, nodding even if they had said hello.
"It's almost time! Let's get started......"
Emperor Shunyao walked out from behind the main hall with his hands behind his back, Jin Wuming and Gonggong Tian followed behind, and the concubines and princes stepped forward to kneel to greet him, but Emperor Shunyao just raised his hand lightly and walked straight to the altar in the square.
"Everyone, please enter the circle quickly......"
Xuanyang Heavenly Master changed a serious seven-star bronze sword, and eight disciples of four men and four women were holding dustpans, drawing a large circle around the altar with lime powder, and finally sprinkled the remaining lime powder in front of the steps of the main hall, and did not even let go of the steps of the main hall.
"Your Majesty, please sit here, don't get up......"
Xuanyang invited Emperor Shunyao to sit down on the circle chair on the left, and said loudly: "Listen carefully, the untrained virgin stands on the right side of the emperor, the boy stands on the left side of the emperor, the man stands on the left side of the altar, the woman stands on the right side of the altar, and if you are not a man or a woman, please stand outside the circle!"
"Uh-huh~ Father-in-law Tian, please......"
Commander Duan coughed awkwardly and walked out of the circle side by side with Gonggong Tian.
"Grandpa, I'm here to accompany you......"
The little county lord happily jumped to the emperor's side, Princess Demon Moon also walked over, and dozens of widowed concubines stood on the right hand side of Emperor Shunyao, but there were only four children, all of whom were half-ignorant princes and grandsons.
"Hmph~ look at how you discipline the children......"
Emperor Shunyao snorted coldly in displeasure, who knew that the words did not fall, Zhao Guanren actually came over, a group of women and the emperor were all stunned, and Demon Yue scolded angrily: "Do you want to be shameless, and you are embarrassed to pretend to be a child man?"
"I have to be believed, but the stakes are high, and I can't let people pretend to be ah......"
Zhao Guanren dragged a teenage emperor grandson and kicked him in the ass, and the little fart ran away with red ears on the horse, and the angry prince scolded, and the old lady who had pulled the bear child slapped him a few times.
"Boys and girls under the seat obey the order!Kneel forward and reverse the yin and yang ......"
Xuanyang Heavenly Master waved the seven-star bronze sword and shouted, and the eight disciples immediately sat down with men and women, kneeling at the front in unison, but Zhao Guanren stepped forward and grabbed the two female disciples, and said with a wry smile: "What kind of virgins are the two of you, do you want to commit the crime of deceiving the king?"
"What? When did you break your body and dare to deceive as a teacher......
Xuanyang Heavenly Master stepped forward in shock and anger, and the faces of the two girls turned pale all of a sudden, and they fell to the ground in horror and kowtowed to admit their mistakes.
"Xuanyang! no, I don't see that Yunxuan is doing it yet......"
Emperor Shunyao looked at it very unhappily, and Xuanyang Heavenly Master wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Majesty! Poor Dao is also deceived by these two criminals, can you please call the two virgins to come out to help, just kneel on the ground, there will be no danger!"
"Yongning! Yongtai! The two of them stepped forward and knelt down......"
Emperor Shunyao raised his finger slowly, the faces of the little county lord and the princess of Demon Moon changed slightly, and Prince Duan also hurriedly shouted: "Father, this matter is extremely dangerous, how can you let the two of them kneel forward, and the ministers will help you call the two palace maids!"
"Or come forward and kneel, and see if the evil spirit recognizes ......"
Emperor Shunyao glanced at him coldly, Prince Duan immediately didn't dare to speak, the little county lord and Demon Yue could only step forward and kneel with the two female disciples,
"Don't move! The poor Taoist protectors are thoughtful ......"
Xuanyang Heavenly Master picked up a bowl of cinnabar water, stepped forward and drew a ghost talisman on the back of the demon moon county lord, but as soon as it was the turn of the little county lord, he heard the sound of "click", and the good porcelain bowl suddenly cracked into four petals, and a bowl of cinnabar water was all sprinkled, making everyone change their faces together.