Chapter 133: The Golden Bill
These tricks in the palace can be hidden from the people, but they can't be hidden from the officials and courtiers. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Whoever eats the golden bills, and even the position in that pile of dumplings, let whoever eats them first and who eats them later, is all instructed by the emperor, and the imperial dining room has long been "prepared".
It doesn't matter if it's New Year's luck, it's just a festive pretense. The so-called only weighs the power, and the divine will shows goodwill. For example, six bills, except for the one with more than one oddity, the remaining five must be from the five surnames.
Sure enough, after Lu Huan ate the first gold bill, Wang, Li, Zheng, Cui, and the five family heads all ate the gold bills one after another.
Even when their movements were just stagnant and before they had time to spit out the bills, the great eunuch Zheng Zhong took the lead, and congratulations from all directions arrived.
Lin De Hall is festive and lively, full of laughter. Xin Yi sat alone, stuffing his mouth with a pair of dumplings.
She doesn't squeak, she doesn't look at the excitement, she seems to be detached and indifferent. She had already aroused too much suspicion by sitting here, and now she had nothing but clumsiness to hide.
She still can't guess the reason why Li He invited her to attend.
Even though she was vaguely aware that it was a game against her, she couldn't see where her opponent's chess had landed. This confusion makes her feel dangerous and makes her feel restless.
However, Xin Yi's thoughts snapped abruptly.
Because her teeth bite a hard object. A hard object hidden in a dumpling.
She subconsciously spit out, with a slight sound of gold and stone impact, and there was an extra gold coin in the plate.
Xin Yi's scalp was numb.
The gold in the dumplings. The five surnames and the golden coin after the seven looks. The last of the six gold bills.
Almost at the same time, the great eunuch Zheng Zhong's joy came like a ghost: "Congratulations to Miss Xinyi!
At that moment, Lin De Hall fell into a deathly silence.
Xin Yi only felt frozen all over. The gold bills in the saucer shone with a precious light, but they hissed at her like a poisonous snake.
The gold bills are all arranged in advance. Whoever will eat it, and in what order, is just a game of thrones in Daming Palace. The holy will shows that it is delicious, the pillars of the family and the country can eat it, and the important ministers of the current situation can eat it, no matter what, there is no reason for a five-grade official and concubine to eat it.
Therefore, this gold coin was deliberately hidden and deliberately given to her. In other words, this is a conspiracy framed in festive clothes and wrapped in splendid skin.
The suspicion of the Quartet, the whirlpool of the game between all parties, threats and temptations, would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go, any one taken out is enough to make Xin Yi die without a place to be buried, such as being thrown into a wolf pack called Chaozheng, the little fox who was torn into pieces of meat in an instant.
Xin Yi's mind was confused for a moment. She didn't move, and neither did the more than 300 dignitaries and nobles.
Only Emperor Li He lifted the twelve strings of eastern pearls on the crown, and seemed to deliberately confirm Xia Xinyi's face, and smiled to himself: "It's you girl who has eaten it." ”
Not the design of Emperor Li He.
At that moment, Xin Yi ruled out the possibility of Li He. If it was his plan, there was no need for him to lift the bead curtain to confirm.
But Li He knew who put the gold coin. And acquiesced. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to say a word "actually".
And if it weren't for Li He, the person who could decide to put the gold bills on the dumplings, except for the chef in the imperial dining room, would be the host of the whole banquet. After all, the palace banquet is in the name of "the emperor banquets important ministers", but the state affairs are busy, and the emperor does not bow to himself, so there must be another person in charge.
Xin Yiwu thought to himself, but Emperor Li He opened his mouth with a smile: "Xin Yi is the sixth daughter of Lang Xinqi. Gentle and frugal, virtuous and benevolent, especially the queen's praise for 'extraordinary talent', so it is not a loss to eat this gold bill. Come on! Peach Charm!"
The emperor "took the initiative" to introduce Xin Yi's life experience, and also admitted that "the golden coin was not wrong", and the great eunuch Zheng Zhong immediately had numb legs and feet, and gave Xin Yi the royal pen peach talisman, and beat a thousand "congratulations to the girl" in a series of flattering words.
More than 300 courtiers finally came to their senses. As if the wolves were attracted by the fragrance of their prey, countless cold arrow-like eyes stabbed them, mixed with stealthy suspicion, "Why did she eat it?"
The entire Lin De Hall was boiling.
The word "Xinyi" became the red corner of the entire palace banquet in a moment, and almost everyone was talking about "Xinyi", and even sent a message to their own shadow guards on the spot, ordering an investigation of "Xinyi". No one came forward to congratulate "Xin Yi" at all, as if the existence of these two words was an unspeakable secret, a piece of fat that was discovered by surprise.
Xin Yi took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down, she turned her head and looked at the palace maid standing behind her: "This sister is invited." ”
"Miss Xin has tormented the slave. The palace maid saw Xin Yi, a "red man", talking to her, and was so frightened that she hurriedly bowed down.
"Dare to ask my sister, which noble person presided over today's palace banquet?" Xin Yi seemed to chat casually.
"The emperor took care of everything, so he handed it over to the queen mother. The palace maid replied. It is no secret who is in charge of the palace banquet, everyone in Daming Palace knows it.
Xin Yi's eyes flashed suddenly.
Queen, Wang Yi. She has no grievances with her, she hasn't even met in this life, so she doesn't need to frame herself. However, since the queen is in charge, the people around her can also make the decision to put gold bills in the dumplings. For example, the second prince Li Jingpei.
Xin Yi looked at Li Jingpei quietly, he was talking to others, smiling brightly and wantonly, revealing a circle of big white teeth.
"Original. It's for him. For the eldest grandson Yulong, or the eldest grandson family. The eldest grandson's family was wronged because of me, and if he killed me, the eldest grandson would be able to clear his grievances. Brilliant. Xin Yi muttered in a low voice, and the word "Gao Ming" popped out from between his teeth.
Emperor Li He is impossible, and Empress Wang Yi has no reason. But Li Jingpei has both. Moreover, he used a clever method to kill her Xinyi.
Borrow a knife to kill. Throw her into the wolf's pen and let the hungry wolf tear her apart. And he himself smiled and showed his big white teeth, and he didn't even have a single ash on his hands.
"What a Li Jingpei. That day* I did look away, and I didn't look away. Xin Yi's teeth rattled, and anger surged uncontrollably in his heart.
It's the kind of person who thinks he can barely be a game, and he has a little confidence to live two lives, but he was completely tricked, and the consequences are still dangerously "thrown into the wolf circle". This is mixed with shame, self-shame, unwillingness, and a sense of indignation at being looked down upon.
Xin Yi only felt that his thoughts were in a mess. The surrounding crises and suspicions pierced her even more, as if a stream of heat had suddenly burst through. She couldn't even think of the slightest solution, and the whole person was instantly dizzy.
She also knew it wasn't good. This must not be left unchecked. She had to say something, she had to do something, she couldn't just sit stupidly. However, the more anxious she was, the more chaotic she became, and she didn't dare to act rashly.
The fifteen-year-old woman was panicked. A sneer was already ringing around, "It's a pity. It doesn't matter if she really has a secret or a fake. was targeted by more than 300 courtiers, but I am afraid that I will not even be able to get out of Daming Palace today. ”