Chapter 30: Fighting in the Open and Dark
After a few days, the-for-tat confrontation between Mo Chenghuan and Lu Yuchan was spread, and many people have their own opinions on this matter, some people think that Mo Chenghuan is smart and confused for a while, some people think that Mo Chenghuan is pampered and arrogant, and some people say that Mo Chenghuan is intentional.
No matter what the facts are, this matter has successfully become a hot discussion among the palace people after dinner, no one believes that Lu Yuchan can easily endure this bad breath, everyone has already prepared melon seed snacks, waiting for this intriguing follow-up.
But seeing that the New Year is approaching, Lu Yuchan is still holding her ground, which makes people scratch their heads, so calm, it is not like Lu Yuchan's actions, so people began to think that this is the calm before the storm, and this Concubine Jing must be brewing a big move, ready to let Mo Chenghuan suffer a big loss.
On the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, Dong Tianji ended the last discussion at the end of the year, and some people in the Sima family began to notice that there had been a recent military change in the court, and proposed to send troops to investigate, but Dong Tianji, who had always been obedient to this aspect, chose to turn a deaf ear this time and hastily ended the early dynasty.
Zhu Ming followed behind Dong Tianji, sullen and unhappy, and the whole person became gloomy.
Dong Tianji was walking on the way back to the Xuyang Palace, and suddenly found something interesting, so he stopped to watch, Zhu Ming followed closely, and he couldn't stop in time when he was distracted, and hit Dong Tianji's back.
Zhu Ming reacted as soon as he collided with Dongtianji, kneeling down and begging for mercy.
"What are you thinking about today?" Zhu Ming has been wrong since the early dynasty, just as Zhu Ming can easily detect the emotions at the subway entrance, Dongtianji is also good at discovering Zhu Ming's abnormality.
"Do you really want to wait for Xue Shijing?" Zhu Ming always wanted to ask why they had to delay again and again when they had the ability to wipe out Xue Shijing.
"Wait, I have to wait, I can't let him die outside, I want to see him, let him see that I am the one who pushed him step by step to despair. "Dong Tianji tried to make himself appear calm.
"Is there any reason for you to have to see this Xue Shijing?" Zhu Ming did not object to Dongtianji's plan to see Xue Shijing, he only objected to Dongtianji's use of extreme methods to force Xue Shijing to meet him.
"Zhu Ming, do you remember my mother?" There is only one reason why Dongtian has to see Xue Shijing, and that is for his mother.
Zhu Ming was silent.
"How much do you remember what happened back then?Why did my mother die, are you really not curious at all?" Zhu Ming was the little eunuch who served his mother's side back then, and in the end, his mother asked Zhu Ming to take him out of the courtyard where his mother lived in order to save his life, and there has been no news of his mother since then.
"Everyone thought I had forgotten, but I remembered it clearly, I just forgot her face, and I remembered everything else, including the courtyard where I went to Chenghuan and Lou Yuyu that day, it really hasn't changed at all, it's still exactly the same as back then, but my mother is gone, and it's not clear. Dong Tianji looked back at Zhu Ming, and his sharp eyes seemed to be soaked in pain and despair.
Famous suddenly smelled the goodness of Dongtianji's mother, just like the dusty box had been opened, and the memories of the past contained in it suddenly struck, and his eyes were wet in an instant.
"I want to know, who persecuted my mother, my father was unwilling to tell me at the beginning, he was protecting me, I understand, so I have never dared to ask anything about my mother, but I am no longer the cowardly and incompetent me I was now, now I have the right to know, and I have the right to find out about this matter!" Dongtian's eyes were extremely red, and his serious sadness was replaced by a kind of anger.
Zhu Ming saw Dong Tianji's anger, and he had enough conditions to believe that if Xue Shijing appeared in front of Dong Tianji at this moment, then Dong Tianji would definitely break Xue Shijing's body into pieces.
"But you shouldn't take this risk," Zhu Ming could understand Dong Tianji's resentment, and he was the same, but he didn't want Dong Tianji to do this, which was not only punishing Xue Shijing, but also punishing himself.
"She paid with her life to protect me, all I can do for her is this, this is the only way I can know what I really want, if someone catches him outside, he will definitely not let him see me, Zhu Ming, you should know, Xue Shijing is the only clue we know at present, if we can't see him, then our forbearance for so many years will have no meaning." ”
He has been investigating for many years, but because the matter is too long, many clues have been destroyed, and the last clue vaguely points to Xue Shijing, so even if Xue Shijing is not involved, he is one of the insiders of this matter, which is why Dongtianji is willing to risk losing everything, and he also wants to meet Xue Shijing.
Zhu Ming was silent, he understood Dongtianji's intentions, but Dongtianji should not use his life to make a bet: "At the beginning, the master chose to sacrifice himself to protect the emperor, in order to make the emperor safe, but what the emperor asked to do in this matter is contrary to the master's idea!"
"I'm taking this risk because I know I'm not going to lose! and I've got 10,000 reasons to do it!" he had laid everything out, believing that the last person with a smile would be him.
Zhu Ming didn't argue, since Dongtianji had said it so clearly, there must be no room for recovery, and no matter how hard he tried to persuade him, it was in vain.
Just when the people in the palace were busy with the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, Dong Tianji and the others were also weaving a net of heaven and earth in order to deal with Xue Shijing, and they were careful and careful, in order to ensure that every link could be carried out smoothly.
Although Lou Yuyu is only a small doctor, he is also trying to mobilize all the forces that can be used to find out as much news as possible outside.
Although Mo Chenghuan is no longer an outsider, there are still very few things that need her help, almost nothing, so all she can do is to treat everything as something and can't live, obediently nest in her yard, and be a jealous beauty.
Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the beauties invited to the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, the concubines all got up early to dress up, this is to make a good appearance at the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, which may be able to get the emperor's favor again.
Mo Chenghuan didn't go out of his way to dress up, and slept peacefully until noon before waking up, and the people in the courtyard also knew Mo Chenghuan, otherwise where would they allow their own master to be sluggish on such a big day, and they couldn't call their master to dress up early like other courtyards, and it was expected that the people in this palace who dared to snub the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet were the only ones in this palace.
"Master, Huanchun is here," Ling Xue led Huanchun outside the house and whispered.
"Let her in," Mo Chenghuan was dressing up, worried about the hairpin on his head, when Huanchun walked in.
"The slave maid has asked for peace to the peerless Master Mo," Huanchun smiled brightly, almost blooming a flower.
"Just your sweet mouth, let's say, what did your master ask you to say?" Mo Chenghuan also likes to listen to this kind of flattery, but he only likes what his own people say.
Huanchun took two steps forward, opened the box in his hand, and presented it in front of Mo Chenghuan, and there was a jade headdress lying in the box.
This jade headdress is crystal clear, luster and round, which makes Mo Chenghuan very happy, Mo Chenghuan reached out and picked up the jade headdress and gestured it on his head in the mirror.
"Is this the one your master asked you to give me?" Qi Yu knew her, knew that she didn't like those fancy gold and silver jewelry, and picked out such a delicate jade hairpin for her.
"The master said that you don't like fancy, so I went to the treasury for a long time to find such a hairpin that matches your noble temperament," Huanchun's mouth seemed to be filled with honey, and Mo Chenghuan's heart was full of joy.
"If you want to talk about sycophants, I still like to listen to Huanchunde, how to listen to how to make people feel happy, Ningxiang and Jinsu, you also have to learn more!" Mo Chenghuan jokingly pointed at Ningxiang and Jinsu.
"Master Mo! The slave and maid are not patting on the back! Every word the slave and maid said was from the bottom of her heart!" Huanchun was shocked and angry, and hurriedly expressed his heart.
"Okay, I won't mess with you, is your master ready soon?" Mo Chenghuan said that he was very satisfied with Huanchun's cooperation.
"It's not much different from Master Mo, it's being sent out, and the slave doesn't know how to do these handicrafts, so he was sent out," Huanchun pursed his lips, looking aggrieved.
"Then you stay with me for a while, I'll make up my hair, and go back with you to settle accounts with your master!" Mo Chenghuan used a cold and humorous way to tactfully express his willingness to let Huanchun stay.
"Okay! There is Master Mo to support the slave and maid, and the master has no choice but to take me, the slave and maid have thanked Master Mo here first!"
When Mo Chenghuan went out, he had already been in the second quarter of Shenzheng, and Mo Chenghuan took Lin Yuheng, Ning Xiang, Jinsu, Ling Xue, and Huanchun back to Liuyan Palace together.
Qi Yu sat in the courtyard of the main courtyard, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
"I've been waiting for a long time, I'm sorry, the girl is clumsy, and she can't even comb her hair in a bun," Mo Chenghuan glanced at Ning Xiang and Jin Su with reproach.
"Where! Obviously, Master Mo is too informal, you have to change it again and again," Huan Chun walked back to Qi Yu's side, and very helplessly told Qi Yu the truth: "Master, you haven't seen it, Master Mo's heart is very relaxed, and he wants to only take you to let the slave send over the jade hairpin to the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet!"
Qi Yu couldn't help but laugh: "Cheng Huan wants to come like this, you are so broken with the master's mouth, and you are not afraid that Master Mo will reward you with a board!"
"I can't bear it, this Huanchun's mouth always seems to have honey in her mouth, and she speaks nicely, who will slap me in the future after I hit her!" Mo Chenghuan tactfully scolded Huanchun with a sentence of "sycophant".
"Slave and maid Xie Mo master praise!" Huanchun is so smart, how can she not hear Mo Chenghuan's ridicule, but she quietly gave Mo Chenghuan a beautiful riposte.
Mo Chenghuan was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect this Huanchun warning to be so slippery, which not only fought back at her, but also blocked her so much that she couldn't reply.
"Chenghuan, don't be angry with her ignorant little girl, I'll clean her up when I come back!" Qi Yu thought that Huanchun's words had made Mo Chenghuan unhappy, and hurriedly stepped forward to round the field.
"You don't have to care, on the contrary, I like this Huanchun more and more, do you want to consider giving her to me?" Mo Chenghuan pulled Qi Yu and walked out, joking.
"Don't even think about it, I finally met a clever one in this kilometer, and let you rob it, what should I do?" Qi Yu also knew that Mo Chenghuan was joking, so he rejected Mo Chenghuan in the same joking way.
This Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is located in the main palace of Changle Palace, which itself is a palace hall of dance and music, and the main palace is an extremely luxurious banquet hall.
Mo Chenghuan, it wasn't too early when Qi Yu arrived, but Dongtianji hadn't arrived yet, so the concubines and beauties who arrived first couldn't mention the nature of the scene.
After a short time, Zhu Ming walked quickly to the lobby and announced loudly: "The emperor has arrived!"
The concubines and beauties also arrived one after another, and when they saw Sima Yi and Dongtianji walking into the lobby slowly, all the concubines and all the servants knelt down together to greet Dongtianji and Sima Yi.
Knowing that Dongtianji was seated, he raised his hand and replied loudly: "Flat," everyone dared to get up and sit in their positions.
"Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, since it is a family banquet, everyone is so restrained, okay, Zhu Ming, let people start." Dongtian was very happy, his voice was loud, his smile was wide, and he was very happy.
"Open banquet!" Zhu Ming announced loudly.
For a while, Zhong Le got up first, the flute sounded one after another, everyone in the imperial dining room held exquisite delicacies in both hands, and the dancing queen danced in from the other side, and a grand and celebratory palace banquet officially began.
Mo Chenghuan drank water and wine by herself, Qi Yu, as a third-grade concubine, naturally would not sit with Mo Chenghuan as a royal show, she had to sit in her place bored and drink stuffy.
After the opening of the first song, he was about to pick up the second song, but was stopped by Dongtianji.
"Chenghuan, I don't want to see them dance, I want to see you dance the sword," Dongtianji waved off the dancer and named Mo Chenghuan.
"Back to the emperor, before the concubine went out, she didn't expect the emperor to be in Yaxing, and she couldn't prepare, I hope the emperor will understand," Mo Chenghuan didn't want to be in the limelight on this occasion, and politely rejected Dongtianji.
"Ning Xiang, go and bring your master's sword," Dong Tianji actually knew that Mo Chenghuan meant that he didn't want to dance, but he just didn't understand, and he gave the order unrelentingly.
Ning Xiang glanced at Mo Chenghuan in embarrassment, she knew that Mo Chenghuan didn't want to dance, but the emperor's golden mouth had been opened, and it was difficult to disobey the destiny of heaven, as long as she got up hard.
Without two steps, Dongtianji suddenly spoke up again: "Hurry up, let me wait, I will let you be beaten by the board!" Although Dongtianji's voice is casual, anyone who listens to it can feel it, this Dongtianji is serious.
Ning Xiang was taken aback, thinking that this emperor had the ability to read minds, otherwise how would he know that she had the idea of deliberately delaying, or that the emperor just said it casually, which happened to hit her mind.
In order not to be hit by the board, Ning Xiang ran back in the direction of Chan Xinyuan.
"The emperor is a spring family banquet today, so Mo Yuxiu will rest well, and the concubines have also prepared a wonderful sword dance for the emperor, so there is no need to work hard for Mo Yuxiu. Sima Yi didn't want Mo Chenghuan to steal the limelight on this good day, so he moved out of the killer feature that he originally wanted to keep until the end.
Although Mo Chenghuan knew that this Sima Yi was uneasy and kind, he also happened to fall into Mo Chenghuan's arms, so he had no intention of caring about it.
"I want to see the sword dance arranged by Concubine Ai, and I also want to see Cheng Huan's sword dance," Dongtian Ji had his own careful thoughts, and he had a sloppy fight with Sima Yi.
Mo Chenghuan carefully touched Dongtianji's words, and he always felt a little awkward in his heart.
"Go on!" Dong Tianji waved his hand to let the banquet continue.
Since Dongtianji has already opened his mouth, Sima Yi is not good at entanglement, for fear that it will make Dongtianji unhappy.