Chapter 242: Celebration Banquet
When Empress Qin and the eldest princess came to the imperial study, the emperor was discussing with several ministers. The two www.biquge.info of them sat in the side hall and drank tea for a while before they saw Gonggong Xiao come over and invite them over.
Empress Qin went in and saluted, and then withdrew.
Father-in-law Xiao also closed the door and withdrew.
Looking at this situation, the emperor must have something important to say to him.
The eldest princess was secretly thinking in her heart, and was about to salute but was stopped by the emperor raising his hand, the expression on his face was completely different from the radiant face when he greeted him at Desheng Gate before, and he frowned deeply at this moment, looking both puzzled and full of hidden worries.
"Imperial sister, have you heard? The emperor of Nanyu is dead!"
"Who?" the eldest princess couldn't help but be taken aback, and asked again uncertainly, "The fourth child who only succeeded to the throne last year?"
"Well, I just received the secret report that he died ten days ago, in a violent death. β
This kind of rhetoric can only coax children. But anyone who has no problem with his brain will not believe that the king of a country will die a violent death.
The eldest princess especially didn't believe it, "I'm afraid it's another conspiracy." β
"It happened too suddenly, and I was very confused, Sister Huang, you say, could it be a conspiracy against our Dadu Dynasty?"
After all, last year's civil strife in Nanyu was inseparable from him, and it can even be said that he single-handedly manipulated the civil strife. At that time, the prince of Nanyu sent troops to attack Yunzhou, and the four princes took advantage of the weakness to enter, forcing the old emperor to be critically ill, and the prince died on the way back to Beijing, and the four princes ascended the throne as emperor.
At that time, a strange thing happened, as if his queen died on the day of canonization, and it was rumored that the woman's life was cheap and she could not be the queen of the world.
The new emperor of Nanyu took it for granted that this was the handiwork of the emperor of the Dadu Dynasty, implying that they wanted to marry and form an alliance with him, so he killed his own yuan and married another princess.
Unfortunately, this is not the case.
The emperor immediately rejected their marriage proposal, and stated that the death of Empress Nanyu had nothing to do with the Dadu Dynasty.
Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that thing is not simple. What's more, it has been less than a year since the new emperor ascended the throne, and the dragon chair has not yet been hot, so it is dead on a stilt?
The emperor was full of doubts and worried
Now that the dynasty has just ended a war, it will take time for both the court and the people to recover.
After all, there have been too many changes in the past two years.
Such a major news is naturally to be covered to the death.
But can you hold it?
The eldest princess expressed concern.
The sisters and brothers stayed in the imperial study for most of the hour, and it was not until Empress Qin reminded her outside that the time for the banquet was approaching, and the two came out of it.
In fact, I am no longer in the mood to participate in the celebration banquet, but the banquet has been arranged a long time ago, and the temporary change of hexagram will naturally not work, even if you act, you must finish the scene.
Empress Qin took the initiative to step forward and take the emperor's hand, and greeted the eldest princess again, and the three of them went to Wuying Hall one after the other.
There were already a lot of courtiers gathered in the Wuying Hall at this time, chatting and laughing together, and everyone had excitement and excitement on their faces that could not be concealed.
This war lasted for more than half a year, from the beginning of spring to the beginning of autumn, from the initial precariousness to the final defeat into victory, and the process in the middle was so arduous. Now that the northern border has finally been pacified, it is naturally very happy!
When the courtiers saw the emperor and the eldest princess coming together, they all got up together and saluted the emperor and the eldest princess.
The emperor barely looked up at this time, smiled and waved his hand to let Zhongqing calm down, and said some more words before he sat in the first place, and sat Queen Qin and the eldest princess on the left and right. The self-owned chamberlain poured the wine, and the monarchs and ministers toasted to congratulate and rejoice.
This is the first time that the royal family has held a banquet since the Chinese New Year's Eve Palace Banquet.
The eldest princess, as the protagonist of this banquet, was naturally toasted by the courtiers in turn. She was originally a bold character, and at this time, of course, she smiled at the congratulations of the courtiers, and drank to the bottom.
Empress Qin couldn't help but clapped her hands and praised: "It is said that the imperial sister is not allowed to shave her eyebrows, not only is she brave on the battlefield, but she even has such a large amount of wine!
As he spoke, he got up, raised his glass to the eldest princess, and then drank it all.
The eldest princess also said, "Okay, let's have a drink todayβ"
"Good!"
When the courtiers saw this, they also applauded.
After the two women had drunk for three rounds, Empress Qin looked at the emperor sitting upright as if she was not satisfied, and said with a little drunken smile: "Your Majesty, such a fortunate thing, don't you accompany your concubines to have a drink?"
The emperor was still thinking about the affairs of Nanyu Kingdom, but when he heard this, he smiled, bowed his head and motioned to the waiter to pour wine, and accompanied the queen to have a drink.
Queen Qin didn't comply, and she wanted to drink again by drinking.
The emperor felt that he owed her a lot, and he couldn't bear to spoil her at this time, so he drank a few more drinks with her.
The courtiers below made a lot of noise, completely devoid of the usual words and deeds, and occasionally made some innocuous jokes.
Empress Qin seemed to be in high spirits, and proposed that the monarchs and ministers have fun together, and everyone should make a wine order together?
This proposal was immediately approved by the courtiers.
The eldest princess frowned, her intuition was not very good, but looking at the excited expressions of the courtiers, it was not good to dismiss everyone's mind, so she did not speak.
The emperor saw that the eldest princess had no objection and nodded.
Empress Qin was overjoyed and hurriedly asked people to prepare utensils.
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This carnival of monarchs and ministers lasted until three o'clock in the Shen hour.
The emperor was very drunk, and was about to go back to the dormitory to rest when he was helped by Gonggong Xiao.
Who knew that Queen Qin couldn't help but say, and directly helped the emperor to get into her sedan chair.
Gonggong Xiao shook his head and smiled bitterly, he was just a minion, and he didn't dare to rob the queen with ten guts. At that moment, I had to follow the sedan car step by step.
To the surprise of Gonggong Xiao, the queen's sedan chair was carried directly to the side hall of Fengyi Palace, and Miss Ruo'er seemed to live there.
Ruo'er was copying a Buddhist scripture at this time, and when she saw this, she hurriedly led the two palace maids forward to salute.
Empress Qin took the lead and glared at Ruo'er, and reprimanded: "Quick!
Ruo'er was stunned by her, and then reacted quickly, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Empress Qin help the emperor up and down, and helped her all the way back to her bedroom to lie down.
The emperor was drunk and hazy at this time, and looked at Ruo'er with a smile while burping wine, only to feel that the voice and smile of the girl in front of him were extremely familiar, and he couldn't help but shout: "Jin'er!"
Ruo'er was stunned.
Empress Qin beside her was even more shocked and took a step back, and the chill in her eyes flashed.
"Your Majesty, then let Ruo'er serve you and rest!"
After Empress Qin said this, she glanced at Ruo'er.
Ruo'er's face turned red, and she paused before stepping forward to put on a wide coat for the emperor.
finally took off the emperor's wide and heavy court clothes, and he was so tired that Ruo'er sweated profusely.