Chapter XXXVI
On the Chinese New Year's Eve of the eighteenth year of Jiarui, the emperor Cheng feasted on the Lang Ri Ji Moon Hall and celebrated in the palace. The banquet was full of friends, with fragrant clothes and sideburns.
Bearing the harmonious atmosphere of the feast, the emperor was happy and announced three wills in a row:
One is to reduce the taxes of the vassal states and the prefecture capitals of Zhili;
The second canonized the dancing girl Allure is the third grade Jieyu, given the name "Chang", moved to the Zhaoyang Palace, and canonized the ceremony on the fifth line of the first month;
The three ordered a thorough investigation of the crown prince's chaos in the palace that day, temporarily suppressed the prince's position as assistant to the court, and restored the prince's power to the East Palace.
On the feast, Yuwen Qi and I sat together. Shen Zhan sat directly across from me, and Lan Shao was behind Qi Ye to the left.
So from the beginning of the feast, I endured a double gaze, hot and cold in front of me, fierce and cold in the rear, either of which could pierce me into a thousand holes.
Yuwen Qiye looked coldly at Shen Zhan, who had been looking at me, and said, "Xiao Hei, let's go to Liuxianju to find Shaoyi in a while, and he will take it down tonight." ”
I choked on a sip of tea: "Did he get rich? Didn't he lose all his fur coat to you a few days ago?"
He put down the silver basket in his hand: "Oh, I forgot, I lent him the money." ”
I was suddenly curious: "Tell me, how much savings have you saved over the years of being a general?"
He thought for a moment and said, "Changsheng helps me take care of it, and I don't know." He put a clump of mandarin fish in my bowl, "Anyway, it's enough to marry you." ”
I blushed: "You ......"
"Zhaoyuan, why don't you reply?"
Before I could say anything, the emperor sitting on the top of the golden palace spoke, and his voice was not angry and self-threatening, so that I immediately raised my head:
"Father, what is the matter with calling your son?"
The emperor didn't have any expression, but there was a smile in his eyes: "You girl can't find anyone recently, tell me where you went?"
I smacked my mouth and glanced at Yuwen Qiye, but he drank by himself and raised his eyebrows at me, completely looking at my good appearance.
I was ruthless in my heart, and confessed leniently: "Back to my father, my sons have been playing with General Yuwen and the Thirteenth Young Master of the Xiaoyao Mansion every day, and nothing else. ”
The people around began to talk about it:
"The eldest princess is really straightforward, what a strange woman......"
"What kind of system does unmarried men and women become when they are mixed together, and the etiquette and face of the clan are about to be ruined by her!"
"What a strange scene for these three people to be mixed together......"
“……”
I happened to meet Shen Zhan's naked gaze, as if to pierce me, and I bowed my head as if to avoid it.
The hanging right hand suddenly came to the temperature of being clenched by him, I raised my eyebrows and looked at Qi Ye, he raised his eyebrows and smiled at me with a wine glass.
I don't know why, my heart warmed, I looked up at the emperor sitting on the jade steps, and said: "Since my father allowed my son to follow his temperament, my son obeyed his father's will and did it casually, my son likes General Yuwen, and he treats his son with sincerity, and there is nothing wrong with being in one place." ”
There was an uproar in the hall.
Qi Ye stood up from my side and bowed respectfully to the emperor, and his words were neither humble nor arrogant: "Your Majesty, the minister should have asked the emperor for the rest of the month as soon as possible, but because of the busy end of the year these days, I am afraid that it will seem like a neglect of the moon to mention it in a hurry, and I hope that the emperor will forgive the sins." ”
The emperor was interested, and asked: "Are you afraid of neglecting Zhaoyuan?" You and Zhaoyuan are together every day, you don't know what to do?" Ha Lu Ha ......" suddenly turned pale, and said sharply: "Then why didn't you think that Zhao Yuan would be neglected by others when he was with you like this!"
Everyone held their breath, and the hall was so quiet that they could hear the sound of silver needles falling to the ground.
I was stunned, and a light sweat broke out in the palm of his hand.
He was silent for a moment, clenched my hand, and replied in a positive voice: "From the first moment he saw Xiyue, the minister regarded her as Yuwen Qiye's only wife in this life. He regarded her as a treasure and never exceeded the rules. The minister acts above board and is not afraid of other people's opinions!"
Something seemed to be circulating in my eyes, and inexplicably fragmented words rang in my ears:
“…… You wait for me to come back, and I will marry you with the meritorious city......"
I don't know who said it, I don't know if it was said to me, but it still made my eyes red.
I waited for someone, and he came to my side.
The emperor smiled and asked, "Ha Lu Ha! What a Yuwen Qi night! Then if one day, you lose Zhaoyuan and fall in love with someone else, what should you do?"
"Three thousand weak water, only take one scoop. If there is a day when Wen Qi breaks his oath at night, he is willing to gouge out his eyes to protect both!"
"You're crazy!" I pulled him anxiously and reminded him in a low voice, "What are you doing with a poisonous oath?!"
The emperor did not speak, but looked at us with an unpredictable expression.
"Pap--" There was a crisp applause in the quiet hall, and everyone looked sideways and saw King Yan with a drunken face.
"It's rare, the youngest son of Zhenguo Gong is simply impressed! Ha Lu Ha! Xiao Yue'er, come! You and I have a drink! Uncle Huang congratulates you on finding your lover! Ha Lu Ha ......"
I was grateful to King Yan for helping me out of the siege, and I raised my wine glass a little shyly, and was about to drink it on my back, but I saw Shen Zhan flick his sleeves and walk straight out of the hall with a gloomy face.
Lian Xi sat at a distance from me, watching what was happening in front of the hall inexplicably, and finally couldn't hold it back after Shen Zhan left, and stood up and said:
"Uncle Emperor, Xi'er can testify that Brother-in-law Yuwen loves Sister very much! That day, Brother-in-law Yuwen also lost Princess Lanshao's special sister......
Before Lianxi's words fell, she was covered by her mother: "My little ancestor, I can't say this......"
However, Lu Niang was obviously late, and Lianxi's words were clearly imprinted into the ears of every guest in the column.
I rubbed my protruding temples helplessly, and I didn't have to look back, I knew that Lan Shao's face was black at the moment, and he was probably full of anger and wanted to die with me and Lianxi.
The guests in the hall all had golden lights in their eyes, and although they looked absent-minded on the surface, in fact, they were probably glad that this banquet had come very correctly, and there was so much gossip for the future for a while.
After a while, the emperor showed a slight smile: "Yue'er, this is the husband you are looking for, what will happen in the future, it depends on yourself!"
My heart was shocked, and I solemnly bowed to the emperor and replied, "Thank you, father!"
Lan Shao finally couldn't hold it anymore, and ran out of the body behind me, I had never seen her "dignified and quiet" so out of shape in front of people.
I looked up at Yuwen Qiye, and he turned back and smiled at me.
I was about to say something more to him, but suddenly I felt my scalp tingle, and when I turned my head slightly, I saw Xiao Guifei sitting next to the emperor, graceful and luxurious, bright and moving, smiling charmingly and coldly.