Chapter 231 Sorrow

Li Xiaonuan agreed with a smile, and the princess hurriedly ordered someone to bring lychee wine in and old rice wine in.

The prince sat next to the old lady and said with a smile:

"This year's lychee wine has been buried in the ground for 20 years, I remember that my mother took me to drink that year, it was a ten-year-old lychee wine, and the taste was extremely mellow, and I don't know how much mellow it has been in the past 20 years."

The old lady's face sank slightly, and she was silent and did not answer.

Li Xiaonuan turned his head to look at Cheng Ke, Cheng Ke leaned over, went to the old lady's side, and said with a smile:

"Ancestor, today my grandson will accompany you to drink this lychee wine, and this lychee wine will be mixed with rice wine, not the same as honey, where is the smell of wine? Ancestor, the two of us, let's use it as water today and drink enough."

The old lady turned her head to look at Cheng Ke, and her voice brought out some ease,

"When to drink water? You don't know the severity of this lychee wine, if you get drunk, you won't be able to wake up for three days and three nights."

The prince didn't dare to talk more, so he just sat with a smile, looked at his son and mother with a smile in his eyes, and drank the honey-like lychee wine.

Li Xiaonuan stood in front of the couch and waited, thought about it, went out and called Mama Zou over, took the list of juggling lists, singing songs, and telling novels, carefully selected them for a long time, picked out the novels of the Red Whisk Girl, and told them to be presented later.

After drinking two or three rounds of wine, the mother-in-law brought in two middle-aged geisha who were telling novels, took a stool and sat down, one pulling the erhu, and the other holding the board while singing and singing, singing the legendary story of the Red Whisk Girl.

The old lady listened attentively, slowly drinking lychee wine cup by cup, Li Xiaonuan stood under the shadow of the lamp with her hands down, looked at the old lady carefully, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this time, she bet on the right thing again

Cheng Ke sat next to the old lady, pouring wine diligently, listening to the red whisk girl, the old lady was already slightly drunk, Li Xiaonuan hurriedly instructed Mama Tian to prepare for fireworks, ordered someone to open all the doors in front of the flower hall, and instructed Yuban to take Hongfu to sit under the eaves at the main entrance of the flower hall, ready to watch the fireworks.

Cheng Ke took the cloak handed over by the girl, straightened up and put it on the old lady, the old lady grabbed the cloak and wrapped it, squinted her eyes and looked outside, Cheng Ke said with a smile:

"This year's box has a lot of fresh tricks, and I don't know how good it is, wait a while, the ancestors will taste it."

"The box flowers have to be far away to look good, and in this small yard, just look at the bucket flowers."

The old lady retorted, and Cheng Ke said with a smile:

"Let the ancestors see through it again, today look at the bucket flowers, and on the fifteenth, the grandson accompanied the ancestor to the lamp tower to see the box flowers."

The old lady was silent and did not answer.

In the courtyard, a circle of thirty-six barrel flowers has been lit, spraying extremely bright five-colored light spots, piercing the dark night sky, blooming with gorgeous and lively brilliant colors.

Hongfu jumped up all of a sudden, screaming excitedly, his hand stretched out his head, shaking very rhythmically, twisting his buttocks desperately, stomping his feet, twisting his hands, buttocks, and feet in three places, extremely incompatible but harmonious, the people in the flower hall opened their eyes wide, and they didn't look at the fireworks anymore, but only stared at her.

The old lady, who had always been calm, raised her eyebrows, squirted out a mouthful of wine, and laughed, Cheng Ke leaned back with a smile, raised his hand to point at Li Xiaonuan, and said breathlessly with a smile:

"This ...... Firework...... It's just a ...... Introduction!"

The princess covered her mouth with a handkerchief, her face flushed with laughter, and the princess looked at the old concubine who couldn't stop laughing, and also laughed heartily.

Inside and outside the flower hall, the girls and women standing in the courtyard looked at Hongfu who was dancing, and laughed together, Hongfu laughed, watched and danced by himself, and was so happy that he had long forgotten it.

Enjoying the brilliant bloom of fireworks, in addition to the Runan Royal Mansion, there is also the majestic palace, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the palace is placed in the Fuyou Hall, the inside of the hall is red and green, standing full of attendants and palace maids in auspicious clothes, in the distance, festive string music is transmitted to the hall with the wind.

The palace is as warm as spring, the emperor and Cheng Guifei are sitting at the top, King Cheng and Princess Cheng are sitting on the first short table on the left, King Xin and Princess Xin are sitting on the right side of the first short table, King Min and Princess Min are sitting under Princess Cheng, and Zhou Jingran is alone, sitting leisurely under Princess Xin. His main concubine was cultivating in the temple, and the two side concubines were pregnant, and the emperor had been specially ordered not to come in to attend the ceremony.

King Cheng's eldest son Zhou Shiyuan, eldest daughter Zhou Wanruo, second son Zhou Shixin, King Xin'er's eldest daughter Zhou Xin'er, eldest son Zhou Shiqing, second son Zhou Shiping, King Min's eldest daughter Zhou Yanran, and second daughter Zhou Moran sat under Princess Xin and Princess Min respectively, all of them sat upright, eating a little bit left and right, and listened carefully to what the emperor and the concubine said.

King Min's eldest son, Zhou Shining, was only three years old, and he was also waited by the nurse to enter the table, and only he, sitting next to Zhou Shiping, happily waved his hands, grabbing that and taking that.

Behind King Cheng and King Xin, there were a few small tables each, and the side concubines Xu and Qian sat respectively.

The emperor looked around at the bright and lively in the hall, with a soft face and a casual expression talking to a few sons, after a few rounds of drinking, everyone gradually became casual, the two youngest boys, five-year-old Zhou Shiping and three-year-old Zhou Shining, held each other's hands and stood up, leaned out, and studied the dishes on the table.

Princess Min hurriedly signaled to the nurse, and the emperor glanced at it, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry about it, just let them play with it, let them play."

Princess Min respectfully agreed, and didn't dare to look at the two of them any more, just laughing and listening to a few people.

Zhou Shiping and Zhou Shining finished studying the dishes, simply left their seats, ran, played and played, and the emperor's eyes turned back and forth with the two naughty children who were full of childlike fun, their faces full of love and fun.

Zhou Shiping roared and played Taiping Boxing, Zhou Shining giggled and ran around him, while learning him to kick his legs and swing his fists, the two were playing and joking, Zhou Shiping pushed Zhou Shining and leaned heavily on Zhou Shiyuan.

Sitting stiffly, Zhou Shiyuan screamed in pain, turned around suddenly, and pushed Zhou Shining to the ground heavily, Zhou Shining fell to the ground all of a sudden, his forehead stumbled to the ground, and he cried loudly.

The emperor straightened up violently, stared at Zhou Shiyuan, his eyes suddenly became sharp, Zhou Shiyuan shuddered, hurriedly stood up, and was busy grabbing Zhou Shining from the hands of the inner servant, helpless and panicked coaxing him, Zhou Shining cried, kicked and pushed Zhou Shiyuan hard, Zhou Shiyuan's face was full of pain, gritted his teeth, bowed his waist, and his eyebrows were twisted to one place.

King Min and Princess Min anxiously looked back and forth at their son, the emperor, King Cheng and his wife and Zhou Shiyuan, and stood up in a hurry, Princess Cheng stared at her son with painful eyes, unable to take her eyes off, King Cheng pursed his mouth tightly, with a layer of anger on his face, the emperor squinted his eyes and swept King Cheng and King Min and his wife, raised his hand to stop:

"It's none of your business"

As he spoke, the emperor slowly stood up, walked behind Zhou Shiyuan with his hands behind his back, and coldly commanded:

"Give your brother to the nurse to hold."

Zhou Shiyuan's fingers trembled slightly, and he handed Zhou Shining, who was crying and struggling, to the nurse who was standing next to her with her hands tied and panicked, lowered her hands, and turned around.

The emperor narrowed his eyes, stared at him for a moment, then turned his head, slowly swept over the pale and angry King Cheng and the princess Cheng, who were as dead as ashes, passed the two, and looked at the Min Wang and his wife who were full of fear and stunned.

A sneer flashed at the corner of the emperor's mouth, and he turned his head to look at Zhou Shiyuan and ordered:

"Take your clothes off"

Zhou Shiyuan gritted his teeth, untied his belt, and pulled out his upper body, the emperor stared at Zhou Shiyuan's chest and back, staggered and dense, different shades, still oozing with blood and yellow whip marks, his brows shook a few times, he pursed his mouth tightly, turned around violently, raised his hand and pointed at King Cheng, and said in a cold voice:

"My grandson, I haven't even been willing to lift a finger, and you have made such a ruthless move? If you don't teach it, haven't you heard of your father's fault? He is not the one who deserves the whip."

King Cheng hurriedly kneeled back, away from the dwarf, kowtowed heavily to ask for sin, the emperor closed his eyes in a hurry, turned around suddenly, and walked straight away.

Cheng Guifei hurriedly stood up, ordered the close attendant to hurry up, and ordered again and again, and hurriedly called the imperial doctor to treat Zhou Shiyuan, watched the attendant run out, turned his head to look at everyone, sighed long, and waved his hand helplessly and ordered:

"Even if it's scattered, let's go back first, you see, will Shiyuan stay in the palace for the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat first, or will he go back with you for treatment?"

Concubine Cheng looked at Princess Cheng and asked earnestly, Princess Cheng hesitated, did not look at King Cheng, and bent her knees and thanked:

"Thank you Concubine for your trouble, I'll take him back for diagnosis and treatment, I've been using medicine for the past few days, and it's much better."

Cheng Guifei looked at Zhou Shiyuan, who was covered with scars, with distressed eyes, nodded and ordered:

"If you want to use any rare medicine, just send someone to my palace to ask for it, don't wronged the child."

Princess Cheng agreed, and Concubine Cheng hurriedly sent everyone back, stood at the door of the Fuyou Hall and sighed for a long time before returning to Yuncui Palace.

After watching the fireworks, the old lady wiped the tears from laughter with a handkerchief, pointed to Hongfu, who was laughing and humming 'hum' and was still spinning around excitedly, sighed and said:

"All these years...... This kid has been with me all these years, and today is the happiest! It's no wonder that she forgot everything, and she can still remember her sugar sister. ”

"It's not that although she is a little stupid, she can understand in her heart, knowing that Xiao Nuan is good to her, so Xiao Nuan clearly remembers her temperament, what she likes to eat, and what she likes to play."

The princess hurriedly smiled and continued, the old lady looked at the red blessing full of joy with emotion, was silent for a moment, turned her head to look at the prince, and said lightly:

"I'm tired, I'm going back to rest."

"Yes, I'll send my mother back."

The princess hurriedly agreed, dragged his shoes and got off the bed, the princess hurriedly squatted down and put shoes on the old lady, the old lady turned her head to look at her son, whose hair was already a little gray, lowered her eyes, waved her hand and said:

"Let Xiao Ke send me, you are also old, don't stay up late to keep watch for any age, go and rest."

It's heartbreaking

People are old, but they want peace and joy, in fact, they can't see their grandchildren suffering and suffering, and they are always doting on the education of the next generation.

By the way, ask for a powder.