He brought the eunuch to the feast.

The banquet was nearing its end, and the courtiers and civil and military officials were already drunk. A middle-aged man in a royal costume walked up to him drunkenly, holding a wine bottle, and laughed: "Jing Yingchuan Marquis." Yingchuan Hou is famous all over the world in the first war, and now even the young children in Luoyang City know your prestige Yingchuan Hou, haha...... Belch. The middle-aged man burped and laughed again.

He picked up the wine glass and said without being salty or light: "King Qi praises it." And he drank a small half of the wine.

King Qi laughed twice, looked at the eunuch behind him drunk, and asked again, "Uh, who is that?" ”

He glanced at the eunuch and said lightly: "It's the person King Zhao wants to see." ”

King Qi burped loudly again, laughed and left, his body swaying a few times in the candlelight. He waited for King Qi to walk away before he turned his head and glanced sideways at the eunuch, with a hint of warning in his eyes. The eunuch shuddered, and called out to the Marquis of Yingchuan with a sneer.

He was silent for a moment, and then commanded, "Come with me." Then he held the half-empty wine glass and went to King Zhao.

The eunuch answered, and two trembling streams followed him, shoving the whip into his cuffs indiscriminately as he went.

There was a faint streak of blood on the tip of the whip, which looked shocking in the light of the candle flame.

But he had his back to the eunuch, so he saw no blood on the end of the whip.

The eunuch followed the Marquis of Yingchuan to turn left and right, and finally came to King Zhao.

King Zhao was also drunk, and even more drunk than King Qi. He drunkenly toasted the Marquis of Yingchuan and said with a smile: "The day when you completely expel the Huns from Mobei is the period of sealing the Marquis of Wanhu." When that happens, you and I get drunk again. ”

The Marquis of Yingchuan lightly replied, "King Zhao's praise", and then led the eunuch to King Zhao, saying that someone had already brought it.

King Zhao squinted at the eunuch for a moment, and then laughed and said, "Yes, yes, just stay here and pour me wine." If you pour it well, I will ask your majesty for a decree tomorrow morning to take you back to the house and continue pouring wine. Happy today, haha, happy. ”

The eunuch shuddered again, and subconsciously looked up. Since he entered the palace, he has been following the queen. If he was really taken back to the mansion by King Zhao, then all the efforts he had made before would be in vain.

But before he could see the queen, he experienced the sharp eyes of the Marquis of Yingchuan again.

The eunuch shuddered again, and then remembered the rumors of this Marquis of Yingchuan.

Three years ago, the Huns invaded south, and the entire Western Jin Dynasty was helpless. But the Marquis of Yingchuan was still an unknown general, and after hearing the words, he took the initiative to ask Ying, and went north with the 3,000 cavalry battalion, which severely frustrated the spirit of the Huns. Then, the Marquis of Yingchuan won many battles, and the Huns could not escape well under his hands. He seemed to be born to know the affairs of the Xiongnu, whether it was the temperament, habitual tactics, living habits of the Huns, or even the difficult Xiongnu language, he knew everything well. Especially in the battle two months ago, 20,000 troops smashed into the hinterland of the Huns, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Huns, and they could not slow down for at least five years.

Now even the Huangkou children in Luoyang know that as soon as the Marquis of Yingchuan goes on the expedition, it must be the death of the Huns.

But the Marquis of Yingchuan is light by nature, he has been clean and self-conscious all these years, and he is also one of the best people in the courtiers, except for the friendship with a few people such as King Zhao, King of the East China Sea, and Taiwei, there are no more rumors.

But how could such a light and indifferent Yingchuan Marquis target him for no reason?

Could it be that it's really because of that palace maid?

Thinking of this, the eunuch trembled again, and King Zhao kicked him impatiently: "Pour the wine well." ”

Marquis Yingchuan returned to his banquet, that is, the head of King Zhao, sat upright, and took a shallow sip of wine.

He didn't drink very well, so he had been sipping lightly tonight to keep his mind awake. He knew the history of the Western Jin Dynasty, and also knew that Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, and Sima Rui, the king of the East China Sea and Sima Yue's party in the future, would be the final winners of the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasty, so over the years, he had been carefully mediating between the two and maintaining a delicate balance.

But tonight, this delicate balance is probably going to tilt a little.

He rubbed the gold bottle with his fingertips, and whispered two words:

"Ah Yao......"

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Yun Yao wrapped herself in the overly wide robe and trembled to pick a few grass stalks in the grass.

The grass stems are clean and neat, which is suitable for divination.

She steadied, pinched the three grass stalks with her frozen fingertips, and silently thought to herself, if she were to go to her bedchamber, which direction should she go? While thinking, he grabbed the three grass stems back, and his palm flew out of a mysterious trajectory in the air.

The grass stalks slowly fell to the ground, and all three grass stalks pointed to the northeast.

Yun Yao picked up the three grass stalks and walked towards the northeast tremblingly.

Although the palace was not large, it was already late at night, and a crescent moon hung on the sky, illuminating the ground in a hazy light. She didn't have a candle with her, so she had to grope her way forward. Just now, in order to avoid suspicion, Gao Su left in a hurry, and did not leave her palace lamps or fire folds. She understood Gao Su's move, because at that time, Sima Zhen and Empress Jia were twenty zhang away, if the movement was too big, it would definitely alarm the two of them, and then neither she nor Gao Su would be able to get any benefits.

She knew that Gao Su was still the Marquis of Yingchuan, and it was enough to know that Gao Su was by her side.

As for the future, she will sort it out little by little, and then talk to Gao Su in detail.

She walked slowly to the northeast as she wrapped her oversized robe tightly, shivering from the cold.

Hmm, I see.

In front of me is a row of palace maids living in the house.

She pinched the three stalks of grass, muttered the words in her mouth, and once again figured out where her bedroom was, and pushed the door in. The room was pitch black, and there were two couches, one of which was empty, and a girl was sleeping on the other.

Almost subconsciously, she took off the robe on her body, rolled it up in two rolls, rolled it into a package and held it in her arms, then carefully led the door to the house, and groped her way towards the empty couch.

Although she moved very softly, she still woke up another girl in the room.

The girl glanced at her, rolled over again, and said with sleepy eyes, "Since you are back, let's rest early." I have to get up early tomorrow to serve the queen. ”

She belched softly, and from the empty couch, she pulled out a snow-white towel, and wiped her body and hair tremblingly. She didn't ask the girl in the room where she should go to fetch water or boil hot water. She used the three grass stalks and a handful of wild flower petals outside the house to divinate the hexagram "go bathe now" as Shangji, and then sneaked out.

She found a kitchen, and then found a place for the palace ladies to bathe, boiled some hot water, and carefully cleaned her body. She still had faint whip marks on her body, and even some on her arms, but she couldn't get any medicine now.

Then she cleaned up all the traces of boiling water and bathing, and then went back to her bedroom and slept for a while.

But she couldn't sleep.

Whoever has just been whipped hard, and who has just been pressed into the lake by the queen and almost drowned, will not sleep soundly.

She wrapped herself in a quilt, closed her eyes, and then a faint shadow floated out of her body and towards the palace outside.

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The lights and candles in the palace room were full of shadows, and most of the guests inside were already drunk.

Tonight's banquet was set up to celebrate the last victory of Yingchuan Hou, so it had the meaning of a carnival night. In addition, tomorrow is the day of rest, and there is no need to go to the court and not to work, so the queen specially opened a curfew and a palace ban (the emperor has almost no right to speak), and the king of Qi, the king of Chu and others stayed in the palace for one night. As for the other civil and military officials, most of them were helped back to the house by the little guys.

When Yun Yao floated there, she happened to see King Zhao being helped on the horse by the little girl, and then because of a hangover, he vomited one after another on the horse. A eunuch next to him pinched his nose, held back the filth he had been vomited on, and hurriedly took a towel to King Zhao to clean his face. The queen originally wanted to step forward and say a few words to the eunuch, but at this time she pinched her nose and avoided it from afar.

Marquis Yingchuan smiled bitterly and said, I'm afraid I will borrow this eunuch from the queen and ask him to send King Zhao back to his house, and then send him back to the palace after washing it tomorrow.

The queen pinched her nose, frowned in disgust, and sent the eunuch away like a fly.

Therefore, the eunuch could only watch the queen go farther and farther, endure his own filth, accompany King Zhao on the horse, and trot all the way to King Zhao's mansion with a sad face.

When she saw this, she suddenly burst out laughing, and then turned into a small soft ball, floated to Yingchuan Hou's shoulder, and gently called Changgong.

Ying Chuanhou suddenly froze.

He looked sideways over his shoulder, a small smile in his eyes.

In the middle of the night, the streets were cold and cold, and there was no one, except for King Zhao, who was still vomiting from time to time, vomiting the filth on the eunuch's hands. The eunuch didn't even have the strength to cry, so he could only hope that the road to King Zhao's mansion would be shorter. But the Marquis of Yingchuan kindly followed behind them and sent King Zhao back to the palace, completely cutting off the eunuch's desire to return to the palace halfway.

She leaned on his shoulder, looking at the qiē curiously.

When he arrived at King Zhao's mansion, the eunuch was tired and sleepy, and he had to pinch his nose to serve King Zhao, with an expression of wanting to cry or not. Gao Su stood in King Zhao's mansion and looked at the eunuch for a moment before turning his head sideways and whispering to her: "I asked him just now, why is the queen angry with you." ”

She blinked: "Huh? ”

"Because I have a word with you." Gao Su's voice was low and deep, with a hint of anger, "A-Yao, I ......"

He couldn't go on.

She belched softly, thinking of the distorted mentality and ruthless methods of the queen's palace concubines in the palace fighting dramas of her previous life, her heart was relieved. She gently floated into Gao Su's palm, looked at him, and said seriously: "I will try to get out of the palace." In that palace, I didn't want to stay for a day. Changgong, will you help me? ”

Gao Su bowed slightly: "That's nature." ”

She looked at him and smiled, a faint smile that seemed to carry a hint of satisfaction.

She rubbed his index finger again, and continued, "There is also the matter of Fang Cai, which you probably already know. The maid fell into the water, and when I woke up, I came back. Changgong, I don't want to hide this from you, and I can't hide it from you. I don't know if I'm a lonely ......."

"A-Yao." He cut her off for life, his eyes heavy and a little dark.

She turned her head to look at Gao Su, a little confused.

Gao Su stood motionless in the night, staring at her, and after a long time, he slowly shook his head.

"A-Yao, don't mention this matter again."