Chapter 12 The Ninth Master's Birthday & Angering the Emperor
After a few days, the birthday of the ninth master has arrived, but it is arranged at night, and every prince who comes in is issued a mask at the gate of the mansion. The lower door is also wearing a mask, holding a plate in his hand, and there are wine glasses on the plate, and each wine glass is a different variety of alcohol. There is also the barbecue that is not placed on the table as before, but everyone has to take it and eat it by themselves, which is so different for these so-called masters. Everyone had a great time eating. Of course, they didn't know who the other party was before they spoke, and the prince who came out dressed in yellow didn't even know the ninth master. However, there was one person present who knew, and that was Shu Qiao, yes, it was her. Because she is the leader of this banquet, it will never work without her, because the eighth master has found herself, hoping that she can start and finish this matter well, so I will quietly help the eighth master get things done.
In fact, there are several people's masks that are different, just like Brother Jiu uses a birthday cake as a mask, while Eighth Master uses Qingshan as a mask, and the prince uses Yilong as a mask. Others can just be casual...
After a while, a game began, which was to identify the prince in his senses and find out the ninth master. The prince agreed, and among the many princes, he began to look for the figure of the ninth master one by one, and then pointed to the cake mask and said, "Ninth brother, it's you, come out." "After Brother Jiu was targeted, he has been happily flattering and praising the prince. The ninth master invited everyone to sit on the chair and start to enjoy the dance, and the masters sat there and began to watch the dance. At this time, the Thirteenth Master already knew who the Ninth Elder Brother was, so he went up to salute the Ninth Elder Brother first, and then began to inquire about Shu Qiao's news: "Ninth Brother, I heard that there was a maid named Shu Qiao who served you here before, I don't know if the Ninth Brother knows where he is now?" ”
The Ninth Master was actually thinking about the intention of the Thirteenth Master when he said this, and was still thinking about whether to tell the Thirteenth Master about Shu Qiao, but fortunately, this mask blocked these doubts on the Ninth Master's face, and the Ninth Master just smiled lightly and said, "Is it difficult for the Thirteenth Brother to know this little girl." ”
Thirteenth Master: "She is a friend of mine, and I knew that she was serving you in the Starling Mansion a few days ago, so I thought I would come and see him today." ”
The ninth master deliberately hesitated for a while, pretending to be a little guilty and said: "This girl offended me before, I have already asked the starling brother to kick him out, if I had known that she was your friend of the thirteenth brother, no matter what I said, I would have given you face and let her stay in the house." ”
Shu Qiao has already left? Well, since I can't see you here, it can only be said that there is no fate, the thirteenth elder brother smiled reluctantly, and then said: "It's okay, we'll see you again, ninth brother, I'll go over there to eat something first." ”
The Thirteenth Master left, the Ninth Grandfather nodded, looking at the back of the Thirteenth Master leaving, the Ninth Master was still speculating about his inner thoughts.
The Thirteenth Master returned to his position, and when he was drinking alone in his seat, someone suddenly brought a few strings of meat over, handed them to the Thirteenth Master and said, "Thirteenth Prince, do you want to eat?" The Thirteenth Master said, "Are you?" ”
Shu Qiao bent his mask slightly and made a kawaii expression, and the Thirteenth Master was very excited and said, "It's you." ”
Shu Qiao said: "Yes, if I hadn't seen you come in just now, I wouldn't have known that you were the Thirteenth Prince." ”
The Thirteenth Master said as if he had done something wrong: "I'm sorry, Miss Shu Qiao, I didn't mean to lie to you. ”
Seeing that the Thirteenth Master seemed to be quite self-blaming, Shu Qiao knew that he was not angry at all, so he relieved and said: "Okay, okay, I don't blame you, you are a dignified son, you can't reveal your identity at will, for the sake of safety, isn't it?" ”
The thirteenth prince heard that Shu Qiao didn't blame himself, and said, "Miss Shu Qiao is very understanding. ”
Shu Qiao said, "What? You've always thought I'm arrogant, haven't you? ”
The thirteenth prince said: "No, it's just that the beauty in the distance, near and far, is unpredictable." ”
This tone made Shu Qiao have to laugh: "It turns out that you are the sour scholar I met this time." ”
Thirteen said happily: "It's just that there is nothing to be bookliked." ”
Suddenly, I heard the noise outside the door, and when I looked closely, there were a large number of officers and soldiers coming, only to see a middle-aged man with a lofty spirit come in, and everyone present suddenly became silent, and they all saluted in unison, shouting: "See Huang Ama." ”
Shu Qiao was stunned for a while, he didn't know the etiquette of kneeling, but thanks to the thirteenth master who dragged him down, he knew that if he didn't kneel at this time, he would be a criminal and deceitful the king.
The emperor arrived, the momentum was magnificent, and all the air suddenly condensed. The emperor sat on a high chair, and the crown prince first asked: "Father, are you also here to celebrate the birthday of the ninth brother?"
The emperor said angrily: "I heard that someone committed a rebellion today, bullied the king, and dared to bring the heavenly dragon in public to show the world." ”
Everyone was shocked, and everyone present at this time could be regarded as frightened birds, afraid that they were being calculated by a conspiracy.
The emperor ordered the guards to say, "Take off the prince's mask." ”
The guards walked over and took off the prince's mask and presented it to the emperor, who was even more furious when he saw it, threw the mask to the ground and said, "Prince, what else do you have to say, how do you explain the real dragon on the mask." ”
The prince felt that he had been framed, but what he had to do at this time was to choose the matter from himself, and stepped forward and said: "Father, the retainers don't know how to explain it, but this banquet is not organized by the retainers, so some of the things the retainers don't know. ”
The emperor then pointed the finger at the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother, and shouted: "Old eight and nine, you come out." ”
The eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother went to the emperor's seat, and the emperor said: "Say, do you want to please the prince, so you painted this mask with a real dragon." ”
The eighth master said very calmly: "Back to Emperor Ama, Erchen also specially checked that it was a four-clawed dragon before, and someone must have deliberately blamed us and the prince." ”
The prince said: "Yes, father, if the son is really guilty of the following crimes, how can he be so grandiose and let people have a handle to follow." ”
Unexpectedly, this sentence was so full of loopholes, and the emperor was suddenly angered again, and said: "Then you mean that you will secretly commit the following crimes?" ”
The prince knew that he had said the wrong thing again, and said, "Huang Ama, the retainers didn't mean that, the retainers just wanted to say ...... I want to say..."
At this time, the fourth master spoke: "Huang Ama, the prince means that the victims of this matter are the prince, the eighth brother and the ninth brother, so someone must have framed him." ”
Hearing this, the emperor also felt that his words were reasonable, and at this time, the ninth elder brother spoke again: "Father, today is the birthday of the son, and the son-in-law is so bold that he does not dare not think of the grace of life given by the father." ”
The emperor said, "Okay, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly." Yinxi, bring me the person in charge of this matter, and besides, you take off all the masks, I can't tell who is who. ”
The eighth elder brother had already taken off the mask, but he was hesitant to find out Shu Qiao, because the eighth elder brother was afraid that Shu Qiao would be forced to confess by the people of the criminal department, but after this stupid Shu Qiao heard this, he immediately stepped forward and knelt down and said, "Back to the emperor, I am the operator of this banquet." ”
The emperor said, "Then you are not an informer." ”
Shu Qiao said: "No, I just did this to express my guilt towards Brother Jiu. ”
The emperor was a little surprised and said, "What kind of guilt? ”
Shu Qiao said with a little weakness: "The emperor will know when he looks at Brother Jiu's face." ”
The emperor raised his eyes and found that Brother Jiu's eyes were still red and swollen, and he couldn't help but say angrily: "Old Jiu, what's going on." ”
Brother Jiu had no choice but to say: "It was this girl who washed my face with chili pepper water to guide me like this." ”
After hearing this, the emperor was furious and said: "Bold, dare to murder the ninth elder brother, come here, first put her in prison for the most murderous of the prince." ”
Everyone didn't dare to say anything, although the thirteenth grandfather was very worried, but the emperor Long Wei was angry, and he really couldn't speak.
The banquet ended so hastily, the people of the Eighth Lord's Mansion were all taken away, and the Ninth Elder Brother and the Eighth Elder Brother were discussing how to solve this matter, and the Eighth Elder Brother said: "It seems that only by finding out the mastermind of this matter can the conflict be calmed down." ”
Brother Jiu said: "But the mastermind must not be simple, for many years, there has been an obvious partisan dispute between us and the prince, and now that both of us are victims, who else will it be." ”
The Fourteenth Master said, "Is there still someone in the dark?" ”
The tenth master said: "In the dark, what should I do?" In case we are calculated, we don't know how we died. You said that I rushed back from outside to attend Brother Jiu's banquet, but I didn't expect to be disturbed by these things again. ”
The Fourteenth Master said: "Okay, Tenth Brother, don't complain, Presumably the Ninth Brother is even more sad." ”
Brother Jiu said: "You said that my good banquet was ugly and accidental, why is it not good to meet her all the time?" ”
The tenth master said, "Who? ”
The Fourteenth Master said: "It's the woman who was arrested today, eccentric." ”
The ninth master said to the eighth master with some complaints: "Brother starling, is it you who got her back again, last time you drove her away, didn't there be nothing." ”
The eighth master said: "She is not the whistleblower of the matter, because the banquet is indeed for me to hold her, and judging from his style of doing things, if she wants to lurk in the eighth master's mansion, she should not offend the ninth brother everywhere." ”
They thought about it and thought it was the same, so they decided to wait and see what happened.