Chapter 34: The Qiongyuan Banquet

"Wang Heng was handpicked as the champion and has something to do with me?" Yue Luo continued to pretend to be confused.

"That's right." Ji Wen nodded, and then said: "Brother Yue, I know that you have a close relationship with King Yunluo, and you use him as your backer. But do you know Lu Dao, the backer of the burial heart in the past was King Yunluo, and the father was able to know the funeral heart, and it was also the king of Yunluo who secretly matched, but you know the fate of the funeral heart now. You went to Qiongyuan to sing and dance this time, if something really happens, I hope you think clearly before making a choice. ”

After listening to Ji Wen's words, Yue Luo fell silent.

She didn't expect Ji Wen, a seemingly cowardly and incompetent prince, to know the secret of this, and now to admonish her. But—

"Ji Gongzi, the red dust is rolling, how can a weak woman have any choice."

Said softly, and was blown away by the wind in Ji Wen's ears, Yue Luo turned to leave, leaving only Ji Wen looking at her back, his eyes gradually obsessed

In the afternoon, tens of millions of people watched on the long street leading to Qiongyuan in the capital, and the new science and technology jinshi received countless appreciative glances in the sound of ritual music. At the front is the finished glyph riding a tall horse, the champion, the list, the flower, the leader, wearing the champion uniform, with a big red flower on the chest, it is Wang Heng.

Savoring the feeling of being in the limelight, Wang Heng had the most genuine smile on his face. Looking at the people watching on both sides, he suddenly saw Hu Lun. At this time, Hu Lun was with several scholars he had befriended that day, but they all looked at him intently, and their eyes were full of consternation.

Wang Heng bowed his head slightly at these people, and smiled, revealing his white teeth.

Here, several scholars beside Hu Lun came back to their senses and immediately started talking.

"Brother Hu. Didn't you say that the first Wang Heng just had the same name and surname? ”

"Yes, Brother Hu, you said before that Wang Heng would definitely fail the exam, but now he is obviously riding a horse with flowers and winning the champion."

"Yes, Brother Hu, you"

Listening to the constant questioning of several people around him, and looking at their contemptuous eyes, Hu Lunzhi couldn't wait to find a crack to get into, and immediately hid his face and squeezed in and out of the crowd and fled.

Wang Heng saw this scene in his eyes, and only felt a big breath of evil, and his mood was extremely comfortable. I can't help but think of the scene when I was summoned by the emperor in Qiongyuan later.

Arrived at Qiongyuan. Under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, all the new science and technology scholars met with the emperor and hundreds of officials to salute. The champions, bangyan, and tanhua were rewarded by Emperor Dade and sat with the princes and ministers, while the other jinshi stood on both sides.

Beautiful music sounded, and the banquet officially began.

A group of dancers walked in. Suddenly, everyone looked straight. Because these clothes are fluttering and their hair is towering, they are all dressed as scholars! And none of these scholar's clothes are taken internally. When dancing, the slender jade legs, and the white arms appear from time to time, which is provocative.

Yue Luo was also dressed in a modified scholar's uniform. In the center of the dancers, the dancing posture is enchanting. Soon, a kind of singing voice that went straight to the heart sounded, and everyone didn't know what Lu Dao was singing, but they felt that the whole person fell into a charming feeling, and they couldn't help it.

Finally, after a song and dance, Yue Luo knelt in front of the jade table of Emperor Dade, and the scholar's hat rose to the sky with long sleeves, and his hair fluttered in an instant, and the fragrance was gusting.

Looking back and smiling, the purple light in Yue Luo's eyes flickered, facing the eyes of Emperor Dade!

"Good! Good! Good! ”

Emperor Dade suddenly stood up and shouted three times Hello, now anyone can see his love for Yue Luo's singing and dancing.

Over there, Wang Heng also came back to his senses in the applause of Emperor Dade, although he had usually seen Yue Luo rehearsing songs and dances, but he didn't expect that when he officially performed, Yue Luo's dancing and singing voice were so moving. Even though the protagonist of this Qiongyuan banquet seems to have changed from him, the champion, to Yue Luo, he has no complaints.

At this time, Emperor Dade said: "The dancing of the falling flower fairy is not like the world, and the singing voice is like a heavenly sound, I think it is the leader of a hundred flowers in the world!" ”

Yue Luo stood up and bowed deeply to Emperor Dade, extremely elegant.

Emperor Dade was even more happy when he saw it, and when he looked at Wang Heng and thought of something, he said: "Zhuang Yuanlang, I heard that you were staying in the Falling Flower Pavilion of the Falling Flower Fairy before?" ”

Wang Heng hurriedly stood up, bowed down and said, "Returning to Your Majesty, exactly." ”

Emperor Dade smiled: "I said, why is there a misty smell in your article, it turns out that it is stained with the fairy spirit of a fairy." ”

When many of the ministers below heard Emperor Dade's words, many of them secretly frowned. The emperor not only took it, but now he said that the champion Lang was stained with the fairy spirit of the falling flower fairy - is this the opposite, it should be the falling flower fairy who is stained with the light of the champion Lang, right?

However, in a word, no one wants to sweep the Dade Emperor Yaxing for this matter.

Emperor Dade didn't seem to notice the strange atmosphere among the princes and ministers, and continued: "I felt a kind of ancient sage in the song and dance of the Falling Flower Fairy, and on the good day of the banquet of the new champion, I want to welcome the Falling Flower Fairy into the palace as a concubine, what do the Qing family think?" ”

When Emperor Dade said this, there was immediately silence below, and even the sound of breathing stopped. But soon there was an uproar, and many princes and ministers began to discuss.

Yue Luo stood in the center of the banquet with the dancing girls of the Falling Flower Pavilion, bowing his head as if he hadn't heard anything.

King Yunluo sat first on his left hand, his eyes slightly closed, holding a glass of wine and tasting it slowly, no one knew what he was thinking.

Wang Heng, who was standing there and hadn't sat down, looked surprised, looked at Yue Luo and then at Emperor Dade, his eyes were full of disbelief. He never thought that at the Qiongyuan banquet where the new science and technology scholars were invited, Emperor Dade would actually want to accept Yue as a concubine!

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, although many of them were friends of King Yunluo, and many of them were faint and sloppy, but after all, there were one or two loyal ministers.

In the midst of the discussion, a white-bearded old minister in the second place on the right hand got up and knelt down in front of the jade table of Emperor Dade, clasped his head and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you can't make the same mistake again!" The year before last, Na Hua Yu buried her heart as a concubine, which has already aroused criticism from all over the world; Now if you want to accept a lowly woman as a concubine, it will definitely cause anger and resentment! ”

Emperor Dade thought that the ministers would acquiesce as before, but he didn't expect to jump out of an old man to stop it. Immediately shouted: "Nonsense! I'm just adding a concubine. How can it provoke the anger of the heavens? I want my descendants of the Great Zhou Dynasty to continue for thousands of generations! ”

"The emperor thinks twice!" The old minister kowtowed again, and there was a loud bang, and his head hit the ground with blood marks.

Emperor Dade flicked his sleeves, turned around, and said, "I have made up my mind, and there is no need to discuss this matter anymore!" The Ministry of Rites is ordered to handle it! ”

The old minister raised his head slightly, took off his official hat, and said, "The emperor insists on making a lowly woman a concubine, and the minister is a secretary of the Ministry of Rites." can't help the emperor abide by the way of etiquette. It's really useless. He also asked the emperor to allow the old minister to return to his hometown. ”

Emperor Dade said without looking back: "The left attendant of the Ministry of Rites will act as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites on the same day, and he is ready to welcome the flower fairy into the palace as a concubine!" ”

A minister in his forties and fifties stood up, bowed down and said, "The minister's order!" ”

The old minister sighed, got up and walked out slightly.

Wang Heng looked at the old minister. Look at the back of Emperor Dade again. It was also a sigh - he had long heard among the people that Emperor Dade was not as wise as he was when he was young. Instead, he is obsessed with women. I didn't think so before, which emperor is not lustful? Seeing this today, I realized how mediocre Emperor Dao Dade had become.

This Manchu dynasty is civil and military. There aren't many loyal people.

Looking around, seeing that no one was admonishing the departure of the old minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Heng had already seen the Great Zhou court clearly. There was a sudden desire to leave in my heart, and I felt that it was better to go to the Nine Shadows Palace to cultivate as an official in this court.

After the Ministry of Rites left, Emperor Dade turned around and said again: "The Falling Flower Fairy has unparalleled singing and dancing talents in the world, and I want to welcome her into the palace in three days and be named the Flower Concubine!" What do you think? ”

With the example of the Ministry of Rites in front, no one came out to admonish again, and they all stood up and bowed to Emperor Dade and shouted: "Long live my emperor!" ”

"The slave family thanked the emperor." Yue Luo also took the dancing girls of the Falling Flower Pavilion to thank him.

Emperor Dade hurriedly walked down and grabbed Yue Luo's hand, helped him up, and then grabbed Yue Luo's hand and didn't let go!

"Fairy, now you should call yourself a concubine to me." Emperor Dade took Yue Luo's hand, his eyes were full of obsession, as if he wanted to take Yue Luo into his arms now.

Yue Luo was about to use a small spell to withdraw his hand without a trace, but a voice came from behind him, making Emperor Dade take the initiative to let go of Yue Luo's hand.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have something to ask for!" Wang Heng stood up and said loudly.

He watched Emperor Dade holding Yue Luo's hand, and his heart was extremely tired. Although he likes Liu Feifei instead of Yue Luo, Yue Luo is inviolable in his heart.

Emperor Dade let go of Yue Luo's hand, faced Wang Heng, and said with a somewhat unkind face: "Oh, what request do you have for Zhuangyuanlang?" ”

Wang Heng said: "When the minister was studying, he heard that the case of Liu Yi, the former imperial history of the left capital, was an unjust case, and I implored the emperor to re-handle it and rehabilitate him. ”

As soon as Wang Heng's words came out, the eyes of the audience suddenly focused on him, and two of them were particularly profound. One is the King of Yunluo, and the other is the herb among the dancing girls.

Yunluo Wang's wine glass was brought to his mouth, but he stopped, and his eyes narrowed slightly at Wang Heng, his gaze was extremely sharp.

And Fangcao (Liu Feifei) looked at Wang Heng's eyes full of surprise, she didn't expect that Wang Heng would ask the emperor to rehabilitate her father at the Qiongyuan banquet.

Emperor Dade looked at Wang Heng with a strange gaze, and asked, "Zhuangyuanlang, what is your relationship with Liu Yi?" ”

"It's not a relative."

"Then why do I have to re-investigate his case? Don't you know that the evidence in the case of Liu Yi framing King Yunluo is conclusive and has been decided? Emperor Dade asked again.

Wang Heng bowed deeper, but his voice was very loud: "The minister is willing to use the name of the champion to guarantee the innocence of the former Zuodu Yushi, and ask the emperor to re-investigate this case!" ”

"Bold!" Before Emperor Dade could speak, King Yunluo stood up suddenly, pointed at Wang Heng and scolded: "Wang Heng, what do you think of the fame of the imperial court?" Do you say that you will be a guarantee? This is a great sin of disrespect! ”

Then, King Yunluo said to Emperor Dade: "Your Majesty, Wang Heng, the erector son, is suspected of Liu Yiyu's party, and I implore the emperor to remove his fame and put him in prison and hand him over to the criminal department for thorough investigation!" ”

Emperor Dade has always been obedient to King Yunluo, and he really hates Liu Yi's Zuodu Imperial History, and he almost responded by inertia, but suddenly saw Yue Luo next to him.

He thought, this Wang Heng came out of the Falling Flower Pavilion, how could he also see the meaning of the Falling Flower Fairy. In this way, it is impossible to please the beauties.

So, Emperor Dade looked at Yue Luo with an inquiring look - as long as Yue Luo gave him a casual look, he would be light on Wang Heng.

[I wish everyone a family reunion during the Lantern Festival, happy and happy!] Hehe, the fireworks are gone! By the way, it's Valentine's Day in the West. Happy Double Day! (To be continued......)

PS: I wish everyone a family reunion during the Lantern Festival, happy and happy!