Chapter 188: Dance and Assassination
The Queen Mother likes to be lively, looking at these fresh or familiar faces, she also feels very happy, and dissipates a little sadness about Princess Changle's distant marriage, so she asks everyone not to be bound by the rules, since it is also a family banquet today, you need to have some fun.
Everyone knows that the Queen Mother likes to have a lively reunion, even if she is not happy in her heart, she has to perform a joy to show the Queen Mother, so the atmosphere is lively, eating luncheon, and the person who can speak the Tao is to add fuel and vinegar to the Queen Mother about the interesting things that happened in Beijing and say that it was the last time, which amused the Queen Mother.
The sound of silk and bamboo in the distance is faintly floating, the fragrance of flowers in this imperial garden is permeated, and this person is also intended to use it together, smiling and laughing, so happy, a beautiful picture of the spring in the real spring.
The Queen Mother looked at it and remembered the days when she was young, she was still the home lady of Dingyuan Hou at that time, and she was simple-minded, and she liked to be lively. At the spring banquet that year, the first emperor who was still the prince took a fancy to it and married the princess. After the first emperor was named the crown prince, it was a rare day of open and secret fighting, but fortunately, she and the first emperor survived hand in hand.
The first emperor ascended the throne as the emperor, and she was the queen of the world. There are never a few warblers in this harem, she is getting old, but those young bodies are constantly being sent into the palace.
Fortunately, even though she passed away, the first emperor's favor and trust in her did not see the slightest, and there were those young and beautiful concubines, relying on the freshness of the first emperor's momentary picture, they tried to challenge her status, and those people all turned into the flower mud in this imperial garden, so the flowers in this imperial garden can bloom so brightly.
The first emperor spoiled her all her life, and she vowed to protect this country for the first emperor. Your Majesty is working hard, if the northern summer wind is smooth and the country and the people are safe, even if you close your eyes one day, you will have no regrets.
It's just that she still has something in her heart that she can't rest assured, she glanced at Concubine Li, His Majesty wants to save the lives of all the princes, so he wants to set up the generous Seven Princes as the crown prince, but do the Seven Princes have the ability to govern Nuoda's Northern Xia?
There are also two things that she can't solve when she dies, one is the death of the second prince's biological mother, the concubine, she also suspected it back then, not for the stability of the harem and the emperor's dislike for the concubine at that time, she skipped this matter, she faintly felt that she couldn't live with the second prince.
The second is the case of the prince's rebellion, she knew in her heart that how could the prince she taught by herself be rebellious, but she did not persuade His Majesty to stop it, so that a tragedy occurred, and she felt heartbroken every time she thought about it today.
I don't know if Your Majesty has regretted what happened ten years ago, after all, this is already a pain that no one can mention, and now he hopes that the Seventh Prince will inherit the unification, is it also sad to think of the tragic death of the eldest son?
Can King Qi let go of these two things?
The Queen Mother pondered for herself, at this time, Fu Rui's eyes turned, and she stepped forward with a wine glass, Ying Ying smiled: "Fu Rui respects the Queen Mother with a glass, and the Queen Mother is blessed with Jin'an." ”
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and glanced at her, she was a delicate beauty, much stronger than Mo Ziyu, no wonder she was able to make King Qin fascinated by her, but this appearance was too charming, and there were two more points of frivolity between her manners, and she lacked the grace and grace that the Heavenly Family should have, no wonder Concubine Yun didn't like it.
"In the past, I just looked at you from afar, and I didn't look closely, and I really was a rare beauty. The Queen Mother smiled.
Fu Hui lowered her eyes and smiled shyly: "The Queen Mother praises falsely." ”
Concubine Yun glanced at her coldly: "Please go down, there is no place for you to speak here, don't break the rules." ”
"The concubine body carefully prepared a dance, wanting to dedicate it to the queen mother and the concubine. Fleur blessed her body and said.
"You're not that singing and dancing girl, what kind of occasion is this, do you need to perform?" Concubine Yun lowered her body and said, "Stand down, don't lose the face of the Qin Palace." ”
"It doesn't matter. The Queen Mother raised her hand and smiled, "There are no outsiders here, since she is ready, it doesn't hurt to put on a performance, so that everyone can see their vision." ”
"Thank you Empress Dowager!" Fu Hui happily went down to prepare, feeling that she really guessed well, if the Queen Mother saw her, she would definitely like her, the Queen Mother is really the Queen Mother, she doesn't look at people's backgrounds, and she is not like those ordinary people.
Concubine Yun's face is not very good, although she doesn't look down on Furui, Furui is also a person from the Qin Palace, although the people here today are all nobles in Beijing, they are not worthy of making fun of Furui. Generally, dancing in public, either an orchid from the Western Regions or a dancer from the music square, Fleur wants to dance in public, which is a direct status.
"Is this what you prepared?" a lady beside Shangguan Yu'er asked in a low voice, this is not a fun among peers or an order from the elders, and there are still a few people who say that they want to dance, so they think that this is the arrangement of Princess Qin, to hit Na Fu's face.
Shangguan Yu'er shook her head lightly, and said with a light smile: "The prince loves her, I don't dare to arrange her, I just just learned that she prepared the show, it's okay, let her go, maybe she has that filial piety, if her dance can make the queen mother happy, it will also be her blessing!"
After a while, I saw Fleur change her clothes and dance clothes to enter, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, and she stepped on the music and began to dance. In all fairness, Furao has a good figure and soft limbs, and this dance is very good, but the more she is extremely beautiful, the more it proves that King Qin is a person of heavy color, and for her back then, but he can't stand the Mo family.
Fleur is very confident in her dancing skills, but the better she dances, the darker Concubine Yun's face becomes.
Mo Ziyu was also a little fascinated by Fleur's dance, she had always only known that Fleur was good at dancing, but she didn't expect to dance so well, it seemed that she didn't know her well before.
Liu Yao tilted her head slightly, watching Furui's dance, her toes still beating lightly. At this time, the corners of her mouth hooked into a small smile, picked up a piece of fruit from the plate, and threw it on the ground.
As the hibiscus spun, it happened to step on the top of the fruit, and instantly fell to the ground, and the gorgeous dance dress was torn.
Such a fall surprised everyone!
The two palace people immediately stepped forward to inquire and helped Fleur up from the ground.
Fu Rui's face turned pale and knelt on the ground to plead guilty: "Fu Rui made a mistake, please forgive the Queen Mother!"
"People are not saints, and it is normal for some mistakes to be made. The Queen Mother smiled softly, "This dance is extremely beautiful, no wonder King Qin loves you so much." ”
Concubine Yun's face seemed to have a layer of dark clouds, and she originally wanted to raise her eyebrows and exhale when she was in charge of this banquet, but she didn't expect Fu Hui to add to her bad luck, and shouted coldly: "Don't retreat quickly!"
"Yes. Fu Hui asked the two palace maids to help her retreat, although she tried her best to lower her head, she couldn't help but see the mocking laughter of others, and she was even more angry in her heart, feeling ashamed.
Concubine Yun asked Shangguan Yu'er to take care of Furui, and then tried her best to divert the topic, talking about the matter of Tian Ding in the Nanguo Prince's family, this Nanguo Duke was old and had a son, and the Queen Mother was also very interested, so the topic diverged.
Later, the Queen Mother looked at the flowers in the garden, remembered Mrs. Ning's poems, looked at Mo Ziyu and said: "The poems you made in the Plum Garden last year, the mourning family also read them, very good, the mourning family likes them very much." Today, the garden is full of spring, and you are also using Wing Chun as the theme, each of you will compose a poem, how about adding some Yaxing?"
Anyone who has seen Mo Ziyu compose poems on the spot in the Plum Garden knows Mo Ziyu's strength, and they don't dare to be in the limelight, just waiting for Mo Ziyu to make a poem first.
"The concubine has a song here, please comment on the Queen Mother. The Eighth Lady got up and read out a poem she had just made.
When the Queen Mother heard this, she nodded and said, "It's unsatisfactory, the tone is good, and it's a bit of an artistic conception." ”
The eighth lady bit her lip and sat down, she knew that she was not good at poetry, and she didn't want to win the first place in one fell swoop, she just wanted to be able to show her face in front of the queen mother, but looking at the queen mother's face, she didn't seem to like her poem very much, she glanced at Mo Ziyu, but she didn't know what she was capable of, and then said: "The concubine is just a rough understanding of some words, but she is not good at poetry, I heard early that Mrs. Ning is a well-known talented woman, I don't know if Mrs. Ning has it in her heart?"
Mo Ziyu smiled faintly, his eyes turned slightly, he got up and blessed the Queen Mother, and then recited his own seven-character quatrain.
Until the last word fell, the Queen Mother stroked her palms and smiled: "Okay! The words are gorgeous, but the words are substantial, and the artistic conception is beautiful, the mourning family really didn't misunderstand you, I really like it very much! Come here, reward the jade Ruyi of the mourning family to Mrs. Ning!"
Concubine Yun is also a person who loves poetry, and she also has two more points of appreciation when she looks at Mo Ziyu: "It's a good poem!
Concubine Li on the side said with a smile: "This palace doesn't know much about poetry, but this poem is also very beautiful and likes it very much, and this palace has a string of South China Sea pearls, and I will give it to Mrs. Ning!"
"The concubine is clumsy, it is rare to find the Queen Mother, Concubine Yun Niangniang, Concubine Li Niangniang likes it, thank you for the reward of the three nobles!" Mo Ziyu lowered his eyes and said.
Since then, a few more people have written poems, but with Mo Ziyu's poem in front, the others' are somewhat dwarfed.
The banquet came in the afternoon.
The palace people stepped forward to change some new dishes and fruit wine.
At this time, the Queen Mother had an extra poem in her hand, beckoning Mo Ziyu to go up and comment on it.
Mo Ziyu blessed his body, slowly walked to the Queen Mother's side, squatted next to the chair, and enjoyed these poems with the Queen Mother.
The palace people were busy with their hands and feet.
At this time, Mo Ziyu only felt a flash of cold light, and she was shocked, only to see the palace maid directly opposite the Queen Mother take out a dagger from under the tray, and stabbed towards the Queen Mother's chest with a fierce face.
It happened too suddenly, the Queen Mother was immersed in the poem and didn't react, and others didn't expect that someone in the palace would dare to assassinate the Queen Mother!
"Be careful!" Mo Ziyu screamed, and then threw the Queen Mother to the ground, barely dodging the sneak attack of the dagger!
"There are assassins!" Concubine Li's face turned pale with fright, and she hurriedly shouted, "Come on, catch the assassin!"
There are assassins! There are all female dependents here, and their faces have changed dramatically when they hear this!
The palace maid missed a blow, and wanted to attack the Queen Mother again, Mo Ziyu turned her heart sideways and lay on the Queen Mother's body.
The first to react was Liu Yao, who saw that the assassin wanted to assassinate again, and then threw the quilt in her hand and smashed it on the assassin's wrist, and the assassin was in pain and dropped the dagger on the ground.
After she bent down to pick up the dagger, Liu Yao had already jumped to her side and fought with her.
At the same time, the Imperial Guards also arrived and protected the nobles.
Seeing that the assassination was hopeless, the palace maid plunged a knife into her heart and fell to the ground and died.
Liu Yao immediately stepped forward to check, and then asked the guards to lift the assassin's body down.
"Queen Mother, are you okay?" Mo Ziyu got up and knelt beside the Queen Mother, "I have offended the Queen Mother, please forgive the Queen Mother." ”
"Child, you saved the life of the mourning family! You were able to sacrifice your life to save the mourning family, and the mourning family remembered this heart. Said too ** with Mo Ziyu's hand.
Then Mo Ziyu helped the Queen Mother to get up and sit down, she looked at the corpse of her assassin with cold eyes, and shouted: "This matter will definitely be solved!"
"Queen Mother, are you in good health? Concubine Li said worriedly.
"The mourning family's body is fine, don't worry. The Queen Mother said lightly, although the bun was a little loose, but there was no fear on her face, she was still the majestic Queen Mother.
Concubine Li said with palpitations: "Thanks to Mrs. Ning this time, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable!"
The moment she heard that there was an assassin, Concubine Yun thought to herself!
This time she was solely responsible for the banquet, and she didn't let Concubine Li interfere, there were assassins mixed in, and she couldn't escape anyway!
Immediately, she knelt beside the Queen Mother and cried: "It was the concubine's negligence that allowed the assassin to get in, the concubine deserves death, fortunately, God bless the Northern Xia, God bless the Queen Mother, peace and security, if the Queen Mother has three long and two short, the concubine is to blame for all deaths!"
The Queen Mother looked at the crying Concubine Yun coldly, ignored her, turned to look at Liu Yao, and praised: "The county lord's skills are still the same as always, there is merit in capturing the assassin, and the mourning family will ask for credit for you in front of Your Majesty!"
Liu Yao hugged his fists and said: "Protecting the Queen Mother is what a courtier should do, and she doesn't dare to take credit." ”
The Queen Mother glanced at everyone again and said, "Today's incident has frightened you, stay in the palace tonight, and then disperse after the matter is clarified!
"Yes!"
The well-trained palace ladies led the nobles to stay in each courtyard for the time being, so that the Imperial Guards could find out the truth about today's assassination as soon as possible.