Drop the Horse Chapter 023: Chinese New Year's Eve
"Today's night banquet in the palace, you accompany me." Seeing that it is the end of the year, this year without the prince and Cheng Rang, Ren Tingyou and Jiang Guifei, it has naturally become the biggest attraction of the middle-aged banquet in this palace.
"Yes." Xiaocha lowered her head, and there was no joy or sorrow on her face.
Since An Lao died, Ren Tingyou seemed to know her ability, and many things that An Lao did gradually transferred to her.
Unlike other masters, Ren Tingyou seems to be untrustworthy, although the people around him seem to be loyal, but for him, no one can really be regarded as a confidant.
Every decision Ren Tingyou makes can be said to be his own decision, and no one else can interfere.
Maybe An Lao used to be the accident, but now, there is no chance to speak, naturally, Xiaocha's position has become much easier.
Ren Tingyou tidied up his clothes and took Xiaocha to the carriage into the palace.
Xiao Cha was dressed in a strong suit, and a woman dressed as a man followed Ren Tingyou's carriage.
Entering the palace again, time has changed.
The prince was killed, Cheng Rang absconded, and now the most prestigious one is Ren Tingyou.
Seeing that it was Ren Tingyou's carriage, along the way, naturally many people gave way, so that Xiao Cha and them easily walked to the middle of the road, Xiao Cha was outside the carriage, taking in the whispers of those people.
"This one, but the carriage of the five princes." The palace people whispered to each other as Ren Tingyou's wheels slowly drove forward.
Xiaocha had just gone to see the father-in-law of Concubine Jiang in the palace, so she fell behind the convoy and heard it.
Seeing that Xiaocha was wearing the clothes of the attendants beside Ren Tingyou, the palace people were silent.
"This is from the side of the Fifth Prince." The palace people shut up and reminded the surroundings.
"Yes, yes."
Xiaocha didn't care what they said, just glanced at it lightly, and quickly followed Ren Tingyou's carriage.
The temptation of the bus to himself was handed over to Ren Tingyou untouched, and Xiaocha withdrew from the carriage.
The last part of the road to the palace banquet hall still needs to be walked by yourself.
When Xiao Cha walked over, he saw Ren Tingyou come out of the carriage with an indescribable excitement on his face.
She followed Ren Tingyou into the main hall for some reason.
At this moment, the saint and the queen have not arrived, except for a few princes and princesses, most of the rest are ministers, each of them falling into the wind, and seeing Ren Tingyou at this moment, they all stepped forward and insisted.
Ren Tingyou just nodded lightly in return, and only paid a slight greeting to some familiar ministers.
When Ren Tingyou was finally able to sit down, Xiaocha was also standing behind him.
The voice of the eunuch came from the door at the right time: "Holy Lord, the queen mother has arrived." ”
For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the realm of the door.
Today's dinner, even the concubine is not qualified to attend.
The saint's body was already in good condition, and at this moment, he walked in in a dragon and phoenix robe side by side with the queen, striding with his head held high, quite majestic.
"Long live the saint, long live the queen."
Everyone saluted, and the saint nodded in satisfaction.
"Everyone, please be seated." The saint said after taking the queen to a seat.
"Thank you, Holy Lord." After everyone sat down, their eyes were still wandering on the saint and Ren Tingyou.
Someone has already received the news that tonight, the situation in the entire Nanzhou is afraid that it will change again.
"Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, many regrettable things have happened this year, this night banquet is to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, the queen has lost her beloved son, our prince of Nanzhou!" And! I! ”
After three rounds of drinking, the saint was obviously a little too drunk, and his voice was also fluttering at this moment.
And the courtiers watched the saint stand up crookedly with a wine glass, and when they walked to Ren Tingyou's side, they all lifted their hearts.
"It's been a hard year!" With a wave of his hand, the wine glass fell on the precious carpet, and although there was no sound, it fell into everyone's hearts.
On such a day, the Holy Lord will do it, and take the initiative to mention this matter, but now Cheng Rang and Concubine Tang have not caught it, which makes this matter feel a little hazy.
"I have one more thing to announce today, just one." The saint compared it to a finger.
Xiao Cha stood behind Ren Tingyou, looking at the saint above Jiu Han, right in front of him, but just a stone's throw away, Xiao Cha lowered his head, not wanting his face to be recognized.
"I announce today that the fifth prince Ren Tingyou will be the crown prince!" As soon as these words came out, the four middle schools were in an uproar, Xiaocha looked at everyone's eyes, and sure enough, the queen didn't seem to know about it, but because of her identity, she couldn't stand up suddenly, but she pinched her phoenix chair handle stubbornly, and her teeth were clenched.
"Chang Le, proclaim the holy decree." The saint was a little flustered, and even the holy decree taken out of his sleeve was a little unstable, but fortunately, the leader eunuch Chang Le around him supported him in time and helped him to the dragon chair, and at the same time took the holy decree in the hand of the saint and read it out.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said.
The fifth prince Ren Tingyu is smart and sensitive,
It can be regarded as the foundation of the country, and now he is the prince,
Uniquely endowed and a pillar of the country. ”
"Minister, Commander." Ren Tingyou was already kneeling in the hall at this moment, waiting for the honor.
Chang Le finished reading the holy decree, walked down the steps quickly, and personally handed the holy decree into Ren Tingyou's hands, at this moment Ren Tingyou finally waited for what he was so dreaming of, and his usual calmness also turned into indescribable excitement at this moment.
Everyone present could read the joy in Ren Tingyou's words, and at the same time, they also understood that the situation in Nanzhou might change direction in the future.
No one mentioned Cheng Rang and Concubine Tang, almost in a peaceful atmosphere, this year's dinner finally came to an end.
But for whom, it is the real peace, who knows.
In short, after the banquet, they dispersed, and the three families were proud and two were disappointed, but that's it.
"How so, how could it be." Although the queen understands that her two children have not survived, and the position of the crown prince will be someone else's sooner or later, but Ren Tingyou, who was born to Concubine Jiang Gui, robbed her son's position, which made the queen have no way to forgive, no way.
The people in the queen's palace knelt in the outer hall at the moment, and each of them didn't dare to speak, and only the two closest people to the queen's side stayed in the inner hall to serve, just waiting for the queen's anger to disappear, but the queen's anger, how could it be so easy to eliminate.
"Ren Tingyou, Concubine Jiang, do you think all this is so easy to calculate, you are sitting on the throne of the prince, but are you sitting firmly?"
As the queen said this, she suddenly heard a man's voice:
"They can't sit steadily, but for the queen's seat, you have a chance to sit firmly."
The queen looked at the people who came out of nowhere in the palace, with some doubts in her eyes, but she did not alarm anyone, the queen just looked at him, and after signaling the two cronies not to alarm anyone, she asked:
"What do you mean?"
The late-night conspiracy in the Queen's palace continues, on the other side.
When Xiaocha and Ren Tingyou returned to the mansion, the matter of Ren Tingyou being made the crown prince had already been introduced to the mansion.
Therefore, in the mansion, which usually seems to be low-key, there are red lanterns hanging up and down at the moment, and people are waiting for Ren Tingyou's return at the door, which is rare and lively.
"Good work." Ren Tingyou was obviously in a very good mood, and he rarely took the initiative to greet them at this moment.
Xiaocha noticed that they seemed to have an obsessive pursuit of Ren Tingyou, and at this moment, when they heard Ren Tingyou take the initiative to thank him, he blushed a little excitedly.
Ren Tingyou didn't linger at the door for long, and after ordering the housekeeper to reward everyone, he strode into the mansion.
The people behind him also hurriedly followed.
Xiaocha escorted Ren Tingyou back to the courtyard, and then saw that he had nothing to do with himself, so he also returned to his own courtyard.
It was indeed an uninvited guest.
"Why are you here?" As soon as Xiao Cha entered the door, it was dark in the room, but Xiao Cha noticed that there was a person sitting at the table.
The light of the lantern outside happened to be reflected on his face, it was Cheng Rang.
Xiaocha suddenly relaxed her guard, and after confirming that no one was watching around, she cautiously closed the door and asked Cheng Rang.
"Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, come and see you." When Xiao Cha lit the candle, he found that a bunch of dishes brought by Cheng Rang had been placed on the table.
The banquet delicacies in the palace are naturally not shared, and they dare not eat it easily.
If you hadn't been looking at the food at the moment, you really wouldn't have noticed that you were hungry.
simply didn't say anything polite to Cheng Rang, Xiaocha sat down and picked up the chopsticks.
Cheng Rang picked up the wine jug on the side and poured a glass for each of them.
"This is the best drunken moonshine, it's better to taste it."
Tonight's moonlight is bright, and it matches the name of this wine.
The cup of tea was full, and the spicy taste in her mouth made her feel that her hands and feet were finally warming up in this cold winter.
"It's a good wine." Xiaocha said.
"The national treasure of Da You, naturally good." Cheng Rang's cold words almost choked Xiaocha.
"Big, big?" Dayou and Nanzhou are enemy countries, how could Dayou's national treasure fall into Cheng Rang's hands, but thinking of Cheng Rang's current situation, Xiaocha felt that she still didn't want to ask.
simply ate the dish closest to him, and Xiaocha bluntly changed the topic:
"How's your preparation?"
"Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." Hearing Cheng Rang say this, Xiaocha was still a little relieved.
But there is one thing these days, but it has always made Xiaocha uneasy.
"The Phoenix edict seems to be in Ren Tingyou's hands."
Ren Tingyou had been looking for the Tiger Talisman so much that they had almost forgotten about the existence of the Phoenix Edict.
And Xiaocha once took advantage of Ren Tingyou's absence to spy on his study, but found a secret grid, she is a master in this area, but unfortunately she didn't have time to look carefully, so she was forced by the housekeeper who broke into her and walked in, so she had to restore the dark grid to its original state and take the opportunity to slip away, and after that, she never found a chance to confirm.