"How's this dance?" the old man sitting on the dragon chair in the middle of the hall cleared his throat, and suddenly let out a majestic voice like a bell.

A white-bearded elder came out of the civil and military officials and bowed down and said: "The blessing dance is fascinating, echoing with the Qixi Qiqiao Qiaoqiao, it is naturally a masterpiece in the world, and it is unique!"

"Aiqing is reasonable, I think I am located in the south of the Yangtze River, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the outstanding people since ancient times, and the beautiful mountains and rivers are more beautiful. This dance is beautiful, more Jiangnan charm, eye-opening, Qing Commercial Department and other people should be rewarded. The old man Long Yan Dayue said to Yu Nizi, who was kneeling on the top of the main hall, "You are the lead dancer of the blessing dance, and your dancing skills are exquisite, which is breathtaking, and it also bodes well for today's begging ceremony." Say, whatever reward you want, I will depend on you. ”

Yu Nizi's beautiful hair fluttered slightly, adding a bit of seductive style, lightly pursing her lips, slightly blooming pear nests, her eyes were charming and charming, her jade cheeks were slightly red, her figure was petite, and she was delicate and tactful.

There is a sense of seduction in the gentleness and agility, which makes people haunted.

The hall was in an uproar, and many ministers had seen countless beauties, but it was rare to be as stunning as her!

Yu Nizi said calmly: "Thank you for Your Majesty's grace, the cheap maid doesn't dare to ask for any reward, just want to be able to wait for the emperor in the palace from time to time, and this life will be enough!"

The old man hesitated for a while, and looked at Yu Nizi in surprise: "It is really rare for you to make such a contribution at a young age, but you do not invite merit to be rewarded! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty Chrysostom, the maidservant girl must redouble her efforts to repay the emperor's kindness!"

After Yu Nizi kowtowed and thanked him, he retreated with the dancers.

The old man glanced at the ministers and sighed: "There is no need to invite merit in life, no fault is merit; A little dancer in the Qing Commercial Department has such a realm, and women are not allowed to shave their eyebrows!

All the ministers were shocked in their hearts, and they realized that His Majesty was knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, and they used the topic to play.

"The dancing girl still has this noble sentiment, as a royal noble, a feudal official, and a civil and military official, she must take the world as the public, do not seek personal gain, and set an example. ”

So everyone knelt in the main hall and said in unison: "The ministers must do their best for the country, bow and die with all their might!"

A hint of cunning gleam flashed in the old man's eyes, and then he said in a flat tone: "It's not too early, let's start the celebration!"

Hearing this, the master of ceremonies began to preside over the inauguration ceremony of the "Needle Tower" and pray to the gods and other complicated procedures, Li Ji had no time to look down, he kept looking at Yu Nizi's whereabouts, and saw her slowly descending the steps, and his heart was overjoyed: "My sister finally got out, I immediately joined her, and then took the opportunity to sneak out of the palace." ”

Li Ji quickened his pace, and rushed towards the steps like an arrow off the string, and one of them did not pay attention, collided with the person who was picking up the steps, and rolled under the steps.

Li Ji brushed off the dust on his body, found that there was no major problem, he was very anxious, and he didn't bother to pay attention to the person who was knocked aside by him, and when he stood up and was about to run towards the arched door of the first floor, suddenly a voice behind him sounded like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.

"Little bunny, stop!"

Li Ji looked back, and the person he knocked down turned out to be the golden knife guard who drove him downstairs just now.

"Boy, who is your name?"

Li Ji was suddenly drunk, so Nameless became angry, why was he so unlucky today, he always encountered this plague god.

The golden sword guard approached him and asked, "Which palace are you from?" I didn't choose the way to do anything wrong? I doubted you just now, looking at your thief and thief, I felt that you were not like a palace eunuch. ”

Li Ji sighed in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good: "I guess I have revealed some flaws that have been discovered by this kid, so I doubt myself." In any case, it must not be discovered at this time, otherwise it will fall short. ”

Li Ji coughed lightly, crossed his hands on his hips, imitated the tone of Gonggong Liu of the Qing Commercial Administration, and said in a sharp voice: "I am the little Li Zi in the imperial dining room, and I am a new eunuch, what about you? ”

The golden sword guard hugged his fists and said: "I am Tian Anqi, I originally belonged to the Gyeonggi Guard, and I was newly transferred to the palace as a palace guard. ”

Li Ji breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this kid had just been transferred to the palace on an errand, so what were you afraid of him doing?

So he raised his face and said: "I was ordered to go out of the palace to procure, and if I don't get out of the way, I will delay the matter of my mother, and I will definitely make your head ...... up."

Before he finished speaking, several eunuchs came over at this time and said to Li Ji: "You are in the imperial dining room, right? Hurry up and come over to help, it's too busy inside." ”

As he spoke, he dragged Li Ji to the main hall, and before he could react, a fat eunuch came to him, and scolded him: "What do you all eat for? The masters are all waiting for melons and fruit desserts in the main hall, you are more clever with your hands and feet, otherwise you don't know what's going on when your head moves?"

"Yes......"

The eunuchs trembled with fright and got busy in the makeshift kitchen.

"Yo, are you still rubbing? Niangniang asked me to urge dessert, are you okay?"

Suddenly, a crisp voice sounded, and I saw a girl wearing colorful palace clothes appear in front of him, Li Ji felt that the back of this woman seemed familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere, and her voice was extremely familiar.

So he raised his head and glanced at the colorful palace girl, she also happened to look over, glared at him and said, "Little eunuch, it's really dishonest, I can't give up when I see my beautiful sister." ”

Li Ji looked at her in a daze, and when he heard this, his face turned red, and he quickly lowered his head and cut the watermelon.

The makeshift kitchen was doing its own thing at this time, busy with a pot of porridge, and after seeing the colorful palace girl walking around a few times, she quietly turned sideways and sprinkled a bag of white powder into a cup of sweet soup.

At the moment of lightning, her small move, although extremely fast, was still in Li Ji's sight, he already felt that the woman was a little suspicious, seeing that she was sneaky, there was really something wrong.

Looking at her back again, a thought flashed through my mind: "The voice and back of the girl in the colorful palace are not the woman who cried under the willow tree last night? ”

"What she said to the man in black last night that she was going to poison people today, I didn't expect her face to be like a peach blossom, but her heart was like a snake and scorpion, it was really hateful!"

Li Ji looked down on the villain stabbing someone in the back the most, and couldn't help but be indignant, and when he was about to grab it, his hands that suddenly stretched out were held by a fat hand: "Boy, you're still lazy, hurry up and cut watermelon." ”

It turned out to be the eunuch in charge of the imperial dining room, Li Ji was about to explain, but when he turned around, the colorful palace girl was already gone, and secretly said: "Even if you tell the eunuch in charge, who will believe it?

After cutting the watermelon, Li Ji washed his hands and was about to slip through the back door, when he was stopped by the damn eunuch in charge: "Boy, you also go to deliver sweet soup, these are the things that girls love, you have to be cautious, don't spill half a point." ”

Li Ji had no choice but to walk to the main hall with the little eunuchs carrying sweet soup, only to see that the main hall was full of people, and it was black.

Following the little eunuchs, they bowed their heads and passed through the ministers, and went straight to the throne of the concubine, Shuyi, the prince, and the princess.

Suddenly looked up, and was suddenly startled, only to see a girl in brocade sitting in the front seat: "Why did this crazy girl appear here?"

Although Li Ji was an ordinary citizen of Qi State, where did he know about the palace, he was stunned on the spot for a while.

In fact, the emperor sitting in the main hall is surnamed Xiao Mingzhen, he is a wise and resolute monarch, advocating frugality to the outside world, and strive to implement the policy of enriching the country, and the Northern Wei Dynasty is good, the border is relatively stable, and the Qingming rule makes the people in the south of the Yangtze River have enough food and clothing, and they do not close their doors at night, and the society is temporarily stable.

Like most emperors, he had many wives and concubines and countless children, but the difference was that he loved his daughters more than his sons, perhaps because of the rarity of things, or because of his father's nature.

In the year of his sixtieth birthday, he added another daughter, that is, the youngest Princess Wukang, and added another daughter when he was old, the degree of joy is self-evident, as if it was a pearl in the palm of his hand, and his biological mother Zhang Shufei was also named a concubine because of "mother is expensive by daughter".

The girl in brocade is the princess of Wukang, who is loved by thousands of people, and is naturally hated by many people.

Xiao Zhen sat on the high dragon chair, hung down the fine bead curtain through the crown, looked at the courtiers kneeling under the black pressure, and listened to their loud congratulations that resounded throughout the hall, this feeling of being above ten thousand people made him even more ambitious.

In addition to the traditional blessing wishes, the coming-of-age ceremony of the prince and princess, the new needle begging and the two competitions of Dou Kui Xing, the centennial ceremony, to feast the world. ”

The ministers bowed their heads and praised: "Your Majesty Shengming!"

"I recently collected a secret sweet soup from the people, today is the Qixi Festival, the world celebrates it, when the people are happy, all Aiqing can taste the sweet soup, while watching the begging skills. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty for the reward! Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

There was a commotion in the main hall, and then everyone knelt on the ground, and the cry was deafening, and the echo in the hall lasted for a long time before it died down.

Li Ji plucked out his ears, the echo was still buzzing, and he sighed that it was not easy to be an emperor, how could he endure being worshiped every day?

"Haha! Zhong Aiqing is flat! Today it should be a banquet for everyone, everyone can be casual, don't be restrained!"

After everyone thanked them, they got up, and under the hint of the eunuch in charge beside them, Li Ji and the others took a few steps forward, knelt down on one knee near the corner of the table in the harem area, raised the tray in their hands, and a maid took the sweet soup away.

"The original harem hierarchy system is very strict, and the imperial dining room has its own set of corresponding systems, from top to bottom, divided into different levels, enjoying different treatments, mainly various types of bowls, cups, plates, plates, cups, etc., in color, ornamentation and quantity have strict grades.

The cups used by the harem and the ministers are even more different, and they all have specially designated cups to eat, which are extremely particular and do not allow half of the trespassing.

Just now, the girl of the colorful palace was secretly poisoned in the back kitchen, obviously for the lady and the crazy girl in front of her.

Although the crazy girl does things strangely and unreasonably, she hasn't done anything hurtful and unreasonable, and the husband stands up to the sky and the earth, and he can't bear to see death and not save him!"

Li Ji muttered inwardly for a while, raised his head slightly, and glanced at the girl in brocade.

The brocade-clothed girl was chatting happily with the surrounding royal relatives and nobles, and she didn't notice Li Ji's strange expression.

Seeing this, Li Ji was anxious, and scolded secretly: "This crazy girl, she is alert on weekdays, but she is so careless at the moment of life and death, if you don't look at it again, don't blame me for not saving me when I see death!"

So he secretly lucked the potential on his fingers, and pointed at the girl in brocade, but unfortunately after a few flicks, a faint energy turned into nothing and disappeared invisibly when it was approaching.

Li Ji frowned, stared at his fingers, and still didn't move at all when he was about to break, and couldn't help but feel annoyed that his skill cultivation was too shallow.

Suddenly, the maid beside the brocade-clothed girl appeared in front of her with a smile and whispered, "Little eunuch, what's wrong with you, do you have cramps in your hands?"

"No ......" Li Ji's face turned red, and he was so ashamed that he almost found a crack in the ground to get into, and this kind of embarrassment could also be discovered.

The girl in brocade turned her head and suddenly saw Li Ji, her face was stunned, and then she showed a complicated expression, Li Ji saw her look over, and immediately made a look, suggesting that she should not drink sweet soup.

The girl in brocade was shocked, put down the sweet soup in her hand, and gently pushed the hand of the concubine next to her and said, "Mother, the sweet soup is weird, don't eat it!"