Chapter 260: The Capture of the Throne (2)
At the end of October of the first year of Ruyi, Quan Long and Wu Chongmin, who went to Anxi to manage the construction of the city in Xiyu Stone Valley, overfulfilled their mission and returned to Beijing in triumph.
That night, Princess Yiyang's Mansion, Princess Taiping's Mansion and Dingwang's Mansion jointly held a banquet to feast guests and friends in Princess Taiping's Mansion to catch the wind and wash the dust for the two.
In the evening, the congratulatory guests came to the door, the streets around the city were full of all kinds of cars, now it is different from the past, whether it is the Li family, the martial family or the neutral faction, the Manchu Dynasty ministers and civil and military are more or less connected with these three families, the Li family has the imperial heir Li Dan out of the palace to descend, with the eldest son Li Chengqi and the third son Li Longji, the martial family has Liang Wang Wu Sansi to take the lead, with the eldest son Wu Chongxun, Wei Wang Wu Chenghei did not move, sent the eldest son Wu Yanji and the third son Wu Yanxiu to come together.
Wu Youji is surrounded by Wu Youyi and Wu Youxu's two families, and he has no mouth to praise Wu Chongmin, who is a little stronger, Wu Youyi was dismissed from Chang'an not long ago, and was promoted to the local official Shangshu, and the turmoil in the middle of the court is turbulent, he is a self-aware, he has suffered a lot of open guns and arrows, he has no ability, and he has no grace to compete for anything, and he is becoming more and more cautious and cautious.
Princess Taiping is surrounded by many princesses, important ministers and dependents, talking and laughing with her, quite lively, Xie Yaohuan also followed the old practice, accompanied by her, but she didn't belong, she didn't speak, and her laughter was also dry, playing with an emerald green and snow-white jade feather in her hand, and frequently looked at the other side, fortunately, she was always cold, unsociable, and no one cared about her.
What Xie Yaohuan was thinking about was Princess Yiyang's side, Quan Ce stood with his hands in his hands, accompanied by his mother, Quan Long was by his side, Princess Gao'an, Princess Qianjin, Li Ji and others sat around, happy and happy, because of Quan Ce, many civil and military officials also stood around, chatting with each other, surrounding Princess Yiyang and others, making her feel quite depressed, "Da Lang, today is a good day for your cousin, don't be lazy here, hurry up and greet guests"
Quan Ce took the order and left, this banquet was also the first time he had made a public appearance after returning from Jiannan Dao, and there were many serious people who asked him to introduce him personally.
He had just left Princess Yiyang and the others, and his cronies and friends gathered together, Ge Hui was still looking like a fairy, and he had been discussing the government with Ouyang Tong, Cui Rong, Xiao Jing, Tu Qiyou, Lu Zhaoyin, Lin Gu and others. ”
It just so happened that at this time, Hou Sizhi brought Zhao Youhuan, Sha Zha Fu, Ye Huli, Lu Jiong, Lai Chong, Han Zhai and other generals over, and was greatly surprised, and hurriedly turned around, "This banquet has not yet opened, why is Ge Yushi drunk?" ”
"Haha, but he is not drunk, Xu is ashamed to see that you have all been promoted" Quan Ce knew the inside story, Ge Hui rolled in the court, and got out of interest, this move was not to give him no face in public, but to take charge of his power in the court for a long time, and to consolidate his prestige in this way.
Quan Ce's words are true, looking at Quan Ce, Lin Gu, who has the lowest civil official, is already the fourth rank of the country's superintendent, two grades higher than Ge Hui's imperial history, and the military attache is even more Zhonglang will jump, and his official position is indeed the lowest here.
"The so-called humble and powerful, the upper and lower are in the same position, Ge Yushi is in the Qing Dynasty, and he will move the government in the palm of his fingers, so that he will not worry about you" The hard state spoke out, but it was Du Xianyan, who was going to be a master craftsman, and he was followed by Song Jing, Yan Shansi and Deng Huaiyu, and Doulu Congchang and Di Guangyuan, who were two generations behind, were waiting behind.
Quan Ce smiled bitterly and bowed his hand, "But I lost my words" The words changed, skimmed this section, and led Tuoba Siyu and others to his side, "Come on, come on, ladies and gentlemen, there are a few friends who want to be introduced to you"
"This is the Qiang people's land king, Fuguo Gong Tuoba Siyu"
"This is Han Xian, the Taifu Temple"
"This is General Zuo Yu Linwei, Lizhou Wu Bingde, Ye Hu, Bingde is the first to come, and he is in the same guard as you, so I need to take care of him"
Ye Huli has a rough temperament, and immediately laughed, "Tonight, if Bingde can make nine bowls with me, Quan Langjun will let me worship him, and Ye Hu will not say anything."
Wu Bingde did not have the arrogance of the people in the clan, and he gave his hand again and again, "General Yehu has Yaxing, and Bingde should accompany him"
"Ye Huduan is not a good man, Da Lang set up a banquet, it must be a spring in Jiannan, but you first set nine bowls and drank them for you, what should I do?" Ouyang Tong put on an old face, and was very displeased, which caused everyone to laugh again.
"You think it's bad, but Jiannan burns spring tonight, but there is no "Quan Cehua lost his face, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Tonight's wine is from the hands of Fuguo Gong, it is brewed by the Qiang people's secret method, and you try it, there are two kinds of spirits and fruit wine, and my mother used the fruit wine, and praised it well, and your daughters can also drink happily"
"It's so good, no worries" Hou Sizhi and Cui Rong brought their families here, relieved, and the laughter was even louder.
Quan Ce also smiled forward and backwards, keenly aware that there was a set of eyes that had been wrapping around him, he didn't look back immediately, slowed down for a moment, and looked in the direction, it was Xie Yaohuan, who was widowed next to Princess Taiping, his eyes swam around her, and when he saw the conspicuous jade feather, his heart moved slightly, and Shangguan Wan'er's guessing game seemed to have an answer.
Xie Yaohuan also seemed to notice his scrutiny, and only glanced at him from the corner of his eye, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.
The two eyebrows flickered, and the high-ranking officials and generals around Quan Ce gathered, becoming more and more spectacular, and Wu Yanxiu, who was barely coping with the people around him, had a more and more determined look in his eyes.
Talking and laughing, the night is falling, the lights are on, the guests are here, Wu Youji, Princess Taiping, Princess Yiyang took Quan Ce, Quan Long, Xue Chongyin, Wu Chongmin and other people from the main family, first went to the emperor's heir case to bow down, greeted for a while, and then went to visit Wu Sansi and the oldest Doulu Qinwang in the seat, the guests and hosts sat down, and the banquet began.
In the middle of the staggered planning, the female official in the palace, Shangguan Wan'er, came to the door to deliver the decree.
“…… Sima Quanlong, the protector of Anxi, acted arbitrarily, tyrannized the people, invaded excessively, indiscriminately conscripted the Turks and the ten national husbands of the Western Regions, and built the city, which lasted ten months, killed and injured more than 100,000 people before and after, and the number of people who broke their homes was even more than that, and the roads in the Anxi Protectorate were crying, and the people of Li were miserable...... The envoys of the foreign vassal and the accompanying camp guards, Wai Lang Wei, were impeached with strict words and resentment...... I punished the great handle of the world, and on its merits and demerits, it should be offset, but the female official suggested that she should not be indulged in laissez-faire with her youth, and I gladly obeyed it, and was specially punished with twenty lashes, dismissed from office, and repatriated to her naturalized citizenry, and barred from entering the government for life......"
Shangguan Wan'er's voice was loud, fluttering in the sky above Princess Taiping's mansion, the will read out was from her hand, with her unforgettable talent, almost can be recited, she didn't dare to look at Quan Ce's expression, in fact, she didn't dare to look at anyone under the stairs, the voice of Quan Ce echoed in her head, in Jiannan Road to deal with the Qiang and Tubo affairs, Quan Ce once said to her, "Drive the four feudal clans to kill each other, and the weakness of foreign races is the blessing of the Central Plains", Quan Long acted miserably in Xiyu Stone Valley, wantonly reduced Ding and wiped out households, and it must have been done in accordance with Quan Ce's mind.
Since it was her husband's idea, it must be right, what is the crime?
At the big wedding banquet, doing such a bad thing as a door-to-door slap in the face, or doing it to Quan Ce, Shangguan Wan'er was embarrassed, and when she read the female official's advice, her voice trembled, and her tears were blown down by the cold wind and slid into her mouth, which was cold and bitter.
"Papapa......" Kwon Long was pressed to the ground at the reception banquet for his meritorious service, stripped off his pants, exposed his buttocks, and was brutally beaten with twenty whips.
Quan Ce and others rushed forward to help, and everyone at the banquet sighed, a rising capable minister fell to the ground in such a sad manner.
After the prison sentence was completed, Shangguan Wan'er took a step forward, but someone stood up in front of her, it was Xue Chongyin.
The corners of Quan Ce's mouth moved slightly, and the light in his eyes flashed, but he didn't stop it, turned sideways, and avoided seeing her.
Xue Chongyin bowed respectfully and saluted, "There is work to be done, the family is chaotic, I will not send it far"
The cold wind blew on her face, and Shangguan Wan'er's robe and hair rose with the wind.
She bowed slightly to confess, turned around and went out, did not take a chariot, walked on the deserted long street, her heart was empty, she wanted to cry, from the shadow behind her, she did not dare to let out a cry, a tear against the current, colic in the chest, the side silhouette of Quan Ce, she is extremely loved, tall and handsome, repeatedly sneaking into dreams with the wind, evoking lovesickness, tonight's sight, but painful liver and intestines.
The moonlight was shallow, igniting the boundless hatred in her chest, not to the power policy, nor to the Empress Wu, but to the weak and stubborn imperial heir Li Dan, looking at him with a stunned expression, just frightened by the power of heaven, and gained nothing.
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