On the ninth day of the seventh month of the seventh month of Chu Li Longtai, the rising sun rose early, the glow was glorious, the entire palace of Chu was bathed in the sun, and the red wall glazed tiles were in the sun, which was even more brilliant.

Three days have passed, early in the morning, hundreds of civil and military officials have gathered in front of the Chengtian Palace, everyone knows that there is a good show to be staged in the palace today, although the ending seems to be doomed, but since there is a good show to see, everyone is not willing to miss it.

Qi Ning also got up early in the morning, but it didn't seem to have a good rest last night, standing among the ministers, yawning from time to time, looking sleepy.

In front of the hall, there was a spacious, and the ministers stood together in twos and threes, talking and laughing.

In any case, the recent happy events in Chu are also continuous, first the Northern Han Emperor Beitang Huan died, the princes of the Northern Han Dynasty have made the Northern Han Dynasty a mess because of the competition for the throne, and the Eastern Qi sent Princess Tianxiang, and the alliance between the two countries is already a certainty.

In a few days, the emperor will get married, which is a great joy to celebrate all over the world, because to welcome the emperor's wedding, the streets and alleys of the capital have begun to hang red lanterns, and many people who have relatives and relatives are still imprisoned in the prison are looking forward to the emperor taking advantage of the joy of the wedding, to be able to amnesty the world.

Therefore, the recent atmosphere in the court is relatively relaxed, and even more so, just watching a competition today, everyone seems quite casual.

Qi Ning stretched his waist, and then heard a voice next to him: "Didn't Jin Yihou sleep well last night?" Young people still need to make some self-control. ”

Qi Ning turned his head and saw Wuxiang Hou Su Yu standing beside him.

Among the four hereditary queens, Wuxiang Marquis Su Yu's sense of presence in the court seems to be getting weaker and weaker, but no matter what, he is still one of the hereditary candidates, with a knighthood, and his identity is not under Qi Ning.

Qi Ning smiled and said, "Wuxiang Hou didn't seem to have slept well last night, and his face didn't look energetic. ”

Su Yu was overly drunk when he was young, but after inheriting the title, his temperament remained the same, he was still looking for flowers and willows, and excessive consumption also caused him to be emaciated, and his face looked a little pale all day long.

Su Yu sneered, and then asked: "It is said that although you are young, you are very knowledgeable, and today you are competing in front of the palace, I don't know who you think will win and who will lose?" ”

A few people next to him heard Su Yu asking, and secretly thought that you Wuxianghou This is not nonsense, who wins and who loses has to say it, everyone knows it, but they are afraid of Ximen's face, and everyone understands it in their hearts but does not say it.

"Wu Xianghou, who do you think will win?" Qi Ning asked with a smile.

Su Yu raised her hand to stroke her beard and said with a smile: "Miss Ximen has been trained by Ximen Shenhou, and her martial arts are naturally not bad, but she is still young, and over time, her martial arts will naturally be more sophisticated, but now she is ......!" He laughed twice and didn't continue, but everyone knew what he was going to say later.

"In this way, does Wuxiang Hou think that the Eastern Qi Iron Guard will definitely win?" Qi Ning said with a smile.

Su Yu said with a smile: "A few days ago, Jinyi waited in the court to advise the emperor and let people fight instead of the prince of Dongqi, did you not expect that the prince of Dongqi would have an iron guard by his side?" ”

The people on the side naturally heard the mockery in Su Yu's words.

Qi Ning admonished people to replace the crown prince, but he didn't expect that the prince of Eastern Qi sent an iron guard, which was like a slap in the face.

Qi Ning sighed, thinking that Su Yu had no other skills, and his ability to speak cool words seemed to be getting higher and higher, and the Su family's unscrupulous descendants could be regarded as bad luck, so he deliberately smiled: "What about Tiewei?" Wuxiang Hou, an iron guard from Eastern Qi is out of battle, which makes you think that he will definitely win? Aren't you growing the morale of others to destroy your own prestige? ”

"Jin Yihou, you can't say that." A person next to him said in a strange manner: "This is the case, the Dongqi Tiewei is extraordinary, and he can even do such a thing as going to the sea to kill the shark, which can not be described as brave." With such a warrior, it is really difficult for Miss Simon to win the battle. ”

Qi Ning glanced at it, but it turned out to be Dou Kui, the head of the household.

Dou Kui is King Huainan's best friend, and Su Yu has also been very close to King Huainan recently, so it's no wonder that he will come out to help.

"Lord Dou, Marquis of Wuxiang, it seems that you are full of confidence in the Eastern Qi Iron Guard." Qi Ning smiled: "It just so happens that we are all here today, just to watch the competition, there is a fly in the ointment, otherwise let's make a bet and refresh ourselves." ”

"Bet?" Su Yu immediately asked, "What bet?" ”

"You all think that the Eastern Qi Iron Guard will win, but I don't believe it." Qi Ning smiled: "I think Miss Ximen has a better chance of winning today." ”

"Do you think Ximen Zhan Sakura will win?" Su Yu's eyes widened, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, and suddenly burst out laughing, at this time, Ximen Wuxian had not yet arrived, and all the officials on the side couldn't help laughing.

Qi Ning stared at Su Yu's eyes and asked, "Wuxiang Hou, do you dare to bet?" ”

"Okay." Su Yu immediately said, "I'm just afraid that you will regret it." Xiang left and right: "Everyone is a witness, Jinyi Hou wants to bet that Ximen Zhan Sakura will win today, red mouth and white teeth, what he said has been witnessed by everyone, then it is not allowed to go back." ”

"I don't know what Wuxiang Hou is betting on?" Qi Ning asked.

Su Yu said: "This is the palace, if you gamble on silver, you are only afraid of ......!" ”

"It's okay!" Qi Ning immediately stopped and said: "It was originally to refresh our minds, let's make a gambling contract, and we won't pay the silver in the palace, and after the competition, we will go out of the palace and take the silver." Wu Xianghou, how much do you want to bet? ”

Su Yu smiled and said, "I can accompany you as much as you want to bet." ”

"You Wuxiang Houfu has a lot of silver." Qi Ning said with a smile: "There is less betting, you Wuxiang Hou is only afraid that it will not be enjoyable." In this way, I still have more than 10,000 taels of silver in the treasury of the Qi family's mansion, and I can't take out the more, if Wuxianghou is willing, how about betting 10,000 taels? ”

Su Yu said with a smile: "Jinyi Hou is humble, how can there be only 10,000 taels of Jinyi Houfu?" But since you say 10,000 taels, let's bet 10,000 taels. ”

Qi Ning sighed and said, "It's just that you all feel that the Eastern Qi Iron Guard will undoubtedly win, and the Ximen girl will definitely be at a disadvantage, let's ...... Isn't it unfair to 10,000 taels against 10,000 taels? ”

"If you don't want to, it's too late to regret now." Su Yu smiled faintly and said: "Since you know that Ximen Zhanying is not the opponent of the Eastern Qi Iron Guard, you don't have to say big things here, so as not to make people think that you are in the limelight and grandstanding, your father has never done such a thing." ”

"Okay, 10,000 taels is 10,000 taels." Qi Ning's face was angry, and he looked a little excited: "Everyone is witnessing, the competition is over, go out of the palace gate, and go back to get the silver immediately." ”

"This is the courage of a family with brocade clothes." Su Yu said with a smile.

Dou Kui sighed beside him: "It's a pity, it's a pity. ”

"Lord Dou, I don't know what it's a pity for?" Su Yu asked.

Dou Kui said: "It's a pity that there are only 10,000 taels of silver in the treasury of Jinyi Mansion, otherwise the lower officials would be willing to join in the fun and take some silver to gamble with Jinyi." ”

Qi Ning frowned and said, "Lord Dou also wants to gamble?" He sneered: "Lord Dou, if you dare to bet, Ben Hou will dare to take it." Although the treasury is only 10,000 taels of silver, there are still some antique jewelry in the Jinyi family, and there are still house title deeds, which add up to tens of thousands of taels of silver. ”

There were old and serious officials on the side frowned, thinking that the young man was young and vigorous, and he didn't know how to measure, and the result of this competition was obviously no longer any suspense, but this little marquis was so determined that he wanted to make a big gamble with others, and this bet was 10,000 taels as soon as it came up, which was not a small amount for hereditary candidates.

But looking at the posture of this little marquis, it seems that he wants to gamble with the entire family of the Jinyi Qi family, which is really confused and stupid, I am afraid that after leaving the palace gate today, the Jinyi Qi family can only beg along the street, and some officials want to dissuade Qi Ning, but they know that once they are persuaded, they will not dare to speak out for a while if they have a feud with Su Yu and Dou Kui.

"How many years of savings my Dou family has, and I also have a small savings, although it is not much, but I can still take out a few thousand taels of silver." Dou Kui didn't have a lion to open his mouth, after all, he was just a scholar of the household department, not like a hereditary fief to eat the city, and there was not much money on the face of the city in a year, although the Dou family was not short of silver, but he didn't dare to open his mouth It was tens of thousands of taels, "Master Hou, how about the lower officials take five thousand taels of silver to make up for the fun?" ”

"Five thousand taels?" Qi Ning said: "Okay, five thousand taels is five thousand taels." He looked around and asked, "But there are still people who want to join in the fun?" One hundred taels is not too little, ten thousand taels is not too much, there are those who are willing to bet, although they come to join in the fun, everyone is watching, and no one is afraid of who will go back on their word. ”

It's very lively here, many officials nearby have already come over, hearing Qi Ning say this, many people are ready to move, thinking that betting with Qi Ning at this time is undoubtedly equivalent to picking up money, some people think that this little Hou Ye is really a cub selling Ye Tian is not distressed, this loser is really going to defeat the Jinyi Qi family.

Some old and serious officials saw that the important ministers of the imperial court actually gathered in front of the Chengtian Hall to gamble in public, and they only felt that it was really unseemly, but the people involved were Jinyi Hou and Wuxiang Hou, and they didn't dare to say anything.

Qi Ning shouted twice, and finally a few officials had the courage to go up to join in the fun, some people took the lead in the front, and then more than ten officials made bets, but most of the officials did not want to get involved, and in the end, more than 20 officials made bets, adding up to seven or eight thousand taels of silver, and Su Yu and Dou Kui placed bets of more than 20,000 taels of silver in total.

Many people shook their heads secretly, thinking that even if it was a family in brocade clothes, 20,000 taels of silver would not be a small amount, and today I don't know which nerve this little marquis is wrong, so he has to give away a lot of silver.

Qi Ning determined the bet, remembered the official who placed the bet, and then said: "The bet has been placed, and I will not leave it." If I lose after the contest is decided, you can wait in your own house, and I will send a lot of people to your house before tonight. Of course, if I am lucky enough to win, please send the silver to the Jinyi Marquis Mansion before the time tonight, and make it clear first and then don't mess up, if anyone doesn't send the silver over in time by then, don't blame Benhou for visiting! ”

Everyone was still worried about whether this little marquis would be able to cash in time when the time came, and when they heard him say this, they all said: "Not bad, if anyone owes a penny, everyone will spit on it!" ”