Chapter 597 Fighting for power, father and son are fighting
Yanfu Palace, Cuiwei Palace.
On the stage in the hall, there are singing Yan Duan miscellaneous operas, and the performances are also the most popular songs in the current season. As soon as a few maiko who did the Fengluan Shao dance retreated, a few haiyu artists immediately appeared on the stage, and the musicians next to the stage immediately played and sang again.
After Xiao Tang entered the palace under the command, he was immediately announced by Zhao Ji to dine with him and listen to the play. Originally, the first emperors of the Great Song Dynasty paid attention to thrift and did not do anything luxurious, but now in order to serve Zhao Ji's lunch, the various departments of the imperial city have a good and shy department to put five and eight things, a hundred flavors and all kinds of elixir and wine like flowing water, as well as the music and dance of the teaching department, the careful service of the inner servants, and the pomp is extremely luxurious.
The wine is all jade mash and qiong liquid, and the dishes are all delicacies unique to the palace like lin, preserved and liver. And those who can dine with today's son can be said to be high-status members in the court, but Xiao Tang at this time has no appetite at all, when he looks at the artists babbling and singing on stage, he even feels that the hairs on his body stand up.
Because Xiao Tang saw it very clearly, there were two faces on the stage with two-color clam powder, dressed up in blue and red, and mixed in between the half-old and a three-inch dwarf, who were filling in the tune according to the vulgar slang in the market, and singing with strange voices, one of them was Cai Jing's son Cai You, and the other was also a traitor whom Xiao Tang had met a few times, and Wang Huang, who was also one of the six thieves.
Listening to the loud applause of the officials, Cai You and Wang Hao performed harder, the two of them pretended to be a deputy pig brother, and rubbed straight to the mature 1 female artist with heavy makeup on the stage, and also rapped some jokes and waves that ordinary market scoundrels used to saying, plus there was a dwarf gag from the sidelines, Xiao Tang really didn't see how interesting this scene was, but felt a little disgusted.
Zhao Ji's hobbies are indeed too extensive, pen and ink Danqing, Juju playing and singing are all fine, but this talented son of heaven who is both a painter and a calligrapher not only loves court music, but also the repertoire sung in the Xiao Tang Jinfeng Yululou Music Workshop, and is also very keen on the obscene lyrics and songs similar to "***" in front of him. Bisheng, a rare artistic genius and romantic literati in the world, is now doing the most unsuitable profession for him: becoming an emperor.
At this time, Cai You on the stage suddenly pinched his throat and said: "Good lady, it is the marriage that meets the romance~ The villain treats you affectionately ~ No matter how you choose, the villain depends on you, and I am the one if you make it~"
After that, Cai You stopped the woman with a thick lead powder on her face and hugged her, the woman sneered, but pushed Cai You away, Zhao Ji laughed again, but Xiao Tang couldn't help but shudder again, and the mouthful of silver silk that had just been swallowed in his stomach almost vomited.
Fortunately, Zhao Ji is already very obsessed with the repertoire in my Golden Wind and Jade Dew Building, otherwise if he were called me, he would not want to please the faint king through this ugly method. Cai You and Wang Hao, one is the son of Cai Jing, the minister of power, he is the official secretary Lang, and the privy councilor, it is reported that he will soon enter the Longtu Pavilion and then seal the inner courtyard to study; On the other hand, he replaced Chen Qiang, who was excluded and suppressed, as the left secretary, and also held important positions such as the middle of the matter and the middle of the imperial history. However, it seems that such court ministers rely on acting in obscene scenes in the market to invite favors......
People are shameless, the world is invincible, if you say that who is more shameless and obscene than this Cai You and Wang Hao, I, Xiao Tang, am really willing to bow down.
Zhao Ji hummed a few words in a minor key as Wang Hao entangled the half-old, and then picked up the wine cup again, and smiled at Xiao Tang: "Xiao Aiqing, come on, come on, drink this cup with me again!" Hahaha, I'm in a good mood today, I thought that Aiqing had suffered an unwarranted disaster in Liaodi, and my Great Song Kingdom had lost its pillars, and I was saddened by Shijiao...... But the Ji people have their own natural appearance, and seeing that Aiqing is now fine, I am also very relieved. ”
Look at you should drink, you should have fun, look at today's pomp, I'm afraid it's also a slap in the head, and suddenly remembered that I haven't announced my audience yet, so this is a temporary summoning, right?
Xiao Tang was slandered in his heart, but he still forced a smile, and replied to Zhao Ji: "It is also the Hongfu of the official family, and the Weichen can survive the disaster, the official family is sympathetic to the Weichen, and the minister is also grateful for the five inside." I only hope to be able to repay the emperor's kindness. If you are near the kingdom, you must be faithful and die. ”
Zhao Ji waved his hand when he heard this, and said, "Hey, Xiao Aiqing is doing things for me wholeheartedly, and this is why Yu Liaodong almost suffered an accident. Aiqing is loyal to the country, how can I not know, how can I put Aiqing in danger again? Peace of mind, since you have always been loyal and righteous, when the DPRK and China agree on the reward of Aiqing, I will definitely not treat you badly. ”
Xiao Tang thanked him and did not continue to ask about the topic. In all fairness, up to now, Xiao Tang's contributions in the Bianjing Imperial Hall, the Daimyo's Mansion Left-behind Division, and the Jingnan Road Shuai Division are not enough to achieve the current rank, and it is also Zhao Ji's exceptional promotion because of his personal likes and dislikes that has made Xiao Tang's official rank rise all the way. As for how to deal with his nickname and posthumous seal, since Zhao Ji, who is still sympathetic to the "loyal minister", has his own opinions, Xiao Tang thinks that there is no need for him to draw snakes.
At this time, Cai You, Wang Hao, and the woman and the dwarf who were pretending to be actors on the stage fought and pulled again, humming and chirping, and finally finished the farce. At the same time that the musicians in the audience changed their tune and began to play the zither again, Cai You and Wang Hao walked to Zhao Ji's seat in a hurry, and said with a long stroke: "Your Majesty, can the miscellaneous drama of the ministers be satisfied?" ”
Zhao Ji smiled again: "The two Aiqing work hard, this song is also very interesting, and I will find a repertoire with the two Aiqing when I am free and have fun together." Come on, sit for the two Aiqing! ”
Cai You and Wang Hao were overjoyed when they heard this, and they hurriedly thanked them again, and sat down in the position of Zhao Ji's head. Xiao Tang saw that the two of them were still wearing foundation on their faces, their heads were wrapped in greasy headscarves, and they were wearing sloppy and shabby jackets, especially Cai You's two mouseaches, Cai You was born with a decent appearance and delicate eyebrows, while Wang Huang's hair and beard were pale yellow, in addition to his very big mouth, he also had a good appearance, but now look at the appearance of the two of them, and the way they bow down to Zhao Ji, it is really as obscene as it is.
However, Zhao Ji didn't care at all about Cai You and Wang Hao wearing such a dress to enter the table, and the ugliness of Cai You and Wang Hao made Xiao Tang, who was dining and listening to the play with Zhao Ji, see it, and he didn't seem to feel anything wrong, so it seems that such an unorthodox farce between their monarchs and ministers is also the norm.
And when Cai You entered the table, his eyes turned to Xiao Tang's side intentionally or unintentionally, and suddenly showed his demeanor when he looked at people condescendingly in the past. Xiao Tang was happy when he saw it, and said in his heart that this guy who jumped the beam clown still put on the appearance of a deputy commander, who can he bluff? Zhao Ji is confused and absurd, and likes this trick of the minister, but if he is a courtier with a good character, who will be under the obscenity of you!
After Zhao Ji gave Cai You and Wang Hao wine, Xiao Tang had no choice but to drink Zhao Ji who was drinking in the alley with the snake, and Zhao Ji only appeased Xiao Tang a few words, and his attention was attracted by Cai You and Wang Hao, and he talked about some rumors and Fengyue in Qinglou.
And Cai You is the son of Cai Jing, the minister of power, and listening to his words, you can know that he doesn't have much ink in his stomach, but he is good at clever words, and he can attract Zhao Ji's heart; And Wang Hao is very eloquent, and he is also good at flattering. The situation when the three of them spoke freely made Xiao Tang feel inexplicably familiar, and later Xiao Tang himself figured it out, in some historical dramas he watched in his previous life, as long as the faint king and the traitor got together, most of them were routines.
Originally, when Xiao Tang was very impatient to hear it, he suddenly heard Zhao Ji ask Cai You again: "Not long after the Taishi returned to Beijing, I am also very worried. Recently, I have been working hard for state affairs, and I don't know how my body is? ”
Cai You paused for a moment when he heard this, and then replied to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty is sympathetic to your father, and the minister is deeply gracious!" ...... Alas, it's just that my father is nearly seventy years old and old, and he was already frail and sick when he was in Hangzhou. Some time ago, Weichen asked Lang Zhong to visit his father, only to know that his pulse was soothing, and he had a hidden disease, so he should not work too hard. ”
Xiao Tang's heart moved when he heard this, and he secretly thought: Cai You is fighting for power, his six relatives do not recognize him, and he even does not hesitate to disobey his father and murder his siblings, I know these things. It stands to reason that Cai Jing has been able to make waves in the Song Dynasty for nearly ten years, and he has definitely not fallen into a situation where he is old and dizzy......
It seems that Cai You is now going to turn against his own Lao Tzu in order to compete for the phase.