Chapter 63: Birthday Feast
What's behind, Frost Fall remembers it most clearly, the old prince of her family always likes to sing such a few words, beating in the courtyard in the early morning, and the dew and breeze, waking her up when she returns.
"Tonight blows last night's wind, the spring flowers are shaking in the old dream, looking back on the past, there is nothing else, so people laugh and lean on the old hall."
The old prince's voice was bright, and he sang these words transparently and tactfully, through the fog in the morning light, attracting a few scoldings from the old princess.
"It's good to say that it's a prince, how can you learn some ninth-rate things, how can there be anyone singing in this high-ranking compound, so that today's lord knows, and you want to say that you don't do your job."
The old prince has a good temper, and he is also happy to be said two sentences, only touching his belly and laughing: "Guotai Min'an, when Guotai Min'an, when Guotai Min'an, where can I do my job." β
At that time, the Great Wei was indeed a country and a people's peace, with a good foundation left by the ancestors, and a loyal and good minister of the Manchu Dynasty.
However, within a few years, there was infighting in the court, rotting from the roots, the mountains and rivers were broken, and the enemy army pressed the border.
Frostfall lay on the flower window, watching his elderly father put away the folding fan of the singing and put on the gray armor.
When the capital was broken, his father knew that he had no power to return to the sky, but he still took someone to guard the palace gate, he wanted to leave a root for this Great Wei, and wanted to give the little master of the West Palace a chance to hide.
With all his armor shattered and his face full of Wei people's blood, he stood under the red wall and yellow tiles, like standing outside her window every morning, singing in a bright voice: Tonight blows last night's wind again, and the spring flowers are fluttering in the old dream.
It's a pity that he didn't finish singing, Kang Zhenzhong rode by with his big knife, the light and shadow shone through the palace gate, and the blood splashed out was only a few dark colors, and the head of the old prince who stood upright was cut off, and his fat body staggered, as if he didn't want to fall.
Frost was taken away by someone covering his mouth, and what he could see in his eyes was the gradually stiff body of his father at the gate of the palace, which was smashed on the bloody bluestone slab by Kang Zhenzhong's horse whip.
"Looking back, there's nothing else."
Frost pinched his cuffs, learning from his father's two-point appearance and singing, "The old man laughs and leans on the old Tangdongββ"
The voice is immature, but the voice is as tactful as the old prince, long and melodious, like an old dream.
"Good!" Kang Zhenzhong shook his head and clapped her hands, and in a hazy mood, he saw that the girl in front of him had a smile on her face, but two lines of tears fell from her eyes.
Why can you sing and cry when you sing these lines? Kang Zhenzhong stepped forward blankly, wanting to ask.
But before he could ask, his heart was suddenly cold.
A cold chill pierced through his heart and lungs, scaring him away from drinking, Kang Zhenzhong's eyes bulged, and he looked at the girl in front of him who was two points familiar in a daze, and his gaze slowly moved down, falling on his chest that was pierced by an awl.
"On the orders of my father, I came to give you a ride." Frostfall withdrew his hand and wiped the tears on his face with a smile, "Come late, please don't blame the adults." β
Looking at her in horror, Kang Zhenzhong didn't dare to breathe, fell off the chair and crawled out with shaking hands.
He doesn't want to die yet, he still has Ramadan's revenge unavenged, where can he just go down to see her? However, the person behind him didn't mean to let him go, he didn't climb two steps, his back was heavy, and the awl on his chest, which had been three inches, suddenly sank into his heart, and the pain was so painful that he was heartbroken.
Kang Zhenzhong screamed, he wanted to shout for help, but this outrageous cry was quickly suppressed by Frostfall's tactful singing.
The autumn night was cool, and the silent garden sang "Old Hall East" again and again, the voice was sad and panicked, and it was blown away by the wind in the direction of the Fushou Banquet.
The banquet was lively, playing, playing and singing was very complete, and no one would care about this subtle movement. Only Yin Huayue leaned on the edge of the table and listened carefully, knocking on the edge of the table for her one by one.
She has been preparing for the frost for a month, and this play is finally sung today, with a long sigh, Hua Yue picked up the cup and touched it with Li Jingyun beside her.
Li Jingyun glanced at her sideways, stared at her cup, seemed to remember something, and reached out to change a cup of tea for her: "Drink this." β
Hua Yue was not happy: "It's rare to be happy today, how can you not drink?" β
"You have this amount of wine, you can't stand it in one sip, and you can't stand it either." He nodded knowingly at her head, "Be honest." β
Taking a sip of tea, Hua Yue put the teacup aside with a flat mouth and glanced at it with disgust.
This posture was a little delicate, and she was stunned when she finished doing it, and shook her head with a smile. In the end, it is a child who has been pampered and grown, no matter how much he has experienced in his bones, as long as he is pampered again, he has to come back up.
Hua Yue never thought that Li Jingyun could come this far with her, and when they first got together, they were still disgusted with each other, but now, this master will already spoil her and let her, and her life is so comfortable that she wants to go back to Shen Zhiluo's trouble, and ask him what kind of hexagram he is, why won't it end well? Aren't both of them all right?
When she liquidates these enemies, she will live with him with peace of mind, and give birth to a child in two years to raise and play, she will not end up in a lonely life.
Pursing the corners of her mouth in satisfaction, Hanazuki leaned on the shoulder of the person next to her.
"How?" Li Jingyun snorted, "Drunk tea? β
pinched him, and she laughed angrily: "Who is even drunk with this?" β
"Then you want to touch the porcelain." He squeezed his mouth, but his body still turned sideways, telling her to lean more comfortably, "Say it when you are tired, Master will take you to the path." β
Kazuki: "......"
Can this birthday banquet still be held? What is the reason why the neck is hard and the tiger head can't be chopped?
Shaking her head in embarrassment, Kazuki continued to drink tea.
After a while, someone came up from the bottom and whispered beside Li Jingyun: "My lord, something happened to the small garden next to me." Mr. Zhang has no idea, I want you to come over. β
After Xue Ji's death, Zhang Jingyi became the commander of the Praetorian Guard, but he was dull and didn't have much experience, so he would only let people come to Li Jingyun when something happened. Li Jingyun didn't know what was going on over there, so he stood up and wanted to go over and take a look.
"Whoa." Kazuki suddenly covered her stomach and grabbed his sleeve with a pale face.
"How?" Lee Kyung-yoon turned around.
"My stomach hurts." Her brows and eyes were furrowed, the cold sweat on her forehead came down as soon as she said it, the blood on her lips faded, and her whole body trembled.
Li Jingyun was startled, helped her up and told the palace people to find Wen Guzhi, and then said to the person who said: "Let him take care of it himself, I can't control the guards, I really can't find His Highness first." β
Originally, he was ordered to supervise the Imperial Forest Army, but he occasionally helped Zhang Jingyi on the face of the prince, and if his wife had something, it was naturally his wife in front and outsiders behind.
Kazuki was very pleased, and took his hand and hummed even more.
The messenger retreated in embarrassment, and Li Jingyun was a little suspicious while rubbing her stomach for her: "It really hurts?" β
"Really." She bared her teeth and leaned into his arms, "Oh, it hurts." β
Mo Tong narrowed, he leaned close to her ear and whispered: "I know that I will come soon, if you really hurt, you will go to take leave, but if you can pretend to scare people, you will be finished tonight." β
With a chill on her back, Hanatsuki took a light breath and rolled her eyes.
Hua Yue opened her mouth to speak, but Li Jingyun reached out and covered her mouth and eyes, and said coldly: "Don't say anything until he finishes the diagnosis." β
It's over, and Hua Yue's eyes are black.
Wen Jiuzhi took the pulse of the handkerchief for a long time, looked at her and then looked at his third master, and asked hesitantly: "Have you drunk at the banquet?" β
"Nope." Li Jingyun snorted, "Ye stopped it, she didn't eat anything indiscriminately, don't make excuses for her, to tell the truth, what else can make her stomach ache like this?" β
Looking at him with a complicated expression, his index finger slowly raised and landed on his heart.
Lee Kyung-yoon: "? β
"My sister-in-law has been around for more than two months." "You can only make her stomach ache," he said. β
In the noisy orchestral Fushou banquet, the musical instruments that were being beaten and played suddenly couldn't make a sound, and the voices around them were far away, Li Jingyun looked at Wen Jiuzhi dumbfounded, and his mind was blank.
Hua Yue was also stunned, she took away the hand in front of her and stared at Wen Jiuzhi: "More than two months old? β
Wen Jiuzhi nodded, and met her suspicious gaze, but couldn't help but roll his eyes: "You two didn't notice it yourself?" β
How can this be detected? She has been very busy recently, Li Jingyun is busier than her, although the two often do that stinky and shameless thing, but no one expected it to happen so soon.
She was just thinking about it for two years?
"Does my sister-in-law feel pain or how does she feel?" Wen Guzhi said solemnly, "If it hurts, be careful, your body is still unstable, and if you can't keep it, a carelessness will be gone." β
It's not that she really hurts, she just doesn't want Li Jingyun to stir up the troubled waters. Kazuki opened her mouth to explain, but before she could speak, her hand was grabbed.
The third master's palm, which was still hot before, is a little chilly when he holds it now.
"What then?" He asked.
I know that this is called a sigh, brothers have been for so many years, and the brothers have dreamed of hearing the third master ask them this, and let them worry about it for him, but no one waited. I never thought that I would hear it in this scene today.
"Mrs. Fu go back and rest, boil some medicine, take a walk in the morning and evening, don't do anything superfluous, and keep it." He wrote a prescription and handed it over.
Li Jingyun was about to take leave without saying a word, but there were still people talking to Jinshang. Hua Yue saw it and hurriedly grabbed him: "It's okay, I'm better now, it's too late to leave when the table is gone." β
Now that I'm gone, who will pick up the frost?
Li Jingyun stared at her with a calm face, and was afraid of scaring people, his expression slowed down slightly, and he said quite awkwardly: "Do you want to go back?" β
"Then you go back." Kazuki smiled, "I'll just sit here." β
"......" Li Daduhu, who had not scolded for a long time, couldn't help but curse after all.
He turned, lifted the hem of his shirt and sat stiffly back beside her.
Wen Guzhi comforted him: "The third master doesn't have to be too nervous, Mrs. Sister-in-law knows the situation best, she says it's okay, it's okay." β
"I'm not nervous, isn't I pregnant, who hasn't been pregnantβno, who hasn't seen it." He didn't smile, and he didn't start with a fan.
Hua Yue held her stomach and looked at him sideways, and couldn't help but reach out and hook the palm he put on her side.
He folded his palms and held her tightly.
The excitement of playing and singing in front of him continued, and Hua Yue didn't look at it, just stared at his side face and smiled, feeling full and satisfied like never before.
"Your Highness."
Zhou Heshuo was talking with him in the palace of Concubine Yao, and suddenly heard someone come to say: "There was an accident at the Fulu banquet, and Lord Kang of the cabinet died in the small garden next to him for people to rest, and the guards did not catch the murderer, and they are investigating one by one." β
Upon hearing this, Zhou Heshuo's face changed. In order to make meritorious service and atone for the Janissake, tonight's Fulu banquet was for Zhang Jingyi to lead people to patrol, and suddenly died, does Zhang Jingyi still have a way to live?
"Go, let people press the message first." He said in a deep voice, "I can't let my father know about this. β
The subordinate took the order, but after a while, he came back tremblingly and said, "Your Majesty has asked Lord Kang." β
"How so?" Zhou Heshuo was shocked, "Didn't you just ask?" β
"When an adult talked about the cabinet's book revision, His Majesty said that he had not heard it, so he asked Lord Kang to come back and say a few more words."
Something is wrong, Zhou Heshuo shook his head: "There can't be such a coincidence." β
It was clear that someone deliberately killed Kang Zhenzhong...... He knew early on that Kang Zhenzhong was a thorn in the eye of those former Wei remnants, and he had been protected by people, so he had been busy recently, and there were fewer people to protect him, so something happened.
He didn't come out anywhere else, and he was stunned to go under the emperor's nose, and this was for him.
Zhou Heshuo saluted Yao Guifei and walked out, personally leading the troops to investigate, wanting to suppress the news before the banquet dispersed, catch the murderer, and pass the credit.
Yao Guifei looked at his hurried appearance, frowned slightly, leaned on the chaise longue with a bewitching figure, and snorted coquettishly.
The men in the Zhou royal family, even if they fell out of her belly, were all unkind.
Reaching out and adding incense, she yawned and went back to sleep.
Frost fell and left, according to the arrangement arranged for her by Huayue, and on the small door to meet the people, they went back to the slave box on the left side of the palace gate together, who knew that they were already standing in the crowd, or someone brought someone to bring them out.
The palms of his hands were sweaty, and Frost Fall stood among several people, and he didn't dare to come out.
The soles of her shoes are bloody, and if she is caught, the evidence is conclusive, and it will also involve Huayue and the General's Mansion. But now there is really nowhere to run, there are people everywhere, what should I do?
The palace man who had inspected the dress had already walked up to her, Frost lowered her head, and her eyes were white.
"Where is the maid in the General's Mansion?" In the distance, someone suddenly asked.
As soon as the frost fell, he hurriedly looked up, and saw Wen Guzhi coming over with a medicine box, and frowned: "Come with me." β
"Your Excellency?" Several petty officials looked at each other, "I'm checking things here." β
"What are you looking for?" Ask questions about the past.
Zhou Heshuo ordered to suppress the news, who dared to reveal these petty officials? He said that it was the prince's order. As soon as Wen Jiuzhi turned his hand, he took out the prince's token and shook it in front of their eyes: "This is also the prince's order, the lady in the general's mansion is not in good health, ask the maid to go and do a favor to respond, otherwise no one can afford to take care of something happening." β
As he spoke, he pulled the frost outward.
If he was granted amnesty, Frostfall followed him out and saluted him: "Thank you, sir." β
"Thanks for what? This is really your wife's command. "I don't know what happened, the guards suddenly surrounded people and didn't let them go, Mrs. Sister-in-law said that her stomach was uncomfortable, and the third master went to find the prince, so you and Mrs. Sister-in-law went back to the house first." β
Hua Yue's reaction was quite fast, and Frost Fall wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and let out a sigh.
Zhou Heshuo's action to suppress the news was quite fast, but he couldn't stand the emperor from looking for Kang Zhenzhong all the time, and when the banquet dispersed, several important ministers stood in the imperial study, and the emperor fell in front of the prince with a cup of tea.
His face was pale, and Zhou Heshuo knelt down with the tea residue fragments: "Father is angry!" β
Originally, I heard so many people rushing to praise the prince and say that the prince's merits, he, the emperor, was a little unhappy that he was sleeping soundly on the couch, and now that such a big thing happened, he didn't know until the end of the banquet Long Yan was furious.
The emperor deeply felt that he was too fond of this prince, which made him arrogant and had no one in his eyes.
"The Praetorian Guard's dereliction of duty is not a day or two, I want to give you a chance, but you are not this material, hand over the Janissary brand." The emperor said in a deep voice.
Zhou Heshuo was so shocked that his face was pale, but under the emperor's anger, he didn't dare to do anything disobedient anymore, and hurriedly asked people to bring up the talisman.
The emperor threw it to Li Jingyun.
"Your Majesty, this-" Li Jingyun knelt down, his face full of apprehension.
The ministers standing next to him all understood that to give Li Jingyun was to save face for the prince, after all, they were two people with deep friendships, and it was better than turning their heads to other princes.
Zhou Heshuo's heart was like a knife, but he also knew what it meant, and lowered his head and stopped talking. Li Jingyun looked left and right and thanked him in embarrassment.
Out of the imperial study, Zhou Heshuo didn't blame him for anything, but he was in a really bad mood, so he took the hands of the palace people and left.
No matter how much the court fights for power and profit, military power is still more important than any fat, the eldest princess lost the palace before, and now the prince has lost the Praetorian Guard, and the two most rampant forces in the court are finally showing signs of decay.
At the same time, Li Jingyunqing is better than blue out of blue, holding the military power of Jinghua, and gave Li Shoutian a long face, and the people around him followed suit, and even Su Miao had someone here to give a gift, wanting her to help talk about the matchmaker, what kind of concubine do you want to protect Li Dadu?
Su Miao pinched a bunch of portrait samples and looked at them one by one, and was happy while watching: "What kind of people are they, and they still want to enter my cousin's yard." β
Shen Zhiluo glanced at her: "What kind of celestial is your cousin, mortals are not worthy?" β
"That's not what it meant." Su Miao leaned over with a smile, "Look, this girl is fatter than you and me combined, is she trying to go into the yard and crush my cousin to death?" β
The sample looked really plump, and Shen Zhiluo waved her hand to let her take it away: "Your sister-in-law is pregnant, and your cousin may not want to take a concubine." β
Generally, if there is a pregnancy in the main room, the men in the family will take a concubine to accompany him temporarily, but Su Miao felt that this behavior was simply stinky, and her mouth pouted, and she was about to pout on the beams of the house: "My aunt's filial piety period has not yet passed, and he can't think about it." β
After thinking about it, she asked again: "If I am pregnant, you will also take a concubine?" β
Glancing at her, Shen Zhiluo didn't answer.
I feel so much about others, of course I think so myself, Su Miao became depressed and touched her stomach.
She didn't seem to be worried about this stubble, and her stomach hadn't moved for so long.
Shen Zhiluo doesn't like to be close to her recently, he talks with people during the day and rests in the study at night. A few times she came to sleep with a thick face and hugged the quilt, but he didn't pay much attention, and once she couldn't help but splash and asked him if there was someone outside, but this person said freely: "You go and catch it, and if you catch it, you will write me a letter of resignation." β
Su Miao was going to be annoyed, but there was nothing she could do.
It was really boring, she left Shen Zhiluo and went out to Qifeng Tower.
Chaoli has been quite turbulent recently, Li Jingyun discussed things with Liu Cheng and them in Qifeng Tower, and raised his eyebrows when he saw her: "What kind of resentful woman are you?" β
Sitting down in front of him in frustration, Su Miao asked, "Is there anything going on with Shen Zhiluo lately?" They don't pay attention to me. β
"Just in time, I was about to tell you." Li Jingyun said, "While it's still early, do you want to write him a letter of resignation?" β
Su Miao immediately jumped up, stepped on the stool and made a tiger descending pose: "Is he really someone outside?" β
What mess? Li Jingyun looked at her with the eyes of a fool, and Liu Chenghe next to her explained to her in a low voice: "Your good husband has contacted a lot of old departments of the Wei Dynasty, and is competing for the opportunity for the fifth prince and the prince to go on a spring parade next year. β
Calming down, Su Miao was puzzled: "What's the matter with the five princes here?" Shen Zhiluo hasn't met him much? β
"I happened to catch the title of prince with the title of prince in the fifth prince, and he is the most promising in the court except for the prince." Li Jingyun said, "They just want a puppet, but it just so happens that the fifth prince is young and hasn't learned these intrigues yet." β
Thinking of Zhou Hemin who she saw at the banquet that day, Su Miao wanted to say that it didn't look like a fool, but before she could say it, Li Jingyun said: "In short, if your husband wants to pull my general's mansion into troubled waters, it won't work, give him a letter of resignation." β
"Makes sense." Su Miao nodded, "Nothing you say can affect the General's Mansion." β
Liu Chenghe pointed at her with relief and said to Li Jingyun: "Third master, look, are you still worried?" Look at how much Miss Watch cares about the big picture. β
"I'm not done yet." Su Miao clapped her hands, "Since I can't be involved, why don't I make some trouble, cousin, you make a bigger fuss, so that the whole Jinghua knows that I am a white-eyed wolf, ungrateful, betrayed the General's Mansion, and from now on I will break off with the General's Mansion and no longer have anything to do with it." β
One didn't stand firm, and Liu Chenghe stumbled.
Li Jingyun expected it in advance, and only snorted: "Don't want your life?" Your marriage was pointed out by the prince, so he pointed to you to maintain the relationship between the East Palace and the General's Mansion. β
"I won't lose my life." Su Miao squinted her eyes and smiled, "He will protect me." β
Shen Zhiluo? Li Jingyun looked at his stupid cousin with a complicated expression, half of Jinghua knew that Shen Zhiluo didn't treat his newlywed wife well, and she was still so tenacious.