Chapter 141: Drinking to drown sorrows
Chapter 141: Drinking to drown sorrows
The queen mother walked in front of Lord Liu, and Lord Liu recognized the appearance of the queen mother, and immediately trembled with fright, and then knelt down to worship and said:
"Oh, the queen mother, the lower officials should be damned! did not welcome the queen's mother, please punish the crime. β
Seeing this, the guards under Lord Liu were all immediately dumbfounded, and then they all began to kneel and worship:
"See the Queen."
The queen said to Lord Liu:
"Lord Liu, those who don't know are not guilty, you can get up and speak quickly."
Lord Liu immediately stood up and looked at the queen mother full of doubts:
"Queen Mother, the lower official dares to ask, why did you wear the costume of this maidservant, and why did you suddenly visit my Lin'an County?"
The queen sighed and said:
"Lord Liu, this is a long story, I'll tell you slowly when I have time."
Lord Liu glanced at Liu Feng and Qin Meiniang, then at the emperor, and asked the queen:
"Niangniang, you also brought these people from Kyoto, right?"
The queen pointed to the emperor and said:
"Lord Liu, this is the emperor! Don't hurry up and visit the shrine. β
The emperor looked at Lord Liu with a depressed face and said:
"It's really a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs! Fang Cai: I really haven't been ridiculed by these guards under you! β
Lord Liu immediately knelt down and worshipped:
"The lower officials see the emperor, the lower officials have no eyes, and they can't recognize the emperor, it's really damned, and ask the emperor to punish the crime!"
Seeing this, the two guards also knelt on the ground trembling in fright, and immediately begged for mercy:
"Your Majesty, the little one who has eyes and no beads didn't recognize you, and I ask you to spare your life!"
"The emperor has atoned for his sins! The little one is not intentionally offended, please spare your life! β
The emperor couldn't help laughing twice and said:
"Okay, I'm dressed like this, you don't recognize me, I don't blame you, get up and talk."
Lord Liu immediately hugged his fists and said:
"Thank you for the emperor's atonement."
The two kneeling guards also immediately kowtowed and apologized:
"Thank the emperor for atonement."
"Thank the emperor for forgiveness."
The emperor was stunned and said:
"Lord Liu, take us into the mansion quickly, we have been on the road for a few days, and now we are hungry and thirsty, you quickly order the people in your mansion to prepare some food and drink for us."
Lord Liu hugged his fists and said:
"Yes, the emperor, the lower officials will arrange it personally."
After finishing speaking, Lord Liu immediately invited the emperor and the queen, and invited Liu Feng and Qin Meiniang to enter the mansion.
When he came to Lord Liu's mansion, Lord Liu immediately asked the people in the back kitchen to quickly cook a lot of delicious food, and then asked people to bring in good wine to entertain the emperor and the queen, as well as Liu Feng and Qin Meiniang.
The emperor and the queen mother looked at the various dishes on the wooden table, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva, you know, they are in the palace on weekdays, they want to eat what they want, how they want to eat, this time they escaped, but they did not suffer less.
The emperor then sat down and said to the emperor:
"Queen, sit down and eat, Lord Liu has prepared so many delicious dishes for us, let's eat more."
The queen nodded:
"Hmm."
The queen mother then said to Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng, who were standing on the side:
"Liu Feng, Mei Niang, you two should also sit down and eat!"
Liu Feng and Qin Meiniang nodded and said:
"Okay."
In this way, the four of them sat down and picked up the chopsticks, and began to gobble up the food, at this moment, they couldn't care so much, and there was no image left.
Lord Liu stood aside, looking at the eating appearance of the four of them, and couldn't help choking up, and said politely:
"You eat slowly, don't choke, if you don't have enough to eat, I'll ask the people in the back kitchen to make you something delicious."
The four of them ignored Lord Liu's words and continued to devour.
After eating for a while, the emperor couldn't help but burp and let out a sigh of relief:
"It's finally full."
The queen also put down the chopsticks in her hand, picked up the handkerchief on the side and wiped her mouth.
Liu Feng and Qin Meiniang also put down their chopsticks.
I saw that there was not much left of the dishes on the plate on the wooden table that the four of them had eaten.
Lord Liu immediately stepped forward, poured wine into the emperor's wine glass, and said:
"Your Majesty, don't forget to drink some wine after eating."
The emperor picked up the wine glass, took it to his nose and sniffed it, nodded and said:
"Well, what wine!"
The emperor immediately brought the wine glass to his mouth and drank it all, and his face was instantly refreshed.
The emperor poured himself wine again, and said to Liu Feng:
"Liu Feng, come, you drink too, accompany me to have a few drinks."
Liu Feng immediately picked up the wine jug and wine glass, poured wine into his wine glass, and said to the emperor:
"Your Majesty, drink."
The emperor laughed a few times, picked up the wine glass and said:
"Drink."
After the emperor and Liu Feng drank for a while, their faces showed drunkenness, and the words began to increase.
Seeing this, the queen mother immediately took the wine glass in front of the emperor in her hand, and said with a lot of confusion:
"Your Majesty, don't drink it, if you drink too much, you will get drunk if you drink it like this again."
Qin Meiniang also snatched Liu Feng's wine glass and said:
"Don't drink it, if you drink it again, the emperor will be drunk."
The emperor looked at the queen and smiled, and said:
"Queen, I can finally take a breath, you just let me have a good drink and get drunk!"
Queen Mother says:
"No, I can't drink it anymore."
The queen mother immediately said to Lord Liu:
"Lord Liu, hurry up and let the people take away the wine jugs and vegetable plates on this wooden table."
Lord Liu glanced at the emperor, couldn't help but be stunned, and said:
"This, the emperor ......"
The emperor suddenly said angrily:
"Lord Liu, what do you mean? You dare not listen to the queen's orders, you also want to rebel, right? β
When Lord Liu heard the emperor's words, he was immediately frightened, and then hugged his fists and said:
"Your Majesty, you misunderstood the lower officials, the lower officials didn't mean that, the lower officials are loyal to the emperor and the queen, how dare you rebel!"
The queen then said:
"Your Majesty, don't scare Lord Liu, Lord Liu was cultivated by me personally, how could he rebel? You're just drunk and talking nonsense. β
The emperor was full of entanglements and said:
"The hateful Wan family dared to rebel against me and forced me to abdicate, it is really unreasonable, if I don't take revenge, it will be difficult for me to swallow this breath."
When Lord Liu heard the emperor's words, he was immediately surprised, and asked the queen:
"Niangniang, is what the emperor said true? Will there be such a thing? β
The queen gasped and said:
"Alas! Yes, what the emperor said is not wrong, the Wan family did rely on the military power in their hands, suddenly rebelled, forced the emperor to write an edict of abdication, and let his subordinates chase after us, so we landed so embarrassed. β
Lord Liu couldn't believe his ears, thinking that it was a dream, he couldn't help but reach out and pinch himself, he could obviously feel the pain.
Emperor said:
"However, the Wan family will not be arrogant for long, as long as I go to the prince, I can immediately gather soldiers and horses, fight back to Kyoto City, and break the Wan family into pieces."
Lord Liu immediately hugged his fists and said:
"The emperor can rest assured, the lower officials will definitely serve the emperor, and they will be inseparable from the ten thousand families, and they are willing to die for the royal family!"
The emperor immediately stood up, looked at Lord Liu and said happily:
"Okay, Lord Liu is really loyal to me, don't worry, as long as I eradicate the Wan family, I will definitely reward you well."
Lord Liu hugged his fists and said:
"The emperor's words are serious, the queen mother and the royal family are as kind to the lower officials as a mountain, and the lower officials will not give up even if they go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire for the emperor."
The emperor patted Lord Liu on the shoulder and sighed:
"Okay, if the people around me can be as loyal to me as Lord Liu, then I will be worry-free."
Qin Meiniang immediately asked Lord Liu:
"By the way, Lord Liu, my father and mother and his party came to Lin'an County to find you before, right?"
Lord Liu looked at Qin Meiniang for a moment and said:
"Your father and mother?"
Liu Feng also immediately said:
"Yes! There are also my father and sister, they came to Lin'an County to look for you, and they also have a letter, which was written by the queen's mother, Lord Liu should have an impression! β
Lord Liu nodded suddenly and said:
"Oh, I remembered, yes, there is such a thing, they came to Lin'an County to find me, when they did take out a letter from the queen's mother, of course, I don't dare to slack off, they are all settled according to the queen's wishes, but the official doesn't know that they are the relatives of the two of you."
The queen then said:
"Let Lord Liu bother."
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"Niangniang, what are you talking about, your business is my business."
The queen looked at Liu Feng and Qin Meiniang and said:
"You must miss your family very much, or let the county lord take you to meet them in a while."
Qin Meiniang said with a happy face:
"Okay, I haven't seen my parents for a long time, so I miss them."
Liu Feng nodded and said:
"yes, I miss my father and sister too."
The queen said to Lord Liu:
"Lord Liu, then you should take them to visit their family members quickly, they haven't seen each other for a long time, and they are all worried about each other, let them all see each other, and they will all be happy."
Lord Liu hugged his fists and said:
"It's Niangniang, the lower official will personally take them to meet their families."
The queen mother nodded and said:
"Well, then you guys go, I'll wait for the emperor to rest first."
The queen mother immediately helped the emperor and walked to the side of the bed.
The emperor was a little drunk and said:
"I need to take a good rest, I'm too tired."
Lord Liu immediately said to Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng:
"Please, this official will personally take you to meet your family, and I will find them a house to live in near here, and it will not be far from the past."
Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng nodded and said:
"Okay."
"Master Liu, take us there."
Lord Liu immediately took Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng to the door.
Soon, Lord Liu took Qin Meiniang and Liu Feng out of his mansion and went to the place where their family lived.