Chapter 327: The Old Locust Tree in the Mid-Levels
An attendant brought a stool, Huang Zhaoyi sat down, glanced at a few staff, and said, "I'm here to toast the prince, just talk to the prince about yourself, I don't know if it's convenient for the prince?" ”
As soon as the staff members heard this, they quickly quit. But the maid was still in the tent. Huang Zhaoyi glanced at them again. Zhao Defang hurriedly asked them to go out too.
Huang Zhaoyi rarely talks to Zhao Defang, and I don't know why she took the initiative to come to the door to talk this time. Zhao Defang was a little strange, and after sitting down, he looked at Huang Zhaoyi.
Huang Zhaoyi took the wine first and said, "Lord Wang, I toast you!" ”
"Thank you!" Zhao Defang arched his hand, picked up the wine glass and drank.
Huang Zhaoyi rolled up his sleeves again, took a knife, cut a small piece of meat, inserted it on the tip of the knife, and sent it to Zhao Defang's mouth: "Lord Wang, please eat!" ”
Zhao Defang was stunned for a moment, and the knife was pointed at his mouth, it didn't matter, but this knife was held by his aunt, and he ate meat with the knife she held, is this appropriate?
Huang Zhaoyi smiled: "What's the matter, scared?" ”
Zhao Defang is much more cheerful than his brother Zhao Dezhao's surname, and he is not as cautious as Zhao Dezhao. Wen Yan smiled, opened his mouth to bite the piece of game, ripped it off, chewed it, and said vaguely: "Thank you, Niangniang!" ”
"You really have a lot of guts, I gave it to your brother just now, and he didn't dare to eat it, hehe!"
Zhao Defang said: "My brother is cautious. ”
"He's cautious? Hee-hee, you know people and don't know your heart! ”
"Oh? Is it? ”
"Of course, if he were cautious, he wouldn't have asked me to go to the locust tree in the middle of the mountain tomorrow morning to see it!"
Zhao Defang was taken aback and said, "He asked you to go and see it?" ”
"Yes, if you don't believe it, when you come out tomorrow morning, you can come to the big locust tree to see it, alas, I didn't want to go. But he said that he is going to be the emperor in the future, and now I can not listen to his words, and when he becomes the emperor, I am afraid that it will be difficult to listen to him! I was scared, so I had to say yes. ”
Zhao Defang's face was gloomy, and there was a horizontal voice in his nostrils: "He said that he would be the emperor in the future?" ”
"Yes! He said that he did not follow the Jinkui Covenant mentioned by the official family, he was the eldest son of the first emperor, and the official family should return the emperor to him in the future. Even according to the Jinkui Covenant, the official family should pass the throne to him in the future. So, no matter what, this throne will be his! ”
"Not necessarily!" Zhao Defang sneered, "When the first emperor died, the queen mother let me enter the palace to inherit the throne, but she didn't call him!" ”
"That's right!" Huang Zhaoyi smiled and said: "I don't believe his words in private, but, you know, I'm cowardly and afraid, and I don't want to make him angry, so I promised to accompany him tomorrow morning to see it, but I'm afraid that he has ulterior motives, tarnishes my name, and makes the official family angry, so it's miserable, so I came to you......"
"I see, you told me to go and tell him not to tell you not to go?"
"No, no, I'm afraid of him, I don't dare not go, if you do, he will hate me for using you as a shield. Then instead of helping me, you are harming me. ”
"And what do you want me to do for you?"
"You don't have to do anything, tomorrow morning, when the day comes, you pretend to get up early for a walk, and you happen to pass by there, and then you look out with us, so that no one else will say anything when they see it, and he won't be able to do anything to me. Do you think it's good? ”
Zhao Defang smiled: "This is a good idea. Yes! That's it. ”
"Thank you, Lord Wang, remember, you have to go to the old locust tree about one tea after the day, because we will go there at most one tea before the day, so it is more appropriate for us to arrive first and you to arrive later. He didn't stand a chance to do whatever he wanted! Hee-hee! ”
"What does he want to do with his mother?" Zhao Defang squinted his eyes and asked with a smile.
"Nasty!" Huang Zhaoyi's face flushed, and he pouted and raised his pink fist to hit him, maybe he drank too much wine, his feet slipped, and with an oops, he pounced on Zhao Defang's body.
Zhao Defang just drank too much, and laughed casually, but he didn't expect Huang Zhaoyi to slip and fall into his arms.
He also drank too much, couldn't sit steadily, and fell back on the soft collapse. He was frightened, if he was seen, it would be terrible, and he hurriedly wanted to push her away, but he was hugged tightly by Huang Zhaoyi, and said slowly: "Don't be afraid!" The coffee table is blocked, and the people outside can't see it. Hai Tao will keep an eye on the people outside at the door of the big tent, she will talk when someone comes! ”
Zhao Defang squinted at it, and the sea peach that was standing next to him was really gone. The wide coffee table blocked the view from the outside, and it was night again, and there was no light in the big tent, only the bonfire outside, and the light was very dim. He was only nineteen years old, it was ** when he was ** vigorous, plus he was drunk and bold, and he smelled the strong aroma of rouge gouache on Huang Zhaoyi's body, which aroused **, so he hugged Huang Zhaoyi and kissed his mouth, and a pair of devil claws touched his hands up and down.
The two kissed for a while, listening to the singing, dancing and laughing outside, but they were still scared, so they got up and separated, and sat down with their clothes on their bodies.
Huang Zhaoyi looked at Zhao Defang eating and smiling, her eyes were like silk. Zhao Defang took advantage of the coffee table to cover it and reached out to touch her thighs. He whispered, "Wait a minute, let's go to the woods?" ”
Huang Zhaoyi shook her head and said, "Don't go!" ”
"Why?" Zhao Defang was anxious.
"You're not afraid your father will know?"
Zhao Defang was clever, and suddenly sobered up a lot, and looked at her with a frustrating look.
Huang Zhaoyi snorted, reached out and quietly twisted it on his thigh. Zhao Defang screamed. Huang Zhaoyi ate and laughed, and said: "If you want to steal your mouth, don't be afraid of people finding out!" ”
Zhao Defang is right to think about it, as long as he is careful, he is not afraid that his father will know, so he hurriedly touched her hand and said, "I'm not afraid!" ”
"You're not afraid, I'm afraid!"
Zhao Defang was stupid again and looked at her.
Huang Zhaoyi said in a low voice: "There are so many people here, if they are seen overnight, then the two of us will be finished." Or wait until you return to the palace, when you enter the palace to greet your mother, you will bring some things by the way to be filial to our aunts. At that time, won't we be able to rest in peace in my palace? ”
"Great! Let's talk about it! When the time comes, don't see me! ”
Huang Zhaoyi twisted his thigh again: "Don't worry! I'm waiting for you with a quilt! ”
"But, I want you now!"
"Good! Obedient! Huang Zhaoyi took out a sachet from the inner bag and put it in the palm of his hand: "Oh, this is something I brought with me, give it to you, smell it if you want me!" ”
Zhao Defang took it, put it in front of his nose and sucked: "Wow! It smells so good! ”
Huang Zhaoyi chuckled and got up with her mouth covered. Zhao Defang hurriedly said: "What are you doing?" Want to go? ”
"Hmmm! I can't stay in your tent for too long. lest any man gossip. Let's talk about Fang Chang! I'm in a hurry to come tomorrow morning, and I'll come out later! ”
"I remember! Feel relieved! ”
Huang Zhaoyi took the wine cup and wine glass out of the tent, smiled triumphantly, and whispered to herself: "No one can escape from the palm of my hand!" ”
She came to Prime Minister Xue Juzheng's tent, and Xue Juzheng was talking and eating with Shen Lun, Chu Zhaofu, and Cao Bin. Seeing Huang Zhaoyi coming, they all got up quickly, bowed down and said, "Wait for the ministers to meet Zhaoyi Niangniang!" ”
Huang Zhaoyi smiled reluctantly and waved his hand: "No courtesy!" - Prime Minister Xue! ”
Xue Juzheng hurriedly took two steps forward, bowed down and said, "Weichen is here!" ”
Huang Zhaoyi hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "This palace has something to tell you, is it convenient?" ”
"Convenient! Of course it's convenient! ”
Shen Lun and the others hurriedly said goodbye and withdrew from the big tent one by one.
Xue Juzheng said: "Niangniang, please take a seat!" ”
"No need, just a few words, just a few words, and then leave."
"Yes!"
Huang Zhaoyi stepped forward, almost next to Xue Juzheng, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord Xue, the official family may want to give me death!" ”
Xue Juzheng was taken aback: "Why?" ”
"Because I heard Prince Dezhao lament that the military expenses and military rations that the first emperor had accumulated for many years to prepare for the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that this time it will all be used up by the construction of Jinming Pond. I sighed a few words and said that the official family should not be like this. As a result, I don't know who revealed this to the official family, and the official family was very angry, saying that my inner court ordered my wife to interfere in the government affairs, and said that I really deserve to die! I ......, I was scared. So come to the Prime Minister for your help! ”
Xue Juzheng was taken aback: "How can this be!" Rest assured, the official family is just a momentary angry talk, and it may not really be to give the mother to death. ”
"You don't understand! The official family is a man who says the same, and whoever he says deserves to die, that person will definitely die! ”
"This ......, this is good, today it seems that the official family is drunk, and Wechen Ming said that when the official family wakes up, he will persuade the official family well, and the official's move is really inappropriate, and Wechen will discourage it no matter what. When the time comes, Wechen will help Niangniang speak. ”
"No, no!" Huang Zhaoyi hurriedly shook his head and said, "You can't talk about this, the official family will be even more angry if they know about it." They will say that I befriended foreign ministers. You only need to persuade the official family not to repair Jin Mingchi, and the official family agrees with your opinion, and will not punish me. ”
Xue Juzheng nodded: "Weichen understands, don't worry, Weichen will definitely stop this matter!" ”
"Okay, then I'll be relieved." Huang Zhaoyi walked to the door of the tent, stood again, and whispered to Xue Juzheng, who came up: "There is one more thing, by the way, I will tell you about it." ”
"Mother, please speak."
Huang Zhaoyi said in a low voice: "Just now I went to toast Zhao Defang and Zhao Dezhao, the two of them seem to be a little contradictory, and they are saying bad things about each other!" ”
"Oh?" Xue Juzheng didn't ask, this kind of thing is not easy to ask.
Huang Zhaoyi hesitated for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "They seem to be talking about the question of who should inherit the throne!" ”
Xue Juzheng was taken aback again, he couldn't intervene in this kind of topic.
Huang Zhaoyi continued: "I'm very angry when I see them like that, and I'm worried that they will turn against each other when the time comes." When you have time, enlighten them. ”
"Wechen understands."
Huang Zhaoyi got out of the tent and left with Hai Tao.
In the middle of the night, the people in the tents were also drunk, and they were sleeping on the table everywhere.
In the official Zhao Guangyi's big tent.
Hua Rui supported her head with her hand and said, "The concubine is not strong enough to drink, and she wants to go back!" The concubine retires! ”
Leng Yi hurriedly beckoned Ling Yan, who was standing in the distance, to come over and support the stamen. Zhao Guangyi shouted indistinctly: "Stamen! Don't go, ...... flower, accompany me to drink another jar of ......! ”
Hua Rui waved her hand, and with Ling Yan's support, she went back to her tent.
Wang Jien supported Zhao Guangyi and asked the maids who were waiting outside the big tent to come and serve the official family to rest.
Seeing that the official's family was about to rest, all the concubines also returned to their tents.
In order to avoid suspicion, several tents of the prince and the ruler were placed at the foot of the mountain, and they also went down the mountain to rest.
Nothing was said all night.
The next morning, shortly after the sun had risen, the whole hill was covered with morning mist, and from time to time there was birdsong. Zhao Guangyi was sleeping in the big tent, and suddenly, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and ran all the way to Zhao Guangyi's big tent, this person was Zhao Dezhao, the king of martial arts!
Outside Zhao Guangyi's big tent, Wang Jien curled up and slept on a felt blanket, the spring cold has passed for several days, the temperature has risen, and the spring has been melting, and he is lying in clothes at night, and he doesn't feel cold, so he sleeps outside the tent.
Zhao Dezhao looked left and right at no one, went up and squatted down, and shook Wang Jien. said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, it's not good, Huang Zhaoyi's mother, she wants to hang herself!" Go and persuade you! ”
Wang Jien was taken aback and got up: "Why did she hang herself?" ”
"She ......, oh I can't tell, you can go and see it first! I'm worried something will happen! ”
"What's the use of me going to this kind of thing? I have to report to the official's house! ”
"Huh? This ......, don't want it......" Zhao Dezhao stammered. He was obviously confused by this incident for a while, and didn't think about it that much.
"What don't you want, Huang Zhaoyi is the concubine of the official family, don't tell the official family to tell anyone!" Wang Jien got up and was about to enter the big tent, but was stopped by Zhao Dezhao, "It's better not to alarm the official family in this matter......
Wang Jien looked at Zhao Dezhao suspiciously: "Lord Wang, why don't you let me tell the official family?" What's going on? ”
This ......, she ......, if she can persuade her, don't alarm the officials. The officials are already very annoyed by these words. So, father-in-law, you should go and see it first, anyway, it's not far, it's just a big locust tree in the middle of the mountain, and it's only three or five arrows away. ”
"Okay!" Wang Jien followed Zhao Dezhao and hurried to the old locust tree in the middle of the mountain.
The two almost trotted down the mountain, and saw the old locust tree from a distance, Zhao Dezhao said to Wang Jien while gesturing: "Just now she shouted that she had to hang herself, took her belt, and hung it on the branch of the old locust tree on the cliff side of the slope......"
As soon as he said this, Wang Jien, who was following him, suddenly stood up and looked at him in horror.
Zhao Dezhao followed his gaze, and suddenly, his entire body was as if he had been struck by lightning. A butt sat on the ground. -- I saw a white sash hanging from a woman's neck on a branch at the bottom of the old locust tree. Her clothes were half-open, half of her snow-white breasts were exposed, and the drooping straps fluttered in the morning breeze. At this moment, the sun is rising, shining on her, in the silent mountain forest, it looks particularly weird. I saw clearly through the sunshine that the one who hanged was Huang Zhaoyi!
(To be continued)