Chapter 698: Uninvited Guest
Chinese New Year's Eve, Luoyang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
The palace was brightly lit, except for the one on duty, everyone was eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in each palace, but the scale and grade were slightly different. The noble status is more abundant, and the lowly status can only ensure that they are full of food and drink, and they have a round belly. But it doesn't matter, in the second half of the night, whether it is His Majesty or the Queen Mother, they will be rewarded with some red envelopes, which are enough for them to be happy for a while.
For many people, this may be their last Chinese New Year's Eve in the palace, because of financial constraints, His Majesty has to borrow money for the New Year, and he has to prepare to personally conquer Jizhou, and in desperation, Xiao Tianzi decided to greatly reduce the manpower in the palace. He decided to send some marriageable palace maids out of the palace first, and the eunuchs were also cut, and those who were old and unable to do things were all sent out of the palace, and those who still had family members were given a severance pay, and those who were lonely and had nowhere to go were sent to the imperial village to spend their old age.
Few of these people have served in the palace for more than ten years, and most have spent almost their lives in the palace, for this imperial city, there is hatred, there is love, and now they are leaving, some of them yearn for the life of ziyou outside the palace, some lament their bleak evening scene, different moods, but when they think that His Majesty can still make proper arrangements for them as much as possible in such a difficult situation, one by one does not have too many complaints, and happily eats a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, ready to go all out to complete the last month of service, Help Your Majesty cope with the busy season of the New Year.
In the Deyang Palace, Xiao Tianzi and the Empress Dowager Song sat opposite each other, and dozens of officials who could not go home for the New Year were accompanied below, and everyone was eating quietly. No one spoke. Fengxue accompanied the Empress Dowager Song, and Liu Yuan and Lu Xiaohuan accompanied the little Tianzi, and they were not in a good mood. In the evening. Liu Yuanqi, the king of Chu, came to the palace in person and asked Xiao Tianzi to let Fengxue and them go back to the Chu Palace, but Xiao Tianzi politely refused. He also invited the king of Chu and his wife to come to the palace to observe the New Year. Of course, it was also rejected by Liu Yuanqi. Both of them were not in a good mood at the time, and they all knew about Fengxue and understood their identity as hostages, which was certainly not much better.
Xiao Tianzi's mood is also very bad. Liu Xiu refused to go to the court with the edict, and handed over the seal of the hussar general, which was a naked challenge to the imperial power, and in his eyes, he didn't take the emperor's edict seriously at all. He handed over the hussar general's seal. It's not that he really wants to delegate power, he has no fear, as long as he Liu Xiu doesn't nod, even if he is the son of heaven, he can't take an extra grain of grain from the states and counties, it is conceivable that those soldiers who have followed Liu Xiu for many years will do a lot of things that embarrass him when they arrive on the battlefield - just like Gan Ning - before getting Liu Xiu's cooperation. It is simply impossible to conquer Jizhou in person.
I am the Son of Heaven, but I am struggling here, but he is a child in Gangneung. Ah He took my place, accompanied my mother, and now maybe she is playing with my younger brothers. The family gets together and has fun. She robbed me of my joy, my father, my mother, and my brother.
Xiao Tianzi absentmindedly picked up a piece of fish meat and put it in his mouth, chewed it hastily and swallowed it twice, and then there was a tingling pain in his throat. Xiao Tianzi, who was thinking about his thoughts, reacted at this time, hurriedly put down the jade chopstick, pinched a rice ball, wrapped a sunflower leaf, put it in his mouth, frowned and swallowed.
The fish bones were squeezed down by the rice balls, but the stinging pain seemed to reach his heart, and Xiao Tianzi felt aggrieved in his heart, and tears overflowed his eyes.
"Your Majesty?" Empress Dowager Song looked at the tearful little Tianzi, put down the wine glass, and called softly.
"Queen Mother, it's okay, I'm fine." Xiao Tianzi held back his tears and forced a smile: "I was stabbed by a fish bone just now, and now it's fine." ”
The Queen Mother frowned lightly and did not speak. Feng Xue and the others sat down, thinking about their thoughts, and no one noticed their expressions.
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Jiangling, the palace of the king of Chu.
Liu Xiu sat in the center, the eldest princess was on the left, Wang Chu was sitting next to her, Yan Zhong was sitting on Liu Xiu's right, and Fu Xie and others were sitting on the prime minister. They mingled and laughed, and toasted each other from time to time. Liu He took his two younger brothers, Guan Yu's son Guan Ping, Zhang Fei's son Zhang Bao and a group of children of all sizes running crazy in the courtyard, and the joyful laughter crossed the courtyard wall and flew in the wind.
Liu Xiu raised his glass: "Gentlemen, you should be glad that it doesn't snow in Jiangling, otherwise, we will be in danger." ”
Yan Zhong laughed, stroked his beard, looked at Liu Ye, who was panting and refused to stop for a moment, and said with satisfaction: "General, I really want to see if Wang Sun and Lord Weng are as accurate as arrows in throwing snowballs. ”
The eldest princess covered her mouth and giggled: "When it comes to riding horses and arrows, I'm afraid it's still Ah Niu's child who is the strongest." There is a shè carver iron wolf as a master, and he may not be a shè carver in the future. When he grows up, he will crisscross the grassland, and he will definitely be more majestic than the general when he was in Bingzhou. ”
"Of course, King Sun of Yuan was born with the blood of the Hu people, and it is only natural for him to rule over those Hu people, and no one can rob them." Fu Xie also said seriously: "An Wangsun inherited the wisdom of Mrs. Chu, and he will never forget it after reading it, and he will naturally be a generation of Confucianism in terms of learning in the future." Mr. Gongxiao, there is a lot of pressure on the grandson of the king, and your responsibility is not small. If you fail to live up to such beautiful jade and good materials, you will be a sinner in the Chu State in the future. ”
Liu Xiu coughed, interrupted their such a naked reminder, and said with a smile: "Everyone, today is the New Year, is it too much for you to put pressure on Mr. Gongxiao like this?" ”
Yan Zhong said with a smile: "General, it's okay, if people don't have a little pressure, they won't make progress." I just stayed too comfortable in Tianfu, so I didn't grow. After listening to the general's rule of the four realms, I am now also suddenly enlightened, and suddenly found a new world. When I return to Chengdu this time, I will also reflect on it and strive to make further progress. ”
"Okay, okay, don't be modest, it's tiring to listen to you." Liu Xiu raised his glass helplessly, looked at a full glass of Western Regions wine, and sighed: "I'd better get drunk quickly, and then fall asleep, wouldn't it be worry-free." ”
"That's not going to work." Fu Xie got up and stepped in front of Liu Xiu's case, pressed Liu Xiu's wrist, glanced at Yan Zhong and the others, and said with a smile: "Everyone, we can't get the general drunk, and we can't let him get himself drunk. Otherwise, where are we going to win his New Year's red envelope? If you wake up early tomorrow morning, won't you have to pay out of your own pocket? ”
Yan Zhong understood, and nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, from now on, I will only talk about family life, regardless of the country, regardless of the country." ”
Liu Xiu's face sank angrily, and he glanced around: "It seems that the wealth is still moving." I said why are you all laughing so hypocritically today, you were originally eyeing my purse. Ah He, take your younger brothers to take a closer look at Daddy's purse, and a well-dressed gentleman on the beam has come to the door today. ”
Everyone burst into laughter, and Zhang Fei, who was already half-drunk, came to the hall with a wine glass and twisted his dance steps, and smiled: "Sir, they are well-dressed gentlemen on the beam, we are not, we are good people, come, I will give Mr. a glass." ”
"Well, not really." Liu Xiu said solemnly: "They are well-dressed gentlemen on the beam, and you are the heroes of the mountains who fight with open fire." ”
When everyone heard this, they broke out into a burst of laughter again, and those generals even knocked on the table with their wine glasses, leaning back and laughing. Zhang Fei slipped under his feet with laughter, sat on the ground with his buttocks, and screamed: "Those who know me, sir." ”
Zhang Bao, who was still wearing open crotch pants, ran over, pulled Zhang Fei's arm hard, hunched over, pouted his buttocks, revealing his little white buttocks, and exerted all his strength, but he couldn't pull it, and shouted in a hurry: "Daddy, go quickly, they all laugh at you, are you ashamed." ”
Everyone laughed again, Liu Xiu couldn't help laughing, the eldest princess even laughed out of tears, but Feng Shi was a little embarrassed, walked up with a red face, pulled Zhang Bao with one hand, and pulled Zhang Fei with the other, and dragged the father and son down. Although she looks frail, her strength is not small, Zhang Fei's heavy body was actually dragged away by her with one hand, and Liu Xiu and the others were stunned.
When it comes to the place where it rises, some people dance, some people beat each other, and some people get up, swing their arms and twist their hips together, and dance a group dance. Under the encouragement of everyone, Liu Xiu also stood up, holding the eldest princess with one hand and Wang Chu with the other, and the three of them also danced. As soon as they began, the other soldiers also began to carnival, some of the family members were there to dance with their families, those without family members were pulled by the people around them, and some of them were pulled by those children who were playing together. There are many elements of Chu culture in Han culture, and Jiangling is a Chu land, whether it is a man or a woman, it is normal to dance in court. It's not a matter for women to meet other men on important occasions, and it's not rude to be like today, even the great Confucian Cai Yong shook his head and enjoyed it.
Everyone was dancing happily, and Xu Yu, who had not spoken much, suddenly stood up and gave Liu Xiu, who was dancing, a look. Liu Xiu looked a little carried away in dancing, but as soon as Xu Yu's eyes came, he immediately understood, nodded silently, and gave Zhang Wei who was standing behind him a look. Zhang Wei understood, turned around and went out.
Xu Yu walked unhurriedly outside the courtyard, coughed lightly, and walked slowly along the courtyard wall. After walking around, Xu Yu stood down in front of the gate, his legs slightly apart, his hands behind his back, and stood at the door, shouting in a deep voice:
"Where are the friends, please come out and meet, what is hidden and hidden, is it the work of a righteous man and a gentleman."
Before his words fell, a string pulling sound sounded in the yin shadows on both sides of the courtyard wall, and nearly a hundred tiger warriors walked out of the yin shadows, and at the same time, the city guarding crossbow on the corner tower also turned around, aiming at a big tree in the middle of Xu Yu's sight...... At the end of the month, ask for a monthly pass, ask for a recommendation ticket! rq