Chapter 76: After the Night Banquet in the Korean Palace
Under the leadership of Han Fei, Ying Zheng was accompanied by luxurious guards of honor and guards, all the way to the palace of King Han. In front of the main gate of the palace, King Han is the leader, and there are hundreds of civil and military officials, royal relatives and nobles in the back, and Hu Meiren, the prince, the princess Honglian, and even Zhang Kaidi, Ji Wuye and others are all listed one by one, all waiting for Yingzheng.
As soon as a large number of people saw Ying Zheng's carriage and horse honor guard coming to the main gate of the Han Palace, they immediately bowed neatly and saluted, regardless of men, women and children, and said in unison: "Welcome Wu Anjun!" King Han personally stepped forward to greet him and helped Yingzheng get out of the car.
Ying Zheng saw King Han like this, and said in his heart: "Seeing a foreign minister in such a low voice and only promised, how can there be the slightest appearance of the king of a country." But he had to greet him with a smile on his face, and said: "Yingzheng is late, and the king and the ministers have been waiting for a long time." ”
King Han bowed down and helped Ying Zheng get out of the car, and said with a smile: "What! Wu Anjun is such a hero, he is willing to come to a small country, and let him be entertained well, which is a blessing in the future. It's just a little longer, how dare you say that you have to work. ”
With that, King Han walked to the Han Palace with Ying Zheng. The courtiers and nobles who greeted them outside followed Han Fei, who got down from the car together, and followed them into the Han Palace in a neat queue. Because I don't know when Ying Zheng will arrive, there is no wine and food prepared in the Han Palace in advance. When Ying Zheng and Han Fei came to the palace gate, they had just instructed the workers to start preparing wine and food. Therefore, the banquet was held in the evening, and at this time, King Han and his party of palace nobles accompanied Yingzheng to visit the Han palace.
Although Korea is a weak country and a small state, it was one of the big countries in the Central Plains at least fifty or sixty years ago, so the palace of the king of Han has been repaired and expanded by the kings of Han in successive dynasties, and it is also very gorgeous and unique, which is very different from the majesty and simplicity of the Qin state. In the palace of King Han, there is not only a spirit animal garden for domesticating rare and exotic beasts from all over the country, but also because of the proximity to the Chu country, there are many exotic flowers and plants that are not found in the northern part of the Central Plains in the palace. The scenery is exquisitely gorgeous.
However, Ying Zheng really didn't have any interest in this, and even thought in his heart: South Korea's domestic and foreign difficulties have reached such a point, since there is still energy to take care of these flashy things. It's a big surprise. Although I thought this in my heart, it was inconvenient to show it, so I still greeted him with a smile along the way.
Ying Zheng, accompanied by King Han, visited almost all parts of the palace of King Han, and when Ying Zheng walked out of the imperial garden, he suddenly found that there was a large area of buildings that had been abandoned for a long time in the palace of King Han not far from the imperial garden. Ying Zheng had doubts in his heart, so he pointed to that place and asked King Han beside him: "Dare to ask the king, what is that place for, why is it abandoned to this point, and it seems so abrupt in this beautiful Han Palace?" ”
King Han looked at the place of Yingzheng's finger and said, "Ao~!" Where! It was the cold palace in the Han Palace, and it was used to deal with the misbehaving people in the palace, and there was no one to go on weekdays. So no one has been caring about it, and it has been abandoned for a long time, but with a little tidying up, it's still a good place to go. ”
Ying Zheng nodded after hearing this, and didn't pay attention to that place anymore.
At this moment, a slight voice of complaint suddenly came from the crowd following the two of them: "When will it end!" What's so fun about going around in this palace! "I am afraid that there is no one else who can say such things except Princess Red Lotus, who has always been fearless. It's not that Red Lotus is so willful and rude. Although Honglian is highly favored in the palace, it has not yet reached the point where she offends foreign countries without distinction between severity and severity, and she is a powerful and powerful country. But Ying Zheng's impression of Hong Lian is too casual, almost no matter how Red Lotus messes with him, Ying Zheng will be more or less tolerant, only once Red Lotus suffers a loss, or because of Flame Spirit Ji. So in my heart and like everyone else, I was afraid of this Qin State Wu Anjun who beheaded hundreds of thousands of Han soldiers.
But King Han doesn't have such a relaxed mentality as Red Lotus, from the day he knew that Yingzheng was in Xinzheng City, King Han was scared, for fear that one day this lord would be unhappy, and his throne would not be able to be kept at all. So as soon as I heard Honglian say such a thing in the back, every hair on her body immediately exploded! Afraid that Yingzheng would blame the whole of South Korea for this, he immediately scolded Red Lotus loudly: "Red Lotus! Why are you so ignorant! Wu Anjun finally came to South Korea once, and it is such an honor for me to be able to accompany him! How dare you complain! ”
Honglian was scolded by King Han for such a while, and the whole person was stunned, she couldn't imagine that King Han, who had always favored her, would suddenly get angry with her for such a trivial matter.
Ying Zhengdao was unimpressed, and said to King Han with a smile: "The king doesn't have to be like this. Princess Red Lotus is innocent and straightforward, and she will be reminded when the time comes. The king and the column accompanied him to tour back and forth in the palace for a long time, and they must have been tired. It's better to visit the Han Palace and stop it in advance. ”
Hearing Yingzheng say this, King Han naturally didn't dare to object, so he said, "Okay, good!" It just so happened that Xiao Wang had prepared a song and dance in advance, and Wu Anjun might as well appreciate it together. After speaking, the group moved to the main hall and prepared to sing and dance.
Although Ying Zheng saw a lot of arrogance and lasciviousness in the Korean palace in South Korea, he didn't expect that in the song and dance, since King Han would let his favorite concubine Hu Meiren lead the dance and perform with a foreign minister like himself in the main hall. Although the harem women of various countries are good at singing and dancing, and often perform at banquets, those are only the cases between the palace nobles and ministers. To put it bluntly, they are all their own family, and their own women have seen it. But Ying Zheng is an outsider, and letting the inner palace woman perform for him is almost like sending this woman to himself as a servant maid! It is really the loss of the dignity of a country.
The country is divided into large and small, and the national strength is strong or weak. This alone can be seen.
Hu Mei's life is charming and soft, and her singing and dancing gestures are also extremely fascinating, but Ying Zheng has less and less heart to stay in this Han Palace. As soon as Hu Meiren danced, the wine and food were served one after another, and it was the real start along the way. After Hu Meiren finished dancing, she was anxious to return to King Han, and King Han suddenly said: "Alas~! Aifei, Wu Anjun here is my honored guest in South Korea, why do you still let those clumsy people serve you. You are now waiting for Wu Anjun by your side, don't be lazy! ”
When Hu Meiren heard King Han's words, she was stunned on the spot. Although Hu Meiren herself knew that King Han would let her lead the dance in the palace and deliberately use herself to curry favor with Yingzheng, after all, now that Han is weak and Qin is strong, it is also a helpless move. But he never thought that King Han would do such a thing, not only would he lose face as the king of a country, but he would even betray himself to Yingzheng even if he didn't hesitate to see him.
"What! Didn't you hear! Go and wait by Wu Anjun's side! King Han said to Hu Meiren again.
Hu Meiren had no choice but to go to Ying Zheng's side and pour drinks for Ying Zheng. At this time, Hu Meiren could only pray in her heart that no one would mention anything excessive. And when Ying Zheng saw Hu Meiren's look, it was not good to refuse King Han directly in front of the main hall, so he could only say respectfully to Hu Meiren: "I'm tired of Mrs. Lao." ”