"The queen has worked hard for many years, managed the harem in an orderly manner, and was respected by her subjects. My Great Zhou is stable, and half of it is the queen's credit. I'll give the queen a drink. ”

Emperor of the Great Zhou, Zhao Yin, raised the glass wine cup.

"The concubine thanked Your Majesty for her grace. This is a matter within the status of a concubine, and it has been praised by His Majesty, and he is extremely frightened. ”

After the Great Zhou, Liu Hui bowed charmingly.

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother/Queen!" The princes and concubines also raised their glasses, and the hall was full of laughter.

At this time, a young man sitting on Liu Hui's left stood up, presented a bracelet, and smiled brightly.

"The Queen Mother! Erchen specially invited the Buddha bead bracelet of Bao'en Temple for the queen mother! Congratulations to the queen mother on her birthday! ”

The bracelet is just an ordinary thing, and it looks very shabby in a congratulatory gift worth thousands of gold.

However, Liu Hui took it happily and nodded with a smile: "Huaiyang is sensible!" I specially invited the Buddha for the queen mother, and the queen mother likes it, and I like it very much! ”

Emperor Zhao Yin laughed and unabashedly praised: "Although it is a mundane thing, but Huaiyang personally went to seek the Buddha, which shows his innocence, and this filial piety is worth a thousand gold!" Good! ”

In front of everyone's eyes, the young man hugged the queen like a child, and said coquettishly: "Huaiyang only wants to be the son of his father and queen mother, so he doesn't want to talk about monarchs and ministers." ”

If you go against the grain, you will change the color of the servants. However, Liu Hui and Zhao Yin laughed happily, like ordinary elders, blaming the young man for messing around.

The rest of the princes and concubines had a faint sour look in their eyes.

Zhao Yin was originally married to the queen Jia, known as the queen of the Yuan, and there were crown prince Zhao Xixing, and Kangning Emperor Zhao Yuzhen.

Three years ago, Zhao Yin ascended the throne, and a year later, the Empress Jia died, and the concubine Liu Hui was promoted to the queen, and the world is known as the successor.

Liu Hui has five sons of the emperor, Zhao Xiche, the word Huaiyang, and has always been favored by the emperor. As soon as he turned eighteen years old, he was crowned King Xian, a cut above the princes.

"Look at the old five! actually snatched the eldest brother's wheel and presented the gift himself! Which one to grab! ”

A purple-clothed beauty sitting on the west seat pursed her lips and looked at Zhao Xixing beside her, "Eldest brother, why don't you go quickly?" You are the queen of the Yuan, go and suppress the arrogance of the successor! ”

Zhao Xixing glanced at the three emperors and queens who were smiling, and the feet that had just stretched out were retracted, and he looked at Zhao Yuzhi again.

"What kind of gift has Jade prepared?"

"Wang Ba."

Zhao Xixing was stunned.

"Didn't they all say that Wang Ba lived a long time? I have prepared a tourmaline carving king, wishing the next longevity than Nanshanli. Zhao Yuzhi said quickly, but he was suspicious: "Eldest brother, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Xixing sighed silently: "That's it." Don't give it away. You and my brothers and sisters, if I send it, you will send it. ”

After that, Zhao Xixing got up at the table, walked to the emperor and bowed down, and said respectfully: "Erchen presented a piece of eight treasures inlaid with colorful embroidered longevity, wishing the queen mother, the sea is blessed according to the destiny of heaven, and the longevity is half a hundred years." The line can be a model person, and the green pine is often beautiful. ”

Zhao Yin took his eyes off Zhao Xiche and condensed it to the top of Zhao Xixing's head, and the smile quickly faded.

There was a dead silence in the hall.

All the princes and emperors were sweating on their backs.

Both inside and outside the palace know that the sage favors the virtuous king, but he doesn't treat the East Palace very well, and the doorway inside has to be attributed to the Yuan Empress Jia, who has passed away.

"Thank you, Crown Prince. This longevity word is novel, and this palace likes it. Liu Hui broke the stagnation, she smiled gently, and wanted to get up to help Zhao Xixing.

But Zhao Yin shouted: "Who asked you to help him?" Let him kneel! ”

Liu Hui's hand shook and hurriedly shrank back. The temperature of the air inside the main hall began to drop.

Zhao Yin glanced at the top of the head of the kneeling Zhao Xixing, who lowered his eyebrows and was silent, and he sneered.

"Since the queen succeeded to the throne, she has advocated frugality, cumbersome rules and simplicity, which is called rest and recuperation, and not to disturb the people. And I heard that you in the East Palace, for a pair of longevity words, all over the Shengjing good tricks, skillfully embroidered Niang, fanfare, and rejuvenating the public, this is what you call thrift? ”

Emperor Kangning, Zhao Yu, who was seated, was secretly wronged.

The queen's birthday, the whole world celebrates, the gift of a cigarette on the side is worth a thousand gold, the East Palace just dedicated a piece of inlaid treasure longevity, how did it become a labor and a loss of money?

This root is not in the "rites", but in the "people".

People who are used to seeing it, ask for an ordinary bracelet, they are overjoyed, and people who are not used to seeing it, carefully prepare a longevity word, and prepare to make a mistake.

The princes and emperors were also a little unbearable. Zhao Xixing's face did not change, and he was still humble: "The son is guilty." Please forgive your father. ”

There was no excuse at all.

Zhao Yin looked at the man in front of his heels, his color was like a bright moon, he was not clean, half of his black hair was not messy, his etiquette was tight, and his every move was like someone comparing him with a ruler, so perfect that he was not picky.

It's not like a real person.

Zhao Yin's tone became harder and harder: "Really? Then if I say that you are rebellious, can you follow like this, without saying a word? ”

Everyone in the audience was shocked.

Zhao Xixing only bowed lightly: "The monarch and the ministers and the courtiers." Jun before the son. If the father must die, the minister must die. ”

These words are also disciplined to the extreme.

Zhao Yin bruised suddenly, grabbed a porcelain cup, and threw it at Zhao Xixing.

No one could stop them. Hearing a bang, the porcelain cup hit Donggong's forehead, and a big hole was immediately drawn, and blood oozed out.

"Your Majesty forgive your sins! The filial piety of the East Palace can be learned, there is no big mistake! Liu Hui and the prince and the emperor hurriedly knelt down to plead.

As the main son, Zhao Xixing, blood beads flowed through the corners of his eyes, he subconsciously wiped it, but saw that the blood stained the corners of the jade robe, and frowned between his eyebrows, so he put down his clothes and let the blood flow.

The son pleaded guilty. The father was angry. He bowed down, not upset or annoyed.

This behavior fell into Zhao Yin's eyes, which made his disgust thicker and stronger.

"The world says that Donggong is a perfect person, perfect as a saint. And the people also call me a saint, do you do this compared to me? Zhao Yin sneered.

"Erchen doesn't dare." Zhao Xixing bowed quietly.

Zhao Yin's sneer became thicker and thicker: "If you want me to see, I don't dare to call it perfect, I don't know where you went to learn, you can even better than your Lao Tzu!" ”

A dialogue implies a sense of great rebellion. The faces of the people in the hall turned pale with fright.

"Father! The eldest brother is just harsh and unkind, so he is nicknamed a saint! There is absolutely no intention to offend my father! Zhao Xiche's voice begging for mercy sounded.

Zhao Yin was stunned, looked at Zhao Xiche, Xu was frightened, how could he look like a prince at the age of eighteen, like an ordinary teenager, with tears in his eyes, looking at Zhao Yin aggrievedly.

Zhao Yin's heart immediately softened, the color eased by two points, and when he saw Zhao Xixing who was not messy, he felt a pain in his temples.

"Sooner or later, I'm going to be by you, an unfilial son!"

Zhao Yin dropped an angry sentence and walked away, and Liu Hui hurriedly followed.

Zhao Xixing was still kneeling on the ground, not knowing what he was thinking, when he saw a dark green shirt coming over.

"Does the eldest brother hurt?"

Zhao Xiche squatted down, looked at the injury on Zhao Xixing's forehead, and pulled his palace robe without hesitation, about to wipe the blood for him.

Zhao Xixing subconsciously wanted to stop it, but before he could do it, Zhao Xiche's palace robe went up, and his eyes were full of concern.