Probably for fear of drinking and making mistakes, the emperor quickly used the prince as an excuse to introduce the theme almost at the beginning of the banquet.

"The prince performed well in Yan'an, not afraid of life and death, not afraid of hardship, led the troops to fight bloodily, and won several battles in a row, which was impressive. It's a pity that the prince was wounded in a surprise attack a few days ago and needs to recuperate......"

The emperor quickly found an excuse for the crown prince's return to Beijing and imposed honor.

When everyone heard this, they were amazed.

The Emperor added:

General Yu has handed over the task of leading the army with the crown prince, although the prince is reluctant in every way, and strongly asks to personally lead the troops until the Tartars are expelled, but I am worried about the prince's injury and forcibly recruit him back to Beijing. The prince will return to the capital in a few days, and I will celebrate his triumph with a banquet for him. ”

The crowd praised again.

The emperor's smile was gradually replaced by solemnity.

"The Tartars are cunning and numerous. General Yu said that he would eliminate these bandits within a month. Yan An has just experienced a harsh winter, and supplies are scarce. At this moment, it is easy for the imperial army to advance, but it is still slightly difficult for military supplies to keep up. ”

The emperor didn't hide the intention of this birthday banquet from the beginning, so he didn't talk much nonsense at the moment, and while getting straight to the topic, he also signaled to King Ning.

King Ning immediately walked out, and after expressing his enthusiasm for a while, he expressed his willingness to donate generously and do his best for the grain and grass armament.

He "threw bricks and led the jade" and took out three thousand taels.

The faces of the people are not good, and their hearts are still staggered.

Queen Ning's family is not obvious, he has no position, and he has no property, and the amount that his palace can get from the royal family every year is only about eight hundred taels. With other subsidies added, he will earn more than 1,000 taels a year at most, and taking out 3,000 taels in one go may not be anything to other princes, but for him, it is definitely a priority.

King Ning made such a big move, and the Yin family, who had already been instructed, naturally followed.

Sixty thousand taels!

Respectfully delivered!

The wealth is rich, but it also has to be.

The field suddenly gasped.

And the emperor praised the Yin family.

Immediately, everyone who came prepared naturally hurried to help. And with the two Zhuyu in front, everyone is naturally not shabby after that.

Several major families started with 10,000 taels.

Even the Chang family also gave 10,000 taels.

That is, in half an hour, nearly 400,000 taels were raised.

Rong An took out a thousand taels. Her reputation for doing good deeds in the past is there, and everyone doesn't think it's less. Yu Bohong fought in Yan'an, and no one would want to ask the general's mansion to pay a sum of money.

Soon, the concubine sent a silver ticket from the concubines of the harem. In this way, it is barely 500,000 taels.

The emperor was relatively satisfied, and he personally stated that he would take out 100,000 taels.

He had a good calculation. 600,000 taels, the silver money needed for the first month of Yan'an's army has been in place. In short, he will only take out this one, and at this time next month, Yu Bohong will have to return to love again! ……

After the business was done and another impassioned statement, the banquet officially began.

Everyone raised their glasses to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, but the emperor raised his glass, stepped down from the throne, and said a lot of inspiring words......

What he said, Rong An didn't listen to it at all.

Because from the moment she raised her glass, there was a movement in her sleeve.

Insect?

At this time? Got a reaction?

Rong An looked at her cup, she was pregnant and couldn't drink, so she drank white water.

Is there a problem with this white water?

Someone drugged her?

But she just temporarily asked not to drink, not to make up tea, not to make up tea, just a glass of water. Can anyone count it in advance?

Could it be that it's not just her water that's the problem, it's everyone's drinks?

But she clearly saw a few gentlemen opposite, and as soon as she sat down, she couldn't help it, and she drank many cups before the banquet, obviously nothing at all.

She tried to change the cup and get it, but it wasn't honest in her sleeve.

This time she was holding tea. As for tea, many ladies are drinking it before the banquet, so it should be no problem?

If there's a problem, it's not alcohol, right?

Rong An looked around and didn't notice anything......

She lowered her head and covered it with a handkerchief, looked at the wrist on her knee, and her heart sank.

The worm that has been lazily asleep is crawling out restlessly.

To be precise, it's a bit restless.

She stroked the fat bug, and it quickly calmed down.

What's wrong?

Rong An's head was even more uneasy.

At this moment, the emperor happened to be talking about Yu Bohong, so he stopped three feet in front of Rong'an's seat and looked at it...... At this time, Xiaobao in his sleeve twisted his body quickly again, and bit Rong An's skin and flesh lightly through the fabric.

At this point, this is when it moves the most fiercely.

Hey?

So, is the problem with the emperor?

Because insects are afraid of dragons?

Naturally impossible!

Rong An looked at the emperor in a normal state, and his heart was even more furious.

She believes in Xiaobao, but what can she do?

It's not good to talk nonsense without evidence, what can Xiaobao prove alone? How does she explain the origin of Xiaobao? She doesn't know who is doing the ghost, who the object is, in case she gets an oolong, don't let someone grab the handle and shout slander!

Perhaps, it was the emperor who used the medicine of the tiger and wolf for the sake of today's state, and it may have stimulated the insects.

Why don't you wait for the banquet to end and the guests disperse, and then she will privately ask the emperor to remind her kindly? ……

The emperor raised his glass and prayed for the peace of the country and the people, accompanied by everyone.

Rong An, who didn't know where the problem was, held the cup, but he didn't dare to drink the water in the cup.

With the cover of her sleeve, she poured all the white water in the cup on the veil. Fortunately, the wine cups are very small, and one cup is only a small sip, and it is no problem for her to suck three or five glasses of water with her handkerchief.

The song and dance have been on, but no one pays attention to Rong'an.

She didn't dare to move the table full of dishes, and when she saw that everyone was drinking lively, she got up and went to change her clothes, and by the way, she took a good look at the little treasure in her sleeve.

It's strange to say, walking out of this Baohe Palace, Xiaobao, who moved twice from time to time, also quieted down.

In the changing room, Rong An took Xiaobao out, and the worm poked her finger lightly, as if she wanted to express something.

This insect has always been lazy in the past, except when eating, it is almost motionless, and there must be a reason why it can be so restless at the moment.

"I'll be back soon." Rong An had planned to leave earlier......

When Rong An came out of the clean room, he saw Yin Xin enter the tea room next door.

She looked over and looked at it, she was really right, wasn't it Yin Xin?

Rong An approached, but Yin Xin didn't notice it, and sat down a little unwillingly.

"Why don't you come into the temple and sit?"

"You're here?" Yin Xin reacted at this time. "Everyone in the hall is drinking, and I am afraid that I will be bored and uncomfortable, and I don't want to go in. I'll just sit here for a while. ”

Rong An nodded, looking at it in this light, she found that Yin Xin's face was even more ugly.

"Are you alright? The complexion is still not good. ”

"It's okay, I'm just tired."

"You were in Cining Palace just now?" Rong An remembered this. Yin Xin is pregnant, but she is serving in Cining Palace, and she doesn't know what King Ning thinks. "How is the Queen Mother?"

"I just slept, I'm old, I'm sick like a mountain, I'm sick like a thread, I'm afraid I have to raise it for a while."

"You also have a good rest, at least for the sake of the child in your belly." Rong An smiled. "I'll go back to the temple first."

"Rong An," Yin Xin called out to her. "When are you out of the palace, let's go together, I have something to say."

"I do have the intention of leaving early, but the feast has just begun, so wait a little longer...... Two quarters of an hour. She was still thinking about whether to inform the emperor of the suspicion that something was wrong, but she didn't care about it for now.

"Okay, I'll wait for you, you hurry up."

"What? Worry? ”

"I'm going to ...... I'll show you something. If it's late, you won't be able to see it. Very important. Yin Xin's face was serious.

Rong An nodded.

What's going on with everyone she looks weird today? ……

Just about to walk out of the tea room, he saw a woman dressed in rose red brocade going to the main hall.

Rong An and Yin Xin frowned.

Rong An: "Why is she here?" ”

What they saw was Shu Guifei, that is, Yuan Ping.

As a rule, at this moment, her identity is not qualified to appear at this previous dynasty feast. You must know that at this moment, in the main hall, the only concubine sitting is the concubine who temporarily represents the affairs of the harem. And the concubine was given a silver ticket by the emperor before she was given a seat.

In addition, from the harem, there is an inner door in the middle, why did the guards who guard the door easily let her over?

Rong An hurriedly followed, this Yuan Ping is also weird, I have to see what this girl is going to do.

"Rong'an, remember to come over quickly." Yin Xin said again.

"Oh, got it."

Rong An quickly followed......

In the palace, after Yuan Ping kowtowed, the emperor directly gave him a seat.

Rong An is not clear again.

Why?

Why?

glanced at the concubine, but the concubine didn't see or hear, she only talked to the lady of the Miao family, and didn't even look at Yuan Ping.

Not only Rong'an, but many people also have doubts when they see this.

Mrs. Chang even smiled and asked directly, "Concubine Shu is late, and she is not in courtesy, but she wants to be punished for drinking?" "Your concubine is not qualified to come, and she shouldn't be late. It is not only a contempt for the emperor, but also a loss of manners, and it stands to reason that it can be held accountable.

Yuan Ping had a bad reputation because of a few things earlier, and there were not a few people who couldn't get used to her.

Therefore, several royal princes should be reconciled with Mrs. Chang at this moment. With Yuan Ping's rampant energy, if he is held accountable, he can enter the cold palace.

But Yuanping still had no one in his eyes, ignored them and didn't say anything, and said something to the emperor with a smile.

Then, who would have thought that the person who exonerated Yuan Ping was actually the emperor.

Said: Concubine Shu asked for massage from Gyeongnam half a year ago, studied for four months, practiced hard, and finally achieved something.

said that in the past few days, thanks to the noble concubine's insistence on pressing the emperor once a day, the emperor's blood flow has been smooth, the fatigue and soreness all over his body have disappeared a lot, and many old problems have been alleviated......

said that the emperor was so anxious in the middle of the night because of the war in Yan'an that he couldn't do it, so he summoned Shu Guifei to give a massage.

The noble concubine worked hard until the end of the day. The Emperor was still asleep during the massage, the best sleep he had in days. Wake up refreshed and tired.

And when Concubine Shu went back, her hands were stiff and numb. The emperor thanked her, gave grace, and allowed her to come to the banquet.

Concubine Shu was overworked and slept at dawn, and the emperor allowed her to wake up and come back to the banquet......

"Let the emperor smile, the concubine is not pampered and arrogant, but thinks that she must rest and maintain well in order to continue to share worries for the emperor, right?" Concubine Shu is ashamed and arrogant.

When everyone saw this, they would not say anything more.

It was that Yuanping, who glared at Mrs. Chang fiercely.

After that, of course, she didn't forget to look at Rong'an.

Rong An didn't bother to pay attention to her, he didn't even look at her, but smiled at Mrs. Chang, so angry that Yuan Ping's face was distorted a little.

Everyone was staggered, Rong An supported his head, and secretly looked at everyone by watching the song and dance.

Forgive her for being clumsy, I really can't see anything wrong.

Even the emperor is normal!

It's just the fat worm in her sleeve that moves from time to time to remind her: be careful, be careful.

No matter what, just wait for a few dozen breaths and leave early by saying that you are uncomfortable. Rong An sat sideways today, not far from the concubine, and planned to take advantage of the lively singing and dancing to find the concubine to inform her later......

Unbeknownst to him, the song and dance were suddenly stopped.

It turned out that Liaojiang suddenly had an urgent report.

As soon as they heard that it was Liaojiang, everyone subconsciously felt that it must be good news.

After all, after the army of King Yan'an arrived at the Liaojiang River, the front has been advancing. The Tartars have retreated several times. This time, the Yan'an army must have been very successful in attacking Fengcheng.

The emperor also thought so, and directly announced the messenger.

But this time, it was not the Liaojiang soldiers who came to report the news, but the Yan'an soldiers.

The emperor allowed him to report the battle in public:

The Yan'an army successfully camped in Liaojiang, and the king of Yan'an reached a consensus after meeting with the king of Liaojiang. Due to the large number of Yan'an troops, the Yan'an army will be the main force, and the Liaojiang army will respond. The Yan'an army was responsible for taking Fengcheng, while the Liaojiang army took advantage of the Yan'an army to attract the attention of the Tartars to attack Jiangcheng, which was hundreds of miles away......

The Yan'an army advanced smoothly and made sufficient preparations for the attack, but when they arrived at the place, they found that the Tartars had already gone to the empty building, and the entire Fengcheng was empty.

The king of Yan'an sent light cavalry to investigate, and a large army pursued, but he could chase down thirty miles, fifty miles, and one hundred miles...... No trace of the Tartar Department was found.

And the news from the light cavalry was that after going deep for 300 miles, they almost found the border of the Liaojiang River, and they did not find the so-called 100,000 Tartar army.

King Yan'an is stupid, is there a mistake in the intelligence? Or the Tartars turned to Jiangcheng.

He personally led his troops to the direction of Jiangcheng on the other side, thinking that if the Liaojiang army was defeated, his Yan'an army could break the siege.

But the army was still halfway, and the spies came to report again: there were no Tartars in Jiangcheng. Not only did the Tartars not be, but the Liaojiang Department, which should have occupied Jiangcheng, was also gone.

King Yan An was only stunned for a moment, and then secretly said that it was not good.

Tartars cannot disappear into thin air.

So from the very beginning, the intelligence was wrong!

There has never been a tartar!

Yan Anjun was transferred out of the mountain!

Yan Anjun was ordered to go to Liaojiang, and all the sources of information about the Tartars and the war in the imperial court ...... is the king of Liaojiang.

And the imperial court's dispatch of troops was also based on the repeated urging of the king of Liaojiang......

Therefore, from beginning to end, it is the words of the Liaojiang family!

At this moment, the Liaojiang people also disappeared...... Will it be a good thing?

As soon as the king of Yan'an ordered the withdrawal of the army and returned to Yan'an as quickly as possible, he was attacked by a sneak attack.

On the other side, the Yan'an army that occupied Fengcheng was also besieged in the lonely city.

And it was the Liaojiang Army that did it to them!

Therefore, the Liaojiang Army has never been the target of the Tartars, and in fact, it is they Yan'an who have really become the target! ……

At this moment, kneeling on the hall, the red-eyed Yan Anbing came out to deliver the letter under the cover.

Yan Anbing, who was in bloody armor, threw out a loud question:

"Our prince dares to ask the emperor, if all the Yan'an troops are transferred out of Yan'an, and the Yan'an army has to be put to death, is it the conspiracy between the king of Liaojiang and the Tartars, or the conspiracy between the king of Liaojiang and the imperial court?"

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