Yan Ran was stunned for a moment.

Could it be that she pushed too hard, so she broke the bellhammer?

But this bell mallet is made of solid wood, so it can be broken so easily, how much strength it takes!

Yan Ran was puzzled, but the sacrifice was still going on, and she couldn't be distracted.

Although there is a pair of bell mallets, there is still one left, but it is still not enough.

Yan Ran had no choice but to ring the bell with her hands.

But the bell was made of bronze, and Yan Ran slapped it with one palm, and his fair skin immediately appeared red, and if he struck it a few more times, he was afraid that he would see blood.

Wen Rong'an soon discovered Yan Ran's condition.

His position was in front of Yan Ran, so he took the opportunity of the drum to get close to Yan Ran and handed her his drumstick.

Wen Rongan beat the drum with boxing, which is much stronger than Yan Ran striking the bell with her hands.

As the sacrificial music gradually came to an end, Emperor Sheng also completed the worship, and the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens officially ended.

All the students stood up and saluted, and the fish came out.

Yan Ran took the opportunity to take a few quick steps, followed behind Wen Rong'an, and asked with concern, "Cousin, how are your hands?" ”

Wen Rongan said lightly: "It's okay, but why did your bell hammer suddenly break?" ”

Yan Ran's eyes flashed with a fierce color, and she replied: "I have just checked, and the broken section of the bell hammer is very neat, and it should have been cut by someone." ”

The two briefly exchanged situations, and in order to avoid attracting attention, they distanced themselves.

Under the guidance of the palace people, everyone came to their designated seats.

As soon as Yan Ran sat down, she heard Yan Yao beside her exclaim, "Eldest sister, what's wrong with your hand?" ”

Yan Ran replied, "I accidentally touched it." ”

Master Yan immediately turned his head and glared at the two of them, signaling them to be quiet.

Yan Yao hurriedly sat down and stopped talking.

Yan Ran was slightly suspicious, usually Yan Yao didn't care about her so much, could it be that this matter had something to do with her?

However, this is not a good time to investigate the truth, and she can only put the matter aside for the time being.

After the birthday banquet began, the queen first led the concubines to take turns to present gifts to Emperor Sheng, and then it was the turn of the two princes.

In order of eldest and youngest, the prince will present the gift first.

The crown prince's birthday gift to Emperor Sheng is a dragon and phoenix carved from a huge whole stone, and the shape of the two intertwined is very similar to the character Sheng.

The prince explained: "Father, when this stone was excavated, the dragon and phoenix patterns loomed on it, and the sons ordered people to carve according to the texture of its veins. Such a spectacle is an auspicious sign from heaven and sheltering the prosperous country! Sons and daughters, I wish my father and the emperor for thousands of generations! May my father and mother live a long and happy life! ”

The gifts and words and deeds offered by the prince won the heart of Emperor Sheng, and he smiled and was in a happy mood.

Xiao Zun was naturally not to be outdone, and when it was his turn to give a gift, he had a huge cage carried up, covered with red silk.

Xiao Zun stepped forward and lifted the silk cloth, and inside was a white red deer.

"Oh my God, it's a white deer!"

"This is a mythical beast, although it is recorded in the book, it has never appeared. Now, it has appeared in the land of my prosperous country! ”

"Divine beast descending from the sky, this is the real auspicious!"

……

Not only was the hundred officials excited, but Emperor Sheng got up from his chair excitedly, took a few steps forward, and carefully observed the white deer.

Xiao Zunyu said: "Father, this white deer was found by a hunter in Yingdu on the bank of the river. Therefore, this gift cannot be regarded as a gift from the sons, but the gratitude of all the people of Yingdu to their father's grace in controlling the water, and it is the blessing that the heavens have sown on the Shengguo by the father's wisdom! ”

Yingdu is the place where Xiao Zun used to control the water, and he cleverly described the appearance of the white deer in Yingdu as a successful water control, saving hundreds of thousands of people from displacement, and attributed all the credit to Emperor Sheng's wisdom and martial arts.

When Emperor Sheng heard this, he was even more happy, and his heart was surging.

Yan Ran frowned slightly at the white deer, always feeling that something was wrong.

Yan Ran's feeling was not wrong, just as Emperor Sheng walked down the steps to see the white deer up close, the white deer suddenly fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and his whole body convulsed.

"This, this is ......"

Everyone was stunned.

The white deer that was considered auspicious by everyone at the last moment suddenly fell to the ground the next moment, where is this still a good omen, it is clearly a bad omen!

Seeing Emperor Sheng's face turn from sunny to cloudy, Xiao Zun reacted quickly and said angrily: "Who is so bold that he dares to poison Xiangrui Bailu?!" ”

Everyone also reacted, why did this white deer suddenly have convulsions, and this symptom does look like poisoning, is it really someone poisoned and mutilated?

Emperor Sheng's face was still not good, but he eased a lot, and said, "Doctor Xuan, do your best to save Bailu!" ”

The imperial physician was waiting near the emperor and queen, so he came quickly.

Xiao Zun was sure that Bailu had been poisoned by someone with ill intentions, and set his hateful eyes on the biggest suspect, the prince.

But after the imperial doctor's examination, he had an embarrassed expression and said: "Back to the emperor, there is no sign of poisoning in the body of this white deer. ”

Xiao Zun's heart froze, and he faintly realized something, and asked, "Then why did it faint and look like poisoning?" ”

The imperial doctor nervously wiped his sweat again and again: "This ...... The courtier's medical skills are not perfect, and the diagnosis has not yet been clear. ”

Emperor Sheng was furious, smashed a glass cup, and reprimanded: "A group of wine bags and rice bags, what do I want you to do? ”

Emperor Sheng said, looked in one direction, and said in a deep voice: "Old Su." ”

An old man with white hair and gray hair dressed in a first-class official uniform stood up, and after saluting Emperor Sheng, he walked to Bailu's side with Su Yu's support.

This old man is Su Yu's grandfather, the famous Su Divine Doctor.

After Xiao Zun saw Emperor Sheng calling him, the uneasiness in his heart was alleviated a lot.

In the process of Su Lao's treatment of Bailu, his expression changed unpredictably, which made everyone's hearts turn a thousand times, and it was really difficult to endure it.

Not long after, Su Lao gave Bailu an injection and fed pills, and Bailu actually regained his spirit and stood up.

Seeing this, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

Emperor Sheng's face also eased a lot, and Xiao Zun even felt that he had picked up a life from the Ghost Gate.

But what Su Lao said next once again put Xiao Zun in an embarrassing situation.

Su Lao said: "Your Majesty, this red deer is indeed not poisoned, but suffers from an extremely rare disease, so it occasionally suffers from epilepsy, and its white coat color is also caused by this disease." ”

Su Lao finished his words, and the atmosphere on the scene fell below freezing again.

Hundreds of officials knelt on the ground and lowered their heads, looking at their noses and noses, and they didn't even dare to let out the atmosphere.

In this way, this white deer is not a rare auspicious omen, but the color of the coat is white due to illness.

Xiao Zun actually offered a sick deer to Emperor Sheng as a birthday gift, which was not only unlucky, but also a great sin of disrespect.

Xiao Zun did not expect that the situation would take a sharp turn for the worse and develop to this point.

He knelt on the ground with a thud, and sincerely admitted his mistake: "Father, the son is ignorant, and he can't tell whether it is a white deer or a sick deer, and he dares to present this unfortunate thing to his father as a birthday gift." The son really deserves to die for his crime, and he begs his father to punish him! ”

Emperor Sheng looked at Xiao Zun with a gloomy face, even though there was anger and helplessness in his heart.

Although there are many concubines in the harem, the only heirs under Cheng Huan's knees are the prince, Xiao Zun and the little princess who is less than a year old, so he loves these children very much.

Xiao Zun is more pleasing to him than the prince, and he has a good attitude of admitting his mistakes, so he can't cure Xiao Zun for a disrespectful crime of killing his head, right?

Besides, today is his birthday, and he doesn't want to lose his happiness when he entertains hundreds of officials.

So, Emperor Sheng reprimanded with a straight face: "The dignified prince, you are so ignorant!" From tomorrow onwards, you will study hard in the house, meditate on your own mistakes, and you will not be allowed to go out without my summons! ”

Xiao Zuncheng thanked the emperor with a fearful order: "The son obeys the order, thank you for the grace of the father!" ”

This matter was over, and the birthday feast continued.

Yan Ran was slightly surprised, she didn't expect Su Lao to tell the truth, and she didn't protect Xiao Zun.

But think about it, since this plan was set up by the prince, he must have already thought of a way to deal with it.

If Su Lao lied to defend Xiao Zun, he would definitely be exposed by the prince.

At that time, not only Xiao Zun will not be able to please him, but even the good reputation that Su Lao has accumulated for many years will be ruined, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

It is better for him to uncover this matter and turn the passive into the active.

In the future, Emperor Sheng dissipated his anger, and then told him that Xiao Zun might have been framed, so as to win back a city.

Yan Ran was thinking about it, and heard that the eldest princess of Minyang was congratulating Emperor Sheng on his birthday.

When Emperor Sheng saw Wen Chengyan, he was in a much better mood, and suddenly remembered that he had come to ask for a marriage before, and asked with great interest: "Yan'er's marriage can be decided?" ”

Yan Ran suddenly felt that her scalp was tight, so dignified, what did Emperor Sheng do when he mentioned this?

The smile on Minyang's face was also stiff, listening to Emperor Sheng's meaning, if the marriage is undecided, he still wants to give the marriage?

If it is a royal marriage, it will be even more difficult to stir up a yellow marriage in the future.

Min Yang thought about this, and said with a smile: "Emperor Lao is worried, Yan'er's marriage has been decided. Ran'er, why don't you come over and let the emperor take a look! ”

Yan Ran had no choice but to walk out under the relieved gaze of Master Yan and the gnashing gaze of Wen's mother and daughter, and stepped forward to salute Emperor Sheng.

Emperor Sheng looked at Yan Ran and said with a smile: "I remember you, you were equal with Cui Ge Lao's granddaughter in the autumn test last year, and you had a tie with Princess Dan of Lingguo!" ”

Without waiting for Yan Ran to answer, Minyang rushed to say: "The emperor has a good memory!" Ran'er went to the next level in this year's spring exam, defeated Miss Cui, and took the lead! ”

Minyang looked at Yan Ran with a smile, as if he was so proud of her.

Cui Jingshi, who was named by name, was ashamed and eager to get under the table.

She was already ashamed of this, and she felt even more embarrassed and embarrassed to be said in public like this by Minyang.

Who knows, Minyang's next words made Cui Jingshi even more confused: "However, as the saying goes, the examination room is frustrated, and the love field is proud." Miss Cui's good things are approaching, and this palace is here to congratulate Miss Cui in advance! ”