Chapter 298
Qi Bingyu glanced at Qi Jingqin meaningfully, Xia Rongxin looked at Qi Jingqin beside him, her eyes looked at Qi Jingqin, the corners of her mouth hooked up a meaningful smile, and there was a hint of a different idea in her heart.
Xia Rongxin knew that Qi Bingyu's expression was obviously agreeing with Qi Jingqin's approach, I heard that when Qi Bingyu was still the prince, he had a very serious dispute with several princes, and the first emperor gave birth to many princes, and because of the struggle for power and profit, several princes died, including Qi Bingyu's own brother.
Qi Bingyu didn't want to fight with them, and he hated this kind of fight in his heart, he was obviously the prince at that time, but when it came to some things, the other brothers thought that they had the hope of becoming the prince.
The temptation of the throne is great, Qi Bingyu knows this very well, when he ascended the throne, many people died for this, Qi Bingyu has some indecisiveness in his temperament, he can't bear to design his brothers like this, but he is also framed, after ascending the throne, he has to send several of his brothers far away to other state capitals, but he still doesn't want the brother wall to happen.
Now seeing that his only two are struggling with each other, he was also biased towards the crown prince Qi Jingyang at first, but Qi Jingyang's lack of ability is a foregone conclusion, even if he is reluctantly allowed to ascend the throne, the century-old foundation of the Celestial Dynasty will be destroyed in his hands sooner or later.
But Qi Jingqin is different, he is both civil and military, with outstanding ability, and now he has made this great contribution, and he has not seen the appearance of being proud of his achievements, and now he treats Qi Jingyang so well, no matter how bad Qi Jingyang's attitude is, Qi Jingqin is still a humble attitude. 0
Qi Bingyu is old, and he knows that he is dying, but now he can see Qi Jingyang and Qi Jingqin brothers getting along in harmony, and he is very relieved.
Qi Bingyu is now slowly transferring Qi Jingyang's power to Qi Jingqin, and the ministers have no objection, but most of the old courtiers say that Qi Jingqin is rebellious, but what they don't know is that Qi Bingyu has now intentionally abolished Qi Jingyang's position as the crown prince and established Qi Jingqin as the prince, and there is only one time left.
Qi Bingyu was still hesitating whether to do this before this, after all, after he ascended the throne, he said that some of his brothers who were fighting with him at the beginning found opportunities to be exiled and executed one after another, and none of them were in Shangjing, but he wanted Qi Jingyang to stay in Shangjing and live a free life.
Qi Jingyang is the only son of Qi Bingyu and Lu Fushuang, Lu Fushuang is Qi Bingyu's wife, a hundred years after them, only Qi Jingyang has the blood of the two of them flowing in his body, Qi Bingyu is reluctant to let Qi Jingyang end up like his brother, so he has never known how to make this decision.
But he grew up paying attention to Qi Jingyang, but he forgot that Qi Jingqin is actually a soft-hearted person, Qi Jingqin is respectful and polite to Qi Jingyang, and has never done anything particularly excessive, Qi Bingyu only thinks of this now, and he is full of confidence in Qi Jingqin.
Although Qi Jingqin looked at Qi Jingyang toasting with a kind and humble face, Yu Guang kept paying attention to his father's expression.
Qi Jingqin knew that now his father had handed over the power that should belong to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into his own hands, obviously he had the intention of abolishing the prince, but the reason for the delay in abolishing the prince must be because of Empress Mingxian Lu Fushuang, who had no way to intervene in this point, and only did it in front of his father to reassure him.
Qi Jingqin is now completely able to penetrate Qi Bingyu's thoughts, Qi Bingyu has no defense against him, and Qi Jingqin has been careful and thoughtful, when Xia Rongxin and Lu Fushuang were fighting, he was able to see through all the plans of the two at a glance, and helped Xia Rongxin inadvertently.
Everyone thought that Qi Jingqin was taciturn and easy to bully, Qi Jingyang also thought so when he was a child, thinking that Qi Jingqin's repeated tolerance was actually afraid of himself, but he couldn't imagine that Qi Jingqin's thoughts were far above him.
When he reached a certain age, when he was able to enter the court to study, Qi Jingqin tried his best to do what he wanted to do, at that time, there was no one in the court to help him, everyone thought that Qi Jingyang would naturally become the emperor, not to mention that at that time, Lu Gaohong's power was in full swing, who dared to go against them?
Unexpectedly, only ten years later, such a major change has taken place in the court situation, and Qi Jingqin has slowly gained attention, thanks to his own disdainful efforts and Xia Rongxin's support.
"Today at this banquet, I didn't expect to see the generals who fought side by side in the past, thanks to your charge, in exchange for today's victory, and thanks to the silent protection of the ladies, the generals persevered in the extremely cold land of the border plug. This cup, Jing Qin respects everyone. Qi Jingqin held the wine glass in both hands and looked at the generals present with a humble look.
Everyone was born and died together as brothers, and they were all temperamental, and when they heard this, they raised their glasses and said, "Why is the prince so polite, come!" Let's drink together! ”
Several generals and wives also stood up one after another, raised their glasses to Xia Rongxin and Liang Huanqing, who were sitting on it, and said, "Concubine Niangniang, Princess Jing, we respect you." ”
Xia Rongxin and Liang Huanqing also nodded, picked up the wine glass and drank it.
The atmosphere of the spring banquet was suddenly disturbed by these glasses of wine, singing and dancing were leveled down, and many couples invited from outside the capital showed the emperor and Mei Guifei the gifts they brought, which caused the emperor and Mei Guifei to be overjoyed.
But in this spring banquet, the crown prince Qi Jingyang and the crown princess Zhao Peiyu were obviously neglected, and now all the invited couples have toasted to Qi Jingqin and them, and told the emperor a lot of interesting things on the battlefield at the beginning, which caused the emperor to drink and drink a few glasses of wine, and then remembered the scene when he was young and went into battle to kill the enemy.
Qin Yuandao and Mrs. Qin also sat on the side and watched all this with a smile, Mrs. Qin mainly looked at Liang Huanqing, feeling very fond of it in her heart, and wanted to say a few words of self-consideration, but they were far away, so they just looked at each other and smiled.
Qi Jingyang sat on the side and drank sullen wine one by one, now he is like an outsider, not valued by his father, not supported by the courtiers, participating in a spring banquet is still like this, if it is time to wait for the state banquet, when he needs to be managed by his own prince, will he also let Qi Jingqin go up?
Qi Jingyang felt that he was very guilty, but now he didn't dare to complain about anything, for fear that if he said something, he would lose his position as the crown prince in the end......
Zhao Peiyu sat next to Qi Jingyang, and kept carefully observing the entire spring banquet, wanting to find an opportunity to poison Qi Jingqin, she also saw the current situation clearly, if she didn't do anything anymore, Qi Jingyang was likely to be abolished, an abandoned prince, where could there be a day of review? She couldn't let that happen.
Xia Rongxin has also been silently observing the whole spring banquet, but it is different from Zhao Peiyu, she wants to find an opportunity to make Qi Jingyang make mistakes, after all, she does not often come into contact with Qi Jingyang, the East Palace regards herself as a flood beast, and when she goes to visit Qi Jingyang on the orders of the emperor on weekdays, she will be driven back.
This occasion is rare, Xia Rongxin also knows that this matter is imminent, the emperor's health is getting worse day by day, and he has not seen Qi Bingyu for more than half a month, but when he sees him today, he finds that he is already a lot older, to put it mildly, Xia Rongxin wants to make Qi Jingqin the prince before the emperor dies, but the premise is to let Qi Jingyang step down first.
Qin Yuandao also slowly drank wine, while observing the emperor's expression, as Liang Fengmian's best friend, he would naturally help Qi Jingqin, but at present, he himself is difficult to protect, the emperor is still relatively strict with him, in order not to let the prime minister dictatorship, the emperor has made many policies to him openly and secretly, Qin Yuandao did not dare to help Qi Jingqin openly at this time, but secretly he will still observe the emperor's attitude, so that he can have a bottom in his heart.
And Qi Jingqin naturally could feel Qi Jingyang's knife-like eyes shooting towards him, eager to kill himself, although Qi Jingqin did not show it on his face, he would not look at Qi Jingyang unhappily, but he knew it very well in his heart, but the more Qi Jingyang was like this, the happier Qi Jingqin's heart became, because he knew that Qi Jingyang's actions were a manifestation of powerlessness.
Qi Jingyang could only watch as the throne was snatched away by him......
Today's spring banquet, there are many couples from business and agriculture who come, and they can't just discuss political affairs, this is just a banquet for enjoying flowers, drinking and dancing, Qi Bingyu also relaxed, talked to Qi Jingqin about homely, and asked Liang Huanqing about some things in the palace, without taking into account Qi Jingyang's feelings throughout the whole process.
Qi Bingyu is also silently paying attention to Qi Jingyang and Qi Jingqin, wanting to choose the most suitable candidate for the position of the prince among them, thinking that after this banquet, he will start to prepare for the holy decree of succession, his body is not as good as a day, but the government cannot be delayed for a day......
When the banquet reached its climax, several generals were already slightly drunk, they stood up, walked down, walked through the dancing girls in the main hall, walked to the front of the emperor, raised their glasses and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Weichen respects you a glass!" Best wishes to you and Concubine Mei! To remain a devoted couple to the end of their lives! Raise your eyebrows! ”
Qi Bingyu looked at Xia Rongxin, looked at her and smiled, and then also replied to the generals, saying: "Today's spring banquet, your kindness is appreciated, and I also wish you to raise your eyebrows and grow old." ”
There were a few informal generals, and the atmosphere of the banquet was getting more and more intense, at this time it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and the generals had been sitting for a long time, and they all stood up to toast the emperor and King Jing, seeing that everyone was happy, Qi Bingyu did not interfere much, just sat in the position and watched with a smile, and turned his head to look at Xia Rongxin and smiled from time to time.
Xia Rongxin only drank a little wine, just slightly drunk, looking at Qi Bingyu's eyes with affection, Qi Bingyu was very useful, and he was even more happy.
Liang Huanqing sat behind Qi Jingqin, and after drinking a little wine, his face changed greatly and he wanted to vomit, his chest couldn't stop hurting, his face was as pale as paper, and he couldn't help but feel fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and he felt a little drowsy.
Yuebai, who was behind him, noticed a trace of Liang Huanqing's strangeness, so he quietly grabbed Liang Huanqing's hand behind him and whispered, "Princess, do you want to go out and vomit?" Otherwise...... Call the Imperial Doctor, right? It's also very convenient in the palace......"
Liang Huanqing lowered her head uncomfortably, bit her lip and held back, she shook her head and said, "No need, just endure it for a while." ”
Liang Huanqing's face was pale, but her face still had a hint of a smile, how could she leave, there were some generals and ministers who came to toast in front of her, how could she leave rudely, even if she was forbearing, she had to endure this banquet.
Qi Jingqin drank wine with those generals and ministers one by one, Qi Bingyu looked at all this with a smile, and drank two glasses together from time to time, but Xia Rongxin was worried about his body, and he would always remind him a few words, and no one noticed Liang Huanqing's discomfort.
"But...... But Princess, your face is so ugly...... "Yuebai has been watching Liang Huanqing vomit all the way these days, knowing how uncomfortable Liang Huanqing is, sometimes he wants to vomit when he sleeps well at night, and he eats and vomits in the past few days."
Liang Huanqing has already paid a lot of attention not to eat more, but she always has to drink a few glasses of wine, plus Xia Rongxin noticed that she didn't eat much, and asked a game, Liang Huanqing was not easy to refuse, so he also symbolically ate a few bites, just after eating, he reacted and wanted to vomit, but it was such a coincidence that Liang Huanqing was inconvenient to walk away, and the fingernails of the endurance were embedded in the flesh.
"No...... Bring me two oranges......" Liang Huanqing shook his head uncomfortably, trying to use the smell of oranges to suppress the irrepressible nausea in his chest.
Yuebai looked at Liang Huanqing distressedly, and saw that she was so stubborn, so she had to take two oranges and peel them for her.
After Liang Huanqing ate the oranges, the heartburn-like nausea in her chest was finally suppressed a little, she held the orange peel in her hand, smelled it from time to time, she could feel a lot more comfortable, she wanted to endure it for a while to end the banquet, this was the first spring banquet after she and Qi Jingqin got married, she must not make any mistakes!
"Can't Princess Jing drink?" At this time, a general saw Liang Huanqing, who was sitting behind with a slight smile, and said.
Liang Huanqing stood up straight, glanced at Qi Jingqin, and then said with a smile: "I'm not strong enough to drink, I'm afraid I'll disturb the generals Yaxing." ”
Seeing Liang Huanqing say this, they also laughed, continued to laugh and drink with Qi Jingqin, talked about the past, and talked a few words about Liang Fengmian from time to time, and Liang Huanqing said a few words.
Xia Rongxin looked at all this with a smile, thinking that Qi Jingqin was quite popular, and it was really a wise choice to let Qi Jingqin go on the expedition with him, and she had to admire Liang Fengmian's foresight.
Qi Jingyang saw that most of the people went to toast with the emperor Qi Jingqin, and he didn't notice that he was the prince at all, so he just cared about drinking, and the empty rock behind him didn't dare to dissuade him, so he could only watch silently.
But Zhao Peiyu saw a glimmer of opportunity in it, she was secretly glad in her heart, turned her head and gave Han Yao a look, Han Yao nodded, walked out along the window of the main hall, bypassing everyone.
Zhao Peiyu and Han Yao thought that everyone was looking at Qi Jingqin and the emperor, and no one would notice them, but Xia Rongxin, who was sitting on the upper seat, noticed that she caught a glimpse of Han Yao behind Zhao Peiyu going out, so she turned around and glanced at Aunt Yun Xi, Yun Xi nodded knowingly, and also followed.
Xia Rongxin sat on the top seat of the main hall, and others would naturally notice something soon, after Zhao Peiyu saw Xia Rongxin give Yun Xi a look, Yun Xi also walked out of this hall, and she couldn't help but panic in her heart, and her eyes subconsciously looked at Xia Rongxin, for fear that Han Yao would not find out Yun Xi and would proceed according to their original plan.
Xia Rongxin was reluctant to look at Zhao Peiyu, but when she felt an inexplicable look on her body, she turned her head to look over, and she happened to be facing Zhao Peiyu's eyes.
Zhao Peiyu had a trace of fear and panic in her eyes, she didn't hide it at all, Xia Rongxin smiled, Zhao Peiyu's expression and eyes completely betrayed herself, but it was in Xia Rongxin's arms, she knew what Zhao Peiyu wanted to do, let her personal maid sneak out, and after being discovered, there was such a look in her eyes......
Xia Rongxin only thought it was funny, just now Zhao Peiyu kept looking at Qi Jingqin's side, she must have bad intentions, but Xia Rongxin was still thinking about how to make Qi Jingyang make a mistake, and Zhao Peiyu, a fool, sent it to the door by herself.
Xia Rongxin and Zhao Peiyu glanced at each other, smiled and then looked away, then lowered their heads and took a sip of wine, still with a faint smile on their faces, as if nothing had happened just now.
But Zhao Peiyu had no bottom in her heart, Xia Rongxin's meaningful smile made her feel scared, and she was struggling with whether she should let Qi Jingqin drink the cup of poisonous wine, she looked up in the direction of Qi Jingqin again, at this time everyone was toasting to him, he was happy to drink, and he did not refuse, if at this time, she let Qi Jingqin drink this cup of poisonous wine on the grounds of toasting, she would inevitably die......
However, now that Xia Rongxin may have discovered herself, should she continue?
Zhao Peiyu was entangled, she didn't know if Xia Rongxin had really found out, and when she wanted to confirm it again, she didn't have the courage to look at Xia Rongxin.
At this time, Aunt Yun Xi walked in with a few palace maids with a few cups of soup, Xia Rongxin smiled and said to the emperor: "Everyone has drunk a lot of wine, and now is the day when spring is most needed. ”
Seeing this, Zhao Peiyu had some doubts in her heart, but she was somewhat relieved.
Qi Bingyu smiled and praised Xia Rongxin for having a heart, and the invited guests all got up to thank Concubine Mei for her kindness.
But how could a few generals who were drinking happily be willing to stop there, after being quiet for a while, they still drank non-stop, Qi Bingyu and Xia Rongxin just smiled, and they were happy today, so they gave up.