Chapter 71: The Family Feast
Imperial Palace, including Yuan Palace.
Today is a family banquet, the emperor, the queen, the prince, the eldest princess, the third prince and all the concubines, princes, princesses and princesses in the palace are sitting around a huge table, eating shabu-shabu.
There are hundreds of eunuchs around, and the palace maids are waiting with all kinds of fresh ingredients in their hands, including mutton, hairy tripe, potato chips, duck intestines, meatballs, green vegetables...
The hot pot is a classic nine-square grid, and the bottom of the fiery red pot tumbling below exudes a spicy and fragrant taste, which makes all the concubines, princes, and princesses present sweat profusely.
"The hot pot invented by the Xia people is really a unique in the world. Emperor Qianhuang took a bite of hairy belly, and immediately said with a smile, "In the future, this hot pot will be regarded as a family banquet." ”
"Your Majesty likes it, then let the imperial kitchen do more. After drying, she also smiled, "Even if you eat this hot pot at once, you don't feel tired." ”
"But the concubine thinks it's too spicy, and she really can't stand it. The most favored Yue Guifei spit out her pink tongue and said, I want to drink it all in a bowl of water.
"It's really too spicy, Your Majesty will change the mandarin duck pot next time, you love spicy food, but we also have people who like to eat non-spicy food." Several other concubines next to her also said one after another, and their white and delicate faces were full of pitiful colors.
"It's spicy, it's transparent, it's comfortable. The Emperor laughed.
"It's spicy, it's spicy, anyway, it's not me who is spicy tonight, see who can't stand it. Concubine Yue muttered in a low voice, but no one heard her.
"Shuang'er, you can start going to the court tomorrow. Emperor Qianhuang took another bite, and then said casually.
Suddenly, the air of the whole family banquet seemed to freeze.
"Yes, Father. The eldest princess put down her chopsticks, got up and saluted, and then said.
"Keep eating. Raising his hand, Emperor Qianhuang said, and everything returned to normal.
But it was obvious that many people at the family banquet looked uncertain when they bowed their heads.
Women can be in power in the Qianguo, just like the Qianhou, who is only under the Qianhuang in the Qianguo.
There are more than one or two emperors of the Qianguo Dynasty who have ascended to the throne of the great treasure of women.
It's just that women will be in power for a short time, only 30 years at most.
As soon as the thirty years are up, it is necessary to give way to the virtuous.
Men are sixty years at most, and when sixty years come, they must also give way.
Of course, you can also give way in advance, as long as you are willing to give up power.
After all, cultivators can easily pass a hundred years old, and even live for one or two hundred years is not a problem, if there is no limit to the number of years of reign, then the royal family really wants filial piety to fathers and sons.
Now that Emperor Qianhuang said this, it means that the eldest princess is stationed in the court, and the crown prince and the three princes have become a powerful force, and after the emperor soars away, although the probability of the crown prince succeeding to the throne is the largest, but the other two are not without a chance.
The Great Qian's court became more and more mysterious.
"Li Jinzhou still doesn't want to enter the court as an official?" asked Emperor Qianhuang again.
"I don't want to. The eldest princess said softly.
"Then let him be. Emperor Qianhuang shook his head and said.
"Yes, Father. The eldest princess bowed her head and said.
"Qing'er, tomorrow is the First Rising Day, you can visit the First Forbidden Land. Emperor Qianhuang said again, "And An'er, you go and visit the second forbidden land." ”
"Remember to be generous and don't lose any courtesy. ”
"As for the Fourth Forbidden Land, first repair a letter to see if the other party is willing, if not, then that's it. ”
"Yes, Father. The crown prince and the third prince all stood up one after another, saluted and said.
Subsequently, the two returned to their positions.
There was silence for a moment.
"Father, the son doesn't understand anything. The twelve-year-old Seventh Prince on the side suddenly spoke.
Say. Emperor Qian's words were concise and to the point.
"Father, why should we be so humble about these four forbidden lands?" the seventh prince said indignantly, "For so many years, not to mention the fourth forbidden land of the early Jin Dynasty, those three forbidden lands are what we want from our royal family, and we have even endured the second forbidden land to kidnap our royal princess." ”
"Why?"
"If you really want to do it, Father, you have a dry order in hand, no matter how terrible these four forbidden places are, we can't do it if we want to sweep them away. ”
"Why should we put up with them in such a concession?"
As soon as the Seven Princes said this, all of a sudden, the air in the entire hall was frozen.
There were many eunuchs around, and the palace maid's figure suddenly flickered.
The three forbidden places, no, the four forbidden places are taboo topics in the entire dry region, who knows that the seven princes mentioned it today, and they also expressed their dissatisfaction, which suddenly made people feel panicked.
The Seventh Prince must have been asked to say this, who taught him... The other concubines, princes, and princesses swept across the faces of the prince, the eldest princess, and the third prince, and many thoughts flashed through their hearts.
"When you are a ruler, the first thing you need to do is to put the people first. Emperor Qianhuang opened his mouth and said lightly, "It is true that if I use up all the heritage of our royal family, it is true that I can destroy the four forbidden lands. ”
"Even if the king is gone, it's a big deal to rebuild a royal capital. ”
"However, when the people's hearts are gone, many things are gone. ”
"Governing a country is not just about your strength, reckless, not advisable, and you can't be rash at any time, understand?"
"Yes, Father. The Seventh Prince bowed his head and said.
Emperor Qianhuang shook his head and wanted to say something, but suddenly, an earthquake came, and the formation in the palace suddenly rose up, and countless eunuchs and palace maids were all panicked, and screams were everywhere.
Hanyuan Hall was also in a panic, all the dishes, chopsticks and plates on the table fell to the ground, and all of them were broken, and some little princes and little princesses were even more frightened and cried.
Emperor Qian's face instantly turned pale, he immediately got up, stepped out, and came to the sky above the palace.
Behind him, the crown prince, the eldest princess, the third prince and other royal masters also appeared.
"It's the second forbidden place. The prince stared at the billowing black smoke in the distance, his face changed, and said.
"There is also a blood spirit bead in the second forbidden land, summoning the little Gu God. The third prince also spoke, and he also changed color.
"I'm afraid it's too late to stop it. "The queen said slowly, "The sacrifice has been opened, the passage has been opened, and the little Gu God has also descended, what we can do now is to guard the palace as much as possible." ”
"Second Forbidden Land. Emperor Qian's face was cloudy, and his mouth was chattering.
"The four forbidden places need to be cleared one by one sooner or later, provincial..."The Seventh Prince also flew into the air with a special treasure, humming.
The voice came to an abrupt end.
Because a sword light appeared in front of the black smoke extremely abruptly, and then slashed down directly with immense power, and in an instant, everything between heaven and earth stood still, leaving only this sword as the only one.
Then.
The black smoke cleared, and the Second Forbidden Land disappeared without a trace, as if nothing had ever existed.
In the sky, the faces of the Emperor Qian, the Queen of the Qian, and other people turned white in an instant, and the whiteness was amazing, pale.
This sword...
Especially with the Seventh Prince, his small body trembled non-stop, and his expression was terrified to an extreme.
I don't know if it's too late for me to retract what I just said?
The fourth forbidden place, shot.
It's just a sword, and the second forbidden place is gone.
From this moment on, everyone truly understood how terrifying the Fourth Forbidden Land was.
The previous two swords, although they were also terrifying, were also terrifying, but there was no specific reference, and I don't know what kind of power those two swords were.
Now, there is.
Terrifying as the second forbidden land, under the fourth forbidden land, it is just a sword.
So at this moment, a thought echoed in everyone's minds, the royal family, after using all the essence, can they really destroy the Fourth Forbidden Land?
(PS: I changed the Chinese to the Xia people, mainly because I am afraid that it will be too deeply involved with reality, try to be empty, don't be too late to cry when I am suddenly 404.) )