Gradually, as the sound of music turned, the emperor appeared in everyone's sight with his empress and concubines.

As several people took their seats, the ministers and their families knelt down to salute the emperor, empress and concubines.

The emperor first swept a week with a smile, and when he saw Hui Yuzhong, his face suddenly stiffened. The empress noticed the change in the emperor's face and patted his hand.

The emperor understood, and after glancing at the empress, he saw that there was only one concubine sitting next to Hui Yuzhong. So he asked: "Old general, only the two of you came to the General's Mansion?" ”

was named by the emperor, and Hui Yuzhong also felt embarrassed. But since the emperor asked, he could only answer honestly.

"Back to the emperor." Hui Yuzhong came out of his position, bowed and said, "Everyone else in the family is entangled in important matters, and it is difficult to walk away. ”

"Oh? Events? ”

Before Hui Yuzhong's words of intercession were spoken, the emperor said sarcastically: "What is the important thing that you don't hesitate to make a good appointment?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people didn't dare to squeak anymore. Suddenly, there was silence at the banquet.

"Imperial ......"

"I don't know what General Hui and General Wu are so entangled in that they can't get away like this?" The Empress interrupted Hui Yuzhong and continued the Emperor's words.

Hui Yuzhong was embarrassed and embarrassed, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Seeing this, the emperor not only did not give Hui Yuzhong a step, but intensified: "Old general, what is it that makes you so unspeakable?" ”

Hui Yuzhong glanced up at the emperor, then immediately lowered his head again, and said: "Back to the emperor, today's people feel deeply uncomfortable, and Shang Yi is anxious, so he left his mother to take care of him, and this is ......."

"Oh!" The queen looked clear: "It turned out that General Wu had a physical problem, and General Hui stayed to take care of it." As he spoke, he looked sideways at the emperor and continued: "I think General Laihui is also a filial person, so the emperor should not blame him today!" ”

Hearing the queen say this, Hui Yuzhong breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before the emperor could answer, the Xu family on the side muttered to himself: "Hmph, obviously you are in good health, why don't you feel unwell." ”

Unexpectedly, this voice was particularly clear in the silent banquet, not to mention that with Hui Yuzhong's status, he was already sitting close to the emperor. Therefore, Xu's words all fell into the ears of the emperor.

"Mrs. Xu, what do you say?" The emperor asked with a smile on his face.

Xu never thought that his complaint would be heard by the emperor, and after a moment of stunned, he saw that the emperor's face was softened, and he tried to prevaricate.

"Back to the emperor, it's nothing, it's just a cheap concubine talking nonsense."

"Oh?" The Emperor was apparently not convinced, "Is that so?" ”

Xu smiled and insisted: "That's right, Your Majesty." ”

"Bold!" The emperor's face changed suddenly, "Is this how I prevaricated when I asked you!" ”

After that, he said to Hui Yuzhong: "This is the usual attitude of your general's mansion, right!" What do you think of me! ”

The emperor's sudden anger provoked everyone in the audience to dare not come out, and Hui Yuzhong was even more frightened, trembling and not knowing how to respond.

It was the queen who stood up and took the lead in appeasing the emperor: "The emperor is angry." As he spoke, he was angry for the emperor: "Your Majesty, tonight should be a happy day, why be so angry?" If you are angry, how can you call your concubine? ”

Since the queen stood up in time to ease the atmosphere, the emperor also went down this step and glanced at the queen.

The empress immediately understood what the emperor meant, turned to Xu and said, "Mrs. Xu, since the emperor asked you to say it, you can say it." ”

Of course, the Xu family didn't dare to cover it up now, looked at Hui Yuzhong for a while, and then honestly stood up from his position, came out and knelt next to Hui Yuzhong.

In the current situation, Hui Yuzhong naturally couldn't stop it, and he couldn't interject, so he could only let Xu come out to speak.

"Back to the emperor, the queen." Xu said respectfully: "What the concubine just said is ......" and glanced at Hui Yuzhong again.

The queen noticed Xu's small movements and said bluntly: "If Mrs. Xu has anything to say, just say it, there is no need to scruple." ”

At this point, Xu can only bite the bullet.

"What the concubine just said is related to my sister, no, General Wu."

"Oh? What's the matter? The queen picked up the cup at hand and played with it.

Xu Shi was frightened, and said tremblingly: "General Wu is in good health, and today the concubine is still alive and well before she goes out. After a pause, he continued: "General Wu is full of anger, and he still has the strength to sarcastically mock the concubine today, and even scolded the master angrily yesterday, which really provoked people to hold grievances for the master." ”

After saying this, Xu's head couldn't be lowered, especially afraid to see Hui Yuzhong's face.

"I see," said the Queen, with a sense ......of meaning.

Xu didn't dare to look directly at the emperor and empress, or even look around.

"Mrs. Xu." The queen had a kind but hypocritical smile on her face, "What else is there?" You can be bold in saying it. ”

The emperor's mind had already calmed down, and he was very satisfied with the queen's aggressiveness towards the Xu family.

"Return, go back to the queen mother, there is nothing else." Xu stammered.

"Really?" The queen apparently did not believe it. A thousand books

From the time the Xu family secretly muttered to themselves, they were already convinced in their hearts that the Xu family and the Wu family would definitely be at odds, and the queen understood the emperor's thoughts. Therefore, in order to please the emperor and make the emperor angry, the queen must continue to ask.

"Mrs. Xu, is this really just the case?" The queen asked again.

Xu's hands couldn't stop trembling, although she had a lot of resentment against the Wu family in her heart, but on an occasion like today, she also knew that she couldn't discredit the General's Mansion anymore.

"Why don't you say it soon?" The emperor's tone was calm, but his words were full of momentum without anger.

Xu suddenly kowtowed and closed his eyes tightly: "Your Majesty, the Empress, there is really nothing else!" Nothing else! ”

Xu, who suddenly lost control of his emotions, finally made the ministers and family members around him whisper one after another, and the emperor and empress finally realized that they were pressing too hard and too much.

After the empress whispered a few words to the emperor, the emperor spoke: "Mrs. Xu, thank you for your hard work. ”

Xu was at a loss, not knowing what the emperor was going to do at this time.

"But, old general." The emperor turned his words to Hui Yuzhong: "Is it inappropriate for you to bully the monarch like this?" ”

"The old minister doesn't dare!"

"Don't dare? have already deceived the king, don't you dare? Am I really so easy to deceive? The emperor squinted at Hui Yuzhong's older face.

Hearing this, Hui Yuzhong was panicked and hurriedly kowtowed: "The old minister is guilty!" ”

The emperor continued to pretend: "Now, the old general has taken me so indifferently that he dares to deceive me in front of his ministers!" ”

"The emperor misunderstood the old minister!"

"The old general is really not strict in governing his family! Governing the family is not strict! The emperor suddenly began to hint at Hui Yuzhong: "The old general has no status in the family like this, no wonder the wives and concubines and children in the family dare to deal with me like this." ”

Hui Yuzhong thought for a moment, and then kowtowed and admitted his mistake: "The old minister is wrong, and the old minister is guilty!" ”

The emperor's goal has been achieved, and he will no longer embarrass Hui Yuzhong and the two.

"Alright, you two go back to your place!"

The words fell, and Hui Yuzhong was dragged back to his seat by Xu. The emperor instructed the eunuch to announce the beginning of the banquet, followed by singing and dancing, and everyone attending the banquet turned their heads to each other, not knowing whether they were discussing the matter of Fang Cai or something else.

Xu sat beside Hui Yuzhong, and he clearly felt the low air pressure. I tried to speak several times, but I didn't succeed.

Hui Yuzhong drank a few glasses of wine, and Xu was finally worried and stopped: "Master, don't drink anymore!" As he spoke, he tried to snatch the wine glass from Hui Yuzhong's hand.

"Nosy!" Hui Yuzhong dodged sideways, and did not have a good face for the Xu family: "Less hypocrisy!" ”

Being treated like this by Hui Yuzhong, Xu felt aggrieved. But I knew that I was at fault first, so I didn't dare to make a mistake.

"I'm sorry, sir, yes, it's the slave's fault." Xu clasped his hands together and clasped them tightly.

Hui Yuzhong was silent and did not respond.

Xu knew that he was still angry, "Master, it's okay if you punish me, just scold me, the slave family begs you not to be angry anymore...... The slave family is really worried about your physical ......"

"Huh." Hui Yuzhong sneered, and then took another drink.

How could Xu be so easily frustrated, and continue to show favor to Hui Yuzhong: "Master, don't just drink, eat some food?" ”

As he spoke, he sent it to Hui Yuzhong's mouth.

At first, Hui Yuzhong was extremely cold and refused Xu's overtures. It wasn't until Xu kept apologizing, picking vegetables, feeding, and pouring wine that Hui Yuzhong slowly accepted it and began not to resist.

When the banquet reached its climax, Xu took the initiative to get up and half-knelt behind Hui Yuzhong: "Master, it's been so long, you must be tired, the slave family will give you a massage, relax?" ”

After Xu Shiyi's words, Hui Yuzhong did feel that he had some backache, especially his neck and shoulders, so he said lightly, adjusted his posture, and waited for Xu's massage.

Seeing this, Xu was overjoyed and busy getting started to relieve his fatigue for Hui Yuzhong.

Hui Yuzhong closed his eyes and enjoyed, and he had forgiven a lot of Xu in his heart.

"Master, are your hands okay?" Xu asked in a brisk tone and intimately.

Hui Yuzhong didn't think about it, and responded with satisfaction. Xu was even happier and continued to work hard to curry favor.

Half an hour later.

"Alright." Hui Yuzhong patted Xu's hand, "Enough, you're tired, let's rest for a while." ”

"Yes, sir." Xu withdrew his sore hand and shook it silently.

"Come, sit down." Hui Yuzhong patted the position he was in again, "Sit down, and the old man will press it for you." ”

Hearing this, the Xu family was flattered and looked at Hui Yuzhong with a happy face.

Hui Yuzhong took Xu's hand and kneaded it. Xu's heart was moved, and he couldn't help but love Hui Yuzhong a little more.

"Master, aren't you angry?" Although Xu didn't want to mention it, he couldn't resist his impulse and asked.

The movement of Hui Yuzhong's hand paused.