Chapter 423: Rumors in the Palace
Kangxi returned to Zhaoren Palace, changed into court clothes, and walked in with green plum mint tea in his sleeves to relieve the heat
Kangxi took the cup and took a sip and said: "I heard the good news today, I have a banquet in the imperial garden, and the ministers are happy, so you can come with you."
"Long live the Lord to entertain all the ministers, slaves and maids, with the fear that it is not suitable," he put away the previous cup and said in a low voice
Kangxi said: "There is nothing inappropriate, and it is not a formal banquet, besides, you are still serving in the Taihe Hall with me on weekdays."
Seeing that he couldn't push it, he had to nod his head
Kangxi said with a smile: "A few days ago, the eunuch who took care of the imperial garden replied that a few Phnom Penh water lilies paid tribute by the Rakshasa Kingdom have bloomed, and it is said that this kind of flower only blooms once in ten years, I plan to go and see you, Suxi Lotus, just go to see it fresh."
With a light smile in his sleeves, he nodded and waited for Kangxi to rest for a while, and when it was time to set up lunch, he announced that he would drive the garden
The female eunuchs of the palace surrounded Kangxi's dragon and walked all the way to the garden of the imperial garden to set up a banquet, and several ministers had already gathered and knelt under the dragon to greet Kangxi
Kangxi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Today is not a serious banquet, you don't have to stick to those complicated gifts of monarchs and ministers"
After the ministers got up, they all sat down with Kangxi
As soon as Kangxi sat down on the dragon chair, he brought a tea tray with a tea tray and a clear cup of tea
Just put the cup on the golden dragon banquet table in front of Kangxi, and his sleeve eyes inadvertently glanced at the bottom of the dragon chair, and he suddenly covered his lips in shock and almost vomited
Kangxi and Li Dequan, who was standing on the other side, saw that Huai Sleeve was suddenly like this, and they didn't know why
Huai Sleeve turned around and pointed to the bottom of Kangxi's dragon chair, covering his mouth, Fu Bai Yu's face flushed, but he couldn't speak
Li Dequan pointed to the bottom of the dragon chair with his sleeve, and his face was also shocked, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Oh, this is ......."
Seeing that these two people looked like this, Kangxi slowly stood up and looked under the chair, and his originally pleasant face suddenly fell
His face was as heavy as a cold pool, and he stood up and slapped his palm on the table of the Golden Dragon Banquet and said sharply: "Bring the father-in-law and all the eunuchs who are in charge of the banquet today to me."
"Huh" Li Dequan responded continuously, did not dare to slack off, turned around and pulled the little eunuch next to him to say a few words, and the little eunuch quickly ran towards the Internal Affairs Office
And the ministers sitting down below also stood up one after another when they saw Kangxi's sudden anger
Everyone poked their heads cautiously under the dragon chair for no apparent reason
Chang Ning and Suo Etu, who were sitting on Kangxi's left and right hands, saw it most clearly, and they both looked at each other in surprise
At this time, the father-in-law in charge of the banquet and more than a dozen little eunuchs had already knelt on the green bricks next to them
Kangxi Tie blushed and pointed to the thing under the dragon chair and said angrily: "Where did this thing come from, if you don't know it, I will take off all your dozen heads today."
The father-in-law in charge trembled and crawled over to look under the Kangxi dragon chair, his face was suddenly as white as paper, and he saw that there was actually a lump of feces coiled under the dragon chair
The father-in-law's body suddenly collapsed on the ground, and his lips trembled: "Long live Lord Mingjian, this thing was really not seen when the slave just held the banquet."
Kangxi shook his sleeves and said angrily: "I order you to quickly figure out this matter, otherwise I will punish your nine clans."
The father-in-law in charge had already been scared out of half his life at this time, and he couldn't even speak for a while except for kowtowing incessantly
The ministers standing below were all people who often walked in the palace, and it was the first time they had seen such a rare thing
Although he felt funny in his heart, because Kangxi Longyan was furious, everyone had to secretly hold back
Chang Ning shook the jade fracture fan and walked to the dragon chair first, leaned over, looked at the feces below, and then looked at the father-in-law who kowtowed like pounding garlic
Blinking a pair of shiny black bean eyes, he said to Kangxi: "Brother Huang, I see that this father-in-law in charge will not be the one who pulls this, it is better to let the subordinate ask him a few questions, maybe he can find out the culprit."
Kangxi frowned and said nothing, shook his sleeves, turned his face, and didn't bother to look at the father-in-law in charge
Chang Ning smiled and walked in front of his father-in-law: "Don't just kowtow and wait for this prince to ask you a few questions."
The father-in-law in charge turned to kowtow to Chang Ning and said, "Lord Wang, please ask the slave to know everything, the slave is really wronged......
Chang Ning opened his mouth and said, "Just now, you can carefully clean this place when you set up the banquet table."
The father-in-law in charge nodded: "After cleaning, first sweep the leaves with a big bamboo broom, then sweep the fine dust with a fine broom, and finally take water and splash the bricks......"
Chang Ning said: "So you're sure there is no such thing here."
The father-in-law in charge nodded again and again and said with a bitter face: "Lord Mingjian, if there is really such a thing, the slave will not dare to put it here even if he eats it himself, isn't this looking for death?"
Chang Ning nodded: "What you said does make sense, but where did this thing come from?"
Chang Ning asked this question, and the faces of the people present looked around and said: "First of all, it is impossible for Gonggong Li and Miss Huai, the two of them came with the Lord Long Sui, and the rest are the ministers."
When Kangxi heard this, his eyes also swept towards the few ministers standing below
When the ministers heard Chang Ning say this, they all cheered in surprise and knelt on the ground
Suo Etu, who was the leader, was the first to speak: "The minister has been walking in the upper study for more than ten years, and the rules in the palace have long been familiar with it...... thing"
Suo Etu really couldn't find the words to describe this matter, so he had to skipped it vaguely
Several others also explained themselves, but Shen Hongfei knelt in the middle of the crowd and did not speak
Kangxi waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, okay, you all get up, kneel like this, I feel upset."
Chang Ning turned around and continued to ask the father-in-law: "Since it wasn't you who did it, and it wasn't the ministers, it's strange, it's not that it grew out of the ground."
After saying that, he glanced back at everyone, and when his eyes swept over Shen Hongfei's face, Chang Ning paused for a moment
Then he turned back to the chief and said, "Think about it carefully, except for a few of you eunuchs who have been here."
The father-in-law in charge thought for a moment, and suddenly said loudly: "The slave remembered, just now Lord Shen came, and he asked how to go to the Weishen Imperial Dining Room, if you don't believe it or not, the prince can ask a few of them."
The few little eunuchs next to him immediately nodded and echoed: "That's right, Lord Shen has indeed been here."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes instantly focused on Shen Hongfei alone
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