Chapter 88: The Queen Mother's Birthday Banquet
"Idiot!" Ji Chuan smashed a cup of hot tea to the ground, and the guard who came to report the news had his feet burned, and the guard didn't dare to move.
Ji Ya said: "Yu Shizi may not recognize him, after all, he was masked last time, and his plum blossom needle did not hit Zhongshizi." He took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "This kind of small thing is unreliable, if it really wants to be successful, it has to be done with real knives and guns!" ”
Ji Chuan knew in his heart why his father had a grudge against Prince De's mansion, he didn't want his son to die, he just wanted Prince De and Prince De to be uncomfortable. At the beginning, Prince and Princess De did not choose him, but chose Prince De, and Ji Ruicheng decided that she was a cheap woman who coveted wealth and wealth! Making her uncomfortable and regretting her is the happiest thing for Ji Ruicheng.
Ji Guifei is fifty-six years old this year, relying on her own consistent maintenance, ginseng and bird's nest constantly, and milk and honey are poured on her body. Coupled with the "Rejuvenation Pill" that my younger brothers have found over the years, I do feel a lot younger after eating it. It looks like he is five or six years older than the emperor.
Ji Chuan is not optimistic, he and Ji Ya are the younger brothers of Ji Guifei, just the same age as the emperor, of course he doesn't want the eldest sister to disappear one day, and the power of the Ji family will disappear. The eldest sister has no children, and her adopted son is dedicated to the king, which is the object of their support. In addition to offering the king, they need to cultivate their own strength, and Shunchang will perish.
"It's a pity that Prince Qing didn't come in handy, and he actually fell in love with the Tatar hair!" Ji Ya said again: "Prince De has disconnected from us this time, do we want to find some way to pull him back again." Just killing his son, who has not been close since childhood, will not have much effect. ”
"Now the only people who can compete for the crown prince are King Xian, King Kang and King Duan." Ji Chuan said, "The Duanwang mother family is not worth mentioning, we are the king of Xian, but behind King Kang is Dongchang." You didn't expect that, did you? ”
"Oh? Dongchang Wang Man? At the beginning, his wife sold him for five taels of silver, and he never received the favor of the Su family, so why should he work for the Su family? Ji Ya said disdainfully.
At the beginning, Wang Man's parents took him and his younger brother to flee to Kyoto, and for five taels of silver, they sold Wang Man into the palace as a eunuch, and later Concubine Su's mother's family took them in, and his younger brother is now also working as a housekeeper in the Su family.
"The inner servant and we are divided into two worlds, and we can't take advantage of it. You tell your monkeys to be more restrained, and don't make chickens and dogs jump all day and lose face. Ji Chuan glanced at his younger brother and said.
Ji Ya didn't care. In recent years, they have secretly raised a lot of private soldiers, and those retainers who led the soldiers have the ability to do things, but they often rely on the power of the Ji family to do evil in the city.
Ji Ya himself is a bully of men and women, so naturally he doesn't restrain them, but often enjoys the beautiful young women they offer in the other courtyard, and I don't know how many people have been ruined because of this!
And at this moment, their sister Ji Guifei is arguing for this matter in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty! Those ministers are jealous! They are jealous of your pampering of me for many years, and they are angry with my brother. No matter how beautiful the fairy is, won't my brother carry it back to the house? What is the need to rob the people's daughters? What nonsense! ”
"I'll just mention it to you, if you don't, you won't have it, why are you angry?" The emperor persuaded him, and changed the topic and said, "Did that Bau practice a new tune again?" Tell them to blow it and listen to it! Guo Kuan hurriedly clapped his hands and summoned the musicians into the hall. The sound of silk and bamboo started, and Concubine Ji Guifei saw the emperor listening to the music with great interest, so she put her mind at ease.
The new tune was blown twice, and I always felt that it was not as shocking as when I listened to the begonia for the first time that night. The emperor said thoughtfully: "In the palace, there has been no excitement for a long time. ”
"What's so hard about that?" Concubine Ji said with a smile: "In two days, it will be the Queen Mother's sixty-fifth birthday, and every Friday is also a big birthday. ”
"That's right, in the past two days, the princesses and princes of the four parts of Warat are also coming, so they will celebrate their birthdays and feast together. For entertaining them, it's not light or heavy, just right! The emperor happily stroked his palms.
"We just beat the Tatars, which one is this Warat playing?" Concubine Ji asked puzzled.
"It is because we have defeated the Tatars that Warat has come to show his loyalty! These princes and princesses came to see them as a gesture of goodwill. Maybe, I want to marry a noble girl, marry a prince, and go back with a peace of mind. The emperor patiently explained, patted the back of her hand and said, "You should prepare for the queen mother's birthday banquet!" ”
"In this case, find more county lords and nobles, let them pick and choose, it is easy for the princess to marry, which prince and courtier does she fancie, can you just point it out?" Concubine Ji smiled and said, "I'll pick a list." ”
The emperor thought about it and smiled: "This birthday banquet is fresh, and it is bad luck to come back from the martial arts field." The weather is also cold, move to the lawn by the lake, in case there is a martial arts competition or something, the fists and feet can also be called! ”
Thinking about being funny, they both laughed.
The next day, the nobles and ladies in Beijing received a post from the palace, saying that it was the birthday banquet of the Queen Mother, and only invited some young people to be lively in front of them.
Now, although Cheng Hanbai is only the commander of Jingwei, he is a general of the third grade, and the three brothers and sisters of the Cheng Mansion are on the invitation list.
Xie Ruizhu knew that the Tatar prince had come to ask for a marriage, and immediately frowned. Let Dark Seven bring a letter to Begonia and tell her to dress up plainly, don't let the Tatar prince take a fancy to it, and go back to rob her relatives, trouble!
So when she went out to the banquet, Cheng Xiangjin was full of pearls, and saw that Cheng Haitang was just a plain dress and a jade hairpin on her head, and couldn't help but laugh: "Sister, are you going to laugh at our poor Cheng Mansion?" Or is Prince Ann stingy? Or maybe Shen Shangshu's family fell to a former princess, and you will be like this! ”
Cheng Haitang ignored her and helped Ji'er into the carriage.
Ji'er secretly rolled her eyes: You are poor! Our girl is rich!
Not to mention the filial piety sent by Zhuangzi and the shop every month, that is, the medicine made by her, the picture screen, and the flowing firefly, which is sold in the Fusheng Hall, can recover 500 taels of silver every month!