Volume 1 The Orphan Girl in the Imperial Capital Chapter 27 Banquet in Distress
Yue Jingxuan entered the main hall, and everyone in the hall stood up and saluted.
Yue Xiaohan couldn't help frowning when he saw Mu Yunlan beside him.
Yue Xiaojiao smiled in a low voice, with malicious speculation and ridicule in his eyes: "Third brother, your future princess is very close to our imperial uncle, judging from the appearance, Li Yu and Ning Yuan, who are called double masters, are difficult to score three points with the imperial uncle, in terms of talent, it is said that the imperial uncle was ten years old and the great Confucian of the current dynasty had a courtesy, and the world-famous old Mr. Wenboyuan praised him for his good ......"
Yue Xiaohan's face sank: "Second Emperor Brother said cautiously, if he is heard by the fifteenth emperor uncle, I am afraid that he will be unhappy, he does not like people to talk about the past." ”
Yue Xiaojiao sneered, touched the wound on his arm, and stared at Yue Jingxuan with a cold look.
"You're still sitting next to me."
Hearing Yue Jingxuan's words, Mu Yunlan was stunned: "No need, I have my own seat." "I couldn't help it last time, and sitting next to him at today's New Year's banquet was too eye-catching.
Yue Jingxuan glanced at Mu Qingyao's side: "Do you think that in addition to me, there is still your place in this palace?" ”
Mu Yunlan looked over and saw that Mu Qingyao was talking to a girl with an arrogant expression, the girl had a baby face, and her appearance was very cute, but her expression was arrogant, which ruined this beauty.
A memory flashed in her mind, this girl's name was Qi Mingwei, and she was the youngest daughter of the Qi family and the niece of Concubine Jin. He is extremely arrogant, and he has been invited to Mufu as a guest before, and he is extremely disgusted with the original Mu Yunlan.
Two years ago, the rabbit raised by the original body disturbed her, so she ordered the rabbit skin to be peeled off and hung in Mu Yunlan's room, although Mu Zhengmin and Lin immediately disposed of the rabbit skin, it still made the original body seriously ill.
Looking back now, Mu Yunlan can still feel the horror in her original body and mind.
Sensing Mu Yunlan's gaze, Qi Mingwei glared at her viciously, pinched the wine glass in her hand and knocked it on the table, her face full of contempt and contempt. When his eyes turned to Yue Jingxuan, his cheeks couldn't help but turn red, revealing a little intoxication.
Mu Yunlan hooked the corners of her lips, took two quick steps and sat next to Yue Jingxuan. Sure enough, Qi Mingwei's gaze became sharper and sharper, as if she wanted to rip off a piece of meat from her body.
"How does it feel to be admired by a beauty?" She deliberately approached Yue Jingxuan and lowered her voice.
Yue Jingxuan glanced at her sideways, and her cold gaze made Mu Yunlan pout secretly, this water demon used to pretend to be gentle and polite in front of her, but now it is becoming more and more undisguised.
"The emperor has arrived!"
When the emperor arrived in Yuejingyun, everyone stood up and saluted.
Yue Jingxuan was sitting in place and didn't move, but when he saw Mu Yunlan get up to salute, his body suddenly crooked, covering his lips and coughing, Mu Yunlan hurriedly supported the person.
After accepting everyone's worship, Yue Jingyun was about to calm them down, when he was suddenly coughed: "The fifteenth brother's body is not well yet?" ”
Yue Jingxuan sat up straight, his long ink-colored hair was scattered behind him, the brilliance was like brocade, and his handsome and peerless cheeks were slightly red because of coughing, and he was contaminated with a little fireworks: "Thank you Brother Huang for your concern, today is good." ”
Yue Jingyun smiled coldly: "You are not in good health, and you have to worry about the government affairs of Yunnan, it is really hard and tight, if you are too busy, how about I send a few governors of Yunnan to help you?" ”
Yue Jingxuan coughed lightly twice, smiled and nodded: "That's really good, thank you for the kindness of the imperial brother, this time the imperial brother wants to find, you must find Qintian to monitor his eight characters, don't have anything to do with Yunnan, the previous five people are really unlucky." ”
The officials below still knelt on the ground and did not get up, and when they heard this, they all lowered their heads, they did not want to become the sixth poor governor to be killed by Yunnan.
Yue Jingyun smiled slightly, the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes at all, and he stiffly changed the topic: "Everyone, Aiqing, let's be even." Today's New Year's banquet, you don't have to be formal, come, I and Aiqing have a drink. ”
"Ministers wish the emperor good fortune and good health, long live, long live, long live!"
Mu Yunlan picked up the wine jug and shook it, and the crisp aroma of the wine was particularly mouthwatering. She spontaneously filled Yue Jingxuan first, and then poured herself a glass, and was just about to take a sip on her lips when she heard Yue Jingxuan's cold voice: "If you want to die, drink it." ”
What do you mean? Mu Yunlan quietly put down the wine cup and gave Yue Jingxuan a puzzled look.
Yue Jingxuan ignored her, picked up the wine glass and drank it up.
Mu Yunlan's heart tightened, and she almost couldn't help but hold his hand: "You didn't mean ......"
"I can drink it, you can't drink it." Yue Jingxuan tasted the wine carefully and nodded slightly, "The best tribute wine, it's a pity that it was poisoned by red gold." ”
"You ...... drink it knowing it's poison?"
Yue Jingxuan's eyes drooped slightly, and the mockery under his eyes was intense: he had been poisoned by the red flame and cold snow for many years, and in the past few years, he had taken a lot of poisons in order to resist disinfection, and now, with the deepening of the toxicity, most of the poisons were useless to him. After so many years, his good royal brother still uses this kind of poisoning method, so he can't change his tricks?
"Father Emperor," the second prince Yue Xiaojian stood up, "Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, the whole country of Dayong celebrates, and the children see that there is no fun in just watching the dance at the banquet, so they thought of a way to let the adults relax and have fun." ”
"What's the method?" Yue Jingyun looked at Yue Xiaojiao, unhappy in his heart, the last banquet went wrong because of his proposal, and he didn't even learn a lesson.
Yue Xiaojiao saw his dissatisfaction, but his expression did not change in the slightest: "Recently, Erchen saw a Hu merchant who came from afar, with many things that the Dayong Dynasty had not seen, and Erchen found many people and did not recognize all those things. ”
"Hu Shang?"
"Yes, that Hu Shang was dressed strangely, and his appearance was very different from that of the people of Dayong, and his sons left him in the mansion, but because this person's origin was not clear, he did not dare to bring him into the palace to meet his father."
"Take what you said and take a look, and you Aiqing will also take a look at the excitement." Yue Jingyun's expression softened a little.
Concubine Jin, who was sitting on the side, poured wine for Yue Jingyun: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Second Prince wants to present it to you when he gets something new, which is really commendable." ”
Concubine Li pinched the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her lips reservedly: "Sister Concubine Jin praised it falsely, how can the third child be sensible." ”
Concubine Jin smiled on her face, her eyes flowed with affection, the light swayed slightly, she was exceptionally beautiful and moving, it was clear that she already had a son, Yue Xiaohan, and her face was still like a twenty-eight girl: "Your Majesty, the concubine respects you with a cup." ”
Concubine Li snorted coldly in her heart: At the last banquet, Concubine Jin was removed from the right to manage palace affairs, and she thought that she could suppress Concubine Jin, but she had an illness, which caused the emperor to visit her once, and once again became the most popular person in the palace, I don't know how many people in the harem gritted their teeth.
Yue Xiaojiao clapped her hands, and an attendant brought up two trays covered with red cloth and placed them on the prepared table.
"Father, please look at the first one." Yue Xiaojiao said, opening the red cloth on the first tray, only to see eight wooden strips on the tray, each with different teeth, "These wooden strips can be assembled into a whole, I don't know which of you ministers wants to try?" ”
Mu Yunlan blinked, isn't this a trap lock? When she was a child, her second brother collected a lot of gadgets for her, and this lock is one of them, which is only eight wooden sticks, and she has also played with sixteen of them, and there is no difficulty in disassembling and closing it at all, thinking about it, she can't help but show a trace of disapproval on her face.
Some ministers have stepped forward to fiddle with it, tossing for a long time but finding nothing.
Yue Xiaojiao's face was full of smiles, and when everyone was almost done, he turned his head to look at Yue Jingxuan: "Uncle Fifteen, do you want to give it a try?" Although he asked, he directly sent it to Yue Jingxuan.
Yue Jingxuan picked up a wooden stick and looked at it casually, his slender jade-like fingers moved slightly, and threw it in front of Mu Yunlan: "Load it up." ”
Mu Yunlan's eyes widened, the slightly raised corners of her eyes made her moist eyes more and more aura, looking at Yue Jingxuan's expression indifferent, her eyes were full of determination, she couldn't help but snort secretly, and took the wooden strips and quickly put them together.
Everyone focused their eyes on her white jade fingers.
Mu Yunlan finished assembling the trap lock, threw it gently, and then pinched the wooden strip at the core of the trap lock, and gently pulled it out, and suddenly, the trap lock scattered a tray.
"It's a brilliant idea."
"Although it is a small object, it is exquisitely intended and admirable."
Yue Xiaojiao didn't expect Mu Yunlan to be able to assemble the lock, her eyelids jumped slightly, and she attracted everyone's attention in a loud voice: "Miss Mu is really smart, this first one can see some clues from the appearance, but I have been looking for someone to study this second one for a long time, and I don't have the slightest clue." ”
On the second tray is a boxy box, the whole box is carved with a delicate auspicious cloud pattern, but there is no gap around it.
"This thing says it's a box, but I can't find a single gap, it's not strange that there is no gap, it's strange that it's hollow, and there's something in it." Yue Xiaojiao said, picked up the box and shook it, there was a slight collision sound inside, "That Hu Shang said that this box should contain a rare night pearl, so Erchen didn't dare to open it with brute force, for fear of damaging the treasures in it." ”
"It's a real surprise."
"How do you get things in without gaps? Never seen it before. ”
Many people stepped forward to check, and even Mu Qingyao stepped forward to try it, and after groping around, he didn't find a way to open it.
Mu Yunlan blinked, this thing is very rare, there is no gap in the box that can hold things in.
"Uncle Fifteen, you are well-informed, can you help us again?" Yue Xiaojiao glanced at Yue Jingxuan with a little provocation, and motioned to the palace people to bring the tray to Yue Jingxuan.
Mu Yunlan glanced at Yue Xiaojiao strangely, even if Yue Jingxuan didn't know how this box was made, it was just a little bit of face, what was the use of these two princes' such painless behavior?
Yue Jingxuan gently stroked the box, and his index finger slightly bent on the top of the box and tapped it.
"Whoosh!" A cracking sound sounded violently, and a short crossbow burst open the box and shot out! Straight to Yue Jingxuan's eyebrows!
"Be careful!" Mu Yunlan exclaimed, but it was too late to save people.