Chapter 205: Killing chickens and making an example of monkeys

"I've heard that the owner of Tingsong Theater is a woman. (Apex hand-hitting) is not only smart and capable, but also beautiful as a flower, today the palace really has to take a good look! Li Xing, you raise your head! ”

The voice is gentle and dignified, this is the voice of the queen.

Ah Xing raised her head according to her words, and what caught her eye was the old and slightly tired face of the emperor in front of her, as well as the graceful and luxurious queen beside him. Just by looking at it, Ah Xing lowered her eyes, she understood that it was a very disrespectful act to look directly at the emperor.

The queen saw her face clearly and nodded in praise: "Sure enough, she was born with a good appearance!" There were some whispers around her from time to time, which should have been from those princes and princesses, and Ah Xing didn't dare to look around, nor did she listen carefully to what they said.

The queen was very happy all night, and when she saw Li Xing's beautiful appearance and elegant temperament, she was even more happy in her heart, so she said to the emperor next to her: "Your Majesty, tonight's play is like this, the concubine is not wrong to recommend it!" ”

Ah Xingxin suddenly mentioned, and she couldn't help but raise her eyes. Look at the Emperor and listen carefully to his reply.

The emperor turned his face slightly, there was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said to the queen: "The play is really good, I am very happy to watch it, the queen's recommendation is meritorious, and it should be rewarded!" ”

The queen was full of smiles, a hint of blush appeared on her face, the emperor's words obviously made her very happy, she glanced at A Xing, and said to the emperor: "Li Xing's performance today is really wonderful, and the emperor should also appreciate it!" Saying that, the queen looked down at Ah Xing, and said with a smile: "I heard that you have never been on stage before, and today is the first time you have appeared on the stage, but is there such a thing?" ”

When Ah Xing heard the emperor's reply, her heart relaxed slightly, and said: "If you go back to the queen, it is indeed the first time that the folk girl has appeared on stage!" ”

The queen smiled: "It's really rare to be able to perform so wonderfully for the first time on stage...... The queen was about to ask the emperor for A-Xing's reward, but at this time, the emperor opened his eyes slightly, and a sharp gaze suddenly shot towards A-Xing, A-Xing's whole body was shocked, and her body was cold, and she quickly lowered her head.

The emperor's majestic voice sounded coldly from above: "Li Xing, let me ask you, your stage today was decided early in the morning. Or did it happen on the spur of the moment? His voice was slow and deep, but it had an incomparable deterrent power that made people tremble, which was probably the power of power.

As soon as these words came out, the queen calmed down, restrained her smile, sat up straight, her expression became solemn and solemn, and the surrounding sounds were miraculously quiet, as if even the whistling wind outside the building was still, and an extremely depressed dead silence permeated Ah Xing's surroundings.

At this moment, Ah Xing only felt an invisible pressure pressing heavily on her heart, making it difficult for her to even breathe.

She fell to the ground, her head bowed deeply, and a fierce battle was going on in her heart.

Do you tell the truth, or do you want to be stubborn? If she had decided to die in the morning, would the emperor still pursue it? If she admits it, will the emperor immediately condemn her?

Her face was as white as paper, fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, and her heart beat violently, as if it was about to jump out of her mouth. She knew that her answer was related to the safety of herself and even everyone in the theater, and she was extremely nervous and did not dare to speak easily.

But the emperor did not have the patience to wait for her, and his voice turned sharp: "I asked you something, why didn't you answer?" ”

Huang Gonggong's voice on the side was sharp and sharp, "Folk girl Axing, reply quickly, otherwise it will be a crime of contempt for the king!" ”

In the flash of light, Ah Xing has already made up his mind, since the emperor has already seen something strange, he already has some doubts, if he blindly insists on holding on to his mouth, it will only make him more annoyed, it is better to admit it, maybe there is a chance.

And this was originally her idea, because the consequences caused by this should also be borne by her, and the emperor must not be angry with others.

She kowtowed to the emperor again, plucked up her courage, and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, the people's daughter will take the stage...... The stage of the people's girls was decided on an ad hoc basis! ”

The emperor looked down at her and asked word by word: "The female actor before was originally the protagonist, yes or no?" ”

A Xing's whole body stretched out in a cold sweat, a gust of wind blew, and her body was cold. She gritted her teeth and replied, "Yes!" But the actress suddenly fell ill and couldn't go on stage, so ......"

The emperor snorted and sneered twice and interrupted her: "That's why you kicked her role out of the play, and you temporarily added a role to play for her, thinking that in this way you can hide from the world and fool me!" The Emperor's voice grew louder and stronger. In the end, it seemed that all the anger erupted, and the voice suddenly rose with a clear trill!

Ah Xing lay on the ground, her whole body couldn't help trembling, and her voice was also trembling, "The emperor is angry, the people don't dare, the people definitely don't mean to bluff the emperor." ”

Under the emperor's anger, he stood up "ho", picked up the tea around him and smashed it on the ground, with a bang, the hot tea, the scraps of the teacup splashed everywhere, and many of them splashed on Ah Xing's face, making Ah Xing's face hurt hotly, but she didn't dare to move, let alone wipe the debris on her face.

"You don't dare! I see you're so bold! Do you think that when I am old, I will be old and confused, and I will be incompetent? Don't you see what you're secretly playing? I tell you, I am sober and clear! Whoever is loyal and who is traitorous knows it! Don't try to fool me! ”

Word by word, like a thousand catties, it weighed heavily on the hearts of everyone present, and some of them lowered their heads slightly. Didn't dare to look at the emperor's face.

Since Ah Xing arrived in front of the emperor, the people next to him, including all the people in the theater, Zhang Qingqiu, Shen Yuanfeng, and some nobles and ministers were paying close attention to the situation over there. But the emperor suddenly drank violently, and then smashed the cup, and then thundered and angry, all of which made all the people in Tianyin Pavilion hear clearly,

The people in the theater were hiding in the dressing room, looking at the situation opposite through the window of the dressing room, and when they saw the emperor's sudden anger, almost everyone was so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they were all deeply worried about Ah Xing, for fear that the emperor would drag Ah Xing out and execute him in the next second. The Chen sisters were staring at the emperor's movements, ready at any time, as long as the emperor had the intention of executing Ah Xing, they would rush out with Ah Xing desperately, no matter what, they could not watch Ah Xing being executed.

Zhang Qingqiu couldn't control her smug emotions, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, she stared at the emperor tightly, she waited, she waited to see Ah Xing's fate, and then no one in the sky could suppress her edge.

Shen Yuanfeng couldn't help jumping up from his position the moment the emperor smashed the cup, she heard every word of the emperor clearly, the emperor clearly had something to say, he was using Ah Xing's incident to warn some restless people! Could it be that the emperor wants to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys?

What to do? What can I do to help A-Xing? Shen Yuanfeng was anxious.

Seeing that Shen Yuanfeng couldn't bear it, the King of Jin hurriedly turned around, grabbed his sleeve, and warned in a low voice: "Yuanfeng, calm down, don't be impulsive, the emperor is angry, if you act rashly, it will not only be useless but will put yourself in it!" Let's see! He just wants to stabilize his son now, that Ah Xing seems to have no way to live, so it's okay, so he will cut off his son's thoughts, so that he has no more thoughts!

Shen Yuanfeng barely stabilized his mind and continued to pay attention to the situation on the emperor's side.

Look inside the building. The emperor was furious, his face showed tiredness, he sat down on the dragon chair, panting slightly, next to Huang Gonggong served him a cup of tea, handed it to him, the emperor took it, lifted the lid, the porcelain made a crisp sound of collision, in this dead space, it was particularly distinct.

The emperor took a sip of tea, the hand holding the cup trembled a little because of the anger, he took a deep breath, calmed the anger in his heart, and then looked at Ah Xing lying on the ground, and coldly spit out three words in his mouth: "Drag it down!" At this time, Huang Gonggong on the side asked the emperor: "What about the other dramas in the theater?" The emperor pondered for a while, then said coldly, "Drag it down!" ”

Ah Xing was still a little stunned on the ground, and she couldn't figure out what these three words meant for a while, but immediately two Praetorian Guards walked towards her, with cold armor and murderous steps, Ah Xing suddenly understood what the emperor meant.

She jerked her head up and looked at the emperor with wide eyes, it was so simple to decide their life and death? He didn't even give her a chance to explain! Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, is her sin so big that she has to let him kill on Chinese New Year's Eve?

She looked at the Praetorian Guards who were approaching her step by step, and then at the emperor's gloomy face, and at the empress, who was still smiling just now, but now she was indifferent, and an irrepressible anger rose in her heart.

The Praetorian Guards came up to her, and one of them took her by the hand and dragged her down.

At this time, the actors around the window all exclaimed, and at this time another team of Praetorian Guards came to them, some actresses cried, turned around and ran towards the dressing room, trying to avoid the cruel fate that was about to befall them, Rong Zheng stood there without moving, looking at the Praetorian Guards who were getting closer and closer, chuckled, okay, at least she was a companion on ...... Huangquan Road; Lin Hai's face was as white as paper; Jingxian held back her tears, but her whole body was trembling; The others were all colorless, and the Chen sisters had already escaped the eyes and ears of the Praetorian Guards and slipped out, bent their waists and quietly approached the observation tower, they couldn't care about the others, but Ah Xing, they must try their best to save them!

Over there, Shen Yuanfeng broke free of his father's shackles and was about to rush to the emperor's side, he didn't think of how to persuade the emperor to forgive Ah Xing for a while, but at least he could be by Ah Xing's side to face all this, so that she was not so lonely and not so afraid!

But at this moment, Ah Xing suddenly tried her best to break free from the control of the Praetorian Guard, and the Praetorian Guard only treated her as a weak female stream at first, and did not do her best when she took her, so Ah Xing's struggle made her break free. The Praetorian Guards were stunned, they didn't expect this woman to be so bold and dare to resist in front of the emperor! They hurriedly rushed up and wanted to take her down again, but Ah Xing knelt and moved two steps forward, and after quickly kowtowing to the emperor, she raised her head, looked at the emperor and said, "The emperor is so decisive, and the people are not convinced!" ”

The emperor heard her say this, the hand holding the cup was stunned, and then put the cup on the small table next to him, these days, he found that there were some unsightly small actions among the princes, today I saw A Xing acting like this, deliberately borrowing her to warn those unfilial sons, he has not been confused to the point of letting them bluff, and then do not relent, today's Li Xing is tomorrow's them! He originally had this idea, in his eyes, Ah Xing is an insignificant person at all, he doesn't care if she has other secrets, whether she is innocent, he didn't think to listen to her explanation at all, in her eyes she is just the waiting chicken, but what he didn't expect was that this "chicken" dared to refute it out loud!

He could have ignored her and let the Praetorian Guards pull her down, but although he was the emperor, he was also human and curious, and he wanted to know what this woman with angry eyes would say.

He waved his hand to send the Praetorian Guards back, then looked at Ah Xing and sneered, "What did you say?" Are you not convinced? ”

The Praetorian Guards downstairs received an order to stop the action of arresting the drama and stood aside, and the actors rekindled their hope, and gathered around the window to watch the situation of Ah Xing and the emperor. Seeing this, the Chen sisters also stopped.

Ah Xing knew that her eyes were full of anger at this time, in order not to let her eyes anger the emperor even more, she lowered her head slightly and said: "Your Majesty, you took the lives of our people in an instant, and you didn't give us a chance to explain at all, I know that the actors in our Song Theater are an insignificant group of people in your eyes, but we are also your people." People often say, love the people like a son, the emperor, please forgive the people for being disrespectful......" She raised her head to look at the emperor and whispered: "Will you treat your son like this!" ”

The emperor's body was shocked, his face turned red in an instant, obviously in great anger, he stared at Ah Xing with wide eyes, and he looked like he wanted to swallow her in one bite. He was so angry that he didn't say anything for a long time, and the queen next to him was the only person besides the emperor who heard Ah Xing's words, she raised her eyebrows and scolded angrily: "Bold Li Xing, dare to speak wildly!" Someone is coming, ......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the emperor wave his hand to stop it, and then the emperor pointed his finger at Ah Xing, gritted his teeth and said, "You say...... You keep talking! ”

Ah Xing knew that her words were extremely bold, and she was ashamed and angry for fear that the emperor would lose face in front of everyone, so Ah Xing's voice had been very low, except for the emperor, only the queen could hear Ah Xing's words. Although the people next to him could see it, they couldn't hear it, so they couldn't help but be a little anxious.

Although Ah Xing knelt on the ground, although her head was bowed, her waist was straight, as firm and unyielding as her voice.

"Your Majesty, today we are honored to hear the Song Theater come to the palace to perform for you, and we also do our best to bring the most wonderful performance to the emperor and all the nobles. But life is always full of accidents, but our protagonist fell ill after the play was staged and could not continue the performance," she raised her head and looked at the emperor, her eyes full of earnestness, "Your Majesty, no one wants this to happen, birth, old age, sickness and death are never under our control, but since it has happened, what can we do?" We are faced with two choices, either stop the performance, ask you for the guilt, and then change someone else on stage, but in this case, it will definitely destroy the interest of the emperor and all the nobles, even if the next thing is how wonderful the performance of the people is, it is always not a happy thing for you, tonight is the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and at the end of the year, everything should have a happy ending in order to happily usher in the happy coming year. Therefore, we chose to hide it for the time being, and then came up with this alternative way to make the play go on smoothly, the people know that the people's daughter's approach may be inappropriate, but this is all to let the emperor have a happy Chinese New Year's Eve! ”

The emperor's face returned to normal slightly, but his eyes were still full of anger: "According to what you say, as long as there is a reason, can you bluff me?" ”

Ah Xing bent down and kowtowed to the emperor again, "Your Majesty, you are wise and powerful, no one can bluff you." And our approach is not a bluff, it is just a stopgap measure for unexpected situations. Who has never had an accident in a person's life, and who has not been caught off guard by an accident, but Minnu believes that what we can do is not to escape, not to let the accident destroy our original plan, but to work hard to overcome it, and slowly guide the accident to the original track of things, so that things can go smoothly and successfully. Your Majesty, please think about it, if we really told you the truth at that time, would you still be so happy watching the next play? Everything we did was not bluffing, just an arrangement to make the emperor happier, and when the emperor asked, the people did not hide anything, but told the truth, although this will provoke the emperor's anger, but there is no intention to deceive the emperor, the emperor, how can the behavior of the people be considered bluffing? ”

"The emperor has always been benevolent, because the emperor's benevolent government allows the people to live and work in peace and contentment, so that the people can have spare money for entertainment and recreation, and all our theaters can prosper so far, speaking of which, this is all because of the emperor's sage, so please let the emperor also be more considerate of our loyal monarch's heart, don't ignore our sincere heart because of a momentary anger!"

After Ah Xing finished speaking, she leaned down, her forehead almost touching the ground. She has tried her best, and now she can only gamble, betting that the emperor is a benevolent monarch, and betting that he will not be careless of human life! Her life and that of all the actors were in his thoughts. What a helpless thing, but in this world, in this power-supreme society, this is a matter of course.

Ah Xing closed her eyes and quietly waited for the emperor's decision. There was silence all around, so quiet that she could hear her own heartbeat. Time passed minute by minute, and I don't know how long it was, but the emperor still didn't say anything.

At this moment, a beautiful female voice suddenly sounded: "Father Emperor, today on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, don't make human life so unlucky, Miss Li acted very well, the children and courtiers also watched very happily, and the children and emperors also watched very happily, in this case, the father and the emperor forgave her for her unintentional mistakes, okay?" ”

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