Chapter 167: The Dust Settles (1)
Although I don't know much about the outside world in this month, but every day I watch Yan Beishen go out, there are more or less points in my heart, this emperor's birthday banquet is already a matter in front of me, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of good things to watch next, I just hope that there will be no more casualties, but my hope can only be delusional.
The emperor's birthday banquet is today, early in the morning, Ci'an and Ah Yin came to help me dress up, now Ci'an is no longer in the palace, she and Leng Si are actually just a process, she is now following Leng Si in the name of the guard, but Leng Si This guy is really not good at martial arts, there is Kun next to him to follow, I am also more relieved, after all, the situation in Mocheng is unpredictable now, if you don't get it right, it is easy to die.
It's the spring season now, but the cold of winter is still not there, this Bu Ci'an and Ah Ying wrapped me in three layers and three layers outside, making me like a zongzi, and finally under my strong resistance, I wore two and a half pieces.
In this way, our group entered the palace in a carriage, and at the gate of the palace, I also met the Beixi couple who came to the banquet together, as well as Qin Chi and Zhou Liu, and Gu Ran, Ling Han, Meng Meng and Meng Ben also came.
Now Meng Meng and Meng Meng's family affairs are delayed again and again, Zeqing this guy asked him not to take marriage leave for three years on the grounds that Meng Meng wants to keep filial piety, isn't this clearly blocking among them, but this reason is something that no one can refuse, fortunately, Meng Meng doesn't mind at all, she said that she has been very disappointed in Zeqing, and she wants to repay Meng Meng.
"Nan Kite, your belly is now pregnant, this pregnant woman, she can eat anything, but she can't endure hardship, remember, don't let yourself work too hard, otherwise I, the first one to be a sister, will not let Beishen pass."
Nord Stream treats me well, her current spirit is obviously much better than before, I always feel that she is very happy now, even if she is accompanied by two children, but she has never been like this at a moment.
Gu Ran also got out of the car and walked over at this time, and she also touched my belly, "This is all about a sharp and round girl, I think the baby of Nan Kite must be a son, is it a spicy food recently." ”
Two of them have been pregnant with children, and now they are holding a little cute child in their hands, and Zhou Liu, who was looking at us from not far away, also nodded to me.
I turned around and asked Yan Beishen, "Isn't this Qin family a humerus minister, can he also come to the royal birthday banquet?" ”
Yan Beishen replied, "The Qin family is the largest merchant in Mocheng today, so they are qualified to participate this time, don't look at them as just doing business, there are many doorways here." ”
Leng Si's carriage also arrived at this time, and when Kun Yu saw me, he pulled Leng Si over, "Niangniang, how are you doing, I want to see you, but there are too many things to do, and I don't have time." ”
I took Kun's hand, "Okay, everything, don't worry." ”
At this time, the people in the carriage in front had already entered, and Yan Beishen also helped me into this imperial city.
What I didn't know was that it would take so many days to come out of this place, and if I had known, I might not have attended this birthday party.
Not long after leaving, we arrived at the Longqing Palace, which specializes in setting up birthday banquets, there are really a lot of people who come to the banquet today, and the names of these ministers in the court alone are complete, and I saw General Liang, who was sitting alone in the front row at this time.
Zhou Liu and Qin Chi were relatively low, so they stayed at the end, and I, Yan Beishen and Gu Ran Beixi were arranged to the second and third and fourth orders, all in all, this birthday banquet was for the emperor to see, maybe Yan Zeqing thought that the emperor's limit was coming, so let's give him a lively time before he left.
After everyone arrived, the palace maids worshiped the dishes one by one, there are many dishes, the first to come up is the four products of dried fruits and four products of candied fruit, which is regarded as a small dish before the meal, and when the emperor arrived, he served the seven dishes of the first dish and one of the soup.
I found that the emperor Lao'er was almost supported by someone, and then his hands and feet were a little trembling, before Yan Beishen told me that he repeatedly entered the palace to see the emperor, but Yan Zeqing rejected it for various reasons, and now this birthday banquet is the only public appearance after the emperor is seriously ill, but I don't want his body to be worse than before.
I attached my ear to Yan Beiyi's ear and said, "The emperor's body, I'm afraid it's about to die." ”
Yan Beishen didn't reply, just raised the wine glass in front of him and took a sip lightly, and then took a bite of food.
At this time, Yan Zeqing stood up, he raised his glass and said, "Today is the birthday of my father, my father has always been thrifty and does not like luxury, but this year is going to be a big event, not long ago I annihilated the rebels, and King Qing and King Ye are safe and sound, this is really the blessing of my Qiang country, here the prince will announce one thing, this is also the meaning of the father." ”
This Yan Zeqing was seriously injured by the assassin, so he was in a hurry to tell his purpose, and I really admired his courage.
As soon as the words fell, a father-in-law walked in from outside, still holding a yellow scroll in his hand, which looked like the legendary holy decree.
It wasn't until this father-in-law got close that I found out that this person was actually Xiao Jinzi, how could Xiao Jin come to do such a thing, anyway, I didn't seem to see Xiao Jinzi's master and grandfather from beginning to end today, what the hell is going on.
I was a little anxious in my heart, but there was no way to ask in detail at the moment, Xiao Jinzi handed over this holy decree to Yan Zeqing, and then Xiao Jinzi also saw me not far away, he looked shocked but quickly returned to his normal expression.
I haven't seen Xiao Jinzi for a month, how do I think his temperament is much more stable and mature, what is going on here, could it be that the eldest duke has had an accident.
Seeing that Yan Zeqing opened the holy decree, everyone present got up to attend, and then knelt down in the hall, and Yan Beishen and I had to kneel on the ground.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, my emperor's health is declining, it is not suitable for the director, so it is rumored that the new monarch is in the beginning of the establishment, the inheritance of filial piety, and the secretaries need to do their best to assist the new monarch, in order to be safe and prosperous, and to admire this!"
These few words gave the matter of the throne to nothing, and at this time, these officials kneeling on the ground turned their heads and ears, as if they couldn't believe it, and the emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair couldn't speak, at this time, his eyes were full of tears, and his eyes were wide with anger!
No matter if you are a person with good eyesight, you can see that this holy decree must be fake, the emperor has not died yet, how can this throne say that the Zen position is the Zen position, doesn't this treat these ministers as fools!
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, when was this holy decree drawn up, and why didn't I know anything beforehand!" The first to speak was an old minister I didn't know, and I saw that he had a snow-white beard and was probably over eighty years old.
Yan Zeqing said with a smile, "Master Fu, my father's decree to pass on the throne is absolutely true, not to mention that my father is here today, if this prince is fake, wouldn't he be killing himself!" What's more, my father doesn't necessarily have to tell you old ministers about everything. ”
At this time, Fu Taishi still wanted to argue with reason, and he didn't want to rush in a group of guards outside the main hall, and it was Yan Hai who took the lead!
I haven't seen you for many years, and now when I see my former master, I am a little afraid in my heart, I haven't forgotten that my death was because of his poisonous needle, and my body instinctively resisted him!
Yan Beishen also sensed that something was wrong with me, and he protected me behind him and firmly blocked me with his body.
At this time, Meng Meng stood up, "His Royal Highness the Prince, what do you mean by this, today is the birthday banquet of the saint, you actually support the army into the palace, this is to rebel!" ”
"His Royal Highness King Yan, what you said is not right, this prince is in order to prevent the small people from having bad intentions, so he sent soldiers and horses to come, as long as you obey the holy decree, then this prince will naturally not hurt half a point."
I knew that it was absolutely impossible for Yan Beishen not to speak all the time, so he stood up at this time.
"Zeqing, you really want to make things so embarrassing, as long as you stop at this time, your father will definitely not punish you heavily, although you have a jade seal on this holy decree, but you are missing a private seal of your father, do you know?"
Zeqing was a little flustered at this time, but quickly calmed down, "Qingwang, you should call me the crown prince, the holy decree is true, you are not allowed to put your beak, in addition, the inside and outside of this imperial city are already full of my people, what you have to do is to surrender to this prince!" ”
Yan Hai had already walked to the front at this time, he saw me, but he just glanced at him and hurried by, he knelt down at Yan Zeqing, "Your Majesty, King Qing has arranged three thousand men and horses in the imperial city, and at this time it has been taken down by all his lowly subordinates, King Qing led his troops into the city, with bad intentions, please make a decision!" ”
There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, Yan Hai, you are still unwilling to let go of Yan Beishen!
Yan Zeqing's face immediately changed at this time, and he waved his sleeves, "Take down the Qingwang!" ”
And the situation in front of me suddenly became chaotic, Ci'an and Ah Ying escorted me to retreat, and when those soldiers wanted to step forward, General Liang stopped them, "His Royal Highness the Prince, this matter is still to be discussed, and I am in a hurry to put King Qing in prison now, I am afraid that I will fall into the mouth!" ”
After all, General Liang is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and his words are still somewhat powerful, and those soldiers are suddenly unable to go back and forth, so they can only stay where they are and do nothing.
"Presumptuous! The emperor's words, where is your turn to get a little general to interject! At this time, there were already people among the ministers who had rebelled, or they were originally Yan Zeqing's people, so it was not surprising to say this at this time.
This person seems to be a scholar, the official position is not small, and in addition to him, some people have come out to support Yan Zeqing, and now about half of the ministers are standing on Yan Beiqing's side, and the remaining half of the people don't know what to do at this time.
Yan Beishen said, "Zeqing, I gave you a chance, if you don't cherish it, then I, as an elder brother, can't do anything." After finishing speaking, Yan Beishen glanced at Leng Si, and Leng Si took out a jar of things from his body.
At this time, Zeqing suddenly shouted, "Grab what he has in his hand!" ”
Probably Zeqing was afraid that Leng Si was spinning in this thing, but Leng Si directly ate this thing, and then said, "Ministers, the dishes we ate just now were poisoned by His Royal Highness the Prince, of course, except for the table of Lord Qing, because I changed it." ”
As soon as he said this, the people present became endangered, and one or two began to have abnormal reactions, at this time Leng Si continued, "Think about it, if you support such a person as the emperor, can you have a better life in the future, I have an antidote in this bottle, just eat one by one!" ”
After speaking, he poured out a lot of it from his jar, and then sprinkled it in the air, and these ministers all lay on the ground to pick up the antidote, and Leng Si also gave the rest of the remaining antidote to General Gu Ran, Zhou Liu, and Meng Pan.
At this time, Yan Zeqing said, "Whoever dares to take the antidote, I will kill whoever I want!" As soon as the words fell, those people raised their knives and began to slash one by one, and Yan Hai also began to attack Leng Si.
Kun Yu didn't know when she ran outside, she fired a signal flare, and in this gap, the whole hall was already in chaos, until a heavy sound of porcelain bottle shattering remembered!
It was the big white porcelain vase next to the dragon chair that was broken, and the person who broke it was Yan Hai, in the chaos, no one noticed the situation on the emperor's side, and Yan Hai rushed up directly.
"No one is allowed to move, or I'll kill him!"
Yan Beishen had already killed his red eyes at this time, "Yan Hai!" Let's take it easy, your plan and Zeqing's plan has failed! ”
It is not unreasonable for him to say this, because now many people are pouring in outside, and the ones who are the first to come in and stand at the front are Yuheng and Ling Guogong!
Yan Hai smiled, "Do you think I really want to help this kid sit on the throne, you are wrong, all I want is his life!" ”
Saying that, Yan Hai wanted to attack the emperor who had no ability to resist, but Yan Zeqing was actually anxious, "Master don't want it!" Don't kill my father, you said you won't kill him! ”
I thought that Yan Zeqing's most hated person in this world was his father, but I didn't want Yan Zeqing to relent.
Yan Haidao, "Zeqing, I have never regarded you as my apprentice, why do you think I want to be your master, I want to use your relationship to kill Yan Hua, the dog thief, one day, I want to avenge Nianxin!" Fool, I'm just taking advantage of you! ”
Zeqing was also a little unconvinced at this time, "Master, you are talking nonsense, you obviously said that you are an existence like my own father, how can you use me, you lie to me!" ”
I think the position of the father in Zeqing's heart was replaced by Yan Hai, but what he didn't know was that the person he thought was good to him was just treating him as a chess piece, and his sincerity was trampled on again.