Chapter 301: Murderous Opportunity
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Jin Xiuzhu was sitting on a circle chair in the east guest room, holding a small porcelain tea cup in her hand, and sniffing the fragrance of tea rising from the tea cup.
The living room is decorated with brand new rosewood furniture, which is quite exquisite.
The Luohan bed is covered with a new jade-colored embroidered bamboo leaf satin mattress with several bamboo-blue pillows.
On the small red sandalwood kang table in the middle of the Luohan bed, there is a small jade bottle with bamboo branches inserted in it.
The circle chair is covered with a jade-colored embroidered bamboo leaf satin chair, the seat cushion is also bamboo leaf blue, and on the small table in the middle of the circle chair, there is a delicate white jade tray, which is a set of porcelain tea sets.
The floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides of the door were covered with light green cicada wing veils, and the smoky plain gauze curtains were hung up by jasper hooks.
There is a delicate white jade incense burner on the rosewood multi-treasure pavilion next to it, exuding the smell of mint cool and shady.
This room looks simple and elegant, but in fact, it is full of luxury.
Jin Xiuzhu's body slowly leaned back in the chair, and sighed with satisfaction in her heart: I, Jin Xiuzhu, also have a day when I am on an equal footing with Bai Yuyu! It seems that as long as people identify a goal and work hard, they will achieve their goal one day!
The first goal has been achieved, and I will go further!
At this moment, the voice of the maid came from outside: "Liangdi is here!" β
When Jin Xiuzhu heard this, she hurriedly adjusted her expression, brewed a warm smile, and got up to greet her.
After saluting each other, Yu Yu sat down on the Luohan bed and looked at Jin Xiuzhu with a smile.
Jin Xiuzhu was wearing a lady's dress, wearing a crown of beads, and her face was powdered, looking quite bright and luxurious.
In the end, she is young, although she is pregnant, her body is still slim.
Yu Yu was too lazy to talk nonsense with Jin Xiuzhu, and said with a smile: "I don't know what happened when you came to see me, madam?" β
Jin Xiuzhu was Mrs. Chufeng, so excited that she had nowhere to put her hands and feet, her body and mind were excited, and she rehearsed a large basket of gorgeous rhetoric and ominous and rich meanings between the royal family.
After smiling reluctantly, Jin Xiuzhu said dryly: "Today, the palace sent someone to send the invitation to the Shangsi Festival banquet to Yuli Garden, and invited me to participate in it, I don't know if I should go or not, so I came to ask you." β
Yu Yu smiled gently: "If you want to go, tell the housekeeper Li Rui and let him arrange it; If you don't want to go, find a reason to let people go back! β
Jin Xiuzhu gradually relaxed, looked at Yu Yu and asked, "What is this Shangsi Festival banquet?" I don't understand at all! β
Yu Yu thought for a while, and said: "Shangsi Festival is commonly known as March 3, the Central Plains area in the Shangsi Festival to worship Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the convention is customary, every March on the third day, the Han people on the day of the Shangsi Festival waterside feast, the suburbs to visit the spring, in order to commemorate the Yellow Emperor. Our Great Zhou capital, every year presided over by the queen's mother, held in Jinmingchi Shangsi Festival garden, there are decent concubines in the palace and the three and above in the court will receive invitations, and the three good ladies of our prince's mansion have also received invitations. β
Jin Xiuzhu wanted to go very much, and she lowered her eyes to think, but she was actually admiring her fingers - her nails were smeared with bright kodan, and she wore a red gold ruby ring on her ring finger and index finger, which were extremely bright in color, but not vulgar.
Yu Yu understood at a glance, and said with a smile: "If you are ready to go over, send a mother to find Li Rui!" β
With that, she picked up the teacup and made a gesture to drink.
Jin Xiuzhu knew that this was the meaning of sending off guests, so she got up immediately and said goodbye with a smile.
Yu Yu watched her leave, and then took Han Lin's hand back to the main room and sat down.
She is now seven months pregnant, although her movements are quite neat, but after all, her belly is already high and bulging, so it is better to be careful.
Han Lin sat on the side, massaging Yu Yu's somewhat swollen legs with moderate strength, and asked in a low voice: "Liangdi, Li Liangyuan, Wang Liangyuan and Yelu Liangyuan also received the queen's post, I don't know if they will go or not!" β
Yu Yan smiled and said, "Anyway, if they want to go, they will definitely go to Li Rui, we will wait, sooner or later we will know!" β
A few days later, Lin Jia brought Ah Yin back from the Yutang Palace.
Yu Yu had been missing Ah Yin for a long time, and was huddled together with Ah Yin to talk about interesting things in the palace, Li Rui came in and replied: "Liangdi, Li Liangyuan, Wang Liangyuan and Yelu Liangyuan are going to Jinmingchi to attend the banquet on the day of the festival, I have agreed to follow your instructions, and I have arranged a sedan entourage!" β
Yu Yu hugged Ah Yin and asked directly in front of Ah Yin, "Are there any people who follow him?" β
When Li Rui heard this, he immediately looked at Ah Yin, and he felt that it was not appropriate for children to be present.
Ah Yin's eyes were clear, and he looked at Li Rui intently, waiting for Li Rui's answer.
Yu Yu knew what Lin Jia was thinking, and said slowly: "Ah Yin's identity is destined that he can't be naΓ―ve all the time, what he should know should be known earlier, and what he should learn must be learned earlier, if we don't teach him, we will pay a great price for others to teach him in the future!" β
She looked at Ah Yin with a smile in her eyes: "My Ah Yin has the tightest mouth and never talks nonsense, right?" β
Ah Yin nodded seriously: "I never talk nonsense, my mother said, you have to think twice before doing things and talking, whether you should do it or not, whether you should say it or not, you have to think about it!" β
Li Rui couldn't help laughing, and immediately solemnly bowed to Ah Yin: "It's the subordinates who underestimate the son, please atone for the son!" β
Ah Yin was almost inseparable from Emperor Yongtai in the Yutang Hall during this time, and learned some of Emperor Yongtai's style, and raised his hand seriously: "Redeem your innocence!" β
Yu Yu suddenly hugged him and laughed.
A smile appeared on Li Ruijunxiu's face.
Hanlin and Chunyu, who were waiting in the bright room, also laughed.
In the blink of an eye, it was the March 3rd Festival.
This day was the rest day stipulated by the imperial court, and Lin Jia was naturally idle, so she simply complained about her illness and did not go to the Shangsi Festival banquet in Jin Mingchi, and concentrated on accompanying Yu Yu and Ah Yin in the mansion.
After breakfast, the family of three went to the lake in the back garden, where Ye Luxiao and Ah Lan were already waiting.
Yu Yu sat in the water pavilion and blew the wind, while Lin Jia took Ah Yin, Ye Luxiao and Ah Lan to fish.
At noon, Ah Lan set up a grill and grilled the fish she caught.
Diametrically opposed to the calm of the Prince's Mansion, today's Jinmingchi is very lively, the palace concubines, royal ladies and all the people are vying for beauty, the Great Zhou clan, the sons of the family and the high-ranking officials are rubbing shoulders, and it is very prosperous and lively for a while.
Empress Jiang received four female dependents from the Prince's Mansion in the Qingfeng Pavilion - Li Liangyuan, Wang Liangyuan, Yelu Liangyuan, and Lady Jin, the concubine of the King of Xingping County.
Qingming presented the plain porcelain bowl and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, are they waiting outside now, let them come in together?" β
Queen Jiang took the plain porcelain bowl, picked up the bowl lid and dialed it, took a sip elegantly, covered the bowl lid, and handed it over.
Qingming took it over.
Empress Jiang straightened the big red embroidered phoenix dress on her body, and said with a smile: "Please come in with them!" β
Qingming replied "yes" and glanced at Lichun who was standing aside.
Lichun was not angry in his heart, but he had to retreat with a respectful face to pass the word.
Turanya, Pingcheng, Lianhua, and Jin Xiuzhu were waiting under the pear tree outside, and after listening to Lichun's summons, Turanya immediately walked out and stood at the front.
Jin Xiuzhen was pregnant and didn't dare to compete, so she hurriedly took a few steps back, for fear of being affected.
Princess Pingcheng and the Lotus Lord walked out at the same time, but Princess Pingcheng was very domineering, and with a shoulder on her shoulder, she carried the slender Lotus Lord aside, and walked to the front side by side with Turanya.
The Lotus Lord stumbled for a moment, quickly stabilized his pace, smiled slightly, and didn't seem to be angry, waiting for Jin Xiuzhu to step forward and walk side by side with Jin Xiuzhu.
After saluting, the palace maid led Tulanya and Heping City to sit down in the two positions closest to Empress Jiang, while Lotus and Jin Xiuzhu sat down on the more remote treasure chairs.
After a few words of greeting, Empress Jiang smiled gracefully: "Li Liangyuan, Yelu Liangyuan, Wang Liangyuan, you have come to the Great Zhou far away from your mother country and become the concubine of the crown prince, you can stay in the Great Zhou with peace of mind in the future, serve the prince wholeheartedly, extend the heirs for His Royal Highness the prince as soon as possible, and open up branches and leaves for the royal family of the Great Zhou!" β
Hearing this, Tulanya smiled loudly: "Thank you for the queen's auspicious words, the concubine must serve the prince well!" β
Princess Pingcheng pursed her lips, her eyes provocatively and said: "Queen Mother, you say this, do you think that if I sleep on my own, I will be able to give birth to the heir of His Royal Highness the Prince?" β
She has been in the Prince's Mansion for nearly a month, but she has only seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once, let alone sleeping in bed!
The nobles of the Liao State have always been debauched, and she is the sister of the Emperor of the Liao State, and she is even more reckless, on the surface holy and noble, in fact, the river and the sea do not refuse, and there are not hundreds of ministers under the skirt, but there are also one or twenty.
Now she is forced to abstain from sex and keep her chastity, just like a person who is used to eating big fish and meat is forced to become a vegetarian, how can she endure it? I've been holding back the fire in my stomach for a long time!
Hearing this, the Lotus Lord seemed to be taken aback, glanced at Princess Pingcheng, and lowered his head.
Kim so-joo didn't expect that she would be able to see such a hot scene, and she was stunned.
Empress Jiang looked serious: "Yelu Liangyuan, what is going on?" Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince he"
Princess Pingcheng snorted angrily: "This concubine doesn't know, the entire prince's mansion, I'm afraid only Bai Liangdi knows!" β
Empress Jiang immediately found a weapon to take advantage of, rejoiced in her heart, sighed and said: "Don't worry, after this palace is a country, the mother of the world, will be the master for you!" β
Princess Pingcheng immediately laughed, and bent her knees generously: "Thank you, Queen Mother!" β
After the banquet, all the ladies were placed in the South Palace by Queen Jiang to rest, ready to enjoy the lanterns at night.
Emperor Yongtai took the men to the North Palace, the silk and bamboo ensemble, the dancers danced, and the banquet was reopened.
Because Lin Jia was not there, Emperor Yongtai was a little indulgent, and ordered Yang Wenxuan to send 200 female musicians from the Ting Sect to accompany the wine.
Yang Wen went to announce the decree on the front foot, and sent the little eunuch to the prince's mansion to deliver the message - Your Majesty is over forty years old now, and he really doesn't dare to indulge in lust anymore!
Knowing that Yang Wen sent someone out of the palace, Empress Jiang's eyes lit up.
The so-called female music of the Yeting Sect is actually a palace prostitute, and her status in the palace is not even as good as that of ordinary palace maids, which is to let the emperor and dignitaries vent their desires in the banquet.
Usually Lin Jia is in the court, and in the most annoying banquet, he summoned the female music of the court to accompany the wine, so Emperor Yongtai has not indulged in pleasure for a long time, so he must have been in a hurry.
Now that Emperor Yongtai has summoned the female music of the Yeting Sect to accompany the wine, Yang Wen has always been loyal, but at this time he sent his cronies and little eunuchs out of the palace, he must have asked people to inform Lin Jia, so that Lin Jia could stop Emperor Yongtai from indulging in lust!
Thinking of this, Queen Jiang's heart jumped anxiously - she had raised soldiers for a thousand days and used them for a while, and finally found an opportunity to assassinate Lin Jia!
Lin Jia was in a hurry to go out of the city and come to Jinmingchi Palace, so he shouldn't have had time to bring a large number of guards to follow the guards!
After taking a deep breath, Empress Jiang told Qingming in a low voice: "You go to find the eldest prince now"
With the grilled fish, Lin Jia and Yu Yu took Ah Yin back to Tingsong Courtyard.
Ah Yin played for a long time, and he was so tired that he couldn't open his eyes, so he followed Ye Ling and Ye Bi back to the west ear room to take a nap.
Lin Jia and Yu Yu also fell asleep on the couch in front of the bedroom window.
Today, I played with Ah Yin in the back garden for a long time, and they were all tired.
Lin Jia has a lot of heart, although her body is tired, her brain is very clear.
He was lying with his eyes closed in his arms, but he was thinking about the situation in Dali in his heart.
Dali side of his business for many years, planted countless hidden nails, but also made full preparations for war, some time ago he sent people to Liao to negotiate with the Liao emperor, so as not to suffer the enemy.
So after thinking about it again,; Lin Jia felt that there was no last resort, so she began to think about her daughter Chang'an again.
Thinking that Chang'an was stolen by Han Qing and that he was going to leave his father and brother to grow up in the barbarian land of the northwest, Lin Jia felt uncomfortable for a while.
This time the use of troops in the southwest naturally has many purposes, and one of the most important points is to force Han Qing to negotiate in order to return his daughter Chang'an
Lin Jia was combing his thoughts, and a timid voice came from Mint: "Your Highness, Gonggong Yang in the palace sent someone to ask to see you, saying that there is something urgent to see you!" β