The next day, Xia Qian was woken up early in the morning by the sound of birds.

Hearing that it was the two birds of spring flowers and autumn moon, she fell asleep with a quilt.

"Why are you still asleep? Today's birthday banquet in the Qingtian Palace, Dad let the two of us go to pay homage, you hurry up! Huo Zun's hurried voice came from the door.

The Celestial Palace?

Xia Qian sat up, today was the big day he had been looking forward to for a long time.

After finishing her makeup, Yu Nuan suddenly walked into the room, looked at her makeup, and smiled and gave her a jade hairpin on her head.

This jade hairpin is a token of their connection with the informant on the side of the Yi country, and after Yu Nuan gave it to her yesterday, she turned around and threw it into the garden.

When she went out, the sound of birds kept ringing over her head.

Xia Qian raised her head and looked, her legs were weak, and she almost collapsed on the ground.

The two birds repeatedly emphasized the same sentence - a group of people were going to kill her!

Pack?

As if struck by lightning, her body and soul parted ways in an instant.

The king is now more than 10,000 people under one person, and almost all the officials of the court and China have rushed to congratulate him on his birthday, and pedestrians, carriages, horses, and congratulatory gifts have almost blocked a street.

After getting out of the carriage, Huo Zun took Xia Qian into the palace dignifiedly.

Didn't you want to give a congratulatory gift, why did you go in empty-handed? Xia Qian looked puzzled.

When Kuo Tianchen saw them, he greeted them happily: "I was still boasting just now, saying that the birthday gift of your General's Mansion is the best scenery at this banquet." I said you've been in a bad mood lately, shouldn't you send it in person? ”

Huo Zun replied very calmly: "I was in a bad mood a few days ago, but today is not bad." This year's birthday gift was prepared by my father himself, and it was much better than what I had prepared in previous years! ”

Kuo Tianchen talked and laughed, and arranged the two of them and Lu Jingheng, Li Mao and others to a table.

What Chunhua Qiuyue reminded just now made Xia Qian not dare to relax for a moment, and calmed down and observed the flow of people around her.

From the slaves and maidservants of the Qingtian Palace, to the wives and concubines, from the civil and military officials of He Shou to their wives, she looked carefully three times, but she did not find the "group of people" who wanted to kill her.

"The Zhenguo General's Mansion sent a congratulatory gift!"

As the loud voice fell, a huge box was carried in.

Everyone turned around in unison, their eyes fixed on the box.

Xia Qian was happy in her heart, and her eyes were shining.

"The year before last, it was the Rui Beast who danced, and last year it was the Pearl of the East China Sea, Yao Coral, guess what this year is?"

"It's hard to say, the General's Mansion has deep financial resources, and there are no strange things that they can't get!"

……

During the banquet, some people were already talking.

"Haha, I receive surprises from the General's Mansion every year, and this king is really lucky!" The Optimus smiled and walked over to the box.

The chest is silver, with a layer of agate, turquoise, and field yellow on top, and the outside is tied with a red ribbon.

In front of the box, there is a soldier from the General's Mansion standing on the left and right, and a hand-held tray in front of the left, and a pair of scissors wrapped in red silk are placed on the plate.

Huo Zun bowed respectfully to the King of Heaven and congratulated: "Teng'er was ordered by his father to come to congratulate the prince on his birthday. May the prince be as blessed as the East China Sea, and live longer than Nanshan! ”

"Hahaha, the general bothered. Open it up and let everyone take a look, everyone is looking forward to it! The King stroked his beard and laughed.

Huo Zun waved his arm, and the soldiers cut off the ribbon and lifted the lid of the box with a smile.

Suddenly, thick dust poured up from the box, and black things flew out like lightning, flying around the yard, on the table, and over everyone's heads, and the scene immediately got out of control.

"Bats!"

Huo Zun let out a loud sigh and stepped forward to cover the box.

At that moment, before he could grasp the lid of the box, a black python with thick arms suddenly straightened up and pounced.

His face was shocked, and he flew out a few meters away in an instant.

Seeing this, everyone screamed and hurriedly fled from the table.

The python had half a leftover bat in its mouth, its mouth mixed with dripping blood, and it shook its head with a letter and quickly chased after him.

Everyone watched the black python crawl out of the box, and the one who still had some sanity had escaped more than ten meters away, and the stupid ones were only trembling.

Huo Zun immediately drew his sword and rushed forward, cutting the python into two pieces after several rounds.

Although the python lost its breath after struggling for a long time, most of the people in the courtyard were scared, and a good feast was messed up.

Huo Zun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask the King of Heaven to plead guilty.

King Qingtian looked at him angrily, and his voice trembled with anger: "It seems that the general is not only trying to spoil everyone's interest, but also to take the king's life!" ”

"This matter is definitely not my father's will, it is all Teng'er's unfavorable affairs, which makes the prince frightened!"

Kuo Tianchen glared at him menacingly, and asked angrily, "You just said that the congratulatory gift was prepared by your father himself, and this will start to quibble again?" ”

"This birthday gift was thought of by my father, but I prepared the specifics, and he didn't participate from beginning to end!"

Kuo Tianchen sneered, and sharply accused: "Let us have such a big scandal in the Heavenly King's Mansion, your General's Mansion is still really ill-intentioned!" ”

Huo Zun's eyebrows twisted, and he hurriedly knelt down and explained to King Qingtian: "Lord Wang, this matter really has nothing to do with my father, it is Teng'er who is not doing well, and he is willing to be punished by everything!" ”

The King of Heaven gave him a gloomy look and asked rhetorically, "Punishment? How dare the people of the General's Mansion be provoked? It's better to ask the emperor to do it! ”

"Lord Wang, today's incident is purely accidental, please also ask the prince to punish Teng'er alone, don't alarm the emperor!"

The King of Heaven paused, weighing the pros and cons.

If it is a saint, the general's mansion will be punished for this matter, but the emperor attaches great importance to the balance of the court, and it is impossible to put aside the military power of the Huo family, at most, it is to publicly apologize and pay some silver.

Kuo Tianchen's eyes lit up, and he suggested to his father with a wicked smile: "He is here to celebrate his birthday, and he has alarmed the emperor, but it seems that the two families are separated." It's better to give him a chance, as long as we can make up a birthday gift that satisfies everyone, we will act as if nothing happened! ”

"Keeping everyone happy? You're too embarrassed for him, aren't you? King Optimus glanced at Huo Zun with disdain.

Kuo Tianchen raised his eyebrows and added: "Huo Zun, for the sake of your and my brother's relationship, I asked for a chance to remedy it for you, and it is up to you whether you can seize it or not!" ”

He did propose a way to save the scene, but everyone was stunned - let Huo Zun perform sword swallowing in public.

Knowing that it was a weasel who gave the chicken a New Year's greeting, but he didn't want to alarm the emperor, Huo Zun had no choice.

Swallow the sword?

This is good, it's scary! It's exciting!

Xia Qian, who has watched countless stunt performances on TV, is full of expectations for this live reality show.

The story of the noble son of the General's Mansion, who had missed the battle with the general's concubine, performed sword-swallowing in the Heavenly Palace, and the guests who had already been frightened just now all popped out of their heads.