174 Hongmen Banquet

In the winter sun at noon, the pale and weak squeezed into the cracks in the windows of the "Summer Palace" and pasted on the surrounding walls. Lazily share the heat of the central fire in the house!

Next to the charcoal stove was a carved table of eight immortals, and the five people standing around it were busy with their duties: Wang Shuyun skillfully pulled out a small piece of dough in the copper basin and kneaded it round and placed it on it; The owner of this palace, Prince Chongzhen, and Li Yunlong, the concubine of the East Palace, are responsible for mashing the fried sesame crumbs and mixing them with sugar, peach shortbread, and sesame oil to make a delicious filling; Princess Wang Jinhua of Zhongyi and Princess Yong Leping of Changle of the East Palace respectively took chopsticks and stuffed them into small balls----

At this moment, everyone's face showed a calm, satisfied look. There is a harmonious and tacit atmosphere between the big guys!

Suddenly, there was the sound of "snap, snap" footsteps running rapidly in the corridor. A moment later, the sound of the wooden door being pushed open and hitting the wall exploded with the sound of "Boom, Boom". A maid broke in with a pale face and said breathlessly, "The queen ,---- big thing is not good----

The cold air came in coldly, and everyone's bodies couldn't help shaking. The big guy looked up at them as if he had made an appointment and exclaimed, "Oh, it's so cold." What could be so alarming you? Hurry up and close the door before you talk about it!

Hearing this, the maid immediately turned around and closed the wooden door. Then he covered his heart and gasped and said: The queen, the prince---- the horse, and the two princesses, a few ---- royal forest soldiers are guarding the edge of the -----shaped circular hole that enters here. It was said that the emperor ordered them to come, and the slave maid ---- specially came to inform them!

As soon as her words landed, the four young people who were busy making "small balls" couldn't help but put down the work in their hands. One by one, they frowned and muttered to themselves: Hey, this is the "Summer Palace". How could my father not let it go? What's going on here?

Wang Shuyun clearly heard the heartbeat of the children's "poof, poof", and finally slowly put down the big dough in her hand. She first turned to the pale maid and said, "Xiaoqin, we'll tell you the day we come here after we leave the cold palace." No matter what time in the future, you can only call me "aunt" after the abolition! Why can't you remember it until now?

The maid Xiaoqin's face flushed with shyness, and she snorted embarrassedly: Queen Wang, when you were in charge of the harem, you never discriminated against us as slaves. On the contrary, treat us as your own sisters! Now, you are indeed a dead queen. However, we are still thinking about how good you were at the beginning. I'm afraid it's hard to change the name I used to be in this life!

Wang Shuyun took out a handkerchief to wipe the flour on her hands, walked to her, shook her hands, shook her head, and said: Xiaoqin, I understand your deep affection. For the safety of us and Chongzhen, we can only implore you and your sisters to change the name they used to call me!

As she spoke, she suddenly changed her words and said, "Okay, thank you for coming here to remind us." Please continue to pay attention to the situation of the "Changle Palace" for the eldest princess and the horses!

The former master spoke, and the maid Xiaoqin bent down and bowed deeply and said respectfully: Yes, obey. As soon as there is news, the slave and maid will definitely come here to report it!

The words slipped out, and everyone felt that the figure in front of them flickered. I heard the wooden door of the "Summer Palace" "creak" and was opened and closed again. Immediately after that, there was the sound of boots "creaking, creaking" against the hallway. Gradually, it drifted away----

Immediately, Prince Chongzhen turned to Wang Shuyun and said nervously: "Eniang, my father is afraid that the emperor will arrest you and take you to the cold palace to suffer." My son is terrified of being separated from you again!

Wang Shuyun waved her hand at him, then turned to Yong Leping, the eldest princess of the East Palace, and said: Le Ping'er, you are from the "Changle Palace". The concubine and the princess Zhongyi can also be regarded as the righteous daughter and concubine of the "Changle Palace"! I think your father must have thought that you might go to the backyard to release carrier pigeons to the southwest border, and pass on the bad news that your brother, Chongxi, the second prince of the East Palace, had crashed to death on a cement pillar in front of the "Heavenly Prison" to his two uncles. Therefore, he ordered that men should be guarded by the arc that leads to here!

When Yong Leping, the eldest princess of the East Palace, heard this, she said with longing: "Mother Wang, two days ago, I heard from the maid that there were four deputies of the "Imperial Guards with Knives" guarding the outside of the "Changle Palace". My heart is tense for the queen mother! After listening to what you said, I think it's also reasonable. Today, the maid said that there are guards of the Royal Forest here. I felt like I was going to lose something, but I couldn't figure out what I was going to lose. Oh, I hope everything is as you say!

Wang Shuyun pressed her shoulder twice, and said with a smile: If it weren't for what I thought, those Royal Forest Soldiers would have come in to arrest you, Princess Zhongyi and the concubine back to the "Changle Palace". Don't think about it anymore!

Suddenly, the wooden door of the "Summer Palace" was pushed open again by someone "squeak". Immediately after that, it exploded the sissy deliberately dragged out by the chief eunuch Li Gonggong: the emperor - up - driving - arrived, picked up - drove - hello!

These seven words entered the ears of the five people in the room very clearly. The four young people couldn't help but look at each other, and they all threw a common question to each other: Hey, this is an extraordinary time in the palace. How could my father move here? What's going on? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

Even Wang Shuyun, who has always been calm and calm, couldn't help scratching her ears and muttering to herself: It's been eighteen years, and Chongzhen'er always says when she visits me in the cold palace. Since the day I was thrown into the cold palace, the emperor has not moved the "Summer Palace" once! Now, why is he "unprecedented"? What the hell is going on?

There was no doubt that the five people in the room looked incredulous. All fell into the eyes of Gonggong Li, the chief eunuch who came to the door of the 'Summer Palace'!

Of course, he could see why. However, he understands better what the emperor ordered not to be revealed. No one can divulge it without permission!

So, seeing that the emperor was almost there under the escort of several royal forest soldiers. The chief eunuch Li Gonggong hurriedly shouted: The emperor - go - drive - arrive, hurry - pick up - drive - ah!

In this way, the five people in the room finally retracted the idea of flying "beyond the clouds". Wang Shuyun hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe her hands clean, walked to the door, bent down and knelt down to "poof" and shouted: The queen is here, greet the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live it!

Immediately after, the four young men also took out their handkerchiefs to wipe their hands clean and walked to the door. also learned that she bent over and bent her knees to kneel down and shout: The son is here, greeting the emperor. Long live my emperor, long live it!

At the mouth of the conversation, Emperor Yongxi stopped at the door of the "Summer Palace" under the escort of several imperial forest soldiers. He stretched out his hands forward and said: Shuyun, Chongzhen'er, Le Ping'er, Jin Hua'er, and Donkey, please be flat!

Next, he walked up to Wang Shuyun, the wife of the dregs, picked her up, walked to the carved Eight Immortals table and sat down. With a face full of piety, he said: In the past eighteen years, you have suffered a lot. I have no choice but to say "I'm sorry" now!

Seeing this, the hearts of the four young people who were beating wildly finally fell to the bottom of their hearts. One by one, they stood up in a good mood and walked to sit opposite them, their eyes wide open to see some clues!

Emperor Yongxi took out a few bamboo slips from his arms and ran to them, and said quietly: "Children, I will send these few pieces for the two uncles today. Read it carefully and say what you feel!

Wang Shuyun just dreamed of "One Thousand and One Nights", and she would definitely not have thought that the Son of Heaven would come to the "Summer Palace" to talk about today. It is actually related to the two generals of Hua!

However, every word that Emperor Yongxi said just now. But it all came into her ears word for word, and she was neither deaf nor blind nor a stupid fool born with a brain. There is no doubt that those bamboo slips are made of twists and turns. At this moment, it was like a huge magnet that attracted a sense of curiosity in her heart, which is common to all members of the human race with flexible brains.

However, Wang Shuyun, who knew that "the harem can't participate in politics", faced her former man. I don't know how to talk to him for a while?

Therefore, he looked at the four young people who were reading quietly with bamboo slips on the other side. Like a child born into a poor family, she saw the delicacies of a rich family, her eyes wide open at the twists and turns, and the four pairs of attentive eyes that fell on them. I secretly guessed the content in my heart, is it a good thing or a bad thing?

The greedy look on his beloved wife Wang Shuyun's face was, of course, all in the eyes of Emperor Yongxi. He casually picked up a bamboo slip and handed it to her, and said with a smile: You want to see it so much, why don't you tell me? Come on, let's take a look at this book first!

The listener's somewhat haggard cheeks suddenly glowed with a blush like a "ripe persimmon". She said shyly: Your Majesty, the concubine was once a guilty person. Besides, I also know that "the harem can't participate in politics"! How dare they ask you for a reckoning?

Speaking of this, Wang Shuyun couldn't control the curiosity in her heart anymore. She couldn't wait to open the bamboo slip and look down carefully!

The further down she looked, the tighter her brow locked. Seeing that it was coming, she couldn't help but slap the table and exclaimed: My God, how can these two Hua generals "eat the king's life and be disloyal to the king's life"? Aren't they the "big moths" of the treasury and the "big sinners" of our dynasty when they fill their salaries and provide for beautiful women for fun? It's time to set a ----

The words slipped here, and Wang Shuyun suddenly felt that his words were inappropriate. Shut up and shut up!

Because, she thought of it: the two Hua generals in the compromises are the uncles of Yong Leping, the eldest princess of the East Palace, and she actually called them the "big sinners" of our dynasty in front of her just now. It's really not thoughtful!

So, Wang Shuyun quickly closed the bamboo slip in her hand. Raising his head and looking at the girl opposite him with shame, he met her eyes that were misty with tears!

Her somewhat haggard cheeks immediately flushed with shyness, and she hurriedly said: Le Ping'er, I was about to lose my words just now. I know that saying those words in front of your father is a great suspicion of "adding fuel to the fire". What a shame! I know you must hate me in your heart now, you can scold me or beat me. As long as you feel that you can relieve your anger, I have no complaints!

However, what Wang Shuyun heard was the other party's calm sobs: Mother Wang, my two uncles deserve to embezzle military salaries without authorization. What you just said about them is also what I think in my heart, so what shame do I have to blame you? You don't have to blame yourself for your gaffes!

As she spoke, Yong Leping, the eldest princess of the East Palace, took out a handkerchief and vigorously wiped the tears that wantonly violated her cheeks twice. Then, she left her seat and walked to Emperor Yongxi, knelt down and said in a choked voice: "Father, I know that you are here today to tell me and the horse. You are ready to issue a decree designating Dali Temple to sentence the two uncles to the death penalty of "beheading all over the house"! If you still want to add the crime of "exterminating the Nine Clans" to the two of them. I just want to ask you to spare the queen mother and the colt! May I?

At the same time, Li Yunlong, the concubine, turned to the woman beside him and said: "Jinhua is a good wife, how can I, as a concubine of the East Palace, be a villain who steals his life? In this life, I have no chance to accompany you to grow old together, so I can only "repay the grass" in the next life!

Princess Zhongyi Wang Jinhua's eyes were full of tears, and she buried her body in his arms and said without hesitation: "Husband, the two uncles of the country have committed the crime of "exterminating the nine clans" in Chaogangzhen. You are the concubine of the East Palace, and you can't get rid of the implication of going to Huangquan, and I am your wife, and I must also go to the guillotine. I've resigned myself to my fate, and I will never regret it!

Seeing this, Emperor Yongxi, Wang Shuyun, and Prince Chongzhen were all so moved that tears welled up in their eyes. As if they had made an appointment, they sighed in unison: Wow, what a touching scene. No wonder I wrote a beautiful poem to the great writer Yuan Haoqing, "Ask what is the love in the world, and teach people to promise life and death"!

Then, a deep, loud voice permeated and swirled in the air flow above the "Summer Palace": Concubine, Le Ping'er, Jin Hua'er, I ask you to read the recital against the two Hua generals. I just want you to understand that they have committed an unpardonable sin! I am a son of heaven with clear grievances and strict rewards and punishments, and this time I will only issue an order to designate Dali Temple to sentence them to the crime of "beheading all over the house". You and Queen Hua are different!

Hearing this, the three young people shouted in unison: Thank you for your father's forgiveness to the queen mother and us, and wish my father and emperor good health like an immortal pine in Nanshan. The sons will always remember the deep affection of their father!