Chapter 15 The Concubine Tastes the Sword
Qi Yuanmin couldn't afford it.
The royal physician told him that he had three days left at most.
His mother, Concubine Wan, urged him over and over again, asking him to hurry up and lay his death on the crown prince.
Qi Yuanmin stared at the sword in his hand and smiled bitterly, he really underestimated Wen Jinghua's vicious girl.
She actually expected that she would compete with the prince, so she warned the prince early.
Now that the prince is closed, he doesn't let Qi Yuanmin use both soft and hard, but he refuses to show his head.
Qi Yuanmin had nothing to do.
But Wan Guifei has a way.
The prince refused to show his head, so let the emperor force him to show his head.
Wan Guifei said that the second prince had obtained a peerless sword called "Duyou Sword", so she took advantage of this excuse to urgently hold a palace night banquet.
The emperor personally wrote the invitation, and the queen and the prince knew that it was a plan, but they didn't dare not go.
To Wen Jinghua's surprise, she actually received an invitation from Wan Guifei.
Intuition told her that the person who really wanted to invite her was actually Qi Yuanmin.
Wen Jinghua didn't want to go to the banquet, although she denied it in her heart, she actually knew very well that she couldn't bear to watch Qi Yuanmin die with her own eyes.
Whether his plan succeeds or not, today is definitely his death.
Wen Jinghua didn't want to go, but just like the crown prince and the queen, the holy order was difficult to disobey, and she had to go.
In the palace of the concubine, the fire tree is silver.
In the extravagant sword night banquet, only the emperor sitting on the dragon chair is the one who is really enjoying it.
The rest of the guests all had different thoughts.
Wen Jinghua sat in the corner of the most powerful place, looking coldly at the vanity and grievances of everyone at the banquet.
Concubine Wan almost sat in His Majesty's dragon chair, she peeled a grape, lay beside the emperor and whispered: "Your Majesty, eat a grape peeled by the concubine." ”
The emperor took Wan Guifei's grapes in his mouth and ate her fingers by the way.
The queen sat upright on the side, without any expression on her face.
But her eyes contained the pain that Wen Jinghua could empathize with.
Once upon a time, in the face of Qi Yuanshen, who spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, Wen Jinghua's eyes were also so forbearant and mournful.
She toasted a glass of wine to the queen from afar, and the queen smiled slightly.
Qi Yuanmin was pushing the cup with the prince, and every time he poured a glass of wine, Wen Jinghua's heart trembled.
His body had run out of oil, and now I am afraid that a seven-year-old child could easily kill him.
Wen Jinghua lowered her head, unable to bear to look at it again.
Qi Yuanmin didn't look at her at all.
The two are like ordinary strangers who have only seen each other once.
Suddenly, Wan Guifei giggled on the high seat, and her voice was as graceful and beautiful as Huang Li out of the valley.
"Your Majesty, the sword is a good sword, but the sword should also be matched with a hero, isn't it? According to the concubines, it is also boring for us to sit empty and admire the Duyou Sword, why don't we invite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Min'er to have a discussion in front of His Majesty?"
When the queen and the crown prince heard this, their faces changed drastically.
Rao was mentally prepared before, and when the matter came, the mother and son were still surprised by Wan Guifei's ruthless arrogance.
She is pushing her son to die quickly!
The crown prince immediately got up and resigned, "I also ask my father to forgive me, the sword has no eyes, how dare my son compete with the second brother." ”
The emperor originally wanted to let the two sons compare with him, but when he was about to speak, he was intercepted by the prince, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of displeasure in his heart.
Seeing this, Qi Yuanmin laughed loudly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is talking about this, since we are just trying the sword, it is natural to stop at the point, where will it be as dangerous as the imperial brother said." In my opinion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has repeatedly refused, I'm afraid it's not because I'm afraid that the sword has no eyes, but because I'm afraid that I will lose my identity in the East Palace by competing with my courtiers!"
The crown prince was about to refute, but he saw that the emperor said impatiently: "What is the identity of the East Palace! If you want to compare with you, Min'er will not hurt you, as the prince of the East Palace, how can you be so cowardly!"
The prince's face turned pale for a while, and the queen was also very helpless.
The emperor is so partial to Wan's mother and son, it is really lustful.
The prince knew that he would never be able to compete with Qi Yuanmin, because as long as he was killed, Qi Yuanmin would definitely be able to rely on him for his death.
But the emperor sat there and watched, and the prince could not resist the decree and disrespect.
Qi Yuanmin strode into the arena, looking vigorous, and there was no sign of running out of vitality at all.
The prince moved into the field with heavy steps, and the anxious queen clenched her hands, and her nails sank into the flesh.
Suddenly, Wen Jinghua stood up from his hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the noble concubine has this divine blade, if it competes with ordinary weapons, wouldn't it be humiliating to it?" The courtiers have heard that all rare weapons have their own spirituality, if Your Majesty wants to see the prince and His Royal Highness the Second Prince dance and fight with swords, it is better to replace the ordinary blade in the hands of His Royal Highness the Prince with a wooden sword, so that there is no competition, and there is no way to insult the treasure of the concubine. ”
Wen Jinghua's words were very cunning, at this time, the prince and Qi Yuanmin were both present, and they did not choose weapons, but Wen Jinghua first determined that the person who took the Duyou Sword was Qi Yuanmin.
In this way, she went on to say that in order to respect the concubine's Duyou sword, she used a wooden sword to compete, and the person who took the wooden sword could only be the prince.
And a wooden sword can't kill anyone.
Qi Yuanmin, no matter how smart he was, he couldn't let the prince kill him with a wooden sword in front of everyone.
Wen Jinghua is breaking Qi Yuanmin's game.
And as long as it is good for the concubine, the emperor has nothing to disagree with.
I saw that the emperor only thought about it a little, and before Wan Guifei could stop it, he had already nodded and said, "Just do as you say." ”
Wen Jinghua sat down obediently, with the resentment of ten thousand concubines.
The queen let out a sigh of relief, and the crown prince's face even had a slight smile on his face.
Qi Yuanmin smiled helplessly at Wen Jinghua, but Wen Jinghua didn't dare to look up.
Seeing this, Qi Yuanmin saluted her with a sword, and said loudly: "I didn't expect that Miss Wen is also a person who loves swords. ”
As a result, Wen Jinghua had to look up at him.
Wen Jinghua stood up and bowed back, "His Royal Highness the Second Prince has won the award." ”
The two looked at each other, Qi Yuanmin winked at Wen Jinghua, he quietly put on his mouth, and said: Ghost girl!
Wen Jinghua felt a cramp in her heart, and she almost couldn't hold back her tears.
Qi Yuanmin turned around to enter the competition with the prince, Wen Jinghua knew that he insisted on raising his head, but in fact, he saw it once less.
This is the third time they have seen each other, but there will be no fourth.
The first time was in the fire, the two tensed the strings to test each other, the second time was in the imperial garden, Qi Yuanmin was curious about Wen Jinghua, Wen Jinghua learned that his life was not long, the two forbearance and restraint, the third time was this time, Qi Yuanmin tried every means to Wen Jinghua to look at him and remember him, because this time was the end of this life.
Wen Jinghua and Qi Yuanmin have only seen each other three times, but they feel like they have been intertwined for a lifetime······