Chapter 26: The Secret of the Crown
After a few people sat down, the one-eyed and broken-arm old man took a few servants, carrying the wine jar and carrying two trays, in which were placed a few plates of small snacks and side dishes.
King Xi looked at the old man, and said with a smile: I said old boy, you are not dead yet, you are very moist in Lao Gao, come on, come on, sit down quickly, and drink with this king.
The old man smiled and said to King Xi: The prince's body is so strong, how dare my old horse go to see the ancestor before the prince, and the old horse still has to keep this stump to wait for the lord and the prince.
After hearing this, King Xi laughed and said: Your old boy is now more and more able to speak, and this king likes it.
After finishing speaking, he turned his head to Gao Chong and said: I said Lao Gao, you gave me the old horse, what do you think?
Gao Shijie next to Gao Chong smiled and said to King Xi: "Lord, as long as Uncle Ma agrees, I think my father should have no problem."
King Xi smiled and said to Gao Shijie: I said you little monkey cub, you obviously know that your Uncle Ma is loyal to your father, and I want him to agree, unless the snow in Yunling melts, and the water of the Mianjiang River and the Xia River flows backwards.
At this time, the old man with a broken arm said with a smile: "The prince still doesn't want to make fun of my old horse, you still have to try the beautiful bar in the house."
After saying that, he placed the wine bowl in front of everyone from the tray, and then untied the seal on the wine jar, and slipped up the wine jar with one arm for everyone to fill.
Fang Yunming nodded secretly at a glance, this old man must be a master, Fang Yunming estimated by visual inspection that this wine jar, even the wine in the wine jar, is estimated to weigh forty or fifty catties, it is a little difficult for normal people to pour wine with two hands, but the old man can do it with one arm, and the wine does not spill out at all, which shows that the old man's control of strength is very in place.
This ability, Fang Yunming and all his human explorers from Earth, none of them could do it without the help of exoskeleton armor.
At this time, Fang Yunming and everyone sat cross-legged on the floor of the pavilion, and then everyone picked up the wine bowl in front of them, and said in high esteem: Today, the bright moon is in the sky, and there are good friends from afar, and there are two princes who are accompanied by them, and the old man uses this bowl of wine to toast you.
After Gao Chong finished speaking, he drank all the spirits in the bowl, Fang Yunming and Moon saw that the master had drunk all the wine, and the two of them were not polite, and they also drank the wine.
The wine is sweet in the mouth and has a long aftertaste, to be honest, this wine is considered a strong wine for everyone here, including Moon, but it can only be regarded as okay for Fang Yunming.
Because this kind of liquor that has been preliminarily distilled at thirty or forty degrees can only barely be regarded as a strong liquor for Fang Yunming, so after drinking it, the faces of several people present showed a faint flush, which was a normal physiological phenomenon reflected by the upwelling of blood and qi, but only Fang Yunming's face did not change color and his heart did not beat, as if he was fine.
Cheng Zuting and Cheng Mingyu saw that this was a large number of people, and King Xi gave a thumbs up and praised: I didn't expect Mr. Fang to be a person with such a good amount of alcohol in appearance, this king likes it, come and come, let's not get drunk today.
Fang Yunming waved his hand and said with a smile: "The prince is wrong, my amount of wine can only be regarded as average, but I drank wine that was a little stronger than this wine when I was on earth.
When King Xi heard this, he asked curiously: There is such a strong liquor, how is it made?
This is the many people present who also looked at Fang Yunming curiously, because the liquor in Gao Chong's Mansion was already the highest degree liquor in the world, and they had never heard of a wine higher than this degree.
So Fang Yunming roughly talked about the distillation method of liquor on the earth, all the people present were soldiers, and they were all good wine people, and after listening to it, they all drooled, and asked one after another, if Fang Yunming could, he would definitely help them make such a fine wine.
In this way, after three rounds of wine and five flavors, everyone was a bold person, chatting and chatting about today's banquet.
Fang Yunming smiled and asked Cheng Zuting: "Hello Your Royal Highness, I don't understand, why did His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Princess suddenly leave the banquet today? Is it because we, the outsiders, don't know much about the etiquette of your country, so it caused them to be unhappy?"
And at this time, Cheng Mingyu, who was sitting on the side, squatted in the wine bowl and said: What does it have to do with you, it's not that the prince's little rabbit cub has a bad heart, deliberately makes him unhappy, and disgusting his imperial sister by the way.
Cheng Zuting scolded King Xi and said: Old Eighteen, how can you speak, how can you say this about His Royal Highness the Prince? Don't forget that he is the prince.
When King Xi heard this, he sneered a few times and said: What kind of bullshit prince, a cowardly and cowardly person, I think sooner or later he will be the same as his two brothers, both of whom are back-to-back guys.
Fang Yunming and Moon looked at the two Xia Yuan princes and a chief executive and a military general in front of them with inquiring eyes, they didn't know why this prince of the empire had such a big opinion of the prince of the empire.
I only heard Cheng Zuting say: What do you think of the elven dance performed by Her Royal Highness the princess?
Fang Yunming said: The artistic conception is far-reaching, and the aftertaste is long.
Moon continued: The love story shown in it is indeed very moving, and Her Royal Highness the princess's performance is very good, I can hardly imagine that Her Royal Highness the princess is so old to be able to perform such a love story so well, and the portrayal of the characters is very thorough.
At this time, King Xi interjected and said: This is the story of his parents, and she has experienced it as an adult, do you think she can perform properly?
King Xi's words made Fang Yunming and the others feel very surprised, they didn't expect that the royal family would have such a story.
So Moon asked curiously: I wonder if the two princes can tell us what happened?
At this time, Gao Chong, who was sitting on the side, said: Actually, there is nothing that cannot be said, because no one in the empire knows about this matter, even the little doll who is a few years old knows something about His Majesty the Emperor and the former empress.
So Gao Chong told Fang Yunming and Moon about Emperor Cheng Mingci and Cheng Xiuyi's mother.
Fang Yunming and Moon nodded after listening, and Moon said with emotion: I didn't expect His Majesty the Emperor to have such a touching story, so is the Elven Dance based on this?
Cheng Zuting nodded, then raised the one that had just been poured in front of him and raised his neck to drink, and then continued: I think the two of you may be able to guess after listening to what we said.
In fact, the creator of this dance of elves is His Majesty today, to be precise, His Majesty and the former Empress created together, but the first three paragraphs are the works of His Majesty, and the last paragraph was added by the Empress herself.
At this time, Moon asked curiously: "Then may I ask, doesn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know about this matter? Why did he make such a request at this time of the day? Isn't he afraid that his father and sister will be unhappy? You must know that he is only a prince now, and has not yet become the supreme ruler of this empire."
At this time, Gao Chong sneered on the side and said: He has nothing to fear, because the entire Xia Yuan's civil official group behind him supports him, and he is much smarter than his two rebellious brothers.
Don't look at him putting on a cowardly appearance for a day, but that's just a show for his father to see, but now he may feel that he is plump, so he dares to touch the bottom line of His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Princess in a situation like today.
Fang Yunming nodded, but then he asked: "I'm sorry, I still don't understand a little, since His Majesty the Emperor has such a long lifespan, and your former empress is a more virtuous person in your mouth, then why did those ministers of your country break them up in the first place?"
Cheng Zuting said: There are many reasons for this, it is very complicated, but it is roughly like this, first of all, it is the problem of the fertility of the former emperor, you must know that in our country, the heir is very important.
Of course, this is only a superficial problem, in fact, the deeper reason is that the former empress, as an outsider, interfered in the imperial government, which is something that the ministers and the imperial family can hardly bear.
Fang Yunming asked curiously: Why did the first empress interfere in the government affairs of your country?
Cheng Zuting replied: Because of his love for His Majesty the Emperor and Xia Yuan.
Moon asked: Judging from the racial characteristics of Her Royal Highness the Princess, your former queen should be an elven tribesman, the first point is understandable, but when you say that you love Xia Yuan, it is difficult for us to understand, how much can a foreigner love another nation's country?
Cheng Zuting said in a deep voice: As you outsiders, you may not know the relationship between our Xia Yuan Empire and the elf clan, and our relationship with the elf clan can even be described as two nationalities in one country. Because our relationship is so long for 10,000 years.
Then he told Fang Yunming about the relationship between the Xia Yuan Empire and the elf clan, and after finishing speaking, Cheng Zuting continued: These are not the most important things, when the elf clan came to our Eastern Continent, even the beliefs of many of them have slowly become orientalized.
For example, there are many Zen monasteries and immeasurable temples in the Elven Empire, and many of them have also converted to these two major sects.
But now the only difference between the Elven Empire and us is that their official system is separate from civil and military, and their status is very equal, but in our case, it is the civil and military system, which is the ancestral system of our empire, in order to prevent the empire from being like the Warring States Period, and the military generals may overthrow the ruler at any time.
In order to prevent this possibility, our ancestors formulated this policy, but after 10,000 years of development, it seems that there is a problem with this system, otherwise, with the ability of the steppe beast demons, they will not be able to break through the Eagle Pass and reach the imperial capital.
Fang Yunming nodded and said: "To be honest, in the history of my country, there have been dynasties with similar situations to your country, and they were all overthrown by foreign races or because of foreign races without exception, so I can fully understand your current situation.
But for what reason did your former queen be driven out of the empire?