Volume 2 Chapter 3 The Origin of the Watch
Maybe Zhu Qizhen called the dancing girl singer in order to ease the embarrassing and serious atmosphere just now.
In the center of the Fengtian Palace, the dancing girls danced, the singers had a tactful voice, and the people on the left and right watched with interest.
At the door, Qian Gui finally woke up, looking at Qian Yuan, who was looking at him worriedly, Qian Gui took Qian Yuan into his arms and hugged him tightly.
"You girl, what a place this is, how can it be so reckless like home."
I was a little embarrassed to be holding the money, my face was a little red, and I whispered softly to this Qian Gui: "Daddy, my daughter knows that she is wrong, and she doesn't dare anymore, so many people are watching, you quickly let go of your daughter." ”
Qian Gui wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and twisted Qian Yuan's ears.
"You girl, you know that you are shy at this time, Daddy let go of you, don't make another incident."
"Got it! Got it! ”
Qian Yuan broke free from Qian Gui's arms and returned to his seat, and the officials who woke up Qian Gui around him laughed, and Qian Gui was also amused.
Zhu Qizhen, who had been staring at the dragon chair, saw Qian curling from Qian Gui's arms, and the blushing Qian curling was extremely cute, Zhu Qizhen's heart was faintly touched, this was the first time in ten years like this.
At the palace banquet, when the singers and dancers perform, the officials can leave their seats and go to toast their colleagues.
Beside Yang Rong, Fan Guang, who was holding the jade liquid, raised his glass with both hands, hunched over and looked at Yang Rong who was sitting.
"Lord Yang, Fan Guang respects you for a cup, thank you for speaking up just now."
Looking at Fan Guang who raised his glass, Yang Rong picked up the wine glass, and the palace maid next to him hurriedly poured the jade liquid into it. In the entire Fengtian Palace, in addition to a few princes, there is also the emperor and the queen mother, and only the cabinet Sanyang has this treatment, and there are palace maids to add wine to serve.
Raising the wine glass filled with jade liquid, Yang Rongwan smiled, and after moving forward, he drank the jade liquid in the wine glass.
Seeing Yang Rong drink it, Fan Guang hurriedly drank up the jade liquid in the wine glass, arched his hand and retreated.
Fan Guang, who returned to his seat, took his sleeves upward, the watch on his wrist was exposed, his arm was bent, Fan Guang looked at the watch, and this scene happened to be seen by He Qiaoxin, who had just eaten a bite of pig's trotters.
He Qiaoxin rolled his eyes and raised his glass to toast Fan Guang.
"Brother Fan, what are you looking at, let's drink one after another."
As he spoke, He Qiaoxin drank all the wine in the cup, and then stared at Fan Guang directly. Fan Guang thought that this meant that he had to drink it all, so he filled the jade liquid again, raised his glass and drank it.
"Brother Fan, what's this thing on your wrist? What do you think he does? ”
When Fan Guang heard He Qiaoxin's words, he showed a triumphant look on his face, glanced around, and then turned his head and whispered to He Qiaoxin:
"Brother doesn't know, this is the brother caught a thief in the second half of last year and found it from him, that guy's name is Xu Fuyong, and he is a famous thief in the rivers and lakes."
As he spoke, he took the watch off his wrist, leaned over to He Qiaoxin, handed the watch to He Qiaoxin, and then continued:
"Brother, I see that Xu Fuyong takes the things in a small package very seriously, including this. After researching for several days, I found this gadget to be more convenient for timekeeping.
It was also because of this thing that in the second half of last year, in the battle, my brother and I pinched the time accurately, and got the credit, so I sat in the position of Ning Yuanwei's commander. ”
Fan Guang also raised his eyebrows at He Qiaoxin at this time, looking smug.
He Qiaoxin looked at the watch in his hand, combined with the previous stage to let He San go back to the old mansion of the Jiangxi political envoy to check, He Qiaoxin could conclude that this thief Xu Fuyong was the thief who stole the old mansion's own stuff.
Thinking of this, He Qiaoxin asked Fan Guang, "What about Brother Fan, what about the rest of the gadgets in that small package?" ”
"The rest of the old brothers were all broken when I was researching, and I don't know what they were for?"
"It's all broken?" He Qiaoxin asked again with confirmation.
"Oh no, that bunch is so hard to study." As he spoke, Fan Guang took the watch back from He Qiao's novice hand and put it back on his wrist.
"You six!"
"Brother, what are you talking about? The old brother didn't hear clearly. ”
"Little brother said, brother, let's watch the show!"
"Oh!"
As soon as the two of them turned their eyes back to the singer and dancer performing in the center of the hall, He Qiaoxin saw Zhu Qiyu, the king of servants, walking towards this side with a wine glass.
Lu Yu saw Zhu Qiyu coming this way, thinking that Zhu Qiyu was going to toast him, Lu Yu was excited in his heart. In previous years, this kind of palace banquet, like Zhu Qiyu, toasted by princes, all started with Sanyang, even if he was a heavenly official, he didn't have such a big face. Lu Yu felt that it was the poem just now that convinced Zhu Qiyu, and even his beard began to shake for a while.
Zhu Qiyu got closer and closer, and seeing that it was about to arrive, Lu Yu stood up, holding the wine glass in both hands and hunched forward.
Zhu Qiyu was also very strange, when he walked this way, he saw Lu Yu's face was a little red, his expression was excited, he didn't know what he was doing, he bent down and held the wine glass, and he didn't know what he was going to do.
bypassed Lu Yu and came to He Qiaoxin's table, He Qiaoxin quickly stood up and bent down to salute.
"The grass people have seen His Royal Highness the Servant King."
Lu Yu heard He Qiaoxin's voice, raised his head, and looked back to see Zhu Qiyu standing in front of He Qiaoxin, frozen in place for a while.
Just like the last time we met, I picked up He Qiaoxin's two arms and didn't let He Qiaoxin salute.
"Qiao Xin, there is not so much red tape between you and me, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, every household is happy and happy, this king wishes you a happy new year."
He Qiaoxin bowed his waist again and bowed quickly, this is the palace, and His Royal Highness is also the royal brother of the court, and he was gossiped about, but he really can't explain it.
"His Royal Highness King Xie Yun! The grass people also wish His Royal Highness the King a Happy New Year. ”
After speaking, He Qiaoxin drank the wine glass that had just been filled with jade liquid, and raised the wine glass in front of him with a hunched waist. Zhu Qiyu looked at He Qiaoxin, who had already drunk the wine in the cup, took a sip, and then said:
"In that case, I will only take a sip of this glass of wine for the time being, and wait for the day when Qiao Xin treats this king as a brother and friend."
After speaking, he took the wine glass and passed by Lu Yu, who was still stiff, and walked towards Sanyang. After seeing Zhu Qiyu leave. Fan Guang said to He Qiaoxin:
"Brother, you can! His Royal Highness the King of Servants has been treated so favorably, this is His Royal Highness the King of Servants to give you a toast, and before Sanyang, it is really beautiful to say it. ”
He Qiaoxin smiled wryly and said nothing.
Lu Yu sat down, his face was a little gloomy, this He Wenyuan father and son were against him everywhere, and they thought to themselves in their hearts, and they discussed with Wang Zhen another day what to do with this father and son.
Zhu Qizhen, who was in the heights, also toasted to the Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Dowager Sun next to him, and the three chatted for a while, and Zhu Qizhen once again looked at Qian Yuan, who was eating and drinking.
called Wang Zhen over and motioned for Zhu Zhen to come over, and saw Zhu Qizhen say something to Wang Zhen. Wang Zhen nodded, let the queen go down, and walked out of the Fengtian Palace.
At this time, two hours had passed since the start of the night banquet, and Zhu Qizhen, who was on the dragon chair, saw that the ministers below were almost happy eating and drinking, and clapped his hands.
The singer and dancer walked out of the Fengtian Hall again, and Wang Zhen also walked back with a box of things, and the two people who followed behind him were still holding a bunch of gift lists.
Coming to Zhu Qizhen's side, Wang Zhen bent down and asked, "Your Majesty, is it okay to carry out the last link and read the gifts of the hundred officials and the reward of His Majesty." ”
Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and asked Wang Zhen to stand next to him first, and Zhu Qizhen stood up.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we are all very happy today, especially the unpleasantness just now has passed quickly, I am really happy today, let's start with the company."
Wang Zhen bowed his waist and said: "The slave obeys the order!" ”
After taking two steps, the two eunuchs behind him handed him a gift list, and he began the last link of the night.
"Cabinet Yang Shiqi Yang presents a pair of jade bracelets!"
Yang Shiqi's gift is mediocre, and it is also in line with the simple and unpretentious style of his cabinet.
"Master Lu Yu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, presents an agate bracelet!"
The surrounding people began to discuss, agate is extremely difficult to obtain in this era, Nuoda is a Ming Dynasty, and the places that can produce agate are some chaotic places in the southwest. It can be seen that for this gift, Lu Yu definitely put his heart into it, and spent a lot of silver taels and hard work.
Lu Yu's gloomy face showed smugness again, and he turned his head and glanced at He Wenyuan and He Qiaoxin, meaning that the two of you are still a little tender.
When he returned to Zhu Qizhen, who was sitting upright on the dragon chair, the corners of his eyes twitched, and he was also shocked by Lu Yu's generosity, and suddenly felt that Lu Yu was a loyal and righteous person.
Zhu Qiyu looked at Lu Yu, not knowing what he was thinking, but the corner of his eyes was murderous.
He Qiaoxin stuck out his tongue at Lu Yu, and Lu Yu, who was looking at the father and son, saw He Qiaoxin's movements, and his anger rose, but this was Fengtian Palace, and it was so active, so he could only snort, and turned his head to stop looking at He Wenyuan and his son.
He Wenyuan frowned, it is estimated that the third son's action has offended Lu Yu a lot, and his life in the criminal department should be difficult after today.
Above, Wang Zhen was still reading one after another, but there was nothing surprising, after all, there would be several royal banquets every year, and the gifts were basically given over and over again, and there were few like Lu Yu, who were extremely rare.
"Ning Yuanwei commanded General Fan Guangfan to present a sword."
As soon as the words fell, there was another discussion, Qiu Ba is Qiu Ba, and the gifts are so simple and rude, even He Qiaoxin is cheeks twitched, and he quickly lowered his head, indicating that he didn't know this person.
Zhu Qizhen rolled his eyes, and thought to himself, this Fan Guang is not as talented as Yang Hong, and even the gift is so stupid, why did he choose him as the commander.
"His Royal Highness the King of Servants offers ten ivory sticks!"
"It's a big deal!"
"It is worthy of His Royal Highness!"
……
Two quarters of an hour later, Wang Zhen finally read He Wenyuan.
"He Wenyuan, the squire of the Criminal Department, presents a mirror side."
When He Wenyuan heard this, he also raised his head, He Qiaoxin only told him that everything was ready, but he didn't say what gifts he had prepared, and when he heard Wang Zhen's words, he knew that He Qiaoxin had given a mirror.
"Wow! It stinks worse than what I sent! "It was none other than Fan Guang who spoke.
He Qiaoxin pursed his lips and said nothing.
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