Chapter 41: The Feast of the Hung Gate
It has been more than a month since the draft, and the show girls were arranged to enter the palace after the summer July. It also gives them more time to learn etiquette and spend time with their families.
In fact, there was no such precedent in the past, but this year it was just in time for the summer banquet in the palace, and it was too busy, so the time for these show girls to enter the palace was postponed.
Li Shu is also particularly concerned about this matter, because this banquet is also an important part of promoting the development of the plot of this world.
In the original plot, this banquet was to be held in the Imperial Palace. This is one of the few opportunities for Fu Yan to leave the palace with a large group of people. Fu Jing naturally did not intend to let go of this opportunity, he sent his personal guards to assassinate the emperor, but unfortunately the emperor did not die in the end, and Fu Jing attributed the crime to an assassination organization that had been hiding in the capital. But for some reason, that organization was not eradicated, but only suffered some painless setbacks, and it only took a few days to reinstate and make a comeback.
Li Shuxin has a lot of thoughts, and most of the background of this organization is not simple. After all, in Shengjing, a place at the foot of the Son of Heaven, can still exist and live like a fish in water, it is not ordinary. I'm afraid that even Fu Jing couldn't find out what the origin of this organization was, otherwise Fu Jing wouldn't have chosen to blame such a person for working underground.
In fact, after Li Shu came to this world, he also thought about a lot of things. Many people or things may not be as simple as they appear on the surface. For example, Fu Yan, he, the emperor, looks very unreliable, and he seems to be unaware of what Fu Jing is doing, but is he really unaware?
Li Shu has always believed in a sentence, the more careless a person is, the clearer his heart is.
Fu Yan definitely knew the small movements behind Fu Jing, but he couldn't startle the snake. Or maybe he has his own deployment. But he must not be the pure goodness that he appears on his face.
Another example is Liu Yunshao. She grew up with the emperor's childhood sweetheart. You said that the two of them are deeply in love and love each other, right? That's right. However, the way she and the emperor get along is more like a bosom friend than a husband and wife, and there is always a gap between the two people. It's not particularly obvious, but it's felt by a discerning person.
Or this whole small world, Li Shu felt that something was wrong. She always felt that the world had been hiding something from her. This is a very strange phenomenon.
"Maybe, I'm really too careful?" Li Shu muttered. But her instincts told her that she was right.
"Host, what are you going to do with this banquet?"
What pulled Li Shu's thoughts back was a stupid and boring question. Li Shu thought about it for a while, and then said, "I plan to give Fu Jing a plan." ”
"Will it be calculated?" The clumsy little face was full of big doubts.
"Yes, it will be calculated. Didn't he want the emperor to die? It's better to satisfy him once. Li Shu pinned his fallen hair behind his ear and smiled.
"No, host, you don't want to kill the king, do you?" Clumsiness frightened a spirit, and the hair on its body stood on end.
"I'll kill you." Li Shu gave Ben Ben a violent shudder without hesitation. "Can't you think before you speak?"
"You're always so stupid, and you're very much pulling the IQ of my host."
Stupidly and pitifully covered its little head, it looked aggrieved.
"But, isn't that what you mean, host?"
Li Shu saw that it couldn't be enlightened, and felt powerless. She had to let out a long sigh.
"I mean, let His Majesty fake his death or disappear."
Stupid reacted, it thought for a while and said, "But what if Fu Jing takes advantage of this situation and rebels directly?" ”
"No, it won't." Li Shu shook his head at it. "As long as the Queen Mother doesn't do it for a day, he won't dare to do it."
"What's more, he is also an extremely cautious person, and he will never raise troops without seeing the emperor's corpse with his own eyes."
"But how can you be sure that the emperor will act with you? Moreover, the host, you are bothering to make this play, what are you doing it for? ”
Li Shu lightly nodded the stupid bear's head and said, "It doesn't matter if the emperor is willing to act or not. When the time comes, the sword will hit him directly on the door, do you think he is willing to pretend to be dead? As for the purpose, it's naturally to lead out the big boss behind it. ”
"Otherwise, the enemy is in the dark, and I am in the open, and it is easy to be stabbed in the back. So you have to be careful. ”
Clumsy nodded. "yes, okay."
The summer banquet is a banquet prepared by the imperial palace every hot season. This banquet involves many officials, royal families, and some extremely famous people in Shengjing will come to this banquet. And for the sake of ornamentation and upholding the principle of "put down the shelf, the same as the first class." The deployment of defense is also much weaker than that of ordinary emperors. Coupled with the mixed bag, if you want to start, this banquet is really a very good time.
No one will let go of this opportunity, and Fu Jing is no different.
In the Xiangyang Palace, Fu Jinggong stood respectfully beside Shen Wuji, not daring to be disobedient.
"It's a really good opportunity. Just, are you really ready for anything? Shen Wuji was looking at Fu Jing with a serious face at the moment, he knew what Fu Jing was going to do this time.
"Teacher, rest assured. I've thought about it for a long time. The people who carried out this operation were all dressed in night clothes, and the hilts of the knives in their hands were all symbols of an organization in Shengjing that specialized in assassination. As soon as the wicked guards will lead them elsewhere, they will attack. These people are all dead soldiers, and if things don't work out, they will kill themselves, and they will never divulge half a word. ”
"That's fine. It's just that the evil is there......" He nodded and hesitated a little.
Fu Jing's face stiffened, but he quickly recovered. He said:
"Commander Meng has been with me for a long time, and I don't think I need to worry about his loyalty."
Hearing this, Shen Wuji shook his head at Fu Jing. I saw him stroke his white beard and said slowly: "The heart of defense is indispensable." ”
After he said this, he looked at Fu Jing again. Fu Jing's face still had the same expression on his face, but the old fox-like god inorganic naturally saw the emotions he thought he was hiding.
"Well, since you choose to believe it, the old man doesn't have much of this mouth."
"You can do it. Just keep in mind that if something happens, you have to pick yourself clean as soon as possible. Even if it's a trick. ”
"Yes, disciple understands." Fu Jing bowed and saluted, then turned around and exited his study.
Shen Wuji sighed in the already empty room:
"Alien stars fall from the sky, and things change. How far can you go? I hope you don't let me down. ”
In the palace, the tables and chairs for banquets and other things were set up early. Li Shu and Chu Nan stayed together and chatted. Now there are many people sitting in the hall of this banquet. There are many others who are being invited by the maids.
"Those princes have rushed back today." Chu Nan looked at this person coming and going, and whispered to Li Shu and them.
Li Shu looked up when he heard this, but no, several princes who already had fiefs also rushed back.
"It's not a family feast, what are they here for?" Fu Tianya asked with some confusion. "And it's not time to debrief."
Li Shu withdrew her gaze at those people, she reached out and picked up some snacks on the table and stuffed them into her mouth, and then said vaguely:
"I see that these people have come back so suddenly and consistently, I'm afraid it's not easy."
"Huh?" Chu Nan frowned, she thought about it, and then said in surprise: "You mean, most of these people came back in a premeditated way?" ”
Li Shu nodded: "It's not." You see that the king of Luoyang is forgotten, the fief is close, and it doesn't matter if he comes back. But the fiefdom of King Fuyang in that corner over there was far away. He came back from thousands of miles to attend such a small banquet, and he couldn't have thought it right. ”
Li Shu said as he quietly gestured to them. After Li Shu mentioned this, Chu Nan and the others naturally understood that something was wrong with this matter.
"I guess they must have received some kind of news, and then rushed back to the capital to prepare."
"Message?" Chu Nan and Fu Tianya were stunned. "What's the news?"
"Well, don't say it, don't say it." Li Shu smiled at them, then took another snack and stuffed it into his mouth, plugging his own mouth.
Chu Nan and the others wanted to continue asking, but seeing Li Shu's appearance, they knew that they couldn't pry anything out of her mouth.
"I really don't understand you, I always talk halfway." Chu Nan complained coquettishly, then picked up those small snacks from the table and began to eat.
Fu Tianya couldn't help but smile lightly when she looked at the two of them. He also shifted his attention to eating.
Qu Yun'er was a little unwell a few days ago, so she didn't come with her this time. As for Liu Yunshao, as the queen, she must appear with the queen mother. However, Chu Nan and the others still quietly went to chat with her, she was wearing a phoenix crown at that time, tsk, very stinky fart.
As for Chen Luoniang, she was sitting not far from Li Shu and them now, staring at them viciously. However, no one cares about her, you stare at it, stare hard, we don't exist when you don't exist.
Suddenly, the banquet hall, which had been a bit noisy, suddenly fell silent. Everyone looked towards the door, and a person slowly walked in under the leadership of the palace maid. Seeing him, everyone's expressions were very subtle and different.
"Xiangyang Wang Fu Jing." Chu Nan read it out in a low voice. "Indeed, this body is quite extraordinary."
"I heard that he is proficient in martial arts, and he is also involved in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. It stands to reason that he is indeed more suitable for ......," Fu Tianya also nodded and said. However, she reacted quickly and stopped her words in time.
Li Shu didn't comment on Fu Jing, but she looked at Fu Jing up and down with a little deep meaning and interest.
"yes, that's a good fit." Li Shu smiled at the corner of his mouth, but there was deep meaning in his eyes.