Chapter Twenty-Four: The Palace Feast
Outside the door, Li Ran asked again, "Really?"
Mu Xi was even more panicked, shook his head all of a sudden, nodded all of a sudden, and finally lowered his head deeply and said, "Really, military advisor, I'm also tired, go back and rest first, goodbye!"
Nazhi Liran stretched out his right hand and slammed Mu Xibi on the door, unable to move.
Mu Xi raised his eyes in a panic, and in front of him was Li Ran, who was close to his nose, and he was weak and nervous.
"What are you tired of? Isn't it tiring to lie? β
Mu Xi, who had no power to fight back, immediately stopped admitting himself, and blushed and said, "Yes, I'm so tired!" β
Li Ran smiled evilly, let go of his hand, hugged it to his chest, and said proudly: "Well, Commander Mu is really an honest and good boy."
Jiang Jun, who couldn't hold back, pushed the door open hard, "Mu Xi, what are you talking nonsense!" β
Mu Xi outside the door didn't stand firm, and threw himself into Li Ran's arms, Li Ran was defenseless, and the two fell to the ground together.
The two looked at each other, full of sour smell in Mu Xi's flustered eyes.
Li Ran crossed Mu Xi's eyes, his gaze fell on Su Xiaoai's face, and he scolded sharply: "What are you doing stupidly about doing a good thing."
The culprit Jiang Jun reacted and hurriedly helped Mu Xi up.
Mu Xi, whose heart was beating fast, blushed to the root of his ears, "No, no, the general didn't teach me to lie." β
"Muxi."
"No, no, I taught the general to lie."
"Muxi, what the hell are you talking about?"
Mu Xi, who was more and more chaotic the more he talked, didn't dare to look at Li Ran or Jiang Jun, and hurriedly fled the scene with his face covered.
Leaving Li Ran and Jiang Jun looking at each other, Jiang Jun preemptively said: "Strategist, look at you, you frightened Mu Xi. β
"I learned to shirk responsibility, obviously you taught her to lie and make her choose what to say."
"Obviously, the military advisor ate Xiaoxi's tofu just now, so you have to be responsible." Jiang Jun changed the topic with a quick move.
Li Ran's momentum really weakened and said, "I blame you for this, didn't you sleep?" What do you do when you open the door suddenly? β
"I was asleep, but I heard you bullying Xiaoxi, so I was ready to open the door to uphold justice."
"I didn't bully her, I'm just teaching Commander Mu to be honest and not to let people with many eyes lead her to ruin."
"Strategist, you have to have evidence when you speak, I'm not lying."
"Oh, then I'd like to see how your clothes are torn, and you're so tired of mending them, it's hard to make a new one."
"Strategist, what a god, I really mended my clothes into new ones, don't believe you." Jiang Jun showed Li Ran the morning clothes.
I saw that it was a plain black dress, and a blooming peony was embroidered on the entire back, with gold edges outlining petals, arrogant, and the current Su Xiaoai was particularly matched.
"You embroidered this?"
"Of course, this is the result of an afternoon of learning from Xiaobei, but I'm tired."
Jiang Jun looked at Li Ran with a smug expression, and muttered in his heart, I won't tell you that this is embroidered for me by Xiaoxi's left hand.
Li Ran muttered in his heart, although this embroidery is not very exquisite, it is smooth and exquisite, like Beixing Hao's handwriting, but it is not like it.
"Where would you embroider in Beixinghao for an afternoon, didn't you go to Song Mo?"
"You forget, I'm very studious now, I really studied in Xiaobei for an afternoon." But in my heart, I said that I won't tell you that I went to Song Mo to play.
Li Ran still didn't believe it: "You can embroider so well in one afternoon, your female workers will catch up with your swordsmanship." β
"Okay, I admit that it's not all embroidered by me, but the bottom is definitely embroidered by me, and the gold edge is processed by Xiaobei for me, which is very important, and it is particularly painstaking, I embroidered with Mu Xi for an afternoon."
"That's pretty much it, and you're going to have a sword in your hand."
"Yes, yes, the military advisor is right, I'm really tired, my eyes are embroidered, I have to let my eyes rest well, can I go to sleep now?" Jiang Jun looked pious and waited for Li Ran's approval.
Because he was knocked down by Mu Xi just now, Li Ran was still a little flustered in his heart, and he didn't pursue it any further, and he also knew what Jiang Jun had done in the past two days.
In order to stop her from messing around again, she said earnestly: "Go, don't do this tomorrow, it will be the queen mother's birthday in a few days, you have to be busy, have a good rest!" β
Jiang Jun was exempted, nodded mischievously, looked like he had been amnesty, and closed the door with peace of mind.
"Thank you to the Queen Mother for saving me, this birthday banquet is just in time." Jiang Jun was lying on the bed with a thousand thanks, looking forward to the grand event of the Queen Mother.
Regarding the birthday of the Queen Mother, Jiang Jun had already heard Mu Xi say it.
The Eastern Emperor is a filial son, and every year he will set up a banquet for three days to make the Queen Mother happy, and the banquet can also increase the emotional exchanges between countries.
And because the Eastern Emperor is kind and good-tempered, the country will gladly give gifts to participate in the banquet.
Therefore, the scene is very grand, singing, storytelling, acrobatics, and all kinds of performances will be on stage, just like the Spring Festival Gala.
The banquet was divided into three themes: charity auction, theatrical performance, and cooking competition.
Dignitaries and nobles from various countries, local tyrants and wealthy businessmen rushed to sign up. Because they will bring their children to participate, everyone is a person of status, and they are the right people, and I heard that after the banquet every year, they have contributed to a lot of good matches.
The Spring Festival is approaching, and the streets are already lively, because the Queen Mother's birthday is even more crowded.
Every year, the inn restaurant will happily make a pot of gold during this period and praise the kindness of the Eastern Emperor.
Every year, the people who attend the feast will crowd the inns of the imperial city, and those who do not come first to book will not be able to stay.
When there are more people, it will drive all kinds of consumption, and the imperial city has also become a good place for hawkers to make money.
I have to admire the wisdom and martial arts of the Eastern Emperor and bless the people.
The palace maids and eunuchs in the palace are even more busy, and the ban army is also busy enough, and they must be prepared for three whole days, not sloppy, if they mix in an assassin, they will lose their heads.
The first time Jiang Jun entered the palace, his eyes were full of splendor, and the golden light was shining, which was really dazzling.
But you have to pretend that you can't do it, you are used to seeing the general eyes and skip these scenes, go straight into the main hall, and have a scene with some dignitaries and nobles who are smiling and smiling.
Nanhuangfeng is naturally coming, the county lord is also coming, and the envoy from Xilin Country is coming, because a very unpleasant thing happened in Xilin Country and Donglin Kingdom, so the members of the state family never participate in the Queen Mother's birthday.
Xilin Country is located in the vast grassland, the people grazing and riding horses are enthusiastic and unrestrained, working in the morning against the hottest sun, and sleeping with the brightest stars at night, why is such a small country not extinguished?
Answer: Because of love! It was also because of this love that it led to a tragedy.
It is said that one year, the first emperor of Donglin Kingdom, that is, Dong Yurui's father, Dong Zhenlin, was warmly invited by the lord of Xilin Kingdom to participate in their annual horse racing conference.
At the meeting, he met the woman who made him fall in love at first sight and unforgettable, the princess Xi Luochen of Xilin Kingdom, a beautiful fairy, gentle and kind woman.
So a confession of true feelings, under the moon before the flowers, poetic, the first emperor of Donglin spent three days hugging the beauty.
Tens of thousands of boxes of gold, silver and jewelry proposed marriage, and swore to the lord of Xilin with bold words, and then brought the beauty back to China.
As soon as they entered the palace, thousands of favors were gathered, and the two of them were like glue, and they were favored every night.
Xi Luochen likes to look at the stars, a sentence without the brightness of his hometown, the former emperor Dong Zhenlin built a palace for her, built a heavenly palace, and prayed to pick the stars in the sky for her, naming: Xingchen Palace.
A year later, there was a crystallization of love, and she was really the happiest woman in the world.
Since ancient times, sharp-edged people have always been dazzling, let alone in the palace.
Where wolves are like tigers, women are ruthless characters, even if the emperor protects them well, it is useless, not to mention that outsiders are naΓ―ve and romantic and don't understand scheming, and the emperor protects them too well, and he doesn't understand the trickery in the palace.
When the prince was five years old, there was a great drought in Donglin Kingdom, and gossip also came, saying that the Xingchen Palace was built too high, which offended the gods, and complaints arose.
At this time, it was the time for people with hearts to take advantage of innocent children, so a nursery rhyme spread at a lightning speed: Xiluochen demon woman, charming the king to build a tall building; The Star Palace picked the stars, and the rain god closed the door; Tear down the stars to sacrifice Concubine Luo, and return my rain and rain.
It has always been the emperor's house, and when disasters cannot be stopped, women are victims.