Chapter 6: The Hangover Study
Inside the Imperial Study. Emperor Yan was reading the chapter in front of the imperial case, and the full case was roughly divided into two factions, the main battle faction headed by Prime Minister Murong Ba, and the main and faction headed by Guogong Wen Qijin, Emperor Yan was upset by these chapters, and casually threw away the chapter in his hand, closed his eyes, and raised his hand to rub his swollen temples.
At this time, Gonggong Yan came to the case with a cup of ginseng tea, "Your Majesty, drink a cup of ginseng tea, slowly", and said that he put the ginseng tea on the dragon case. "Your Majesty, General Mo asks to see, whether it is passed on", "Oh", hearing that Mo Chengbei is coming, Emperor Yan's unhappy mood has been slightly relieved, "Let him come in", "Promise".
After a while, Mo Chengbei walked into the imperial study, this Mo Chengbei was born with a dignified appearance, handsome and extraordinary, although he was not as fair-skinned as Emperor Yan, with bright eyes and bright teeth.
However, the tall and straight body that has been trained on the battlefield for many years, and the wheat-colored complexion is lined with such a majestic and heroic spirit. Mo Chengbei was taught by his father, the hussar general Mo Zhiyuan, since he was a child, and he had a different friendship from others.
"Minister, see Your Majesty", when Mo Chengbei was about to bow down, Emperor Yan came over and stretched out his hand to support Mo Chengbei's hand, helped Mo Chengbei up, and patted him on the shoulder.
"This is the imperial study, not above the court, you and I are brothers, there is no need to be polite." "Xie, Your Majesty, it's just that Your Majesty is a king, and the last general is a minister, this brother is really not a big general", Mo Chengbei replied seriously and cautiously. "Since I ascended the throne, you have traveled to the north with the general to guard the gates for me.
It's only been a short year, have you been estranged from me so far, are you still the Mo Chengbei I knew at the beginning? When Emperor Yan heard Mo Chengbei's words, he was displeased in his heart, the brothers who were like shadows in the past, just because of the change of identity, they had to be estranged, the identity of this emperor is supreme, it is glory, it is the power of the unnoble, and it is shackles and loneliness.
Mo Chengbei hung his head slightly, maintaining a saluting posture on his face, secretly Mo Chengbei raised his eyelids and peeked at Emperor Yan from bottom to top, seeing that he looked sad, the corners of his mouth secretly hung a smile, and there seemed to be a faint hint of cunning in that smile, and after a while, he laughed out loud, Emperor Yan fell into surprise for a while, Mo Chengbei couldn't pretend anymore, and said: "Did I just say it, if you want to talk to the emperor like this, the emperor will definitely be displeased."
Emperor Yan will come to his senses, and deliberately said with a straight face: "You are playing tricks", "Minister, don't dare", "What else do you dare not dare, say it, who taught those words just now", "It's not those teaching gentlemen invited by my father, there is no difference between monarchs and ministers all day long, or the world is the same".
While talking, Mo Chengbei sat down on the steps as if he was at home, and continued to vomit: "It's those words that are repeated every day, so I don't know if this world is the same or different", saying that Mo Chengbei simply leaned his entire upper body on the steps.
"You have this big night, why did you think of looking for me", Emperor Yan's depressed mood was cured by Mo Chengbei, and he also sat on the steps with him regardless of his manners and asked.
"Oh, look at the minister's memory, when the minister came back from the north, he brought some of the north's specialties autumn dew, although this wine is not as good as the delicacies in this palace, but it also has a different flavor, isn't this about to go to the north, I want to bring it to Your Majesty to taste first, get used to it", "Very good, I haven't drunk with you for a long time, if only Gu Yanting's kid was there, what about the wine?" Emperor Yan looked at Mo Chengbei's empty hands.
"I went to warm the wine for Grandpa Yan, this wine, the hot one tastes better, and the cold-faced king of Yan Ting doesn't know what he's doing? I haven't been able to see anyone lately", "The old prince is unwell, I promise him to take a few days off and go back to take care of the old prince".
"Oh, why didn't you hear him say, the old prince is okay?" "It's not a big deal, it's just that I feel a cold, and I have already sent a doctor to take a look", "That's good, that kid is very nervous about the prince, it's okay, it's okay, I can only count that cold-faced king as having no mouth."
As soon as the words fell, Gonggong Yan led someone to bring in the wine brought by Mo Chengbei on the wine warmer, and also served some side dishes with wine. In the imperial study room of this night, there was no king, no minister, only brothers who grew up together, the two talked for a long time with candles, from the matter of the expedition to the young and frivolous, it was so wanton and happy, sleepless all night, until the end of the day, the two went to the court together.
At night, in the side hall of Changning Palace. "The delicious food on this table is all specially ordered by the Queen Mother to prepare for the emperor, such as osmanthus fish, Sixi duck, deciduous pipa shrimp, especially this colorful belly silk, the Queen Mother knows that the emperor loves to eat.
I ordered someone to prepare it early in the morning, and the pork belly alone was marinated all day, and it tasted good", Cui Wan said with a colorful voice while swallowing her saliva on the side. "The queen mother bothered, and specially prepared these for her son, and her son's stomach was when it was rumbling."
"If you're hungry, then eat more, it's not enough for the dining room to be prepared", "Enough, enough, such a big table, as an emperor, you must not be so greedy", Emperor Yan playfully said to Xia Ji.
"You! will say", Xia Ji glanced at Emperor Yan lovingly and ordered: "Mama Mo stays, everyone else goes down, there is no need to serve here", "No", Xia Ji retreated.
"Wancui, come, I will give you this plate of flowers and fish, take it down, treat you gluttonous girl." "Thank the emperor for the reward", Wancui happily responded to the reward, picked up the plate of flowers and cinnamon fish, and left the palace with the others.
At this time, in the side hall of Changning Palace, there were only the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and Mo Niang, and in the absence of other subordinates, the Queen Mother let Mo Niang sit beside her and dine together.
"Your Majesty, why did you come to see the mourning family this night, but you are still angry with the mourning family", "Erchen didn't dare, but yesterday, Chengbei entered the palace and brought me the special product of the north, Qiu Lubai, Erchen has not drunk with Chengbei for too long, and he is presumptuous, although the wine is not as sweet as the tribute wine, it also has a different flavor."
"Oh, that kid in Chengbei, I haven't seen the mourning family for a long time, when you come to see the mourning family another day, call him too, just tell him, the mourning family misses him, let him come and see the mourning family", Xia Ji said and sandwiched a piece of the Flame Emperor's favorite colorful belly silk and put it in the bowl in front of the Flame Emperor.
"That's good, Ming'er I will ask Chengbei to come to you with me and say hello to you", "That's very good, I don't know that kid, now he looks like that, he has been back for so long and said that he came to see the mourning family, and I don't know how worried the mourning family is, it really hurts him in vain", Xia Ji said with a pun.
"Queen Mother, except for being a little darker, that kid is not bad, and he has become a lot burly", Emperor Yan responded calmly. "Really!" In the jokes of each other, this family banquet seems to be carried out happily, but they don't know that this seemingly pleasant family banquet is afraid of the peace before the storm.