Chapter 273 Sour Grapes
Because she was going to see the emperor for a while, Wan Ning deliberately kept a distance from Brother Ziang. The two of them walked towards the stone table where the emperor and the talented people were located.
Turning a corner from the side of the pavilion, I saw the talented man and the emperor sitting there leisurely chatting. There are only two personal maids of Gonggong Zhang and Zhou Cairen waiting in the back.
From afar, the Emperor beckoned, and he seemed to be very happy: "You two, come and sit down." ”
Wan Ning and they slowly approached.
Gao Ziang walked to the emperor's side and said respectfully: "Weichen has seen the emperor. ”
The emperor pointed to the stone bench: "Sit." ”
"Wechen doesn't dare."
The Emperor glared at Wan Ning and motioned for her to sit down.
Wan Ning said gently: "The slave doesn't dare either." ”
"Sit down, what do you look like here with such an adult! It's all my own family, sit down and say. After speaking, the emperor turned his face to Wan Ning and said, "Wan Ning, you also sit." There are grapes that have just come to tribute, and they are specially sent over to try them. I know you'd better take this bite, and if you can't walk when you see something delicious, don't pretend. ”
The emperor said that he was embarrassed, and his face was red. Wan Ning took a few steps forward, sat down next to Zhou Cairen, and called softly: "Cairen." ”
Gao Ziang also followed closely and found the most inconspicuous position to sit down.
Zhou Cairen pointed to the plate of bright-colored grapes and said, "Wanning, eat quickly, this grape is really fresh." As soon as she finished speaking, she took a bunch of large, purple grapes and put them in front of Wan Ning.
Wan Ning looked at the tempting grapes, which really made her saliva flow uncontrollably. She looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, the slave is welcome." ”
The emperor was a little impatient: "Eat, otherwise, why did you come over?" ”
Wan Ning pulled down a few large and bright grapes at once, and after a while, they were all in her stomach.
"Is it delicious?" The emperor asked.
"Of course. Sweet and sour, just in line with the appetite of the slave. ”
Seeing that Wanning was eating so happily, the emperor smiled and said: "It is already a beautiful thing in the world to be accompanied by a beautiful woman, and watching a beautiful woman eat is a kind of life enjoyment." After speaking, he glared at Gao Ziang.
For the emperor's praise, the people present should have something to say, especially Wanning. But she forgot that she was still immersed in the taste of the grapes.
The emperor stared at Wanning and said, "Wanning, I'm waiting." ”
Wan Ning was stunned and deeply puzzled, she asked: "Forgive the slave and maid for being ignorant, I don't know what the emperor is waiting for?" Please also ask the emperor to make it clear. ”
Gao Ziang was also at a loss, but he felt very uncomfortable for the emperor to directly call Wanning "beauty" at this time.
"Of course it's your response to my compliment! You really have food and don't care about anything. ”
"Your Majesty, you have a good reputation. Slaves are just greedy, laugh at them if you want. Why do you have to say it so freshly? ”
Zhou Cairen laughed out loud, and after laughing, he took a large string to her: "Wanning, let's eat, don't care about the emperor." ”
The emperor retracted his gaze: "The young master of the Gao family will also taste it." ”
"Wechen takes orders."
After he had eaten two or three of them, the emperor could clearly see the uncomfortable expression on his face, but he asked, "How does it taste?" ”
"Weichen didn't dare to deceive the emperor, the grapes were not in season, and they were really sour."
"Really? You also feel sour when you eat it, and I feel very sour when I ate it just now. When you two came, I said that the grapes were very sour, and the people insisted that they were not sour. ”
Gao Ziang understood it all at once, it turned out that the emperor saw that he was with Wanning, and he didn't feel good in his heart. What grapes are not sour! Obviously, the emperor is sour. So the competitive emperor staged a scene of deliberately praising Wanning in front of his eyes, he just wanted to see his reaction. In other words, his purpose is to make himself "sour".
But eating a few more grapes is really delicious, but it will be a little sour when you first eat it. Anyway, it's just to coax the emperor, who will make him the emperor?
"Weichen didn't dare to deceive the emperor. Fang Cai saw that Wanning didn't feel sour at all when she ate it, but when she really gave it to Weichen, it was obviously very sour at this time, and the more she ate, the more sour it became. He paused, "It really feels sour." ”
"That's right." The emperor turned his face and asked, "What about Wanning?" How are you eating? Is it sour or not? ”
"Please forgive the slave and maid, the slave and maid feel the same as the talent, and they don't feel so sour."
Zhou Cairen couldn't help nodding: "The poor concubine just doesn't feel sour, it's really 'nothing in the world'." ”
"Talented people say I'm a 'mediocre person'?"
"Your Majesty, the poor concubine didn't say it, you said it yourself, everyone is there, listen."
"Women can't eat sour, but we eat so sour. The same grapes, actually eating two camps, I think it's the problem of grapes? Do you want to let your father-in-law and palace maid taste it anymore and let them make a ruling? ”
"Don't want it, Your Majesty, it's messy enough. We already have two camps, the emperor is sympathetic, and the grapes can be eaten. Weichen thinks that as for the taste, don't ask, they probably can't eat sour or not. Your Majesty, if you say it's a grape problem, that's the grape problem. Weichen felt that it was precisely because of this grape sourness that the taste in the mouth was delicious. ”
Gao Ziang looked up at the full moon: "The moon is also very good tonight, and it is full of roundness." Eating sour grapes is even more complete. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, I said that I would accompany the poor concubine to enjoy the moon."
The emperor sighed: "Okay, let's admire the moon!" Eating sour grapes and admiring the moon. ”
As the night deepened, a few people chatted a few more words, and the emperor felt a chill. Said with concern: "Cairen, do you want to go back to the room earlier?" Don't catch a cold. ”
Zhou Cairen didn't want to live up to the emperor's concern, she saw the tiredness on the emperor's face, and he should have rested earlier. So he departed with the help of the people. She knew in her heart that because she couldn't sleep, the emperor should not come to Yunyan Pavilion again tonight.
Although the emperor has been busy with government affairs recently, on such a full moon night, he still wants to accompany talented people again. He looked at Gao Ziang beside him and said, "How about you go to Yunyan Pavilion with me for a while?" ”
"Your Majesty, how can Weichen enter the inner court!" The emperor looked at the heroic subordinate in front of him, and said in his heart, you can't enter the inner court, but you have entered the hearts of others!
The emperor pretended to say: "I still love to know the etiquette and the law, and abide by the rules." I almost forgot the rules I had set. Forget it, I won't go to Yunyan Pavilion tonight and go back to the dormitory. ”
After speaking, he got up, and Gao Ziang followed.
Gao Ziang knew that the emperor intended to be close to him, that is, he planned to face up to his father's sins, he just didn't want the Gao family to decline. Maybe one of the reasons is that Zhou Cairen, at this time and that time, fortunately there are talented people.
Speaking of Zhou Cairen, she faintly felt that the emperor took good care of her body, maybe she was pregnant. The emperor wants to weigh the power of the Gao family, how can he still let his father be in a high position, and he can still control a prince in his hands? If so, then no one can really save my father, and his glory belongs to the past.