Chapter Ninety-Seven: Drinking Together
Mu Jingzhao had just entered the back room when he was shocked by the messy picture of the cups and plates in front of him.
On the food debris scattered on the table, the Praetorian Guards lay in all directions, their cheeks slightly red, their eyes blurred, like insects scattered all over the place.
Lin Zheng was the only one, standing behind the dining table with a straight posture, his eyes were clear, and his eyes were as indifferent and alienated as usual.
The two looked at each other across a dining table.
Lin Zheng bowed his hand, "Meet the emperor." β
Despite Lin Zheng's words, everyone present was still unconscious.
There were even a few faint snoring sounds in the house.
A Praetorian Guard rolled over with misty eyes, and glanced at Mu Jingzhao above his head in confusion.
"I seem to have dreamed that the emperor is here, and the title of official is just around the corner."
He said such a sentence vaguely, and hesitantly raised his hand to grab the corner of Mu Jingzhao's clothes.
Mu Jingzhao saw the hand full of food residues, his eyelids jumped suddenly, and he couldn't help but raise his leg and kick the other party's wrist.
The Praetorian Guard's wrist suddenly sounded with a snapping bone, and his entire wrist was tilted to the side. He let out a scream.
"Which one doesn't have long eyesβ"
As soon as he scolded out the two words, he saw Mu Jingzhao in front of him, and he suddenly struggled to get up in shock, and even woke up most of the wine.
"Greeting, greeting, the Emperorβ" he shouted.
When everyone in the room heard this, they all rolled over and got up, and fell to their knees.
"You want to be knighted, huh?"
The corners of Mu Jingzhao's mouth hooked up a weird smile, and he tilted his head to look at the Praetorian Guard in front of him.
The Praetorian Guard trembled and fell to the ground.
"The emperor forgives the sin, it's just the nonsense that the minister said when he was drunk, it can't be true, it can't be true!"
The Praetorian Guard said without saying a word, and a little fine beads of sweat were already overflowing on his forehead.
"Oh, what? Drunk, you say? Mu Jingzhao's voice turned in a somewhat strange arc, "Tell me, if the Praetorian Guards are drunk on errands, what should they be guilty of?" β
The trembling on the Praetorian Guard's body was even worse, but he still couldn't stop opening his mouth to argue for himself, "Today, today should not be on duty." β
"Oh-" Mu Jingzhao nodded as if he had woken up from a dream, "So, it's normal to drink heavily in the backyard of the palace wall at normal times?" β
The Praetorian Guard stopped talking, and his lips trembled. The whole person almost fell to the ground.
"But I'm not such a small-bellied person, since you asked me for an official and a knighthood, then I have fulfilled your wish."
The Praetorian Guard's trembling back stiffened, and he looked up at Mu Jingzhao with a surprised and happy expression.
However, Mu Jingzhao didn't look at him, just looked up at Lin Zheng not far in front of him.
"Immediately, expel from the palace gate, and never step into the palace gate again." His lips opened slightly, "The country has the people first, and then the king, and I let you be the people again, which can be regarded as giving you an official and a knight." β
The Praetorian Guard's gaze was blank for a moment, then struggled to his feet.
"Minister, no, the common people know."
The Praetorian Guard stumbled towards the outside of the house, and everyone present was terrified, and everyone was in danger.
Lin Zheng's eyebrows furrowed, he pursed his lips, and finally couldn't say half a word.
Mu Jingzhao glanced at everyone present with a faint gaze, and said in an indifferent voice, "The rest of everyone except Commander Lin will be beaten with fifty strokes, and they will all clean up my appearance and then go to receive the punishment!" β
Everyone ran away, and only Mu Jingzhao and Lin Zheng were left in the house.
"Ah Zheng." Mu Jingzhao's voice softened a little, he looked at Lin Zheng with an intimate expression, as if he was treating an ordinary brother, "How do you feel when you see these people being punished because of you?" β
Lin Zheng's eyebrows were still indifferent, as if everything that happened here had nothing to do with him.
"It's not about me."
Mu Jingzhao was stunned, and then burst out laughing, he was really not surprised by such an answer.
"Ah Zheng, our two brothers haven't drunk together for a long time, so it's better to take advantage of today to have a good drink."
Lin Zheng's expression finally fluctuated a little, he frowned slightly, and squeezed out two words from between his teeth with some hesitation, "Your Majesty ......"
Mu Jingzhao smiled with relief, "It's okay, you tidy up a little, I'm waiting for you in the old place." β
At the same time, Jiang Ning took Zheliu to step into the gate of the Shuanghua Palace, in fact, at the beginning, Zheliu didn't realize that he had gone to tell Jiang Ning that the original intention of the concubine Niangniang was just to stop the pretext of that farce.
And by the time she reacted, it was too late.
Xiao Yuanzi, the eunuch guarding the door, saw Jiang Ning, his face showed surprise, and then he turned his head and shouted sharply into the room, "Niangniang, Concubine Ning is here-"
Hearing this, Meng Yin lifted the veil at the door and hurriedly greeted her, "Niangniang, may I ask what is the important thing for you to come to see our mother?" β
Jiang Ning glanced at Zheliu beside him inexplicably, "Didn't the concubine Niangniang say that she wanted to see me?" β
The lie was exposed, and Ori Liu coughed lightly twice in embarrassment, and winked at Mengyin.
Mengyin suddenly understood, "Yes, I was so busy today that I almost forgot." Mother, please come in. β
Jiang Ning nodded, she hurriedly straightened the somewhat messy hair and skirt corners around her ears, and then walked into the palace with Mengyin.
In the hall, Liu Jinfu sat alone in front of the hall, and when she heard the movement, she raised her head and saw Jiang Ning, her face showed a little joy, "You're here, girl." The moment she saw Jiang Ning, Xiumei frowned slightly, but the corners of her mouth hooked up a somewhat strange smile.
"What are you doing, why are you so embarrassed?"
Jiang Ning pulled his broken hair to the back of his head indiscriminately, and sat down beside Liu Jinfu with a helpless expression, "This, the concubine can't tell for a while." β
"Still smelling of alcohol?" Liu Jinfu let out a chuckle and poured Jiang Ning a cup of tea, "You girl is really interesting." β
Jiang Ning was also not polite, picked up the one handed over by Liu Jinfu and raised his head and drank it, "Don't talk about this, Niangniang, what is the matter with you coming to me today?" β
"This palace doesn't-" Liu Jinfu just said a few words, but was blocked by the eyes of Zhe Liu, she nodded faintly, lowered her eyes and smiled, "Actually, it's nothing, this palace just wants to care about your body?" β
Jiang Ning didn't ask why Liu Jinfu didn't come to visit this loophole in person, she just nodded slightly and smiled brightly, "I'm fine, I'm strong, I don't even have a cold!" Awesome! β
Liu Jinfu was amused by Jiang Ning's childish appearance, "You girl is really blessed with a great fate." β
However, such a sentence seemed to evoke some bad memories for Jiang Ning, and she sighed lightly, "It's good that I'm blessed with a great life, otherwise my life is estimated to be buried here today." β
(End of chapter)