Chapter 53: Thunder
Concubine Lin has always been an ice and snow beauty, she is not smiling, her face is as cold as ice and frost like a perennial iceberg, and when she smiles, she suddenly blooms like three spring flowers, so that the bowl-sized peony on her head has lost its color.
The emperor laughed loudly: "Okay, good, the sixth brother still doesn't have a topic?" β
Duanwang announced that with chrysanthemums as the theme and thirteen yuan as the rhyme, he would make a poem about chrysanthemums in a stick of incense.
Chrysanthemum is a symbol of nobility since ancient times, the ancient chrysanthemums are continuous, not a novel topic, but the thirteen yuan has always rhymed with less dangerous rhyme, and the rhythm is easy to be far-fetched, so it is also quite difficult. The palace maid beside Concubine Lin lit a sweet fragrance of dreams, and everyone lowered their heads and thought for a while.
Chi Tao stood in an inconspicuous place, and saw what the emperor was talking to Concubine Lin in a low voice, Concubine Lin inadvertently covered her sleeves and coughed lightly, and the palace maid beside her handed over a handkerchief in due time.
Duan Wang, who started his hand, exhaled, as if he had completed some task, picked up the bowl and took a sip of tea, Princess Duan sat beside him and looked at him with a smile, patted Duan Wang's hand, and his eyes showed a look of comfort.
Xie Yao and Murong Ling were mixed in the crowd, writing with their heads down, inconspicuous.
She rolled her eyes, turned around at the female guest's end, and saw that the fake Huayin county lord sat on the first seat of the female guest, with a smile on her face, but her expression was a little nervous, and there was a maid with eyes standing behind her. Xie Ning and Aunt Lin were still in the last seat, Xie Ning pouted, but Aunt Lin was frowning and thinking hard.
Qiyun is not by the side of the Huayin County Lord......
Chi Tao felt as if something important had been overlooked.
She pondered for a moment, and seemed to have caught a glimmer of light, when she suddenly noticed something strangeβit had been a while, and no one had come in to change the dessert fruit plate.
Chi Tao's thought moved, and he was about to sneak out to take a look, when he suddenly felt that his hands and feet were a little sore.
Her heart sank, and she glanced at everyone quickly, only to see that the heads of some noble girls had dropped to the table, and the maids standing beside her were also shaky.
Her identity is a little maid, not in a conspicuous place in the flower hall, leaning against the corner at the moment, sitting on the ground, trying her best to shrink her body into a pair of beaded bottles a few times high, blocking her body with the hanging fine tassels.
She covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, tried to pull out the hairpin, and stabbed her fingers without hesitation.
A drop of crimson blood oozed out, and her mind cleared up a little.
Looking out through the gap in the tassel, the people outside were already lying on the table or leaning against the corner, none of them were awake.
I don't know how long it took, Chi Tao woke up and turned around.
She propped up her head, lifted the tassel and looked out, only to see that it was already dark, but there was no light in the flower hall.
Through the moonlight outside, you can see that there is no one in the flower hall, and there is no sound around it.
Chi Tao slowly climbed out from the height and walked out of the flower hall against the wall, only to see that it was pitch black around and there was no light everywhere.
Strange, where have all the people gone?
The flower hall is a place for drinking and feasting when the weather is warm in spring, summer and autumn, and in order to facilitate the scenery, there are pillars on all sides, so it can be said that all sides are transparent. If you enclose people in the flower hall, it is naturally inconvenient to manage.
Then it should be the best to be transferred to a place that can accommodate so many people and only have one door.
Her mind raced through the layout of the drinking garden.
Some pavilions don't have to be considered, and higher terrain like the Star Picking Tower is also eliminated, and some people will jump into the water to escape if they can't do it near the water, and the pavilions that are too delicate are not good.......
Fuyan Hall......
It is the main house of the drinking garden, and the layout is neatly arranged in the three-entry courtyard.
Quietly out of the flower hall, carefully all the way north.
There was not a single man in the garden.
Before he got close to Fuyan Hall, Chi Tao saw some guard-like people around the courtyard, and the Fuyan Hall was brightly lit and noisy.
"You let King Duan come out! My Ningguo Mansion has no grievances and no enmity with your Duanwang Mansion, why did you make such a black hand! A woman's shrill scolding voice came.
There were guards all around Fuyan Hall, and Chi Tao hid behind a big tree, and he had a plan in his heart.
She slowly climbed up the branch and accidentally stepped on a dead branch, making a "snap" sound.
"Who?" One of the guards looked this way warily.
One of the people beside him had a straw stick in his mouth, spit it out and said lazily: "There are sixty-eight guests in the garden, and one hundred and seventy-three people are all in this courtyard, and there is no one outside who is panting, who can there be." β
The guard was not at ease, so he came to take a look, and saw a dead branch falling to the ground, and looked up, only to see that the leaves were still dense, and said with relief: "I think the weather is dry, and the branches are cracked." β
Chi Tao hid in a tree, and when the guards left, he stood up and looked into the courtyard.
The courtyard was crowded one after another, and many people were sitting or standing, some of the female relatives hid their faces and wept, and some of the young men hammered the door with angry faces.
Chi Tao's eyesight is excellent, and the courtyard is bright, she carefully patrolled around, and found that there was no figure of Duan Wang among them, Xie Yao sat in the innermost thoughtfully.
Emperor Wude sat in the hall, and several guards around him were firmly guarded, but there was no decadence on his face, but he smiled and said to Concubine Lin beside him: "It's just a trick, Linlang is not afraid." β
Concubine Lin looked indifferent, only looking at her fingernails dyed with Yin Hongfeng.
Emperor Wude changed his comfortable posture and looked at the guards standing in the hall: "I am already here, is King Duan still shrinking and not daring to show up?" β
The guard laughed: "Don't worry, the emperor, our prince is busy preparing things to entertain the emperor, and he won't be able to come for a while." β
"Rebels and thieves!" Someone in the courtyard couldn't hold it back, and got up and reprimanded, "Even if you take the throne, can you win the hearts of the people in the world?" Everybody gets it! β
The guards seemed to hear a big joke and laughed: "I'm afraid it may not be possible to get it, the father, brother and husband of the rank are all high-ranking pillars, and there are you in the drinking garden, I'm afraid they don't dare to act rashly." β
"You ......" the man gritted his teeth angrily, and a noble lady beside him thought that it was his mother, and for fear of causing trouble, she hurriedly pulled him to sit on the ground.
The guard smiled, but looked into the corner.
Chi Tao saw a woman in a fancy dress standing in the corner of the wall, and felt the guard's gaze, so she nodded invisibly.
Chi Tao can see clearly, it is the fake Huayin County Lord!
Xie Yao also paid attention secretly, seeing that the two of them made a look, their hearts were not good, the guard's body moved slightly, and he was about to bully himself in front of Emperor Wude, Xie Yao hurriedly got up and secretly tensed his body.
Suddenly, a few whistles sounded in the darkness, and then someone rejoiced: "The Gyeonggi camp is here!" β
The opportunity was fleeting, and the guard's face changed: "How come? β
Jin Ge's voice got closer and closer, and a general-looking hand raised his knife and fell, slashed several guards guarding the door of Fuyan Hall, and kicked open the door: "Your Majesty! Chen Zhang Feng's rescue is late! β
Emperor Wude got up calmly: "What about the Duanwang people?" β
Zhang Feng waved his hand, and the soldier behind him pushed a person with a big tie in: "King Duan has been captured!" King Duan hung his head and said nothing.
Emperor Wude saw that King Duan looked delirious, and he also felt a little strange, and walked up to King Duan: "Raise your head!" β
Zhang Feng hugged his fists behind King Duan and said: "Back to Your Majesty, King Duan has committed suicide in fear of crime.....
Emperor Wude was shocked: "Dead? β
Zhang Feng's tone was gloomy: "King Duan saw that the Gyeonggi camp was attacking, and he knew that the general trend had gone, so he had already committed suicide by taking poison with Princess Duan. He immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty is the true dragon son of heaven, the person blessed by God, and the blessing is the beam!" β
Everyone in the courtyard knelt down in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the true dragon son of heaven, the blessed person, the blessing is the beam!" β
The county lord of Huayin showed an anxious look, although he also knelt down, his eyes were only staring at Concubine Lin behind Emperor Wude.
Emperor Wude laughed loudly, and before he could speak, he suddenly felt a chill in his waist and abdomen.
He looked back in disbelief.
Concubine Lin held a dagger in both hands, which had been plunged deep into his flank.
Seeing Emperor Wude turn around, Concubine Lin released her dagger and took two steps back.
The incident happened suddenly, and the kneeling people had not yet gotten up, and they all looked at this scene in amazement.
Zhang Feng was shocked: "Your Majesty! He yelled like crazy, "Doctor! Tell the Imperial Doctor!"
Emperor Wude covered his abdomen, took two steps back, fell on the jade steps, looked down at his waist gushing with blood, and looked up at Concubine Lin: "You finally ......"
Concubine Lin wore a moonlight white full-breasted skirt today, with a light gauze wide-sleeved dark pattern coat, with a light gauze texture inside and out, and a one-color mutton fat jade head on her head, pure and detached, fluttering like a fairy. She said coldly: "Yes, I finally killed you!" Seeing Emperor Wu De's face turn gray little by little, her expression like ice cracked a trace of fine lines, "I want to kill you every day!" β
Zhang Feng's eyes were red, his eyes were split, and he rushed forward: "Your Majesty! The Imperial Physician has been summoned! As he spoke, he raised his knife and was about to slash at Concubine Lin.
Concubine Lin stood on top of the jade steps, not dodging or dodging, only closed her eyes, and only her eyelashes trembled slightly.
only heard the sound of "ding", but the expected cold blade did not cut down.
Concubine Lin opened her eyes, only to see Murong Lingfei step forward, snatch Zhang Feng's knife, and then grab Concubine Lin: "I'll take you away!" β
Concubine Lin brushed his hand away, her beautiful eyes flowed, and she smiled sadly: "I can't leave." β
Emperor Wu De laboriously took out a token from his arms and threw it to Concubine Lin, this action touched the wound, he covered his waist and inhaled painfully: "This is my gold medal, you ..... you go......"
Concubine Lin seemed to be stimulated, and her true emotions finally surfaced, she kicked away the gold medal and rushed to Emperor Wude: "Why! I, I'll kill you! Why are you still letting me go! β
Emperor Wude smiled bitterly: "In the end, I am sorry for you, you were originally a golden branch and jade leaf......."
Concubine Lin's voice was very loud, as if she could firm her heart: "Yes!" You killed my loved ones! I, I was fifteen years old! β
"Fifteen years old......" Emperor Wu De looked at Concubine Lin, but seemed to see that spring afternoon through her face.
The blood-stained peach blossoms fell all over the ground, and he ascended the throne in the opposition of the important ministers of the court, and became more and more eager to prove himself, and personally led the troops to destroy several neighboring small countries one after another, Xiyan is one of them, even if the lord of Xiyan pays tribute every year, he has not escaped the fate of destroying the country.
When he rushed into the palace, he learned that the lord and queen had committed suicide by hanging their beams, and the advisers told him that they would cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.
But in front of the jade steps of the main hall, there was a girl in plain clothes dancing.
There is no music, just peach blossoms fluttering and falling.
The advisor was impatient, and was about to go up and get it, but he was stopped by him like a ghost.
When the girl finished dancing, she looked back and leaned over, the veil on her face slipping off.
That glance is the love of a lifetime.
He stepped forward in confusion: "Who are you?" β
Although the girl leaned down and saluted gracefully, her voice was cold: "Princess Xiyan, Linlang." β