Chapter 30: The Banquet

Inside the General's Palace.

After a few days of conditioning, Shao Yifei's body has become much better. The second day that he fell into the trap, it was Hua Chen who came to save him, and it was his spiritual mount Hei Feng who went to find Hua Chen, and actually brought her to the trap where Shao Yifei was, and after a few days of careful care from her, he was much better.

This said, Ning Xiangyu invited him to drink, and he actually mentioned a bizarre dream he had in a trap last day, and such bizarre dreams usually appeared when he was sick, which made him consciously feel that his breathing was not smooth, but after doing it, the pain in his body would be reduced a little.

The content of the dream is like this: there are two white-bearded gods are playing chess against each other, originally smoky, the sound of silk and bamboo is very pleasant, the two gods are talking, one of them shows a sad face, saying that after the demon zun made trouble in the heavens, a strange grass appeared in the sky, like Lan Feilan, glowing with yin blue light, the gods are afraid of shoveling a certain number of things, so the matter was put aside, seeing that the god sighed, and the other god also abandoned the chess pieces, but the person with the style of Lu Dongbin came from the east on a big bird, But it was not the gods of the sky, I saw the sword on his back unsheathed, turned into a golden light, so that the strange grass was in the place, and the strange incantation was recited in his mouth, and finally the light swept the strange grass in it, and the two gods were stunned, only to see that he looked free and easy, and put the strange grass in the cloth bag.

After Shao Yifei told this dream, Ning Xiangyu smiled: "Could it mean that you were an immortal in your previous life?" And I am not blessed to meet you in this life? ”

Both laughed.

After laughing, Ning Xiangyu said: "Today I want to come to say goodbye to you, and in two weeks, I plan to go to Liangzhou to do business."

"I will definitely go and practice it for you myself that day." Shao Yifei patted him on the shoulder.

Life is in the world, knowledge is hard to find, obviously, Ning Xiangyu is his best friend.

After Ning Xiangyu left, Huachen came over to tell Shao Yifei, and Wang Wu invited him to the mansion to attend the banquet.

"The opportunity has finally come, are you all ready?" Shao Yifei asked.

"Huai is ready." Hua Chen looked like he was holding a holy ticket, and took out a stack of papers, Shao Yifei suddenly saw a scar on Hua Chen's wrist, and knew what the reason was, that day Hua Chen found a rope, and pulled himself up with all his strength with others, thinking that Hua Chen was such a thin woman, but she didn't care for herself, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and said emotionally: "Thank you for saving me last time."

"General, from the day I was rescued by you, I was destined to serve the general all my life." Hua Chen said softly, revealing the shyness of a girl, but General Shao didn't know her special feelings for herself.

The banquet came as scheduled, and the people present were generally Wang Wu's cronies. Wen Yingqian's father, Prime Minister Wen, was also present, but he had a cold attitude towards Shao Yifei, obviously unable to let go of his daughter's injury. Everyone looked at Shao Yifei with more or less hostility, and most of them were guests attending Wang Wu's wedding, but Shao Yifei comfortably found a place to sit down. Wang Wu was quite respectful to Shao Yifei and took the initiative to offer a glass of wine, as if he had forgotten his suspicions.

"The emperor has arrived!" A shrill voice rang out.

The emperor is also here! Shao Yifei now knew exactly what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

The emperor was dressed in a royal robe, his temperament was majestic, everyone bowed to the emperor, and the emperor was in a good mood: "Today I came to Chizhou to visit the people, and the governor of Wang invited me to come over to participate in the banquet with respect for the landlord.

"Thank you, Lord Long." After everyone saluted, they sat down one after another, and during the banquet, the emperor and Shao Yifei and others were noisy, which mentioned the marriage of Shao Yifei and Wen Yingqian, Prime Minister Wen was emotional: "I don't agree!" Shengshang, I heard that Shao Yifei has a bad character, and marrying his daughter to her is tantamount to pushing her into the fire pit! ”

Shao Yifei was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "Since I am a fire pit, then I bother the prime minister, you should tell your daughter to keep her away from my fire pit."

This is obviously a provocation, just between the stalemate between the two, a woman wrapped in a veil, wearing a bright red silk dance dress, bowed to the emperor, and began to dance, everyone was deeply attracted by her dancing posture with a variety of styles, just when everyone was fascinated, she changed her posture again, stood on tiptoe, and when she used her beautiful arms to make a star-picking action, the result was staggering, if it wasn't for Shao Yifei to hold up her light body from behind, she would probably have fallen, Shao Yifei had already noticed that her dancing posture was a little laborious due to leg problems, was willing to help her, the more affectionate her eyes, he was a little flustered, she said gently: "Hold my waist."

He did so, and she took the opportunity to bend down, raise one hand, and finish the last movement gracefully. Gracefully ended the last action.

When she lifts the veil, who else will it be if it is not Wen Yingqian?

She bowed to the crowd and bowed her chin: "It's ugly."

"I heard you got a leg injury?" The emperor said with concern.

"It's fine. Xie Shengshang cares. Wen Yingqian responded politely.

"I heard that the injury on her leg is related to you, but is this true?"

The saint took the opportunity to ask Shao Yifei.

Before Shao Yifei could answer, Wen Yingqian hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, this is not General Shao's business, it was the carelessness of the people's daughter who sprained her leg."

"Lord Wen really defended him, but the truth of the facts, I'm afraid General Shao, do you know it?" The emperor's rhetorical question did not shock Shao Yifei, and he replied very calmly: "That day was indeed because of my robbery."

There was an uproar.

"You are very calm, but did you take into account the royal face when you robbed your relatives! Now everyone in the world knows that you are an arrogant and domineering person who robs the people's daughters, you have always been my love, have you ever taken into account the royal face when you did such a thing? The emperor's face changed suddenly, and everyone below took a deep breath, and Wang Wu was even more proud.

Shao Yifei was a little unconfused, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I robbed her for a reason, I got a painting before this, and the woman in the painting is her appearance, and a Taoist priest once told me that this woman can cure my illness, and I dreamed of her before I got her, could it be that this is not an arrangement from God?" ”

"Fallacy!" The emperor didn't listen to his strong words at all, but continued to ask him a very difficult question: "Then let me ask you, how does that woman compare with Wen Yingqian?" ”

Shao Yifei pondered for a while, and replied: "In my eyes, they each have their own beauty, one is as lonely as Ruolan, and the other is as delicate as a rose, but I have been fighting on the battlefield all year round, if it weren't for my stubborn illness, I wouldn't have come back, and the delicate rose can endure the loneliness of not spoiling you all year round?" ”

"I~" Wen Yingqian was angry, and finally walked out, and when she saw the emperor, she had no choice but to say respectfully: "Your Majesty, what General Shao said is just an excuse, since the day I made a marriage contract with him, I swore in my heart that no matter what, I will do my duty as a wife, even if he doesn't come back, I will wait for him to come back, have you forgotten, the scar on my leg last time?" If it weren't for wanting to be with you, I wouldn't have gone to you at risk of my own safety, and now, are you trying to cut off your relationship with me completely? ”

Her tone changed from calm to questioning.

Everyone present was moved, and the prime minister sighed: "But he is not the beloved person he entrusts, I am a stupid child."

"But father, the child will not marry General Shao in this life."

There was a lot of talking.

At this moment, the emperor's cold words sounded in the hall: "But this woman is just a civilian, and you are a hussar general on the battlefield, she is not worthy of you, and now I have promised Wen Yingqian to you, unless you are disrespectful, Wen Yingqian can only be your wife!"

Shao Yifei understands that the emperor has issued a holy decree, and the emperor's order cannot be violated, which is originally a tradition that has been continued from ancient and modern China and abroad. As an emperor, how can you really understand public opinion? Nothing more than a noblest executioner.

"Hahaha, thank you, Lord Long." Shao Yifei suddenly bowed heavily to the emperor, and there was some madness that made everyone a little uncomfortable, but his eyes seemed to be provoking the emperor: "But the emperor, how do you want to arrange that woman?" His tone was nothing more than sarcasm for the emperor arranging other people's marriages at will.

The emperor said as a matter of course: "Naturally give her to Wang Wu!" ”

"Emperor Xie!" Wang Wu was overjoyed to bow in front of the hall, but when he got up, he was kicked to his knees by Shao Yifei, held his head, and knocked heavily on the ground, "Huang Enhao, you just kowtowed casually and were not sincere enough, you want to kowtow like I just did." So they pressed him to the ground.

"Shao Yifei!" The emperor was furious.

"I'm teaching him how to bow, isn't he guilty?" Shao Yifei said with a hint of a smile, the more he smiled, the more chills he felt.

And just when the atmosphere was rigid, suddenly a maid walked in with a girl, I saw her dressed in white, with a slender figure, a refined temperament, and a faint melancholy between her eyebrows and eyes.

Isn't this the person Shao Yifei has in mind? His gaze became more and more unable to take his eyes off her, and he wanted to take her away immediately.

She politely and politely greeted the emperor and everyone, and the emperor's gaze at her was a little intoxicated, and her eyes reminded him of an old man.

Wang Wu's gaze also fell on her.

"Yuhan, tell everyone, is it your intention to marry Wang Wu?" Shao Yifei approached Bai Yuhan and wanted her to tell the truth.

But Bai Yuhan pushed him away coldly, and to Shao Yifei's surprise, the woman as cold as Ruolan actually knelt respectfully in front of the saint like this, "Emperor Xie is complete." ”

Wang Wu looked at Shao Yifei with some smugness.

"Shao Yifei, how can you tell that you are not robbing a people's girl?" The emperor was furious.

Shao Yifei obviously didn't expect such a show, and when he reacted, he smiled: "Everyone is pointing knives at me, what can I say?"

He looked at Bai Yuhan with a look that couldn't hide a trace of loneliness, and then Wen Yingqian came over and added: "Lang is affectionate, the concubine is intentional, this is not a good marriage, in the past, when she was in my house, she also copied a few love poems, and also had correspondence with Wang Wu."

After speaking, he ordered someone to fetch it.

Sure enough, these love poems and letters are all in Bai Yuhan's handwriting, but the former was transcribed by Bai Yuhan when he was bored in the Wen Mansion, while the latter was written by people imitating handwriting.

"Is that the case?" The emperor took the opportunity to ask.

Bai Yuhan's eyes were first surprised, and then gloomy. But he still cooperated with Ah Xiang's request that day, and expected to lie to himself and said: "Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing."

What's the use of denying all this? What I want, from beginning to end, is just freedom. And last time, Ah Xiang said to herself, cooperate with Wen Yingqian to act in a play. will give her the antidote to let her go, and give her a sum of money to live on.

In Shao Yifei's eyes, this is nothing more than a provocative game, and all the faults are pushed on himself, making the saint think that he robbed the people's daughter and broke up this pair of people who love each other, Gao! It's really high! But are you working against me if you cooperate with them? Or don't you love me? The woman he was thinking about betrayed him at this moment. It's ridiculous!