Chapter 172: Celebration Banquet
One day, the eunuch came to announce the decree and asked Shao Yifei to go to the palace with his family for a banquet, saying that he was going to hold a celebration banquet.
And the lord of Jiahui also mentioned the situation in the court with Bai Qiuyue, and now the court has a great opinion on the emperor, the emperor is addicted to beauty, and often does not go to the early dynasty, which causes many people to complain, but the emperor does not think so, and many things are managed by King Rong, so naturally the power of King Rong's party is increasing day by day.
It's just that the emperor can't see the situation clearly, and often stays with Concubine Li, who is very charming, dancing is not only charming, but also singing a good song, which fascinates the emperor.
Anyone who dared to speak out to the emperor not to indulge in beauty, the emperor asked them to dismiss their officials and go back, farm at home, and be idlers, regardless of government affairs.
And Bai Qiuyue remembered that when she was with Shao Yifei at that time, she saw the emperor for the first time, and that emperor was not as incompetent as others said, and then Bai Qiuyue heard that the emperor in Liu Yanxi's mouth was a faint monarch, who regarded life as a mustard, and let Liu Yanxi and the eunuchs take away Dai Xi's life was actually his bad taste.
It is said that a companion is like a tiger, Shao Yifei warned Bai Qiuyue that everything in the court must be cautious in words and deeds. Don't talk much.
On this day, Shao Yifei wore court clothes, Bai Qiuyue and Wen Yingqian dressed up carefully, and came to the palace in formal clothes.
Bai Qiuyue followed Shao Yi into the palace for the first time, and she looked at the palace Zhu Yongbi tile, the building is magnificent, solemn, the more you go inside, the more you can see the beauty of the palace's construction, many places make Bai Qiuyue can't help but be surprised. The palace has a sleeping palace, a main hall, and a dining room...... There are more than 100 rooms in total, and the emperor generally goes to court in the main hall.
Look at the precious ancient trees in the palace is breathtaking, the cranes carved with jade in the rockery, as if the cranes are about to spread their wings and fly away in the next moment.
And the palace is full of beautiful women, all dressed gorgeously, surrounded by beautiful sideburns, walking in the back garden. The one who walked in front was the master, and the one behind was the maid.
The maids hung their heads, but they were all young and beautiful, richly dressed, and wore beautiful buns.
And the first time she came, if she hadn't followed Shao Yifei, I was afraid that she wouldn't have been able to touch the direction of the main hall, she didn't know how long she had walked, and her feet hurt. followed him to the main hall.
There were also a number of ministers in the palace, and the emperor specially greeted Shao Yifei and others, praised Shao Yifei's merits in the court, and named him a general.
And Wen Yingqian was named Mrs. Yipin. And Bai Qiuyue, because of her status as a concubine, only gave her some jewelry, cloth and other things. She is naturally a little lonely in her heart, in her era, the status of the concubine is only higher than that of the maid, and she also knows that her status is not worth mentioning in the eyes of others.
Wen Yingqian looked at her very proudly, as if to say, no matter how good the relationship between you and Shao Yifei is, isn't the title of Mrs. Yipin's destiny still her own?
Therefore, no matter how hard Bai Qiuyue wants to prove that she is not worth mentioning in the eyes of others. And she also saw King Rong, who was wearing a dark purple court dress and an official hat, and was imposing.
When he looked at Bai Qiuyue, he had some playfulness. And he had seen her before, and she had changed a lot in his eyes. She has become more and more moving over the years.
And the generals who came to reward them were the generals who had fought bloodily in the past few years, as well as some ministers in the court, some of whom had obtained fiefdoms, and some of whom had been promoted to knighthood.
After preparing a few things.
"Zhong Aiqing sit down!" The emperor in a yellow robe ordered everyone to sit down. And the emperor's face turned yellow. The spirit is depressed, and under the backdrop of the imposing King Rong, he does not look like an emperor, while King Rong looks majestic. The momentum is overwhelming.
Under the emperor's arrangement, everyone sat down one after another. There is a desk in front of each minister. On the table were the wine and delicacies carefully prepared by the emperor and some fruits.
And Bai Qiuyue also saw the legendary beautiful Concubine Li, who had a melon seed face, a pair of fox eyes with affection, two thin lips that were very ruddy, eyebrows that were not delineated but green, lips that were not dotted and red, and a petite and delicate figure was very bewitching.
Not to mention that men will be fascinated, women will also feel moved when they see her. And she was sitting on the sidelines, laughing and looking at everyone.
And the queen, who is in stark contrast to her, the queen with a dignified and beautiful face, is sitting on the other side at the moment, only to see her sitting in a precarious position. Serious demeanor.
She obviously couldn't get used to Concubine Li's appearance.
And the emperor let everyone relax, enjoy the song and dance while drinking, and after that, Concubine Li arranged for people to perform the song and dance together, which she carefully prepared.
The more she danced, the tighter the queen's brow wrinkled. However, she had to look at it, and the emperor looked at Concubine Li, and his expression could not hide his joy.
Speaking of this concubine, she was originally a dancing girl in King Jing's mansion, because one day King Jing invited him to a banquet, and this dancing girl was coveted by Emperor Li Jing, and he accepted him as a concubine, and the emperor's harem of three thousand beauties favored her alone, so she naturally snubbed the queen. The dance is over.
Just as he was about to arrange the next song and dance, Prime Minister Wen, who was the queen's father, naturally couldn't get used to all this, and he also said that there was a plague in a place in the north at an inopportune time, and there were heavy casualties.
But the emperor didn't think so, and said with a light expression: "Natural disasters are inevitable, what can be done about this?" ”
When Prime Minister Wen was unhappy, King Rong came out and said to the Prime Minister: "The plague is rampant, if you don't stop it in time, if a merchant passes by there, catches the plague, and comes to another place, it will be difficult to do!" Isn't it true that the whole country will be infected with the plague, Your Majesty, these must be prevented before they happen! ”
"What does Uncle Huang mean?" The emperor asked lazily.
And King Rong also came up with a strategy, only to see the momentum of the emperor directly said: "The plague is rampant naturally makes people panic, I think the emperor should send the palace imperial doctor to go deep into the people, the palace has a way to cure the plague, treat them with exquisite technology, and soothe the people." At the same time, more generals should be sent to the city gate to guard and assist the generals defending the city, seal the city and isolate it, and prevent them from entering the city in time when they see anyone who is abnormal. Set up more isolation mechanisms so that sick people can be isolated from the outside world, and their conditions are constantly observed in the isolation mechanism. Every day must be strictly guarded, and no sloppiness must be allowed! Reduce losses with maximum strength! ”
"Uncle Huang has a point!" The emperor thought for a while and said, but he seemed to be a little careless.
The appearance of not being in his heart made the prime minister very angry in his heart. In fact, it has not been a day or two since the emperor was like this.
And what King Rong said naturally went deep into the prime minister's heart. And he also took the opportunity to comfort the prime minister and said: "Although such a thing cannot be done foolproof, it is always good to strengthen protective measures!" I will also inspect it myself. ”
King Rong's remark aroused everyone's approving glances, and the officials in the court looked at each other, and they all said that King Rong had a good idea.
And Bai Qiuyue looked at the situation in the court, in fact, she knew that this King Rong was by no means a simple character. I saw that his momentum was aggressive, his eyes were sharp, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he always had a bit of a strategic smile.
And Bai Qiuyue has always listened to the county lord of Jiahui, and Shao Yifei often talks about the deeds of the court, so naturally he also knows about the deeds of the court.
In the previous dynasty, in the war between the four sons, Emperor Taishang got the throne, and King Rong was actually the most gloomy in the previous dynasty. He was the younger brother of the Emperor Taishang, and did not reflect his ambitions and desires, but on the contrary, helped the Emperor Taishang to seize the throne.
In the bloody Xuanyuanmen coup, Emperor Taishang obtained the throne with the help of King Rong. And the Emperor Taishang has always valued King Rong and regarded him as his confidant.
It's just that Emperor Taishang died suddenly, and everyone originally thought that the throne was passed to King Rong. Because King Rong has always shown the ability to govern the country.
But the edict drawn up before the violent death was to pass the throne to the six-year-old prince, and the emperor did not give it to King Rong, but to General Shao's grandfather Shao Rong in advance, and the emperor was actually worried that his illness would die one day, so he drafted the edict in advance.
He has always been an upright character, a lieutenant of the imperial court, and his great-grandfather, so he made this edict public.
Shao Yifei's grandfather later died of an illness. Everyone said that it was the loss of the DPRK.
In the imperial court, the crown prince who inherited the throne was still young at that time, and King Rong assisted him in growing up. Therefore, Emperor Li Jing valued his uncle very much. His uncle naturally contributed a lot and had a certain amount of power in the court.
Many decisions were made by King Rong, everyone said that the biggest weakness of this emperor was that his ears were extremely soft, and his behavior really disappointed everyone, everyone felt that if the emperor continued like this, the country would die sooner or later.
And King Rong is very good at governing the country. One has to admire. Before King Rong led his troops to fight with those countries that invaded his own country, won the battle, and received many cities in other countries, everyone said that King Rong's shrewdness and talent were not lost to the emperor of the year.
And he is very good at winning people's hearts, in the battle with the enemy, the enemy captured the beauties, gold, silver, jewelry, cloth and silk are not for his own use, behind the scenes of those people and things to some ministers, so secretly there is a situation where the forces of the DPRK and China have defected, and they have said that it is better to change the country as soon as possible. It seems that this emperor can't afford to take on the heavy responsibility.
These things were all said by the county lord of Jiahui and Shao Yifei behind their backs, and these things were not revealed on the surface, but only surging behind their backs.
In fact, everyone knows it. Who is more suitable to be this emperor.
And there was a minister who took the opportunity to mention the recent corruption of local officials to the emperor, and the emperor was directly angry at this time, only to see him slap the table and say angrily: "Are you so unhappy? Tell me these things at this time! Today, I invite everyone to come to Aiqing to be happy, in addition to commending the merits at the celebration banquet, I also want everyone to enjoy the singing and dancing! These political matters will be discussed another day! ”
And Concubine Li took the opportunity to intimately peel a grape and feed it to the emperor, and turned a blind eye to the ministers in the court, she comforted the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, it's not good for the dragon body to be angry~"
"It's still my beauty who sympathizes with me!" The emperor took the grapes in Concubine Li's hand in front of everyone, and ate them in his mouth, with a playful taste in his eyes, Concubine Li smiled, and there was infinite charm in her eyes.
When everyone saw it, they shook their heads and sighed again, as if they were used to such scenes.
And the queen coughed a few times. She was worried, looking at the farce in front of her, she was naturally very helpless. However, she is the mother of a country, and she must behave dignified and decently no matter what.
Seeing that the queen was unwell, the palace maid next to her hurriedly handed over a handkerchief, and the queen covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed a few times. The face was helpless, as if such a thing should be seen often every day.
The minister couldn't help but sigh when he saw the emperor like this, and he was also extremely disappointed, showing great indignation, at this moment he couldn't help it anymore, and sighed: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't want to say this to you at this time, it is a disappointment to listen to the emperor's ears, but the emperor, think about it, sometimes you don't go to the early court, and some twists and turns are not approved, I dare to speak today also to make the emperor pay attention to these things, I know that the emperor may not listen, but for the sake of the country, even if I risk my life, I have to speak!" ”
The minister's attitude made people sad, and his attitude of worrying about the country and the people made everyone appreciate it very much.
But the emperor still couldn't see his sadness, and he snorted coldly: "It's good that you have risked your life for the country!" Then I want you to die right now, are you willing? ”
Such cold words made everyone gasp, Bai Qiuyue was shocked, this minister was obviously a very loyal person, and he would be treated so indifferently by the emperor.
And this minister's body obviously couldn't support it, he couldn't help but take a few steps back, and his body, which was already old, trembled a little because of his words. Apparently untenable.
And his voice resounded through the palace, filled with righteous indignation, and his voice trembled: "The country is almost over, the country is almost over, the old minister is here to accompany you!" The Emperor! ”
And he was so angry that he was about to hit the pillar. Fortunately, King Rong stopped him, so he didn't crash into it.
And the emperor said coldly: "Uncle Huang, why don't you let him bump into it?" Isn't he bent on death? ”
And King Rong respectfully took some elders to look at the bitter words of the younger generations: "Your Majesty, this person is the founding father of the DPRK, and he is also dedicated to the country, this spirit can be sung and cried, if he dies because of Jinyan, wouldn't it be a pity!" ”
King Rong's sensible attitude contrasted strongly with the emperor's attitude.
And he also appeased the minister, who took his seat under the pacification of King Rong. But his expression was always very unpleasant, and he sighed for a long time.
And King Rong first toasted with the emperor to soothe the emperor's emotions, and then with the permission of the emperor, he toasted with the ministers, and when he looked at Shao Yifei, he showed a very admiring look, and said to Shao Yifei with a smile: "I have always admired the hero the most, and General Shao is young and promising, speaking of which, I have always had a good relationship with your grandfather, and it is naturally very sad to hear the bad news that he is seriously ill, and if he has a spirit in the sky, he will definitely be proud of you when he sees you like this, come, I respect the hero." ”
And when King Rong and Shao Yifei toasted, their eyes looked at him with deep meaning, and Shao Yifei's eyes looked at him with deep meaning.
And Bai Qiuyue guessed that this was not just as simple as toasting, looking at King Rong's eyes, as if he was conveying some message, as if he had something to ask him for.