At the end of the year, thinking of the queen's new funeral, there was no big banquet in the palace, but the emperor lent An Lingrong to celebrate his birthday, and the next banquet was set up in the Shouxuan Chunyong Hall in Changchun Garden, and the banquet was invited to hundreds of officials, and he ordered to hold a big one. It seems that the emperor is filial, but in fact, he is because the household department has achieved a lot of results in recovering debts, and he wants to take advantage of this to have a lively time.

Since the emperor ascended the throne, the palace has been mourning sound one after another, it is also a long time not to hear the joy, the internal affairs office in the emperor's acquiescence, do their best, extremely extravagant, the Changchun Garden decorated a new one, along the road decorated with colorful silk, Shou Xuan Chun Yong Hall is golden, brocade and Qi are wrong, in front of the palace is set up a big stage, since this morning it will be opened by the singer of the singer, sheng song each other, one song after another, until the arrival of the holy car.

"Say hello to the emperor and the queen mother, long live the emperor Jin'an, and the queen mother will live a thousand years." Everyone bowed down in unison, and the sound of the mountain cried to meet them.

"Get up." The emperor waved his hand to calm everyone down, and then bowed to An Lingrong and Zhen Huan, "Please take a seat." ”

In front of people, the emperor's filial piety is still very good, and he can't see that he is extremely cold to An Lingrong and Zhen Huan.

An Lingrong chuckled lightly and said slowly: "The emperor has a heart. Then he sat down with Zhen Huan.

Only then did the emperor sit down, and raised his hand to signal the hundred officials and concubines to also take their seats: "Li Yu, let's start." ”

Li Yu raised his voice and said, "Singing and dancing—"

A muffled drum sounded, and then heard a burst of birds, inside and outside quietly, and suddenly heard the middle of the air and the song, looked up, but did not see a bird, is surprised and admired, a clear long sound resounded outside the hall, like a hundred birds towards the phoenix, countless birdsong accompanied by this long song to the sky, and then gradually dissipated, then, the sound of drum music and strings came from the stage, but I don't know when it has been arranged, the dance is graceful, the singing is melodious, Yingying opens, and there is a children's dance team into the field, red, purple, silver and green, colorful, dressed like a fairy, holding flowers and dancing, dancing and singing, all kinds of petals falling all over the sky, and finally, the singer Maiko sings and sings, doing a hundred operas, and is very lively.

Singing and dancing permeated until dusk, everyone raised their glasses to congratulate each other, staggered, the emperor was also a little drunk, blushing, lazily lying on the dragon chair, under the seat, Hui Guifei was sick and unwell and left first, Concubine Xian was the highest, busy presiding over the overall situation, Jia Concubine was about to give birth, she was the key object of protection, pure concubine and weakness, can not drink, only Qing Concubine smiled and smiled with the emperor to drink and talk.

"Your Majesty, I've watched too many songs and dances, and the concubines feel tired." Qing Concubine looked at the emperor coquettishly and smiled like a bright sun, "I heard that the Internal Affairs Office has prepared new things, why don't the emperor let them appear and have a look?" ”

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Li Yu, "What else is there to keep from me?" ”

Li Yu replied with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, there is a new leopard in the beast taming garden of the Old Summer Palace, and the training is very good, I wanted to perform today to help the emperor, but the slave saw that it was really dangerous, so he asked the Internal Affairs Office to withdraw this stubble......"

"Father-in-law Li is such a big leader, he can actually make decisions for the emperor." Qing Concubine raised her eyebrows, and regardless of Li Yu's cold sweat, she only covered her lips and smiled, "Your Majesty, I heard that the leopard is fierce and vigorous, but it was trained by the beast tamer to be extraordinarily well-behaved. She was coquettish to the emperor, and her voice turned back and forth.

The emperor lowered his eyes and glanced at Li Yu, but he retracted his gaze for a moment: "Then it will be according to what Concubine Qing said." He didn't look at Li Yu again, his voice was a little cold, "You go and arrange it yourself." ”

"Yes." Li Yu raised his hand with difficulty to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and trotted all the way down.

An Lingrong and Zhen Huan sat behind the curtain and saw this scene clearly, but they didn't say much, only smiled and talked about the past: "I remember that Concubine Ning was also a beast tamer before, and she was with tigers and leopards since she was a child, but later there were too many wild horses that were difficult to tame in the Baijun Garden, and the beasts did not enter the beast in the beast taming park for a long time, so the eunuch in charge asked her to be a horse trainer, which was taken by the first emperor." ”

"Yes, I was lucky enough to see her taming a horse once, and she was really beautiful." An Lingrong smiled lightly, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes, "At that time, An Kang also liked to ride horses, and he was very close to Concubine Ning for a while. ”

Zhen Huan reached out and shook An Lingrong's hand: "Don't think about it, let's watch the show." ”

As he was talking, a shallow sound of bells floated far away, the beast tamer girl was dressed very brightly, the blue flower skirt was up to the ankles, covered with a thin layer of silver shirt, vaguely visible with silver threads outlining the flowers, refracting a little brilliance in the bright sunshine, the green silk was scattered down, like a waterfall, only with a wreath of flowers and broken beads, the fragrance of flowers curled around, the bells burst, then I saw her walking barefoot, wearing a pair of red gold foot rings at her ankles, decorated with more than a dozen golden bells, It echoed the gold ring on her wrist, but the woman wore a veil and could not see her face clearly, only a pair of sharp eyes were exposed.

The emperor looked at the woman walking slowly, gradually became interested, and involuntarily sat up straight.

Seeing this, Jia Concubine couldn't help but twist the handkerchief angrily, and glanced at Qing Concubine with some complaints, but Qing Concubine didn't seem to realize it, and looked at the money leopard following the beast tamer with great interest.

The leopard has a round head, short ears, a broad and firm chest, strong limbs, brown and bright coat color, oily and slippery, uniform body, oily and shiny, and a pair of dark green eyes like glass beads in the black jade make people shudder, it obediently followed the beast tamer step by step to the open space in front of the hall, and snorted lightly.

The concubines who got closer couldn't help but shudder, and shrank and hid inside.

The beast tamer laughed contemptuously, raised her hand and signaled the eunuch of the zoo to come over with a plate of raw meat, she took it casually, and then took out two of them and put them on the ground, reached out and rubbed the head of the leopard, approached it, and whispered a few words, the leopard seemed to understand, walked slowly to the raw meat, lowered his head and slowly bitten, the snow-white teeth and pink tongue touched each other, the two pieces of meat were swallowed in a moment, the leopard sat lazily on the ground, licked its paws, and was obediently tame like a large domestic cat.

The courtiers and concubines who were holding their breath and watching intently also breathed a sigh of relief, applauding sporadically, but An Lingrong and Zhen Huan, who were sitting at the top, saw that something was wrong.

"Sister, that seems to be ......" An Lingrong said in a low voice.

Zhen Huan hurriedly shook her head at her and signaled silence.

In front of the main hall, the performance of the beast tamer continued, she was more daring this time, picked up a piece of bloody meat and shook it in front of the leopard, so that the bad dodge left and right is not to give it to eat, teasing it like a cat, the leopard will exert its forelimbs, only rely on the hind limbs to stand up, stretch out her tongue to lick, step by step follow the footsteps of the beast tamer, the beast tamer step by step back, the leopard will follow step by step, until finally, the beast tamer throws the meat, the leopard kicks the hind limbs, and takes the piece of meat into the belly in mid-air.

"Good!" The emperor couldn't help but applaud loudly, took the lead in applauding, and immediately the applause was thunderous, and everyone was convinced.

Concubine Chun patted her chest and dodged in the direction of Concubine Xian, her face turned white with fright: "I was really scared to death by the concubine just now, and the leopard jumped into the hall, what if it hurts someone." ”

Concubine Xian's face was also a little ugly, and she turned her head stiffly to look at the emperor who was in high spirits, knowing that she couldn't be persuaded now.

The beast tamer girl did several performances in a row, including the fire ring and seesaw that Qing Concubine said, the thrilling and exciting performance attracted full applause, until the curtain finally ended, the beast tamer led the leopard back to the iron cage, slowly walked out of the iron gate and locked it, turned around and bowed down: "I wish the queen mother a thousand years of good health, long live the emperor Jin'an." ”

"Li Yu, reward." The emperor's eyes were shining, and he stared intently at the beast tamer, "I am lonely and unheard, but I didn't know that there were such capable people in the palace." ”

He got up and strode out, and Concubine Xian on the side hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, this leopard's ferocity has not been eliminated, if you get too close, I am afraid that there will be danger." ”

"It's okay, with this girl here, this leopard is very well-behaved." The emperor waved his hand casually and insisted on stepping forward.

Several low-level concubines saw the emperor getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but be delusional, boldly stepped forward, followed behind the emperor, and appeared in front of the emperor under the pretext that they also wanted to see the money leopard up close, and Concubine Xian was perfunctory by the emperor in court, and her face was already ugly, and the pure concubine on the side was still comforting softly, Jia Concubine sneered, and slowly followed with her stomach, but it was Qing Concubine, who first proposed to watch the performance, sat in her position with a lack of interest at this time, chatting with Yu Guiren without a match.

The emperor, who was surrounded by everyone, was all about the beast tamer at the moment, and he raised his chin slightly: "Raise your head, take off your veil, and let me see your true face." ”

Jia Concubine, who had just stepped forward, suddenly froze, her eyes were full of scarlet with jealousy, staring at the movements of the beast tamer, her lower abdomen was a little painful, she involuntarily reached out to support her stomach, but did not listen to the persuasion of the green bead to return to her seat, but unwillingly took two steps forward, and opened her eyes wide to see the appearance of the beast tamer.

The veil was gently lifted by the plain white hand, Ye Lanyi raised his dangerous eyes, flipped the palm of his hand with the other hand, pulled out a sharp dagger from under the skirt, and stabbed straight towards the emperor's chest, and the emperor was stunned in place because the beast tamer was Concubine Ning, and without noticing it for a while, the dagger cut open his clothes, and the sharp pain in his chest made him come back to his senses, retreat again and again, and casually pulled a person in front of him.

Bai Guiren screamed bitterly, and then, her body was torn open, and the sharp claws of the golden leopard appeared in front of everyone with blood - the lock of the iron cage did not fall at all, and the golden leopard easily ran out of it, and everyone was unexpectedly frightened, and the money leopard was also very fierce, following Bai Guiren, another new person who had entered the palace died tragically under its claws, and the scene suddenly became a mess.

"Escort! Escort—"

Ye Lanyi turned over and lay on the golden leopard, her body flexibly dodged the arrows of the guards, forcing the emperor to have no way out, and at the moment when it pounced in front of the emperor, Concubine Xian flew forward and pushed the emperor away, and the sharp claws of the golden leopard also cut through her arm, and suddenly blood gushed like a spring.

"Your Majesty, go away!" Concubine Xian endured severe pain and fell to the ground.

The bloody atmosphere spread strongly, the concubines panicked, screaming and fleeing in all directions, the courtiers were frightened and afraid, the guards surrounded the main hall, but they didn't know where to start, Shouxuan Chunyong Hall was not very spacious, and today there were many items, it seemed more and more narrow, in addition to the emperor, there were two queen mothers and concubines, the money leopard fled in all directions, if you shoot arrows at will, you are afraid of hurting a few nobles, so, you hesitate and do not move.

And the money leopard smelled blood, became more and more manic, became animalistic, roared angrily, and pounced forward with teeth and claws, but it was just a blink of an eye, the claws slashed from the emperor's neck to the chest, the dragon robe was torn to pieces, and bright red blood spilled out, and between the lightning and flint, a person flew forward, knocked Ye Lanyi down with a punch, hugged the neck of the money leopard and stabbed it violently, and then turned over and threw it out, the money leopard still gasped and walked towards Ye Lanyi, but the movement slowed down.

"Kill!" As soon as the man gave the order, sharp arrows rained down on the leopard, piercing it like a hedgehog, and with a feeble roar, it collapsed in a pool of blood.

Ye Lanyi covered his chest that was hit hard, blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth, looked at the emperor, and said with a sneer: "It's a pity that I couldn't kill you." ”

The emperor endured the sharp pain in his chest, shocked and angry: "Concubine Ning, I have never treated you badly!" ”

"Huh." Ye Lanyi sneered and looked at the emperor with staring eyes, "Aixinjue Luo Hongli, you are not worthy of being the lord of the Qing Dynasty." After speaking, she stuck the dagger into her chest with her backhand, and when she fell to the ground, a warm smile appeared on her face, "He is the only one in this world who is really good to me, and once he dies, I will have no ...... to love again."

Ye Lanyi slowly closed her eyes, and Zhen Huan, who was seated, couldn't bear to overdo it.

"Is it for him?" An Lingrong asked in a low voice.

Zhen Huan was speechless, just nodded slightly.

An Lingrong sighed lightly, brushed open the curtain and walked out slowly to preside over the overall situation.

The emperor fainted out of breath, Concubine Xian lost too much blood, Concubine Jia was frightened, and there were a few concubines who died tragically, everyone was in a mess, An Lingrong covered up Fang Cai's panic, and Lang Sheng arranged things one by one: "Li Yu, first move the emperor to the Qinzheng Palace, gather all the doctors in the Tai Hospital to treat the emperor's injuries, and Concubine Xian will also move to the Qinzheng Palace." Jia Concubine temporarily stayed in the side hall of Shouxuan Chunyong Hall to give birth, dill, you go and ask Wen Po to come over. Bai Guiren and Lin promised to be buried in accordance with the ceremonies of the concubines and nobles respectively, and handed them over to the Internal Affairs Office to handle them......" After dealing with it here, she said, "There can be no one in the court to preside, pass on the will of the mourning family, and all matters will be handled by Prince He for the time being, and Zhang Tingyu and Ortai will assist the government." ”

"We're in command." Zhang Tingyu and Ortai responded in unison.

The ankle bone is contusion, fortunately there is no fracture, the hands are intact, and the code words can continue haha~ (This chapter is also known as: Ye Lanyi, the warrior who slays the dragon)