Qi Wangfu

King Qi spit out the green salt water in his mouth, he had been drinking with guests all day yesterday, and when he came back, he was very drunk, and he barely woke up until it was almost dawn.

Princess Qi was busy letting people wait for King Qi to freshen up, and when she waited for breakfast, King Qi only barely ate some, but asked, "Today's congratulatory gift, can it be done?"

Princess Qi smiled: "Ceremony, the preparation was completed the day before yesterday, although filial piety is not in these false courtesies, but we can't help but care." ”

"That's right. King Qi nodded.

Today is the time of the New Year's Greeting, and the New Year's Celebration may not be the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, but it is all in these days, and the Ministry of Rites and the Qin Tianjian have calculated the date together and notified the officials and magnates.

Anyone with more than four grades, even princes who usually do not have to go to the court must participate.

This is the rule that existed in the former Wei Dynasty, and there was also a palace banquet, because the Great Wei had a 484-year national ancestor, and the rules slowly changed from simple to cumbersome in the middle and later periods.

In the last years of the Great Wei Dynasty, the annual banquet in the Guanghuang Palace, as well as after the New Year, there were several banquets every day, big banquets and small banquets, which made people eat it all at once, and they were exhausted.

Da Zheng Jian, Taizu simplified the complex, restored to the simplicity of Wei Shizu, and made a few changes.

At the beginning, it was to gather together with the heroes who laid the country together to share the joy of the New Year's Festival, but now that the country is sitting firmly, it has become an occasion for hundreds of officials to be rewarded and the lord to pay tribute to the emperor to express his loyalty.

It is naturally very important to celebrate the New Year, once a year.

For King Qi, he needs to take out the gifts that have been prepared a long time ago and present them today, as a popular candidate for the heir, if he is compared by the two brothers, this face will be lost, and it has indeed taken a lot of thought to prepare this gift.

At this moment, Sun Bolan hurriedly came, and there were a few staff members who came with him, and King Qi scolded with a smile: "Why, who will show you this face today?"

"Lord Wang, something is wrong. ”

Princess Qi smiled: "Not only for the emperor's New Year's greetings, but also for the mother's birthday gift, a picture of Yingzhou is not old, and the silver silk silk is still to see if there is any mistake." ”

So saying, he got up and went.

"What, Chen Zhong's slave was taken down by the Imperial City Division?" After hearing the report, King Qi suddenly felt uneasy in his heart, and with a calm face, he flicked his sleeves and strode out.

There was another snow last night, and the courtyard was only cleaned yesterday, at this time under the faint morning light, there was also a kind of cold and solemn atmosphere, King Qi went down from the steps, the snow under his feet was trampled by him, and his face was gloomy: "This is yesterday's thing, why didn't you report to this king yesterday?"

Because you didn't return last night, you were drinking with the princess, who would dare to disturb you on such an occasion?

These staff members know King Qi's temper, in case they have a seizure at that time, and they feel that they have lost face afterwards, can the people who go to report still get good?

They will be wrathed!

Now that the sky is just slightly bright, as soon as I learned that the prince was awake, I hurried over.

"Come in!" didn't want to discuss this matter here, King Qi directly asked them to follow them to the study.

When I entered the study, I was all my own people, and some of the staff carefully reported another thing: "Lord Wang, I heard that they were taken away together yesterday, and the housekeeper of the Duan Mansion, Duan Qin......"

"What?" As soon as these words came out, King Qi, who had just sat down, stood up directly.

A steward in his own mansion was taken away by the Imperial City Division, even if this matter made him feel wrong, it would not make him panic, but once he was involved with Duan Yanxing, the nature of this matter would change.

Seeing that King Qi's face was ugly, Sun Bolan rolled his eyes, and stepped forward to persuade: "I think that even if Steward Chen is taken away by the people of the Imperial City Division, it will not be a big deal." ”

"Think about it, the two of them have only met a few times in the teahouse, even if one is the steward of the Duan Mansion and the other is the steward of the Qi Palace, but in the end, it is a slave, and it is not you who interacted with Lord Duan, how can it be regarded as a big deal?"

"Besides, they are just one after another, Lord Duan has not promised anything, you have never given him a word, let alone correspondence, and there is no other contact, even if you go to the emperor, you can't do anything with you. ”

Several staff members saw that Sun Bolan who came with him only knew how to say good things, and they suddenly held their breath, but the prince was obviously in a better mood after listening to Sun Bolan's words, and Sun Bolan's words did make sense, several staff members glanced at each other, sighed in the end, shut up and stopped talking.

Duanfu

Unlike King Qi, Duan Yanxing knew that Duan Qin had an accident last night, because it was the Imperial City Division that captured Duan Qin, Duan Yanxing tossed and turned, didn't sleep all night, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he seemed to be able to see the emperor who was glaring at him, and felt that he was about to face a catastrophe.

Compared to King Qi, he can comfort himself, and Duan Yanxing, who has relied on the emperor's trust to get to this point, is even more afraid.

When I got up in the morning, I found that I didn't sleep all night and looked haggard, this can't be done, today is the day of the New Year's celebration, all the officials and magnates have to be present, and the emperor wants to receive the New Year's congratulations from the officials and the magnates.

So, splashed his face with cold water, woke up well, and changed into official clothes, before riding a horse to the imperial city for inspection.

Inside the Imperial Castle, the rooftops were almost covered with white snow, but the middle of the road had been swept away.

Duan Yanxing, who had dismounted in front of the palace gate, walked all the way, took the guards around the imperial city, and found that everything was as usual in the imperial city, and the forbidden army and guards greeted him as usual.

Even when he met a few eunuchs who served in front of the emperor, he greeted him normally, and he felt a little calmer, walked to the door of the main hall to maintain order, and greeted the hundred officials who came one after another.

"Yo, Lord Duan is early!"

"Lord Li, morning!"

"Lord Duan, I haven't seen you for a long time, how many cups will you have a chance to drink when you turn around?"

"I'll have a drink when you're free!"

When the officials saw Duan Yanxing standing here in official uniforms to greet him, they all responded one by one, this person is the emperor's general, although the civil and military are different, they can't be easily offended.

At this time, the light was transparent, and the sky street was swept clean.

The front of the hall was solemn and solemn, the eunuch held a charcoal box, carefully added charcoal to the copper tripod, made a crisp sound, hundreds of guards were brightly colored, standing on both sides like nails without moving, giving people an empty and slightly solemn atmosphere.

Duan Yanxing saw that hundreds of officials were gradually gathered, and what he was worried about did not happen, and finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The emperor really believes that I have collusion with King Qi, and he will not rest assured that I will continue to lead the troops to patrol the imperial city, it seems that Duan Qin's kid is not stupid, and he has not confessed to biting!"

If you don't fall, you can still live, and if you fall, you will really die.

"But even then, we have to find a way to kill it. ”

"Is that Daihou?" just thought, because he had something on his mind, after welcoming a group of first- and second-grade officials, Duan Yanxing's attitude towards a few fourth-grade Beijing officials was much more perfunctory, and he was a little distracted, and his eyes suddenly fell on a person who came from a distance, which made him suddenly startled.