Chapter Seventy-One: Cheng's Feast
"Grandpa Chitose, I think, you must have been scared by our brother Han, hehe, look, our brother Han didn't even bring a sword, and he put it in the Taiping Mansion, haha, Grandpa Chitose, this time, your old man's face is disgraced!" Princess Taiping said as she teased him.
"Yes, yes, little girl, which one are you singing today? The old man was frightened by you, and thought that you had come with a holy decree to cut Lao Cheng with a thousand knives and behead Lao Cheng's family!"
"Cut, Grandpa Chitose, with your virtue, it is simply the heart of a villain to spend my brother Han's belly as a gentleman, remember, my brother Han is the sea, how can he worry about your grandfather Chitose?
"That's it, old Chitose, Master Xiaohan is very broad-minded, as Sister Taiping said, he is the sea, and in his eyes, there is only the way of the sword!"
Sure enough, Princess Taiping was satisfied, and now, the prince understood better: it turned out that he only needed to pat Xiaohan's ass to please Princess Taiping!
"You, you two, I really scared you for repairing Lao Cheng in the court today, Lao Cheng didn't expect that Lord Xiao Han was actually the son of Prince Chengqian, ashamed, ashamed, prince, I'm sorry!"
Xiao Han hurriedly stopped him and said, "Old Chitose, don't mention the past, let's only drink and don't talk about those old things, okay?" I'm a little hungry, we haven't eaten lunch yet, are you two hungry?"
"Hungry!" the two quickly responded.
"Lin'er, hurry up and arrange the meal, hurry up, since Prince Xiaohan doesn't remember the past suspicions, then write off the money, okay, the old man has to accompany Prince Xiaohan for a few drinks today, don't get drunk, Lao Cheng won't let you go!" Cheng Yanjin finally recovered his true colors.
"Okay, let's have a few glasses of respect for the old Chitose today, and if you don't get drunk, you won't go home!" Xiao Han was happy, he liked wine more and more.
"Brother Han, no, three glasses at most, at night, you have to accompany your father and queen mother to drink, Brother Hong, you are not allowed to get drunk, and you have to pay tribute to your mother a few more drinks at night!" Princess Taiping hurriedly reminded them.
"Yes, yes, old Chitose, haha, I can only drink with you another day, haha!"
"Ah! Eat with the emperor and queen? Okay, good, good, so good! Prince, I'm afraid that they will snub you, haha, it's okay now!"
"Grandpa Chitose, who let you old guys be troublesome? Otherwise, the relationship between Brother Hong and the Queen Mother will not be stiffened, alas, Grandpa Chitose, it is best for you to talk less in the court, why do you talk so much nonsense? Are you afraid that the world will not be chaotic?" Princess Taiping taught him a lesson again.
"Yes, yes, little girl, count you as powerful, you can make Lao Cheng miserable today, I didn't expect that you, this little girl, are so sharp-tongued, okay, I will obey you, haha, in the future, Lao Cheng will not speak!"
At this time, Qin Huaiyu and Xue Dingshan had already come in, and said as they walked: "Old Chitose? It's okay! How can you say that the situation is critical, and you want us to save your king?"
"Hehe, Lao Cheng is embarrassed again, I'm sorry, the two virtuous nephews, it's Lao Cheng who is confused, haha!" Cheng Yanjin looked embarrassed again.
"Lao Cheng, you are such a quick temper, prince, princess, prince, don't meet him Jingha!" Pei Shi spoke.
"Mrs. Cheng is polite, it's okay, old Chitose, don't call me a prince, I'm not used to listening to it, just call Xiao Han!" Xiao Han hurriedly said.
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"The past, I'm Xiao Han, haha, after tomorrow, I'm going to retreat and practice swords, I don't want to care about the affairs of the court anymore, I have to practice swords, I still have to fight, haha!" Xiao Han was happy again, when it came to swords, he felt a hundred times more energetic!
"Okay, Xiaohan, then we're welcome, please, let's eat, back garden, let's have a good chat!" Cheng Yanjin was not polite.
"Chitose, please, two marshals, please!" Xiao Han hurriedly said.
"Don't dare, don't dare, it's better for the prince, princess, and Xiaohan brothers to invite first!" Qin Huaiyu hurriedly said.
When he arrived at the garden and sat down, Cheng bit Jin and said: "Alas, Lao Cheng has lost face today, come back and think about it, what is it to have one more foreign man in the imperial court? What is the emperor to seal an extra magic weapon? Why is Lao Cheng doing so much? I am secretly regretting it, you are here, I thought you were here to catch me and cut me with a thousand knives!"
"Chitose grandpa, do you think my father and queen mother will do that? You are making a mistake again, aren't you? To be honest, with your temperament, that is, my father and queen mother can tolerate you, if you want me to say, I should have beaten you a few times ago, haha!" Princess Taiping said again.
"Yes, yes, little girl, you are amazing, you almost suffocated me to death today, even Di Renjie's old man supported you, that way, am I really wrong?" Cheng Yanjin was still puzzled.
"It's not that you're wrong, Grandpa Chitose, you have privileges, and you can't abuse them, my brother Han has said everything to that point, and I won't try my best to help him?
At this time, Cheng Biting Jin's face finally couldn't hang up, everything was done by himself, but what Xiaohan said made sense, how could he do it all the time?
"Could it be that the rules of the imperial court are about to change?" he said a little unwillingly.
"Old Chitose, the rules of the court will not change, you are still a thousand years old, but the law of the court is the foundation of governing the country, do things beyond the law, you say, can you grow? This is why my Datang will mess up every time there is a major event, just because the law is not clear, so it is chaotic, always use violence to counter violence, is it done? Old Chitose!" Xiao Han couldn't help but speak again.
"Yes, yes, this is the reason, but sometimes the law can't control the prince, so we can't help but take action!" He was referring to, of course, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji's affairs!
"Grandpa Chitose, can the law control you? You often contradict my father and queen mother, hehe, according to **, that is a big crime of disrespect, really want to call it true, old Chitose, how many heads do you have? Is it enough to cut off?" Princess Taiping became more and more serious the more she spoke.
"That's it, Lao Cheng, it's better for you to talk less, Her Royal Highness the princess is right, and the truth is not all right, isn't it?" Pei Shi hurriedly spoke: I'm afraid that the prince and Princess Taiping will be unhappy!
"Also, if you want to say so, Lao Cheng is served, okay, in the future, let's just talk less, haha, maybe it's your turn to take care of this Tang Dynasty, then, just take care of it!" Cheng Yanjin had to soften.
He is a little afraid of his wife, usually, as soon as Pei Shi speaks, he softens!
"I don't know how long Brother Xiaohan can stay in Chang'an? I heard that you will go back soon, and if you go back, what should the imperial court do?" Qin Huaiyu was at a loss in his heart.
From the bottom of his heart, he agrees with their point of view, but the queen's power is getting bigger and bigger, and he is unwilling, always afraid that the events of the previous dynasty will repeat themselves.
"Isn't there an emperor and queen mother? They take care of it! Hehe, Marshal Qin, as a brother has already said, don't do so much, sometimes it will get more and more chaotic; tomorrow, the prince will start to deal with political affairs, you can listen to it!" Xiao Han hurriedly said.
"Ah, is it possible to let the prince handle political affairs?" Qin Huaiyu looked incredulous.
"Yes, it's always the queen who takes care of it, why?" Xue Dingshan was puzzled.
"The queen mother said that let the prince go through the experience, she can't always take care of it, so, Brother Hong, you should come on, show some momentum, speak and act decisively and resolutely, and be lenient if you can, but when you encounter a big traitor like Xu Jingye, you must not be soft, of course, you must also give him a way to live and let him go to Meizhou!" Princess Taiping took out her hole cards.
"Ah, do you really want to deal with Xu Jingye?" Cheng Yanjin was a little unwilling, he and Li Shiji were also brothers.
"Grandpa Chitose, you don't know, that Xu Jingye is very arrogant and ignorant, treacherous and cunning, it won't work if you don't deal with it;
Especially about the list, when they heard it, everyone was stunned, and even their faces changed: Ah, everyone is on the list, what can I do?
"So, tomorrow, everyone has to support Brother Hong to deal with Xu Jingye, especially your Chitose grandfather, don't stand up for him anymore, otherwise, I'm afraid that a big disaster is coming!" Princess Taiping deliberately scared Cheng into biting gold again.
"Yes, yes, the old minister doesn't dare anymore, the old minister doesn't dare anymore!" Cheng Yanjin's face turned pale all of a sudden, and now, he couldn't see the direction clearly.
Qin Huaiyu and Xue Dingshan are no better, this time, Xu Jingye has made them miserable, and their hearts have begun to fall!
Could it be that tomorrow will be their demise?
"Okay, Taiping, don't scare them, Hong, you say!" Xiao Han relieved them of the siege.
"Yes, master! The queen mother knew that it was fake at a glance, saying that Xu Jingye was playing with lantern riddles, and if she wanted to mess up the Tang Dynasty, she said that only one of him would be dealt with, and the others would not be investigated, so you adults should thank the emperor for his grace, don't mess with Xu Jingye anymore!" The prince finally spoke.
"Yes, yes, don't worry, thank you, prince!" A few people suddenly felt relaxed, but the sweat on their faces still couldn't help but flow down.
"Alas, the prince, it's best if you can manage the government, I hope this is a good start!" Qin Huaiyu's face eased slightly.
"Actually, you don't need all the grass and trees, at present, everything is very good, as long as Brother Hong asks his father and queen mother for everything, what can he do? The key is not to form a party for personal gain, that is the most dangerous, what the father and queen mother are most afraid of!" Princess Taiping simply made it clear to them.
The faces of those people were nervous again, so they had to say, "Yes, yes, thank you princess for your advice!"
"Haha, I didn't expect Lao Cheng to play in the court for decades, and he is not as good as you little girl, haha, I really have you, Princess Taiping, you are really getting more and more powerful!" Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but admire.
"That's not what Brother Han taught me? So, Brother Hong, you have to learn from Brother Han, to be honest, if Brother Han doesn't want to be the emperor, otherwise, I won't help you, I'll help Brother Han, haha!" Princess Taiping told the truth again.
"Ah!" Hearing this, several people broke out in a cold sweat again, this time, even Prince Hong was so nervous that he was sweating!
"Taiping, let's stop talking about this, otherwise, the world will inevitably be eventful again, alas, why let the strange things of the previous dynasty happen again? Prince, don't forget to go to your heart!" Xiao Han hurriedly spoke.
His words, like those from heaven, startled those dreamers, and it seemed that they were becoming more and more aware that they were not necessarily right!
This luncheon was probably the most enjoyable luncheon they had during this time, although Princess Taiping's instructions continued, but a few people were happy, at least, the prince and Qin Huaiyu thought so!