No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 69 Horror Gift (Part [-])

Everyone in the hall was startled, they all looked at Xie Yan in the hall.

Xie Yan looked sideways at He Ruomuti who was still standing with a smile on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Prince He Ruo, what does this mean?"

Everyone was shocked, is there something wrong with this gift?
The smile on He Ruomuti's face did not change, and he continued: "The regent has misunderstood. In order to prepare this gift, I, Gao Yu, did my best to express the sincerity of our clan's alliance with Dasheng. I was confused for a while, and did something wrong to make the Regent unhappy?"

Hearing what he said, everyone became even more curious about what the gift was.

Xie Yan snorted softly, flicked his fingers on the brocade box, and the heavy-looking brocade box, which was one foot square, flew up flat and bumped towards He Ruomuti.

He Ruomuti reached out to pick it up, and the brocade box twirled around in his hand before it stopped firmly.

This dialing and receiving seemed to be done lightly, but He Ruoqiuti, who was sitting next to He Ruoqiuti, saw that his elder brother's palm was already flushed by the force of the brocade box.

After He Ruomuti changed the brocade box, he immediately put that hand behind his back and clenched it into a fist as if inadvertently.

I only heard Xie Yan say: "Although it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Qi people are far away from Shangyong. Even if Prince He Ruo's severed limbs are rare, there is no need to pollute your majesty's eyesight, just send them to the Ministry of Rites. This king thanked Gao Yu on behalf of your majesty. The sincerity of the king and the two princes."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall couldn't help being frightened.

Looking at the brocade box in He Ruomuti's hand, his eyes were also full of horror and dissatisfaction.

Your Majesty is still a child, wouldn't he be terrified if he suddenly saw the contents of the box?

If you cry endlessly because of this, you will lose the dignity of the emperor and the face of Dasheng in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and foreigners.

The smile on He Ruomuti's face froze slightly.

Soon He Ruomuti gave a soft laugh, bowed his body and said with a smile: "So, I have not thought carefully, please forgive me. The regent is right, what is contained in this box is... the fourth prince of the Qi clan, Ji Ji. Qing’s left arm. I, Gao Yu, sent twenty masters to go deep into the Qi tribe, and only three came back. It’s a pity that I couldn’t kill Ji Qing to avenge the people of the Dasheng border city. I only brought back one arm, which can be regarded as comfort Yes. In order to preserve this thing, we have also spent a lot of thought, and I don’t know how much antiseptic medicine and spices have been used.”

Therefore, everyone didn't smell the strange smell, but there was a strong fragrance.

Everyone in the hall showed disgusted expressions, and the timid female relatives were even pale from fright.

Looking at the smiling and talking Eldest Prince Gao Yu at this moment, where is the feeling of being moved by the handsome man before?
The faces of the Qi people sitting on the side were also very ugly. They obviously didn't know that their fourth prince had an arm chopped off.

And when He Ruomuti mentioned this matter at this time, they also obviously felt that the people in the palace looked at them more and more unkindly.

Dasheng and the Qi people already had a deep hatred, but now that the Gao Yu people provoked the past, they felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.

Xie Yan said indifferently: "My king and His Majesty have both seen Gao Yu's intentions, but the eldest prince can keep this gift box for himself. After all... I heard that last year Ji Qing kidnapped Gao Yu's third princess, Mrs. Hu Ji Therefore, I have been depressed for a long time. Lingtang must feel relieved when he sees this thing."

He Ruomuti's expression changed slightly, and his originally smiling face finally became a little ugly.

At this moment, the second prince Gao Yu suddenly said: "Today we are guests with the ninth prince of the Qi clan, and we gave gifts. I wonder what gift the ninth prince has prepared for His Majesty?"

In a word, all the attention was immediately shifted to Ji Rong, the ninth prince of the Qi tribe who had been sitting silently in the hall.

As the proton and enemy of the defeated party, Ji Rong's treatment was naturally inferior to the two princes Gao Yu.

He was arranged in a position far behind, and since he entered the hall, he kept his head down and kept silent, so his sense of presence was very weak.

At this moment, he was suddenly called by someone, and he immediately raised his head, with a hint of panic on his face.

He was young, pale and weak, and suddenly became the focus of everyone, looking like a weak and pitiful lamb that suddenly broke into the pack of wolves.

Dasheng fought fiercely with the Qi people for several years, causing numerous deaths and injuries. The people of the Qi people sent such a young man to Shangyong as a hostage, it was really cruel.

He Ruoqiuti seemed very displeased with Ji Rong's appearance, and curled his lips in disgust, "Could it be that the Ninth Prince didn't prepare a gift?"

Ji Rong's expression was stiff and panicked, "No...not..."

"That's it?" He Ruoqiu said with a smile, "Why don't you present it to open our eyes, but let us steal the limelight first, I'm really sorry."

"..." The Qi people were probably scolding their mothers in their hearts at this moment.

Gao Yu and Dasheng are allies, can they be the same as their Qi people?

Sitting in front of the two princes of Gao Yu was an old man with a fair and round face wearing a pro-dynasty uniform. Although the hair under his crown was already gray, there were not many wrinkles on his face. His face like white dough and a smile on his face made people I feel amiable.

He is Ning Wang Xie Zhang.

At this time, he also smiled and said, "It turns out that Prince Ji Rong also prepared a congratulatory gift for His Majesty. Why don't we send it together? I heard that the Qi people are outstanding, and the climate is very different from the Central Plains. It just opened our eyes?"

Ji Rong hesitated and said nothing, the expression on his face seemed to be a little embarrassed.

But He Ruoqiuti didn't let go: "Why? Prince Ji Rong doesn't want us to see the treasures of the Qi people? Regent, what do you say?"

He directly threw the question to Xie Yan.

Xie Yan took a sip from his wine glass, originally he was not interested in participating in this trick against the prince of the Qi tribe.

But when He Ruoqiu asked him a question, as the master, he had to answer it.

"What's the inconvenience for Prince Ji Rong?" Xie Yan asked.

"His Royal Highness is really a good person." Luo Junyao thought to himself.

This is obviously to give Ji Rong a step down, it's not that Xie Yan has compassion for this prince of the Qi clan, he just simply feels that this kind of trick to squeeze people is useless.

Tonight is a grand festival, and there is a grand banquet in the palace for all the ministers. There is no need to surrender to these small tricks that cannot be put on the table.

Ji Rong hesitated to say something, and the officials of the Qi tribe who accompanied him winked at him again and again.

An official sitting close suddenly sneered and said, "Could it be that the gift prepared by the Qi people for His Majesty is shameful? Or... this gift is not prepared for His Majesty?"

Ji Rong's face turned pale, and she looked at the person sitting next to her in bewilderment.

Now how can everyone in the hall not understand?
Luo Junyao felt that the atmosphere in the hall became a little weird for a while.

However, the two brothers He Ruoshi who provoked all this seemed completely indifferent, one had already put on his smile again, and the other was still flamboyant.

Luo Jun shook his eyes, tilted his head and scanned the expressions of everyone in the hall one by one.

it has started.

The intrigue against Xie Yan, or against the court's power, was unfolding right in front of her eyes.

Perhaps, it had already started before Xie Yan returned to the imperial city.

Otherwise, the dignified Prince Regent just returned to Beijing, why did he suffer so many assassinations?

I just don't know, whose plan is it tonight?
Luo Jun shook his head to look at Xie Yan, Xie Yan's expression remained the same.

He turned his head to look at his father, who was drinking with his head down, as if he didn't hear anything.

Xie Yan suddenly chuckled.

He was a person who seldom laughed. At this moment, the hall was completely silent. Although the laughter was low, it was exceptionally clear.

Luo Junyao clearly felt the big sister who was holding her hand shudder, and there were quite a few people present who reacted similarly to her.

However, there are also many people who are indifferent.

Life is precious, and power is even more expensive.

If it is for imperial power, both can be thrown away.

There are obviously not as many people who are really afraid of Xie Yan as in the legends. Those frightening rumors are meant to frighten those idiots who don't know the truth, right?

"Since you're all curious, let Prince Jirong ask someone to take it up and have a look."

As if not daring to meet the regent's gaze, Ji Rong lowered her head palely.

The Qi officials beside him got up, bowed silently, and walked out quickly.

Luo Junyao leaned against Luo Mingxiang's ear, and said in a low voice: "Big sister, guess what gift the Qi people gave?",

Luo Mingxiang shook his head slightly, and said, "No matter what they gave, their goal has already been achieved."

Luo Jun shook his head in agreement.

The officials of the Qi tribe had been there for a long time, and the people in the hall seemed to be very interested in the so-called gift, looking out from time to time, they became less interested in everything in the hall.

After a while, the official of the Qi nationality who went out went back.

Next to him was a man wrapped in a red cloak all over his body.

The opponent was covered tightly from head to toe, but only from the figure and gait, it could be seen that it was a woman.

Moreover, she is an enchanting and beautiful woman.

Luo Junyao couldn't help but whistled in his heart.

Beauty.

Although it is a bit clichéd, power and beauty are indeed topics that men have never been able to avoid since ancient times.

Xie Yan has the power, isn't he just lacking a stunning beauty with red sleeves to add fragrance?

It's good to be a man, I'm sure no one will give me a handsome man.

Luo Junyao thought with some sourness in his heart.

He Ruoqiuti, who had been making trouble all the time, jumped out again, and he let out a mocking laugh, "It seems that this is indeed not for His Majesty."

"..." Isn't this obvious?Your Majesty is only seven years old, even if the Qi people wanted to send a nanny, it would be too late.

Someone raised his head to peek at Xie Yan in the hall, Xie Yan's expression was as calm as water.

The little emperor craned his neck curiously, turned his head and asked the Empress Dowager Zhu who was sitting next to her, "Queen, will the prince of the Qi tribe give it to us? It's not for the baby. Is it for the grandmother and the queen mother or the uncle?"

"Your Majesty." Empress Dowager Zhu frowned slightly, calling softly in disapproval.

The Empress Dowager next to her looked the most normal, she smiled and said, "Is this for Zhifei?"

King Ning also smiled and said: "Isn't that right? You don't know the Empress Dowager. I heard that the envoys of the Qi tribe have repeatedly asked to see the King of Chu in the past few days. Unfortunately, the palace of the King of Chu is closed to thank guests and cannot enter. I am afraid they want to Taking advantage of today's excitement, give Zhifei a surprise."

The Empress Dowager shook her head and said: "Why do you, an elder, still tease the younger generation? But Zhifei has no one around for so many years, if this girl can catch Zhifei's eyes, it would be a good thing."

The Empress Dowager said it was good, so others naturally couldn't say it was bad.

The official of the Qi tribe said: "The Empress Dowager Mingjian, this girl is called Yue Ji, she is the most beautiful woman of my Qi tribe, she is good at singing and dancing, and plays musical instruments. I have admired the demeanor of His Royal Highness the Regent for a long time, and I am willing to accompany the Regent to drive me around. I also hope that the regent will not dislike him."

There was an uproar in the hall.

The number one beauty of the Qi nationality, although the Qi nationality is not as rich in land and resources as Dasheng, she has the Jingrong of the Bai family, one of the two sisters of Dongling.

Even if Bai Jingrong has passed away now, under such circumstances, it is definitely not bad to be called the number one beauty.

The official of the Qi nationality smiled slightly, obviously very confident in the person he sent.

He tilted his head and nodded to the woman wrapped in a red cloak next to him, and the woman raised her head and slowly pulled away the cloak that covered her head.

Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, a mysterious beauty is always something to look forward to.

(End of this chapter)