Judge of the Lamp

Chapter 356 Qu Qiao Is Not Human

"If Sui Shilang can't lead the evil-suppressing army near Taotie's outer body, His Majesty will have to reserve some backup." Chen Shuncai gave a suggestion.

Emperor Zhaoxing shook his head slightly: "Sui Zhi is a smart man, if I agree to send reinforcements and money to the Suppressing Evil Army, it is equivalent to helping Sui Zhi guide the way. He will walk this way, and he will definitely walk well.
It's you, Shuncai, you have really disappointed me these days, but I don't understand, what is the use of you spending so much time on a woman? "

This sentence is very insulting to the eunuch.

But over the years, Emperor Zhaoxing said he was used to it, and it seemed that Chen Shun didn't mind it, so which eunuch would dare to mind the emperor?

"Actually, it's not very useful." Chen Shun laughed dryly, "If you're thirsty, there's someone who can pour tea, and when you're bored, there's someone who can talk."

Emperor Zhaoxing frowned and said, "You have so many servants, and you can't find anyone who can serve you?"

Chen Shuncai lowered his head and said: "There is a woman by my side, after all, she is more considerate."

Emperor Zhaoxing sneered: "You hang out with that woman all day long, not only violated the rules of the palace, but also missed your duty. I want to find someone to discuss things, but I can't find you!"

Did Chen Shuncai violate the palace rules?
Actually not.

After the "Jihu Rebellion" five years ago, Emperor Zhaoxing never dared to prohibit "anti-food" in the palace, which was completely acquiesced.

Did Chen Shuncai delay his duties?

nor.

As the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies, Chen Shuncai never delayed anything in urging votes, approving awards, and issuing imperial edicts. Emperor Zhaoxing was always there when he had something to do.

Chen Shuncai just left himself a little free time, which he deserved.

But Emperor Zhaoxing has a special skill, he can turn what a person deserves into a gift from the emperor.

He can even turn what a person deserves into a sin!
"Shuncai, do you know what's wrong?" Emperor Zhaoxing now thinks that Chen Shuncai is guilty.

Chen Shuncai was naturally savvy, and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "This old slave knows his mistake."

"Isn't it uncomfortable to live in that small courtyard?"

For ordinary people, this is a proposition of Taoism, whether the answer is uncomfortable or not, they will be reprimanded by Emperor Zhaoxing.

But Chen Shuncai is experienced after all: "It is His Majesty's gift for this old slave to have a place to live."

Emperor Zhaoxing nodded, and felt comfortable looking at Chen Shuncai.

"Move back to the original place, where it's more spacious."

Chen Shuncai hurriedly thanked him, and this time he thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

Emperor Zhaoxing said: "In the coming day, I plan to hold two sacrificial ceremonies in Liangfen Garden. You go and make some preparations. For the first sacrificial ceremony, all the clan members in Beijing will be called."

Hold a ceremony?
When did the emperor have such interest?
Could it be to deal with Liang Jixiong?

Chen Shuncai said: "Do you want to tell Elder Shengwei about this?"

Emperor Zhaoxing said impatiently: "I'm talking about the clan in Beijing, is he in Beijing?"

Chen Shuncai said again: "If you sacrifice to the True God of Canglong and don't tell Elder Canglong, I'm afraid..."

"Confused!" Emperor Zhaoxing reprimanded, "Liang Jixiong is about to die, and there will be no elders in the Canglong Temple. Don't tell me I won't worship the gods after I declare?"

"The old slave is dull, the old slave is really old..."

Chen Shuncai quickly exited the secret pavilion and returned to the small courtyard.

Qu Qiao was drying clothes in the yard, when Chen Shuncai stepped forward to lend a hand, took the clothes out of the basin, and handed them to Qu Qiao.

Qu Qiao hurriedly stopped Chen Shuncai: "You can't do this. People will laugh at you if they see it."

Chen Shuncai smiled and said, "If you don't let me do it, why do you do it yourself? But those monkey bastards refuse to serve you?"

Although Chen Shuncai lost power, the Supervisor of Rituals still had to arrange eunuchs to serve him.

Qu Qiao shook her head and said: "It's all for washing clothes, what do you ask them to do, I have hands and feet, so I can do this naturally,

The rice is all cooked, there is nothing good to eat today, but the wine is good, you can drink a little, tomorrow I will find a way to get some meat back from my sister. "

Chen Shuncai knew that Qu Qiao had suffered a lot of grievances in the past few days, and the eunuchs in charge of ceremonies all had this face.

In the Supervisor of Ceremonies, demotion is the beginning of losing power, and it is an abyss that will never be restored.

Although Chen Shuncai is still a senior official from the second rank, eunuchs are not serious officials after all. The appointment and dismissal of eunuchs does not even need to go through the cabinet. Today they are from the second rank, and tomorrow they may be downgraded to the ninth rank. This is a common thing, but the emperor Just a word.

The eunuchs felt that Chen Shuncai had lost power, even the yard was gone, so they dared to show Qu Qiao's face, and even dared to skip the ingredients.

But today, when Chen Shuncai ordered the supervisor of ceremonies to move, the group of eunuchs panicked.

They have seen too many eunuchs who fell down because of the loss of power, but they have never seen an eunuch who can stand up again after losing power.

With all their strength, they threw off their arms and legs, and within half a day, they moved all of Chen Shuncai's belongings back to the original yard.

Chen Shuncai looked at the eunuchs who had moved, and saw smiles on their sweaty and dusty faces.

They should laugh, at least they're safe for the time being.

"Why didn't the eunuch in charge, Shi Chuan, come?" Chen Shuncai asked casually.

A eunuch replied: "Director Shi is not feeling well today, and he is resting in his room."

Chen Shun said with a smile: "Ask him to come, just say I invited him to come."

The eunuch fled away. Not long after, Shi Chuan entered the yard, and hurriedly saluted Chen Shuncai: "The lowly official was caught in the cold yesterday, and today I want to move for Chen Bingbi, but I really can't get out of bed..."

Chen Shuncai patted Shi Chuan and said: "Brother Shi, you helped me move out of this yard at the beginning, and I wanted you to help me move back today. This is a beginning and an end.

But you don't want to do me this favor, I always feel that there is something wrong in my heart. "

Shi Chuan quickly explained: "Chen Bingbi, this subordinate really caught the cold..."

"The wind and cold are easy to say, just sweat it out," Chen Shuncai said with a smile, "This courtyard has been unoccupied for a few days, and a lot of dust has accumulated, please clean it for me, and after cleaning, wipe the furnishings , if the wind and cold are still not cured, then wash the clothes for me!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Shun ordered the back kitchen to prepare a banquet, invited the other eunuchs to drink, and left Shi Chuan to sweep the yard alone.

Shi Chuan gripped the broom and gritted his teeth!

……

At dawn the next day, Chen Shuncai went to Liangfen Garden to prepare for the sacrificial ceremony.

The sacrificial ceremony was originally presided over by the Canglong Palace. This time, the sacrificial ceremony was handed over to the director of ceremonies. Chen Shuncai really struggled. Many matters were ambiguous, and he had to order his subordinates to keep checking the books.

The eunuch Qi Anguo, the chief inspector of ceremonies, also came to Liangfen Garden, and shouted at several eunuchs: "Is the location of the altar right? Let's move it to the east!"

The eunuchs acted as if they hadn't heard anything, they just focused on arranging the altar and ignored Qi Anguo.

Recognizing the pen, but not the palm print, this is the normal state of the Sili Supervisor in the past few years.

Qi Anguo was very dissatisfied with this, and said to Chen Shuncai: "Chen Bingbi, are you looking at the position of this altar?"

Chen Shuncai laughed and said, "It should be right."

Qi Anguo said again: "It's better to ask an expert!"

Chen Shuncai responded casually: "Where are people considered experts?"

"The Canglong Palace and the Ministry of Rites naturally have experts."

"Really." Chen Shun nodded, ignored Qi Anguo, and continued to work on other things.

Qi Anguo clenched his fists and left Liangfen Garden.

Back at the Supervisor of Rituals, Qi Anguo asked the eunuch on duty if the emperor had visited him today.

The eunuch on duty said: "The Holy Majesty has never found the palm print, but asked someone to find the pen several times."

Could it be that the favors of the past few days were all hallucinations?
Could it be that after the emperor and Chen Shuncai had a long talk all night, the supervisor of ceremonies changed back to the original state?

Qi Anguo sat silently in his yard for half a day without saying a word.

Shi Chuan entered the courtyard, came to Qi Anguo's ear, and whispered a few words.

Qi Anguo's eyes lit up, he looked at Shi Chuan and said, "Is this true?"

Shi Chuan said in a low voice: "Really, I cleaned the yard at Chen Shuncai's all night, and I washed clothes there again this morning. I really saw it.

From yesterday evening to today's noon, Qu Qiao never went to the latrine. There is no pot or bucket in the room. Where do you think she is? "

Qi Anguo rolled his eyes, and smiled deeply: "Qu Qiao, I thought this girl was strange and ordinary-looking, but Chen Shuncai fell in love with it, even the Holy One,

Xiao Chuan, you have done a great job, this Qu Qiao is not human at all! "

……

Chen Shun, who had been busy all night, returned to the palace, thinking about that orchid wine all the way.

The wine that Qu Qiao cooked was so delicious that no amount of drinking was enough.

I bought her a good streamer brocade from the market today. I wanted to make a dress for her, but I was not sure about her size, so I took the material back and let her cut it herself. Quite well, she changed Chen Shuncai's two casual clothes.

Chen Shuncai walked quickly all the way, just to go back to the yard and take another look at Qu Qiao.

The preparations for the ceremony are almost done, I have to eat something, drink a sip of wine, and I have to return to the emperor.

Following the emperor, it is inevitable to suffer some grievances.

I didn't feel wronged before, but now my xinxing has changed for some reason, becoming so delicate.

Chen Shuncai laughed at himself.

Maybe it's because someone hurts, and a man who is loved by someone is naturally more delicate.

If you are wronged, you can be wronged. For the sake of the women in the family to live a good life, what can you do if you are wronged?

Isn't that what a man is supposed to do?

Thinking of this, Chen Shun walked faster and faster!
Chen Shun was startled when he reached the gate of the yard.

The gate of the courtyard was open, and there were imperial guards and guards standing at the gate of the courtyard.

The emperor is here!

Chen Shuncai hurried into the yard, saw Qu Qiao lying on the ground, saw the blood all over the ground, and saw Emperor Zhaoxing sitting in the middle of the yard.

Chen Shuncai stood in the middle of the courtyard, looking at Emperor Zhaoxing in astonishment.

Emperor Zhaoxing's cheeks trembled, and he shouted: "Slave, how dare you look at me! You are really blind with your dog eyes, and look at the woman you are looking for, who is she?"

When the words fell, Shi Chuan stepped forward, pulled out a short knife, and cut open Qu Qiao's stomach.

There is no internal organs in the belly, Shi Chuan smiled and said: "Chen Bingbi, look carefully, this is a puppet!"

Qi Anguo stood behind Emperor Zhaoxing, with an imperceptible smile on his face.

Emperor Zhaoxing shouted: "Slave! What else do you have to say?"

"Old slave..."

As soon as Chen Shuncai opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Emperor Zhaoxing: "Slave, kneel down and talk! But don't you know what ancient rituals are?"

Chen Shuncai bent his knees and knelt on the ground.

……

In the Department of Yin and Yang, Tai Bu lost contact with Qu Qiao.

Qu Qiao is a flesh and blood puppet, a flesh and blood puppet controlled by Tai Bu himself.

He Fang said from the side: "Master, Qu Qiao was destroyed, and Chen Shuncai was not caught."

Tai Bu shook his head and said: "Chen Shuncai already knew about some things. I told Chen Shuncai that this is his own business and has nothing to do with Qu Qiao!"

After a moment of silence, Tai Bu asked again: "The clan, is the news confirmed?"

He Fang said: "The news has been confirmed, the clan kings can't tolerate Emperor Zhaoxing's ancient rituals, and want to support a new emperor,

Tomorrow, at the ceremony of Liangfen Garden, King Rong and King Rui will report various crimes against Emperor Zhaoxing to the True God Canglong.

According to the oracle of Canglong, the kings will join forces to force Emperor Zhaoxing to abdicate and make King Rong the king. "

Tai Bu shook his head repeatedly and said: "Ridiculous, who gave them such a ridiculous idea?"

"It is rumored that all the clan members received the oracle from the Canglong Oracle, proclaiming the rise and fall, and establishing the King of Rong,"

"Oracle?" Tai Bu was taken aback, "Where did the oracle come from?"

"This matter has not been found out yet," He Fang said, "but Emperor Zhaoxing acted against the law, so that people and gods were all angry, and the clan took advantage of the opportunity to take action, which is actually a good opportunity."

"A good opportunity?" Tai Bu shook his head and said, "You also underestimate the emperor!"

(End of this chapter)