Wish Junshou and Tianqi

Chapter 16
It's night, Qianqiu Banquet.

The newly built high platform of the Feilou is magnificent, with carved jujubes carved in Danying, carved beams and painted buildings. The surrounding area of ​​the Feilou is full of flowers and trees, which are lush and fragrant, very elegant. .

There are tables and seats on the top of the seat, and the two sides are also arranged separately. Opposite is the platform that is being built. Although the banquet has not yet started, there are dancers dancing on the stage, playing a warm-up song. Footsteps, busy arranging the display.

At that time, on the road leading to His Majesty's bedroom, a group of people walked quickly.

The leader is Princess Jiaqing, originally a daughter of the Su family, who later married the late emperor's youngest brother, Lord Jiaqing, supported the Su family along the way, and made good friends with the Queen Mother.

Next to her was Concubine Xiaorong, dressed in plain clothes, quite dignified.

"Why are you not even allowed to enter at this moment?" The old concubine asked sideways.

Concubine Rong bowed her head and replied: "Originally, I also let it go. It seems that today's banquet was mixed with good and evil people. Your Majesty's situation is getting better, and I don't want to have any more troubles."

The old concubine snorted coldly, and said with hatred: "The people present today are all royals and nobles, famous families, what can happen? This is to give an explanation to each family, don't lose your sense of propriety because of His Majesty's illness."

Thinking of the little princess of the Chu family, the old concubine couldn't help feeling annoyed. She was perverse since she was a child, and she never obeyed discipline. She was brought back to the capital by the old general Chu, but she brought down many young masters and ladies. I hate this kind of thing the most.

Can't help but blame: "You, you still speak for her. She lacks education and always behaves perversely. What can she understand at a young age? To put it bluntly, you are the biggest in this harem now, so how can you let them mess around? Knowing that it is difficult for you at this moment, I don't ask you to do anything, don't let people say that you are weak and easy to bully as a noble concubine, it will lose the face of the royal family!"

The old concubine had heard that Concubine Rong allowed a group of ministers to kneel in the forbidden palace, screaming, and immediately felt that it was quite inappropriate.

Now that she is old, she doesn't want to meddle in the affairs of the palace anymore, but this little noble concubine Rong just looks capable, but she is also a worthless person like the one who eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha.

Concubine Rong put on a troubled look again, her face was full of sorrow, she lowered her eyebrows and said softly: "What the old concubine taught me is that Rukawa sent the imperial army to guard the main hall. I think she is afraid that His Majesty will go on business again..."

When the old concubine heard about mobilizing the forbidden army, she couldn't help but raised her voice a few times, turned her eyes to think about it, and asked softly, "Can the forbidden army be at her disposal?"

Concubine Rong also pretended to be unbelievable, but she said leniently: "Perhaps it is because your Majesty and the princess have a lot of understanding because of welcoming and sending off the heavenly officials a few days ago."

After pretending to mention it unintentionally, Concubine Rong stopped abruptly, raised her hand to help the old concubine step up the short steps, and continued: "This is just a matter of speculation, maybe His Majesty has other arrangements, and I haven't been informed yet."

The old concubine's granddaughter, surnamed Wen Xianwan, followed calmly and said, "Your Majesty has other arrangements? Not to discuss with your empress, not with your courtiers, but want to discuss with her, a princess with a different surname?"

After hearing this, the old concubine frowned, stood with a stern face, then turned sideways and said solemnly: "What does this matter have to do with you, don't you hurry up and go to the banquet to take a seat?"

An old nun next to the old concubine immediately stood up and bowed, and said respectfully, "Second Miss, let's go to the banquet."

"Jinbao." Rong Guifei called out in a low voice, signaling him to lead the way for Wen Xianwan.

Wen Xianwan pursed her mouth, twisted the veil and flicked it, and followed away in aggrieved manner.

Concubine Rong said again: "The reason for this is that even the Metropolitan Procuratorate intervened, and even more so, the water around the main hall was blocked. Just now you asked the concubine about His Majesty's news. The concubine didn't tell me, but I really couldn't tell... ..."

Before the words fell, the tears flowed first, Concubine Rong lowered her head to cover her face, twisted her handkerchief and began to cry softly, the servants behind immediately bowed their heads and retreated.

Although the old concubine was serious and indifferent, she couldn't bear to get up, she took Concubine Rong's hand and patted her hand and said, "Don't worry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is an institution directly under His Majesty, and it shouldn't do anything out of the ordinary. Take a look, you will definitely see His Majesty today."

Concubine Rong sobbed a few more times, and gradually put away her tears, she almost wanted to kneel down as a thank you.

Soon, the two came to the main hall.

As expected, the main hall was completely surrounded up, down, left, right, and right, surrounded by one person at five steps, all wearing heavy armor.

Looking from a distance, Commander Wei was negotiating with a man in black clothes. Concubine Rong's face became serious, and she helped the old concubine and the two to walk.

Before stepping half a step into the main hall, the man in black made a gesture to stop him, and said in salute: "Song Yanqing, the imperial censor of the capital and procuratorate, has seen the imperial concubine and concubine Jiaqing."

Concubine Rong frowned and looked at him up and down. He was indeed a familiar face. He only knew that His Majesty often received letters from Goshawk, full of praise for this scheming Du Yushi, but he didn't know that he was so young, handsome, and more than Countless men in Beijing.

"My lady, please stop, my concubine." Commander Wei stood in front of the hall after worshiping together.

Concubine Rong's face became more and more serious, her hands tightly twisted her sleeves.

Seeing this, the old concubine sneered and said, "Even the old man can't get in?"

"Is there a reason why the princess must enter?" Song Yanqing stood with his hands behind his back. Today, he was wearing a black suit that was refined a lot, making his figure even more tall and straight, and asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty just fell ill from a horse, and you blocked the water around the main hall. On the contrary, the old man became more and more worried about His Majesty's safety." The old princess looked amiable, but her words were alluding to the ambition of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

After Song Yan listened, the corners of his mouth lifted, he nodded with a chuckle, and then raised his eyes and said: "The princess is too worried, the main hall is guarded to guard against the assassins who are still hidden in the palace..."

"What?!" After the old concubine heard this, she clasped her hands tightly, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes, she turned her head to look at Concubine Rong, who lowered her eyes, she didn't have any emotions, on the contrary, the old concubine couldn't help thinking The safety of the granddaughter Wen Xianwan who left alone.

"What what?"

A clear voice came from behind the crowd, followed by a burst of laughter, and then the man briskly walked up to them, smiling brightly, and said, "What? Didn't the imperial concubine tell you? Your Majesty didn't fall off the horse, really It was caused by climbing the platform at night and falling from the building. Since His Majesty became ill, people have seen the shadow of the assassin running around the palace for several nights..."

"Here, it's the newly built one."

Chu Shou raised his finger to the towering flying tower over there, signaling to the old concubine to listen. The surroundings were dark, but there was only a bright light over there, and dance music and laughter could be faintly heard, which was very lively.

She is still dressed in green clothes today. Although her hairstyle is simple, her makeup, headgear and earrings are very delicate.

"Meet the princess."

Chu Shou looked at Song Yanqing who was paying respects, and pretended not to care much, waved his hand, signaling please, after all, the two of them should not be familiar with each other.

"People in the palace are panicking now, but you two are so bold that you dare to walk in the palace at night, and you are not afraid of being captured by that thief?" Chu Shou said jokingly.

The old concubine wanted to speak, but was blocked by Chu Shou, "Come here, the banquet is about to begin, and I haven't escorted the concubine Jiaqing and the imperial concubine to their seats."

"You really dare?" The old princess gritted her teeth and threatened.

Chu Shou looked sideways and sighed: "Are you trying to force the junior to send someone to carry you over?"

Immediately, a few guards in heavy armor came over with long knives, ready to fight.

Seeing that she couldn't resist, the old concubine snorted coldly, straightened her clothes, turned her head and gave Concubine Rong a hard look, shook off her sleeve robe heavily, and then left.

Seeing the collapse of the situation, Concubine Rong stopped pretending to be casual, stuck her neck, ignored the soldiers, and walked leisurely in front of Chu Shou.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "You have brought up this Qianqiu Banquet. Now I just want to see His Majesty, but I have become a villain?"

Before waiting for Chu Shou to answer, he changed the subject, turned his eyes back and forth, turned into a knife and shot at Wei Yucheng, and said sharply, "Commander Wei, what do you mean? Your Majesty is because of your negligence." You were murdered by villains, and I protected your family, but you actually broke your promise?"

Commander Wei bowed his head and said nothing.

At that time, His Majesty had finished approving the memorial late at night, and on a whim, he climbed up the unfinished high-rise. , There is no way to recover.

I thought I had missed a good opportunity, the assassin had already escaped from the palace, but who knew that many internal officials and maids were killed in the middle of the night, and the matter had reached an irreversible situation. He should obey the order of the concubine in the harem, but he really had no other choice, so he obeyed the imperial concubine and acted for her.

The corner of Chu Shou's mouth curled up, he looked at her coldly and said, "Even if I don't mention it, the Qianqiu Banquet is still going to be held. You dare to do something that Su Rong Ershi dare not do."

Concubine Rong was told her heart, the corners of her eyes were scarlet, and the corners of her mouth trembled uncontrollably. She had planned for many days, but she was defeated by her hands.

With the destruction of the Wu Clan, she has no one to rely on except His Majesty, and she has no confidence. Everyone can sneer at her, but the only bargaining chip——the prince also follows the Rong family to betray her five years of nurturing grace.

She hates, hates the injustice of this world, His Majesty said that he loves her and respects her, but he would rather hang the middle palace position vacant than send her to the back position... Now, her only backing has also fallen, and the hearts of the people... Liang Bo, in a few days, the Su family and the Rong family will all come to fight, they can all fight, why can't she... Isn't it just to be an enemy of the whole capital, so what?If she is allowed to live a life of watching people's eyes and listening to others' orders, she would rather fight to the death.

So she helped Wei Yucheng, the commander of the imperial army, to suppress the crime of negligent duty and ineffectiveness, and emptiedly described falling from a building as falling from a horse.

In this way, the public opinion shifted from the imperial army to her. Even if she was accused of being a witch and a demon concubine for misleading the country, as long as she held the imperial army firmly in her hands, she would have the confidence to fight.

What Chu Shou said was right, the Qianqiu Banquet was a key step in her plan, she specially invited the royal family, famous families and the family members of the government and opposition ministers, and when the banquet started, she called the Imperial Army to surround her, using this as a threat, Then the crown prince is no longer needed. If His Majesty, who has no real relationship with her, favors an official woman, so what if he takes the son out of his belly, so what if he establishes a prince?Why can't she be the second queen mother?
I thought the plan was foolproof, but unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin came out halfway. Yesterday Wei Yucheng suddenly led troops to surround the main hall tightly, and there was no news. It just so happened that the old concubine, who was used to putting on airs, entered the palace today. She was instigated to become a bird in the first place, and originally wanted to test it out, but who knew that she couldn't do it...

In this way, her many days of planning fell short.

"It's Your Majesty, it's His Majesty who asked you to do this, right? The two of you often write letters, and he has suspected me for a long time, right? He must have known that I gave him the official girl...all of this is He forced me, he forced me..."

Concubine Rong became emotional, with big tears streaming down her face, her broken hair drooping down, she looked extremely haggard, Zhuo Yi anxiously supported her and surrounded her, comforting her softly, trying to calm her down, "Your Majesty, if you know your mistakes, you can correct them." , The good thing is, the matter has not yet reached the point of irreversibility!"

Only then did Concubine Rong come to her senses, she frowned slightly and thought about it, she cried and laughed, "Yes, yes, it's not irreversible... Rukawa, Qingqing, please let me go this time, okay?" ? They forced me, the Wu Clan is destroyed, I have nothing to rely on... You should understand me! Qingqing!"

Concubine Rong dragged her body forward and grabbed Chu Shou, her eyes full of tears looked at her almost beggingly, she was crying so hard, but she held her tightly, making her unable to stabilize her figure.

Chu Shou let himself be dragged, watched her hesitate to speak, didn't know what to say for a moment, and when he saw her in a daze, Concubine Rong was pushed away by Song Yanqing. Pushed to the ground, and then firmly protected her behind her.

A burst of familiar fragrance rushed to his face and embraced him again. Only then did Chu Shou react, realizing that the banquet was about to begin, he gently tugged on his sleeve robe, looked up, and seeing his worried expression, she Nodding his head, he stood up and said in a soft voice: "I was thinking about the Wu Clan, so you won't be allowed to commit a catastrophe. Why don't you think about it, even if you get to a high position, the Witch Clan will become an important person in the future?" How do I deal with myself?"

"The witch clan is in decline, but you are still a concubine. You are the protagonist in today's Qianqiu banquet. Let me take your empress to freshen up..."

Chu Shou paused for a moment, lowered his eyes and said:
"Banquet."

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After Concubine Rong took her seat, the banquet officially began.

On the high stage built in front of the crowd, the dancers danced gracefully, and the tunes were circling in the air along the flying curved eaves. The audience was full of joy, exchanging greetings, steaming, and persuading them to drink. Everyone was slightly drunk and blushed. The wind is warm.

"You say that white and clean young gentleman is the real censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" Princess Changle sat upright on the top seat, the dark wooden chair carved with the sea god flower reflected a gloomy light and shadow, covered with a thick The thick crystal blue pink eyelids twitched slightly, and then did not open, only a small bright red mouth opened and closed.

Everyone knows that Princess Changle likes extravagant and extravagant clothes, most of which are colorful. The paintings on it are graceful in color and complicated in style. She wears bright pearl hairpins on her head and silver rings on her ears. In the room, or holding, or wearing, never leave the body, it is really the first strange person in Kyoto.

Or to put it in the words of Chu Shou's youth and frivolity-damn, she can't dress up better than her grandparents...

Not only that, her voice is also like a crow poisoned by a strange snake, but it is not as artificial as choking its throat. If you listen to it and taste it carefully, you will feel that it is no different from ordinary people, just like her face painted with thick powder. Like her face, although there is no stunning color, it is not mediocre, but it is like the unfilled circle and the wrong footsteps. It is indeed "innocuous", and it is indeed unbearable.

Naturally, Changle became more and more fresh and refined against the noble ladies sitting beside them, and all of them came out of the water like pure lotus, which was very pleasing to the eye.

"Back to the princess, it's been spread like this, but we don't know whether it's true or not." Wen Xian who was sitting nearby twisted the veil and whispered softly.

"Naturally, it is impossible to come up with nothing."

"Oh? Miss Gao, what news did you get?" Xue Ying's mouth was full of fish cakes, her cheeks were puffy, and she turned her head immediately when she heard Gao Zhishui's convincing words from Miss Gao. Curiously, he opened his eyes wide and asked.

Gao Zhishui covered his face with a slight silk handkerchief in order to block the residue sprayed out of Xue Ying's mouth, frowned and said, "On the way back to Beijing with my elder brother, I met Mr. Shen's team. After getting off the carriage, Mr. Shen was busy and very respectful."

"Oh~ that's how it is~" Xue Ying took another hot chicken leg in her hand, looked at the leg, nodded indifferently, and muttered in her mouth: "green peach, osmanthus, fill it up .”

After hearing this, everyone covered their faces and laughed lightly.

Only one person said coldly, cast a disdainful glance and said, "Miss Gao called each other a young man so intimately, have you forgotten your close friend who was banished so quickly?"

Gao Zhishui couldn't hide his resentment when he heard this, but he didn't respond. Instead, Xue Ying sighed, and the food in his mouth became hard to swallow.

Ever since the Metropolitan Procuratorate was established in Kyoto, it has acted ruthlessly. It has the responsibility of supervising all officials. Whether it is politics or business, or farming in the villages in the north of the city, none of them can escape the eyes of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Miss Qu, the Xu family embezzled official money, only if they are guilty..." Xue Ying's round face suddenly paled, and she didn't know how to argue.

Qu Zhuoyi still has a cold face. She is the daughter of a military general. His father gallops on the battlefield, and his family style stands tall. Naturally, he has a different temperament from those of the delicate ladies. The neat stand-up collar and her proud head are held high, with a heroic and heroic appearance. , Quite the energy of a heroine.

The father and brother of Gao Zhishui and Xue Ying's good friend were Xue Ying's father's right-hand man. The Ministry of Industry supervised the repair of the moat and other matters, so he delegated it to her father. Guan Yin was found out by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and she directly mentioned Dali Temple in one sentence. Even her father, who was the minister of the Ministry of Industry, couldn't keep him.

Now the Metropolitan Procuratorate has risen from the three judicial divisions, and it has directly placed pressure on the heads of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment. It has offended many people, big and small.

But the Duchayuan is the eyes and ears of the Holy Majesty, no matter how crazy the Du Yushi is, with His Majesty as the guarantor, no one would dare to speak out.

"Xu...What's wrong with Xu Zhi? Where was their family demoted?"

A refreshing and generous voice pierced the dignified atmosphere, and instantly brought a ray of heat.

Chu Shou procrastinated a few times, but missed the pace, arrived late, and hurriedly found a seat. Seeing that most of them were familiar faces, he lifted his skirt and sat down, picked up a round fruit and weighed it After weighing it, he said to himself: "The Xu family? Oh, the one whose hometown is in Ningzhou, everyone? I remember correctly, right?"

Hearing the voice, Qu Zhuoyi turned his Yuanwang eyes slightly before he landed on the table, looking at Chu Shou with great interest.

Today, Chu Shou was entangled by Ah Shui to comb her hair in a very cute bun, with a chirp and a few more hairpin rings. When she walked, she tinkled and her skirt was a few times bigger than usual, slightly There is a blue tone, the color is a little heavier in the night, and it is a little bit colder. It is strangely suitable for this early autumn, and the ribbons are fluttering, making Chu Shou feel young and playful again.

The old man has been very satisfied with Chu Shou since he set off. As the saying goes, a man depends on his clothes and a horse depends on his saddle. From this point of view, his mischievous granddaughter has become more obedient and quieter, so he is very pleased.

"Back to the princess, it is the Xu family in Ningzhou."

Later, I don't know who is the leader, all the noble ladies except Changle got up one after another, Fushen said: "I have seen Princess Liuchuan."

Qu Zhuoyi looked around, raised his eyebrows slightly, and clasped his fists in salute.

Chu Shou nodded, avoided everyone's eyes, glanced at the sumptuous table, and said vaguely: "Excuse me, excuse me."

At this time, Changle's eyelids were just rolled up, and his red lips were slightly bent, like a beast seeing its prey, with vigilant and excited eyes.

However, Chu Shou's automatic immunity ignored this direct look. She has more important things to do today, and...she doesn't want to talk to this person, really doesn't want to talk to this person...

　I haven't been very punctual lately...a little more today...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)