The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 180

During dinner, there are musicians playing music and dancers dancing. The atmosphere is very lively and joyful.

After drinking for three rounds, Emperor Wu of Zhou and the ministers became very emotional.

The civil servants who supported the prince proposed to play the game of beating drums and passing flowers, but they were rejected by the generals who supported the acting king.

Most military generals have never read any books, and they hate playing this kind of literary game the most.The generals suggested playing guessing or wrestling, or drinking.

Emperor Wu of Zhou didn't like to play literary games on weekdays, so he agreed to the proposal of the generals.

The rule of the game is that you can choose a person at will to compete in boxing, or wrestling, or drinking.Whoever loses will perform a show.

When he was in the military camp, Emperor Wu of Zhou often played with the soldiers.Playing like this can not only shorten the distance with the soldiers, but also make the soldiers have fun.

The military generals usually look down on civil servants the most, so naturally they want to use this opportunity to humiliate the civil servants.

Civil servants can't wrestle, so they play guessing games and drink with generals.

Don't look at the weak and weak civil servants, but many of them drink very violently, not losing to generals at all.After all, drinking is an elegant hobby for literati and students.

On weekdays, literati and students drank a little wine, and wrote poems and articles when the wine came.Many famous poems and articles handed down from generation to generation were written while drinking.

The military generals did not expect that the civil servants were quite good at drinking, and they competed with the civil servants in guessing fists.They thought that civil servants usually don't play such indecent games as finger-guessing, but they didn't expect civil servants to play it very well.

In the first wave of competition, the generals lost.

They stood up and walked to the middle of the grass and began their performance.I don't know what kind of dance they danced, but it was very funny and made everyone laugh out loud.

In the second round of competition, the civil servants lost.

The performances performed by civil servants are much more elegant, some recite poems and compose fu, some play the flute, and some sing.

In the third wave of competition, the generals lost.Some performed wrestling, some told jokes, and some spoke dirty words.

The civil servants scolded the generals for being vulgar, and they even spoke dirty words in front of Emperor Wu of Zhou.

When the generals were talking nasty words, the fourth prince reached out and covered Zhao Yao's ears.

He also felt that the generals were too "presumptuous", and they blatantly said nasty words, completely ignoring the presence of children.

Zhao Yao felt that the fourth prince was covering his ears for nothing, because those people spoke very loudly, but he still heard them.However, he couldn't understand what it meant.However, from the ambiguous expressions of everyone, it can be seen that it is not serious.

"Have you finished eating?" The fourth prince didn't like to be lively at first, but now that these military generals are saying unserious things, he doesn't want to stay any longer.I also don't want Zhao Yao to be taught badly by these people.

Zhao Yao was gnawing on the freshly roasted leg of lamb, and when he heard what the fourth prince said, he blinked cutely, and immediately held up the leg of lamb in his hand to show to the fourth prince.

The fourth prince laughed, and then said softly: "You continue to eat."

Zhao Yao nodded obediently, and continued to chew on his leg of lamb.Of course, when I ate the leg of lamb, I didn't forget to watch a play.

At this time, Dai Wang and several generals were in the middle of the grass, shoulder to shoulder, twisting their buttocks, dancing strange dances.

The third and fifth princes were drinking with the generals.

The Seventh Prince was drinking and chatting with several disciples of the Duke of Zhen's Mansion.

Zhen Guogong and some ministers are drinking.

Xuan Pinghou was also drinking with some generals.

Emperor Wu of Zhou was drinking with He Xiang and the others.

Shen Hu, Chu Ying, and Zhang Gong didn't drink much because they wanted to protect Emperor Wu of Zhou.The three of them saw that the atmosphere was good, and they couldn't help but think of the scene when they were celebrating victory in battles, and then they got excited and sang the songs they made up in the past.

Most of the generals present had heard this song, and then sang along with them.

Emperor Wu of Zhou and He Xiang also sang along.

Although this song is similar to folk nursery rhymes, the tune has a sense of heroism and tragedy, and the people who listen to it are full of blood and tears.

Emperor Wu of Zhou sang along for a while, then couldn't help but stood up, and then dragged He Xiang to dance in the middle of the grass.

He Xiang seemed to have drunk too much, and even danced this weird and indecent dance with Emperor Wu of Zhou.

Shen Hu and the others also joined Emperor Zhou Wu and the others.Seeing this, Dai Wang hurriedly joined in.Then, the ministers followed suit.

Zhao Yao stared dumbfounded at Emperor Zhou Wu and his group dancing wildly.The fourth prince also had a dumbfounded expression.

Emperor Wu of Zhou was in high spirits, and while twisting his waist and buttocks, he sang some indecent tunes.He didn't know when he tore off the belt and tied it around his head.

Without the restraint of the belt, the robe is naturally open.Emperor Wu of Zhou danced for a while and thought his robe was in the way, so he took off while dancing.

Seeing that Emperor Wu of Zhou took off his clothes, the ministers naturally took off their clothes too.A group of people, with their upper body bare, danced an indecent dance without any image.

Zhao Yao dropped his jaw in shock.After a while, he picked up his chin and said to the fourth prince in astonishment: "Fourth brother, where are we now?"

The fourth prince's expression was stiff, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly and said: "Don't worry about them."

He said again, "After eating, we'll go back to the camp." The scene before him was really... unsightly... It's better not to see it.

After Zhao Yao was stunned for a while, he immediately stared at Emperor Zhou Wu and the others in amazement.

"Fourth brother, did the emperor let himself go?"

"Let yourself fly?" The fourth prince was slightly taken aback when he heard this word for the first time, and immediately understood what it meant.He felt that the tenth brother used this word to describe his father's current behavior, which was really appropriate. "you're right."

In the middle of the grassland, Emperor Wu of Zhou did not look like an emperor.He wrestled with Shen Hu.

Zhao Yao was speechless in his heart: This should be the true face of the father.

"Fourth brother, do we want to join them?" Brother Prince and Brother Sanhuang both joined.

The fourth prince said with some distaste: "You don't need to join them." Dancing with his upper body naked, the fourth prince couldn't do such indecent behavior.

Actually, Zhao Yao didn't really want to join.

"Then fourth brother, let's watch them dance." Zhao Yao said, grinning, "It's fun to see Father and the others dance like this." He wants to draw the scene he saw just now, and use it to make fun of his father in the future Emperor.

"Father, they won't be able to finish it for a while. After you finish eating, we will go back to the camp to rest."

Emperor Wu of Zhou and the others are in high spirits, and it will definitely not end in a while.

The fourth prince was afraid that Emperor Wu of Zhou and the others would make more indecent moves while dancing, so he thought it would be better to bring Zhao Yao back to the camp earlier.

Zhao Yao remembered that the fourth prince didn't like this lively situation, so he speeded up his eating.

When Zhao Yao and the fourth prince finished their meals, Emperor Wu of Zhou and his ministers were still dancing.Their dancing became more and more exaggerated and comical.

The Fourth Prince did not hurry to take Zhao Yao back to the tent, but took him for a walk to digest food.

When he had dinner just now, Zhao Yao ate a lot, two plates of venison, two lamb legs and two rabbit legs.I ate a few more buns.

Seeing that he ate so much, the fourth prince was worried that he would accumulate food and get upset when he slept at night, so he led him around the tent.

After walking for more than half an hour, the brothers returned to the camp.

As soon as he returned to the tent, the fourth prince took Zhao Yao to read with him.

The biggest reason why Zhao Yao didn't want to sleep in the same tent with the fourth prince was because he was afraid that the fourth prince would teach him to read.

as predicted.

"Fourth brother, didn't Spring Hunt come out to play, why do you still study at night?"

"Reading must be read every day, and it cannot be neglected." The fourth prince stretched out his hand and squeezed Zhao Yao's small face, "If you don't read for a day, you will forget it, understand?"

Zhao Yao pouted and said, "I don't want to understand." Why did he still study when he came out to hunt?
The fourth prince lightly tapped Zhao Yao's little head: "Read."

Zhao Yao sighed heavily: "Oh... I am so miserable, I still have to study when I come out of Spring Hunting."

The fourth prince poked Zhao Yao's little face with his hand, and said with a straight face on purpose: "Read the book carefully."

Zhao Yao pouted, muttered something in a low voice, then picked up the book and read it.

Outside the tent, there was faint laughter.

Although he slept all afternoon, Zhao Yao was still sleepy before Haishi.

The fourth prince took Zhao Yao to wash up together.

Zhao Yao lay beside the fourth prince, put his hands on his face and said, "Fourth brother, please tell me the story in "Spring and Autumn"."

The Fourth Prince knew that Zhao Yao had been watching "Spring and Autumn" recently, "Okay, let me tell you the story in "Spring and Autumn"."

Zhao Yao fell asleep after listening for a while.

The fourth prince asked Wei Mian to keep a candle and blow out the others.

"In the evening, keep vigil." The fourth prince specifically confessed.

Wei Mian understood what the fourth prince meant, and nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, Your Highness, this servant will always pay attention."

The fourth prince was very relieved of Wei Mian's work and didn't say anything more.

At this time, the bustle on the grass outside the camp also ended.

Wei Mian and several guards stood guard at the entrance of the fourth prince's camp.

The number of people patrolling at night increased a lot, and Shen Hu and the others personally led the guards to patrol.

At that time, the camp was quiet.Except for those on patrol who didn't sleep, everyone else basically fell asleep.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

There were bursts of screams, which alarmed the guards and guards patrolling the camp, and woke up many people at the same time.

The fourth prince was also awakened. Seeing that Zhao Yao hadn't been awakened, he got out of bed lightly and walked out of the tent.

Wei Mian had just come back from somewhere else at this time, seeing that the fourth prince was awake, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Your Highness, why are you awake?"

Seeing that the concubine's camp was brightly lit and there was a commotion, the fourth prince felt a little worried.

"What happened?"

"There is a snake in Concubine Rong's camp, and Concubine Rong was bitten by a snake." Wei Mian knew that the fourth prince was worried about Concubine Li, so he hurriedly added, "Your Highness, don't worry, the empress is fine."

Hearing that Concubine Li was fine, the Fourth Prince felt relieved.However, he immediately heard Liang Zhaoyi, and hurriedly asked, "Where is Lady Zhaoyi?"

"Tongxi went over to check, it should be all right."

While talking, Tong Xi came over.He was just about to salute to the fourth prince, but was stopped by the fourth prince.

"Miss Zhaoyi, are they alright?"

"The empress and the others' tents are at the back, the snake didn't crawl over, the empress and the others are fine." Tong Xi said, "However, the concubine de concubine and the others have something to do."

Wei Mian asked in shock: "The concubine De and the others were also bitten?"

"Bite, I just passed by there and saw snakes all over the ground, and several guards were bitten." Tong Xi said again, "It seems that the empress was also bitten."

The concubine's camp was in chaos, and the woman's screams kept coming.

Not long after Emperor Wu of Zhou fell asleep, he was awakened and learned that there were snakes in the concubine's camp, and that the queen and Concubine Rong were both bitten.He hurriedly got up, ready to go over to have a look, but was stopped by Sun Kui.

"Your majesty, there are snakes all over your place, and the imperial guards are busy catching snakes. It is dangerous for you to go there now."

"It's just a snake." Emperor Wu of Zhou stood up and said, "Change clothes for me."

Seeing that Emperor Wu of Zhou insisted on going to check, Sun Kui didn't dare to persuade him any more, so he could only help him change his clothes.

When Emperor Wu of Zhou rushed over, the imperial guards had almost caught all the snakes, but many snakes still crawled away.It is possible to climb into other people's camps, and the Praetorian Guards plan to search camps one by one.

Emperor Wu of Zhou went to visit Concubine Rong first, and she was bitten by a snake on her calf.Fortunately, it is just an ordinary poisonous snake, and the poison can be completely removed by drinking a few doses of medicine.

Concubine Rong was bitten by a snake for the first time, and her face turned pale with fright.Seeing Emperor Wu of Zhou, he threw himself into his arms, hugged him tightly and cried.

Emperor Wu of Zhou hugged her and comforted her gently and patiently.

In another camp, Empress Xie had just finished taking the medicine, and when she learned that Emperor Wu of Zhou was going to visit Concubine Rong first, she angrily grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it to the ground.

Seeing that Empress Xie was angry, Jiang Chuan hurriedly persuaded, "Your Majesty, you can't get angry now, or the snake venom will spread faster."

Empress Xie's chest heaved violently.Her eyes were red with anger: "I am the empress, the emperor should come to see me first, not that bitch Rong Guifei!"

Jiang Chuan walked behind Empress Xie, and quickly reached out to pat her on the back: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, don't be angry..."

Empress Xie became dizzy for a while because she was too angry, and then went dark, and she fell down.

Jiang Chuan exclaimed in surprise: "Your Majesty! Empress Dowager! The imperial doctor is about to come!"

When Emperor Wu of Zhou learned that Empress Xie had passed out, he hurried over from Concubine Rong's tent.

The imperial physician did not dare to say that Empress Xie passed out because of the anger that caused the snake venom to spread.He can only say that the snake venom in Queen Xie's body is relatively heavy, but it is not life-threatening.

Emperor Wu of Zhou looked at Empress Xie for a while, and then went to visit Concubine De and the others.

Concubine De and the others were miserable, having been bitten several times by snakes.Fortunately, these snakes are not all venomous snakes.

After comforting Concubine De and the others, Emperor Wu of Zhou went to Liang Zhaoyi's camp.

Although Sun Kui told Emperor Zhou Wu that Liang Zhaoyi and the others were fine, Emperor Wu of Zhou was worried and had to see for himself.

Seeing that Liang Zhaoyi and the others were really all right, Emperor Wu of Zhou felt relieved.

"Your Majesty, is the Tenth Highness alright?" Liang Zhaoyi was worried about her son.

"Xiao Shi is fine." Emperor Wu of Zhou said, "There are no snakes in our camp."

"Your Majesty, the snake may run around and climb to your camp, you should be careful."

Sun Kui at the side said, "Mistress Zhaoyi, don't worry, the imperial guards are searching for snakes from camp to camp."

Hearing what Sun Kui said, Liang Zhaoyi felt a lot more at ease.

Emperor Wu of Zhou told Liang Zhaoyi and the others a few more words before leaving.

"Let Concubine Rong go to my camp."

Sun Kui asked subconsciously, "What about the Empress?"

Emperor Wu of Zhou didn't respond to Sun Kui's words, but gave him a blank look.

Sun Kui realized that he had asked the wrong question, and hurriedly apologized: "This servant deserves to die."

Emperor Wu of Zhou went to Empress Xie's tent again, and the crown prince and the seventh prince came.

This spring hunting, the princess did not follow.She stayed in the East Palace to take care of the emperor's grandson. After all, the emperor's grandson is still young, so it is not suitable for such a big occasion as spring hunting, and it is easy to be frightened.Fortunately, they didn't come, otherwise they might have been bitten tonight.

After staying in Empress Xie's tent for a while, seeing that Empress Xie hadn't woken up, Emperor Wu of Zhou left.Before leaving, he told Jiang Chuan and the others to take good care of Empress Xie.When Empress Xie wakes up, send someone to notify him.

The seventh prince stayed in Empress Xie's tent, and the prince left with Emperor Wu of Zhou.

The camp of Emperor Wu of Zhou was naturally the first to be inspected.Shen Hu and the others personally inspected it several times, inside and out, to make sure that there were no snakes before rest assured.Then, they sprinkled some realgar powder near the tent of Emperor Wu of Zhou, so that the snakes would not dare to approach.Fortunately, the imperial physician brought some realgar powder.

On the other side, the fourth prince was worried that Concubine Li would be frightened, so he decided to go and have a look.He asked his colleagues to guard Zhao Yao carefully.

Such a big commotion did not wake up Zhao Yao.

After Zhao Yao fell asleep, he would sleep so hard that he couldn't even be woken up by thunder.

Tong Xi stood by the bed, looking around vigilantly.

Xiaobai, who had been hiding in Zhao Yao's sleeve all this time, suddenly crawled out from his arm, and Tongxi almost cried out in fright.

Xiao Bai crawled to the side of the bed, straightened up, and stared at the ground.

"Xiaobai, what's wrong with you..." Tong Xi hadn't finished speaking when he saw three snakes crawling in, which made his expression change drastically. Just as he was about to call for someone, the fourth prince opened the curtain and walked in. .

As soon as the fourth prince came in, he saw three snakes.These three snakes were as thick as a child's arms, and they were very scary. There was a hint of panic on his always expressionless face.

Just when the fourth prince was about to do something, he saw the little white snake on the bed screaming at the three snakes on the ground.

The three snakes shivered with fright as if they saw something terrifying, and then quickly crawled out of the tent.

A lot of snakes suddenly appeared in the camp and bit people, causing the whole second half of the night to be messy, and no one dared to sleep anymore.

Zhao Yao was not woken up from the beginning to the end, and slept very soundly.

After Xiaobai scared away the three snakes, he returned to Zhao Yao's arm.

Tong Xi and the fourth prince were all terrified by what happened just now.They were not afraid of snakes, but worried that Zhao Yao would be bitten by a snake.

"Fortunately, Xiaobai is here." He didn't notice the three snakes crawling into the tent just now, "Xiaobai is indeed the king of snakes!"

He just felt a deep sense of fear from the three snakes.The three snakes were very afraid of Xiaobai.

The fourth prince asked the imperial guards at the door to search carefully to make sure that there was no snake around his tent.

The realgar powder brought by the imperial physician was not much, and all of them were scattered near the tent of Emperor Wu of Zhou.The other tents are naturally not scattered.

"Your Highness, there is still some time before dawn, you should sleep for a while now." Wei Mian said, "Your servant and Tong Xi are guarding, and will never let another snake crawl in."

The fourth prince shook his head and said, "I won't sleep anymore." There were snakes in the camp, and it was very likely that they would crawl into his tent again, so he didn't even want to sleep. "I'm reading, you go outside and watch."

Tong Xi thought for a while and said, "Fourth Highness, with Xiaobai here, no more snakes will come into your tent, and neither you nor Your Highness will be bitten by snakes. You'd better sleep for a while."

"I can't sleep anymore." The fourth prince said, looked at Zhao Yao who was sleeping soundly, and smiled happily, "Fortunately, the tenth brother slept soundly, otherwise I would have been scared just now."

"Fourth Highness, my Highness always sleeps like a dead, even if there is thunder and rain outside, it will not wake His Highness." Tong Xi thought to himself, even if His Highness was awake just now, he would not be afraid to see those three snakes.Maybe His Highness even reached out to catch the three snakes, and then said to make snake soup to eat.

The fourth prince smiled slightly, and immediately let Tong Xi and Wei Mian back out.

Tong Xi and Wei Mian stood guard at the door, looking around from time to time to see if there were any snakes.

In the tent of Emperor Wu of Zhou, he was accompanying Concubine Rong.

Although Concubine Rong is much better, she is still very scared.There was no blood on a bright face.

At this moment, Sun Kui brought in a bowl of soothing soup, and Emperor Wu of Zhou reached out to take it.

"Drink the Soothing Soup, and then have a good sleep." Emperor Wu of Zhou scooped up a spoonful of Soothing Soup and blew on it, before feeding it to Concubine Rong Gui.

Concubine Rong gave Emperor Wu of Zhou a sweet smile, then lowered her head and obediently drank the soup.

Emperor Wu of Zhou tenderly fed Concubine Rong the soothing soup, and then gently covered her with the quilt.

"I'll watch over you, you can sleep peacefully."

Concubine Rong stretched out her left hand from under the quilt to hold Emperor Zhou Wu's right hand.

"Cousin, why don't you sleep too?"

"I can't sleep, you go to sleep quickly."

"Cousin, you can sleep with me, or I won't be able to sleep."

Emperor Wu of Zhou looked at Concubine Rong helplessly and dotingly: "Okay, I will sleep with you." After speaking, he went to bed and slept beside Concubine Rong.

Concubine Rong Gui slept in Emperor Zhou Wu's arms, holding him tightly.

Emperor Wu of Zhou patted her on the back.After a while, Concubine Rong Gui was seen falling asleep in her arms.

He gently took Concubine Rong's hand away, then got out of bed and left the tent, turned around and went to the tent where the matter was discussed.

Shen Hu, Zhang Gong, and He Xiang had been waiting in the camp for a long time.

"How's the investigation going?"

"Boss, this is an accident, but it's not an accident." Shen Hu said, "The person who released the snake has been caught. It's a little eunuch in the imperial dining room who started the fire."

"The little eunuch who burns the fire?" Emperor Wu of Zhou raised the corner of his mouth and smiled with interest, "What is his purpose?"

Chu Ying said: "Let the snake bite Concubine Rong in order to scare Concubine Rong and teach Concubine Rong a lesson."

Zhang Gong followed Chu Ying's words and said: "This little eunuch who burns the fire has been in contact with the eunuch next to Concubine De before."

Emperor Wu of Zhou was a little surprised: "Concubine De?"

"Yes, the little eunuch who set fire to the fire said that the eunuch next to Empress Defei instructed him to do this."

"The eunuch next to Concubine De admitted it?"

"I didn't admit it at first, but later I confessed, saying that the concubine De was jealous of Concubine Rong being favored and wanted to show Concubine Rong some color, so she put a snake to scare Concubine Rong." Chu Ying said, "They prepared a snake, But I don't know why it turned into a group of snakes."

"Boss, this is the accident I just mentioned. They only prepared one snake, but it turned out to be a group of snakes."

"Who has this eunuch next to Concubine De has contacted before?"

"The eunuchs next to Empress Defei didn't have contact with people around other empresses in the camp, but I don't know if they had contact with other people when they were in the palace." After all, they are in the paddock now, not in the palace.

"Sun Kui."

"The servant is here."

"Who did the eunuch next to Concubine Chad contact in the palace?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shen Hu heard Zhou Wudi's order, and asked in surprise: "Boss, do you suspect that the mastermind behind the scenes is not Empress Defei?"

"I just don't think things are that simple." Emperor Wu of Zhou already had someone to suspect in his heart. "Why are there so many snakes?"

"This has not been found yet." Zhang Gong said, "When it is dawn, we will carefully check around the paddock to see what is attracting so many snakes."

"Have you caught all the snakes in the camp?"

"I searched all the camps and caught some more." Shen Hu reported, "Most of them are ordinary snakes. I have already handed them over to the Imperial Kitchen to make snake soup."

When Emperor Wu of Zhou heard this, he laughed and said, "You know how to eat."

"Boss, with so many snakes, it's a pity to just kill them and throw them away. It's better to let the imperial dining room make snake soup."

"Boss, there are only a few poisonous snakes, and they are ordinary poisonous snakes, which can't kill people." Chu Ying said, "The purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes is really to scare Concubine Rong." If you want to kill Concubine Rong, the poison is very strong. snakes, such as five-paced snakes and the like.

"Boss, you dote on Concubine Rong too much." Shen Hu said without any scruples, "This is what makes Concubine Rong jealous."

Emperor Zhou Wu glared at Shen Hu, "For safety's sake, search carefully, and don't let any snake slip through the net."

"Don't worry boss, we will search several times."

"Did the other people move?" Zhou Wudi asked with a deep expression on his face, "Did they take advantage of the chaos and do something?"

　Zhao Yao: What, there is a snake?Why don't you wake me up, I'll grab some snakes and make snake soup when I wake up.

　　Tong Xi: Look, my guess is right.

　　Guys, guess who set the snake?

　　Finally ask for a monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)