Mugui

On the branch of the moon, Yang Mucai returned to the Duke Huguo's mansion.

The plague in the capital came quickly and went slowly, because the supply of medicinal materials was not enough.

There are still many people who died because of untimely treatment.

This year, the capital is destined to have a hard time.

However, the Empress Dowager is spending her life extravagantly at this time!
The people in the capital didn't say anything on the surface, but they complained in their hearts, accusing women of wronging the country.

Soon came the Queen Mother's birthday.

I don't know what kind of monster this Empress Dowager Sheng is doing. The streets of the entire capital are covered with red carpets, and even the houses with funeral lanterns are ordered to take off the lanterns and remove the funeral cloth.

Those who had a funeral at home almost got into fights with the officers and soldiers, and finally looked at the big knives in the hands of the officers and soldiers, and could only swallow their anger.

In the morning, carriages drove out of the palaces of the dukes and courtiers one after another, rushing towards the palace.

Every street is stuck in traffic, and few people are in a good mood.

Fortunately, they all arrived at the palace at noon, and were informed shortly that the banquet would only be held in the evening, because the auspicious time calculated by Qin Tianjian was late in the afternoon.

Those courtiers and noble ladies who were hungry and cold finally entered the palace, thinking they could eat, almost fainted.

Fortunately, someone was carrying something in the carriage, and they had already filled their stomachs on the way here, otherwise they would have to wait until the afternoon to eat?
The entire imperial palace was decorated with joy, each city gate was covered with sixteen colors of silk, and silk flowers were tied on the bare branches and flower branches, as if it had already entered spring.

Not only did the Yang family bring their own lady today, Chen Yuhe also came.

Sheng Jiaojiao was toothless, so she didn't come to shame her.

The Chen family was happy that the Sheng family didn't come, so they could highlight the girl from her natal family, so after Sheng Jiaojiao was beaten, the Sheng family made trouble, but the Chen family didn't participate too much.

The banquet was very lively. Although it was held in the afternoon, it was even more lively than the dinner party.

The maidservants sang and danced gracefully, and Empress Dowager Sheng was full of smiles, as if she was singing and dancing.

Yang Mu and Lin Xiao sat opposite each other, and they looked at each other from time to time.

A dance song should be the part where the prime minister leads the ministers to celebrate the birthday, and the Ministry of Rites has already arranged it.

But both the Ministry of Rites and the Prime Minister's Mansion belong to the Eastern Empress Dowager, and they are very dissatisfied with the grand birthday banquet of the Western Empress Dowager.

Prime Minister Tao lazily stood up and said weakly, "I wish the Holy Mother and Empress Dowager a thousand years of good health!"

He was about to raise his head to drink, when he suddenly heard a loud shout: "Forgive me, Queen Mother, I'm late!"

Everyone was startled by the thunderous roar, and they all turned their heads to look.

I saw a person striding in from the store door, wearing a purple gold python robe, black and white hair and a chest-length beard.

"Prince Huan!"

"Why is he here?"

"Yeah, hasn't he been guarding the spirit all the time?"

The courtiers and wives who recognized the person in the hall were all elderly, and couldn't help talking in a low voice.

When Empress Dowager Sheng saw King Huan, she quickly turned her head and looked at Empress Dowager Tao. Seeing the application for a good show in the other party's eyes, she couldn't help gritting her teeth and cursed inwardly.

This old and immortal King Huan is doing well in the imperial mausoleum, why did he come back and ruin his birthday banquet!

Seeing that King Huan was about to salute, Empress Dowager Tao immediately stood up and said, "Prince Huan is free of the ceremony, come and give me a seat!"

Just kidding, King Huan is Emperor Jiaji's younger uncle and the grandfather of the Empress Dowagers of the Two Palaces.

King Huan waved his hand and said: "You don't have to sit down, it's like sitting on pins and needles! I don't have to serve the dishes, and I eat them like a stick in my throat! There's no need for the ritual music to sound, it's like a light on my back!" "

There was no one in the hall for a moment.

King Huan dared to say too much.

Empress Dowager Sheng's complexion immediately sank, and she looked coldly at the glaring King Huan standing in the middle of the hall, and she was about to get angry.

Empress Dowager Tao fanned the flames and said, "What does King Huan say?"

King Huan glanced at the magnificent hall, then looked up at the empress dowager Sheng, who was full of flowers, and asked, "I don't know the empress dowager, but among the ten households in the capital, five households are doing funerals?"

Empress Dowager Sheng cursed bad luck in her heart, stood up and pointed to King Huan and said, "Prince Huan! The Ai family thinks that you are an elder and the great uncle of the young emperor, so they tolerate you three points. Don't make mistakes!"

King Huan snorted coldly, untied a python whip twisted with gold thread from his back waist, and cracked a whip flower with a "snap", saying: "My ancestors gave me a dragon whip, so I don't need to be patient with the Queen Mother!"

Everyone present gasped.

The dragon whip turned out to be in the hands of King Huan!
The ancestors beat the dragon whip, the faint king at the top, and the treacherous ministers at the bottom.

The empress dowagers of the two palaces all changed their colors when they heard the "dragon whip".

Yang Mu went to see Lin Xiao, who shook his head slightly, obviously he didn't know why the Dragon Whip was in the hands of King Huan.

King Huan was full of anger and said loudly: "The queen mother quickly ordered to cancel this extravagant birthday banquet, and comfort those people who were forced not to mourn. This king will put away this whip. Otherwise, today this king will clear the court. !"

Lin Xiao frowned slightly. If King Huan really wanted to purify the court, he should go to persuade him in advance. Why did he cause trouble at the birthday banquet?

He looked at Li Yao, the regent who was seated above, and saw that Li Yao's eyebrows trembled slightly. Although his expression was solemn, his eyes seemed to be a bit optimistic.

Could it be that he was the one who teased King Huan?

Yang Mu looked at Chen Yuhe beside him.

Although Chen Yuhe had a surprised expression, her eyes were calm.

After Yang Mu returned from the other courtyard that day, he learned that Chen Yuhe had sent four maids out of the mansion, so he regretted that he hadn't followed her. Could it be that she and the Prince Regent planned this matter?

Yang Mu went to see the regent again, and he found that the regent pretended to glance at the Yang family inadvertently.

Yang Mu suddenly remembered that Chen Yuhe was an empress in her previous life, so she probably knew a lot of royal secrets.

Otherwise, if the dragon whip was in the hands of King Huan, even the queen mother would be surprised. How could the regent and Chen Yuhe not be so surprised?
Yang Mu and Lin Xiao turned their gazes back in mid-air, and they both saw a clear look in each other's eyes.

It's just that today's matter, the two of them are not prepared to intervene. Of course, the regent king and Chen Yuhe didn't have a good idea in their hearts, but what the Empress Dowager Sheng did was too irritating.

King Huan saw that Empress Dowager Sheng was so angry that her chest was heaving, but he was not going to withdraw the birthday banquet, so he pressed further, walked a few steps quickly, and swung the whip, smashing the table in front of Empress Dowager Sheng into two pieces.

"Queen Mother! If you don't give the order again, this king's whip will be whipped on you, woman!"

Empress Dowager Sheng was frightened and angry, trembling all over, she turned to Empress Tao and said, "If my sister continues to watch the play, I'm afraid the next one to embarrass you will be you!"

If King Huan is allowed to succeed today, what will he do next if he forces the two of them to retreat to the harem and not to interfere in politics?
After the Empress Dowager Tao gloated just now, she has now reflected it. She waved her sleeves and said loudly: "Come here! Squeeze this troublemaker into the clan mansion!"