Empress Mi Benji

Chapter 43 Longevity Banquet (End)
Zhuang Xun proudly showed off his wife, touching the brocade clothes on his body with a look of nostalgia.

Xu Houde faltered and couldn't speak, his face flushed, and he was speechless by Zhuang Xun.

Everyone knows the principle of marrying a good wife, Zhuang Xun undoubtedly put himself on the moral high ground.

"Throw this embarrassing thing out." The emperor was upset.

Two guards grabbed Xu Houde's arms and dragged him away from the Wanshou Banquet.

He glanced at Yang Zuoxiang and Qian Quan'an, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Their faces were expressionless, and he was not reconciled, but seeing their red official uniforms, he flinched and couldn't speak.

"Zhuang Qing, Mrs. Jiang, please take a seat and enjoy this birthday banquet." The emperor glanced at Lu Buying with disdain, probably feeling sorry for the father and son of the tiger.

The farce is over, everyone is very satisfied, Qingliu kept the money bag, Zhuang Xun gained the official title, the right minister eats melons and eats his own home, but it doesn't matter, he knows everything about him comes from the emperor, isn't it just a Jiedu right So, don't feel bad, for the emperor, another talented person has entered the account, although he didn't dare to send him to clean up the bastards.

There is one and only one clown, that is Xu Houde who was pushed out of the palace gate and temporarily detained. He is already pale, and he can only hope that Qian Xinzhao can come to rescue him.

Zhuang Xun returned to his seat again, and the eyes of the surrounding officials became respectful.

Because their status had jumped, they suddenly ran to a height that they couldn't reach.

The official system of the Yu Dynasty is divided into ranks one to nine. The first, second and third ranks are regarded as the most precious roles in the entire imperial court. Many people struggle for a lifetime and cannot reach a position from the third rank, even if he is a Jinshi from the imperial examination.

Moreover, the emperor's preference has also been seen, Zhuang Xun is considered lucky now, and most of the officials around him are in the fifth or sixth rank, so naturally they unconsciously showed a flattering expression.

"How about your Highness's scholar's essay?" The emperor looked at the tumbling air dragon in the air, and the tumbling giant dragon had a golden light on its back, which was also the emperor's pulse on his shoulders.

Now the monarchs of all countries have emperor veins, which is clearly known to people.

"All the ministers circulated to select who is the second and third." The emperor pre-arranged the number one, but now he can only choose the second and third.

After Lu Buming made such a fuss, he became uninterested and wanted to finish the dragon slaying ceremony quickly.

Zhuang Xun was not illiterate, but many of the manuscripts contained a large number of uncommon characters that he could not understand, and it was very difficult to read them.

So he gave the manuscript to other people, and he was free.

Noticing several eyes looking at him, the two prime ministers, Mrs. Jiang, and Li Rusi's father and daughter of Chengguo, he lowered his head to eat pears and ignored them.

It was only when I was free that I felt cold sweat covering my spine. Don't look at his sarcasm, he seemed to be able to handle it with ease. Just now I remembered Si Qinmi's warning, and it was hard to hold on. If it wasn't for Jiang Xianyu's rescue, he himself would have just I don't know how to answer, he gave a grateful look, in exchange for Jiang Xian smiled, Zhuang Xun already planned to come to the door to thank him when he was free.

As for the left and right ministers, they looked at them kindly and friendly. I didn't know that I thought I was their junior, just smiling like a tiger.

Jiang Xian was amazed by this ceremony, she had already seen that it was a dragon slaying ceremony, and she believed that her big brother Ge Tan had also seen it, and she must have her own considerations if she didn't stop it.

The air dragon flew over Zhuang Xun's head from time to time, expressing the emperor's regard for him.

Seeing Zhuang Xun's expression of gratitude to her, she felt the joy of counting her merits.

First, find a reason and an excuse to continue supporting him and shut up other people's mouths. She is not the kind of gardener who lets seedlings grow casually. Since she invested in Zhuang Xun, she definitely wants Zhuang Xun. Ask to make a career out of it.

Second, the benefits earned in this way are the greatest. The more grateful the other party is, the greater the feedback will be. Of course, the greater the credit, the greater the feedback.

Thirdly, the real face is the real face, but the identity is a vest. Mrs. Jiang, who likes Zhuang Xun, has nothing to do with her queen mother of Zhao Guo, Jiang Xianyu. As long as she completes the mission of restraining the country, this identity can be discarded. It won't affect her personally.

Furthermore, although she is the queen mother of Zhao Guoan, she is not the kind of person who puts on airs for nothing. If she is the kind of person who puts on airs for nothing, wouldn't she be the queen mother in Zhao Guoan with peace of mind.

Back at the banquet, the left side chose one person, and the right side chose one person. The balance is like this. The only place to fight for literary talent was given to Zhuang Xun by the emperor. Everyone was somewhat resentful, and the circling golden color was also stained with black air.

"Master Zhou, please do it." The master of ceremonies continued.

The altar was brought over, whether it was curious or not, Jiang Xian wanted to see what was showing off in it, it was not common to kill a dragon, Li Rusi might be disgusted by Cheng Guo's empty talkers, and had no interest.

Zhuang Xun is because he knows that there are gods and ghosts in the world, so he has a sense of awe.

Master Zhou pinched the talisman paper, guided the copper coins, and stepped on the seven-star step, his movements seemed to be dancing and praying.

Jiaolong seems to be bound by something, staying on the chrysanthemum sea.

"Quick!" With a wave of his long sword, the golden dragon's head was cut off.

The emperor felt severe pain in his neck, and he gritted his teeth to keep himself from making a sound.

Both the dragon's head and body fell into the chrysanthemum sea, and they were about to disappear in smoke.

Biting his fingertips, the blood outlined a piece of talisman paper, which flew in the air, floated to the dragon's head, and stuck on the dragon's head.

Everyone can't see the dragon's head, and they feel that the talisman paper is very powerful when it is in the air. Jiang Xianyu can see some tricks, but her character can only show a surprised expression on this occasion.

After disposing of the dragon's head, he took out a jade gourd. People felt a gust of wind blowing over it. In the practitioner's eyes, the golden light of the dragon's corpse was no longer there. The golden dragon scales turned blood red and turned into a burst of redness, which was absorbed by the gourd.

Jiang Xianwan glanced at Li Pingyuan, played by Ge Tan, and saw that he didn't move, so he could only pretend that he didn't see anything.

The talisman paper was drawn, leading the ferocious and terrifying dragon head to the altar, on which a brilliant chrysanthemum had already been placed in bloom.

Uncover the talisman paper on the dragon head, and the dragon head will turn into a stream of fresh air and penetrate into the stamen.

At this time Master Zhou was already profusely sweating, Zhuang Xun thought it was him who performed the great dance, but Jiang Xiannao knew that it was caused by overdrawing a large amount of immortal merit at one time.

It seems that Master Zhou also has a lot of blessings for Yue Zu to take over the work of other people's underworld, otherwise the dragon-slaying man would be gone.

It was consumed twice, once to slay the dragon, and once to bypass the underworld to reincarnate. It is a blessing to not be drained of the fairy fate.

The emperor's eyes were blank, and it was not until Master Zhou offered potted chrysanthemums that his expression relaxed, as if he had regained his senses.

"Your Majesty, fortunately, I did not disgrace my life."

"Thank you Zhou Qing for praying." Reaching out his hand to touch the splendid chrysanthemum, the emperor said gratefully when he saw the other party's exhaustion.

Although each takes what he needs.

The feeling of being connected by blood, he is the fruit of the chrysanthemum, and waiting for the chrysanthemum to germinate means that his new life begins.

It hasn't been for several months.

"The Longevity Banquet is over, and the officials and scholars leave the venue." The scholars retreated first, and then the officials retreated.

This orderly exit caused riots.

"The King of Xihe has ordered that no one can leave Chunhua Palace." There was a loud bang from the door.

Everyone was stunned, not quite understanding what happened, but soon realized that a coup d'etat had happened.

"King Xihe, where did he get the soldiers and horses?" The emperor didn't seem too flustered. In his vision, there would always be some troubles in the longevity banquet, but he didn't understand where his rebellious son had the courage to dare to coup d'état. .

"It seems that these clothes belong to Yindu's city army and belong to Yindu's defensive jurisdiction." Shen Lianzhen reminded him that he felt that he was in danger, and the prince didn't even know about the rebellion.

He knew that King Xihe had a connection with Yin Du's defense, that they were uncle and nephew, but he never expected that they could collude with each other to rebel.

What do you think, do you think that a coup will make you emperor?Where did you put your brothers.

"Hundred officials first went to the inner city to take refuge, and used the palace walls to resist." The emperor actually couldn't stand up, but thanks to Master Zhou's support.

The inner city is also called the inner court, where the emperor's concubines are. He really has a big heart.

Maybe it doesn't matter to this country anymore.

Zhuang Xun was coerced towards the inner city.

Isn't it too exciting to encounter an attack, a frame-up, and a coup a day?

The heartstrings that had just been relaxed suddenly tightened, and he unconsciously leaned towards Li Pingyuan and Li Rusi, which made him feel more secure.

……

"The thieves have surrounded the entire inner and outer palaces, and are now attacking the outer city." Shen Lianzhen wiped his sweat and said, following behind the emperor.

Looking at the emperor who was holding a pot of chrysanthemums without any uncertainties, he seriously failed his duty this time, and there was really no place to make up for it.

"Trash." The emperor cursed.

"The servant is terrified." Shen Lianzhen hurriedly knelt down.

"It's not about you, it's about that rebellious son. Even if the efficiency is so low even if you plan to rebel, you guys send people to the Forbidden Army Camp, and pass on my order to enter the city to put down the rebellion and end this farce." There are still 5 people in the Forbidden Army, and There are only 1 people under Yin Du's defense.

Opposite King Xihe on the other side was a wealthy middle-aged businessman. King Xihe's face was somewhat similar to that of the emperor, and he was also chubby.

"Should we go? We can't attack the city, and the imperial father is coming, so why don't we send all the imperial troops to the front line?" Xihe King complained.

"At least capture the outer city, and give the country an explanation. Otherwise, it will be hard to say, even the opponent's palace city has not broken through, so it is difficult to explain to the country." Skillfully painted the big cake.

"The original promise was to let the city army come later when the accident happened on Zhuque Street, so that you can assassinate Li Pingyuan. Now the rebellion has exceeded the price of the interview." Xihe King complained.

"The rewards are also increasing. At the beginning, you could only be granted the title of rich man. Now that you are a marquis, the more you gain, the more dangerous you are." The smiling fat businessman said seductively.

"My uncle also wants to be a Marquis, after all, he borrowed his soldiers this time." King Xihe said with his own request.

"As long as you take down the outer city, it's fine." The fat businessman just wanted to complete the task assigned by his superiors. The bigger the scene, the better.

When entering the inner city, the inner city was also in chaos. Zhuang Xun and Li Rusi went together to find Li Pingyuan and Jiang Xianyu who had disappeared into the crowd at some point.

"The outer city is broken." With this piercing cry, the expressions of the people in the inner city were different.

Worried and panicked, Zhuang Xun hardly saw anyone along the way, and seemed to be hiding in the room in fear.

It feels like looking for a needle in a haystack, like disappearing out of thin air, like a headless chicken, bumping around.

Li Rusi looked at the structure of the palace and strolled in the courtyard. She knew where Ge Tan had gone, and she should have gone back to the emperor, but she couldn't tell Zhuang Xun that he proposed to find Jiang Xianyu and Li Pingyuan. Ru Si also took advantage of the situation and agreed.

Along the road just now, it extends to the palaces on both sides.

"Excuse me, have you seen an old man in his 50s, and a woman in her thirties who is dressed gorgeously?" Finally, I saw two people dressed as eunuchs.
"Who are you? Wait until you see it." The tall eunuch had a bad expression.

"What did you see?" Zhuang Xun hadn't reacted yet.

"They are stealing the gemstones on the beams." Li Rusi saw what the two were doing at a glance.

"I understand……"

He grabbed Li Rusi's hand and said, "Run."

"Looking for death." Seeing that the scandal was discovered, the two eunuchs were enraged, and chased Zhuang Xun with their knives.

"Escape..." Grabbing Li Rusi's wrist, the opposite party had a knife in his hand, and the fool confronted them head-on.

Disdain flashed across Li Rusi's eyes. The two eunuchs could make Zhuang Xun nervous, but it was a small plus that they didn't leave their female companion behind.

"You go, I'm the queen." He ran around, ran several corridors but found nothing convenient, until he found a long stick on the stone table, Zhuang Xun let go of Li Rusi, picked up the long stick and said.

"..." Li Rusi remained silent.

"Let's go, didn't you see that the villain is already chasing you?" Zhuang Xun pushed Li Rusi, took a long stick, and took a deep breath.

He was out of breath after running just now, how come these eunuchs in the palace are so physically strong.

He took two steps forward, blocked Li Rusi, and let her escape first.

Li Rusi didn't run away. On the contrary, she strode up, and the two eunuchs who came down with their knives were grabbed by their wrists, twisted, and slashed at her own neck instead. Neat, no blood stains on Luo Qun.

"This..." Zhuang Xun looked at the two corpses on the ground, choking on a lot of words, shocked and unbelievable, unbelievable.

"Miss Li is so powerful, I offended you." He could only compliment embarrassingly. Wasn't it a joke to drag someone to escape just now?

Fortunately, she is the daughter of the general, she moves freely, without unnecessary movements, she kills so gracefully.

"Aren't you afraid of death? Why don't you leave me alone and run away? In your eyes, I should not be able to run away from you." Li Rusi said doubtfully.

The critical moment can best reflect human nature and express people's hearts.

"Uh, fear of death does not conflict with letting you go first, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and flaunts his courage in a dangerous place, and sooner or later he will be backlashed. I am afraid of death, but what I am afraid of is that death is meaningless. Like mustard.

Xun feels that no matter how weak he is on weekdays, as long as he can show his responsibility at critical moments, he is a real man. He usually trains his body to be incomparably strong, but he shrinks back when it comes to sacrificing his life for righteousness, and he is not a man. " Zhuang Xun explained his point of view.

"Of course it's best to be in good health and be able to sacrifice one's life to take responsibility, but I'm a lazy person. Fortunately, my wife supervises me to do some exercises every day." Zhuang Xun wiped the sweat from his forehead a little embarrassed.

"The relationship between your husband and wife is really good." After hearing Zhuang Xun's words, Li Rusi looked at him and said.

　I really didn’t save it, otherwise I would like to send it on time
　　
　
(End of this chapter)