Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 405: Direct vs. tactful

Emperor Zhizheng stood in front of the huge fish tank, watching the gold and silver fish swimming slowly in it, eating the fish food he fed in, leisurely and happy, looking like nothing was happening.

A little lost, I wonder if they are satisfied with this kind of life, and whether they want to miss the vast rivers.

Looking back at the chair above, everyone in the world wanted it, but he was allowed to sit on it. He holds all the power in the world, but he is also trapped within this small palace wall.

"Liu Qi."

"The slave is here."

"Have you ever seen a moving table?"

Liu Qi shuddered and smiled flatteringly: "Your Majesty has never seen it, so how can I see it? The good things I have seen are all the good things in the world that I have been lucky enough to see since I served your Majesty."

He glanced at the emperor secretly, and remembered that the moving table came from King Yue's restaurant, and his eyes flashed.

"It's like this fish, this fish tank. Previously, the Yangxin Hall also kept fish in the water tank. To take a look, you had to get close to the mouth of the tank. No matter how clear the water was, you could only see the back of the fish, unlike now. , you can clearly see the scales on the fish’s back. The only one in the capital with such a big fish tank is your royal study.”

Emperor Zhizheng glanced at him and laughed again.

"I heard that the fourth child asked the seventh child for the mechanism that would make the table move. The seventh child said that he would wait until the restaurant gets his money back."

Liu Qi replied with concern: "Everyone in the capital knows that the King of Yue is poor. The money to open the restaurant is still borrowed. If we can't pay back the 300,000 taels, I'm afraid we will have to sell half of the palace."

"He dares!" Emperor Zhizheng snorted.

Since the founding of the Qi Dynasty, only Lao Qi dared to mortgage the palace to borrow money. "If the money is not paid, let him go back to guard the imperial mausoleum. It just so happens that his imperial grandfather loves him, so let him chat with his imperial grandfather in the imperial mausoleum to relieve his boredom."

Liu Qi responded with a smile: "Yes, it will be time for the King of Yue to go to the imperial mausoleum to accompany the late emperor and fulfill his filial piety."

Seeing that the emperor no longer mentioned the moving table, Liu Qi breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that the emperor would ask the King of Yue to make one for the palace.

Zhao Guangyuan quickly received the message from the palace and sent the visitor away with a generous reward.

Lin Zhaoxia was a little worried, "If the palace asks you to help make one, can you still refuse?"

When the time comes to make it, how can we keep it a secret? The queens of each palace show their filial piety and then go to the emperor to plead for their natal family. Isn't this a sushi table that can only be found in the capital?

What kind of money do you still make?

"Don't worry. When I refused the King of Chu, Prince Jin and the others were all present. Three hundred thousand taels for one machine was not a good deal. They didn't dare to ask for it. I would refuse them if I did. I also borrowed three hundred thousand taels in debt. , this is going to cut off my financial path.”

I believe no one would do it that ugly.

Lin Zhaoxia felt relieved.

"You should sleep for a while. We have to go to the palace to attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet in the evening." Zhao Guangyuan watched her sleeping soundly beside him, then turned and left to discuss matters in the study.

Huixianlou just opened for trial operation yesterday, and almost all the people who posted it took the post and queued up to experience the many delicacies and the rotating tables.

Many people are not satisfied with going there once, and want to go again. However, the trial opening only accepts customers who have a post, and the post is collected when they enter. If you don't have a post, you won't be able to get in. Even if you want to spend money, you can't go in and consume.

So someone sent a servant to collect the post at a high price at the door.

But the people who came to attend the wedding of the King of Yue were all rich and noble. Everyone wanted to experience such a novel thing. Even if the post was not enough, the family would still sell it? None of them are short of money. No matter how high the price of the post is, no one will take action and don't want to lose face.

As a result, people who have not experienced it and are not satisfied with the experience are increasingly scratching their heads and thinking about it.

I heard that the dishes on the rotating table are different every day. I don’t know where the chef hired by the King of Yue could cook dishes with different flavors every day.

People all over the capital are looking forward to the five-day trial opening ending early so they can go in and have a good meal.

And I heard that not only are there a wide variety of dishes, the food is delicious, but the drinks and pastries are also unprecedented. There are also performances on the first floor, which are not just ordinary songs and dances, but also operas, storytelling, and folk operas... The songs and dances also include those from the Western Regions and the frontier, and there are also performances for women and children, every hour The performances are all different.

It's getting more and more unbearable.

Xiao Guangji went there once with the emperor's brother and his wife, and once with the servants at home. Thinking of going back to the palace to attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet tonight, he asked his seventh brother if he could not go. I was afraid that I would not be able to get out after entering the palace.

"No, my father asked you to enter the palace. If you didn't enter the palace, my father would have thought something happened to you in the palace of my brother."

Xiao Guangji bit his lip, thinking of various reasons not to enter the palace, "I will ask people to tell my father that I am fine and let him not worry. And if nephew Chang Yu doesn't go, I will stay in the palace to accompany him. read."

"No, my father will not agree. In the evening you must enter the palace with your brother and sister-in-law."

After thinking of countless ways, I still have to enter the palace. Guang Ji was at a loss for words, so he stepped forward and grabbed his imperial brother's thigh, "Then, can the emperor tell my father that he will let me and the emperor come back tonight?"

Seeing him looking at him longingly, Zhao Guangyuan couldn't bear it, "Concubine Hui misses you, I'm afraid she won't agree."

Wow... Xiao Guangji ran away crying.

On the carriage going to the palace, Lin Zhaoxia looked at the wilted little Guangji and couldn't help but laugh. Even after coaxing him for a long time, she couldn't make him happy.

"Is this okay? If Concubine Hui misses you and wants to keep you in the palace, then we will definitely find a chance to pick you up next time, okay?"

"When is the next time?" Xiao Guangji obviously didn't believe that adults were lying to children.

"Next time, um... Next time, I'll say Boye Boyuan, or it's your eldest nephew's birthday, and I'll invite you out to play, can't I come out?"

Xiao Guangji's eyes lit up, then dimmed quickly, "My eldest nephew's birthday is on the summer solstice, so he has to wait until next year." He couldn't help but want to cry again. After the New Year, he had to go to class with his master, but he couldn't help it. If it is empty, it will be more difficult to leave the palace.

Seeing that he was about to cry, Lin Zhaoxia hurriedly comforted him: "Bo Ye Boyuan will enter the palace soon, can we go and ask them? Even if their birthdays have passed, the emperor's sister-in-law will also find a way to make you the emperor." Brother, can I take you out to play?”

"really?"

"real."

Xiao Guangji looked at Zhao Guangyuan again, and became happy again when he saw him nodding, "I'll ask Boye Boyuan later!"

The couple looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. It wouldn't be so difficult to raise them when they grow up.

After a while, the royal carriage arrived at the palace gate. At this time, the dignitaries waiting to enter the palace were waiting at the entrance of the palace, waiting for the palace guards to inspect and release them.

"I have met the King of Yue, the Princess of Yue, and His Highness the Sixteenth Highness."

"No need to be polite."

Lin Zhaoxia didn't know much about these noble people in Beijing, so she stood beside Zhao Guangyuan with a smile on her face. The nobles waiting in line to enter the palace secretly looked at her. Seeing that she was elegant and generous, they felt that she was not like the rumors outside, that she was from a small place, timid and ignorant of etiquette.

Also, if it was really that unbearable, could the King of Yue fall in love with her?
People from Prince Yue's Mansion didn't have to queue up and quickly entered the palace wall. Sun Miaoren, who was waiting to enter the palace, saw this and hurriedly took the hands of his sisters at home, and followed them into the palace gate. Lin Zhaoxia didn't notice anything strange behind her. After entering the palace, she had to go to Fengzao Palace to pay her regards to the queen, and separated from Zhao Guangyuan at the intersection.

"Aren't you going to the male guests with your Seventh Emperor brother?"

Xiao Guangji shook his head. He wanted to stay with the emperor's wife, "Guangji wants to follow the emperor's wife. And Concubine Hui may be in the mother's harem."

"Okay, let's go together." Lin Zhaoxia shook his hand and headed towards Fengzao Palace under the guidance of the palace attendant.

"Princess Yue."

When she heard someone calling her, Lin Zhaoxia turned around and saw a woman walking towards her. She nodded with a smile: "Which noble girl are you from?"

Sun Miaoren didn't answer, just looked her up and down.

Xiao Guangji was dissatisfied, "You should salute my wife-in-law!"

Sun Miaoren gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. Sun, I would like to pay my respects to Princess Yue and to His Highness the Sixteenth Highness."

It turned out to be Sun Miaoren, Lin Zhaoxia was heartbroken.

Xiao Guangji hummed, not wanting to deal with such an rude woman. He pulled Lin Zhaoxia and was about to leave. Sun Miaoren stopped them again and said, "Princess, I wonder if you can step aside and say a few words."

"You said."

Seeing her looking at him as if he was an eyesore, Xiao Guangji stomped his feet angrily, "If you have anything to say, just say it! The emperor's wife and I are together! If you don't say anything, we'll leave!" Don't even think about leaving him to bully him. The royal sister-in-law.

Huh, he is very familiar with her in the palace. He promised the seventh brother that he would not let anyone bully the emperor's wife. snort.

Sun Miaoren was disdainful, as he really came from a small place and wanted to be protected by His Highness the Sixteenth Highness at such a young age. She is not afraid of others knowing, so she is afraid of nothing.

"The princess must have recognized the little girl. If it hadn't been before... the current Princess Yue should be the little girl. Now everyone in the capital knows that the little girl has been accused of being raped by the King of Yue, and the little girl may not be able to marry into a good family..."

He covered his eyes with a handkerchief and pressed again and again. He didn't wait for Lin Zhaoxia's comfort. He secretly resented that he was from a small place and couldn't even understand what he was saying.

"Please, Princess, show me a way to survive."

ah? Lin Zhaoxia was startled and pulled Xiao Guangji back a step.

Why do you always kneel down? Didn’t you say that you have gold under your knees, so worthless? Seeing many people around him looking this way, he frowned.

Before Lin Zhaoxia could say anything, a lady who was nearby came over and stepped forward to pull Sun Miaoren up, "What's wrong with Miss Sun? Get up quickly."

Seeing that Sun Miaoren refused to get up, the man helped and said, "Princess Yue, if Miss Sun said something unpleasant, please don't argue with her, she is still young."

Well? Is this persuading people or making people angry?

Am I very old?
People came over one after another to watch the excitement. Seeing Sun Miaoren's ecstatic and pitiful look, they all helped to persuade him. "Princess Yue, this is the palace, where people come and go. Your Excellency, please spare her a lot. It doesn't look good."

"Yeah, yeah, just talk about it."

"It's all my daughter's fault. It's not my fault that my daughter was accused of being accused by the King of Yue. Now the family is also discussing marriage for my daughter." Sun Miaoren looked like Lin Zhaoxia was unreasonably looking for trouble and could not tolerate others.

Everyone looked at Lin Zhaoxia with condemnation in their eyes. When Sun Miaoren was accused of marrying the King of Yue, it was not something Sun Miaoren could decide. Now that the Princess of Yue can't even tolerate Sun Miaoren, could it be possible that even the Empress also hates her?

Lin Zhaoxia is such a loser. She has created such a domineering and intolerable image for others without doing anything.

What does Sun Miaoren want to do? Want to embarrass her, make her an enemy in the circle of ladies from aristocratic families, and isolate her? Or is it to arouse the dissatisfaction of the queen and emperor in the palace so as to achieve his own goals? What is Sun Miaoren's purpose?
Could it be that she still wants to marry Zhao Guangyuan?

Tsk.

Xiao Guangji was so angry that he stepped forward and was about to kick Sun Miaoren. Lin Zhaoxia stopped him, but he refused to let go, "You're talking nonsense! My wife-in-law didn't punish you to kneel, it was you who had to kneel!"

The people watching on the sidelines didn’t know whether they believed it or not. If Princess Yue was not punished by kneeling down, could it be that Sun Miaoren wanted to kneel down herself? The Sun family is also a reputable family in the capital, and the noble girls they have trained will not kneel down to others.

"The princess didn't ask the little girl to kneel down, no. It was the little girl who was doing something wrong and bumped into Princess Yue."

"Then why don't you get up!" Xiao Guangji stamped his feet.

Humph, her royal sister-in-law didn’t even let this woman kneel down! Why is this woman like the empresses in the palace, she likes to kneel down at every turn.

"Yes, yes, my little girl is wrong. Get up now, little girl." She looked aggrieved by the oppression of the imperial power and had to obey.

I enjoyed watching Lin Zhaoxia. Who would have thought that this ancient man could act so vividly? It would be a shame not to receive an award for this acting skill.

"You said you bumped into me, what did you bump into me for?"

"It's all my little girl's fault. Please punish me, Princess." Sun Miaoren lowered his head and refused to answer directly.

Lin Zhaoxia was about to speak when she saw a large group of people coming. Sun Miaoren's mother came over hurriedly with a group of people. She pulled Sun Miaoren and took two steps back. "I apologize to Princess Yue. My little girl is not sensible. Why?" Princess Yue, please don’t argue with her.”

Does this mean that you are ignorant and cannot tolerate others' magnanimity?

Hiss, it’s really stupid. This ancient person is so convoluted that he turns a sentence nineteen times and eighteen times, containing several meanings. One sentence can make people stun and make their chest hurt.

A person like Lin Zhaoxia really can't learn this.

He took two steps forward and stood in front of Sun Miaoren, "You said you bumped into me? Why did you bump into me? I was walking fine, but you suddenly ran over to stop me and said some incomprehensible words, Just kneel down to me, and before I can even say a word, a crowd of people will come around to watch your performance."

"Princess, please forgive me." Sun Miaoren weakly knelt down again.

"Stop it. I don't like people kneeling down to me at every turn."

"That's right, you came here to kneel on your own. My wife-in-law didn't even say anything, so you knelt down, as if my sister-in-law was bullying you!"

Seeing that everyone was looking at the wonderful man, Mrs. Sun was a little annoyed and hurriedly wanted to leave with her daughter, "Please forgive me, Princess. I will take my daughter away now."

"Wait a moment and speak clearly before leaving. To avoid misunderstandings." Lin Zhaoxia said.

Then he stopped Sun Miaoren's intention to speak, "You said that if it weren't for me, you should be the Princess of Yue. It seems that I blocked your way and made you dissatisfied. You also said that if you don't agree with the marriage now, it must be It’s all my fault.”

He glanced at everyone and said, "The King of Yue has been guarding the imperial mausoleum for ten years, but he has not seen any family willing to marry his daughter to accompany him to endure hardships. Why, as soon as he returns to the capital, everyone wants to fight for him. He cannot have children. What do you fancy about him? Even if you are allowed to enter the palace, become a concubine, have no heirs of your own, and still be suppressed by this concubine, what do you want? "

Lin Zhaoxia's straightforward questioning made Sun Miaoren blush, and everyone onlookers were dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)