The strongest peasant girl in Xiuse Jinyuan

Chapter 324 Gu Xizhao Sends Qian Lingjing to Refuse Marriage (1)
Seeing that Empress Dowager Yide liked it, Empress Fan personally picked up two more pieces for her, and said softly: "Mother, it's rare that you like this crystal purple taro cake, you might as well try a few more pieces."

In the Palace of Manna, all civil and military officials were either whispering to each other or tasting delicacies, only the cups and plates in front of Ling Jing were clean and showed no sign of being touched at all.

All the courtiers knew that the son of Prince Rui's Mansion had a habit of never touching, dipping or tasting food outside of Prince Rui's mansion, even if it was a jade banquet in the palace, he would not cut his chopsticks.

Of course, such a habit would collapse in an instant when it met Wei Changqu.

When a plate of crystal purple taro cakes was presented on the jade table in front of Ling Jing, those ancient ink-like eyes were fixed on those purple cakes. In the next second, he picked up the silver cakes in front of him With chopsticks, he gracefully held a piece of crystal purple taro cake close to his mouth, and slowly tasted it.

The officials sitting next to Ling Jing saw Ling Jing move their chopsticks, and all of them stared at Ling Jing's dusty face with strange expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

Sensing the strange gazes around him, Ling Jing didn't take it to heart at all, as if he didn't see it, he saw that he finished eating one piece, then extended his chopsticks into the jade plate, and picked up the second piece gracefully.

Here, Emperor Chong had already tasted a few pieces of crystal purple taro cake, and he slowly put down the silver chopsticks in his hand, only then did he think of the head steward of the imperial dining room who was kneeling in the hall.

"The cakes are good, let's have a look." Emperor Chong said simply.

The head of the imperial dining room heard that there was a reward, and immediately beamed with joy. Seeing him kowtow to the hall, he hurriedly thanked him and said: "My servant kowtows to the emperor for his kindness, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Immediately afterwards, a young eunuch walked into the hall with several ingots of silver ingots.

After the head of the imperial dining room thanked him for a while, he just took over the silver ingot from the young eunuch.

"Since the Empress Dowager likes it, let that restaurant supply this pastry to the palace for a long time in the future." Emperor Chong raised a pair of deep eyes, his eyes fell on the head of the imperial dining room, and said indifferently.

After Emperor Chong finished speaking, he raised his hand and waved lightly, signaling the head of the imperial dining room to step down.

Seeing Emperor Chong's hand gesture, the head of the imperial dining room didn't dare to stay longer, and stepped back out of the Ganlu Hall.

The New Year's banquet was halfway through, but Gu Xizhao was still missing. Old Prime Minister Gu was in a state of anxiety. Even in the cold winter, he could still see a little sweat dripping from his forehead.

At this moment, Emperor Chong was also thinking about the Gu family's money. Now that the treasury is empty, even if all the silver in the treasury is added up, it may not be as rich as the Gu family's wealth.

How can he be at ease with the Gu family holding such a monstrous wealth.

Emperor Chong thought about this, so he raised his eyes to look at the seat where Prime Minister Gu was sitting. His two deep eyes stayed on Gu Xizhao's seat for a while, and then turned his eyes to Prime Minister Gu's. body.

"Gu Aiqing, this banquet has been going on for some time, why is there no sign of your son? Could it be that your son has some urgent business that delayed the time to enter the palace for the banquet." At the end of the sentence, the tone of Emperor Chong became more and more stern. .

What matter is important to the royal family, Chongdi's words clearly imply that Gu Xizhao despises the emperor's kindness.

I saw Emperor Chong's two deep eyes fell on Prime Minister Gu's body, and his eyes stayed on Prime Minister Gu's face to explore deeply.

Sensing Emperor Chong's gaze towards him, Prime Minister Gu stabilized his mind, and then raised his eyebrows to meet Emperor Chong's gaze, one monarch and one minister looked at each other, both of them wanted to understand each other's thoughts.

After Chongdi's words fell, Ling Jing's elegant voice rang out in the hall before Old Prime Minister Gu could speak.

He stared at Emperor Chong with a smile that was not a smile, and said leisurely: "Prime Minister Gu, if Jing remembers correctly, His Majesty seems to have issued an imperial decree to order the third son Gu to bring the Gu family's money into the palace for a banquet, oh! It must be In order to fill up the national treasury, the third son brought money into the palace to search all the way, it was very inconvenient, the journey was a little slow, and the time for the banquet was delayed, Old Prime Minister Gu, do you think it is right or not?"

When he said this, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Ling Jing's mouth.

When Ling Jing said this, it was obvious that he wanted to rescue the old Prime Minister Gu, and even insinuated that Emperor Chong had forcibly taken away people's money, and Emperor Chong was so angry that his breath was stuck in his chest.

After Ling Jing finished speaking, he glanced at Old Prime Minister Gu with his pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, then picked up the silver chopsticks in front of him, and gracefully picked up a piece of crystal purple taro cake. He tasted it with great enjoyment, his expression was calm and elegant , the emotion on his face did not change at all, as if nothing happened just now.

Emperor Chong sat firmly on the dragon chair, and his eyes glanced at Ling Jing without a trace. When he saw Ling Jing's arrogant and unruly appearance, the foul breath in his heart continued to surge.

Ling Jing felt Chongdi's cold gaze, but he didn't even frown.

He wanted to see how far the old man could endure.

Emperor Chong withdrew his gaze from Ling Jing, turned his eyes, and two eyes fell on Old Prime Minister Gu again.

"Gu Aiqing, has your son gone to the palace for a banquet? Is it true what Jing'er said?"

When Emperor Chongdi spoke to Prime Minister Gu, he had a few more gentle smiles on his face, but Prime Minister Gu saw the smile on Emperor Chong's face was very cold, with a hint of anger.

Especially Chongdi's eyes became deeper and deeper, and there was a strong murderous intent hidden deep in his eyes.

Emperor Chong's words sounded in his ears, and the old prime minister Gu hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, when the old minister entered the palace for the banquet, Zhao'er was already making preparations. Presumably, just as Mr. Jing said, Zhao'er was delayed on the road, and I still hope Your Majesty forgives you."

After Old Prime Minister Gu finished speaking, Emperor Chong was dubious. His eyes continued to stay on Old Prime Minister Gu, and he probed deeply into his eyes. The two deep gazes were like two sharp blades, almost piercing Old Prime Minister Gu's mind. planed.

Although Emperor Chong's eyes were terrifying, Prime Minister Gu had been prime minister for many years, so he wasn't made of mud or paper, and fell apart after being frightened.

Emperor Chong stared at him for a long time, but didn't notice any clues, so he looked away.

When all the civil and military officials saw the deep and hidden eyes of Emperor Chong, one or two of them were so frightened that their faces were livid and their nerves were tense.

Emperor Chong had always been moody and suspicious, and his temperament was very violent, and his methods were even more vicious and cruel. If the courtiers were not careful, they might lose their heads.

Emperor Chong withdrew his gaze from the old Prime Minister Gu, looked up at the front of the hall, and saw all the civil and military officials lowered their heads, fearing that a fire would catch on the bank and the fish in the pond would be harmed.

It was very quiet in the hall, and a good New Year banquet became lifeless, and the sound could be clearly heard when a chopstick was dropped on the ground.

Empress Dowager Yide noticed that Emperor Chong's face was not very good-looking, so she quickly said to the courtiers with a full face: "This is a New Year's banquet, you don't have to be polite." The emperor said: "Your majesty, the Ai family will offer you a cup of tea instead of wine, and pray that the country's rivers and mountains will prosper from generation to generation, and that the coming year will be smooth and rainy."

(End of this chapter)