night enchanting

Chapter 33
The weather in July should have been extremely hot, but due to continuous heavy rain, the temperature dropped sharply, as if autumn had come early.

The imperial garden, exotic flowers and plants, green cypresses and bamboos, after the rain washes, the colors are more gorgeous, and the air is fresh and unusual, which makes people feel comfortable.

Nangong Ao hosted a banquet for the officials who were nominated on the imperial examination gold list last month, accompanied by all civil and military officials.There are about [-] newly recruited officials, and one of these people did not take the exam. He was recommended by an official in the court. He shocked the court and the public with a national policy theory, won the appreciation of Nangong Ao, and appointed him as a third-rank Hanlin scholar. .This person is none other than Mr. Yushu, one of the three famous and romantic officials in the capital city.He is also the son of Gufu, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment.

At this moment, he was sitting in the front row, with a face like a crown of jade, and a tall and straight figure, standing out from all the officials like a chicken, very conspicuous.

"Young Master Yushu, oh no, I should call you Lord Gu now!"

"As you please."

"Hehe, I heard that Mr. Gu has never had any intention of being an official. Why did he suddenly change his mind? Could it be that his lord forced him to do so as a last resort?" Before the king arrived, the officials below took the initiative to find the court who was favored by the king. Upstarts take up the stubble.

Gu Yushu smiled and said: "No! Although my father has always taught Yushu harshly, he never interfered with my life aspirations."

"Then why..." The man wanted to ask again, but just as the king arrived, he hurriedly stopped talking.

Everyone saluted and everyone took their seats, except that King Chen was absent.

Nangong Ao just pretended not to see it, and added some words of encouragement to the usual opening, which made the new official's heart so excited that he wished to start his hands and feet immediately and do a big job.

Nangong Ao was very satisfied, and ordered a banquet to be held. During the banquet, singing and dancing added to the fun, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

After drinking for three rounds, everyone toasted the king, and suddenly someone shouted: "This piano doesn't sound good at all!"

Breaking out in a cold sweat, everyone turned their heads and looked at the speaker.

The man was burly, with rough facial features, and he had the vigor of a soldier.At this moment, he was pointing at the woman who was playing the piano accompaniment, with a three-pointed drunkenness on his face.

"Qu Zhan, you drank too much!" The general beside him hastily pulled him away, hinting with his eyes.

The fourth-rank general in the National Defense Army, Qu Zhan.This person has an upright personality, acts recklessly, but is also very brave. Especially in war, he has a spirit that is not afraid of death, and he often plays the role of charging in the army.

Completely ignoring the obstacles and hints from the people around him, Qu Zhan shouted, "I'm not drunk! She really doesn't play well!"

"Qu Zhan you..."

"Hey! This general! Let General Qu tell you. Who does he think plays the piano well? If it is possible, I will ask the king to change it! The king has always been broad-minded, and today is another one." On the day when the king and my subjects are having fun together, I think I shouldn’t care about such trivial matters, so you can just let him talk about it. What do you think, my lord?” The person who spoke was King Ling who had just returned to the capital.He is also Nangong Ao's uncle. At the age of 34, he was born with a domineering spirit.

Although he is a minister, but after all, he is an elder. Nangong Ao turned his eyes, nodded and said with a smile: "What Uncle Wang said is true. Just talk about the Naqu War and see if you can satisfy your wish."

Qu Zhan slapped the table and shouted: "Okay! This is what you said, Your Majesty! As for the sound of the qin, of course Immortal Rumo plays the qin well, although I have never heard it..."

"Bold!" Yide on the side immediately stopped in a deep voice, pointed at Qu Zhan with his orchid finger and scolded loudly: "That is the future queen! General Qu, although you are the favorite general under King Chen, it is too much to do so." Presumptuous!"

"The future queen?" Qu Zhan laughed loudly, "A woman like her is also worthy of being a queen?! I laughed so hard! All the adults here, are you willing to let a witch from the Demon Palace be your queen?"

All the ministers were silent, and all the notes played during this period were suppressed, making it clear that the king wanted to do his own way, no matter how much they objected, it was useless.

Each sighed and shook their heads helplessly.

Nangong Ao narrowed his eyes slightly, but before he spoke, there was suddenly one more person besides the banquet.

"Who said she is the future queen?!" The voice was as deep as iron, and the momentum was extremely strong.

When Nangong Ye appeared suddenly, Baiguan was not only surprised, but also pleasantly surprised.With King Chen in his early years, he was naturally a hundred times more useful than them.

"Even you object?" Nangong Ao slowly put down the jade cup in his hand and raised his head to ask.The tone is not very good.

Nangong Ye said coldly: "She is my woman!"

"You have divorced her!"

"So what?" Nangong Ye stepped forward and slapped the dragon table with a big palm, overflowing with wine and food, making the dragon table a mess.Nangong Ao frowned, Nangong Ye said in a deep voice, "I regret it now!"

"It's late." Nangong Ao didn't look up, looking at the sleeves that were splashed with wine, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

For the first time in ten years, the two brothers confronted each other in public, refusing to give in to each other.A strong smell of gunpowder immediately dispersed in the air.

Everyone was stunned, it seemed that the rumors were true!The two of them had really fallen out over that woman.King Ling's eyes flashed, and he looked at them without stopping them.The officials didn't dare to speak out, and the officials didn't even dare to speak out, for fear of getting burned.

Nangong proudly said: "Gu married her! Moreover, Gu not only wants to marry her, but also give her special favor, allowing her to stand side by side with Gu and share the world!"

The tone is firm and cannot be opposed.

The ministers were in an uproar, and could hardly believe what they heard.

"You're crazy!" Nangong Ye snapped, with veins popping out of his forehead, obviously extremely angry.

Nangong proudly said: "The loneliness has been decided! If you want to stay for dinner, you can sit where you should sit. If you don't want to, I will let you leave first."

"You!" Nangong Ye was so angry that he calmed down. He straightened his body and glanced back at the ministers present.Everyone lowered their heads, Nangong Ye cast his eyes on a group of generals, and said in a deep voice: "There is an urgent report from the border, and the Kingdom of Jin is recruiting troops again, ready to make a move. You are still in the mood to drink and have fun here, and you have not returned to the barracks to discuss matters with this king!"

"Yes!" Qu Zhan was the first to leave the table.

After the generals hesitated a little, they also got up and left the table.

Nangong Ye raised his eyebrows, glanced at the king on the seat, and snorted coldly: "Brother Wang is greedy for pleasure, he will do his own way, and ignore the country and the country. My younger brother will never sit idly by and let my century-old foundation of the kingdom be destroyed! You , so I can do it for myself!" After speaking, he waved his sleeves, led a group of generals, and left in a high-profile manner.

During the banquet, the remaining half of the ministers were silent.

Some palace people came forward to clean up the dragon case, and quickly replaced it with a new table of food and wine.

"Do you also think that it is a mistake to be isolated as a queen?" After a long silence, Nangong asked the new official.

The servants were stunned for a moment, all lowered their heads, not daring to answer easily.

Only Gu Yushu stood up and replied: "I think that the king has a unique vision, and this move is extremely wise!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Gu Yushu's father, Gu Fu, scolded anxiously.

Nangong Ao glanced at him, and said to Gu Yushu, "Go ahead."

"Although Ms. Rumo does not have a prominent background, she has a noble character and is full of talents. She is by no means comparable to ordinary vulgar women."

"You don't know her very well, how do you know that she has a noble character?" Nangong Ao asked with interest, as if his mood suddenly improved.

Just as Gu Yushu was about to answer, Gu Fu said first: "Just listening to her play a few pieces, I was so fascinated that I couldn't tell whether it was good or bad!"

"Father is wrong! The sound of music is the best way to express a person's state of mind. Miss Ru Mo's piano sound is pure and lofty, with strong emotions. She is a good woman who values ​​love and righteousness! She is pure and kind in nature, but she has a rough life , that created her indifferent personality, not easy to get close to. Such a woman, if you respect her one foot, she will return you one foot."

"It's a bunch of nonsense!" Gu Fu scolded coldly.

Nangong Ao smiled and said: "I feel lonely, Gufu, you gave birth to a good son! He has better vision than you. Come here, go and invite the future queen, and by the way, call Shangyan Noble Concubine."

"Yes."

After Yide left, all the officials felt excited. More than half of them had been to Sacred Heart Lake to play the piano for three days.For her piano sound, I can't forget it to this day.It is undeniable that they all felt what Gu Yushu said. The woman who could play the piano sound like that would definitely not be the enchanting evildoer that people have been telling about these days.And the woman's appearance, they have long wanted to admire.

So when a phoenix sedan chair appeared in the imperial garden, they all stretched their necks and held their breath unconsciously.But when the woman in the sedan chair stepped on the back of the palace servants and stepped down from the sedan chair, and appeared in their sight with a graceful posture, they were unavoidably disappointed.

The golden phoenix costumes, gold hairpins and jade decorations make the whole person gorgeous and exquisite, with an overwhelming sense of luxury.A rare beauty, but beauty is beauty, but it is a bit far from the nobility and refinement they imagined.

"See the imperial concubine!" Gu Yushu took the lead in saluting.All the officials suddenly realized that it was not that woman!I don't know why, but I feel a little lucky.

Nangong smiled proudly: "How do you know she is a noble concubine? You seem to have never seen Rumo's real face."

Gu Yushu said: "It's true that I haven't seen it, but I have an intuition that Miss Ru Mo shouldn't like too gorgeous dress." What's more, the temperament is wrong, but he didn't say it.

Nangong Ao nodded appreciatively, Concubine Chaoyan stretched out her hand, motioning her to sit on his right hand.

Everyone saluted, Concubine Yan raised her head proudly, enjoying the feeling of being looked up to by others.But soon, this feeling completely collapsed due to the arrival of another woman.

There is no phoenix sedan chair, no gorgeous brocade clothes, no gold hairpin walks, and no large group of servants to follow...

She only brought Qianyu with her, and she was wearing white clothes of good texture and simple style, but they bloomed with the most gorgeous colors in the world.Stepping on the bluestone slab, she walked slowly in the sunlight, her hair full of blue hair was randomly tied up with an exquisite and transparent jasper hairpin, revealing her white and slender neck, which made her look noble, elegant, and unbelievably beautiful. Man in the world.

This is Qin Xian Rumo!She herself is the most beautiful masterpiece in this world, any decorations are superfluous in front of her.

Everyone was amazed, and even those ministers who opposed making her queen were dumbfounded and couldn't believe it.

Instead of waiting for her to walk in, Nangong stood up to greet her with a proud smile.Reaching out to hold her slender and white jade fingers, it was like holding the most precious and fragile porcelain in the world. Her cautious posture made people look sideways.

"Miss Rumo! Do you still know me?" Gu Yushu stepped forward to greet her.

Ru Mo smiled and said, "Young Master Yushu! It's been a long time."

Just now when Yide passed on the message, he learned all the words Gu Yushu said from her.Looking at a person's character from the sound of the piano, Ru Mo was a little surprised, but he also admired him because of this.

"I heard that Mr. Yu Shu's national policy theory is very wonderful. I think in the future, he will be able to make great achievements and become a pillar of the country."

Gu Yushu clasped his fists and said: "Miss, I'm so honored! Yu Shu was lucky enough to hear the three songs of Miss, and I can still hear them in my ears. I always thought that if I was lucky enough to see Miss's beauty in this life, it would be a worthwhile life. I don't want to think about it today, but it's true. Wish!"

"Young master is serious! You can judge a person's character from the sound of the piano, and you are considered a strange person! Since you are a bosom friend...then Rumo today, I will give you a piece of music as a reward for your bosom friend." Rumo laughed, "Qianyu!"

"Yes, miss." Qianyu stepped forward immediately, and everyone noticed that Qianyu was still holding a guqin in her hand.

Yide ordered someone to deliver the piano case that had been prepared, and Rumo sat down, while Gu Yushu was still immersed in unbelievable emotions, she had already plucked the strings.

A song of high mountains and flowing water took everyone's breath away, even Gu Fu, who didn't know the piano at all, was fascinated by it.And the only person who is not in the mood to listen to the music is naturally Concubine Yan.Although she was sitting beside the king, Ru Mo was the only one in his eyes, which made her jealous and very uncomfortable.Looking at the people below, with obsessive gazes, it seems that the person is a fairy who descended to earth, and if he misses a glance, he will regret it for the rest of his life.

"Ah! Ah—" Concubine Yan suddenly screamed while clutching her stomach.

The sound of the piano stopped abruptly, Ru Mo stopped his hand, Nangong Ao frowned and said, "What's wrong with you?"

Concubine Yan pretended to be in pain and replied: "I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach, I don't know if it's because of my fetal gas!"

uncomfortable?But he saw that her face was very rosy, and there was no sign of discomfort at all.

"Come here, send the noble concubine back to the palace, and call the imperial physician to come and treat her."

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Yan did not seem to want to send her back to the palace after hearing what he said, so she couldn't help but put on a small face, hugged his arm in front of all the officials, and acted coquettishly: "My lord Won't you accompany the concubine? The concubine...so scared!"

Nangong Ao looked at her with a gloomy expression, and said, "Don't you even look at what kind of occasion this is!"

Concubine Yan was taken aback, then quickly let go of him, and sat down by herself.Only then did Nangong Ao calm down, and said, "Good boy, go back by yourself."

Concubine Yan bit her lip, finally she was a little bit unwilling, her voice was as low as a mosquito, and she said: "Chenqie... Chenqie feels much better, and Chenqie wants to accompany the king for a while longer."

Nangong proudly said: "That's up to you." After saying that, he got up and went to help Rumo, never seeing Concubine Yan again.Concubine Yan was so angry that she almost gritted her silver teeth, looking at Rumo's eyes, she gradually couldn't hide her hatred and viciousness.

"Thank you miss for the song, Yu Shu is really flattered!" Gu Yushu clasped his fists gratefully, although it was only half a song, it was enough to comfort this life.

Ru Mo said: "Ru Mo owes the remaining half of the song. I will make it up when I have a chance in the future." After speaking, he followed Nangong Ao to the top seat.

At this time, the King of Ling clapped his hands and laughed, "Seeing once is worth hearing a hundred times! Unexpectedly, Miss Rumo is so beautiful, beautiful, and beautiful, especially Miss's piano sound, it can be said to be around for three days, and the lingering sound is endless! No wonder I sealed it. The two most outstanding men in the country, both fall in love with you. And the king is even more determined, willing to risk the disgrace of the world, but also to make you his queen, and he will not hesitate to turn against his brothers. Really, amazing!"

Overtly praised and secretly criticized, people can't find anything wrong.

Ru Mo stared at her eyes, raised her eyebrows and smiled and said, "Prince Ling is congratulating you! If you have this ability, Ru Mo would feel honored. Ao, what do you think?"

Calling him by his name in public made even Nangong Ao stunned for a moment, this was the first time that she didn't call him by his first and last name.Nangong Ao grabbed her hand, smiled dotingly, and said, "Why don't you have this ability? Gu Ke is ready to take on the world for you!"

Ru Mo raised his head and said in surprise, "Then I'm going to be called Daji?!"

Nangong Ao laughed and said: "If you are Daji, how about being King Zhou for a while?"

The two joked as if no one else was around, which shocked all the courtiers.And this kind of unscrupulous pampering made Concubine Yan's face turn blue, extremely ugly.When he was almost unable to restrain himself, a minister stood up and said dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty is the master of the world, how can you compare yourself to the mediocre and immoral King Zhou!"

Nangong proudly said: "I don't think that King Zhou is stupid! On the contrary, I think that he is a rare infatuated man who can abandon the world for the woman he loves. How noble it is in terms of love!"

Such comments made the ministers stare at him in shock.It seems to be saying, is this man really our king?
Since he ascended the throne, he has received good words, practiced benevolent government, and put the country and the country first in everything, so he has been admired by all people.But today, he actually said such absurd words, it's unbelievable.

Concubine Yan Gui's face was even more livid, she stood up fiercely, and said angrily: "Since the king respects the subjugated king so much, and is willing to care about such a lowly woman, even if he doesn't care about the great country, why does the concubine father hoard soldiers 20 Ten thousand at the border of the Kingdom of Jin as a containment? It would be more satisfying to let the Kingdom of Jin enter the capital directly..."

"Snapped--!!!"

A loud slap slapped the delicately made-up Concubine Zaiyan's cheek hard.Nangong Ao hit a woman for the first time.

Concubine Yan fell heavily to the ground, looked up in disbelief, and looked at the man who had always loved her so much.Tears of grievance flowed out in a flash. She covered her face and cried with great grievance: "You... you hit me? I grew up so big, and my father was never willing to hit me! If I put this matter Tell father, do you think he will help you again!"

I used to know how to play tricks to pretend to be deep, but since Ru Mo came, all that seems to have lost its effect.I started to be impetuous, and I had a child, thinking that mothers can be more expensive than children, and they can do whatever they want.But she forgot that the dignity of a man, especially the dignity of a king, is inviolable.

"You dare to threaten Gu?!" Nangong Ao narrowed his eyes, his smile was still there, but his tone was cold, "Do you think Jin Kingdom can attack without the restraint of Yi Kingdom? There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and iron cavalry stationed at my border. It is as solid as gold, and any enemy will never even think of stepping into the territory of my feudal country!"

Concubine Yan Gui sneered, "Then what if my royal father joins forces with Jin Kingdom? Do you still dare to say that Feng Kingdom's city is as solid as gold?"

Everyone was shocked, she dared to say such a thing!Are you crazy? !If there is a day when Jin and Yi join hands, there will be big troubles!
A minister hurriedly said: "Don't be angry, noble concubine! The king's love for the noble concubine is well known in the world. As the saying goes, a husband and wife can be married for a day, how can they ruin the noble concubine and the king because of this momentary anger?" Your affection?! Besides, the noble concubine is pregnant with a dragon seed, if she gives birth to a prince someday, she might become our future king, the noble concubine should not ruin her future for a moment of pride!"

Concubine Yan did not speak.

Nangong proudly said: "Gu has always hated being threatened the most. If you still want the child in your womb to come to the world safely, you'd better stick to your duty and don't make trouble. Otherwise, don't blame Gu for being cruel!"

Concubine Yan Gui said angrily: "You are so ruthless, why should I give birth to your child?"

Nangong Ao frowned, narrowed his eyes and said, "You don't want to have a baby? Well, Gu will fulfill you now. Come!"

"Your Majesty! You can't do it!" All the ministers were horrified. Seeing that the situation was getting worse, they quickly knelt down to persuade: "My Majesty, please think twice! This is your own flesh and blood!"

Concubine Yan Gui's complexion was almost ashen, she didn't expect him to be so heartless, she suddenly yelled like crazy: "You might as well kill me!"

"Do you think you are alone?!"

"What a crime!" An old official finally couldn't bear it anymore, stood up and looked at the sky sadly and shouted: "O king! Open your eyes and see, this is the heir you chose for the century-old state! You may rest in peace ?”

Nangong Ao's complexion sank, he looked sideways at the man, and said with a sneer, "It seems that Taishi Wu is old and his memory is not very good. Back then, if it hadn't been for the generous protection of the Lord Jingguo many times, the lonely crown prince would not have been known for a long time. How many times have I been abolished! Oh, by the way, Taishi Wu seemed to advocate the abolition of the lonely crown prince back then, but unfortunately, he has not been able to do so."

Grand Master Wu's face turned pale, "Old minister... this old minister was forced to do so... Now that the king has ascended the throne, he should cherish the hard-won country even more. How can he be fooled by a lowly witch and ignore the community!"

"Grand Master Wu!" Nangong looked proudly, "Please be careful with your words! If you dare to insult my future queen again, don't blame Gu Gu for being ruthless!"

Grand Master Wu was furious, "If you want this old minister to call this demon girl the queen, your majesty might as well just kill the old minister."

"You want to die? I will help you!" Nangong Ao's eyes suddenly turned cold, and he called out, "Come on!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" All the ministers were horrified, bowing their heads and begging for mercy. After all, Taishi Wu was the elder of the three dynasties, and he was also the teacher of the former king. If he was sentenced to death like this, it would be too chilling.

"Kings……"

(End of this chapter)