The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 200 Hunting
Without giving Yang Xianling time to react, Wei Jinyang said with a smile: "The empress is the master of the harem, and the power to promote concubines is in her hands. The empress has the final say."

Yang Xianling originally thought that Wei Jinyang would really enter the concubine Yancai according to Emperor Lingxia's intention, but he didn't expect him to change the tone and throw the question to himself. At this time, her answer The key point is that if the answer is not good, it will not only make Emperor Lingxia laugh, but also make all the officials look down on him. Thinking of this, Yang Xianling said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the ancestors set the ancestral rules. If the concubines in the harem Those who do not have great merit cannot be promoted to the position, and the ancestors' legacy, courtiers and concubines dare not disobey, and the matter of Yancai girls, let the emperor decide."

Hearing this, Wei Jinyang thought that Yang Xianling had learned to be smart, but she said to Yancai girl with a smile on her face: "My concubine, I wanted to promote you to your position, but the legacy of our ancestors cannot be violated. I can do it."

When Yan Cainv spoke from Emperor Lingxia, her heart was in her throat. Now that she heard Wei Jinyang's words, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly got up and said: "The time for my concubine to enter the palace is still short, and there are many things to do. The shortcomings need to be corrected, and I know that I am not qualified for promotion, and I dare not violate the legacy of my ancestors, and I hope the emperor will see clearly."

"My concubine, don't be nervous, I know you are a sensible person." Reaching out to push Yancai girl back on the chair, Wei Jinyang said softly.

Emperor Lingxia looked at this scene, smiled thoughtfully, and then turned his eyes to Li Meiying's body, but did not stop for a long time and then turned to look at the seat of the princess, seeing that the leader's seat was empty, He lowered his eyes thoughtfully.

Before coming to Daxin, he spent a lot of time inquiring about that Princess Yaohuang, but he got very little information. His people had no way to penetrate into Xindu, let alone sneak into Princess Yaohuang's mansion to inquire. information.

Princess Yao Huang did not attend today's reception banquet, presumably because she was wary of his arrival and deliberately avoided it, and it was even more impossible to get close to her like this.

Emperor Lingxia was thinking about his own concerns, and poured one cup after another. As for Li Sister-in-law, she ate some food at random, and then stopped her chopsticks. At this moment, she heard Wei Xuanjin's very soft voice Inquiring voice: "Xin'er, you seem to be a little different to the emperor of Lingxia Kingdom."

Hearing this, Li Meizhen lowered her eyes and smiled, picked up the teacup, and replied in a voice that could only be heard by two people: "He only wants to put my brother to death, so I naturally treat him differently."

When Wei Xuanjin heard this, a look of shock flashed in his slightly drooping eyes, but the shock was quickly hidden by him, and he looked up at Li Sister-in-law and said in a low voice, "You have news about Prince Feng. ?”

Li Sister-in-law needs Wei Xuanjin's help, so Li Feng's matter can no longer be concealed: "The emperor has been in Chengguo all along, and has a marriage contract with Princess Yongle of Chengguo. After Chengguo was destroyed, the emperor's brother and Princess Yongle disappeared. , this time Emperor Lingxia personally sent Daxin to come to me, but he doesn't know my identity at the moment, but I can't hide my identity for a long time, he will know soon, and by then he will try to force the emperor If my brother shows up, he will definitely attack me, so I need my cousin's assistance."

Knowing the whole story, Wei Xuanjin said without hesitation: "What do you need me to do, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse."

"Thank you cousin, but now is not the time to talk about these things. Cousin, don't ask any more questions for now. I will tell you my plan when the time comes." Li Sister-in-law was relieved to get Wei Xuanjin's promise.

"Prince Kang, have all the princesses of the royal family attended the banquet tonight?" Emperor Lingxia put down his cup suddenly, and asked with drunken eyes.

Prince Kang didn't know what Emperor Lingxia had in mind, but when he remembered the conversation between him and Li Sister-in-law at the palace gate, he felt a little uncomfortable, so he said selfishly: "Of course the princesses of the Wei family's royal family are all present. , Could it be that Emperor Ling fell in love with Xiaowang's imperial sister at first sight, and wanted to marry Lingxia back to be his queen!" Prince Kang deliberately joked that Emperor Lingxia had not yet established a queen.

When Emperor Lingxia heard the words, his eyes flickered slightly, but he said with a smile on his face: "Prince Kang really knows how to joke, I just saw that there was an empty seat at the chairman's seat, so I asked this out of curiosity. Seeing which seat is at the top, it should be It is the seat of a princess with a very high status."

Prince Kang deliberately sighed, and then said: "That is Princess Yaohuang's seat. She is the adoptive daughter of the emperor. Although she is not of royal blood, she is very sympathetic to the emperor. He gave her the honor that all princesses can't match. And Ronghua, now that her father is gone, and she has a noble concubine to protect her, even the emperor brother has to give three points of favor."

Prince Kang spoke half-truths and half-false words, but never mentioned the fact that Emperor Lingxia and Li Sister had met.

When Emperor Lingxia heard this, his eyes darkened, and then he started to drink as if nothing had happened. In the middle of the banquet, Li Meizheng left the palace early and went back to the Princess Mansion on the pretext of feeling unwell.

Two days later, it was the season of spring hunting. Beiqifeng Mountain was the royal hunting ground, and the Royal Guards closed the mountain early in the morning. The concubines were old and didn't like to fight and kill. Instead of following Wei Jinyang, the harem concubines also brought Yang Xianling, Yan Cainu and several nobles from the concubine's natal family.

Li Meizheng's carriage departed from Princess Yaohuang's mansion to the palace early in the morning, met Wei Jinyang and set off together again. This time Li Meiying did not use the hidden guards in the princess mansion and only let them secretly protect them. Without her order, what happened You are not allowed to show up for anything, and the person in charge of Li Meizhen's safety is the secret guard carefully selected by Wei Jinyang.

The mighty hunting team set off for Beiqifeng Mountain. Because Yancai was waiting in Wei Jinyang's carriage, Emperor Lingxia had to temporarily suppress his desire to talk to Wei Jinyang alone.

The team hurried all the way and arrived at Beifeng Mountain at noon. The guards set up tents and lit fires to cook.Wei Jinyang's bright yellow imperial tent is the largest, followed by the tents of the empress, concubines and ministers, while Li Meizhen's tent is next to Wei Jinyang's imperial tent.

On this trip, Li Meiying did not bring ink books, leaving Qing'er in the tent to instruct the maidservant to arrange clothes and other supplies, while she took Yunyu out of the tent to get some air.

After walking slowly for a while, suddenly there was a soft call of joy from behind: "Girl, are you coming to hunt too?"

Li Meizhen turned her head in response, and the person who called her behind her was a handsome young man about seventeen or eighteen years old. His facial features were six points like Emperor Lingxia. Li Meizhen knew this person, and he was the brother of Emperor Lingxia's mother and compatriots. , named King Anyang, dislikes government affairs, and is obsessed with traveling in mountains and rivers.

"Prince Anyang." Out of politeness, Li Sister-in-law greeted her with a salute, but her expression was indifferent.

"Do you know my identity?" Wang Anyang said in shock. The last time he entered the palace to participate in the reception banquet, he stood behind the emperor's brother and was not very conspicuous, so it was expected that the girl must not know her identity. Unexpectedly, the other party But it surprised him a little.

(End of this chapter)