Best Evil Emperor

Chapter 87

Now all the mysteries of the cave and the secret passage are unlocked, and there is nothing left to explore.

After leaving Lianyue, Baihe and Yaohuang behind, we returned to the palace, of course we took the way of the Ministry of Justice.If you still take the big detour in the garden, you probably won’t be able to sleep tonight. The builders of that road don’t know what purpose they had to spare so many detours, but it’s right to think about it carefully. There are Imperial Garden and Linquan Lake. If you don’t want to build tunnels, you have to dig deep ground, because the water sources in that area are dense and the soil is soft, so it is easy to landslide.

There is still half a year before leaving the palace, and I still have enough time to build a ship, but before that, I have to deceive everyone about my fine Miru, and I have been thinking about it along the way. I need to ask for more workers, not only boat workers, but also many other types, otherwise this matter will be dismissed, and it will be difficult to explain it at that time.

After coming out of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I broke up with some lovely people. Tianxiang and Yulan went back to the palace to rest. I let them go after kissing each other. They are also very tired today, and I don’t want to make out with them anymore. As for Xiaohuan, because it was inconvenient to spend the night in the palace, she sneaked out of the city along the way she came from. In fact, there is a small road leading to the outside world in the palace. This is the road Xiaohuan found after leaving the palace. Going out, she didn't mention this place, I really didn't find it, but with such a small path, it will be much more convenient for me to sneak out to play in the future, and it is easy to get out from there with my lightness kung fu.

This time Xiaohuan came to the palace to see me. It was really risky. I didn't dare to keep her overnight. It would be very difficult if she was caught, so I didn't keep her anymore, and she knew the seriousness of the problem , so I didn't force you to stay, but I was very reluctant. To be honest, I was very happy to meet Xiaohuan this time. I will be able to meet her outside the palace next year, so I am not in a hurry. Of course, for the sake of It took me a lot of time to persuade her on this point, and she left the palace safely.

Now that everything is done, Xiaoyue and I will go back to Yuling Palace. The first thing we will do after we go back is to take a mandarin duck bath, and then have a good night's sleep. Today is really too tired, so I don't want to enjoy Xiaoyue I can't lie down for a massage.

While taking the petal bath and stroking Xiaoyue's breasts, I suddenly felt that life was full of sunshine.

I slept soundly that night.

Before I knew it, several days had passed in the blink of an eye, and now I was relaxed and at ease, and I had arranged for both ends, except for the shipbuilding, which made me idle all day long with nothing to do.

All in all, I just wait for the east wind to blow, and then I will start fighting. Before that, I just want to play around to my heart's content.

In the past few days, the five subordinates and Lianyue are still practicing in seclusion. I went to see them when I had nothing to do two days ago, and found that their spirits are much better than usual, and their faces are rosy. It must be the millennium cold ice The effect of the bed, the things that are said to be good in the rivers and lakes must be good. Later, I went to it a few times and found that there was no problem, so I went less to avoid disturbing them.

And Liu Yuxi and Kong Yu also helped me recruit several courtiers. It is very useful to have someone in the palace to help me talk, not to mention the number. Now I have to wait for the plan for the March banquet. The power in China is invincible, but this matter has to be low-key, and I still understand the truth of shooting the first bird.

And Xia Yi and the two other people's training are also going very smoothly. Since the last time I threatened and intimidated the thirty strong men, they have become more honest and tight, and they dare not speak loudly. Now the third brother Xia Yiquan is commanding them, and that guy has actually become the captain. This little fat man has become one with those people now, and he is their leader. The two foreigners sometimes listen to him. If you can show your talents, you will definitely make a difference in the future.

When it comes to Xiaoyue, she is very obedient now. Ever since she found out about Taoyuan Palace in the secret path, she has not mentioned a word and is very sensible, which makes me feel relieved.

In short, everything is going smoothly now, and everything is going on according to my chess moves, which makes me feel so happy.

This day I just woke up, made out with Xiaoyue, and was about to take her to the Imperial Garden. As soon as I walked out, the eunuch who sent the message came and asked me to attend the translation hall celebration. I mentioned it to Yulan in the secret way a few days ago, but I didn’t expect it to start so soon. I’ve been doing nothing these days just waiting for this day to come. Now that the banquet is held, I can just take this opportunity to bring forward the matter of shipbuilding. come out.

In fact, I can talk to my father monotonously, but because I have a large amount of Miru mine, if I don't let all the civil and military officials know first, I am afraid that some people will become suspicious in the future, especially the second prince. I think this person is very simple.

After only a few days in the translation hall, we were able to communicate with other people simply. This achievement made the old lady very happy, so I specially decided to hold this celebration banquet. The number of ministers attending this time was the largest in history.This is mainly due to the prestige of the old woman. In the palace, the authority of the old woman is actually higher than that of the father. The main reason is that the father is very dependent on her in everything. To put it bluntly, it really spoiled this old woman.

Today is a very important day for civil and military officials, all the harem and the Ministry of Rites are busy.In addition to the major officials and courtiers, hundreds of concubines and beauties in the harem, sons and daughters of the emperor, and relatives of the emperor and the country all had to participate, because everyone knew the temper of the old woman, and those who did not give face would be killed.Those who cannot be killed have to be imprisoned and live in limbo, so no one dares to be absent.

Father is also a person who loves face very much. Everyone knows this. He specially ordered everyone to pay attention to their image and must show the style of Hua Mingchao. Banquets are always indispensable to him, those wanderers, chivalrous buddies, they are really loyal.

This time the banquet was not held there last time, but it was held in the most majestic Jinhui Hall in the palace. There were nearly a thousand seats. Officials of a certain level in the capital were all present. The eldest prince Xia Sanlan and the second prince Xia Jian was the first to run over. I was very upset when I saw these two people. They are my worst enemies now, but they don't know it.

Father likes to pay attention to ostentation, and this is the first time that a banquet is held for the affairs of foreigners, so it is very grand and particular.

The guards standing guard at the gate also changed their outfits, and stood all over the imperial city with shiny spears in their hands.Even the court ladies and eunuchs serving tea and wine put on brand new clothes.Those royal tailors were exhausted, but after taking on such a big task, the money that the father rewarded them must be enough for them to enjoy themselves for a while.

Half an hour before the start of the banquet, everyone has already arrived one after another. Who would dare to be late for the Queen Mother's treat? If something happens, if something happens, if you are late for an hour and a half, you may not be able to see the sun tomorrow.

Yulan and I sat in the royal area. I was supposed to sit with my mother, but she had several sisters and concubines on the other side. She went to chat, probably about mahjong again. It was really depressing. She Now he can become a real gambler.

Not long after we sat down, Xia Yi ran in and sat next to us. He was such a mother-in-law. As soon as he sat down, he talked endlessly about his training results in the past few days, while I kept nodding and humming Hum Enen was perfunctory, now I am most concerned about those ministers, so I didn't listen to his words very much.

After a while, the hall became noisy and noisy, only to hear countless greetings such as "Hi, Mr. Li", "Long time no see, Mr. Li", "Long time admiration", "Fortunate to meet you".

To be honest, this is the first time I have seen such a grand occasion. Except for the annual year-end Spring Banquet and the Double Ninth Festival Banquet, there are rarely such grand banquets in normal times.

This time all the high officials are here, I have finally seen enough of the courtiers in the capital, and with my photographic memory, I will never forget anyone I have seen.

After observing for a long time, I realized that the seating arrangements are clever. In the joyful festive atmosphere, most of the officials are actually divided into several circles. The circles are clearly separated and there is almost no intersection. Presumably this is Chaozhong of the major factions.What's strange is that the influence of the eldest brother and the second brother is very spread out, but it is hard to tell which ones belong to them.

Soon I also saw Kong Yu and Liu Yuxi coming. The fact that Liu Yuxi became my counselor was known to everyone in the court, and Brother Erhuang also knew it. He didn't seem to have any doubts, but he thought it was Liu Yuxi who took refuge in me. I didn't take him in on purpose.

As soon as they arrived, they went to their respective seats. Kong Yu was sitting among a large crowd of courtiers, presumably that was the most influential group in the palace as he said, and Liu Yuxi was my counselor, so naturally he sat behind me, but I saw For a long time, he sat with me alone, hehe, no one can pay attention to me now, but I don't know that my influence may have a small number of courtiers.

While I was observing, I only heard the cloud card being struck, followed by the sound of bells and drums.Today's most important characters, the old woman and the father, appeared on the stage.The audience was silent and silent, kneeling on the ground in unison, following a eunuch's voice, "Welcome the emperor, welcome the empress dowager."

The audience immediately shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor! Long live the queen mother."

At this time, the father brought the old woman into the hall from the side hall, looked at the grand scene and all the civil and military officials with satisfaction, sat down on the high dragon chair, waved his hand, and naturally someone shouted for him: " Free from courtesy."

Everyone shouted in unison again: "Thank you, long live!" The voices of thousands of people combined with the echo in the room made the momentum even more extraordinary.I secretly noticed that there were imperceptible smiles on the corners of the mouths of the elder brother and the second brother. They probably wanted to be emperors, and they looked treacherous.

After everyone got up and re-entered the table, the eunuch shouted again: "The emperor has ordered, the banquet begins, and the distinguished guests from other countries are invited to meet."

Today, because of a banquet, Jerry and Thomas didn't practice football, and they probably came here early to prepare.

As soon as the words fell, the two walked in as they had rehearsed, led by a young eunuch.Although they had been told that there would be many officials present, they were still overwhelmed by the huge crowd.They were not upper-class people in Yiyi, and their experience in the world is not big. Where have they seen so many officials and nobles gathered together? Even when they met for the first time, there were only about three or four hundred people. Compared with today, it is very different. .

When the two came to the arena, they looked up and saw the calm and majestic father sitting on the golden dragon chair. They quickly knelt down on the ground and shouted in jerky Chinese: "See the emperor." This sentence was taught by me.

The two of them were wearing the most aristocratic Western-style clothes they could imagine today, with a long sword tied around their waists. They looked quite different, which aroused a lot of discussion in the hall. There was a notice in advance, and no one dared to point fingers at them.

The royal father nodded in satisfaction, waved his hands at the two, and the eunuch next to him spoke for him: "Pingshen."

Then the eunuch said again: "Young man Jerry is invited to offer a gift." I wanted to laugh when I heard the word young man, but I held back.

Hearing this sentence, Jerry, who was a little nervous, finally recovered a little bit.At our request, he untied his sword and handed it over.According to him, this sword was given to him by King Frant last time. This sword is not too sharp, so it must be just for looking. The pattern on it is indeed very beautiful.This is what Jerry has always carried with him as his treasure. It is estimated that he is unwilling to give it as a gift, but he may think that Hua Mingchao treats them well these days, so he reluctantly gave up.

Two other eunuchs followed, holding a glass mirror framed with carved jade and four bottles of red wine in jade boxes.In fact, these few things have already been offered, but for today's scene, they were "borrowed" from the tribute treasury.

(End of this chapter)