Empress please be more ruthless

Chapter 23 Banquet in Xin'an Mansion

Chi Xiao took a peek at Song Qingtong, and gave Zhan Lu a warning look, Zhan Lu immediately fell silent, Song Qingtong was very surprised when he saw this, how beautiful is Huarong?Looking back now, she has no memory of his appearance, because of the hideous scar on his face, she has never looked at him carefully.

Suppressing her surprise, Song Qingtong then issued an order: "Zhanlu, I order you to sneak back to the palace immediately and secretly monitor Faluan."

Zhanlu took the order and disappeared like a whirlwind.

When Song Qingtong and his party arrived at Xin'an County, the sun was about to sink to the west, and this was the most beautiful time of the day. The sunset glow seemed to empty out like a huge wave, and the sky was dyed brilliant red by the radiant glow.

Leng Junxie did not enter the city for the time being, but directed a thousand elite soldiers who escorted supplies to set up camp outside the city gate, and at the same time arranged a series of matters such as guarding the relief supplies.

The three carriages carrying Song Qingtong and his party were guarded by fifty cavalrymen, and they stopped in front of the Yamen of Xin'an Mansion. Cheng Guan was the first to jump off the carriage, and then Ji Yunhe came out at a leisurely pace, accompanied by four court ladies and eunuchs. He also got out of the car, Song Qingtong was the last one to come out with the support of Yuer and Chengying, he was bumped for a day, his whole body seemed to be lost, his feet were on the ground and he couldn't find his center of gravity, he looked up at the government office , Song Qingtong couldn't help but marvel, the Xin'an government office was repaired quite magnificently, and the flood obviously did not cause much harm here, probably because the terrain here is relatively high and the foundation is also very high.

There was a row of people standing under the steps in front of the yamen. The leader was wearing a dark blue cloth gown, with a strange physique and elegant characters. His amber eyes were like deep and unpredictable pools. He glanced at Song Qingtong lightly. , Pulling up the skirts to show respect, and the people behind also want to show respect.

Seeing this, Song Qingtong waved his hands and said: "Everyone, please excuse me, this is not the palace, so there is no need to show great courtesy."

"Your Majesty has been exhausted all the way, and I have already prepared a banquet in the flower hall to welcome the Emperor. I invite the Emperor to accompany me into the mansion." After Shangguan Lianyue finished speaking, she bowed and gave way politely.

Song Qingtong glanced at Shangguan Lianyue, feeling very puzzled in his heart. Judging by his age, Shangguan Lianyue was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but he kept his face upright and spoke with a mature and prudent appearance. Such a young man is rare!Thinking that the queen would not let go of such minors, she felt ashamed.

In fact, if Song Qingtong knew Shangguan Lianyue's real age, she probably wouldn't feel ashamed and ashamed. Not many people knew about the real age of Shangguan Patriarch.

Shangguan Lianyue let Song Qingtong and his party into the mansion. As Song Qingtong was walking, he suddenly felt a fiery gaze from behind. He turned around and looked, but he couldn't find the source of the gaze, but unexpectedly saw a blue-gray Song Qingtong's heart skipped a beat as he walked and talked with Cheng Guan.

In the flower hall, a pear-blossom round table was placed in the center. Shangguan Lianyue gave up Song Qingtong to the main seat, and he took a seat on her right. In fact, he wanted to sit at the Minister of Rites who was the farthest away from Song Qingtong. Dongfangliang's location.Dongfang Liang is in his 40s, with a slightly fat body. He is the third son of Dongfang Rui. He led a team here five days ago to arrange the ceremony.

Here, Cheng Guan pulled Shui Jing and was about to sit down next to Shangguan Lianyue.Shui Jing's eyes flickered slightly, her toes pointing to the ground, ahead of Ji Yunhe, sitting on the seat to Song Qingtong's left.

Ji Yunhe didn't expect Shui Jing to step in, so he couldn't help being startled, and then he curled his lips into a smile, and said very gracefully: "Wen Guijun has made great achievements in medicine, which cannot be compared with mediocre people like me, and I admire you so much." Clothes, sitting beside the water mirror.

At this time, Leng Junxie also arrived. Seeing that the seat next to Song Qingtong had already been taken, Dongfang Liang smiled and called his nephew to sit beside him.The servants had already brought the food and wine, and everyone had some courtesy, raised a glass of wine, and the feast began.

Song Qingtong raised his eyebrows and put down the wine glass. The wine tasted bland and tasteless. It turned out to be water. He presided over such important ceremonies as sacrificial offerings. Of course, he could not drink alcohol. Including the whole table of dishes, he could not find a shred of pork.The cups and plates collided, and the toasts were intertwined. On this side, Shangguan Lianyue chatted with Cheng Guan, and on the other side, Ji Yunhe and Leng Junxie drank together. The scene was quite lively.

Song Qingtong glanced at Shui Jing sitting beside her. Although he was rude to her once, it was because of a misunderstanding. She raised her glass in her hand and said with a smile, "This time, I thank the Taoist priest for your kindness." Help me with all my strength, I respect the Taoist priest with this glass of wine!"

Shui Jing's phoenix eyes moved slightly, but said nothing.

Song Qingtong had no choice but to say again: "Thank you Taoist priest for the elixir, I remember to take it every day."

Shui Jing's rhomboid lips twitched, but remained silent. The corners of Song Qingtong's lips twitched a little. In fact, she wanted to beg Shui Jing to give her more, and there was only one Pei Yuan Pill left.

Beside her, Shangguan Lianyue suddenly opened her lips: "Your Majesty, the ceremony is scheduled to be held at Tianwang Temple at 87:[-] am tomorrow. At that time, I will escort those [-] corrupt officials to the ceremony site...behead them as a sacrifice to the gods!"

In such a hurry?But the wildfire is endless, and the spring breeze blows again. You can kill corrupt officials, but you can't kill the soil that breeds corrupt officials.

Seeing that Song Qingtong frowned and remained silent, Shangguan Lianyue said, "The confiscated calligraphy and painting treasures are converted into taels of silver, which is less than three or four tenths of the money of officials corrupted by ink, and not counting the exorbitant taxes they have collected in their own pockets over the years. They Yurou Township should be executed!" After speaking, he took a gulp of wine.

Song Qingtong saw that Shangguan Lianyue's attitude was very resolute, and it was not easy to raise objections, so he said tentatively: "But it's useless to kill them, and it won't make up for the deficit."

When Shangguan Lianyue heard the words, she looked at Song Qingtong with eyes that could be described as tearful, "Your Majesty! If corrupt officials are not killed, the common people will not be angry!" You are just stupid, and you must not be gracious.

Song Qingtong was frightened into a cold sweat by his appearance, is it that exaggerated?Ming Che's pupils rolled, and he continued to speak shockingly: "Killing is not enough to anger the common people."

Shangguan Lianyue's eyeballs almost popped out, she was about to slap the table like that, and her voice couldn't help raising her voice an octave: "Your Majesty, only by killing them can we warn the world. We all hope that the Emperor will make a clear decision."

As he spoke, he glanced around at the men around the round table. He couldn't help being a little dumbfounded. All the men on the table gave Song Qingtong admiring glances.

Cheng Guan's big eyes flickered and blinked twice, thinking, Shangguan Lianyue is too cruel, the monks are compassionate, the queen is not as bloodthirsty as the rumors say, looking at Song Qingtong with friendly eyes many.

(End of this chapter)