"It's just a competition, how can we be accurate?" Emperor Xuan Jing heard this and stroked his neatly trimmed short beard. He was about to speak when the Shu family next to him suddenly spoke sweetly, with a sweet voice. He said, "In my opinion, it would be better to just call this game a draw before. Now I'll let my master come up with the questions and try them again, so we can decide who is the best!"
Speaking of which, the Shu sisters have been favored for about twenty years. Although they were less than 28 years old when they entered the palace, they are already nearly forty now.
However, Xu has a talent for good looks. It is not known whether she is an older sister or younger sister. Although her face is covered with a veil, her voice is still soft, crisp and bright as a girl. It is no wonder that she is still favored to this day. .
When she interrupted suddenly, Emperor Xuan Jing was not angry. Instead, he looked at her fondly and said with a smile: "It's all up to you!"
Then he glanced around the crowd and said kindly, "What do you think?"
Everyone was speechless. The emperor had personally spoken and said that he would support his beloved concubine. Could they still object
At that moment, Li Shengxu said on behalf of everyone: "Your method is better, but I just don't know what question to use next?"
Emperor Xuan Jing smiled and asked Mr. Shu, "What do you think?"
Shu said angrily: "I told you, sir, you have to come up with the questions. Why are you asking me now?"
But before Emperor Xuan Jing could answer, she added, "It's just that they have already done the 'Lantern Festival' question. It would be meaningless to take this question again for the school test... Sir, don't you think so?"
"Well, let's change it to another one!" Emperor Xuan Jing thought for a while and said, "It's snowing outside the fence right now, so why not use 'snow' as the title..."
Before he could finish his words, Shu said again: "Ah! People have already written about this romance, snow and moon. Why do you still want to use snow as a topic? It's so tacky!"
Emperor Xuan Jing said: "Then let's change it... let's use the word 'Bye' from the Night Pavilion as the title!"
Li Shengxu's eyes widened when he heard this, and he was happy that his property could benefit from it. Who knew that Shu Shi persisted in objecting: "This Nightless Pavilion is famous for its lantern riddles. It was built because of the Lantern Festival! You can use this The topic is closely related to the Lantern Festival, so isn’t it just a matter of changing the soup without changing the medicine?”
"Then use the seasons. It's spring now..."
"Isn't spring, summer, autumn and winter the same as the wind, flowers, snow and moon, which have been chanted repeatedly by many predecessors? It's boring, it's so boring!"
"Then... just use the glass cup on the desk?"
"There are two dignified Jieyuan men who are both talented men who are expected to be named on the gold list or even be the best. They want to compete seriously! How can you just use a drinking vessel to deal with them? This is outrageous. ah!"
"Why don't you pass this sachet around your waist around to them so they can do some questions?"
"No!!! This sachet was personally selected by my sister and made specially for you. This is the first time I have brought it out to you! My sister said when I gave it to you that I hope this sachet will be just like her. I will be with you all the time! How could you pass it on to outsiders? How sad would it be if my sister knew about this?!"
When the Shu family shouted, everyone finally understood: Well, this is the younger sister of the Shu family, and now her position is that of Zhaoyi. The sister she was talking about was naturally Concubine Shu, who was only one step away from the throne.
I just don’t know why Concubine Shu didn’t come out together tonight
Perhaps Emperor Xuan Jing was afraid that there would be difficulty in moving around due to the large number of people
Or maybe Concubine Shu thinks it's troublesome to leave the palace
While everyone was guessing, Emperor Xuan Jing, who was rejected one after another, was a little annoyed, and said with a sullen tone: "This won't work, and that won't work either! How about you come up with the questions?"
Although Emperor Xuanjing had been slacking in political affairs for many years and his image as a faint emperor had long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, as the legitimate master of the Mu Dynasty, the emperor's anger still made the atmosphere in the cabinet instantly tense!
Many people even thought that Shu Zhaoyi had gone too far and angered the emperor. Would he fall out of favor because of this
But the next moment, what no one expected was that when Shu Zhaoyi saw that the emperor's tone was not kind, instead of immediately pleading guilty in fear, she raised her eyebrows, hit the case with her palm, and said angrily: "Back then, you swore that you would be single-minded. Treat me, but today I just said that the questions you asked were not good, and you actually turned on me with such a cold expression! You clearly have changed your mind and you think I am ugly and ugly, right?!"
Not only that, Shu Zhaoyi also raised her sleeves to brush down the food and wine on the table in front of her. The clanking sound made everyone subconsciously hold their breath and not dare to say anything.
In the silent pavilion, all I could hear was Shu Zhaoyi's scolding, "In that case, what kind of food and drinks are you preparing for me? It's better for me to starve to death like this than to die of heartache because of your unkindness. Come on." So fun!!!”
"... Where did I get angry at you?" After Empress Shu made an unreasonable fuss, Emperor Xuan Jing did not get angry. Instead, he softened his tone and coaxed softly, "It's not that you are not satisfied with the questions I asked. Are you thinking about making one of your own?"
However, Shu Zhaoyi sneered and said, "Are you asking me to come up with one myself? You simply think I'm too talkative!"
"How is it possible?!" Emperor Xuan Jing's tone became gentler, "Look, just because you said, 'It's no fun to watch the lantern festival from a high place all the time', I have personally taken you out for sightseeing every night in the past few days. Today It’s because you were curious about the lantern riddles that I came here with you! Now that I want them to compete again, why don’t I just obey you? If I thought you were too talkative, would I still be so obedient to you? "
Shu Zhaoyi said coldly: "Then you spoke in such a fierce tone just now?! Who are you trying to scare?! Or are you trying to prevent me from stepping down in front of so many people?! So that they can laugh at me?!"
"How could I dare to scare you?" The emperor thought that he was in love with the Shu sisters. At this moment, he ignored the group of people below, including his serious juniors, and stepped forward to grab Shu Zhaoyi's hand and spoke sweetly. He said, "Even if I can't get off the stage, I can't lose your face! As long as I'm here, who dares to laugh at you?! If anyone dares to laugh at you, I will never let him go!!!"
When he said the last sentence, Emperor Xuan Jing's tone was murderous, revealing the aura that an emperor should have!
But because of his murderous intention, everyone was speechless: Even a blind person can see that your beloved concubine has been used to lawlessness by you, and she can't stand the fact that your tone of voice when speaking to her is not gentle and considerate... As for Are you dragging us down? !
Fortunately, although Shu Zhaoyi was scolded by everyone behind her back as a "beautiful woman, a troublemaker" and a "vicious and traitorous concubine", she was not so mad as to kill a few people present to prove her favor. After hearing this, her tone finally softened: "Isn't it embarrassing to say such things in front of so many juniors?"
Emperor Xuan Jing said hurriedly: "What do you care about them? I agreed to go out with you to play, so of course you come here because you are happy!"
Li Shengxu interjected at the bottom and said with a smile: "This is exactly the reason, as long as you are happy!"
"Oh, it's all your fault. Look, I was so angry that I dropped everything!" Perhaps it was because the Shu sisters entered the palace as concubines through Princess Wuyang in the early years. At this time, Li Shengxu After he opened his mouth, Shu Zhaoyi gave him some face, but his attitude became more relaxed, and she said softly, "You have to make up for it later!"
Seeing that Emperor Xuan Jing agreed repeatedly, Shu Zhaoyi probably had all the fun, so she ended the matter mercifully and got back to preaching, "Then let's talk about the topic now? What topic do you think is good?"
Emperor Xuan Jing seemed to choke for a moment, apparently because he was afraid that she would continue to deny him if he asked the question again, so he hesitated for a while and then said with a smile: "How about... you come and get it?"
"How can this work?" Shu Zhaoyi was dissatisfied, "These two are both Jieyuan after all, and they are still so young. They may become the pillars of the country in the future! How can I, a female student, be qualified to test them?"
Emperor Xuan Jing said hurriedly: "It's just a question. It's not an important occasion anyway... It's not Chunwei! Why can't you give a question?"
As a result, Shu Zhaoyi became angry again and complained again: "What do you mean?! It's not an important occasion, so I was asked to give the question. Does this mean you look down on me?! I know it! Our sisters came from humble backgrounds, but you are... you are... you Since you look down on us so much, why do you want us to accompany you?! You don't have to let our despicable smell smell on you!"
At this point, he twisted around and sobbed, "The ancients said that 'beautiful girls are cut off before they grow old', not to mention that we sisters are already at this age, how can we not be disliked by you? But you once promised that you would never lie to me. ! You are tired of us no matter what you do, and you still want to keep us around? This is simply teasing us on purpose!"
Without waiting for the anxious Emperor Xuan Jing to coax her, Shu Zhaoyi suddenly stood up and ran towards the railing. As she ran, she shouted angrily, "In this case, what am I still doing alive?! Do you want to see you and Xin Chong'en making love?" ?!”
"Stop Zhaoyi quickly!!!" Seeing this situation, Emperor Xuan Jing was so frightened that he even forgot about the "incognito private visit". He stretched out his hand without holding back, stamped his feet anxiously, and urged everyone around him, "Hurry!!!"
The Emperor and Shu Zhaoyi were quite far away from the railings. Although Shu Zhaoyi's steps were light and nimble, her fists were no match for her four hands. After running a few steps, she was grabbed by two waiters and knelt on the ground, holding on to her skirt and begging. She calmly said: "Your Majesty has always treated your Majesty with deep love and righteousness. How could Your Majesty be willing to leave Him like this? What's more, before I left the palace today, I told the Imperial Concubine that she would go to the Imperial Concubine's palace tomorrow. , talk to the imperial concubine in detail about tonight’s lantern festival! I think the imperial concubine is happily waiting for you and your majesty in the palace right now. If... what if the news that comes back is bad news! How can the imperial concubine bear this? ?!”
"Mother Zhaoyi, please calm down!" Seeing this turn of events, Li Shengxu and others were speechless, but they had no choice but to endure the urge to vomit blood and knelt down to help.
Among them, Li Shengxu was particularly proud in front of Shu Zhaoyi because of the relationship between Princess Wuyang and the Shu sisters. He specifically said, "The emperor always values Zhaoyi and the noble concubine the most, but how can he be tired of the two empresses?" Xuan When Emperor Jing heard this, he hurriedly swore that his love for the Shu sisters was as strong as gold and as precious as gold, and he would never bear to be separated from the sisters for the rest of his life!
The emperor was really convinced by these two sisters. As the current master, who is already half a century old, he still wanted to persuade Shu Zhaoyi not to jump off the building to die in front of his nephew, nieces and nephews, etc. His sincere words were touching, and when his true feelings were revealed, there were crystal tears in his eyes.
After he made such a statement, Shu Zhaoyi was finally helped back to his seat half-heartedly, but he still didn't give Emperor Xuan Jing a good look. He snorted and said: "You said you were taking me out to play, but in fact you just listened to what you said and poked my heart. What are you talking about! What else are you playing with? I’m not going to play anymore, I want to go back to the palace!"