"This thing was made with the assistance of Youyue Kingdom. If something happened, it would be easy for people to suspect that it was caused by Youyue Kingdom, and it was deliberately done by Youyue Kingdom."
Luo smiled softly: "The empress's plan is very good, and Youyue Kingdom will become a lamb again."
"Didn't your majesty tell the courtiers to sing this play carefully? Since the play is going to be sung, then such an arrangement is naturally the best." Yun Shang took a sip of her wine: "When something happens to the Kongming Lantern, and it happens to be When the fire reaches Weiyang Palace, I can take the opportunity to get angry and make trouble for You Yue Kingdom and Yi Hai Kingdom."
Luo Qingyan nodded: "Then... according to the queen's wish."
After Luo Qingyan finished speaking, he laughed again: "It's just that I just said that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so we should enjoy the moon and not talk about other things."
"The Empress violated the rules, shouldn't she..." Luo Qingyan raised his eyes, his eyes were full of cunning: "Three cups of wine as fine?"
"..."
Luo Qingyan's wine had already been handed to Yun Shang, and Yun Shang snorted softly: "Your Majesty's wine is ready, what else can I say?"
After finishing speaking, he took the wine glass and drank three glasses of wine.
The big Kongming Lantern was floating in the sky, and it also attracted the attention of countless people below.
Cao Mansion outside the palace.
Because today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone in the mansion gathered in the yard to worship the moon and admire the moon. Just after the moon worship ceremony was held, a child's exclamation sounded in the yard: "Wow, look quickly, then What is it? Is it a Kongming lantern? I have never seen such a big Kongming lantern... so big."
Everyone was attracted by the exclamation and looked in that direction.
The old lady of the Cao family squinted her eyes, and turned to look at her sons: "You have good eyes, tell me, is that... really a Kongming lantern?"
Cao Yi nodded: "Looking at it, it should be a Kongming lantern, but it's a little different. This Kongming lantern is really too big. And mother, have you seen it? There seems to be something hanging under the Kongming lantern? It's just too far away." I can't see what's hanging there."
The old lady of the Cao family frowned, but remained silent.
Cao Yi stared at the Kongming lantern for a long time, then said again: "So...it seems to be above the palace?"
"Above the palace?" Mrs. Cao frowned even tighter: "Who dares to put this thing above the palace?"
Mrs. Cao just asked this question, and immediately reflected that it must be the master of the palace who can put this thing in the palace.
But now the only ones who can really call the shots in the palace are the emperor and empress, as well as the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
"Does anyone know what this thing is?" Mrs. Cao pursed her lips: "We have never seen this thing before, and most of it is newly made. It can't be that they did it themselves, and no one has heard of it?"
Cao Han, who had never spoken before, opened his mouth: "My son has heard something..."
Everyone's eyes fell on Cao Han, Cao Han lowered his head and clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves: "My son heard that some time ago, the envoys of Youyue Kingdom and the people from the Ministry of Industry made a new thing together. .”
Cao Han paused: "My son inquired a little bit, and the people from the Ministry of Industry said that the thing was made for His Majesty and the Empress to enjoy the moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They said that it can fly people into the sky, specifically What's going on, the people from the Ministry of Industry got the order and didn't dare to divulge the secrets, so they only told my son about it."
"It should be... that's what we saw."
"A moon watcher?" Mrs. Cao narrowed her eyes: "Youyue Kingdom and people from the Ministry of Industry made it together?"
Mrs. Cao twisted the Buddhist beads in her hand, her expression was a bit cold: "When did Youyue Kingdom and the Empress get better? Didn't Youyue Kingdom and Yi Haiguo try to bring me here before?" What about a princess, stuffed into His Majesty's harem?"
"I heard that the Empress was furious about that incident."
Cao Han still lowered his head, his voice was somewhat uncertain: "After all, You Yue Kingdom and Yi Hai Kingdom sent envoys here to celebrate His Majesty's birthday. You have to give them some face, right?"
"And Youyue Kingdom..." Cao Han paused again: "After all, Youyue Kingdom and Yihai Kingdom are just envoys. In our Xia Kingdom's territory, don't they still have to support His Majesty and Queen? If His Majesty is really I've offended the Empress so badly, I'm afraid I can't even walk out of Jincheng, right?"
Mrs. Cao's eyes paused on Cao Han, with a bit of meaning in her eyes: "You are now very much favored by His Majesty and the Empress."
Cao Han became more and more flustered: "My son is terrified, my son is just..."
"Okay." Mrs. Cao didn't seem to want to listen to his explanation at all, so she just said casually: "Look at the moon, and talk about what you have and what you don't. It's a good thing for you to be favored by His Majesty and the Empress, but our Cao family Now that you are walking on the tip of a knife, you have to be very energetic when you walk in front of His Majesty and Queen, and think twice before you speak and act. If our Cao family is affected because of you, I will categorically I can't forgive you."
"yes… "
Mrs. Cao glanced at Cao Han indifferently, then turned around and told the maid behind her: "Let the theater troupe get ready, and give me a list of plays, and I'll order two plays."
Since it was just a new thing made by the emperor and empress to enjoy the moon, no one else was interested. Only the children in the yard found it new and kept staring at it.
Soon, the opera troupe on the stage began to babble and sing, and the courtyard suddenly became lively. Except for the sound of gongs, drums and opera singing, other sounds gradually faded away.
Mrs. Cao took a look at Cao Yi, lowered her voice and said, "After the banquet is over, you can wait in my yard."
Cao Yi responded in a low voice, his gaze kept on the stage.
Cao Han watched the small movements between the two sitting in the front, slightly pursed his lips, a dark color flashed in his eyes, and his whole body turned cold.
A hand suddenly reached out to hold his hand, Cao Han was stunned for a moment, then turned his head, and saw his wife looking at him with a smile.
Cao Han's gaze softened, and he held his wife's hand back, thinking secretly in his heart.
Just halfway through a play, I heard a sudden exclamation: "It fell! It fell! That big Kongming lantern! It suddenly fell!"
"Ah! It's still burning! It's on fire!"