Unlike Chengrui Pavilion, the scene in Fubiting is very lively.
Where there are men, there must be wine, and there must be beauties and singing and dancing, especially when it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and two poems should be written according to the occasion.
Emperor Hongjing was also very happy today, and specially took out the lottery to reward people, and all the young children of honorable and high-ranking officials rushed to be the first.
On the other side, King Hui, King An and others were sitting together drinking.
Several people were pushing glasses back and forth, looking like they would not stop pouring each other down. On the surface, the key point was still the sound of talking and laughing, and the picture of brothers and friends respecting each other.
"Second brother, I remember that your poems are good, don't you want to give it a try?" King Hui elbowed King An next to him.
An Wang Sifang's face was rosy, and he smiled, "Brother, this is teasing my younger brother. My younger brother is very old, so what are you fighting with these juniors? The teacher praised you for your excellence in poetry."
This remark was related to an old incident back then, anyway, this matter was not a good thing for King Hui, the smile on his face immediately became unbearable. But who is Wang An? He also invited a few younger brothers to drink, and now Wang An is getting more and more like an elder brother, as if he doesn't pay attention to King Hui.
Otherwise, with King Hui's character, he wouldn't make fun of him face to face today, but it's a pity that King An's methods are much better than him. It's also because King Hui has too much dark history, and King An is only three years younger than him. Among these princes, the two who are close to each other have been fighting for the longest time.
King Hui was ridiculed for no reason, and he was so angry that he could only grab the wine cup and drink heavily.
Over there, King Jin was surrounded by King Yong and King Lu. The cause of the incident was that King Lu said that he didn't have a good time drinking at King Jin's mansion last time. King Yong was talking to King Dai with a smile on his face, but he turned his head to persuade him to drink too.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, King Qing who was next to him interjected, "Fourth Brother, Sixth Brother, you two can't do one against one."
King Lu smiled and spat: "Okay, old seven, just your little drinking capacity is not enough for my brother and me to drink two glasses. Today is about me and fifth brother. Last time at his house, he played tricks. He promised well that he would have a drink with us, but in the end he left with an excuse and never came back."
"Yeah, fifth brother, you're wrong for doing this. You were the host that day, but you left us brothers alone in the end. This is not a manly act. Come on, come on, fourth brother respects you first, you If you don't give me and Lao Liu this face, are you planning to not even be a brother?"
King Jin narrowed his narrow eyes slightly, looking at King Qing.
King Qing did not back down, with a smile in his eyes.
King Jin didn't speak, he picked up the wine cup on the table and swallowed the wine in one gulp.
King Lu smiled and praised King Jin for his good drinker, and said, "Fifth brother is happy today. I have only seen Zuo'er from the eldest brother's family and brother Chen from the fifth brother's family for so many years. You can make my father look at you differently." , it can be regarded as giving the fifth brother a face."
On the one hand, he poured wine for the king of Jin, and with the other hand, he held up the wine cup and made a respectful respect, and drank a cup of wine.
Little Treasure did gain a lot of limelight before, and today, on this festive occasion, all the princes and Emperor Hongjing's close courtiers, Xungui, gathered together, and it was only natural that they would present a congratulatory message to their father. King Hui led his son to lead the way, and Zhao Zuo was already far ahead of his peers in terms of literary talent, so this congratulatory speech was naturally extraordinarily unconventional, which attracted praise from all the halls. Some old officials all praised that if Prince Hui's son can take the exam, he should be the number one scholar.
This kind of occasion is an opportunity to express yourself, but it is a pity that you have to come several times a year. There are only so many congratulatory messages that come and go, and you can't digress. The reason why Zhao Zuo was able to take the lead time after time was nothing more than taking advantage of the word 'head'.
If he was placed among the crowd behind, he probably wouldn't be able to show anything.
Everyone understands this truth, but the atmosphere is here, the scene is like this, so it is natural not to be left behind. It’s just that I said it before, there are so many congratulatory messages like this, and we can’t digress.
When it was the turn of King Jin's mansion, King Jin was a man of succinct speech, so don't think about asking him to express himself on such an occasion, and just said a few words casually, as if he was dealing with an errand. When it was Xiaobao's turn, everyone didn't take him seriously. After all, at such a young age, it would be nice to be able to speak in a nutshell.
Unexpectedly, Xiaobao surprised everyone, not only did he speak well when he delivered his congratulatory speech, but he also said a lot of good words and sentences. In fact, if you have paid attention to what the person in front said, you will know that Xiaobao has gathered the words of all the people in front of him and said it together.
In this situation, others can't ignore it, even if they can't hear a sentence or two, it's just that there is nothing new. But why did the little man want to show it? After talking for a long time, everyone gradually heard it, and looked at each other in blank dismay.
Such a young child is so organized, not only that, but he can quickly remember what others said and repeat it. It is not an exaggeration to say that Gan Luo is the reincarnation.
For a moment, everyone in the hall was shocked, and countless people clicked their tongues, saying that there was a prodigy in the Jin Wang family.
Everyone likes a smart child, especially this child is his own. Emperor Hongjing smiled and Longan waved for Xiaobao to pass, and Xiaobao passed away in a hurry.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are getting smarter."
Emperor Hongjing didn't suspect that it was the King of Jin who taught the child, and deliberately took it out to fight for favor. It was also Xiaobao's wit, who didn't say some words that made people feel amazing and talented. Because at his age, if he said something so surprising, people would subconsciously think that it was deliberately taught by the elders in the family, and they would inevitably fall to the bottom.
So Xiaobao took the congratulatory speech from the person in front of him on the spot. There must be no new ideas, but what he wanted was not new ideas at all, but 'clearance'.
"It seems that I will carefully choose a good master for you. It is time to enlighten you, so as not to ruin your talent."
"Grandfather, what is a master?"
"The master is the person who preaches and teaches you and solves your doubts."
"Then Grandpa Huang, you can be Xiaobao's master." The little man said so of course, without any awareness that the other party is not only his grandfather, but also the king.
Emperor Hongjing became curious and asked, "Why did you ask Grandpa Huang to be your master?" In fact, the next sentence was yes, but someone taught it. But even if you don't say it, those who should understand will understand it. Being a king is inherently suspicious, and it is also a kind of sadness of being a superior. All the good things you hear are good words, and you will inevitably doubt whether these words are true or not, and what the other party is up to.
Probably only young children can reduce this kind of defense, because children will not tell lies before they are enlightened.
Of course, small monsters like Xiao Bao are not counted.
"Because Dad said that Grandpa Huang is the most knowledgeable and courageous person in the world. Wenzhi and martial arts are far superior to sages, Yao, Shun and Yutang." Xiaobao's milky voice sounded.
As soon as this remark came out, everyone's eyes could not help but focus on King Jin's face. Jin Wangrao boasted that his skin was as thick as iron, so he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed at this time. Besides, he didn't say such a thing, and he didn't know where this little brat made it up.
Xiaobao then asked again: "By the way, grandpa, what is the soup that is far beyond the sages and Yao, Shun and Yu? Fish soup is for drinking. Mother made fish soup, and Xiaobao likes to drink it very much."
How did Emperor Hongjing answer this sentence? Did he brag about how powerful he was in front of all his trusted ministers? The highest state of bragging is never to brag by yourself, but to let others do it for you.
Obviously Emperor Hongjing has no shortage of these people, as soon as Xiaobao's voice fell, someone jumped out to pat Emperor Hongjing. One person jumped out, and countless people jumped out, and then these people perfectly explained to Xiaobao what is meant by 'far surpassing sages' and what is called 'Yao Shun Yu Soup'.
However, with Xiaobao's beautiful jade in front, and King Jin's fancy farts far surpassing everyone, the latter will inevitably fall to the bottom. Therefore, flattering also pays attention to form. The highest level of flattering is never that you go up and shoot yourself, but that you obviously did nothing, but the person who is being flattered thinks that you are doing it, and it makes him very happy.
For example, King Jin who was standing there in peace at this time.
Not only does it give people a sense of inscrutability and calmness in dealing with things, but it also makes people unexpected that this seemingly cold and hard-faced King Jin actually admires his father so much.
Even Emperor Hongjing's gaze was much more complicated when he looked over again.
Afterwards, Xiao Bao got the qualification to sit on the dragon legs of Emperor Hongjing, looking down at the crowd below. It wasn't until the scene here became more and more unsuitable for the little children that Emperor Hongjing ordered Li Dequan to take all the little grandchildren down. Not only those from Jin Wang's family, but also children from Qing Wang, Wu Wang, and Lu Wang's families were taken in.
"What a Yao, Shun and Yu soup. If you want to drink fish soup, fifth brother, your kid is really amazing!" King Lu admired and envied.
King Hui and the others beside him were naturally unhappy, especially King Hui. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to say that his son was better than Lao Tzu, as long as he was younger. But now that someone better than his son came out, King Hui couldn't help feeling sour.
Not to mention An Wang and others, secretly resented that the women in the family did not live up to expectations and did not give birth to an intelligent son, otherwise there would be no need to see the fifth eldest in the limelight today. Under such circumstances, they naturally swarmed forward, wishing to make King Jin drunk and make a fool of himself, so as to win back the city.
Just taking turns in this way, King Jin actually drank more and more. The palace maid had already brought several jars of wine over and they were all gone, King Qing watched anxiously from the sidelines. He wanted to use Emperor Hongjing as an excuse to make them restrain themselves, but when he looked up, he found that Emperor Hongjing had left from time to time. Now the most honored people in this pavilion are Hui Wang and others, and no one dares to step forward to dissuade them ignorantly.
Especially since it was clearly a dispute between the princes, no one wanted to get involved, so they didn't see it. Eat, drink, and talk.
King Hui was the first to fail. He threw down the wine cup and stood up holding his belly: "I have to go to a row. You drink first. When I come back, I want to get drunk with my fifth brother today." return."
He stretched out his hand to beckon, and a little eunuch came up to help him leave.
King Jin put down the wine cup and looked at the flushed King Lu: "Since the elder brother is gone, I won't drink."
King Lu was about to say something.
At this time, an eunuch hurriedly walked over: "His Royal Highness, Your Majesty has called you to speak."
"What is it?"
The eunuch lowered his head and said hesitantly: "It seems that the little emperor's grandson said something wrong and angered His Majesty."
The people next to him suddenly showed interest in their eyes, with a hint of schadenfreude.
This is called stealing the chicken without losing the rice, thinking that holding the child can please the father, but they don't know what a child of this age knows, if he accidentally offends the holy face, he will be unable to eat and walk away.
The ignorant King Lu patted King Jin on the shoulder and comforted him, "Fifth brother, my little nephew is too young and ignorant, so don't get angry."
Yong Wangdao: "I'm not talking about you, the fifth child, what do you teach him to do for such a small child, you see this is really..." He was quite embarrassing, but just one sentence completely overturned Xiaobao's previous efforts , as if King Jin's ulterior motives for favor were now seen through by Emperor Hongjing.
King Jin glanced at him and stood up.
King Qing anxiously said, "Fifth Brother, I'll go with you."
King Jin shook his head, and left with the eunuch.
On the other side, when Yaoniang heard about 'Your Highness' and 'Little Master is not feeling well', she panicked and subconsciously stood up.
"Where are you the eunuch, where is Your Highness at this time, what happened to Xiaobao?"
"Returning to your mother, the slave is the eunuch serving at Fubiting, named Xiao Anzi. I don't know what happened to the servant, but it's just the order from above. His Highness is still accompanying Fubiting at this time. If I feel uncomfortable, let the servants accompany me to Jiangxuexuan."
"What's wrong with the little emperor's grandson?"
Xiao Anzi had an anxious and pitiful look on his face: "Madam, I don't know about it, I just heard that it seems to be a stomachache, and I have ordered someone to call for the imperial doctor, but the little emperor wants you."
"That's it..." Yaoniang was hesitating for some reason, and glanced to the side.
Xiao Anzi looked along, there was no one there, only a man dressed as a eunuch was adjusting the glazed lamp hanging on the tree with a bamboo pole.
"My concubine, what are you looking at?"
"Princess Qing just left, I think..."
"Your Majesty, go and have a look, the servants are almost unable to coax the little grandson."
"Then I'll go with you."
Yaoniang didn't delay much, and left with Xiao Anzi.
From the beginning to the end, no one saw this scene, only the eunuch holding the bamboo pole.
The eunuch turned his head to look at the backs of the two, leaned the bamboo pole behind the tree, and followed far behind. It was normal at first, but when he left this brightly lit place, the figure flickered and disappeared into the night.
By the pool not far from here, a group of noble ladies surrounded several places, some were standing, some were squatting with their skirts raised, they gathered together in twos and threes, and it was the indispensable lotus lantern for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Lotus lanterns of different colors, carrying orange candlelight and the beautiful wishes of the girls, sailed away from the shore and drifted far away. There are already many lotus lanterns floating on the water, which is very beautiful from a distance.
"Ying'er, have you seen Seventh Sister? Why haven't I seen her for a long time?" Wang Shuyan asked.
Wang Shuying shook her head, and asked again: "Sister, why do you care about her?"
Wang Shuyan disapproved and said: "After all, she is my father's daughter and our sister. This is in the palace, but not elsewhere. If anything happens, we can't get rid of it."
A noble lady standing not far away seemed to hear them talking, and said: "Are you looking for the seventh girl of the Wang family? I saw her go there just now."
Following the direction the woman was pointing at, the eyes of the two fell on a dark corridor.
Just now when the two sisters came to Chengrui Pavilion, they observed the surrounding terrain. If they remembered correctly, it seemed to lead to the west side of the Imperial Garden, that is, the side of Fubiting Pavilion.
Wang Shuying pulled Wang Shuyan, and found an empty corner to talk: "Sister, if I'm not mistaken, she must have gone to meet her lover in private."
Wang Shuyan hit her and reprimanded in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense about such invisible things."
Wang Shuying's eyes were burning, and she seemed to be very excited: "Sister, do you know that father said that she behaved badly, which caused all the princes to scramble for her. Grandfather wants to marry her off quickly, so as not to bring disaster to our family."
"Who did you listen to?" Wang Shuyan's eyes were full of surprise.
"I accidentally overheard it when my father and mother were talking about it. I guess with her arrogance, how could she marry a young scholar? She must have some idea, intending to make things happen before her grandfather married her." The truth is, and that person must be a certain prince. Let's go find her quickly, and mess up her affairs, so as not to embarrass our family."
As soon as Wang Shuyan heard that she was embarrassing her family, she couldn't help becoming anxious, so she naturally ignored the strange light in her sister's eyes.
The two followed the corridor and found it.
Although there are glazed lanterns hanging everywhere in the imperial garden, it is still a little dim because the vegetation is too lush. There are many places where the lights can't reach, and there are trees and shadows, which are quite ghostly.
It is also because there are too many strange rocks and strange trees in this imperial garden, it looks different in the daytime, but it is a little scary at night.
Yaoniang was a little frightened, and urged Xiao Anzi to leave quickly, turning her head to look back from time to time, looking quite frightened.
After twisting and turning, it took nearly two cups of tea before I came to a small temple.
The palace is five rooms wide, and there is an altar in front of the gate. In the altar, stones are piled up to form a mountain, and several crabapple trees are planted. According to King Jin, whenever the Begonia blooms and the petals fall, it is like snowflakes falling in colorful pieces, so it is called Jiangxuexuan. Because of this, Yaoniang judged that she had not been misled.
Looking from the outside, the hall is lit. This Jiangxue Pavilion was originally a place to enjoy the scenery and rest in the imperial garden. Today, the emperor and empress are entertaining guests in the garden. Naturally, this Jiangxue Pavilion is also open to the public for drunken people. Take a break. Yaoniang didn't care to look any further, so she followed Xiao Anzi into a palace room.
The room is very quiet, and it doesn't look like there are people, but there is a screen in the middle, which blocks people's sight from looking back.
Xiao Anzi explained to Yaoniang with a smile: "Could it be that the little grandson fell asleep after crying?"
Yaoniang hurriedly walked towards the screen, Xiao Anzi was smiling, but suddenly became a little ferocious, he picked up a vase next to him, walked behind Yaoniang, and planned to smash her head.
As soon as he raised his hand, he felt his eyes go dark, and Yao Niang in front also moved away to the side at the same time. Dark Eleven, dressed in eunuch uniform, appeared like a ghost, supporting Xiao Anzi with one hand, and took the vase that slipped from his hand with the other.
Yaoniang breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest and looked at An Shiyi: "It's lucky to have you, otherwise I wouldn't dare to come with him. What do you think he wants to do? What is His Highness planning to do?"
An Shiyi shook his head: "This subordinate doesn't know."
"Then let's see the situation and see what this person wants to do when he invites me here." Also with An Shi by her side, Yaoniang is bold and skilled. King Jin said before that as long as An Shiyi is with her, nothing will happen to her.
Yaoniang saw that the curtain beside the bed next to the bed was hanging low, and there was someone hiding inside, if she didn't deliberately look at it, other people would never notice, so she hid behind. And An Shiyi's figure flashed, and he didn't know where to hide.
There was no sound of people, and everything seemed very quiet.
After waiting for a while, there was a faint voice and staggering footsteps.
The door opened with a creak, and a eunuch walked in with a drunken man. The drunk man was huge, and he could recognize who it was at a glance. It was the former prince Xian Huiwang.
Yao Niang looked from behind the curtain, holding her palms nervously, but she couldn't help but feel chills in her heart.
This person is very poisonous, first he lured her here and knocked her out, and then helped the drunk King Hui over, so don't think too much about what will happen next.
It's fine if she's not married, at worst she's with King Hui. But she is the side concubine of King Jin and the mother of two children. This trick seemed simple, but it was extremely vicious. Not only did he want to ruin her, but he also wanted to ruin King Jin's reputation and her two children!
So cruel!
Yaoniang was palpitating and angry, and she wanted to know who this person was, she would definitely pounce on him and tear him to pieces!
King Hui seemed to be quite drunk, talking about wine, and asked the eunuch to bring him water to help him take off his clothes. But the eunuch ignored him, said perfunctory words, but left him here in a hurry, and left.
The door closed from the outside, King Hui cursed, crossed the screen crookedly, and walked towards the bed.
The short few steps made him walk dangerously, and finally reached the bed, Yaoniang heard a loud noise, the prince fell on the bed, and there was no movement after that.
The room was quiet again, Yaoniang was angry and annoyed, and she wanted to leave.
If there were no accidents, that person's poisonous plan would not have been successful. If she hadn't been followed by Dark Eleven, if she hadn't believed in King Jin's cautious character, it would be impossible for a stranger to lure her away. I don't know what she would do now. become what.
Yaoniang didn't want to stay any longer, so she cautiously walked out from behind the curtain and quietly went to the door.
She pulled the door, only to realize that the other party had locked the door from the outside.
This is how to do!
She was about to call An Shiyi, when she heard footsteps outside the door, she quickly shrank back again.
The door opened from the outside, and Yaoniang looked out holding her breath.
The person who came was someone she hadn't expected.
He is holding a woman in his hand. Yes, it was carried, anyway, let Yaoniang see that the clothes on the woman's body are worrying, being carried like this, I don't know if the fabric of the clothes can withstand such a weight.
He carried the woman over the screen, and after entering, he looked around, and his eyes paused on Yaoniang. Yaoniang was about to go out when she saw him look away, walked to the bed, and threw the woman on the bed.
Then, with a flash in front of his eyes, a strong and slender body squeezed in.
"What are you doing hiding here?"