Although the walking corpses have been successfully eliminated and the mastermind behind the scenes has disappeared, the matter of Ge Shu Wuluanzongjue has not been settled so easily, and she feels as if there is an evil conspiracy slowly approaching. Coming closer...
The weather is getting warmer, probably because it is early summer. The sunshine is very good, warm but not stuffy, and the flowers in the Imperial Garden are in full bloom.
The tall and beautiful poinciana and eryngium are in full bloom, and the Aralia flowers and leaves are red and sparse, not to be outdone. The inflorescences bloom like a string of red crescents. The color is bright and eye-catching, and the posture is crowning all the flowers.
Seeing such charming flowers in full bloom makes people feel very festive.
In recent days, since Tie Li's body was buried safely, the palace has finally returned to its former peaceful scene.
Yesterday, the medicine boy came to report that thanks to the careful treatment of several imperial doctors, Xia Shiwei had regained consciousness, and that the corpse poison he had been exposed to had been almost cured. He only needed to take care of himself for a period of time before his body could return to normal.
This finally reassured brother Shu Wuluan.
She asked the medicine boy to take good care of Lei's injury, and asked the medicine boy to send a message to Lei so that he would not be in a hurry to return to her as an errand, and that he could rest assured to take care of his health, and visit him when she had time.
Although the palace has been peaceful in the past few days, there have been a few things that happened, both big and small.
First, the chief minister was ordered to investigate corruption.
Although Pei An was extremely reluctant to take this job, he had to show off due to the power of the emperor and the government. He did uncover a lot of corrupt officials, but they were all petty officials and minor cases.
But even so, it still caused all the courtiers to be in panic all day long, and they were angry in private but dared not speak out. Now, although Pei An's prestige had increased, his people's hearts were completely lost. For a while, Pei An couldn't say anything bitter. Come out, angry in your heart.
As for the monarch, he imposed small punishments and large warnings on the offenders, which had the potential to win over people's hearts.
The second case was that because she killed the walking corpse with her own hands due to her righteousness and righteousness, the monarch made an exception and appointed her as a female official of the fourth rank to teach the etiquette of the young masters and palace maids below the seventh rank. She also decreed that the Iron Mansion be given to her and the Tie family to continue living there. After taking office, it was up to her to decide whether she would live in the inner palace or the outer palace. This can be said to make Tieshi happy.
However, just after this decree was issued, a number of courtiers were indignant. They even submitted memorials in the name of "the daughter of a guilty minister is not worthy of being a female official in the palace", trying to suppress the matter with all their strength.
Clinker, but in exchange for the king's Long Yan being furious, he completely dismissed the news. The courtiers were frightened and panicked, so it ended without a deal.
Thirdly, the monarch was very satisfied with Brother Shu Wuluan's efforts to kill evil spirits. He thought of his contribution and personally gave him a mansion as a reward. Yan Qisha assisted him effectively and promoted his deputy position to the first position. I want to come here. But he expressed Yan Qisha's wishes.
But Shu Wuluan, instead of showing the slightest joy about the gift of a mansion, was worried and more than a little frightened!
As for the fourth thing, Prince Hongli, the eldest son of His Royal Highness King Chu, suddenly came to Beijing to meet the emperor.
According to the Shang Law, a prince sent abroad without an imperial edict was not allowed to enter the capital. Anyone who violated the law should be punished with a hundred court sticks and sent back to the state, not to mention that he was only the prince's son.
However, the monarch thought that his son was the beloved son of his half-brother, so he was exempted from any responsibilities and placed him in the Anyang official post in the royal city to wait for the announcement.
Immediately afterwards, he ordered the inner palace to arrange a family banquet to receive Hongli's son.
And the banquet will be held tonight.
night.
The sky is like ink, stars are all over the Milky Way, and the moon, which is as round as a jade disk like that night, is surrounded by layers of shining stars.
Because the weather has been getting hotter recently, the banquet was held in the open air in the Yujing Garden.
The palace lanterns circle around the garden, lighting up one after another, and the waves are shining from a distance.
In the garden, the busy figures of the palace ladies crisscrossed each other, and the table was ready just before Xu.
Although tonight's banquet is a family banquet, the monarch has also specially allowed people who have performed meritorious services to kill corpses to accompany the banquet.
Ge Shu Wuluan, Yan Qisha, and even Tie Xinlian, who had just been named the female official of the ceremony, were among those invited, and even ordered the foreign minister Kou Kezi to accompany him.
As for the heads of the inner palace, except for the eldest concubine, who was bound to be present, Mrs. Yin paid homage to the Buddha and never paid attention to worldly affairs, so the monarch only ordered Zhou Changshi, the two princesses and the prince to attend the banquet.
When the banquet was about to begin, everyone had arrived, and the king and the concubine took their seats one after another.
Pei An came slowly with his second son Pei Yingming, but the eldest son Pei Yingjun was not seen.
Looking up at the seat opposite, Pei Yingming was sitting next to Pei An. When he came into contact with the eyes of his brother Shu Wuluan, he almost stood up from the seat excitedly, but was pulled in time by Pei An and fell down to sit down. took the seat.
Suddenly, a look of pain flashed across the man's face. He thought it was because the slap he received had not healed yet, and he was still in pain.
There was a sneer on the corner of Ge Shu Wuluan's lips, and his gaze proudly bypassed Pei An's fierce eyes and looked at the seat where he was sitting. Yan Qisha's seat was originally there, but it was empty at this time.
Someone in front of the imperial court said that he was ill so he might not be able to come to the dinner party. At that time, she was secretly shouting that she was happy. This guy finally got his comeuppance!
But now looking at the empty seats, she felt some inexplicable emotions in her heart. Whether it was worry or panic, she couldn't figure it out, and she didn't dare to figure it out.
"Ge Shu, what are you looking at?" A pretty female voice brought back her chaotic thoughts at the right time.
Ge Shu Wuluan calmed down and looked sideways at Princess Jiule. He moved his lips and was about to speak out, but was overtaken by a sarcastic voice, "Sister Le, do you still need to ask? Ge Shu Of course you are looking at men, hehe..."
After saying this, Princess Miao Yan covered her lips and giggled, her small cheeks were extremely soft, and she looked at the woman with eyes full of resentment and jealousy.
Her words aroused great displeasure from Princess Jiale, "Yan'er, don't talk nonsense!"
"Why is this nonsense?! Didn't Sister Le notice that Mr. Pei has been flirting with Mr. Geshu as soon as he entered the table? The man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried. If it turns out to be a good thing, it will be a good story. It's just... Since there is food in the bowl, don't worry about what's in the pot, otherwise you won't be able to 'eat' a bite! Don't you think so, Lord Geshu?" Princess Miao Yan ignored Princess Jiale's increasingly ugly face. , continued to speak with embarrassment, looking at Brother Shu Wuluan's eyes full of warning.
Ge Shu Wuluan was not a fool, and of course he understood the meaning of her words. After meeting her at the Supervisory Camp that day, Princess Miao Yan no longer faced her as modestly and gently as before, but was full of hostility and Jealousy, as if he had changed into a different person in an instant.
Geshu Wuluan ignored Princess Miao Yan's warning. Why should she care about something that was unwarranted? Really too lazy to listen to the bickering between the two sisters, he turned his head and cast his gaze on the seat beside him.
But he saw that Tie Xinlian was in a daze, his face was haggard and pale, and his teeth were biting his red lips tightly, as if he had not yet emerged from the haze of that night.
Brother Shu Wuluan looked at the bits of cold sweat seeping out from the woman's forehead, and softly comforted him: "What's wrong? Xin Lian, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
At this time, Tie Xinlian's thoughts had already fallen into the night after stabbing the corpse that night, and he could not hear her greetings at all.
That terrifying night, but also an infinitely charming night...
In that dark night, the man with a face full of abscesses roared and tore her clothes, and pressed her on the bed arrogantly. His extremely handsome eyes were scarlet and bloodthirsty, "Why don't you take me into your house?" Do you just want this? Come on, I’ll satisfy you!”
"No, no, I'm here to heal your injury... don't do this to me..." However, her cry of fear and pain could not win the man any sympathy.
"Why are you pretending to be innocent and ignorant, bitch!" With an angry shout, he tore... the bellyband in front of her lapel was completely torn by him.
A tearing pain hit her overwhelmingly, and she burst into tears, "Don't..."
Just when she almost collapsed in her thoughts, a voice suddenly jumped into her ears, "Xin Lian, Xin Lian..."
Tie Xin Lian trembled, looking sideways at her brother Shu Wuluan who looked worried, and gave a strong smile.
Little did he know that such a forced smile was filled with too many emotions, such as sadness, desolation, and desolation, which made Ge Shu Wuluan's heart shake and filled with pity.
For some reason, she never rejected Tie Li because of her heinous behavior, but instead had an unspeakable fondness for her.
After looking at the woman for a moment, Tie Xinlian hesitated and said, "Sir, from now on... can I call you Sister Luan in private?"
This inexplicable question made Shu Wuluan slightly stunned. In the past, Suer always called her "Sister Luan" so sweetly, but how long has it been since she heard this title
It made her feel strange for a long time, and made her feel sour.
Putting away his worries, he smiled fondly at the woman and said, "Of course."
Looking at the cardamom girl in front of him, Ge Shu Wuluan always felt that she was different from when he first met her. It seemed that in just a few days, she had gone through a whole life of vicissitudes.
"Clang", at this moment, the wine cup in hand was accidentally knocked over by Fei Se, and the wine overflowed and spread all over the table.
Fei Se hurriedly started wiping.
Brother Shu Wuluan turned around, glanced at her with a frown, and said coldly in a low voice: "What is it that makes you so distracted and irritable?"
In fact, no need to ask, she also knew why Fei Se was so lost. The reason was that Pei Yingjun did not come to the banquet today.
"No, nothing..."
Before Fei Se could finish her words, her words were drowned in the eunuch's voice, "Prince Hongli has an audience with me."
As soon as the voice fell, a blue figure came from afar.
As he gradually came closer, his splendid clothes, covered with flowing clouds and smoke gauze and lined with silver thread embroidery, became more and more airy and graceful. As he came so slowly, it seemed as if he was really drifting by like a drifting cloud.
I saw the man's face was as gentle as jade, his eyes were handsome, and his every move was full of elegance. He gradually came to the table, bowed and bowed, "Zhangzhou Crown Prince Hongli meets your majesty, long live the king, long live the great concubine, may the empress live a thousand years." Thousands of years old!"
But his voice was even more refined than the person he was speaking of, and it was floating around for a while...
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