197 The Feast of the Flower 2
After Collis announced the opening of the banquet, for a while, the bell sounded, lingering in the four courtyards, listening to it was very pleasing, and people couldn't help but relax. With the performance of the banquet, a team of dancers in white fluttering lightly walked into the center of the Mingyue Court. With the sound of drumming and pipa, their soft bodies began to move, their postures were beautiful, and accompanied by the thin haze, they were like a fairy from the sky, pleasing to the eye.
The prince and two younger brothers were sitting not far apart, their positions were under Wang Zhongsi's head. Seeing everyone immersed in dance music, they exchanged their eyes, and they were all light. Nodded lightly, indicating that everything is ready, regardless of the changes brought about by Li You and Wang Zhongsi.
Li Ying saw his younger brother's gesture, a weird smile crossed his face, fleeting, with coldness in the smile, resolute and disdain.
While the prince was watching the crowd, there was also a person watching him, that was Concubine Wu Hui. In the coveting of the emperor and others, she still paid attention to the prince's every move. She knew that the prince would definitely take action today, and she snorted in her heart when she saw the prince quietly drinking and enjoying singing and dancing below.
"Your Majesty, today King Zhong recommended the excellent Yi Wu to come to cheer up, and please watch it." After Concubine Wu Hui finished speaking, she asked a maid to make arrangements.
Li Longji has heard of Yiwu. He also knows a little about folk dancers. It is not as good as the dancers in the palace, but it is more enchanting than the dancers in the palace. Now that it has been arranged today, he still knows a little bit. Interested to take a look.
Yi Wu, dressed in red and wearing a veil, appeared on stage with a flute in his hand. When she stepped forward to meet the emperor and concubine Wu Hui, she handed the flute to Li You.
"What's going on? Aifei, you arranged it? Li You still has this ability?"
Regarding Li Longji's question, Concubine Wu Hui smiled and said, "I'm afraid it was the two of them who arranged it themselves."
It's right to think about it, Li You and Yi Wu should know each other, or how could Yi Wu, a hustle girl in the street, dare to be so presumptuous.
The sound of the flute sounded leisurely, fresh and melodious, and beautiful. The dance of Yi Wu with this flute sound is also very different from the ordinary Hu Wu. It is not unrestrained and passionate, but smart and light, just like an elf.
Li Longji was really interested. He only knew that Li You's literary talent and martial arts were not bad, but he didn't expect that he had musical accomplishments, which surprised Li Longji a little. And Yi Wu made him feel that this is a rare dancer. It is rare to be able to perform a beautiful dance with the artistic conception of the flute sound.
It's just one song, it really made everyone applauded. Li Longji asked Li You: "Li You, you two cooperate so well, have you rehearsed?"
Concubine Wu Hui said to Li Longji: "Yi Wu lives in Li's house now."
As soon as she said this, Li Longji also suddenly realized. After laughing, he didn't say much about the matter, and let Yi Wu sit beside Li You.
At this time, Chuyangmen guard Zhao Changnu and Prince Wei led a team of generals standing on the stage. Under the light of countless torches, the solemn expressions on everyone's faces were clearly visible.
Zhao Changnu took a step forward, looked at the nearly three thousand soldiers below, and shouted: "Do you know why there are so many strange brothers beside you? The strange brothers beside you are all the prince’s guards. As for why they are here, it is because tonight there will be a great event in the palace, that is, tonight, someone conspired to assassinate His Majesty and His Royal Highness and initiate a coup."
Zhao Changnu’s words were shocking and shocked everyone at once. Everyone was surprised at the news. The people below were only quiet for a while, and were soon replaced by a huge noise. .
Zhao Changnu pressed his hand, and the soldiers below calmed down. The prince's guards were naturally loyal to the prince, and just now they yelled to save the prince. However, Zhao Changnu's subordinates were relatively calm. After all, His Royal Highness, in their eyes, is an unattainable figure, too far away from them to feel nothing.
Zhao Changnu then said loudly: "Do you know who is doing this violent deed? She is Concubine Wu Hui. In order to make her son the crown prince and the emperor, tonight, she united with Chen Xuanli, the general of the Longwu Army, in an attempt to At the night banquet, his majesty abolished the prince in one fell swoop and gave way to the king of life. After the prince learned, in order to catch them all in one fell swoop, he informed his majesty that his majesty had decided to abolish the Wu clan and eradicate the rebellion, and this allowed the prince guard to enter the palace. , Ready to quell the rebellion with us Qianniuwei."
When the soldiers below heard that it was the prince's order from His Majesty, they were even more excited and full of glory in their hearts. Everyone was eager to try.
At this time, outside the barracks, in a small wood less than three hundred steps away from the barracks, two people were monitoring the situation of the barracks.
"Fifth, follow me to report to the commander, the prince wants to rebel."
"Okay, Brother Qi, let's go quickly, don't stay here for long."
The two of them were the people Yuan Jai arranged to monitor Zhao Changnu's army. The two of them had been here since the afternoon, but they were not found because of the dense small woods.
The two slowly stepped back gently, preparing to walk out from the other side of the woods.
At this moment, after two swishes, the two of them fell to the ground before they had time to react. One was hit by a crossbow arrow in the front door, while the other was pierced through the neck, hitting it. The two died silently.
After the two died, two people fell from the two trees directly in front of them. After the two landed, they checked whether they were really dead. After confirmation, they left quickly and quickly disappeared into the night.
In the Mingyue Court, Yi Wu added some wine to Li You's glass with a jug. Not to mention, the grapes in this palace are really good. Li You also drank a lot. He raised his hand and drank the wine in the glass. When he was enjoying the wine and food, watching the singing and dancing, a man fell from the attic behind him with a thump.
Li You turned his head to look, and his eyes widened. Suddenly dozens of people in black appeared on the roof of the corridor in the attic, and all of them were people holding crossbow arrows. Gao Lishi was also stunned by the movement, and saw the man in black holding a crossbow arrow facing Li Longji here, the crossbow arrow scatters a cold cold light against the backdrop of the bright moon.
Before he could think about it, Gao Lishi yelled: "Guardian, there are assassins!" He yelled and rammed in front of Li Longji.
In the beginning, because the noise of people drowned his shouts, only a few people heard his words. After several people shouted, everyone realized that there was an accident.
At the moment when Gao Lishi hit Li Longji, a crossbow arrow arrived and shot into Gao Lishi's left shoulder with a puff, blood was overflowing, and the clothes on Gao Lishi's shoulder were stained red. (End of this chapter)