"Please forgive me." The blue-clothed eunuch jumped to the ground in panic, trying to pick up the cherries, but when he saw that the cherries were stained with dirt, he stopped, only kneeling on the ground and shivering.
Someone passed by and frowned in dissatisfaction after seeing this scene. But when they found out that the embarrassing eunuch were the future crown princess and Yao Jiamin, they turned their attention back.
King Ying didn't know that his eunuch was in conflict with Hua Liuli. He sat silently, taking a sip or two of cherry wine from time to time.
The cherry wine is not strong enough, and it tastes a little tasteless.
"Eldest brother doesn't like this kind of wine?" The second princess came over with a jug of wine and poured a glass for the king and herself: "I guessed that you might not like cherry wine, this is my daughter Hong, who I specially found. ."
She raised her wine glass and toasted to King Ying: "Try it?"
King Ying picked it up and took a sip: "Shang Ke."
"Eldest brother is still so picky about wine, but unfortunately I'm not someone who understands wine, so please bear with me." After speaking, the second princess raised her head and drank the wine: "I see that the first emperor has not spoken, but there are What's on your mind?"
The King of England put down the glass and said, "It's okay."
"It's fine." The second princess smiled: "I almost thought that you really have a favorite woman and you are worrying about her."
The King of England said in surprise: "Why do you think so?"
"You have been looking for all kinds of beautiful and precious gems a few days ago. If I didn't think you were trying to please the girl you like, I would be reluctant to give you that box of jewelry."
King Ying couldn't help but secretly glanced at the prince sitting next to him. He loved face, and it was impossible for him to say in front of other brothers and sisters that all the jewelry was brought to the prince by him.
If he was misunderstood that he was trying to please the prince, would he still need face
Thinking of this, he coughed twice to hide the embarrassment in his heart.
Seeing King Ying's embarrassed expression, the second princess also secretly glanced at the prince. She seemed very guilty, and she was very shocked. The first emperor was actually carrying the prince and Hua Liuli on his back...
Afraid that the King of England would realize that he already knew his secret, the second princess quickly changed the subject and exchanged a short talk. The King of England responded briefly, obviously not interested in these topics.
"My lord." A woman in red walked up to the King of England: "The minister and daughter seem to have sinned against Fushou County Master when they see your attendant, and are kneeling in front of Fushou to plead guilty."
"What?" The King frowned: "What's going on?"
"I don't know what the ministers and daughters are, but I just saw Fushou County Master calling your attendant over, and I don't know what to say, your attendant knelt down."
The King of England frowned even more and strode out.
The smile on the face of the prince who was sitting beside him subsided slightly. He stood up and glanced at the woman in red: "Which girl are you from?"
"The minister's surname is Li, and her nickname is Ruru." The woman in red didn't seem to expect that the prince would take the initiative to speak to her, and she looked a little excited.
"Oh." The prince slammed open the folding fan: "Is there a marriage match?"
Li Ru's cheeks blushed: "Hui, Hui, Your Highness, the minister and daughter are not married yet."
"That's true." The smile on the prince's face suddenly converged: "Whether a girl is married or not is not important, what matters is the beauty of the soul. Otherwise, even if you have a peerless face, you are just a pair of skins."
The smile on Li Ru's face dissipated, what did His Royal Highness say
The second princess glanced at Li Ru, who had a pale face, and then at the prince who had already left, and smiled at Li Ru, "You don't have to take it to heart, the prince and Fushou County have a deep affection for others, and he doesn't like others very much. Saying that Fushou County Master is not good at all, he didn't mean to target you."
Li Ru smiled reluctantly: "Thank you princess, the minister and daughter are fine."
The second princess is worried that something will happen, because they are all precious masters, and it is impossible to offend anyone. She has to go out and take a look.
"It's a pity that such a good cherry fell to the ground like this." Hua Liuli sighed. When she wasn't smiling, she lost her usual gentle and amiable appearance, but instead reminded people of Wei Mingyue who was on the battlefield.
"The slave and the slave are not good enough, and the slave is guilty." After speaking, the blue-clothed eunuch raised his hand, ready to slap himself in the face.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Yu Rong stretched out her hand to stop the blue-clothed eunuch's movements: "My county master is just a pity for the cherries that fell on the ground, and he didn't make you punished. People come and go here and let others see, why not? Don't you want to misunderstand my county master on purpose to make things difficult for you?"
"Slaves don't dare." The blue-clothed eunuch took his hand back obediently.
When King Ying came out, he saw his accompanying eunuch kneeling on the ground, and Hua Liuli's personal maid grabbed his hand, looking like she was going to hit someone.
"My lord." The blue-clothed eunuch saw King Ying, his eyes lighted slightly, he looked at the dazzling glaze carefully, and knelt beside him and didn't dare to speak.
"What's the matter?" King Ying came over, without looking at the blue-clothed eunuch kneeling beside him, and said to Hua Liuli, "Fu Shou County Master, but this ignorant servant offended you?"
"Your Highness is serious." Hua Liuli smiled and said, "I saw that the cherry in this eunuch's hand was red and big, so I wanted to take it and look at it, but I didn't expect it to fall on the ground by accident."
"You bastard, you can't even handle a plate of cherries." King Ying kicked the blue-clothed eunuch, and the blue-clothed eunuch rolled on the ground, crushing a lot of cherries that fell to the ground.
"It's just a misunderstanding, please don't take it to heart." Hua Liuli bent down, picked up two intact cherries through the silk yarn, and looked at it carefully.
"County Lord, the cherries are already dirty, this king asked him to prepare a new one for you." King Ying thought that Hua Liuli was going to pick up the fruit on the ground to eat, so he quickly persuaded: "Don't worry, I will definitely choose the best one for you."
I heard that when the weather is bad at the border gate, there is a shortage of supplies, so most of the people who have been in the border gate for a few years do not see good things falling to the ground.
Fushou County Master is the daughter of a noble general, and she has such a habit.
"It's alright, nothing is broken, just wash it." Hua Liuli wrapped the two cherries in gauze, turned and handed them to Iris.
"The county, the county master, slaves and servants deserve to die. It's just that the ground is dirty, and the county master should never eat it." The blue-clothed eunuch looked frightened and anxious, and kowtowed to Hua Liuli again and again.
"If you like to kowtow, remember to kneel farther away." The prince came over and looked at the eunuch blankly: "My county master is timid and soft, and I don't want to see others suffer."
Hearing this, the second princess who came out seemed to have seen the picture of the King of England being furious.
She looked at King Ying and was about to rush over to persuade him when King Ying yelled. There are many people here, even if he is the eldest son of the emperor, he cannot disrespect the prince.
But what surprised her was that King Ying actually held back. Not only did he hold back, but he actually asked his eunuch to kneel farther than the prince wanted.
No, it's not right!
When did the King of England listen to the Prince's words like this
There are only two reasons for a person like the King of England to bow his head voluntarily. One is because of sincere worship, and the other is because of guilt.
Will the King of England truly admire and admire the Prince? That's harder than the sun rising in the west.
So there is only one reason, and that is guilt. Why does the King of England feel ashamed of the prince
The second princess looked at the dazzling glaze, and became more and more sure of the ridiculous guess in her heart. King Ying had already been ambiguous with Hua Liuli in private, so he lost the confidence to argue in front of the prince.
At this time, in the Dali Temple, the ins and outs of the case of privately storing the dragon robes have been completely found out. The suspicious servants in the Fushou County Lord's Courtyard are indeed connected with the people in the palace, but what they did not expect is that all The evidence all pointed to one person, the eunuch who was accompanying the King of England.
After Pei Jihuai read all the information, he suddenly stood up and said, "Not good!"
"What?" Zhang Shuo and Gou Jingqi turned to look at Pei Jihuai.
"Master Zhang, the lower official suspects that the eunuch will kill the King of England recently." Pei Jihuai hurriedly picked up the saber on the table and asked his subordinate, "Where is the King of England now?"
The subordinate officials were stunned. How could these little officials know the whereabouts of the King of England
"I heard that the second princess held a banquet in her cherry orchard, and many people in the royal family went there." Gou Jingqi stroked his beard and said, "Based on the friendship between King Ying and the second princess, they should also attend. "
"There are many people at the Cherry Banquet, and it's the best time to start." Pei Jihuai looked solemn: "It's almost noon now."
If the little eunuch who was accompanying him found a suitable opportunity, he would almost have succeeded. The eunuch next to King Ying had been serving with King Ying when he was about ten years old.
Who would easily doubt the personal attendant who has been with him for ten years
He rode a fast horse with a few subordinate officials and hurried to the suburbs of Beijing.
"Dali Temple is handling the case, and no one else will avoid it." He took out his pocket card and let the pedestrians on both sides give way.
Under normal circumstances, the people of Dali Temple do not ride fast horses in the busy city. Seeing this scene, the people of the capital secretly murmured in their hearts, what happened
Pei Jihuai was secretly anxious in his heart, if King Ying really died in the hands of his attendants, the Dali Temple in charge of the case would be unlucky from beginning to end. Along with the unfortunate ones, there are also the Dianzhong Province, who is in charge of the royal housekeeping, and a group of people related to the accompanying eunuchs.
All the way to the foot of the mountain, Pei Jihuai looked at the cherry orchard built halfway up the mountain, couldn't help but scolded, tied his robes around his waist, and ran up the mountain with his officials.
I really don't know what's wrong with these royal people. Where is it bad to build another courtyard? It has to be built halfway up the mountain. What a waste of energy
On the way from the foot of the mountain to the other courtyard, there were many guards standing. They saw Pei Jihuai with a saber and reached out to stop him: "The princess has an order, and those who do not have an invitation are not allowed to enter."
"The next official is Pei Jihuai, Shaoqing of Dali Temple. I suspect that there will be a serious crime in the other courtyard, so I came to stop it." Pei Jihuai took out his pocket card. He was anxious, but could not force it.
"This..." Of course the guards wouldn't think that Pei Jihuai was lying, but they were the guards in the palace, so they naturally had to obey the princess' orders.
"Let him in." A female voice sounded, "If there is anything, Ben will take care of it."
"General Wei!" Almost all of the guards in the palace did not know Wei Mingyue. Seeing her words, they withdrew the hand that stopped Pei Jihuai.
"Thank you, General Wei." Pei Jihuai bowed gratefully to Wei Mingyue and strode up.
Wei Mingyue just saw Dali Temple rushing all the way here, guessing that something might have happened, so she followed. She looked at the backs of Pei Jihuai and other people from Dali Temple rushing up, and followed them in a hurry.
Her daughter also went to the Cherry Banquet, so her heart was not too anxious.
However, although she did not bring an invitation, no guard dared to stop her.
The future prince and mother-in-law, the most powerful female general in Dajin, who would dare to stop her
The guests who attended the banquet did not know that the people from Dali Temple were coming. They learned that the eunuch who accompanied the King of England had offended the Fushou County Master. They wanted to go out to watch the fun, but their reason did not allow them to make such a mistake.
The excitement of the royal family is hard to see, and it can be unlucky and life-threatening. In the face of power and status, curiosity is actually not that important.
The second princess walked to King Ying's side and whispered, "We'll go in and talk about anything else, don't let others see the joke."
King Ying walked up to the eunuch who was attending and kicked him: "Go, get a clean one again."
"Yes." The accompanying eunuch hurriedly trotted out, and quickly brought a new plate over.
"It's work." Hua Liuli took the plate, this time the little eunuch's hand was steady, and the cherry didn't fall to the ground.
"The slaves dare not."
Hua Liuli chuckled softly, turned around and took the gauze from Iris' hand, and slowly spread it out, revealing two bright red cherries inside: "These two cherries are here for you."
"Thank you the county master." The blue-clothed eunuch stretched out his hand to pick it up.
"You don't have to be so troublesome." Hua Liuli hid back with the hand of the silk yarn, smiled and said, "There are so many misunderstandings just now that you have been wronged. You can't touch or fall the cherries. Go do something."
The blue-clothed eunuch looked at the two cherries lying on the silk yarn, and slowly stretched out his hand: "Many, many thanks to the county lord, it's just that the servants are indecent and dare not eat in front of the county lord."
"I grew up at the border, and the sergeants eat strange things. What else is there that I haven't seen." Hua Liuli's smile was more gentle: "It's okay, eat, I'll watch you eat."
Looking at this scene, King Ying faintly sensed something was wrong.
"Come here, take the cherries for the county lord and feed him." The prince played with the folding fan in his hand and snorted coldly, "The county lord has rewarded you with something, whether you accept it or not, are you looking down on the lonely county lord?"
"Prince Mingjian, slaves have no intention of this." The blue-clothed eunuch kowtowed repeatedly.
"Then eat something for Gu." The prince turned the fan in his hand: "If you don't understand the rules like this, if you were in Gu's East Palace, you would have been sent back to the palace by Gu."
"His Royal Highness, this servant thinks, this person is just because he is the servant of Prince Ying, so he is arrogant." The eunuch of the East Palace stood up and looked at the blue-clothed eunuch kneeling on the ground with contempt, as if he was looking at a Shame of the eunuch.
In front of everyone's eyes, the eunuch in blue picked up a cherry with shaking hands and slowly put it into his mouth, but the cherry rolled to the ground when it was about to touch his lips.
"I beg the county master for mercy!" He kowtowed to Hua Liuli suddenly: "I beg the county master for mercy."
"The county master just asked you to eat cherries, not to sacrifice your life. Why don't you spare your life?!" Eunuch Donggong frowned when he saw the blue-clothed eunuch kowtow, "Could it be that there is poison in the cherries?"
The blue-clothed eunuch stiffened and knelt down in front of King Ying: "My lord, I beg you to save the slaves, the slaves are just confused for a while. The slaves and slaves are also under coercion, I beg the king to save me."
Seeing the eunuch who was begging and kneeling in front of him, King Ying gradually regained his senses. Is there really poison in that plate of cherries
This little eunuch followed him when he was ten years old, and it has been eleven years now, and he actually wanted to kill him
This incident was so unexpected that King Ying was a little stunned. He didn't even care about sadness or anger. He just stared at the crying face of the blue-clothed eunuch and didn't speak for a long time.
The eunuchs of the East Palace realized that something was wrong, they glanced at the prince's face, and hurried forward to drag the blue-clothed eunuch aside to prevent him from approaching His Royal Highness.
Jiamin was stunned by this series of changes, she opened her mouth and said, "Hua, Hua Liuli, you already saw that he was wrong?"
"Actually, I didn't see it completely, but his attitude made me feel something was wrong." Hua Liuli sighed: "No way, after staying at the border for a long time, seeing who behaves in a wrong way, I can't help but suspect that it is a spy."
She just wanted to test the cherries, but she didn't expect that they were really poisonous.
"You don't even dare to eat a single cherry, which means that it is a highly poisonous poison that seals the throat with blood." Hua Liuli put away the silk yarn and the cherry: "And you also know very well that as long as His Royal Highness King Ying eats a single one, He will die."
The blue-clothed eunuch, who was still begging for mercy, miraculously calmed down after hearing these words.
"As the eunuch who attends to King Ying, you can also be regarded as a prominent figure in the eunuchs." Hua Liuli frowned: "I really don't understand, what is the benefit of King Ying's death?"
The blue-clothed eunuch was silent, the flattery and panic on his face disappeared, and a pair of dark eyes looked at the King of England, full of hatred and jealousy.
"Because His Royal Highness the King of Great Britain doesn't know that I was born on the same day in the same year as him, and even the moles on my wrists look exactly the same." The blue-clothed eunuch laughed a few times: "My lord is not curious, why is this? "
Jiamin and Hua Liuli exchanged glances, this is... a royal secret.
"Eat some cherries to suppress the shock?" Hua Liuli handed the plate of cherries from the back to Jiamin.
"Don't move, the cherries are poisonous!" With a hurried roar, Jiamin only saw a dark shadow fly by in front of her.
With a bang, the black shadow smashed the cherries in Hua Liuli's hand into pieces.
Lying with the broken pieces of porcelain was a scabbard.
Looking at the delicious cherries that rolled and jumped on the ground, and finally died, Jiamin and Hua Liuli were silent.
Iris even saw the hand of her own princess trembling slightly.
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