beggar prince

On the night of August [-]th, the torrential rain had ceased for several days.The bright moon hangs in the mid-autumn night sky, coating the world with a layer of gold. The sky is high and the wind is clear, the sky is bright, and there are clouds drifting by in a hurry.

The leaves of ginkgo trees, eucalyptus trees and other trees in the palace are red and yellow, which are extremely gorgeous.The autumn chrysanthemums of various colors spread out their petals in a state of extreme beauty.

The queen mother has received a secret report, she knows that Zhao Shengqi chose to force the palace tonight, and the queen mother will still hold the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in Guanglong hall according to the etiquette.

Several red lanterns are hung on the promenade of the palace, tied with colored silk.Aoshan fireworks are burning in each palace, and Kongming lanterns rise in the sky, and the lights are brilliant.

From the imperial seat in Guanglong Hall to the steps outside the hall, and on the east and west sides below the steps, seats for ministers of civil and military affairs are set up according to grades, and there are more than [-] seats.

Standing by the banquet were the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty who were lined up in order, and Zhao Shengqi was among them.

The court musicians played music to welcome the emperor to the table. Xiao Heng, the queen mother and the princess walked into the Guanglong hall and sat on the throne beside the golden dragon banquet table.

Civil and military officials knelt down and saluted: "Congratulations to the emperor and queen mother!"

Xiao Heng: "No courtesy!"

All the ministers were silent, got up and sat down on the minister's table.

Xiao Heng leaned on the throne, thinking that he could capture that old thief Zhao Shengqi tonight, he was in a very good mood.He talked and laughed with the queen mother and princess.

The ministers also felt that the emperor was in a good mood. The emperor didn't show them any face today, and even smiled at them.

The pretty palace maid in purple brought a golden basin, she peeked at Xiao Heng, Xiao Heng was so handsome, it made her eyes show shyness.Xiao Heng saw what she meant. He lowered his head and kept his eyes fixed. He dipped his hand into the water and washed it.Another court lady handed over a yellow silk handkerchief, and he dried his hands with the handkerchief.

The maid with flowers on her forehead came over gracefully holding a yellow-bottomed dragon pan platter. She placed the platter in front of Xiao Heng and the Queen Mother, bowed slightly to salute Xiao Heng, peeked at Xiao Heng a few times, and a smile appeared on her face. Flushed, retreated.

Several court ladies brought ten plates of mooncakes, including more than ten kinds of mooncakes in Soviet style, British style and Cantonese style.There are also [-] desserts including wormwood light mochi, dragon beard cake, yokan, pine nut lily cake, and honey honeycomb cake.

A glamorous court lady was more courageous, and glanced at Xiao Heng a few times, her eyes flickered, and she glanced secretly.Xiao Heng didn't know how many such looks he received tonight. He thought: When he was young, he liked girls and disliked boys, but ever since he fell in love with Zhao Yuanjian, he lost interest in girls.

Xiao Heng picked up a piece of mooncake and tasted it. It was filled with crispy egg yolk and he thought it was delicious.

He leaned into the maid's ear and said, "Give a plate to the prince."

After eating for a while, he asked the maid to remove the desserts that he couldn't eat. He wanted to distribute these desserts to beggars who couldn't eat food.

Xiao Heng saw Zhao Yuanjian eating the mooncakes sent by the maid, and sitting on the minister's table not far away, looking at him.

Xiao Heng smiled at him, turned his head to look at Zhao Shengqi, he clenched the treasured sword around his waist.

Dozens of court ladies wore pink smoked veil skirts with fluttering sleeves. They held trays in their hands and shuttled between the banquets, presenting delicious food and wine.Three fairy-like palace maids came to the golden dragon banquet and offered palace delicacies. The dishes were extremely exquisite and exquisite. There were thirty dishes: first-class official swallow, phoenix tail and big skirt wings, elephant plucked yuqin, golden leopard raccoon, and tiger buttoned dragon. , Crane stewed bear's paw and other dishes.

A few clever maids in purple clothes stood behind Xiao Heng and the Queen Mother holding a long-handled golden wine pot, pouring wine for the Emperor and the Queen Mother at any time.

Ten imperial dishes, ten kinds of fruits, and ten kinds of cool products are placed on the table of the ministers.The maids stood on the left and right, holding wine jugs, pouring wine at any time.

This time the palace banquet was already very frugal, usually according to the palace rules, the emperor's banquet would have a hundred dishes, and the minister's banquet would have forty dishes.

Empress Dowager: "It's the Mid-Autumn Festival at this moment, but Wei has experienced natural disasters and man-made disasters a few days ago. Tonight we can drink and enjoy the moon, thanks to the protection of gods and Buddhas, and the protection of the ancestors of the Xiao family. The Mid-Autumn Festival dinner is here!"

All the ministers bowed down to Xiao Heng and the Queen Mother after hearing this, and then stood up and returned to the table to eat the imperial meal.

Eunuch Liu summoned the dancers to dance the Moon Palace Fairy Dance.Ten dancers, wearing clouds and jade clothes, with plum blossoms on their foreheads, and beads on their feet, swayed and swirled, and their cloud sleeves fluttered, as if they were about to fly into the palace of the moon.

In the center, there is a glamorous dancer in neon clothes and jade clothes jumping up from the high platform in the center, throwing out her long cloud sleeves, just like Chang'e flying to the moon, almost becoming a fairy.The artistic conception of this dance is ethereal, as if it can really make people enter the fairyland and the sea of ​​fantasy.

After the dance, Eunuch Liu summoned acrobatics and acrobatics, and the performers performed stunts such as corner play, sword throwing, climbing poles, flying swords and dancing wheels.

Xiao Heng was delighted to see it, and he and the princess son-in-law walked down from the table, approaching those skilled workers to watch happily.He felt that these technicians looked familiar, and he was surprised when he took a closer look.The two throwing darts are the fifth and sixth of Baihetang, and the one climbing the pole is Lei Lie!

Looking at Xiao Heng, Zhao Yuanqi felt uncomfortable. He raised his wine glass and said to Zhao Yuanjian: "The emperor enjoys all the wealth and honor in the world, but my beauty's whereabouts are unknown."

Zhao Yuanjian snorted coldly: "My darling has suffered hell among the people. He used to be extremely ugly, with scars on his face, and was hungry all day long, all thanks to your beautiful mother and concubine." , I wish your beauty would die now!"

Zhao Yuanqi: "Where is Xiao Lie?"

Zhao Yuanjian said sinisterly: "It depends on what you choose tonight, whether you choose a beauty or a father. Do you really think that your father can succeed? I have already called in the masters from Baihetang. These masters are performing acrobatics. Fight against your Imperial Forest Army. And I have transferred the army of Xishu to the Forbidden City, and they are almost at the Shenwu Gate."

When Xiao Heng returned to his seat, Zhao Shengqi strode to the imperial seat and greeted Xiao Heng: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for not participating in your enthronement ceremony. My old illness has relapsed and I was unable to congratulate the Emperor. Please forgive me. .”

Xiao Heng sneered: "The general is too polite, is it possible that the three fingers I cut off are inflamed?"

Zhao Shengqi was a little annoyed when he heard it, but he endured it, thinking that today is the day when the beggar will die.He said: "The emperor really knows how to joke."

The princess was eating sweet mooncakes filled with caramel and walnuts. She asked, "Brother Emperor, did you cut off the finger of the general?"

Xiao Heng showed a pair of precious knives straddling his waist, and he said: "It's these two pig-killing knives that cut off the three fingers of the general. How can your brother emperor be so powerful that he dared to kill the general?" !"

The queen mother smiled and said: "Thanks to the emperor's bravery, otherwise he would have been killed by the general."

Zhao Shengqi was bored, returned to the minister's table, and waited for his generals to rush to Donghuamen and Shenwumen with their troops to take down the beggar emperor.Zhao Shengqi didn't touch these moon cakes and delicacies, he was afraid that the Queen Mother would poison them.

The prime minister and the grand master walked on the red carpet and went to the imperial banquet to toast.

The prime minister bowed and saluted. He said, "The moon is extremely round tonight. It must be the recognition of the Queen Mother and His Majesty's mother and son that moved the gods of the Moon Palace."

The Empress Dowager laughed and said, "What the prime minister said really made the Ai family happy."

Xiao Heng looked at Zhao Yuanjian and said, "I feel happy."

The grand master bowed and saluted: "The moon and the moon are suitable for each other. It is rare in the world to reunite with the moon and the moon. It is the bliss in the world for your majesty to be accompanied by the queen mother and princess."

Xiao Heng: "Two boxes of moon cakes and ten kinds of desserts for the prime minister and the grand master."

At the banquet, the wine was warm, hearty, and laughter.All the ministers swept away the haze of the war with the Huns, and enjoyed the moon and wrote poems with great interest.

The Guangxuan Hall was still brightly lit. Zhao Yuanjian looked at the beautiful woman dancing her sleeves, and said with a smile, "Third brother, your wine is poisoned, and your beauty is also poisoned. What a pair of desperate mandarin ducks, I hope you can be together in the next life." Couples, make up for the regrets of this life."

When Zhao Yuanqi heard that Xiao Lie was extremely worried, Zhao Yuanjian stood up and walked out of the palace gate.

Zhao Yuanqi hurriedly followed him and walked to the vicinity of the imperial garden. Zhao Yuanqi was pushed to the wooden railing of the corridor by several people.He was held to the neck with a sword.He took a closer look at those acrobats.

Zhao Yuanqi had no choice but to take out the token of the Imperial Forest Army from his sleeve and hand it to Zhao Yuanjian.

Zhao Yuanjian asked them to tie up Zhao Yuanqi and take him to the Yusijian.

Zhao Yuanjian put the token of the Imperial Forest Army in his arms, and hurriedly walked to the Imperial Garden outside the Guangxuan Hall.

Qi He was holding a brocade box and a red-tasseled gun, waiting in front of the imperial garden gate.Zhao Yuanjian took the brocade box from Qi He, inside was a silver silk soft armor and a narrow-sleeved Hu Yi.He changed into a beard and soft armor, hid the silver whip in his cuffs, and put on his official robe outside.He took the red-tasseled spear from Qi He's hand.

He threw the token of the Imperial Forest Army to Qi He, and he said: "Listen to the general throwing the cup as a sign, once the cup is broken, you rush in, take the emperor and ministers to the Hall of Preservation, and then lead the Imperial Forest Army to surround the general."

Qi He: "Yes, feudal lord!"

Zhao Yuanjian walked back to the banquet, he walked towards the queen mother, he said: "Everything has been arranged."

The Empress Dowager said happily: "Okay, the family is tired, today's banquet is over, all my loves, please go back."

All the ministers stood up and addressed the Queen Mother and the Emperor.All the ministers filed out, and they were invited by Eunuch Liu to rest in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which was protected by the imperial guards.

Only Zhao Shengqi, the emperor, the empress dowager, the prime minister, the grand master, and more than a dozen people did not leave.

The prime minister and the others wanted to stay and chat with the queen mother about the war between the Huns and the Great Wei.

The queen mother was about to drive them away, when Zhao Shengqi picked up the tea bowl and dropped it on the ground, the tea cup was smashed to pieces with a bang.

Hundreds of Imperial Forest Army armed with weapons rushed into the gate of the palace, and Qi He led the Imperial Forest Army to surround the place.

Zhao Shengqi was extremely arrogant, he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Sister, you give up the imperial power."

The queen mother was so angry that her eyes turned blue: "A traitor! You and I are brothers and sisters, and you can do treasonous things."

Zhao Shengqi looked like he was sinking his boat, and he felt that he was bound to win.He said arrogantly: "Aren't you the same, your beggar son is not your puppet. The imperial army took down the emperor and the queen mother!"

Xiao Heng hated Zhao Shengqi's contemptuous statement that he was a beggar the most. He cursed: "Old man, if I don't kill you today, I won't be the emperor!"

Zhao Yuanjian caught up at this time, and he said: "The Queen Mother and Your Majesty go first, and I will finish the queen."

He threw out the long whip from his sleeve, and fought with Zhao Shengqi.More than a hundred hidden guards poured into the back of Guangxuan Hall to protect Zhao Shengqi.

Qi He sent the empress dowager and the prime minister away through the back door.Xiao Heng hid behind the throne and stayed behind. He wanted to be with Zhao Yuanjian.

Qi He took the token and jumped onto the imperial seat, he shouted: "Take down the great general Zhao Shengqi!"

The Yulin Army obeyed the order and rushed towards Zhao Shengqi with weapons.Zhao Shengqi was startled violently, with an expression of disbelief.