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At this time, the singing and dancing continued.

For some reason, exclamations came from the ministers watching the performance below, which attracted the attention of several people on the high platform.

King Gudan followed the prestige and praised, "The girl who leads the dance dances well."

Lu Yunshu was still immersed in his own thoughts, and the voice below did not reach his ears at all.

Han Tuo and Guo Xiaoxiao were simply enjoying the singing and dancing without thinking too much about it.

However, when Qing Ming saw the appearance of the lead dancer, his expression turned cold instantly, the cup in his hand was crushed, the pieces cut into the flesh, and the blood dripped to the ground along his fingers.

Dong Gui's heart trembled, and he was about to call the imperial physician, but Qingming's cold eyes stopped his voice, so he had to retreat silently, at such a time, only one person can persuade the emperor.

Qing Ming smiled, his black eyes watched every move of the lead dancers in the audience, seemingly focused, but if you look closely, you will find that his eyes did not rest on anyone present at all.

Soon, the dance was over, and the others retreated, leaving only the lead dancer kneeling in the center of the hall.

As soon as the dance was over, the hall was completely silent, no one dared to make a sound, and they all lowered their heads not daring to look at the expression of the emperor above.

The four people on the stage were unclear, so Guo Xiaoxiao elbowed Han Tuo, "Hey, what's going on now?"

Han Tuo shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.

Although I met Su Jin back then, after all, my attention was not on her at that time, and I didn't leave any impression when I saw her. Naturally, I don't know what's going on.

The impression of Su Jin only stays in the title of queen, and there is no memory of this person in my mind at all. Now at first glance at her appearance, I feel as if I have seen her somewhere before!

Before he could remember, another voice came from the hall.

"My daughter Tao Jin kowtows to the Holy Majesty, long live my emperor~" The woman who called herself Tao Jin knelt on the ground in a graceful posture, with her drooping head hidden in the darkness, her expression full of confidence.

Ever since he knew that his appearance was very similar to the deceased queen, Tao Jin dreamed of becoming a queen. He not only inquired about Queen Su's preferences, words and deeds, but also learned the dance that Su Jin presented at the Chengqian Palace back then, in order to one day You can become famous by dancing in the main hall and become the second Su Jin.

It's just that due to the continuous wars in the past few years, the simplicity of the palace banquet, and the fact that women are not allowed to be brought along, etc., I have never had the opportunity to meet the Holy Majesty. I finally waited for this opportunity, and naturally I will not let it go easily.

Tao Jin raised his head cautiously after not hearing a voice from above for a long time, thinking that perhaps the emperor hadn't seen his face clearly just now, now that he raised his head to let him see clearly, he would not let himself kneel down again.

Tao Jin looked up cautiously pretending to be shy, and saw Qing Ming looking at him with a refined smile on his face, blushing and lowered his head in panic, not daring to look again, naturally he didn't notice the mockery in Qing Ming's eyes .

"Which minister's daughter is this?" Qing Ming finally asked, but still did not let Tao Jinping die.

In the middle and rear on the right, a well-built official hurried out and knelt on the ground, "Return to the emperor, Tao Jin is the daughter of a humble minister."

"So it's Master Tao~" Qing Ming said calmly, "I haven't seen this dance for a long time, it's rare to see it today, what reward does Miss Tao want?"

"I don't ask for anything, I just want to be with the Holy One..."

"I got it." Qing Ming interrupted what she was about to say, "I have three ways to reward, why don't Miss Tao choose one of them, what do you think?"

Tao Jin didn't expect the emperor to interrupt her, she was stunned for a moment before she realized, and was about to answer when Qing Ming spoke again.

No matter what her answer was, Qing Ming didn't intend to listen.

"The first one is Ling Chi," Qing Ming said in a very slow tone, allowing everyone present to hear every word clearly.

Hearing the first sentence, Tao Jin's face lost all confidence, full of disbelief.

"The second way is to wash and wash," Qing Ming said casually, not caring about the expression on her face.

Tao Jin's face suddenly lost all color.

"The third way is to divide the body by five horses." Qing Ming chuckled and asked lazily, "Then, Miss Tao, which one do you want to choose?"

All the ministers under the stage knelt on the ground in an instant, not daring to look directly at Tianyan, because they knew that the emperor was already angry.

With such cruel words in his mouth, his face is still calm.

Now this is the real Great Zhou Emperor.

This change started after he was seriously injured five years ago. His expression now is exactly the same as when he said that he would slaughter the Rong people.

At that time, some ministers couldn't bear to see his bloody repression and revenge, and they raised objections in the early court.

From that day on, they didn't dare to underestimate the young emperor, and they also knew that they must never intercede for others when he was furious, so as not to hurt themselves, but it was still necessary to pretend.

"The emperor calms down~" Everyone knelt down and shouted in unison.

Only the four people on the stage were still sitting in their original positions. I don't know why they reacted so much.

Qing Ming ignored them at all, just stared at Tao Jin in the audience, "Miss Tao, what kind of death do you want?"

No matter how scheming Tao Jin was, she was just a boudoir girl. Wherever she had seen such a scene, she was shaking like chaff and couldn't speak a word.

On the contrary, Mr. Tao knew that he might not escape death today, so he took the initiative to take the charge, "Your Majesty, all of this is my fault and my idea. If you want to punish me, you can punish me. I just ask the emperor to let the little girl go. What is she doing?" I don't understand either!"

"I'm asking Miss Tao," Qing Ming warned in a deep voice, "If someone else interrupts, don't blame me for disregarding the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers."

Master Tao's face turned pale in an instant.

After waiting for a while, Tao Jin didn't answer. Qingming said impatiently, "I'll give you time to count to three. If you don't answer, I'll try all three punishments on you."

"three!"

Tao Jin was covered in cold sweat, trembling uncontrollably, his lips pursed.

"two!"

Tao Jin finally spoke, "I choose..."

"one!"

"What happened? It's a good dinner, why are the ministers kneeling on the ground?" A carefree voice came from outside the hall, just covering Qing Ming's voice.

"My son, pay respects to the emperor!" Then, a short figure trot into the hall and knelt down, with a childish voice.

"Didn't you say you would never enter the palace? What kind of wind brought you here today? Besides, that person is willing to let you come here?" Qing Ming glanced at the unrestrained person as always, and then looked at the kneeling man. The little figure on the ground said, "Chen'er, get flat!"

"Thank you, Father."

"Why did Chen'er come here suddenly?" Qing Ming asked gently.

"Father, I heard that there is someone who looks like my mother, so I came to have a look." The little prince stood up and said respectfully, with anticipation on his face.

Qing Ming glared at Dong Gui who had just returned to him.

Dong Gui trembled all over, and was about to kneel down to plead guilty, but seeing that he didn't say anything, he breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat off his face with his sleeve.

"This king is also very curious, so I came here specially to have a look." Ji Yueliu walked into the hall fearlessly, and approached the woman kneeling in the center of the hall.

Qingming didn't stop his words and deeds.

"Raise your head up." Standing in front of Tao Jin, Ji Yueliu ordered.

Tao Jin raised his head tremblingly upon hearing this.

The little prince also leaned over to look at her carefully.

At this moment, Tao Jin's makeup was stained with cold sweat on his face, his hair was a little messy, sticking to his cheeks in wet strands, how embarrassing he was, how could he have the glory and aura of Empress Su back then!

"Tsk tsk~" Ji Yueliu looked disgusted, "Except for the somewhat similar face, the others are far from it."

"It's really not like that. The portrait of the queen mother is much more beautiful than her!" The little prince nodded eagerly, expressing his agreement.

"Look, my lord, you're making too much of a fuss. You're just a sensationalist, and you'll be expelled from the imperial capital. Why bother to find a way to die for her? Tomorrow, the old men at Yushitai will die again!" Ji Yueliu said disapprovingly.

Several Yushitai officials who were named lay on the ground and shook.

"My son is deeply convinced, please deal with it lightly." The little prince cupped his hands in a dignified manner.

Qingming sighed, but in the end he didn't want to kill his son, and compromised, "Come on! Take their father and daughter down and beat them fifty times each, and drive them out of the capital."

The two quickly kowtowed their heads to thank each other.

Ouchi's guard rushed over and took the two of them down.

Han Tuo watched all this silently, and suddenly drank the wine in the glass with his head up, and then urged by his internal force, the whole glass turned into powder and flew out of his hand.

It turned out that he really fell in love with the deceased queen.

If he didn't love her, how could he abolish the Six Palaces for her and spoil only one person!

If he didn't love her, how could he let her give birth to his own child!

If you don't love her, how can you lose your composure when seeing another woman with a similar appearance to her!

It's ridiculous that I still don't believe it, I have to see it with my own eyes to believe it.

How stupid!

This time the evidence is all in front of my eyes, so why don't I believe it? !

Han Tuo looked at the little prince who had inherited Qingming's eyebrows, and laughed in his heart.

"Chen'er, come to Father's side." Qing Ming called out with a gentle expression.

The little prince laughed and ran towards Qingming.

When passing by Lu Yun's desk, Lu Yunshu just raised his eyes and saw something, his face became strange, and then his eyes couldn't stop comparing and looking at the faces of Qing Ming and the little prince.

The person on the opposite side noticed the direction of Lu Yunshu's gaze, and suddenly his face turned ugly, and he said sarcastically, "Does Mr. Lu like children so much? His eyes are fixed on the little prince, and he can't take his eyes off."

Hearing this, Lu Yunshu glared at him angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about!" There was a bit of casualness and familiarity in his words unconsciously.

Over there, as soon as the little prince walked up to Qingming, he exclaimed, "Father, why are your hands bleeding?"

Only then did Qingming notice it, took a silk handkerchief to cover the wound, and comforted him, "It's okay, it's just a small injury."

Guo Xiaoxiao looked at the two father and son and exclaimed, "As expected of father and son, they look alike!"

Han Tuo originally heard the little prince exclaiming, and he was worried and wanted to stand up to help him check his injuries, but when he saw the scene of the father's kindness and filial piety, and heard Guo Xiaoxiao's words in his ears, his heart was blocked, and he didn't want to be here anymore stay.

Standing up suddenly, he bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have not had a good rest and my body is exhausted. Please leave first, please allow me."

Hearing the sound, Qingming looked at Han Tuo, wanting to see if his complexion was bad, and if he wanted to see the pulse of the imperial physician Xuan, but he only saw the top of the other's black head.

I couldn't help laughing at myself.

That was clearly an excuse. Seeing his eagerness, he probably was worried about his wife who was pregnant with Liujia, so he wanted to go back to accompany him earlier. It was ridiculous that he was still worried about whether he would feel unwell.

Qing Ming looked back coldly, "Then Ai Qing will go back, lest Madam be in a hurry."

Han Tuo, who was eager to escape here, didn't hear the sourness in his words at all, he only knew that he could leave, so he hurried out.

Seeing him leave, Guo Xiaoxiao hurriedly followed him.

One of the protagonists of the celebration banquet left, the emperor was injured on his hand, and the other protagonist seemed to be unwell, so the dinner ended not long after.

This dinner after many years broke up unhappy.

However, Ji Yueliu, who arrived at the scene last, watched a good show in such a short period of time, and could clearly see the expressions of those people on the stage, as well as the turbulent undercurrent.

On the way back, he kept describing the situation to Xiao An who was always by his side, and finally concluded with one sentence: What a bunch of duplicity idiots!