Dongyin

? On the second day, Zhao Wang came to the audience. It was not yet dawn and the drums were stern.The deacons and civil and military officials are all in position, but Zheng Yu and his servants are cited to stand outside the hall.Immediately after ascending to the seat, Duan Hong came out wearing a crown and having great joy, the time was announced, and Zheng Yu and his officials bowed to their seats.

At the end of the ceremony, Zheng Yu bowed again, knelt down and said, "Zheng Yu, the guilty minister, respects the loyalty, but accepts it. Now I present the first offering of gold, and I know that your Majesty relieves the anger of the people and saves Yuanyuan."

"Hum..." a minister said coldly, "It's obvious that I'm afraid to admit surrender, and I'm still talking about respecting the loyalty, and your majesty is kind. Could it be that because of one person's fault, all the people will be angered?" Zheng Yu's words deserve to be killed. head!

"At the enthronement ceremony of the Holy Majesty, the widowed monarch was seriously ill, but he still couldn't forget it. He ordered a staff to go to the ceremony to show his loyalty.

"Okay." Duan Hong glanced at Zhao Guan, his thoughts sank, and said, "King Zhao came here wholeheartedly, and his heart is commendable. Don't mention the past, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zheng Yu got up, and a servant brought a gold box to him, because he said, "In addition to paying the tribute, I also brought a piece of rare and rare jade with me. I want to present it to Your Majesty in person."

Duan Hongdao: "I have seen countless gold and silver treasures, but few of them can be regarded as those four words. King Zhao, don't exaggerate, make a joke in this hall."

The court officials all over the palace laughed.

Zheng Yu just held the box calmly, and said, "The jade in my hand is not an excellent jade. Its rarity lies in the fact that the jade is shaped like a human being, and it is... a woman wearing a crown on her head."

As soon as these words came out, the entire hall was shocked, and they all stared at the box speechlessly.

Duan Hong was half startled and half suspicious, and hurriedly ordered Xing Yuguan, "Submit it!"

The deacon hurriedly went to hold it, and when everyone's eyes were glued to the box, there was a crisp 'bang', and a piece of topaz the size of a palm fell out of the box, falling to the ground and breaking into several pieces .

"Your Majesty, have mercy! Your Majesty, have mercy..." The deacon fell to his knees and kowtowed like garlic.

The hall was silent, Duan Hong clenched his fists tightly and sat on the chair, silent.The atmosphere was so suppressed that everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.

After a long time, Duan Hongcai raised his eyes, glanced down, and said slowly, "I want to punish this slave to death. I am afraid that the people in the world will say that I value things and despise life. If I want to forgive him, I am afraid that I will betray the kindness of King Zhao. If not, hand him over." How do you feel about giving it to King Zhao?"

Everyone praises it.

Duan Hong cast his eyes on Zheng Yu, and asked, "What does King Zhao think?"

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"The box was clearly slipped and dropped by him on purpose." The servant girl said, "Though Mr. Liu has been serving as a deacon in the palace for so many years, he has never seen any scenes, how could he not be able to hold a box."

"Don't talk nonsense like that." Bai Yan reprimanded lightly, then asked after a pause, "What happened next?"

"The intention of the palace is to hand over Mr. Liu to King Zhao for disposal."

Bai Yan nodded, and couldn't help but feel relieved. Could it be that Zheng Yu also had other plans, but what he did would only make Duan Hong want to kill him.

"Your Majesty is now enjoying music with King Zhao in Dongyang Hall. I'm afraid these few days will be..."

At this time, Ruyi hurried in and said, "Princess, a little eunuch came outside, saying that the Prime Minister is here to invite you."

Zhuangji?The Outer Dynasty and the Inner Palace have always been well watered, so what can happen at this time?

"Your servant sees that things are not going well, why don't you invite your majesty to come with you?"

"No need." Bai Yan hesitated for a while, and said, "Prime Minister has a high position and authority, so I have to argue with a weak girl." Because of the change of court clothes.

The one who led the way was a taciturn little eunuch. The little maid never answered five words along the way.Bai Yan remembered Huang's questioning a few years ago, and also thought of Zhou Ye's tragic death, she couldn't help sweating.These days, there have been a few strange servant girls and eunuchs in her courtyard, and their every move seems to be under the noses of others. If Duan Hong didn't eat and live with her, maybe even the people around her would have changed.It is said that Zhuang Ji's health is getting worse and worse, and the day of going west is not far away. At this juncture, he will still have the patience to talk to himself?

Bai Yan was secretly worried, when the eunuch in front stopped suddenly, she was slightly startled, and then heard the eunuch say, "The prime minister is inside, the princess just go in."

"Eunuch Xie." Bai Yan swept away from the corner of her eye, and saw a dozen or so guards with guns standing in front of the gate of the palace.This defense is comparable to that in front of Duan Hongdian.She took a deep breath and was about to step forward when the eunuch who led the way suddenly said to the maid behind her, "The prime minister only invites the princess in."

"Hmph!" the servant girl said, "I'm not here, the princess is mainly cold and thirsty, who will serve her?"

"The most indispensable thing here is the maid." The eunuch said to Bai Yan expressionlessly, "Princess, go in quickly, the Prime Minister has been waiting for a long time."

The maid still wanted to fight, but Bai Yan turned her head and gave her a look, and said lightly, "A Luo, you can go back."

"…Yes."

"Sister Ruyi, sister Ruyi..." Said A Luo ran into the cabinet panting, and only leaned into Ruyi's ear.

Ruyi was startled, calmed down and said, "Is this news accurate?"

"I just heard from the servant girl in the prime minister's room." A Luo said anxiously, "The prime minister is sick and anxious. Yesterday's discussion with the old general failed, and it happens that your majesty can't get away these days. It is inevitable..."

"What should I do? If the princess really makes a mistake, the more than [-] errands in the courtyard will be blamed." Ruyi said, "Well, you can go to Mrs. Shan and see if she can delay it. Time, I will go to invite Your Majesty."

"But..." Ah Luo grabbed his sleeve and said, "If the news is wrong, my sister will be charged with delaying government affairs, so what should I do?"

"How can I care so much at this moment!" Ruyi pushed her away and walked outside, "Go."

But when Ruyi arrived at Dongyang Hall, there were still many guards with swords in front of the hall, which was very strict.

"Stop, you can't enter here."

"The slave is Princess Mingyan's maidservant." Ruyi took out the sign and said, "Now I have something urgent to report to Your Majesty."

"Don't say it's a maid, even if the princess comes in person, you can't enter this door." The officer said coldly, "You go, your majesty is receiving King Zhao inside, and no one is allowed to disturb you."

"Since this is the case, then I don't want to embarrass my lord." Ruyi quietly stuffed a gold ingot into his hand, and whispered, "I don't know if my lord can make it easier for me to inform my sister, Lian'er, to come out to see her." Up side."

"Alas" the officer weighed it secretly, and said, "Just wait."

At that time, the singing and dancing in the hall was peaceful, and Duan Hong sat in the hall in more formal attire, with Zheng Yu on the right and all the officials accompanying him.

The music on both sides harmonizes, singing and dancing lightly, and the scene is very peaceful.Only one of the women who danced the sleeves sprained her ankle suddenly and nearly fell down. Although she tried her best to cover it up afterwards, the weakness was clearly seen by others.

Zheng Yuyin laughed and said, "It is said that Liangcheng is short of supplies, but I never thought that even the dancers would be so dull. If I had known this, I should have presented dozens of beauties from the Zhao country, so that Your Majesty can relax in his spare time."

Duan Hong was originally displeased because of his throwing of the jade earlier, and now he was even more displeased when he heard the words. There is no time for tea, this dance troupe was invited from the Yanyu Building, so they can't make it to the hall."

"Yes" Zheng Yu smiled slightly, served the wine to accompany the sin and said, "This Yanyu Tower can be called the number one brothel in the world after all, how could it fail to make it to the hall? It's my lack of eyesight, I punish myself with a drink."

Duan Hong sneered in his heart and remained silent.

The atmosphere eased up a little, and everyone cheered louder again.At this time, Zheng Yu looked at the vacant seat on Duan Hong's left and wondered, "Why haven't you seen Prime Minister Zhuang today?"

"The Prime Minister is not in good health recently, and he is currently recuperating." Duan Hong looked calm, but in fact his lungs were about to explode.Whether this Zheng Yu can speak or not is something that people with discerning eyes dare not touch, he just opened his mouth!Depressed, she drank the wine in one gulp. Before she could put her hand down, the spout for adding wine came up, and the wine spilled all over her body.

It's really a mold possessed by God, and everything goes wrong.Duan Hong raised his head and was about to scold the maid on shift, but he saw it was Lian'er, so he lowered his voice and shouted, "What's wrong with you?!"

"Your Majesty, forgive me..." Lian'er leaned over to wipe her earkerchief, but did not put down the wine, so half of the jug poured on Duan Hong's chest.

Duan Hong was visibly shaken, then she got up with a straight face, and said, "Yours will accompany King Zhao to have a drink first, and I will change my robes."

Zheng Yu couldn't stop laughing to himself, this group of servants Hongyang raised was also very interesting, the ones who stood in the hall were unsteady, the ones who danced were unsteady, the ones who poured wine...

"Your Majesty, I just got the news, I'm afraid Zhuangji will die." An attendant quietly approached.

"Speak less and do more." Zheng Yu looked at the dancers in the hall indifferently, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.