His Majesty And Ministers

Xu became more and more satisfied with Yang Ziran. Qiu Lie went to drink tea with Mrs. Yang two days a week, and she seemed to have the same meaning, so she became more and more determined.

Since Zhao Miaoling met the second son of the Yang family that day, her mind has been a little shaken. It's not because she thinks he can stand shoulder to shoulder with Gu Hong. It's just that such a handsome young man who makes the ladies fall in love with him is just joking around in front of her all day long. After all, she is satisfied. her vanity.

She also knew herself, a boudoir daughter who hadn't had a marriage contract at the age of eighteen was considered rare among officials and aristocrats.

Only Zhao Mingde felt different: "The Yang family has always kept their mouths shut and never got involved in party disputes. If he, Erlang of the Yang family, married my daughter of the Zhao family, he would definitely belong to my Zhao family's faction. Old man Yang didn't think so. Then wait for someone who is good at talking."

"My lord is the one everyone expects now. Seeing that the momentum is good, they are willing to be a fool." With a smile on her face, Mrs. Xu prepared the pearl hairpin for her daughter for tomorrow's hunting banquet. "Isn't the Yang family a family of loyalty? When we become relatives of our sons and daughters, are we afraid that they will lose their face?"

Zhao Mingde thought about it and felt it made sense, so he went with the mother and daughter.

This day was the last day of autumn hunting. In the afternoon, Mrs. Yang brought her servant over to drink tea with Mrs. Xu.

"Tonight is His Majesty's banquet, will sister come to the banquet?"

Xu straightened the embroidered handkerchief in his hand and said with a smile: "The emperor's banquet is a must, why? What's new?"

Mrs. Yang smiled and said: "This morning, my servant reported that a sister of mine sent me a white jade Buddha from the south of the Yangtze River. It looks very good. I would like to invite my sister to come over to have a look."

Mrs. Xu likes to play with the Jade Buddha the most on weekdays, so she couldn't help becoming interested, and said, "Really? Then I'll go and have a look."

Mrs. Yang looked embarrassed: "But the dinner..."

"It doesn't matter if you don't go to this banquet." Mrs. Xu shook her hand, and before Madam Yang suggested, she turned her head to the servant girl and said, "Go ask Miss to clean up, let's go back to the capital early."

Mrs. Yang smiled and watched the maid walk away gracefully, with a flash of thought in her eyes.

Night falls.

This feast was no different from the night when the hunting started, except for the tiredness and excitement after hunting on the faces of the young people, everything was as usual.

Jing Ye sat quietly in front of the desk, watching the cups and cups being exchanged, and the cups being exchanged.

In the second half of the banquet, Zhao Mingde stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Rong Chen presents something to His Majesty."

Jing Ye rested his elbow on the armrest and said with a smile, "What is it?"

Zhao Mingde flicked his sleeves, and saw two boys carrying up a bronze wine vessel half a person's height, lifted the copper lid, and saw the wine glistening.

Zhao Mingde said: "I offer this 'sheji wine', may your majesty be a wise king and a wise minister."

Jing Ye nodded clearly: "Zhao Qing has been working hard." Then he raised his hand and said, "Here comes the wine."

The palace servants took the jade cup from Jing Ye's case and stepped forward in small steps. The little boy who carried the wine held a long spoon in his hand to scoop up the wine, and gradually filled the jade cup.

Standing at the bottom of the steps, Zhao Mingde looked up at the little emperor's expression, calm and peaceful.

The palace man turned around and handed it to Jing Ye. Jing Ye took the wine, raised his glass to Zhao Mingde, and showed a very shallow smile.

Looking at his calm expression, Zhao Mingde suddenly felt something was wrong.

I saw the little emperor raised his neck, swallowed all the wine, then looked at the officials, and suddenly opened his eyes, "Wow", he had to spit out a mouthful of blood.

There is poison in the wine!

The courtiers were panicked, and several loyal courtiers immediately stood up and shouted "Your Majesty!" The timid ladies and ladies screamed, and the guards standing around drew their knives.

Panic.

Zhao Mingde is a person who has been through the storm. Seeing that the incident happened suddenly, it is better to retreat instead of advancing. He rushed to the throne while the palace people had no time, hugged Jing Ye's body lying on the wine table and shouted: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

The emperor's face was pale, with blood on the corner of his mouth, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at him with serene eyes.

Zhao Mingde's pupils shrank.

The dagger was hidden in the emperor's sleeve, and the moment he hugged the emperor, it pierced his heart without hindrance.

"You..." Zhao Mingde looked at Jing Ye. He never thought, including now, that the emperor killed him just like that.

"you……"

Jing Ye showed no expression, lowered his head and said softly, "This is a decent way of dying, Zhao Qing."

Yang Mansion in the capital city.

Sitting in the room, Mrs. Xu looked at Habayashi Wei in embroidered clothes outside the door, her face full of panic: "Sister, this is..."

Mrs. Yang still looked docile and docile, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't panic, only a servant came to report that there were several rebels from the previous dynasty at the Autumn Hunting Dinner. In order to prevent us and other female relatives from being coerced, His Majesty specially sent this A group of Habayashi officers and soldiers guarded us well."

"Yes, is it?" Mrs. Xu forced a smile, but felt her temples throbbing and hurting, "Then Miao Ling and the others..."

Mrs. Yang looked at her and said with a smile: "Miaoling and Yuying are together, don't worry, sister, I will personally send my sister back home when the rebels are arrested, and the white jade Buddha will also be given to my sister, so I have the right to shock you."

Mrs. Xu listened to her comfort for a while, no matter how disturbed she felt, she could only remain silent.

About half an hour later, Habayashi Weizhong entered the room alone, and saluted Mrs. Yang.

Mrs. Yang understood, got up and smiled at Mrs. Xu: "The traitor has been captured, I will send my sister back home."

Mrs. Xu saw that her expression was gentle and she did not seem to be fake, so she got up and left the house as she said, and followed her into the carriage when she came.Seeing that the carriage was surrounded by guards from his mansion, he finally felt at ease.

Zhao Miaoling also boarded another carriage with Mrs. Yang's daughter Yang Yuying.

The wheels were rumbling, driving all the way to Yang Mansion.

late at night.

In front of the main gate of the Zhao Mansion, the coachman raised the curtain of the carriage, Mrs. Xu got out of the carriage with the help of her servant, and Madam Yang smiled in the carriage: "It's late at night, please forgive me and go home first."

Xu nodded.Zhao Miaoling got down from the car, looked at the high door wall of her house in front of her, and felt a little uneasy, so she couldn't help but stepped forward and stood behind Xu.

The boy came forward and knocked on the door knocker and shouted: "Madam is back, don't open the door yet!"

There was a sound of footsteps over there, and then someone pulled the door leaf in, and the door opened.Clutching the handkerchief in one hand, Mrs. Xu entered the door surrounded by maids and servants.

There were few people along the way, Xu's heart lifted a little bit, and when he walked into the Qingpingtang where he lived, he sank suddenly.

I saw maids and servants kneeling all over the floor in the hall, a few old mothers sitting on the footstools, and all the housekeepers and ladies in the mansion kneeling at the front.

Meng Qiucui sat on the main seat in the hall, holding hot tea, with a leisurely posture, when she saw Mrs Xu coming in, she smiled and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, sister."

On the night of the last day of the autumn hunt, the people shut their doors tightly and watched rows of imperial guards moving up and down the street through the cracks in the windows.

How many family members and servants of officials woke up from their sleep, and when they woke up, they saw groups of silent and chilling soldiers, sealing off the entire mansion.

The official camp in the distance is already in chaos, but the imperial camp is still peaceful.

Jing Ye dropped a piece and looked at the chessboard again, and said with a smile, "We lost again."

Feng Ling held Bai Zi down, and said: "If Your Majesty has no other distractions, then naturally he will have the strength to fight."

Jing Ye looked at his slender fingers like jade, shook his head and said, "It's a mess outside."

Feng Ling lowered her eyes, and said for a while: "Your Majesty summoned his ministers here just to relieve fatigue by playing chess?"

Jing Ye smiled and said: "Yeah, I won't be able to sleep tonight." As he spoke, he began to pick the white pieces on the chessboard, "There is nothing wrong with the left and right, let's play another game."

Feng Ling lowered her eyes and remained silent.

Lin Xiaosheng was sitting in another tent flipping through the account books, and Ye Mao followed the little eunuch, who came in with a pile of account books and said, "Your Master, everything you want is here."

Lin Xiaosheng raised his head, took the volume he handed over, and said, "Thank you. Doesn't the father-in-law need to enter the imperial tent to serve?"

Ye Mao smiled and said, "Your Majesty is playing chess with Bachelor Feng, we don't need anything."

Lin Xiaosheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Scholar Feng?"

"That's not true." Ye Mao sighed, and said, "Your Majesty is a hard-faced and soft-hearted person. Although he has not been as close to Lord Feng as he was a while ago in the past two months, he still misses him."

Lin Xiaosheng frowned slightly.

There has been commotion outside for more than an hour. I don’t know how many officials have been arrested. According to Gu Hong’s meaning, they would rather kill by mistake than let them go. , but it is absolutely impossible not to be affected, no matter how you say it, you have to stay in prison for a few days.

But Jing Ye called Feng Ling to his side, so that even if he and Feng's family were completely pulled out of this mess, there would be no loss.

Did you protect that person like this?

Lin Xiaosheng smiled and lowered his head.