The Favorite of the Court of Joy

Sitting next to Zhao Yunxuan was Prince Rui Zhao Minghan, and sitting beside him were two men with protruding bellies, both wearing veils, Prince Rui's table was really eye-catching.Because there are rumors in the market that Prince Rui has recently got two male favourites, and he loves them very much.Some expressed surprise at his behavior, some expressed disdain, and some even secretly showed disgust.Zhao Minghan didn't take it seriously, because he never took these people seriously and didn't care what they thought.

Before the lantern fighting, Zhao Yunxuan talked about having fun with the people and creating the future together as an opening speech. After everyone chanted long live, the "light fighting" began.

Lantern boats began to move slowly on the river one after another. These lantern boats have different shapes. The boat is made like a lotus leaf holding a pink lotus flower, which is very beautiful.The bottom of some lantern boats is decorated in the shape of waves, and there are several large fish of different colors on the boat, giving people the illusion of fish flying over the water and so on.There are musicians playing and dancers dancing on every ship. The grand scene is dazzling and dizzying. Everyone is immersed in this joyful and peaceful atmosphere, some applaud and some applaud.

The emperor and officials on the dragon-shaped boat also stared at the lantern boat sailing up the river, forgetting to drink and eat for a while.

Suddenly, "Ah!" came out, and everyone looked back in surprise. It turned out that it was a male pet in purple clothes next to Prince Rui who was making the cry, and it turned out that it was the maidservant who served his table who was only staring at the colored lights outside. , and was pouring scented tea for the purple-clothed darling at hand, so careless, just looking at the lanterns without paying attention to the work at hand, the tea overflowed and wet the purple-clothed darling's clothes.

Without waiting for Prince Rui's reaction, the emperor anxiously reprimanded: "What do you do, you maidservant? Come, someone, press her down and hit her with thirty slaps."

"The emperor spares my life, the emperor spares my life..." No matter how much the court lady begged for mercy, the emperor could not take back her life.Facing the emperor's furious anger, most people wondered why the emperor cared so much about Prince Rui's male favourite, only Taishi Li and Bu Shangshu understood.

"My lord, Cao Min wants to accompany Wan Zi to change into a dry set of clothes." said Beloved in Red.

"You go."

After the beloved in red saluted the emperor and Prince Rui, he pulled the beloved in purple and said, "Let's go, Xiao Zi."

Few people could notice that Li Taishi and Bu Shangshu looked at each other, and then nodded to each other.

A small accident just passed away, and everyone's eyes turned to the colorful lantern boats on the river.

But not long after, there was a commotion on the road, as if someone shouted again: "Killer, murderer."

"Who will tell me what happened outside?" the emperor asked.

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what happened.Taishi Li and Bu Shangshu frowned slightly, as if they were very dissatisfied with the commotion about this matter.

Then, a man dressed as a fast-moving man knelt and replied, "Your Majesty, there are men in black chasing and killing the prince's favorite man on the street, and Lord Fu Yin has personally sent someone to arrest the man in black."

Then everyone heard a loud slamming sound on the table, and saw Prince Rui's face full of anger, saying: "Who is so courageous to kill this king?"

After speaking, Zhao Minghan hurriedly got off the boat without any scruples, full of anger, and headed towards the direction of the trouble.

Li Taishi whispered to the person around him, and this person slowly disappeared in a corner where everyone didn't care, to carry out Li Taishi's task for him.

But in the end, Taishi Li was disappointed.

Not long after, Zhao Minghan came back with the two veiled men in red and purple, and Yin Shizheng of Jingzhao Mansion accompanied him on the boat, and his arresters detained several men in black, and took them After binding their hands, they took off their masks and let them kneel before the emperor.

What is striking is that one of the kneeling people is a guard in Li Taishi's mansion, and those who go to Taishi's mansion will naturally pay attention to it.

"Master Li, how do you explain?" the emperor asked.

Although Li Taishi was annoyed that these idiots did not complete the task and caused trouble, he still had a calm face, stood up unhurriedly and replied, "Back to the emperor, I don't know why this person wants to assassinate Prince Rui. Male favorite. Moreover, this person dismissed Weichen half a year ago because of stealing, just because he helped Weichen's disappointing second son run out to play, and didn't take Weichen seriously. Therefore, what he is doing now What this humble minister does not know."

Zhao Yunxuan half-closed his eyes and looked at Li Taishi, and said in his heart: What an explanation, a few words really cleared things up completely, amazing, old fox.

Zhao Minghan really hated his hypocritical appearance, and said, "Hmph, Grand Master Li, you just want to get rid of the relationship with one sentence?"

"What I'm talking about is the truth, and it's not about disregarding the relationship. I don't know about this matter." Grand Master Li firmly denied, anyway, he had already prepared a way out, and he would never involve himself.

Zhao Yunxuan also knew that it would not be so easy to catch Grand Master Li, so he had to interrogate the assassin first, "What's your name, why did you assassinate that purple-clothed man?"

"Back to the emperor, the grass-roots man is called Chen San. Because I hate that person, I want to kill him."

"Hate?" Zhao Yunxuan was puzzled, Wan Zi is a gentle person, it is impossible to provoke such a killer, "Why hate?"

This man named Chen San looked fearless, as if he had put life and death aside.He glanced at Prince Rui, and said: "Prince Rui's two male favorites were originally the signature Qianhong and Wanzi of Xunhuan Pavilion, but for some reason, they became Prince Rui's male favorites. Caomin often go to look for them. Huan Pavilion is looking for fun, and I like the beloved Wanzi in purple the most."

Speaking of this, those who didn't know turned their eyes to Zhao Minghan again, and they all shook their heads inwardly, with contempt in their hearts: Prince Rui's male pets are nothing more than raising male pets, but they are actually the male pets Qianhong and Wanzi in Xunhuan Pavilion. "

Chen San went on to say: "For him, the grass people spent all their money, but they still couldn't kiss Fangze. The grass people had spent all their money, so they had to steal the master's silver. At first, they managed to steal a lot of money. Half a year The last time I stole was discovered by Taishi Li, he fired me. Cao Min lost such a good position because of Wan Zi, Cao Min really hated him, and has been looking for him. Today I saw Wan Zi in On the dragon boat, they kept staring at him, looking for an opportunity to kill him to vent their hatred. But there were so many guards on the dragon boat, the grass people had no way to attack. Finally, God had eyes, and finally let the grass people wait for the opportunity. He got off the boat, and there were There was only one Qianhong, who was helpless, Caomin and several brothers teamed up to arrest him, intending to humiliate them first and then kill them."

"Hahaha..." Chen San laughed suddenly, and said with a dead face, "I don't know that God still doesn't have eyes, and he refused to give me such a good opportunity, yet Lord Fu Yin and Prince Rui rushed over. I Hate God."

Both Zhao Minghan and Zhao Yunxuan tried their best to control their anger. They really didn't expect that those people in the dark would want to rape and then kill the two darlings! ! !

Fortunately, they had expected that Li Taishi and others would not miss the good opportunity to attack today, so they had already made arrangements.

Zhao Minghan felt ridiculous looking at Chen San's appearance as if he had perfectly completed the task assigned by his master, and asked him: "According to what you mean, you have been to Xunhuan Pavilion many times, and you have seen thousands of reds and purples many times. So you can tell it's them even though they're veiled?"

"That's right, the grass people hate them to death, even if they turn into ashes, the grass people can recognize them."

Zhao Minghan rolled his eyes at them, smiled, and said, "Take off your veils."

"Yes, my lord."

How could this thick and powerful man's voice sound like the soft voice of Xunhuan Pavilion's favorite.Grand Master Li secretly thought it was not good.

Sure enough, after the man in red and the man in purple tore off their veils, what was revealed were Prince Rui's two guards, Leng Shuang and Leng Feng.These two guards are often by Prince Rui's side, and it is also common for everyone.

"Keep your eyes open and look carefully, are they the favorites of Xunhuan Pavilion?"

Chen San's eyes widened in surprise, and he didn't dare to blink. The only words in his mind were "how could this be?".

Zhao Minghan looked at him and said, "Why do you have such a surprised expression now? You are bold and full of lies. Say you were ordered by someone."

Chen San resolutely denied it, "No one instigated, what Caomin said is true. Who knows whether Prince Rui has dropped Qianhong and Wanzi."

"From the beginning to the end, I have never said that they are my male favourites, let alone that they are Qianhong and Wanzi from Xunhuan Pavilion, and they have never changed people. But you kept saying that you are wearing a veil Or you can recognize it even when it turns into ashes?" So you can't talk too much about being a human being.

Chen San couldn't argue anymore, this was not the same as what his master said, he had never seen a thousand reds and purples, but the master affirmed that the purple clothes are thousands of purples, and the red clothes are thousands of reds.Their main target is the favorite in purple.It turned out that they had stepped into the trap designed by Prince Rui early in the morning.No wonder the brothers chased and killed the two darlings, even though they put in so much effort, they couldn't outrun them. They were Prince Rui's effective guards, and their abilities and martial arts were above them.

Chen San sneaked a glance at his master, but the master looked away and wiped his neck with his hands. Chen San immediately understood what kind of ending he was about to face.

I saw Chen San standing up, and then he plunged down with his head downward, piercing two holes in the plank of the boat, and his brain was injured so much that blood sprang out instantly, and he might not survive.This moment was so sudden that those who were scared screamed again and again, even if Zhao Minghan wanted to pull him, it was too late.

"Quickly tell the imperial physician, it's not that easy to want to die without saying clearly."

Chen San was pulled out, his face was horrific, even though Imperial Physician Yang rushed over, he was still powerless, he shook his head and said: "Go back to the emperor, lord, this person has passed away."

Li Taishi and Bu Shangshu on the side both let out a deep breath.

Chen San died, and his accomplices committed suicide by taking poison together.Although we all know who did it, there is still no evidence to testify against someone, so we can only let it go.

Zhao Yunxuan had no intention of admiring the lanterns, and after looking at a lantern boat that was more pleasing to the eye, he designated it as the first name. The victorious emperor kowtowed happily to thank him.

Zhao Yunxuan talked about the scene again, and then got off the dragon boat, and went to the next side lantern boat carrying the empress and concubine Ying.As soon as he entered the boat, the four of them saluted and said in unison: "See Your Majesty."

"All free."

"Did you four have a good time tonight?"

"Your Majesty, those lanterns are so beautiful, I'm going to buy a few to take back to the Palace later."

That's right, the person who spoke was Zhang Xiaoqian.In fact, he and Wan Zi were arranged to be on this ship early in the morning.It's just that they don't know that there are two other women on board, they are Xue Yanru and Zheng Yinger.They just thought that they were sent by Zhao Minghan to serve them, but their clothes were so gorgeous and elegant, they didn't look like maids at all.One of the girls, who claimed to be surnamed Zheng, talked a lot, and she was familiar with her, so she immediately opened up the topic, and the other one was surnamed Xue.Chatting with them, Zhang Xiaoqian and Wan Zi felt that they were very close to these two women, and they didn't look at them with any disgust or contempt.

Zhao Yunxuan smiled and said, "Uncle Nine Emperors dotes on you so much, if you open your mouth, Uncle Nine Emperors will definitely agree." Then, he looked at the other one and said, "How about it? You have a lantern you like."

"Well, I want a lantern in the shape of a bunny." Wan Zi said.

"Your majesty, you don't even ask me what Yanru and I like, it's really biased." The person who spoke was Zheng Yinger.

"Okay, what do you like, tell me, I will buy one for you."

"It's almost there."

Seeing their acquaintance, Wan Zi panicked, Yanru?Could it be that the beautiful woman in front of me, with firm muscles and orchid-like breath, is the current Queen Xue Yanru? "You... are you the queen?"

"Shh!" Xue Yanru gestured, and then said with a smile, "I'm just an ordinary woman Xue Yanru who goes on tour in low clothes." Then, she took the hand of the person beside her and said, "This is my good sister Zheng Yinger."

Zhang Xiaoqian on the side was also very surprised. The person who chatted with them for so long was actually the current queen. I wonder why he has the illusion that the main room is deliberately approaching the outer room with a kind face.I remember Zhao Minghan said that Xue Yanru is a good woman, but I hope he is overthinking.Wan Zi didn't have this uneasy mentality.He was a shameful existence, but now the queen is in front of him, she is so dignified and majestic, she is so overpowering, Wan Zi feels very inferior in her heart, bows her head, a little ashamed.

Zhao Yunxuan sensed his small thoughts, held him tightly in his arms, and said, "You're thinking wildly again, aren't you?"

"No...no, I'm thinking about the bunny lantern I want."

Xue Yanru and Zheng Yinger looked at Zhao Yunxuan and Wan Zi who were interacting with each other with a smile, and there was not even a trace of jealousy in their eyes, or feeling inappropriate.Zhang Xiaoqian stared at them, he really couldn't figure it out, are these two people really the queen and concubine?Can you really tolerate the emperor ignoring them like this?