I am a ruler in troubled times

Song Peiyu was originally very fair and clean. In the past, she mostly wore light colors such as blue and black. Coupled with Song Peiyu's harmless temperament, she always gave people a warm and peaceful feeling like white jade.

Now that she has changed into a vermilion brocade robe, Song Peiyu's face is instantly ruddy, and even the color between her brows is stronger than before, making people's eyes rest on him unknowingly.

Among the envoys who came to Yan State, King Liang and Chong Yi had the highest status, followed by King Xiang of Chu State and King Nanyang County of Chen State.

Although Liang Wang is still the lord of Xiliang, he has reached a tacit understanding with Zhao Guo long ago.

After arriving in the country of Yan, Chongyi was the first priority in everything, so he had to write a big "Zhao" on his chest.

The state of Chu and the state of Zhao have formed an alliance for more than ten years. Both sides have benefited from each other, and the relationship is getting closer and closer.

Although King Xiang is a prince, he is only a prince.

Chong Yi is the Prince of Zhao, the future Emperor Zhao.

When everyone met, King Xiang gave way to King Liang, so naturally he would not compete with Chong Yi again, making himself uncomfortable.

On the day of Emperor Xiao's birthday, King Liang and King Xiang deliberately rushed to the place where Zhao's envoys stayed, and then rushed to the palace where the birthday banquet was held together with Chong Yi and Song Peiyu.

Immediately after the group entered the palace, an inner eunuch wearing the official uniform of a third-rank eunuch greeted them, and pointed out three different positions for Chong Yi, King Liang, and King Xiang respectively.

Song Peiyu looked at the position pointed by the eunuch, except that Zhao Guo's envoys were in the front, Liang Wang and Xiang Wang were in the back, and they were even worse than Yanzhou envoys and Qingzhou envoys.

Liang Wang and Xiang Wang showed displeasure on their faces, but they didn't explode immediately, but looked at Chong Yi.

"You sit with me and let Pingzhang go to the back."

Chong Yi kept walking, and went straight to the first seat on the lower left of Emperor Xiao. Opposite him was the seat of King Chen Nanyang.

Counting down, there are the clan and important ministers of Yan State, among which there are also the seats of envoys of Qingzhou, envoys of Yanzhou, King Liang and King Xiang.

King Liang and King Xiang didn't bother to pay attention to the eunuch who was trying to stop him, and walked forward behind Chong Yi, not caring at all that they had no way to be the master when they sat with Chong Yi, they could only sit in the subordinate position.

The people brought by King Liang and King Xiang consciously followed Ping Zhang, looking for the seats of King Liang and King Xiang.

After the eunuch received the errand to invite the prince of Zhao and others to the table, he thought about many possibilities, and even made preparations for King Liang and King Xiang to attack him on the spot.

But he didn't expect that these people would ignore him at all and just change the arrangements that the Yan Kingdom had made on their own, completely without the self-consciousness of taking things as they please.

After the eunuch was stunned for a moment, he immediately wanted to persuade King Liang and King Xiang to take their seats, but Song Peiyu blocked the way impartially.

Song Peiyu is in a good mood today, she is not stingy to do a good deed.

He kindly reminded the eunuch who still wanted to pester him, "Be careful of getting into trouble."

The position at the banquet must not be decided by the eunuch in front of him. King Liang and King Xiang also understood this, so they didn't bother to vent their anger on this eunuch.

If the eunuch continues to pester him, it's uncertain.

Regardless of his reaction after listening to his words too much, Song Peiyu had already followed Chong Yi's voice calling him and left.

The eunuch still had some self-knowledge, so he didn't appear in front of Chong Yi and the others again, but there are always people who don't have self-knowledge in this world.

King Liang and King Xiang would not give face to these people.

One of them is the lord of Xiliang, who has been in charge of his own family for many years, and the other is the most beloved nephew of Emperor Chu, whose status in Chu State is even far higher than that of many princes and grandchildren, so it goes without saying that they are arrogant.

Besides, they didn't accept Yan's invitation for the sake of friendship with Yan, but came for Zhao.

Yan Guo didn't give them face, so they naturally wouldn't give Yan Guo a good look.

Song Peiyu and Chong Yi sat in the main seat and the vice seat respectively, eating cakes and drinking tea, watching Liang Wang and Xiang Wang cursing the people of Yan to pass the time.

King Liang and King Xiang deserved to be friends for many years, and they even had a tacit understanding when they cursed.

King Liang was in charge of attacking the vital points, and King Xiang was in charge of yin and yang. People in Yan State dared not scold them back, let alone make a move.

Even the Great Sima of the State of Yan didn't get the good looks of King Liang and King Xiang.

As soon as Da Sima heard King Liang and King Xiang speak, he realized that the situation was not good, and he winked at Song Peiyu again and again, hoping that Song Peiyu could smooth things over.

However, Song Peiyu was concentrating on talking to Chongyi, looking at Chongyi intently, as if he didn't notice Da Sima.

Da Sima could neither hold Song Peiyu's arm to make Song Peiyu notice him, nor cross the desk to stand between Chong Yi and Song Peiyu.

After hearing a few words of sarcasm from King Liang and King Xiang, Da Sima immediately gave up his original purpose, ended the conversation within three sentences, then turned around and left, walking as fast as if there was a ghost chasing him.

Da Sikong and Da Situ also noticed that something was wrong with the seat on the lower left of Emperor Xiao, and they were standing together watching Da Sima flee.

Da Sikong sneered again and again, "People don't bother him, but he has no face to look for it himself. He really has nothing to do."

"Lord Sima may be afraid that when His Majesty comes down, seeing these people sitting together or so close to His Majesty will make His Majesty feel uncomfortable." Wu Jinfei said with a smile, making it difficult to tell whether he was To excuse Da Sima, he even satirized Emperor Xiao together.

The lord of Xiliang and the prince of Chu State did not sit in the good master seats, and they insisted on going to the subordinate seats in Zhao Guo's seat, and they didn't even care if they couldn't get the deputy seat.

With the support of King Liang and King Xiang, the prince of Zhao Guo is even more pompous than Emperor Xiaodi.

With the size of Emperor Xiao's mind, it would be strange to be happy after seeing these people who are under his nose.

After Da Sima left the seat of Zhao Guo's envoy, he also saw Da Sikong and Da Situ, and immediately walked over, "Look at Zhao Guo..."

"Whoever arranges the seat will be dealt with." Da Sikong immediately interrupted Da Sima, preventing Da Sima from finishing his sentence.

At the very beginning, they honestly ranked Liang Wang and Xiang Wang according to their identities, so how could there be any embarrassment now.

Wu Jinfei coughed lightly, but he wasn't afraid that the two would quarrel.

Although Da Sikong is usually a bit mean, Da Sima has a good temper and will never argue with Da Sikong, but now he has more important things to confirm with Da Sima.

"What choice did your lord make in the end about yesterday's incident?" Wu Jinfei asked in a voice that only three people could hear.

Da Sima sighed, with a hint of melancholy between his brows, he didn't answer Wu Jinfei's words, but just nodded his head almost invisibly.

Da Sikong also sighed, and said in a low voice, "I hope it's just that we are worrying too much, and the arrangement we made is superfluous."

Just as Wu Jinfei wanted to comfort his two colleagues, the clock rang at noon, followed by the sound of whips being whipped at the entrance of the main hall.

This is to remind the people in the hall that Emperor Xiao's guard of honor is approaching.

Everyone in the main hall who communicated with each other returned to their positions amidst the sound of whips, and looked solemnly at the entrance of the main hall.

An angry voice sounded from the eunuch, "King Gong, King Jing, King Qian..."

Although Emperor Qing had more than ten brothers, Emperor Xiao also had more than ten brothers, and these two emperors were "generous" to make their brothers princes.

But there are only five princes in the royal family of Yan.

The officials in the hall got up one after another, waiting for the princes to enter the hall.

Chong Yi, however, sat in his original position with his hand on his face, casually staring at the entrance of the main hall, without any intention of getting up, his idle appearance was like a spectator waiting for a good show to come on stage.

Chong Yi did not move, nor did King Liang and King Xiang.

Those who come in are princes, and they are also princes. Who is nobler than whom?

Why do they have to stand up.

Song Peiyu chuckled silently, shook off Chong Yi's hand on his lap under the table and stood up, not forgetting to make room for King Liang and King Xiang behind, so that King Liang, King Xiang and Prince Yan who were entering the hall could see each other .

This is the first time that Song Peiyu has seen Prince Gong since Prince Gong stopped coming to Qingshan Palace every day to 'boil the eagle'.

Compared with the gloomy Prince Gong when they met for the first time, it is no exaggeration to say that the Prince Gong at this time is in high spirits, and even his back is straighter than the King Jing and King Qian beside him.

It's a pity that Prince Gong's high spirits only lasted for a while.

After he glanced at the seat of Zhao Guo's envoy, a guilty conscience was visible on his face, and even his footsteps were hurried than before, and he rushed to the front by accident, causing other people to focus on him frequently.

After the princes of Yan Kingdom took their seats, they were the concubines of the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xiao.

In addition to the empress dowager, only the four concubines in Emperor Xiao's harem are eligible to participate in this kind of formal occasion where not only the harem of the previous dynasty is present, but also envoys from other countries.

This was the first time Song Peiyu met the Queen Mother.

Compared with the fourth concubine who came from the Yan family behind her, the queen mother is very in line with the characteristics of Jiangnan women in terms of her petite figure and exquisite facial features.

Although the years are gone, the years have left new things for the Queen Mother except wrinkles.

Although the fourth concubine who was not far from the queen mother was dressed in brocade clothes and dressed like a fairy concubine, she followed behind the queen mother like four big servant girls.

When Song Peiyu looked at the queen mother, the queen mother also looked at Song Peiyu immediately.

Even though she had never met Song Peiyu before, the Queen Mother was sure that she would not mistake someone.

This face has tormented her in her sleep for decades, and every time it would mercilessly take away the child she was protecting in her arms.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was looking at him and stopped, Song Peiyu smiled amiably.

Everyone in the family said that he looked more like Song Jinyu than Song Jingming, but Mrs. Song said that he was not like Song Jinyu, but that both he and Song Jinyu were like Song Liangci.

The queen mother unconsciously clenched her palms, and the nails that hadn't fully healed were split again. The severe pain just made the queen mother barely maintain her sanity.

She turned her head away fiercely and continued to walk forward.

Song Peiyu, he will not survive the fifth watch!

Still sitting on the chair, Chong Yi who was in a daze suddenly sat up straight and looked at the Queen Mother.

He felt a strong killing intent from the Queen Mother, even more determined than Chen Guo Nanyang County King's killing intent towards him.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Chong Yi's hand touching his waist. Song Peiyu immediately ignored the empress dowager, and quickly pressed Chong Yi's shoulder with his wide sleeves, and lowered his head to mouth to Chong Yi.

'fish'

In the fish ponds that have been delineated, the Queen Mother is both the baited fish and the bait for fishing, so there must be no accidents before the net is completely closed.

A smile flashed in Chong Yi's eyes, and he spread out his hands on his waist for Song Peiyu to see.

It was not the hidden weapon that Song Peiyu imagined, but a candy wrapped in kraft paper.

The last person to enter the hall was Emperor Xiao.

On the contrary, Emperor Xiao didn't dress very grandly, he only wore ordinary clothes, and he didn't even wear a crown on his head, only an auspicious cloud hairpin carved from golden silk nanmu.

Chong Yi took the initiative to get up, taking advantage of everyone's eyes on Emperor Xiao, peeled the hard candy out of the kraft paper and stuffed it into Song Peiyu's mouth.

When Song Peiyu noticed Chong Yi's bold action, Song Peiyu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and before he had time to think, he subconsciously opened his mouth when Chong Yi's hand was stretched out.

It wasn't until the sweetness spread on her tongue that Song Peiyu remembered to look at the expressions of the people around her.

Very well, everyone is looking at Emperor Xiao, but no one notices him and Chong Yi.

It's a pity that Song Peiyu didn't have eyes in the back of her head, so she didn't know that King Liang and King Xiang who had stood up with Chong Yi were exchanging glances frantically.

Emperor Xiao always had a friendly smile on his face, until he saw Ping Zhang at the place where King Xiang was supposed to be seated, the smile on the corner of his mouth suddenly froze.

Then he immediately looked at the seat of Zhao Guo's envoy.

Song Peiyu watched the whole process of Emperor Xiao's smile froze until he couldn't smile at all, and actively lowered his head to avoid being seen by Emperor Xiao's smile.

Chong Yi did not have the kindness of Song Peiyu. He found that Emperor Xiao had set his gaze on him, and he looked back without giving in. It was obviously a very peaceful gaze, but it made Emperor Xiao feel that he was being pinched by Chong Yi's neck, and he was embarrassed. look away.

After taking the initiative to look away, Emperor Xiao's heart was filled with uncontrollable anger.

He was actually suppressed by a junior?

Emperor Xiao put too much attention on the seat of Zhao Guo's envoys, so that he stopped a long time ago without knowing it, and he didn't notice that the courtiers looked at him more and more strangely.

This time, even Da Sikong, who never cared about whether Emperor Xiao was ashamed, couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help reminding Emperor Xiao, "Your Majesty, hurry up and take your seat, the Empress Dowager is waiting for you."

Emperor Xiao was brought back to his senses by Da Sikong, subconsciously raised his head to look at the queen mother.

The queen mother was looking down at him, eyes full of sarcasm and contempt.

As a matter of course, Emperor Xiao transferred the anger towards the envoys of Zhao to the Queen Mother. When he looked at the Queen Mother's expression carefully, he found that he was wrong.

The Empress Dowager was sitting on it dignifiedly and gracefully, looking at him calmly.

Finding that Emperor Xiao was looking at her silently, the Queen Mother raised a loving smile and waved to Emperor Xiao, "Your Majesty, come quickly, if you delay, you will miss the auspicious time of Qin Tianjian."

Emperor Xiao didn't dare to get angry with Zhao Guo's envoys who insisted on confronting him. He also knew that it was not a good time to be angry with the Queen Mother. Not as relaxed and proud as when you first entered the door.

For Emperor Xiao's birthday, Yan State invited people from other countries in Kyushu to come to watch the ceremony. Naturally, it wanted to show the strength of Yan State and frighten other countries.

After the birthday banquet officially started, it was time for Yan Guo to carefully prepare.

It's a pity that Emperor Xiao and the Queen Mother had just sat down, Chong Yi sat back on the chair unceremoniously, and even took Song Peiyu's arm, pulling Song Peiyu to sit down too.

King Liang and King Xiang just followed Chong Yi's movements, and when they found Chong Yi sitting down, they sat down without hesitation, not caring what the Emperor Yan above and the officials below Yan thought.

Zhao Guo's envoys don't feel embarrassed, and the embarrassing people become Chen Guo's envoys.

The King of Nanyang County of Chen State looked up at the Empress Dowager who was sitting beside Emperor Xiao.

For the sake of the Empress Dowager, he was naturally willing to stand and watch the ceremony.

But after the leaders of Zhao, Xiliang, and Chu sat down, he was still standing. Doesn't it seem that Chen is inferior to these three places?

After seeing the queen mother's gesture, the female official in pink clothes behind the queen mother raised her head to look at Nanyang County King who was looking at this side, and nodded almost invisibly.

The King of Nanyang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down.

The envoys of Qingzhou and Yanzhou, who were already extremely upset because they were arranged in the rear, saw this, looked at each other, and sat back in their seats.

Although they are not princes or county kings, they represent the faces of Qingzhou King and Yanzhou King when they walk in Yan Country.

If I had known that the State of Yan would set up the seats of Zhao Guo and Chen Guo at the front, but set the seats of Qingzhou and Yanzhou in the middle of a group of third-rank officials, they would not have come to Yan State to celebrate Emperor Xiao's birthday. .

It's not that I dislike living too comfortably, and I have to find happiness for myself.

It is a waste of manpower and material resources to send the face to others for thousands of miles, and you have to adjust the position yourself.

That's not cheap.

With Chongyi taking the lead, the envoys of all countries refused to buy it.

Not only Emperor Xiao couldn't laugh, but also Prince Yan and many elders who were still standing couldn't laugh either.

They deliberately set up complicated birthday celebrations to show the prestige of the Yan Kingdom and the filial emperor's respect, instead of putting on a monkey show for these envoys like they are doing now.

The person closest to Zhao Guo's envoy's seat could even see Zhao Guo's prince untie the purse from his waist, take out six small and lovely golden nudes from it, and put them on the desk in front of him.

The official of the Ministry of Rites who was in charge of loudly reminding Yan officials of the process of congratulating the birthday also saw Chong Yi's movements, and suddenly, like a rooster that was about to crow but was strangled by the neck, completely forgot what he was going to say next.

In the silence, King Xiang took out his purse to no avail, pulled off the jade pendant from his waist, and with skill, threw it towards the desk in front of them along the gap between Chong Yi and Song Peiyu.

With a bang, the jade pendant landed next to the six gold nudes.

King Liang smiled lightly, he also had gold nudes in his purse, a pair of jade pendants around his waist, and he also had his own soldiers standing behind him.

Liang Wang spread out his palm full of tiny scars and calluses, with his fingertips hanging backwards on his shoulders.

King Liang's soldiers were stunned, and when the officials from the Ministry of Rites finally caught their breath and began to direct Yanchen to continue to pay respects to his birthday, the soldiers of King Liang began to frantically turn over the positions of their chests and sleeves, even He looked down at the boots on his feet.

Fortunately, King Liang's soldiers remembered in time that he still had a purse around his waist, so he didn't do the indecent act of taking off his boots in public.

Hearing the movement behind, Song Peiyu took out a silver mirror that was bigger than the palm of his hand from his cuff, and leaned against the fruit plate on the desk. Not only he and Chong Yi could see the movements of King Liang's soldiers through the silver mirror, but also King Liang and Xiang Xiang. The king can see it too.

King Liang took the purse of his personal soldier in his hand, unceremoniously opened the pouch and looked inside.

One gold coin, two silver coins, and the rest are copper coins.

King Liang put the purse that had been opened on his lap, supported the purse with one hand, reached into the purse with the other hand to take out money, and threw copper coins one by one on the desk in front of Chong Yi and Song Peiyu.

I have to say that Liang Wang is worthy of being a battle-tested general, and his throwing skills are much better than that of Xiang Wang.

When King Xiang's jade pendant was thrown on the desk in front of Chong Yi and Song Peiyu, the six gold nudes neatly placed together twisted and almost fell under the desk.

The copper plate thrown by King Liang landed on the same spot every time, making the crisp sound of the copper plate hitting.

Not only the officials of the Ministry of Rites who were already on the verge of collapse couldn't bear this torture, but Emperor Xiao couldn't bear this kind of humiliation even more.

Emperor Xiao looked at Liang Wang sharply, "Liang Wang! I kindly invited you to my birthday banquet, and I didn't ask you to deliberately cause trouble!"

Liang Wang was not angry but happy, he held back his sulking because of Chong Yi's face, and didn't immediately argue with Yan Guo, how could Emperor Xiao have the face to take the initiative to trouble him?

"Isn't it a good intention for me to come to the banquet as the honor of King Liang?" King Liang threw the purse on his lap to King Xiang beside him. Is it the way of hospitality in your country of Yan? A bare-faced boy with no hair is worthy to sit in front of this king?"

Song Peiyu had already prepared, and before going out, she specially chose a white jade carved folding fan to fasten around her waist. With the fan and the wide sleeves, she could hide the schadenfreude smile on her face.

As for the two or three points that were not blocked...

After all, it was because things were too funny that he couldn't hold back.

People who want to come to the boss of Yan country can also understand.

Poor Chen Guo Nanyang County King, who just sat there without doing anything, turned into a bare-faced boy with no hair, neither angry nor not angry, the expression on his face was extremely weird.

Emperor Xiao was questioning King Liang, but he didn't expect to be questioned back, so he didn't know what to say.

He would not be afraid of King Liang, but he had suffered a great loss from Zhao Guo just now, and King Liang was the only one who followed the prince of Zhao Guo...

Even the Queen Mother didn't expect that Emperor Xiao, who took the initiative to find trouble, would be silenced by King Liang's rhetorical question.

"Why does King Liang get angry? It seems that the person in charge of arranging the seats is not sensible, and this happens." The Queen Mother looked at the pale-faced King of Nanyang County, "Feng'er, why don't you give up the seat to King Liang?"

The King of Nanyang County immediately got up and bowed to the Queen Mother, his tone full of grievances, "It is also the first time for my nephew to come to Chen Guo, and after entering the hall, it is all based on the arrangement of the eunuch who leads the way. Seeing King Liang and King Xiang sitting in Zhao Guo Although I find it strange that the two princes have a close personal relationship with the Crown Prince of Zhao, I thought they were sitting there on purpose."

Speaking of this, the King of Nanyang County turned around and bowed to the seat of Zhao Guo's envoy, "If the two princes had told Xiao Wang earlier that they were dissatisfied with the seat arrangement, Xiao Wang would definitely give up the seat to the two princes immediately."

Song Peiyu's movement of shaking the folding fan speeded up silently.

Compared with Emperor Yonghe, who only knew how to get angry, the empress dowager and the king of Nanyang were much smarter in retreating, which was tantamount to throwing the problem back on King Liang.

Regardless of whether King Liang chooses to sit in the seat vacated by the King of Nanyang County, or chooses to still sit in the seat of Zhao Guo.

This matter will change from Yan Guo's rudeness at the beginning to both Yan Guo and Liang Wang's fault.

Yan Guo is rude to those who organize birthday banquets.

However, King Liang had to bear the reputation of being immodest and fussy.

Song Peiyu raised her index finger and shook it close to the silver mirror.

After seeing Song Peiyu's movements, King Liang let go of the sword on his waist, and the obvious anger on his face turned into a half-smile.

"I have heard for a long time that without the empress dowager, Xiaoxing would not be able to ascend the throne. I did not expect that after more than 20 years, Xiaoxing still has not made any progress, and still needs the empress dowager to take care of him."

The Empress Dowager did not answer King Liang's words, but an invisible smile flashed across her lowered eyelids, and even her dislike for King Liang dissipated a little.

She just needs such affirmation as King Liang.

The Emperor Yan could not do without the support of her, Xue Zilian.

Song Peiyu didn't notice the Empress Dowager's ecstasy, but she could see the displeasure flickering across the eyebrows of Sima Yan, who was sitting diagonally across from him.

It's just that I don't know whether this dislike is for the king of Liang or the king of Liang, or... the empress dowager.

Although Liang Wang took the initiative to sit back, he stopped throwing copper coins.

However, the long-prepared birthday ceremony of the Yan Kingdom was cut in half.

Everyone sat back to their seats with different expressions, until the maids and eunuchs in new clothes came in with food boxes in their hands, the stagnant atmosphere in the hall eased a little.

Emperor Xiao had long since lost all expectations for this birthday.

Now he just wants to end his birthday quickly, and then drive Zhao's envoys out of Luoyang.

He never wants to see anyone related to Zhao Guo in his life!

Therefore, Emperor Xiao deliberately changed the imperial decree, which would only be read at the end of the banquet, to read it before the banquet began.

The courtiers had known for a long time that Emperor Xiao was going to announce the imperial decree for the establishment of the crown prince on his birthday, and they even knew the candidate for the crown prince in advance.

Not only did they not mind that Emperor Xiao would announce the imperial decree to establish the crown prince in advance, but they also felt from the bottom of their hearts that Emperor Xiao had finally made the right decision since Zhao's envoys came to Yan.

Now that the imperial decree to establish the crown prince is read out, it can just cut off the embarrassment that happened just now, so that it will not continue to spread.

The queen mother's thoughts were completely different from those of the courtiers. She paused for a moment while holding the teacup, and looked at Emperor Xiao deeply, "Didn't your majesty ask Qin Tianjian to choose an auspicious time? Why don't you wait..."

Emperor Xiao impatiently interrupted the Queen Mother, "I can't wait to let everyone know who my prince is."

The Empress Dowager still wanted to continue to stop her, but Emperor Xiao didn't give the Empress Dowager any chance. He personally picked up the imperial decree held by the eunuch close to him, looked at the courtiers for a while, and then put it on Da Sima, "Please Da Sima read this for me!" A decree."

Da Sima immediately got up and stepped forward, finally showing the first smile of the day on his face.

After he approached Emperor Xiao, he was not in a hurry to get the imperial decree, but bent down and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty for fulfilling his wish on his birthday, and finally has a successor. His Royal Highness must be a pure, filial and intelligent person to enter the palace." your eyes."

When Emperor Xiao heard this, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and even his eyes became much gentler, and he was no longer as irritable as before.

The content of this imperial decree was completely beyond the expectations of everyone in the hall.

Emperor Xiao first announced the establishment of the fifth prince as the crown prince, and then established the concubine Xian as the successor, and then gave the fifth prince the status of the first son.

Whether the child is more expensive according to the mother or the mother is more expensive according to the child, has been clearly reflected in the order of precedence.

Although many unplanned things happened at the beginning of the banquet, the double happiness at this time, no, the triple happiness, still made the Yan officials in the hall smile.

The establishment of a prince will make the foundation of Yan State more solid.

This is also a good thing for courtiers.

Amidst the laughter, the princes of the Yan Kingdom went to toast to Emperor Xiao and the fifth prince who had just been made the crown prince.After Prince Yan, there are elders like Princess Showa and veterans who have been waiting for a long time.

Surrounded by a lively and festive atmosphere, Emperor Xiao also forgot the unhappiness that had just happened, and the hostility between his brows was gradually replaced by happiness.

At this time, Zhao Guo's envoys also had special winks, knowing that Emperor Xiao was impatient with them, so he didn't deliberately disgust Emperor Xiao, and was taking the time to eat a feast to fill his stomach.

Looking at the entire hall, only the people on the seats of Zhao Guo's envoys were busy cooking.

Song Peiyu was afraid that if she didn't eat now, she wouldn't be able to eat later, and she might starve.

Chong Yi is watching Song Peiyu eat, he is obviously not hungry but has an appetite.

The reason why Liang Wang and Xiang Wang only cared about eating is even simpler.

It is impossible for them to flatter Emperor Xiao, what else can they do without food?

Suddenly, a palace lady in pink came to the side of Zhao's envoy's seat, and said softly, "Which one is Lord Song Peiyu? The Empress Dowager is enjoying the wine."

Obviously Hongqin's voice was not loud, but after Hongqin finished saying this, the people who were near Zhao Guo's envoy's seat stopped what they were doing, and their eyes fell on the cup held by Hongqin. On the jug.

Song Peiyu wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, got up from her seat, and bowed in the direction of the Queen Mother, "Thank you, Queen Mother, for the reward."

More people noticed the commotion here, and looked at the Queen Mother and Song Peiyu with different expressions.

Emperor Xiao looked at Hongqin sharply, "What kind of wine did the Empress Dowager reward?"

Hongqin was silent and blessed, "Returning to Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager will reward Lord Song with white pear blossoms."

"Master Song is in his prime, what do you drink with pear blossoms?" Emperor Xiao waved his hand, and said to the eunuch beside him, "Go and get deer wine for Master Song."

Following the Queen Mother's eyes, Hongqin walked slowly to Song Peiyu's side, raised her hand and poured the wine from the jug into the glass in front of Song Peiyu, and said softly, "This is the latest pear blossom white this year. It is the most fresh and mellow but not intoxicating. .”

A stern look flashed across Emperor Xiao's brows, and he stood up from his chair suddenly, and was about to have Hong Qin dragged out and beaten to death with sticks, when Chong Yi picked up the wine that Hong Qin had just poured and drank it down in one gulp.

Emperor Xiao immediately forgot what he was going to do, and stared at Chong Yi dumbfounded, "You..."

Chong Yi drank the wine and put the wine glass back on the table, the clear and crisp sound was knocking on the hearts of Emperor Xiao and many Yan officials.

However, he turned a blind eye to the reactions of Emperor Xiao and Yan officials, and continued to cook without raising his head.

However, his actions are extremely elegant, even when he is eating, he looks pleasing to the eye, even if he eats a little faster and eats a little more, it is not at all rude.

Song Peiyu asked the people present what they were most concerned about, "Does Your Highness feel that the taste of wine is strange?"

Chong Yi stopped his chopsticks and looked up at Song Peiyu, "Bad wine, bad drink, she lied."

Hongqin also seemed to be frightened by Chongyi's actions. After hearing Chongyi's words, she immediately knelt on the ground, "I dare not!"

Song Peiyu slapped the folding fan on the desk, her tone became more and more excited, "Does it smell weird, you..."

Sikong Yan Guoda was even more exaggerated than Song Peiyu's reaction. He strode up to Chongyi from a distance, and asked sincerely, "Can you spit out the wine?"

"Enough!" The queen mother slapped the armrest of the seat fiercely, "What do you mean? Do you think Aijia will give Song Peiyu poisoned wine?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on the queen mother, and the colors in their eyes were basically the same, with the word 'yes' shining brightly.

The Empress Dowager looked sideways at Emperor Xiao, "Your Majesty also thought I would give Song Peiyu poisoned wine?"

Emperor Xiao really hated the Empress Dowager to death, so it's fine if he killed himself, but he is going to be dragged into the water?

"It's not surprising that they think of me so much, but Your Majesty thinks of me so much?" The queen mother took two steps back and sat on the ground, and suddenly began to wipe her tears, "Why didn't the late emperor take me with him when he left and leave me in this world?" Suffering such grievances..."

Nanyang County King strode up to the high platform to help the Empress Dowager, "Aunt?"

"My son, they are trying to force me to death." The queen mother immediately grabbed the arm of Nanyang County King, "You go back and tell your brother, tell him not to blame Emperor Xiao, because I didn't teach him well in exchange for today's retribution .”

No matter how wronged the Empress Dowager was, the courtiers remained unmoved, and immediately sent people to the Imperial Hospital to find someone to do a wine test to diagnose Chong Yi's pulse.

It's just that when there is still no conclusion, no one dares to accuse the queen mother of giving Song Peiyu poisoned wine without authorization, and can only let the queen mother cry non-stop.

Princess Zhaohe was about to comfort the Empress Dowager, but found that her arm was being grabbed, and when she turned her head, it was Princess Yanqing with a pale face.

Princess Yanqing whispered, "This matter is too involved, mother, don't join in the fun."

Impatientness flashed in Princess Zhaohe's eyes, she stretched out her hand and pinched Princess Yanqing's inner thigh fiercely, her fingernails were almost completely embedded in Princess Yanqing's flesh.

When Princess Yanqing let go of the pain, Princess Zhaohe pushed Princess Yanqing away, crying and ran to the Queen Mother, "Sister-in-law, why is your life so hard..."

The two women above cried hoarsely for almost half an hour, and the imperial physicians finally came to a conclusion.

The pear blossom white that the queen mother bestowed on Song Peiyu is the ordinary pear blossom white.

Chong Yi did not get poisoned after drinking the pot of Lihuabai.

Hearing the imperial physician's conclusion, everyone present heaved a sigh of relief, only Emperor Xiao's face turned green.

Both Li Huabai and Prince Zhao Guo are fine, isn't it true that he is unfilial and wants to force the Queen Mother to death?

The courtiers who reacted exceptionally quickly also thought of this, Wu Jinfei took the initiative to approach the empress dowager and Princess Showa who were hugging and sobbing, and persuaded in a slow voice, "My lady, don't be sad, your majesty is also unwilling to believe that you will do it." It's only when something like this happens that I lose my voice for a moment, and I don't really doubt you."

Emperor Xiao, whose sleeves were pulled by Da Sima, suddenly came back to his senses, and immediately knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager, "The Empress Dowager's accusation of this son really broke my heart. If you want to go to accompany the late emperor, I will kill myself for you." To be buried with you, anyway, my minister already has a prince, so the country of Yan will not be in chaos."

The Empress Dowager, who was sobbing on the shoulder of Princess Showa, flashed ridicule in her eyes.

How dare you threaten her with 'buried with her' when she is about to die, huh.

Under the persuasion of many Yan officials and Emperor Xiao's oath, the queen mother finally forgave Emperor Xiao and gave him the Sixi balls she had eaten.

In order to show his filial piety, Emperor Xiao not only ate the remaining three complete Sixi meatballs, but he also ate the half-eaten meatball with the Queen Mother without hesitation.

In addition, Emperor Xiao also drove away the female officials around the Empress Dowager, and personally served the Empress Dowager with vegetables, "filial piety" to the Empress Dowager in every possible way.

Song Peiyu, who had been completely forgotten, tasted the Pear Blossom White rewarded by the Empress Dowager, and looked at Chong Yi in wonder, "Isn't this very fragrant and mellow, why are you calling it bad wine?"

Chong Yi brought the wine jug containing pear blossom white to his side, and Song Peiyu was not allowed to drink any more, "bad wine"

Song Peiyu shook her head, thinking about how picky she was, how could she condescend to drink bad wine when there were substitutes.

He has a very clear understanding of his drinking capacity, even if he thinks the pear blossoms are white and mellow, he will definitely not drink too much today.

Just keep in mind that when you find leisure time, let people warm the pot of pears.

Wouldn't it be beautiful to taste wine and admire the moon?

Because of a misunderstanding about the episode where the Empress Dowager rewarded Song Peiyu with poisoned wine, Emperor Xiao no longer dared to think about leaving the stage early,

Even though the Empress Dowager repeatedly stated that he did not need him to serve meals, after Emperor Xiao returned to the throne, he still focused most of his attention on the Empress Dowager, and from time to time greeted her with care.

As time went by, Emperor Xiao suddenly felt nausea in his chest. At the beginning, it was only occasionally nausea, but soon it became unbearable.

However, in other people's eyes, Emperor Xiao was punching his face with his hands, as if he was in a state of drunkenness.

"Yuck~"

The sudden sound of vomiting on the throne attracted everyone's attention, followed by a sound that almost knocked over the tiles on the palace.

"what!"

"Your Majesty is vomiting blood!"

"The Imperial Physician!"

……

The indescribable smell, accompanied by the smell of blood, quickly spread in the hall.

Chong Yi put his hand on Song Peiyu's shoulder, and said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Emperor Xiao died."

Song Peiyu's eyes widened suddenly.

The person who vomited blood just started disappeared?

The speed is too frightening.

In the chaos, a man wearing a second-grade court uniform suddenly stood on the desk, his voice hoarse