The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

After the court was strongly suppressed by Emperor Ming, the ministers who relied on the old to sell the old were honest for a while.

The time has entered May, and the Longevity Festival will soon be ushered in, which is the birthday of Emperor Ming.

When the emperor celebrates his birthday, he usually has a three-day holiday without dealing with government affairs, and on his birthday, the emperor will celebrate his birthday with all his courtiers.

Accepting congratulatory gifts from civil and military officials in the court are usually gifts with the theme of blessing, longevity and auspiciousness. After receiving the gifts, the emperor then entertained the officials, and a group of people had a beautiful banquet in the palace. , and then apply for the remaining two days of vacation at home to rest.

The process is this process, but Emperor Ming had just ascended the throne not long ago, and he didn't want to make it grand, so he planned to keep it simple, except that the dishes of the banquet were not reduced, and the rest of the ostentation was halved.

And at the noon banquet, Emperor Ming just ate a few mouthfuls of food and asked the officials not to be restrained, and left by himself.

After Emperor Ming left, the expressions of the ministers obviously relaxed a lot, and many alcoholics also began to pour themselves wine. You must know that this palace wine is not easy to drink.

Lu Xiuyuan was prone to drunkenness, so he didn't dare to drink the wine here. Fortunately, he was sitting next to the old Shoufu and his senior brother, and he was relatively close to Emperor Ming recently, so even if other people wanted to make friends with him, they would be embarrassed. Drink him.

So he just had a drink with Emperor Ming with all his ministers at the opening of the banquet, and never touched the wine on the table again.

The banquet was halfway through, Xiao Linzi, the personal eunuch of Emperor Ming, supervised all the dishes served by the imperial chef, and when he came to the banquet, he found that Emperor Ming had disappeared.

He couldn't find Emperor Ming, which made Xiao Linzi extremely nervous, but he couldn't directly ask where his Majesty was going, it would be his dereliction of duty if he asked, the other party could only keep looking left and right.

It was Lu Xiuyuan who saw the other party's situation, and pointed in a direction: "It's windy outside, and His Majesty has been out for half an hour. Eunuch Lin told His Majesty to take care of the dragon body."

Eunuch Lin smiled gratefully at him, and quickly ran towards the imperial garden with Fuchen in his arms.

I really don't know what His Majesty thinks, instead of drinking with the ministers on his birthday to cultivate relationships, he ran out alone.

Eunuch Lin only dared to think about it secretly in his heart, but asking him to say it directly would not dare to lend him ten courage.

The garden where the banquet was held was quite far from the Imperial Garden, and there was no place to visit in the middle, so when Lu Xiuyuan pointed the way, the possibility of the Imperial Garden was the greatest.

Eunuch Lin rushed to the destination with a wheeze in his arms, and just after entering the door, he saw the familiar dark black clothes corners of Emperor Ming on the side of Yuchi.

He shook off the floating dust, straightened his posture and was about to walk over when he heard a familiar and shrill scream.

"Qi Ming! You unfamiliar white-eyed wolf! I was really blind back then!"

Hearing this voice, Eunuch Lin stopped walking.

This is the voice of the Second Prince!And the Qi Ming whom the other party scolded is the current Emperor Ming!

The experience of being in the palace for many years made Eunuch Lin's body automatically hide before his mind could react.

Not long after the familiar voice sounded, there was another sound of a heavy object falling into the water.

Eunuch Lin held his breath and looked towards the direction where the sound was coming from, and then he saw a picture that made his blood flow backwards all over his body.

The sound of falling into the water just now was not because of objects falling into the water, but because the second prince was tied up tightly, and then he was thrown into the water while being hung upside down!

Seeing this, Eunuch Lin had goosebumps all over his body, he could only cover his mouth as hard as possible, trying not to make any noise, and then Emperor Ming discovered him.

After the two princes were hung upside down and put into the imperial pool for about fifteen breaths, Emperor Ming winked at the guards beside him.

The guard pulled the rope in his hand, and the second prince's upper body was pulled out of the water again.

This time it took a long time to fall into the water. After the second prince got out of the pool, his chest heaved violently and his breathing was rapid, so he didn't have the time to curse.

Emperor Ming folded his hands on his chest and waited indifferently for the other party to recover.

After a while, the second prince was finally able to breathe normally, and continued to scold Emperor Ming angrily.

"Qi Ming is capable, you give me a good time! Is it interesting to toss around like this! It really took me eight lifetimes of bad luck to raise you, a white-eyed wolf!"

Seeing that the other party still didn't understand, Emperor Ming continued to signal the guards to let the second prince enter the water to calm down.

This time it lasted longer, nearly twenty breaths.

Seeing the second prince's violent struggle when he first entered the water, the struggle reached its peak at ten breaths, the splash of water almost hit the shore.

When it was almost twenty breaths, the strength of the opponent's struggle was getting weaker and weaker, and when he was almost powerless, Emperor Ming signaled to lift him out of the water.

Hanging himself upside down for a long time and constantly choking on water to hold his breath made the second prince's face turn blue and frightening.

This time he was dragged out of the water, but his consciousness also tended to be comatose. The guard holding the rope quickly pulled him up and down, and the second prince woke up painfully in the violent shaking.

Seeing that the other party still couldn't figure out the situation, Emperor Ming reminded: "My good second brother, do you know what day it is today?"

day?what day?He only knows that today is the day he was imprisoned for his attempt to proclaim himself emperor!

The second prince hated Emperor Ming very much, but success and defeat were a foregone conclusion, he was powerless to resist and could only accept his fate, but who would have thought that this white-eyed wolf would not give him a good time, but torment him like this!

He has been tossed like this for nearly an hour. From the beginning of saying good things and playing the emotional card, to the current cursing, the second prince is numb, and he just wants Emperor Ming to give him a good time.

But will Emperor Ming do what he wants?That is naturally impossible.

Seeing that he couldn't remember, Emperor Ming sneered.

"Today is my birthday."

As soon as these words came out, the air was quiet for a moment.

The second prince who was hanged upside down didn't understand at first, and wondered if the other party wanted to kill himself today and then celebrate getting the throne.

A gust of cold wind hit, the body hanging upside down swayed on the water surface, feeling the coolness brought by the wind blowing on the wet clothes on his body, the second prince suddenly shrank his pupils.

He knew about that? !

The second prince took a breath, thinking of what happened to him just now, Emperor Ming must have known about it!

He raised his eyes with difficulty to look at Emperor Ming on the shore.

The other party doesn't like to wear bright yellow like his father, but prefers black. At this time, he is standing on the bank in a black dragon robe with his chest wrapped around his chest, looking at him indifferently.

That posture, that look in the eyes, is exactly the same as his expression back then!

The second prince's heart skipped a beat, how did the other party know?I can't remember many details of what happened back then, but what is certain is that Emperor Ming was not there at the time!

Seeing him remembering, Emperor Ming finally grinned, and then without giving the second prince a chance to speak, he continued to put him in the water to soak.

This time the duration was short, and the five breaths pulled people up.

After the second prince left the water, he breathed quickly, understood the ins and outs, and knew that Emperor Ming had other motives when he came to seek refuge with him, and he was angry that the other party was good at acting.

Knowing that he was doomed today, he slowed down a little and started poking Emperor Ming's sore feet.

"Even if you kill me, Qi Yuan, you will never come back! You will never come back!"

As soon as the voice fell to the ground, the person was instantly soaked in the water.

Then continue to pull up after five breaths, this time without giving the other party a chance to relax, just continue to soak in the pool water.

After going back and forth several times like this, the other party finally began to beg for mercy.

"I was wrong! Qi Ming give me a good time!"

Flying on the line of life and death of suffocation, the other party was really tortured to the point of going crazy.

The next second, the second prince was soaked in the water again, this time he was choked by the water because of talking.

Looking at the dense air bubbles constantly floating on the water surface, Emperor Ming's eyes were gloomy, and his fists were clenched tighter and tighter.

Will this be desperate and beg for mercy?How desperate was his distant brother when he was a child?

After five breaths, the person was pulled up again, and the second prince coughed violently after leaving the water before he could breathe.

After choking on the water, he didn't give the other party a chance to relax, and continued to repeat the previous actions. This time, the second prince couldn't slow down anymore, and he didn't even struggle to get into the water.

Seeing that the second prince hadn't responded, the guard next to him cast a questioning look at Emperor Ming.

It seems that the person is going to die, do we still need to rescue him?

There is no need to save this kind of person, Emperor Ming waved his hand to make people retreat, and stood alone on the bank watching the second prince's body soaked in the imperial pond in a daze.

The subordinates retreated, and Eunuch Lin, who had been peeping at the side until now, realized it. He stroked his chest carefully, giving himself a smooth ride.

This is really something to see.

After Eunuch Lin calmed down, seeing Emperor Ming standing on the bank in a daze, he quietly retreated step by step.

Staying away from the imperial garden, he rushed into the toilet in one breath, and he was still a little scared.

Eunuch Lin entered the palace not too early or too late, just at a time when the first prince was in fierce competition with the second prince. At that time, the fourth prince had passed away many years ago. The version he knew from his master was that the first prince was jealous of the fourth prince and sent someone to arrest him. Push Yuchi and drowned.

But what he saw today told him that the death of the fourth prince was inseparable from the death of the second prince!

After going to the latrine to relieve his emotions, Eunuch Lin stroked his chest and pushed the door lightly to go out.

Now he can't go to the Imperial Garden, so he might as well go to the banquet and wait, and he will go to Emperor Ming later.

If he is negligent, he will be negligent. At most, he will be fined some money or his position will be demoted. If he goes to find Emperor Ming now, he may even lose his life.

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