Chapter 332

In the autumn of the third year of Yongding, it has been more than three years since emperor Fengxuan succeeded to the throne. The Jin Yuan Dynasty was peaceful, prosperous and the people were happy. It can be said that it was the most prosperous year of the founding of the Jin Yuan Dynasty so far.

In this year's reunion festival, all officials were invited to attend the banquet in the palace, and the Empress Dowager personally organized the banquet, and the officials who attended the banquet were allowed to bring their families to attend the banquet. After the news came out, the capital was boiling.

The reason is nothing else, just because the emperor ascended the throne for more than three years, the palace was empty, not to mention the queen, there was not even a concubine, which was very anxious for the Empress Dowager.

According to the tradition of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the emperor held a talent show every three years to select virtuous women to fill the harem. But today, the emperor not only pushed off the talent show on the ground that "the country has initially decided that it is not suitable to fight big battles", but also never looked at women more. If the emperor had not had the experience of marrying a wife and having children, almost all the people in the world would have thought that today's emperor would have Longyang!

There is a rumor that the emperor is diligent and loves the people, so he really has no time to care about men and women's affairs for the time being. There is also a rumor that the emperor was too affectionate at that time, and still has a deep memory of empress Minghui, who was later granted by the three princesses. This is why he does not care about men and women's feelings.

There are many different reasons for this, but the emperor never mentioned half a word. Every time a speech officer admonishes the emperor to fill the Imperial Palace, the emperor, who has always been gentle, will be furious. In the long run, no one dares to mention it.

All officials dare not mention it. The only one who can mention it is the Empress Dowager!

As an emperor, the palace is empty. As a empress dowager, how can we tolerate such things?

Therefore, although the reunion banquet was a banquet for the emperor, it was actually the Empress Dowager who wanted to select suitable official women for the emperor to fill the palace.

Since ancient times, the former dynasty was intertwined with the harem. If you were an official in the former dynasty, your career would soar. This has been the relationship since ancient times. But today, the emperor has been reluctant to accept the imperial concubines. It's hard for a group of officials. Now that they have such a good opportunity, don't all the officials want to send their daughters?

Qianming Palace

The eunuch manager asked a silver plate to enter the palace. He lowered his head and took a careful look at the man who focused on government affairs. Then he stepped forward and said, "emperor, the banquet at Shande palace is about to start. The Empress Dowager sent a message saying that the emperor must have a look before going to the banquet." The person in charge is a bright yellow robe, with a purple gold crown on his head and a flying dragon embroidered in front of him. He has a pair of handsome eyebrows, just like the person walking out of the painting. His nose is strong, his lips are thin, but his eyes are calm, as if he will never have too much emotion. When you look carefully, you can see a bit of sadness in them, and you don't know if it's your own illusion.

Since he followed the new emperor more than three years ago, he always couldn't figure out his temperament, because his mood was always very weak. A pair of indifferent eyes were always calm. Even if he was angry, there was no extremely cold state in his eyes, just a little more fierce than usual. In addition, he never saw a third kind of mood in his eyes.

Even if it is a smile, his smile is never as good as the bottom of the eyes, the bottom of the eyes seems to have the weariness and loneliness, no one can understand.

The emperor after the book case heard the words and glanced at the tray in his hand. He seemed to have guessed what was inside. He immediately moved away with no expression: "put it down. I'll see it later."

When he heard the speech, his scalp felt numb. With a sound of "Putong", he knelt on the ground and put his head on the white jade ground, almost shaking.

"What are you doing?" The voice of the son of heaven has already brought some thin anger.

The body of the congratulatory gift suddenly trembled even more severely: "the emperor spare your life... The Empress Dowager told the slave, be sure to stare at the emperor to read this post, otherwise... Or let the slave raise his head to see, the slave really dare not follow..."

"Raise your head to see you?" Feng Che cold hum a, "don't you be afraid that I let you cut this head now?"

The salute body shape trembles, lower Fu body: "the emperor wants the slave to die, the slave never dares to say 'no'!"

The man above gave him a cold glance, half a ring, and then the gift heard the insipid voice coming back. His anger was gone: "take it."

The congratulatory gift was relieved, and the post in hand was quickly presented.

Feng Che looked at ten lines at a glance, then threw the post aside and asked, "is that ok?"

The body of the salute trembled again and said, "if you go back to the emperor, the Empress Dowager has said that among these lists, there are two girls who are the most dignified. One is Xiao Chengjun, a daughter of Xiao Yuanlong, Minister of the Ministry of war, and the other is Xu Wan, a daughter of Xu Zeqing's family. You can choose..."

"OK, I know. Go down!" Feng Che impatiently interrupts his words, congratulation gift carefully looked at him one eye, looking at this young emperor's face has shown a bit tired, immediately don't dare to say more, lower head then bow body to retreat.

Outside the hall, a father-in-law surnamed Liu directly came forward and asked, "father-in-law he, I don't know what the emperor said this time? I'll go to the Empress Dowager to send a message. "

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the closed door. Then he said to Duke Liu, "you don't know the emperor's temperament. Do you think it will be different this time?"

After hearing this, Duke Liu suddenly narrowed his eyes: "so, the emperor is still unwilling?"

The gift lowered his voice and sighed: "why not? As usual, I don't even want to take a look at it. If I didn't ask, I'm afraid he wouldn't care about it! "

After hearing this, Duke Liu suddenly showed a sad look on his face: "you say it's been so many years, Emperor... How can it not be close to women?"

"Well, you'd better not say that. Even the Empress Dowager doesn't dare to mention her name. You're not afraid to lose your head when you mention it at this juncture?"

Mr. Liu immediately covered his mouth with a frightened expression. Then he quickly arched his hand and said, "Mr. He, I'll go first. The Empress Dowager is waiting for me to reply."

The gift nodded, and Mr. Liu trotted away.

After all, he turned back and looked at the closed door. He sighed and told the eunuchs behind him to stay here. Let's go and make a cup of tea for the emperor

"My father-in-law, go quickly. Let's guard my father-in-law here. Don't worry!"

With a "um" greeting, he walked out quickly.

When he just came back from making tea, the door of the inner hall suddenly opened wide. Unexpectedly, the emperor, who was dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, came out from the inside and saw the tea in his hand. He said, "I'll drink it later and go to Shande Palace first."

The congratulatory gift should go down in a hurry, turn head then command those small public justice: "quick, set up good virtue palace!"

The imperial chariot stopped outside Shande palace, and the officials came out with their families to say hello. Feng Che saw that this year's reunion banquet was really different from previous years. Apart from the blue official clothes, there were many colorful colors, dazzling.

He only took a look, then withdrew his eyes and said, "get up. Since it's a banquet, all the love ministers are free. There's no need to be polite."

All the officials at the bottom answered in unison, and then separated a path. Feng Che did not squint, and walked directly through the crowd to the center of the hall.

"My son's minister, please greet my mother."

The Empress Dowager of the upper position was in purple and gold Palace Dress, elegant and elegant. Seeing Fengche, she immediately got up from her seat and helped him personally: "it's good to come. Come and sit down."

Feng Che looked at the bright light in the Empress Dowager's eyes, slightly lowered her eyes, and then sat down on the Dragon chair.

The Empress Dowager immediately looked down at the officials and said, "the emperor has just said that this is a banquet. Please feel free." Speaking of this, she looked at Fengche again and said, "by the way, the banquet today is a little different from that in previous years. The palace has been a little cold these years. The AI family wants to have a lively atmosphere at the banquet. These children are very considerate. They are ready to give it to the AI family. Since the emperor is here, it's better to have a look at it together and comment on it by the way? After all, these children have been prepared for a long time

Feng Che light should be a: "mother like it."

The smile on the Empress Dowager's face suddenly blooms, and she looks at mother Yin on one side. Mother Yin understands, and immediately sends father-in-law Liu to arrange it.

Soon, the hall above a silk music sounded, curling music as crisp as cuckoo Ming, sweet, almost attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.

Feng Che's eyes light looking at the next head, it is clear that some of the mood is waning, but the Empress Dowager is not anxious, focusing on looking at the person waving the sleeves.

I saw a woman in yellow Palace Dress coming from the side hall. Her eyes were clear and picturesque. Her eyes were like water in the Mid Autumn Festival. A beautiful woman's face was astonishingly beautiful.

The success of her appearance caused a stir at the scene. The beautiful woman was no worse than the empress of emperor Tai, especially some old people in the former dynasty. Even if they had seen the beauty of the empress of emperor Tai, they were surprised when they saw the woman in front of them.

The girl not only has amazing looks, but also has beautiful dancing posture. Graceful body flying in the field of dancing, yellow ribbon wrapped around her waist, making the slender waist more attractive.

The Empress Dowager quietly looked at Feng Che's look and explained in a soft voice: "this is Xiao Chengjun, the Minister of the Ministry of war. How does the emperor feel when he looks at him?"

Feng Che's eyes were casual, and Wen Yan said, "very good."

The Empress Dowager's eyes moved, and immediately said: "for so many years, you have brought the AI family back from Wutai Mountain, but you don't have half a person to accompany you. You are busy on weekdays, and the AI family doesn't even have anyone to speak to. Xiao Chengjun, the AI family looks good, has a gentle temperament, and likes it very much. The Emperor sees it..."

"If the empress likes it, she will often come to the palace to accompany her in the future."

On hearing this, the Empress Dowager was delighted and said, "what the emperor means is..."

"I made her a princess and went to the palace to accompany her mother."

The Empress Dowager's face suddenly sank down. Don't turn your head. She didn't speak.

Mother Yin took a furtive look and immediately knew that she was angry from the look of the Empress Dowager. She quickly lowered her head and whispered something in the Empress Dowager's ear.

The Empress Dowager's face immediately calmed down because of her words and nodded to her.

Mother Yin immediately looked down at Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu got her sight and went out immediately.

After the dance music in the hall came to an end, the girl watched the emperor only reward her, and then there would be no more words. She immediately knew that she had lost her sacred heart. Her eyes dropped and she went out.

Just after she left, Neigong announced the next repertoire, which was called calligraphy. However, after the announcement, no one came out of the side hall. Everyone looked at each other and saw Mr. Liu come in in in a hurry. He ran to Mrs. Yin and whispered a few words.

Mother Yin's face suddenly sank down and said something to him. After Mr. Liu took the order, other dance music came out of the hall immediately. The accident just happened seemed to be just a small episode, which was immediately forgotten by everyone.

However, among these "people", it is obvious that right Prime Minister Xu Zeqing is not included.

As soon as he heard that his precious girl was upset at the critical moment, he was anxious and immediately wanted to get away from the banquet. However, the banquet had just started. The emperor sat still and he dared to move. So he had to sit on pins and needles and wait for his servant's Memorial.

Just as Xu Zeqing was about to jump, a girl flashed past the blue bricks in the backyard of Shande palace. Then she hid behind a big stone to avoid the two palace people who followed her.

As she watched the palace people eagerly walk away, she came out from behind the big stone and patted her dusty palm with a smile.

"Ouch!"

However, before the smile on her face could be taken back, she was suddenly hit by something in the back of her head. With a cry of pain, she looked down and saw that it was a stone that hit her, especially a big one.

If it wasn't for her strength, she would have been smashed to pieces!

Who threw the broken stone?

She was just wondering. Suddenly, she heard a few "ha ha" laughs coming out from behind. Then there were two stones coming from behind. If she didn't dodge in time, she would have to hit her head again!

The laughter clearly sounds like a very young child. At today's banquet, she has seen many ministers bring their children to the banquet. In other words, which children smashed the stone?

These bear children, the sons of self righteous officials, do whatever they want. She has to teach them a lesson.

There was a wall behind her, and she didn't see where the gate was. Thinking that she was hiding here secretly, she didn't dare to run around.

She looked at the height of the wall, not too high two or three meters, but the big stone in front of her body is two meters. She can't climb it directly, but with the help of this stone, it will be quite easy!

Turning over the wall, she saw two children standing in the yard, one male and the other female, dressed in luxurious clothes. She immediately affirmed that the two children were definitely the children of the minister's family. She didn't want to think about it, so she immediately pointed out to the boy: "little broken children, come here."

The two people in the courtyard were stunned when they saw her. When the little boy heard her, he immediately twisted his eyebrows, put his hands on his waist, and pointed to her with old spirit: "bold little thief, how dare you call my prince little broken child! Do you know that you have committed a capital crime? "

"Prince?" Xu Wan took a look at the little fellow who was carved with powder and jade but looked like an old minister. It turned out that she was the prince. No wonder her tone was so strong. However, she thought that she was so big that she was bullied by a child. How could she stay in the world after that? She immediately gave up and said, "why can't I call you a little broken child? Didn't your husband tell you to respect the old and love the young? "

"What respect for the old and care for the young? Don't think that if you say something that the prince doesn't understand, the prince won't kill you! "

"Wipe, young age, a moment of death, a moment of murder, is really capable of ah?" Xu Wan said. Looking down, he saw a chair not far away. After carefully observing the two, he selected the cute little girl beside him and said, "that... Little girl, can you help me move that chair and let me down?"

The little girl looked at her for a moment, turned to the chair behind her, took a small step and walked over.

"Yuanyuan, don't go!" The little boy grabbed her and said, "you are a princess. She is a servant. Where can a master do things?"

Yuanyuan smelled the speech, looked at Xu Wan and turned her big round eyes. Finally, she seemed to be sure that she was a servant from her dress. Then she nodded: "well, I won't go."

Xu Wan was so angry that she almost spat out blood.

She reached out and pointed to Tuan Tuan: "you wait for me."

Then she checked the distance between the wall and her head, bit her teeth, and jumped directly from the top.

Her legs on the ground, half squatting on the ground, but this move to round round round startled.

They looked at each other and saw that she hadn't moved for a long time. They immediately slowed down and went forward carefully to have a look.

However, Xu Wan suddenly raised her head at this time, which made them fall back for a while. Yuanyuan was almost scared to cry. Tuan Tuan was more mature after all. She quickly stabilized her frightened heart and stared at Xu Wan, saying: "you... How are you ok?"

"I'm just fine!" Xu Wan stood up, shook his sleeves, and looked at him with his hands akimbo. "I want to embarrass my girl at such a height. How is that possible?"

Tuan Tuan looked at her suspiciously: "do you know martial arts?"

Xu Wan turned her eyes, looked at the light of the stars burning at the bottom of her eyes, and immediately nodded: "yes! I'm not only good at martial arts, but also good at it! "

Tuan Tuan's eyes brightened, but soon became dim again. He lowered his head, remained silent for a while, and then sat back at the stone table again. He hung his head and did not speak.

Yuanyuan stepped up from one side, supported Tuan Tuan Tuan's short arm and said, "don't be sad, brother. It's for your own good that my father won't let you learn martial arts."

Yuanyuan is a girl in the end.

Tuan Tuan snorted: "I'm not sad..."

"Then why don't you talk?"

Tuan Tuan took a look at his sister. The corners of his mouth sank and his head lowered.

It's so funny that such a small child should have something sad.

Xu Wan stepped forward, squatted on the stone table and said, "little prince, what do you want to learn kung fu for? Aren't you the prince? You don't have to learn kung fu because so many people are available for you to use and protect you. "

Tuan Tuan immediately raised his head: "but I want to protect myself!"

Xu Wan was stunned by this, and could not help saying, "Why are you still so young? Wouldn't it be better for others to protect you?"

"But mother an said that because Tuan Tuan couldn't protect herself, her mother died. Tuan Tuan didn't want her mother to die!"

"Your mother?" After thinking hard for a while, Xu Wan came to understand, "do you mean empress Minghui? But hasn't she been dead for many years? How old were you then? "

Tuan Tuan shriveled his mouth: "it's because I didn't grow up and couldn't protect myself. My mother died, but now I grow up and I want to protect myself!"

Xu Wan looked at his handsome little face, which was full of serious words. She wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh. At the moment, she reached out and touched Tuan Tuan's head and said, "you are still young. Don't worry. You can protect yourself when you grow up!"

Tuan Tuan was obviously very resistant to her touch. She put out her hand and patted her hand directly. Her brow was very high: "I'm the prince. You are not allowed to touch my head! My head can only be touched by my father and mother

Hearing this, Xu Wan immediately couldn't help laughing and poked his hand at Tuan Tuan baby's fat face: "little adult!"

Tuan Tuan suddenly became more angry and turned away from her.

"Sister, if you have kung fu, can you teach my brother?" Yuan Yuan suddenly opened her mouth. She was not as tall as she was squatting. Her cheeks were bulging and her face was very lovely.