Chapter 192 Toast
"Your Majesty!" Eunuch Gui whispered outside the door, "Your Majesty, the auspicious time is coming soon, please move to Linde Hall!"
Eunuch Gui's voice interrupted the emperor who was meditating, "Okay! Got it! You go down first!"
"Ru Yue!" The Emperor dismissed Eunuch Gui, stood up and said to Xue Ru Yue, "I promise you what you said."
Xue Ruyue's face was filled with joy. She didn't expect that by following the imperial concubine's instructions, she would really be able to achieve her goal of coming to Beijing.
"But don't be too happy too soon!" The emperor changed the topic, "Although I have agreed to your request, I still need to think carefully about who I will send to help you."
The emperor's words made Xue Ruyue hesitate, but she was still very happy. After all, the emperor had already opened his mouth. The emperor was a noble person, and he was not afraid of keeping his words. Just wait with peace of mind for the emperor's actions.
"Okay! Let's move to the palace quickly. It will be bad if we miss the auspicious time!" The imperial concubine was a little embarrassed when she saw the situation, so she hurried over to smooth things over, "You think so, Queen Mother!"
"Hahaha, just listen to Yuner." The Queen Mother looked at the imperial concubine who was leaning beside her like a little girl and smiled kindly.
"The Emperor has arrived!" The people who were talking in groups in Linde Hall stopped talking and all knelt down to salute the Emperor.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"The empress is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
"No courtesy at all!" The emperor waved his hand and followed the empress dowager to the main seat. "My dear friends, please take your seats!"
"Yes!" All the ministers said yes.
The sudden change in the atmosphere made Bi Yuntao feel a little uncomfortable. Even the lame man sitting opposite him was honest and did not dare to make any mistakes.
"I am deeply pleased that all my dear friends can come to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet! Now that the auspicious time has arrived, please allow me to bring you a glass of wine to toast to the Queen Mother!"
After drinking a glass of strong wine, the emperor brought up another glass of wine, "This second glass is dedicated to all my dear friends. My country and country cannot be without your help. In the future, I will trouble all my dear friends to continue to perform more." The heat makes my empire stronger."
"Your Majesty, I love you!" Zuo Xiang stood up and said respectfully, "For the prosperity of China and for the sake of your Majesty's country being more solid, I will never hesitate to die."
"You old fool, you are talking as if you are the only one who cares about family and country affairs!" Seeing that the left prime minister had preempted him, the right minister jumped out unwillingly. "I am also willing to die for your majesty's country."
Bi Yuntao, who originally thought it was a bit boring, immediately became interested when he saw these two people starting to tit for tat again, and looked at them with great interest.
"Hmph!" When the left minister saw his emotional expression, the right minister, an ignorant old man, jumped out and snorted in displeasure. "Today is the Empress Dowager's birthday, I won't care about you, an old thing like you!"
"Quack, quack, even you old dog will give in one day!" Before the right minister could speak, Old General Xia Jie sneered first.
"The two of us are talking, what's the matter with you, an old man!" Just as the right minister was about to say something, old man Xia Jie preempted him, and immediately changed the firepower, and began to sneer at him, "You, old man, you are everywhere. , don’t think that if your big female insect comes today and someone can support you, I’m afraid of you!”
"You old turtle, who do you think is the big female insect? Just try again!" The loud bickering between them spread to the inner hall, and all the women in the inner hall covered their mouths and chuckled.
Mrs. Xia naturally heard it clearly. Being insulted by the right lady in front of her, she could clearly see the embarrassment of the female family members in the inner courtyard who were suppressing their laughter. He immediately lost his composure, and with a face that smelled worse than a donkey, he yelled at the top of his lungs at the hall.
"That's enough!" A loud roar stopped the quarrel among them. The emperor was shaking with anger while holding the wine glass, with angry fire in his eyes. "Today is the birthday of the queen mother. You two are quarreling here. What's the point? Morality?!"
The hall fell into silence for an instant. Prime Minister Zuo and others stopped fighting and sat back dejectedly.
"Liu Guizhang, you humiliated the old woman in front of so many people today. We are not done with this matter!" Mrs. Xia is worthy of being the wife of General Xia Jie. She knew that the emperor was angry, but she still had no fear. The appearance of being unafraid threatens the right prime minister.
It turns out that the right prime minister’s name is Liu Guizhang! Bi Yuntao touched his chin and thought, and glanced at Eunuch Gui who was standing aside with amusement in his eyes.
Xiao Guizi and Old Turtle are really interesting. I just don’t know if there is any story from the Forty-Two Chapter Sutra in it!
"Crack!" There was a sound of an object breaking, and the people closest to the emperor could hear it clearly.
Bi Yuntao came back from his thoughts and glanced at the people involved in the matter without trace. They were actually sipping their wine honestly, and there was no trace of guilt on their faces at all.
Even the Prime Minister Zuo caught Bi Yuntao's peeking eyes and glared at him fiercely, as if he was waiting for me as a warning.
The emperor is the emperor after all. After a few breaths, the anger in his heart subsided, and the expression on his face returned to its usual appearance. He took the wine glass that the maid had replaced and poured another glass of wine with a smile. He said to the ministers sitting at attention below: "I would like to give this third glass of wine to King Qi!"
The emperor suddenly wanted to toast him, which made Bi Yuntao feel flattered and stood up quickly.
"Father, you are so polite! How can I, my son, actually make my father take the initiative to propose a toast! It should be my son who proposes a toast to my father!"
Hearing that the emperor's third glass of wine was to be toasted to Bi Yuntao, everyone's faces were full of surprise. They didn't know what the emperor's intention was!
"Tao'er has grown up and knows what humility means. I'm very pleased." The emperor said with approval, "Tao'er got a drink called Miaolian from the Western Regions. After tasting it, the queen was very impressed with it. Never forget it.”
"Even my beloved concubines wanted to taste it when they heard about this incident, so this glass of wine also has the meaning of apology. So I took advantage of today's mother-in-law's birthday to ask Tao'er for some. No, Do you know if Taoer can give up her love?"
WTF! This is intentional! Deliberately embarrassing yourself and not getting off the stage. But luckily I was prepared!
"Father, you're welcome! Miao Lian is not a precious thing. You can just send someone who can only tell the child. There is no need to mobilize so many troops! Since Miao Lian is so rare, the child will send someone to the mother and concubine's place right now. Go and get it from the palace."
"That's very good!" The emperor nodded and said to Eunuch Gui, "Xiao Guizi, just choose a few people to follow King Qi to get it!"
"Yes!" Bi Yuntao and Eunuch Gui both said yes and walked out of Linde Hall together.
"My dear friends, continue to eat at the bar!" the emperor said, "wait until King Qi brings the things over, and then we can start the birthday gift presentation."
When the ministers heard the word Miao Lian, they began to whisper among themselves, all wondering what kind of item Miao Lian was. The Queen Mother could not forget it after tasting it. Even the ladies in the harem want to taste it.
Among the ministers, only Zuo Xiang knew what Miao Lian was. He continued to drink and did not participate in their conversation, so he seemed out of place with everyone around him.
"Old dog! You are the future father-in-law of King Qi. Looking at you, you must know what it is!" The look on the left prime minister's face did not escape the eyes of General Xia Jie. Seeing that he had no interest in it, Unable to hold back his curiosity, he asked him aloud.
Prime Minister Zuo glanced arrogantly and ate his wine, "Why are you so anxious, you old man? You'll know when King Qi brings it over!"
How could the old general Xia Jie's fiery temper be able to tolerate his attitude? He suddenly became furious and wanted to fight him for 300 rounds. But then he thought about it, it was the birthday of the empress dowager, and he had already ruined the emperor's interest. If he makes another big fuss with Zuo Xiang, the emperor will probably throw him and the table out of the palace.
Thinking of this, General Xia Jie immediately wilted, cursed angrily and dissatisfied, then stopped and drank heavily.
The imperial concubine in the inner hall was furious when she heard that the emperor actually raised a wine glass to toast Bi Yuntao. She apologized to everyone in the inner hall and came to the hall with a convenient excuse.
"Your Majesty! What did Tao'er do wrong? You want to praise him and kill him like this!" The imperial concubine quietly came to sit beside the emperor and complained without leaving any trace.
"Are you flattering me?" When the imperial concubine came out of the inner hall, she noticed it. She glanced at her and said lightly, "You and Xue Ruyue just sang together. Don't think that I can't see that it was all you. It’s been discussed.”
"Isn't the purpose just for me to come forward and make the decision for Xue Ruyue! With my support, Xue Ruyue's family can naturally escape this disaster."
The imperial concubine paused for a moment, and as expected, she accompanied you like a tiger, and her clothes were soaked in cold sweat unknowingly. Seeing the emperor's expression as usual, he said cautiously, "Isn't it all for Ru Yue that I'm doing this? Your Majesty, don't you also want to help? I saw that the emperor didn't mention this matter for a long time, so I wanted to Let’s use this matter to ask the emperor to help.”
"Being forced and being voluntary are two different things!" The emperor put down his wine glass, with a cold look in his eyes, "No one can force me to do anything!"
"I know I was wrong!" The imperial concubine felt the killing intent emerging from the emperor's tone, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Just acknowledge your mistake!" The emperor suppressed the coldness in his eyes, and lovingly took the imperial concubine's little hand, "Since my beloved concubine has realized her mistake, what should my beloved concubine do?"
"I'm at your disposal!" the imperial concubine said timidly.
"Very good!" The emperor squeezed the imperial concubine's palm, leaned over and whispered in her ear, "After returning from Hanfeng Temple, my beloved concubine has not been touched by me for several days. It is better to hit the sun. , I will stay in your Yiqiu Palace tonight."
So that’s it! Bi Laosi, you have a good idea. The imperial concubine is also a human spirit. After hearing what the emperor said, she still didn't understand that everything the emperor did was for this purpose.
The words of voluntariness and coercion are nonsense. You are a noble person. Without you nodding your consent, no matter how hard I try, how can I force you to agree?
Everything he did was done for me to see. In fact, he also wanted to help Xue Ruyue's family get out of trouble. It's just that I saw Ru Yue and I singing and acting in front of you, so you took advantage of Po Xia Donkey and agreed smoothly.
You were deep in thought at the time, and I thought you were thinking about how to help Xue Ruyue, but I didn't expect you to have this idea.
Ever since I came back from Hanfeng Temple, I have been hiding from you and not letting you touch me. You took the opportunity to deliberately embarrass Tao'er. You knew that I cared about Tao'er and that I would immediately come to you to complain, so you toasted to Tao'er in front of everyone. So that I can come to you and take this opportunity to have sex with me.
Since you want to have sex with me, just do what you want. As for how to have sex, you have to ask my little leather whip.
The imperial concubine's thoughts flashed by, and an imperceptible cunning flashed through her eyes. The imperial concubine pretended to be coy, lowered her head and responded in an inaudible voice, "It all depends on the emperor."
"That's great!" The emperor's face also showed a evil smile of successful conspiracy, and whispered, "Wait for me when my concubine takes a bath in the evening. I want to have a mandarin duck play with my concubine."
"Your Majesty, you are evil." The imperial concubine said angrily, a blush flashed across her face, she covered her face and ran back to the inner hall shyly.
"Hey hey hey!" The emperor watched the imperial concubine run away, and thought of doing something embarrassing with the beautiful imperial concubine at night, a special smile appeared on his face.
