Chapter 238 The ceremony is coming
"Hahaha! Hahaha!"
The quiet prison was filled with bursts of laughter.
Bi Yuntao's consciousness returned to reality, and he was so excited that he opened his mouth from ear to ear. From time to time, he would put his consciousness into the storage ring to check whether the things were still there. Every time he saw them lying conspicuously in the storage ring, he would burst into laughter. Excited.
Bi Yuntao's excited laughter naturally reached the ears of Prison Head Wang. Wang Prison Head yawned and came to inspect, just in time to hear bursts of laughter coming from Bi Yuntao's cell.
"Your Highness Prince Qi, what kind of sweet dream did you have in the middle of the night?"
"Well? Did it disturb you? I will pay attention to it. Hahaha!" Bi Yuntao said apologetically. But when I think about what I extracted, I can't help but want to laugh.
"Uh... that's not true!" Prison Chief Wang said with a sneer, "My lord, do you have any good news? I wonder if you can share it with me?"
"Share with you?" Bi Yuntao glanced at him sideways and suppressed his smile, "This won't work! Kindness and kindness are not enough to be external. Hahaha!" But Bi Yuntao really couldn't hold back the joy in his heart and couldn't help but haha. laughing out loud.
"Uh... okay." Wang Laotou looked at Bi Yuntao who couldn't help but laugh, and said with a smile, "Then, my lord, you have a good rest. Eunuch Gui has ordered me to supervise you to clean the prison tomorrow." There was a look in his eyes. A sense of not coming up.
"I know! You don't have to come and talk to me every time." Bi Yuntao waved his hand impatiently, "If you have nothing to do, leave quickly. I'm going to bed now."
"Yes, yes! I'll leave now and won't disturb your rest, my lord." Wang Laotou nodded and bowed before retreating.
After he walked away, Bi Yuntao couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, suppressed his laughter and turned to the bed to let himself laugh happily. The suppressed laughter coming from under the quilt seemed a little penetrating in this quiet prison.
Wang Laotou, who was walking away, couldn't help but shuddered when he heard the weird laughter coming from behind him, "King Qi doesn't know what kind of stimulation he got. His behavior tonight is really weird. Old Liu Toujin "To die in this prison again is really invasive. It's not advisable to stay here for a long time. It's better to leave as soon as possible."
Then, Wang Laotou quickened his pace and quickly left the prison.
That night, Bi Yuntao was so excited that it was difficult to fall asleep. He never closed his eyes all night long. He kept huddled in the bed and let out bursts of muffled laughter.
Bi Yuntao had good intentions and covered his head to reduce his laughter so as not to disturb others, but little did he know that this had the opposite effect. If he kept laughing loudly, he would make people unable to sleep at most, but he covered his head and let out a suppressed laugh, which was very clear in this quiet prison and reached their ears, just like It's the crow of the owl and the cry of the ghost, which is extremely penetrating.
Accompanied by Bi Yuntao's crow of owl and ghost, all the prisoners in the prison woke up from their sleep. One by one, with dark circles under their eyes, they looked at Bi Yuntao's cell with hopeless eyes.
Bi Yuntao didn't know the situation of the prisoners outside. He huddled in bed and smiled tirelessly. He smiled until he was a little tired. Sleepiness came to his heart like spring water. He really couldn't hold back the sleepiness. He lay down and fell asleep. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, revealing his slightly excited mood at this time.
Time passed one after another, and Bi Yuntao was never idle. Although the emperor turned a blind eye to him cleaning the prison, Bi Yuntao still took a broom to clean the prison.
He didn't have the guts to disobey the imperial edict. After all, this era was a centralized one. Even if the emperor felt a little guilty for him, every health inspection was just a routine matter. Then he didn't have the guts to disobey the emperor's imperial edict, so he had no choice but to compromise and clean the cell himself with a broom. Of course, if you want to describe how well he cleaned, one word would be terrible, just messing around.
In this way, Bi Yuntao spent his days in the prison one after another. More than half a month passed quietly, and the time quietly came to the eve of the hunting ceremony.
"His Royal Highness King Qi, the Emperor has decreed that you can leave the prison after enjoying lunch." After reading the imperial edict, Eunuch Gui asked the eunuch following him to put down the food box in his hand, and said with a smile.
After listening to the imperial edict read by Eunuch Gui, Bi Yuntao was filled with unhappiness.
"Just let me go out! Why do you have to wait until I finish cleaning before announcing? And you have to finish lunch here?"
"Haha!" Eunuch Gui listened to Bi Yuntao's complaints and explained with a strong dissatisfaction in his tone.
"Tomorrow is the hunting ceremony. The emperor wants you to calm down for a while and use this afternoon to let the maids and servants in your house take care of you to bathe and change your clothes and wash away all the filth on your body. After all, you and your family will have the hunting ceremony tomorrow. The other princes will all attend together, and they will also go into battle in person."
"Tomorrow, not only will the emperor be present to watch, but the empress dowager, empress, and others will also be there with his majesty's concubines, and all the civil and military officials will also go to watch the ceremony."
"When the hunting ceremony ends tomorrow, it will be New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is a major event celebrated by the whole country. This important day is approaching, and His Highness King Qi has just been released from prison. Naturally, you have to wash away the bad luck all over your body. "
"Huh?" After hearing Eunuch Gui's narration, Bi Yuntao seriously doubted whether his ears had heard it wrong. "How come there is something about me in the hunting ceremony?"
"This is a rule set by our ancestors. When the annual hunting ceremony comes, all princes who are not ordered to work for the emperor must participate."
"In the early years, the imperial court was constantly at war, and the purpose of the ancestors setting up this hunting ceremony was to check the princes' military strength. Until the war subsided in these years, this hunting ceremony became an entertainment program before New Year's Eve. But let the princes participate. The rules have never changed.”
Bi Yuntao suddenly understood and nodded in understanding. But there was still some dissatisfaction in my heart, but there was nothing more. Now that the matter was over, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and participate.
"Of course, there is competition in the hunting ceremony." Eunuch Gui continued standing aside, "The winner will get a reward from the emperor. The last prince not only does not receive any reward, but also is punished by the emperor."
"Bah!" Bi Yuntao's hand softened, and the piece of meat he picked up fell into the bowl, "Eunuch Gui, can you finish the job in one breath next time? Can you not gasp for breath? Now I can't even eat. All thoughts are gone.”
"Hehehe!" Eunuch Gui laughed mockingly.
"Is there anything else I should pay attention to? While I am still patient, I will explain it clearly." Bi Yuntao rolled his eyes at the embarrassed and mocking Eunuch Gui angrily.
"The hunting ceremony, as the name suggests, is to hunt in the royal hunting ground. The hunting ground is full of wild birds and beasts, so Your Highness, King Qi, you must pay attention to safety and don't get yourself injured by blindly pursuing rewards."
"You think I'm stupid!" Bi Yuntao said angrily, "There are four of us anyway, I just need to keep three and fight for two."
"The third prince has a leg problem and is unable to participate in the hunting ceremony. The emperor has given him permission to watch from the sidelines."
"Isn't it true that only the eldest prince, the second prince and me are participating?" Bi Yuntao said.
"Yes, only His Highness competes with the other two princes." Eunuch Gui nodded and glanced at Bi Yuntao strangely, "The second prince already served in the army. Although the eldest prince has never entered the army, he is your majesty after all. His legitimate son has learned some riding and archery skills from the emperor since he was a child, so the eldest prince is also somewhat capable."
"Over the years, the eldest prince and the second prince have been competing for the top spot. As for the third prince, his performance is stable."
"Wait!" Bi Yuntao interrupted Eunuch Gui, "Don't you think that I will be the only one punished by the emperor every year?"
A wry smile appeared on Eunuch Gui's face, "His Royal Highness, your mind is really sharp."
"Are you complimenting me or are you trying to make fun of me?" Bi Yuntao looked at the smiling Eunuch Gui and wanted to kick him hard. Even his smile was bitter.
Eunuch Gui shrank his neck and turned his head to one side guiltily, not daring to look Bi Yuntao in the face.
When Bi Yuntao saw this action, his eyes narrowed and he stared at him with an evil look on his face.
"His Royal Highness King Qi, the imperial edict has been read out by the Zajia family. The Zajia family has finished telling what they should tell you. The Zajia family will leave first." He ignored Bi Yuntao and quickly escaped from the prison with the eunuchs beside him.
"Is this Eunuch Gui a dog? He just knows how to run!" Bi Yuntao picked up the chicken leg and bit it hard, as if the drumstick in his hand was Eunuch Gui.
"Well! Forget it, he is the eunuch beside the emperor, and we may have to rely on him in the future! If the relationship with him becomes too tense, the emperor's movements and thoughts in the future can only be guessed."
Bi Yuntao Ruci comforted himself.
"Hurry up and finish your meal and go back to the palace. My Lanlan is still waiting for me to go back and marry her!"
Thinking of Lan, that sweet and caring girl, thinking of him day and night, waiting eagerly for his return home, he couldn't help but feel weak in his heart.
"I wonder how Lan Lan is doing now?" Bi Yuntao ate the delicious food in front of him, but he couldn't taste it at all, especially when he thought about the last time Lan came to visit him and when he hugged her, he could clearly feel her. She has become much thinner than when she first met her.
"If I find you have lost weight when I go back, I will slap your ass hard!" Bi Yuntao took a few bites of the food, but it was really hard to swallow, so he simply threw away the bowl and chopsticks and packed the untouched food. Enter the storage ring and walk out of the prison leisurely.
