The First Empress - Chapter 108

Chapter 108 Annals of Etiquette and Music
Seeing the banquet approaching, the fragrance of the Three Autumn Cassia Seed, the fragrance of the orange pomelo, and the fragrance of the song and dance became even more fragrant.

Concubine De and Linglong were busy. The banquet was about to begin. The endless stream of palace maids and Royal servant arranged all the fresh fruits and delicious dishes in the Tongming Palace. The Ministry of Rites had already made a long list of each person’s official rank and name, and had already arranged their personal seats.

Today, it was a scene of monarchs and subjects enjoying each other. However, only a very small number of people knew that there was no such kind of happiness. The saber light and sword shadows were slowly about to form a kind of killing intent.

After a while, the civil and military officials had arrived.

Hui Qi was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe. Standing on the high platform in front of him, Under the old system, At this time, Hui Qi was going to lead the officials to the so-called “Mingtang Feast for the Gods”. The so-called “Mingtang Feast for the Gods” was just to console the heavens for their good life. Humans were the spirits of all things. It was a privilege and compassion given by the heavens to be able to survive at this time and to be able to eat and clothe without worries. Hui Qi stood on the high platform, holding an incense stick in his hand, and under the lead of the Imperial Heavenly Supervisor, he began to recite the Classical Bright Hall and enjoy the relaxation of the bandits. For Emperor Lie Kao, he was worthy of God. Heroic God, both high and high. The Holy Examination was worthy of being merged with Ming De. Rate earth reverence, ten thousand square to sacrifice. Often time off, preserve elementary eternity.

After the “Mingtang Feast for the Gods” was over, Huiqi sat down. The officials hurriedly kowtowed three times. After the ceremony, Huiqi looked at everyone. As long as it was the people on the list, they were all here this time. Because everyone was sitting according to their grade, Huiqi did not quickly see who was from the Huiye Party.

Imperial Concubine De came forward to ask for orders and handed a list to Huiqi. “Do you need the concubines to come over immediately?”

Huiqi looked at the list and smiled, “Since it’s the autumn banquet in the palace, naturally you should come earlier, so as not to make everyone tired of waiting for the Red Pink Legion. Let the women and concubines come over.”

Linglong looked at these people in the dark. Most of them were unknown, but because there wasn’t a single table with everyone’s rank and name on it, she wrote them down on a piece of paper and handed them to the Emperor. “This is the list of performances for tonight. Please take a look, Your Majesty.”

Huiqi pressed down on the paper. Dragon’s Eye looked at the list and then looked around the venue. Not long after, he laughed loudly, “Tonight’s entertainment is really in full swing.”

Hui Ye looked at Huiqi with slight displeasure, but very quickly, he smiled lightly. Huiqi also conveyed his strange smile.

Hui Qi put the paper in his sleeve. When necessary, he took it out and took a look. He could tell who was the one who had committed the great evil. Blood droplets could let these people out of the palace safely at night, but they disappeared into the long street at midnight or into everyone’s sedan chair.

Ji Zhuhua had already arrived. Behind him were the concubines of Yingying Yanyan. These people undoubtedly added a lot of color to the banquet. The concubines were all dressed up today, and there were countless banquets in the palace. They had already had their own clothes for the banquet and were still elegant. A group of people walked into the banquet hall in twos and threes.

Inside Tongming Hall, candles as thick as ears and arms were burning, and it was as if they had reached the heavens on earth in a trance.

“It’s no big or small today. Everyone can enjoy it.” As Huiqi spoke, he nodded and everyone raised their chopsticks. Hui Ye changed into a pair of silver chopsticks and began to eat. Everyone carefully took out silver chopsticks from their bodies before starting to eat.

Huiqi could only feel the fury in his heart. Seeing such a terrible scene, he couldn’t help but look at it angrily, but he couldn’t say anything. After all, everyone was in danger. Everyone wanted to be on their own, so silver chopsticks came into being.

Some people were very relieved about the food in the palace, while others were completely worried about it. It was because a single colorful meal from the Imperial Cuisine Room required more than a dozen or even a hundred formalities. No one knew which formalities would be poisoned if there was a problem, so the palace naturally needed to be careful in everything.

The Liangzhou Governor did not know what was wrong. After drinking a cup of wine, he felt dizzy and went back. Huiqi did not mind and let him go first. However, this person fainted on the ground as soon as he walked out of the university. After returning home, regardless of whether it was to ask a doctor for medicine or some other method, he would never be clear-headed or even become more intense.

Hui Qi tore off the name of the Liangzhou Governor at the corner, then calmly picked up the paper and placed it on a small golden plate. He also placed a snack on it, and when he saw Ling Long beside him, he said, “To the Seven Kings.”

Last time, Linglong dressed up in disguise to the Seventh Prince’s Mansion and finally managed to get out the superstition. Now that she was facing Hui Ye again, she really was a little overwhelmed. Linglong had already told Huiqi everything about the last incident. Huiqi naturally knew about it. Today, she just wanted Hui Ye to realize that she was not easy to bully and could kill Hui Ye anytime, anywhere.

Linglong was nervous, her hands trembling slightly as she held the plate. Linglong originally did not want to participate in this kind of thing, but she did so again and again for no reason.

“Your Highness the Seventh Prince, the Emperor asked me to send this to you.”

Linglong carried the small golden plate to Hui Ye’s table. Hui Ye turned around and deliberately prepared to make things difficult for Linglong. He wanted to fill the floor with this small plate of snacks, but he didn’t expect Linglong to raise the golden plate slightly like a prophet, so he avoided Seventh Prince Hui Ye’s prank.

He placed the golden plate on Hui Ye’s desk and said, “Your Highness Seventh Prince, enjoy yourself.”

Before Linglong could leave, Seventh Prince said coldly, “Slow down.”

Her figure could tell that she was trying her best to avoid confronting him. What was wrong with that? Linglong’s heart beat violently. Hui Ye picked up the snacks on the plate with a smile on his face and said, “Turn around?”

Linglong turned around, her face rippled. The Seven Kings’ cold eyes trembled. They didn’t expect that it wouldn’t take much effort to find a place to step through the iron shoes. “This Empress has a kind face. I don’t know where I’ve seen her golden face before.”

Linglong calmed down and looked at Huiqi. However, Huiqi only raised her glass and was not willing to help her out. Linglong could help herself when she had the courage to.

“This palace has always lived in seclusion. Although I am not familiar with the Seven Kings, I have met them several times. Could it be that the Seven Kings have forgotten that I met them at the He Palace’s banquet?” Linglong tried to lure him, afraid that the Seven Kings would recall that matter.

The Seven Kings said, “It wasn’t that time. There was another time.” Apart from a thoughtful expression, the Seven Kings looked at Linglong carefully. Linglong looked at Hui Qi for help. Hui Qi was still drinking. The Emperor would not deal with any troublesome matters unless he had no other choice.

Something unexpected happened to Linglong. Imperial Concubine De coughed slightly and said, “There are similarities between people and things. Your Highness Seventh Prince must have remembered wrongly.”

The Seven Kings laughed out loud, “I don’t know! I don’t know!”

Only then did Linglong turn around and look at Concubine De with gratitude. Concubine De did not take it seriously, neither did she show that kind of arrogance nor joy.

But what she did not expect happened. The Empress said, “Your Highness Seventh Prince has looked carefully. Although Jieyu lives in seclusion, it is not a public face. I wonder when His Highness Seventh Prince has seen such a face before.” Ji Zhu Hua had long harbored hatred for not allowing himself to host the Autumn Feast. Now, his heart was filled with indignation. The two of them were originally united in their enmity. At this time, it was inevitable that there was something hidden in their hearts.

Linglong smiled, “Concubine De also said that there are similarities between people and things, isn’t there?”

The Seven Kings seemed to have endless memories, and a shrewd scheme appeared in their eyes. “This King remembers a maidservant who looked very similar to Empress Jie Yu a while ago. However, this maidservant was a meticulous maidservant. I don’t know what she did in this King’s Mansion, but she disappeared in the end.”

Linglong clenched her fists. His fingernails were almost embedded in the snow-white flesh, ‘”The Seven Kings eat dessert first,” Hui Qi sneered as he slowly looked at Hui Qi’s face. “I can’t help but recall an old thing when I was talking about this. I thought back to when I met the Seven Kings in the back garden, and I wonder what they were pulling at a palace maid for-”

Huiqi picked up a mouthful of food and placed it on Ji Zhuhua’s plate. He apologized for what he said later and continued, “At that time, I was watching from afar. I only felt that this palace maid looked a little like one of the concubines of our harem.”

At this point, Linglong felt much more comfortable. At last, there were still people who wanted to uphold justice for her.

Imperial Concubine De did not speak for a long time. At this moment, her mouth opened. It was indeed a shocking sight. “It was summer. I saw His Highness the Seventh Prince from afar. This woman has a bit of the character of a queen.”

Although the Empress’s expression did not change, her entire head was trembling slightly. At that time, she and Hui Ye, at that time, she …

There were really too many words of desire left, but why did Concubine De and the Emperor see it at the same time? No!

“People are similar, but things are the same!” Hui Ye took a bite of the snack and discovered the note under the snack. He couldn’t help but feel extremely bad and chewed. Hui Qi smiled, “The Seven Kings are lovers of the Horizon Butterflies who like to show mercy everywhere. Probably they fell for a little girl that day, right?” “Actually, the Seven Kings are allowed to open their mouths. What the Seven Kings want, I can’t give it to the Seven Kings.”

Ji Zhuhua’s expression became uglier and uglier. Even Hui Ye’s expression turned into a palette, so ugly that it was simply indescribable.

“I have long forgotten about this, but is what Royal Brother said true?” Hui Ye asked.

Hui Qi knew that the Seven Kings were a lion-like person, so he nodded his head and said, “Apart from my beauty, what else do you want?”

The Seven Kings let out a sigh of relief. “First, I want a piece of land. Second, I have taken a fancy to a beauty beside Brother Huang. It seems that Brother Huang is unwilling to part with her. I am truly sad.” Hui Ye shook the piece of paper and saw the name on it clearly. He didn’t feel that his hands and feet were cold.

The Linglong in front of her was simply too formidable. She was actually fearless and fearless. Even when she was in the Baohua Temple, she could sneak in and steal information from her own government. It could be imagined how formidable a person she was.

Huiqi wasn’t angry. What he said just now was like a drop of water falling into cotton. Huiqi sneered, “Only virtuous people live in this world. Beauty is the same principle. What does Seventh Prince think?”