Chapter 661: Stay up the New Year
He Lingfeng received the order and immediately arranged for someone to take Xiao Luochen and Wen Yongze to Yuquan Palace. He even ordered someone to go to the Wen family's courtyard immediately and surround him without anyone entering and leaving.
Wen Liyan and others were also taken back to the Wen family's courtyard by He Lingfeng and asked and investigated carefully.
Concubine Shu was already pale at this time, crying so hard that her pear blossoms were raining, "Emperor..."
"Concubine Shu is in poor health. I will take good care of her illness in the palace recently." The emperor interrupted Concubine Shu.
Upon hearing this, Concubine Shu collapsed on the ground.
It's over, it's all...
Concubine Shu felt that the eyes were dark.
Immediately, a palace servant came in and carried Concubine Shu back to the palace.
As the relevant people left one by one, the entire Chongyang Palace became much idle, and the atmosphere became very depressing and low due to the sudden incident.
Everyone dared not make any sound, just waited quietly for the emperor to speak.
After sighing, the emperor opened his mouth again, "I am suddenly ill and cannot stay with you. Please give me a try."
This is to end this New Year’s Eve banquet early.
Tonight was indeed a special situation, and no one regretted it. Instead, he left this place of right and wrong as soon as possible, and only saluted respectfully to the emperor and others. After the empress dowager, the emperor, the queen and all the concubines left, he would follow the rank of the The stairs are high and low, leaving Chongyang Palace one after another.
Unlike the joy, relaxation, and laughter when entering the palace, everyone was full of serious faces and cautious in their words and actions when they left.
Even after Xia Mingyue and others left, they kept silent. After leaving the palace gate, they got on their own carriage.
It was cold at night, and summer gathered to take the car together.
The carriage is spacious, and even if three people sit together, it is not crowded.
The charcoal stove inside the car was quite lit up, warm as spring. Because of the spices inside, the fragrance was everywhere, making people outside the carriage drowsy.
But at this time, Xia Mingyue and the other two were very sober and had no slight sleepiness.
After a long silence, Xia Mingyue couldn't help but speak, "These third prince..."
Did you really encounter an unexpected situation?
"I don't know yet." Lu Qiyan said, "I just asked and said that it was a letter saying that the third prince and others were slaughtered and burned to death. The reason why they can identify their identities is because of their height and size. Clothing, etc. ”
"In other words, there must be something unexpected if the third prince is not really confirmed?"
After all, I didn't really see my true appearance.
However, if you want to find someone to replace him, and if you want to find someone with a body shape similar to Cen Madam Cen, Ruan Zhiheng and others, it is probably very difficult.
And if the third prince really deceives the world, what is his purpose?
And how did his jade bi get into Xiao Luochen's hands, and he hung it on him without knowing it?
Xia Mingyue couldn't figure it out, and even felt her mind swelling, so she reached out and rubbed her forehead.
Lu Qiyan hugged Xia Mingyue in his arms so that she could lean her head against her to rest for a while, and said softly, "No need to think about it, one day it will be revealed."
"The other things are probably complicated, but one thing is very clear." Xia Yunji interrupted, "The emperor has no intention of being lenient with the Wen family this time."
"After all, it involves the prince's life and is also involved in the treason of treason. It is normal for the emperor to have this attitude." Xia Mingyue said, "It's just that the Wen family has encountered such a thing, and the rest of the Wen family probably won't sit still and wait for death." br>
"Of course not. We should take action in the past two days." Lu Qiyan said, "We are most likely to need to prepare well and welcome the guests."
"Guest? What kind of guest?" Xia Yunji was a little puzzled.
Lu Qiyan and Xia Mingyue and his wife looked at each other and did not answer.
This made Xia Yunji's monk even more confused and couldn't help but curl his lips.
Is this dog abuse method going to be upgraded?
But it doesn’t matter, he can do it soon. Don’t think that their dog food is too sweet!
The carriage returned home from outside the palace, and the three of them were also a little hungry at this time.
Although the dishes at the banquet are exquisite, they are very small in weight and have been placed for a long time, so it is a bit difficult to eat when eating. In addition, there is a lot of time to talk and laugh at the banquet, so there is no time to move the chopsticks, so my stomach is naturally not full .
Especially Xia Yunji, he showed his fists and kicks with Fan Jinglan during the meal, which consumed a lot of energy. At this time, he became more and more hungry and his chest was pressed against his back.
Xia Mingyue asked Yin Qiao to send food to the kitchen.
Tonight is New Year's Eve, so the staple food is naturally dumplings.
There are several types of dumpling fillings, which are sour and delicious. The sauerkraut and pork filling is fresh and delicious. The leek, egg, shrimp filling that you can never get tired of eating is not that rotten. You can feel the meat grains when you taste it. Strong texture, fragrant radish and mutton filling...
No matter which kind of stuffing it is, before leaving for the banquet, Xia Mingyue prepared various ingredients for people. The flavor she made herself into, and the chef's skillful craftsmanship rolled out thin and tough dumpling skin. At this time, it tastes really thin and has a big filling, and it tastes delicious.
In addition to dumplings, we also prepared refreshing vegetarian dishes such as cucumbers, pickled radishes, vinegar and cabbage, celery and dried tofu.
At the same time, there are also garlic cloves that are indispensable when eating dumplings on New Year’s Eve.
The garlic cloves are the regular Laba garlic, which Xia Mingyue pickled on the way to Beijing with the peace delegation.
On Laba Day, choose the whole garlic collected from early summer without scars, peel the garlic skin and soak it directly into vinegar. You can take it out and eat it on New Year's Eve.
After a long period of soaking, the originally white and tender garlic cloves turned into jade-like green at this time, which looked extremely refreshing and mouth-watering. When you take a bite, you will feel the crispness of the garlic cloves, and then the sourness of vinegar. , used to match dumplings, is a perfect match.
Moreover, the soaked Laba garlic is almost as spicy as garlic. Even if you eat a few more, you won’t feel spicy or uncomfortable, but it will feel extremely refreshing.
Xia Mingyue also added some peanuts when soaking Laba garlic. At this time, the peanuts tasted sophisticated, crispy, and had a very strong garlic aroma. They were used to eat dumplings, and they also had a unique flavor. .
Because of Laba garlic and soaked peanuts, the dumplings tasted particularly fresh, fragrant and delicious. I accidentally ate more, so when I put down the bowls and chopsticks, the three of them rubbed their round belly and burped. .
"Eating so much, I probably can't go to bed immediately." Xia Yunji sighed.
"Of course you can't sleep. Tonight is New Year's Eve, you need to stay up to the New Year." Xia Mingyue said with a smile, "We will stay up to the New Year together, and we will be full of blessings next year."
"But it's a bit boring to stay up all this simple. It's better to find some entertainment to pass the time, and it's not that tired." Lu Qiyan thought for a while and said, "How about playing Goji?"
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This Goji can't beat my brother-in-law, and it's really boring to play.
"Then think about something next to you." Xia Mingyue thought for a while, "Why don't we play poker cards, how about Landlords?" Poker cards, Landlords?
What a novel name, I have never heard of it.
However, they had never heard of Goko Chess before. After playing it, they found it very interesting. I think this playing cards, Landlords, etc. is also very fun?
Lu Qiyan and Xia Yunji agreed quickly, and kept urging Xia Mingyue to teach them how to play.
"It's not difficult to play, but first we need a deck of playing cards..."
Xia Mingyue began to look for materials to make playing cards.
Find paper that is the same as hard cardboard, cut it into a suitable size, and then draw two colors and four styles of patterns on it according to the appearance of modern playing cards, and then write the corresponding numbers.
As for complex patterns like JQK, Xia Mingyue herself didn't remember them very clearly, so she simply used the numbers method to draw eleven, twelve and thirteen patterns respectively, while the King of Big and Big draws the patterns of gold and silver cats instead. .
The original Arabic numerals also became capitalized numbers as local customs.
After half an hour of busyness, a homemade playing cards was completely completed and became a toy in the hands of the three.
Xia Mingyue taught Lu Qiyan and Xia Yunji how to play the Landlord in a practical way while telling and actually doing it.
No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!
Lu Qiyan and Xia Yunji learned very quickly, and in just a few games, they learned well and were able to play very smoothly with Xia Mingyue.
After a few more games, Xia Mingyue became a little uneasy.
Lu Qiyan and Xia Yunji have made significant progress in card skills, but instead she seems to be unable to keep up, and there are more and more notes on her face.
Sure enough, the disciples of the church starved the master to death!
Damn, she wants to turn the tables!
Xia Mingyue sat upright, and was full of energy, and was about to win back all the losses.
She doesn't believe it!
So, all night, Xia Mingyue's home was brightly lit.
The same is true for most of the houses in the capital.
In addition to the custom of staying up on New Year's Eve, many people cannot fall asleep because of the changes they saw in the palace tonight.
This is even more true for the Wen family at this time.
He Lingfeng led people into the Wen family's courtyard and ordered people to search the courtyard, and asked Wen Liyan and others about it.
Wen Liyan was panicked and worried about what happened tonight, but he also felt that the matter had not been concluded at this time, so there was still room for maneuver.
Therefore, no matter how He Lingfeng asked, Wen Liyan remained silent and did not answer anything.
Seeing that the inquiry was not achieved, and the sky was gradually getting bright, He Lingfeng yawned, "Since Master Wen is unwilling to say anything, then this official will not waste his energy, but Master Wen is also Think carefully, there is something suitable for talking about. If you think about it, you will tell me the official."
"It would be okay if Master Wen didn't want to say it at this time, but I also warned Master Wen that some words were said in advance and later, the result would be completely different. Master Wen would better think clearly, which is more important, How to choose. ”
Faced with He Lingfeng's threat, Wen Liyan did not agree at all, and even refused to look up at He Lingfeng, but just drank tea slowly.
It seemed that these things had nothing to do with him.
He Lingfeng pulled the corner of his mouth, "Then Master Wen, let's have a good rest. Of course, this must be a situation where Master Wen can still sleep."
After saying this, He Lingfeng raised his foot and left Wen Liyan's study.
The guards at the door closed the door heavily, and there was a very obvious sound of locking outside the door.
Wen Liyan's expression suddenly became sank.
This is true, he is put under house arrest here.
The current situation can be said to be not optimistic, but fortunately, according to the original plan, Wen Lixin will bring people to Beijing quietly. After he heard about this, he will definitely act more carefully and cautiously.
The key point now is that we need to find a reasonable reason to explain the matter of jade bi clearly.
And this jade bi was clearly placed in the secret room by him, but now it appears on Xiao Luochen...
It can be imagined that someone must have stolen this jade bi from the secret room and deliberately hung it on Xiao Luochen.
During the New Year's Eve banquet, Xiao Luochen was provoked by Xiao Luohe's words and his emotions were out of control. It was reasonable that he did not notice that the jade bi was dropped at that time.
Speaking of which, it was Xiao Luohe who mentioned that the jade bi on Xiao Luochen was wrong at that time...
So, was the Cui family who stole the jade bi from the secret room and took the opportunity to put it on Xiao Luochen?
But how could the Cui family determine that they would silence Xiao Luoan and take back Xiao Luoan's jade bi?
Wait, when Ma Liu came back to report his life, why did he take back Xiao Luoan's jade bi? Is it to prove that he had completed the task?
Maliu has always been safe in doing things, and he almost never verifies what he sent to do. Maliu has made some decisions without authorization this time...
Just as Wen Liyan was thinking about this, there was a sudden movement of unlocking outside. After they opened it, the manager brought in the food box and delivered the food he needed to Wen Liyan.
"Master." The manager deliberately lowered his voice, "You are okay."
"It's okay now, but I suddenly remembered something." Wen Liyan frowned and whispered, "What was the number of people when dealing with Ma Liu's subordinates?"
"Four hundred and ten people." The manager replied.
"But I remember that when Maliu was sent out, he brought 410 people out."
"That's right." The manager nodded, "so the old slave was a little strange at the time, but when he thought of the master's instructions, he just needed to deal with all the people, so he didn't deliberately say to the master."
"Damn it!" Wen Liyan's face was filled with anger.
The manager is a little confused, so, "What's wrong with the master?"
Of course there is something wrong!
There are so many people going out and so many people coming back. After a fight, how could no one die?
It can only be said that this Ma Liu may not have really fought.
It is very likely that when Ma Liu arrived, Xiao Luoan and others were already killed. Ma Liu was determined to take the credit, so he took away the jade bi on Xiao Luoan and came back to report his life. .
Then, there were troubles that followed.
After being massacred, Xiao Luoan and others were burned by fire, but the jade bi he got was intact, which fully demonstrated that this itself was a trap!