Chapter 2296 Light Gate Lintel 96
"Really?" Guo Qianshi looked suspicious.
"Of course it's true." Guo Siyuan coaxed along with him: "If you don't believe what your son says, you can believe what the little miracle doctor says. After the banquet, Huoyun Villa will be the first among the merchants."
They have to come back alive. If King Duan wins, don't even think about escaping. King Duan must have stabbed them both with a sword to avenge the poisoning.
Guo Siyuan said he wanted a beige mink fur cloak from a village outside Beijing. It would be unlucky to wear a white fox fur cloak in the palace.
Xining immediately wrote another piece of paper and filled it with the required medicinal materials.
Guo Qian had to take care of the clothes and medicine herself. In this way, the two of them joined forces and coaxed Guo Qianshi away.
The next step is to guess what happened this time! Xi Ning could imagine that at the banquet, there were heavy soldiers outside, and the emperor and officials at all levels were being held hostage inside the palace. Of course, there were also several ministers who had been killed and spoke uprightly lying on the ground. King Duan held his sword with anger and pointed at her and Guo Siyuan. He struck her and Guo Siyuan with a "pop" sword here and a "pop" sword there, each one with a sword. The two fell in a pool of blood, waiting to cool off.
She turned to look at Zhao Kang with sad eyes: "Brother, Your Highness King Xin, what grudge does this little girl have against you? Do you insist on inviting me to have a decapitation meal?"
Zhao Kang smiled: "This is not what I mean, but what the Holy One means."
"That's okay." Xining breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest gently with his hand, which really scared the baby to death.
If the emperor invited her to dinner, it would prove that the emperor was sure of victory, and asking her to go was just to prevent King Duan, an unfilial son, from being poisoned. By the way, I want to save a few unlucky people who got injured in this dispute. It doesn't matter if they can't be saved. After all, she has no smart medicine and has become a little fool. All she needs to do is follow the imperial doctor and tell her that I am not good at studying and I am afraid that I will not be able to save myself. Please ask your Majesty. punishment.
"Why, don't you want to try the skills of the imperial chef?" Zhao Kang asked with a smile.
"I haven't been eating all this time."
It’s not just Zhao Kang who comes here every two days to feed. Guo Siyuan, who lives together, eats according to Xi Ning's requirements and is no longer extravagant. The few people eat six dishes, one soup and snacks, all with ordinary ingredients. But the skill of the cook he brought is really good, no worse than that of the imperial chef.
Moreover, at this kind of banquet, you should usually not eat or drink extravagantly, but should be reserved. You will be looked down upon like a starving ghost reincarnated. Whoever wants to go will go!
But the holy mandate is difficult, so I have to go even if I don’t want to.
"Bring here three cups of tea." Xining ordered the maid next to him, then turned to Zhao Kang: "Explain the matter clearly, and let me know clearly if you want me to die."
Zhao Kang walked to the warm bed, took off his shoes, and sat on it cross-legged.
Wu Jue, who has been in the corner, trying to reduce his presence as much as possible: "Why don't you give me a drink?"
"If you don't want to go to the banquet, don't listen." Xi Ning also did Wu Jue's best. Not knowing some things is a good thing: "Even if you can enter the palace, you can't get out, let alone take me with you. ”
Wu Jue thought for a while: "If I knew I couldn't beat him, I would leave." The Jianghu is very big, including Guanwai and Nanyang. Even if it is not the king's land in the world, there are places where the imperial power can't reach.
"I probably can't leave." Xining knew that Wu Jue cared about her, so it was better not to involve him in this matter: "You go and pack your luggage first. If possible, you can go back to the main helm first."
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Regardless of whether he left or not, Wu Jue left the house so that they could discuss things behind closed doors.
The tea was served, and there were four colored snacks on the table. Zhao Kang picked up one and ate it without hesitation. After everyone else in the room left and the door was closed, the three of them gathered around the bed and table before he began to speak.
"Some time ago, the commander of the Black Armored Guards was punished with a cane because of your escape. He was raised at home. Now the deputy commander is a member of King Duan. The palace guards and imperial guards have also been slowly replaced by King Duan in the past two years. I heard that the concubine’s natal family and the Minister of Punishment have been secretly contacting his connections in the past few days.”
Xi Ning touched his forehead with his finger: "The arrangements for him are quite good, and he has enough manpower. So does he plan to rush into the palace during the banquet, kidnap the emperor to order the princes, or does he plan to directly ascend to the throne? Like this, he is reluctant to kill Just lock it up and that’s it.”
No matter what the sect's mansion, the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, or the Dali Temple, no matter which plane it is, there will always be a place to lock it up. Make trouble for Mao and then suppress him.
"I don't know." Zhao Kang found a reason for the emperor: "After all, he is a prince, and tigers cannot eat their own children. If he is punished directly, he is afraid that the courtiers will disobey and plead for mercy."
So we have to go around in a circle and let everyone see King Duan leading his troops to the banquet, intending to kill the king and usurp the throne, then capture him again, slap him in the face, and finally "endure the pain" and dispose of him.
In this day of internal fighting within the family, if so many people are involved in playing with each other and taking control, it is inevitable that people will die. Are you tired of making such a fuss?
"The Empress Dowager means that this is the last chance that the father gives to the third brother. If the third brother does not do anything wrong, then he can go to the fiefdom after the New Year, and he can maintain his status and glory in this life. If he really wants to force the palace, then by then It’s so cruel.”
Zhao Kang was also helpless: "The prince must also know about this matter. You guessed it right before, he advocated for King Duan..."
He gestured with his hand and pulled it like a knife with his palm: "My father scolded me so much that when I went in, the ground was full of broken porcelain."
Xining sneered: "So, regardless of success or failure, King Duan is already on the cusp of the wave and has to do it."
If he doesn't rebel now, he will definitely deal with King Duan when the prince succeeds to the throne. Anyway, they are all going to die, so it is better to rebel now before they leave the capital. What if it works?
Of course, you don’t have to rebel. If it were Zhao Kang, there would be no way he would rebel. But with people and ambitions, how could it be possible to just sit back and wait for death.
The emperor was sure of this, just to see if his son would turn against him. If not, just let him live his own life in the fiefdom and wait for the next thing, we will talk about it later. If it were the other way around, King Duan would definitely not survive this time.
"Yes." Zhao Kang nodded, sure that King Duan would seize this opportunity: "In the past, banquets were held separately for men and women, with the ministers in the main hall in the main hall, and the official family members in the inner palace with the queen. This is The second father-in-law specially put the two places together and separated them with a curtain to prevent accidents for the female family members, so don’t worry, there should be no problem.”
At this point, Wu Jue shouted at the door: "Little Junior Sister, the leader is here."
"What?" Xining was stunned.
"Liu Yulang, Master Liu is here."
As soon as Liu Yulang entered the room, he ran to the warm bed and howled: "Little junior sister, I finally found you. You don't know..."
Seeing the refreshments on the table, she directly picked up the tea in front of her and took a sip: "Well, yes, it's tongue."
He picked up another piece of crabapple cake and took a bite: "You don't know, I was dragged to the capital, I finally escaped, and suffered so much before I found you. Well, this cake tastes good, let's have another piece..."
(End of chapter)