Chapter 32

After sitting for a while, Emperor anqing appeared.

Emperor anqing was in his forties, with a white and fat face and a moustache. When they saw him appear, they immediately got up and saluted. Emperor anqing waved his hand and motioned everyone to get up. Then he ordered the eunuch to have a banquet.

The eunuch sang "open banquet" in a loud voice, and when the music changed, it became more and more popular. People in the palace brought the dishes one after another and placed them on the small table quietly and orderly. For the guests.

In the center of the main hall, a group of dancers, wearing thin gauze clothes, came forward gracefully barefoot, slowly worshipped the emperor Anqing, and began to dance.

Anqingdi seemed to be in high spirits, leaning on the table, watching the dance and beating the music.

An Changqing was not interested in singing and dancing. Instead, she poured wine from a wine pot. This snow plum wine tastes light and not spicy. He likes it very much. Only after drinking five or six cups, the wine cup was taken away by Xiao Zhige.

Xiao Zhige took a piece of tangerine peel beef from the dish and put it in his bowl. He said, "don't be greedy. Eat a la carte to press your stomach."

An Changqing reluctantly glanced at the wine pot which had been put on the other side, and had to eat. After eating, he saw that Xiao Zhige hadn't moved his chopsticks yet. He gave him an emerald cucumber, and said with a smile, "the Lord also eats it."

“……” Xiao Zhige stares at the cucumber in the bowl. He doesn't like to eat it all the time. Seeing that an Changqing was laughing like a little fox, he was obviously taking revenge on him for not giving him wine. Xiao Zhige mouth overflow helpless smile, but it is picked up cucumber to eat.

Both of them were seen by Emperor Anqing. He squinted at an Changqing and said, "how can you squeeze a table with the princess?"

Before they could answer, the prince said with a smile: "my father didn't know. Originally, the position of the princess was arranged on the side of the ladies. My second brother was reluctant to give up the princess, so he brought me here."

"Oh?" Emperor anqing narrowed his eyes and gave a smile. His eyes swept over Xiao Zhige and an Changqing. It didn't matter that he said, "if you like to squeeze, you can squeeze, but..."

His words suddenly changed: "I heard that the second daughter-in-law has bought a lot of winter clothes recently? It costs a lot, doesn't it? The winter is almost over, and I still hoard so many things. The second one dotes on the princess, so I should have a degree... "

In the future, the smile on anqing emperor's face has faded. People with good eyes can see it. This is to knock the mountain and shake the tiger. Take the opportunity to knock the king of Northern War.

The richest of the three princes is undoubtedly Xiao Zhige, the king of the Northern War.

Xiao Zhige bought a lot of Chuang Tzu shops since he came out of the palace. Over the years, he has managed well and made a lot of money. But these are just small heads. There are few Chuang Tzu shops in the name of the prince. To say the most profitable is the fine iron ore in Yanzhou.

Yanzhou is bordered by the northern desert, the land is poor, and has been invaded by Beidi people for years. It was very poor. But the Northern Warlord did not know what fortune he had taken. Unexpectedly, a fine iron mine was dug up in Yanzhou. Daye domestic refined iron ore before a total of three. Now another one has been found, and Emperor Anqing is naturally overjoyed.

Emperor anqing indulged in pleasure, but now the Treasury is getting poorer year by year, so he came up with the idea of refining iron ore.

Who knows that Xiao Zhige is holding the banner of Yanzhou's soldiers and people's difficulties in guarding the city. He asks emperor Anqing to use 80% of the refined iron ore income for the defense construction of Yanzhou's city wall. At that time, just after winter, all the soldiers and people in Yanzhou were defending the city and losing their soldiers. Xiao Zhige handed over a fold at this time, but emperor anqing had no choice but to answer.

At the same time, he gave Xiao Zhige a hard memory in his heart.

Then many years later, when anqing emperor thought of it, he became more and more dissatisfied with Xiao Zhige. Now I heard that the imperial concubines of the Northern War were worth more than one million taels of silver, and the emperor anqing was even more dissatisfied, so he deliberately borrowed money from the Palace Banquet.

An Changqing frowns, just want to get up to explain. But Xiao Zhige held his hand. He shook his head slightly. Xiao Zhige got up and bowed to him and said, "father, it's my son's advice."

An Qingdi raised his eyebrows, patted his palm on the table and hummed: "that's more nonsense."

The others held their breath to watch the follow-up.

But Xiao Zhige's face didn't change and said, "when I went to camp outside the city a few days ago, I ran into a crazy Taoist. The crazy Taoist said that his son's minister killed too much in his previous life. He was afraid that it would involve people close to him. He needed to do a good deed to save tens of millions of people in order to resolve the evil and accumulate happiness for his relatives. Later, he said that Yejing would soon be disturbed by the snow disaster. He asked his children's ministers to prepare early to eliminate the evil. "

"The crazy Taoist looked crazy, but he didn't look like an ordinary person. My son wanted to bring people back for interrogation, but he disappeared. Seeing the mystery, my son's minister was half convinced and ordered the princess to hoard such things for the winter. "

Emperor anqing was a believer in Taoism. He asked for immortals these years. I don't know how many Taoists he invited to Yejing. There is a Taoist priest who lives in the palace to make pills. After listening to Xiao Zhige's words, he hesitated.

At this time, the prince gave a warm smile, as if he had no intention to say: "this kind of immortal master who has come and gone without a trace can figure out that there will be a great disaster soon. Why don't these capable people report directly to their father and emperor, but go to find their second younger brother?"The face of emperor Anqing, who was still hesitating, changed slightly.

Xiao Zhige said in a deep voice: "the evil of killing is in me, so I should eliminate it. Why labor, father

Another third prince said, "this crazy Taoist may not be true. Maybe he is really a crazy man."

"It's better to believe what it has than to believe what it doesn't have." Xiao Zhige glanced at him: "how dare you take people close to you and Yejing safety as a joke?"

Seeing that the three brothers had their own opinions, Emperor anqing waved his hand and said, "well, since the second brother has prepared these things. Just wait for the winter to pass

When he said that, the prince and the Third Prince did not dare to say any more, and Xiao Zhige sat back in his place.

An Changqing didn't expect that he would come up with such a statement to cover up for himself and take all the responsibility to himself. For a moment, he was moved and sad. But now it's not a convenient time to talk. I can only put vegetables in his bowl frequently.

***

after an hour, the banquet will be over. Emperor anqing took a beauty back to rest, and the ministers dispersed.

An Changqing goes out with Xiao Zhige, but meets an Zhike and Li on the way. Before they went late, they didn't bother to talk to an Zhike. Now I have, but I can't ignore it.

An Changqing came forward and said, "father, mother."

When an Zhike saw him, his eyes were not his eyes, and his nose was not his nose. But Li's smile should be next, gentle mouth way: "today's banquet you are not here, there are several wives heard that Xian Yu retired, are asking."

"There are a few mothers who are looking good and just want to ask the princess."

An Changqing eyebrows a pick, can't believe Li Shi will be so kind to give an Xianyu pick husband son-in-law: "Oh? How many are there? "

Li said so.

It's true that all the children have a good family background, but with the impression of her last life, an Changqing knows that these are all dandies who tease cats and dogs all day long and go to restaurants and restaurants.

"It's hard to worry about my mother. I've chosen only a few dandies." An Changqing said with a smile.

Li said with a smile: "which family doesn't like to play? When you get married, you will be happy. "

An Zhike hummed coldly: "I told you not to worry. The princess has a big idea now. Even my sister's marriage is in my hands. "

Not to be outdone, an Changqing said with a sneer, "I don't care. If there is another Zhang Junshu and Li Junshu, who should yu'er go to complain to? I don't ask yu'er to get married. I just want to find a husband who can protect her. If mother has to be free, don't worry about it. "

Li's dignified face cracked a little, and an Zhike's face was even more ugly. He glared at Li and left.

The necks of the people who were watching the scene were all stretched out. When they looked at Xiao Zhige coldly, they hurriedly took it back and pretended to look at the scenery.

The princess not far away saw the scene, restrained her expression and walked towards them. The crown princess is twenty years old, and she is a very beautiful woman. When an Changqing saw her coming, she immediately saluted.

The crown princess said with a smile, "don't be too polite. I thought I could have a chat with the princess today, but I didn't expect that the princess went with her second brother. "

An Changqing didn't know what medicine she was selling in the gourd, so she had to smile and say, "I'm afraid that I'll disturb my husband's interest."

The princess looked at him and said, "as a long sister-in-law, I didn't bring a gift for the first time. The prince said that the princess liked the snow plum wine at the banquet, so he asked someone to prepare some. " Then he took a small basket from the maid behind him and handed it to an Changqing.

An Changqing said thank you, but she thought about her sentence "listen to the prince...".

What does this have to do with the prince?

Two people you come to me to go to the ground polite some time, the Crown Princess then turns round to leave.

An Changqing's eyebrows were twisted like a twist in her little wine basket. When he was in his carriage, he threw the basket aside and asked Xiao Zhige, "what does the princess mean?"

What does the prince do? And why does the prince know he likes this wine?

Seeing that he couldn't wait to throw away the wine, Xiao Zhige's cold face was softened. His eyes were dim and he said: "the prince is good. He likes to collect all kinds of beauties."

An Changqing didn't understand at first: "can't you see it? I've also heard that he and the princess are very affectionate. "

Xiao Zhige sneered: "he hides well, and the Crown Princess covers him up. Since no one knows. "

What else did an Changqing have to say, but suddenly she understood. All of a sudden, his whole face was wrinkled, so he couldn't say: "you mean Prince, he Have you taken a fancy to me? "

Xiao Zhige looked down at him without a positive answer. He just said, "stay away from the prince in the future. He's a man with a sinister mind."

An Changqing looked disgusted. Seeing the wine from the princess, she felt goose bumps. She picked up the basket and threw it out: "I will never drink this wine again."

It's disgusting to think about it.