The reborn prince's little palace maid in the apocalypse

In the Wuji Hall, the music had stopped, the singing and dancing had stopped, and the hall that accommodated hundreds of people was as quiet as if there was no one there.

Yan Sinian looked at Lord Cao who was kneeling on the ground with a sullen face, and his cold voice echoed in the hall: "Master Cao, please get up, it would be a pity not to sit down and taste the delicious food made in the imperial kitchen. "

It happened that at this time Rengu retrieved the nectar and poured a cup for the prince. Yan Sinian took a sip, nodded, and signaled Rengu to pour a cup for Xiaoba.

Although this honey of flowers is included in the banquet list and is included in the wine list, it actually does not contain much wine content. It is originally brewed from the cores of various flowers. After being stored for a long time, the juice has a faint aroma of wine. It is very mild in the mouth and has the fragrance of flowers when you taste it carefully. Therefore, it is classified as alcohol and is specially consumed by women and children.

Ever since the last time Xiao Ba got drunk, and Yan Sinian learned from Ping Qi that the beef brisket was stewed with strong liquor, he has not allowed Xiao Ba to touch alcohol. For more than half a month, the dining room of the East Palace has not done anything. Eating and drinking alcoholic beverages. Eunuch Qiang's newly learned method of stewing meat in wine was of no use.

Xiao Ba picked up the wine glass and saw that the wine inside glowed with a light red glow under the candlelight. She put the wine glass to her lips, stretched out the tip of her tongue, and licked it gently. The sweetness of the honey bloomed in her mouth. Xiaoba's eyes lit up, and she drank the wine in one gulp. , turned to look at Ren Gu, who was holding a pot on one side.

Yan Sinian looked at Xiao Ba'er's cat-like movements and moved his fingers, but still couldn't hold back. One hand fell on Xiao Ba's braid behind his back, stroking it gently.

Xiaoba noticed it when Yan Sinian raised his hand. In an instant, his tense body slowly relaxed after Yan Sinian's hand fell. But her expression didn't change at all, and she still raised her glass and asked Ren Gu for wine.

Yan Sinian smiled at Xiaoba, but when he turned around and saw Master Cao who was still kneeling there, he showed displeasure.

"Master Cao, why don't you sit down? Is it because there is no honorable lady here to serve you food? You are not used to eating!"

"I don't dare, I don't dare. I don't dare." Mr. Cao immediately kowtowed upward.

"It doesn't matter. You are the second-rank Minister of Zhongshu and the minister of humerus in the court. Although there are some shortcomings, as long as the emperor's imperial decree remains unchanged, you are qualified to sit here."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Hearing this, Mr. Cao breathed a sigh of relief. He heard that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to punish him with a small punishment but did not intend to deal with himself. So what did His Highness mean by this? It is to suppress first and then to raise, to find a fault in yourself and then to pull yourself back. Is His Highness crazy enough to win over ministers in front of His Majesty?

Mr. Cao's legs were a little weak from kneeling just now. He supported it with his hands and slowly climbed up to the seat. As soon as he sat down, he heard Yan Sinian from above continue to say: "Even if we want to confiscate the family and exterminate the clan, we still have to do it." Wait until the third year of junior high school for my father to start writing."

There was a "bang" sound. This time, Mr. Cao did not kneel down, but fell directly to the ground. When he fell, he also turned over the table in front of him. Fortunately, because when he knelt down to plead guilty before, several people were ready to put it on the table for them. , the palace servant setting the hot pot stopped his movements before he could do it, and stood quietly aside, otherwise, he would not only be covered in vegetable soup at this time. Now this table of delicacies is not too much of a waste, all of it has been spent on Mr. Cao.

[Seize the family and exterminate the clan, kill everyone in the family] Lord Cao lay on the ground, with only these words left in his mind. Suddenly he raised his head and stared at Tu Lifei who was still kneeling in front of him with a pair of scarlet eyes. At this time, he wanted to rush up and bite this man to death. He praised his family for no reason and used his family members to attack the people around the prince. Otherwise, the prince would not have been angry with his family and ended up trapping his whole family.

His wife and daughter sat beside the female family members, and their faces were filled with tears at this time. Seeing her father lying there, Master Cao's third daughter didn't know where she got the courage. She rushed out and knelt directly in front of Yan Sinian without even looking at the emperor.

I saw her wearing a bright pink dress, and the jewelry on her body was inlaid with pink gemstones. She looked not very big, delicate and tender, and she was kneeling at the foot of the steps with pear blossoms in the rain, which attracted the attention of some young people from aristocratic families nearby. They felt some pity.

Mr. Cao's third daughter is only twelve this year, and she is also a beautiful girl. At home, she overheard her parents talking and said that she was the best-looking among the daughters in the family, and regardless of her age, she was most likely to be admitted to the East Palace by the prince. So she rushed out, thinking that if the prince fell in love with her, then her father would be fine.

But after rushing out, she looked at His Royal Highness sitting above and didn't know what to say. I can only cry blindly. Yan Sinian didn't even look at her. He just said: "We were crying in the Wuji Hall at the New Year's Eve banquet. It seems that you don't want to wait until the end of the year. It's also good that the whole family has become nine tribes, and the whole family will be reunited."

The crying stopped in an instant. Not only was there no crying, everyone in the hall did not even dare to make a sound.

Even Xiaoba stopped eating for a moment.

Emperor Jingtian didn't speak or had any expression when he came out of the censor. When he saw this, he glanced at Mr. Cao, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, picked up the wine on the table, took a sip, and gave Su Laiguang a look. At this time, the palace guards calmly took Mr. Cao out, and his wife and daughter were also taken away. The knocked down table was also lifted up and put on the table again, but the eater was no longer there, leaving only the steaming silver hot pot on the table.

Zhongshu Ling Zhuang Chi of Zhongshu Province, also known as Zhuang Xiang, is approaching his sixties this year. He sat in the first row, close to the imperial steps. He watched Mr. Cao, the minister of Zhongshu, being escorted down, and he felt a little dissatisfied. In any case, this person was an official of his Zhongshu Province, although he was not his disciple. , but also his capable assistant. And today's incident, from a clear perspective, this Master Cao is somewhat unreasonable. The prince's treatment also slapped Zhongshu Sheng in their faces. He raised his head and looked around, thinking about who to ask for mercy for this man named Cao. His Majesty would not agree or not. He always wanted to let other subordinates know the thoughts of his old boss.

But when he saw the expressionless Shangshu Ling on the side, he didn't want to come forward. You must know that Yue Guangwei's thoughts are much more important than his own. Thinking about what the prince said just now, although he is taking a minister of Zhongshu with him now, after the banquet, many officials will not necessarily be taken away.

He had already sat upright, relaxed slightly, and leaned back on the chair, preparing to watch the show.

With the sound of drums, singing and dancing, everything just seemed like it had never happened, and the hall became lively again.

Yan Sinian looked around the table. Finally, he used chopsticks to add a piece of red and white but very thinly sliced ​​meat and fed it into Xiaoba's mouth.

This piece of meat looked so tender and smooth. As soon as the meat entered his mouth, Xiaoba felt that it was exactly what it looked like. The meat was fresh and smooth and fragrant in the mouth. It tasted a bit like the steamed ham that Qiang’s father-in-law made a few days ago. The taste is good, but this piece in your mouth is not that salty. After chewing a few more times, it is still a little sweet. It feels like your tongue is melting with this piece of meat.

"What kind of meat is this?" Xiaoba smacked his lips and asked Yan Sinian in a low voice.

"Ham! Why didn't you eat it when the kitchen made it a few days ago?" Hearing Xiaoba talking to him in a low voice, Yan Sinian deliberately lowered his voice and replied to her. Like two children whispering in class.

"Eat it, it's not as delicious as this!" Yan Sinian was right, the ham made by Qiang Eunuch was indeed not as delicious as the one made at the imperial banquet. Xiao Ba said that Eunuch Qiang's cooking was not delicious, but she would never tell Yan Sinian that she ate all the ham steamed in the East Palace except for the supervisors who used a plate for dinner.

Xiao Ba looked at the chopsticks in Yan Sinian's hand, then glanced at the plate of meat placed on one side of Yan Sinian, and gave him a look that meant two more slices. Yan Sinian saw that Xiao Ba was eating happily, so he took another piece and fed it to her. While she was eating the meat, he poured her another cup of honey.

Taishi Pang was the prince's tutor when Yan Hongyang was still the prince. At that time, Yan Hongyang was very respectful to him. As a teacher, he could even criticize the prince's shortcomings at will. You must know that the Master of Heaven and Earth, even the prince, must bow as a disciple in front of him.

He always believed that Yan Hongyang was the best student he had ever taught. He was a gentleman and understood all six arts, including the Four Books and Five Classics. He was polite and virtuous, respected his teachers, and was a gentleman. But when Yan Sinian became the prince, he was simply a naughty child who didn't learn much. At the beginning, Yan Sinian behaved well in front of him. He studied hard every day by following the example of his brother Yan Hongyang, and he also followed Yan Hongyang's example. Teach him the standard. But just two years later, Yan Sinian became more and more disobedient to discipline. But before he could do anything, his father suddenly died suddenly. He wanted Ding You for three years. At that time, he had hinted to Yan Si Nian came to help him win his love, but the young prince seemed not to understand, causing him to stay at home for three years.

Looking at Yan Sinian above, he felt that it was because he was not around to teach him that the young prince was so devoid of morals and etiquette. Looking at Yan Sinian feeding Xiaoba, in his eyes, this was a dissolute and dandy style. How could a dignified prince of a country behave in such a deplorable manner.

He put down the wine glass in his hand, walked to the imperial steps, bowed and saluted, and said with an upright expression: "Your Majesty, in the past three years at Ding You's house, I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has made great progress in knowledge, and his understanding of government affairs has been greatly improved. The official praised me. But are these moral rules a little slack? Isn't it degrading to feed a palace maid with your own chopsticks in public? Your Highness is the crown prince of a country. He should restrain himself and observe etiquette and set an example for the world. How can we imitate the dissolute behavior of that dandy?"

After listening to Master Pang's words, Emperor Jingtian still said nothing, but turned his head to look at the prince. The moment Master Pang stood up, the voices in the hall were basically gone, and only the music continued.

Yan Sinian also heard what Taishi Pang said. He put down the chopsticks in his hands, but picked up his own wine glass from the side and fed Xiao Ba half a glass to prevent her from choking. Then he drank the remaining half glass of wine himself. He dropped it and looked at Master Pang while drinking.

In the eyes of Taishi Pang, this scene was contempt and provocation for him.

"Is this a dissolute act? This was not taught by Pang Pang, the Crown Prince and Tutor." Every time Yan Sinian saw Pang Taishi, he wanted to tear off his sanctimonious face.

In the previous life, he told him every day that he was not as good as Yan Hongyang in everything. No matter what he did, he would find him in advance and tell him about it. What would Yan Hongyang say and do if he were here? Learn from it. Once he has his own idea, this guy will compare Yan Hongyang and then criticize him completely. Even though I was living a relatively depressed life at that time, I really wanted to learn from my brother, so I tolerated his sarcasm. If he hadn't been stabbed to death by his own son later, he would have thought that this man was a good man!

"Your Highness is lying and slandering others. When did I teach His Highness the Crown Prince to behave like this? Your Majesty Ding You's filial piety has just ended. We haven't seen each other for three years. How come the Crown Prince has become like this?" He even raised his hand as he spoke. , wiped the non-existent tears.

Originally, he was still thinking about how he could return to the East Palace and gain the attention of the prince or the emperor. Now is the time for His Majesty to see that the prince's moral character is lacking and his etiquette is a mess. This must be because he does not have a good teacher. It is the character and responsibility of a teacher to stand up and boldly accuse the prince. I think His Majesty will definitely value me more. With His Majesty's support, even the prince can only be respectful to me.

That's why he stood up and said these words, but when the prince said that he learned all this from him, Master Pang immediately became angry and even spoke arbitrarily.

"Feeding people with your own chopsticks is a disgrace and a dissolute act. So a big man and a courtesan exchange food by mouth. I guess that is the style of a bachelor and a gentleman."

After hearing what the prince said, Master Pang's heart tightened, but he could never admit it, so he lowered his voice and said to the prince: "I have been staying behind closed doors for the past three years and have never been to any romantic place. Your Highness can listen." What rumors are there, there is a misunderstanding.”

"Misunderstanding? When did I say that you went to the Fengyue place?" Yan Sinian sneered and asked Taishi Pang back.

At this time, his sleeve was gently tugged. He turned his head, and the sneer at the corner of his mouth instantly turned into a gentle smile. He heard Xiaoba ask himself in a low voice: "Where is the romantic place?"

"Dirty place." Yan Sinian replied.

"Isn't there anyone cleaning up?"

"It's not dirty inside, but the people who go there are."

Xiaoba nodded and didn't ask any more. She thought it was a bath, and probably Feng Yue was the name of the bath. She just asked out of curiosity because she had never heard of the term "romantic place". Now that she knew it, she didn't care. While Yan Sinian was talking to the following, she moved the plate of ham in front of her, took a piece and put it in Yan Sinian's bowl, wrapping up the rest with peace of mind.