Quick Travel: Passing Through the Bloody World

Prince's Mansion - sleeping palace.

"Your Highness, Master Xue requests to see you."

Crown Prince Xuanyuan Langche was holding a beauty in his arms. Hearing this, he kissed the beauty's forehead and asked lazily, "When will it end?"

"Your Highness, it's one quarter past the hour."

"Please ask Master Xue to go to the side hall. I will be there soon."

"yes."

When Xue Shenyi was invited to the side hall by the old eunuch, he waited for another quarter of an hour before he saw Xuanyuan Langche who came late.

His clothes were still a little disheveled, and the light blue color under his eyelids showed the owner's excessive indulgence.

Xue Shenyi stood up and saluted: "Greetings, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xuanyuan Langche raised his hand to let Xue Shenyi excuse himself from the formalities, and then sat back in the upper seat.

Xue Shenyi glanced at the eunuchs and tools in the palace, took a sip of the tea in the cup, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, there are really a lot of people in the palace."

"They are all unimportant servants. If you feel it is inconvenient, please leave." Xuanyuan Langche yawned and motioned those people to leave.

The hall was suddenly empty, with only Xue Shenyi and Xuanyuan Langche left.

Xue Shenyi said straight to the point: "Your Highness, His Majesty's days are numbered."

"Won't this mean that I will soon be able to ascend to the throne?"

Xuanyuan Langche was delighted, but soon became worried: "But those old men in the court think that I am not worthy of the position. What if those ministers do not obey me after I ascend the throne?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will pave the way for you."

"Okay, okay... That's great! I know that Master Xue is the most loyal to me! When I ascend to the throne, I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

After taking in Xuanyuan Langche's crazy look, Xue Shenyi put down the teacup with a smile without saying a word.

"Your Highness, there will be a palace banquet in a few days. All the court officials will come. That will be the time for Your Highness to establish your authority."

"You mean...?" A light flashed in Xuanyuan Langche's eyes.

"Thank you, Master Xue. I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

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The Wei palace banquets were usually held twice a year. If there were soldiers returning victoriously, an extra banquet would be held to show the emperor’s favor and reward for the soldiers.

But since the old emperor grew old, he seemed to have fallen in love with this kind of indulgent life of money and luxury. No matter how big or small the festival was, he would hold a palace banquet.

"It's annoying to go to court, and it's even more annoying to have to face his old face after court."

A man in a dark blue silk brocade robe sighed in the carriage. He had a gentle and handsome face, but the words he said were funny and out of character.

The man sitting next to him had delicate features and was exceptionally handsome. He was flipping through the book in his hand boredly and acted as if he didn't hear what the man in brocade clothes said.

The man in brocade clothes could no longer bear it and took the book from his hand: "Xue Shenyi, did I say you are dumb?"

"So what do you want me to do?"

"Of course you will scold him with me!"

"Oh, I cursed in my heart." Xue Shenyi stretched out his hand and his eyes fell on the book in the hand of the man in brocade clothes.

The man in brocade clothes sneered and said, "I'll return it to you. Isn't it just a storybook? Is it so interesting?"

He took the time to look at the title of the storybook - "The Beautiful Concubine's Deep Love, the Eunuch Who Holds the Seal, Don't Run Away".

Man in brocade clothes: "..."

He hasn't been back to the capital for a long time. Has the storytelling in the capital developed to this extent?

It is true that the world is going downhill, downhill!

Xue Shenyi: "Yang Wen, if you have nothing to do, the Dali Temple still has a lot of crowded cases. Your father didn't finish handling them before he retired and returned home, so you can handle them."

Yang Wen pointed at himself and laughed angrily: "I'm fine? I haven't had any peace since I came back! I don't know what the police in Beijing do for a living. They hand over all the sneaky things to the Dali Temple for investigation."

If he didn't have the title of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, he would have thought that he had become a weasel, specializing in catching chickens and dogs for farmers.

Xue Shenyi listened to his complaints, flipped through a page, and said calmly: "After passing the corner of the palace gate, I got off my carriage. If the court officials saw me, they would report me again."

Yang Wen was furious...Yang Wen got out of the car.

He stared at Xue Shenyi's carriage as it drove away and stamped his feet angrily, and only when another court official's carriage passed by did he avoid going to the palace banquet.

The courtier was somewhat puzzled: "Why is Yang Shaoqing here alone?"

"I came here with my good friends."

In front of outsiders, Yang Wen regained his gentle and graceful appearance as a young man from a noble family. His voice was soft, giving people an inexplicable sense of affinity for no reason.

The courtiers were even more confused: "What about Yang Shaoqing's friend?"

Yang Wen smiled slightly: "Oh, I was bitten by a dog on the road, and I went back to see a doctor."

Courtier: "......" That's quite tragic.

The palace banquet was held in Jiying Hall. In the center of the hall were singing girls dancing to the orchestral music. Each of them had a slim figure and a beautiful appearance.

Xue Shenyi's position was at the lower left of the emperor, which did not conform to the proper status of a eunuch, but no one dared to say anything. Everyone in the court knew how deeply Xue, the seal holder, was favored by the emperor.

His position of power is truly worthy of the saying, second only to one man and above ten thousand others.

Ji Feiyue's gaze fell on Xue Shenyi. Xue Shenyi seemed to feel this gaze and looked at him from afar. There seemed to be a flicker of fire when their eyes met.

After a long time, a faint smile appeared on Xue Shenyi's lips, which did not reach his eyes, and contained naked sarcasm towards Ji Feiyue.

Ji Feiyue sat in the position of prime minister at a young age, so naturally he had a character that ordinary people did not have. Even Xue Shenyi's provocation could be accepted by him.

Of course, if it weren't for the creaking teacup he was squeezing, no one would have thought that he was not calm at the moment.

Pei Yu withdrew his gaze unnoticeably.

The grudge between these two people was not mentioned in the original text. It was quite rare that there was such a tense atmosphere when they met.

As one of the main characters in the original text, Ji Feiyue's life experience is naturally not simple, and there are many hardships behind him.

Ji Feiyue's aunt was the concubine of the previous emperor, and Ji Feiyue's mother died during childbirth. Ji Feiyue's father was away on military campaigns all year round, so he stayed with his aunt.

Unfortunately, his aunt was not favored, so Ji Feiyue did not have an easy time in the palace.

The original text wrote that Ji Feiyue seemed to particularly hate eunuchs, and the reason might be related to his two years of experience in the palace.

But what does this have to do with Xue Shenyi?

Pei Yu's thoughts were interrupted by a voice. Li Guiyi raised his glass and said, "Your Majesty, I, Li Guiyi, wish you a long life with the red coral from the East China Sea!"

He raised his hand to signal the attendants behind him to present the red coral. The old emperor took a look and nodded with joy.

The old emperor's complexion was ruddy and the turbidity in his eyes had faded a lot. At first glance, he looked nearly ten years younger.

Could it be that this method of getting married for good luck really works?

Many court officials have already set their sights on Pei Yu. They all want to see the true appearance of the queen. Unfortunately, the queen has covered her face with a veil, revealing only a pair of beautiful eyes.