Overwhelming mountains and rivers

Half a month later, on the emperor's fiftieth birthday, Emperor Yuan held a grand banquet at Longfu Terrace to receive congratulations from a group of relatives and ministers.

All the ministers had been waiting for a long time at the Longfu Terrace, and it was almost noon when the emperor walked into the high hall on the stage surrounded by dozens of palace people.Cui Gui, the head of internal supervision, swept the whisk away, and sang loudly, "His Majesty the Emperor has arrived, and everyone is here to greet you."

Headed by the three kings, the courtiers were divided into two classes, civil and military, and they all knelt down in the hall, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Emperor Yuan sat down on the dragon seat, and then said slowly, "Excuse me, just sit flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Banquet——play music—." Seeing that everything was in order, Cui advocated to hold a banquet.

The Shanshi Bureau and others who had been prepared for a long time rushed in from both sides quickly, holding the jade plate in their hands and presenting the dishes after a while.The dancers and musicians behind the door also quickly came into the hall, and for a while, singing and dancing were peaceful.

The banquet was about to end, Cui Gui saw that Emperor Yuan was in good spirits, took a few steps forward, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Emperor Yuan nodded slightly at him, "Yes."

Director Cui then stood up and sang loudly, "The ministers congratulated each other one by one, offering gifts—"

King Lian glanced at King Teng, who was holding a wine glass and drooping eyes, stood up from his seat, took a carved box of vermilion lacquered nanmu, walked to the center of the hall, bowed his head and knelt down, "I wish my father a long life. My son I found a pearl from the East Sea, the pearl is dazzling, and I dedicated it to my father to celebrate his birthday."

As soon as Emperor Yuan waved his hand, Director Cui stepped down to take over the wooden box from King Lian, and presented it to the emperor.The emperor raised his hand to open the wooden box, and the brilliance of pearls instantly came into his eyes. Emperor Yuan touched it and found it extremely smooth. He couldn't help being overjoyed.

"My son should not be praised by his father."

"Prince Lian Chuxuan presents a pearl from the East China Sea—" Following Director Cui's shout, the chief supervisor of the treasury registered and made a record, and recorded them one by one.

King Lian let out a sigh of relief, he thought that King Teng would be tampering with the birthday ceremony, but he did not expect to be praised by his father so smoothly.

King Teng glanced at Prince Lian who had retreated from the center of the hall, and couldn't help but sneered in his heart, it really was stupid.

King Teng walked to the center, bowed his head and knelt down. Because Emperor Yuan had been suspicious of him before, he had been a little indifferent to him during this time. Seeing him walking forward empty-handed, his expression darkened instantly.

"I respectfully wish my father a long life in Nanshan, and good luck like the East China Sea! I know that my father has always loved horses, so I specially found a BMW from the frontier. It has a pure black coat, a strong body, and it can travel thousands of miles every day. My son dares to say that even if this horse is compared with the best horses in Fengchuyuan, it will only win but not lose!"

Fengchuyuan, Dayuan's institution that provides horses for the royal family, was originally established because Emperor Yuan loved horses very much.There are dozens of precious horses offered from all over Dayuan. Emperor Yuan specially assigned a hundred silver-armored guards to guard around Fengchuyuan day and night.

"Oh?" Emperor Yuan couldn't help but calm down when he heard this, "Then where is this horse now?"

"Going back to my father, I have been handed over to the caretaker of Fengchuyuan. After the banquet, my father can move over to have a look."

"Okay, very good." Although Emperor Yuan was looking forward to it in his heart, he left like this after all, but he was still very happy, and he no longer cared about his fear of King Teng before, and turned to Mr. Cui, "Prince Teng is filial Jia, Cui Gui, reward King Teng with a hundred bead beads as a token of appreciation. If the horse fruit is as King Teng said, reward again!"

"Yes. King Teng presented a horse, his filial piety is commendable, and he rewarded him with a hundred pearls—"

Seeing this, King Lian couldn't help clenching his hands on his knees, his knuckles were faintly white, hmph, this Chu Xuanqing really knows how to figure out the emperor's heart!

Everyone knows that Emperor Yuan loves horses. It is not that King Lian has never thought about giving horses, but firstly, good horses are not easy to come by, and secondly, Emperor Yuan has been unable to ride horses in recent years. Although he still likes horses, he dare not take them lightly. Try it, lest you touch the Emperor Yuan's reverse scale.

Unexpectedly, King Teng's dangerous move actually aroused the joy of Emperor Yuanlong's heart!

King Xin held a tray in his hand and covered it with a layer of red cloth. He walked to the center and knelt down. , this was designed by my son himself, I hope my father will not dislike it."

Chu Xuanzhao looked at Emperor Yuan expectantly, and Emperor Yuan couldn't help being amused by his eyes, "Oh? You designed it yourself, what is it?"

Chu Xuanzhao lifted the red cloth with one hand, "It's a golden crown with a coiled dragon. I hope that what I own can represent my heart and will accompany my father."

"Okay. Okay. I accept your wish." Emperor Yuan made a slight gesture, and Director Cui immediately stepped forward to take the tray in his hand.

"The King of Faith, Chu Xuanzhao, presents a Panlong Golden Crown—"

Chu Xuanzhao stepped back, and motioned to Chu Xuanxin with his eyes. Chu Xuanxin stepped forward and knelt down, "I respectfully wish my father a long life. My son specially made a sapphire brush wash for my father. Father and Emperor will not give up."

"En." Emperor Yuan responded lightly, and Director Cui slowly took the birthday gift without waiting for him to signal.

"The fourth son of the emperor, Chu Xuanxin, presented a sapphire brush—"

"Prime Minister Li Weizhen respectfully wished my emperor a long life, and specially compiled ten volumes of governance policies to help my emperor rule the world."

The prime minister, Li Weizhen, is upright and selfless, the leader of the stalwart faction in the court, who has been working hard for the fortune of Dayuan. However, due to the decline of the court in recent years, even though he is still in the prime minister, the prestige of the court is being suppressed day by day, and he is gradually losing the emperor. Heart, although suffering from the situation of Da Yuan, is powerless.

Emperor Yuan was a little surprised when he heard his birthday gift, but he didn't say much, he just said coldly, "Prime Minister has a heart."

"Prime Minister Li Weizhen presents ten volumes of national policies—"

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The courtiers offered gifts, and the emperor was either happy or happy, and soon it was the turn of Prince Lian's uncle, Minister of Rites Lu Shihuai.

King Teng picked up the wine glass, as if drinking, but he used the wine glass to block the corners of his slightly raised lips.

The show is about to begin.

"Lu Shihuai, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, congratulates His Majesty on his birthday. I present a picture of a thousand years of life written by myself, and may Your Majesty appreciate it." As he spoke, he unfolded a scroll, which was densely composed of a thousand small longevity characters A birthday character.

"Okay, Lu Aiqing has a heart."

"slow!"

Director Cui was about to step forward to take it, when suddenly there was a shout in the hall.

Everyone heard the sound and looked at the person who spoke, and saw that the person who spoke was Wang Yue, the servant of the Ministry of War who had just offered a gift and retreated to the side.

Being interrupted, the emperor was immediately displeased, and his words were mixed with anger, "Wang Aiqing, what's the matter with you?"

"The emperor calmed down, I didn't intend to interrupt, but this matter is not a trivial matter, I am terrified and dare not hide it."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's minister," Wang Yue sighed, as if he had made up his mind, "The minister is quite close to this volume, so he can clearly see the three small characters of longevity in the center of the character for longevity, and in the end, they are all missing a little bit. "

Wang Yue leaned over and knelt down on the ground, "Your Majesty, the word longevity has no end. Master Lu is cursing the emperor's short life! I dare not lie, so I stopped Eunuch Cui in a hurry, and asked the emperor to forgive me." !"

As soon as these words came out, His Highness suddenly burst into chatter, and Emperor Yuan couldn't help but change his expression.Lu Shihuai quickly turned the scroll over. When he looked at it, he instantly felt as if he had been poured by a basin of cold water. With a flick of his wrist, the scroll slipped off, and his whole body limp and sat on the ground.

"Your majesty, my minister...this, isn't..."

"Cui Gui, bring it up."

"Yes."

Emperor Yuan took the scroll and looked at it. He was furious and threw the scroll in Lu Shihuai's face, "Lu Shihuai, you are so brave!"

"Your Majesty! I didn't—"

"Come here! Drag out this traitor who dares to curse me, and cut him to pieces!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, King Lian wanted to get up to plead for him, but he was pulled by his cronies, so he didn't get up rashly.He understood that this incident was obviously Chu Xuanqing's revenge on him.

This fact is really a dilemma, and no matter what I do, I will definitely not be able to resolve it well.

If he pleaded for Lu Shihuai, the emperor would not listen to him under his wrath, and would deal with him together with him.If he doesn't intercede, he will not only lose Lu Shihuai's help, but also make other supporters feel cold and afraid to help him with confidence.

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In the end, King Lian did not stand up. He is not stupid. Although not pleading may make those who support him renounced, but if he pleads, he may be attacked by his father on the spot. It is possible to feel that Lu Shihuai acted like this under his own order, and he might be punished for the same crime.

In that case, even if it is impossible for the father to kill himself, he will definitely be disappointed in himself and will be severely punished.

Moreover, even if he didn't intercede, Emperor Yuan would definitely take the anger out on himself and his mother in today's matter.

He couldn't, didn't dare to try.

He glanced at Chu Xuanqing, who was acting as if nothing had happened, and felt resentful in his heart, no wonder he had sent people to strictly observe the birthday ceremony, and it was calm from the beginning to the end, he did not expect him to be here waiting for him!

This move really put him in a situation where he was a tiger and a wolf in the back!

Lu Shihuai was lying on the ground trembling. He slightly turned his head to look at the sitting King Lian, seeing that he had no intention of begging for mercy. While disappointed, he couldn't help but feel a burst of despair in his heart. Is he really dead?

"Lu Shihuai, I treat you well, why do you curse me like this? Come, drag someone out, behead him immediately, there must be no mistake!" Emperor Yuan was obviously very angry, he stood up from the dragon chair, While speaking, the golden bead tassels on the crown of his head trembled with him.

"Your Majesty." Seeing that he was getting angry, Cui Gui bent down and whispered to persuade him, fearing that he would hurt the dragon's body, "Your Majesty, calm down, today is your birthday, so seeing blood, I'm afraid it is not very auspicious. "

Emperor Yuan's chest heaved unsteadily. Hearing Cui Gui's words, he turned around and said, "Today's birthday, I will show you extra favors by rewarding you with a whole corpse. Cui Gui, give you a white silk, and order the left and right guards to imprison you personally."

That is to hang Lu Shihuai on the spot.

Lu Shihuai saw that he was unable to return to the sky, his heart was filled with despair and panic, and he was furious for a while, "Your Majesty! You have been wronged! Your Majesty, you must not be deceived by villains. If the Emperor cares so much about the truth, if time goes by, Dayuan will be over." !emperor!"

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Yuan's hair became dizzy in a moment of anger, and his chest was suffocated. Seeing that he was not good, Cui Gui immediately stepped forward and stroked his chest.

Emperor Yuan pointed at Lu Shihuai's hand trembling slightly, "You cursed me, you said it was a villain who killed me, but now, you not only cursed me, you also cursed me Dayuan in front of all the courtiers, where are you? The face that came, shouting injustice here?!"

"Come here! Take it to the side hall and execute it!"

"Yes!"

Unexpectedly, Lu Shihuai's desperate blunt words were recognized by Emperor Yuan as a curse. Lu Shihuai was completely desperate, his eyes were empty, and he stopped opening his mouth. He was dragged down by the left and right guards in a daze, without even resisting. .

Just as Emperor Yuan was about to sit down, he staggered a bit, and was supported by Cui Gui, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, "Your Majesty! How are you? Do you want to pass on the imperial physician?"

Emperor Yuan waved his hand, pressed his forehead hard, then turned to the hall and said, "I feel a little unwell, so I will go back first, and you can take care of yourself."

"I will send you off to the emperor respectfully."