Mikago

In the middle of the night in the breeze, the bright moon is far away.On the water pavilions and pavilions of Qi's mansion, there are bright lights and candles.

Qi Yunchu was not fond of talking too much by nature, so he only said a few ceremonial words and signaled the waiter to open the table.

After the first glass of wine was drunk, another maid came forward to fill it up for everyone.At the same time, I only heard the sound of silk and bamboo drifting from the south bank.

Everyone followed the prestige, but saw four dancing girls in long pomegranate skirts, crowns on their heads, and wreaths hanging from their waists, stepping on the water of the pool.

People with good intentions looked closely, only to find that there are hidden piles hidden under the water surface, leading to the lotus platform erected between the bridges.

In a blink of an eye, the dancer has already boarded the lotus platform and danced Hu Xuan.They have graceful postures, and the wreaths all over their bodies are shining under the glazed lamp, making them extremely glamorous.

The guests were mesmerized one by one, but Ye Zuolan, who was sitting in the double-ring pavilion, turned a blind eye to these blissful bliss of the west.

His gaze has been wandering in the crowd, looking for any familiar face.

Unfortunately, Tang Quan is not here.

It's true when you think about it, for a nobleman like him, there is really no need to hang out among officials just to curry favor with an eunuch.

But that morning, the two officials who had gone to court with Fu Zhenghuai were also there at this moment.They sat very close to Fu Zhenghuai, talking and laughing with the people around them.

But Ye Zuolan hated their laughter.He hated Fu Zhenghuai's hypocritical and complacent expression even more.

When Fu Zhenghuai used this hypocritical expression to joke with others, the hypocrisy spread to another official's face like a fever...

It spread like this, one after another, and finally the entire army was wiped out, and no one was spared.

Ye Zuolan's disgust also rapidly expanded along with this hypocrisy.

"This is not the expression that a lady should have." Qi Yunchu's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

Ye Zuolan was startled, hurriedly lowered her eyes, and lowered her head to look at the wine glass in front of her.

Qi Yunchu still pressed him, "What were you looking at just now?"

Ye Zuolan thought for a while, but didn't answer right away, instead she asked tentatively, "How did you recognize me?"

Qi Yunchu refused to answer: "My rule here is that you have to answer my question first. Then I will consider whether I need to answer yours."

Knowing that there was nothing to do, Ye Zuolan replied after pondering for a while, "I'm looking at those court officials, but unfortunately I don't know many of them."

Qi Yunchu also followed Ye Zuolan's line of sight, then pointed to some people sitting on the east bridge.

"This is Yang Rongru, Minister of Industry, Ding Yucheng, Minister of Household Affairs, and that person, Yushi Zhongcheng Fu Zhenghuai, I guess you should have met before."

The names of these three people once appeared in the impeachment documents at the same time as Ye Zuolan's father.Almost every night during this time, Ye Zuolan would silently recite their names in her heart.

Now, he was finally able to completely match these three guys.

If you say excitement, there must be some.But what Ye Zuolan could feel at this moment was anxiety besides excitement.

Qi Yunchu really knew everything.

The last trace of luck in Ye Zuolan's heart was dead, he simply asked in a down-to-earth manner: "You invited them here because you admire them?"

Qi Yunchu still didn't answer, but instead pointed to the front seat on the bridge to the west: "Look at that person."

Ye Zuolan took a closer look, he was a white and fat eunuch, about thirty years old; he had two short eyebrows, big front teeth, and a pair of small eyeballs that were a bit scary.

Ye Zuolan suddenly felt that this man looked like a giant rat, maybe just a few strokes of his beard could reveal his original shape immediately.

"Saw."

Just as Ye Zuo nodded, he suddenly heard Qi Yunchu make a ridiculous request.

"Slap this guy across the face."

"What?" Ye Zuolan thought she was deaf, and immediately asked, "Why?"

Qi Yunchu just replied indifferently: "Just remember, if you don't hit me later, someone will hit you a hundred times and a thousand times in the future."

Just as he was saying this, the fat eunuch who looked like a mouse also noticed the gazes of the two of them, stood up hastily, and walked towards this side with a smile on his face.

Qi Yunchu also smiled at the fat eunuch, while smiling, he reminded Ye Zuolan: "I'll hit you when I put down the wine glass, remember, hit the left cheek."

Ye Zuolan was still baffled, and in a blink of an eye, the fat eunuch had arrived at the Shuanghuan Pavilion, and greeted Qi Yunchu with a smile.

"Come here and talk a little more." Qi Yunchu held the wine glass in his hand, looking nonchalant.

The fat eunuch took two more strides forward, just in front of Ye Zuolan.

I saw his round and small black eyeballs blinking lightly at Ye Zuolan a few times, with a sneaky look that was hesitant to speak.

Ye Zuolan was getting hairy when he watched him, at this moment, Qi Yunchu suddenly put down his wine glass with a "thump".

"Small--"

The fat eunuch seemed to be about to say something, but Ye Zuolan didn't care about anything, and raised his hand with a "slap"!

The fat eunuch was stunned immediately, and the guests who were closer outside the Shuanghuan Pavilion were also stunned.

At the same time, Ye Zuolan was also stunned.

This was the first time in his life that he took the initiative to attack someone, and his cheeks flushed immediately. Fortunately, the habitual "sorry" was stuck in his throat anyway, and he did not make a sound.

Among the astonished expressions, only Qi Yunchu asked the fat eunuch with a smile on his face.

"How about it, miss, do your teeth still hurt?"

"..."

The fat eunuch still looked shocked.I saw him slowly raising his right hand, as if trying to cover the sore spot on his face.But when the palm reached the side of the cheek, it suddenly fell down heavily—it was actually him who slapped himself again.

"It doesn't hurt anymore. Hey! Miss...you see, it really doesn't hurt at all!"

He bared his teeth and laughed along with him, actually trying to curry favor with Ye Zuolan.

"Thank you for still thinking about Xiao Nu at this time, ouch! Xiao Nu is really grateful..."

Although he said words that were so grateful, the corners of the fat eunuch's mouth twitched clearly. It seemed that the toothache was not good at all, maybe it was even worse.

Ye Zuolan was feeling weird, Qi Yunchu finally started to help him out.

"Miss will not mind the day's affairs. Now, keep your mouth shut, and you will be rewarded when you turn around."

The fat eunuch nodded hastily, and moved to the seat holding his own cheek.

At this time, Qi Yunchu said to Ye Zuolan again: "Go and see those people on the bridge."

Ye Zuolan followed her words, and saw that wherever she looked, everyone lowered their heads one by one as if they had encountered a tidal wave of rocks.

And those smiles that disgusted him all disappeared without a trace.

"how so……"

An unprecedented strange feeling clenched Ye Zuolan's heart.

It was power, a power Ye Zuolan had never had before.Even the terrifying power that his father Ye Kaiquan never possessed...

"Don't you like it?" Qi Yunchu drank the wine in the glass unhurriedly: "This feeling of seeing all the mountains and small things at a glance."

Ye Zuolan took a deep breath, turned her head and looked at Qi Yunchu again.

"Is it because I look like His Royal Highness Xuan?" He asked directly: "The eunuch just now, he recognized the wrong person, right?"

Qi Yunchu shook the wine in his glass: "Xiang Guixiang, you are much smarter than that idiot Zhao Yang."

Hearing that he actually used "idiot" to describe the dignified King Xuan, Ye Zuolan couldn't help being a little stunned.

"Now that you let me impersonate King Xuan and slap that eunuch, aren't you afraid that this person will go and plead guilty to the real King Xuan tomorrow?"

"I'm waiting." Qi Yunchu took another sip of wine: "Only in this way will His Royal Highness Xuan believe that I really made a substitute for him, making everyone think that he is having a banquet at my house. It's too late for him to thank me .”

Ye Zuolan vaguely felt that she had heard something extraordinary.

"...Then where is the real King Xuan at this moment?"

Qi Yunchu smiled, and three words burst out from the corner of his mouth, which made Ye Zuolan blush.

"Ming Ke Song."