Competing in the morning and evening

Ryan couldn't bear it anymore, with a clang, the saber was unsheathed and put it on Wan Yang's neck. She sneered and said, "It's not up to you to worry about whether I, Ryan, can keep my husband, but I, Ryan, can assure you." , you will never be more at ease than me." Ryan squeezed the sword in his hand, Wan Yang chuckled and said: "If you want to kill me, you won't have Cai Ji's antidote."

Ryan sneered and said, "I don't want your life. I just want your tongue and ten fingers. You can leave Cai Ji's antidote for the rest of your life."

Wan Yang only felt a burst of cold sweat on her back, she gritted her teeth and said, "You are not afraid of Fu going out, everyone will say that you, Ryan, are a vicious woman."

When Ryan heard this, he couldn't help but frowned and smiled, and said sarcastically: "Could it be that Wan Yang has always thought that Ryan is a person who cherishes and cherishes reputation?" When she said something, Wan Yang's face turned pale, and Ryan said indifferently: "What you value is worthless in my Ryan's eyes."

Wan Yang couldn't help but feel a wave of despair, the folks said that this Ruian duke is dissolute and licentious, he loves to breed noodles, and collects beautiful men, such a reputation doesn't matter to Ryan, let alone the title of another vicious woman.

Ryan said word by word: "I'll give you another chance, Cai Ji's antidote, do you want to take it or not!"

Wan Yang hesitated for a moment, and slowly inserted his hand into his bosom. Seeing her submitting, Ryan couldn't help being overjoyed, but Wan Yang took out the things and shouted violently, "Don't even think about it!"

Rui'an is a princess. In terms of experience in the world, she is far less rich than Wan Yang, who has fought many life-and-death battles, and her movements are far less sensitive than Wan Yang. Seeing that a silver needle in Wan Yang's arms is about to be shot into her painting, I can't help but My heart tightened but I couldn't avoid it.A figure flashed in front of the two of them, and Wan Yang suddenly felt a sharp pain in his wrist, and all the silver needles in his hand were nailed into the dark and shiny blue bricks in the lobby.

Ryan leaned against the exquisite South China Sea pear blossom wooden table behind him and panted slightly, while Wan Yang held his hands together. He didn't know whether it was because of resentment or extreme pain. His face was slightly distorted and he looked at the young man standing in front of him. .

Yuan Xizheng's complexion seemed to be quite good, and he couldn't see any discomfort around his body, and he broke his hands as soon as he made a move, and Wan Yang couldn't help gnashing his teeth into pieces.

Yuan Xizheng said gently and authentically: "I'm actually fine, it's because Ruian was a little too worried, this time it's Zhuo Jing's fault, please forgive me."

Wan Yang's lips trembled slightly and sneered, "Wan Yang doesn't dare to accept an apology from the son-in-law."

Yuan Xizheng stretched out his hand and said, "Let me connect your wrist first!"

Wan Yang blocked her hand, and said coldly: "No need!" She gritted her teeth and pulled her broken hand hard, the pain caused Wan Yang's head to be covered with sweat in an instant, and the expression on his face became more and more ferocious. , tremblingly said: "I don't know what else the son-in-law and the princess have to tell Wan Yang?!"

Yuan Xizheng sighed lightly and said, "You can go."

Ryan had come to his senses at this moment, she hummed lightly for the rest of her life and said, "Just because she dared to assassinate the eldest princess of this dynasty just now, she cannot be let go."

Yuan Xi turned around and said, "Ruian, you don't have to force others!"

Wan Yang sarcastically said: "You two, you don't need one to sing the red face and the other the bad face. No matter what you say or do, my answer is still only one sentence, Cai Ji's antidote - no!"

Yuan Xizheng sighed softly, and said, "I didn't intend to ask you for an antidote."

Ryan said angrily: "You really think we can't deal with you. If Ziqing hadn't felt guilty for you, how could he have tolerated you again and again, knowing that the antidote is in your hands, and would not force you to hand it over. But you ask , that day when the seven of you chased and killed Ziqing, Ziqing set up an array, and the full moon strayed into his death, what was wrong with Ziqing? If you really want to avenge your husband, you should go to the current emperor instead of taking your anger out on Ziqing who you know is guilty of you!"

Wan Yang just sneered, as if watching a play coldly, Yuan Xizheng didn't say much, just stretched out his hand and said, "Wan Yang heroine, I'll take you back to your residence."

Wan Yang straightened his neck, turned around and left, with an expression of letting you do all kinds of tricks, but I am still standing still.Ryan knows that Wan Yang is also a well-known master of the rivers and lakes. Although she is good at medical skills, she cannot be underestimated. Therefore, the current Yuyuan can be said to be like a weapon of grass and trees. Unfortunately, Ryan only wanted to escape Wan Yang by force, but he never thought about it. Guo Wanyang dared to kill her.

Yuan Xizheng calmly accompanied Wan Yang all the way through the checkpoints set by Ryan. The guards all looked at each other, standing there awkwardly, but did not resist.Yuan Xizheng sent Wan Yang out of the door, there were two horses outside the door, Wan Yang was full of doubts, she picked one of the horses first, turned over and rode on.Yuan Xi Zhengzhi knew that she was guarding against tampering with the horse, so she just smiled and waited for her to choose a horse before riding on the remaining one.

Wan Yang rode the horse, whether fast or slow all the way, Yuan Xizheng's horses were all right behind her by a head.Until Wan Yang's current residence, Yuan Xizheng didn't do anything else, which surprised Wan Yang inexplicably.

Wan Yang jumped off the horse, but Yuan Xizheng did not get off the horse, only smiled and said: "Wan Yang heroine, I will send you here."

Wan Yang glanced at Yuan Xizheng up and down, and sneered slightly, "Are you really not going to take Cai Ji's antidote?"

Yuan Xizheng raised his black eyebrows lightly, and said: "Although life and death are fateful, I, Yuan Xizheng, believe that it will not stop there. Goodbye!" After finishing speaking, he suddenly pulled the horse and pulled the whole horse with one hand. He raised his front hooves, turned around suddenly, and then let the horse go away.

Yuan Xizheng's whole movements are chic and smooth, with the wind blowing his black hair, and the running water illuminating his green shirt, even Wan Yang, who deeply hates this man, can't help but feel moved.Looking at the back of Yuan Xizheng's fast horse going away, she couldn't help thinking, maybe she made a wrong judgment, Yuan Xizheng was not as bad as she thought, Wan Yang frowned slightly.

Yuan Xizheng jumped off the horse, walked quickly into the hall, and saw Ruian yelling at Zuo Yangming with a straight face, saying: "If I need you for something, I will call you. If I don't call you, don't bother me." The quietness of the palace!"

Zuo Yangming was only slightly embarrassed at first, but Yuan Xizheng's sudden appearance made his face flush suddenly, and after a while, he bowed and said: "Young minister is resigning."

"If you don't want to leave, why don't I ask someone to carry a sedan chair to see you off?" Ryan snorted coldly.

Zuo Yangming immediately retreated in panic, as if he didn't even hear Yuan Xizheng's greeting.

Yuan Xizheng looked at his back, turned her head and said with a chuckle: "What kind of temper do you have, what should you do if you frighten Mr. Zuo?"

Ryan sat down and drank his tea, but ignored Yuan Xizheng. Yuan Xizheng knew that she was unhappy, so he just smiled and sat aside.Seeing that Yuan Xizheng also sat down, Ryan couldn't help snorting softly: "You are still trying to be brave, don't go to rest in the house."

Yuan Xizheng blinked, and said: "My lord princess loses her temper, how dare I lie down!"

Rui'an laughed back angrily, and said: "What kind of person are you? Why did you let Wan Yang go? I don't believe that if you use all the tricks from Dali Temple, you won't be able to force Cai Ji's antidote!"

Yuan Xizheng sighed slightly, and said, "Ruian, I'm afraid you don't have the time."

Ryan raised his chin, and said coldly: "If I, Ryan, want to ask someone, unless the person is dead, I won't run out of time."

Yuan Xizheng didn't argue with her but just picked up the tea bowl and sipped the tea slowly. Before the tea was finished, an eunuch came to the palace.What the eunuch passed on was the oral order from Emperor Shengwu, and he only said that he heard the imperial doctor Wan Yang say that the son-in-law is in good health, and he is very happy. Today, a family banquet will be held in the Yangxin Pavilion, and Princess Rui'an and the son-in-law will have a banquet to celebrate the son-in-law's recovery. and so on.

After the eunuch announced the decree, Ryan was speechless for a long time.Wan Yang had only just had a cup of tea when Chu Yin's will arrived. Undoubtedly, Wan Yang might have arrived in the palace from the moment he separated from Yuan Xi.The timing was so tight, it was obvious that Chu Yin had already got the news since Wan Yang entered Yuyuan.If Rui'an delays for a while, I'm afraid Chu Yin will send someone to ask for someone.

Ryan didn't say a word, Yuan Xizheng got up and said: "I'm sorry to trouble you, father-in-law, please reply for me and the princess, we will go to the banquet on time."

Then Yuan Xi competed to recruit people and gave the reward, the father-in-law couldn't help but smile, thinking, no wonder the emperor likes this son-in-law.

"My son-in-law, the Sa family is going back to report to the emperor, come earlier, don't miss the hour!"

Yuan Xizheng thanked the eunuch for sending him out of the inner hall, turned around and saw Ruian sitting on the chair as if discouraged, and said with a smile: "What are you thinking, it's not even an hour, it's not enough for you to dress up! "

Most of the present court banquets will be attended by the Empress Dowager. This old Empress Dowager, who has been with her all her life, is the most disrespectful to her, and she especially cares about other people's clothes.Ryan had known that today was different from the past, but when Ryan put on the whole set of splendid costumes one after another, he really began to understand this.Her unrestrained, uninhibited, and all her deviant ways are all based on Emperor Chang's favor.Once this favor is gone, then her Ryan can no longer be the former Ryan.

Ryan came out wearing a full head of pearls and emeralds, but saw that Yuan Xizheng at the door had also changed his clothes. He was wearing a moon-white gown with fine kudzu, with a bow belt, his long black hair was rolled up and he was wearing a fine gauze crown. It makes the young man very romantic, with a little grace in his casualness.

Rui'an sighed leisurely, and said: "How do you know that the city is overwhelmed and the country is overwhelmed, a good man is hard to come by again."

Yuan Xizheng bent over and said, "Thank you for your compliment, lady."

Ryan chuckled, his depression subsided a bit, took Yuan Xizheng's arm, and said, "Why did you suddenly become energetic? If I had known this, I wouldn't have to be this villain to kill people."

Yuan Xizheng only smiled slightly.But she didn't answer her question. The family banquets in the imperial palaces of the Southern Dynasties have always been held in the Yangxin Pavilion. First, it is the closest place to the inner palace, and it is convenient for the concubines to come and go. Second, it is because the Yangxin Pavilion is also One of the most unique pavilions in the palace.It is built near the lake, with a promenade adjacent to the imperial garden. It sits on the rippling lake, lined with endless green lotus leaves in the pond, where you can enjoy plum blossoms in winter and chrysanthemums in autumn.In addition, the most important thing is that the ancestors of the royal family designated this place as a place for family banquets, which also means that it has no ears on all sides, so that the family can talk about it.

Ruian and Yuan Xi had a fight that was neither too early nor too late, so when they arrived, Chu Yin had already arrived, and Zeng Chuyu was also there.To Rui'an's surprise, Chu Yin seemed to have only entertained the couple, and the so-called family banquet was just a couple of guests.

Ever since they came in, Chu Yin's eyes hadn't turned away from Yuan Xizheng's body, which made Rui'an feel a little uneasy. You must know that Chu Yin's attitude was always reserved and inconspicuous in the past. As aggressive as it is today.

Ryan laughed and said, "Why did the emperor only invite the two of us? The emperor is more economical than when he was a prince, but this banquet is not lively."

Chu Yin didn't answer her question, but Zeng Chuyu said with a smile: "Ruian likes to be lively, how could the emperor not know, but the guests haven't arrived yet."

While she was speaking, there was a sudden commotion outside the door, and a group of pedestrians came in across the threshold, but they were all from Chu Yin's old department in Jingzhou, Dongfang Jingyuan, Tang Cihu, and some generals under Chu Yin's subordinates.Since Chu Yin ascended the throne, each of them has become a powerful party, and now it is the first time that they have gathered together in the palace, and they all seem quite restrained.

Zeng Chuyu has been in Jingzhou for two years and is familiar with everyone, now he said with a smile: "If the generals don't come, our princess will lose her temper."

As soon as she opened her mouth, everyone became more restrained, but Tang Lahu was bolder, saying: "If you go back to your mother, we have received the emperor's decree, but everyone thinks that coming to the palace for dinner is not as good as usual, so naturally we should be cautious, but everyone They are all vulgar people, so it took a while to prepare the outfit, and please forgive me, Your Majesty, Queen, Empress, and Princess."

Yuan Xizheng glanced at Tang Lahu, and saw that he was indeed wearing new clothes, brocade clothes and a jade belt, a crown hat on his head, embellished with suet warm jade, gold inlaid jade fingers on his fingers, and a piece of jade hanging from his waist. The huge jade pendant was extremely rich and noble, and he couldn't help smiling, saying: "General Tang probably wears all his belongings on his body."

When he opened his mouth like this, everyone from Chu Yin to the old troops in Jingzhou burst into laughter. Tang Cihu said with a little embarrassment, "I know how to wear this military uniform, but I really don't know how to wear these satin clothes. I don’t know what these things are for, they are easy to wrinkle and don’t need to be pulled, and they are more expensive than my military uniform.”

Originally, he and Yuan Xizheng were the least speculative, but after the first battle in Jingzhou, although they still didn't communicate often, they became a lot closer, so Yuan Xizheng joked with him, and he actually accepted it with a smile. down.Although Chu Yin was smiling, his eyes glanced at him without any trace.

As soon as he said that, everyone laughed even harder, and when everyone was talking and laughing, the eunuch outside the door sang in a thin voice: "The empress dowager is here!"

Everyone was so frightened that they knelt down immediately, and even Chu Yin and Zeng Chuyu got up to greet them.

The Empress Dowager wore a plain brocade gown, although it was also carefully crafted in an embroidery workshop, but compared to Zeng Chuyu's gorgeous attire, it seemed too simple.With the help of Chu Yin, she sat down at the first place, and smiled cordially: "All the love ministers are the ministers of my emperor's humerus, and they have made great contributions. Let's all be flat, don't be too restrained in front of Aijia .”

Dongfang Jingyuan and the others only knew that the emperor had a banquet, but they didn't know that the empress dowager would also be attending. Just now, the atmosphere in Panasonic became tense again.

"Sit down!" Chu Yin said with a smile.

After everyone sat down behind Sinanmu, Chu Yin said with a smile: "This place is the place where we held family banquets in the Southern Dynasties. So the queen mother will come, this is a family banquet, and you don't need to be too formal."

When he said this, everyone was naturally flattered. A counselor like Dongfang Jingyuan was naturally calm, but a military official like Tang Cihu had tears in his eyes, and he wished he could repay him with death now.

"Let's open the table!" Zeng Chuyu said with a smile.

The middle door of Yangxin Pavilion opened, and the maids came in with dishes like flowing water. All the dishes are served on one table, one table per person. Even Ruian and Yuan Xizheng eat separately. Today's dishes are actually different. It is complicated, but after all, it is a palace meal, which has its own unique features. Naturally, Dongfang Jingyuan sipped the tea slowly. Tang Cihu and the others could bear it at first, but then they naturally ate it to their heart's content.

Seeing that they ate deliciously, the Empress Dowager couldn't help showing a happy look, and said: "What do you think of today's dishes?"

How smart Dongfang Jingyuan is, he knew that today's dishes were ordered by the Empress Dowager, no wonder it looked like a vegetarian banquet, so he said: "Empress Dowager, these dishes are light and delicious, and they have a long aftertaste. This fresh taste is like a beautiful woman, with her gestures and gestures, her temperament is natural."

The queen mother nodded and smiled: "I have always heard the emperor say that the owner of the Eastern Villa has great taste, and it is only when I see it today that I am famous!"

Dongfang Jingyuan nodded and said repeatedly: "The empress dowager is overwhelmed."

At this time, His Highness wafted a strange fragrance, and before the dish could be seen, everyone in the hall raised their heads, and Tang Cihu couldn't help asking: "What a delicious dish!"

Dongfang Jingyuan said that after smelling it for a while, he couldn't help frowning, and only after a while did he see the maids come in with trays in their hands.This fragrant and warm dish turned out to be a soup.The soup thorn tiger had already been itchy by the strange fragrance, and when the golden-eared cup containing the soup was placed on the table, it immediately swarmed up, finished drinking the soup in two or three mouthfuls, and sighed: "You can eat it!" Such a delicacy is really not in vain.”

Although the others were not as straightforward as him, they seemed to agree with Tang Jihu's words.

Tang Cihu licked his lips, and said: "Your Majesty, can you tell me how this soup is made, so that I can make it when I go back to satisfy my cravings."

Chu Yin smiled and said, "Let Jing Yuan explain to you what it is."

Dongfang Jingyuan smiled slightly and said: "This soup has quite a history. It was created by King Chen Si of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is said that it is worth a thousand gold, which shows its rarity. The main raw material is camel's hoof, so it is called camel's hoof soup. .”

Zeng Chuyu smiled lightly and said, "Master Dongfang is indeed a master of food..." She changed the subject and said again: "Actually, today, the Palace originally wanted to arrange another delicacy for everyone. This delicacy was loved by Wu Zetian back then."

Tang Cihu and the others became curious when they heard this, even Chu Yin couldn't help laughing and said: "Chu Yu, don't be fooled, let's continue."

Zeng Chuyu said with a smile: "It is recorded in "Taiping Guangji" that when Wu Zetian had a dish, geese and ducks were placed in iron cages, and a charcoal fire was lit under the cages, and five-flavored juices such as sauce and vinegar were placed in copper basins. Roasted by the fire, they keep moving back and forth, so hot that they have to drink the juice in the basin, and wait until the feathers of geese and ducks have fallen off and the meat turns red. It is said that the meat is tender and delicious, natural and unforgettable. But ..."

Dongfang Jingyuan glanced at the Queen Mother lightly, and saw that although her face was expressionless, she was far from the smiling face just now. The more Zeng Chuyu talked, the more serious her face became, and in the end, she only heard her lightly reprimand: "Such a cruel eating method, thank you for being able to say it!"

Zeng Chuyu seemed to be taken aback, and said softly: "The concubine also thought it was too cruel, so she didn't adopt it."

The Queen Mother's anger still persisted, and she said: "Whether it's live roast goose or stewed camel's hooves, they all use cruelty to satisfy one's appetite, isn't eating one's life shortened?" Then it got cold, people like Tang Cihu could even kill people, killing a goose, duck, or gnawing a camel's hoof was nothing, they couldn't help looking at each other, embarrassed, and what they didn't expect was that the Queen Mother would be The hall scolded Zeng Chuyu, obviously the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the harem is extremely bad.

Zeng Chuyu looked at Chu Yin aggrievedly, and Chu Yin smiled and said, "The queen mother...you are merciful, but today is a family banquet, so why bother to get angry over such a trivial matter, it would not be worthwhile if you get angry "He didn't mention Zeng Chuyu at all when he spoke, but instead persuaded the queen mother not to get angry, which was already helping Zeng Chuyu in disguise.

The Queen Mother couldn't help being secretly startled, seeing that although Zeng Chuyu lowered his eyebrows, he didn't show any sense of aggrievedness, although he was extremely angry, he couldn't express it.Seeing that Chu Yin was quite intent on defending Zeng Chuyu, if she made trouble again, it would strengthen Chu Yin's impression that she, the Queen Mother, was making trouble for no reason.

In his heart, Chu Yin completely ignored the secret fight between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. He only glanced at Yuan Xizheng, who only used a spoonful of soup, and said with a smile, "What do Ziqing think of this soup?"

Yuan Xizheng smiled and said: "I have just recovered from a serious illness, and I still can't taste it." When he said this, he seemed to express that he didn't like this kind of soup tactfully. Now that he found a bosom friend, he couldn't help but look at Yuan Xizheng with a more kind expression on his face.

Zeng Chuyu said with a smile, "Yes, there were a lot of happy things today, especially brother Ziqing's recovery from illness."

The queen mother glanced at her lightly, but said nothing.

Yuan Xizheng leaned slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, please worry."

Seeing that the atmosphere became deserted, the Queen Mother also knew that it was out of season for her to be here, so she said indifferently: "The Ai family is also a little tired, you can continue to have fun, the Ai family will retreat first."

Everyone got up again, knelt down, and sent off the queen mother who was happy and disappointed.As soon as the queen mother left, the atmosphere became lighter again.

After drinking for three rounds, Tang Cihu and the others were already blushing from drinking. Although they were not able to take off their boots and hats, they were all in disarray and crooked.

Just when everyone thought the banquet was about to end like this, Chu Yin suddenly smiled and said: "Just now when I was talking about the Eastern Jin Dynasty, I suddenly remembered that I had a new score of the Eastern Jin Dynasty." He said and ordered someone to fetch it.

After fetching the score, Chu Yin asked the eunuch to pass it directly to Yuan Xizheng.Yuan Xizheng took it, unfolded it slightly, Chu Yin said with a smile: "Ziqing is a master of music, maybe you can see what is going on here?"

Yuan Xizheng bowed his head and said: "This is the string notation in the Yanyue half-character notation. It was originally a notation method jointly formulated by Western Jin musician Lie He and Zhongshu Supervisor Xun Xu."

"Ziqing is indeed a master of music and Taoism. This score is indeed an authentic copy of the Xiansuo score handed down from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. I only heard that the Eastern Jin Dynasty's literary beauty and music beauty are both top-notch. I haven't been able to find a suitable one. The qin master plays this song for me. I know Ziqing has the ability to reach the heavens, how about asking Ziqing to play this song for everyone?"

Ryan's complexion couldn't help but change. The musicians who played the piano at the banquet were all musicians. The musicians were prostitutes, and they were also one of the most inferior people.Even if a superior person plays the Guqin, it is a kind of self-cultivation and cultivation of temperament, and it is definitely not for the entertainment of others. Occasionally, they play for shell guests, and most of them are some extremely distinguished or close personal guests. , or from the comments of the elders, such as Zeng Chuyu playing the piano for Chu Yin and the others.Therefore, Chu Yin asked Yuan Xizheng to play music for a group of generals at the banquet as a son-in-law, not only deliberately belittle Yuan Xizheng, but even a kind of humiliation.She could think this way, so naturally everyone couldn't help but think about what Yuan Xizheng did that made Chu Yin deliberately want to get him.

This kind of humiliation, even the mild-tempered person can't help but feel anger, because without anger, there is no man's dignity.In such an occasion, if you lose your dignity, how can you straighten your spine in front of your colleagues in the future?But if Yuan Xizheng violated the will and offended the emperor, his dignity would be preserved, but it also gave Chu Yin sufficient reasons to punish Yuan Xizheng.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xizheng held the score in his hand and frowned slightly. Just when everyone thought that the son-in-law would fight against the case in the next moment, he said indifferently: "The notation of the half-character score of Yanle was originally rough, but now it has been lost. Some, I'm afraid it will be difficult to restore the original appearance, but this piece is also elegant and worth playing."

Tang Cihu knew that Yuan Xizheng's temper was considered good, but Tang Cihu was quite surprised that he could think so freely.Tang Cihu and the others didn't know exactly how well they played this song, but everyone present remembered that Chu Yin closed his eyes after listening to the song, and then opened his eyes and said a word.

He said: "This song should only exist in the sky, but it can only be heard in the world because of Ziqing. I really wish Ziqing could stay by my side forever and continue playing like this."