Surrounded by strong ministers

In the evening, Xiao Zong hosted a banquet in honor of King Qin as usual.The banquet was set in the imperial garden, and the servant came to report that the time had come. When all the officials were waiting for the holy driver, Xiao Zong was still meditating with a slight frown. He had been meditating all afternoon.

After tidying up his appearance, Xiao Zong headed to the imperial garden with his drowsy head.On the way, his nephew Xiao Heng appeared from some dark corner and blocked him, wanting to go to the banquet with him.Xiao Zong has always been sincerely helpless to his family, to Xiao Jian, he couldn't bear to refuse, to Xiao Hong, he couldn't bear to refuse, to this one in front of him, he didn't know how to refuse, so he could only sigh softly and obey.

There are thousands of palace lanterns in the imperial garden, as bright as day, and the sky full of stars is overshadowed.It was midsummer, and the banquet was set up around Jinghu Lake, with the cool breeze and the fragrance of lotus.

Xiao Zong led Xiao Heng to sit on the main seat amidst the sound of "Long Live".The first thing he saw when he sat down was Prince Qin. King Qin was too conspicuous. With him present, all the nobles in the capital became gloomy stars, setting off a bright moon and shining brightly.The light was as cold as ice and as sharp as awn. On a hot day, most of the accompanying officials felt chilly on their backs.

Xiao Zong spent an afternoon meditating behind closed doors, shutting himself in the study and combing back and forth the situation he faced several times, and also calculated all kinds of troubles, misfortunes and even the tragic end that King Qin might bring to him one by one in his mind.

Anyway, it's up to man to plan things, but if the sky wants him to die, what can he change if he is willing or not?

Once you figure it out, there's nothing to worry about.

After such an analysis, at the moment when he saw King Qin again, there was a sense of calmness on the sideburns and brows, and the waves were calm, and the shock in the morning had gone to nowhere.

Qin Wang raised his eyebrows in the second seat two or three steps away from him, and curled his lips meaningfully.

The feast begins, with silk and bamboo singing and dancing.The dancing girl had a graceful figure, the singing girl sang like a yellow eagle, and the haze cast by King Qin on everyone's hearts was somewhat swept away.The voices at the table gradually rose, and the toasts were interlaced.

After several waves of singing and dancing, all the officials were getting better with wine glasses, Xiao Zong rubbed his forehead and felt faintly dazzled.He lowered his head and looked at Xiao Heng beside him. The child stood up straight, sitting upright, but his eyes kept looking at King Qin. He didn't know who he learned from, and he squinted like that. Read it over and over again.

Xiao Zong put a few slices of smoked venison into his bowl, "Why do you always stare at him? Eat more vegetables." He also picked up a few slices of sturgeon meat.

Xiao Heng picked up the chopsticks and obediently finished the food in the bowl, wiped his mouth with a brocade handkerchief, and behaved solemnly.Xiao Zong looked a little uncomfortable, thinking, this kid is pretending to be old too much.

The mature nephew handed the brocade handkerchief to the attendant to change, turned his head and swore to him more solemnly: "I will definitely be like him in the future."

Xiao Zong was stunned, and it took him a while to realize who "he" was referring to.Turning his eyes to look at that "he", "he" was also looking at him, his eyes intersected, there was no intention of avoiding it at all, his eyes looked up and down on him, bold and presumptuous.

Seeing Xiao Zong felt uncomfortable, he frowned and said, "Don't be like him."

In the seat, Wen Ting stood up suddenly. Seeing the prime minister standing up, everyone stopped talking to each other, and the singing and dancing girls also stepped aside.Wen Ting stepped forward, first saluted Xiao Zong, and then bowed sideways to King Qin: "His Highness King Qin seems not very interested, but the dance and music are not to your liking?"

King Qin turned his eyes away from Xiao Zong, leaned lazily on the armrest of the seat, and said with a smile, "What? Could it be that Prime Minister Wen prepared something good to teach me to open my eyes?"

Wen Ting also laughed: "It's not a good thing, but there are a few new dancers in the old man's house. They are skilled and good at dances from all over the world, especially the sword dance and spirit dance among His Highness's clan. They come up to make a fool of themselves." He also asked Xiao Zong: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Xiao Zong said: "Let's see what the King of Qin wants."

When Tuoba Feng heard that it was a woman dancing again, he smiled sarcastically, and was about to refuse, but he thought of something, paused, and glanced at Xiao Zong meaningfully: "Then I have seen and seen Xiangye's mansion." Let the spirit snake dance on the ground."

Wen Ting waved to the waiter, and after a short while, eight dancers dressed in foreign races and looking very exotic danced in front of everyone, bowing gracefully to Xiao Zong, who was in charge.

Xiao Zong's eyes twitched suddenly.

After the dancers kowtowed, they danced the so-called Spirit Snake Dance that King Qin said with great effort, and Xiao Zong finally understood why King Qin gave him such a weird and evil look just now.

Twisting the waist, swaying the breasts, the skirt is slit high, the thighs are lifted up and down, and the belly button and back are exposed. Sensational movements are matched with revealing clothes.

Xiao Zong looked at the dancer swaying in front of his eyes with a sullen face. This is the Spirit Snake Dance... It really twisted like a snake.Looking at the table in a blink of an eye, after the initial shock, everyone was getting better and better again, fascinated.Of course, there are exceptions, such as Han Su, who bowed his head to eat.For example, Ren Bugui, expressionless.

Xiao Zong thought, I'll eat vegetables too.When he lowered his head, he saw the eight-year-old nephew beside him staring at the dance floor without blinking, his hand holding the chopsticks trembled, he pushed down Xiao Heng's head, and lowered his voice: "You can't watch."

Immediately there was a muffled laugh from the second seat.

Xiao Zong was a little annoyed, he glanced at the playful King Qin with a cold face, lightly, but King Qin's teasing intention suddenly froze for some reason, and the amber eyes that looked directly at Xiao Zong flashed sharply, deep and unpredictable.

The banquet lasted until midnight, Xiao Zong sent Xiao Heng to the gate of Zhaoyang Palace, told him to go to bed quickly, and he went back to the bedroom, intending to go to bed after taking a bath.

He had just soaked in the bathtub after taking off his robe, and before he could relax, he heard a burst of stumbling footsteps outside the light gauze curtain, and the stammering voice of his personal servant rolled in: "Emperor... Your Majesty, King Qin... King Qin broke into the palace! "

Xiao Zong was startled, got up and put on a robe and went outside, the servant bowed and reported back: "Commander Cheng of the Forbidden Army came to report that King Qin and several of his personal guards left Xuanwu Gate, and suddenly turned back with sword in hand, killing More than a dozen guards rushed into the palace. Commander Cheng led his troops to surround him, not daring to take any serious action against the King of Qin. Right now, he is standing deadlocked in front of the Xuanyuan Hall, waiting for the emperor's will. The emperor..."

Xiao Zong frowned, and hurried out of the palace. A large number of imperial guards had surrounded the palace, holding swords, and everyone was serious.He was not nervous, King Qin had only a few people, and the palace had tens of thousands of guards, with great disparity between strength and weakness, so there was no suspense about the outcome.However, he was very puzzled, how could Tuoba Feng do such an unreliable thing.

Hurry to Xuanyuan Hall.

The torches in front of the Xuanyuan Hall were lit at daytime, King Qin and his four guards were surrounded by forbidden soldiers with bows and swords, the firelight was cold with weapons, and the surroundings were silent, only the torches rattled softly in the wind.

A few officials who didn't have time to leave the palace didn't know why, so they were frightened by the battle and shrank aside, pretending to be dead.Han Suiren didn't regret standing in front of the Forbidden Army with the commander of the Forbidden Army, Cheng Shan, and confronted the King of Qin.

Han Su said: "The imperial palace is important. His Highness King Qin killed people and rushed straight in. What is his intention? Does His Highness want to fight against tens of thousands of forbidden troops!"

Tuoba Feng ignored it, and cast his eyes on Xiao Zong who had just arrived, his stern face reflected the firelight showing a bit of ferocity.

Xiao Zong frowned, really didn't understand why he suddenly lost his mind and bared his fangs at him like a hungry wolf.After thinking for a while, it is important to calm down the matter in front of him first, then followed Han Su's words with a slight smile and said, "Could it be that the King of Qin drank a few more drinks at the table and got drunk? He regards my palace as his own martial arts training ground." Swipe back A group of guards around him approached alone.

Walking past Han Su, Han Su stood in front of him silently with a face, Xiao Zong smiled.In times of crisis, Fang showed his sincerity. With his Tai Tuo on his side, he would not just feel icy cold on the dragon chair, and chuckled in a low voice: "It's okay, let me ask what he wants to do."

Xiao Zong stood ten feet in front of the King of Qin. Seeing him approaching, the guards of the King of Qin tightened their hands holding the sword tightly. Their eyes were full of murderous intent, as if they were only waiting for the master to say a word or look. When the knife is up and down, it is still like a wax gourd.

Sharp killing intent!

Xiao Zong didn't see it, he just looked at King Qin, and then he was stunned.

In the swaying firelight, the stern face was as firm as a rock, flickering, but it couldn't hide the blackness of his face.

—Poisoned?

Xiao Zong was startled, he took a few steps closer to King Qin without thinking too much.

Not only did Tuoba Feng's complexion turn blue and black, even his tightly pursed lips were grayish-white.With a sullen face and a fierce expression, he grabbed Xiao Zong's wrist, the thin light in his eyes was colder and sharper than the arrows around him.

Xiao Zong met those eyes indifferently, his wrist ached, but even in the ache, he could feel the hand holding him trembling slightly.Lowering his eyes, King Qin's other hand was holding the sword, his veins were bulging, and he was shaking uncontrollably.

This man is indeed poisoned!Possibly, it is a very powerful poison.

He was struggling so hard that he would fall over at any moment.After falling down, can you still wake up?

If he couldn't wake up and died in the imperial city, what would happen to his hundreds of thousands of troops?What will happen to the king of Chu?The world... what will happen?

Who did it?Pick at this time!

In an instant, the nerve-wracking questions came one after another, each one getting bigger and bigger, hitting Xiao Zong's forehead one by one.

The incident happened suddenly and was caught off guard.

Just as he was secretly startled, King Qin let out a muffled cough, Xiao Zong subconsciously supported him, and blurted out, "Is it uncomfortable?" King Qin leaned over.Neck breathing, oppressed, rapid.

"You're like this, it's not appropriate to spread the word..." After a moment of silence, Xiao Zong leaned into King Qin's ear and just said a few words, but he didn't know if King Qin was unwilling to capsize in the gutter, or whether it was hard to hold on after reaching the extreme. , bit him on the shoulder.

The shoulders were hot immediately, Xiao Zong took a deep breath, "light..." Before he could say the word "dot", he felt the teeth on his shoulders dig into the flesh again.

Knowing that his situation was not good, Xiao Zong breathed out, supported the burly body leaning against him, and said loudly: "King Qin is really drunk. Come, help King Qin to sleep in Xinyang Palace."

Tuoba Feng didn't resist, and obediently went to the inner palace with the support of two servants.Just before leaving, he bit Xiao Zong's shoulder and gritted his teeth hard.Xiao Zong frowned in pain, thinking, it's not my poison, why bite me?Turning his head to look at the bright red patch on his shoulder, he picked up a strand of hair and covered it.

As soon as Tuoba Feng left the field, the tense atmosphere suddenly eased.Cheng Shan and others stepped forward, but Qin King's personal guards did not get orders from their master, although the sword was in their hands, they did not move rashly.

Looking at them, Cheng Shan said, "Your Majesty, how will they deal with it?"

Xiao Zong said: "They didn't drink, they broke into the palace and killed the guards, and put them in the dungeon to wait for their punishment." Turning to Han Su, "Those few," the corner of his eye pointed to kowtow a few meters away, and failed to leave the palace in time The court officials said, "Being frightened, please trouble the magistrate to comfort them, and don't let them talk nonsense." Then he told Ren Buhui: "Send a message to all the arrangements of King Qin in the East Pavilion. King Qin is very drunk and wants to rest in the palace. A few days."

Han Su frowned, "Your Majesty, will the East Pavilion be dispatched to monitor in case of accidents? Will the defense of the capital be re-deployed?"

"No." Xiao Zong said flatly, "Everything is as usual."

The crowd took their orders away.

Xiao Zong decisively issued a few orders, waved back the imperial army, apparently suppressing the matter temporarily.

However, Qin Wang's life and death in Xinyang Palace are unpredictable, and his country is full of wars at any time.

Who caused such a disaster to him, he still dare not say for sure, but those who dare to take action against Tuoba Feng must be quite courageous and powerful, and the intention to attack Tuoba Feng in the capital is particularly sinister.

His troubles were far from over.