The master doesn't want the monk to say

Hua Ziyao raised her eyebrows slightly, her eyes were full of flair, she looked at the uninvited woman in front of her, and said with a smile, "Hua is just a person from the world, how can the empress dowager come here to send invitations?"

The Empress Dowager smiled slightly, not caring much, "Young Master Hua said that he wanted the eminent monk to meet Ai's family, but he couldn't wait. After thinking about it carefully, Ai's family guessed that the eminent monk was in a state of mind and couldn't spare time." Come to take care of the mundane affairs of Ai's family, otherwise I wouldn't even attend the emperor's birthday banquet."

She paused, then smiled again, with a hint of coquettishness in her eyes, "But Aijia thought about it, at least she is a guest of the Tianjia, and it would be impolite for the host and guest not to meet each other, and she is afraid of disturbing the eminent monk, such a vulgar woman as Aijia. And I will not discuss with eminent monks the matter of practicing Zen and enlightening the Tao. So Aijia can only think about it, even if I meet Aijia on his birthday, it can be regarded as fulfilling Aijia's wish and fulfilling the ritual of host and guest. Wouldn't it be better ?”

There was a lot of going around, just to find out what was going on in the Huanzhu Palace, Hua Ziyao didn't change her face, "The queen mother has a heart, Hua will explain to the eminent monk, whether to come or not, it is up to you." He said."

"Then I'd like to trouble you, Playboy, to say a few more words."

"Why did the queen mother say that?"

The queen mother smiled and got up to say goodbye.

Afterwards, Hua Ziyao told Chi Ruo, but she could only say, "You can decide."

Hua Ziyao considered the stakes before and after, and finally decided to attend with Chi Ruo, so as not to let the queen mother have doubts for no reason.

When Xia Yangui learned that they were going to be invited to the Empress Dowager's birthday, he was a little worried, "Recently, Prince Qi has not done anything. I think he is borrowing the Empress Dowager's convenience. If you go with Chiruo, I'm afraid..."

"Could it be that the emperor wants to say that Hua doesn't even have the ability of a young monk in the protected area?" Hua Ziyao raised his eyebrows.

Xia Yangui shook his head, "If that's the case, you must be more careful, Mr. Playful."

"You don't need to tell me."

……

On the day of the Empress Dowager's birthday, there were many complicated affairs in the palace. After a series of prayers and speeches during the day, the banquet really started at night.

Hua Ziyao led Chi Ruo to sit at the end of the banquet, looking from a distance, the queen mother was looking at this side calmly, Chi Ruo looked indifferent, bowed slightly, saw the queen mother turned his eyes, and then sat back in his seat.

"Very good." Hua Ziyao whispered from the side.

Gradually late at night, the banquet was in full swing.

The Empress Dowager rested her forehead in her hand, "My lords—"

The sound of silk and bamboo stopped, all the ministers at the banquet looked at the high seat, and the emperor also turned his head, "I don't know what happened to the queen mother?"

The queen mother smiled, "Ai's family is old and can't stand such hilarity. I just said a few words to let everyone have a good time. Why do you suddenly sit up like this?"

All the ministers shouted: "Queen Dowager Wanan."

The emperor also bowed, "I will help my mother back to the palace now."

The queen mother waved her hands, "Forget it, the emperor will stay here with all the ministers, there is nothing to do in mourning the family, I think of your filial piety in mourning the family, I am drunk tonight, and there is no need to come to pay my respects tomorrow."

Everyone shouted: "Respectfully send off the Queen Mother."

As soon as the empress dowager left, the emperor raised his hand, "My dear family, if you don't get drunk tonight, you won't return home, but you can have fun!"

"color!"

All the people cheered in unison, and for a while, there was a staggering of cups and cups at the table, and the silk and bamboo were noisy.

The two people in the corner of the table seemed to be isolated from the world, quiet and calm.

Hua Ziyao had been staring at Chi Ruo since he entered the table, but fortunately the monk was also very calm. After looking at Hua Ziyao for a few times inexplicably, he followed his gaze and fiddled with the cup in front of him.

It seems that the arrangements in the palace took him into consideration for his vegetarianism, and the tables were all vegetarian.But there was a lot of noise at the table, Chi Ruo moved two chopsticks and put them down.

"Why don't you eat?" Hua Ziyao asked when he saw that he hadn't moved his chopsticks for a long time.

Chi Ruo shook his head, but said nothing.

Hua Ziyao still propped her chin, staring straight at Chi Ruo.

Chi Ruo turned his head and looked at him, "Even if the emperor said to be more careful tonight, you don't have to..."

Hua Ziyao didn't take a bite of the food on the table, the whole feast was left to him.

Hua Ziyao raised her eyebrows, her words were romantic, "Who said I did it because of that?"

"Then what do you see me doing?"

"Naturally, you're the prettiest," Hua Ziyao chuckled, with light shining in her eyes, gloomy and dark, "You're much prettier than anyone else at this banquet."

"How can this be compared?" Chi Ruo frowned.

Hua Ziyao watched him turn red quickly, with pink ears, and felt funny. When she came back to her senses, she suddenly saw that Chi Ruo turned her head and stared at her with surprise in her eyes. His hand had already been released. On Chiruo's earlobe, subconsciously kneading gently.

"Hua, Hua Ziyao!" Chi Ruo flinched, and Yingying Taohua's eyes flashed with embarrassment, but she still tried to be calm, "In the public, what do you do, how do you—"

If he was angry, Hua Ziyao didn't expect his reaction to be so strong, he felt amused, stretched out his hand, moved closer, patted the monk's back, and said with a smile: "Silly monk!"

Chi Ruo was about to refute, but Hua Ziyao's expression changed, and he asked, "What's wrong?"

Hua Ziyao turned to smile and said softly: "I'm afraid there will be a change, you have to stand behind me properly later."

Chi Ruo nodded.

Hua Ziyao was not reconciled, and got tired of it again, "What's a nod? You have to promise."

Chi Ruo was helpless, "I promise to stand behind you."

"well--"

"I promise to stand behind you." Chi Ruo could only add another sentence.

Seeing Hua Ziyao's expression was satisfied, but he was a little uneasy. Looking around, there was still a dancer's clothes fluttering in the center, and all the ministers were also smiling, it seemed that there was nothing unusual.

Hua Ziyao picked up the wine glass and took a sip, "The wine is long-lasting, mellow and fragrant, good wine!" He handed the wine glass to Chi Ruo's nose, "Monk, would you like a sip?"

Chi Ruo shook his head as a matter of course, and looked down, but saw the reflection in the cup, which was just a blurry mass that couldn't be seen clearly.

Subconsciously, he wanted to look up to see what was reflected in the wine, but he was pulled down abruptly and crashed into warm embrace.

I heard Hua Ziyao's voice coming from my ears, "It's true that you are stupid, and you can detect that?"

Someone sitting next to them saw how weird they were, so they couldn't help asking sideways, "Young Master, what's wrong?"

Chi Ruo's forehead was pressed against Hua Ziyao's chest, and his head was held down by him, unable to move, so he had to move his sitting position slightly to make himself more comfortable.

Hua Ziyao allowed him to come, but she responded in a moderate voice, "The monk is used to living in the mountains, but now he comes here and is smelled of alcohol."

The people sitting next to me would not go to the troublesome palace. Why did a strange face suddenly appear in the palace, and there was a monk, who just yelled, "Maybe everyone gets drunk if they don't get drunk!"

Hua Ziyao smiled slightly, patted Chi Ruo's head, but didn't answer.

The sound of silk and bamboo is also lingering, the emperor is in the upper position, his forehead is propped up and his eyes are half-closed, the empress and concubines have already retreated, and even the maid who is playing the fan and serving the wine has some blurred eyes.

The guests at the banquet were all dazed, but they still cheered and laughed, so that they would not be left alone.

Suddenly, someone stood up from the second seat on the lower left of the emperor, facing China Wei Maoyuan, who was in his prime, bowed his hands at this moment, his beard trembling slightly, his voice was loud, he seemed very emotional, and his eyes were full of tears, "Your Majesty, slightly The minister should congratulate the emperor well!"

"Oh?" The emperor opened his eyes and leaned slightly, "What's wrong with Aiqing?"

Maoyuan's beard trembled, "Since ancient times, there has been a saying that 'the Lord is less likely to doubt the country'. Now the country is stable in Daxia, the sea is clear and the rivers are clean. It is the emperor's life, you are a real dragon, and you are blessed by the sky. It is really a great blessing for Daxia!"

As soon as the words came out, there was an uproar in the audience, all the officials whispered to each other, and those who had different thoughts pursed their lips and looked uncertain.

Xia Yangui narrowed his eyes and put his hands in his sleeves. Maoyuan's attack was premeditated, and it seemed that Qi Qiandao was ready.He lowered his eyes, taking in all the behaviors of the people under his seat.

In fact, if you calculate carefully, he has never formally been in charge of the government in the past few years since he succeeded to the throne. If he hadn't been forced to take charge of the government, he would never have stepped forward. .

Maoyuan congratulated him on his destiny as a real dragon, and because he was blessed by the heavens, he did not have the difficulty of "being in charge of a small country", but he was only saying that when he was not in charge, even the stability of the Great Xia had nothing to do with him.

So who does it matter?

From the corner of his eye, Xia Yan glanced at Qi Gandao who was seated first on the lower left. He had a dignified look on his face, without any uproar or surprise...

For a moment, the hall was suddenly quiet, and the ministers looked at each other.

I saw Qi Gandao standing up in the front row, walking slightly bowed to the middle of the hall, facing the emperor, knelt down to salute, and shouted loudly: "Minister, wait, congratulations to the emperor!"

After a while, no matter whether they supported it or not, all the ministers knelt down and shouted congratulations together, "Minister, wait, congratulations to the emperor!"

This embarrassment, if it was before, Xia Yangui might be furious immediately and kill Maoyuan and others, but now he closed his eyes, held back, and twitched the corners of his mouth, "This time the prosperity and peace, how can we lose you all?" Let me alone enjoy the credit of loving you?" Xia Yangui paused, "I should celebrate with all the loving friends, and I will not return today if I am not drunk."

Qi Qiandao's expression remained unchanged, while Mao Yuan frowned slightly. According to the temperament of the little emperor before, Mao Yuan was doomed to die this time, and the faction of the prince Qi under his seat will remonstrate with death. If he should not, I'm afraid It's going to be reversed.

But Xia Yangui was uncharacteristically, which made Qi Qiandao feel more and more aware that the little emperor may have been instructed, and now he has become more and more like a king. The emperor had the surgery, and the medicine that spread miraculously seems to be superfluous now. Waiting for a while, I'm afraid that the medicine will not work, and the best time to force the palace will be missed.

After this calculation, the corners of Qi Gandao's mouth raised slightly, "Your Majesty is wise, it's just that the old minister considers Daxia's brachial thigh, and he should share the worries of the emperor and the people of Daxia, but he doesn't know the emperor..." At this point, Qi Gandao paused slightly , raised his eyes to look at the little emperor sitting in the upper position, and couldn't help but feel a little more fanatical in his eyes.

Seeing this, Xia Yangui felt that it was Maoyuan who made the attack. It could also be said that it was Qi Qiandao who was tempting him. He did not show weakness, but also wanted to give him a warning. He is no longer that useless little emperor who ignores the government. up.But this old bastard's attack this time, I'm afraid it's not a test today, but there is no movement from the Queen Mother's side, maybe he was abandoned by this old bastard.He frowned slightly, he raised his hand, the finger on his hand shimmered, "Prince Qi has something to say, but it's okay to say it."

Hua Ziyao moved slightly.

There was a lot of noise outside the hall, Qi Gandao straightened up, Maoyuan shook out a dragon robe out of nowhere, and waited on Qi Qiandao to put it on, all the seats were silent.

Although I know that Qi Gandao is deeply rebellious, it doesn't matter if he is forced into the palace today, but I just don't want this old bastard to wear a dragon robe in front of him, what's the face of the Tian family? !

Xia Yangui held back his anger and said in a cold voice, "Qi Qiandao! You are so courageous!"

Qi Gandao sneered, "The old minister just said that the old minister is worried about the emperor's worries for the world. If he is not in his position and does not seek his own government, the old minister feels wronged!"