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He Changan escaped from prison, which caused an uproar in the palace.

Empress Dowager Sun was furious, and ordered the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to conduct a strict investigation, but the prison bars and chains of the Internal Punishment Division were intact, and the cell was inspected inch by inch. The roof and floor were all intact. In the first class, the key is only in the hands of the head of the Internal Punishment Department, and three people need to sign to take it out. Only Wu Zhishu, the head of the Empress Dowager Sun, came to the inner prison that night, and there was an oral order from the emperor and the queen mother as evidence.

It is inevitable that there will be suspicion and games between all parties, but He Changan just disappeared out of thin air.The Ministry of Punishment has rich experience in promoting officials, and ordered people to wait in the medical hall to check whether anyone purchased wound medicine and asked the doctor to look at the trauma, but they couldn't find any clues.It can only be speculated that there must be a rich family to take him in, and the family has a doctor.

After such disturbance, amidst the rumors flying everywhere, the Dragon Boat Festival was still held as usual.

The palace is filled with the fragrance of wormwood water, colorful rice dumplings, five-poison accessories, etc. are all colorfully worn by the court ladies.

Xiao Yan also wrapped colorful ropes around his wrists, and sat lazily in the hall, continuing to be a mascot.

Today is the emperor's banquet for ministers in Qingyang Hall, and the Inner Palace is hosted by the Empress Dowager Sun in Chunxi Pavilion for the banquet of the wives.Sitting in the hall, Xiao Yan looked at the dancers in the teaching workshop below as they used to, twirling their feather sleeves while the male dancers behind them, with colorful beast totems painted on their upper bodies and faces, beat the leather drum majesticly and violently.The drum team under the steps played a brisk tune.

He didn't notice that his sense of presence at this banquet was much higher than before. The ministers seemed to be watching the singing and dancing below, but they all secretly looked at the young emperor who had shown his prominence a few days ago.

He was still as white-faced as before, but everyone felt the change in his temperament, he was no longer a weak and silent shadow, he seemed to have grown taller, and was able to support the majesty of the complicated dragon suit.Silence turned into stability, frailty turned into elegance, and when looking at people with the eyes, there was a faint sense of oppression.

A person who is dignified and orderly will naturally have the temperament of living above others for a long time, and he can be calm in any environment, because only others care about him, and there is no one who wrongs and accommodates others.

The little emperor used to behave well and was disciplined by the Empress Dowager Sun, which made people feel weak in existence, just the shadow of the Empress Dowager Sun pushing ahead.In the past, similar to this kind of banquet, he presided over it, and almost all the servants and ceremony officials sang salutes. After he accepted the congratulations according to the etiquette, he sat for a while and was taken away by the servants again, just for a salute.

But today, He Changan disappeared, and the emperor was surrounded by only a new servant, who was obviously not used to such a big occasion, and behaved a little rusty and timid.On the other hand, the emperor sat down by himself and was congratulated by all the officials. He behaved calmly and calmly, and he did not show any timidity in entertaining important officials of the court alone in the main hall. work.

Prime Minister Ji suddenly came out to report: "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, I am not talented, so I wrote a ode to present, wishing my emperor long live, and wishing the world peace."

Xiao Yan looked at him and nodded slightly, then turned his head and told the servants beside him: "Ji Xiang has a poem, it must be good, and pass it down to ask the people in the teaching workshop to sing it immediately, so that all the ministers and workers can appreciate it."

The waiter was flustered for a while, why offer a poem?Didn't the Ministry of Rites say that there is such a regulation?

Fortunately, Xiao Yan had an oral order, and his servants were like Feng Lun's voice. He hurriedly ran to Ji Tongzhen's side in small steps, took the poem manuscript with both hands, sent it to the bottom of the steps, and handed it to the chief eunuch on duty of the Jiaofang Division. At first glance, it is the seven rhythms, that is to say, the music troupe plays according to the seven rhythms, and the kabuki sings melodiously while pressing the teeth.

Hymns have always been full of flowers and flowers, neutral and peaceful, but not lost.Prime Minister Ji himself is not good at poetry, but just mediocre.But after the accompaniment of the sheng and flute, the rhythm of the drum music, and the addition of the singer's clear and wonderful singing voice, the poem that was originally only seven points, has been sung with a full meaning. Shengping.All the people in the hall nodded their praises one after another, Xiao Yan also said to Ji Xiang with a smile: "Good poetry, Ji Xiang is talented, left and right, give wine to Ji Xiang."

The waiter poured the wine immediately, and Ji Tongzhen could only leave the table to take the wine glass, drank it all and thanked him: "The grace is so great that I cannot repay it with death."

The ministers couldn't help being jealous, and immediately a civil servant who was good at poetry stood up, chanted quatrains, eulogized the saints and sang kindness, and sure enough, he wrote beautiful poems in the hall, and Xiao Yan naturally smiled and ordered the secretary of the Jiaofang to sing.

The atmosphere at the banquet became lively for a while, the ministers who are good at poetry were eager to try it, and the ministers who were not good at poetry secretly regretted why they didn't think of asking the staff to write a poem and memorize it last night?Sure enough, it was Prime Minister Ji who was scheming and scheming, and he got out of the limelight!If the Emperor Yukou commented a sentence or two, and recorded it in the daily notes, the descendants of the family will be honored in the future!

Everyone in the court thought it was arranged by Ji Tongzhen in advance, and only Ji Tongzhen knew that he deliberately disrupted the banquet regulations... However, without Gao Yuanling and He Changan's suggestion, the young emperor easily dealt with it, and The response was very decent and generous, and the kabukis were invited to sing poems at the banquet. The emperor was honored, and the ministers were greatly praised. Immediately, everyone enthusiastically contributed poems to express their gratitude.

Jun En is rare!Even if it's just a young emperor, even if the little emperor can't decide whether the ministers will be promoted or stay, the ministers will never be willing to waste this opportunity to show off. The emperor's daily life note will record the emperor's every word and deed. Meaningless poems, but many hymns can be passed down, because the court will have special personnel to carefully copy and compile these hymns received at court celebrations, and pass them on to future generations.

If it weren't for this little emperor who had been reclusive and rarely showed up, and the ministers watched him step by step from ascending the throne at the age of six to today, Ji Tongzhen would almost have thought that what he was facing was someone who had ascended the throne for many years and had a thorough grasp of the hearts of his subordinates. An emperor who is good at political affairs and good at manipulating people's hearts.

He did try the little emperor on purpose today, but he didn't expect such a result. He ordered the actors to sing poems in the hall and gave him wine. Drinking to thank you, all the ministers saw the king and the minister at the same time.

No matter how small the little emperor is, he is still a king.

He is in charge of the cabinet by himself, no matter how powerful he is, he is only a minister, and he can only thank you for his kindness.

This made him even faintly regret being impulsive today - the emperor is young and smart, and he has to carefully consider how he will go in the future.

Ji Tongzhen fell into deep thought, and saw Xiao Yan getting up on top of him, just like before, he was going to leave the stage to rest, and the servant also went to tell Cheng Enhou that he was going to summon Cheng Enhou in private, according to the old practice, the insider The palace is not allowed to meet outside men, usually the queen mother summons them in the name of the emperor. Naturally, there are considerations for such a big event as a big wedding.

The palace was not peaceful one after another. First there were rumors of evil cats hurting people, and He Changan escaped from prison for no reason after inquiring, and disappeared.In order to avoid the controversy over the big marriage, King Duan left Beijing directly. He Changan did not know whether he was alive or dead. Although the queen was finally announced by the emperor personally and came from Chengenhou's mansion, Chengenhou and the queen mother were not happy because An Guogong was so in the court. Once things get mixed up, everyone knows that the emperor is getting married. Is the day when he will be in power still far away?

These incidents seem to be unrelated, but they all point to a result, the empress dowager's control over the young emperor is being weakened.

The former dynasty cannot be passive, but the emperor always wants to be in charge of the government. For the current plan, it is the best policy to win the trust and trust of the young emperor in the cabinet.

Xiao Yan didn't know that his small act made Prime Minister Ji think so much, but he also knew that Prime Minister Ji didn't follow the banquet rules, he must have deep meaning, but he didn't mind showing a little bit of edge, after all, there is no talent , will only be controlled, he must always show that he has the value of being used, instead of just being a puppet.

In the back hall, Sun Heng, Marquis of Cheng En, came to visit him, Xiao Yan only said in a gentle voice: "Uncle, there is no need to be too polite, the queen mother has something to discuss, please go in with the inner deacon to meet the queen mother."

Cheng Enhou thanked En and went in.

Xiao Yan leaned on the reclining couch alone, and said to the servants in the palace: "Everyone go down, I will rest for a while."

Without He Chang'an, a servant named Li Yanshou took over for the time being. He usually had no chance to serve him. Now that He Chang'an was gone, he became more and more trembling, not daring to cross the threshold, and led the palace servants down.

However, Xiao Yan took out the croton from his sleeve, with a sly look on the corner of his mouth: "It's this one's turn to play."

The lich asked: "Which minister do you want to drink?"

Xiao Yan said: "Every festival, the palace usually rewards some honorable stewards and female officials with wine and food. The Dragon Boat Festival rewards the calamus wine brewed in the palace. Because I have no queen, the wine is always given by the queen mother. The reward, the maids in the house will be proud of it, thank you for the reward, and drink the wine."

The Lich said: "Are you going to gnaw beans in the Gao Yuan Ling Cup?"

Xiao Yan said: "Yes, this wine is originally turbid, and realgar was added, the taste will not be much better, he can't taste it, the abdominal pain will make him frightened, after all, He Chang'an is missing, he is sure now. It’s also filled with suspicion and suspicion.”

The Lich said: "It's just a stomachache, but if it's not really fatal, I have some flame wine here, which is more effective than your croton."

Xiao Yan was very interested: "Fire wine? What is it made of?"

The lich thought for a while: "The name of the wine is the blessing of flames - this is a prank made by the dwarves. The wine is made of a mixture of flame grass, giant chili powder and dragon scales. After drinking it, it will be hot from the tongue to the throat and esophagus. The flames are burning, which makes people jump. The dwarves brew strong wine with this, and drink it to compete who can have the most endurance and drink the most. Taking ice cubes can relieve the pain. Generally, the pain will slowly relieve. The next day It'll be all right, a few drops for him will be enough for him to enjoy the heat of the fire until dawn."

Xiao Yan smiled: "Very suitable, then let him enjoy the blessings from the dwarves from another world."

When Gao Yuanling, who drank the wine given by the Queen Mother, was in pain all night and thought he had escaped from death, how would he react?

He gave up He Changan, but he was still given poisoned wine, how would he react?

And how would the queen mother react when she knew that Gao Yuanling had abdominal pain after drinking the wine?

No matter which side's reaction, he looked forward to it and was full of interest.