He wanted the emperor to lie on the ground in this scene for a night.

For a while, many ministers who were kneeling on the ground began to distort their faces. They only hated that Liu Xiang was not here tonight due to his illness, which made this treacherous minister lawless.

Each of them had their own thoughts, but Emperor Chengde didn't have such lofty ambitions.The old emperor shrank his neck in fright at Jiang Lian's words, and finally became a little awake.

He blinked and came back to his senses, turned his gaze around, and was the first to see Concubine Zhou who was still kneeling by his side.

Emperor Chengde went crazy, and finally remembered that today is Concubine Zhou's birthday.Annoyed, he bent down, helped the beauty to stand up very compassionately, and said sadly: "It's my carelessness, I was greedy for a while, and forgot your birthday today."

Concubine Zhou Guifei was delicate and delicate, now she stood up abruptly after kneeling for such a long time, and was smoked by the smell of alcohol from Emperor Chengde's mouth, her eyes were red all of a sudden.

She gritted her teeth and said aggrievedly: "The concubine is not wronged, as long as His Majesty sobers up."

A gust of cold wind blew, and Emperor Chengde's mind was a little clearer after being frightened by Jiang Lian. He took Concubine Zhou's hand, as if wanting to make amends, and said harshly: "Go, I will take you to enjoy the flowers and the moon."

Concubine Zhou smiled with red eyes, and her voice was soft: "The lotus in Xianglin Pond is in bloom. The concubine is going to Xianglin Pond to see the lotus."

Emperor Chengde's heart was shaken by what she said, and he laughed loudly: "Okay, I'm sure!"

He turned his head to look at Jiang Lian, regained the majesty of the emperor, and ordered: "Jiang Lian, I want to take my noble concubine Zhou to Xianglin Pond to enjoy the flowers and the moon, you prepare."

When it was time to kill the emperor, Jiang Lian couldn't tell the joy or anger in his voice, he looked sideways at Jiang Yang and said, "Have someone light up the lamps around Xianglin Pool."

Xianglin Pond is next to the Leng Palace, quite far away from the Imperial Garden, and there are only lotus flowers that are left unattended, and even ghosts and ghosts can't wander there, so the palace lanterns are not even lit after nightfall.

Jiang Yang took the order, nodded and bowed and went.

The emperor went crazy for a limited time, and made a big fuss, which disrupted the atmosphere of the banquet. Now that he just woke up from the wine, he wanted to take his favorite concubine to swim in the pool willfully.

The courtiers kneeling on the ground were dead silent, no one knew what to say to such an emperor.

Until a voice sounded, breaking the silence: "I heard that although Xianglin Pond is not well managed, it is precisely because it has more wildness that it has created a unique lotus flower. Although I have never seen it, I have longed for it. Your Majesty What a sight."

Nanyang Hou knelt at the feet of Emperor Chengde, shaking his beard and complimented him.

Concubine Zhou's eyes fluttered, she took Emperor Chengde's hand and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Marquis of Nanyang is really good at talking, and my concubine also thinks that His Majesty has good eyesight."

Emperor Chengde was delighted by the two people's words, and he patted Concubine Zhou's arm lightly, and said with great pride: "Then I will take you to see it too, go, and go with me to enjoy the lotus."

Suddenly there was a voice of thanking.

Emperor Chengde led Concubine Zhou out of the courtyard amidst compliments all over the floor, followed by a cloud of official heads with their heads hanging down and laughing.

Yan Huaiyin didn't look at the stage again, until there were only two or three people walking in the courtyard, he wanted to turn around and follow slowly.

Immediately, he was stopped by a voice.

"Your Highness."

The person in the wheelchair yelled softly.

All the officials in the courtyard had already left, and there were palace ladies and eunuchs not far away, the two of them were only two steps away, Liu Shangqing's words were only carried into Yan Huaiyin's ears by the wind.

After a pause, Yan Huaiyin turned around.

The young man with a clear face was sitting there, looking at him for a moment, like a willow tree.

Yan Huaiyin sighed inwardly, he walked over slowly, got behind the wheelchair, rolled up his sleeves and pushed the wheelchair out slowly.

"Your Highness is at the side of the imperial concubine at the front, if Master Liu wants to look for him," Yan Huaiyin focused on pushing the wheelchair, and said softly, "You should look for him at the front, not at my place."

After pushing the wheelchair out of Feifeng Hall and following the footsteps of the officials in front, Yan Huaiyin shouted from a distance: "Little General Gu, stay a step."

Liu Shangqing told him to go first, Gu Huanshan listened to his words and followed. He missed Liu Shangqing in his heart, so he kept following at the end of the line, his ears wishing to turn a corner so that his eyes grew behind his head.

Although he didn't hear anything, when he suddenly heard someone calling him, Gu Huanshan thought that his eavesdropping thoughts had been discovered, so he suddenly turned his head to explain, when he saw Yan Huaiyin pushing Liu Shangqing standing not far away place.

He just found out that the stranger sitting opposite him was the new crown prince Shaofu who came to the imperial capital.

The maintenance Wang Size outside the Nanqiu Gate came to his house to thank him and said a few words, Gu Huanshan remembered it in his heart, and heard that Yan Huaiyin also gave this gift after he was ill.

He is also considered to be acquainted with the crown prince Qi Zan, and he thought he could teach Qi Zan, a bad-tempered person, no matter what, he should be trembling with a cane, a temperless old man with a big white beard who has been angry since childhood.

I didn't expect such a young gentleman.

Yan Huaiyin pushed Liu Shangqing in, handed the wheelchair to Gu Huanshan, and said with a smile, "Little General Gu, you forgot Master Liu."

Gu Huanshan had a lot of explanations in his mind, for example, Liu Shangqing wanted to stay there by himself, and for example, I didn’t know him very well, but he just watched him tinkering with his wheelchair in front of the palace gate, and he left before he was 80 years old at home. My grandmother walked fast, so I gave it a hand.

But in his mind, he couldn't hold back a single word. From others' point of view, he just hummed lightly, took Liu Shangqing's wheelchair, pushed it and left.

Liu Shangqing propped himself up on the wheelchair and wanted to turn his head to say something, but Gu Huanshan walked too fast, so he couldn't say those words in the end.

Seeing that the two of them had gone far away, Yan Huaiyin hung his hands on the tail of the team and followed closely.

Chengde Emperor's drunken laughter kept coming from the front, but after a while, someone slipped from the middle to Yan Huaiyin's side.

Wang Si wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and grinned: "It's the first time for Master Yan to enter the harem. Xianglin Pond is not far ahead."

The closer the procession is to the Xianglin Pool, the farther it is from the brilliance of the palace. Although the maids holding the lanterns on both sides are careful to protect the lights in the lanterns, but the wind is strong in summer nights. When a gust of wind blows, the candles will flicker.

Yan Huaiyin looked at Mr. Wang's facial features which were illuminated by the candles, and said sincerely: "Why, Mr. Wang also wonders if the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom is with me?"

If it wasn't like this, Yan Huaiyin really couldn't figure out why Wang Size dared to talk to himself now after he had such a conversation with Emperor Chengde just now.

Have been smart all your life, suddenly want to be stupid?

"No, no," Wang Size frowned upon hearing his words, shook his head and said, "Master Yan, don't make fun of me. I have something serious to talk to Mr. Yan about."

He moved closer and smiled: "Master Yan, do you have any plans to accept other students?"

Yan Huaiyin was silent for a moment, then said seriously: "Master Wang, at your age, you'd better teach yourself."

"What?" Wang Si frowned two thick eyebrows, "It's that...uh... dog..."

His bastard son, he has hired countless gentlemen over the years but failed to solve the problem, Wang Si saw hope from Yan Huaiyin.

Can a person who can challenge the emperor still be unable to control his son?

After hearing what he said, Yan Huaiyin said after a while, "My lord's son is..."

Want to be emperor too?

Wang Si wiped the sweat from his palms on the sides of his official uniform, and said with a naive smile: "A dog is not talented, and he doesn't know anything about poetry, books, rituals and music, but he is good at gambling."

He stretched out his hand and tugged at Yan Huaiyin's sleeve: "I hope Master Yan can cure my son's gambling problem, it doesn't matter if you beat him..."

Yan Huaiyin lowered his eyes, slowly but firmly pulled his sleeves out of Wang Size's hands, and said softly, "Your Excellency, be careful, I haven't agreed to this matter, why are you still looking at me?"

Wang Size had a bitter face and wanted to say something more, but he heard someone calling him from a distance: "Size, come quickly."

When Wang Size turned his head, he saw the white-haired Minister of the Ministry of War waving at him from a distance.

The immediate superior called him, but Wang Si could only swallow what he wanted to say, and hurriedly said to Yan Huaiyin: "Master Yan, let's talk about it another day."

He hurried to the Minister of the Ministry of War.

As soon as Mr. Wang left, the surroundings became quiet for a moment, and Yan Huaiyin breathed a sigh of relief.

When he looked up again, he saw Xianglin Pond arriving.

The Xianglin Pond not far away has been lit with glazed palace lanterns. Although it cannot illuminate the entire lotus pond, the southern area where Emperor Chengde went is clearly visible.

Jiang Lian's work was done properly, although no one came, but the curtain was drawn on a pavilion on the south bank, cushions were placed on the stone benches, and the maids and eunuchs were set up to serve.

Emperor Chengde brought Concubine Zhou into the pavilion with a curtain to enjoy the lotus. Naturally, the officials full of the court did not have the treatment of the emperor. The surroundings of Xianglin Pool were deserted. They stood in the lotus pond and fed the mosquitoes, each of them looked like a human-shaped pool fence.

But with such an emperor on the table, no one dared to complain.

Yan Huaiyin stood a little further away from the crowd, there were not many people around, only two silent guards stood on the right.

Yan Huaiyin stood on the shore watching the lotus floating in the night wind, listening to the laughter coming from a distance.

Not long after he stood there, his right arm was touched suddenly. When the young man turned his head, he saw a cold face.

The next moment, the owner of that face reached out quickly and fiercely to grab his arm, and with his own weight, pulled him into the lotus pond.

The whole movement took only an instant, and the two disappeared on the shore.

But the remaining guard next to him didn't say a word as if he didn't see the waves in the pool.

In July and August, when the lotus is growing, the two figures fell into the lake under the cover of the lotus, which only caused the lotus to shake slightly.

Emperor Chengde was lowering his head to eat the lychee paste fed by Concubine Zhou Gui, when he caught a glimpse of a lotus flower in the corner, he asked casually, "What's wrong with that lotus flower?"

Nanyanghou stood beside him, and looked at Concubine Zhou quietly.

Concubine Zhou rolled her eyes and said softly: "Your Majesty, there are many wild birds in Xianglin Pond. Perhaps there are so many people tonight that they startled the wild birds."

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