Five days later, the emperor and the empress set up a flower-watching banquet in Zhongyu Garden, the palace, one to entertain everyone to the vassal states in Beijing, and the other to test the sword in front of the imperial court.

Zhong Yuyuan is located in the outskirts of Beijing. It is a royal garden with a history of more than a hundred years. After repairs by more than ten emperors, it has become magnificent. All the scenery in the world is ready, and it is known as the No. 1 garden in all ages.

Although Zhongyu Garden has evergreen trees and flowers that are invincible in all seasons, in the middle of winter, the only thing worthy of appreciation is the plum blossom in Fuguang Garden.

The banquet was placed in the Kuixuexuan in Fuguangyuan. The emperor and the empress sat on the seat, and the vassal states in various places sat on the corridor.

Sitting below the emperor and empress, the first and second place were the only two vassal kings who entered the capital, King Wu and King Zhongshan. Among them, King Wu is the oldest and highest-ranking among the existing kings. The King of Zhongshan is the most blood-lined and richest fiefs among all vassal kings. These two kings can already represent the vassal kings in the world.

As for King Xi and King Shou who fought for the Dragon Position with King Zhao back then, they had disappeared on their way back after the failure.

No one can explain how it disappeared, and of course no one asks. The only fluctuation is that the fiefs of these two kings caused a small battle.

Their fiefdoms were not next to the four royal states, and the royal family was unable to take them back and were divided up by the surrounding vassal states. Among them, the King of Zhongshan and King of Wu also swallowed each and expanded their territory. Although the disappearance of these two vassal kings reduced the number of royal bloodlines, they did not weaken the power of the vassal kings from other places.

After the emperor had a drink, he stopped talking. He was not a person who was good at dancing and socializing, not to mention that he had a versatile queen around him, and the atmosphere during the meal was not cold.

He had the energy, so he used it to look at the guests around him.

There is no one who is good at talking to him. Each one is his enemy in this life, and he wants to dig out his foundation, seize his power, and occupy his land.

I wish I could draw out the three-foot green edge, and each one could kill with one sword.

But it doesn't work. Now he has masters around him, and if he has a heart of heart and kills them in the garden, he will not be able to do it. But if he does this, he will be the end of the emperor, and will not live for a while. After his death, he will not know which position will be cheaper.

Of course, you have to kill someone, but you can only kill one or a few, and it is best not to use your own hands.

His eyes turned and swept over the two princes - these princes. If he wanted to kill them, there would be no trouble. As long as he showed murderous intent, all the governors would help him. They wanted to be thinner in the blood of the Tian family, the better.

The question is whether you want to kill.

Although these people are direct threats to their throne, they are also supporting the foundation of the Tian family and restraining the governors of the other surnames. If there are no vassal kings with the Tian surname in the world, the dynasty of the Great Qi may completely perish.

His eyes swept over the King of Zhongshan, his murderous intent appeared and then looked at the two people sitting in the lower head.

These two people are the winners of this game.

The one on the left is his father-in-law Tang Xu.

The person on the right is his own brother-in-law Jiang Qi who is a little cheaper.

Both of these two were in front of him. He had to make a choice. He could only choose one.

This choice is to bet on the national destiny of Daqi and also on your own life.

The faster the better. If it slows down, Zi Tong will make a choice for him.

Didn't you see yourself?

While the emperor was looking at everyone, his other pair of eyes were also looking at everyone in a vague way. Of course, the most important thing was to look at the emperor.

This person is a young man standing in the corridor, wearing the service of the royal palace guards, with a round face and a pair of flexible curved eyes, shining with light.

Of course this person is Meng Shuai.

In order to enter the palace, he spent a lot of effort and turned several turns before he could get this opportunity.

Although he was watching the people in the field, he was actually not interested in these officials who had the lifeline of the world, and he didn't care about the intrigue between them. He wanted another line of people, and this kind of strangulation in the power field was nothing to do with him.

What he cared about was the young men standing behind the vassal states and the people around him, except himself, who participated in the sword test meeting. The big ones were eighteen or nineteen, and the small ones were all full of energy. Meng Shuai was in it and felt a little bit like a rustic.

But he didn't care. After all, he never thought of himself as one of them. He had something else to do when he sneaked into the palace, so how could he compete with them for his strengths?

Just as he often glances at the emperor with his eyes, he is not trying to judge any useful information from the emperor's flashing eyes, but thinking-

Why did this grandson announce an intermission?

Didn’t it mean that after the banquet, there was an intermission before the sword test meeting, and the emperor would leave, so would everyone move freely?

Let's leave quickly, what should I do if I don't leave?

Finally, after three rounds of drinking, under the ardent expectations of Meng Shuai, the emperor stood up and said, "I will go to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, and all the ministers will drink as much as possible. The Queen, please entertain your family for me." He said that, and led people to leave.

As soon as the emperor left, the atmosphere in the field relaxed. The queen stood up and smiled and said, "The plum blossoms are blooming just right. Let's eat wine here. The fragrance of the wine drowns the fragrance of the flowers, but it is not so elegant. It is better to get closer and enjoy the flowers and the fragrance of the flowers. Wouldn't it be a kill of two birds with one stone?" As she said that, she put down the wine glass, picked up the teacup, and walked under the tree.

The meaning of this sentence is - disband and enter free mode.

Meng Shuai sighed and finally came. Wait for a while, wait for a while.

Sure enough, after a while, the governors got off their seats and stood up under the plum tree and talked and drank tea. The atmosphere became hotter and a little messy.

Meng Shuai casually made an excuse and slipped away from the corridor. After passing through a flower wall, he immediately changed into clothes.

Today's opportunity was actually a bit unsatisfactory. He originally wanted to enter the inner courtyard of the palace, and there must be someone he was looking for. But by accident, the meeting was changed to the palace this time, and he was a little unsure. Is the person he was looking for in the palace today?

In addition, although the palace is big and has been penetrated like a sieve, he can easily get the map of the palace and know where who lives. But this palace is originally a place to escape the summer heat, no one would have thought that the emperor would suddenly arrive. His daily defenses were changed, and he didn't know how everyone arranged it.

Even the map of this palace was found with great effort. It was through the Jiang family's Feijun Mansion, which Qiao Ziyan specially approved for him. The map was relatively old and many places were not very clear. He had speculations that he wanted to find that person, but there were only a few places.

Fortunately, the garrison of the palace was not as strict as that of the Great Nathan. He was alone and had a small goal and his martial arts skills were not weak. He waved east and hid in the west, and easily entered the back.

This palace is full of mountains, rivers, flowers and plants, and the scenery is endless. Each scenery has a tower that can be used to live in. Meng Shuai walked up along a stream, and he heard the clapping sounds, and a pair of people walked past the avenue. There were eunuchs and palace maids in front, back and left, with two large sedan chairs clustered in the middle.

Meng Shuai made up for the rules of the palace and knew that this was a queen mother and a princess. Suddenly remembered the emperor's words at the table and said to him: This grandson also said to pay tribute to the queen mother, which was obviously just an excuse. The queen mother was here for a good deal. Who saw him come to pay tribute?

But this has nothing to do with him. When I looked along the sedan chair, I saw a courtyard at the end of the road, built by the water, which must be a palace in Zhong Yuyuan.

This place must have lived in the Queen Mother, so it is not the place she is looking for.

Just as he was about to turn around, Meng Shuai was stunned again and almost gave himself a mouth.

What kind of judgment is it? Didn’t you see the empress dowager leave? Since the empress dowager left, wasn’t it because she was a guest? It can be seen that this is not the empress dowager’s place.

However……

Since the Empress Dowager is the emperor's mother, the most noble person in the world should not sit in her palace and wait for others to come to see her? She will also come out in person, go around the home and visit her. Even the emperor should go in and pay tribute to her instead of letting her come to her. With such rules, the Empress Dowager will easily walk around and lose her identity.

Those who can let her come out to visit must have different identities.

If it is the person you are looking for, you should be worthy.

Meng Shuai looked at the surrounding environment and found that since this place is part of the garden, it is naturally very beautiful. However, compared with the gardens in other places, there is more stream and a small waterfall here.

The waterfall poured down the water flow, and the stream flowed around the houses, and the seasons continued. Since there was ice and snow outside, there was still constant sound of water here.

It's not a quiet place.

Meng Shuai felt that if it was him, he would definitely not like living here. But if he was that person, he might like it.

That person should hate quiet.

Then this place cannot be left out.

He looked behind the rockery for a long time and suddenly walked straight over.

As soon as they got closer, the gate opened and the two teams of palace maids retreated.

Meng Shuai stood in front of the door without hiding. The two teams of palace maids left him from the left and right, and did not look at him when they left.

When everyone was exposed, Meng Shuaifang stepped in. As soon as he entered, he heard the sound of the piano and the pleasant music seemed to come from the sky.

Meng Shuai pinched his face and felt that it was indeed a bigger circle.

What a great face

He stood in the hall, listening to the sound of the piano, feeling...

It feels like that.

Theoretically, this should be a wonderful sound of the piano, which still lingers on the beam for three days. But Meng Shuai couldn't help but not appreciate it. He didn't have a musical cell all over his body. He stood there and listened for a long time, but he didn't think about it.

After walking a few steps, I saw the beautiful figure playing the piano through a flash of blue gauze screen.

In front of the piano stage, a girl in a goose yellow shirt was playing the piano. The sound of the piano flowed out from her white jade-like fingertips, clear and gentle, intoxicating. The green gauze cabinet half-covered her appearance, and she could only see her elegant posture and hazy face.

Looking at the flowers in the fog is the most beautiful.

Meng Shuai took a look and thought to himself: It's her.

Then I got a little embarrassed.

After finally finding someone, he should talk forward. The girl also understood very well, so she played the piano, one was to express her welcome, and the other was to give him a chance to talk.

When the piano stopped, it was time for him to speak.

The question is how to say it. The usual opening should be to praise her piano sound. It usually comes with clapping movements, making her look high-end, atmospheric and upscale.

Not only high-end, but also interesting.

At this time, the language must be elegant and idioms. If it can be written with poems, it is better. If there is no, at least it must be written in a literary way and you cannot show your timidity.

Although he doesn't understand the piano, it has nothing to do with the music itself. There are only a few sentences that can be used to praise.

Yu Qian uses the book bag from his hometown to remove it, it is novel and connotative.

How do you say that? It's the one in the Chinese textbook...

The sound of the piano is like...the jade in Kunshan is broken, and the lotus is weeping and dew.

It's it

Meng Shuai figured it out and was about to find a clue to clap his hands, but suddenly, he was stunned.

The sound of the piano has stopped long ago.

A goose yellow dress turned from behind the screen, gave a light greeting, saying, "Brother Meng is polite, we're meeting again."
Chapter completed!