Chapter 258 Two Females on the Same Desk
The atmosphere of the banquet is generally relaxed and casual. Because of the living treasure of Princess Gaoyang, there is no lack of jokes and fun. Originally, these local officials in Xiangzhou were still a little frightened and nervous about the arrival of the prince. But after a while, everyone relaxed. Even the most humble officials present dared to laugh out loud and happily.
Because Li Chengqian is obviously not the kind of person who is majestic and oppressive.
But there were two people who had always been very indifferent and did not relax their jokes and laughter. They have always maintained their own reservedness and arrogance during the banquet.
is Li Ke and Li Daozong.
In fact, the officials present were more afraid of Li Ke.
Although Li Ke is generous and easy-going, he is quite similar to Li Chengqian, but he also has a hard time with an iron fist. When he first came to Xiangzhou to vigorously rectify the state government, the gentry officials in Xiangzhou had suffered from him. For example, on such a formal occasion, Li Ke will never lose his reservedness and majesty as a superior in front of many subordinates. Because in his opinion, this is not a model of "being happy with the people", but a self-depraved majesty.
This subtle difference and contrast made Qin Mubai come to a conclusion: Li Chengqian is more than generous but not powerful enough. Although it does not lose its affinity, it lacks a "wei" that the king should have. As a king, you should be tolerant and help each other like water and fire, which is the way to control people.
I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, but I'm afraid of the comparison of goods. Looking at Li Chengqian alone, it may be difficult to find out what's wrong with him, at least from the surface. But put him and Li Ke together, evaluate him a little, and judge the best or bad!
Qin Mubai shook his head secretly: Even I can see it, will Li Shimin not see it? Those old-eyed ministers in the court can't see it? No wonder there have been rumors in recent years that the emperor has had the intention to abolish the reserve. Li Chengqian, as if there is such a "softness" in his bones, which is definitely not in line with the taste of Li Shimin, who is armed and majestic!
While eating and drinking, Qin Mubai slowly thought about these problems. When he was fascinated, Princess Gaoyang came to his bed and said with a smile, "Hey, General Qin, why don't you have a drink with me?"
Everyone was present, and Princess Gaoyang said so vividly. Qin Mubai stared at her angrily and funny way, and he had to raise his glass to greet her: "It's better to be respectful than to obey, Your Highness, please!"
"Please!" Princess Gaoyang smiled and covered the cup with her sleeves and drank a full glass of wine.
Qin Mubai was suddenly a little stunned - this is the Qinxian royal wine brought by the prince from Chang'an, the liquor!
"Cough, cough!" Princess Gaoyang really coughed, and her face was about to turn red. She jumped and ran to drink a bowl of tea.
Qin Mubai shook his head: This stunned girl!
Unexpectedly, after a moment, Princess Gaoyang came over with a smile again and still raised her glass: "General Qin, it is often said that good things come in pairs. Let's have another drink?"
"Uh, do you still drink?" Qin Mubai couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at her cup suspiciously, and his eyes turned straight.
"What are you looking at, Qin Xianyu wine!" Princess Gaoyang deliberately said loudly that many people heard it and said seriously, "Do you give my face to me, and you don't drink it when I come to toast?"
Qin Mubai hated it so much that he wanted to laugh, so he had to shake his head: "Okay, I'll drink it. Your Highness, please!"
"Please!" Princess Gaoyang made it in the same way, drank another full cup, and jumped away again.
"Ah, Your Highness is really massive and massive!" Many officials here suddenly cried out in amazement, of course, there was no lack of flattery and flattery.
Qin Mubai sat down after drinking half a cup of wine, and his face turned red. He knew too well that no matter who he was, he could not drink such a big cup of Qin Xian wine in a row. Among the people he met, his father Qin Shubao, Li Shimin and Cheng Zhijie were massive. They couldn't do it, and they didn't dare.
There is no doubt that the cup of Princess Gaoyang is definitely not wine. Fortunately, she pretended to be choked and pretended to be very similar.
"This guy is getting more and more naughty!" Qin Mubai couldn't help glancing aside and saw that Princess Gaoyang was proudly flirting with Wu Mei Niang. The two women looked at him together and snickered maliciously.
"If these two people think about pranks together, it will be really difficult to prevent." Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Miserable! How can we get them together in Xiangzhou?
The banquet broke up soon after. After all, the prince and others were a little tired after a long journey, so they were ready to rest early. Qin Mubai, Li Ke and others resigned.
Just a few steps out of the main hall, Li Chengqian followed again and called Qin Mubai: "General Qin, wait a minute. I have something to talk to you."
Qin Mubai was walking with Li Ke. The two looked at each other. Qin Mubai said, "Yes.
When he returned to Li Chengqian, he did not shy away from Li Ke, but said, "I drank two more cups and almost forgot one thing. That is, at the moment, my father asked me to bring you a sentence.
"What is your majesty's oracle?" Qin Mubai asked in a hurry.
"In fact, it is not the emperor's oracle, but a death row prisoner, entrusted to your majesty's words." Li Chengqian smiled and said, "How about it? Isn't it interesting?"
"Indeed..." Qin Mubai also thought that it must be Zhao Chong.
Now it is the autumn of the Double Ninth Festival, and Zhao Chong must have made a dead soul under the knife in Chang'an. But every year before the beheading after autumn, Li Shimin, the emperor, will personally patrol the prisoners to see if there are death row prisoners. At that time, Zhao Chongneng asked the emperor to send a message... He was indeed very talented!
"The death row prisoner's name is Zhao Chong, and General Qin must be familiar with it." Li Chengqian said, "At that time, His Majesty went to patrol the prisoners, but he did not shout injustice. He asked his father a question absurdly, and then made another request. What's more incredible is that his father also answered his questions and agreed to his request.
"What's the problem? What kind of request?" Qin Mubai asked.
"That question is about the Yang Emperor's Mausoleum. Specifically, my father didn't tell me. Anyway, my father told Zhao Chong that you cracked the secret of the drawing, found the national jade seal that had been missing for decades, and also told him about the bones and earth puppets under the tomb. Li Chengqian said, "Later, Zhao Chong's request was to dig out his grandfather's bones and make a bone doll and stand in the palace hall. Moreover, he entrusted my father to convey Zhao Chong's gratitude to you. He also said that if there is an afterlife, he should be friends with you. I'll put a knife in your ribs, and I won't hesitate!"
Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled: "Since Your Majesty has agreed, it seems that Weichen has to do it."
Li Chengqian nodded and smiled, and said with praise: "People are about to die, and their words are also good. General Qin, you can get the respect and gratitude of a dying man, which proves that you are indeed extraordinary.
"Thank you for your praise. Your Highness is tired all the way, please rest early! Weichen won't bother and say goodbye. Qin Mubai resigned.
"Okay, General Qin, let's go." Li Chengqian looked at the backs of Li Daozong and Li Ke, who were slowly moving forward not far away, and whispered, "If you have time, why don't you come here to taste tea?"
"The prince has a call, and Wei Chen An dares not come? Prince, please come back. Weichen has left. Qin Mubai saluted and retreated.
Li Chengqian nodded with a smile on his face, cut his hands behind his back to see Qin Mubai walk out of Xu Yuan, and then returned to the doorman.
Qin Mubai quickly caught up with Li Daozong and Li Ke and said with a smile, "The strange thing is brown. Don't you want to hear it?"
"Don't rush to confess to us what the prince whispered to you, right?" Li Daozong deliberately teased.
"Ha ha, how confidential can it be to stand on the steps? Mu Bai, tell me!" Li Ke smiled.
Qin Mubai then told the emperor's meaning retelled by the prince just now.
Li Daozong and Li Ke couldn't help but feel quite interesting. They laughed and said, "Your Majesty really loves you. Just because of a jade seal, he made a last wish for the prisoner and asked the prince to run errands to send a message.
Qin Mubai shook his head and sighed, "It's just a pity that you have to be friends with Zhao Chong in the afterlife."
Li Daozong couldn't help smiling, turned his chin to Qin Mubai and Li Ke, and said, "You are content!"
Li Ke also smiled and said, "Yes, uncle, I'm very satisfied. Because Qin Mubai, a friend, is obviously much better than Zhao Chong!"
"I can't tell you, you have to get together to make fun of me." Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled.
"Oh, we are already very kind and easy to deal with, aren't we?" Li Daozong smiled dewdly, pointed to the door of the prince Xingyuan, and said, "After a while, the two fierce characters over there are the real big trouble. Obviously, they are still 'in a joint place' now. Let's see how you deal with it! - Haha, Ke'er, let's go! No matter how good a friend is, he can't help but has a romantic debt. Let's see how this boy will end up!"
After saying that, Li Daozong and Li Ke laughed with bad intentions and left.
What's wrong with these two people? They really made Qin Mubai's scalp a little numb. At the thought of walking out of this line, he met the pair of "black wind double evil" of Wu Mei Niang and Princess Gao Yang, and Qin Mubai was a little nervous.
When you are alone with them one-on-one, there is always endless tenderness and whispers. How comfortable it is.
But women are born with vinegar. As long as there are two women who are greater than or equal to each other, it is impossible not to "sect the same sex". The result of this rebuke is either their PK with each other's teeth and claws, or a turbulent undercurrent infighting. However, there is also another "special situation", that is, they have sublimated this "repulsion" to a new level and incredibly reached a "strategic alliance" in the name of mutual pity. Instead of fighting against each other, they will turn love into grief and indignation, and in turn "dating" the man with the same hatred.
In short, they are jealous and have reached the "chemical realm", and their ideological realm is not the same, and they have practiced new tricks!
Qin Mubai, who once once self-proported to be a master of love, always thought that this kind of "context" would only appear in legends. I didn't expect to see the living now.
Wu Mei Niang and Princess Gao Yang, one is smart and the other is strange. I'm afraid that no one in the world is more suitable for interpreting "legends" than them.
"What should I do? Originally, either of the two of them was not easy to deal with. Now there is still a chemical reaction, and its IQ and power have increased by geometric series. How can I, an ordinary man, compete with it? Qin Mubai thought to himself in distress, but he scratched his head with great fun.
"Qin Mubai, what are you doing slowly swallowing there? Your toes touch your heel and walk like this. Are you measuring the size of the yard of Prince Xingyuan?"
At the door, there was a shout from Princess Gaoyang.
Qin Mubai looked up, and the little girl put her hands on her chest and stared at him quite provocatively! Next to her stood Wu Mei Niang with the same bad smile.
"Now I understand why the law of the 21st century allows men to join the army at the age of 18, but it takes 22 to get married. It turns out that it is much more difficult to deal with a wife than to deal with groups of enemies!" Qin Mubai shook his head and walked over with a sigh, muttering, "What's more, it's still two wives!"
"Hey, what are you muttering about? That's too much!" Princess Gaoyang said anly, "I know that the two of us are waiting for you outside, but we haven't come out for a long time. We are more shy than the big girl on the sedan chair!"
Wu Mei Niang didn't say anything, but looked at Qin Mubai with a happy smile.
Qin Mubai is not stupid. He knew that if he dared to quarrel with Princess Gaoyang at this time, it would be simply lighting a lantern in the pit and looking for death. Now, they can't wait for him to fight with them, just waiting for him to make a move. What greets him is the storm that has been prepared for a long time.
"Don't get on this thief ship, or you will die tragically." Qin Mubai said to himself like this. Therefore, he was not angry at all, but said with a smile, "Your Highness is waiting for Weichen here. What can you do?"
Princess Gaoyang waited for Qin Mubai to fight back, and then bickered with him happily. Unexpectedly, she punched the cotton, so it was not easy to attack, so she said angrily, "Waiting for you... Arrange for us to be afraid and guard!"
"Door and guard?" Qin Mubai blinked a few times and said, "Shouldn't Your Highness live in the king of Jiangxia?"
"I don't want to live with that little old man. It's boring. I want to live with Mei Niang. Princess Gaoyang said, "Don't talk too much. Go and arrange it for us!"
"But..." Qin Mubai scratched his head in embarrassment, "The King of Jiangxia has told you not to return home at night. Say, this is the imperial edict.
"I don't care. Don't take the imperial edict to oppress me. Even if the father is here, he has to rely on me, hum!" Princess Gaoyang said arrogantly and delicately, "Hurry up, hurry up! Arrange a comfortable accommodation for us. There must be a large courtyard and a flower yard with rockery and flowing water. Oh, there must be a bamboo and wooden building on Jingxiang's stream, which should be clean and secluded. There is no need to hire a maid from outside. Me and Mei Niang's entourage can't be less, and they all live in. The guards must be a hundred riders. All right, just a little request, you can do it in a snapshot!"
Wu Mei Niang laughed out loud when she heard it.
"It's just... such a little request?" Qin Mubai grinned and blinked bitterly, "Your Highness, I want to ask, what will happen if I refuse to carry out this order?"
"Well!" Princess Gaoyang was really prepared for a long time. She pulled Wu Mei Niang's elbow, and the two said with one voice--
"Let's go together and stop you!"