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Chapter 33 Calamus Wine

The banquet of the previous dynasty ended not long ago, Xiao Yan got up and went back to the Cifu Palace, and saw that the wives had also dispersed, Mrs. Chengenhou and the two girls from Chengenhou's mansion who had entered the palace last time were sitting In the front, seeing the emperor coming, he quickly got up and saluted.

Seeing the emperor coming, Aunt Gong smiled and said: "The emperor is here? Lord Cheng Enhou is still discussing matters with the empress dowager inside, and the slaves go in to pass the news."

Xiao Yan was very understanding: "You don't need to disturb the queen mother and uncle, I can just talk to my aunt and two cousins ​​outside." He also ordered Mrs. Cheng Enhou and the two young ladies to sit down.

Madam Cheng Enhou was flattered, and sat down next to the chair with her daughter and niece tremblingly.

Xiao Yan saw that Mrs. Cheng Enhou was very reserved, and knew that the Empress Dowager Sun had always disliked this Mrs. Hou. He had seen the Queen Mother Sun scolding Mrs. Cheng Enhou many times. Mrs. Cheng Enhou had a cowardly temperament, and every time she left the palace with a pale complexion. .It's the same now, the Queen Mother was talking to Cheng Enhou, but she directly threw the three female relatives outside to be cold, very arrogant.

Xiao Yan thought about it for a while, and then ordered his daughter, who is good at playing lyrics and storytelling, to come in and play and sing under the steps.Aunt Gong laughed and said: "The emperor is careful, the maidservants only think that the Queen Mother might pass it on in a while, so Madam Hou and the two young ladies are left out in the cold."

Madam Cheng Enhou laughed quickly and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for being considerate, but the servants and others are not in the way. Your Majesty may have some important matters, so we can't disturb you."

Xiao Yan said: "Aunt, don't be cautious."

Aunt Gong smiled and said: "That's not it, we are a family, so it can be seen that the emperor is considerate."

Sun Xuexiao on the side had already blushed, but Sun Xuezhu was a little distracted, not knowing what she was thinking.

Sure enough, the Jiaofang Division sent two female gentlemen, one played the violin, and the other was eloquent, with a crisp and sweet voice, telling stories fluently, telling a paragraph, and singing a paragraph, holding a Slapping the tooth card, it was talking about "Legend of the White Snake", which was so fascinating that several female family members listened to it for a while.

The daughter-in-law talked for about half an hour, and finally the palace people came out from the inner room. The Empress Dowager Sun and Marquis Cheng En came out from the inner room. The Empress Dowager Sun saw Xiao Yan coming, and said with a smile: "The emperor came here quickly. But I don’t know if I have a filial heart thinking about Ai’s family, or if I think there are people here, so I’ll come here for a while? I also know that I’ve asked the Secretary of Jiaojiaofang to send a female teacher to come over and give a lecture, which shows that I have grown up.”

Xiao Yan felt that Marquis Cheng En looked at him coldly, and his heart trembled slightly, but his face remained as if nothing had happened: "The queen mother has wronged her son, and my son really misses you because it was cold the day before yesterday, and there are too many guests today. , I don’t know if there is any disturbance and crash into your old man, and I am afraid that uncle will have something to explain, so I hurried over here.”

Empress Dowager Sun got up and smiled and said: "The Ministry of Rites discussed Cheng Enhou's mansion according to the regulations, so you don't have to worry about it. After Ai's family finishes this matter, it's a worry." "Since that's the case, brother, let's go back first, all the mourners are well aware of it." He also ordered people to reward Cheng Enhou's mansion, Xiao Yan naturally also ordered rewards.

After expressing gratitude, Marquis Cheng En took his wife and two daughters and bid farewell to the Queen Mother and Emperor. When he was about to exit the door, suddenly a female official came out from the room, holding a string of multicolored fine gemstones in her hand. The saved zongzi Yingluo said with a smile: "Two ladies, go slowly, this colorful zongzi is the palace maid who cleaned the garden and saw it falling in the flowers. The one on my waist, but I don’t know which young lady lost it.”

Both Sun Xuexiao and Sun Xuezhu looked down, and Sun Xuezhu said with a smile: "Mine is still there, sister, it's yours that lost it." There was indeed a string of ordinary necklaces hanging around her waist, and it turned out that the Hou Fu specially called them sisters.

Sun Xuexiao looked down, and the zongzi Yingluo that was tied around her waist was gone, her face was full of bewilderment, but she couldn't remember when she lost it, and she almost never left the palace banquet.The female officer had already handed it over to her, and Sun Xuexiao hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, aunt, it was Xuexiao who was careless, so tired that aunt ran away this time."

The female officer smiled, handed her the five-colored necklace, bowed her knees slightly to salute, and then went back.

Seeing this, Cheng Enhou reprimanded Sun Xuexiao in a low voice, and then walked out again.

Empress Dowager Sun probably talked too much with Marquis Cheng En while sitting, her face was a little tired, she only gave Xiao Yan a few more instructions, then said that she wanted to rest, and ordered Xiao Yan to go back to the palace to rest.

Xiao Yan left the Cifu Palace, but he only smiled with the Lich in his heart: "I don't know when Gao Yuanling's incident will happen. Counting the time, after the palace banquet is over, it's time to distribute wine everywhere."

The Lich said: "Actually, although the flame wine tastes terrible, it is actually very good for the body. Taking the fire dragon scales can strengthen the body, make you energetic, full of inspiration, and not feel tired."

Xiao Yan couldn't help being very curious: "Then I will try it when I find a chance..."

The lich gave a short laugh.

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Supervisor of rituals.

Wu Zhishu, who was presenting the wine on behalf of the queen mother, was indeed talking with Gao Yuanling.

Gao Yuanling heard Wu Zhishu's old-fashioned words of giving wine, so he could only kneel and thank him, then took the wine, and sent Wu Zhishu out.

Wu Zhishu received this job specially just to see this kneeling, and thanked Gao Yuanling with great satisfaction, and then stabbed Gao Yuanling with a lot of meaning: "Unfortunately, He Chang'an was originally prepared for the gift of wine. It was just withdrawn in a hurry, and I don’t know where he is now, what a disappointment to the grace! The emperor is still talking about him serving for a while, and wants to give him a face, but he is fine and ran away!"

Gao Yuanling was very displeased in his heart, but he could only listen to him on the face. He prevaricated a few words, sent Wu Zhishu away, and returned to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. The father-in-law is really favored by the empress dowager and the emperor."

Gao Yuanling was feeling uncomfortable, and he didn't care much about these things on weekdays, but gestures are always necessary. He took the pot of calamus wine and put it on the table calmly. The memorial that came in.

Until today, all the memorials were approved, and a group of people were ordered to be selected. According to the rules, the papers that need to be presented to the Imperial Palace were sent to the Inner Palace. The so-called "Imperial Reading" was actually given to the Queen Mother to read.Gao Yuanling let out a little sigh, and sighed: "Masters don't have to go to court today, just watch the theater and eat wine, only us slaves are the ones who are responsible for it. It's really hard work to still work like this."

A new eunuch with a pen who was brought up next to him made a joke on Wednesday and said: "How can I say that the capable work harder? When will this eunuch lose his father-in-law? If you are not here, how many memorials will be backlogged here. Woolen cloth."

Gao Yuanling's face darkened: "Speak carefully! We are only serving the emperor and queen mother, and internal officials are not allowed to interfere in politics!"

On Wednesday, it was rumored that the flattering was slapped on the horse's leg, and he could only smile with a smile: "I just watched my father-in-law work hard, and I feel wronged for my father-in-law."

Gao Yuanling chuckled: "To do business for the emperor, of course you have to do your best and devote yourself to it." He has always been unpredictable, and he is extremely strict with his subordinates, but his face improved after a few words, and suddenly he turned his face and accused the person next to him of always The eunuch who didn't speak: "Everyone can take a break today, but Fourth Fang continues to copy the rest of the papers - there must be no such thing as the last time when he missed the imperial examination and was directly approved back to the pavilion."

The fourth elder at that side explained in a low voice: "The cabinet said it was urgent, but it seems that it is the same as the previous practice, so it's not a big deal..."

Gao Yuanling snorted: "It's not about big things, it's not up to you! If you weren't brought out by me, knowing that you didn't have anything to do with the old men outside, I would have regarded you as someone who was not involved in this matter alone." Criticize it without permission! It would be easy to drag it out and beat it to death!"

Fang Laosi's body trembled slightly, and Gao Yuanling's chat started, and he continued to talk: "Our supervisor of ceremonies has the greatest power to criticize us. The bosses of the cabinet have to see us and bow their hands. Shameless, I think it's hard work, just give the papers to the cabinet after approval. Hehe, according to me, think about why we can stand here, don't be lazy, the cabinet plans to come in, we all approve, what does the emperor want us to do? It should be checked carefully! Don’t believe what the cabinet says is urgent, we have to check it out for the emperor.”

The servant originally wanted to hide, but when he heard him scolding the previous matter again, he could only wait for him to scold them honestly. Gao Yuan Lingzu taught them a lesson for half an hour before slowly getting up and leaving go out.

Several Bingbi eunuchs stuck out their tongues, exchanged glances, and waited for him to walk away before spitting: "Every time, this old guy says one thing and does another, and none of the notes can pass him by. It’s because he insists on controlling all the powers of criticizing celebrities, and he refuses to let go of any of them! We do all the work day and night, so why doesn’t he just draw circles?”

Some pushed again: "Forget it, who among us can compare with him, have you never seen that the Queen Mother doesn't give wine during the New Year?" He suddenly realized: "Ah, Eunuch Gao forgot this wine, you guys Who will send it over."

Someone swallowed enviously again: "This is the wine given by the Empress Dowager, it must be different from what we usually drink - I really want to taste it."

"Hey! It's not good, don't think about it, let someone send it over quickly, Fang Laosi, you have to work harder, in fact, Lao Gao is in a bad mood, He Chang'an is gone, he is actually nervous, just like this At this juncture, he was also afraid that the cabinet would find out what was wrong with us, so he took advantage of it. You see, he was already busy going in to serve the emperor and queen dowager on weekdays and holidays, and now he was still looking at the booklets. Isn't that afraid? "

An older servant finally couldn't see the young servants' nonsense, and berated them a few words, telling them to send them in quickly.

Gao Yuanling almost forgot about the wine at first, but when he saw his servant bringing it, he also knew that the calamus wine had not been put away after opening, so he poured himself a glass, intending to drink a glass to drive away evil spirits and go to hell during this time Moldy.

The color of the wine was dark amber, and it smelled more fragrant than usual. Gao Yuanling took some nahan and sniffed the wine again, and he smelled a scent of honey, which was quite attractive to drinkers.

He drank it directly from a glass, but as soon as the wine slipped into the esophagus, he instantly felt something was wrong!

It was as if a fire burned from the tongue into the throat, esophagus, intestines and stomach, and the entire stomach seemed to be burned.

"Not good!" He bent down to cover his stomach and yelled hoarsely, and a thought came to his mind: "It's poisoned wine!"

He was sweating profusely, and burst out with a huge desire to survive. He stuck his fingers into his throat and pulled hard, his stomach was overwhelmed, and he vomited out all the food in it!

His eyes were black and he was panting for help. A few servants who served him ran over and saw the filth all over the place. They were shocked: "Grandpa Gao! What's wrong with you? You guys, go call the imperial doctor?"

Gao Yuanling struggled to order: "Ask someone to tell the imperial physician on duty! Then ask the Imperial Dining Room to cook mung bean water! And ask someone to prepare gold juice!"

Several servants panicked: "Grandpa! What is golden juice?"

Gao Yuanling's five internal organs were on fire, and his eyes were about to burst: "Dung water!"