I was Idle and Cool Chapter 80: Entering the palace for a banquet

"Mr. Cai?"

Sitting in the room, Lu Jinxi turned over the account book that Lai Chang had just handed over in his hand, and listened to Xue Chi's words, but when he heard these three words appearing in it, he was suddenly surprised and raised his head Come, look at Xue Chi.

Xue Chi sat cross-legged on the opposite side, because he met Liu Jin and the others on the way and was delayed for a long time, so he trotted when he came back.

He had just been home for a while, and he was thirsty.

Qing Que's tea was just served, and he held it in both hands, drinking happily, and promoting his "big mouth" without any scruples.

"Yes, it's the Mr. Cai you said before!"

Xue Chi raised his face from the tea cup, remembering that he had seen a real person before, and his excitement had not yet subsided.

"Uncle Liu said that he just came back from the border and just arrived in the capital. I told him the story my mother told me, and he laughed!"

“…”

Now bring a rag and stuff Xue Chi's big mouth, is it too late?

Lu Jinxi almost felt a chill in her heart when she heard a "squeak" in her heart!

"What you said, wouldn't be the part I told you the other day..."

"That's it, grass people borrow arrows!"

Xue Chi couldn't hear his mother's inner voice at all, she blinked her big innocent eyes, and brought her face close to him for praise.

"You think your son is caring, don't you think? My mother tells stories better than the storytellers under the overpass, so I should let them know. Mother, do you think my son is good to you, filial piety?"

Good?

Still filial?

Lu Jinxi looked at Xue Chi's chubby face so close, she only felt itchy teeth and hands.

She slowly put down the account book in her hand, took a deep breath, and gave a stern smile.

"It is very filial, so my mother believes that if you are filial, you will be considerate to your mother. Today, my mother is very tired, so I won't tell you stories."

"Ah-"

Xue Chi had a horrified expression on his face. He thought he would receive encouragement and praise, but Shu can think that he would not tell stories!

He's been pointing to this in the past few days and he's looking forward to it!

This time, I was immediately anxious: "Hey, mother, why don't you tell me? Isn't it good to say that every day you come back and tell a story? Besides, you are in the house all day long, and everything is handled properly. That's right, Sister Egret said that you have been busy lately. Where are you tired! You lied to me, and you lied to me again!"

The egret standing next to him was still snickering when he suddenly heard his name, as if he had hit a flying accident, and his smile froze.

She turned her face a little stiffly, so she happened to meet Lu Jinxi's speechless look.

It's over, I offended my wife.

The egret knew at a glance, but only felt that it was dark in front of him, and when he looked at Xue Chi again, he didn't think it was cute: This is the little ancestor who had to drag a group of people into the water when he was unlucky in the past!

After Lu Jinxi gave him a warning glance, he naturally withdrew his gaze.

She has always been an old fox who can't even blink when she lies, and who has no burden to lie. Facing Xue Chi's innocuous accusation, she has no pressure at all.

At this moment, I laughed like a flower: "Nonsense, my mother will never lie, but today there is a decree in the palace, and there are really many things to be busy with. So I won't tell you for a while. Story."

"You're just talking nonsense, you just don't want to tell me stories - eh, no, there is a decree in the palace?"

When Xue Chi heard this, he was about to make a fuss. It was only halfway through the protest that he suddenly noticed the words mentioned in his mother's words.

"Is it the palace?"

"Good."

The imperial decree is still being offered in the hall, and the rewards from the palace are also recorded in this account book. Lu Jinxi really has this thing in her heart. Just...

"You kid, you don't usually do your job, why do you ask this all of a sudden? Are you interested in the palace?"

"No no."

Xue Chi hurriedly waved his hand, but he forgot the things he didn't tell stories about today, and what he thought about was what he thought about on the way.

"I just thought, it seems that there are people from the imperial palace coming from the Taishifu today, and Mr. Gu also went. But when he came back, he didn't say a word and stood there for a long time. Mother, you said he Are you unhappy? I'm his student, do you want to bring some sweet cakes tomorrow?"

"With sweet cake?"

Lu Jinxi couldn't keep up with his thoughts. She only felt that she was still talking about the will, and she wondered why Gu Juefei was unhappy, but why did the topic turn to sweet cakes?

"What does this have to do with sweet cakes?"

"Because I eat sweet cakes, I will become happy." Xue Chi said with a natural expression, "When I was unhappy before, Li sister used sweet cakes to coax me, and once I ate it, I was happy. "

“…”

Can the famous Gu Juefei be like you?

I really don't have the strength to roll my eyes.

Lu Jinxi didn't want to make any comments, and didn't bother to attack him, so he raised his eyebrows helplessly, and said perfunctorily: "It makes sense, then you can take it if you want."

Don't do her business anyway.

So, Xue Chi was fooled like this.

He's still at the age where adults say basically anything, and he doesn't feel that his mother's attitude is too perfunctory.

After a while, he carefully explained what he learned from Gu Juefei today and what interesting things he encountered.

Halfway through, Xue Mingli and Xue Minglang also came and sat together to listen.

The two little girls heard a look of envy on their faces, and Lu Jinxi noticed it.

In the evening, she left her three children to eat, and chatted with them for a while. In the end, she was bored with them and told another story.

It's just that this time, it's not the story of Mr. Cai, the white paper fan that promised Xue Chi before, but the story of Fang Shaoxing.

Fang Shaoxing has been with Xue Tingzhi for the shortest time and the youngest, but his credit and ability are the most conspicuous.

Telling his story, Lu Jinxi won't make up a lot, and it's just as wonderful.

Although Xue Chi was very dissatisfied with not telling Cai Xiu's story, he lost his temper after being stared at by his mother's beautiful eyes, and sat there honestly and listened to the two sisters.

At this time, Lu Jinxi had someone send them all back.

When the egret was cleaning up the tea cup, he didn't quite understand: "You promised my brother to tell Mr. Cai's story earlier, and the slave also thinks Mr. Cai's story is more exciting, so why didn't you tell it today, and changed that one? The one you don't like, Mr. Fang?"

Lu Jinxi couldn't explain it.

She can't tell people, I'm afraid I'll cause unnecessary trouble by overwriting it?

So I just lowered my eyes and smiled, and said nonsense as if nothing had happened: "It's nothing, I just think that Fang Shaoxing is not useless. A bowl of water needs to be level, so we can't keep talking about him, right?"

"Oh..."

Egret thinks that things are never deep, and Lu Jinxi said what he said, but he didn't notice anything unusual about this sentence.

Qing Que on the side remembered that Fang Shaoxing was too lazy to listen to Xue Chi's story and left on the street today.

Thinking about the story Lu Jinxi told today, I feel a little inexplicable.

It's not something she should be concerned about, so she kept her mouth shut.

It was Lu Jinxi himself. After he finished speaking, he couldn't help but think of "Mr. Cai" mentioned by Xue Chi earlier.

Mr. Cai, Cai Xiu.

She had heard this man's name earlier and knew that he was Xue Kuang's confidant and the think tank of the three armies. Looking at the archives records for a while, I occasionally mention Cai Xiu, but it is very rare, and I never go deep into the show.

But how vicious are Lu Jinxi's eyes?

She had a glimpse of Cai Xiu's strategy and intelligence from those few lines.

In several key battles, it was mentioned that he and the general Xue Kuang had a plan, or that when Xue Kuang got into some trouble, he would temporarily dispatch the three armies to rescue him.

It can be said that Xue Kuang has survived several times thanks to him.

One is a brave and resourceful general who is already as strong as a **** of war.

In the end, God was very kind to him. He put a wise military advisor like Cai Xiu by his side, but he didn't think about it for a while. If there was any omission, someone reminded him thoroughly.

So, how can you not win every battle?

Just...

In fact, Lu Jinxi has always had one thing that doesn't quite make sense: like Liu Jin and others, they were promoted to rank in the year and after the war. Cai Xiu's credit is so great, why doesn't he have a half-official position?

Even if she hadn't been digging word by word at the memorial, she wouldn't think he was a powerful person.

Following Xue Kuang for many years, giving advice and enduring the bitter cold of the border, but not seeking fame or profit, what is it for?

It can't be a bloody, loyal one, right?

Cai Xiu is a military advisor.

In another sense, it is also a strategist.

Lu Jinxi inexplicably remembered her previous judgment on the word "strategist". As her eyes flashed, she thought to herself: What kind of person is this person?

And he didn't return to the capital after the war, but stayed at the border for six years.

Now that the news of the peace talks has spread throughout the country, the envoys of the Xiongnu have also entered the customs, and they will soon enter the palace to meet.

Seeing that things are about to happen, Cai Xiu is back.

How do you think, how do you feel that it is not as simple as simply returning to the capital.

Lu Jinxi pondered, and her eyes fell on the account book again, so she remembered the decree from the White Palace, and her head became a little bigger.

Entering the palace means trouble.

Etiquette, uniforms, and interpersonal relationships you need to know...

The pieces are not easy to handle.

"Forget it, go to bed today, and get up and work on the rest tomorrow."

It's not like you can figure out what's done in one night. Lu Jinxi simply closed the ledger and tossed it aside. After taking a shower, he went straight to bed.

The next day, the news that the imperial court was going to hold a peace ceremony with the Xiongnu on February 15 spread all over the streets. In addition, two days ago, Gu Juefei just started the test in the Yuewei Museum with the topic of "discussion and harmony", which has caused a lot of heated discussions, and now it is even more talked about by everyone.

It's just that compared to the simple emotions of anger or joy of the people, many ministers and their families in the court and the opposition are much more complicated.

Because, the emperor's decree was not only given to the general's house.

As long as the ministers who are officials in Beijing and are of high rank, they must observe the ceremony and participate in the palace banquet; among the ministers' mothers and wives, those whose official orders are above the third rank will not observe the ceremony at that time, but they will also participate in the palace banquet.

Needless to say, the palace banquet of the ministers must have been in the previous dynasty; but on the side of the wives, it must be in the harem.

Although foreign women are qualified to meet at major events, they rarely have the opportunity to enter the palace on weekdays.

Now that the decree has come, and can enter the palace, many people have become more active.

For a while, there were not a few ladies and gentlemen in Beijing who came attentively.

Even Lu Jinxi has done a lot of homework for this, and sat down with Mrs. Ye from the British public mansion next door to learn about the situation in the palace.

Needless to say, since the Qing'an Emperor ascended the throne, the parties have been fighting endlessly, and there has been no time for them to settle down.

That's the men's business, and Lu Jinxi doesn't care now.

But things in the harem are somewhat subtle.

Qing'an Emperor Xiao Che, the third prince of the previous emperor.

He came from Duan Concubine Ji's family. Ji's status was humble and Xiao Che was not good at that time, so both mother and son were not favored.

I can sit on the throne today because of the palace change thirteen years ago.

It is said that the fourth prince, who was extremely favored at the time, took advantage of the late emperor's critical illness and plotted to usurp the throne.

Fortunately, Princess Yongning found out early and secretly informed Taishi Gu and Taifu Wei, which prevented her conspiracy.

After that, the first emperor went on a big trip, and the edict was read, and it turned out that the seventh prince was named the crown prince, and he would inherit the great line after his departure.

But at that time, the Seventh Prince was dead, how could he be on the throne?

Then the two auxiliary ministers together supported Xiao Che, the third prince who had no outstanding features.

After Xiao Che ascended the throne, the fourth prince who had rebelled before was imprisoned and soon died of illness; as for the seventh prince who unfortunately died in the palace change, according to the last photo of the former emperor, he was posthumously named the crown prince.

The following year, the country name was changed to "Qing'an", and the new dynasty began.

Xiao Che's mother, Duan Concubine Ji Shi, became the Empress Dowager at once; Imperial Concubine Shen Shi, who was originally from a family of five-grade Dianyi, also became an Empress.

Generally speaking, this doesn't seem like a big deal.

But now the situation in the harem is quite delicate, and it is precisely because of this—

At the beginning, Xiao Che was not favored, and it was only because of the background of Shen Shi that he could become his concubine. But after Xiao Che ascended to Dabao, he is already an emperor, and all the beauties in the world are allowed to enjoy it, not to mention that he is still young?

The thoughtful ministers stuffed their daughters into the palace.

As soon as the triennial draft opens, and there are many new faces in the harem, the queen's background is not enough to see.

Not to mention, Wei Yi came later.

The first of the three beauties in the capital, she is in full bloom, and she is also the daughter of Taifu Wei. When he first entered the palace six years ago, he was conferred the title of concubine. Three years ago, he added the character "Xian" as a title, and gave him the right to assist in the six palaces.

In addition, Wei Yi is a strong person and has powerful means. It didn't take long for the palace to close, and only the concubine Xian did not know the empress.

"It's not that the Queen's concubine is soft-hearted, it's her method, and she can't compare with the concubine who was born in Taifu's house."

"After all, Concubine Xian got closer to the eldest son, and everyone said that if she was a man, she might not have lost the eldest son."

"You must know this better than I do."

When Mr. Ye left, he did not forget to mention Lu Jinxi and said it clearly.

"So, the most useful thing to talk about in the palace is Concubine Xian."

"It's just that because the concubine Xian was born in the Wei family, she was the niece of the late empress. When the late emperor was there, the empress dowager was not favored and had a bad relationship with the empress. So the empress dowager is not used to it. Concubine Xian's."

"They will all come to this palace banquet, so you can bring your own snacks."

After saying this, she clapped Lu Jinxi's hand and officially said goodbye.

The old saying goes, three women play one show.

The Empress Dowager, Empress Shen Shi, and Concubine Xian Wei Yi in the palace, didn't they just make a scene?

After sending off the Ye family, Lu Jinxi became a little curious: what kind of person is Wei Yi, the head of the three beauties in Beijing in the past...

After all, according to the rumors, Gu Juefei ran away from home because of her and fell out with Gu Chengqian.

So, in this intriguing curiosity, more than ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

Taking advantage of this free time, Lu Jinxi did a lot of things.

The first thing was that the garden that Pan Quan'er had been instructed to take care of had been completed. She checked it inside and out, and was quite satisfied, so she hired Pan Quan'er to take care of it.

The second is please sir.

Xue Chi worshipped Gu Juefei as a teacher. After Gu Juefei's injury was healed, he went to Xuezhai to go to school.

But when she saw the mention of her husband that day, Xue Minglang and Xue Mingli were very envious, so they also thought about looking for the two little girls, contacted a famous female gentleman in Jinan, and waited for someone in a few days.

The last thing is Xue Tingzhi.

After all, this matter is too deviant, and if you are not careful, you will get into trouble, and you will be criticized by the sour scholars in the DPRK.

But now that peace is being negotiated, the timing is just right, not necessarily impossible.

So after thinking about it, Lu Jin went to Princess Yongning's side to find out.

In the end, Princess Yongning laughed outright and said something very unusual to her.

"Why is this so troublesome?"

"Now that the peace has been negotiated, the emperor has rewarded you with a lot of things, but no one else has it. This is a shame, and you should show it to others. And it has already been negotiated, even if Xue Tingzhi has half of the alien blood, so what? Foot hanging teeth?"

"Don't underestimate yourself, just find an opportunity to go to the emperor, 80% of the time."

Lu Jinxi took into account the stakes in her analysis.

From the timing of peace talks to the emperor's attitude.

But she had never thought about such a thing directly in front of the emperor. After listening to it, I couldn't help but be a little surprised.

But Princess Yongning didn't take it seriously. Instead, she looked at her and said, "What kind of medicine did you take? It's just that you changed your attitude towards the boy born to Orchid. This kind of imperial examination. Legal matters are no joke. If someone accidentally goes wrong, or the Holy Will is unpredictable, who are you going to cry to?"

That's what she said, but Lu Jinxi saw that she was not angry, so she also smiled and replied: "That's why I came to ask my aunt first, hoping that my aunt will give me an idea. If my aunt says it can be done, I will help It's fine for him; if my aunt says it can't be done, I don't dare to worry about it."

Hearing what she said, Princess Yongning was satisfied.

She doesn't mess around, she can handle it clearly, and it's enough to make people feel relieved from the bottom of her heart.

After the talk, she had tea for a while, and she left without staying.

The next day is the day of the palace banquet.

The envoys of the Xiongnu have arrived in the capital these two days, and the ceremony of negotiating peace was calculated by the Qin Tianjian after the auspicious time, and it was scheduled to be held at the beginning of the time, which is nine o'clock on the Western Clock.

But Lu Jinxi was dragged up before dawn, dressed and washed, and tossed for an hour, then went out at the hour, and two hours later, he entered the Inner Imperial City and went outside the Xuanzhi Gate.

At this time, the ministers had already gone to the morning court.

The people waiting outside the palace gate were mostly the wives of princes and ministers or old women, all bearing the imperial order on their heads.

Those who knew each other gathered together in twos and threes, but did not dare to speak loudly.

At three quarters of the hour, the palace gate opened, and the **** came out and summoned everyone to enter.

The wives entered one by one.

But when it was Lu Jinxi's turn, the **** who summoned the eunuch, the **** who went to the General's Mansion to announce the decree, waved his hand and said, "Madam, please come this way."

Lu Jinxi looked in that direction, but it was another palace gate east of Taihe Gate, the main palace gate, Hongzheng Gate.

"Isn't that the door that civil and military officials go to when they go to court? This..."

"You really are a noble person who forgets things. Didn't the emperor return the decree not long ago? The other ladies are going to the banquet and go to the harem. You are going to watch the ceremony first and then go to the banquet, so you will be going to the Hall of Supreme Harmony later. The Empress Dowager, the Empress and the Eldest Princess are all here now."

The **** laughed, still inviting her to the door.

Lu Jinxi didn't hear the name of the concubine Wei Yi, so she thought about it.

Even this empress who is in full bloom is not qualified to watch the ceremony. Her own face, or rather, Xue Kuang's face, is really big enough.

She figured it out, thanked her, and followed the **** to the door of Zhihongzheng.

The **** walked a little forward, and Lu Jinxi stepped behind.

I just didn't expect that, seeing that she was about to enter the palace gate, a silver light suddenly fell in front of her eyes. It turned out that a heavy silver gun fell from the side and hit her directly one foot in front of her steps!

"Come on!"

With a crisp and heavy sound, the thick bricks on the ground shook, and a lot of dust was splashed.

Lu Jinxi was taken aback and took a step back before taking a closer look.

It was the tip of the gun that hit the ground, and it was very clean. Looking up along the handle of the gun, you can see the dragon pattern carved on it.

A rough palm, now with a bit of nonchalance, rests on the handle of the gun.

Lu Jinxi raised her eyes and met a pair of already familiar and playful eyes.

Fang Shaoxing was wearing the armor of Jinwuwei. He looked like that, a little majestic, but the helmet that was supposed to be on his head was crooked.

People are lazy too.

He leaned back against the palace wall, as if he had no bones;

"Hey, Mr. Fang, you really scared our family!"

The **** didn't expect this, when he heard the voice and looked back, it was one head and two big ones.

Since Da Fang Shaoxing was demoted to be the Jinwu Guard who patrols the capital and guards the palace gate, there has been no less trouble.

It's okay to have a lot of things in Beijing, the important thing is that the ministers in the DPRK have difficulties going to the court!

Every time it is the turn of this feisty Lord Fang to guard the palace gate, if any minister is not pleasing to the eye, the halberd will cross the middle of the road——

He won't let you go!

How many courtiers are so angry that they can't do anything about him.

If you want to have theories, rush to the court; if you don't have theories, you will be in a panic. It is useless to report to the emperor and read a few of his books.

The emperor said that such a hero has been demoted to a gatekeeper, so let him vent his anger.

What else can the ministers do?

This bird breath has been with me ever since, and it's been half a month now.

It's just that everyone has come up with a solution recently, so let the Guards not arrange Fang Shaoxing to guard the palace gate, he can do whatever he likes.

But who would have thought, I saw him again today!

Who the **** arranged him to guard the gate again?

This white and fat eunuch, named Sun Jiu, was also served by Xiao Che's side, and the chief executive Zhou Dequan was his master.

His face is recognized by everyone in the palace.

But standing in front of Fang Shaoxing at the moment, he didn't dare to take it, and he had to smile: "Sir, this is the wife of the general, and the emperor has specially invited him to watch the ceremony, but he dare not delay. ."

"I know it, but you say it?"

Fang Shaoxing snorted, not even looking at Sun Jiu at all, his eyes only fell on Lu Jinxi, and he laughed when he spoke to her.

"Ma'am, it's been a while. I slipped my hand just now, didn't I scare you?"

Slippery?

It's time for this slippery hand.

Lu Jinxi raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at her good-natured smile, and Wen Wen replied, "I haven't been frightened yet. It seems that there is nothing wrong with Mr. Fang, so I can leave?"

"Hey, please stay, Madam, I'm really curious about something."

Fang Shaoxing is still standing so lazily, his voice is still casual, as if he just mentioned it casually.

"I heard Young Master Xue tell a story by chance two days ago. Fang is very curious. Madam thinks, on the battlefield, between me and the general, which one is the best?"

She didn't answer for a while, just raised her eyes and looked at him.

It's a face I've seen before, those evil eyes.

But maybe it's the reason why this armor fits so well with the scar at the corner of his eye, it looks like a different kind of sassy.

Tsk, I haven't seen it for a while, and it looks a lot better.

"Who is the most powerful? When Master Fang was a lieutenant general of the great general, he repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, entering and leaving the enemy's line as if he were no one. It can be said that a hero has become a teenager. If you consider the same age, it is indeed not inferior to the general..."

Lu Jinxi pondered for a moment before speaking.

Fang Shaoxing heard that, the two slanted eyebrows were raised, and he seemed extremely satisfied with her answer.

But the next sentence, she changed the subject.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Fang is younger after all, and he has only been on the battlefield for about a year, so..."

Lu Jinxi stretched out her fingers with a smile, and pinched a small segment of her knuckles.

"Unfortunately, it's still close to that!"

“…”

Fang Shaoxing squinted his eyes and looked at her like that. There was a sense of danger in his eyes. He didn't speak for a long time, and he didn't move the six-foot silver gun that was blocking the road.

The atmosphere was tense and tense for a while.

Sun Jiu, who was beside him, was sweating on his forehead. He looked at Lu Jinxi on the left and Fang Shaoxing on the right. He just felt that the situation was indescribably strange.

He smiled reluctantly before going up to persuade him: "Master Fang—"

"You go."

Unexpectedly, before he could speak in detail, Fang Shaoxing laughed inexplicably, and with a twist of his wrist, the heavy silver gun with a cold light was already retracted.

"If it weren't for the beautiful lady, this door would be impossible to enter today."

He said this after seeing Lu Jinxi.

The meaning of molesting is already so obvious that it is outrageous.

Sun Jiu was so frightened that his heart beat a lot faster. I was afraid that this great general's wife would turn her face. She turned her head and saw Lu Jinxi's calm face, but she couldn't find the slightest anger!

Even, still with that slight smile.

What could she mind?

This is a compliment to myself.

Isn't this a real "face brushing" in and out? Others are afraid that they will not have this honor.

"Then I would like to thank Mr. Fang for letting me go."

Lu Jinxi calmed down, gave a very hypocritical salute, and then turned to greet Sun Jiu.

"Father, we can go."

Sun Jiu couldn't express the feeling in his heart.

It's so weird.

This is so weird!

It's just that Lu Jinxi called to leave. He had thousands of doubts, so he could only cover his stomach and waved his hands quickly. Like before, he led people into Hongzhengmen.

Fang Shaoxing stood in place against the wall, and did not feel that he and the Jinwu guards standing upright next to him were a kind of identity.

He only looked at Lu Jinxi leaving, and then "hum": "This woman, she is talking nonsense with her eyes open!"

Doesn't that mean that he has admitted that he is actually better than Xue Kuang? He also had to stretch out his hand and come out from a little distance.

It's just a matter of stealing the bell.

Recalling the sly smile on her face when she just made that gesture, Fang Shaoxing didn't know why, but she was suddenly in a good mood, so she couldn't help standing there and laughed.

Not far away, another Jinwuwei turned his head and saw that he only suspected that he had hit the evil and saw a ghost——

Laughing so stupidly, it must not be Mr. Fang!