Yanmenchun

Chapter 195

Shen Tuchan smiled as if saying it casually and stopped talking about it.

The queen talked about the side concubine Bai: "I heard that they are twins, and she is the first child again. She will suffer when she is born."

Princess Tai'an said with a smile: "The side concubine Bai is a blessed one, don't worry about the queen mother."

You will know when you are lucky enough to give birth.

It was almost time, so Princess Taian accompanied the queen to the banquet.

Almost all the royal family members have come, and the emperor and Yu Wenji have not yet arrived.

Shen Tuchan was not a member of the royal family, so she didn't have to attend the banquet. She followed the queen and Princess Tai'an to the entrance of the hall and then stopped to leave.

The maid led her to the side hall for dinner, saying that she had a banquet alone.

Shen Tuchan smiled and said to the maid: "Auntie, I wonder if I can see the night scene in the palace?"

The palace maid hesitated for a moment and said: "Young maidservant, please accompany Miss."

Shen Tuchan nodded, took her hand with a smile, and stuffed a small sachet into her hand.

The maid squeezed it, it was heavy, it should be silver, she smiled and said: "I remember that there are still clothes that have not been ironed by the empress, this servant will go first, miss knows the way back?"

Shen Tuchan nodded: "I know, go do your own work."

The little maid nodded and went away. She went to a place where there was no one else and opened the sachet that Shen Tuchan gave her. Inside was an ingot of gold. The maid hurriedly stuffed it into her sleeve, feeling that the people around the princess are really generous. .

Shen Tuchan looked around and walked along the wall. She went directly to the small class room where the maids and eunuchs had a temporary rest. There was a banquet today, and only Cui Ning was waiting for her in the small class room.

As soon as Cui Ning saw her, she stuffed her with a bundle and said: "Miss, after a while, walk along the wall to the east until the Qinzheng Hall is near the most brightly lit place. You must be careful. "

Shen Tuchan took the clothes and said, "Thank you, Auntie."

After Cui Ning finished speaking, she went out to guard the door for her, while Shen Tuchan quickly changed into a maid's clothes in the room.

She went out and handed her clothes to Cui Ning, Cui Ning went to the banquet, she walked east along the wall.

A small hall near the Palace of Qinzheng is indeed brightly lit at this time. This should be the emperor's inner storage. Today's birthday gifts received by the emperor will be registered and put into the warehouse here. The more important or rare ones will be given to the emperor. show in front of you.

At this time, there were only two eunuchs in the internal warehouse, one was counting the quantity and the other was registering. These gifts were all beautifully packaged, some in boxes and some in silk wrappings.

These gifts are not open now, because they need to be inspected by the eunuchs, but at the moment the eunuchs are all going to the banquet to receive the rewards.

After they registered, they went to the next door to have tea and waited. Shen Tuchan quietly lifted the roof tiles and entered the warehouse.

Among all the presents, she found a box with the brand of Cheng Guogong's mansion hanging on it. The box was quite big. It was wrapped with a brocade of fortune, wealth and longevity, and sealed it with gold mud. Shen Tuchan flattened the brocade and took it out of her sleeve. Sticking the dagger to the brocade, scraped off the piece of gold mud.

I don't know what was inside, Shen Tuchan tried to move it, but it was very heavy.

With a sneer, she gently untied the brocade and opened the box.

A jade carving of Doumu Yuanjun, Yuanjun wears a lotus crown on his head, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, with a compassionate expression, hands folded, six arms behind his back, each holding a different magic weapon, Shen Tuchan bends slightly, and looks at it .

Finally, he raised his palm and slapped the top of the jade carving's head. There were spider web-like lines on the face of the Doumu Yuanjun jade carving, and there was a fine line on his eye that looked like a teardrop.

Shen Tuchan thought for a while, took a dagger to cut her own flesh, and then dripped blood along the lines, the jade carving oozes blood, with a creepy ominous look.

Shen Tuchan closed the box and restored everything to its original state.

At the banquet, the empress was listening to the emperor talking about this year's harvest with a smile. After she finished speaking, she said with a smile: "This year we have a lot of good luck in the Great Jin Dynasty, which is inseparable from your majesty's practice."

The emperor smiled and pressed his palms, as if to make the queen more humble, but he himself said: "I am the Son of Heaven, and it is my responsibility to serve the country and the community."

Uncle Qin Guo who was sitting not far away stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty is right, Your Majesty is Mingjun."

The emperor smiled until his wrinkles turned into a flower.

Shen Tuchan came out from behind the curtain in her own clothes, and poured wine for Princess Taian, as if she was really just an ordinary female official.

The queen saw a smile on her lips and said to the emperor: "The concubine heard that for the sake of His Majesty's practice, the Duke of Cheng presented a statue of Doumu Yuanjun on His Majesty's birthday this time. The enshrinement, maybe there is a spirit, why don't you take it out and let us pay homage to it?"

The emperor didn't know what Cheng Guogong's mansion gave, but he became interested as soon as he heard that there was a spirit, and pointed to the chief eunuch: "In that case, go and get the gift from Cheng Guogong's mansion."

The chief eunuch didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly ordered people to get the gift from Duke Cheng's mansion.

The casket in Duke Cheng's mansion was carried to the side hall by two eunuchs. The chief eunuch touched the casket. Although the gold mud was still there, he still asked, "Have you taken it apart?"

The little eunuch who came over hastily stepped forward and said: "I checked the brocade and the box when I was registering, but I called it urgently just now, so I haven't opened it."

It means that it hasn't been thoroughly checked, and generally everything sent to the emperor has to be tested for poison first.

The chief eunuch knocked on the box through the brocade and said, "Open it for inspection."

He took a step back, and the two young eunuchs hurried forward and took off the gold mud, the gold mud fell off easily, and the little eunuchs didn't care, they threw it aside and went to tear down the brocade.

The emperor waited and waited for the gift to be presented, and the head eunuch beside him also didn't return, so he couldn't help but ask the maid beside him, "Go and see what Rongxi is doing?"

The queen smiled and comforted: "Your Majesty, don't worry, since it's a gift, I have to wait for people to take it out."

The emperor nodded and continued talking to Uncle Qin.

Not long after, Rongxi, the chief eunuch, came back, with a smile on his lips, but the smile was a little stiff, and he walked towards the emperor under the eyes of all the relatives of the emperor.

The emperor didn't know what was wrong with him, so he frowned slightly and said, "What's wrong?"

Rong Xi lowered his head and whispered: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there was an omission when I brought it over on the way, and the jade carving has cracks."

The emperor instantly turned to look at Rong Xi: "Is there a crack?"

The emperor's voice was not low, at least the empress, several princes and Yu Wenji could hear it clearly, and several pairs of eyes fell on Rong Xi, especially Yu Wenji's eyes, which were very piercing.

But now even with a knife, Rong Xi could only bite the bullet and nodded: "Return to Your Majesty, it is so."

Today is the emperor's birthday banquet, which is a very ominous event.

The queen suggested softly: "Your Majesty, it's better to invite the real Yudi to come and have a look."

The emperor seemed to have just reacted, raised his hand and said: "Yes, hurry up, hurry up and announce the real jade flute, and also, bring up the jade carving, I want to check it myself."

Rong Xi only felt that his calves were shaking, and it took a lot of effort for him not to look at Yu Wenji.

He said yes to the emperor, and then ordered the little eunuch to present the jade carving with the box.

Shen Tuchan's eyes were beating with light at this moment, as if a torch was burning in her eyes.

The two young eunuchs struggled to move the box, Yu Wenji's eyes seemed to penetrate the brocade and the box.

The box fell heavily on the ground in the center of the hall, and the thunderous sound was like a clarion call for war to Shen Tuchan.

This is not a birthday gift from Cheng Guogong to the emperor, but a funeral object she gave to Cheng Guogong.

(End of this chapter)