Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 285: Feast
In a blink of an eye, it’s New Year’s Eve banquet.

This year was the first New Year's Eve since Qi Chen ascended the throne, and the dinner was grand.

All officials in Beijing above the seventh rank were notified to attend the banquet, including envoys from Jiangnan.

This was also the first time they met Qi Chen after coming to Jiangbei.

"His Royal Highness Prince Yongning looks much more mature than before."

Unlike Lu Ji, Wu Hui fled from Jiangbei to Jiangnan and had met Qi Chen before.

But at that time, Concubine Li was still in favor, and Qi Chen was still a kid.

Later, Concubine Li died of illness, and Qi Chen rarely appeared in public anymore. Who could have thought that this little prince would eventually become the emperor?
However, when Lu Ji heard Wu Hui still addressing the emperor by his original title, he did not respond.

Now the two of them were arranged at the last position among all the officials in the hall, which also showed their status in the eyes of the people in Jiangbei.

Wu Hui was still stubborn. Even though Lu Ji said so much and Wu Hui understood it, he still spoke in the same way.

Lu Ji did not continue to talk about Qi Chen as Wu Hui said, but instead said, "Just now, I saw a lot of female officials."

"Ah, yes."

Wu Hui was reminded by Lu Ji and glanced at the top with great effort out of the corner of his eye.

Among these female officials, the most conspicuous one must be the female marquis with the title of "Yongning" who is sitting among the group of civil officials and military generals closest to Qi Chen.

Moreover, this female marquis Lu Ji said that it was she who pretended to be Princess Foyou and deceived them.

As a result, Wu Hui looked at Mei Qian several more times.

This person is awesome!
Wu Hui sighed secretly in his heart.

He also heard from Lu Ji that Lu Ji had visited some other officials, and those people also mentioned Mei Qian. Everyone had nothing to say about Mei Qian's achievements and strength.

But there was no sour talk. Lu Ji didn't say anything and no one admitted it.

After all, a few days ago, an official in the capital was paraded through the streets and beheaded for slandering and assassinating officials.

The target of slander and assassination was Mei Qian.

The aftermath has not yet subsided, and everyone at the dinner today was even more polite and courteous to Mei Qian, for fear that Mei Qian would hear it and hold her accountable.

Even if the crime is not punishable by death, it would be extremely embarrassing to be paraded through the streets for defamation.

This key law was originally written in the Anguo law code.

But no one cared about this law before.

"I think they all have something to hide."

Nasha, who was sitting next to Mei Qian, glanced at the civil servants opposite who looked at Mei Qian from time to time. Seeing their hesitant and furtive look, Nasha couldn't help but say these words to Mei Qian.

"Everyone has a guilty conscience."

Mei Qian smiled. She knew exactly what these people were thinking, but now they were afraid of her and didn't dare to say these things out.

They won't have the chance to criticize me again in the future.

Mei Qian drank the fruit tea that Qi Chen had specially asked someone to change for her, tapping her fingers lightly on the table, already thinking about some plans for the coming year.

Mei Qian thought about it, and his eyes fell on the envoys from Jiangnan at the end, and then his eyes were on the current song and dance, and he turned sideways and asked:
"Is everything ready for the musical your troupe is rehearsing?"

"Don't worry." Nasha assured Mei Qian, "Haven't you and the other adults privately reviewed and confirmed the rehearsal of this show?"

"Well, I think the stage for today's banquet will definitely look better than the private rehearsal."

The songs and dances presented by the song and dance troupe of Li Su Mansion, also known as Tianxue City, were reported in advance by Qi Fei in a special letter.

It is said that this song and dance is dedicated to all the soldiers who defended their country and fought against the Western Rong soldiers.

Therefore, they are the finale this time.

The fierce drum beats and the music played by the unique instruments of the frontier are enough to make the people present excited before anyone even starts singing.

Not to mention the several dance segments choreographed later on.

The performance began with the scene of the fall of Yunzhong and the death of soldiers in battle, which caused many officials to shed tears;

Compared with this tragic scene, the most ironic thing was the melodious sound of a flute that followed, and a group of dancers in gorgeous costumes temporarily smeared thick blush on their faces and white powder on their noses, and then performed the scene of the Southern Migration like a funny clown. "This, this, this..."

The envoys from Jiangnan were so ashamed and angry that the flute sound, which they thought was melodious just now, now seemed very funny and harsh.

Not to mention that the singer also sang "Look at that guy, raising his arms and shouting, 'The Yuan River is wide enough to stop it——'!"

At this moment, the dancers have split into two groups, one group is screaming in panic on the spot, and the other group has light steps like birds flying in the sky!

When Wu Hui saw this, his eyes widened and his hand holding the wine glass trembled uncontrollably!
look!

The group of "clowns" who fled south ignored all the sorrow and pain behind them. The smiles on their faces and the weeping behind them formed a huge contrast.

Wu Hui was so angry watching this dance that he felt as if he was stabbed seventeen or eighteen times in the chest and couldn't breathe.

If there was a way, he would have vomited blood on the spot.

However, this is only part of the dance. The real show begins when another group of warriors in light armor appear on the stage.

The scene where the people of Jiangbei rose up to resist and fought a decisive battle with the Western Rong soldiers.

During this period, there was also a very prominent role of "female soldier".

Obviously, the dance about the Jiangbei soldiers blocking the battle against the Xirong soldiers specifically pointed out the participation of women.

Whether it is the female strategist in Confucian robes or the female soldiers in armor, they are all very bright and eye-catching.

Fortunately, the lyrics are more tactful.

It is said that "the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of all the people."

It is a man's responsibility not to say anything, and that is enough.

Otherwise, if it is too obvious, it would be too much.

However, these are not the climax of the dance. In the last part, a dancer suddenly raised something that looked like an imperial edict.

And at this moment, all the singing stopped.

The entire hall suddenly became eerily quiet.

"what happened?"

Wu Hui was so stimulated by the singing and dancing that he didn't watch much of the rest. When he calmed down and looked up again, he saw a dancer holding an imperial edict in his hand.

And at this moment, the dancer suddenly read out the contents of the edict in a sonorous and powerful voice.

When the imperial edict about the late emperor passing the throne to Qi Chen was read out, Wu Hui turned pale and rolled his eyes.

With a "thump", he fell backward and fainted.

Because the scene was so quiet, the sound of him falling was very conspicuous.

Lu Ji, who was standing by, noticed that Wu Hui's psychological endurance was so weak. He turned his head away and ignored him. He just met the eyes of everyone looking at him and asked:
"Is this true?"

"What do you think?"

The official sitting near them asked back.

Lu Ji raised his eyes to meet Qi Chen's, then glanced at the imperial edict in the dancer's hand and asked, "Can I see it with my own eyes?"

"I want it too!"

Wu Hui, who had fallen unconscious, suddenly sat up straight as if he had come back to life from the dead, and the first thing he did was to ask to see the imperial edict.

Lu Ji was so frightened that he glared at him angrily.

Mei Qian couldn't help but laugh out loud because she was amused by Wu Hui's behavior.

Qi Chen looked at Mei Qian indulgently, and then said with an expression as if nothing had happened: "Tonight is just a banquet, if there is anything else, we can talk later."

With just one sentence, the Jiangnan envoys were once again worried.

Even though they did not get Qi Chen's affirmation on the spot, this group of people already had a consensus in their hearts - Qi Yu might have really usurped the throne.

Lu Ji couldn't help but think about it. He said, how could a person like Qi Yu be favored by the late emperor?

Think about the scene in "The Story of Minglan" where Lin Xiaoniang fainted and then woke up with a "——!", which can be smoothly substituted into Wu Hui's performance, hahahaha.