Chapter 361 That’s the dragon pattern!
That night, everything was silent.
Outside the gauze window, the shadows of trees swayed through the light. Below the window sill, Jun Tianyi supported his forehead with one hand and looked down at the iron cage on the stool.
The one in the cage was the silver fox that had stolen wine several times and poisoned a guard with its claws.
The little fox was lying in the cage with drooping eyelids, looking listless.
Because its claws were sharp and poisonous, the guards caught it in a net and then starved it for three days. Only when they saw that it had no strength left did they dare to put it in a cage.
"Go and bring some plates of raw meat, including chicken, duck, beef and mutton." Jun Tianyi ordered his followers.
Just as Du Zhong was about to turn around to get the meat, Jun Tianyi stopped him again, "Wait. I remember the guards said before that when the silver fox stole the wine, he tore open the seals of many jars. Go ask them what kind of wine they tore open."
Du Zhong turned and left, and soon had someone bring in raw meat and wine.
"Master, these are the wines that were stolen by Silver Fox."
Jun Tianyi looked at the wine jars and ordered someone to bring a larger iron cage. He poured a bowl of wine from each jar and put them into the iron cage.
After everything was arranged, the silver fox was transferred from the small cage to the large cage by the guards.
During this time, it struggled a little, but the guards wrapped its hands tightly, so the silver fox could not scratch it.
The room was filled with the aroma of wine. The silver fox, lying in the big iron cage, twitched his nose, then opened his eyes, looked at the row of small bowls in front of him, slowly moved over, and then chose the bowl of rose wine in the middle and started licking it.
After licking the bowl of wine, it moved to the other small bowls. It only licked one or two sips from some of the bowls. When it drank the last bowl of plum wine, it started drinking it again.
"Master, it seems that this little thing likes rose wine and green plum wine."
As the guard spoke, he moved closer to the iron cage.
His shadow covered the Silver Fox who was concentrating on drinking. The Silver Fox immediately looked up alertly and bared its teeth at him.
The silver fox was locked in a cage at the moment, so the guards were naturally not afraid of it. However, the silver fox seemed to be getting excited, staring at the guards closely and even stopped drinking.
Seeing this, Du Zhong said with some amusement: "Does this little thing have a grudge against you? We are standing together, why is it only baring its teeth at you?"
"Does it hate me just because I was one of the people who caught it?" The guard took over the conversation, and then suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Oh, by the way, I was the one who caught it and put it in the cage when it was so hungry that it had no strength left."
"This little thing is very smart and seems to hold a grudge. You'd better stay away from it and don't hang around it in the next few days." Jun Tianyi waved to the guards.
After the guards left, Jun Tianyi picked up the plate of raw meat, picked up the raw meat with chopsticks and passed it into the gap of the cage.
The enemy ran away, and the silver fox stopped glaring. Instead, it turned around and moved closer to the raw meat and swallowed it in one gulp.
After eating a piece, it licked its lips, looked up at Jun Tianyi, and hummed twice.
Only then did Jun Tianyi see clearly that the silver fox had a pair of extremely beautiful tea-gold pupils, and it was looking at him eagerly, as if waiting for him to continue feeding it.
Jun Tianyi picked up another piece of meat with his chopsticks and shook it in front of the silver fox.
The silver fox snorted twice again.
Jun Tianyi smiled and handed the meat in.
"Master, this silver fox seems to be quite friendly to you." Du Zhong's voice sounded from the side.
"Because I was not there when they were trying to capture it." Jun Tianyi said, "Perhaps in its mind, those who caught it with a net were its enemies, and I appeared when it was the hungriest and weakest, and gave it food and its favorite wine. So it must have regarded me as the one who saved it."
Jun Tianyi continued to feed meat to the silver fox, a cold smile appearing in his eyes.
This silver fox is incredibly fast, and the poison on its claws is even more powerful. If he could use it to his advantage...
That's much better than hiring a killer at a high price.
Nowadays, no matter how good the assassins are in martial arts, no one would dare to take the challenge if they were told to kill the emperor and the king.
Besides, their abilities are limited and sending more people would be of no use.
To deal with those two people, we have to take them by surprise.
He was really curious, if those two people faced this silver fox, who would be faster?
As long as the silver fox can scratch them...
"It seems that this little fox likes rose wine, green plum wine, and beef and mutton." Jun Tianyi said leisurely, "Bring more wine and meat tomorrow. From today on, I will live with it."
The appearance of this silver fox was a real surprise for him.
As long as they can get along for a long time, he will definitely be able to become the master of this silver fox.
He must get back the pain that Jun Liluo and Song Yunchu had caused him to suffer!
…
The morning light was dim, and the sun shone through the gaps between the branches and leaves onto the windowsill of the imperial study, like bits of silver, very beautiful.
Jun Li Luo was sitting behind the imperial desk reading memorials when he heard Xiao Shunzi's voice outside the imperial study.
"Your Highness is back? His Majesty has ordered people to prepare your favorite snacks."
Jun Liluo raised his eyes and looked at Song Yunchu who was walking towards him, and raised the corners of his lips slightly, "How did the old ministers react today?"
"It's better than the first two days." Song Yunchu came to the imperial table and took a candied fruit from the plate. "Compared to the initial sour faces, they are probably a little numb now."
"That's good." Jun Liluo responded, "They have to learn to adapt. I just want them to understand that as subjects, it is natural for them to accommodate us, but we have no right to accommodate them."
"Well, should I say thank you, Your Majesty, for pretending to be sick? If Your Majesty had not had a 'relapse of heart disease', they wouldn't have been so cautious, fearing that they might say the wrong thing."
Jun Liluo chuckled, then leaned forward slightly and moved closer to Song Yunchu. "Your enthronement ceremony will be held tomorrow morning. Have you decided which auspicious dress you want to wear?"
"Wear the men's one." Song Yunchu said, "About 30% to 40% of the court are not used to me as a king. Since we need to give them a period of adaptation, we should dress them in men's clothes first. They will get used to it. After all, the dragon pattern on the auspicious clothes is stimulating enough. If I wear the women's dragon-patterned python clothes, I'm afraid they will faint on the spot."
"Okay."
As the two were talking, they heard Xiao Shunzi's announcement from outside, "Your Majesty, Scholar Chen wants to see you."
Jun Liluo did not intend to refuse Scholar Chen this time, but responded, "Let him in."
With Jun Liluo's permission, Master Chen finally stepped into the imperial study.
"This old minister greets your majesty."
After paying his respects to Jun Liluo, he turned his gaze to Song Yunchu and greeted him politely, "Greetings, His Royal Highness Prince Ning."
"Mr. Chen must have something to discuss with Your Majesty in private, so I will not disturb you."
As Song Yunchu spoke, he walked outside the imperial study.
Jun Li Luo looked at Master Chen who was still kneeling on the ground and said calmly, "Mr. Chen, please stand up and talk."
"I know I am wrong, so I dare not stand up." Chen Xueshi lowered his head. "If I hadn't made Your Majesty so angry that he became ill, Your Majesty wouldn't have been unable to attend court for several days."
"I know you didn't mean it, so I won't punish you. Don't take it too seriously."
"Even if Your Majesty doesn't blame me, I will still feel guilty."
Scholar Chen paused and said, "I have been reflecting on this in my heart for the past few days. I am indeed a pedantic and rigid person as you said. If I had known that I would make it impossible for you to rule the country, I would never have said such a wrong thing in front of you..."
Before Chen Xueshi finished speaking, Jun Liluo chuckled, "Is what Mr. Chen said from the bottom of his heart, or is it just a lie to please me?"
"Old minister..."
"There are some things you don't need to say anymore. I understand very well that you don't trust Yunchu because you are worried that she will have too much power and will cause chaos in the future. I don't want to argue with you about this. I will let you see with your own eyes what Yunchu's character and ability are like. Time will prove everything. You have to see it even if you don't want to, unless you don't want to be loyal to me anymore."
When Jun Liluo said this, Chen Xueshi quickly responded, "How dare this old minister be disloyal to Your Majesty? This old minister is just worried that Your Majesty will suffer a loss!"
Jun Liluo showed a trace of amusement on his face. "The reason why the Chen family said this is nothing more than their prejudice against King Ning. None of you know her better than me. I made her the King of Side by Side not only because of my deep affection for her, but also because I value her ability."
Jun Li Luo said this and sighed, "My body is not healthy, and it is hard to say how many years I can live. If I have to worry about everything myself, I am afraid that the death of my illness will become even heavier..."
"Your Majesty, please don't say such unlucky words!"
"I am speaking the truth. In the past year alone, my two uncles have rebelled one after another, and Prince Ning has made great contributions in suppressing these two rebellions. The Chen family might as well think about it. Are Prince Yi and Prince Kang the only ones who covet the throne? Perhaps similar events will happen for the third or fourth time in the future. I need a capable person to help me defend the country, and Prince Ning is the person I have chosen."
Jun Liluo looked at Scholar Chen steadily, "After the conferring ceremony, I will choose another good day to marry Prince Ning. My honor and her disgrace are tied together. The more I respect her, the less likely she will betray me and Tianqi. As the saying goes, a gentleman is judged by deeds, not by heart. She has devoted so much effort to the court. Isn't she worthy of your trust?"
"That's all I have to say. If there is nothing else for Mr. Chen to do, you can go back."
"By the way, I will hold a ceremony to confer the title on Prince Ning tomorrow morning. All the civil and military officials in the court will be present to watch the ceremony. If you old officials don't want to come, then you don't have to come. Just rest in your own houses."
Listening to Jun Liluo's indifferent words, Scholar Chen sighed secretly, then bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, what are you talking about? Since Your Majesty wants to promote Prince Ning, this old minister believes Your Majesty. Tomorrow's enthronement ceremony will be attended by all officials. How can this old minister not go? Not only this old minister will go, but most of the other adults will also give face to Prince Ning. Your Majesty, don't worry."
How could he not understand your majesty's hint?
Although Your Majesty said that they can go or not, but if they really don't go, will Your Majesty be happy?
If Your Majesty is unhappy, he will definitely fight back against them.
For example, not coming to court.
Scholar Chen thought that regarding the attack of His Majesty's heart disease, perhaps he was really angry with him at the beginning, but several days have passed and it should have improved. He saw that His Majesty's complexion was not bad today. It was obvious that His Majesty was in good spirits to attend the court today, but deliberately did not go, and did not even bother to pretend when facing him. The meaning was self-evident.
If they make Your Majesty unhappy, Your Majesty will make them anxious, because Your Majesty knows very well that the old ministers all want him to go to court.
Rather than letting the King attend court alone, it would be better for Your Majesty to go with the King.
He must go to tomorrow's enthronement ceremony! As for the other old ministers...
Even if they don’t want to go, you have to ask them to go!
…
The next morning, the morning glow was like a brocade.
In front of the Chongde Hall, there were still two golden chairs, and the palace servants had laid out a six-meter-long red brocade that stretched all the way to the bottom of the stairs.
Civil and military officials gathered on both sides of the red silk road and lined up in an orderly manner.
Song Yunchu was wearing a black robe with a dragon pattern and a golden python, and his hair was tied up with a purple gold crown with a snake pattern. He walked slowly upwards from the bottom of the stairs.
The embroidery alone on this auspicious dress is dazzling and does not require any other unnecessary embellishments. It is expensive but not heavy and is very comfortable to wear.
After walking for a while, Song Yunchu stepped onto the red silk road, looking straight at the bright yellow figure six feet away.
Jun Li Luo was also looking at her, as if she was the only one left in the world.
He once promised Yun Chu that he would make her famous as a woman. Today, this promise has finally been fulfilled.
She deserves to be the center of attention like this. No matter whether the people around her agree or disagree, it cannot stop her from walking to his side and ruling the world with him.
Mr. Chen really did what he said. Not only did he come himself, he also called those old and conservative ministers along.
But...their faces don't look very good at the moment.
Some people even stared at the auspicious clothes on Song Yunchu with their eyes as big as copper bells in disbelief.
Jun Liluo naturally knew what they were surprised about. As early as when he decided to make a dragon-patterned auspicious dress for Song Yunchu, he had already anticipated the expressions of the ministers.
Anyway, the ceremony has already begun. If someone is so blind as to jump out and spoil the fun and disrupt Song Yunchu's conferring ceremony, he will never let him off easily.
"Lord Liu, am I seeing things? The collar and cuffs of Prince Ning's auspicious robe..."
Someone beside Liu Xiang asked quietly, "Is that a python pattern? Why does it look like..."
"Master Xu is not seeing things," Prime Minister Liu said expressionlessly, "That is a dragon pattern."
"Dragon pattern? How can this be possible? Can this dragon pattern be embroidered randomly?!"
Behind the two men, Gong Mingyuan came back to his senses from his astonishment and immediately argued, "The auspicious dress was prepared by the Palace Affairs Office, not by Prince Ning himself. The style of the auspicious dress is naturally decided by His Majesty. Lord Xu, please be careful with your words."
“…”
On the other side, Mr. Chen raised his sleeves and rubbed his eyes, looking at Song Yunchu passing by him, still unable to believe his eyes.
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