Chapter 28: Night Banquet Incident
The welcoming banquet was held in Furong Garden. That night, the square in front of Ziyun Tower was bustling with people, and the envoys were looking for a place to sit.
Wu Huai has been practicing martial arts and political strategy since he was young. He doesn't understand the three tones and five rhythms, but he has arranged a full program list.
Hu Yueqin was naturally happy to come to Furong Garden. The palace maids around her were naturally seeing such a grand night banquet for the first time. Since entering Furong Garden, they have been chattering non-stop, like children going out for a spring outing.
Hu Yueqin didn't think it was noisy, but instead felt that the little girl was full of energy and had not been led astray by the corrupt atmosphere in the palace.
After finding a seat and sitting down, Hu Yueqin looked around and saw that her seat was arranged in the middle, with a perfect view of the entire stage from front to back. It was obvious that this was all arranged by that scumbag woman.
I thought about the group of people in the distance in the afternoon. The more I thought about it, the weirder it seemed. I guess it was arranged by that scumbag woman.
As the etiquette officer on the stage slowly walked out, Hu Yueqin suppressed her chaotic thoughts and was ready to enjoy the noble etiquette of the Tang Dynasty.
When one song ends on the stage, another one starts again, as if it is endless. The music has the style of the Central Plains and also the customs of the Western Regions.
"My little girl is only eighteen years old."
"Leaving home~for the country~and the people~"
I don't know which song she was singing, but Hu Yueqin drank a few glasses of wine, her cheeks flushed, and she was obviously tipsy. The young palace maid beside her ate heartily, not caring at all about her eating manners. There was a magical feeling of relaxation around Hu Yueqin.
Hu Yueqin was listening to the opera when she suddenly felt sad. Thinking back on her half life, she was nearly 48 years old but had accomplished nothing. Her impulsive thought had ruined the future of the entire Central Asia. Not only that, she had ruined her future and failed to win the favor of the beauty. After all, the beauty was not hers. She would always belong to the Tang Dynasty, and her fate was intertwined with this land.
"Next, we would like to invite the guests to come up on stage and perform a song together. Is there any lord willing to give it a try?"
The etiquette officer on the stage was still presiding over the banquet. When this sentence came out, everyone in the audience turned their eyes to Hu Yueqin. Everyone knew that this troupe leader had been knowledgeable about music since childhood, and was an expert at playing the pipa.
Hu Yueqin was confused and was dragged onto the stage by the little palace maid. She gently stroked the pipa in front of her, as if she had a lot of sorrow and grievances to express. She picked up the pipa and started playing. When the musicians heard it, they all put down their instruments. It was not because they were not skilled enough, but because this song was only suitable for pipa solo.
The sound of the pipa resounded throughout the night banquet, like the sound of heavy rain or whispers. Hu Yueqin's melody created a tragic story.
Everyone in the audience shed tears, lamenting the tragic fate of the protagonist of the story.
At the end of the song, Hu Yueqin put down her pipa and wanted to leave the stage. However, she had drunk too much and her walk was unsteady. When she reached the edge of the stage, she tilted to one side and fell off the stage in full view of everyone.
The young palace maid was quick-witted and agile, but she was too weak and was pinned down by Hu Yueqin. She could not move and could only scream for help.
Hu Yueqin didn't fall very badly, after all, there was someone under her. She just felt dizzy and couldn't hold on any longer. The noise in her ears gradually faded away, and someone seemed to be shouting something in the distance. She became fuzzy and her head was heavy. She couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep on the little palace maid.
The next day, the warm light of the setting sun reflected on the west wall of the hall, and the entire Daming Palace became quiet and beautiful.
Hu Yueqin slowly opened her eyes. She had indeed drunk a little too much last night. She covered her head which still ached a little, and tried her best to think about how she got here.
This was obviously not her own villa. "Qingtang, Qingtang?" She called the little palace maid's name softly, but no one answered.
Just as he was about to get out of bed, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching from outside the door, so he hurried back to bed and pretended to be asleep.
She squinted her eyes and looked around to see who was coming. She saw a man in gorgeous clothes coming to her, holding a wooden basin in his hand. The man stretched out his hand, and Hu Yueqin subconsciously wanted to dodge, but she was a step too slow. The man grabbed her wrist and put a warm towel on her forehead with the other hand.
The man said, "How can you be so careless and drink so much outside? If you run into some scoundrel, the consequences will be extremely serious."
The person who came was Wu Huai. Last night, she had planned to arrive at the second half, sit opposite Hu Yueqin, and enjoy the night banquet performance with her. However, after entering the venue, she saw a group of people gathered in the audience. Then she saw two people lying on the ground. The little palace maid's face turned red because of being pressed, but Hu Yueqin was sleeping soundly.
She naturally had no time to care about the night banquet, so she immediately brought Hu Yueqin back to her bedroom and placed her on her own dragon bed.
Hu Yueqin struggled just now and realized that she had been exposed. Fortunately, this scumbag did not hold on to this matter. From her tone, it seemed that she cared about her.
She doesn't need the care of a scumbag woman.
Hu Yueqin rolled over and got out of bed, wanting to leave, but because she had just gotten out of bed, her steps were unsteady, and she was about to fall to the side. Wu Huai stepped forward and put an arm around her waist. This gesture was too ambiguous. Hu Yueqin turned her face away, and her ears were stained pink. She struggled out of Wu Huai's embrace and said, "Thank you for your care, Your Majesty. I really can't bear it, so I will leave first."
Just as he was about to leave, Wu Huai said, "Wait!"
Hu Yueqin paused, obviously she didn't expect that she would stop.
Wu Huai said, "Yueqin, in front of you, I am just myself, I am Wu Huai, not some emperor.
I sincerely want to make it up to you. Can you give me another chance, even if it’s just to see you once a day?”
Hu Yueqin was lost in thought. She turned around and said, "I naturally dare not disobey the emperor's order, but I don't know why the emperor wants to see me."
Wu Huai took a step forward and said, "Because I understand that I owe you a lot. Before, I didn't have the chance to make amends, but God has given me another chance to meet you. This time, I will seize it no matter what. Yueqin, please let me make amends for my mistakes, no matter what means."
Hu Yueqin sighed deeply. Even today, she was still moved by the man in front of her. She said, "Every day at the hour of Mao, at the waterside pavilion in Taiye Lake. Wu Huai, this is the last chance. I still have one month here, and I will give you one month to make it up to me." After that, she stepped out of the door and left.
Wu Huai chased to the door, feeling mixed emotions of sadness and joy. He turned around and looked at the painting on the wall. The inscription read, "I look at the sky in the morning and the clouds in the evening. I miss you when I walk and when I sit." He didn't know when it was written, but he could tell that his longing for you at that time had turned into a river.
Wu Huai secretly made up his mind that this time, he would never repeat the tragedy of the last time.
Hu Yueqin thought that she had already ruined the future of Central Asia, and at least she could gain more benefits for her country. She really couldn't turn against Wu Huai.
It is not known whether it is for the benefit of his own country or for this familiar face.
The two of them maintained this lukewarm state for half a month.
In early summer, beside the Taiye Lake, there are green trees and weeping willows. The sun above is not scorching, and the warm breeze caresses Wu Huai's cheek. She came to the waterside pavilion in the lake early. It was already noon. An hour had passed since the time agreed by Hu Yueqin, and Wu Huai still hadn't seen the person coming.
Hu Yueqin is not a person who is not punctual. On the contrary, she is very punctual. If she says she will arrive at 1 a.m., she will never be late for a second.
So, she must have had something else to do today and didn't have time to tell me.
Wu Huai was lying on the round table bored, when he suddenly saw a figure running on the pier outside the door. Wu Huai immediately felt something was wrong.
The person who came was Qingtang, covered in mud and in a state of disarray. Before he could even salute, he burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! This is terrible! Miss Yueqin has been kidnapped!"
Wu Huai was shocked. In this Daming Palace, someone was actually stealing someone in front of her 100,000 Yulin soldiers?
Then he thought again, since this person dared to steal someone in the Daming Palace, it meant that he was very skilled and had extremely high martial arts skills.
Just as he was about to call for help, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a white figure on the roof of a hall in the distance. It was "flying" from the roof of one hall to the roof of another hall, and it seemed to be holding someone in its hand. Teams of Yulin soldiers followed closely behind it under the hall.
Wu Huai was shocked. If this person had such magical powers, how could he snatch her away?
But he saw that the person that the man was holding was struggling and seemed to be in great pain. Wu Huai was greatly moved and hurriedly chased in the direction of that person. Before leaving, he gave the general's order to Qingtang and asked Qingtang to mobilize the Yulin Army to surround and kill the bandits.
Wu Huai casually grabbed a horse, jumped on it, drew his bow and shot an arrow, aiming directly at the back of the thief in white. Wu Huai was extremely confident in his archery skills, and because the thief was holding Hu Yueqin in front of him, the chance of hurting Hu Yueqin was almost zero.
The arrow cut through the air and came up to him. The thief in white didn't even turn his head, but just released a burst of energy, and the arrow fell to the ground like a kite with a broken string.
The Yulin soldiers below saw someone shooting arrows, and seemed to have finally received an order. They drew their bows and arrows. The arm strength of the divine men was no joke. The 18-stone bow was like a toy in their hands and was easily pulled to the full string.
Wu Huai rode forward and shouted, "Put down your bow! Don't hurt the hostages by mistake!"
The Yulin soldiers then understood that the arrow was shot by the emperor in order to find out the man's strength.
Wu Huai's horse was quite fast and soon he caught up with the thief. The problem now was that the thief was on the roof and he couldn't get up to the roof for a while. If he didn't stop him, the thief would leave the Daming Palace.
Wu Huai squeezed his horse's belly again, and shouted, "Gee!" He sped up again, trying to overtake the thief.
Wu Huai was only concerned with Hu Yueqin in the man's hand and did not pay attention to the situation. Even if the Yulin Army behind him was fast, they were left far behind by the two men.
The thief above seemed to see that there was only one man and one horse left below, so he turned over and landed on the city wall.
At this moment, Wu Huai's order to close the city gate arrived here, and the city gate was slowly closing with the turning of the gears.
The thief glanced at the city gate, turned around and looked at Wu Huai, then jumped off the more than ten-meter-high city wall and left the Daming Palace.
Wu Huai was extremely anxious. Seeing the man climbing up the city wall, he became even more anxious. Then he saw the man jump directly off the city wall and out of Daming Palace. Wu Huai subconsciously said, "No!"
The horse was exhausted and fell to the ground foaming at the mouth.
Wu Huai also took a horse from the soldiers guarding the city and wanted to chase out of the city.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw that the emperor was chasing this vicious thief alone, they immediately wanted to follow him out of the city.
Wu Huai naturally felt that one more person meant a better chance of victory, so he took away half of the Yulin soldiers guarding the city, and left the other half to guard the gate to prevent the thieves' accomplices from escaping from here.
The Daming Palace is located at the northernmost end of Chang'an City. Outside the Daming Palace is the suburbs of Chang'an City.
A group of seven people rushed away and chased towards the suburbs of Chang'an City.
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