Chapter 346: Ma Gang Leader Rebellion
After the emperor and his concubines entered the palace, they stood on the high platform. Everyone in the hall knelt before the emperor and shouted, "Welcome the emperor! May the emperor live in peace! May all the concubines live in peace!"
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Everyone, get up."
The whole hall rang out again: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Everyone then stood up and sat down only after the emperor sat down.
Su Yue curled her lips. She hated these complicated rituals the most. Kneeling and shouting were so annoying. So she didn't like to come to the palace on normal occasions.
Murong Li knew she hated it, so he shook her hand, shook his head and whispered to her, "The banquet tonight shouldn't be too long, just bear with it."
Su Yue nodded at her, then looked up at the emperor sitting above her. After not seeing him for a while, the emperor looked much better and younger. The emperor, who was originally 56 years old, now looked only in his 40s.
No wonder he could make the concubines in the palace pregnant.
Su Yue felt a little regretful about letting the emperor recover and creating some obstacles for them.
The emperor was looking at the ministers and their families in the hall with a smile on his face.
He nodded with satisfaction before saying, "Today is the New Year's Eve. My dear ministers, please don't be restrained tonight. Feel free to relax and eat and drink to welcome the coming year..."
The emperor said a lot of things, asking his ministers to work hard next year and not let him down as the emperor.
But after he finished speaking, the palace maids began to serve the meals one after another. Of course, the first things to be served were cakes and drinks. However, because the weather was very cold, they were not served early in the morning. The cakes were only served after the palace banquet began.
Why are cakes and pastries served first? Of course, before the main banquet, there are singing and dancing performances, and ladies from major families will come on stage to show their talents.
In previous years, when the emperor had unmarried princes, most of the daughters of noble families would perform on stage. If they were seen by the princes, they could marry into the royal family.
There were much fewer people this year, with only a few people performing on stage, simply because the two existing princes already had wives, and Murong Yi even had two concubines, leaving only Murong Li. With Su Yue's fierce look and Murong Li's attitude of not wanting strangers to approach, few people wanted to marry into Prince Li's mansion.
Some of them also wanted to enter Prince Yi's mansion to be a concubine or something, and maybe even become a concubine in the future.
Another reason is that they want to enter the emperor's harem. The current emperor still looks very young, and maybe he can give birth to a son or daughter. The prince born may even succeed to the throne in the future.
The emperor could see what the ladies were thinking, so he was not satisfied with the show and simply called on several daughters of noble families to perform on stage.
Everyone understood what the emperor meant, and they watched the performance tacitly. After today, more people would enter the emperor's harem.
But the concubines behind the emperor were unhappy. They were not interested in watching the show. If they were not accompanying the emperor, they would have left long ago.
After the performance, the emperor also asked the young masters of various families to perform on stage to add something new to the show this year.
The performances of the young masters were nothing more than music, chess, calligraphy and painting, which made the emperor very happy. Especially when they were playing chess, he was so interested that he went down to play a few games of chess with the young masters.
"Hahahaha... I haven't played chess for a long time, I'm really not good at it."
After the emperor finished his last game of chess, he stood up and laughed heartily with satisfaction, speaking in self-deprecating terms.
"Your Majesty is a master of chess. I am no match for him."
A young man who was playing chess with him said modestly.
The emperor waved his hand at him and said, "Second Young Master Wei, there is no need to be so modest. Your chess skills are excellent, having inherited your grandfather's true teachings. I have met a worthy opponent."
After the emperor finished his shameless words, he went up to the stage, sat down, and started toasting with his ministers.
The hot dishes had already been served, but they were all cold. Su Yue looked like she had no appetite at all. Fortunately, she had eaten something before entering the palace, otherwise she would have been hungry.
So she looked around the entire palace to see when the leader of the horse gang would show up.
"Ouch, my head is so dizzy."
Suddenly, a lady who had not drunk any alcohol screamed, and in the blink of an eye she fainted and fell on the table.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and they all looked straight at that table. However, people at another table also lay down.
Afterwards, more people fell down one after another.
"There's something wrong with the tea. Quick, protect the emperor."
One of the ministers finally reacted, shouted, and jumped up to protect the emperor, but he only took two steps before he fell to the ground and fainted.
At this time, there was an uproar in the hall, with screams and frightened sounds, and the hall was in chaos.
Upon seeing this, the imperial guards immediately protected the emperor and his concubines.
Among the concubines, except Concubine Yun, all the other concubines were lying on the table.
The emperor was also feeling dizzy, perhaps because his daily food was produced by Su Yue's space, and the water was mixed with spiritual spring water. At this moment, he had not fallen down yet. His eyes were wide open, and he looked at the scene in the hall angrily.
Almost all of the nearly two thousand people in the hall fainted.
Even Murong Li and Su Yue were lying on the table. Of course, they were pretending to faint. Wuying and the dark guards behind them also pretended to faint on the ground. As for whether Murong Yi and the other person next door were pretending to faint, Su Yue didn't know.
"Who is behind this? Stand up!"
At this time, the emperor had nothing to understand, so he roared into the hall, still full of energy.
"Hahaha... The emperor is the emperor, he is indeed different. Everyone else fell, yet you still held on. But no matter how much you hold on, you still have to watch helplessly."
Watching his kingdom fall into his hands.
As the arrogant words fell, the leader of the Ma Gang, dressed as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, led the twenty masters into the hall, clapping his hands, looking arrogant and proud.
"Who are you and how dare you do such a heinous thing?" the emperor asked.
The leader of the caravan ignored him. When he entered, he scanned the hall and saw Murong Li and Su Yue also sprawled on the table. He walked straight up to their table, patted them on the back, and said proudly, "Haha, even powerful people like Prince Li and Princess Li fell for my trick. Let's see how you two can escape tonight."
Murong Li finally raised his head with great difficulty and glared at Ma Gang Leader: "You are so bold, you bastard, you actually dared to break into the palace. You are simply seeking death."
Seeing that he was still awake, albeit limply, Gang Leader Ma said disdainfully, "This gang leader is a scoundrel, so what are you, the Murong clan? Stop spouting shit in front of this gang leader."
After hearing this, Murong Li gritted his teeth, as if he wanted to hit him but couldn't.
The leader of the Ma Gang was in a good mood.
"Tsk tsk tsk... This gang leader loves seeing you wanting to hit me but unable to. It's so fucking satisfying, hahahaha..."
(End of this chapter)
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