Chapter 693: Pretending to be Fat

As soon as Hao Huashi arrived there, he found that these people were indeed composing couplets.

This is almost inevitable.

It was snowing heavily outside. I was living on the same farm with the emperor. Games like tossing pots were too noisy, and no one dared to play cards like mahjong... So couldn't I just play couplets in an elegant way?

So he went in without any hesitation.

Everyone stood up to greet each other, and then Hao Huashi nodded with a smile, grabbed the arm of a minister, pulled him forward, and sat directly on the vacant chair.

The minister being pulled: “……???”

Others: “……???”

Although everyone wanted to complain, since he was a prince, there was nothing they could do but sit back down.

Then Hao Huashi smiled and asked, "What are you playing?"

"Your Highness, I am waiting for you to write the couplet."

"This king loves couplets the most, count me in as one."

Then let's do it. As everyone was about to continue, Hao Huashi said, "How can we have poetry without wine? Someone, bring some wine and some snacks!"

Everyone: “…”

He had eaten with these people a lot in the past two days, and drank all day and night. It was said that he even drank two taels of wine in the morning... Although these people secretly complained that he brought the ridiculous practices of the brothel here, they had no choice but to follow him.

Then Hao Huashi said, "Hey, I heard that my second nephew is very talented, why not invite him to join us for some fun?"

Others hurried to explain...Yan Shirong is in the palace now and did not come here.

Hao Huashi said again: "Oh, then, I heard that Duke Zhao is also a young talent, why not invite him?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and called to his attendants, "Come, go and invite Duke Zhao. I invite him to write a couplet! Just tell him that I am not very knowledgeable and want to hear his best lines!"

The attendant responded and left.

The court officials exchanged silent glances.

Why does the King of Anbei like to brag so much? He acts like he has a very good relationship with others! !

But Duke Zhao is so close to the prince's family, inseparable from the little princess, and has a cold personality. How could he possibly give him face?

Besides, what face does he have? He is just an empty title of a prince!

Sure enough, the attendant came back after a while and said, "The Duke said he is not free."

Hao Huashi's face darkened immediately, and others tried to smooth things over: "The Duke has to protect the young prince, so maybe he really has no time to spare. Why don't we continue the alliance?"

Hao Huashi insisted, "What are they doing?"

The attendant said, "The princes asked someone to stretch out a white cloth and play a game of idioms."

Hao Huashi suddenly understood: "I see, then, give us a piece of cloth so we can play too!!"

So he asked someone to stretch out a piece of cloth and everyone started playing.

Because the connection was in a circle, if you couldn't make it, you would be fined a glass of wine. Hao Huashi got a little tipsy after a few glasses.

On the other side, Yuan Shenjue heard the words conveyed by King Anbei's entourage, so he called Yan Shifan to guard Xinbao and came out slowly.

Hao Huashi is semi-illiterate and cannot write couplets. Since he wants to pit "himself", of course he has to seek external help.

So Yuan Shenjue went around to the back, found a secluded place, casually cut a piece of stone and used it as a table, then sat down cross-legged, took a breath, and listened attentively to the sounds inside.

Standing here, he had no problem hearing people's voices. With Hao Huashi's hearing ability, he could definitely hear him writing on the stone.

So he would occasionally connect and occasionally not, all relying on Hao Huashi's ability to adapt to circumstances.

Moreover, Hao Huashi did not use the original Anbei King's font, but a font used by Jiangnan women to make flowery paper, similar to the hairpin flower small regular script, but more charming. Others saw this and shook their heads.

Until someone added a line "The east wind blows the jade osmanthus" , Hao Huashi listened to Yuan Shenjue's voice, swayed drunkenly, and added a line: "The purple streets are drunk in the golden house."

More than one person's expression changed drastically.

The late emperor’s taboo name was Yan Danmo. What he said violated both the taboos of the emperor and the father. The key point was that this sentence was very frivolous and ambiguous, and he was talking about a prostitute!!!

After Hao Huashi finished writing this sentence, he heard Yuan Shenjue leave and knew that he had succeeded. He looked at everyone's faces and acted as if he had suddenly realized something, and his pen dropped to the ground.

Soon, Emperor Mingpei learned about this and issued an edict in anger.

King Yan Zeren of Anbei was extremely disrespectful to the late emperor and was demoted to the title of Shanxianbo. His entire family was sent to guard the emperor's mausoleum and were not allowed to leave for the rest of their lives.

You know, one cannot observe family relations in the imperial mausoleum, and his children are all unmarried, so this means that the lineage of King Anbei will be cut off from now on.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

It is best to deal with King Anbei, no, Shanxianbo, with such charges, because he was originally the king conferred by the late emperor on his deathbed. Emperor Mingpei always had some concerns in dealing with him, but dealing with him with the charge of disrespect and unfilial to the late emperor would not damage Emperor Mingpei's reputation at all.

It is said that Uncle Shanxian was in a daze when he returned home. He had to leave the capital that day and had no time to pack anything, so he asked his uncle to sell all his property and use the money to do charity, and then he left the capital with his people.

Moreover, these people would stay in the imperial mausoleum for decades, and even with the strict guards, there might be omissions. In order to prevent another "legitimate" person from emerging to avenge his father decades later, Shanxianbo was asked to tell the truth to his wife and children before he died.

Of course Shan Xianbo was unwilling, but if he didn't say it, Hao Huashi could say it for him... In the end, he still said it.

Uncle Shanxian had a son and a daughter. His daughter was fifteen and his son was ten years old. They were both old enough to understand things and they knew that only by speaking clearly could the emperor's favor be clearly shown.

You have to know that King Anbei is the leader of the rebels. This is a serious crime that requires the confiscation of property and the extermination of the entire family. For his wife and children, this kind of treatment is already a narrow escape from death. If these people are still not clear-headed, they can be killed directly.

Afterwards, Shanxianbo set himself on fire.

Before self-immolation, he stood in the fire, cried and said he was sorry to the late emperor, and asked everyone not to save him. He only said that he wanted to go to the underground to apologize to the late emperor.

Even before dying, he still did not forget to build up a good reputation.

But after his death, the treatment of his wife and children improved a lot. Although they had no future, at least they had no worries about food and clothing while they were alive.

This is the only thing that King Anbei can do for his wife and children.

That's how the matter was resolved.

When the news came back, Yan Shifan said, "The leader of the rebels just died like that? I still can't believe it!"

"What else can we do?" Emperor Mingpei glared at him. "They are just a bunch of crazy people with wild ideas. They even caused Xin Baoer to be kidnapped by villains. They should have been dealt with long ago."

Yan Shifan nodded, "Yeah, that's right."

Emperor Mingpei smiled and said, "Everything is going smoothly now. It is all the blessing that my beloved Baoer has given to Dayan."

Xinbao quickly shook his head: "No, it's Yeye who is awesome! Xinbao is just benefiting from it!"

Emperor Mingpei smiled but said nothing.

It snowed heavily for two days in a row. The family sat around the stove, with hot pot bubbling in the middle and meat, vegetables and fruits grilled on the net next to them. Because of Xinbao's previous suggestion, all of them were skewered, one bunch at a time, which was very convenient to eat.

It was very hot in the room, so everyone took off their coats and wore only thin padded robes, eating and chatting.

(End of this chapter)