Chapter 117 Crab Feast
It was originally a family dinner, but because of the arrival of Emperor Yuan, it became his home court.
Yun Ju'an immediately moved his eyes to the position next to Yun Ke:
"Why not let Yuling sit next to me?" Emperor Yuan was peeling a crab in his hand, watching it move around, and suggested this directly.
This exactly matched Yun Ju'an's idea.
Yun Ke didn't want to do it at first, but Yun Zhuan took the opportunity to whisper to his father:
"Dad, don't worry about me!"
Only by sitting next to Emperor Yuan could he grasp the situation.
Even if something unexpected happened, Emperor Yuan would forgive the Yun family because Empress Yuan loved her.
In fact, Yun Zhuan's guess this time was that Emperor Yuan wanted the Yun family's military power.
That's why I came to the Yun family.
He wanted the Yun family to hand over military power independently, but Yun Fu'an felt that if the military power was really handed over, the Yun family would be on thin ice, and the Yun family without military power would end badly.
That's why Yun Zhuan agreed to Yuan Ting's suggestion and took action against Grand Tutor She first to divert Emperor Yuan's attention away from the Yun family.
The worst possibility is that Emperor Yuan will choose to randomly accuse the Yun family of a crime to resolve the issue.
It is better to hand it over on your own initiative, but this handing over needs to be discussed again with Grandfather and your father.
The method must be righteous and majestic, and all civil and military officials must see it.
The right thing to do is to make the Tian family feel guilty and even decide to treat the Yun family well.
But today, that's definitely not the opportunity.
The wind blew over and Yun Zhuan came back to his senses.
She asked obediently, "Your Majesty, are you a king or a friend today?"
The emperor raised his head. He had always liked the little girl in front of him. She was calm when she needed to be calm, and silly when she needed to be silly. Moreover, she never had any bad thoughts, so he liked her very much.
"Does Yuling want me to be her king or her friend?" Emperor Yuan asked.
Yun Zhuan said honestly: "You are the emperor on weekdays, and now you are an old friend of my grandfather in our family, so we should be friends!"
"Okay, then let's do as Yuling said. Today I am no longer me, but your grandfather's friend." After hearing this, Emperor Yuan no longer felt as nervous as when he came in before.
Although he was the emperor, he had to maintain his dignity at all times, but it was the first time he heard someone ask him to give up the idea of being a king and just be an ordinary friend.
Shang Defang was waiting outside the courtyard with a group of eunuchs.
My heart almost jumped into my chest when I heard Yun Zhuan's bold words.
Hearing that Emperor Yuan was not angry, he felt relieved.
As expected of her, she is Princess Yuling. She is really good at figuring out the emperor's thoughts.
He had almost never seen Emperor Yuan get angry in front of Princess Yuling, and when he did, it was because Princess Yuling was hurt.
"Here, Your Majesty!" Yun Ju'an handed a cup of rice wine to Emperor Yuan as a matter of course, "Now you are just my elder, so today you have to drink the rice wine that you hate with us!"
Because crabs should be eaten with realgar wine, but Your Majesty is used to drinking aged wine and doesn't like it very much.
If he were the emperor, he would have ordered his servants to buy it immediately, but Yun Ju'an took advantage of his young age and courage and directly handed the realgar wine to Emperor Yuan.
"Your Majesty is in my home now, please follow the host's wishes!" Yun Ju'an squeezed his eyes, looking mischievous.
Seeing his granddaughter like this, Yun Rui guessed what she was going to do, and immediately pretended to be very anxious, sweating profusely, and said:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. This little girl is so bold and presumptuous..."
Emperor Yuan waved his hands and said in a relaxed tone: "What are you talking about? This is just the nature of the little girl. Besides, I am just your good friend now. How can we have the etiquette of monarch and minister?"
Yun Ji pretended to be a bully: "That's right, Uncle, you are finished, you are going to disobey the imperial order!"
This made Emperor Yuan laugh out loud!
"Your Majesty, is the Queen doing well in the palace?" Yun Ju'an was not very good at peeling crabs. He finally peeled off half of the crab meat, dipped it in ginger vinegar, and presented it to Emperor Yuan with a serious face. "Your Majesty, I respect you very much, so this small dish of crab meat is a filial piety to the elders!"
The young man was very smart, and the Emperor Yuan couldn't suppress his joy. He reached out and took the dish of meat with a serious face:
"Okay, since it's Yu Ling's idea, then I, as an elder, would be disrespectful."
On weekdays in the palace, we eat all kinds of delicacies, so this ordinary crab meat seems to have become extraordinary.
Moreover, when Emperor Yuan was in the palace, those people wanted to worship him as an emperor.
As for the Queen, she was on an equal footing with him, and therefore showed him too much respect.
The concubines and maids in the harem were in awe and fear of him.
Not to mention the ministers.
In the more than 20 years since he took office, it has been difficult for him to appreciate such sincerity.
When he first arrived at the gate of the Yun Mansion, he was clearly still considering how to strip the Yun family of their military power. But now seeing the state of this family, perhaps it would be most reassuring if the military power was in their hands!
Yun Ke peeled a plate of crab meat and passed it over: "My little girl is so rude."
"Young girls are all coquettish and pretty, and your little girl is pretty, so it's okay for her to be a little more lively." The emperor seemed to be drunk. "Yun Qing, don't blame me for always targeting the Yun family. I have a small temper and I can't tolerate any grain of sand in my eyes. I'm afraid that the military power will fall into the hands of others!"
Yun Jue tried to observe Emperor Yuan's expression, but found that his eyes were bright and he did not seem drunk.
But his hands never stopped peeling crabs.
The emperor pushed a pile of crab meat to her, which he had just peeled for a long time. He said: "Since Yuling likes to eat crab meat and crab roe, I'll give all of this to Yuling! I'm an adult now, and I don't like this anymore..."
Once you become an emperor, you must not talk while eating or sleeping, and you must not eat more than three times a day.
These things are the rules left by the royal ancestors. Even such small things have become rules that bind the royal family.
Checking and balancing every move is something that members of the royal family must learn since childhood!
Yun Zhuan could not understand Emperor Yuan’s feelings.
So he looked at Yun Rui, wondering how his grandfather would answer.
Yun Rui really said: "My father told me since I was a child that I should be a general only and nothing else, just a general and be loyal to His Majesty."
"Your Majesty, can't you see it?"
How could Emperor Yuan not see this? Because of this sentence, more than one Yun Huai has died in the Yun family.
All the dead people proved to him that the Yun family would never take sides.
But other families are trying their best to win over the Yun family, which has military power. Who knows, one day the Yun family might have some inappropriate thoughts!
"I am old and it's time for me to stay out of this. Your Majesty, please give me a chance and don't push me too hard..." Yun Rui was indeed tired enough from fighting on the battlefields over the years.
(End of this chapter)