Chapter 271 Entering the Capital
On the way back to Shangjing, they first took a carriage, and then changed to a boat.
Yu Tingwan was seasick, and after vomiting a few times, she felt much better, but she had no appetite.
After three days of traveling, they got to the dock and took a carriage again.
Day and night alternated during the journey, and the surrounding scenery gradually changed from desolate to prosperous.
It was a prosperity that Yu Tingwan had never seen.
She had little experience, and she only understood some principles of life. Lying on the carriage, everything she saw was new.
The further south they went, the warmer the tide.
The withered yellow of the branches and leaves was replaced by tender green. The colorful spring scenery was scattered on the girl's soft eyebrows.
People in Wuyang City said that the crazy woman often yelled and went crazy.
But on this journey, she was very quiet, except for muttering a few words to the children from time to time.
Nothing else happened along the way.
Until...
the night before entering Shangjing.
Shunzi handed the box from nowhere to Wei Zhao.
There was a pill in the box.
It was bright red.
Yu Tingwan wondered: "What is this?"
Wei Zhao said calmly, without hiding anything: "I took a medicine that makes people weak."
Yu Tingwan:?
Wei Zhao added: "It won't hurt the body, it just looks weak on the outside."
He can still kill people and set fires.
Yu Tingwan understood.
It was done for the palace and those who were afraid of Wei Zhao.
Yes, Wei Zhao was dead, his coffin was buried, and he suddenly returned in one piece. Not to mention how sensational it would be, if someone with ulterior motives used it to make a fuss, that would be...
But if he was not in good health.
Then he would be right in everything.
Yu Tingwan said nothing and poured a glass of water for Wei Zhao.
Wei Zhao swallowed the pill with warm water.
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During this period of time, people in Shangjing were in a panic.
The crown prince was sick and weak, and the fifth prince Ying Yin couldn't bear to see the crown prince doing well, so he prevented the emperor from summoning Ge Lao for help, which delayed for several days, so that the news that Eunuch Tu went to Ze County in person and came up empty-handed had spread.
Ying Yin cried out that he was wronged and refused to admit that he did it.
No one believed it.
The emperor was furious and confined him to his house.
"The prince vomited blood three times again yesterday."
Inside Zui Zhailou.
This is the most famous restaurant in Shangjing, with high prices and a full range of dishes. High-ranking officials and dignitaries would come here to eat.
Xiao Huaiyan was dressed in gorgeous clothes, holding a wine pot in his hand, drinking from time to time, listening to the talk of several dandies around him who, under the influence of alcohol, forgot about the hierarchy and talked nonsense.
"As long as the prince is alive, the fifth prince can only be a prince. Don't look at how humble he is in front of the prince, but his heart is black."
"Now that Mr. Ge can't be found, the imperial doctors in the palace are helpless. What's the point of killing the crown prince together? The emperor only confined the fifth prince to his house, which shows that he is reluctant to punish him."
Someone laughed.
"What can we do? If something happens to the crown prince, and if something happens to him too, the princes are mixed, who is capable of being the next
crown prince?" "That's right, it's impossible for
the emperor to try hard to have another one." The crowd laughed, and Xiao Huaiyan had a calm expression.
At this moment, someone came forward and burped.
"Prince Xiao, why don't you say anything?"
As he said that, he bowed to Xiao Huaiyan crookedly.
"Prince Xiao really gave me face. He knew it was my birthday and came to accompany me..."
He didn't even send an invitation.
It's really an honor!
Xiao Huaiyan glanced over: "What face do you have?"
It was just the end of the month, and he had run out of money. The accountant received his father's order and was unwilling to pay him.
He knew that a group of playboys were having a banquet here, and they ordered good wine, so he came to try it.
Xiao Huaiyan stood up: "What are you talking about? They said you talked nonsense about the royal family. If it gets out, how fast will you die?"
His words were like pouring cold water.
The people who were talking so happily not long ago suddenly lost their voices.
"It's... we lost our composure."
Xiao Huaiyan didn't need to bother with these people.
After all, he didn't care whether the prince died or not.
The only thing that could be related to him was that he could enter the palace to eat the funeral banquet.
It wasn't very delicious.
The wedding banquet in the palace was elegant. Every dish was carefully presented and served slowly, and it was cold by the time we ate.
Can the funeral banquet still make the dinner into a flower?
I'm afraid it would be ugly and unpalatable! But
the emperor and empress didn't leave, so they could only sit there honestly and couldn't leave in the middle of the meal.
Oh, not everyone couldn't leave.
For example, Wei Zhao.
He always came the latest and left the earliest.
No one thought it was wrong.
Late... because he came with Emperor Ying Qian.
He left early because officials came forward to toast, and Wei Zhao couldn't hold his liquor.
Fart couldn't hold his liquor.
Xiao Huaiyan didn't know that guy couldn't get drunk after drinking a thousand cups! !
But Wei Zhao was good at pretending.
No one would refuse anyone who came to toast him.
Then... he pressed his hand between his eyebrows.
He expressed it in a gentle voice.
——"Guizhi seldom drinks, but I don't want to spoil your interest. You all have to drink when you come here."
Xiao Huaiyan was so angry that he almost laughed.
But everyone believed it.
Xiao Huaiyan's father, Marquis Zhongyong, was also distressed.
Without waiting for Emperor Ying Qian to speak, he stepped forward.
["Your Majesty, it's getting late. You should let the Wei family kid go back home to rest."]
["This kid doesn't know how to socialize, but he's honest and drinks anyone's wine. Don't let him wake up with a headache tomorrow."]
["Yes, I am worried! His father and I have a deep friendship. I watched him grow up. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is half a son."]
["What? Xiao Huaiyan? That kid is my biological son, but don't worry about him. Can he drink himself to death?]
Seeing that Xiao Huaiyan didn't have a cold face, but thought they were noisy, picked up two pots of wine and left the private room, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
He started to speak without thinking again.
Dare not say the royal family.
But...
"Since the death of General Wei, the sky in Shangjing has changed. ”
“What do you mean?”
“According to the date, the Flower Festival should be held. You guys take a look and see who’s making any noise?”
the man revealed.
“I heard about it a long time ago. The Queen Mother originally wanted to hold it and invite some unmarried young men and women to have some fun.”
“They wanted to bring the Gu family’s daughter together with General Wei. But General Wei got into trouble, so the matter was dropped.”
“Could it be that there won’t be a mansion to hold the Shangjing Festival?”
“The Zhou family did want to. They sent out a lot of invitations, but those noble ladies all made excuses and said they couldn’t go.”
The purple-clothed man heard this and said, “I respect General Wei, but I also…”
“Back then, half of the women in Shangjing wanted to marry General Wei. It would have been fine if they didn’t like me. Now that General Wei has been laid to rest, they still don’t like me. "
Xiao Huaiyan left the private room, thinking that no one was next door, and was about to go over and sit down.
But there was someone.
There was a young man standing by the window, his face was bruised and purple, his eyebrows were arrogant and stubborn, and when he saw him coming, he frowned.
Xiao Huaiyan wanted to leave directly, but he paused and walked in.
"Got beaten?"
"What do you care!"
"Get out of here!" "I
get annoyed when I see you."
Xiao Huaiyan: "Did Wei Zhao teach you to be so rude?"
Ning Yunling: ...
Xiao Huaiyan: "Can't you learn from me?"
"During this period of time after he got into trouble, no one could settle the trouble for me privately. Do you think I have caused any trouble?"
Ning Yunling stared at him: "How dare you mention him? My cousin is dead, and you are still relying on him to make money!"
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