I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 98 Your Majesty drank too much~ drank too much... (44)

Early the next morning, before dawn, the two brothers followed their mother, Mrs. Jia, and appeared on the square outside Changxin Hall of Changle Palace.

On the high platform outside the Changxin Hall, the Empress Dowager Dou and the Emperor Liu Qi had already arrived, their expressions full of solemnity;

And at the foot of the long street outside the gate of Changxin Hall, Liu Sheng, Liu Pengzu, Mrs. Jia's mother and son, the royal family, concubines in the harem, courtiers, and relatives of meritorious lords were all present.

The exorcism of ghosts by the Nuo is a unique 'festival' of this era;
According to Liu Sheng's calculation, today's grand Nuo exorcism ceremony is roughly the predecessor of the "Winter Solstice Laba Festival" in later generations.

As for the process of exorcising ghosts by the Nuo, it is also very simple.

At this moment, the crowd gathered in the center of the square, around the three-foot long and wide brazier, watching those wizards and priests in strange costumes dance around the brazier.

The moral of this link is roughly the pot of fire, which symbolizes the bright Han Dynasty; and those wizards and priests in strange costumes and masks are playing the roles of various monsters and ghosts.

At this moment, they dance witch dances around the brazier, which means 'demons and ghosts are attracted by the light';
After the witch dance is over, these wizards and priests will take off their ghost costumes and masks, give them to everyone present, throw them into the brazier and burn them.

It seems that as long as these costumes and masks are burned, it proves that 'light will surely defeat darkness', and demons and ghosts have also been thrown into the brazier and burned to ashes by the raging flames;
When this news 'spreads' to the world of demons and goblins, all plague gods and ghosts will keep away from the 'fire' of the Han Dynasty from then on, lest they catch fire and burn themselves.

It's just that today's Nuo is obviously different from previous years.

——The brazier in the center of the square has become larger;
There are more wizards and priests dancing the witch dance;

At the beginning of the grand Nuo ceremony, Emperor Liu Qi also slowly walked down the long steps outside the Changxin Hall.

Seeing Liu Qi approaching the brazier, the wizards and priests who hadn't finished the witch dance just babbled and screamed to get out of the way;
After a moment of daze, the wizards and priests exchanged brief eye contact and unanimously decided to fast-forward the process of the grand Nuo to the link of 'burning ghost masks and costumes'.

Taking the ghost mask from the wizard beside him, Emperor Liu Qi frowned, took the masks without looking back, and threw them into the brazier one by one.

The "cracking" sound of burning wood, accompanied by the strange screams of wizards and priests, set off Liu Qi's face illuminated by the fire, but at this moment only showed an indescribable solemnity.

Seeing this scene, knowing that he was in such a serious situation, Liu Sheng couldn't help shaking his head secretly, and sighed leisurely.

"Poor Midnight Empty Seat~"

"Don't ask the common people, ask the ghosts and gods..."

"Hey······"

Seemingly pointing out this poem of unknown origin, Liu Sheng only turned his head with a strange smile, and leaned his body towards his brother Liu Pengzu beside him.

"I'm afraid the pressure from the emperor is not small for the matter of "Strategy to Cut Fans"?"

"Look at this, those who dared to dig up the walls of the ancestor's temple actually began to exorcise ghosts and pray for blessings..."

The playful ridicule only attracted Liu Pengzu's slightly warning eyes;
He squeezed Liu Sheng's arm hard, warning Liu Sheng not to talk nonsense, then Liu Pengzu stepped forward and helped his mother, Mrs. Jia, to the brazier.

Seeing that his mother and elder brother had already stepped forward and started to burn the ghost mask, Liu Sheng had no choice but to step forward because he had doubts about the effectiveness of this "big Nuo exorcising ghosts".

——It doesn't matter what kind of god he is, just worship him, there will be no harm in the end.

With this in mind, Liu Sheng also walked to his mother, Mrs. Jia, and brother Liu Pengzu, took the ghost mask from the wizard beside him, and started to burn it pretending to be devout;
But after a while, before Liu Sheng had time to pretend to be pious, his face became more and more weird.

Full of suspicion, he turned sideways and looked at those wizards and priests who had already taken off their ghost costumes and masks, and began to dance another kind of witch dance. Liu Sheng spent a lot of strength to hold back The urge to complain in person.

——In the distance, Liu Sheng didn't pay attention to the strange babblings of wizards and priests!

It wasn't until he got closer and vaguely heard the content of the strange cry that Liu Sheng put on the current mask of pain.

"Demons and ghosts..."

"Go away?"

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After the ghost exorcism is over, the next link is normal.

——Changxin Palace Banquet.

According to his order in the royal family, he sat down at the last seat near the gate of the palace, and discussed with the starling Liu Duan to change the seat. Liu Sheng, who was able to sit next to Liu Pengzu, finally revealed today's first seat. Wipe a smile.

The mourning period of the empress dowager is over;
Liu Sheng has also reached the legal drinking age for the princes of the Han Dynasty: 12 years old.

Today's palace banquet will be Liu Sheng's first taste of the fine wine of this era, and what it's like.

Liu Sheng was happy, and most of the others were not depressed.

— After all, it’s a festival anyway;

In addition, the Empress Dowager gave a banquet in Changxin Hall, which made everyone who appeared in this palace banquet wear a festive smile on their faces.

But soon, Liu Sheng noticed: This palace banquet seems to be a family banquet?
From the first to the last seat of the Xixi, it starts with Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and the representatives of relatives of the Dou family, Bo family, Li family and so on are seated in turn;
On the opposite side of the brothers Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu, they have become Cheng Ji's mother clan: the suzerain of Cheng's relatives.

As for the east seat where Liu Sheng was, there were all the princes, each seated accompanied by their mother.

——Chief, naturally the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Rong;
As for Li Ji, she sat behind her second son, Liu De, and "supported" her three sons in the middle.

After changing places with Liu Pengzu, the eighth brother Liu Xie also returned to the side of the sixth brother Liu Fa, the fourth brother Liu Yu, the fifth Liu Fei, the sixth Liu Fa, and the eighth Liu Duan sat in order, and behind him was Cheng Cheng. Ji and Tang Ji two wives.

Further down, there are two brothers Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu sitting next to each other, and Mrs. Jia behind them.

And on his left side, Liu Sheng finally saw his only younger brother—the tenth son of the emperor who was only two years old: Liu Zhi, and Wang Meiren who was holding Liu Zhi.

Seemingly feeling Liu Sheng's gaze, Beauty Wang, who was kneeling in front of the table with her cub in her arms, even smiled and nodded slightly to Liu Sheng;

Liu Shengzi also didn't want to lack courtesy, he nodded in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, then turned his head back and cast his eyes on the head seat.

As the current patriarch of the Liu family, the Empress Dowager Dou naturally sits on the head seat, with the emperor Liu Qi sitting beside him;
As for Liu Xing, the princess of Guantao, and the legendary "eat people without spitting out their bones", but at the moment, Ajiao Wengzhu, who looks extremely juicy at the moment, knelt and sat obliquely behind Queen Dowager Dou.

Of course, what attracted the attention of everyone in the palace, especially the princes, was that before the banquet even started, they were pulled to the side by the Empress Dowager Dou, who was sitting with King Liu Wu of Liang...
"As soon as King Liang arrived in Chang'an, the Empress Dowager passed away;"

"It's time for a national funeral, so it's not easy for me to invite everyone to gather here in Changxin Hall."

"By taking advantage of today's Winter Solstice Grand Nuo, the purpose of holding this palace banquet is to show my Liu family ancestors the branches and leaves of my Liu family;"

"I hope that my ancestors of the Liu family will have spirits in the sky, and bless my Han family and prosper forever..."

Empress Dowager Dou's gentle and kind tone resounded in the hall, which made everyone in the hall who were already in a happy mood even more sincerely happy.

After Empress Dowager Dou's voice fell, she politely looked sideways at Emperor Liu Qi, and then Liu Qiwen shook his head with a smile. The palace banquet quietly kicked off with a burst of humming.

"I me me!"

"I'm twelve! I can drink now!"

Looking at the side of the hall intently, a row of maidservants poured in with the music, but habitually forgot about himself, Liu Sheng only hastily let out two exclamations!
When the maid who was about to leave turned around and looked at Liu Sheng suspiciously, there was a burst of kind laughter in the huge Changxin Hall.

"Now that you are old, let's eat;"

"Just remember to eat less."

Amidst the laughter, Empress Dowager Dou's kind and gentle tone finally made Liu Sheng the first maid in his life to serve wine!

However, Liu Sheng turned a blind eye to the maidservant's intentional or unintentional eyebrows, and only locked those wide eyes on the cup of fine wine filled by the maidservant.

"Eat less wine, Wanmo will be rude in front of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty..."

Just as he was about to pick up the wine cup, his mother, Mrs. Jia, gently reminded him from behind, causing Liu Sheng to stop in mid-air with his outstretched hands;

Casting his eyes for help to his side, Liu Sheng finally took the wine cup with a smile on his elder brother Liu Pengzuwen's nod with a smile!
"Zi Liu!"

A sound of sipping wine resounded throughout the hall, causing Liu Pengzu who was at the side to choke on the old wine that he hadn't had time to swallow;
He coughed and coughed for a long time, and tears came out of the cough, Liu Pengzu smiled bitterly with tears in his eyes and turned sideways, shaking his head helplessly at Liu Sheng.

——Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu;

Excluding the tenth prince Liu Zhi who was still in his infancy, among the nine sons of Liu Qi today, only Liu Sheng is the 'little' nine.

For this young brother who is eccentric and makes jokes from time to time, whether it is the elder brothers or the Queen Mother Dou who is sitting upright, they are all extremely tolerant.

Even in such a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, the process of the palace banquet also proceeded very quickly, and in a short while, most of the people drank for three rounds.

Kneeling and sitting on the seat just now, quite reluctant to let go of the banquet crowd, they have already got up at this moment, walking unsteadily in the hall, looking for targets for themselves to chat (chatter) and drink .

But after drinking three glasses of wine, Liu Sheng, who tasted good wine for the first time in his life, was already a little drunk...

"belch!"

"Hey, hey..."

Seeing his younger brother Liu Sheng with flushed cheeks and distracted eyes, he leaned his face on the outside of his arm weakly, Liu Pengzu turned around with a wry smile;
When he saw his mother, Mrs. Jia, she also looked at him with a helpless smile. The mother and son only sighed in tacit understanding at the same time, and then smiled at each other.

"Xiao Jiu~"

"Little Nine..."

With an exclamation in his voice, Liu Pengzu turned sideways, only to find that although Liu Sheng's face was leaning on his arm, his eyes were fixed on his right side.

Following Liu Sheng's gaze to look again, Liu Pengzu found out: the empress dowager Dou, the son of heaven Liu Qi, the mother of Liang Wang Liu Wu, and his son are the three in the upper seat, their complexions are reddish from drinking;

Between pushing cups and changing cups, hearty laughter came out from time to time.

And Liu Sheng, just looking at the scene of the mother and child being in harmony, leaned his face on the arm of his elder brother Liu Pengzu, and let out a silly laugh of "hehe" from time to time.

"Do you think that Grandmother, Father, and Uncle Liang are like our mother and son?"

With a gentle question, Liu Sheng nodded obediently, but still had that silly smile on his face;
"I feel, I see... hiccup!"

"Seeing our mother and child, the days to come..."

"Elder brother took mother to take care of him in his own palace. Hearing that younger brother, I am here, I will go out of the city for twenty miles..."

"No!"

"—Fifty miles out of the city to meet you!"

Suddenly he was refreshed for a moment, but Liu Sheng broke his power with a smile just three seconds later.

"Hey hey..."

"Brother, also pull me into the king's chariot, and drive the horse myself;"

"When I arrived at my brother's palace, my mother held my hand like a royal grandmother...

"belch!"

"Take my hand, ask this, ask that, talk endlessly..."

"Let's just talk~"

"Drink~"

"Laugh~"

"Crying;"

"Just... hiccup!"

"Just fell asleep..."

Hearing Liu Sheng describe such a beautiful picture in a tone that is obviously drunk but not offensive at all, a sweet smile also quietly appeared on Liu Pengzu's face.

"Will do;"

"Will do······"

"—A Sheng came to visit his mother, as an older brother, I will definitely meet A Sheng at the border..."

Looking at the two brothers in front of him, just say what you said and what I said;

Mixed with Liu Sheng's drunken giggles, Mrs. Jia's face behind the two gradually showed a sense of peace of mind.

That is to say, when Mrs. Jia, mother and son were enjoying the future together with Liu Sheng, the emperor Liu Qi slowly stood up from the side of Empress Dowager Dou, and involuntarily attracted the eyes of everyone in the hall.

Then he saw that the emperor Liu Qi's cheeks were slightly red, and his figure was already a little unstable;
Only those bright eyes that were extremely deep in the past, as if they could see through everything, now have a superficial stubbornness and determination...
"—After a hundred years, I will be the king of Liliang!!!"

The sudden roar caused everyone in the hall to stop their movements, and even a few drunk people tried to recall the audio content they had just received.

After a while, the huge Xuanshi hall suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a needle drop...
——Behind Liu Rong, Liu De, and Liu Yu, Li Ji's face was horrified, and her teeth were trembling!

As for Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, he couldn't bear the air of "the eldest son of the emperor" any longer, and accidentally dropped the wine cup in his hand on the table in front of him.

Li Ji, Liu Rong's mother and son are like this, and the others are not much better.

In the east seat, apart from the tenth prince Liu Zhi who was deeply asleep, all the princes and concubines cast dull gazes on Liu Qi's proud face;
Xi Xi, the complexions of the relatives in each family changed dramatically, and the alcohol dissipated in an instant, and the four words 'Your Majesty, please don't make trouble' were clearly written on their foreheads.

"Rong..."

"Rong'er..."

"—You are not joking!!!"

Before Li Ji suppressed the horror in her heart, and called out the word 'Rong'er' without confidence, she saw the head of the lord, and Empress Dowager Dou immediately stood up with her staff.

"go with!"

"Bring that edict!!!"

Standing up with the help of the stick, he groped to hold Liu Qi's hand, as if he was afraid that Liu Qi would run away, he clenched it tighter, and Empress Dowager Dou turned around;

Even though she couldn't see with her eyes, she still looked forward to the side of the hall, the palace servant who led her away.

"To the Empress Dowager;"

"edict······"

After a short while, I saw the palace man holding a three-finger-thick wooden box with both hands, and as soon as he handed it over, the Empress Dowager Dou grabbed it!
——Holding the emperor Liu Qi in one hand, and holding the dove stick in the other hand, in order to take over the wooden box containing the imperial edict, Empress Dowager Dou chose to let go of the dove stick...
Clang!

The sound of the dove stick falling to the ground seemed to be the last alarm, and all the eyes in the hall were focused on the head of the lord.

But seeing that Queen Mother Dou didn't care about her dove staff at all, one hand was still tightly clutching Liu Qi's wrist, and with the other hand, she fumbled to take out the edict from the wooden box, and then spread it on the desk in front of her above.

"Since the emperor has this intention, let's use his seal on this edict!"

After these words came out from Queen Dowager Dou's mouth, even Liu Sheng, who finally realized what had happened, quietly changed his face.

——Queen Dowager Dou has already prepared the imperial edict...

Just wait for the emperor Liu to use the seal, and the king of Liang Liu Wu...

"Your Majesty~"

At this critical moment, an extremely loud shout resounded, making everyone in the hall tense again!
But seeing Prince Zhan Shi Dou Ying, one of the relatives of the teacher, got up from his seat unsteadily, and walked forward with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

"Hey hey..."

"Your Majesty... Hiccup!"

"Too much wine!"

"what?"

"Eat too much!"

"This, this, all drunk!!"

Saying something casually, Dou Ying couldn't stop walking forward, took two more steps, but fell forward unsteadily.

"Dou Ying!"

Seeing that at such a critical moment, the nephew of his own family stood up to embarrass himself, Empress Dou's expression sank for a moment!
Dou Ying, who fell on the imperial case and smashed the food on it, got up slowly after hearing the words, swaying, and cupped her hands perfunctorily at Empress Dowager Dou.

"Too, the queen dowager atones..."

"Chen... hiccup!"

"I also drank a lot of wine..."

"drunk······"

"drunk·········"

Seeing Dou Ying making such a fuss, everyone in the hall did not dare to look away for a moment, for fear of missing something important!
But at the top, the emperor Liu Qina's gaze, which has gradually become close to the people, looked at Dou Ying's chest without any trace;
In those eyes still full of stubbornness, a trace of lingering fear finally flashed...

"Dou Wangsun!!!"

Empress Dowager Dou yelled again, causing everyone in the hall to tremble in fright!
But before the imperial case, the imperial edict that was spread out by Queen Dowager Dou just now was caught in Dou Ying's lapel at some point;

But as Empress Dowager Dou sternly reprimanded her again, Dou Ying grabbed the edict casually, and wiped it on her hands, face, and even around her neck indifferently!
Afterwards, Dou Ying, who was so drunk that she couldn't even walk straight and fell on the imperial case in three or five steps, crumpled the imperial edict into a ball very quickly;
After a distance of more than ten feet, the crumpled imperial edict was thrown into the blazing stove impartially...

"My lord, your majesty... hiccup!"

"Your disgrace..."

"Chen, this is...retire..."

She saluted farewell vaguely, and when Dou Ying turned around, everyone in the hall saw that Dou Ying's mouth, nose, neck, and even hands had all been stained with black stains from the ink on the imperial edict;
But Dou Ying didn't seem to be aware of this, she just swayed her body, staggered to the outside of the palace gate, stepped on a pair of shoes of suitable size at random, and walked towards the outside of the palace on her own.

When Dou Ying's figure disappeared outside the gate of the palace, almost everyone in the palace breathed a sigh of relief.

— except for two people.

Except for the Queen Mother Dou who gritted her teeth and left the meeting angrily;
And Liu Sheng, the ninth son of the emperor, whose eyes were dull, his expression was numb, and he couldn't help but burst into wry smiles...

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