Jiaochu

Chapter 81: Punishing Scoundrels at the Horse Racing Meeting ([-])
When Ye Lingxi followed Ye Lingjue in, many ministers were already inside. Seeing the two people coming in, they all stood up and saluted.

Prince Pingyang welcomed the two of them to the front and took their seats. Just as he was asking about Ye Xingye, a servant came in and replied, saying that His Highness was sleepy and had rested in the tent.

Ye Lingxi didn't quite believe that her third brother would sleep obediently. She probably found something interesting. She looked around again and saw that Hu Yuhan didn't come either. She was even more sure that they were going to play together again.Just as Ye Lingxi thought, Hu Yuhan and a few others were fighting crickets in another tent at Ye Xingye.

After everyone arrived, Prince Pingyang clapped his hands, and a young boy walked in with a graceful young woman, about thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing a veil on her face and holding a handful of The pipa plays, its eyebrows are furrowed, its beautiful eyes are looking forward to it, its hands are like catkins, and its skin is like gelatin.

After the woman sat down, Prince Pingyang asked her to play her favorite piece. The woman nodded and started playing at will. The tone was melodious, delicate and sweet, like jade beads falling on a plate, or like a trickling stream... Unconsciously, Then the few traces of heat seeping in from outside the account were eliminated.

Ye Lingxi looked at those eyes and felt they looked familiar. Then when she saw the plum blossom hairpin on her head, she immediately remembered who it was.

Ming Yan, the oiran who Zhao Ce brought into the Hou Mansion in the previous life. After entering the house, Zhao Ce changed her name to Mei'er. With Zhao Ce's support, he would come to trouble her every now and then. But when they met today, she was docile and quiet. For such a competitive person, it is hard to imagine that he will become such a violent person who can cry and make trouble in the future.

Ye Lingxi looked in the direction of Zhao Ce again, expecting to see him staring at the oiran with great joy, but unexpectedly she happened to meet his gaze, as if he had been caught doing something sinister, Zhao Ce was stunned. He turned his head, and after a while, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip as if nothing had happened.

Prince Pingyang was raising a glass of wine to toast Ye Lingjue when a burly figure walked in. The boy at the door tried to stop him, but was glanced at by those sharp eyes like an eagle, and his outstretched hand was frightened back.

"Your Majesty, here we have good wine, good food, and beautiful women to keep you company." Qin Yan turned his eyes in the direction of Ming Yan, and raised an evil smile at the corner of his mouth. Ming Yan was swept away by those eyes and lowered her head in fear, and the sound of pipa played It came to an abrupt end, and the originally harmonious atmosphere suddenly fell silent.

"Everyone is here, why didn't anyone inform Qin?" Qin Min stepped in, not caring about Prince Pingyang's displeased expression.

Originally, Prince Pingyang didn't send him an invitation, and it was hard to issue an eviction order when someone came. As a result, the other party directly barged into his banquet without giving him any face.

"Your Majesty, you don't mind adding one more Qin." Qin Min stared at Prince Pingyang with a pair of sharp eyes, and there was no intention of discussing in his tone.

Prince Pingyang agreed but couldn't swallow it. If he didn't agree, he was afraid of causing trouble.

When he was in a dilemma, Yanjiang stood up and said, "General Qin, come and sit here."

Qin Yin smiled and said: "The young general is still able to bend and stretch. No wonder the emperor thinks highly of him."

Yan Fei frowned and was about to stand up, but Yan Jiang held his shoulders. When Qin Xin came over, he glanced at Yan Fei, like a bird of prey condescendingly overlooking a vulnerable cub. Seeing the anger, he curled up his lips. When he walked to Yan Jiang, he reached out and patted his shoulder, saying, "If the old general had a son like you, he would be half as flexible as you are, and your eldest brother wouldn't be lost at such a young age. Life."

Yan Fei's face was buried deep in the shadows, and his fists clenched loudly. Yan Jiang's originally polite expression also disappeared, and a pair of eyes shone with a sharp cold light.

The atmosphere was on the verge of breaking out, and even the timid ministers remained silent.

Qin Min didn't stop there, and continued: "Speaking of your elder brother-" With a whoosh, a grape smashed over, and Qin Min reached out and grabbed the grape in his hand without even looking.

"It's so noisy that this princess can't even eat." Ye Lingxi puffed her cheeks and said, "My princess will lose her temper mainly because she can't eat well. If she loses her temper, she won't even be able to eat. What do you want? Does this princess starve to death? Does this princess have a grudge against you? You just want to starve me to death. My princess mainly starves to death. Can you afford to pay compensation?"

Qin Min: "..., I don't dare." "Then why don't you find a seat and sit down? Do you still want to dance for me? Do you want to scare me to death? I am scared to death by you." Well, can you afford to pay for it?" Ye Lingxi said angrily.

Qin Min: "..., yes."

Zhao Ce couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.

Shen Ning also smiled and knocked on the folding fan, and praised half-jokingly: "The princess's words are indeed thought-provoking, better than ten years of reading for us."

"I also study." Ye Lingxi said, "Brother Su and Brother Yan can testify that I have memorized all the articles that Master taught."

Seeing that he was not mentioned, Zhao Ce glanced past Yan Fei angrily and stared at Su Shi.

"Then I will give you a couplet for the princess," Prime Minister Zhou pondered for a moment, then picked up a grape and said the first couplet, "Peach leaves, peach leaves and grape leaves."

Ye Lingxi thought for a while and said to Ye Lingjue: "Second brother, I don't know how."

"What's so difficult about this?" Zhao Ce cleared his throat and said, "Bald donkey head, bald donkey head."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Ning slapped her fan and said with a smile, "That's right, that's wonderful."

When Zhao Ce was feeling proud, he heard his father, Marquis Ningyang, say: "The dog has little talent and little knowledge, which makes you laugh." Zhao Ce's face suddenly fell and he muttered unconvinced.

The sound of pipa sounded, and the banquet returned to a harmonious atmosphere.

Everyone was just talking for the occasion. After all, in front of the prince and princess, no one would say stupid things, such as how much money he had as an official and how many concubines he had.Ye Lingxi felt a little sleepy after hearing this. She held her head with both hands and drooped her eyelids, almost yawning.Ye Lingjue glanced over at her and asked Hehe and Lingdang to take her to rest. Ye Lingxi just stood up and perked up after hearing a word and sat down again.

"Last time Rong Shangshu celebrated his birthday, the pomp and splendor was enough to catch up with our annual salary." The speaker was Yang Qin, Shangshu of the Ministry of War. I don't know if he got drunk after eating a few more glasses of wine, or if he had been holding grudges for a long time and took advantage of the drunkenness. All of his thoughts came out, "The year before last, he said he had no money to open the mountain and build the mountain road. Last year, he said he had no money to build the reservoir. A few days ago, he was asked to allocate a sum of money to the river workers and he said he had no money. Where did all this money go? Could it be that it was all carried by rats? gone."

Seeing that Yang Qin was talking nonsense, Prince Pingyang quickly moved Ming Yan away.

Several people who were friends with Rong Shangshu on weekdays said a few words to each other, but Yang Qin retorted them one by one, and some of them also looked sarcastic.

"He lives in the house eating plenty of fish and meat every day, and doesn't care about the lives of the people. I think he has forgotten his roots after soaking in the oil tank for a long time."

"You are so slanderous," Zhao Ce just apologized for his good brother's father, but was silenced by the eyes of his own father, Marquis Ningyang.

"Master Yang is drunk." Prime Minister Zhou called two boys and helped Yang Qin down to rest.

(End of this chapter)