Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 44: Cooked or Raw Rice (Special thanks to book friends for their monthly votes!)

Fu Jinding had no choice but to be led by Empress Dowager Fu to the Huangyi Palace.

Seeing Empress Dowager Fu, Emperor Chai Zongxun and Mrs. Xunyang approaching, Li Shouchie immediately saluted and said in a loud voice:
"My general, General Li Shoujie, comes to see the Queen Mother and your Majesty!"

General Yunhui is a fourth-grade military rank, mostly of Feng Yin San rank.

Empress Dowager Fu and Chai Zongxun both said:
"Li Aiqing is alive!"

After Li Shoujie got up, he bowed and saluted Fu Jinding. He held the salute very respectfully and said:

"See Mrs. Xunyang!"

Fu Jinding felt bored for a while and felt a sense of struggle. He returned the gift feebly and said:
"I have met General Li."

After the four people entered the hall one by one, Empress Dowager Fu took the main seat, Chai Zongxun sat at the second seat, and Fu Jinding and Li Shoujie sat at the guest seats on both sides of the long table.

Queen Mother Fu raised her glass and said:

"Li Aiqing's family background guarded the northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty and guarded against the Han Dynasty, and he has made great contributions!

Today, I saw Li Aiqing's outstanding talent. He is worthy of being a loyal and virtuous person to the country!
Let’s drink this cup together! "

Chai Zongxun and Li Shoujie both raised their glasses immediately. Fu Jinding had no choice but to raise his glasses and drink together.

During the dinner, Chai Zongxun took the opportunity to ask Li Shoujie about many things about Zhaoyi Jiedu Mansion, and most of them mentioned Li Jun and his son's defeat of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the incident in the past when Li Jun followed Taizu Guo Wei to attack Bianjing.

Li Shoujie cheered up and spoke vividly for nearly an hour. His voice was full of emotion and his eloquence was quite good.

Chai Zongxun laughed out loud from time to time when Li Shoujie said something wonderful. He then peeked at his aunt Fu Jinding's reaction, but found that she was not very interested and seemed not to have listened to a word Li Shoujie said.

Chai Zongxun screamed in his heart and thought: "If I can't make my aunt submit this time, I must kill her and Zhao Thief together.

This will inevitably cause the close relationship between me, my mother, and my grandfather’s family to become sour.

I don't know what tricks Zhao Thief used to make his aunt become so infatuated with him? Could it be that his level of drug use was so high? !

There is no way, it seems that I have to use some means. "

When Chai Zongxun's mother, the Empress Dowager Fu, and Mrs. Xunyang Fu Jinding were not paying attention, he secretly winked at Xiao Liuzi, the personal eunuch who was pouring wine at the table.

Xiao Liuzi understood, and when he was pouring wine for Mrs. Xunyang from the wine pot, he covered a small round hole on the pot with his thumb and filled a cup for Mrs. Xunyang.

Chai Zongxun raised his glass and said:

"I hope that my family, the Imperial Household of the Great Zhou Dynasty, will always have such a close relationship, and that the monarch and his ministers will always enjoy each other like this!

Let’s all drink to this! "

Fu Jinding was in a gloomy mood and was a little too drunk, but when he saw the little emperor raising a glass to drink with him, he had no choice but to drink this glass.

Chai Zongxun put down the wine glass in his hand and thought:

"Since Tai Tu was able to thoroughly investigate the matter of my father's poisoning, he naturally also had a lot of research on the use of poisons.

I hope the drug he concocted from the pharmacist will work! I acted like this to save my aunt. "

After a moment, Fu Jinding held his head in his slender hands, looking like he was too drunk, and said to Queen Mother Fu:

"Queen Mother, I feel that my head is as big as a bucket. I can't drink anymore. I bid farewell to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty."

Queen Mother Fu smiled and said:
“Sister, I didn’t expect that your drinking capacity is not as good as before.

It's so late at night, why not sleep in the Duanli Hall outside. "

Fu Jinding was a little confused at this time and nodded vaguely.

Chai Zongxun winked at Tang Qi and Li Fu, the general manager.

Tang Qi quickly saluted and said:
"Your Majesty, Eunuch Li is not allowed to leave the Queen Mother's side for a moment. Why don't you let your servant escort Mrs. Xunyang to Duanli Hall to sleep."

Queen Mother Fu just looked at Chai Zongxun with questioning eyes, Chai Zongxun smiled and said:
"Mother, please don't worry. I'm not drunk at all. With Xiaoliu and the others waiting for me, I have nothing to worry about. It's more important to let Mr. Tang settle down Mrs. Xunyang."

Seeing Empress Dowager Fu's slight nod, Tang Qi quickly ordered two young eunuchs to help Mrs. Xunyang and walked together to the Duanli Hall outside the palace.

Li Shoujie left the table and saluted:

"The Queen Mother and Your Majesty hosted a banquet today. They are so kind and gracious. I am very grateful!

The minister resigned. "

Queen Mother Fu nodded, thinking:

"Today I let my sister see Li Shoujie for the first time, and I can't help but feel anxious. I think this Li Shoujie is gentle and fair, which is much better than Zhao Kuangyi's face, which is as black as coal.

We can just find opportunities for the two of us to meet more in the future. "

Chai Zongxun got up and accompanied his mother, accompanied by Li Fu and other eunuchs and maids, and walked back to the inner garden of the palace.

After parting ways with his mother in front of Funing Gate, he watched his mother walk towards Baoci Hall. After waiting for a while, Chai Zongxun immediately walked outside the palace, surrounded by Xiao Liuzi and other personal eunuchs and maids.

As soon as he walked out of the vertical arch door, Li Shoujie, who was waiting here, came up to him and saluted him.

Chai Zongxun said:

"Get up! Li Aiqing, come with me."

The group of people walked towards the Duanli Hall in the southwest corner of the palace, and arrived in front of the main hall in about two-quarters of an hour.

Tang Qi came up and saluted Chai Zongxun and said:
"Your Majesty, all the servants have been arranged. Mrs. Xunyang is sleeping alone in the palace."

Chai Zongxun looked at the eunuchs and maids outside the palace door. He saw that they were all familiar people and nodded immediately.

Chai Zongxun looked at Li Shoujie and said:
"Li Aiqing, success or failure depends on this! I order you to capture Mrs. Xunyang tonight!"

After the rice is cooked, Mrs. Xunyang will naturally agree to remarry you. "

Next to him, Li Shoujie was sweating profusely, and he said with a trembling voice:

"Your Majesty, this... this is a serious crime of raping a royal wife. Will the Queen Mother really blame the minister and his son?"

Chai Zongxun said angrily:

"Trash! With me supporting you, what are you afraid of?!

Come in quickly! "

Li Shoujie secretly gritted his teeth and walked into the Duanli Hall in a hurry and stumble.

Chai Zongxun thought of the words of the previous writer Zhang Ailing and thought:
"After tonight, even if Li Shoujie is tied up, I will tie my aunt to my side! It won't be long before my mother and I officially marry my aunt."

Chai Zongxun was just thinking about his success when he saw Li Shoujie running out of the hall quickly as if he had seen a ghost.

Seeing Chai Zongxun staring at him, Li Shoujie hurriedly saluted and said:

"Your Majesty, I... I really don't dare to take action!
Even if the Queen Mother does not cause trouble for the minister afterwards, if the King of Wei troubles the minister and his son, the minister and his son will not be able to bear the consequences! "

Chai Zongxun was furious. He stood up and kicked Li Shoujie on the butt, saying:
"Waste! I have arranged everything, but you are so useless?!
What about your ability to flirt with women in Luzhou and seduce local women? What a fool!

Go in and get it done! Otherwise, I will ask Mr. Tang to castrate you tomorrow and send you to the palace to serve me and wash your feet every day!
Li Shoujie, which one do you want to choose? ! "

Li Shoujie was horrified, knowing that the little emperor could do what he said, so he gritted his teeth and ran into the Duanli Hall resolutely with the determination to run into mountains of swords and seas of fire.

Chai Zongxun looked at Tang Qidao:

"Mr. Tang, take the people outside the palace to watch! If nothing happens tonight, Fu Jinding will be thrown into the sky prison immediately tomorrow! Li Shoujie will be castrated and sent to the palace to be a eunuch!"

Tang Qi suppressed a smile and saluted:
"This slave will obey His Majesty's will!"

(End of this chapter)