Rebirth: The Gatekeeper

Everyone heard that it was King Ming who came to present the birthday gift, they all looked out of the door in shock, even King Ming would not participate in the Empress Dowager's birthday sometimes, why did Helian's birthday come?Could it be that this is what His Majesty the Emperor meant?This is also very unlikely, King Ming didn't even buy the emperor's account, but why did King Ming come here?Everyone is guessing in their hearts.

At this time, the singing and dancing had been suspended, and the maidservant who came to report knelt in front of Helianshi, and explained one by one that even though Helianshi had seen the world, His Royal Highness King Ming was not an ordinary person, so she couldn't help being extremely shocked and delighted, saying : "Since His Royal Highness Prince Ming is here, ladies, please move behind the screen!"

All the guests in this hall are female guests, so when male guests come, the ladies will hide behind the screen.

Ladies and gentlemen, although they come from great families, very few people have ever met King Ming. It is just rumored that His Highness King Ming is like a god-like figure. The skills are on par with Princess Yongchang.

Therefore, in just a short moment, because of the imminent arrival of King Ming, the banquet has exploded. All the wives and ladies guessed about King Ming's appearance, and were also afraid of his perverted character. It's all said and done.

Looking at this scene, Bei Tangjin couldn't help shaking her head and sighing. Everyone had heard about King Ming's benefits, but they didn't know how dangerous he was.She also thought that King Ming was going to give her a big gift, so she couldn't help feeling uneasy.

What exactly is Feng Xitang going to do?Did he make it clear that he was his enemy?If that's the case, then she can't be soft anymore!

Just as everyone was expecting, someone maintained the scene, and the hall became quiet. At this time, they heard the maidservant who came to report said: "His Royal Highness King Ming said that he is a male guest. It is really inappropriate to come here. I'm afraid Offended all the ladies, therefore, this gift was brought by his maid."

Everyone thought that they were going to see King Ming, and they were all extremely excited, but they couldn't help being extremely disappointed when they heard that His Royal Highness King Ming would not show up. Some people also praised King Ming's observance of etiquette, saying: "Everyone said that His Royal Highness is bohemian and has a perverse personality. , judging from today, the rumors are too false!"

Many wives heard the words, and they all agreed: "It can be seen that His Royal Highness Prince Ming is an extremely polite person!"

Bei Tangjin listened to everyone's discussion, and couldn't help but sneer in her heart, is he a polite person?Gifts from those who keep the rituals are sent directly to the butler, so where do people come to give gifts to birthday stars!It can be seen that everyone was confused by his apologetic appearance!

Helianshi was also admiring King Ming's observance in his heart, he couldn't help showing a smile, and said: "Since that's the case, let them come in."

As soon as Helian's words fell, several maidservants in green clothes came slowly from outside the door. They were all dressed in plain and elegant clothes, and their headdresses and earrings were also very particular. Looking at their behavior, even the ladies were not so decent. Yes, all praised again and again.

These maidservants came in, and suddenly they all opened to both sides, everyone watched, and saw a woman wearing a purple brocade robe came out from among them, and her brocade robe was covered with a sable waistcoat.The woman was tall and slender, with snow-white skin, but her appearance was average, she was not as good as the maidservants beside her, everyone couldn't help being surprised.

This woman was wearing purple cloud brocade which is extremely rare, even for a noble family like theirs, it is rare to have one, and this woman was actually wearing a robe made of purple cloud brocade. Everyone knows that His Royal Highness Prince Ming likes purple very much , so the purple brocade brought in tribute from various places.Emperors like Shaluo all rewarded King Ming.And the purple cloud brocade robe that this woman is wearing should be a reward from King Ming. To receive such a reward from King Ming, it can be seen that this woman is extremely valued by King Ming.

But who is this woman?They had never met.

Bei Tangjin saw the purple-clothed woman walking up slowly, and she had already walked in front of Helian, bowed down and said: "Yunzhu pays homage to the old matriarch, wishing the old matriarch good fortune like the East Sea, and a longevity like Nanshan."

He Lianshi was taken aback for a moment, but she didn't expect there to be such a woman, she couldn't help being even more surprised when she heard her name was Yunzhu, and said: "You are Miss Yunzhu, please get up."

Everyone couldn't help being shocked when they heard about it. They had heard that there was a woman named Yunzhu in the Palace of the Ming Dynasty, who was deeply trusted and respected by Feng Xitang, but they never expected that it was such an ordinary-looking woman.

Yunzhu got up calmly, and said: "Yunzhu came here today because he was entrusted by the prince to paint a picture scroll for the old lady's romance. My prince said that pearls, jade, emeralds and agates are all vulgar things, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to be elegant. I personally draw a picture to celebrate the old lady's birthday."

Everyone present gave pearls, jade, agate and emeralds, and so on. Feng Xichen said that it meant that everyone present was ordinary people. However, the ladies and ladies in the hall were rarely displeased, and they were all envious , to be able to get a picture scroll painted by Ming Wang himself is really more precious than precious jade!

Bei Tangjin looked at Yunzhu's arrogance, but what she cared about was what the picture scroll in her hand was.

At the moment when everyone was envious, Helian said with a smile on his face: "My lord is elegant and elegant, and it is a blessing for me to get a picture scroll from my lord."

Yunzhu just nodded, and said: "My lord also said that I didn't want to make such a big effort to send gifts, which would be a loss of etiquette, but if this picture scroll doesn't go through the romance, it would be a waste of my lord's intentions. So I sent Yunzhu to come Come on, please don’t laugh at the old lady and everyone.”

But he found an appropriate reason for what Bei Tangjin thought about Feng Xichen's ostentatious gift of painting just now. He is really careful, and he is worthy of being someone that King Ming values.

He Lian hurriedly said: "I will trouble Miss Yunzhu this time."

It is rare for Helian Shi to be so kind and courteous to a person, her attitude today is just respectful to Prince Ming.When Bei Tangjin saw this, she really admired Feng Xitang, even her proud and arrogant grandmother respected her, it was amazing.

When Helianshi finished speaking, Yunzhu had already led all the maidservants to the high stage where the singing and dancing was performed just now.

Everyone opened their eyes wide to see, what kind of a picture scroll actually wants to make a romance?

I saw that the scroll was about four or five feet long and seven or eight feet wide. It was a huge scroll.The green-clothed maidservants were already holding the scroll, while Yunzhu took over the carved qin from the maidservant's hands and started playing.The voice was passionate and joyful, like the sound of a fairy, and one couldn't help but think of the scene of immortals flying in mid-air.Following the melody of the zither, the green-clothed maidservants slowly unfolded the picture scroll, and everyone looked at it, and saw that there were indeed fairies flying in the picture scroll, with their robes fluttering, extremely beautiful, just like real people.

The picture scroll is surrounded by clouds and mists, interspersed with flying cranes and deer, and the fairies are walking leisurely in the forest fairyland, or holding magic tools, or holding rare treasures, peaches and fresh fruits, to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, and dignified in the first place. The queen mother actually looked like the Helian family, with a dignified and loving smile, everyone was so shocked that they couldn't speak.

However, when Bei Tangjin looked at the scroll, she didn't think it was novel. Feng Xichen just used a technique of combining the virtual and the real. Therefore, as the scroll unfolded slowly, there was an illusion of a fairy flying into the sky.

When the picture scroll was fully unfolded, the sound of the piano stopped, Yunzhu stepped down from the stage, and said to Helian: "This is the birthday gift from the prince to the old lady, Yunzhu has made a fool of herself."

Everyone didn't pay attention to what Yunzhu said, but just carefully observed the characters in the picture scroll. At this time, another lady suddenly called out and said, "Oh my god, look, isn't that woman holding the picture scroll General Yurong?"

Everyone looked at it, and it was indeed Bei Tangjin, which made it even more strange.

But Yunzhu explained: "My lord said that General Yurong was as beautiful as a fairy and as intelligent as ice and snow, so he was drawn in the scroll."

When the ladies heard this, some were jealous, some were envious, and some were angry. Zheng Jiamin, the second young lady of the Zheng family, stood up abruptly and said, "You are just a vulgar girl who came out of the border , to be praised by King Ming, it can be seen that King Ming really didn't see the truth!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Shi quickly grabbed Zheng Jiamin's sleeve and said, "Nonsense, you're just drinking and talking nonsense!"

The Zheng family is the mother's family of the current Empress Dowager and Empress. The daughters of the Zheng family have always been extremely favored, and Zheng Jiamin is just spoiled, so she doesn't take Bei Tangjin seriously.She is the most suitable woman of the Zheng family to be a queen, so she became even more domineering and domineering. She didn't listen to Shi Shi's words and continued: "Such a filthy woman deserves to be praised by King Ming. It really stains King Ming's eyes!"

Shi hurriedly ordered the maid to pull him down, saying: "Send Miss down first, so as not to be ashamed here!"

The empress is deeply favored by the emperor, and the Zheng family is even more powerful. Shi Shi is the wife of the empress' elder brother. Shi Shi felt extremely guilty and said to Bei Tangjin: "General Yurong, don't listen to her, she is drinking too much. Already!"

Bei Tangjin smiled and said, "Ma'am, you're welcome. Since Miss Zheng is drunk, Yurong will show her kindness to the landlord and let her rest!" Since Mrs. Shi has said that her daughter is drunk, even Zheng Jiamin is very rude. She couldn't compete with a drunkard either.

How could Mrs. Shi sit still when such an embarrassing thing happened, she hurriedly said: "General Yurong is magnanimous, today the little girl is playing tricks, which makes everyone laugh."

He Lian was very displeased when he heard such words, but after all, Zheng Jiamin is from the queen's natal family, and she will be the queen in the future, so she can't offend her, so she also said: "It's just that the child is drunk, Madam Qiu Mama, go and lead Miss Zheng to my wing to rest."

Mrs. Shi hastily declined and said: "How can this happen? How can this evil person deserve to rest in the old matriarch's room? I'm afraid it will pollute the old matriarch's room, so let's take her to the guest room!"

Helian nodded and said: "Forget it, let's take Miss Zheng to the guest room."

A group of women surrounded Zheng Jiamin's maid and women, and they left the hall. Seeing them go away, everyone began to discuss in low voices. At this time, many noble ladies secretly hated Bei Tang Jin. They felt that although Zheng Jiamin said just now It's just talk, but it's the truth. Although this young lady from the Beitang family has made great military achievements, but she grew up in a place like the border, she must have been unclean long ago!I really don't know why King Ming would praise such a woman.

Wang Yuanxiang looked at the picture scroll sent by King Ming, and portrayed Bei Tang Jin extremely vividly, it's just a pity!This painting can only make Bei Tang Jin the target of public criticism. How many women do not admire King Ming?This time, Bei Tangjin was going to be in big trouble. Without thinking, she knew that this Zheng Jiamin would definitely target Bei Tangjin again.If Bei Tangjin offended the empress's natal family, wouldn't her future be ruined?

Seeing this, Yunzhu was very sorry, and said: "General Yurong, I'm really sorry, this kind of thing happened, this..." Yunzhu didn't know how to express her apology, and her expression was extremely ugly.

Seeing Yunzhu's expression, Bei Tangjin couldn't help sneering, this must be the effect Feng Xitang wanted!After this incident, she will become the jealous object of most young ladies. If he really doesn't need Feng Xitang to take action, she will be in a hurry to deal with these young ladies!

No wonder he didn't say anything in Tianxiang Tower, so he kept this big gift for today!

Everyone knows that Tianqinglou and Tianxianglou are the same boss, but the master behind this is actually Feng Xitang.

Tianqinglou mainly uses singing and dancing, ditties, scenery and wine. When the wives and ladies of the big families celebrate their birthdays, they always book private rooms in Tianqinglou to watch songs and dances or listen to ditties. Naturally, rich businessmen It will also be used for a banquet or birthday in the private room of Tianqinglou.

The Tianqing Building has ten floors. If you stand on the Tianqing Building, you can have a panoramic view of Dadu. Therefore, when she returned to Dadu that day, the big family had already reserved a private room in the Tianqing Building to watch, even the queens and princesses. There are no exceptions, which shows how famous Tianqinglou is.

The Tianxianglou is specialized in wine and food. Tianxianglou has a complete range of dishes and a variety of wines, and is deeply loved by the aristocratic families and wealthy merchants.There is a saying that every day makes money.

Feng Xitang has monopolized Dadu joy, wine business, and dishes, etc. No wonder gold and jade are used as cups and agates as plates. All the things used are hard to find.

Bei Tangjin thought of this in her heart, but she actually smiled lightly, she will not hinder your Feng Xitang's business, but you must not stand in my way of revenge either!

"Loyalty, filial piety and sincerity are bestowed by His Majesty, but I don't think that Miss Zheng has never heard of it. It's really Yurong's fault. It's not Miss Yunzhu's fault. Miss Yunzhu took the trouble to make a story, and Yurong is grateful." Bei Tang Jin sighed and said that when she mentioned the plaque given to her by His Majesty, she was changing the direction to remind everyone that His Majesty said that she was loyal, patriotic, filial and honest, and if someone said she was unclean, they were questioning the Emperor. It is disrespect to the emperor!Just now Zheng Jiamin thought she was drunk, but everyone here is very sober!

When everyone heard the words, they all fell silent. The emperor personally gave the plaque. If they said anything else, it would be disrespectful to the emperor!

Shi's focus is not on this point, she is grateful to Bei Tangjin for not pursuing the matter, but covering her daughter's crime of disrespecting the emperor with "I have never heard of it". In this way, her daughter is innocent .

Bei Tangru was originally happy to hear all the ladies whispering about how unbearable Bei Tangjin was, but she didn't expect that after Bei Tangjin's few words, everyone was afraid to speak!

Wang Yuanxiang had experienced Bei Tangjin's eloquence, so the result was not surprising, but He Lian was extremely shocked. She didn't expect Bei Tangjin to be so adaptable, and in a blink of an eye, everyone shut up.It's just that His Royal Highness King Ming's picture scroll is for her birthday, but it is better to say that she is the leader who pushed Bei Tangjin into the fire pit. Just now she asked Bei Tangjin to toast the wives and ladies, and everyone praised her endlessly, but in a blink of an eye Time has changed.

Thinking of this, Helian couldn't help sighing. Everyone said that she was as mean as a poisonous snake, but the greed in the world is like a poisonous arrow, piercing people's hearts!

However, even though this picture scroll has brought a lot of trouble to the Beitang family, it is after all King Ming's wish, and she had to accept it, so she said: "Today's incident was a coincidence, I thank His Highness King Ming for his kindness, Yunzhu You don't have to blame yourself, girl."

Upon hearing this, Yunzhu ordered the maidservants to hand over the scroll to Helian's personal maidservant, and then left too.

At this moment, Bei Tang Xun didn't know what happened to the female guest. He heard that King Ming was coming to celebrate his birthday, so he went to greet him in person, but before he reached the door, he saw King Ming and the Duke of Qi approaching.

He hastened to salute King Ming, feeling extremely happy in his heart, even King Ming came to celebrate his birthday, what a great honor it is!

Feng Xichen smiled elegantly and said, "Master Shangshu, you don't need to be too polite."

Bei Tang Xun also straightened his body, and led Ming Wang into the hall. At this time, there were the eldest prince Fengying, the fourth prince Fengyan, the fifth prince Fengzhen, the seventh prince Fenghuan, the ninth prince Fengchen and other princes on the male guest seats. The family of princes and marquises is Song Guogong, Cheng Guogong, Wei Guogong, Xuanninghou, Linjianghou, etc., and the ministers in the court include the Minister of Officials, the Minister of Industry, the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Punishment, the Minister of Household, and the Minister of Zheng. , left and right supervisory censors, bachelors of the Imperial Academy, etc., it was really lively.

When everyone saw a handsome and elegant purple-clothed man coming in, they knew that this man was King Ming, and they all saluted, Feng Xitang just smiled and said: "Today is the birthday of Old Madam Helian, you don't need to be too polite."

Bei Tang Xun had already heard that King Ming had sent someone to deliver the gift to the old lady, so he was extremely happy.At this time, the eldest prince Feng Ying was sitting at the head of the guests. When he saw King Ming coming, he said to Bei Tang Xun, "Put the table on top of me!"

Bei Tang Xun was extremely embarrassed at this time, he didn't expect that King Ming would come, so he immediately ordered someone to place a seat above the eldest prince Feng Ying.

The arrival of King Ming made all the ministers stiff, and even the princes were not as happy as before.

Feng Yan also didn't expect Feng Xitang to come to celebrate Helian's birthday, and couldn't help but feel very strange, did Feng Xitang come to Beitang Mansion just to celebrate his birthday?Or join in the fun?Could it be because of Bei Tangjin!

King Ming has always liked women who are both talented and beautiful, and Bei Tangjin is exactly such a woman, but his father has already planned to betroth Bei Tangjin to Fengying, so King Ming probably doesn't know about it?Could it be that they were brought together?

Not only Feng Yan, but the fifth prince Feng Zhen, the seventh prince Feng Huan, and the ninth prince Feng Chen also guessed in their hearts the reason why King Ming came to celebrate his birthday, but everyone had different ideas. Feng Zhen and Feng Huan felt that King Ming wanted to win the throne Therefore, he wanted to win over Bei Tang Xun, but Feng Chen felt that Feng Xizhen seemed to be really bored, so he wanted to come to this birthday banquet, and the person who did it was not the birthday star, but Bei Tang Jin.

This woman looks extremely beautiful, but how could King Ming know that her heart is more fierce than a hungry wolf?

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