The world's ambitions are unparalleled

Chapter 25
Seventh day of March, Longevity Festival.

On this day, Jinse had no choice but to follow Su Li into the palace. Hearing that almost all the female relatives were talking with the Queen Mother in the Queen Mother's palace, she also brought Lu He there.

As soon as he entered the Shoukang Palace, he could indeed hear laughter and laughter inside. After entering the main hall, he saw the concubines of the various palaces, all the imperial wives, and Rong Yue was among them.

Jinse went up to invite Ann, and sat next to Rongyue.

Rong Yue smiled at her: "A few days ago, I heard that Princess Ning has been unwell, so I thought I won't be able to see you today."

Jinse laughed and said, "I'm already cured. On such a big day as Longevity Day, how can I not come to celebrate the emperor's birthday?"

When the first queen mother heard them talking, she sneered slightly: "The Ai family also heard that you were unwell a few days ago, and thought it was finally happy, but I didn't want to, but it was still nothing."

Hearing this, Jinse didn't feel anything, she was still very comfortable on the face and heart, but Rong Yue lowered her head slightly in embarrassment, and stopped talking.

The Empress Dowager probably never expected that this remark would affect Rongyue, and a trace of unbearableness flashed in her eyes, and she said to Jinse: "They were all talking about what birthday gifts they prepared for the emperor, and what you have prepared, come and listen .”

"The concubine has prepared a picture." Jinse replied with a smile.

"Oh?" Concubine Zhuang next to her immediately asked, "Which master did it come from?"

But Jinse only said: "When I present it to the emperor, Concubine Zhuang will naturally know about it."

Someone next to him sneered, and Jinse didn't bother to see who it was, so she lowered her head and drank tea by herself.

It wasn't until the night banquet started that the excitement of the day finally reached its peak.

In the huge banquet hall, headed by the emperor's seat, there are several rows extending down one by one, filled with concubines, officials of the third rank and above, and their respective family members.Jin Se sat in the third seat with Su Li and Li Hui, the concubine of the palace, and the second seat was Su Mo and Rong Yue who sat opposite.

At this moment, Su Mo is taking Rong Yue to stand up to celebrate the emperor's birthday, and present a birthday gift - a picture of swallowing mountains and rivers embroidered by Rong Yue himself. Such a huge project and exquisite embroidery work cannot be completed in a short period of time , the emperor was satisfied, and the queen mother was full of praise.

When it was Prince Ning's turn, Jinse and Lihui stood up with Su Li and said a few auspicious words, and then the servant presented Jinse's birthday gift.

The emperor heard that the birthday gift was prepared by Jinse, but he was very interested: "Open it and let everyone see, which famous artist it is from."

The servant pulled away the gift rope and slowly presented the scroll in front of everyone.

In an instant, the huge banquet hall was completely quiet, and after a while, there were gradually small voices of discussion.

On the scroll, there are densely written words, without any structure at all. When you look closely, they are all very simple words, just like "one", "shang", "heaven" and so on. The words are not formed, it is clearly a child's joke!

All eyes in the hall were focused on Jinse, but the emperor looked gentle: "Princess Ning, how do you explain this word?"

"The concubine can't understand." Jinse said in a playful voice, "It's just that the concubine passed the South Bridge one day, and saw a little beggar under the south bridge, holding a brush to write this word. The concubine's mouth is stupid, and her heart is also stupid. I can’t tell you the principles of family, country, world, official career and politics, but I always feel that it’s great to dedicate this painting to the emperor, so I asked the little beggar to buy it and present it to the emperor.”

The whole room fell into silence again, Su Li looked at Jinse with a gloomy expression, his brows that hadn't condensed for a long time frowned again.

On the opposite side, although Su Mo's gaze was calm, there was a distinct flash of strangeness in his eyes.

Although the emperor's face was still calm, the empress dowager's face suddenly turned ugly.

Finally someone from the audience laughed and commented in a low voice: "This man is so stupid, he learns from other people's tricky advice, but he can't explain why."

"To send such a birthday gift on a day like Wanshou Festival, isn't it a clear embarrassment to the emperor?"

"I'm afraid that some people have watched too many dramas and want to show off with strange things, but they don't want to know if they are the material. I'm afraid it's self-defeating."

These voices, Jinse could hear one or two words from time to time, but she pretended not to hear them, and she still looked at the emperor with a sly smile, as if she was still waiting for a reward.

In the palace, a minister finally couldn't hold back and stood up: "Princess Ning, under the current emperor's rule, the whole country is peaceful, the people are stable, and the people praise the emperor very much. In the past dynasties, even if the country is rich and the people are strong, how can you be a beggar?" None? Now Concubine Ning is holding up this picture of a little beggar to celebrate the emperor’s birthday, and she says she doesn’t know how to understand it, so let the minister explain it for Concubine Ning. What the concubine means is to say that the emperor is not sympathetic to the people’s feelings , or do you want to say that the emperor governs the country without righteousness?"

As soon as this remark came out, the room was in an uproar.Song Jingtao's expression was tense, Su Li's expression was even more gloomy, and Su Mo drank a glass of wine lightly, keeping his expression calm.

The smile on Jinse's face disappeared instantly, she frowned slightly, and looked at the emperor with aggrieved eyes.

Seeing Jinse's appearance, the emperor laughed, "Wen Qing, don't scare Princess Ning."

Lord Wen who spoke earlier cupped his hands and said: "I just want to seek justice from Princess Ning on behalf of the emperor, the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, and the common people of the world!"

Jinse's face turned pale, speechless.

At the second table, Su Mo drank another glass of wine, stood up suddenly, walked forward with a flick of his sleeves, and lazily said: "What is such a great masterpiece, let me have a look."

How could the audience think that he would be the first to stand up, and in addition to all the ambiguities about him and Jinse secretly circulated in the former palace, in an instant, the eyes of all the people in the hall became erratic and flickering.

"My lord, look at it!" On the third seat, Lihui tugged Su Li's sleeve lightly, pouted to signal him to look at Jinse and Su Mo.Su Li flicked her hand away, his face was sullen, and he didn't lift his eyelids.

The servant holding the scroll held the calligraphy in front of Su Mo.

Su Mo looked at it lightly, then smiled and arched his hands: "My brother, congratulations to the emperor. Under the emperor's rule, even a little beggar has such a willingness to learn. If the country is not rich and the people are strong, and the world is in peace and prosperity, how can it be?" Can such a situation happen?" He turned his eyes to Jinse: "I don't know if this is the intention of Princess Ning to present this work?"

Jinse glanced at him in a daze, with a misty expression, and nodded obediently: "Yes, that's right."

"Brother Emperor, in my opinion, this work is unparalleled in the world and should be a priceless treasure." Su Mo rearranged the scrolls again, and let the servant take the first place again.

The emperor was still smiling, and nodded slightly when he heard the words: "Well said, this work, I will treasure it. Come, let Princess Ning make a pot of gold, jade and honey."

The Jinyu Honey Brewing is the royal wine that Jinli Kingdom pays tribute to, and there are only a few jars every year, so it is extremely precious.Min Yu, the chief servant, looked at Jinse hurriedly: "Princess Ning, why don't you thank the emperor?"

Jinse seemed to have just come back to her senses, and hurriedly lowered her body: "My concubine, I thank the emperor."

"You, thank you Mo. If he didn't know what you're thinking, the meaning of this work must be unclear." The emperor shook his head and chuckled, and glanced at Su Mo.

Jinse's expression was a little stiff, and she finally turned to Su Mo, lowered her eyes and lowered her eyebrows: "Thank you, King Qin."

Su Mo only slightly hooked the corner of his lips, turned and returned to his seat.

Only then did Jinse return to her seat, and heaved a sigh of relief.

In the first seat, the Empress Dowager looked at Jinse with an unprecedented expression on her face.

"You did it on purpose." Su Li, who had been drinking heavily, suddenly turned his head to look at Jinse, "What do you want to do to make a fool of yourself in front of so many people?"

Jin Se looked at him with wide eyes: "Why did the prince say that?"

"Song Jinse!" Seeing that she was putting on airs again, Su Li couldn't help becoming annoyed, "What exactly do you want?"

Jinse seemed to be shocked for a moment before she stood up and said loudly, "What do I think, but I didn't ask you what you think!"

In an instant, the whole hall was quiet again, and everyone's eyes were once again focused on Jinse, with shock, contempt, and helplessness.

Su Li also looked at her, three parts shocked, seven parts angry, but at the end, he just gritted his teeth and sneered: "Song Jinse, hello, you are excellent!"

He laughed back in anger, Jinse's heart ached, and after a slight start, her eyes were red with half-truth.

"What's going on?" The Queen Mother's voice was slightly cold. "During the Longevity Festival banquet, I didn't understand half of the rules and etiquette? What's the proper way to yell?"

Jinse lowered her eyes in grievance, stood in the same place for a long time, suddenly came to the center of the hall again, knelt down, looked at the emperor, and said, "Please the emperor to be the master for my concubine."

The emperor frowned slightly: "What do you want me to do for you?"

After hesitating for a moment, Jinse finally raised her arms, closed her eyes, and pulled away her cuffs.

A section of crystal white lotus root arm suddenly appeared, and the people behind couldn't see what was going on, but the people in the front seats could see it very clearly - on that white arm, there was clearly a bright red gecko. sand!
Although the emperor's face was as usual, there was a flash of surprise in his eyes; the empress dowager's face suddenly changed, she was angry and angry, and her breath was extremely unstable; all the concubines in the palace covered their mouths in surprise, and Li Hui, who was sitting next to Su Li, was even more surprised. I couldn't help but scream out loud!

The majority of people in the palace who didn't know what happened, started to get a little restless, and they all whispered to each other, whispering what was going on.

Su Mo stared at the shougong sand, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, but it disappeared in an instant. When he turned to look at Jinse's face, his eyes were hard to distinguish.

Su Li kept his eyes down, quietly looking at the wine glasses on the table, no matter how uproar in the hall, he seemed to be unable to hear, not even the shriek of Lihui's screams in his ears, did not affect him at all.

Jinse took a deep breath, and finally said: "The concubine has been married to King Ning for more than half a year, and she is still innocent, please the emperor to make decisions for the concubine!"

There was a moment of silence in the hall, and the people who didn't know what was going on were all shocked, their eyes flicked between Su Li Jinse, it was really exciting and full of thoughts.

The emperor frowned and glanced at Su Li, only to see that he was silent, thought for a moment, and said to Jinse: "How do you want me to make decisions for you?"

"The concubine wants to make peace with King Ning, please grant the emperor's permission!" Jin Se's voice was clear, and she kowtowed slowly.

The whole hall was in an uproar again!

Harmony and separation means that the husband and wife are not in harmony with each other, and both parties agree to a peaceful divorce. The folks have heard of several cases, but in the royal court, it is unheard of!

The Empress Dowager was almost dizzy with anger, and she fell backwards precariously. The nearby Concubine Zhuang hurriedly supported her, and said in a low voice: "Empress Dowager, do you feel unwell?"

As soon as this remark came out, there was another chaos in the front seats, Su Li and Su Mo stood up at the same time, and went to the chief to check on the situation of the Queen Mother.

"Mother's queen!" Su Li stretched out his hand and shook the queen's hand, "I send my mother back to the palace."

"No!" The queen mother seemed to have regained some strength, pulled out her hand, pointed at Jinse tremblingly, and said angrily in a trembling voice, "Li'er, divorce her! Such a shameless and disregarded etiquette person is not worthy of being my royal family." Daughter-in-law!"

"Queen Dowager!" Hou An Ding hurriedly stood up, came to the front of the hall, and knelt down beside Jinse: "Go back to the emperor, go back to the queen mother, the little girl had an accident a few days ago, and her spirit has not been good for many days. Today, she is talking nonsense in the hall. The language is really caused by illness, please forgive the empress dowager! Please forgive the prince!"

"Songhou!" The queen mother was really angry, and called out in a cold voice, "You don't know how to discipline your daughter, and the Ai family doesn't care about you, but it's really embarrassing for your daughter to do such a thing and say such a thing now!"

After finishing speaking, the queen mother turned to Su Li again, and said in a hurry: "Just such a woman, you were going to marry desperately back then, but Aijia refused to listen to you, but now you are satisfied? She is not virtuous and virtuous, but now she is clearly She deliberately framed you and made you lose all face in front of the civil and military officials of the court, so what are you waiting for if you don't want her?"

"Queen Mother calm down." Su Mo persuaded in a deep voice, "Let the ministers disperse first, and Queen Mother go back to the palace first, and we will discuss it later!"

"In such a situation, what else is there to discuss?" The queen mother looked at the emperor, "Emperor, you immediately issue an order to expel this girl from the royal family!"

"No need." Su Li, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke.He stood up slowly, looked at Jinse who was still kneeling in the center of the hall, kowtowed on the ground, his voice was as condensed as a winter ice cellar, "Come here, paper and pen will serve you."

Soon someone presented a pen and ink, and Su Li swiped it right away. Afterwards, he threw the written letter of releasing his wife on the ground, word by word: "As evidenced by the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, this king reconciled with Song Jinse today, and since then From now on, they will marry each other and have nothing to do with each other."

Jinse couldn't see his expression, but only heard his voice, so she knew that she really hurt him.

She was sad in her heart, but she didn't show it, she just raised her head slowly, stepped forward to pick up the letter to release her wife, and still lowered her head, "Thank you, my lord."

Why don't you even look up at him?The corner of Su Li's mouth twitched into a sneer: "Why do you need to say thank you? I only hope that Miss Song will find a good husband in the future, and I will not be in vain for what I have done today - disgraceful."

Jinse finally raised her head, but her eyes only touched a sneer on his lips, and he turned away.Jinse was stunned, and then she met Su Mo's fixed gaze, her eyes flashed, she hurriedly avoided, and lowered her head, "Thank you, Queen Mother, thank you, Your Majesty."

After speaking, he got up and left the hall in a hurry.

There was a farce on the Longevity Festival, and the curtain finally came to an end.

boom!
Jinse stepped back a few steps in Song Henghu's arms, and looked at the broken vase under her feet in shock, her face turned pale in an instant.

Worry was clearly written in Song Heng's eyes, he glanced at her, then turned to look at the angry Song Jingtao.

"Get out!" Seeing Song Heng protecting Jinse, Song Jingtao's expression softened slightly, but he was still burning with anger, "From now on, I will not have your daughter!"

"Father..." Jinse murmured, and wanted to say something, but Song Heng stopped him.She looked at Song Heng, who shook his head at her.

Tears welled up in Jinse's eyes, she looked at Song Jingtao again and again, and finally turned around and walked out.

Song Jingtao's cold voice suddenly came from behind again: "From now on, if you dare to set foot in my Andinghou's mansion again, I will break your legs without mercy!"

Jinse's body froze, but then she held back her tears and rushed out the door.

This was the result she expected early on, so there was nothing to regret.

After leaving the Hou's mansion and walking up the main street of the capital, there are bright lights in his eyes, but he couldn't see a single one clearly.

Jinse walked in a daze for a long time until late at night. There were no pedestrians and vendors on the street, and all the shops were closed. She finally seemed to come back to her senses. Looking back inadvertently, she found that Song Heng had been Follow her!

Seeing that Jinse finally stopped and turned around, Song Heng stepped forward—is he better?

Jin Se looked at him: "From now on, I will be homeless, what can I do?"

Song Heng lowered his gaze and looked at her lightly.

"I know, I know you reminded me in the morning." Jin Se suddenly patted him on the shoulder carelessly, "When did your Mr. Song Da's prophecy fail?"

Song Heng shook his head helplessly, and suddenly pulled Jinse forward.

"Where are you going?" Jinse was stunned.

Before going far, Song Heng led her into an alley and stopped in front of a small courtyard.When Jinse saw him take out the key from his sleeve and open the courtyard door, she suddenly realized that this was the residence he had prepared for herself.

"Mr. Song, you are really thoughtful." Jinse followed him in and smiled at him flatteringly.

After entering the main room and lighting the candles, Jinse took a look around and found that although the place is small, it is clean and tidy, and it is really a good place to live.

Jinse was immediately overjoyed: "I knew it a long time ago. With you, what else do I have to worry about?"

Song Heng's expression was not very good all the time, seeing her at this moment, he rarely lowered his face, and pulled her to sit down - why, must we leave?

Jinse stared at him blankly for a moment, and finally said: "You don't know, Su Li is very ambitious, I don't want to, and I can't stay by his side anymore."

That's all?Song Heng didn't seem to believe this reason very much.

"Otherwise, what else is there?" Jinse paused for a moment, but suddenly remembered something, looked at Song Heng, "Who are you...?"

Song Heng was slightly startled, and frowned at her.

"Your name is not Song Heng, and you are not a Qilin." Jinse frowned and said, "Then who are you?"

Song Heng was silent for a moment, then suddenly took Jinse's hand, and steadily wrote the word "Song Heng" on her palm.

Jinse squeezed her palm, looked and looked, thought and thought, rolled her eyes, and finally said with a smile: "Okay, I believe it, you are Song Heng!"

Song Heng stroked her head and said again - rest earlier.

It was already late, Jinse was lying on a strange bed, but she couldn't fall asleep, thinking about some things over and over in her mind, and when she came back to her senses, it was already dawn.

She was dazed on the bed for a while, but suddenly remembered something and got up abruptly to change her clothes.

Following the memory of the last time Su Li took her there, she searched all the way for the place where the old man she met last time lived, but her memory was really not very good, and she searched for a long time like a headless chicken until noon , before finally knocking on the old man's door.

A maid came to open the door, and let Jinse in without asking any further questions. Jinse went straight to the elegant room last time, but she didn't see the old man. She hurriedly asked a maid to inquire, and only then did she know that the old man was at the stable.

The yard wasn't that big, but I didn't expect there to be stables behind it.

When Jinse saw the old man standing in front of the manger feeding a snow-white horse from a distance, she was a little shocked. When she got closer, she was even more surprised—this horse was clearly of the same race as Mingyue. A peerless and rare horse!

"You're here." The old man was not surprised when he saw her coming, he just smiled, "What a heartless girl, she said she would visit me often, but it's the first time after so long."

Jin Se didn't have the heart to answer him, and walked up to the horse and turned around: "Is this your horse?"

"No." The old man shrugged indifferently, "Su Li found it back a few days ago. His name is Xueji. It is said that it is a gift for someone. Let me, the old man, feed him first. But now, no I know whether he will send it or not."

Jinse stayed where she was, dumbfounded.

Is this... what Su Li wants to give her?
The uneasiness in her heart hit her again like a mountain and a sea, almost drowning her.

What should I do?He was so kind to her, but she ruined his kindness with her own hands, and even pushed his future into an unknown.

Jinse only felt guilty, hugged the horse, rested her forehead on the horse's neck, and remained silent.

"Regret?" The old man suddenly leaned in front of her with a teasing tone.

"Has he... been to your place?" Jinse took a deep breath and finally asked.

"I came here in the middle of the night last night, and the smell of alcohol is overwhelming." The old man reached out and slapped his nose, as if he could still smell the smell of alcohol, "I got up in the morning and practiced swords in the yard for a while. I chopped it up in a mess, it really kills me!"

"Then what?" Jinse asked anxiously.

"Then? I went to court as if nothing happened." After the old man answered, he turned and walked into the house.

Jinse stayed there for a long time, looked back at Xueji, and then walked into the house with heavy steps.

(End of this chapter)