atypical prostitute

Chapter 213 Confronting the Queen Mother
Because it is still in the period of national mourning, in the hall full of black and white, both the host and the guest are dressed in sad white, the hair accessories are monotonous, the white porcelain is cold and beautiful, and the bronze jue is filled with clear water.

The singing and dancing are also a little too deserted to be seen.

A pair of beautiful twins covered in gold and silver are performing a monotonous sword dance on the lotus platform, because it is a sacrificial duel dance from the Western Regions. The dancing and whirling of the girls is not so much a dance as it is closer to a fight.

Every movement has vicious elegance and delicacy, and the golden ornaments jingle in the fight, making Li Ci, who knows the origin of this dance, frowned.

"--Too cruel."

She protested in a low voice, but didn't mean to stop.

This banquet was a Hongmen banquet, the Empress Dowager Pei, who wore a big white flower on her hairpin, sat at the head, and there was a figure swaying behind the plain white curtain.

If she accidentally uttered arrogant and rude words, a sharp sword might stab out from behind the curtain, teaching her to bleed on the spot!

The queen mother...can't wait to kill their husband and wife.

Feeling his wife's fear, Ye Chuan secretly reached out and grabbed her hand.

The strong warmth from her fingertips melted her tense body and mind a little, and she was about to give him a gentle smile when something happened to the dancer on the lotus stage!

When the girl wearing a lily crown flashed sideways, she was distracted, so her movements stalled a little. This negligence made the long blade in the hand of the opponent's sister unable to hold back for a while, and cut the girl's knee!The fact that the blood was suddenly seen made the younger sister panic and froze on the spot. Thanks to her strength, the older sister endured the pain and finished the finishing moves, blood stained half of her body.

"The servant girl is guilty of defiled the lotus platform."

She was enduring the pain, kneeling down to beg the understanding of the Queen Mother and distinguished guests.The younger sister beside her was trembling like chaff, as if she had lost her backbone.However, what Ye Chuan paid attention to was not the negligence of the dancers. With the action of bending his knees, Ye Chuan, who was known as a sharp archer in the army, could clearly see the girl's wound: the skin was cracked, exposing the white bones.

Even in the army, they would not perform dances with such sharp weapons!
On the other hand, Li Ci, after a short shock, ordered the female officer to lower her body to add water, and said to the Empress Dowager Pei: "It is very unlucky to see blood at the banquet. But God has the virtue of good life, not to mention that your Majesty is newly enthroned, and it is not appropriate to commit murder. Will They will be beaten and expelled from the palace, and they will fend for themselves."

These two dancers are tributes from a small country in the Western Regions. Because of their vigorous and powerful dance, they were often rewarded by the queen in the past, and they also have a few encounters with Lici.This time they were asked to perform songs and dances with bladed weapons, and they had the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to provoke trouble.The servant girl knew the seriousness and hurt herself.But Fu Lici's attitude was beyond Pei Linger's expectation.

She thought that Li Ci would beg for mercy for them, but she never thought that the words of heavy punishment would begin with this!

Pei Ling'er had never liked Fu Lici, so she naturally sang against her in everything. Lici asked for severe punishment without thinking, so she immediately touched the rosary with fake compassion, and said: "Madam Shaohou even if you mean that... that's all, that's all. Let them go down."

"Thanks--"

"Your Majesty, this statement is wrong."

Li Ci mercilessly interrupted the dancer's gratitude. She stood up holding a cup, and said to the queen mother: "The state has state laws, and the family has family rules. If you make a mistake, you will be punished. The queen mother is kind and can't bear physical punishment, but as a trickster People, when they sing and dance, they have other distractions, but they committed a big taboo. What's more, this trickster's knee is injured, even if he recovers, he can no longer perform sword dance. He should be kicked out of the palace to make an example to others!"

"This……"

Pei Ling'er has also seen that the prostitute's knee is injured, and the dancer's knee is injured, which is equivalent to the singing girl's voice being hoarse.If it was as usual, just the fact that she dared to miss the dance and defile the lotus platform while singing and dancing would be enough for her to beat the two sluts to death, but Fu Lici proposed severe punishment in front of her, but she wanted to forgive them. .

Sui said: "According to Madam Shaohou's words, I will not be held accountable. After the injury is recovered, I will be dismissed from the palace. As for the money for dismissal, it will be deducted from the monthly regulations of the palace."

"Thank you Queen Mother for your kindness!"

The two tricksters also had winks, knowing that the Empress Dowager was full of hostility and wanted to deal with it severely, but it was all because of the interference of Mrs. Shaohou that she treated her so leniently.But even though he was grateful in his heart, he had to thank the Empress Dowager on the face.After all, the queen mother is the woman who dominates their life and death.

When leaving the arena, the elder sister who was struggling to walk with the help of her younger sister glared at Mrs. Shaohou full of "hate", and the young woman with a silvery moonlight brocade robe and a majestic temperament also felt her gaze, and the corners of her mouth curled up. A disdainful smile.

……

This is just a simple aggressive method, but it's a pity that Pei Ling'er's heart is blinded by narrow hatred, and she can't see the wider sky.

Li Ci thought quietly, at this moment, a new song and dance has begun.

The dancer this time is a dancer from Tianzhu. Her appearance is a bit rough, but her body is extremely soft. There are patterns of Tianzhu painted on her hands. When she dances lightly, she makes more than a hundred gestures of her hands, like the flowing water of the rebirth of a demon. Even the palace people who were supposed to be fully on guard also secretly chased the swaying figure on the lotus platform like a demon.

But Li Ci was not confused, her heart was full of worries about the future, she noticed that the dancer's dancing posture was soft and crazy, but her black eyes were unparalleled.

Like a flame that has already been extinguished, or like a black lake under the moonlight...

Could this woman be related to Jun Fengxi?

Startled by this sudden thought, Li Ci raised her head and watched the song and dance with all her energy.

At this time, the dance was coming to an end. It was unknown whether it was blood or liquid liquid crawling along her pale arms. The dancer from Tianzhu closed her eyes intoxicated, and completed the luxurious and enchanting dance with a wild posture.

After the last movement, the air stagnated for a short time. The dazed Queen Mother even pulled a golden bracelet from her wrist to reward the dancer girl.

The dancer smiled and thanked En and stepped back, but Li Ci said, "Wait a minute!"

Seeing this, Pei Ling'er was upset again, and said, "What's the matter, madam?"

"The dance is exquisite, but it should not be rewarded. After all, it is a national funeral. Such behavior is disrespectful to the late emperor."

Li Ci pretended to be incomprehensible and said that he was deliberately trying to embarrass the Empress Dowager Pei.

Due to morality, Pei Ling'er held back her anger and said: "Mrs. Shaohou abides by the rules of the ancestors, but this Palace is negligent. But the things have already been rewarded, how can there be any reason to take them back?"

Said to stop the maid and lead the dancers to retreat, even the drummers also repelled.

There was an awkward atmosphere in the hall.

The Empress Dowager Pei didn't say a word, she stared blankly at the caisson, and finally squeezed out a crystal teardrop as she wished.

Standing up, she moved lightly with lotus steps, walked down the jade steps, and walked slowly in front of Ye Chuan and his wife. With a plop, the queen mother fell to her knees.

"This... is absolutely impossible!"

Ye Chuan and Li Ci, who were still thinking about what Pei Linger wanted to do, were so startled by the sudden change that they quickly knelt down, but they heard Pei Linger softly say: "Banquets during national funerals are a taboo thing, but the young Emperor , Wei Wang is in power, I am a woman who is ignorant of political affairs, how can I have any opinions. I have to invite the two into the palace in the name of a banquet to discuss the world's plans. Just now, the Zhu Dancer was presented by Wei Wangfu. I look up to others, but I dare not even offend a trickster!"

As he spoke, he burst into tears.

"The Queen Mother is wronged."

Li Ci was sobbing, the moment Pei Linger knelt down, she had already heard the crisp sound of a long sword unsheathed behind the curtain, if there was a little rudeness at this moment, the killer who was ambushing behind the curtain would definitely charge Come out and kill their husband and wife!
And if I guessed right, most of the elders of the court were sitting behind the tent, and Pei Ling'er had a scheming plan, unexpectedly thinking of such a high-sounding scheme as forcing them to say something wrong in full view.

"As long as you can keep the land left by the late emperor, it's nothing to suffer some grievances!"

After all, it was another sigh.

But Ye Chuan didn't give in, and wiped away his tears and said, "I only hate that I'm incompetent and can't share your majesty's worries!"

Pei Ling'er was astonished when she heard the words: "When the late Emperor was alive, he had great faith in the Shaohou, and at the end of his life, he entrusted him with power and appointed Great General Sima, why did the Shaohou say such self-deprecating words?"

A trace of sarcasm flashed in Ye Chuan's eyes, but his face was doubly humble, and he said, "The late emperor loved you so much, and I would like to die after death. However, my qualifications are shallow, and I am afraid that I will not be able to take on the important task of the great general and Sima. If If you insist on taking office, you will be a mediocre person, and it will be harmful to the country."

"What Shaohou means—"

"The first emperor loved me deeply, and my ministers remembered the five nephews, but I really dare not accept the position of Great General Sima."

"Young Marquis... are you really going to embarrass me! King Wei...he..."

Pei Ling'er wiped her tears half-truthfully, raising her head from time to time to look at the curtain that was about to move.

"When the first emperor was there, he had a splitting headache because the princes' tails could not fall off, so he entrusted the young emperor to the king of Wei and the young prince at the end of his life. Although the king of Wei was loyal, he had no great talent and his reputation was not good. If the young prince insisted on If he is not willing to take office due to lack of virtue, then the prestige of King Wei is not enough to support the world!"

Pei Ling'er tried to force them to say outrageous words by means of bitterness.But these little calculations of hers did not escape Lici's expectations.

She walked up to the Empress Dowager on her knees, linked her arms, and said in her mouth: "It was my negligence, and I kept forgetting to help the Empress Dowager up. It is really a capital crime!"

When reprimanding, she turned sideways to the curtain, obviously referring to Sang Huai.It's just that she looked calm, as if she didn't know that there was an ambush behind the curtain, which made Pei Ling'er, who was already suspicious, dissatisfied with the people sitting behind the curtain: Although they might not be able to see it through a layer of curtain, But when they heard the Empress Dowager kneel down, they dared to continue to sit upright!

After smelling the haze in Pei Linger's breath, Li Ci redoubled his humility and persuasion. Under Li Ci's humble service, Pei Linger, who was provoked, sat back on the head half proudly and half dissatisfied, and said with tears: "If you don't have your husband and wife to control the court, what will we orphans and widows do!"

"The Son of Heaven has God's protection, so why should the Empress Dowager worry about it? The King of Wei must have had a reason for the late Emperor to entrust him with the important task of assisting the government. The Empress Dowager does not believe in the King of Wei, but she must also trust the late Emperor. There is really no need to worry about the slander of those villains. Heart."

"The first emperor also appointed Shaohou as the Great General Sima, why did Shaohou ask to push him away? Did he not trust the late emperor's arrangement, or—"

After finally catching Pei Ling'er, who was speechless, she hurriedly launched an attack.

It's a pity that Ye Chuan was already prepared. Hearing the words, he immediately bowed and said, "I dare not disappoint the late emperor's love. It's just that I know I'm cowardly, but I want to be lazy."

"Are you lazy? Young Marquis is really humble. The Ye family in Yinzhou is full of talents. Just talk about Ye Jungong, Wen Neng, An Bang, Wu Neng, and three thousand white robes conquered half of the country. If he hadn't died young, Emperor Xuan would have entrusted him with the world's plan. As for Empress Ye, she is the most extraordinary woman in all ages. When the late emperor was around, when referring to Empress Ye, he often lamented that she was born as a daughter with such a talent. How could a young marquis have such a sister, how could she not be able to hold the position of Great General Sima ?”

The corners of Pei Ling'er's eyes narrowed slightly, and she slid past with cruel intent.

"Because I don't want to be Huo Guang."

This time, Ye Chuan was outspoken.

(End of this chapter)