The King's Concubine_The Feast of Masks【Complete】(33)

Yao Niang was embarrassed and couldn't answer. Fortunately, Yuyan didn't say anything else. She just asked Lu'e to go to the kitchen to get a freshly boiled egg and give it to Yao Niang to remove the black spots.

When people from Chaohui Hall came, Yao Niang was raising her face and rolling eggs under her eyes. When she heard that someone from Chaohui Hall was coming, she was immediately stunned. When she reacted, she was in pain from being burned, and her eyes were red.

The balls rolled to the ground, and she was so flustered that she almost smashed the mirror on the stage.

As soon as she stood up, Lu'e came in beaming with joy and said, "Nanny Su, His Highness has given you a reward."

ah!

Yao Niang was stunned.

"Why don't you go out and thank me? His Highness said you served the little princess well..." Lu'e said as she pulled Yao Niang out. Yuyan, Yucui and others also looked at her with smiles.

When they arrived in the courtyard, a young eunuch wearing a crew-neck shirt stood there, followed by several young eunuchs holding trays in their hands.

The entire Prince Jin's Mansion, including the eunuchs serving around Prince Jin, were all brought out from the palace back then.

Yao Niang also knew this person. He was Fucheng's son Xiao Shunzi, who was also a famous person in the Jin Palace.

Yao Niang knelt down to thank her, and Xiao Shunzi didn't stay long, so she took the people away.

After the people left, people in the small courtyard gathered around to congratulate Yao Niang, saying that she didn't need any money and said one after another.

If we talk about who is the most generous in the entire Jin Palace, it is undoubtedly Jin Prince. Anyone who can win a reward from the King of Jin will never fail to make people jaw-dropping. Especially since this was the first time that King Jin had rewarded someone, it made people jealous. Even the people in the hotel heard the news and came over.

The tray was covered with red cloth. Someone wanted to lift it up to take a look, but was driven away by the aggressive green waist. There were also people who, taking advantage of their familiarity with Yao Niang, begged for wine and food with coveted faces, and there was a lot of noise in the courtyard.

Seeing the commotion like this, Yurong said: "Okay, okay, let's all disperse. I'll let Nurse Su treat everyone to some fruit and wine some other time."

It is not the first day that Yao Niang has entered the palace, so she naturally understands the rules of the palace. Generally, if a servant receives a reward from a superior, he or she will buy some and share it with everyone, which can be regarded as a feeling of joy. Naturally, she nodded in agreement with Yu Rong's words and said that she would treat everyone to fruits and wine some other time, and then everyone dispersed.

Cuizhu has been standing in the crowd. Her face is thin and her face is haggard. She looks at Yao Niang who is surrounded by people, feeling both hate and jealousy. She squeezed her scarred hands, gritted her teeth and left.

Helping Yao Niang carry things back to the house, Lu'e and others left, leaving Yao Niang alone.

She stood in front of the table and hesitated for a moment before lifting the red silk on the tray.

As expected, the King of Jin rewarded people in his usual heroic and generous manner, with a red gold silk bracelet, a pair of red gold heart-drop earrings, and a red gold hairpin.

Bright and shiny, it feels heavy in the hand.

Compared with the gilt hairpin and jade bracelet that Concubine Hu had given to Yao Niang before, King Jin's generosity was indeed extraordinary.

To be honest, Yao Niang has received this kind of reward many times, and she has already become accustomed to it, but this time it made her suddenly realize.

She was not wrong about her bet.

King Jin is indeed a gentleman.

So after she said those words, he couldn't do anything that would be difficult for a strong person, and he didn't even express his anger, because Ding is Dingmao and Dingmao, and they can't be mixed together. It was because she understood King Jin's character that Yao Niang had the courage to say those words yesterday.

But just because she understood this, Yao Niang felt even more sour in her heart.

In addition to these pieces of jewelry, there were clothes in the other two trays. However, Yao Niang didn't take a closer look and pushed them to the bottom of the box. She had no chance to wear them.

In the inner study of Chaohui Hall, the King of Jin is sitting behind the desk, with several people sitting on armchairs on the left and right sides below.

This study room is where King Jin handles some private matters that are not easy to put on the table. Being able to enter this place is enough to prove that these people in front of him are all the confidants of King Jin.

They are all aides or disciples of Prince Jin's palace. They have different names, but without exception, they are all members of Prince Jin's family.

Yes, it's not the Jin Palace, but the Jin Prince.

Although this Prince Jin's Mansion is the residence of the Prince of Jin, after all, it can't be regarded as a piece of iron barrel mixed with dragons and snakes. There is also a Chief Secretary in the Prince's Mansion. This Chief Secretary was established by the imperial court as a means for the imperial court to monitor local vassals. In particular, this place in Jinzhou is different from other places. It is close to the border fortress. The King of Jin holds hundreds of thousands of troops. Without careful inspection, you can know that many nails from the imperial court and everywhere are placed here.

Because the King of Jin treated other vassal kings in the same way, the division was very clear.

Sitting first on the left is a man wearing Taoist robes and holding a feather fan. His age is unknown. He appears to have white hair, but his face is very young, and he does not have a beard. This man's surname is Liu, and he is known as Mr. Liu Da. Very few people know his origin, but he is highly appreciated by the King of Jin. He seems to be sitting firmly in the first chair of the staff of the King of Jin.

Sitting under him was a big man with a black face. If you are familiar with this man, you will know that he is Qiu Zhan, the commander of the palace guards. He is in charge of nine thousand soldiers of the King of Jin. He is a general under the King of Jin and is deeply trusted by him.

There is another person wearing a monk's robe, and another person wearing a Confucian robe. The person wearing the Confucian robe has a fierce face, as if you dare to provoke me to kill your whole family, but the person wearing the monk's robe is full of fat and has not been tonsured. Monk. All in all, among the four here, probably only Qiu Zhan looks normal.

The King of Jin was discussing matters with them.

Mr. Liu Da fanned the feather fan in his hand and said, "According to this, King Yong is free of suspicion?"

He was dressed elegantly, but he looked fierce. He was called Mr. Hei. Before Mr. Liu finished speaking, he interrupted: "Even if it's not him, he is related to this idiot."

Mr. Hei spoke Shu dialect. He had been in Jin Wangfu for many years, but he had not learned Mandarin. He was a idiot to everyone.

Because of his accent, he was laughed at a lot when he first came to Jin Wangfu. But after more than a month, no one dared to laugh at him anymore, but they scrambled to avoid him when they saw him. Because Mr. Hei was as his name suggested, he liked to use dirty tricks and never blinked when he was cheating and harming people.

If Mr. Liu was upright and used to use open plots. Then Mr. Hei was evil and devious.

As for Li Maotian, who was dressed in a monk's robe, he was a combination of Mr. Liu and Mr. Hei. He was moderate in his dealings, lacked the amazing points, but he took care of everything.

He sat on an armchair that made people feel like it was about to collapse, rubbed his bulbous nose, and said, "The prince is the most suspicious, but..."

It had been nearly a year since the incident, and many of the people under the Prince of Jin had been sent out openly and secretly, almost turning Yongzhou upside down. Waves of nails were sent to the Prince of Yong's mansion, but the information obtained showed that the incident was not done by the Prince of Yong. Instead, it was the prince who was in the capital who was the most suspected.

Prince?

The one who was over 40 and still the prince, who was oppressed by Emperor Hongjing, and was called the crown prince, but in fact, he was not as favored as the grandson of the emperor?

It was really unbelievable, but the news showed that it was indeed the prince, and the correct thing to say was that it was the Eastern Palace. In fact, it was more likely that the grandson of the emperor who stole all the limelight from the prince did it.

But why did he do this? Want to provoke a fight between the Prince of Yong and the Prince of Jin? This matter is neither big nor small. For a man, it is indeed quite a violation of dignity, but it is not really a fight to the death with the other party. I always feel that the East Palace has gone to great lengths to do such a small thing, which is a bit unreasonable.

Li Maotian expressed doubts.

The face of King Jin behind the desk was as cold as water, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry. He just unconsciously touched the ring on his right thumb with his left hand, and occasionally turned it.

Mr. Hei smiled, but his eyes moved. He stretched out his hand and patted Li Maotian's fat spine, and said in a loud voice: "You idiot, what are you doing? You are so stupid. They must have their own intentions..."

Li Maotian immediately didn't care to think, and his ears and mind were full of these strings of Shu dialect that made people listen laboriously.

"Everything must have its own purpose. The other party really doesn't need to go to such great lengths..."

"Look at your frightened look. You are such a fool."

No matter how dumb Li Maotian was, he realized that Mr. Hei was different. This black egg was not so careless, unless...

He felt a jolt in his heart and finally realized that there was something unusual.

From the beginning to the end, the King of Jin had never expressed any objection to why the East Palace would go to such great lengths to do such a ridiculous thing. Since the King of Jin had no objection, it meant that the East Palace must have its reasons for doing so, but what was that reason?

Could it be that -

Li Maotian didn't think about it anymore. He had followed the King of Jin for many years and understood the master's mind and strategy. Rather than giving advice, they were so-called staff members, but it was better to say that they were filling in the gaps. After all, no one is perfect, and there are always unexpected things. As for the general direction, the King of Jin has never made any mistakes.

Since he knew he couldn't talk any more, Li Maotian immediately started to argue with Mr. Hei for calling him "crazy" and "idiot" and other insults, showing an unyielding attitude.

These two funny guys are born with strange appearances. Once they are not serious, they are very funny.

Anyway, Mr. Liu shook his head and laughed. He shook the feather fan in his hand and said, "Okay, if you two want to make trouble, go out and make trouble. Don't be an eyesore to His Highness here."

The two of them were not vague. After respectfully paying respect to King Jin, they pulled each other's collar and sleeves and went out. Even when they went out, they could still hear the quarrel between the two.

Chapter 26