Chapter 22

+++

date="2021-04-21"

title="Chapter 22"

weight="128138"

series = ["Imperial Favour"]

mode = "manual"

+++

The originally bustling hall was absurdly quiet. Tang Zhuozhao looked at Emperor Qiongyuan's eyes getting darker and darker, and his heart was anxious and depressed.

She could even imagine the look of disappointment on the Empress Dowager's face later.

Yan Guifei sat right under Emperor Qiongyuan, only one step away from the position of the empress. At this moment, her pretty face was covered with a little sadness and nervousness. She gently said, "your Majesty, the prince is filial and touching." this veil must have a different meaning. Listen to the prince first. "

As a matter of fact, she was also nervous, and this seemingly stupid method was the most effective. In front of so many ministers, Emperor Qiong Yuan had to reprimand Huo Qiu even if he loved Huo Qiu.

And these words, for their own emperor, is a rare opportunity, at least a little breath, will not be forced so hard.

These people and ministers all hold high and trample on low things, and are used to seeing the face of the emperor.

But if it is revealed, it will also be a fatal blow to them.

Even if he is not discovered, Emperor Qiong Yuan must have some concerns in his heart, and it is inevitable that he has seeds of suspicion, and it is difficult for emperors to dispel their suspicions.

Yan Guifei moved her body slightly and looked at the undisguised smile on her son and Liu's face, and her heart was even cooler.

I don't know if it's worth it or not.

Sure enough, Emperor Qiongyuan looked over and said that the imperial concubine was perturbed, but he still smiled back with a gentle smile.

"your father and grandmother celebrated their birthday all over the world, and while their sons and ministers were delighted, they were also deeply frightened. They ordered someone to hire a fine embroidery Niang from Suzhou, who rushed for more than ten days day and night before they were sent to the emperor's grandmother on her birthday."

Huo Qiu's voice was cold and unhurriedly, with no eagerness to claim credit or anger at being framed. Except for the extra deep eye contact lenses, the whole person was the same as usual.

Tang Zhuozhuo loosened her lower lip, and a big stone pressed on her heart fell to the ground. she could only see Huo Qiu's tall and straight back, but she could outline his cold face like the moon in her heart.

Now that he has said so, he will be able to get over it.

The six princes flickered wildly for a while, then giggled softly: "Brother, please don't sell it. Although the elder brother is not as knowledgeable as the elder brother, he has never heard of a small veil that takes more than ten days."

There was an instant whisper from the minister's seat below.

Emperor Qiong Yuan looked coldly and moved his lips: "Old four, tell me."

Huo Qiu's face did not change color, but the precious and important place unfolded the veil, and the snow-white silk handkerchief had fine stitches, which looked as smooth as silk.

When the Empress Dowager saw the tricks on it, she straightened up, looking a little dazed.

Huo Qi saw that the imperial concubine looked at each other, forced down the uneasiness at the bottom of her heart, and forced herself to listen to Huo Qiu to go on.

"the sixth younger brother doesn't know anything, but what the emperor's grandfather said, he naturally had to do what he said."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the room.

Huoqiu mouth of the imperial grandfather is no doubt, this small piece of veil, but also related to the former emperor?

"when he was young, the emperor's grandfather often taught him to ride and shoot, and in his spare time he always talked with him about his early encounter with his grandmother."

At this point, Huo Qiu raised her head and looked at the empress dowager with red eyes and said slowly, "my grandson followed his grandfather's instructions, embroidered with smoke-producing ancient houses on the fine snow handkerchiefs in Suzhou, gurgling clear springs in the mountains, often accompanied by green mountains and green waters."

"on such a good day as today, I hope to fight for my grandmother's smile for my grandfather."

The Mammy around the Empress Dowager went to Huo Qiu, picked up the veil and presented it to the empress dowager's table.

Emperor Qiong Yuan squinted, looked at the frightened Old Sixth again, and laughed inexplicably, "it's a rare thought for the fourth."

Huo Qi could no longer laugh, and his heart ached with anger as he listened to the praise of the ministers below. Had it not been for the warning eyes of the imperial concubine, he would have asked questions regardless of it.

Just such a rag, no matter what he says with his mouth open, why didn't he hear the previous emperor say one more word?

But he held back to death, no longer need to ask, looked at the look of the empress dowager, everything has an answer.

Huoqiu is telling the truth.

But it is clear that his people have changed this veil for an ordinary maid handkerchief!

The anger in Huoqi's mind burned his reason, and he felt that the changed veil hidden in his sleeve had become a bright joke.

Up to now, he can only think of one explanation.

Huoqiu had long been aware of his little move, and then let it go unnoticed, just to wait for him and the mother princess to put their faces up to be slapped by him in the air.

They did not hesitate to play tricks under the noses of the emperors, but they won the praise of Huo Qiu from Manchu Wenwu. The crown prince still sat safely, but they stole the chicken but not the rice!

More surprised than him was Tang Zhaozhao, whose hands on her lap were still trembling slightly, but her eyes were fixed on Huoqiu's upright back, and she had to admire his improvisation.

Such a death can be completely extricated, it is indeed worthy of a generation of emperors, calm and resourceful, much better than Huo Qi and the like.

She didn't think so much, but thought Huo Qiu had made it up on the spot and happened to bump into the heart of the empress dowager.

The empress dowager stroked the veil carefully for a while, and the corners of her eyes were wet. She said to Emperor Qiongyuan, "this is a picture drawn by your father himself. The Ai family thought he was joking, but they didn't want to be true."

Emperor Qiong Yuan leaned over and looked at it for a few times, and then smiled: "everyone knows the affection of my father to his mother."

"Old four worked hard on this, and the Ai family was very happy."

Huoqiu lowered her eyelids, and there was a cold chill in her deep pupil, and the honor or disgrace retreated to her seat without surprise, straight to the eyes of Xinghai hidden in the shining eyes of the Tang Dynasty.

That's stupid.

As soon as Huo Qiu sat down, he quietly sipped the wine in the glass, which was mellow and long, with a strong dark purple at the mouth of his left hand on his knee. He frowned vaguely and drank another sip of wine to depress the pain.

Suddenly, a delicate little hand touched him and gently tugged at his cuff. Huoqiu's face moved, and the whole palm of his left hand was numb with pain, but he clearly felt the temperature on that hand, sweet and warm.

"your Highness, did you know that they would tamper with birthday gifts?" Tang Zhuozhao held the small jade cup and covered his face with wide cuffs and asked in a low voice.

A heart-wrenching pain spread from the mouth of the tiger to the whole arm. Huoqiu looked as gloomy as water, glanced at her small phalanx pinched on the jade cup, and said, "mm-hmm."

Tang Zhuozhuo breathed a sigh of relief, and now that he knew it, he naturally gave Huo Qi and Yan Guifei a head-on blow.

She squinted with laughter before she drank the wine out of the glass and was pinched by a slender hand.

Tang scorched his head, the man's complexion was extremely cold, and his thin lips opened the cold air wantonly: "you can't drink."

Tang Zhuozhao silently accepted good advice and put down the small wine glass, looking clever.

"well, listen to your Highness."

Huoqiu's palms trembled slightly, and he closed his eyes, and it was Huo Qi's turn to present his birthday gift.

Huo Qicai freed himself from the anger that Huo Qiu played with and changed into a decent smile. He was so proud of his birthday gift that he even walked briskly.

The imperial concubine was so upset that she could hardly keep a smile on her face. she looked vaguely at Huo Qiu, who was motionless, and gritted her teeth with hatred.

It was followed by a deep depression.

Her emperor is so eager for quick success and quick profit that if he doesn't give his own advice, there is almost nothing that can't go wrong.

At this time, she blamed Emperor Qiongyuan again. If he treated him equally and taught the way of emperors to his six emperors, why would their mothers do so?

Tang Zhuozhao also stared at the things in Huo Qi's hand with a twinkle of interest in his eyes.

She didn't know how much Huoqiu knew about it, but now that she got his letter, she became more and more itching to see a good show.

According to Huo Qiu's penny-pinching temper, she must have returned with tit for tat.

Huo Qi lifted the black cloth, revealing the bamboo slips inside, and the faint smell of blood spread.

Tang Zhuozhao frowned, looked sideways at Huo Qiu, and found that there was a little sweat on the man's forehead, his eyes closed, and others looked as if he had closed his eyes, but his heart trembled.

Ignoring Huoqi's birthday gift for a moment, she moved closer to Huoqiu, deliberately lowered her voice and asked, "is your Highness not feeling well?"

Huoqiu slowly opened her eyes, moved her stiff thumb and said, "it's all right."

Tang Huazhao lowered his eyes and watched the man close his eyes again, his face very gentle, but his slender hand boldly lifted the clothes on his knee and accurately grasped the broad palm of his hand.

Huo Qiu opened his eyes fiercely, which seemed to contain two endless pools. His palms were powerless, and he didn't want to be seen by her, so he had to order coldly: "Let go."

Tang Zhuozhao was not afraid of him at this time. He grabbed her fingers white with a little force, and she broke his cold fingers with the other hand, expecting him to be reluctant to work hard on her. "No, no, no.

Huo Qiu looked at her pink face for a long time, and immediately pulled at the corners of her mouth with an indifferent smile. If she wanted to see something so ugly, she would let her see it.

Left and right is just a little more disgusted with him.

Tang Zhuozhuo pulled the man's palm to her knee and dared not make much movement. he was frightened by what he saw just by a quick glance in the afterlight.

A large area of purple and black like a blossom of strange flowers, occupied the position from the mouth of his left hand to the palm of his hand, and the color became deep and thick at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally fixed on the deep black.

The smile on Tang Zhuozhao's peach blossom face disintegrated, and her lips scratched a few times, but she could not say anything.

There was some redness in her eyes, and at least she restrained herself from crying in public, but the decent smile on her face could not be held back any longer.

Demagogic insects in southern Xinjiang.

Huoqiu, how did he get into a demagogue? He didn't say a word even if it hurt so much. How long has he been a prank?

Tang Zhuozhao's heart trembled, and there were too many questions left unanswered. The curved stem was in her heart, and she couldn't say a word.

Huoqiu felt the sweat on her slender palms and thought she was frightened, and the sharp pain in her palms was slowly weakening. He moved his fingertips and withdrew his hand.

I can't even look at her eyes.

Dianli Huoqi's eyes with complacency, spread the bamboo slips layer by layer, blood-colored Xiaokai dense, faint fishy smell mixed in the fragrance of the temple.