Emperor Qing didn't know that his mother had been beaten to death by Wang Gang, but he was still happily attending a dinner in the front hall to entertain the Yuan and Meng envoys.
This time the Yuan-Meng mission came with a chief envoy and two deputy envoys.
Zhengzhi Hesar is a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a pale face and a sickly look, but his words and deeds are flawless.
?The two deputy envoys are relatively ordinary and not very old. They are more like Hesar's bodyguards.
It has been almost a month since the Yuan and Mongolian envoys came to Kyoto. Hesar negotiated with the Ministry of Rites of the Qing Dynasty and initially reached an intention to establish diplomatic relations and cooperation between the two countries.
Emperor Qing also knew through Hesar that the grassland suffered a severe drought for three years, which led to a sudden change in the tribal situation. Several large tribes united to establish the Yuan-Mongolia state, with Canglang Khan as the main leader.
Emperor Qing was very curious about this Canglang Khan, but Hesar was very strict in his tone and basically did not reveal any information about Canglang Khan.
"Special envoy Hesar, it's rare for you to come to Qingguo. I have prepared some gifts for you to take back. Please pass them to Canglang Khan." Emperor Qing sat at the top of the hall and said to Hesar below.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Hesar clenched his right fist, put it on his heart, and said politely: "The Yuan-Meng Kingdom was first established, and it hopes to form a permanent alliance with the Qing Kingdom. Our country is willing to open three passes to trade with the Qing Kingdom and start trade.
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Emperor Qing smiled and said: "The matter of mutual trade is a big one. I want to discuss it with the ministers. Today we will hold a banquet to entertain the special envoy. We will only talk about romance and not state affairs."
Hesar thanked Emperor Qing again, and stopped mentioning the mutual trade. He picked up his wine glass and said, "I heard that the Qing Dynasty relied on force to build the country and its people were strong and fierce. I wonder if I can see it today."
Emperor Qing frowned slightly, and Guo Youzhi, the Minister of Rites, stood up and said: "It is really indecent to compete in martial arts, dance with swords and guns at a banquet.
It just so happens that Mr. Zhuang, a great figure in Northern Qi literature, is visiting our country today, so why not use literature to make friends and help your elegance flourish?"
"That's right." Emperor Qing laughed and said, "Meeting friends through literature is also an elegant thing."
When Emperor Qing opened his mouth, the ministers supported him, and Hesar chose to follow the good path and no longer persisted.
Fan Xian was sitting drinking and not paying much attention to the outside world. After Guo Youzhi lured Zhuang Mohan out, he pointed the finger at him.
Zhuang Mohan directly said in front of everyone that Fan Xian's earlier work "Ascend the High" was a plagiarism of his teacher's old work.
Fan Xian perked up as soon as he heard this. Of course he would admit the plagiarism, but the poet Du Fu he copied from was not Zhuang Mohan's teacher.
In fact, Fan Xian didn't even know who Teacher Zhuang Mohan was.
Zhuang Mohan was actually invited by the eldest princess Li Yunrui to attack Fan Xian.
This great figure in Northern Qi literature was Xiao En's biological brother. Li Yunrui used Xiao Xiao to trick Zhuang Mohan into coming to the Qing Kingdom just to ruin Fan Xian's reputation. She not only wanted Fan Xian's life, but also wanted him to be infamy for eternity.
Zhuang Mohan is a literary man. Although he has great influence in the literary world, unfortunately, his subordinates have very little influence. Until now, they still don’t know that his younger brother Sean has escaped from the prison of the Inspection Institute.
Fan Xian was angered by Zhuang Mohan. In front of all the civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty, Fan Xian had a drinking contest and wrote hundreds of poems. He recited all the famous poems he had memorized in his previous life, which shocked Zhuang Mohan to the point where he almost lost control at his age.
Not to mention Zhuang Mohan, even a man like Emperor Qing, who valued martial arts over literature, was stunned when he heard Fan Xian's poems that would last forever.
Eunuch Hou quickly called some eunuchs, brought them pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and wrote down Fan Xian's poems. He didn't dare to stop writing. The main reason was that Fan Xian became more and more excited as he drank. He didn't keep his mouth shut and was addicted to plagiarism. Eunuch Hou and the others still copied.
Not as fast as Fan Xian said.
Fan Jian was probably the only person at the scene who could still remain calm. He looked at Fan Xian with pride. The better Fan Xian was, the brighter his "father"'s face would be.
Li Yunrui's mood was different. The look she looked at Fan Xian was full of knives. If looks could kill, Fan Xian would have been cut into pieces by a thousand knives.
"Hmph! Ye Qingmei's son, I won't let you survive today." Li Yunrui became murderous and stood up to leave.
Emperor Qing glanced at Li Yunrui out of the corner of his eye and sneered in his heart, feeling that Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er's marriage was completely stable.
After tonight, word of Fan Xiancai's fame spread throughout Kyoto, and even Qing and Qi. Emperor Qing wanted to build momentum for this illegitimate son.
?If anyone comes forward to question the marriage again in the future, Emperor Qing can slap him back.
After Li Yunrui left, the eunuch and maid came in and filled everyone's wine glasses.
Fan Xian ran over and grabbed the wine bottle and started pouring it into his mouth.
He wanted to take advantage of the poetry to get himself drunk, take the opportunity of drunkenness to leave the banquet, and sneak into the harem with Wu Zhu to look for his mother's relics.
According to the plan, Wu Zhu had already sneaked into the palace first and could only take action after Fan Xian got out.
But what they didn't know was that Wang Gang had already taken away the key left by Ye Qingmei.
?He is destined to return without success tonight.
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Wang Gang killed the Queen Mother, left the palace directly, and walked to the Queen's residence in a swaggering manner.
Everyone who saw him was affected by his "inner demons" and stood there blankly.
The magic technique of "Inducing Demons" is not very effective against those with a firm mind, but when dealing with some eunuchs and guards, it is naturally good to use one at a time.
Until Wang Gang entered the queen's palace, he didn't meet anyone who could stop the "inner demon's temptation".
Emperor Qing's empress had been completely slaughtered by Fan Jian and Chen Pingping since the Taiping Courtyard massacre sixteen years ago. She had also been banned from the harem by Emperor Qing, which was no different from being relegated to the cold palace.
After all, the queen was the mother of the prince Li Chengqian. Emperor Qing finally showed some mercy and only grounded her instead of killing her.
However, compared to death, being trapped in a dark harem, the queen might prefer the former.
?In order to limit the strength of his relatives, Emperor Qing kept the queen out of contact with anyone except the prince. Even the maids and servants who served her received hints from Emperor Qing that they were not allowed to communicate too much with the queen.
In the days of loneliness and helplessness, the queen could only survive these sixteen years by taking wine as a companion and being tipsy all day long to forget the pain and the wailing of the whole family when they died tragically.
As soon as Wang walked into the queen's palace, he smelled a faint smell of wine. A beautiful middle-aged woman in black robe was leaning on the couch, drinking strong wine one spoon at a time.
The huge palace was empty, but bright and filled with candlesticks, but it was unpopular and seemed very lonely.
The queen noticed someone coming in and glanced at Wang Gang with drunken eyes.
"Who are you and why did you break into my bedroom?"
Wang Gang smiled and said: "My minister Guo Baokun, by order of the prince, invites the queen to attend a banquet in the front hall."
"Going to the banquet?" The queen was slightly surprised, put down the wine spoon, and said strangely: "Your Majesty actually asked me to go to the banquet?"
Wang Gang smiled and said: "Your Majesty receives foreign envoys. You are the mother of a country. How can you not do this?"
The queen suddenly became happy, and she didn't know if she was drunk. She said excitedly: "Your Majesty finally forgives me?"
Wang Gang continued: "Husband and wife are one body. How can your Majesty blame the Queen? No matter what mistakes you have made, Your Majesty will understand you."
The queen's face suddenly turned serious and she said sadly: "No way, your majesty will not forgive me. Your majesty will not forgive me since the death of that little bitch Ye Qingmei."
Wang Gang frowned. He felt that the Queen of the Qing Kingdom had some mental problems. She would cry and laugh at other times. Was she stunned by the demon?
"That's not right! How did you come in without being summoned?" The Queen suddenly regained her senses, her smell of alcohol disappeared, and she began to look a bit like the mother of a country.
Wang Gang raised the corner of his mouth, straightened his back, stopped pretending to be Guo Baokun, and said with a smile: "Queen, please follow me to the front hall! There is a good show going on there, and I can't do it without you."
The queen was shocked and shouted: "There is someone coming! There is an assassin!"
?In the empty hall, the queen's voice echoed, but no one came in.
