Hu Hai stood up and did not speak, but lightly clapped his hands. Following Hu Hai's high-fives, a long line of women dressed in palace attire filed in from a corner of the hall and went up to the upper and lower left side of the main hall of Afang Palace.
A high platform built in one place.
On the high platform that was built, there were more than twenty brocade stools and copper tables placed in an orderly manner.
Each of these women in palace attire held one or two musical instruments in their hands, such as harps, zithers, drums, etc.; as these women holding musical instruments went up to the high platform, four strong guardsmen
The soldiers carried a small and exquisite bronze chime bell hung with various colors onto the high platform. Then the four Imperial Guard soldiers put down the chime bell, bowed to Hu Hai, clasped their fists, and bowed before retreating.
When the chimes were in place, the women in costumes holding musical instruments sat down one after another, then put on their own instruments and sat quietly on the brocade stools, as if waiting for something.
Standing at the front was a woman in red dress with a high bun, holding Qin Zheng in her arms, bowed slightly to Hu Hai, and then placed Qin Zheng in her hand on the bronze table in front of her.
During all this process, none of these women spoke.
But everyone can see that these women are not the maids serving the emperor in the palace, because the maids all have uniform clothes, but they cannot wear palace robes with such bright colors and gorgeous fabrics.
The most important thing is that these women do not seem to be musicians in Xianyang Palace.
Because each of the twenty-four women who appeared on the high platform was extremely beautiful, and their temperament was extremely noble, and most of them had their hair tied up in a bun. Such women obviously could not be ordinary people.
The women born here are obviously women who have had good upbringing and have become married women.
But, how can a woman become a royal musician?
It is impossible for women to become musicians serving the emperor in Xianyang Palace. Not only for the sake of those women, but more importantly for the emperor's reputation.
Just imagine, the court musicians are a group of people closest to the emperor. They often go in and out of the palace, and they must be pure and perfect women. This is also to facilitate the emperor to make preparations for his fortune at any time.
After all, if a married woman is favored by the emperor, it will not only affect the emperor's reputation, but more importantly, it will break the woman's integrity. What if the royal bloodline is leaked?
People who have seats near the high platform have discovered that although these women have expressionless faces and have not made any sound and have not said a word since they appeared on the scene, they can see it from their eyes.
But he looked humiliated and unwilling, and even looked at His Majesty the Emperor standing on the high platform with a hint of hatred.
Hate?
That’s right, it’s hate!
No one noticed that from the time these women appeared, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Li You, Feng Quji, Feng Jie and other veterans who were sitting closest to Hu Hai in the hall had smiles on their faces.
Everyone's color has changed. The look in Hu Hai's eyes has also changed, with some doubts and disappointment.
It’s as if they know these women!
Meng Tian, who was sitting at the front of the group of ministers, even wanted to stand up and say something several times, but was held tightly by Meng Yi beside him. In the end, he just sat there slumped, his head hanging slightly, his face
There is no longer the same enthusiasm and joy as before.
That's right. The rest of the people in the hall did not recognize these women in costumes and holding musical instruments, but Meng Tian, Feng Quji, Wei Liao and other veterans all recognized these women.
These women were none other than the six concubines and princesses captured by the Great Qin from the six destroyed kingdoms in Afang Palace, who had been raised by Hu Hai and then released to support themselves.
Among the twenty-four people, the six charming women at the front were the queens of the six kings that Hu Hai had met before.
As for the one who bowed to Hu Hai, it was Zhaoxuan, the former Queen of Chu!
In fact, not only Meng Tian and others in the hall recognized the identities of the queens of the Six Kingdoms, Ma Xing, Zhao Ping, Du He and other former ministers of the Six Kingdoms who had returned to the Qin Dynasty also recognized the identities of Zhaoxuan and others at this time. You know
, the six of them are all queens of the original six countries. As ministers or generals who originally belonged to the six countries, how could they not know the queens of their own countries.
At the moment when they recognized the identities of Zhaoxuan and others, Ma Xing and others showed unspeakable shame and anger on their faces. However, looking at the slender young emperor on the high platform, Ma Xing and others just tensed up in the end.
He clenched his fists tightly and buried his head deeply.
But behind the shame and anger of Ma Xing and others, what is deeper is fear!
Deep fear is eroding their hearts.
Originally, these people were very worried about coming to Xianyang to attend the meeting, and from the time they came to Xianyang until now, Hu Hai has not summoned them at all. It seems that he has simply forgotten that they exist.
In addition, Ma Xing, Zhao Ping and others were even more frightened when Feng Quji came to the meeting.
They have already seen that if the emperor is really determined to take back the fiefdoms given to various noble families, then the first to be unlucky will be them, the former ministers of the Six Kingdoms who were summoned by the emperor to join the Qin Dynasty.
Ma Xing and others are convinced of this!
At this moment, the former six queens and concubines who were imprisoned in Afang Palace appeared at the banquet as singers. Ma Xing and others took it for granted that the emperor was showing them that he would not treat them like these.
The determination that a person holds in his heart.
Singers and musicians are all performers in this era.
It's just that compared to musicians, the status of singers is much lower. After all, musicians, especially famous musicians, cost a lot of money to meet, and musicians all have independent identities. Of course, the palace in Xianyang Palace nowadays
Except for musicians.
As for singers, they can only be found in sex art fields like the Red and Green Family. They make a living through sex, not even sex art. It’s about sex. The identities of these singers belong to their respective masters, and their life and death depend on the master.
Being under control naturally includes the body.
What noble characters the six queens are!
At this moment, she appeared like a singer at the banquet of the Emperor of Qin and the officials, using her erotic skills to please the Emperor of Qin and the officials, generals and even the common people and workers of the Qin Dynasty!
What kind of humiliation would this be to the Six Nations?
With the emperor's shrewdness, it was impossible not to know that the news of this incident would have an impact on Da Qin and himself, and even more seriously, it would arouse great resentment and even civil uprising among the people of the six countries who had just gained a sense of belonging to Da Qin.
No harm to my wife and daughter!
When the First Emperor destroyed the Six Kingdoms, in order to appease the nobles and people of the Six Kingdoms, although he did not let go of the six kings, queens and concubines, he did not treat them badly. It was not because he was worried that unnecessary civil uprisings would be provoked and the Six Kingdoms would suffer.
The backlash of the people of the country! It was just because of the freak Hu Hai's predecessor, who tried every means to enjoy humiliating the queens of the six kings with these statuses, and succeeded.
Great, now that the emperor doesn't even care about this, does it mean that he has made up his mind to take action against his old ministers from the six countries who have joined the Qin Dynasty?
Ma Xing and others were deeply humiliated and fearful!
Especially when Hu Hai's eyes passed through the crowd from the high throne and landed on Ma Xing and others. Ma Xing and others, whose faces were ashen, all buried their heads deeply, and large drops of cold sweat poured from their foreheads.
out.
The huge Xianyang Palace hall was completely silent!
The thousands of people in the hall also noticed something strange in this strange silence!
After all, the six Zhaoxuan people are so beautiful, so noble and glamorous!
Zhaoxuan's eyes were very good, and she also saw Ma Xing and others sitting in the crowd in the main hall! It was not that the seats of Ma Xing and others were too far forward, but that no one around Ma Xing and others wanted to sit, even if they were arranged
When they were next to Ma Xing and others, they quietly moved their positions to show their distance from Ma Xing and other surrendered ministers!
So much so that Ma Xing and others really stood out in the bustling hall!
Three days ago, when Zhaoxuan received an invitation from Longwei Mansion that they, the concubines of the Six Kingdoms who were imprisoned in Afang Palace, were needed tonight to perform on stage, Zhaoxuan and the other six were unable to refuse even though they were deeply humiliated.
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Because they had previously promised Hu Hai to do something for him in exchange for the freedom of these poor women from the Six Kingdoms. Hu Hai has not appeared in Afang Palace for such a long time, and no news has come. Zhaoxuan and others still
I thought Hu Hai had forgotten it, and I was even happy about it.
But they never expected that Hu Hai not only did not forget it, but also made such a request that extremely humiliated them, women of noble birth, to perform in front of the officials of the Qin Dynasty!!!
Show off your skills!
It sounds nice, but isn't it actually just to entertain the officials of the Qin Dynasty with erotic arts?
Especially after hearing the message from the Longwei Mansion that she, Zhaoxuan, and all the queens of the six kings must come on stage, Zhaoxuan already understood that Hu Hai was not going to let her go, but to severely humiliate herself.
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However, after thinking about it, Zhaoxuan realized that these noble queens, concubines and princesses who had already become mere flesh had no other choice at all!
It’s not that she doesn’t want to refuse!
But she, or the more than a thousand concubines from the Six Kingdoms who had just started a new life in Afang Palace, really didn’t have the capital to refuse!
Since Hu Hai wanted to humiliate them in this way, he was not even afraid of provoking verbal and written criticism from the people of the six countries and even the literati in the world, which was enough to express his determination on this matter.
You can predict what will happen to poor people like you if you refuse!
Therefore, the six Zhaoxuan people finally came! Not only did they come, but they also brought the eighteen concubines and princesses with the best craftsmanship and the most gorgeous appearance in Afang Palace!
Since Hu Hai wants to do this, then let's all die together!
The cowardly actions of Ma Xing and others made Zhaoxuan even more heartbroken. Now the only people who can threaten that devil are probably the countless people of the Six Kingdoms. I hope that I and others can inspire the people of the Six Kingdoms to resist.
Defeat Qin’s determination!
This is what Zhaoxuan is thinking at this moment! (To be continued)