The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 215 No good banquet
The Qianqing Palace is the emperor's residence. There is a family banquet tonight. The emperor will not come to the front hall before the banquet begins, but actually stays in the back hall.

After Huang Jin was seriously injured, the two priests roughly stopped the bleeding and took him back to the palace to report to the emperor. When he passed through the front hall, he was seen clearly by the royal family members. After some questioning, they knew what happened to Zhu Zai.

When the woman heard the news, she knew her younger sister was in trouble. She was extremely worried and didn't know what to do. She waited anxiously for a long time. When she saw that her younger sister was safe and sound, she hugged Princess Sirou and cried bitterly.

But she didn't notice that there were two strange eyes wandering over her.

One of them was Li Miao, with a smile in his eyes and his eyebrows raised. It was also the first time he saw this woman behave so weakly, and he just felt fresh at the moment.

One is Zhu Zai. The more I look at him, the more satisfied I am. It’s not noticeable on his face, but the crow’s feet at the corners of his eyes have actually become wrinkled.

"Not bad."

Zhu Zai was very pleased. He stroked his beard and glanced at Li Miao with an expression that said, "You finally did something serious."

Li Miao shrugged and whispered.

"Commander, can you be more serious? Your family might be wiped out today, and you still have the mind to worry about my little thing?"

After saying that, Li Miao stepped forward and put his hand on the woman's shoulder.

"Princess Gongyi, the incident happened suddenly. Fortunately, Princess Sirou is fine. This is a blessing."

"If you are upset at this moment, why don't you apologize to His Majesty and return home first. This will also prevent you from being disrespectful at the family banquet later and offending His Majesty."

His action was very abrupt and inappropriate.

Princess Gongyi was still unmarried, and she had to meet men through a screen, but Li Miao put his hand on her shoulder directly, even in the Qianqing Palace. If you were to be serious, you could sue Li Miao for "improper conduct in front of the emperor."

She already had someone in her heart, so her eyebrows immediately raised and she was about to angrily scold this scoundrel who wanted to take advantage of her sadness.

But before she could open her mouth, suddenly, an extremely warm and gentle Qi flowed from the Jianyu point into the Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian of the Hand, then traveled to the heart meridian, slowly calming her anxious mind.

Princess Gongyi suddenly widened her eyes and looked up at Li Miao.

Li Miao chuckled, his lips moving.

"Danger, be obedient."

"Go to Jinyiwei."

Princess Gongyi's hands trembled, she looked at Li Miao deeply, and without hesitation, she immediately stood up, called a eunuch, and said a few words to him.

Seeing her vigorous and decisive attitude, Zhu Zai narrowed his eyes again and stroked his beard, obviously becoming more and more satisfied.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Princess Gongyi came back holding Princess Sirou and spoke to Li Miao in a low voice.

"I can't leave. The eunuch said that His Majesty has said that there is a thief plotting against the royal family. For safety reasons, no royal family is allowed to leave the palace until the thief is brought to justice."

Zhu Zai's face turned cold, and Li Miao also twirled his fingers.

Family dinners like this held in the Qianqing Palace were not considered very formal occasions. Princess Gongyi was an unmarried princess with no real power and no husband's family. Logically, she had a reasonable reason to leave.

The emperor's statement could fool others, but not Zhu Zai and Li Miao.

Emperor Jianwen was being chased by the eight priests and was unable to take care of himself, so he had no time to attack the royal family.

The emperor kept these royal family members in the palace, either because he wanted to cut off the "food and grass" of Emperor Jianwen, or -

I just want to use the royal family to do something.

Zhu Zai winked at Li Miao, and Li Miao shrugged and glanced back.

Zhu Zai immediately understood and called the eunuch to arrange the seats for several people together.

After sitting down, Princess Gongyi couldn't wait to lower her voice and asked Li Miao.

"What are you doing here?"

"Something's going on. Something big."

"How big?"

"It's about the Emperor."

Princess Gongyi's face turned serious and she hugged her sister tightly. "What do you need me to do?"

Li Miao chuckled.

"Not afraid?"

Princess Gongyi sighed softly.

"What's the point of being afraid? If you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. If you want to kill someone, I will hand you a knife. I will push you out of the Meridian Gate and behead you. It will be better for you to have a companion on your way to the underworld than to go alone."

"I am a royal daughter who has lost her innocence. If you die, how can I expect a good ending?"

Having said this, Princess Gongyi glared at Li Miao fiercely.

"Where have you been these past few months? Why haven't you given me any news? I sent people to your house to ask your adopted daughter several times, but she refused to reveal a single word."

"I almost thought you faked your death and escaped, and went to live happily in a provincial capital down there."

Li Miao spread his hands helplessly and glanced at Zhu Zai who was listening with his ears perked up.

"I am on the government payroll. If there is an errand assigned to me by the higher-ups, I have no choice."

Seeing that he was using himself to block the knife again, Zhu Zai glared at Li Miao, then smiled kindly and greeted Princess Gongyi.

Princess Gongyi had long known the importance of Zhu Zai in Li Miao's heart. Now, by chance, she met the "eunuch". She bowed respectfully to Zhu Zai, and the two began to chat.

Seeing that no one was talking to him again, Li Miao closed his eyes in boredom and listened attentively to the movements in the back hall.

It was almost the hour of Xu.

In the back hall, the emperor paid no attention to the royal family members waiting for him. He leaned leisurely on the couch with his eyes closed.

The smell of blood filled the room.

After a while, one of them raised his head and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Huang Daban can't hold on any longer. Do you want to continue looking?"

At his feet, Huang Jin was lying flat on the ground, his eyes wide open, his teeth clenched, trying hard not to wail. There was a large gash between his chest and abdomen, and blood was gushing out.

One of the man's hands was inserted into it.

The emperor opened his eyes slightly and looked at Huang Jin.

"Huang Daban, can you still bear it? If you can't bear it, tell me and I will ask Jiang Gongfeng to stop."

Huang Jin knew that he actually had no right to choose.

If he said he couldn't bear it, the emperor would really make that person stop. But he would also not allow anyone to heal his wounds. His chest and abdomen would be broken open and bleeding, and then he would be truly dead.

The same logic applies to when Wang Zhi was punished a few days ago. If he had really let his apprentice hit him too lightly, he would have really died.

The emperor only gave two choices.

Be loyal and you may survive.

If you survive, you will surely die.

So Huang Jin gritted his teeth and managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"Minister, I can hold on."

"I will die loyally for your majesty, and have no regrets!"

The emperor closed his eyes.

"Since Huang Daban has said so, Jiang Gongfeng, please continue."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)