[R18] Will drink wine – Chapter 26 of “About to Enter the Wine” [English]

Chapter 26 Frost

Wei Concubine was walking uneasily, and when she saw the unfamiliar palace walls around her, she couldn’t help but asked in fear: “My father-in-law, why haven’t you arrived yet? Where is the Queen Mother?”

The eunuch walking in front ignored her.

Wei Concubine felt terrified in the silence. She stopped and pretended to have a stomachache, clamoring to go back.

She had never seen the eunuch leading the way, and he looked fresh and tender.The eunuch turned back to look at her and said softly: “We will be there soon. Please carry Concubine Wei as she goes. Be sure not to let her fall.”

The eunuchs on both sides immediately held Wei Bin, who struggled and tried to shout, but was blocked.The eunuchs quickly picked her up and moved forward quickly.

There is a well in the deserted courtyard, and there is still some water at the bottom.

The eunuch looked over and said, “This is it. Send the queen in.”

Wei Bin struggled hard and scratched the leading eunuch’s arm with her delicate nails.Her bun was messy, she scratched the edge of the well, shook her head and sobbed.

The eunuch touched her beautiful hand and asked someone to lift the stone with pity.

Just hearing a “plop”, the birds on the branches of the red wall were frightened.

Emperor Xiande was lying in the carriage, and Li Jianheng was kneeling beside him holding a medicine bowl.

Emperor Xiande was so angry that he couldn’t even cough.He waved to Li Jianheng. Li Jianheng quickly put down the medicine bowl, walked over on his knees and said, “Brother, are you feeling better?”

Emperor Xiande put his hand on the back of Li Jianheng’s hand and said with great effort: “Jianheng.”

“Brother Chen is here.” Li Jianheng started crying again and said, “Brother Chen is here.”

“The late emperor was hampered by others in his later years. The Prince of the East Palace at that time was the eldest brother of the emperor. I…” Emperor Xiande looked at he, “I, like you, am also an idle king. Things in the world are unpredictable, and in the end, this country and the country ended up with me. But since I succeeded to the throne, I have been restrained. Every move I make is like a puppet in front of the curtain. When my mother asked me to laugh, I will laugh. When my mother asked me to die, I will die now.”

Li Jianheng burst into tears.

Emperor Xiande said: “In the future you will be a lonely person like this.”

Li Jianheng burst into tears immediately, held Emperor Xiande’s hand, and begged: “Brother Emperor! How can I do this? I am just a worm under the Li family, how can I achieve this pinnacle position? Brother Emperor, I’m afraid, I’m afraid.”

“Don’t be afraid.” Emperor Xiande got the strength from nowhere and held Li Jianheng’s hand tightly with his eyes wide open. “You are different from me… my cousin has been defeated! Hua Siqian will die, and Pan Rugui will die too. If you kill them, the Queen Mother will have no help! From then on, when the power returns, you are… the co-owner of this world! What I can’t do… you can… I…”

Emperor Xiande coughed violently and trembled all over. He refused to let go of Li Jianheng and said with blood in his mouth.

“Absolute relative, supervising court ministers. The Hua family has been defeated, and… there are other things… You must remember that he will never be allowed to sleep soundly on the emperor’s throne! Today… who saves you… tomorrow… can also kill you! Military power is like a tiger… Xiao…”

Emperor Xiande vomited blood, and Li Jianheng panicked.

“…We must not…” Emperor Xiande gasped, his grip hurting Li Jianheng, “We must not let go…let A…Aye…”

Xiao Chiye must not be allowed to return to Libei!

Whether he is a dandy or a genius.Here, the Xiao family is just a dog.If the foreign relatives are defeated, won’t the border areas support their troops and respect themselves?Without the Hua family, who can contain the Xiao family!Since Xiao Chiye has such a character and can hold back for five whole years and silently turn the Forbidden Army into something magical, then if he is given another five years and allowed to return to Libei… wouldn’t it become a serious problem for him!

Li Jianheng said infatuatedly: “Brother Emperor…how can this be done…Brother Emperor…”

“Reduce the number of troops.” Emperor Xiande said weakly, “…if necessary…kill…kill…”

Kill him.

When Li Jianheng saw he closed his eyes, he immediately howled.Emperor Xiande did not let go of his hand before his death, and the resentment and gloom in his brows never disappeared.

In the nine years since he took the throne, he has not made a single decision in front of the Queen Mother.The Queen Mother has the final say on his food, clothing and sleeping arrangements.The craziest move in his life was to secretly communicate with Qidong, win over Xi Gu’an, and pave a seemingly smooth imperial road for Li Jianheng in the hunting ground.

The long line on the way back stopped, followed by loud cries.The ministers all knelt down, and Hai Liangyi took the lead, crying and choking with tears, shouting “Emperor”, which was the last honor of Emperor Hamdeok.

The death bell tolled in Qudu, and the whole country wept bitterly.

Queen Mother Hua was sitting on the couch, feeding Emperor Xiande’s parrot.

The parrot listened to the bell and shouted: “Jianyun! Jianyun! Jianyun is back!”

The pearl beside Queen Mother Hua’s ear swayed slightly, she nodded and said, “Jianyun is back.”

The parrot then shouted: “Queen! Queen!”

The Queen Mother Hua knocked on the wooden spoon and remained motionless.The white hair in the oblique shadow can no longer be covered, and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes are like cracks on precious porcelain.

The parrot shouted a few more times, then suddenly fell into the cage and stopped moving.

Queen Mother Hua put down the wooden spoon and sat quietly until the bells stopped ringing, then she said, “Where is Wei Wei? Why hasn’t she come for so long?”

Back in Qudu, Xiao Chiye was so busy that his feet didn’t even touch the ground because of Emperor Xiande.He knelt with Baiguan for several days, and by the time he could really lie down, he was exhausted.

But he was exhausted and had to take a shower. When Xiao Chiye wiped himself, he saw that the abrasions on his shoulders and arms had become scarred.He put on a new robe and came out and asked Chen Yang: “Where is that person?”

Chen Yang knew who it was this time and said: “Jinyiwei has been reorganized. He has to rejoin the army in the past few days, and he hasn’t been back home much.”

“Let me ask…” Xiao Chiye said, “Where is Ji Lei, who did you answer?”

Chenyang scratched his head shyly and said, “Ji Lei, he’s been imprisoned. After the new emperor ascends the throne, it’s time to interrogate him. Governor, wasn’t this person the one you escorted in?”

Xiao Chiye put on his coat and said seriously: “I forgot.”

Shen Zechuan, Ge Qingqing and Xiao Wu were eating noodles at the noodle stall. Halfway through, Xiao Wu suddenly opened his eyes.

Shen Zechuan looked back and saw Xiao Chiye throwing money at the boss, taking off his robe and sitting next to him, saying, “Two bowls of noodles.”

Xiao Wu grunted after finishing the noodles, holding the bowl and moving his butt away, like a quail, he went to another table. Ge Qingqing also took the bowl with him under Xiao Chiye’s eyes.

Shen Zechuan picked up the noodles and said, “I’m full.”

“After eating.” Xiao Chiye took out a pair of chopsticks and pinched them towards Shen Zechuan, “Are you afraid of me? Are you running away in such a hurry?”

“Afraid.” Shen Zechuan took the last bite slowly, “Anyone should be afraid of being… pressed once.”

“When I was escorting the driver that day, you ran very fast.” Xiao Chiye’s face came up and he became jealous, “Why did you run away when you had such a good promotion opportunity?”

“I don’t have a escort.” Shen Zechuan drank the soup and blew, “Go and join in the fun.”

Xiao Chiye started to eat the noodles, and when he was almost finished, he said abruptly: “Looking back, you must have been squatting behind me for a long time that night. Who should I choose? It’s better to act according to the situation. If Xi Gu’an captures the capital, you give me a knife. If Xi Gu’an fails to capture the capital, you give me a hand. You have seen the opportunity, and you have to wait for me to fall once before you are willing to take action.”

“Then your life is good.” Shen Zechuan smiled sideways, “You are alive.”

Xiao Chiye said: “The arrow that shot me was not shot by you, right? If I am not in danger, how can I make your kindness important?”

“I’ve been so kind without asking for anything in return.” Shen Zechuan said, “Why do you still think that I’m plotting against you?”

“The problem is not asking for anything in return.” Xiao Chiye seemed not to be full, he put down his chopsticks and said, “You didn’t dare to appear in front of King Chu that day, were you afraid of Ji Lei or what Hua Siqian would shout?”

Shen Zechuan neatly stacked his coins, then approached Xiao Chiye and whispered, “No, I’m afraid of you.”

Xiao Chiye said: “Are you afraid of me?”

“Hard.”

The sounds of people around him seemed to be far away, and the only thing left in Xiao Chiye’s ears was the hot breath of “hard”.Because of these words, he realized that Shen Zechuan was wearing a tie collar today, with his neck half-circled, not giving him a chance to look at it wantonly.

He’s expression changed several times, he looked at Shen Zechuan and squeezed out two words: “Don’t worry.”

“The second young master has also reached his age.” Shen Zechuan turned around and said, “It’s time to get a wife.”

“Your second son has more tricks than you.” Xiao Chiye saw that he wanted to leave, so he grabbed his wrist and stopped him from standing up, saying, “It’s against the rules to leave before you finish talking every time.”

“You get started at every turn.” Shen Zechuan said, “What’s the rule again?”

Xiao Chiye let go of his hand and said, “I will return this friendship to you.”

“Just call the uncle and you’ll pay it back.” Shen Zechuan said.

“But the things have to be returned to me.” Xiao Chiye said, “You don’t want me to chase after you and ask for your fingers, right?”

Without saying a word, Shen Zechuan threw the bone wrench to him.

Xiao Chiye took it and said suspiciously: “What kind of conspiracy is this? Just pay it back.”

“People do their job,” Shen Zechuan said, “It’s so refreshing.”

That’s it for now, there’s nothing more to say.

Xiao Chiye watched Shen Zechuan stand up and twirled his thumb with his fingertips. He always felt that it was too easy.

“Go home?” he asked from behind.

“The wheel will be different tomorrow.”

“The royal guards have all been rewashed. What’s wrong with you?” Xiao Chiye said, “Winter is a difficult time, so take care of yourself.”

“A little fish like me just goes with the flow.” Shen Zechuan turned back, “The one who should take care of me is not me.”

Xiao Chiye touched his knuckles and said, “By the way, I want to say hello to Master Ji Gang.”

Shen Zechuan’s stepped out foot paused and he stared at him.

Xiao Chiye put on his thumb ring and said jokingly: “Lan Zhou, do you want to go play together?”