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Chapter 232 A banquet in the Xinle Palace

The waiter glanced at her exposed wrist and nodded.

"Sir, please wait a moment..."

Turning around to get the medicine, Jia Silian stood waiting. Someone lifted the curtain and came out of the inner hall, but it was a woman in plain clothes and a white skirt, with gentle features.

"Liu San'er, have you prepared all the medicine you were asked to prepare yesterday?"

The woman's voice was as soft and soft as a human being's. She was gentle and charming, and even though she had six points of beauty, her voice also became eight points of charm!

In Jia Silian's ears, it was as if someone had knocked her on the head. She was stunned on the spot. The woman turned around and was stunned when she saw her. Then she nodded and smiled slightly, as if she was seeing a strange guest.

"Young lady, are you buying medicine?"

Jia Silian also came back to her senses, nodded and said,

"I hurt my wrist, get some medicine..."

The woman glanced at her wrist and frowned,

"Did you get scratched by someone?"

Jia Silian smiled bitterly and nodded without saying anything. The woman didn't ask any more questions. While she was talking, the waiter at the shop took out three boxes of ointment and pointed to each one and introduced them.

"Little lady, these three ointments are exclusively prepared by our store. This one has four copper plates, this one has eight copper plates, and the last one has fifteen copper plates. However, it is the most effective and will not leave scars after application..."

The woman on the side said,

"My dear lady, my daughter's skin is the most important thing. Spend more coins and buy better ones!"

Jia Silian smiled and chose the middle one,

"I'm used to doing menial work in a small household, and I often get injured. No matter how good the medicine is, it won't help. Just buy this!"

He immediately paid eight copper coins, nodded to the woman, and left without looking back.

After she got out of the drug store and walked forward for a while, she looked back at the plaque, which read "Qiu's Good Doctor". Jia Silian wrote it down and left in a hurry.

In Nanhaizi, there is a three-foot-high eagle-airing platform, surrounded by stone fences. Mou Biao and a group of royal guards are standing around the fence. In the middle of the eagle-airing platform, which is half a man high and two feet square, Emperor Hongzhi is standing with several of his sons.

When the falcons were released, I saw birds of prey with sharp and cold eyes and windy wings. Amid the whistle of the eagle slave, they spread their wings and rushed into the blue sky. After a while, they flapped their wings and flew back with strong wind.

The sharp eagle claws might hold a hare, a field mouse, a mountain fox, or even a thick and long poisonous snake. After these flat-furred and sharp-beaked things fell back on the stage, the eagle slaves had to be ready quickly.

They replace the prey with fresh meat. If the prey is slowed down, it will be pecked by them. After their stomachs are full, they will not go out to hunt again.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at these golden rings on their feet, which were placed on the arm guards of the Eagle Slave. Facing him, a flat-haired beast with a stern look on his face, even though he was a ninety-five-year-old man, he smiled and said,

"It's not much fun just watching them hunt like this. Why don't you each pick three powerful ones and let them compete to see who can hunt more, and see who of you can take the first place!"

The third prince, who was favored by Emperor Hongzhi the most, laughed when he heard this and said,

"Father, even if you ask us to compete, if we get the first place, there will be a reward. If there is no reward, there will be no competition!"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at his third son fondly and said with a smile,

"You are always unwilling to suffer losses..."

After thinking for a while, I pointed to the palace built on a small cliff near the water.

"The Xinle Palace was built by the previous dynasty. It has the best view in Nanhaizi and overlooks the entire Haizi scenery. I don't want to live there because it's so windy. Whichever one of you gets the first place will go."

Let’s live there!”

As soon as the emperor said this, not only several of his sons were moved, but also Mou Biao, who had his back turned to everyone, couldn't help but frowned. The Xinle Palace was the residence of successive emperors in the previous dynasty, and then it was used by the top few of this dynasty. Emperors also loved to live in the Xinle Palace. They only came to the place where Emperor Hongzhi lived. Emperor Hongzhi had a problem with sleeping. Hearing the whistling wind and the sound of the lake lapping against the shore under the cliff, it disturbed the emperor's sleep, so Hongzhi did not go to the Xinle Palace, but chose Guiyuan Palace to live in a quiet river bend.

Even if the emperor doesn't live in the Xinle Palace, the prince and the other princes naturally don't dare to live there. The Xinle Palace has been empty since this dynasty. On weekdays, only the palace servants clean it, but if any of the princes Once you live inside, then... the meaning here becomes intriguing!

What does Emperor Hongzhi want to do today?

Mou Biao was dressed in the flying fish uniform of Jinyiwei. He held a sword on his waist and spread his legs slightly. He looked towards the depths of the lake beyond the high platform with a cold face, but his brows were wrinkled again and again.

"What does the emperor want? His sons play with eagles, and he plays with his sons?"

Is there nothing wrong with provoking a few sons to fight to relieve your boredom?

Sure enough, when the emperor said this, several princes immediately became interested, especially the third prince who looked excited and said with shining eyes,

"Father, what I said is true!"

"You have no joke!"

"good!"

The third prince was overjoyed and turned around to pick out the row of falcons standing on the scaffolding. The other younger princes also hurriedly followed. Only the prince and the second prince looked at each other and walked at the end. The princes pointed, and soon they ordered the eagle slaves to divide the falcons into several teams. The third prince went back to invite the emperor,

"Father, I also ask my father to be a judge for my sons and ministers!"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and stroked his beard,

"Okay... let's limit it to one hour!"

In this compartment, someone nearby brought a cushioned dragon chair. The emperor sat in it and watched his sons release their falcons one after another, waiting for the prey to return.

In fact, there is no trickery in this kind of game. It depends on the vision of these princes, whether the chosen falcon can catch the prey quickly, everyone is just waiting.

Not long after, under everyone's attention, a falcon screamed in the air, its wings flapping with strong wind, and flew down. The first falcon returned to the hands of the eagle slave, but it was the third prince. Yes, the third prince was overjoyed when he saw this. He turned around and said to the emperor,

"Father, my son and I are the first..."

Hongzhi smiled and nodded, watching the eagle slave take a hare from the falcon's talons and put it in front of his feet.

"A note to the third child..."

"yes!"

There was a little eunuch keeping count on the side, and not long after, the falcons of other princes came back one after another. Some caught birds, some caught long snakes, and some returned with empty claws, no prey. Some prey came back to attract everyone's attention. They looked happy, and those who didn't catch the prey started yelling and cursing. The eagle-airing platform was very lively for a while. These noble Tianhuang nobles were no different from the common people outside, and they shouted loudly with pride. Laughing happily, frowning and shaking his head when frustrated...

After going on like this for a while, the prey piled up in front of Emperor Hongzhi's feet. The little eunuchs beside him counted them one by one. When the time came, someone took the gong and knocked it gently, and everyone stopped letting the falcons fly. , just waiting for all the falcons to return, they all gathered in front of Emperor Hongzhi,

"How's the counting?"

Emperor Hongzhi asked the young eunuch. The young eunuch glanced at the count in his hand, lowered his head and replied,

"Your Majesty, there are six for the Crown Prince, seven for the Second Prince, six for the Third Prince, and eight for the Fourth Prince..."

The third prince was still smiling at the front, but when he heard that he was no match for his second brother and fourth brother, his face darkened. He glanced at his pile of prey and said,

"Father, I have big hares and mountain foxes here, but there are birds here with my eighth brother and my second brother, but the wild ducks are small. It's very unfair to count them based on their numbers!"

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said,

"That's true, but what do you mean by Yi Er'er?"

The third prince said,

"Why don't we let them take a scale and weigh it? Only then will it be fair!"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded,

"Okay, it's up to you!"

At that moment, someone went to fetch a scale and tied it with a rope to weigh it. When weighed, His Highness's six fish were the first. The third prince looked at the fat river fish weighing nearly ten kilograms among His Highness's pile of prey.

, couldn’t help but curse secretly,

"I didn't expect that this parallel import was the most advantageous, and it actually gave him an advantage!"

The prince's face looked a little ugly. The prince smiled slightly when he saw it, bowed to Emperor Hongzhi and said,

"Father, the Xinle Palace is very big, and it is too lonely for me to live there. I want to invite all the brothers to live there, and have a drink and a banquet there, so that everyone can be happy!"

Emperor Hongzhi laughed when he heard this,

"Okay, okay...this is the magnanimity of a country's crown prince!"

At that moment, he waved his hand,

"You all go, how about I go and have a glass of wine too?"

The prince hurriedly knelt down and responded,

"My son and I are waiting for you, and we are waiting for you!"

At that moment, the emperor moved to Xingle Palace, with Mou Biao and others guarding him. The young eunuchs quickly sent everyone's prey there first.

That night, the emperor and his sons had a singing and dancing banquet in the Xinle Palace. The hall was brightly lit, the wine was fragrant, and the slender and beautiful palace ladies were walking back and forth. Their clothes were fluttering and filled with fragrant breezes.

The world is full of prosperity, but outside the palace the night wind is cold and cold. Mou Biao and others take turns guarding outside the palace.

The banquet lasted until the second watch. The emperor returned to Guiyuan Palace first. Seeing that the emperor was not around, the remaining princes were all six or seven points drunk, and became more and more unrestrained. Some of them hugged Gong'e casually and laughed and played, and some

There were those who were fighting with each other for drinking, some who were too drunk and fell asleep on the table, and some who were shouting and drunkenly. However, the third prince was getting more and more energetic as he drank. His eyes were bright and he was carrying a wine bottle around.

Looking for someone to drink with,

"Third brother, third brother, please spare us, we really can't make it!"

The sixth prince and the seventh prince were sitting together. They were feeling dizzy and wanted to leave the table. When they saw him coming, they immediately raised their hands as if begging for mercy. The third prince had a look of contempt on his face when he heard this.

"Lao Liu, Lao Seven, you guys are so boring. Third brother is already here, why do you have to have a drink!"

After saying that, he picked up the pot and poured the wine, and he couldn't help but pinch the noses of the two younger brothers and drink it down. The sixth one was better, but the seventh one was so anxious that he drank it. He coughed immediately and the wine choked out from his nose. The one beside the seventh prince

Seeing this, the little eunuch rushed up to help him.

"Oh, Your Highness, Third Prince, please be merciful, be merciful, our Highness really can't drink anymore!"

The third prince glared, raised his foot and kicked the little eunuch so hard that he somersaulted twice.

"Who dares to stop me? Someone is here... drag this slave down and beat her twenty times!"


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