After a few songs, the banquet officially began. The graceful Dancer Court was dancing gracefully. The graceful figures shuttled between the tables. In the center was a group of red dancers. With the woman in red as the center, the light gauze and colorful clothes transformed into a gorgeous scene. The beautiful sound of the zither was accompanied by the occasional cheers of the guests. The night sky did not stop for a long time.
This was the life of an official.
"The dancers that the Prime Minister invited are indeed all skilled and their dance is extraordinary.”Looking at the group of beautiful women dancing in the moonlight, even Huangfu Yifeng, who grew up in the palace and had seen countless palace dancers, had to admit that the dance of these women was really soul-stirring. It was light and beautiful, making people feel like they were in a fairyland. Especially Zhengyang's lead dance, it was really rare to make the audience's hearts dance with her lotus steps.
Hong Kuang laughed out loud, seemingly satisfied with Huangfu Yifeng's praise.""Your Highness really has good taste. Your Highness doesn't like this, so perhaps you don't know, but this is the dancer of Yuelin Restaurant, famous throughout the world. Now that I've come to the capital, this old man has taken this opportunity to invite you here to feast my eyes.”
"Oh? You seem to know a lot about this, Prime Minister?" Looking at the group of dancers with his deep eyes, Huangfu Yifeng asked. At this moment, the red-robed woman's gaze landed on Huangfu Yifeng. She did not avoid him and smiled at him. She continued to spin and dance in a relaxed manner.
"Your Highness, you must be joking. This old man is already so old, how would I know all this? This was introduced by King Tifeng, saying that the Moon Forest Restaurant was passing by the capital and that this was a good opportunity for this old man to not miss.”
"Tenth Imperial Uncle? Imperial Uncle is far away from Huainan, and he doesn't even have much contact with my nephew. I didn't expect Prime Minister to be so familiar with Imperial Uncle.”There was a smile in his eyes, but he still did not leave the woman in red. It seemed that Hong Kuang and his Imperial Uncle were somehow related. As for what kind of relationship it was, whether it was an assistant or a mutual benefit, or an alliance, Huangfu Yifeng was still unclear. However, this was not important now. The Prime Minister was a man of both good and evil. Even if he was really on Huangfu Ye's side, Huangfu Ye would probably have to be wary of him.
"Hehe, how could I be close to Prince Ye? It's just that Prince Ye remembered my birthday and specially went to Yuelin Restaurant to ask the dancers to take a detour to the capital.”Hong Kuang waved his hand and sighed. He raised his cup and gestured to Huangfu Yifeng.
"So this group of concubines is a gift from Imperial Uncle to the Prime Minister.”Huangfu Yifeng also raised his cup. The crisp sound of two porcelain cups clinking against each other was accompanied by some clear wine spilling out. Under the moonlight, there was a cold light.
The two of them drank and filled their cups. Hong Kuang seemed to be in a good mood as he laughed out loud. However, he lowered his voice when he spoke."If you want to talk about an ingenious gift, your highness really did give this lowly official a gift that made this lowly official extremely terrified.”He looked up at Huangfu Yifeng and saw that the latter was still smiling calmly without the slightest bit of awkwardness. Hong Kuang also cleverly changed the topic. It was better to talk about this " gift " after the banquet.
"As for the Night Prince, these dancers are not his gifts. I heard that his gift disappeared halfway.”When Hong Kuang said this, he seemed to find it very funny." Your Highness, why do you think this gift disappeared out of nowhere? Could it be that her long legs had run away by themselves or had been snatched away by someone else? He did not know if that was true or not.”
Huangfu Yifeng finally shifted his gaze away from the dancer and said with a faint smile,""A disappearing gift? I'm really curious what kind of gift it is to have such twists and turns.”
"I only know that the gift is precious, but I don't know what it is. I heard that it disappeared in the suburbs. I also sent people to look for it, but they didn't find it. " But…" Hong Kuang suddenly stopped talking. He just looked at Huangfu Yifeng and smiled without saying anything.
"What is it? Prime Minister, why don't you be frank?”
Hong Kuang looked at Huangfu Yifeng, who was still smiling. He couldn't tell what he was thinking. However, his dark eyes were deep and vast, making people not dare to look at them for long. Since he couldn't see anything, Hong Kuang didn't waste his time and continued,""This lowly official saw your highness and a woman traveling together.”
Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar. Although they knew that King Jing's manor had a Xiunu, everyone knew that it was because of Consort Lan's pressure that King Jing did not refuse. Moreover, although King Jing did not avoid women, everyone knew that he had never particularly doted on any woman and would not personally take the time to accompany them on their travels. He had never even looked at the concubines given by the officials who had fawned over him. In short, being romantic was not King Jing's hobby. Love had nothing to do with King Jing.
Now that they had heard such shocking news, although the officials sitting at the same table still maintained their original posture of talking to each other, their words were all irrelevant. Their ears were all perked up, waiting for Hong Kuang to reveal more gossip.
"Oh? Was that so? It seemed that the Prime Minister had gone to look for the whereabouts of the gift yesterday. Yesterday, this king did bring a woman from the residence out for a trip. Is there anything wrong with that?”
"Your Highness, what are you saying? Your Highness has always placed work first. Now that a woman has suddenly appeared beside him, how can we not pay attention?”
"It is only right to bring the servant girls of the residence out to play.”Huangfu Yifeng's tone was like a master saying," It's only right to bring your beloved dog out for a walk." This left the officials speechless. The group of officials who had been waiting for so long dropped their shoulders in disappointment. If Huangfu Yifeng really valued that woman, then they would have a way out through the back door. However, the problem was that King Jing was free, so he brought a woman along with him when he went out. This woman was very likely to be randomly picked out from King Jing's residence. The back door collapsed right in front of their eyes.
However, what Hong Kuang said next made those drooping shoulders immediately shrug up again.
"Of course we should have some fun. I didn't think that His Highness would be so generous, spending money on a random beauty and giving her an Ice Fox from the Snow Mountain. To be able to become the prince's beautiful daughter, it must be the dream of all the women in the world?”
An Ice Fox from a Snow Mountain? Everyone was shocked. They were all powerful people, so of course, they had all heard of this rare and precious species. Not to mention that this was a pet that those noble ladies dreamed of, even the parents and leaders of the rich and powerful families wanted this human-like spiritual beast to show their status.
However, even if one had money, one might not be able to buy an ice fox.
If they knew that the Ice Fox that they had fought so hard to get was actually bought by someone at the price of one tael from a run-down stall, and the person who got it actually had a look of disdain on his face as he felt pain for the few taels of money, they would probably vomit blood and die…Yes, they would vomit blood and drown the person who didn't know the value of the item before dying.
Everyone began to plan their future ways to please her. From the looks of it, that woman was indeed worthy of their attention!
But there were so many beautiful women in the Imperial Residence, how would they know which one it was?
Therefore, everyone began to prick up their ears and pretend to "chat" seriously.
"I didn't expect Prime Minister to know this? Did Prime Minister meet this king in the suburbs or in the market?”
"This lowly official also heard from the servants in the residence. Although the gift was lost in the suburbs, it might have been brought into the city, so I sent people to investigate.”Hong Kuang seemed to have expected Huangfu Yifeng to ask this question, and he still smiled amiably.
"A servant? Did the Prime Minister mean that it was the outskirts of the Prime Minister's city and the servant city of the Prime Minister? Why does this king feel that it should be Lord Xiang's city, the outskirts of Lord Xiang's city?”His smile was calm, but his words were like thunder.
Hong Kuang was stumped, his expression a little unnatural. However, he quickly composed himself and laughed."This old man isn't old yet, so of course I know that I'm outside the city. Why would wangye think this way? I wonder what your highness thinks?"
Huangfu Yifeng didn't miss Hong Kuang's expression. He stopped when he was ahead. Anyway, he had already achieved his goal. The most important thing to talk to the fox was to attack its heart. Only by attacking its unprepared state could it be effective. It was obvious that what Hong Kuang was looking for was on the verge of being revealed, and this thing was very likely related to Huangfu Ye.
"This king was just casually saying. Of course, I don't know where the Prime Minister is. Otherwise, this king would definitely greet the Prime Minister.”
"Haha, actually this old master saw that your highness was accompanying a beautiful woman, so I didn't dare to disturb you so as not to spoil your highness 'mood. I hope your highness doesn't take offense." Hong Kuang's smile was flawless on the surface, but he was secretly cursing " Cunning bastard " in his heart. He had actually fallen into his trap by accident. Now, he was pointing fingers at the mulberry tree and cursing the locust tree!
Huangfu Yifeng's words just now clearly meant that he didn't go up to greet him when he saw him. It was as if he was stalking him! He was really angered to death! Just you wait, brat!
The group of people who were eavesdropping immediately broke out in cold sweat. The conversation between the foxes was indeed dangerous. There were hidden traps everywhere. A casual remark had buried several traps!
However, this was not their main focus.
Everyone's necks were about to ache from the twisting, but after waiting and waiting, they still did not get the content they wanted. They were so anxious that they almost jumped out and shouted, Get to the point! However, he could only think about it in his heart. No idiot dared to come out and revolt. After all, even if he didn't want his black hat, he still wanted his head.
Just as everyone was pushing and pulling each other, hinting to quickly find someone to ask, the first person who could not help but say carefully with everyone's expectant eyes,"Your highness, this lowly official wants to know which woman can gain your highness 'favor? She must be a beautiful woman who was understanding and gentle?”
Then, everyone's expectant eyes turned to Huangfu Yifeng, and their ears leaned in desperately, afraid that they would miss important information.
Huangfu Yifeng naturally knew what they were thinking.
Comparing Gu Yin with the minister's description of a " beautiful woman who was gentle and understanding ", even Huangfu Yifeng, who had always kept his emotions to himself, almost couldn't help but laugh.
His dark eyes stared deeply at the minister's fat body. The minister suddenly felt his scalp go numb and almost ran away. He had a bad premonition. Could he choose not to listen to His Highness 'next words?
Everyone's eager curious gazes and the Minister's shivering, Huangfu Yifeng finally smiled and said,""She only knows how to cause trouble all day long. Once, she seemed to have lured a group of dogs to bite through someone else's clothes. This king didn't discipline her well enough and didn't have the chance to apologize to that person. Did the Minister think that she was understanding and gentle?”
The minister's face turned green when he heard this. He would never forget that incident! At that time, he didn't take that evil woman seriously when she said that she would go to the Prince's mansion to find her. He only thought that the evil woman had casually found a backer, but he didn't expect that the Prince doted on her! He had even vowed to find that evil woman and beat her up. Now, it seemed that he could only swallow his teeth and blood! Damn it, if he wanted to please that evil woman, he might as well stab himself!
However, the minister's voice trembled as he held back his tears of blood and grievances. He still had to continue flattering him. He hurriedly smiled and said,"Even if she isn't gentle and lovely, she is at least lively and smart. With such a close female friend accompanying your highness, you must be extremely happy and laugh often? As for the person who was bitten by the dog, wangye should not take it to heart. He could only be considered blind and had angered that young miss, so wangye did not need to apologize. This kind of person indeed deserved to be bitten!”
Everyone looked sympathetically at the minister who seemed to be about to pass out in the next moment. They could clearly hear the voice of the minister grinding his teeth in hatred.
The fact that the minister had been chased by a dog had long spread throughout the court. They were all curious about who was so bold as to challenge authority. After knowing that this person was the prince's daughter, and a favored daughter at that, it made sense.
They were truly impressed that the minister could endure the humiliation of being bitten by a dog! Endure what others can't endure, this spirit is worth learning! But at the same time, they had once again confirmed the official route of " don't annoy King Jing ". An expert like the Prime Minister could still handle it, but it was better for people like them who had shallow cultivation to not interrupt, lest they fall and become nothing but bones. The Minister was a bloody reference! Was it easy for them to be officials in the court?
Thinking about it, that noble ice fox had fallen into the demonic claws of that terrifying woman? Everyone couldn't help but worry about the Ice Fox. It was likely that under the woman's tyrannical power, the pitiful Ice Fox would have to live a miserable life.
What they didn't know was that the adaptability of foxes was often beyond human imagination. Like master, like pet. This was an unchanging truth.
If they knew what the Ice Fox that they regarded as a treasure was doing, it would probably be eroded.
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