Chapter fifty-ninth banquet guests
Chapter 59 �
Fortunately, Tengxiang is still a conscientious person, and the one who arranged for Zhou Mengchen was not a strong wine. If it was a strong wine, Zhou Mengchen would get under the table today. Even if he changed to light wine, Zhou Mengchen would feel a little dizzy.
Zhou Mengchen drank ten bowls of wine in a row to make the atmosphere warm.
At this time, Teng Xiang suddenly pulled Zhou Mengchen out and whispered in Zhou Mengchen's ear: "You are here."
Zhou Mengchen was a little confused and couldn't hear clearly. He said, "Who is here?"
Seeing this, Tengxiang pulled Zhou Mengchen aside, dipped the towel in cold water, and wiped it on Zhou Mengchen's face. Zhou Mengchen was a little drunk. Tengxiang said in Zhou Mengchen's ear again: "You are here."
Zhou Mengchen was shocked and said, "What? How is it possible?"
Tengxiang looked at Zhou Mengchen with a bit of sourness in his eyes. He even doubted whether Zhou Mengchen was the emperor's illegitimate son. You must know that His Majesty has not left the palace for several years and will come here today. It is really unpredictable. He said, "How do I know? Go and greet him quickly, don't let His Majesty wait for a long time."
Zhou Mengchen passed without saying a word. Suddenly, he saw a middle-aged man waiting in front of him. Seeing that he had a familiar face, Zhou Mengchen said, "Mr. Lu?"
The person coming was Lu Bing.
When Jiajing left the palace, Lu Bing naturally wanted to follow him. Lu Bing didn't say nonsense and said, "Follow me." Then Zhou Mengchen went to the street and saw a seemingly ordinary carriage. This carriage was no different from an ordinary carriage from beginning to end.
The only difference is probably a little bigger.
Zhou Mengchen saw Huang Jin pulling the curtain of the car and said, "Come up."
Zhou Mengchen got on the car and saw Jiajing as soon as he got on the car. Jiajing was looking at the scenery outside through the window. Zhou Mengchen immediately bowed and said, "I pay homage to Your Majesty."
Jiajing said, "No need to be polite. I came here in vain, nor did I come to put on airs. Today is your happy day. Since you have invited me, I will come here too. After all, I haven't received the invitation for many years. Think about the last time I received the invitation, I went to drink a glass of water and wine at that time when Master Yuan's grandson's wedding."
The Master Yuan mentioned by Jiajing was Yuan Zonggao, the former Chief Historian of King Xing and the minister of Jiajing's Dingding Ding. When Jiajing entered the capital, Yuan Zonggao was the first to fight with Yang Tinghe. He played a major role in Jiajing consolidating the throne, but unfortunately he left early.
But even so, Jiajing never forgets it, and issued many orders to posthumously seal it, and also sealed two lakes as the ancestral property of the Yuan family.
If this old Mr. Yuan could survive to this day, Zhang Cong, Xia Yan, and Yan Song would have to stand aside.
Today, Jiajing came here, rather than saying that Zhou Mengchen did not know that the world was high and the earth was good to send a post to the emperor, reminding Jiajing of his days in Anlu. For Jiajing, although Beijing was good, it was not his hometown. As he got older, Jiajing missed the people and things of his old friends more and more.
In history, when Jiajing was dying, he thought about returning to Anlu.
But at that time he was no longer allowed.
Zhou Mengchen didn't know the inside story, but he was still very moved by the fact that Emperor Jiajing could come. Although he was different from the scholars and officials of this era, he would not have the loyalty to the emperor until death, but he did not prevent Zhou Mengchen from having a good impression of the big boss of Jiajing.
Although Jiajing, the big boss, is a little mean, suspicious, and is particularly superstitious, he is still good to the people around him.
Zhou Mengchen said: "Your Majesty can come, I am reminded that the white dragon fish clothes are probably played by shrimps. If your Majesty has something to do, I will not forgive you for your death. Please ask Your Majesty to return to the palace."
Emperor Jiajing smiled softly and said, "If there are still problems here, I will underestimate me too much and underestimate the Jinyiwei."
Zhou Mengchen's home is only a street away from the palace city, and Lu Bing is outside. Under such circumstances, if Emperor Jiajing cannot be protected, then Jiajing's rule over the Ming Dynasty would be a joke.
After Jiajing laughed, he felt a sense of boringness. It felt that the lively Zhou Mansion had nothing to do with him, and that was the excitement that he could never participate in again. After the palace transformation, Jiajing left deep sequelae and instinctively a little cautious about the scenes with a large number of people. He said, "I am impatient to meet people. I can't express it if I answer your post today."
Zhou Mengchen said: "I am very grateful to you by Your Majesty and dare not have any more delusions."
Emperor Jiajing sneered and said, "What's this? I just want to show the servants. I will never forget the ones who are honestly dealing with me. Those who regard me as a fool must also know what my three-foot method is? That is not enough to make up for the previous achievements."
Starting from Zhou Mengchen, Huang Jin set off an inner court storm, bringing Jiajing a lot of extra money. Emperor Jiajing himself didn't know that the eunuch was so greedy. Naturally, he had to reward Zhou Mengchen for one or two. This house looks good, but among all the accounts, he was just an inconspicuous existence.
Emperor Jiajing turned over and suddenly took out six copper coins and said, "This money is considered a gift." Then he threw it over.
Zhou Mengchen immediately took it with both hands, and there was no time to look closely. He immediately bowed and thanked him without mentioning it.
Emperor Jiajing came and went in a hurry, feeling like he was coming and going away. But for Zhou Mengchen, it was a shock and surprise. He could only hold six copper coins in his hand and look at the wind and don’t mention it.
Lu Bing walked at the end, and Zhou Mengchen immediately bowed. Lu Bing saw the copper coins in Zhou Mengchen's hand and said, "Your Majesty loves you very much. This is the spiritual money that Your Majesty often uses."
Zhou Mengchen then realized that there was no copper coins in his hand, but money, and one of them was extremely exquisitely crafted. The inscriptions on them were not ordinary inscriptions, but Lingxiao Shangqing. That is, the Taoist name given to him by Emperor Jiajing. Zhou Mengchen was shocked and said, "Mr. Lu, should you return this to Your Majesty?"
Lu Bing said, "Just collect it. Your Majesty has not returned the money yet, and the money will soon be gone."
Zhou Mengchen later learned that it was not that Jiajing did not tell fortunes since then, but that Jiajing had already begun to brew new Taoist names, and added the word Donghuang upstream of Taoist names. The new money is also being created, and maybe it has been created.
Lu Bing said: "That boy Lu Huan is coming back to Beijing soon. Today I gave him a gift. You guys will get along well in the future."
Zhou Mengchen immediately thanked him and refused to mention it.
It can be seen that Jiajing suddenly came out, which brought great benefits to Zhou Mengchen. Even Lu Bing looked at Zhou Mengchen a little differently.
Zhou Mengchen was in a heavy mood for a moment. Without him, he didn't think he had done anything big. Jiajing gave him too much reward. And he knew very well, was Emperor Jiajing a bad person? No. When the boss cared for his subordinates, he either wanted the subordinate to be very tough in the background, or there was something that he wanted the subordinate to resist.
Zhou Mengchen suppressed his worries and said to himself: "I hope that's not the case."
Whether it is or not, these things must be pushed back.
After seeing off Emperor Jiajing, Zhou Mengchen returned to the banquet again.
At this moment, I have had three rounds of wine and five flavors. It seems that many people have not noticed that the groom disappeared for a while. After all, the groom has to take care of so many guests. If you are not here, you may be with someone else. Only Yan Shifan's eyes are a little different.
He seemed to see something. His eyes looked at Zhou Mengchen differently.
Jiajing frightened Zhou Mengchen, which immediately woke up from his drunkenness. Seeing that it was almost done, Zhou Mengchen also had to do the most important thing today, either, it was to enter the bridal chamber.
This time, Zhou Mengchen issued a death order, blocking the group of people and not allowing them to make trouble in the bridal chamber.
Even so, after a lot of fun, Zhou Mengchen finally got out and led the way with Xiaohuan carrying a lantern in front of him. After Xiaohuan pushed open the bridal chamber, Zhou Mengchen entered, smiled slightly, and gently locked the bridal chamber.
For a moment, under the red light, there were only Zhou Mengchen and Li Yunzhen sitting beside the bed.
Chapter completed!