Chapter 497 Banquet at the Prime Minister’s Mansion
Night.
As winter gets thicker, the bustling city of Di'an gradually becomes more fiery red. Although it is still some time before the New Year's Eve, the inscription lights on both sides of the street have already been covered with a layer of red lanterns by the clerks in charge of rituals. , temple fairs and night markets all over the city are also decorated with lights and colors, and people stay up all night. In addition to the prosperity of the market, some high-ranking scholars in Di'an City will also hold some elegant poetry gatherings in order to celebrate the New Year, attracting many young men from aristocratic families and traveling scholars. Occasionally one or two elegant and famous lines can be heard in Di'an City at the end of the year. There were some uproar inside, leaving behind a small and medium-sized story.
However, in the past half month, these poetry gatherings and banquets organized by the Confucian scholars have gradually stopped. The reason is also very simple. Half a month ago, the Prime Minister's Office had already sent out invitations to prepare for the Prime Minister's Office banquet.
Great Confucians are noble and have character, but they also need to eat.
and,
If your own poetry party and banquet coincide with the Prime Minister's Palace, and no one comes, it will inevitably be embarrassing if the crowd is empty.
On the day of the banquet, the huge prime minister's mansion was rarely crowded, and even the front door of the majestic mansion had a bit more of a human atmosphere.
In order to prepare for this banquet, a grand event held every three years in the Prime Minister's Mansion, housekeepers at all levels and various stewards were busy for twelve hours.
After all, those who can enter these days are all distinguished guests.
There are six bureaucrats, three ministers and nine ministers, as well as border military attachés. In addition to the court, there are also some guests with bottomless cultivation. During the trip, they either exchanged experiences in groups of three or two, or drank cold wine alone against the wall with swords in hand.
Of course, such a grand event will inevitably involve the sect.
Although the tensions are still high now, after all, the feud has not been completely broken, and the Zongmeng side has also sent some elders and talented disciples to pay homage.
Every guest at the banquet is a noble person who can control the life and death of thousands of people in the outside world.
For this reason, the Prime Minister’s Mansion Banquet is also called the Xiaosui Banquet.
According to the Dayan ancestral system, on New Year's Eve, all the six ministries and nine ministers, as well as officials from various prefectures and departments, were not allowed to go home on New Year's Eve. They had to stay in the government office to keep vigil for the emperor.
After New Year's Eve is the New Year's Eve Banquet.
At that time, Emperor Dayan will host a banquet for all ministers in the Taiqing Palace to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.
However, as the situation in Dayan has gradually become tense in the past two years, undercurrents have surged in various places. This time, before officially receiving the invitation from the Prime Minister's Mansion, some worries also spread among the invited guests.
for example,
What should we do if the prime minister and his old man set the date of the prime minister’s banquet on the first day of the new year this year?
But fortunately this didn’t happen.
Although the date of the Prime Minister's Mansion banquet is closer to the first day of the Lunar New Year, there is still some time left. We will have to wait and see what the next year will bring. At least we can have a stable year this year.
The flowers bloom on both sides, with one branch on each side.
In addition to these dignitaries, the banquet will also invite some up-and-coming young talents, and set some policy papers and poems for postgraduate examinations. The top candidates will be able to receive a private interview with the Prime Minister. Therefore, compared with those worried big shots, they looked much more free and easy. They were dressed in bright clothes and angry with their horses, and they were so heroic that they showed off their talents without hesitation at the dinner.
In short,
No matter what, the banquet was carried out in an orderly manner in a festive atmosphere
Woke up from a coma again with a splitting headache and a feeling of dry mouth and tongue.
With her golden eyelids half-closed and trembling, Aulunli struggled to open her eyes and tried to see her surroundings clearly, but there was only darkness and silence all around.
The smell of decay and a faint fishy smell filled the air.
The tip of her tongue gently licked her dry and cracked lips, and Aulunli subconsciously wanted to move. With the sound of an iron cable clattering, a tearing pain immediately shot through her shoulders.
The pain was so heartbreaking that Aulunli's perception of her body also revived like water flowing into a canal.
She is standing, or half-kneeling, but her knees cannot touch the ground.
Two iron chains hung down from the darkness, and the hook at the end pulled her up upside down, while the other two hanging iron hooks penetrated her shoulders. These four iron chains directly fixed her body shape. This uncomfortable posture.
She didn’t know where she was, but she probably wasn’t killed because the pain from her body was still so clear.
The look on the face of the hot-tempered man before he fell into coma flashed through his mind, and a sigh flashed across Aulunli's beautiful eyes.
Still got caught
After realizing her situation, Aulunli adjusted to the physical pain and began to try to connect to the magic ring.
Although she didn't know how dangerous the situation was, her temperament would never allow her to sit back and wait for death.
The moment his consciousness was immersed in the magic ring, a mouthful of bright red blood instantly gushed out of his mouth.
“Ahem, cough.” Opening his eyes again, Aulunli’s eyes lit up with a dark light, and she subconsciously lowered her eyes to look at her chest.
Under the influence of the magic eye ring, she could barely see the surrounding environment clearly.
This is a dungeon-like room. There is nothing in the cramped space except for the iron chains extending from the roof. Only a sealed iron door seals the room.
She was still wearing the purple gothic and complicated dress from before, but her heart was already dripping with blood.
While she was in a coma, four black iron rods were nailed into her skin, penetrated her clothes and thick fat, and were fixed around her heart.
The once messy dress was now stained with blood, and the four black rods scattered a strange fluctuation that slowed down her sense of the magic ring. But the only good thing was that the blood that spilled there had already scabbed, otherwise she would most likely have died at this moment. Already died from blood loss.
Gently biting the corner of her chapped pale lips, Aulunli moved her lips and teeth slightly, and spit out a syllable with difficulty:
"asshole."
The only person in the Dayan Dynasty who knew the rules of the magic ring was Xu Changtian, but she did not expect that this method would be used to restrict her.
As she thought, Dayan had no means of banning magic against world magicians. Although the four black rods could affect her induction of the magic ring, they could not block it.
The problem is that the four black rods are too close to the heart.
If she contacts the magic ring, her heart beat will increase slightly and she will come into contact with the four black rods.
As long as it comes into contact, the special magic-forbidden material of the black rod can instantly physically block the magic circuit around her heart.
After getting angry, Aulunli's habitual calm thinking caused the corners of her pale lips to curve.
This simple and crude design without any skills, but extremely clever to ban magic, gradually made her feel a little satisfied.
Able to cast some small magic rings, but unable to cast spells that break through the shackles.
A moment of contact won't kill her, but it can make her weak.
This was the person's teasing against her, and also the person's provocation against her.
Aulunli's thoughts were moving quickly, her blue eyes were shining with a hint of excitement, and her pale lips were soaked in red blood with a coquettish smile.
She hates things happening beyond her control, but the excitement of going against the trend and powerful and cunning opponents can also excite her.
Xu Changtian is very smart, but unfortunately he still knows too little about the magic ring, or in other words, he still knows too little about her.
As Aulunli's hand, which had been pierced by the iron hook, was gently clenched, a heart-wrenching sound of blood and flesh was heard.
ˆ “.”
In an instant,
The light in Orunli's eyes stagnated, and her consciousness began to dissipate quickly along with the blood overflowing from the corners of her lips.
Her heart shrank in size due to the shackles of the magic ring, and its beating stopped.
The physical frailty of a world magician is almost the same as that of a mortal. This method of forcibly shrinking the heart is completely capable of causing death.
"boom!"
As if sensing something, a muffled sound suddenly came from the iron door, and a middle-aged man in smart clothes broke open the door in a panic.
The door opened, and the firelight from the dungeon corridor poured into the room. The dancing firelight reflected on Aulunli's beautiful and lifeless eyebrows. There was no sound in the cramped dungeon.
Looking at the foreign woman whose heart stopped beating and whose vitality disappeared quickly, the middle-aged man teleported to Aulunli and leaned down. While taking out the jade bottle containing the secret medicine from his arms, he whispered Cursed:
“Damn it! If you want to die, don’t die while I’m on duty.”
“Dong dong.”
The words have not yet finished,
The middle-aged man's movements were stagnant.
He seemed to hear the heartbeat of others in this room.
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(End of this chapter)