Chapter 69 The charm of that night (2)

Everyone took their seats under the guidance of the palace maids. Those in the court had civil officials on the left and military officials on the right, and arranged according to their official ranks; the major gentry in the wild were arranged according to their superiority and inferiority, and the seniority was young. It took half an hour to sit down just after the noisy.

Han Mu's seat was placed in the second row of military officers, behind Zhang Xuan. Xie Daoyun and other female members were seated in small rooms covered with white shirts in the last row. Han Mu vaguely saw Xie Daoyun and another woman in blue sitting in the same room. Because they were far apart, they could not see the woman's appearance clearly.

There were two other cushions behind each table. It was thought that they were for the servants brought by each person, so Han Mu had to throw the cushions to Su Hongling and Junjie with apologies. The two of them didn't care and served on both sides.

The people settled down and the Hualin Garden calmed down a little; at this time, a eunuch shouted loudly in a high-pitched and clear voice: "The emperor is here!" Hundreds of people on the seat were busy dressing and bowing to the ground.

Han Mufu was on the ground and watched secretly. The emperor's ceremonial guard was very simple. It might be because of the palace. It was not the style of flying colorful flags in history books. The style of various umbrellas, yellow weapons, and guards following thousands. Just eight pairs of palace maids came out one after another with palace lanterns and phoenix fans. Two more palace maids asked the white-faced emperor wearing dragon robe to hold his hands and slowly came to the dragon throne.

The emperor glanced at the hundreds of subjects crawling in front of him, with a slight smile on his face, and waved his hand and said in a gentle voice: "Get up and sit down." After that, he sat in the dragon throne himself.

Everyone stood up thankfully.

"My dear friends, today is the Dragon Boat Festival event on the fifth day of the fifth month. I hold a banquet in Hualin Garden in accordance with the practice of my ancestors. Every year on Dragon Boat Festival, I am looking forward to this day, because I will celebrate the festival with you and pray for the country and the people." The emperor's voice was still gentle, but it seemed that hundreds of people present could clearly hear his words.

Han Mu thought to himself that the emperor was not a fool, but he was cautious in his words and seemed to know that the situation was dangerous. While thinking, the emperor raised the wine glass on the table and said, "Today's first glass of wine is presented to Yu Zheng, who guarded the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the border soldiers who defended the peace of our Great Jin Dynasty."

Han Mu almost fainted when he heard this. Is this what an emperor said? The first glass of wine at the Dragon Boat Festival State Banquet was actually dedicated to Huan Wen, an ambitious man who wanted to usurp the throne and seize power, and he said so righteously and sincerely. If this emperor was not very cautious, he would have been ill.

The emperor continued, "Come on the way, I will give Sima Huan a seat. The eunuch on the side hurriedly moved a big chair to put it on the left hand of the emperor, almost sitting on the same level.

Han Mu secretly watched Xie An and Wang Tanzhi's faces, and saw that the two looked calm and there was no strangeness. When they looked at the expressions of other officials, there were some people who were proud, some people who were angry, some people who were sad, and some people who were sad, each of them was different.

A voice suddenly came from the military officer seat in the left head and said, "Cheers to Sima Huan." There were many people who responded immediately. The emperor seemed to ignorantly and sipped the wine in the cup in amid the noise of the crowd.

Han Mu felt Su Hongling's emotions beside him were quite excited. He understood her feelings. He reached out and pinched her little hand, took the wine cup in her hand and fell to the ground while it was unprepared. Su Hongling closed her eyes and adjusted her breath for a while before she could calm down.

The emperor poured two glasses of wine respectively, wishing the Queen Mother good health and good weather in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Han Mu smiled bitterly, this old thief forced the emperor to put the queen mother and the country in the second and third place. It is rare in the world to be able to endure a person to such an endurance.

The music of silk and bamboo drums started. On the red carpet in the middle, more than a dozen graceful dancers began to dance gracefully. In conjunction with the melodious silk and bamboo sound, the atmosphere was warm for a moment.

Everyone seemed not to be affected by the scene just now, and they raised their glasses frequently and drank the wine.

Han Mu was eating wine and food silently, and glanced at everyone from time to time. He saw that in the first row of military officers, Huan Mi and ordinary officers were shouting and drinking wildly, treating the state banquet as their own private banquet. He completely ignored the emperor's presence and pointed at the beautiful dancer's pink legs and jade navel on the red carpet and teased her.

Wang Xun seemed quite well-educated. He raised his glass and smiled and signaled through the seat, and whispered to the officials beside him who were clamoring for fun. Huan Mi was also scolded by him. Although he did not dare to retaliate, he did not restrain himself at all.

After several rounds of wine, I suddenly saw the little eunuch put another seat on the emperor's right hand.

Han Mu was confused, and suddenly the fragrance blew up. A woman dressed in charmingly walked from the corridor to the seat on the right and sat down carelessly. The woman was about thirty years old, but her eyes were full of charm, and when she looked at everyone, she felt indifferent.

The emperor glanced at the woman and frowned and said, "You are so rude and late for such a big thing. You really can't do anything to you."

The woman chuckled and said, "Brother, what they are waiting for is you. No one cares whether they come or not. So what if they come late?"

When the emperor heard this, he didn't talk much to her, but just talked to the guards and eunuchs beside him.

The woman didn't mind either, so she raised the wine glass on the table and poured it on her own.

Only then did Han Mu realize that this woman was the Xin'an Princess who forced Wang Xianzhi to divorce her. She heard that she had a very unbearable reputation in the capital and had an affair with many senior officials of the gentry. She didn't expect that she would meet her own cheap mother-in-law today.

At this time, Han Mu had lost a slight interest in the weak emperor and the slutty royal family. It was tantamount to hitting the stone with an egg.

People are actually very strange. When you know that the backer you thought you could rely on and rely on became worthless, you will find that you also feel a little calm while disappointed. You will understand how wise and great it is to seek others rather than seek yourself.

Han Mu was in this mood at this time. He had originally had expectations for the emperor, hoping to completely reverse the defeat by maintaining his authority; but at this time he thought about rapidly developing his own strength and power. No matter who becomes the emperor, it is actually not important; what is important is that his strength is enough to protect everything that should be protected.

With an sudden enlightenment, Han Mu no longer felt wronged. He began to chat and laugh, and raised his glasses with the military generals and gentry he knew around him. How could Wang Tanzhi and Xie An and others who had been paying attention to him understand that in just a short time, Han Mu had been reborn.

Han Mu was drunk and Yi Xing flew happily. Such active actions quickly attracted everyone's attention, including Huan Mi, several generals from the foreign army, Wang Xun and others, and of course the countless lewd princesses in front of him.

When Xie An saw this situation, he knew it was going to be bad. He hurriedly walked towards the seat on Han Mu with a glass of wine. As soon as he took a step, he saw Huan Mi, who was blushing in the seat opposite, and stood up and raised his glass to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I have a request, I wonder if Your Majesty can be correct?"

Sima Yi was slightly surprised and said with a squeeze of smile: "What do you mean by General Huan? Even if you say that today's monarch and ministers don't have to be too polite."

Huan Mi said loudly: "The song and dance of bamboo are really a mediocre sound. My great Jin Dynasty should advocate martial arts before we can resist the enemy from the country and recover the lost territory in the north. Please ask Your Majesty to drive all these kabuki tricks down." These words were extremely rude and everyone changed their colors.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty emphasized artistic attainments such as poetry, calligraphy, rituals, music and painting. Almost everyone in the Jin Dynasty regarded themselves as famous scholars, and was proud of being both good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Moreover, there were several super masters on the seat, Xie An, Wang Tanzhi, and even Wang Xun, all of them were masters.

This sentence from Huan Mi can be said to have scolded everyone here, which is really arrogant.

Emperor Sima Yi's face also changed suddenly, and the atmosphere seemed awkward for a moment.

The auxiliary Sima Yu and others had already made up their minds not to have obvious conflicts with Huan Wen, and Wang Xun was from Huan Wen's faction, so even if he wanted to refute it, it would not be possible to be on this occasion. Zhang Xuan and Xie An were the only ones who followed Xie An and Wang Tanzhi were inconvenient to conflict directly in public because they had just reached an agreement with Huan Wen, and the atmosphere suddenly became cold.

Han Mu sighed secretly. The civil and military officials in the court took the tyranny of the old thief Huan Wen, but he cursed and refuted it. He felt indescribable and sad. He was unbearable. Xie An and Wang Tanzhi had indescribable difficulties. He did not speak up for justice at this time, so he asked Xie An and Wang Tanzhi and others to deal with themselves, and at the same time, let this little thief act wildly in front of him, which was not in line with his personality.

Thinking of this, Han Mu stood up long and was about to speak, but heard a delicate and clear voice from the seats of the last row of female relatives coming like a natural sound: "It is really a shame for me, Xie Daoyuan and the famous scholars of the Jin Dynasty here."
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