Chapter 25 The Night Banquet
"Who is pretending to be a ghost here? Tell me your name quickly and I will spare your life!"
Fifteen-year-old Lu Chengfeng's heart had jumped into his throat, and he was so nervous that he could hardly breathe. But when he thought that he was an atheist in the 21st century, he relaxed, calmed down, and scolded sternly.
"His Royal Highness, I am Niu Sanbao, the little father-in-law who sent you to the palace this morning. Do you still remember me?"
"It's you! It's so late at night, you're acting like a ghost, who are you trying to scare?"
"Isn't it the emperor's grandson who asked me to come to the palace to serve you?"
"Come here! Why are you dressed up like this!"
"You ran away when you saw me just now. I don't know why. Am I so ugly?" The little eunuch said aggrievedly.
The evening breeze blew up the willow branches beside the lakeside corridor, gently brushing Lu Zhengfeng's cheek.
Lu Chengfeng suddenly realized, "I understand! The culprit is actually the shade of the green trees! The moonlight shines through the thick wicker branches, and this angle, coupled with the lake water, reflects on people's faces.
Turned into green light!"
"But why are your hair disheveled and your face covered in blood? Don't I think you are a genius? Fortunately, I will be lenient. Otherwise, with my strong martial arts skills, your life might be ruined today!"
Why don't you thank me quickly!"
Lu Chengfeng was busy and boasting.
"Slave Niu Sanbao has thanked His Highness the Imperial Grandson." The young father-in-law knelt down and thanked him respectfully.
"Get up! Sanbao, let me ask you, why is this huge palace so deserted?" Lu Chengfeng looked around, feeling very strange.
"I don't even know where to start talking about this." Mr. Sanbao looked confused.
"I didn't know that His Highness, the Emperor's grandson, has arrived, but I am not far away to welcome him!" A middle-aged man wearing a scarlet eunuch uniform came in a hurry, followed by a large group of men and women dressed as palace servants. He knelt down all of a sudden.
A big piece was poured.
Who said there was no one! Lu Chengfeng said in surprise, "Are you the palace steward? Where did you come from? Why didn't you see a single person just now?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, this servant is Jin Buhuan, the steward of the West Mansion. He was late to pick you up. Please punish me, Your Highness!"
After Butler Jin finished speaking, his face darkened.
Then he took off the shirt of the red-coloured eunuch in charge, and he looked as if Lian Po had come to plead guilty. He lowered his head and said, "This matter is all my fault. Please punish me, Your Highness!"
"You get up first! As long as you tell me exactly what's going on, no one will punish you!" Lu Chengfeng was really dazzled by Butler Jin's white fat body, and he quickly used his hands to cover the whole thing in front of him.
Zhe said, "Put your clothes on first before you reply! Hurry up!"
Jin Buhuai still knelt down, bowed his head and said nothing, as if there was something unspeakable.
"Do you still need me to help you put it on! Niu Sanbao! Go and put it on for him!" Lu Chengfeng had a sullen look on his face.
As soon as he finished speaking, Butler Jin hurriedly wrapped up his coat, kowtowed again, and replied: "Reporting to His Majesty the Emperor, the servants were in the backyard just now and did not receive the notification of the Emperor's return to the palace, so it was delayed.
When the time comes, this slave deserves to die!"
"There is no communication? Why is this?" Lu Chengfeng put his hands behind his back and looked at Niu Sanbao, his eyes were very sharp.
"Replying to His Highness the Imperial Sun, I was ordered to come here. Eunuch Feng told me that I should follow His Highness the Imperial Sun carefully from now on, but he didn't mention that he had to pass the news first. I thought that someone had informed me when I sent the Imperial Grandson back to his home.
In short, it is the servant’s negligence! Please punish me, Your Highness!”
Niu Sanbao's face was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed.
"Okay, okay, everyone, get up, get up!" Lu Chengfeng waved his hands and said impatiently, "You still refuse to tell me what kind of shameful secrets are hidden in this Xifu! Otherwise, with the dignity of crowning the king,
Even Xifu cannot be so deserted!"
"Your Highness, please don't be angry! It must be that the nobles in charge of the palace do not dare to enter the palace to communicate, and the servants really do not dare to go out!" A little palace maid sobbed in a low voice.
"Your Highness, it is said that His Royal Highness Prince Mian returned to Beijing last year to report on his duties. He fell in love with a palace maid in this West Mansion and had a one-night affair. Later, when the princess found out about it, she actually beat the girl to death in the palace! Poor that palace maid, when she died, she was already dead.
Pregnant with Liujia! One corpse, two lives! Since then, there have been rumors in the capital that the West Mansion is haunted! The servants who stayed behind in the West Mansion all said that the palace maid died tragically, and the mother and son came back to claim their lives! So,
Once the sun goes down, no one in the house dares to step out of the house!"
Niu Sanbao finally couldn't bear it anymore and lied down in Lu Chengfeng's ear and whispered something.
Words.
"That's it!" Lu Chengfeng said with a knowing smile, "Since he died unjustly, he naturally has a debtor and a debtor, and will only seek payment from the person who killed him. I think if you don't have evil intentions in your heart, you will all
Don’t be afraid! Bring me a drink. It’s better to choose a different day than to hit the sun. To celebrate the good luck of my stay today, Lu Chengfeng, I will happily set a table for everyone to celebrate together! Celebrate together!”
"This..." Butler Jin hesitated.
"I'll do it when I say it! You! Lao Jin! Go and run for me. Go to Jingzhao Yin Mansion to invite Brother Jingmo to come and talk to you. Go right away!" Lu Chengfeng pointed at Butler Jin and said
.
"Sambo! You take the others to prepare a banquet! This is my first time opening a business today. I can't lose the face of Prince Mian's Mansion in front of Brother Jingmo! Give me all the good wine and food!" Lu Chengfeng said with a big hand
With one wave, the deployment is completed!
Everyone was ordered to retreat and go their separate ways.
Lu Chengfeng clapped his hands proudly, as if to knock off the dust in his palms, and then wandered around.
I saw him walking east and west, leaning against the door in the backyard and whistling leisurely, and then going to the kitchen to rummage through the cabinets. From time to time he would greet the servants in the kitchen and pick up one or two small pastries to eat.
Got up.
Everyone in the Xi Mansion looked at each other in confusion, as if they were thinking silently in their eye contact, he is indeed the emperor's grandson! He was not affected by the rumors at all, and showed no timidity at all! He must have the aura of Huang Guizhou to protect him! With the little emperor's grandson sitting in charge,
Will the palace be at peace from now on?
In the busy time, all the delicious food and wine were served and the guests were seated.
At the request of the newly crowned grandson, the servants were rarely able to come to the table and enjoy themselves with you. They all smiled as brightly as flowers and exchanged cups. Between the silk and bamboo orchestra, steaming pure brew and soup were mixed, and the atmosphere was full of enthusiasm.
, it was a happy scene. For a moment, everyone had forgotten about the rumor of being haunted.
"Oh oh oh, I died so miserably! My child! Give me back my life! Give me back my life!" A stern voice came, as if a woman was complaining loudly and sharply, but it didn't sound like that.
The ordinary sound of crying and choking is more like the opera singing in the pear garden. Listening to it is trance-like, accompanied by bursts of sobbing and resentful bamboo flute sounds, as if the soul has really emerged from the underground of the underworld.
Chapter completed!