Emperor Shunyao walked into the imperial bathhouse with his cloth robe open, his long hair tied freely on his head. The Yulong Pool, which was completely made of precious stones, was steaming. Outside, eight palace maids wearing only tube tops were kneeling on both sides. There were not only
There are bright glass mirrors and all kinds of exquisite and expensive toiletries.
"It must be good. This place is doing a lot of health care. Who dares to catch prostitutes..."
Zhao Guanren was also wearing a gauze dress and looked around. After two palace ladies knelt and pushed open the door of the bath, there were three large baths, a cold pool, a soup pool, and a clear pool. There were eight palace ladies kneeling in it.
Welcome by the pool.
"Your thoughts are really dirty. Why am I having whores in my own harem..."
Emperor Shunyao smiled and walked in. Zhao Guanren followed and said with a smile: "The difference between the two is that one is retail for individual customers and the other is exclusive for a year. They are both spending money to have fun. There is no difference in essence.
, can the emperor still not give them money?"
"You! You always disembowel yourself when you talk, you have to take out the shit in your intestines and say..."
Emperor Shunyao stretched out his arms dumbfounded. The maids quickly came up to take off his robes and handed him soft towels to help him step into the soup pool. However, Zhao Guanren's face suddenly turned red and he said awkwardly: "Take off your clothes."
, aren’t there too many people here?”
"Haha~ When you feel ashamed, please strip him naked for me..."
Emperor Shunyao seemed to have grasped his weak spot, and his childish innocence suddenly became stronger. Zhao Guanren hurriedly jumped into the pool with his bathrobe in his hands. He shrank in the water before taking off his bathrobe. The maids wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh, so they knelt down one after another.
Place tea and cakes by the pool.
"You go down first, I'll tell you to come in again..."
Emperor Shunyao waved his hand gently. Zhao Guanren took a cup of sour plum soup, lit a cigarette and leaned comfortably by the pool. Emperor Shunyao also lit a special cigar and asked: "Did the Queen explain anything? What's the matter?"
Last words?"
"In my next life, I don't want to be born into an emperor's family. I just want to be an ordinary civilian woman..."
Zhao Guanren blew out the smoke and said: "No one will die! This is a very scary rule. Six years ago, your imperial commander suffered an abdominal injury during the military expedition, and the ladies found out that they could no longer reproduce. But most of them were in their twenties and thirties, and they were very competitive in the harem.
, it’s not surprising to borrow seeds to give birth to children!”
"I seem to have become a tyrant, the biggest joke in the world..."
Emperor Shunyao raised his head and laughed miserably, actually leaving two lines of clear tears. This showed that he and the queen had some feelings, but the feelings could not surpass the imperial power.
"Once you enter the Hou family, it is as deep as the sea. From then on, Xiao Lang is a passerby..."
Zhao Guanren lay on his back in the water and said: "There are two worlds inside the palace and outside the palace. People outside want to come in, and people inside want to get out. To put it bluntly, the palace is like a prison. Being the emperor is not a favor. I think it is more like a
Punishment is just the bitterness of it, no emperor dares to speak out about it!"
"Alas~"
Emperor Shunyao waved his hands and said: "I really don't like listening to you. You always poke people's hearts and say something happy. If you continue to talk, I will have to leave home!"
"Let me tell you one last unhappy thing..."
Zhao Guanren said: "The clues indeed point to Prince Duan. If Master Xuanyang succeeds in summoning the soul tonight and determines that the evil spell is done by Prince Duan, then there will be a black hand in the harem that none of us expected, the prince, the sixth, and the old
Nine are victims!”
Emperor Shunyao straightened up and asked: "Why can't it be Lao Liu who did it? Are you so sure that he is fine?"
"Lao Liu would like to make trouble, but it's a pity that he doesn't have the ability..."
Zhao Guanren shook his head and said: "But I hope that the blame can be pointed at Lao Liu. What I fear most is that it will fall on Prince Duan. Then this person would be too terrible. He may have personally participated in the murder of the Supreme Emperor!"
"You've confused me. Who else is there besides the three of them..."
Emperor Shunyao looked at him in confusion. Zhao Guanren handed him a glass of iced rice wine and said with a smile: "Everything is in the stage of speculation. In the evening, you call all the princes and concubines out and let them watch Xuanyang Tianshi's moves.
Soul, maybe you can see some clues!"
"Okay! I will wait patiently for a few more hours..."
Emperor Shunyao drank the rice wine and clapped his hands. The bathroom was immediately pushed away, and more than ten concubines wrapped in bath towels lined up to enter. Although they were only concubines, they were all serious harem empresses.
Everyone was blushing with shame when they saw Zhao Guanren.
"Besides me, you are the second man to come into this Yulong Pond..."
Emperor Shunyao chuckled and waved, and the ladies could only step into the pool with blushing faces. However, they had obviously received the order. Four of them swam to Zhao Guanren, shyly rubbing his shoulders and feet, and
Two of them knelt by the pool and fed him wine and fruit.
"emperor!"
Zhao Guanren opened his arms and leaned against the pool, looking at the beautiful palace maids kneeling in a circle by the pool, and said with a smile: "I take back what I said when I was young and ignorant. In fact, being an emperor is still very satisfying most of the time. At this moment, I am like a god.
I won’t change it either!”
"Haha~"
Emperor Shunyao raised his head and laughed: "Do you think everyone in the world is a fool? You are unhappy with whoever becomes the emperor. But you have to pay for tonight's reward yourself. From now on, they will be yours exclusively for the whole year!"
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"Mom! I don't let anyone sleep in the middle of the night. What kind of spiritual conjuring is there? It's so scary..."
The concubines gathered full of complaints outside the Tianhe Hall. Many kerosene lamps were hung in the square, illuminating the square in black and white. All the imperial troops withdrew to the far sides, while Xuanyang Heavenly Master placed a display in the center of the square.
An altar was set up.
"Why did you call us all out..."
The little princess and Princess Yaoyue also came out, and the guards stopped all their slaves. However, there were only about a hundred concubines, and there were not many people including a dozen princes and princesses. They were all gathered on the stairs.
A small leeward corner next to the base.
"The Crown Prince and Prince Duan are here..."
The concubines dispersed and bowed their legs to salute, and saw the prince walking over with his head held high, while Prince Duan yawned and looked like he was not awake, and each led his own female concubine.
"Yong Ning! What are you doing? Opening an altar to catch ghosts in the middle of the night..."
Prince Duan was imprisoned for several days without knowing anything. The little princess walked out of the crowd and said: "Calling the spirits! Someone set up a witchcraft in the harem. Grandpa Huang invited a heavenly master to summon the spirits. He wanted to find out who the real culprit was behind the scenes. Today
Someone will be in bad luck later!"
"Hmph~ Lao Jiu! Don't be so scared that you wet your pants later..."
The prince rolled up his sleeves with a sneer on his face, and stood upright by the steps of the main hall, while Prince Duan curled his lips and said: "Whoever does good things knows it in his heart. You are the prince of the East Palace. There is no use in setting up evil arts.
Do you think I’m two hundred and fifty?”
"Hey! Have you heard..."
The empress suddenly said: "I heard that the prince went to Yulong Pond to take a bath, and the emperor asked more than a dozen concubines and ladies to wait on him. The prince ordered six at one go, and both Li and Qian were cleaning up.
Now, let’s leave the palace early tomorrow morning and go to Prince Zhao’s Mansion!”
"What? King Zhao went to Yulong Pond, is the Emperor also there..."
Most people were shocked by the news. The prince and Prince Duan also pricked up their ears and even pushed their wives and concubines over to eavesdrop.
"Nonsense! Who dares to take a bath when the emperor is not here..."
A well-informed empress said: "Have you not noticed that none of them are here? Qian Guifei is so beautiful. She took a box of golden melon seeds and gave rewards to her servants. She said that King Zhao had rewarded her with a lot of treasures. The king
The imperial concubine was also deposed and turned into a slave!"
"Then the royal concubine is not allowed to hang herself..."
A concubine said in horror: "The royal concubine usually bullies her. She slapped her ears in public. Now if she falls into her hands and becomes a slave, it will definitely be worse than death. Mother! God bless me, I am not a queen."
The Party has nothing to do with me!"
"What happened? Why did Zhao Yunxuan go to Yulong Pond..."
Prince Duan looked at the little princess in astonishment. The little princess curled her lips and said: "The emperor treats him as a toilet. All the unwanted junk is thrown into his house. Anyway, he has too many lice."
Afraid of being bitten, and with a reputation for being disobedient and domineering, Concubine Bai Shu went to his house to kowtow this morning!"
"Hey! Prince Yongshi is here..."
The ladies all showed obedient fake smiles, and saw Zhao Guanren walking over wearing a red dragon robe with two big sleeves swinging, followed by Tan Qingning and Commander Duan, but no one dared to get close at this time.
Nodding is considered a greeting.
"It's almost time! Let's get started..."
Emperor Shunyao walked out from the back of the hall with his hands behind his back, followed by Jin Wuming and Eunuch Tian. The concubines and princes knelt down to greet him, but Emperor Shunyao just raised his hand slightly and walked straight to the altar in the square.
.
"Everyone! Please enter the circle quickly..."
Heavenly Master Xuanyang changed to a serious seven-star copper sword. Four men, four women and eight disciples were holding dustpans, using lime powder to draw a large circle around the altar, and finally sprinkled the remaining lime powder on the steps of the main hall.
In front of me, even the steps of the main hall were not spared.
"Your Majesty! Please sit here and don't get up..."
Xuanyang invited Emperor Shunyao to sit on the armchair on the left side and said loudly: "Listen carefully, everyone. The virgins stand on the right side of the emperor, the boys stand on the left side of the emperor, the men stand on the left side of the altar, and the women stand on the right side of the altar.
, if you are not a man or a woman, please stay outside the circle!"
"Uh-huh~ Eunuch Tian! Please..."
Commander Duan coughed awkwardly and walked out of the circle side by side with Eunuch Tian.
"Grandpa Huang! I'm here to accompany you..."
The little princess happily jumped to the emperor's side. Princess Yaoyue also walked over, and dozens of widowed concubines stood at the right side of Emperor Shunyao. However, there were only four boys, all of whom were half-grown and ignorant princes.
and the emperor's grandson.
"Hmph~ Look at how you discipline your children..."
Emperor Shunyao snorted displeasedly, but before he could finish his words, Zhao Guanren actually came over. The group of women and the emperor were all shocked, and Yaoyue scolded angrily: "You are so shameless?
, do you have the nerve to pretend to be a boy?"
"Someone must believe me if I pretend, but the matter is so important that I can't let others pretend to be..."
Zhao Guanren grabbed a teenage grandson and kicked him on the butt. The kid ran away with red ears. The angry prince yelled and cursed. He grabbed the naughty old lady and slapped him several times.
"Boys and girls, please listen to your orders! Kneel forward and reverse the yin and yang..."
Heavenly Master Xuanyang waved the Seven-Star Bronze Sword and shouted loudly. The eight disciples immediately sat down, male and female, and all knelt at the front. However, Zhao Guanren stepped forward and grabbed the two female disciples, and said with a wry smile: "You two
What kind of virgin are you? Do you want to commit the crime of deceiving the king?"
"What? When did you lose your integrity and dare to deceive me..."
Heavenly Master Xuanyang stepped forward in shock and anger. The two women's faces suddenly turned pale, and they lay on the ground in horror and kowtowed to admit their mistake.
"Xuan Yang! Can you do it? I think you are not as good as Yunxuan..."
Emperor Shunyao looked over in displeasure. Master Xuanyang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "Your Majesty! I was also deceived by these two evil disciples. Can you please call two virgins to help me?"
Just kneel on the ground, there won't be any danger!"
"Yongning! Yongtai! You two come forward and kneel..."
Emperor Shunyao slowly raised his finger, and the expressions of the little princess and Princess Yaoyue changed slightly. Prince Duan also hurriedly shouted: "Father! This matter is extremely dangerous, how can we let them kneel forward, my lord?"
Let me call the two palace maids for you!"
"Why don't you come forward and kneel down to see if the evil ghost recognizes you..."
Emperor Shunyao glanced at him coldly, and Prince Duan immediately did not dare to speak. The little princess and Yaoyue could only step forward and kneel down with the two female disciples.
"Don't move! I will protect you..."
Heavenly Master Xuanyang picked up a bowl of cinnabar water and stepped forward to draw the ghost-killing charm on Princess Yaoyue's back. But as soon as it was the little princess's turn, she heard a "click" and the good porcelain bowl suddenly broke into four petals.
, a bowl of cinnabar water was spilled, causing everyone's expressions to change.