allonlinenovel Chapter 406 Cui Caiping intercepts
Chapter 406 Cui Caiping intercepts
At the celebration banquet, everyone was beaming with joy, toasting each other. The emperor even raised his glass and laughed heartily, "This toast is to all the generals and soldiers. Thanks to you, we were able to win yesterday's battle so smoothly."
The people below naturally did not dare to accept the emperor's praise so easily. They all stood up and raised their glasses and said, "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for your kindness. Your grandson (this humble official, this general) will do his utmost to protect the territory of the Tang Dynasty in the future!"
The emperor looked at the people below with satisfaction and said, "Okay, then I'll drink this cup first!" After that, he drank it all in one gulp. Seeing this, the people below also drank it all in one gulp.
Then the emperor said with a smile: "Please sit down. Today is a celebration banquet. My dear ministers, please relax and don't be too reserved."
The people below said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Then they continued drinking and chatting, which lasted until the evening. The emperor drank a little too much and was helped back to his bedroom by Gao Lishi and his men, and then they dispersed.
Because Dugu Xin and Chu Xiaoyi were also among them, they traveled with Li Chu. Li Chu sent them back to the Prince of Yunnan's Palace, and then took a carriage back to the Prince of Guangping's Palace.
Originally, Li Chu didn't drink too much, but he had been riding with Dugu Xin and Chu Xiaoyi before, and was exposed to the wind. Now he felt a little dizzy, so he changed the carriage.
When Li Chu returned to Prince Guangping's mansion, he saw Feng Shengyi. He went to the study to listen to Feng Shengyi's report before taking a nap.
Feng Shengyi replied, "Your Highness, I contacted the secret guard and arrived at the courtyard. The secret guard opened the secret door according to the method he saw that day. However, after we entered, we found that it was not a secret room, but a passage."
Li Chu rubbed his temple and asked, "Passage? Where does it lead to?"
Feng Shengyi continued, "Your Highness, that passage leads to a place surrounded by mountains, and we also found traces of An Lushan there."
Li Chu immediately regained consciousness and asked, "Grandpa Emperor has already issued an order that if An Lushan cannot be captured alive, he should be executed on the spot. Why didn't you capture him or kill him?"
Feng Shengyi knelt and kowtowed, saying, "Your Highness. It's not that we didn't capture him, but the cavalry and infantry who escaped with him were also there. There were simply too many of them, and we were too few in number, so we didn't take action."
Li Chu felt that Feng Shengyi's idea made sense. It was better to avoid alerting the enemy, so he said, "You should get up first. In this case, I will report to Grandpa Emperor and Father tomorrow and then discuss it."
Feng Shengyi felt as if he had been pardoned. He said, "Thank you, Your Highness! By the way, Your Highness, the kitchen said that the princess prepared a hangover soup for you to drink when you get back."
Li Chu nodded and said, "Send the hangover soup to Wangyuexuan. I'll drink it there."
Feng Shengyi then went to pass on the message, and Li Chu went to Wangyuexuan alone. Unexpectedly, Cui Caiping got the news that Li Chu would attend the celebration banquet tonight, and presumably he would drink a lot today, so she personally waited at the road leading to Wangyuexuan.
Just when she was shivering from the cold, she saw Li Chu staggering towards Wangyuexuan. Cui Caiping saw that the time was almost right, and just like last time, she bumped into Li Chu.
Cui Caiping also put a lot of thought into this. She wanted to take advantage of Li Chu's drunkenness to coax him over, so she searched for clothes similar to Dugu Jingyao's in advance, and asked Lianxin to put on a makeup for her similar to Dugu Jingyao's usual style.
Sure enough, when she bumped into Li Chu, she fell into Li Chu's arms. Li Chu was already dizzy and wanted to blame the person who hit him, but when he saw the woman in front of him, he couldn't say anything to blame her.
Because he saw "Dugu Jingyao", he said, "Ayao, why are you waiting for me here wearing so little? What if you get cold?"
Cui Caiping was a little dazed when she saw Li Chu's gentle eyes, but she knew that all the tenderness was for Dugu Jingyao, and she couldn't help but feel a little jealous. However, she calmed down and said, "Nothing, since you are back, let's go back to Wangyuexuan."
Li Chu promoted Dugu Jingyao to be his wife. Cui Caiping heard that Li Chu and Dugu Jingyao were usually on equal terms when they were together, so she boldly said, "I see you've drunk quite a bit of wine. Let me help you."
Li Chu seemed to relax because he thought she was Dugu Jingyao, his eyes were a little blurry, and he nodded and said, "Okay."
Cui Caiping supported Li Chu all the way back to Linglong Pavilion.
Meanwhile, Feng Shengyi arrived at Wangyuexuan with some hangover soup. Seeing Feng Shengyi alone, the servant outside the bedroom door approached and asked, "Why are you alone? Where's His Highness?"
Feng Shengyi was confused when he heard this: "Isn't His Highness here? He just told me to get some hangover soup and he came here himself."
Shi Jian felt something was wrong when he heard this: "But His Highness didn't come!"
Feng Shengyi said quickly, "Don't tell the princess yet. Have someone warm up the hangover soup. I'm going to the study. If she's not there, I'll go to the Chenxiang Pavilion."
Cui Caiping helped Li Chu back to the bedroom and immediately sent Mo Xin and Lian Xin out, telling them not to let anyone else get close. They understood and quickly left, closing the door behind them.
In order to make Li Chu think that she was Dugu Jingyao, she added something to the incense and made the candlelight very dim.
Li Chu was lying on the couch. Perhaps the aphrodisiac incense had taken effect. Not only did she feel a little hot, but even Li Chu felt a little restless.
Cui Caiping took off her coat and went to the couch. Li Chu kept pulling at her collar and said, "It's so hot, so hot. A'yao, kill the earth dragon..."
Before he could finish, Cui Caiping kissed him. Li Chu couldn't help but respond, his hands constantly wandering over Cui Caiping's body. Not long after, the bed curtains fell, and Li Chu stripped Cui Caiping's clothes down to her bellyband, leaving him in only his underwear. After a while, Lian Xin and Mo Xin outside heard a series of blushing noises coming from the bed.
Mo Xin and Lian Xin understood that the time had come, so they quietly took out the aphrodisiac incense that was burning at the door.
Feng Shengyi, on the other hand, anxiously went to the study and then to the Chenxiang Pavilion, but did not see Li Chu, and he became a little anxious.
Until I met a maid on the road. The maid said, "I saw from a distance that His Highness seemed to be drunk. On the way to Wangyuexuan, I met the princess. It seemed that the princess helped His Highness away. But that's all I saw. I was in a hurry to go to the toilet, so I didn't pay attention to their movements."
But Feng Shengyi recalled what Shi Jian had just said, that she had never met her outside the palace. Just imagine, if it was the princess, she must have returned to Wangyuexuan, but Shi Jian didn't see her, which means that someone was pretending to be the princess. Your Highness was drunk and intended to confuse people!
He hurried back to Wangyuexuan and told Shijian about this. Shijian seemed to have thought of something and said, "No wonder Mo Xin and Lian Xin have been leaving the palace so frequently these past few days. I'm afraid they have been planning something for a long time! However... Cui Liangdi is already His Highness's concubine, so it's impossible for us to go to her house and ask for her. Forget it, it's been so long, even if we find her, we've probably done everything we need to do... Let's just consider it a bargain for her!"
Feng Shengyi didn't expect Shi Jian to be so calm. He couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to report to the princess?"
Shi Jian shook his head and said, "Forget it. The princess has already rested. If she wakes up and asks me, I will tell her."
What else could Feng Shengyi say? As long as the princess was not in a hurry, he wouldn't have to worry about it.
On the other hand, Cui Caiping was drunk last time, so she didn't remember what happened at all. After that, Li Chu never came to her again, so she had to resort to some means.
After the two of them made love, Cui Caiping seemed to have gained unprecedented satisfaction. She quietly got up, put on her clothes, and asked Lianxin to give her the things that had been prepared in advance. She drank the medicine in the bowl in one gulp, then returned to the couch and snuggled up to Li Chu.