The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 224 Purple Qi comes from the east

In the hall, a woman who liked to show off soon came out.

Su Tang looked up and saw that the woman actually knelt down and bowed to Emperor Jing and others on the high platform, then turned to her and bowed.

The woman's eyes were clearly looking towards Su Tang and the others.

What he was looking at was not Su Tang, but Qi Lingheng who was beside her.

Su Tang raised her eyebrows and glanced to the side. Qi Lingheng was using chopsticks to help her pick out the bones from the fish on the plate, and he didn't even look at the people in the hall.

There was no change on the woman's face. She just paused for a few seconds, turned her back to them, and bowed to the crowd on the other side.

All this was done as if Su Tang's feeling just now was just an illusion.

But Su Tang knew that she would never be wrong.

Because the woman's movement of bowing towards the opposite side took two or three seconds less than this side.

The woman seemed to be well prepared, and the dress she was wearing was the kind of light clothing suitable for dancing.

After talking to the court musicians about the accompaniment music, the woman nodded to the accompanying musicians, and then the music started and the dance began.

The woman's light footsteps danced in the hall with the music, and unknowingly she came to the side where Su Tang and the others were.

The woman stretched out her arms from time to time, waving her long sleeves as she swept past Su Tang and their table.

Fortunately, her sleeves did not get any of the food on Su Tang's table, but Su Tang still frowned and said to the palace maid who had just come over to refill the wine, "After this dance is over, replace all the food on this table with new ones for me."

"Yes." The maid nodded in agreement.

The dance over there finally ended. The woman bowed to Emperor Jing and Concubine Li on the stage, then received a few words of praise from Concubine Li and retreated.

With the first ones taking the lead, several ladies from official families came up one after another to perform. These people were more or less trying to show their goodwill to Qi Lingheng. Su Tang finally felt this strange movement.

"What's going on? What did you do to attract so many butterflies?" Su Tang asked in a low voice in Qi Lingheng's ear.

"How would I know? I've been staying in the mansion these days. If I knew what they liked about me, I would definitely change it."

Su Tang only glanced at Qi Lingheng and said, "It's your looks that attracted me."

But Su Tang also likes Qi Lingheng's appearance, otherwise Su Tang would not have chosen Qi Lingheng to buy from the crowd in the first place.

"Or, I will wear a veil when I go out next time." Qi Lingheng pulled the silk handkerchief in Su Tang's hand, as if he was going to hang it on his face.

"Why are you wearing a veil as a man?" Su Tang said to Qi Lingheng angrily.

In fact, the reason why those women chose to show their admiration for Qi Lingheng at this moment was not only because of his appearance, but more because of their family's opinion.

Although no one in the court, including Emperor Jing, had ever seen a cannon, the power of the cannon had spread throughout the Dayong Dynasty.

These people were eyeing the future strength of the Qi family in the court. After all, Qi Lingheng was summoned by Emperor Jing after returning to the court, but Emperor Jing did not make any move to ask the Qi family or Qi Lingheng to hand over their artillery.

In the eyes of court officials, this was a signal that Emperor Jingdi would use the Qi family in the future or rely on the Qi family to protect his throne.

After all, Qi Lingheng has another identity, that is, he is also the son-in-law of Emperor Jing.

In the eyes of outsiders, Emperor Jing did not touch the Qi family this time, perhaps because he really treated Qi Lingheng as half a son.

This kind of man is, of course, the one that the big families in the court are vying to win over.

After all, if he sent the girl from his family to marry into the Prince Qi's mansion, he would be related to the royal family in the future.

Of course, these families would never put all their eggs in one basket. The best children they raised at home would be sent to the home of the emperor's own son.

After all, that person is the one who will inherit the throne in the future.

"The dance has been performed and the song has been sung. It can be seen from the performances of the young ladies that everyone is hardworking in their daily lives." Concubine Li, who was sitting at the top, said to Emperor Jing beside her after the daughter of a court official went down.

However, her voice was a little loud, causing everyone in the hall to look at her.

Emperor Jing did not respond to the performance of the court official's daughter. After all, this time he was not being asked to choose a concubine, and he did not have any girl in mind at that time.

Those women who were eager to show off just now were no different from the women who entered the palace to be selected as concubines in the past. There was nothing special about them.

Concubine Li did not look embarrassed at all, as if Emperor Jing's lack of response was a very normal thing.

"Now that we've seen the lively performance, let's all perform a quiet talent."

After saying that, Concubine Li clapped her hands, and the eunuchs below quickly brought in a few tables.

The four treasures of the study are placed on it.

This is a performance of calligraphy and painting.

By this time, Su Tang was already half full at the palace banquet.

There were fewer people invited this time, so the dishes were all hot when they were served.

Su Tang picked up a piece of pink pastry and ate it in small bites, wanting to see what Concubine Li would do next.

Sure enough, Su Tang was not disappointed.

Concubine Li turned her head and looked at Su Tang. "I heard that the eldest princess has a beautiful handwriting. Why not offer her some calligraphy as well?"

After hearing what Concubine Li said, Emperor Jing frowned at first, but when he looked at Su Tang and the others, he did not say anything to stop Concubine Li.

Seeing everyone looking at her, Su Tang smiled.

It took Concubine Li such a long time to bring the topic to her. It was rare that she could keep her composure.

No wonder, after Queen Xie was trapped, all the affairs of the harem were handed over to her.

"I grew up in the countryside. I wonder how Concubine Li heard that I have beautiful handwriting?" Su Tang put down the cake in her hand, picked up the silk handkerchief on the table, and wiped her fingers one by one.

She did not stand up to answer, but just sat there, looking at Concubine Li on the podium.

Emperor Jingdi had given her the right to see the emperor without kneeling, so naturally she didn't have to perform formal greetings when seeing the concubines.

Sure enough, Emperor Jing still didn't say anything at this time, just watching the interaction between his concubine and Su Tang.

Concubine Li didn't expect Su Tang to admit her origins in front of all the officials without a trace of shame or anger on her face.

Concubine Li laughed awkwardly, "Haha, I didn't know that the eldest princess grew up in the countryside. I don't know which gossiper spread the news to my ears."

"I'm afraid the food in the palace has been poisoned recently?" Su Tang looked up at Concubine Li.

As soon as she finished speaking, the people who were still chewing their food were immediately surprised and didn't know whether they should spit out the food in their mouths or swallow it.

They all knew that Su Tang was a medical practitioner, but they didn't understand why Su Tang said this at this moment.

Could it be that the food at this palace banquet is also poisonous?

But Su Tang and Qi Lingheng just ate it.

"What do you mean?" Concubine Li looked at Su Tang. She had just eaten this meal.

"I just saw Xie Shuyi in the palace. She seemed to be deaf. She couldn't hear anything I said to her. She even shouted that she couldn't hear anything.

Now I heard Concubine Li say that she misheard. I thought the food in the palace had been drugged recently, so my hearing was not very good after seeing two concubines in succession. "

When Su Tang looked at Concubine Li, there was a smile on her face, but in Concubine Li's eyes, the smile was more sarcastic.

"The eldest princess really loves to joke." Concubine Li smiled awkwardly.

"I never joke with others." Su Tang replied.

Concubine Li was so embarrassed that she didn't know how to respond.

Everyone in the hall finally put their minds at ease.

Su Tang stood up at this time, walked to the table in the hall, and looked at Emperor Jing, "But I can indeed read, so it doesn't hurt to write a few words."

"Then why don't you leave your calligraphy?"

A palace maid naturally walked to the desk and helped Su Tang grind the ink. Su Tang picked up the pen and wrote a few vigorous and powerful characters on the spread out rice paper.

"Purple energy comes from the east."

When Su Tang put down her pen, a palace maid carefully picked up the four corners of the rice paper and spread out the words to Emperor Jing and the others.

Four huge characters that were so powerful that they could be seen through the paper immediately jumped into Emperor Jing's eyes.

"Good, good, good." Emperor Jing praised repeatedly.

Su Tang not only writes well, but the meaning of these four words is even better.

After Emperor Jing praised the calligraphy, the palace maid turned around and showed the calligraphy to the court officials.

"It's indeed a good word!"

"It's not easy to write this big character."

"This has auspicious meanings and the idea of auspiciousness coming. Good, it is indeed good."

The ministers who could come today were all the trusted courtiers of Emperor Jing. Emperor Jing had already praised that Su Tang's calligraphy was impeccable both in meaning and font.

"Tomorrow, have the Imperial Household Department copy these words and carve them into a plaque to hang on the Fengyang Tower."

"Yes." Eunuch Fu responded. He waved to the eunuchs waiting under the platform. Immediately, a eunuch walked quickly into the hall and collected Su Tang's calligraphy.

"Tang'er is too modest. These words are written vigorously and powerfully. It takes more than ten years of practice to practice them." Emperor Jing praised with a smile, "Come here, send the box of Dongzhu that Jiangnan sent as tribute a few days ago to the princess."

"Yes." Eunuch Fu responded again.

A box of Dongzhu was soon brought to Su Tang's table.

Su Tang opened the small box and found the Dongzhu inside was as thick as a thumb.

Su Tang picked up an oriental pearl and bowed to Emperor Jing, "Tang'er thanks you for the reward."

Emperor Jing waved his hand, and Su Tang returned to her seat.

Here, Concubine Li did not embarrass Su Tang, but instead let Su Tang steal the limelight. She twisted the handkerchief in her hand unwillingly, but dared not provoke Su Tang again.

After trying once and not embarrassing Su Tang, she stopped trying.

She is a smart person. Today, Su Tang made Emperor Jing happy, so she can't continue to make Emperor Jing unhappy.

With Su Tang as the first, several officials and noble ladies came up one after another and left their calligraphy on the desk.

However, most of these young ladies from official families wrote in small regular script with hairpin flowers. Although their handwriting was beautiful, it lacked the power of Su Tang's large characters, and seemed a bit soft and not very interesting.

A palace banquet ended with everyone laughing happily.

In the end, it seemed that Concubine Li was the only one who was unhappy at the palace banquet.

It's just that she didn't show it so obviously, but it is said that after Concubine Li returned to the palace, she found a palace maid and got angry with her, and even beat the maid to death.

Of course, these are all things that happened later. By this time, Su Tang and Qi Lingheng had already returned to Prince Qi's Mansion.

After taking a shower, Su Tang and Qi Lingheng changed into comfortable underwear.

Su Tang walked to the bed and sat down, crossing her legs, with one shoe half hanging on her jade feet.

She looked at Qi Lingheng who was following behind her and asked with a smile, "Which one of you do you like today, my lady?"

"I don't even remember what they look like." Qi Lingheng walked to the bed, bent down to take off the embroidered shoes hanging on Su Tang's feet, and put Su Tang's legs on the bed.

Then he took off the shoe on Su Tang's other foot and put it away. "It's so cold now. It's too cold to leave your feet exposed. Do you want to go back to sleep tonight?"

Qi Lingheng was talking about the space, where there are no four seasons and the temperature is always the most comfortable no matter when you enter.

Although there are several charcoal braziers in their bedroom, the house has no insulation and is always not as warm as in the space.

"No need, it's not that cold at night with a blanket on." Su Tang moved closer to the bed and pulled the quilt over her to cover herself.

"You've been tired all night, so go to bed early." Qi Lingheng also lay down on the other side of the bed. He turned around and faced Su Tang.

"You're sleeping with your eyes open." Su Tang glanced at Qi Lingheng unhappily. This man also drank some wine at the palace banquet, so why did he look so energetic now?

"Your husband will warm the bed for you." Qi Lingheng lifted Su Tang's quilt, and a hot body immediately pressed close to Su Tang.

Although, the two of them had already committed adultery.

But Su Tang didn't want to get pregnant so early, so she deliberately tried to have sex with Qi Lingheng as little as possible.

But Qi Lingheng had only tasted the sweetness of this in two lifetimes, so how could he hold back?

From time to time, he would find reasons to get close to Su Tang.

After a night of passion, Qi Lingheng seemed tireless. It was not until Su Tang begged for mercy that he sighed and let Su Tang go.

Fortunately, they had a bath with hot spring water in their house, so they didn't have to call Chunmei and the others to get hot water in the middle of the night.

Otherwise Su Tang would be embarrassed to death.

But the next day, Su Tang got up late, and the ambiguous red marks on her neck could not be hidden from the maids who were helping her comb her hair.

During the winter of that year, the entire Dayong Dynasty was relatively stable.

There was nothing to do in the court every day, and Emperor Jing did not call Qi Lingheng into the palace to inquire about the artillery issue.

But Su Tang and Qi Lingheng both knew that Emperor Jing was waiting for the spring to come, and he must see the cannon.

Su Tang was not worried that Emperor Jing and the others would question the cannon after seeing it. The technology to make cannons was not something that could be produced with the current level of productivity in the Dayong Dynasty, or even in the entire world.

Perhaps in the Western world, there will be artillery at some point in time, but that kind of homemade artillery is far from comparable to the modern artillery in Su Tang's space.

The cat spent the winter peacefully.

Before Qi Lingheng's artillery arrived from the northern border, the Nalan tribe in the northern border sent two women.

These two women were not the Nalan Yuelan that Su Tang had met in northern Xinjiang before, but two unfamiliar faces.

It is said that the two women were sent directly into the palace and were unexpectedly kept by Emperor Jing.

"What kind of beauty could make even father fall in love with her?" Su Tang looked at Qi Lingheng in surprise and asked.

You know, Emperor Jing was not attracted by those girls from noble families who performed very hard at the palace banquet.

"A pair of twins."