Chapter 52: Two Invitations
Wei Dong and Hong Xiaoyun walked slowly into the hall with their heads down, and walked along the red carpet under their feet to the front of the hall. In front of the main hall is a high platform, on the high platform is placed a gold lacquer throne, on the throne is sitting a thin face drooping old man, I saw that he is wearing a black crown, wearing a dark crown robe, this old man is the current emperor of the great barbarian country His Majesty - Liu Jue.
There are four objects placed under the high platform, one is a treasure elephant, the second is the corner end, the third is the crane, and the fourth is the incense pavilion. They symbolize stability, auspiciousness, longevity and stability, four meanings. The two sides of the main hall are full of civil and military officials, the left side is the civil official, the right side is the military general, the civil official is elegant and elegant, and the military general is powerful and extraordinary.
Wei Dong and Hong Xiaoyun stepped forward to bow down according to the court etiquette trained by the Ministry of Rites, and Emperor Liu Jue said a few words of blessing on the spot and gave many royal goods. The whole process of the audience would not take more than a cup of tea, and Wei Dong heard His Majesty the Emperor cough violently seven times.
After returning to his residence in the capital, Wei Dong stood in the courtyard with a lot of concern, "The situation is turbulent, the wind and rain are turbulent, and in these few days, the great barbarian country is about to undergo great changes. How many innocent people will lose their lives for it?'
On the afternoon of the second day, Wei Dong and his wife were practicing exercises together in the courtyard. The steward at the door hurriedly ran in and whispered a few times in Elder Chen's ear, "Oh, got it!" Elder Chen got up and followed.
After only a few moments, Elder Chen walked back with two red invitations in his hand.
Wei Dong had just finished cultivating, opened his eyes, and suddenly saw Elder Chen standing in the corridor with a smile, looking at the two of them.
"Is there something wrong with Elder Chen?" Wei Dong shouted at Elder Chen very casually.
"Hehe, there are two invitations at once, and I'm here to invite you!" Elder Chen replied happily.
"Oh? Let me guess... But the invitation of the crown prince and Prince Rui?" Wei Dong gave the answer after a little thought.
"Xiao Weizi, you're so smart! That's right, it's these two!" Elder Chen replied with some surprise.
"Hehe, I'll come over and take a look!" Wei Dong hurriedly got up, patted the clothes and pants on his body, and walked towards Elder Chen.
After receiving the invitation, I opened the prince's invitation first, and the time of the invitation was written on it, and I looked carefully that it was the evening of the 10th, that is, tomorrow night. I opened Prince Rui's invitation again, and the invitation was on the evening of the 11th, that is, the night after tomorrow.
"The night after tomorrow!" Wei Dong couldn't help but be stunned, so fast! He knew that this information would soon enter the palace, and he and Senior Sister Hong had to hurry up and prepare.
This invitation is destined to be the beginning of the change of the Great Barbarian Kingdom on the evening of the 11th.
On the evening of the 10th, before the sun had set, the carriage of the Prince's Mansion was already waiting at the door of Wei Dong and his wife's residence.
The coachman only waited for a moment, and Wei Dong and Hong Xiaoyun walked out of the gate in full costume and came to the side of the carriage.
It was a very tall carriage, and the coachman hurriedly got out of the carriage and fetched a bench for the Wei Dong couple to step on.
The Prince's Mansion was only two streets away from the residence of Wei Dong and his wife, and after a while, the two appeared in the banquet hall of the Prince's Mansion.
"I have heard of the prestige of your husband and wife, and it was inconvenient to have a long talk with you two at the wedding banquet that day, but today I have my long-cherished wish!" Prince Liu Qi greeted warmly.
After the guests and hosts sat down, they saw Liu Qi clapping his hands, and the maids served wine and delicacies for the three of them to drink.
The luthier played beautiful music, and a group of dancers came up to dance to cheer up. This adds a lot of festive atmosphere to the whole feast.
Wei Dong raised his wine glass and said loudly, "His Royal Highness Prince Xie's kindness, invite me and my wife to be guests here today, I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and do it first as a respect!" After speaking, he raised his neck and poured a glass of wine into his mouth.
"What a show!" said the prince, clapping his hands and laughing.
At this time, Hong Xiaoyun also stood up and filled his wine glass with wine, "His Royal Highness the Prince, I will also toast you!" After speaking, he also poured it into his mouth.
"Okay, what a heroine among women!" The prince applauded while pouring his wine glass full of wine, "You two give me face like this, come, I will do it too!"
Wei Dong paid attention to the prince's speech and demeanor, and found that he spoke very elegantly, and then paid attention to the repertoire played by the musicians and the dress of the dancers: this person should be regarded as an elegant person.
The prince should not have been far away, but he can often quote scriptures and say some funny things, which also provoked Wei Dong and Hong Xiaoyun to cover their mouths and snicker. Although Wei Dong didn't have such a tongue, he really experienced ups and downs, suffered from ups and downs, picked out some interesting things to talk about, and listened to the prince's constant applause.
Soon it was late at night, and although the three of them were talking about speculation, they could only break up and say goodbye. The prince personally sent Wei Dong and his wife out of the gate and waved goodbye repeatedly.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really good, elegant, funny, you can be a scholar, but to be an emperor, it's not enough!" After returning to the residence, Wei Dong analyzed his wife.
"It doesn't matter what he does, as long as it's beneficial to the 'Giant Spirit Sect', it's fine!" Hong Xiaoyun immediately said.
"It's true, but it's not easy to rule a country! You won't be afraid ······ in the future." Wei Dong was still not worried about the crown prince's accession to the throne.
"Hmph! It doesn't matter if it's in one dynasty or another, it's been more than 60,000 years since the establishment of the 'Giant Spirit Sect', although the scale is not as good as the generation, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse!
The day of the eleventh seemed to be very long, Wei Dong tried to calm himself down, and sat cross-legged on the stone table in the courtyard to meditate.
Sometimes he wondered if Elder Chen was leading the team to escort them this time, so did he know about this assassination mission? And that time Elder Wang's death, no one mentioned it to him after he came back, not even Chen Fei. This made Wei Dong very puzzled.
'Giant Spirit Sect' is said to be a sect, but in fact, it is a family, and the sect master is the patriarch, because every sect master in the past dynasties has the surname Hong. So whether these elders are also inherited like family generals, Wei Dong is not very clear about this point until now, and he asked his wife Hong Xiaoyun a few times, and she talked about him left and right.
Who is the ultimate person behind this change? One mystery after another surrounded Wei Dong like a fog, as if he was about to see through it, but he just couldn't see through it.
Of course, Wei Dong also thought about it, no matter what it was, he just had to concentrate on cultivation. Strength is everything.
Speaking of cultivation, Wei Dong felt that the opportunity to break through had come again, this time it was the 'Burning Sky Decision' that felt the opportunity first, and the 'Peacock Ming King Jue' of refining the body lagged behind this time.
Father Dongfang Jing has not come out since he talked to Shizun, and he has not been contacted by Wei Donghe, and even the matter of Zhong Yun's worship in the 'Giant Spirit Sect' that he originally thought was gone.
Thinking about it, Wei Dong felt very irritable, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that his wife Hong Xiaoyun was also staring at him with wide eyes, which startled him.
"People are scared to death, why are you staring at me?" Wei Dong patted his chest in fear.
"You snored just now, I thought you were asleep!" Hong Xiaoyun said curiously.
"Who's snoring? I'm not asleep? Besides, I don't snore when I'm asleep!" Wei Dong shouted loudly, looking very angry.
"How do you know if you're asleep and don't snore?" Hong Xiaoyun asked rhetorically.
"Uh······ This ······" Wei Dong suddenly lost his voice.
"Cut!" Hong Xiaoyun turned her head disdainfully.
After this period of verbal confrontation, Wei Dong's mood also calmed down. At this time, it was almost evening, but Prince Rui's carriage had not yet arrived.
After the two of them dressed up, they decided to wait directly at the door. After a short time, the carriage came, and compared with the carriage of the Prince's Mansion, the color of the ink of this carriage was much more gorgeous.
Prince Rui's mansion and the prince's mansion are two directions, and the distance is much farther than the prince's mansion, when Wei Dong and his wife jumped out of the carriage, there was a sound of musical instruments beating in front of them, and Prince Rui was standing at the gate at this time, directing the band to play music.
"Prince Rui greeted him personally, he really killed the two of us!" Wei Dong did not owe Sima Bin to teach him, and he also knew some officialdom language.
When Prince Rui heard Wei Dong's words, he was obviously a little stunned, but as soon as he turned around, he said with a smile: "Your husband and wife are famous, but Xiao Wang is too lazy. As he spoke, he personally welcomed Wei Dong and his wife into the mansion.
At the same time, in the inner courtyard of the palace, Emperor Liu Jue was lying on a soft bed waiting for the last bowl of soup of the day.
"Stop!" A middle-aged eunuch who had made a fortune stopped a young eunuch holding a decoction, "Try the medicine!" The middle-aged eunuch took a small spoonful with a soup spoon and gave the young eunuch a try.
The two of them waited for a while, feeling fine, "Stand down!" The middle-aged eunuch commanded the little eunuch.
Then he brought the decoction to His Majesty the Emperor, and also used a silver needle to insert and stir, 'It's okay!' Then it was sent to the hands of Emperor Liu Jue, who took the decoction and drank it all.
Wei Dong and Hong Xiaoyun were welcomed into the banquet hall by Prince Rui. Wei Dong found that the walls of Prince Rui's banquet room were full of fierce beasts and birds of prey, while the painting in the banquet room of the prince's mansion was painted with strange flowers and plants. This is a stark contrast, as the saying goes: a dragon gives birth to nine sons, and the sons are different. That's probably what it means! Wei Dong couldn't help but think as he sat in his seat at this time.
During the banquet, there were also musicians playing and singing and dancing performances, and the musicians of Prince Rui's Mansion played fierce and high-spirited music, which contrasted with the small bridge and flowing water of the Prince's Mansion.
Wei Dong and his wife glanced at each other, and they both found the surprise in each other's eyes. Sure enough, as Wei Dong guessed, if the crown prince Liu Qi can be a celebrity, this Prince Rui Liu Wei may be a generation of heroes.
For the 'Giant Spirit Sect', it is better to have a gentle and obedient monarch than to need a monarch who is like a hero.
At this moment, Wei Dong understood Sect Master Hong's painstaking intentions very well: he wanted the 'Giant Spirit Sect' to keep pace with the imperial power, instead of bowing down to orders.