Knowing that Jin Ruoxin, Jin Haoran, Bei Xiaonan and Lin Huixin had arrived, Lin Wan also came to the State Banquet Palace early. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Tonight's banquet only invited ministers above the third grade, and they were not allowed to bring their families, and only the sons and ladies of a few families were invited. They all came early, but they didn't expect that the envoys and VIPs of various countries had already arrived, and even the ladies in the palace had almost arrived.

The spacious high platform was filled with rows of seats, and only the three seats in the middle were still empty, which were the seats of the emperor Zhou Chang'an, the empress dowager Lu Qishan and the empress Lu Jinyun.

There are also two rows of seats on each side, the first row on the left is Ximen Yuqing, Bei Xiaonan, Jin Haoran, Zhou Tianhong, Zhou Tianming, Zhou Tianzheng, Zhou Tianzhong and Zhou Tianqi, and the second row is Jin Ruoxin, Lin Huixin, Lan Ziyue and Lan Ziling.

The first row on the right is the imperial concubine Liu Jinghua and Concubine De, Concubine Yu, and Concubine Shu, and the second row is Zhou Lingwei, Lu Manting, Liu Fangyao and Lin Wan.

Under the stage, on both sides of the open space in the middle, there are two rows of seats. On the left is the minister of the DPRK and China, led by Liu Qingyuan and Lin Zhihuai. However, in front of them, there were still two empty seats, and Lin Wan couldn't guess who it was for a while.

On the right is the first row of Zhou Tianxing and Liu Jinfeng, who have not shown up for a long time, followed by Lin Ruichen, Su Ziran and Xing Han, the three rookies around the emperor. There are also a few Lin Wan who can't be named, but they are also old faces I saw at the last banquet, and I don't know which minister's son they are.

The second row are all the ladies of the important ministers of the court, Ning Wuwu, Zhao Jing'er, Wang Biyun and Wu Qian are also among them, and several young ladies are also competitors who have seen at the last Qixi banquet.

There are also three rows of seats on the opposite side of the high platform, and all the envoys from the Xiling Kingdom, the Northern Chen Kingdom and the Dongli Kingdom are seated.

On each table, fresh seasonal fruits and tea are arranged, and the adjacent guests are chatting enthusiastically.

Seeing Ning Wuwu, Lin Wan hurriedly got up and walked over, took her hand, and asked with concern, "Sister Wuwu, didn't the master come, why did you come alone?"

Ning Wuwu smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "Auntie originally said that she would accompany me, but I stopped her. I know that my aunt doesn't like this kind of occasion, and it is only because of me that she agrees to participate. How can I let my aunt protect me like this all the time? There are some things that I have to face alone. ”

Lin Wanwan smiled, nodded, and said in a low voice: "Sister Wuwu is right, we have to face our own lives after all, and we can't always let the master worry about us." After speaking, he took Ning Wuwu's hand, walked in front of Zhao Jing'er and Wang Biyun, and introduced: "Cousin Jing, Sister Biyun, this is Sister Wuwu, you sit together, get closer and closer." In a few days, I'll invite everyone to hang out again. ”

Zhao Jing'er also knew something about Ning Wuwu, so she quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Sister Wuwu, I always listen to Wan'er talking about you, but I have never had the opportunity to meet. When I saw it today, it was really the same as Wan'er said, what a fairy-like character, no wonder she said that you are a fairy sister!"

Wang Biyun looked at Ning Wuwu's eyes shining, and sighed with admiration: "I have seen Sister Wuwu a long time ago, and I have admired Sister Wuwu for a long time, but Sister Wuwu must not have seen me." ”

Ning Wuwu frowned slightly, there are indeed young princes, ministers and sons and buddies here, and she knows them all. But these ladies, except for Lin Wan, she has never seen any of them.

Lin Wan covered her lips and smiled, leaned into Ning Wuwu's ear, lowered her voice, and said, "Sister Biyun is the most naughty, and she often disguises herself as a man to swagger and cheat everywhere. ”

Ning Wuwu suddenly realized, pursed his lips and smiled, nodded, and said, "Sister Jing'er, Sister Biyun, fortunately!"

As a few people were talking, they heard the shouts of Gonggong Qi from outside the hall: "The emperor has arrived! The queen mother and the queen mother have arrived!"

Everyone got up, knelt down together facing the door of the main hall, and shouted in unison: "Ministers and others see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!

Lin Wan knelt behind and quietly raised his eyes to see Zhou Changan and Lu Qishan walking in front, followed by Lu Jinyun and two men.

The older man in the middle, about fifty years old, looks a little similar to Queen Lu Jinyun, and should be Lu Jinyun's father, Lu Qishan's younger brother Lu Zhongchi.

The other man, about forty years old, was none other than Zhou Changning, the king of Ning. Zhou Changning is pampered on weekdays, and has no government affairs. Therefore, although he is the same age as Zhou Changan, he looks much younger.

Zhou Changan, Lu Qishan, and Lu Jinyun walked up to the high platform and sat on the three empty seats in the middle of the high platform.

After taking a seat, Zhou Changan first invited the three VIPs around him to sit down, and then raised his hand lightly to the audience, and said kindly: "Zhong Aiqing is flat! ”

Lu Zhongchi and Zhou Changning humbled each other and walked to the front two empty seats on the left. Lu Zhongchi, as the younger brother of the Queen Mother, the emperor's uncle, and the queen's father, sat in the first place. Zhou Changning sat next to him, next to Liu Qingyuan.

Lin Wan said goodbye to Ning Wuwu and the others for a while, quietly went to the back, got on the high platform, and sat back in his seat.

The palace feast began, and the palace ladies rushed in, filling each seat with delicious wine and delicacies and various pastries.

Soon, it was all placed. Zhou Changan slowly raised his glass, and everyone hurriedly raised the cup in front of them, looking up at their emperor with anticipation, quietly waiting for Zhou Changan's opening speech.

Zhou Changan first raised his glass to Lu Qishan and said respectfully: "Queen Mother, my sons are busy with political affairs these days, and I don't have the opportunity to have a good meal with you, and I have been unhappy in my heart. Today, by giving the envoys of various countries to receive the wind, I have also fulfilled this wish of mine. Please don't blame the queen mother!"

Lu Qishan also shook her head with a smile, and said, "The emperor is too worried, the queen mother knows that you are working hard in politics, and it is too late to feel sorry for you, how can she blame you?"

Zhou Changan seemed to have been forgiven by his mother, his heart calmed down, he smiled slightly, and then turned around and raised his glass to Ximen Yuqing, Bei Xiaonan and Jin Haoran, and said, "Ximen Xian, Beixian nephew, Jin Xian, thank you for coming all the way for my mother's birthday." It's almost the New Year's Day, and it's really hard to work for a few virtuous nephews. I would like to thank you in advance for this glass of wine. ”

Ximen Yuqing hurriedly shook his head and smiled politely: "Uncle Zhou said this, it is too tormenting for us juniors." The little nephew invited himself to come to his father, and the queen mother's 60th birthday, we should come to congratulate each other, which are what our younger generations should do. ”