The next day was Cheng Yan's birthday banquet. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Chengfu was newly decorated early in the morning, and the door of the mansion was opened. The central stage of the courtyard is high, the delicacies and wines are dazzling, and the busy figures of the people pass by in an endless stream, and in the evening, the lights are on, and the invited guests have come one after another.

Cheng Jinzhi stood in the corridor not far from the gate with a tray in his hand, ready to send the refreshments to the banquet for serving.

Although the Zhang and Liu families are at Zhang Luo's birthday banquet, they are just moving their mouths and fingers on the side, and more often they are competing in the open and in secret, for fear of being robbed of the limelight by the other party.

Only Cheng Jinzhi was busy in the pile of people, running all day, the temple of the five internal organs was already empty, but at this time, she was still holding a fragrant pastry in her hand, and she swallowed her saliva vigorously.

Today's birthday banquet, most of the celebrities and nobles in the capital are gathered here, looking around, full of brocade clothes and jade clothes, a variety of green, bead crown canopy, before the banquet is opened, it makes people smell a wanton extravagance.

"Marquis Zhao has arrived—"

"Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War—"

Cheng Yan was dressed in a gold-edged forged and embroidered regimental life court dress, and stood by the door with his eldest son Cheng Xuan with a red face to greet the guests.

"His Royal Highness King Yan has arrived—"

Gao Heng, the third son of the current saint, although his personality is cold and arrogant, he is a lonely person, but he has an outstanding demeanor, both civil and military, and has always been quite prestigious among the princes.

"Third brother, you are so powerful, you see that as soon as you arrived, everyone stopped talking. ”

Speaking and ridiculing is Gao Xun, the king of Jin, as the sixth son of the emperor, he is the youngest of all adult princes, and the only one who has a close relationship with Gao Heng and will not be disliked.

Fortunately, these two are brothers, otherwise I am afraid that the people will pass on this King of Jin who is like Fu Fan to Gao Heng's broken sleeves.

As soon as they heard the name of King Yan, everyone invariably turned their eyes to the gate of Cheng's mansion, and even Cheng Jinzhi stretched his neck to see his true face. After all, all kinds of rumors about this prince are too harsh, and it is difficult not to be curious, of course, her original intention is because of Gu Hanqing.

This is a young man who was born extremely handsome. The brocade robe and crown dress, the thin lips are lightly pursed, and the straight body stands awe-inspiringly, and the whole body is shrouded in a layer of awe-inspiring majesty. On the angular face, a pair of sword eyebrows and starry eyes are full of cold light, not angry but mighty, revealing a coldness that can see all the sophistication of human feelings, which makes people unable to force their eyes.

"It turns out that this Yan Wang is so handsome, this doesn't look like a pervert who likes men. Cheng Jinzhi looked at it probingly, and couldn't help but look at it a few more times, "Hey, but if he really has that kind of hobby, and he still covets my brother Hanqing, then wouldn't I have no chance of winning at all?"

"His Royal Highness King Yan, His Royal Highness King Jin. Cheng Yan bowed and said with a pleasant face, "The presence of the two highnesses this time is Cheng's luck. ”

Cheng Gongyan was serious. Gao Heng bowed slightly, "Today's Cheng Gong's birthday banquet, I have been invited, and I have come to congratulate him on his birthday from now on." Although my father could not come in person, he also remembered this matter and specially ordered me to bring a birthday gift, so that Lord Cheng would be blessed with longevity and health, live a long life, and continue to serve the imperial court. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the ministers will do their best to work for Your Majesty and the Great Zhou. ”

Cheng Yan respectfully saluted and thanked him, and invited Gao Heng and his party into the mansion.

Gu Hanqing, as a rich man who rivals the country, naturally abounds with people who want to make good friends, and at this moment he is being squeezed between the guests and cannot withdraw, seeing Gao Heng coming towards him, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd.

Like an old friend reunited, the two looked at each other and smiled, Gao Heng even reached out and put his hand on Gu Hanqing's shoulder, Cheng Jinzhi who saw it on the side hated it, and just wanted to rush forward and break his hand off.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived—"

Suddenly, with a loud shout, I saw a middle-aged man dressed in a gorgeous costume with burning tiger eyes stepping in proudly under the escort of several guards, with a slight resemblance to Gao Heng between his eyebrows, and the momentum of an uninvited guest, this person was Gao Chen, the crown prince of the dynasty.

Cheng Yan and the other guests present were all shocked, only Gao Heng looked at the person in front of him expressionlessly, as if he had expected it.

"The old minister saw His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came, and he was disappointed, and asked His Royal Highness for forgiveness. ”

"Lord Cheng, why don't you know me about such a big event as your old man's birthday banquet?" Does Lord Cheng think that this prince is not qualified enough to congratulate your old man on his birthday?" the prince said half-jokingly, but his tone was not friendly, he glanced around coldly, and then his gaze fell on Gao Heng's body, "It seems that among all the princes, Lord Cheng prefers the third brother." Yo, it turns out that the sixth brother is also here, too, since you were a child, you like to follow your third brother's ass. ”

"Third brother, it seems that the eldest brother is here to find fault, looking for you and Master Cheng's fault, and by the way, even I won't let go. ”

Gao Xun secretly whispered a word beside Gao Heng, but he didn't dare to fight back at the prince head-on, but his hatred was already revealed on his face.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too worried, His Royal Highness is busy, and there are many opportunities for the day, how dare Cheng have a birthday banquet in person?"

Although Cheng Yan is respectful on the surface, anyone with a discerning eye can hear his off-string sound. With Cheng Yan's status in the court, if he can make friends with the prince, he will be like a fish in water for both parties, but there has been a gap between the two for a long time, and it is rumored that Cheng Yan wants to pull down the prince and assist other princes to take the throne. After all, if he waits for the crown prince to sit on the throne, it will only be a disaster for Cheng Yan and the entire family.

"Listening to Lord Cheng's tone, this is going to give an order to the prince to expel guests? ”

The prince said with a smile, the entourage on the side had already brought the birthday ceremony, the red cloth had just been lifted, and a jade carving of the word "Shou" with exquisite seals came into view, but under a closer look, the word "Shou" was missing the last point.

Seeing this situation, everyone present couldn't help but sigh for a while, the most important thing in choosing a birthday gift is to ask for a lottery, meaning health and longevity, everyone can see that the prince is obviously using the name of gift-giving to embarrass Cheng Yan.

"Oh, it's because the prince was too negligent that he didn't find that the word "longevity" was missing the last stroke. The prince exaggerated his guilt, "I hope that Cheng Gong will not blame him, and when I go back, I will definitely punish the craftsman who carved this jade stone." ”

Just as everyone was waiting for Cheng Yan's attitude, Gao Heng, who had been watching coldly, suddenly said: "Big brother, if I'm not mistaken, the texture of this piece of jade should be the Hetian jade of nephrite." ”

"It turns out that the third brother also understands jade. ”

"Just a little bit of it. Gao Heng sighed lightly, "Since the word "longevity" is missing, then add it, and the eldest brother doesn't need to blame himself too much. ”

"What?

Before everyone could react, Gao Heng's eyes sank, and he had pulled out his sword and pointed at the jade carving, with a gentle and powerful rotation of the tip of the sword, the jade chips on the jade carving fell off one after another.

"Master Cheng, the word longevity has been completed, I hope you will live a long life and a good life. ”

"Third brother, well done!"

"His Royal Highness King Xie Yan gave the word. Cheng Yan said with a smile, "Your Highness has such skills, I really admire them." ”

There was a round of applause around, and even Cheng Jinzhi, who was "hateful", couldn't help but be moved, admired, and picked up a piece of pastry and tasted it with the mentality of watching a play and eating melon seeds.

"It's nothing, just because nephrite is easy to carve, and if it is replaced with hard jadeite, there is nothing I can do. Gao Heng put away the sword, and then looked at the prince with a displeased face, "This is all thanks to the eldest brother." ”

"Third brother, you are in the limelight, it's really just right, I think Master Cheng's birthday banquet, just invite you alone. ”

The prince smiled and pulled the corners of his mouth, and with a wave of his sleeve, he wanted to leave.

"His Royal Highness the Prince. Cheng Yan hurriedly pretended to be respectful and said, "Your Highness can be so concerned about Cheng's birthday banquet, that is Cheng's blessing, and those who come are guests, and please condescend to your dignity and sit in the mansion." ”

"No need, Master Cheng, you should ask for more blessings. ”

As soon as the words fell, the prince and his party walked away angrily, completely losing the menacing posture they had before. Gao Xun waved his hand at them even more gloatingly, and the hatred on his face instantly turned into a smug state.

"If it weren't for His Highness today, Cheng really wouldn't know how to get down this step. ”

"It's just a gesture, you don't have to say thank you, but you are humiliated today, presumably the prince will not give up. ”

Gao Heng looked at the open door, his expression was slightly grim, and he was silent for a long time before the dark clouds on his face gradually dissipated.

"It seems that this King Yan has provoked the crown prince. ”

Cheng Jinzhi licked the powdered sugar on his hands, and seeing that Gu Hanqing and Gao Heng were about to disappear from view, he hurriedly covered his face with a tray and hurriedly followed.