Chapter 46: The Banquet
"Boom!"
The bell of the Zhengyuan Festival echoed in the entire Chang'an City, with the snow pouring all the way, the Danfeng Gate in the south of the palace city was finally pushed open by more than a dozen people, and the ministers who had been waiting outside the door for a long time at this moment got up and walked slowly towards the Daming Palace with the slave maid who led the lamp. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Lord Wang, I heard that today is the banquet hosted by your Jile Building, and I haven't seen the two saints at the moment, so I should thank the prince for his hospitality first!"
As he walked, hundreds of civil and military officials gathered together all the way, and when he saw the King of Freedom in a golden silk ink cloud robe, he hurriedly saluted and laughed.
"Don't be polite, the Tang Dynasty depends on you to be stable, I am an idle prince just did his best to invite a banquet, compared to your merits, the king of thin wine and vegetarian dishes is embarrassed. ”
When everyone heard this, they laughed and politely for a while, and then the eunuch shouted from outside the Danfeng Gate, and a group of people walked in not far away.
"Isn't this Prime Minister Yan Cheng? A few days ago, the Japanese king spoke a little recklessly in the court, which made Prime Minister Yan Cheng angry, and later at the banquet, how about the king punishing himself with three cups of apology?"
Seeing Yan Liben walking with a group of courtiers with serious faces, King Xiaoyao arched his hand calmly, and then he also saw Di Huaiying, who was dressed in white on Yan Li's side.
"What the prince said is a bit extraordinary, my old Yan is a rough person, and he is always in a hurry to do things, and today's dinner is invited by Jile Lou, so I should have a toast. ”
Yan Liben, who looked like he was flying violently, hugged his fists towards King Xiaoyao, and then led his cronies and people from Dali Temple behind him to turn around and walk towards the gate of Daming Palace, and at this moment, the officials beside King Xiaoyao whispered in a low voice.
"Cut! It's nothing more than a barbarian who is valued by the queen of heaven, the prince said that three cups of respect for him is called appreciation, and he actually wants to use a cup to return the salute, which is obviously not taking the prince seriously!"
Several people looked at each other and sneered, but after a while, they saw the palm of the King of Freedom secretly pressing, and then they stopped mocking.
"It's finally time to get to the Zhengyuan Festival, don't worry about so many past events, he Yan Liben has been like this since he met, as for etiquette, it's good to talk about it in our circle. ”
"Yes, yes, in the end, the prince is still kind-hearted, but not long ago, I heard that he sent disciples to embarrass the prince everywhere, is this matter over?"
The court official secretly pointed to Di Huaiying's back in the distance, and then looked up to see King Xiaoyao's eyes fierce, and then smiled coldly.
"Rest assured... Sooner or later, they will all have to return to this king......"
When these words fell, Yan Liben and the others in the distance naturally did not hear them, but the moment they opened the door of the Daming Palace, the golden splendor of the room and the aroma of wine and food suddenly shocked everyone's scalps.
"Hehe, it's really a spacious Bliss Building, with rosewood tables and chairs, white jade carved bowls, carved ivory chopsticks, and animal skin mats. ”
"It's no wonder that people say that the first floor in the world has this background... Who would want to let a person with a foreign surname ride on his head. ”
Yan Liben glanced left and right, estimating that these objects in the Daming Palace alone would cost tens of thousands of taels of gold, not to mention the 100,000 forbidden troops in the city on three sides eating together, and after thinking about it, he felt heartache for the drought refugees in the Lingdong area.
"Huaiying, I'm a little sure of it. ”
"Eighty percent ......," Di Huaiying paced forward and said secretly to Yan Liben's ear.
"It's not supposed to be you little. ”
"The main reason is that the time is too short, and I am afraid that this King of Freedom will have any means that he has not seen, but Huaiying has arranged a hand in private, and this King of Freedom will definitely not be able to leave. ”
"Fart! If something happens to the queen in a while, then the grandson doesn't have to leave!" Yan Liben quickly patted his mouth, signaling that he had said the wrong thing.
Anyway, Li Chunfeng Heavenly Master is also present today, so there shouldn't be any accidents. Di Huaiying glanced left and right at this moment to signal that no one heard, and then explained with relief.
At this moment, finally a group of people led by the King of Joy walked in, the two hurriedly interrupted the conversation and found a secluded place to sit down, and then glimpsed the King of Freedom and everyone sat down majestically, Yan Liben's eyes were full of unconvinced.
"Anyway, when I get the chance, I'll clean him up to death!"
The temper of the family teacher was hot, and Di Huaiying had no choice but to accept it, and then the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were almost all together, and then they heard the eunuch in the hall ring the bronze bell to signal everyone to be quiet.
"The queen of heaven goes to the court, and she has the same banquet as all the adults!"
A shrill voice shouted, and from the back of the hall of the Daming Palace, the gilded phoenix carried by twelve people strode in, and it was the queen of Wu Tian, who was dressed in a thousand silk brocades of the golden phoenix, and saw her lazily leaning on the side of the handrail through the golden gauze curtain.
"Chitose Chitose, Queen of Heaven, Chitose Chitose!"
Everyone bowed to the ground and worshipped, and Li Chunfeng, who was accompanying him, nodded before letting Shangguan Wan'er speak for him, and then the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu sat back in his seat and waited for the queen of heaven to speak.
"Today, Emperor Gaozong is not in good health, so he attended the Zhengyuan Dynasty banquet from the palace, and all Aiqing should not be restrained, and family and state affairs should be placed tomorrow, so as to respond to the meaning of the court banquet. ”
After that, all the ministers got up again, raised their glasses with the wine in the cup, and drank it all after calling for a thousand years, which officially kicked off the prelude to the court banquet.
As each minister toasted the queen in shifts under the golden ranks, the excitement in the hall continued to rise, until it was the turn of the King of Ease, and the voice of the audience dropped a lot.
"Li Longze is here to meet the queen of heaven, I wish Emperor Gaozong a speedy recovery of the dragon body, and may the foundation of the Tang Dynasty be boundless. (This is the only thing that does not wish the queen of heaven)
After that, King Xiaoyao didn't care about Shangguan Wan'er's angry look on the side, raised his head and drank the wine, but unexpectedly, the queen of heaven laughed softly in the curtain.
"Thank you also for the arrangement of this banquet of King Xiaoyao, this palace is very satisfied with it, but there is a word that this palace wants to ask, where did Zhang Qingfeng, the squire of the military department, go, do you know?"
"I heard that something happened in the warehouse in Chang'an City, so I didn't come here later, I don't know why the queen of heaven cares about him? ”
"Oh, yes, then I've heard that you have a good relationship with him recently, and I'm afraid I've been to the Bliss Building quite a few times. ”
When King Xiaoyao heard this, he knew that Di Huaiying had revealed it to the queen of heaven, his eyes flashed at this moment, and his face was slightly gloomy: "I am an idle prince, I can't make enemies everywhere when I open a restaurant, not to mention that I am an official in the same dynasty, how can I always make the queen of heaven worry." ”
Hearing this, the Queen of Heaven signaled Shangguan Wan'er to invite King Xiaoyao to turn around and leave, and then pasted a golden gauze curtain to Shangguan Wan'er and Li Chunfeng secretly.
"This King of Freedom has already rebelled, and now he has sent someone to secretly close the gate of the palace city, so as not to cause an accident outside the palace in a while. ”
"Obey!" Shangguan Wan'er turned around and walked towards the outside of Daming Palace, but when she left, she winked at Di Huaiying in the corner.
"Hehe, little cub, the girl asked you to go up, don't embarrass Lao Tzu this time......" Seeing this, Yan Liben stretched out his hand and moved Di Huaiying's desk, and then in the eyes of the courtkeepers in the entire hall, Di Huaiying finally got up and walked in the direction of the phoenix chair......