The royal family, civil and military officials, sat in turn, and the palace gave a banquet to celebrate the Northern Expedition.

The candles in the main hall are brilliant, the central dancer is dressed in colorful clothes, flying long sleeves, dancing neatly and dancing with the sound of silk and bamboo, and the banquet is staggered, and the voices of people are gradually boiling.

The emperor sat on top of His Majesty Dan with his arms around the beautiful concubine, full of glory and interest, the palace concubine leaned on the emperor's arms with a smile, and her eyes were young and moving, but she was Concubine Zhang, who had just given birth to a little princess and was promoted to a concubine, and the concubine and the concubine were sitting on the throne.

The first one under them is the King of Liang and the King of Shu, declaring the obvious status of these two princes, and the eyes of the civil and military officials also stay more, and the various factions and departments, the place where the eyes meet is surging darkly.

Behind the two kings sat the King of Ling, who did not appear in front of everyone, with nonchalance, and seemed to have no interest in this staggered scheme. Zhao Jingyu, the ninth prince, sat next to him, and it was also the first time that he had his place at the palace banquet. Because of Zhao Yuanrong, he gradually appeared in front of people, but he was still not taken seriously.

Further down is Zhao Jingyi, the focus of this palace banquet.

However, Prince Rui has always ignored these temptations, and his cold face remained solemn, as if he was unconscious, and he seemed to be contemptuous, far away from the matter.

Without words, once the implied and spy-eyed gaze touched his sharp and cold eyes, they couldn't help it and hurriedly moved away.

I haven't seen him for three years, and Prince Rui's momentum is even more impressive, and no one can resist the sharp edge in his eyes. Around the circle, there were really no ministers who dared to come forward to talk, only a few generals who fought with the army had a few drinks together.

"Good!"

As soon as the song fell, the dancing girl knelt down to worship the emperor and slowly retreated.

The hundred officials on the long seat got up, and the king of Liang and Shu led the emperor to bow and salute, and congratulated in unison: "I wish the four seas to be leveled, the prestige of the country, the great summer and the autumn, long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!"

Emperor Xia Jing was happy, and he was quite pleasing to see his two sons today, and raised his hands to level his body.

King Liang came out and said: "Father, the victory in this battle is due to the courage of the soldiers of the three armies, the strategy of the commander, the wise lord of the father, and the will of heaven!

During the reign of the emperor, the appearance of white deer, giant turtles, brocade birds and other Rui beasts are auspicious and auspicious, which is the recognition of the emperor by God, where the destiny of heaven is, and the expectations of everyone return.

Even the faint monarch hopes that he has the destiny of heaven, let alone Emperor Xia Jing, who has always claimed to be the lord of the heroes?

At this moment, it is too time for Xiangrui to appear, Emperor Xia Jing is extremely happy, plus the congratulations of the hundred officials, he laughed three times on the spot, appreciating King Liang's intentions, rewarding him richly, and looking at his son's eyes is also extraordinarily loving.

A smile appeared on the concubine's face, and she couldn't hide her smugness, and looked at the virtuous concubine opposite quite defiantly.

Concubine Xian forcibly held back a smile, her eyes were cold, and she looked at the King of Shu with an anxious gaze.

The King of Shu squinted his eyes and sneered in his heart, his good brother offered auspiciousness and got the first opportunity, but when it came to understanding the emperor's mind, he didn't let it go.

So he lifted his brocade robe, strode out, and kowtowed loudly: "Father, the victory in this battle is the father's reign and Qingming, and the creation of a prosperous merit, which is auspicious and auspicious, and the will of heaven is the work of eternal generations.

As soon as the King of Shu said this, the ministers were in an uproar, and King Liang's face changed drastically gloomy, only to see Emperor Xia Jing get up suddenly, and the nine crown beads in front of his forehead collided!

The emperor is rarely so excited, but at this moment, he can't care about it, and he is shocked to realize that he is out of shape, so he said: "Although I ask myself to be diligent in politics, I have not slacked off for a day, but ...... However, there is more than diligence, lack of progress, natural disasters*, the people are poor, and the Quartet has only been pacified today after reigning for 20 years, so it cannot be compared with the Holy Emperor Mingjun, and there is no face to see the □□ Emperor after a hundred years, how can it ...... How can you be arrogant and canonize Zen and ascend Mount Tai! Inappropriate, inappropriate...... This is as if he had never heard it, and the emperor does not need to say more!

Although Emperor Xia Jing spoke, his expression was excited, and it was difficult to control himself.

The king of Shu immediately bowed to the ground and shouted: "Father, the disaster of Hu Nu has been a long time, as early as the reign of the first emperor has been invincible in the court, and it has become weaker and weaker so far, and now Hu Nu has surrendered to the book, bowing down to the ministers, and the four seas are just around the corner, it is the work of the father, the blessing of the people, and the luck of the community! The government is clear, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the border defense is strong, and the sons don't know how to be considered the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, but if it is said by the sons, the future will continue the path of the father's rule, and I implore the father to ascend to Tai to show the descendants!"

The voice of the King of Shu has never been so sonorous, and his eyes have never been so full of admiration and reverence, with a hint of fear.

Eyes inadvertently passed over the emperor's face, and Zhao Jingyi picked up the wine glass and sipped it lightly, so as to hide the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth.

The civil and military officials did not react for a long time, and it seemed that they had not yet woken up from this bold suggestion, but there was always such a quick response, and immediately came out to respond to the proposal, "Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, the old minister has gone through two generations of emperors, and Hu Nu was defeated and surrendered, but this dynasty only saw it, the emperor of the Holy Ming, should be on the Tai Feng Zen!"

When the words fell, seeing that the emperor bowed slightly, everyone suddenly realized that no matter whether the current emperor is enough to be a saint, but no one can resist such a temptation.

Today's Emperor Xia Jing is just a justifiable ladder.

Needless to say, King Liang gritted his teeth, immediately knelt beside King Shu, and shouted: "Please father and emperor Feng Zen!"

"Please decree the emperor to seal the Zen!" The civil and military officials had no more dissent, and knelt down to bow down one after another.

Emperor Xia Jingdi's face turned red, and his happy eyes looked at the ministers under the main hall one by one, until they fell on Prince Rui, "What does Jingyi say?"

At the end of the day, everyone knows who the biggest hero is.

Zhao Jingyi knelt alone in the crowd and looked up, clenched his fists and said in a deep voice: "The barbarians of the four seas all look up to His Majesty." ”

"Okay! I will no longer refuse, and the Ministry of Rites will choose an auspicious day to seal the Zen. ”

It was not too early to leave the palace after the banquet.

Zhao Jingyi took people to Baifu again in the name of picking up his son, and he was above board.

The courtyard was quiet, the candles were faintly lit, and only one figure was still standing quietly in the doorway.

Zhao Jingyi took a few steps faster when he saw it, grabbed the person, reached into the big and held the hands, and his voice couldn't help but sink, "Why are you standing at the door, it's snowing, it's not cold?"

"Not cold, with a warm stove. Lin Xi let him hold it, and touched the small stove in his arms with his hand, Lin Gongzi must have one in winter, "My body is much better, you don't have to worry." ”

Lin Xi looked up at Zhao Jingyi, and when he saw the obvious worry in his eyes, he couldn't help but smile and squint.

The snow had already begun to fall, the nights were colder, and the exhaled breath was white.

Zhao Jingyi didn't approve, but seeing Lin Xi's unblinking eyes, his heart suddenly softened, he took off the cloak on his body, and wrapped him in another layer, looking at it from a distance, it was a fat ball, leaving only a face exposed.

Lin Xi looked at Zhao Jingyi with some jealousy, wearing only a thin prince's python robe, with a tall posture, handsome appearance, particularly domineering, and not afraid of cold at all, he still remembered that this person's arms were also hot.

Speaking of which, his head was also a little dizzy at the moment.

"Where's Rong'er?" Zhao Jingyi stood under the porch, avoiding the snow from falling on her body and blocking the cold outside.

"When you can't wait, you fall asleep. Lin Xi said, his eyes still looking straight at Zhao Jingyi, motionless.

"It's so late, why don't you go to bed?" Zhao Jingyi looked puzzled, frowned, sniffed lightly, and said in surprise: "Have you drunk?"

Lin Xi nodded with a smile, stretched out his finger from the layers of big cloaks and shook it, "A little." ”

A little bit like this?

Zhao Jingyi saw it, and couldn't help but look at Lin Xi carefully.

Under the dim candlelight, he couldn't see his face clearly, only those eyes were unexpectedly bright, and he seemed to be awake and seemed to be drunk, Lin Xi at this moment looked unexpectedly well-behaved and deceitful.

A kind of itching from the bottom of her heart came spontaneously, Zhao Jingyi held back her thoughts and asked in a low voice, "Is Xi'er waiting for me specially?"

Lin Xi moved his nose, and then Zhao Jingyi was pleased to see him nodding.

"Missed me?"

Lin Xi still said "um" honestly.

Zhao Jingyi's heart was suddenly hot, his whole body was warm, he couldn't help but hold the person in his arms, and was about to make love, when he heard a light cough from the secret guard, and then a series of footsteps trotted quickly, Zhao Jingyi secretly sighed "It's a pity" and let go of his hand.

"Young master, God, why are you at the door...... Lord Wang?" Yuan Yuan came over with a bowl of sobering soup, and saw a black figure in front of his young master, and was immediately startled, and when he looked at it again, he found that it was Lord Rui, and hurriedly saluted.

The sanctimonious Zhao Jingyi raised his hand and leveled it, and asked without blushing and heartbeat: "Why did you drink today?"

Yuan Yuan couldn't help but feel angry when he said it, "Old Mr. Bai seems to be in a bad mood, since the young master is a scholar, he has to entertain, so he took the young master to drink with him." "Speaking of this, it's quite helpless, "The young master rarely drinks alcohol, the amount of alcohol is very shallow, and the old gentleman is not drunk, so he will be like this." ”

That's good, but it's honest. Zhao Jingyi silently thought in his heart that he would have to let Lin Xi drink a few more drinks in the future, it would be very deceiving.

"I'm causing trouble to the prince, it's cold here, you might as well go into the house first." ”

The room was warm, Lin Xi was wrapped a lot, and immediately untied the cloak on his body uncomfortably, Yuan Yuan was about to put down the sobering soup and go over to help, but found that Prince Rui had reached out to untie it for Lin Xi, and also thoughtfully gave him a haircut, and his movements were extremely gentle.

Lin Xi looked at him with his eyes, as if he didn't know him, and looked at him carefully for a long time, "Zhao Jingyi?"

The latter responded.

As soon as the words fell, Lin Xi suddenly stood up and was about to push him out, muttering as he pushed, "Shouldn't you come secretly in the middle of the night?" No, you have to start over, do you know secretly? The door is going to be closed, and you can't let others see it......"

Rao is no matter how calm Zhao Jingyi is, he can't hold back his face, and Lin Xi is still pushing him seriously and vigorously, "Stinky rascal, old bastard, big ice cube...... Let you pretend, pretend ......"

Zhao Jingyi looked at the hands in front of his chest, turned his face sideways, and his gaze swept over the circle.

At this moment, Yuanyuan was as his name suggested, his eyes widened, his eyes fell on Zhao Jingyi little by little, and he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth.

Xi'er, don't make trouble, she's going to show her stuffing.

Zhao Jingyi sighed, and the idea of extinguishing his mouth turned around from his mind and threw it out. But after all, he is used to seeing big scenes, and he is not afraid of life and death, this kind of trivial matter is not a problem, and after the initial surprise, he casually ordered Yuanyuan: "There is this king, go out and bring the door." ”

Of course, he is gentle with his sweetheart, and there is nothing to discuss with a maid.

Yuan Yuan had no power to resist in front of Zhao Jingyi's impressive momentum, and his mind was blank.

"Keep your mouth shut. ”

Yuan Yuan covered his mouth and didn't move at the door, after all, he protected it wholeheartedly, and always felt that his young master was at a loss, but before she could struggle to do something, Wei Jia ran out of nowhere and pulled her out of nowhere, and thoughtfully brought the door to the door.

As soon as the person left, there was nothing to hesitate about, Lin Xi's push was like a joke to Zhao Jingyi, and he directly hugged his waist, held the person in his arms, and lifted his chin and kissed him.

This kiss for three years is really beautiful, which makes Zhao Jingyi sigh with emotion.