Chapter 64: The Palace Banquet
In the Qianqing Palace, it was a scene of singing and dancing at this time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Li Yuanche looked at the happy scene of the monarchs and ministers in the main hall, picked up the wine glass in front of him again, and drank it with a few noble sons next to him.
Because Li Yuanche became famous in the first battle in northern Xinjiang, the nobles and sons of the court were quite unconvinced, and at this time, they took the opportunity of the palace banquet to come forward to toast, quite wanting to beat this young general at the wine table.
Li Yuanche did not refuse, and frequently raised his glass, all of which were drunk with pride. He saw the thoughts of these noble sons at the beginning, but he didn't care. He now needs to have a good relationship with these noble sons in order to gain a firm foothold in the capital as soon as possible. And if you want to be recognized by these young people with extraordinary family backgrounds, there is no faster way than at the wine table.
Sure enough, with just a few glasses of wine, the children of Guixun were conquered by Li Yuanche's amount of wine.
"Ah Che, in the future in the capital, what is the matter with my brother covering you." Zhang Mao, the prince of the Anguo Mansion, patted Li Yuanche's shoulder with some drunkenness.
As the prince of Anguo, Zhang Mao certainly has the confidence to say such things. The Anguo Mansion has mastered the defense of the capital for generations, and has won the favor of the emperors of the Great Jin Dynasty. And Zhang Mao's aunt is now the crown of the harem, and even the queen has to avoid three points of Zhang Guifei. As everyone knows, in the 20 years since Concubine Zhang Guifei entered the palace, she has been favored. No matter what kind of flower-like beauties there are in the palace every year, they can't share half of the grace of the concubine.
And the third prince born to Zhang Guifei, Yuwenxin, is also a son with his mother, who is deeply loved by Emperor Qing, and was named King Xin early, and is the first one among the princes to be crowned king. Recently, he was arranged to be the head of the ministry, and the limelight faintly overshadowed the prince.
"Yes, yes, with Second Brother Zhang, the brothers are all masters who walk sideways in the capital!" Several young people on the side laughed when they heard this, which attracted the fathers and grandparents in front of them, who were important ministers of the court, to look over, and stared at their children and grandchildren helplessly.
"Then I'll rely on Second Brother Zhang in the future." Li Yuanche picked up the wine glass again and toasted Zhang Mao with a glass of wine. Taking advantage of the toast, the corner of his eye glanced upward.
Not long after entering the main hall, Li Yuanche felt as if an unscrupulous gaze had been probing him, and at this time, under the cover of the figures of several noble sons around him, he found that the owner of this gaze was a woman in red who was sitting next to Zhang Guifei.
Who is this woman? actually sat next to Zhang Guifei, it is rumored that Zhang Guifei only has a son of King Xin, and has not given birth to a princess. No matter what the identity of this woman is, this gaze is too presumptuous. Li Yuanche didn't like to be looked at nakedly like this, so he snorted coldly in his heart.
When Li Yuanche was still secretly guessing the identity of the girl, he saw that the girl in red had already walked over with a wine glass.
"The prince of the world, the great victory over the barbarians, the name of bravery, Annan has also heard of it in the boudoir, and Annan is here to pay tribute to the prince of the world." The woman in red raised her glass and made a toast gesture.
"Lord Xie." Li Yuanche picked up the wine glass and drank it all. attracted the applause of the noble children around him.
It turned out that she was the county lord of Annan, no wonder she could sit next to Concubine Zhang. Before she was angry and went to her for trouble, she came to provoke herself first. In front of everyone's eyes, the county lord of Annan, who had just been married, actually came to toast herself, and I don't know what her fiancé Cui Saburo would think. Thinking of this, Li Yuanche glanced in the direction where Cui's house was. Sure enough, Cui Saburo's face was already flushed, and his green muscles were protruding, if he hadn't been held down by Grandpa Cui beside him, he was afraid that he would have burst out at any time.
Very good, you give me a gentle humiliation, and I will get it back little by little.
Li Yuanche poured another glass of wine and gave a glass in return to the county lord of Annan. None of the people around him noticed, and under the cover of his wide sleeves, he glanced deeply at the county lord of Annan when he toasted.
The county lord of Annan was glanced at by that deep gaze, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and his face immediately turned red, how could there be a magnificent man in this world. Although his face is not as handsome as Cui Saburo, it has a man's sunshine and fortitude, giving people a feeling of incomparable security. When that deep gaze looked at her, she didn't know anything anymore, so she could only hurriedly drink the wine in the cup, and quickly fled back to Zhang Guifei's side, looking at the direction of Li Yuanche from time to time with a pair of charming eyes.
Seeing this, Zhang Mao and the others on the side squeezed their eyebrows and laughed in the direction of the Cui family. These noble sons whose ancestors were awarded for their military exploits have long been unaccustomed to Cui Jinghao's appearance of a noble family's little white face, if it weren't for the county lord of Annan, several people would have wanted to beat Cui Jinghao's kid with a bag all over his head. Now seeing that the county lord seems to have signs of empathy, where would a group of young people let go of such an opportunity, and they all laughed more presumptuously in the direction of the Cui family.
The laughter was piercing, where did Cui Jinghao, who grew up in Qinghe being held by everyone since he was a child, suffer such a shame. The laughter and laughter in the hall came at this time, and it seemed that all of them had turned into merciless ridicule of himself, and the anger in Cui Jinghao's heart could no longer be suppressed. He put down his glass heavily, and as soon as he stood up, he was pulled down by his father beside him.
"San Lang, don't mess around." Master Cui's face was as usual, and he raised his glass in the direction of Emperor Shangshouqing. "This is the Imperial Palace, the Qianqing Palace. Not in Qinghe! ”
"Father," Cui Jinghao clenched his fists fiercely, and the county lord of Annan went to toast other men in front of everyone, and afterwards he looked blushing and shy, where did he have half a point of putting his fiancé in his eyes. This kind of water-based poplar woman was shameless and pestered herself at the beginning, and abandoned the marriage contract with Jinghaihou; Now he is entangled with another man in public, without leaving a trace of face for himself, which is really shameless! This one****!
"San Lang, show me the bearing of a son of a family, and I'll talk about it when I have anything to say." Master Cui faced the gazes cast from all around, his face was as usual, he picked up the wine glass and pecked slowly.
This Master Cui's city is really deep enough, and he deserves to be the head of the Cui family. Li Yuanche was drinking and laughing with the noble children around him, and at the same time secretly looked at the Cui family's father and son.
Cui Jinghao, can't you stand it now? Don't worry, since I have come to the capital, I will naturally have a good time with you, we will come for a long time, and the days to come will be long.
Li Yuanche picked up the wine glass in his hand, touched the glass with a few young people beside him, looked in the direction of the head, and drank the glass.
When everyone saw this, they all thought that he was toasting to Emperor Qing, and only the county lord of Annan next to Concubine Zhang would think that the other party's eyes were on her.
However, after a palace banquet, the daughter of the county lord of Annan empathized again.