The officials were neatly dressed and stood in line at the end of Suzaku Street with their wives and sisters-in-law, waiting for the Imperial Guards to carefully inspect them before they could walk into the palace.

Of course, people with a sufficiently honorable status do not need to be so troublesome, such as the emperor's only brother, King Zhongshan. Originally, the palace was close to the palace, and just after noon, the king of Zhongshan took Concubine Liu directly into the palace. The queen mother is not the biological mother of the emperor and the king of Zhongshan, she has eaten fast and recited Buddha for many years, and has never interfered in the government and the harem, so she has won the respect of the emperor.

The so-called husband sings with the wife, and the queen naturally does not dare to snub the old queen mother, and as soon as she saw Concubine Liu enter the palace, she took her with her to ask the queen mother for peace. As for those foxes who are favored in front of the emperor, they are absolutely not qualified to serve the queen mother. The queen mother also knew the situation in the palace of the king of Zhongshan, and politely asked a few words about the illness of the princess and the prince, and then said no more.

Concubine Liu was knowledgeable and interesting, and motioned to the old lady beside her to pick up interesting stories about the market outside the palace and talk about them, which provoked these old girls who have been locked in the palace all year round to ask questions. Before you know it, the table is ready to open.

The queen mother couldn't get enough of it, and asked her to come to the palace often in the future with a smile, and the queen also smiled and agreed. Everyone laughed like this, and went to the Qianyuan Hall together.

In the main hall, many officials and relatives could not help but see each other politely, and as soon as it was quiet, the emperor and the crown prince converged with the queen mother and others Shi Shiran walked in.

This human emperor who is more than half a hundred years old has been immersed in wine for many years, his face is pale and puffy, and his wrinkles are stacked, and he is three points older than an ordinary sixty-year-old man. He stood behind the tall carved dragon bookcase, looked down at his subjects, and listened to the cheers of landslides and tsunamis inside and outside the palace, and his heart was extremely proud, but his face was extremely flat and responded, "Sit down." ”

In just three words, the majesty and domineering of the emperor are vividly and vividly expressed. Everyone congratulated again in unison, and then got up and sat down. The palace ladies twisted their slender waists, and the flowing water was like delicacies from the mountains and seas, and the wine and delicacies were delicacies. The thick candles raised high on the four walls of the main hall reflected on the gold and silver vessels, shining with dazzling brilliance. The musicians played a pleasant tune, and the dancers flicked their long water sleeves through the hall, and the immortal emperor enjoyed nothing more than that.

The ministers saw that the emperor was in great interest, so they knelt down one after another, you have a birthday message, and I have a birthday celebration, which coaxed the emperor to smile more and more.

The royal family is also not to be outdone, you are a piece of superb jade, I am a deep-sea coral, and the eunuchs in charge of the treasury are busy coming and going like the wind under their feet.

There has always been no shortage of lonely people in the world who boast that "everyone in the world is drunk and I am sober", and when the emperor and his courtiers were having fun together, an old official wearing a blue robe ran out of the corner of the hall. I saw him kneeling down and shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, the old minister begged His Majesty to remove the singing and dancing banquet, bathe and change clothes, sincerely kneel and beg the sky, burn the edict of the sin, and pray for the mercy of the sky." Your Majesty, there are countless displaced people outside the city, and the four southern states are about to starve all over the wilderness, so please reduce the amount of money in the palace and mobilize the treasury to save the lives of the people of Daqi! Your Majesty, there are wolves outside Daqi, and there are ministers in charge inside, and in the long run, the country will not be a country..."

"Presumptuous!" Seeing that the emperor was so angry that his face turned pale, the king of Zhongshan immediately got up and scolded the old minister who had killed himself, "Today's birthday banquet, how can you be allowed to point fingers?" Come on, don't drag him down to pour buckets of well water to wake up your mind! ”

"Yes, yes..." The eunuchs, who had already been frightened, ran forward from the corner of the hall, hurriedly pulled the old minister and walked out of the hall.

The old minister didn't know if he was really not afraid of death, or if there was someone behind him, so he continued to shout while dragging on the ground, "Your Majesty, there is a great drought in the four states due to the condemnation of heaven..."

The emperor felt that he had been poked in the scales, and he was so angry that he couldn't bear it anymore, and he overturned the table in front of him, and the cups, plates and dishes smashed in one place, and the soup splashed everywhere. "Presumptuous!"

Everyone in the hall was trembling and lying on the ground, scolding those self-proclaimed old ministers in their hearts. Even if you want to speak, don't choose such a festive day, the so-called beating people without slapping the face, how can there be such a simple and ruthless shot.

"Pifu Zhou synonymously stirred up Shengshou, spoke evil words, fought forty, nine clans..."The emperor had a bad breath in his throat, and finally came to his senses under the patting of the queen and others, and opened his mouth to punish the culprit. The king of Zhongshan heard half of it, and he was so anxious that he almost fell.

Great Qi has had many natural disasters for many years, and the emperor likes pleasure and ignores the government, and the Murong family is in danger. If you risk offending all the Qingliu in the world today and condemn Zhou Tongyi, then in the future, the whole world will spread that the Murong royal family cannot listen to the advice of the contrary, and it is really unbearable to assist. But Zhou Tongyi will be sympathized and admired by everyone, and even famous for centuries.

"The emperor is angry!" Thinking of this, King Zhongshan stubbornly interrupted the emperor's words.

The emperor was furious, but when he turned his head to see that it was his only brother, he had to suppress his anger and ask coldly, "What does Brother Wang mean?" ”

King Zhongshan tried his best to relax and laughed twice, before he said, "Your Majesty, Zhou Tongyi is just a sour Confucian who is stupid in reading, you don't have to be angry with him." Didn't this old sour Confucian say that there would be a drought in the four states when God sent a crime to the emperor and the emperor? The minister feels that the heart of heaven is the most merciful, and he will surely protect the eternal existence of Daqi. The birthday gift that the minister wants to offer today is the best proof! ”

"Oh, birthday gifts?" A look of curiosity flashed on the emperor's face, and the empress dowager and others hurriedly took the opportunity to persuade him, "Your Majesty, it's rare that Brother Wang has found a birthday gift for you, why don't you sit down and drink a glass of wine, and it's not too late to punish Zhou Tongyi after the birthday gift." ”

The queen was even more simply, and directly brought the eunuch Gong'e to help up the several cases that had been turned over, quickly removed the dishes and served a new table, and then respectfully asked the emperor to sit down.

Seeing this, the king of Zhongshan hurriedly signaled Liu Fu, who was waiting behind him, to come forward to offer a gift, Liu Fu had just been promoted to the chief butler of the palace, and he had never entered the palace before. He carefully held the square box carved from rosewood in his hand, and walked towards the middle of the hall step by step. Xu was too focused on looking at the wooden box, and his feet lost his proportion, and he stumbled and fell to the ground. He was so shocked that he lost all his souls, and he wanted to get up quickly to protect the wooden box in his hand, but in a panic, he stepped on his robe again...

Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they saw him in a dark red robe, rolling around on the carpet like a ball. Even the emperor curled the corners of his mouth, and the King of Zhongshan quietly patted Concubine Liu's hand and praised in a low voice, "This Liu Fu is a man with eyes and courage." ”

Concubine Liu pinched the handkerchief and blocked her mouth, and said with a smile, "The prince praised it falsely, he is just a coward." ”

"That's also a good training for you, and reward him with a hundred taels of silver when you return home!"

"Then the concubine will reward the prince for Liu Fuxie."

While the couple was talking, Liu Fu finally got up with a red face, he didn't get up at all, he just lay on the ground and raised the box in his hand, and congratulated loudly, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, happy and auspicious, long life without borders!" ”

"Xiangrui?" The emperor glanced at the smiling King of Zhongshan, and thought that this royal brother had made a fake object somewhere to make him happy, just like a few years ago, a courtier pasted gold leaf on a pig to pretend to be a unicorn beast. He was a little excited, but in the end, it was still not good for Brother Buddha's face, so he waved his hand and said, "Offer it." ”

A eunuch had already trotted over and put the wooden box on the table in front of the emperor, and the queen said jokingly, "Your Majesty, let the concubines open it with their own hands." Brother Wang has traveled all over the world, and the objects that can be praised as auspicious by Brother Wang will definitely not be bad. ”

The old queen mother also echoed, "Yes, just now the mourning family asked what congratulatory gifts were prepared by Concubine Liu's palace, and she still smiled and refused to say, which made the mourning family guess for a long time." ”

"Oh? Then I want to take a good look at what this auspicious rui looks like, and the queen should open it quickly. Hearing what everyone said, the emperor was also interested, urging the queen to hurry up.

The queen smiled and opened the red sandalwood box in front of her, only to see that the box was paved with bright yellow satin, and there were four grids in the middle, and a fruit was placed in each grid, and each fruit was clearly printed with a big character, which happened to be the four words "longevity without borders" in one place!

The three members of the royal family widened their eyes in unison, and did not speak for a long time. The prince looked reluctant, and poured wine for several old and important ministers in accordance with the etiquette, and when he saw his father and queen mother like this, he also came to look at it, and said in surprise, "How can this fruit have words!" ”

The emperor subconsciously reached out to wipe the handwriting on the fruit, but no matter how hard he tried, the handwriting did not lose a penny, and it was obvious that the handwriting was grown on the fruit, not artificially smeared.

"Xiangrui! This is a gift from heaven! ”

The queen resisted her excitement and turned the box to the courtiers, and then knelt down first, and shouted loudly, "Congratulations to Your Majesty on your happiness and longevity!" ”

Everyone was still curious, not knowing what was in the box, which made the emperor's family so surprised. When he finally saw it clearly, he knelt together, trembling with excitement, and followed the queen to shout, "Congratulations to Your Majesty on your happiness and longevity!" ”

The emperor looked at the courtiers who were willing to kneel, and his depression was swept away, and he laughed and said, "All the ministers are flat, and the sky has rained down such immortal fruits, which is really an auspicious omen. ”

"Your Majesty Xià Hongfu Qitian, Daqi Guotai and Min'an!" The crowd bowed down again in prayer, and then the www.qbwx.com got up and sat down. The emperor glanced at the red auspicious fruit in the box, and his white and blue face was rarely ruddy, and he secretly guessed, could this be a sign from God that I can live for a few hundred more years?

Seeing that the emperor was so self-conscious that the time was ripe, he got up and knelt down, and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, the sky has descended auspiciously, and such happy events should be congratulated by the whole world." Please also pass on the decree! ”

The emperor pondered for a moment, then said with a smile, "This matter should indeed be congratulated by the whole world, and my will should be passed on, and the curfew in Kyoto will be lifted for three days, and the world will be amnesty!" In addition, since the four southern states were hit by the disaster, they reduced taxes for two years, and notified the local government to open warehouses to release grain to help the displaced people survive the winter! ”