The hall was very lively, and it was not surprising that many officials came to attend the birthday banquet with their families, but when Li Chu appeared with Feng Jiu, it still attracted the attention of many people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Feng Jiu is wearing a rouge aqua red curved skirt today, like a butterfly walking among the flowers, and the swallowtail bun makes her already thin face more and more exquisite. However, except for most of the female dependents and some young officials who couldn't take their eyes off her, more people turned their eyes to Lichu on the side.

"That'...... Is that...... Isn't it that I'm old and dazzled? Mu Zhilin, a cabinet scholar, rubbed his sour eyes and turned to Zhao Tianshu, the secretary of the Criminal Department who was sitting next to him.

Zhao Tianshu's face changed slightly, and he was about to answer, when he heard the person on the dragon chair whisper: "Come, Lichu, you sit here." ”

This move attracted the attention of everyone present, and the originally noisy hall instantly quieted down, they didn't know where this person came from, why he was so favored by the emperor, and he could sit in the seat closest to the dragon chair.

The Queen Mother looked at Li Chu in some surprise and asked, "This is ......?"

"This is the Fang family invited by me, and I often discuss Taoist metaphysics with me, although I am young, I am very talented, and I should replace him with the courtesy of a guest." Li Jingyao smiled faintly at the Queen Mother, turned his head slightly to look at Li Chu, and motioned for him to come forward to congratulate.

Li Chu caught his gaze, immediately left the table and got up, handed over the items in his hand to the eunuch on the side, and then saluted respectfully: "Cao Min Li Chu, I have seen the Queen Mother, I wish the Queen Mother a long spring, and a peach to be 3,000 years old." ”

The Queen Mother responded again and again, and on the other hand, she couldn't wait to order someone to open the gift, and when she saw that it was just a box of extremely ordinary shortbread, the whole person trembled, and she was stunned for a long time and suddenly shed two lines of tears.

"Queen Mother's ......" Li Jingyao saw that the Queen Mother's mood had changed greatly, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

The fourth prince and Li Jingyao were born to the same mother, and when they saw the queen mother crying because of the courtesy, they naturally couldn't sit still, and got up suddenly: "You are really uneasy and kind when you come here with all your intentions, what did you send to the queen mother?" It was so harmful to the queen mother! Where is Li Xun, take this person down for me immediately! ”

Li Xun's body moved slightly when he heard this, but he didn't even cast his eyes at all, the fourth prince's face couldn't hold back, and he was about to have a seizure, Li Jingyao had already said in a calm voice: "Fourth brother! Don't be impulsive, listen to what the queen mother has to say. ”

At this time, the Queen Mother had secretly wiped away the tears on her face, raised her sleeves to take the shortbread, looked at Li Chu fixedly, and said, "Why do you want to give this shortbread to the mourning family?" ”

"The grass people know that the ministers are sending rare treasures, and they also know that they can't take out any of the treasures on the table, and the grass people heard that the queen mother was originally from Lin'an, so they thought it would be better to send some Lin'an pastries to the queen mother, so that the queen mother can relieve her lovesickness." Li Chu raised his eyes slightly as he spoke, and said, "This shortbread was just made yesterday, and the people in the Caomin Mansion ran and killed two horses before they were delivered to me." ”

The Queen Mother kept nodding, although there was endless sadness in her eyes, the corners of her mouth were very open, and she turned to Li Jingyao and said, "Okay...... Very good, the Fang family invited by the emperor is really good, the mourning family is very happy, this is the best gift the mourning family has received, and the emperor must reward him. ”

"Okay, reward, I will definitely reward him."

The fourth prince, who was still domineering, listened to the words of the queen mother, and his throat was so uncomfortable that he couldn't even say half a word, and he didn't even bother to ask Mu Zhilin on the side.

Li Jingyao raised a glass of wine to Lichu and said, "The gift you gave is very good, I can't think of anything to reward you, so I will reward you with this gentleman's bar." ”

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was shocked, and the sound of small discussions was endless, even the fourth prince was stunned, he didn't expect Li Jingyao to be so direct, and he didn't intend to hide Lichu's identity at all.

"Is it Song Chaozong? Isn't he's dead? ”

"Didn't you hear the emperor say to give him a glass of gentleman's wine? I felt familiar when he came in, but I felt incredible, and I was not sure, but now it seems that it must be him! ”

Seeing that Li Chu took the wine glass and drank it briskly, the Queen Mother couldn't help but pat Li Jingyao's arm and said, "Is this just this glass of wine?" The emperor's reward is too light. ”

Li Jingyao smiled and slapped the old hand of the Queen Mother, and swept to everyone: "It's really too light, don't worry, Queen Mother, I will reward it slowly." ”

Li Chu stared down at the wine glass, thinking of everything that had happened in this hall before, and couldn't help but secretly exhale. At that time, he dealt with a lot of tricky hands for Li Jingyao, and Li Jingyao once gave him a glass of wine called Junzi when he held a banquet to celebrate his achievements, and joked for a while that only Song Chaozong was qualified to drink this wine in the world.

Although the speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart, no one has dared to drink this gentleman's wine over the years, even Li Jingyao himself has never drunk it, until today, the gentleman's wine reappears at the banquet, which is really embarrassing.

"Uncle? Boxi? Feng Jiu saw that he was stunned, and couldn't help but remind him softly.

Hearing this, Li Chu came back to his senses, and smiled slightly: "This wine is too strong, I will be fine if I am quiet." ”

"It's not...... I ......"

Seeing that Feng Jiu was hesitant, Li Chu had an anxious look on his face, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I ...... I'm in a hurry, can I go out for a while? Feng Jiu looked at Shang Lichu's gaze, his heart was a little weak, and his face became more and more pale because of this, like a person who was in a hurry.

"Okay, I'll go with you." When Li Chu heard this, he was about to get up, but Feng Jiu hurriedly grabbed him and said, "No need, I'll just go by myself, I'll be back soon, you wait for me here." ”

Without waiting for Li Chu to respond, Feng Jiu hurriedly left the table and quietly retreated. At the same time, the eyes of the four princes on the opposite side flashed, and as soon as he put the melon seeds in his hand, he followed the water-red shadow.

Feng Jiu stopped a palace maid to ask about the location of the latrine, and suddenly found the fourth prince not far away, and his heart tightened, so he hurriedly ran in the direction of the latrine.

Before entering the toilet, he saw Liu Wenyan pacing in front of the door, Feng Jiu had no intention of stopping all the way, and said softly when he passed by Liu Wenlu: "Someone is coming, you go first." ”

Liu Wenlu naturally understood the urgency of the matter, and walked out before he had time to nod, he just heard Feng Jiu say that someone was coming, but he didn't know who this person was? It wasn't until he saw the figure of the fourth prince that he couldn't help frowning, and walked away after a slight pause.

The fourth prince had already seen that Liu Wenlu never saluted him, and he ignored him with a disdainful expression, leaning his hands against the wall, with a great intention of waiting for the rabbit.

Liu Wenlu glanced back at the fourth prince, and felt more and more bad in his heart, the fourth prince was not only a treacherous villain, but also a pervert who was extravagant! If he makes a rash move, then Feng Jiu's identity will not be explained clearly, but if he doesn't make a move, then Feng Jiu ......

Thinking of this, Liu Wenlu frowned tightly, and hurried towards the main hall with his steps. The rudeness of the action during the return banquet actually turned the wine glass on the table and caught the gaze of Li Chu, Liu Wenlu tried his best to make various expressions, hoping that Li Chu could understand.

"Li Wen, what's wrong with you today? Babble. Hearing the Nine Princes' rebuke to himself, Liu Wenlu rarely replied, "I'm not a woman, where did I make such gentle movements?" Isn't it just to protect the people around me that I learn martial arts? Why care about such trivial matters? ”

The face of the Ninth Prince changed, in the past, Liu Wenlu would only take his words as a deaf ear, and never said anything back. Just as he was frowning and about to say a few words to him, he suddenly saw the Fang family invited by the emperor hurriedly leaving the table and running out, his rude movements almost knocked down the entire table, and he swallowed all the words in his mouth.

Feng Jiu had been there for a quarter of an hour, and she was already worried about her delay in returning, but when she saw Liu Wenyan's strange hint, she followed his gaze again, and saw that the seat of the fourth prince was empty, and Li Chu realized it.