In the thirty-fourth year of Chenxi, in late August, the second son of the crown prince of Daye, the gift of the full moon, was very happy, and invited the clan magnates, ministers and daughters, in front of the Huagai Palace, to celebrate the gift, and the monarchs and ministers toasted and drank.

That is to say, in Kyoto, the ministers above the fifth grade and the female dependents of the grade, as well as the royal family, the noble family, and the powerful gate valve must be present, otherwise it is to save the emperor's face, and I believe that few people can do it.

At the beginning of the evening of the same day, the lights were on, the faint ambergris spread in the palace, the red carpet from the beginning to the high seat of the emperor and queen, the luxurious spread of the flowing water on the bright and open canopy hall, the palace maids and eunuchs shuttled like water, and in the glass wine cup, the fairy qiong jade dew reflected the grand banquet, a good royal style.

The feast is much bigger than usual, and the distinguished guests come in waves, looking around, every time the people come, there are a large number of people coming one after another, like dragging the family with the mouth, but no, especially the wealthy family, a large family is forty or fifty, the sons-in-law, the daughters-in-law, the daughters-in-law, and the nephews and nieces of distant cousins, don't drag the family.

"Among the high-ranking families, this is the best." Yan Su held the purple glass wine cup, and commented on it.

On the left sits Su You, the county lord of Ren A, and on the right sits Cai You, the prince of Xining. The three of them were all alone, and they went to the banquet alone, so they naturally sat together, looked east and west with Yan Su, and discussed this comment and that.

In fact, strictly speaking, being alone is just a matter of words. Although Cai You is a proton, he still has a pair of children and cousins of his uncle in Beijing, and his cousin is also the companion of the prince and his daughter, the lord of Rongning, but Cai You has not been close to them since he was a child, and when he met him on the road, he didn't see it. Speaking of which, Chen Yong, the cousin of his mother's Chen family's maternal family, Chen Jiajiulang, is closer than his cousins and sisters.

Besides, Ren A county lord Su Zhen, she is a member of the Su family, her father is the younger brother of Hubu Shangshu Su ****, below Danzhou, not in Beijing, her mother Princess Pingyan also followed her husband to Danzhou, her father loves her mother, and she is only one daughter. Cousin Princess Xuan is arrogant, and cousin Su Yu is unsuccessful. Su Zhen didn't have a good impression of Su Shi, and when he came with them, he was afraid that he would vomit.

Cai You, Su Jing can also be regarded as a strange character in Beijing.

At this moment, most of the guests are here, the Shen family, the Wang family, the Chen family, the Cui family, the Su family, and the Meng family are also about to arrive. He had already warmly courtesed himself at the table.

A hodgepodge, Yan Su handed the wine cup to the raised lip flap, and quietly watched coldly, tonight's singing and chanting is a great show.

"The people of the royal clan have not yet arrived." Su Zhen observed for a week, lazily leaned half on the table, and said boredly.

Those who had already arrived at the banquet began to talk to each other and exchange wine cups. Yan Su, Su Zhen, and Cai You were only the three of them at this table, and they were in the dark, so no one came up to toast.

"The important people must always be the last." When it came to the banquet, the smile on his lips never broke, which was very weird.

The night breeze blew, Su Zhen rubbed his arms, and couldn't help but say, "What are you laughing at?" I don't think you've stopped. ”

"I'm sorry," Yan Su said with a smile, "It's just that I can't help but laugh when I think of the meeting of the big clans for a while, and what may happen next." ”

Schadenfreude, Su Su glanced at Yan Su meaningfully, as if to say, I see you clearly.

"Look!" Cai You said suddenly, pointing to the entrance.

Su Zhen and Yan Su looked over together, and a group of people gathered around the entrance in a noisy manner, the first two of them had gray sideburns, both of them were burly and refreshed. The one on the left is slightly shorter than the one on the right, his eyes are bright and sharp like a falcon, and his tendons are swelling like waves, old and strong; The person on the right exudes a sense of elegance in his gestures, which is even more heroic and elegant.

In the brilliant lights, I can see very clearly that the person on the left is the old Chengyang Marquis, the former Governor of the Rear Army, Wang Yun; The person on the right is the old Dingyuan Marquis of the old Shi clan gate valve, from the right pillar country of the first product, Shen Qian. Both of them were ordered by their fathers to stand out in the bloody battle, and they were the heroes of the generation who assisted Daye Taizu, and they were the heroes of the year. Even if the old man is in waiting, he still has ambitions.

It is rumored that the generational feud between the Wang family and the Shen family came from the two fathers, and it lasted for four generations. One is the winner from the Shi clan, and the other is the winner from the cold family, and I want to look unpleasant.

What's going on inside, no one knows.

"Tsk, Shen Qian and Wang Yun, people who are so old that they are about to enter the coffin, and their spirits are still so strong," Su Yu whispered in Yanshu's ear, "It is rumored that the two of them have not come out for a long time, and they have been teasing Sun, this time, the full moon banquet of the second son of the prince, the two of them appeared one after another, which is unbelievable." ”

Behind the two old men were the outstanding descendants of the Wang family and the Shen family, as well as the nephews of the side branches. Shen Ding is the Marquis of Dingyuan of this generation, he usually rarely speaks in the court, he is silent and introverted, neither targeting nor praising anyone, but he has been sitting in the military department for more than three years. Wang Yun's son Wang Bin is much more familiar, and often shows off his might, but at this time, he stands behind Wang Yun respectfully, like a good son, quietly listening to the greetings between Wang Yun and Shen Qian, not like the usual appearance of Cheng Yanghou.

Yan traced the beams of overflowing fire candles and bursting fireworks, carefully observed the expressions on everyone's faces in front of the canopy hall, and answered Su Jian's question, "Recently, the General Administration Department has received several notices about the Shuo Mo military, saying that there is movement in the Shuo Mo stationed on the border of Xijin. ”

Cai You snorted and put down the fruit wine that was full of relish, "Xijin is the closest to Hanshan, if there is any movement in Shuomo, this credit will be taken by the Chen family, and the Wang family and the Shen family will not be able to sit still and want to get a piece of the pie." ”

The Chen family has been stationed in Yinsu Hanshan for generations, and the Cai family is a province away from them, so Cai You naturally knows what is going on.

"I see," although Su Zhen did not have the prudence of his daughter's family, he knew the dirt and filth in the mansion of the family in the capital, and he still knew very little about the affairs of the frontier court. Shaking his head, "It seems that tonight's drama is getting more and more exciting." ”

The court, the right, the party struggle, the imperial power, the harem, the heir, the family, the cold door, "Well, the drama in the capital is much better than Ruan Fang." Yan Su smiled.

"In recent years, the outstanding descendants of the Shen family are Shen Ding's two sons, the son Shen Guo and the second son Shen Qiu," Cai You said, "But unfortunately, the Shen family is really too low-key, and it is not very outstanding to bring two descendants in the circle of powerful people in the capital." On the other hand, several sons of the Wang family are very outstanding in riding and archery, among which Wang Bin's second son Wang Ji is the most, and the second son Wang Min is the second. It's more than one head. ”

As a son of a military family, although Cai You is a teenager, he is also the son of Xining who was taught by his grandfather. Get serious and don't lag anyone behind.

"Oh, the second son is the most, and the second son is second." Yan Su chuckled twice.

Su Zhen glanced at her, "The ears are quite pointed." ”

"The Shen family is low-key, the hand clan compatriots, the Wang family is flamboyant, but the brothers are against the wall?" The pitch is raised, and the words are low.

"Indeed," Cai You also whispered, it was rumored that Shen Ding was infatuated, and the two sons and one daughter under his knees were all his wife's place, and there was no mess of concubines and concubines, but the Shen family style has always been like this. Wang's inner latitude is more chaotic, that son Wang Min is the original match, only one son, after giving birth to go, the second step-room knee a son and a daughter, is the second son Wang Qi and Sujun Wang Shifei Wang Hui, his concubine, I don't know. ”

Cai You shrugged.

"You seem to have gone through someone's family tree," Yan Su raised his eyebrows, "so clear." ”