Chapter 232: His Majesty's Birthday (8)

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And they all secretly swore in their hearts that the next time there was such a thing as going to other countries, they would not be killed. And made up his mind that when he saw the third prince in the future, he would not say anything, but he would take a detour from a distance.

By the time the envoys of various countries had finished their pilgrimages, it was already afternoon. Now whether it is a civil and military official, a hairpin family, a royal family or a foreign envoy, all the gifts are dedicated to Your Majesty, then the next is the highlight of tonight, that is, Your Majesty will hold a banquet, banquet the ministers, feast together, and enjoy a great pleasure.

Still in this Lin De Palace, there are side halls on the upper and lower floors, all of which are people.

Just dusk, the festive red lanterns have been pulled inside to reflect the red candlelight, rows, in the night, exude a beautiful and bright halo, decoration and furnishings, all are boutiques, bright yellow and red are mixed together, the most noble and the most festive color.

And the hall at this time has changed its appearance, wide and tall, the bright light of the huge night pearl and the red candlelight intersect together, the famous hall is yellow, like day, it is all music, dance, feast and drink, and among them, His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers, the lady of the family and the lady of the order are all relaxed and happy, they are talking to each other in a whisper, a scene of harmony.

At this time, the hall sounded a cheerful sound of silk and bamboo, and there were beautiful dancing queens dancing, and the red enchanting figure showed a variety of different postures.

First of all, there is a beautiful woman who is dressed in red yarn, with a drop-shaped flower on her head, and on the silver plate they hold in their hands like mutton fat and white jade is a teapot with entwined peonies and green leaves, and inside is the fragrant tea of Lushan clouds.

Seeing that they put the teapot on each table, the aroma of beauty and tea came to the nose so much, and it began to make people look forward to intoxication.

After a round of tea, there are beautiful palace maids with four products of dried fruits, four products of candied fruit, then four products of gluttony, four products of pickles, and then one product of the box. And then there are the eight products of the dragon plate.

And His Majesty the Emperor's banquet is very lively, during which you can laugh and laugh at will, eclectic, so after His Majesty said the beginning, the atmosphere gradually became lively, and some began to pay tribute to His Majesty, and today's wine is very light, it is a specially prepared longevity wine, and there are some clear and slightly sweet, which is very suitable for men and women to drink, and it is not easy to get drunk.

And this time, His Majesty was also in a very good mood, and he didn't refuse to come, and he had a posture of saying how much less to drink, which made Su Guangli, who was waiting on the side, very worried.

Even the neighboring tables began to chat and drink, and the ministers and the foreign envoy got along very well, you toast me, I toast you and drink a glass.

Then there are eight dishes in the appetizer, and two dishes in the soup, marking the official warmness of the banquet, and then the palace maids and eunuchs continue to come up with new imperial dishes in turn, and the dishes that have not yet cooled down are withdrawn, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, everything, and the dishes are rich and diverse. And it is even a roast whole lamb, which has a few in each case.

It is simply the highest level of enjoyment and a rare moment of relaxation, whether it is His Majesty the Emperor or the ministers of the hundred officials, at this moment, it is the most relaxed moment.

And the table of Shao Xunmei and Li Rongxi, before the banquet, Li Tingye finally appeared in it, and after he saw Shao Xunmei, his eyes lit up, and then he threw himself away, regardless of the occasion, he threw himself directly into Shao Xunmei's arms, so that Shao Xunmei, who was sitting, was almost hit by the heavy body and fell, but fortunately, Li Rongxi quickly helped the person by the way.

Shao Xunmei hugged the body in her arms, looked at Li Tingye, who was already tired of being in her arms, and was a little helpless: "What's wrong?" Li Tingye didn't answer yet, but a pair of big hands suddenly appeared and pulled his body out of his warm and fragrant mother's arms mercilessly!

And that big hand, there is no doubt about it, it must be Lee Yong-hee!

Then, I saw him with a dark face, and frowned in a calm and cold voice: "Li Tingye, how old are you?" What about your basic etiquette to pounce on your mother in public? Not afraid of being laughed at? ”

When Li Tingye heard this, he pouted, his face was a little aggrieved, and his dark eyes were even wider: "I have been accompanying the children of the prince of southern Xinjiang these days, especially his daughter named Namu Pearl, who is always pestering me, and I am annoyed to death!" I haven't seen my mother in a few days! ”

And Li Rongxi looked at his coquettish appearance, and had a headache: "Pay attention to the occasion!" "Look at which other family's children are so coquettish? Don't think people are laughing?

At this time, Shao Xunmei pulled his small body over, and then let him sit beside him, just as there was some gap between her and Li Rongxi, and Li Tingye still had some gaps in it!

Shao Xunmei tidied up his clothes, hugged his small body and persuaded softly: "Okay, prince, don't blame him, he's still young!" And they haven't seen us for so many days, can you not want to? Human nature, what's the joke about this? What a fuss, no one paid attention anyway! ”

When Li Rongxi heard this, he instantly looked at the two of them with a dark face and whispered: "This king said something, you are here to talk endlessly, right?" Do you teach children like that? Hum! Sure enough, it's a loving mother and a more defeated child! ”

And having said that, in the depths of his eyes there was a tenderness and contentment that did not match his countenance, and a look akin to pride: what he wanted in his heart was nothing more than this kind of family scene, with a strict father, a loving mother, the child did not have to be obedient, a scene that was very common in ordinary families, but in the families of noble royals, it was not seen at all, the fear and respect of the son for the father, the respect and humility of the wife for the husband, and the dignity that the husband maintained at all times.

And at this moment, he is experiencing and satisfying in this scene, although his wife is awkward and thorny, and nine out of ten sentences are raising the bar, but she will never respect him as a prince, she has never said anything, and she is too lazy to go around in circles with him.

The attitude is frank and natural, and the deepest part of his heart, isn't that what he wants?

Therefore, at this time, the three of them are the most like a family of three, the wife is nagging, the children are coquettish, and the husband has a feeling of being angry and helpless, but he is not angry at all! Even satisfied.

During the banquet, although Li Rongxi had a cold face, as a well-known God of War of the Great Wei, and he was well managed, he was stationed in Yongzhou all the year round, and he was even more low-key after returning to Beijing, and the more because of this, the more those civil and military officials admired him, so at this time, when the monarchs and ministers drank and enjoyed together, it was naturally indispensable for people to toast him.

And Li Rongxi did not refuse, but chatted with everyone, and then drank the water and wine in his hand, and after a while, there was a clear aroma of wine from him, and there was a stronger and stronger taste.

So Shao Xunmei frowned and whispered, "You drink less!" What should I do if I drink too much? ”

Li Rongxi's eyebrows and eyes have gone cold and hard, and they have become soft and with a touch of evil charm: "What, worry about this king?" Shao Xunmei gave him a roll of his eyes: "I'm afraid that you will be embarrassed if you drink too much, how to get you back is a problem!" ”

Li Rongxi lowered his eyes and snorted coldly: "Just look down on the amount of alcohol that this king has?" Hum! ”

Li Tingye has been relying on Shao Xunmei's arms, and then enjoying Shao Xunmei's exquisite food, and this banquet is very in line with his taste, magnificent, bright color, mostly meat production, and all kinds of flavors, which makes Li Tingye, a snacker, drool.

Especially when he saw the roasted whole sheep with brown and oily, golden roasted whole sheep, his eyes were straight, and he directly picked up the silver dagger used to cut meat on the table, with an excited face: "Mother, mother, I want to eat roasted whole sheep!" ”

It's just too exciting, Ariki You? He's only eaten it once since he was a child, okay? Who's okay to eat a roasted whole sheep like those countries in Beimeng!

The sheep was small, like a lamb, nested in a silver platter, and exuded a fragrant smell that aroused the appetite, while some people at other tables had already begun to cut meat with daggers, and their fingers were moving!

And Shao Xunmei looked at this item and felt particularly festive and funny, because none of the people present were good at eating roasted whole sheep, and even the posture of cutting meat with a dagger and holding a knife was not right? But it still didn't diminish their excitement!

Looking at this somewhat embarrassing and various ways to eat meat, she is a little covered her face, okay?

What a shame for the Great Wei Dynasty! Although the posture used by this military attache is not standardized, at least he can use a knife! When the knife was inserted into the meat, the tender mutton was opened, and then began to feast on it, while the ladies of the military attache were ashamed of their husband's rude way of eating, and the maids who served them cut the meat into small pieces with knives for their masters to enjoy slowly.

And those civil officials do not have the roughness and strength of military attachΓ©s, and they can't use daggers, so they can only wait for their own subordinates to cut them before using them, or some people use daggers to cut meat themselves, but they are greasy, and then the daggers on their hands are full of oil, and in the end they can only sigh: Sure enough, it is useless to be a scholar! Can't even cut meat! What else can I do?

And the empress dowager, the empress dowager and the emperor and his majesty the emperor also had three plates of roast suckling whole sheep a few days ago, and the three of them naturally didn't need to be so embarrassed to do it personally, and they didn't need to be so rude posture. There are professional subordinates next to them who cut them up, and then put them on a silver plate*** The three high Venerables enjoyed it.

Hearing Li Tingye's words, Xiangzhi and Pei Lan on the side were about to pick up the dagger and prepare to sword, but Li Rongxi glanced over, and the two of them stood behind them.

But I saw Li Rongxi pick up the silver dagger, put it down steadily, cut the slice open, the force was precise and the cutting was not a little messy, neat and tidy, it looked very artistic, not like other cases, the cups and plates were messy, and the dog was extremely embarrassed.

Shao Xunmei dipped the meat in the dipping sauce and stuffed it into Li Tingye's mouth, Li Tingye ate it steaming, and said vaguely: "Well, mother, it's delicious, you can eat it too!" You're not in good health, eat more! ”

After that, she stretched out her oily little hand, picked up the mutton cut by Li Rongxi on the plate with her hand, and stuffed it into Shao Xunmei's mouth, a strong aroma of meat accompanied by the unique smell of mutton reached her nose, and the oil made her appetite disappear a lot in an instant, but she couldn't bear to brush Li Tingye's kindness, so she opened her mouth and ate the meat he stuffed into her mouth.

After Shao Xunmei chewed carefully, she was about to smile and say that he should eat it himself, not for himself. Who would have thought that Li Tingye watched his mother eat the mutton he handed over, and was addicted to stuffing mutton for his own concubine, so he actually picked up another piece of mutton and stuffed it into her mouth with oily hands!

At this time, Shao Xunmei only felt a little blocked, I don't know if it was because of the meat in her mouth that had not been swallowed or Li Tingye's enthusiasm, she was about to find an excuse to say that she wouldn't eat it, but she had expected that a pair of slender hands and a pair of chopsticks were handed over, and then she sandwiched the mutton in Li Tingye's hand, and then the cold voice came: "Li Tingye, don't you take it to your mother to eat with your hands?" What about your royal etiquette? How is it getting more and more backwards? ”

After that, the thin lips put the mutton that had passed from his hand in his mouth, and ate it slowly and elegantly, and the king was indeed worthy of being a royal nobleman, and even the action of eating was extremely noble and stylish, and the picture was simply too eye-catching!

Shao Xunmei glanced at him gratefully, thanked him for his relief, and then implicitly persuaded Li Tingye to deliver food with great interest.

And at this time, a chubby red shadow came from the diagonally opposite desk, and when the shadow was close, Shao Xunmei found that it was a very cute-looking, pigtailed little girl, wearing a straight red embroidered robe, the little girl's skin was porcelain honey-colored skin, a pair of black and watery eyes, and her direction was their table, and when she saw Li Tingye, she laughed, this smile revealed white teeth, and two cute little tiger teeth, The two are inlaid with two bright dimples, which is really a cute girl!

And after she came over, she called out softly in blunt language: "Brother Ting Ye! ”

Oh, needless to say, this little girl is said to like Li Tingye very much, pestering him all day long, and letting him accompany Namu Pearl!

But Li Tingye frowned, and wrinkled his thick eyebrows in a rather impatient tone: "Why are you here!" Then he whispered: "It's really ghostly, can you still have a quiet meal?" ”

Shao Xunmei almost laughed when she heard him muttering like a little adult, picked up a handkerchief and wiped the oil on his hands and the corners of his mouth, then looked at the cute little girl, and smiled softly: "Are you here to find my family Ye?" Have you eaten enough? Come on, sit down! ”

As he spoke, he vacated a little space beside Li Tingye and asked Namu Pearl to sit down, and the little girl smiled and quickly sat down with her chubby body and sat tightly with Li Tingye!

Then, two people were accommodated between Shao Xunmei and Lee Yong-hee.

Shao Xunmei is next to this little girl, while Li Tingye is next to Li Rongxi. Li Tingye saw that his favorite position was changed to Namu Pearl, and listening to his mother talking to other children so gently, and planning to give others a meal, his eyes were suddenly red and jealous, and he pouted and pouted: "Mother, you are so partial!" ”

And Shao Xunmei gave him a look: "How old are you?" Still coquettish here? Then, Li Tingye felt that he was abandoned by his mother so ruthlessly, and he was a little loveless to seek the arms of his father, but unfortunately, when he leaned over selflessly, Li Rongxi just glanced at him like this, and his body sat up straight so involuntarily!

During this period, Namu Pearl was even more chirping and talking to Li Tingye, lively and innocent, and Li Tingye just had a cold face and did not reduce her enthusiasm, and finally, Li Tingye couldn't stand it and rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Namu Pearl, have you finished eating?" ”

After all, Namu Pearl is still young, and when she heard such unkind words, she looked at Li Tingye with a pair of jet-black eyes, and her voice was a little weak: "I'm done eating......"

As soon as Li Tingye heard that she had finished eating, he immediately stood up with a small body, and then pulled Namu Pearl's body up, and at the same time pulled her out, "I'll send you back after eating!" Hurry up! ”

And as soon as Namu Pearl heard that this person was going to send her back, her small body suddenly became a few inches shorter, and she fell on Li Tingye's arm, her voice was a little loud, and there were tears flashing in her eyes: "No, I don't want to go back!" I haven't finished it yet! I want Brother Tingye to play with me! ”

But Li Tingye didn't care about her movements at all, and dragged her to the desk diagonally opposite, and his voice became a little louder while dragging: "You go back!" I haven't finished it yet! Don't disturb me eating! ”

His eyebrows were full of impatience, and even the movements were much more rude.

And in the end, a maid wearing a long colorful skirt with several braids, bright flowers and silver ornaments, and a long colorful dress soon came over from the southern part of Xinjiang, and saw her hugging Namu Pearl, and then smiled respectfully and said to Li Tingye: "Shizi, go to dinner!" The young lady will be handed over to the slave maid! ”

Li Tingye muttered: "It should have been handed over to you, why did you go earlier!" Annoying! ”

With that, turn around and come back! (To be continued.) )