Chapter 101: The Prince's First Birthday
Tuoba Hong is one year old in the middle of summer, on this day Tuoba Jun special edict all the princes and towns are the generals into Beijing to celebrate, announcing the world Tuoba Hong as the emperor's eldest son, meaning the future prince.
After the banquet of the ministers, Tuoba Jun's brothers and sisters gathered in the Astronomical Palace, which was regarded as a family banquet in the palace. The toddler Tuoba Hong snuggled in Feng Luoli's arms, looking at the imperial uncles, aunts or other imperial relatives congratulating him as if he didn't understand. Looking at the same glittering and valuable objects appearing in front of him, he looked at Feng Luoli who had been smiling dignified from time to time with wide eyes and puzzled eyes.
The golden jade bows and arrows sent by Tuoba New City and the precious ink treasures pushed by Tuoba Zi are all elegant and allegorical things, and the palace people on the side are metabolized and put away. When he arrived at Tuoba Luohou, he saw Tuoba Luohou, who was dressed in a reckless dark green brocade robe, slowly stepped forward and looked at Feng Luoli's respectful salute.
"Brother to meet the imperial sister-in-law!"
The words "Luo ......" were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't speak, Tuoba Luohou was thinner, his face was much paler, and his melancholy and clear eyes were filled with sadness that people didn't dare to touch, and they were so bright and palpitating when he saw Feng Luoli.
"It's a palace feast! The fourth brother doesn't need to be so formal! Tuoba Jun looked at Tuoba Luohou and said warmly, some time ago, Li Xuan went to check Tuoba Luohou's pulse, and he was injured inside, and he was afraid that time was running out.
sounded the fourth brother who was always silent when he was a child, and Tuoba Jun's heart still felt a little pity.
"Yes! What the royal brother taught was! ”
Tuoba Luohou was all respectful, took out a scroll from the hand of the entourage beside him, and presented it with both hands, "The courtier brother has not liked gold and silver since he was a child, so he only gave this picture scroll to the emperor's eldest son to express his gratitude." ”
"Oh? The fourth brother can be said to be a person who is well versed in painting, and the picture scroll he sent must be extraordinary, so it is better to open it and let me feast my eyes. ”
As soon as Tuoba Jun's voice fell, Tuoba Luohou's entourage slowly opened the scroll, and a beautiful picture of rivers and mountains with exquisite brushwork, clear outlines, and exquisite layout appeared in front of everyone.
"It's... This is the beautiful river and mountain map treasured by Emperor Wen of the Eastern Han Dynasty?! ”
Tuoba Jun looked at the favorite painting of their brother in his childhood with some surprise, remembering that his father taught them that men should not only have wealth, fame and fortune in their hearts, but that real men should have rivers and mountains in their hearts.
Tuoba Luohou smiled lightly, "The imperial brother has praised it, Emperor Wen's beautiful rivers and mountains have long been lost, this one is the younger brother who flipped through the classics and visited the rivers and mountains involved, and painted it with a pen." There are many deficiencies, please forgive me! ”
Unexpectedly, Tuoba Luohou had such a high level of painting skills, and this beautiful picture of mountains and rivers is said to have been completed by Yin Lihua, the empress of Emperor Wen of the Eastern Han Dynasty, for nearly ten years. At that time, Emperor Wen of the Eastern Han Dynasty saw it like a treasure, and he had to read it every day, but the painting of the Han Dynasty was also lost.
Although not many people have seen this painting, it is said that this painting depicts the most beautiful appearance of the rivers and mountains, which is impressive. Now when I see the picture of Tuoba Luohou, I don't lose the feeling of admiration at all.
"The fourth brother is too humble! This picture was taught to us by my father back then, and now it is perfect to give it to Hong'er, the fourth brother bothered! ”
Tuoba Luohou smiled lightly and bowed down.
Tuoba Zitui, who was sitting in the seat, looked at Tuoba Luohou with uneasiness, perhaps he understood the thought Tuoba Luohou spent on this painting. On the one hand, he is obsessed, and on the other hand, he is in love.
After Tuoba Luohou went down, the fifth prince Tuoba Zhen stepped forward with a triumphant face, and several entourages behind him followed with objects covered with red silk.
"Brother Minister, meet Brother Huang!" Tuoba Zhen bowed to Tuoba Jun.
"Fifth brother, don't be polite!" Tuoba Jun smiled lightly and glanced at the entourage behind Tuoba Zhen and listened quietly.
Tuoba Zhen straightened his waist, glanced at Tuoba Xincheng, Tuoba Zitui and Tuoba Luohou, who had just given gifts, his face was extremely domineering, and then looked at Tuoba Jun, "Brother Huang!" The younger brother came this time, and the mother concubine specially explained that Haosheng prepared a gift to congratulate the emperor's eldest son Zhou Chen. The younger brother did not dare to slack off, so he specially asked someone to prepare a unique object, and asked the royal brother to smile. ”
As soon as Tuoba Zhen's words fell, he stretched out his hand and tore open the red silk covering the object, and in an instant, the hall that was already as bright as day suddenly became much brighter. Beneath the red silk was a blood-colored coral. What's even more amazing is that the branches of the coral are embedded with large and small pearls, and the light of the tree is extremely bright. There are also gold nuggets as the soil that holds corals, and dragon carved flower pots made of high-quality Hetian green jade as a foil, which immediately surprised everyone.
Priceless! Feng Luoli only thought of these four words, which are genuine, genuine and truly valuable. But the pearl and jade inlaid on the red coral plant is the cost of a city for a year.
"Brother Huang! The biggest advantage of this object is that it does not burn the lamp, and it can make the main hall as bright as day. Don't underestimate the beads on it, this is a fine pearl of the same size, uniform texture and color that my brother has found from all over the world, and it took a long time to get this coral together. Taking advantage of the emperor's eldest son Zhou Chen today, the courtier's brother specially dedicated this thing to the emperor's brother, and also gave his cousin's brother's heart. ”
Tuoba Zhen never glanced at Tuoba Hong from beginning to end, and his eyes were full of triumph in front of Tuoba Jun, and Tuoba Jun's face sank with Tuoba Zhen's words. Compared with the luxury and brightness of this plant, the examination classes of Murong Baiyao and Tuoba Yun, as well as the miserable situation of the people of Qingzhou talked about by officials from all over Qingzhou, can be described as a stark irony.
"The fifth brother is so hearted, I have also appreciated it. It's just that I have something I want to ask my fifth brother, Qingzhou has been in drought and flooded for many years, and the imperial court has to allocate silver for disaster relief every year, why does it increase the amount year after year? The fifth brother took such great pains to find such a treasure, and the population of Qingzhou under his jurisdiction is declining year by year, what is the reason? ”
Hearing this, Tuoba Zhen's face changed abruptly, his hands were rubbed helplessly, and the muscles on his face twitched.
The entire hall suddenly fell silent, Tuoba Jun's face was extremely gloomy, and Tuoba Hong, who was nestled next to Feng Luoli, seemed to feel this fear, and suddenly stepped forward and reached out to knock over the red coral carried by his entourage. There was a loud noise, so frightened that Tuoba Hong threw himself into Feng Luoli's arms and cried. The entourage threw themselves on their knees and shouted for mercy.
Feng Luoli took a closer look at Tuoba Hong and made sure that he was not injured, and then said softly: "Hong'er, don't be afraid!" Tell the queen mother, do you want the father to break the shiny thing and divide it into silver two cents for the people all over Qingzhou? It doesn't matter, the father knows that Hong'er is sympathetic to the people, and he will definitely not blame Hong'er, nor will he blame the Fifth Emperor Uncle for not noticing for a while! Ok ok! Is it okay for Hong'er not to cry? ”