Lin Jue's eyes froze when he heard everyone mention Nangong Yi, and he was about to leave with a few words, but he was told that he was about to pay homage to his birthday.

There is an old man in the family, which is really a treasure, so the birthday ceremony of Daye Country pays attention to grandeur, festivity, and reunion.

As today's birthday star, the old lady wears new clothes, wears a big red silk flower on her chest, and wears a "flower red" on her shoulders, that is, a red satin quilt, and sits on the south end of the Shoutang. The six relatives and elders are respectful, and the men and women sit on the left and the right.

The master of ceremonies presiding over today's prostration ceremony is Lin Qiong's colleague, a respected old bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.

The two masters, namely Mei's, Lin Qiong, Lin Ke, Lin Yu, Lin Jue, Lin Lang and others, have already lined up outside the hall in order of the eldest and youngest, the concubines, men and women, etc., and the old lady who is the birthday star ordered to "wear the hall", they walked through the longevity hall in turn, and the master of ceremonies reported one by one.

The birthday greeting begins, and the cannon is played.

There are big red candles in the longevity lamp, and they are more than ten years old. Originally, the longevity lantern was ordered by the eldest son, but it was a pity that Lin Mi did not return from his travels, so the second son of the second master lit the longevity lantern on his behalf.

After lighting the birthday lantern, Mrs. Lin's elders read the birthday message.

The ancestors of the Lin family are from the south, and they are far away from Kyoto, and most of the senior clansmen are old and cannot withstand the long journey, so the one who comes to serve as an elder today is a distant cousin of an old lady living in Kyoto.

Then the second old man gave a birthday speech, thanking the old lady for her nurturing grace, deeply praising the old lady's life merits, and the birthday speech was sincere and full of enthusiasm, so that the guests present were all moved.

After the second master finished reading the birthday greeting, the bowing ceremony really began.

The second master took Mei's wine to his birthday. The old lady left her seat with wine, and went to the front of the hall to salute the sky and the earth. Then return to your seat. After that, the second master led Mei to bow down. followed by Lin Qiong, Lin Ke, Lin Yu, and finally Lin Jue and Lin Lang. According to the etiquette and customs of the great cause, those who do not come out of the "five clothes" must kowtow, and the rest of the salutes. Therefore, Lin Jue and the others all kowtowed when they worshipped their birthdays. In addition to the in-laws, other nephews and daughters-in-law, nieces-in-law, granddaughters-in-law, and grandsons-in-law who are not relatives also came forward to pay their respects in turn. So the people who saluted in the back were all distant relatives. During the birthday salute, the old lady had already ordered Chunxue to prepare a return gift. This time the return gift was a silver ring, and everyone happily accepted it.

After the prostration, the birthday ceremony is not over.

Because there is also a "Helongkou".

According to the old lady's own requirements, her longevity (i.e., coffin) had been made a few years ago. And today is a big birthday. Shoucai was carried out. The longevity material is covered with "bonus", put the red line, and the silver dollar is tied at one end of the line.

The old lady left the Taishi chair she was sitting on just now, and was supported by many maids to sit in front of Shoucai. Fruits are placed on the table of the eight immortals, children and grandchildren kneel opposite each other, and after three kowtows, the carpenter begins to say joy.

He took out the pre-prepared rolling rod and muttered while rolling the "bonus":

"Cypress trees grow deep in the cliffs. The chisel chops it down, and the carpenter makes it into timber. Make a fragrant wood house, Yin Si makes a hall, whoever uses this pair of wood, future generations will be talented......"

After the ten volumes were over, he took out the rolling rod and handed it to Lin Jue. According to custom, it was originally supposed to be handed to the eldest daughter of the old lady, but unfortunately the old lady had no daughter, so Lin Jue, the granddaughter, accepted it on her behalf.

When Lin Jue accepted the rolling stick, the carpenter held the broom, compared the coffin to a "dragon body", first swept the dragon's head, then swept the dragon's waist, and then swept the dragon's tip, and said something in his mouth:

"Sweep the dragon's head and be a prince; sweep the dragon's waist and wear a python robe; Sweeping the dragon, the God of Wealth to the ......"

Then, the carpenter threw the "longevity flower" composed of walnuts, peanuts and red dates to the east, west, north and south respectively, implying that the house is full of gold and silver, the grain is full of warehouses, the children and grandchildren are healthy, and the cattle and sheep are fat and strong.

After doing this, immediately close the "dragon's mouth", that is, the coffin mouth, and explain that you must not move it away at will in the future, if the dragon's mouth is opened, the time for the old lady to die will come.

After closing the dragon's mouth, the old lady had to eat Shou noodles first, and Lin Jue and others also had to eat with her, which was called "Nuan Shou". And the longevity noodles are also very particular, and the general requirements are thin and long, which means that the longevity is long, and I hope that the old man will "be rich and noble and not look back".

It is not until the end of the birthday noodles that the tedious birthday ceremony is truly over.

At the beginning of the birthday banquet, everyone was about to take their seats, when they suddenly heard a small report outside the door, "His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince has come down——"

Everyone was taken aback, thinking that they had misheard.

After all, although the Lin family has some status in Kyoto by relying on Lin Qiong and Lin Jue, it is still far from those people in the noble circle, the sixth prince is a nobleman, and the birthday banquet of the Lin Mansion is just a matter of how could he come? Even if you go to ask for it, you can't ask for it.

Lin Jue was also a little surprised, so dignified, what is Ling Mo doing here?

Just when everyone was full of suspicion and surprise, the six princes appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Light white dark flower brocade robe, waist ring with white jade, face like crown jade, eyes like stars, except for Lin Jue, Lin Qiong sister and brother and some bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, where have the guests present seen such a god-like figure, they are all stunned and speechless.

However, the second old man and the old lady were overjoyed.

Although I don't know why the six princes came here, as long as they appear at the birthday banquet, even if they are guests of the Lin family, the old lady can have a prince to attend, if this is passed out, not only can the status of the Lin family in Kyoto be greatly improved, but also show off to relatives, it is really a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone!

Thinking like this, he hurriedly stepped forward to welcome the six princes in.

Ling Mo was a little confused.

He went out of the palace today to run errands, but he just passed by here, thinking that Lin Jue had not seen him for many days, so he thought about coming in and placing it, who would have thought that he would meet the old lady of the Lin Mansion on her birthday.

In fact, these are not the key, the key is that when you come to celebrate your birthday, you have to bring some congratulatory gifts, right? But now he is empty-handed, and in full view of everyone, it is too ugly.

"Your Highness came here today to make our small mansion shine, which is really ......a blessing for our three lives."

The second master began to say good and obedient.

Ling Mo could only make mistakes and greet him with a smile.

But what to do after the greetings? After the greetings, it's time to offer a congratulatory gift?

Thinking of this, Ling Mo suddenly wanted to cry without tears, he knew that this was the case, he came in by the way, came to congratulate his birthday, and couldn't get a congratulatory gift, this time, it was really embarrassing!

"His Royal Highness came to celebrate his birthday in person today, and the old body really can't stand it......"

The old lady bowed her head as she spoke, wanting to kneel.

Seeing this, the sixth prince hurriedly supported her, "Where did the old lady say this, you are a birthday star today, where can you not afford it?" ”

This scene, in the eyes of those who have a heart, has a different meaning. I really can't see that the Lin family's status in Kyoto is so high, no wonder Lin Jue can be canonized as the county lord!

After the old lady got up, she said a lot of auspicious words with the second master, but no matter how many words were finished, there was only one way to get out of the eyes, and that was to offer a birthday gift. But now, where is he going to get his birthday gift?

But if he didn't offer a birthday gift, he couldn't say it, and after hesitating again and again, Ling Mo was ruthless and decided to take down the jade pendant on his waist and present it to the old lady as a birthday gift.

He has never been a stingy person, but this piece of jade was given to him by Queen Yang yesterday, and he didn't expect to give it away today, if he let Queen Yang know, it would definitely be another scolding. But in the current situation, she can only be scolded.

Just as Ling Mo was full of depression and was about to take off the jade pendant, a crisp voice suddenly sounded, "Since the Sixth Emperor Brother came here in person today, the birthday gift sent to me a few days ago should be returned to you, and the Sixth Emperor Brother will personally give it to the old lady......

Ling Mo turned around and saw Lin Jue walking towards him with a smile on his face, still holding a pair of brocade boxes in his hand.

In his words, he not only explained the reason why Ling Mo did not bring a congratulatory gift, but also put his attitude towards the Lin family on the bright side, the current six princes not only remembered the old lady's birthday gift, but also prepared the congratulatory gift several days in advance.

So when everyone looked at the old lady, there was an extra layer of envy. Seeing this, Old Madam Lin and the second old man still endured it on their faces, but they smiled in their hearts.

Ling Mo didn't think so much at this time, but realized that Lin Jue deliberately said these words to resolve his embarrassment, and couldn't help but be surprised and happy in his heart, and hurriedly said, "Since the imperial sister said this, then I would be respectful and obedient and express a little bit of my heart to the old lady." ”

After speaking, he quietly took the brocade box presented by Lin Jue, and then handed the brocade box to the old lady with a smile.

After the old lady and the second old man excused themselves a few times, they accepted the brocade box and immediately respectfully placed it on the top of the pile of congratulatory gifts.

The scene began to be lively again.

After the six princes, several more ministers came, and they all respectfully said congratulatory messages and offered congratulatory gifts one after another. While dealing with these high-ranking officials, the second master secretly thought to himself in his heart, these people are all high-ranking officials, at least above the third grade, just the Lin family, don't say that he didn't send invitations to them at all, even if he sent them cheekily, they would not come. But today, all these people who usually disdain him have come, and one of them is still his former classmate in the academy.

This classmate, when he was in the academy, the article was not very good, and the grades in each subject were average, but he was reincarnated well, and there was a father who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, even if he didn't take the imperial examination at all, he was directly recommended to the Ministry of Officials, and now he is easily mixed with the Ministry of Officials.

This person has always looked down on the second master who was not born well and did not have outstanding grades, even if he is a classmate, he usually has little contact, even if he meets by chance on the street, he has never said hello.

And now, this person who faced his nostrils turned to the sky actually came in person to congratulate his old mother on her birthday, looking at the other party's face with a courteous smile, the second old man felt comfortable, and his gratitude to the six princes in his heart was even higher, and he secretly made up his mind that Lin Qiong must climb the big tree of the six princes. (To be continued.) )