The scene was a little out of control, with Gu Qing as the center, the surrounding tables were all laughing uncontrollably, and even the Maiko who was accompanying him was snickering with his sleeves, and then glared at Gu Qing with a blushing face, his eyes were clearly like looking at a little rascal.

Yan Zhenqing laughed and coughed, his beard was stained with wine, Du Fu smiled so much that he couldn't care about being low-key, and laughed loudly without any scruples in a bunch of VIP guests, Li Yu even laughed like a smile, and he was never so happy when the creditor died.

Gu Qing helplessly poured wine and served a glass alone, this group of people is too improper, they can actually drive in a few normal words, has the cultural atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty gone to the three customs?

"Brother Gu Xian, hahaha, Brother Gu Xian is really a wonderful person, if Brother Maha knows that his Chongyang poem is interpreted by Brother Gu Xian in this way, he will definitely cite Brother Xian as a confidant......" Li Mi looked left and right, and said: "I don't know that Brother Maha is here today, I have to invite him to come here and get acquainted with Brother Gu Xian. ”

Gu Qing hurriedly grabbed him and said with a wry smile: "Brother Li doesn't have to be like this, what he said just now was just a joke, Brother Li don't say it again, otherwise the foolish brother will offend the Maha monk." ”

Li Yu said with a smile: "The Maha monk is also a free-spirited person, and he doesn't care, but if the virtuous brother doesn't want to, forget it, and have the opportunity to introduce you to the two of you another day." ”

After inadvertently driving a car, the atmosphere between the guests at the tables around Gu Qing gradually became harmonious, unlike other powerful people who worked hard to uphold etiquette, Gu Qing's guests at these tables purely regarded the prince's banquet as an elegant thing for literati gatherings, and talked about poetry and poetry became more and more enthusiastic, and then the topic gradually changed taste, from poetry and poetry to philosophy of life...... No, the wind and the snow.

The expression of the man when he talks about the wind and snow is the same from ancient times to the present, obscene and proud, and full of a sense of superiority, the essence of this sense of superiority is due to the asymmetry of knowledge and experience, such as a certain oiran lady in a certain Qinglou, who plays a good pipa and blows a good suona, and the bed is a technical stream, have you ever slept with it? Ah, she hasn't even slept before, so how can you be qualified to talk to us about the wind and snow?

The sense of superiority is probably generated in this way, using the matter of the bed as a bargaining chip, despising the shallowness of others, while fully enjoying everyone's envious gaze, vanity is greatly satisfied.

Gu Qing didn't speak anymore.

He didn't dare to talk about poetry and songs, he was afraid that his serious words would be regarded as driving by others.

He didn't dare to talk about Fenghua Xueyue, because he was really unqualified, the identity of a boy in the two worlds would only feel a deep shame when a man got together and opened his yellow cavity, while drinking silently alone, Gu Qing began to seriously think about whether to find a time for Hao Donglai to take him to the Qinglou, the purpose was to end his identity as a boy, he didn't even have a girlfriend in his two lives, what was the purpose of guarding himself like a jade? Do you want to wait for the imperial court to set up a chastity archway for yourself?

The discipline is slightly lacking, what is the use of chastity?

On the platform, the powerful courtiers waited for an hour or so before the eunuch carried the dust and screamed to announce the arrival of His Royal Highness the Prince.

Everyone got up and saluted the main seat, and not long after, Li Heng, the crown prince of the East Palace, who was dressed in a bright yellow crown, slowly walked to the main seat and sat down surrounded by the eunuchs and palace maids.

After Li Heng knelt down and sat down, he smiled and asked everyone to be polite.

Li Heng, the crown prince, is forty years old, and has been canonized as a prince for more than ten years, and has been waiting for his father Li Longji to return to heaven, but unfortunately Li Longji's life is too hard, and he is very affectionate with Yang Guifei every day, and he is addicted to wine, but he does not see any major problems with his body, but his spirit is becoming more and more vigorous, and he does not see any signs of kicking his legs.

Li Heng, the more discouraged the prince became, and he was desperate to find that if he didn't quit drinking and sex immediately, he probably wouldn't survive his father.

Li Longji has a cold heart, in front of Li Heng, he has abolished a prince and forced three princes to death, Li Heng has already seen his father's cold and cruel nature, when the prince has been walking on thin ice for more than ten years, there is only one word in everything, "forbearance".

I can't bear it anymore and continue to endure, this strategy not only earned a way out for Li Heng, but also kept his position as the prince. He knew that Li Longji's mentality was distorted, and he liked to see the courtiers below living tremblingly, so Li Heng made a trembling appearance, and in the face of the indiscriminate bombardment of the right minister Li Linfu's henchmen, Li Heng also honestly shrank his head and said nothing, and finally Li Longji was not pleasing to the eye, and came forward to check and balance to stop it, and Li Linfu slowed down the attack on the prince.

I have to say that knowing his father and son, Li Heng probably knew his father's character for a long time, so he chose the most correct way to deal with it. It is impossible for the court to eliminate the party system, and the East Palace party system is a force that must exist in all dynasties, although Li Longji is wary of the East Palace, but he will not watch the power of the prince disappear in the court, if the prince appears to decline, Li Longji will definitely give grace and support, so that this force will be rejuvenated.

In fact, Li Longji did exactly that.

Walking on thin ice for more than ten years, until recently, Li Longji suddenly took action to suppress Xiang Quan, Li Heng sensitively sensed that the direction of the court was wrong, and Li Linfu dared to openly suppress the East Palace again and again over the years, in fact, with Li Longji's acquiescence, otherwise where did a prime minister dare to get along with the prince of the Tang Dynasty?

It was Li Longji who was worried that the crown prince's wings were too full, so he acquiesced to Li Linfu's actions to the East Palace. But Li Longji's recent suppression of Xiangquan means that Li Longji has felt that he is old and dying, and he must support the plump wings of the East Palace? No matter how great the desire for power is, after all, it can't match the longevity of the Mandate of Heaven, no matter how reluctant it is, the East Palace still has to support it.

The ministers gathered in the East Palace, discussed and analyzed with Li Heng again and again, and felt that it was not impossible. Li Longji is sixty-five years old this year, and he has been the Prince of Peace for nearly 40 years, no matter how long his life spans in the future, for the Tang Sheji, the power of the East Palace can no longer be weakened, otherwise it will shake the country's foundation, I believe Li Longji himself should know this.

Therefore, Li Longji's recent move to suppress Xiangquan, after analysis by the advisers of the East Palace, most of them believe that this is a signal sent by the Son of Heaven to deliberately cut off the resistance of the court and deliberately support the East Palace to inherit the throne in the future.

So this is the move of the ministers of the Chongyang ascending banquet hosted by the prince today. Li Heng is also using this move to express to Li Longji that he conforms to the will of the king, if you want to support me, I will honestly engage in some social activities, so that you can see my political consciousness, and prove that I, the prince, am not a mud that can't support the wall, let alone a fool.

Chongyang ascended, the East Palace and the ministers were happy, poetry and literature could be discussed, and Fengyue could be discussed, but state affairs were never mentioned. Such an occasion is too sensitive after all, and if the crown prince gathers his ministers together to discuss state affairs, today's feast will change its flavor and cause trouble.

After Li Heng and the ministers greeted him, he ordered a banquet. After the ministers faced the direction of Chang'an and saluted Li Longji, the son of heaven, they saluted Li Heng together, and after the number of rituals was done, Li Heng ordered singing and dancing to cheer up, and the dancers who squatted beside the ministers got up one after another, and lined up in a neat queue in the center of the high platform.

After the dance, the maiko returned to the ministers and continued to pour wine and cloth for them, and the prince frequently raised his glass to greet the ministers.

At this time, I heard the eunuch scream: "Princess Yuzhen has arrived, Princess Wanchun has arrived-"

As the words fell, a young woman in a gorgeous palace dress supported another middle-aged woman in a Taoist robe, and Ying Ying walked up to the high platform.

The ministers got up one after another to salute, the two women nodded to the surroundings with a smile, and walked in front of the prince Li Heng, the middle-aged woman in the Taoist robe first saluted Li Heng, and then Li Heng saluted the middle-aged woman, calling her "imperial aunt".

Gu Qing followed everyone to salute, and after asking, he learned that the middle-aged woman in the Taoist robe was Princess Yuzhen, Li Longji's own sister, and she volunteered to become a monk when she was young.

Since Wu Zetian became the emperor in the Tang Dynasty, women's rights have gradually risen trend, some women do not want to marry to be dominated by their parents and elders, so they voluntarily become monks, the purpose of the monk is to choose more free men and women to live, the female Taoist atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is very open, you can freely meet male guests, especially the women of the powerful family after the monk, there are too many private life indescribable.

Secondly, if the woman is not satisfied with the marriage arranged by her parents, she will not say a word about the way of leaving the house, and wait until the wind is calm, and the woman will return to the vulgar and find a family that she is satisfied with.

As for this Princess Yuzhen, it can be said that she is a legend of the Tang Dynasty.

When she was young, Li Longji had intended to marry her to Zhang Guo, this "Zhang Guo" was a famous Taoist hermit in the Tang Dynasty, the prototype of Zhang Guolao in the Eight Immortals, and it is said that he had the body of a half-immortal. Princess Yuzhen was really lucky, and almost ate immortal meat, but unfortunately Zhang Guo is probably also a straight man of steel, and he actually rejected this marriage, probably thinking that the love and love in the world would disturb his ascension.

Later, after Princess Yuzhen became a monk, her Taoist guests came and went in an endless stream, and all the people who interacted with her were Tang Dynasty talents, and even Li Bai and Wang Wei had scandals with Princess Yuzhen, and the two also wrote sycophant poems for Princess Yuzhen, as for whether Princess Yuzhen had anything to do with Li Bai and Wang Wei, the truth has been lost in the smoke and dust of history.

Princess Wanchun next to Princess Yuzhen is Li Longji's daughter, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the interesting thing is that she actually has a face similar to that of a mixed-race child, with a high nose bridge, deep eyes, and thin red lips.

Princess Wanchun's mother was named Zhaoyi, a native of the Tang Dynasty, and her father was Li Longji. Don't dare to think, don't dare to think.

But Li Longji loves this daughter very much, Princess Wanchun has been smart and cute since she was a child, like a porcelain doll carved in pink and jade, Li Longji often takes her with her, often called her "foreign obedient", among Li Longji's many children, Princess Wanchun is very favored.

The last time Gu Qing saw her in a hurry on the streets of Chang'an, it was just a glimpse at that time, and it was too late to see it clearly, but at this moment, Gu Qing finally saw Princess Wanchun's face clearly, and couldn't help but breathe, her heartbeat beat uncontrollably faster, and then Gu Qing took a deep breath and suppressed the inexplicable heartbeat in her chest.

Judging from Gu Qing's straight male aesthetics, they all feel that her beauty is comparable to that of Yang Guifei, and they are all different. When Gu Qing saw Yang Guifei for the first time, he also had a short heartbeat, so it seems that the standard for testing the beauty of the Tang Dynasty is related to Gu Qing's heart rate.

After the two princesses and Li Heng saw each other, they sat down on the left and right sides of the prince, and the feast and singing continued.

Next, the ministers toasted the prince alone, which was also the etiquette of the palace banquet. First of all, the prince or marquis with the highest title comes forward to toast, and then the official rank is sorted, but toasting to the prince is not an ironclad rule, see if you can be a man, it doesn't matter if you are disrespectful, hundreds of people take turns to salute the prince once, and there are not many people who can remember the prince.

The ministers stepped forward one after another, taking advantage of the prince's banquet, taking a cup to salute first, and then talking about sycophants, and finally drank it all, the prince raised his glass symbolically and dipped his lips with wine, and after smiling and encouraging a few words, the courtiers honestly retreated and left it to the next one.

Gu Qing was still sitting at the table talking and laughing with Li Mi and the others, and after Yan Zhenqing and Li Mi had toasted the prince, Yan Zhenqing motioned for Gu Qing to go up and toast as well, Gu Qing thought about it and felt that he should indeed toast, he couldn't be as wild and uninhibited as Li Bai, ignoring the etiquette of the world, Li Bai was iron, he didn't care about anything when he was drunk, Gu Qing was different, his head was not iron.

So Gu Qing poured a full wine, walked to the center of the high platform with a cup, and walked towards the prince, when he was still ten steps away from the prince, Gu Qing stood still, held the cup in both hands and bowed to Li Hengchang first, and said: "Minister, the chief of the left guard, Shi Gu Qing, for the birthday of His Royal Highness the Prince, for the Tang Dynasty Society, drink to win." ”

After speaking, Gu Qing drank it all, held the cup and continued to bow still.

Li Heng looked at Gu Qing, with a smile in his eyes, and said gently: "You are Gu Qing, the head of the left guard?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister is exact."

Li Heng turned his head to Princess Yuzhen and smiled: "This young man is extraordinary, recently in Chang'an is quite popular, made a lot of wonderful poems, last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as for the father and the princess Taizhen made a sentence of 'in the sky is willing to be a winged bird, in the ground is willing to be a Lian Li branch', has been a wonderful sentence sung by the literati of Chang'an, and the later Guan Li Twelve Niang's sword dance is even more popular, and everyone praises it. ”

Princess Yuzhen looked at Gu Qing with a smile, nodded and smiled: "Gu Qing's name, people outside the Taoist sect have also heard of it, the talents who came to visit the Taoist temple in the past few days also have a lot of praise for Gu Qing, but I saw it today, but he is a good young talent." ”

Gu Qing lowered his head and said, "Your Royal Highness Prince Xie, Your Royal Highness Princess Xie praises falsely." The minister was terrified and did not dare to be. ”

Li Heng's eyes suddenly narrowed, and his face was still kind and kind: "Gu Qing, if there is a good work in the future, you might as well copy it and send it to the East Palace, Lone also has a little shallow knowledge of poetry and writing, and it is naturally incomparable to you, a talented man, but at least you know how to appreciate it, and if others don't know what it means, maybe Lone can become your confidant." ”

Gu Qing's eyelids jumped, this person is really good at talking, is the prince so subtle in wooing people?

Turning quickly in his mind, Gu Qing didn't dare to hesitate, and said: "His Royal Highness the Minister Xie Crown Prince raises love, the minister is shallow in knowledge, ugly and crazy, and he can't bear the smile of the Fang family, his previous works are all drunken nonsense, and he regrets and regrets when he wakes up, recalling that he wrote so many shameful verses when he was drunk, his face is hot at the moment, and he is ashamed of himself." ”

Li Heng and the two princesses were dumbfounded, they didn't expect Gu Qing to be able to degrade himself to such an extent, appropriate humility is naturally what it should be, but you can't degrade yourself to death as a mortal enemy, it's too much.

"Shame...... Verses of shame? Li Heng stammered and repeated, and then Princess Yuzhen suddenly laughed, covering her small mouth and laughing wildly, a middle-aged woman in her forties and fifties, laughing was full of mature charm, and her plump body shook with laughter, quite the rhythm of square dance in her previous life.

Princess Wanchun on the left side of the prince was also laughing, and when she laughed, she didn't even bother to cover her mouth, she just opened her mouth to laugh, and Gu Qing could see her back molars from afar.

Gu Qing lowered his head and hooked the corners of his mouth. It seems that this young princess Wanchun has a rather straightforward and lively temperament.

Li Heng also smiled, shaking his head while laughing: "Gu Qing is really ...... It's too ruthless. If you want to be humble, you don't have to use too much force, just moderately. ”

Gu Qing looked serious: "Yes, the minister remembers." ”

Princess Yuzhen glanced at him and said with a smile: "The talents in the world are all guests of the Taoist temple of this palace, Gu Changshi's talent, how can this palace miss it?" Speaking out, some people inevitably say that the palace sells its reputation and reputation, Gu Changshi, the palace will stop sending people to send you a jade card, and if you have leisure in the future, you can come to the Turin Temple under the South Mountain, with this jade card can be unimpeded in the view, and you dare not block each other. ”

Gu Qing was stunned for a moment, but he still didn't want to think about it, so he said, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness Princess Longen." ”

Li Heng said with a smile: "There are not many talents who can enter the eyes of Princess Yuzhen, Gu Qing, you should cherish the jade plate given to you by the imperial aunt, this is the glory that the talents in the world yearn for." ”

"Yes, I remember."

Princess Wanchun, who was silent next to her, kept looking at Gu Qing, and after looking at him for a long time, Princess Wanchun suddenly said coquettishly: "Gu Qing, will you go to the Taoist temple of the imperial aunt?" ”

Gu Qing's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said, "The minister will definitely go to visit Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Princess Wanchun grinned and said, "I often go to the Taoist temple of the imperial aunt to play, when you go to the Taoist temple, I will go with you." ”

"If the minister has leisure, he will definitely go."

Princess Wanchun sighed and said, "Then when is your 'leisure'?" ”

Gu Qing's forehead was oozing sweat slightly, this princess didn't seem to know how to chat than him, couldn't you hear that I was saying kind words? If you have to get to the bottom of it, how can you continue to talk about it?

"Well, the minister is on an errand in the left guard, and I really don't know when there will be a period of rest, so the minister can't give an accurate answer to Her Royal Highness the princess......"

Princess Wanchun sighed again and said, "Then I'll go and tell you the general of the left guard, and let him give you a rest, okay?" General Guo is very kind, and I used to pull his beard when I was a child. ”

Gu Qing quickly raised his head and glanced at the expressions of Li Heng and Princess Yuzhen, and saw that the two of them had been smiling silently, just quietly watching the conversation between him and Princess Wanchun, and the lively posture was obvious.

Gu Qing sighed secretly and said helplessly: "Don't bother Her Royal Highness the princess, the minister will go to General Guo to ask for a period of rest." ”

Princess Wanchun smiled with satisfaction: "Great, when you have set the time, we will go together." ”

Saying that, Princess Wanchun said seriously: "I see that you have a melancholy look, not much older than me, but you always keep a straight face, and you don't know what's on your mind. If you go to the Taoist temple of the imperial aunt for a few days, you will definitely be able to relieve your worries and let go of the depression, and your face may become a little more festive. There is a bamboo forest in the Taoist temple of the imperial aunt, which is very suitable for cultivating the mind, if you live for a long time, you will be able to make many wonderful verses. ”

Gu Qing said helplessly: "Her Royal Highness Princess Xie is loving, but the minister's face is born like this, no matter how long he lives in the Taoist temple, I'm afraid he won't be able to celebrate." ”