Yao Duran also deliberately looked at King Shuozhong here, and found that the sons of the first emperor were all good-looking, all of them were fair-skinned and dignified. Especially this king of Shuozhong, with eagle eyes and high nose, handsome and hard. Who knew that it was actually gold and jade, and it was ruined on the outside. Sure enough, from his demeanor, he could see that he was unruly and careless.

People have gathered, and the house is full of plain colors. Huo Jingcheng gave an order, and the palace ladies began to pour wine from table to table. All the kings are filial piety, and when they gather today, the first thing is to perform the sacrificial wine ceremony, so that everyone is silent and no one smiles.

After pouring the wine, Huo Jingcheng took a glass first, got up and faced everyone, his starry eyes swept around, and said solemnly: "My father is newly mourned, all brothers are here to mourn together, and I am sad and comforted!" Please brothers hold the wine in your hands and sacrifice the wine with me! ”

The kings stood up with their wines on the ground and responded in unison: "The ministers mourn with Your Majesty—"

Huo Jingcheng stepped down the steps, walked outside with a drink, and the rest of the people went out in an orderly manner.

Outside, the sky is shining, illuminating the palace with a magnificent golden roof. Huo Jingcheng knelt first in the direction of the imperial mausoleum, and his concubines behind him also knelt on the ground.

The kings knelt on their knees, and behind them were their own princesses and heirs.

After everyone knelt properly, Huo Jingcheng held the wine in both hands and said solemnly in the direction of the imperial mausoleum: "Father is above!" Son Jingcheng, today led all the brothers to sacrifice wine for his father! May my father have a spirit in the sky, bless me with the continuation of the Nanqian country, and bless me with the blessings of the Huo family! With that, he poured the wine glass in his hand and slowly poured it on the ground.

The kings began to sacrifice wine, and for a while, the fragrance of wine was in the wind, and the sky was rendered.

Yao Duran knelt in the line of concubines, and said in her heart that this sacrificial wine ceremony might be over, but she heard a woman's cry unexpectedly.

"Father-woo-woo-"

The queen and the princesses cried one by one, some of them were mournful and beautiful, and some of them were really heartfelt.

Yao Duran panicked in her heart, not knowing whether she should cry or not, so she hurriedly looked quietly, but saw that Concubine Shu and Concubine Jing on her side were just silent and did not cry. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to bow her head, but Concubine Jing suddenly looked at her, the two looked at each other, Concubine Jing seemed to see the incomprehension in her eyes, and explained softly: "Sister Concubine Chen, at the wine ceremony, the main room will cry, and the side room will be fine." ”

Yao Duran suddenly realized and replied softly: "I see, thank you Sister Concubine Jing for reminding me." ”

Concubine Jing bowed her head slightly and turned her face back.

After sacrificing wine, Huo Jingcheng and the kings knocked three times together, and then got up. Behind them, their respective main rooms were still kneeling on the ground and crying mournfully, as if whoever was loud would be filial, and whoever cried happily would have face.

It wasn't until Huo Jingcheng went to help the queen first that the kings followed to help their princesses.

After some comfort and persuasion, the queen and the princesses finally swallowed their cries and slowly wiped away their tears. But only the princess of Shuozhong was still kneeling and crying, and she couldn't afford to help her with the king of Shuozhong, looking at it like that, it was very sad, it seemed that the grievances in her heart had been overfilled, so she took the opportunity to vent it.

Yao Duran watched silently, thinking to herself, marrying a man like King Shuozhong, thinking that it was just a superficial scenery, and secretly swallowed the pain.

As soon as I thought about it, there was a wave on that end. I saw that King Shuozhong's patience was exhausted, and the princess who couldn't help herself pushed her rudely, and Princess Shuozhong fell to the ground all of a sudden.

King Shuozhong pointed at her and scolded: "Are you crying for your father or your king?" ”

This sudden scene was so fast that everyone was stunned, and no one could react for a while.

"The fourth brother is self-respecting!" Huo Jingcheng's face was like frost, he reprimanded him harshly, then took a few steps closer, pushed away King Shuozhong without lightly or heavily, and said, "Queen, help the fourth sister-in-law up!" ”

Everyone came back to their senses, and the queen and several other princesses went to help the princess of Shuozhong together, and several people gently coaxed and comforted, and the princess of Shuozhong finally stopped crying.

King Shuozhong didn't care at all, and joked leisurely: "Your Majesty, women can't get used to it." If you are a brother who loves a woman like Your Majesty, I am afraid that a woman will go to heaven. ”

Huo Jingcheng glanced at him: "The woman who beat it out is convinced, and the woman who hurts out is convinced!" Besides, teach your son in front of you and teach your wife behind your back! "Let's just go into the temple with a flick of my sleeves.

The rest of the people were stupid and silent, and then slowly followed into the hall. After everyone was seated, Huo Jingcheng ordered a banquet and faced everyone: "Today is a family banquet, everyone doesn't have to be restrained, just have fun." ”

Everyone agreed.

There were many people talking a lot, and the atmosphere slowed down, sweeping away the solemnity of Fang Cai, sweeping away the vignettes of Fang Cai, and everyone finally relaxed at this time.

Yao Duran turned his eyes to look at him on the main seat, and saw that his complexion had eased, and his suppressed mood at this banquet had also eased.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly looked at her, and when they looked at each other, he gave her a smile, and she felt that the hall was suddenly a little brighter.

Here, the eldest son of the first emperor, King Zhennan, looked around the banquet and asked questions: "Your Majesty, why don't you see Lao Jiu?" ”

Yao Duran looked over and saw that the king of Zhennan was about forty, with a well-maintained, gentle and dignified princess sitting on the left, and Huo Wentao, the second son of about fifteen sitting on the right. Thinking that the eldest son was old, he stayed in the fief to take care of many things.

Huo Jingcheng raised his glass to the king of Zhennan and said, "Eldest brother, Lao Jiu is greedy for fun, and he retreated to Yunyou." ”

The king of Zhennan held the cup and respected him from afar: "I see." What about Jing Rou? ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "Eldest brother, drink." ”

King Zhennan looked at him, stopped talking, and the two brothers drank a cup together.

At this time, King Shuozhong suddenly said to his son beside him: "Cheng Ze, go and toast your imperial uncle." ”

The crowd looked at each other. Why? Because his sister-in-law, Seizawa Shiko, is only fourteen years old this year, isn't it too early to get drunk?

Cheng Ze was generous, so he left the table with a drink, came to Huo Jingcheng's table, and said, "Uncle Huang, Cheng Ze gives you a glass, long live Uncle Huang." ”

Huo Jingcheng didn't move the wine, and said with a smile: "Cheng Ze, you are still young, you should not drink alcohol, go and change the tea, and the imperial uncle will drink with you again." ”

Cheng Ze spoke freely, and said freely: "Uncle Huang, I started drinking with my friends last year, if I don't know how to have fun in time, wouldn't I be no different from a good woman?" ”

Huo Jingcheng listened, although the smile on the corner of his lips remained the same, his eyes were a little lighter: "Good boy, worthy of being the son of the fourth brother." With that, he took up his glass and drank with him.

"Uncle Huang, then Lingruo will use tea instead of wine to honor Uncle Huang!" The one who spoke was the second daughter of the King of Huaichuan, whose name was Lingruo, who looked no more than twelve, and was born cute and delicate.

When Princess Huaichuan heard this, she reprimanded her daughter: "Lingruo, don't mess around, what kind of wine does the girl toast?" Aren't you afraid of your imperial uncle and imperial aunt's jokes? ”

Lingruo was not happy to hear this: "Mother, what's wrong with the girl?" Lingruo's love for the emperor's uncle is the same as that of Brother Chengze. ”

Huo Jingcheng smiled when he heard this: "Lingruo, come here." ”

Lingruo smiled and picked up the teacup and came to Huo Jingcheng's table, and said: "Uncle Huang is massive, Lingruo is not light, so let's do it, Lingruo drinks three sips of tea, and Uncle Huang drinks three cups of wine, okay?" ”

"Haha-" Everyone laughed when they saw the little girl being coquettish.

The queen left her seat and came to Lingruo, stretched out her hand to straighten the little hairpin on her head, and said with a smile: "You girl, you knew you were an eccentric when you saw it before, and now you see you again, and sure enough, it's this character." ”

The crowd laughed again.

Huo Jingcheng smiled and picked up the wine glass: "Lingruo, Uncle Huang can drink three glasses, but these three glasses of wine Uncle Huang is not drunk for nothing." ”

Ling Ruo smiled and asked, "Why don't you drink it for nothing?" Could it be that Uncle Cheng wants Lingruo to tell you another joke? ”

In the laughter of everyone, the voice of King Shuozhong suddenly came: "Lingruo, the fourth uncle estimates, your imperial uncle wants to promise you to your Yizheng brother, haha-"

The smile on Huo Jingcheng's face gradually faded, and he looked at King Shuozhong and said, "The fourth brother is thoughtful. Cousins can still get married, how can this cousin do? ”

Wang Hun of Shuozhong didn't care, and said with a smile: "Haha, what Your Majesty said is that Yi Zheng has just entered the age of ten after careful calculation, and it is early, it is early, I am anxious, haha." ”

This time, the toast was interjected by King Shuozhong, and Huo Jingcheng and his niece didn't say anything more, and only drank tea and wine and it ended.

It was the turn of the old Sanpingzhou King, but he didn't ask his county lord to go out to toast, but he took a wine glass and saluted Huo Jingcheng, and said loudly: "The horse can attack thousands of miles, and you can't go without riding." People have the ambition to reach the sky, and they can't pass through without luck. And the emperor has no relatives, only virtue is supplementary, His Majesty's destiny returns, the king of the world, relying on the virtue of the world! For my brother, I hope that Your Majesty's virtue will not be lost, and continue to extend the Qingming politics of my father's Emperor Heqing Haiyan! ”

When King Zhennan heard this, his blood surged: "This is wonderful! For the third child, I will drink with you again for my brother! Respect for Your Majesty and respect for the third child! ”

"And this king!" The second Huaichuan King also raised his glass and stood up.

The king of the old Sishuo naturally couldn't sit still, so he responded with wine. For a while, some people stood up again, King Qian, King Yu, and King Hao, and they joined one after another.

Huo Jingcheng's mood slowed down again, looked around with a smile, and stood up with a drink: "With the full assistance of all my brothers, it is my blessing, and it is also my blessing to Nanqian!" Come, a toast to my Nanqian country! Cheers to the ambition of his father, Emperor Jin Ge Iron Horse! Cheers to the Qingming politics of his father, Emperor Ha Qinghai Yan! ”

"!"

The brothers of the Huo family were arrogant, they all raised their heads and drank together, and after drinking, they laughed together, and then sat down.

The main hall is fragrant, the scene is harmonious, and the atmosphere is harmonious. The princesses chatted with each other, and the concubines watched quietly with smiles.

At this time, Qin An seemed to come in with something, and came to the upper seat from behind everyone's seats in a low-key manner. When Huo Jingcheng saw him coming, he suddenly looked at King Zhennan and asked, "Eldest brother, I saw that you were walking with a slight limp, but the tiger wind disease on your feet was committed?" ”

King Zhennan disagreed: "The old stubborn illness made a mistake on the way back to Beijing, and it doesn't hurt much anymore, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it." ”

After hearing this, Huo Jingcheng got up and left his seat, and walked towards him: "I know that my eldest brother has this stubborn disease, so I ordered the Tai Hospital to prepare medicine, and Qin An took it. ”

Qin An followed closely with a box of ointment in his hand. Huo Jingcheng came to King Zhennan's table, and actually squatted down in public and lifted King Zhennan's calf, and with the other hand, he wanted to remove his boots.

"Oops! Your Majesty! King Zhennan was startled, and hurriedly got up to help him, and hurriedly prevaricated: "Your Majesty must not be condescending!" Don't dare to be a brother! ”