Chapter 58 The lights of the capital are on

Approaching the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, Xu Sheng, as the head of the palace, has been busy arranging the decorations in the palace these days. Running back and forth in the palaces all day long, even those decorations need to be seen by him, which really keeps him busy.

Today's Emperor Hao doesn't like eunuchs, and at the beginning of his accession to the throne, for more than ten years, he intentionally or unintentionally weakened the power of eunuchs, which led to the rapid decline of Dongchang's status, so that the procuratorate could rise rapidly. At the same time, there are many fewer eunuchs in the palace, except for the people who need them for various points. Rao's eunuchs who were the celebrant eunuchs were all weakened to a greater or lesser extent. Up to now, there are few eunuchs who can be regarded as having status, except for Xu Youzhen in Dongchang, Wang Zhi who is retired in the deep palace, and Wangcai around the emperor.

Xu Sheng is not, if it weren't for the face of his qualifications, he would also be the kind of person who was resigned. Now that he is the head of the harem, this is not a good thing, and after there are a few fewer people who can share things, every birthday banquet requires him to think about it. What's more, Wangcai is to protect the safety of Emperor Hao, and those errands out of the palace are also handed over to him.

This is indeed a good errand, when he goes out to announce the decree, he can be honored by those officials outside, after all, in this huge palace, there are few qualified eunuchs who can stay by the emperor's side. There are few fathers-in-law like him, who have served the emperor for so many years.

The emperor's mind couldn't be guessed, and the officials had to ask the perennial servant about Gonggong Xu.

"All the arrangements for the birthday banquet?" Emperor Hao put down the jade bowl and spoke slowly. Tomorrow's birthday banquet is the grandest banquet in the past 20 years, and the Haoguo that has returned to the top will use this banquet to promote the national prestige to all countries.

"Back to Your Majesty, everything has been arranged for the birthday banquet." Xu Sheng knelt on the ground and replied: "The adults of the Ministry of Rites have properly arranged the positions of the envoys of various countries, the ingredients needed for the banquet have also been purchased, the lanterns and decorations required everywhere have been properly arranged, and the masters of Wan'an Temple have also been arranged, and the ritual artists are also waiting outside the palace. ”

After that, he raised his head slightly, looked at the jade bowl that Emperor Hao put down, and muttered in his heart. He also knew that the things contained in the jade bowl were found by Li Xiao a few days ago, because they were not good-looking, and they were not circulated among the family, but they were sold by the ordinary people in the city. No, today, His Majesty the Emperor didn't know what nonsense he had committed again, but he asked someone to buy some. The concubines of each palace sent some, and the queen mother also sent some, but they didn't send it to the adults in the court.

Of course, His Majesty himself eats. Although it looked dirty, His Majesty liked it and had eaten it three times in one day. It is estimated that half of Li Xiao's business today was sent from the palace.

"Tsk, this thing, I really miss it." Emperor Hao looked at the jade bowl in front of him, smiled, then looked at Xu Sheng, and asked, "What about Li Xiao's position?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Li Gongzi's position, the Ministry of Rites arranged him last." Xu Sheng paused, and then said: "Yes, the location next to the gate of the Taiji Hall is not inconspicuous, it seems to be next to the county lord of the King of Yu's Mansion. Your Majesty, do you want the Ministry of Rites to reschedule? ”

He didn't dare to answer, because the position arranged by the Ministry of Rites for Li Xiao was really not good. Emperor Hao deliberately added Li Xiao's name, naturally with good intentions, but the old antiques in the Ministry of Rites insisted on saying anything about etiquette, ancestral training and the like, no way, he was just a eunuch in the harem, and he couldn't manage a six-part Shangshu according to his rank.

Anyway, he didn't want to care about it, His Majesty blamed it, and naturally there was a Ministry of Etiquette blocking it.

"Huh?" Emperor Hao pondered for a moment and did not speak.

For a while, there was silence in the imperial study, Emperor Hao did not speak, and Xu Sheng did not dare to get up. Just kneeling like this, just when he thought that Emperor Hao was thinking about how to punish the Ministry of Rites, he heard the latter smile and said, "No need, just let him sit there again." There are many rules in the palace, and it's good for him to hide in a place where no one pays attention, besides, my cousin probably won't come to participate, and letting Li Xiao occupy two seats alone is cheaper for him. ”

Li Xiao is not a person in the palace, nor is he an official, he has not learned the rules of the banquet, let him sit in front, I am afraid that he will be discovered. This is a state banquet, and when he is seen by the envoys of other countries, the impact is not very good, it is better to let him hide in the corner, eat some imperial meals, watch some programs, and have a long experience.

Xu Sheng smiled, in the past banquets in the palace, Gao Changyu had never participated in them because of the relationship between the king and the king, so every time there was a banquet, there would always be a vacant seat in the corner. It has been like this for more than ten years, and the Ministry of Rites is stubborn and refuses to cancel it. Your Majesty has also kept it for the sake of Gao Changyu, who is also a royal bloodline. At tomorrow's banquet, Li Xiao will sit at the end, and the seat next to him that originally belonged to Gao Changyu is naturally empty, but it is really as Emperor Hao said, cheap him.

"Alright, you can go down." Emperor Hao waved his hand: "By the way, did you send Li Xiao's clothes last time?" ”

"Clothes ......" Speaking of clothes, Xu Sheng immediately thought of the body that Emperor Hao asked him to send to Li Xiao a few days ago, which was specially made for the banquet. Emperor Hao had already thought about this matter, but it was a pity that he had been busy with the banquet for the past few days, so he forgot about it. He was busy kneeling down and kowtowing to the ground: "The slave should die, the slave should die Li Gongzi's clothes, forget ......"

The eunuchs of Haoguo generally call themselves ministers, and they are called slaves at this time, because they are afraid. After all, this is not a small matter.

"Forgot?" Emperor Hao raised his head, without any expression on his face.

It's a dead deal. Xu Sheng said secretly in his heart, and his body trembled for a while. The matter of sending clothes, he kept it in mind at the time, but on the day when the clothes were finished, he was busy with the affairs of the banquet, and he forgot that if Emperor Hao hadn't mentioned it today, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to remember. Gritting his teeth and preparing to plead, he heard Emperor Hao speak again: "Go down, remember to send it today." ”

Xu Sheng raised his head suddenly, unable to believe that this sentence was actually said by Emperor Hao. He knew that his emperor was not a benevolent emperor, and benevolence was not an emperor. If you don't complete the things that the emperor has explained, in normal times, even if it's just a small thing, a court staff is indispensable.

"Let's go down." Emperor Hao waved his hand again, his face expressionless: "If Li Xiao doesn't wear that dress tomorrow, then you should be conscious and hang your head on the noon gate." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Sheng hurriedly got up, hunched his back, and retreated quickly. At this time, it is already the end of the unitary, so I have to hurry out of the palace and send it, otherwise it will be too late, and my head will really fall off.

Looking at Xu Sheng who was leaving, Emperor Hao smiled slightly, shook his head, and continued to taste another bowl of "tofu".

On the other hand, Li Xiao didn't know that his clothes were not delivered because Xu Sheng forgot them, or rather, he didn't know that the emperor had prepared a set of clothes for him, so there was no need for him to waste time wandering around the streets at this time.

At the moment, he took Gao Changyu into the commercial street, and at three minutes, the two of them walked out.

Very helpless, there are a total of five fabric shops on the street, and there are a total of 30 finished products on display, none of which are suitable for Li Xiao to wear. It's either that the system doesn't match, or that there is a problem with the size, and it's all one inch smaller. If it's bigger, it's fine, and the tailor can use it if he repairs it, but this one inch is really no way, and it's hard to add some, so what's the difference with what he wears on this body.

In the end, the two had no choice but to go to the palace of the king of Yu, and listened to Gao Changyu say that there was a piece of clothing in the palace that the king wore when he was a teenager, and there was no problem with the system, although it was a little old, but it was still okay to wear it, and it was said that the king had not worn the clothes.

"Childe, Childe."

Just as they were about to exit the street, a person ran behind them.

"You are?" The person who came was not very old, he should be twenty-seven or eighteen years old, and his body was thin. Looking at him, Li Xiao really didn't remember who he was for a while.

The person who came smiled innocently, rubbed his head, and said, "Childe, you forgot, half a month ago, you bought all the jewelry in the villain's stall here, and later, the jewelry you gave to the girl fell to the ground......

The person who came was the vendor who Li Xiao spent 100 taels to buy all the jewelry that day, and the vendor was named Chen Yong.

It's that man. Li Xiao reacted, saying that on that day, the hairpin that Gao Changyu liked was broken, and then asked Chen Yong to get another one, but the matter of Wencheng Street was followed, and he forgot about it at that time.

"Now, Childe, this is what my father spent three days recasting." Chen Yong handed the box in his hand to Li Xiao, and then said: "Since the son spent a hundred taels, the Chen family naturally wants to satisfy the son." ”

"This is a troublesome little brother." Li Xiao took the brocade box and opened it to look at it, it was the same as the hairpin of that day, it could be regarded as exactly the same.

"Don't bother, I hope that the son will take care of the villain's business more in the future."

With that, he arched his hand and turned to leave. chased half a street and waited for more than ten days, just to hand over this hairpin to Li Xiao. The so-called vending service should be so.

Looking at Chen Yong who was leaving, the corners of Li Xiao's mouth curled slightly. If this person is put into the afterlife, such behavior is afraid that he will lose himself.

"Don't let it go this time." He smiled and handed the bird hairpin to Gao Changyu.

Asuka hairpin is the name of the hairpin, and it is also the three characters printed on this box.

Gao Changyu, who took the hairpin, was stunned in place, his mind blank. For this hairpin, although she only has one side, but she likes it deeply, and the breakage of that day did make her a little disheartened. But fortunately, today the vendor sent the hairpin again, although it was not the original one, it was almost the same.

"Alright, let's go back and find out the clothes, I can't wear this tomorrow. Don't be unruly when the time comes, and be pointed at by the people of the Ministry of Etiquette. Li Xiao put his hands behind his head and walked towards the palace of the king of Yu.

Gao Changyu nodded, carefully put the brocade box in his arms, then touched it with satisfaction, and quickly followed.

The sun sets, the remnant sun is like blood, falling on the hanging lanterns in the city of Beijing, falling on the prosperity of the city, a magnificent scene.

The birthday banquet is about to begin......