"Li Xiao!" This is the third time that Emperor Hao has called his name, and when he listens carefully, he seems to be a little impatient. I don't know if it's because I'm impatient that Li Xiao hasn't appeared for a long time, or because I'm impatient with the stunned young man of Liang Guo in the hall.

Li Xiao was a little confused, it wasn't a gift just now, why did he suddenly call himself. I'm just an unrelated person, and I have nothing to do with today's birthday banquet.

Although he thought so, he still got up from his seat, wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, and came to the front of the hall with the help of Lu Yunlu, his body shook slightly, and he arched his hand to the person on the dragon chair, and said inarticulately: "The grass people are here." ”

The words came out, shocking everyone present. Not only the officials of Haoguo, but also the envoys of foreign countries were full of surprise. Grass people? This person has no official title, how did he get into the banquet. And it seems that he is the little poet fairy Li Xiao. Fortunately, an acquaintance of the Ministry of Rites explained it, so that the officials on Haoguo's side understood. It turned out that His Majesty specially added it. Let's mess around, let's mess around.

Jiang Zuolang was shocked in his heart, looking at the young man beside him, his brows furrowed slightly. Li Xiao's two poems are definitely amazing, but they don't look like what this young man can make. Of course, this is not the key, it doesn't matter whether it was written by Li Xiao or not, it can be proved today. It's just that the young man's self-proclaimed name just now is a "grass people", not a "minister". Why? This young man is a little poet fairy, and he has no fame, which is really incredible.

For fame or something, Li Xiao is not good, not to mention that he has experienced countless exams in his previous life, the most important thing is that the Four Books and Five Classics are really boring, and he can't read or memorize them.

"Your Majesty, is he so good at calling himself a grass people?" The queen beside Emperor Hao was also puzzled, she glanced at the queen mother behind her, saw that there was no abnormality on the latter's face, sighed, and asked.

"Is that him?" Gao Changle behind the screen looked at Li Xiao standing in the hall, and secretly said in his heart, with a slight joy on his pretty face. But no one else found out.

Seeing Li Xiao coming up, Emperor Hao was also relieved. The former didn't appear for a long time, thinking that he had no poetry in his mind and was stage frightened. He smiled and explained: "Didn't this kid cure Changle's illness, and he also has some poetic names, let him come over, and gradually the world will be better." ”

The queen nodded, it turned out that His Majesty intended to cultivate. Gradually, there was a little more difference in her eyes when she looked at Li Xiao.

"Why didn't you come out when I called you just now?" Emperor Hao asked with a smile. This is like asking for sin. Of course, some people didn't see it and thought that the emperor wanted to condemn Li Xiao. Losing his honor in front of the palace and treating His Majesty's words as nothing, is a serious crime.

"Father, Li Gongzi is free and easy by nature, and he can't help but drink too much wine, and it is normal that he didn't hear it for a while." It was the Three Princes who spoke. The third prince saw what Emperor Hao meant, and speaking for Li Xiao this time not only allowed him to get close to the latter, but also to be recognized by Emperor Hao. His Majesty intends to cultivate Li Xiao, and this is a good opportunity.

The second prince beside him smiled contemptuously, and then said: "Gongzi Li has never participated in a palace banquet, and he doesn't know the rules in the palace. ”

How could Emperor Hao not see the thoughts of his two sons, waved his hand, and motioned for him to sit down, but his eyes glanced at the prince hiding behind the princes, intentionally or unintentionally. The prince is still like that, making people look extremely weak.

In fact, Emperor Hao didn't like Li Xiao to get too close to his sons, and he knew best about the struggle in the imperial power. But he also wanted Li Xiao to stay in Beijing and get an official position, whether he was idle or powerful. can stay in Jingshi, and he will inevitably be co-opted by his sons. This is a dilemma.

Although Li Xiao rejected the invitation of the three princes yesterday, with the temperament of the three princes, he would definitely not give up so easily. Emperor Hao is very clear about this. And today, the second prince also seems to have the intention of soliciting Li Xiao. It seems that Li Xiao's life in Beijing will not be comfortable in the future, at least he will not be idle.

"He's what you call the little poet fairy." Emperor Hao spoke lightly, and there was no trace of other emotion in his tone. He did not blame Li Xiao for his failure in front of the palace.

"Oh? This is the little poet fairy Li Xiao, who is really a talent, and she looks even more beautiful than a woman. Jiang Envoy praised with a smile. It's just that it doesn't sound like it's praising it, it's belittling. It's true that a talent is right, but it's more beautiful than a woman, and it always makes people sound uncomfortable. Li Xiao is really good-looking, but saying this sentence in front of so many people seems to be ironic.

At this time, Li Xiao's face was flushed, and his eyes were full of confusion, which was the appearance of drinking too much. Jiang Zuolang also decided that Li Xiao was drunk, so he dared to speak like this, and he couldn't refute it while he was drunk.

However, Li Xiao was not drunk, he just had fun. Wine is a good thing, but it's not good to drink too much, and once you get drunk, you may do some kind of ridiculous thing. So he kept urging his true qi to force the drunkenness in his body to the surface of his body, and it has always been like this, and he has become like this, drunk but not drunk. This trick really works, as long as the true qi is enough, you won't get drunk after drinking for three days and three nights.

It is precisely because of this that in the face of the ridicule of the envoys of the Liang State, he did not panic at all, and his face was drunk, which was also his advantage. He took two steps back, almost knocking down the Buddha statue behind them. The hearts of everyone in the hall tightened, for fear that he would take a step back and knock down the Buddha statue offered by Liang Guo. Fortunately, he stopped in time and did not cause a tragedy.

This also made Jiang Zuolang frown, he wanted Li Xiao to knock down the Buddha statue. In the eyes of all countries, Liang Guo is the weak party, with a Buddha statue, kill the arrogance of Hao Guo, this deal is not a loss.

I saw Li Xiao stop in front of the Buddha statue, arch his hand to the Buddha statue behind him, bowed, and just when everyone present wondered about his actions, they heard him speak: "Sorry, I didn't see it clearly just now, I almost hit it, and hopefully, this adult is not strange." After speaking, he turned around and said to himself: "I heard that Liang Guosheng was short, but when I saw it today, I found that it was a rumor, how can a villain look so tall, you say yes, my lord." ”

He waved his hand at the Buddha statue behind him again, and a faint smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

My lord? Everyone instantly understood, it turned out that Li Xiao regarded the Buddha statue as an envoy of the Liang State, I don't know whether Li Xiao was intentional or unintentional, although the final self-talk was not clear, but every word fell in the ears of everyone, especially Jiang Zuolang beside him. At this time, Jiang Envoy's face was full of anger, not because Li Xiao recognized the wrong person, but because the sentence "Liang Guosheng was short", this is discrimination, this is ridicule.

Jiang Zuolang's face instantly turned cold, and he wanted to be angry, but he found that the other party was drunk, and the drunk person was delirious, and it was normal for him to admit his mistake, and he couldn't refute it. However, the sentence "Liang Guosheng is short", snorted lightly, arched his hand at Emperor Hao, and said: "Li Xiao's words are insulting my Liang country, and I hope that His Majesty the Emperor Haoguo will punish him." ”

The rest of the envoys of the Liang State stood up one after another, bowed down and said, "His Majesty the Emperor of Wanghao State punishes Li Xiao." There was also a person in the screen who tried to get up, but he gritted his teeth and sat down, his fists clenched.

Emperor Hao's face was not angry, but he was amused by Li Xiao's words. This kid can still be angry when he is drunk. He laughed, waved his hand and said: "Li Xiao is a child, it's just unintentional, Jiang envoys don't have to take it to heart."

"This kid is funny. It's also good-looking. The Empress Dowager Haoguo leaned on the high seat, looking at Li Xiao in the hall, the wrinkles on her forehead were slightly soothed, and her eyes were slightly squinted.

At this time, Li Xiao saw the appearance of the Queen Mother clearly. Her hair was full of gray and her face was old, although she had a palace secret recipe to maintain, there were still countless traces of time on the face of the Queen Mother. Her eyes were squinted, probably because she was too old to open them, but she could still see the clarity in her eyes. This woman, who had dedicated her life to the court, was old and was about to be buried in the earth.

"The Queen Mother." Emperor Hao turned sideways to the Queen Mother and said: "This kid is sharp-toothed, he likes to hurt people when he is drunk, and he is good-looking, so people can't see his poisonous heart." ”

"Poisonous tongue?" The queen covered her mouth and smiled: "Your Majesty is saying strange things again." Li Xiao is like this, how can it be poisonous, how can it be said to be a poisonous tongue. ”

His Majesty always likes to say things that people don't understand, and there is some truth in these words. However, from His Majesty's words, it can be heard that he loves Li Xiao, I don't know if it is because Li Xiao cured Princess Changle's illness, or the two poems written by the latter have been valued by His Majesty.

Emperor Hao smiled and asked the Jiang envoy in the hall: "Since the little poet immortal you want from the Jiang envoy has arrived, then what else do you have to say, just say it." If it's gone, go down, but not because of this ...... My lord, I wasted the time of the birthday party. ”

As soon as the emperor's words came out, everyone below except for Liang Guo covered their mouths and chuckled.

Jiang Zuolang's face turned cold, he glanced at Li Xiao, suppressed the anger in his heart, now it is Emperor Haoguo who is laughing, he can't afford to provoke it, so he can only endure it silently. Turning around, he arched his hand to the person on the dragon chair and said, "The Buddha statue brought by the foreign minister was carved by hundreds of craftsmen in my court for more than ten days, but the time was urgent, and I couldn't write a poem for it. Good things should be treated with good poems, since it is now in His Majesty's place, there are little poets and fairies present. ”

"The foreign minister implores Your Majesty to let the little poet fairy Li Xiao inscribe a poem for the glazed Buddha statue, which should also be a symbol of the friendship between Liang Hao and Liang."

The friendship of farts, the ambition of Liang Guo's wolf, no one can see it. At this time, I used this excuse to let Li Xiao compose poems, I am afraid that it is not because of any "friendship", but because I want to lose the face of Haoguo.

Everyone present knew what the envoys of the Liang State had in their hearts. The emperor also knew that he did not speak, but looked at Li Xiao to see how the latter would react.

Listening to Jiang Zuolang's words beside him, Li Xiao frowned, and said in his heart that this guy really had bad intentions, composing poems in front of the palace, or inscribed poems for Buddha statues, and the most important thing was that he was still "drunk".

After a pause, he turned around, took a step to the side in a swaying manner, looked at the envoy of the Liang State with a confused look in his eyes and said, "Hey, this Western Liang State really has some ability...... The gift is a talking Buddha statue? ”