Chapter 367: Don't take the favor of others
The next day, the Shangshu of the Early Dynasty Rite Department raised his hands above his head and knelt in the center of the main hall while the emperor had just sat on the dragon chair.
"Start the emperor, in three days, it will be the emperor's fiftieth birthday. Please also ask the emperor to show where this year's birthday banquet will be held. ”
"Lord Xu, fifty years old is not a big life, it's simpler, we monarchs and ministers can't escape. Don't be extravagant. The Emperor said with a smile.
"Yes, I don't know ...... of this drink," Lord Xu hesitated.
"Drinks? What happened to the drinks? The Emperor wondered.
"There are many varieties of drinks in Kyoto now, I wonder if the emperor wants to taste the fresh?"
"Fresh? Is there anything different about this wine except for bamboo leaf green, thousands of miles drunk, and jade ginger autumn dew? The Emperor wondered.
"Your Majesty, Princess Rui's chrysanthemum wine, orchid wine, mulberry and other varieties of wine are very sought-after in Kyoto, so ......"
"So how?"
"So, the business of other wines in Kyoto is not good, and Wechen went to a few wineries, and they only had a few jars in stock. Therefore, Wei Chen was wondering if he could ask Princess Rui to help raise this drink. With that, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at King Rui on the side.
Hearing this, King Rui hooked his lips slightly, this Ministry of Rites Shangshu is really an old fox, thinking that the Ministry of Rites has nothing to fish for on weekdays, so he thought of taking advantage of his father's birthday to swallow some wine money.
Although such things are commonplace, he will never allow anyone to fool the treasury with money like this.
"Father, there are some snacks for this drink, just give it to your sons. All sons should be filial to their fathers, and when the Ministry of Rites allocates silver taels from the household department, don't count the silver money for the wine anymore, understand? Tobe Shangshu? "King Rui is so tidy.
Hearing King Rui say this, the face of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu darkened, but he didn't dare to refute, if it was someone else, he might dare to fight for it, but King Rui, that is not a character he can offend.
At this moment, Xiao Ziming stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, a few days ago, Weichen met the former prime minister Dou Yi on the street, talking about the emperor, Dou Yi is also very worried about the emperor." ”
"Oh? Did you run into Dou Yi? It's a rare thing, since his wife died, his daughter is sick, and I haven't seen him in years. The Emperor sighed.
I think that back then, he had just ascended the throne, and there were many things in the court and politics that Dou Yi helped him, but he didn't expect Dou Yi's fate to be unlucky. In fact, after Dou Yi's wife passed away, he also had the heart to give him a good marriage, but he rejected it.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thought, since Dou Yi and the emperor are very concerned about each other, why don't you invite Dou Yi to come to this birthday banquet, and the medical saint Yun Zheng is also in the Rui Wangfu, maybe he has a way to cure Miss Dou's illness." Xiao Ziming said lightly.
Hearing this, the emperor was overjoyed, why didn't he think of letting Yun Zheng show Miss Dou?
"Okay, Ministry of Rites, I'll leave this matter to you, remember to invite Dou Xiang to me." The Emperor said with a smile.
Seeing that the emperor agreed, the corners of Xiao Ziming's mouth raised slightly, if this Yun Zheng could really cure Miss Dou's illness, she would have been cured a long time ago, would she wait until now?
Inviting Dou Yi to the birthday banquet was just an excuse, his purpose was to make the fifth miss of the Gu family become Dou Yi's righteous daughter.
As for Dou Yi's righteous son, if there is a good interest temptation, it is not difficult to come to his side.
Xiao Ziming looked at King Rui, and secretly slandered in his heart, look at you
How long can you be proud, this Ministry of Rites Shangshu asked the Rui Wangfu to produce a drink, if there is a problem with this wine, the entire Rui Wangfu will not want to escape the involvement.
He is killing three birds with one stone, but I don't know if this wise king can crack it? I really want to feel what it's like to have the proud Ruiwang under my feet.
After the next dynasty, King Rui was about to get into the carriage, when he saw King Ding and Xiao Ziming walking over, "Brother Rui, you can enjoy the little glory left." ”
"Not much glory left? What does Brother Dingwang mean by this? "King Rui is so tidy.
"Father's birthday, if this wine is not prepared enough, it will not only lose the face of my father, but also the face of King Rui's mansion. When the time comes, the father will be angry, and the younger brother of Rui Wang will have to think about how to face it in advance. King Ding said proudly.
Hearing this, King Rui had a decent smile on his face, there is still a lot of wine in King Rui's mansion, and after this birthday banquet, I am afraid that there will not be much stock.
At the beginning, Gu Yunxin said that he wanted to prepare more inventory, just to prevent emergencies when there was such a large number of needs, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.
As soon as he returned to King Rui's mansion, King Rui went back to the courtyard to ask Gu Yunxin about the wine, fortunately, after Xiangzhi and the others counted, these drinks were enough to deal with the birthday banquet, otherwise the remaining three days would not have time to brew.
On the day of the birthday banquet, the emperor's birthday banquet was held in the palace Baihua Garden, which has a stage built on the water, and it is unique to watch the show on this stage.
In order to prevent someone from doing things in the wine, King Rui did not directly send the wine to the imperial dining room, but on the emperor's birthday, he entered the palace with nearly 100 jars of wine.
In fact, Lin was not surprised that the people sent by Xiao Ziming did not succeed in poisoning the wine, after all, there was still Yun Zheng, a medical saint, in the Rui Wang's Mansion, what kind of poison, as long as he sprinkled the antidote in the wine in advance, there would be no problem.
At the banquet, there were two pots of wine on the emperor's table, one pot was Lan Sheng, and the other pot was Sangluo. These two kinds of wine are the latest brewed by Gu Yunxin, and the taste is very fragrant and mellow, no matter how much you drink, you will not have a headache.
The emperor took a glass of wine and drank a glass, and then said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law Yi, you brewed this wine really well, go back and tell this method to the imperial chef in the palace, so that they can also learn it." ”
"My father likes this wine, that's the blessing of this wine, my father wants to drink it, and I will go back and brew a new batch, and let the prince send someone to send it." Gu Yunxin said with a light smile.
"You're still pregnant, and you've worked hard to prepare these wines."
"It's not hard, these wines were originally brewed by the prince early in the morning, and today, the taste of this wine is just right."
"Oh? Is it? Yi'er is still filial and knows that I like this taste of wine. The Emperor said with a smile.
Hearing this, the queen and the concubine sitting on the right side were a little unhappy, could it be that he was filial to King Rui, and King Xiang and King Ding were not filial? How many years has this Imperial Concubine Mu been dead, and she still has such grace to her son, even if he is already crippled, her grace is still undiminished.
If there is anything that the queen and the concubine can be on the same front, it is to deal with King Rui and the person who is friendly with King Rui.
"Your Majesty, King Rui is benevolent and filial, but King Ding and King Xiang are also good, for the emperor's birthday, King Ding has also prepared gifts that the emperor likes." Ru Guifei said with a smile.
"Oh, really?" The Emperor looked at Dingwangdao.
See the Emperor
The imperial capital ordered himself, King Ding stepped and stood in the center, first made a big salute to the emperor, and then took the brocade box from the hands of his entourage, after the brocade box was opened, it was a picture scroll, and when he opened it, it turned out to be the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest.
This bamboo forest seven sages map can be described as a peerless one, I didn't expect King Ding to be able to find this picture.
The picture scroll opened, and all the ministers were very surprised when they saw it, looking at this picture of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, Gu Yunxin remembered the previous life, in the previous life, this picture of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest was a congratulatory gift that Xiao Ziming helped King Xiang prepare to give to the emperor, but in this life, it was given to King Ding.
It seems that because of his rebirth, many things in this previous life have also undergone some changes.
"Well, the third child has a heart, I like this picture very much." The Emperor said with a smile.
"As long as the father likes it, the son will be happy." King Ding said with a smile.
When he raised his eyes, he saw Gu Yunxin looking at the painting all the time, and then said slightly: "What?" Could it be that Princess Rui also likes this painting? ”
This is too dampening, since it is a birthday gift for the emperor, how can she say that she likes it? Even if you really like this painting, you can't admit it, isn't that a snatch of the emperor's heart? Do you want her head anymore?
"This Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest is about the seven celebrities who are uninhibited and often sing and drink under the bamboo forest. Brother Dingwang said this, but he thinks that this concubine is a good drinker? Gu Yunxin was so tidy.
When the emperor heard this, he was a little displeased, because this Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest is a unique painting, so people want to treasure it, but the meaning of this Dingwang's words, don't you want to say that he is also a good drinker?
Thinking of this, the emperor looked at King Ding with cold eyes, and was so frightened that King Ding knelt on the ground with a puff, if he had known, he wouldn't have much to say about Gu Yunxin, who knew that she would come to such a move.
"The fifth brother and sister misunderstood, this king didn't mean this, this king didn't expect it, the fifth brother and sister are also people who like paintings." King Ding said with a smiling face.
"Oh? Is it? Gu Yunxin raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Of course, of course, if the fifth brother and sister like it, I still have a picture of Luo Shen on the house, and I will send someone to the house tomorrow to give my brother and sister?"
"No merit is not rewarded, Brother Ding's heart is good, how can this concubine snatch it?" Gu Yunxin said lightly.
Hearing Gu Yunxin say this, Lin Xiang's face changed, this King Ding unconsciously fell in the hands of Gu Yunxin again, the emperor loves paintings, and has been collecting those peerless solitary books, this Luo Shen Fu Tu, but the emperor has been looking for it for a long time and has not found it, but this King Ding has it in his hands, and he has to give it away so casually, what will the emperor think when he hears it?
Thinking of this, Lin Xiang gave Ning Guohou a look, and Xiao Yuanshan, Ning Guohou, came to the center of the Zhongbaihua Garden, "Your Majesty, Dou Xiang can come to the banquet today, and the old minister is also very pleased." I heard that Dou Xiangdu also brought Miss Dou here, when the girl was young, the old minister liked it very much, I haven't seen it for so many years, and I don't know what it looks like. ”
Dou Yi heard someone mention his daughter, so he immediately got up and saluted, "The grass people have seen Ning Guohou, the grass people have long been old, and it is not appropriate to call Dou Xiang again, the little girl is not well, so the grass people let her rest at home." ”
"Oh? That's a pity, I heard that Miss Dou went out the day before yesterday and met a kind girl, this girl and Miss Dou hit it off at first sight and got along very happily. Ning Guohou said with interest.
"Yes, this girl is Miss Yun Jing of the Gu family, it is rare that Miss Yun Jing does not dislike Rao'er for being stupid." Dou Yi said lightly.
At this time, he had actually sensed that something was wrong, but he hadn't thought about what it was.