Chapter 71: Birthday Banquet
"There is wine today, drunk today, tomorrow is sorrowful, tomorrow is worried."
In the courtyard of the Si family's house, Si Shaoyu was drinking with his henchman Si Ye, and on the other side, Jing Xi, who had sent someone to deliver wine, was already on his way back to his house at this time.
"Brother Chen, it's been a long time since I came out today, and it's time for me to go home." Jing Xi looked at the hand that was still being held, raised his eyes and glanced at Xiao Yichen and said.
"Okay, since we're almost at the palace, then Aze and I will go back to the palace first." Xiao Yichen glanced at the sky, the remnant sun was like blood, it turned out that it was already dusk. Glancing at the little girl in front of him again, he let go of the little hand he had been holding and gently stroked the little girl's hair.
This feeling is really nostalgic and nostalgic.
"Well, then, Brother Chen, Brother Ze, goodbye." As he spoke, Jing Xi stretched out his hand to take the two younger brothers, stroked his body slightly, and said, "Ah Heng Ah Yan, say goodbye to my brothers." ”
"Goodbye, brother." A neatly crisp child sounds.
followed by the voices of the Xiao Yichen brothers.
"Hmm."
"Sister Xi'er, goodbye."
……
The sunset is infinitely good, just near dusk.
"Let's go, are you tired?" Jing Xi asked softly, I came out for an afternoon today.
"Sister, don't be tired."
"Sister, don't be tired."
The voices of the two younger brothers sounded at the same time, and Jing Xi smiled happily, "Let's go, let's go home, my father is probably waiting for us to eat." ”
……
In the study, the person who was lying in front of the desk suddenly put down the pen in his hand, blew the handwriting, and suddenly spoke.
"Housekeeper, it's the old man's birthday in three days, how did I let you do?"
The person who spoke was the prime minister of the Xia Dynasty who was under one person and above ten thousand people - Su Lie.
I saw him wearing a navy blue dress, the collar and cuffs were embroidered with silver threads and auspicious cloud patterns, a black atmospheric waist seal was tied, and there were some unknown lines on it, but it looked extraordinarily atmospheric, with style, long hair neatly tied up, tied up with a black hair crown, a little silver thread between the temples, but it did not affect his temperament.
A dark costume highlights his calmness and sophistication. Prime Minister Su Cheng, who has been in a high position all the year round, has an introverted body, upright facial features, and deep eyes that flash from time to time all show this person's shrewdness.
In the Xia Kingdom, there is a young prime minister Su Lie, and there is a hundred victorious Rong King Gu Liangchuan, these two people are the legend of the Xia Kingdom.
In the market, there is not only admiration for the god of war, but also worship for the upright prime minister.
"Don't worry, master, the old slave is ready." A man dressed in a butler's costume stood in front of Prime Minister Su Cheng and spoke respectfully.
This person is Su Fan, the housekeeper in the Prime Minister's Mansion, about the age of knowing the Mandate of Heaven, he looks short and concise, and his ability is also outstanding, and he has been serving by the Prime Minister's side all the year round, so Prime Minister Su does not shy away from him in many things.
"Well, this is the invitation I just wrote, so be sure to send it to the provinces."
"And
, The birthday banquet, when the time comes, I am afraid that there are not a few uninvited people, so be sure to ensure the safety of the banquet. ”
"Alright, let's go down." Prime Minister Su pushed the invitation in front of the desk forward.
Su Fan saw the stack of invitations that the master had written on the table, took it with both hands, and then said, "Don't worry, the old slave will make proper arrangements for this matter." ”
"Since that's the case, then the old slave will go down and arrange it first." As he spoke, Su Fan tightened the invitation in his hand, bowed slightly and was about to leave the study. "By the way, butler, Rui Zhou can be in the mansion?"
Su Chengxiang, who didn't seem to see his son much today, suddenly asked.
"Back to the master, the young master went out of the house to meet friends in the afternoon." Su Fan stopped and replied.
"Well, okay, let's go down and do something."
Saying that, Su Lie waved away the housekeeper and meditated alone at the desk, these days there have been a lot of government affairs, and he has to be busy with the old man's birthday, Su Lie is also physically and mentally exhausted. Pursed his eyebrows, continued to deal with the government affairs in front of the table, for a while, the study was as quiet as promised, until his wife came to the study to care about him, he did not know that it was already midday, and even missed the time for dinner.
"Young master, you're back home."
When the gatekeeper at the prime minister's gate saw his eldest young master, he immediately saluted.
"Hmm." The person who came was dressed in white, with a dusty breath, and a faint expression that looked like a spring breeze, and with this holy white clothes, it looked even more ethereal. This person is the sister-in-law of the Su family, Su Ruizhou.
This afternoon, he made an appointment with his friends to meet in heaven and earth, but he didn't expect to see many unexpected people. This Zhaoning County Lord is really an interesting person, in his eyes, he will not believe what others say, in this heaven and earth, he believes that it is the handwriting of the Zhaoning County Lord, but she is really cute when she handles things?
Well.
I remembered that the lord of Zhaoning in the teahouse this afternoon was so bright and wanting to apologize, it was really cute, just like the scene in the boat workshop a few years ago, smart and cute.
Yes, a few years ago, he also went to the shipyard with his friends, but there he saw the scene of the young Zhaoning County Lord pairing, and was surprised by such a wonderful person, he probably also knew the news of the Zhaoning County Lord in recent years, and that was it, he was becoming more and more curious about the Zhaoning County Lord.
As far as he knew, this palace has not invited any masters for the county lord in the past few years, is the county lord who is so smart at such a young age really born with wisdom?
A few years ago, when the violinist was in turmoil, he didn't believe that the county lord was rumoredly rumored, and he didn't do his job.
As far as he knows in the past few years, he is a man of great wisdom.
Forget it, isn't it, you'll know about the banquet in three days.
Su Ruizhou walked quickly towards his courtyard, his mind turned extremely fast, and after a while, he left this matter behind.
Yes or no, I've already made up my mind, haven't I?
……
In the East Palace, a eunuch was hurriedly standing in the courtyard looking at the door, why hadn't these two highnesses come back yet? It's really a desperate minion.
God heard his prayer, and the sound of a small table came from outside the door
: The minions greet the two Highnesses.
Hearing this, the eunuch who was wandering in a hurry immediately greeted him, "Two highnesses, you can be regarded as back." Your Highness~"
"What?" Seeing him like this, Xiao Yichen asked casually, and walked in with steady steps.
The eunuch hurriedly followed behind the two masters, breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, an hour ago, the emperor came to the East Palace, and when he saw that His Royal Highness was not there, he stayed for a while and left. ”
The eunuch hurriedly reported to Xiao Yichen. "Alright, Lone knows." As soon as Xiao Yichen sat in the first place, he heard the slave who followed him report the matter, and waved away the eunuch who made the announcement, Xiao Yichen twisted his eyebrows, thinking in his heart, why did his father ask him to go to the imperial study in such a hurry?
After a while, Xiao Yize next to him said: "Brother Huang, since your father summoned you, then let's go, maybe my father is looking for you something?"
"Hmm." Xiao Yichen responded lightly, but there was no movement.
Xiao Feng, who was standing beside him, seemed to think of something, stepped forward, and reported with a fist: "Your Highness, three days later, it will be Old Man Su's birthday banquet, Your Majesty is looking for you, it must be related to this matter?"
Xiao Feng also just remembered that Prime Minister Su was busy with Old Man Su's seventieth birthday banquet today, presumably His Majesty's search for the master this time should be related to this matter. Prime Minister Su has been an official for many years, honest and honest, this old father is going to have a 70th birthday banquet, and the emperor may send the prince to attend and talk about the friendship between the monarch and the minister.
As for why he came to His Royal Highness and went, it is not difficult to know that the concubine is powerful, and the Bai family is also ready to move, so naturally these two princes are not suitable candidates, and the third prince does not like to participate in the banquet, His Majesty has long known it, as for the fourth prince, he is still young, which is even more inappropriate, let alone the Fifth Highness and the Sixth Highness who are only two or three years old.
To sum up, His Royal Highness is naturally the best candidate for the banquet.
"Okay, go to the imperial study alone to see my father." With that, Xiao Yichen got up and was about to go to the imperial study.
After all, he is still the king of a country, no matter how angry he is, he will not lose his father's face at this time, not to mention that over the years, his father has made up for it a lot, thinking so, Xiao Yichen still accelerated the pace of progress.
Xiao Yize, who was behind him, did not follow, but Tong Yuanzhuo was ordering something.
It turned out that after coming out of heaven and earth today, Jing Xi asked Gu Jun to give him a lot of cloud tea and so on, no, he thought about letting Yuan Zhuo send it to his grandfather first.
"Yuan Zhuo, go to the Dingguo Mansion and send the cloud tea that I just brought back to my grandfather." Sure enough, I saw Xiao Yize commanding.
"Yes, Your Highness, what do you want to bring to Lord Guogong?" Yuan Zhuo asked respectfully.
"Well, tell my grandfather, Ze is very concerned about his grandfather, and he will go to the Guogong Mansion to visit his old man when he has time." When Xiao Yize thought of his grandfather, his face was suddenly filled with a happy smile.
"Yes, my subordinates know." Seeing that His Royal Highness finished instructing, Yuan Zhuo, who was dressed in black, also resigned from His Royal Highness, and immediately left for the Dingguo Mansion.
This prince's mother family is the Dingguo Mansion of today's Xia Kingdom, the Yuan Kingdom
The prince lost his daughter, and took pity on Xiao Yize, the third highness of his daughter, since the imperial doctor found out that Xiao Yize was congenitally weak, Yuan Guogong was also distressed, and he was worried about Xiao Yize's condition for so many years.
Not only the crown prince Xiao Yichen, but even the Duke of Dingguo has been sending people out to find Xiao Yize in order to find a miracle medicine to cure Xiao Yize.
Now, Xiao Yize has also recovered, he learned from Xiao Feng that thanks to the Jade Lotus Pill given by the county lord, he was able to be no different from ordinary people, yes, he was very grateful to Jing Xi.
……
Xiao Yichen here quickly arrived at the imperial study and chatted with the emperor for a long time before seeing Xiao Yichen leave the imperial study and return to the East Palace.
Although no one knows what was discussed, Xiao Yichen did say that he wanted to participate in Sufu's birthday, which was consistent with Xiao Feng's conjecture.
(End of chapter)