Volume 1 The End of the Dynasty Chapter 13 The Banquet

Just when Uncle Yang and Huan Ji were discussing how to implement the law change, Huang Gongfu's banquet was also going smoothly.

The butler stood by the door to greet the guests who came to celebrate their birthdays, and then read the gift list brought by each guest, while Huang Gongfu received the guests in the house.

The first guest came to the door, this person was short and fat, his skin was very white, and his eyes were a little unopenable due to the horizontal flesh on his face, this person's name was Meng Ying, and his ancestors were with Emperor Wuzong who had fought against the Hu people in the north, and because of his great achievements, he was named the Marquis of Yinping. The Marquis of Zhao Guofeng has always been determined by his military merits, which shows that the ancestor of the Meng family must have made great military achievements, but the descendants of this hereditary reckless title do not know martial arts, let alone riding horses and archery, as for Meng Ying's father, it is indeed unknown how the previous Marquis of Yinping was.

Meng Ying's carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the Huangfu, only to see that the carriage was extremely luxurious, the one-color brocade curtain, the top was inlaid with a big pearl, shining in the sun, and the pale red paint on the carriage was also smooth and bright. The driver of the car was a man of about thirty years old, dressed in a fancy costume, and his driving skills were exquisite, and when he was about to reach the gate of the house, he had already begun to pull the reins, and the carriage happened to stop at the gate of the house, and the people in the carriage went straight to the gate of the house as soon as they came out. The coachman took off the horse, lifted the curtain, put a bulging hand on the door frame, and then a huge head poked out of the door, as if he had just woken up, with sleepy eyes, he turned his head left and right to look, as if he was still looking around, and slowly a round belly came out, and finally the whole person stood on the seat of the carriage. The coachman hurriedly reached out to catch Meng Ying's fat hand and asked him to put his hand on his shoulder, Meng Ying slowly moved his body, moving all the weight of his entire body to the coachman's body, and then stretched out his leg to reach a circle of Mazha inlaid with red gems, and slowly walked down. Fortunately, the coachman is physically strong, otherwise he will definitely be pressed to the ground by Meng Ying.

Just tossing at this point, Meng Ying's forehead was already covered with sweat, and she was trying to breathe with her mouth open.

When the housekeeper of the Huang Mansion saw Meng Ying get out of the car, he hurriedly walked over and bowed his hand: "Greetings to the Hou Ye." "Although we all know that these lords at this time are just a fictitious title, at most they have a little bit of their own food, but there is no way to go to their own fiefdom to claim the king, they can only stay at the feet of the emperor of the imperial city, but it is said that it is a fictitious title, after all, it is a royal reward, and others still have to give some face when they see this kind of lord.

Meng Ying looked up at the housekeeper who was a head taller than him, and was a little displeased, a small housekeeper actually had to look up at him, and he suddenly complained in his heart about why his parents gave him such a short life.

The housekeeper also seemed to sense Meng Ying's displeasure, and lowered his head a lot when he bowed his hand, trying to keep it at the same height as Meng Ying, Meng Ying was a little better, waved his hand to signal the housekeeper to give way, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and asked, "But someone came before me?" ”

"No, Hou Ye is the first, Hou Ye's carriage is matched with a northland horse, and it is really a thousand miles a day with the coachman of the Zihu family in the west." There are Yunluo and Bo Sang in the north of Zhao State, these people are good at raising horses, their horses can be said to be handsome and abnormal, the ancestors of the Zihu clan in the west are the Qianren, Wuzong helped the court to tame horses during the war, and then I don't know what happened, overnight the Zihu clan almost disappeared if it wasn't for Meng Ying's ancestors, and then the people of the Zihu clan became the horse trainers of the Meng family.

Hearing someone praise his carriage, Meng Ying felt a little complacent in her heart, and walked towards the door with her head held high. The housekeeper hurriedly asked the guide to lead the way into the banquet pavilion, Meng Ying's coachman handed over the gift list, and the housekeeper looked at the gift list made of brocade in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It is worthy of being a hereditary nobleman for several generations, and it is impossible to compare with it." He opened the gift list and read aloud: "A pair of pearls from the East China Sea, two jade cups, and a number of brocade cloths." ”

The people on the street are amazed, there are rumors in ancient times that there is a mermaid princess in the East China Sea, lying on the reef and singing every day when the sun rises, the song is so beautiful that the fishing boatmen in the past forget to paddle, causing the fishing boat to capsize, some people say that the tears of the fish people are the big pearls of the East China Sea, but unfortunately no one has gotten it, but today this Yin Ping Hou Meng Ying has such a rare thing, it is really rare.

Later, there were many officials one after another, such as Taifu, Da Honglu, Da Si Nong, Shaofu, Zongzheng, as well as the new Wei Wei and Guang Luxun and other officials in the court, Jiuqing was considered to have arrived except for Uncle Yang, who was the court captain, and even some local officials happened to enter the imperial city to report on their work, and they just happened to encounter such a grand event, and everyone also came to the Yellow Mansion one after another.

Huang Gongfu was wearing a bright red robe, smiling slightly, with a kind old man's demeanor, he said a few words that are often said in officialdom before the banquet began, and then let everyone feel free, he just sat quietly on the side and watched everyone.

Meng Ying suddenly shouted: "Oh, it's so hot, it's really hot this day, I haven't seen it for many years!" ”

Everyone looked at this short and fat hereditary lord, and smiled symbolically on their faces, most of these scholars believed that they were literati and scholars, and they would never shout like this at such a banquet, and naturally they were full of contempt for people who shouted like this. Meng Ying didn't care about that, I saw him take off his shirt, revealing a pair of thick white arms, blowing wind on his arms with his mouth. Huang Gongfu smiled slightly, and called two maids to kneel next to Meng Ying to fan the wind.

After such an episode, people began to talk with great interest, and some people with children began to discuss the idea of marrying their children, which was really chic and happy, but whether anyone believed this kind of drunken remark or not is really uncertain.

Besides, Uncle Yang and Huan Ji have been discussing in secret, and they need to make all the preparations before changing the law. At the moment, one of the major things they have to deal with first is about the deployment of officials, Huang Gongfu can't say whether he will support the new law, he is not a hereditary title, he was elected by Daizong when he was in power, and he has been an official in the court for nearly fifteen years, since the vacancy of the position of the third duke, he has become the first minister, he is sleek, and he knows the way to enter the office, no one can be sure whether he will support it, but the biggest point is that Jiuqing has those things that he is in charge of, although Huang Gongfu is too often, but he should not be able to control these.

Huan Ji needs to create an opportunity for Uncle Yang to let the courtiers know, if he wants to change the law, he has to come out and take charge of things, he wants to be in charge, he has to let everyone in the world know, and he has to convince everyone in the world.