Chapter 172: The Stone of the Red Heart (Part II)
Princess Qianjin's Mansion, the guests are here, and the night banquet is in full swing.
The guest of honor Wu Sansi brought his eldest son Wu Chongxun, as well as his cousin Zong Qinke, this person is the son of the cousin of the Empress Wu, because of his natural greed, not liked by the Empress Wu, although he was once a phase because of his merits, but at this time he has sunk into the subordinates, and is trying to cling to Wu Sansi, trying to rise again, he also has a brother, called Zong Chuke, who angered Empress Wu because of the incident, and is now exiled in the wild land of Lingnan.
In addition to the two aunts and nephews of Princess Taiping, there are also some noble ladies, court officials, scholars, and scholars are indispensable banquet standards, and Cui Xiang, a bachelor of Hanlin, ranks first among them, and he also brings his three brothers Cui Li, Cui Cheng and Cui Di, all of whom are chic and handsome, and talk extraordinary.
There is also a person who Quan Ce can't bear to see the most, Shangguan Wan'er, she came with Cui Xiang.
After all, it is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, a dignified minister, Shangguan Wan'er came to the door, Princess Qianjin and Wu Sansi left the table to greet each other, everyone saluted, Quan Ce also got up to salute, Princess Taiping sat still, glanced at Quan Ce meaningfully, but saw him bow down, and when he got up again, his eyes were clear, his face was warm, and he seemed to be fine.
Shangguan Wan'er obviously didn't expect Quan Ce to also come to the banquet, so she was in a big mess, gave up Cui Xiang, walked quickly to him, and called, "Da Lang ......"
Quan Ce nodded with a smile, "Wan'er, I didn't expect such a coincidence, but I saved Sigongfang and his party for me."
A basin of cold water poured down her head, Shangguan Wan'er immediately paused, looked around, sorted out her manners, and said angrily, "Da Lang is used to being lazy" and turned to Princess Taiping to salute, "Wan'er has seen His Royal Highness"
"Waiting for the edict to get up" Princess Taiping stretched out her hand, her wide sleeves fluttering, and her face was inexplicable, "Waiting for the edict to work in the palace during the day, but it is also busy at night, I only met at the cousin of King Wei a few days ago, and we met again today."
Shangguan Wan'er met her hostile eyes, and the corner of her eyes quickly slid over Quan Ce, Princess Taiping has never been very close to her, but her face has always been vigorously maintained, and such a blatant ridicule like the current one is still rare, "Your Highness has an overreputation, Wan'er serves in the palace, and she can't be exclusive in her behavior, and she can't be more comfortable than His Highness."
Although he abides by the etiquette of respect and humility and respectful, he refuses to fall behind.
"Hehehe, it's been a long time since the edict has been lost, I will be blessed today, and I can see the talents of women and women" Wu Sansi interjected at the right time, stirring up some disharmony here, and invited Shangguan Wan'er to sit at the guest of honor.
"Thank you His Royal Highness King Liang for your kindness, it's just that His Royal Highness Qianjin has a lot of thoughts tonight, His Royal Highness King Liang can't live up to it, giggle" Shangguan Wan'er covered her mouth and smiled, her communication methods were quite harmonious, Princess Qianjin complained in a casual manner, and Wu Sansi laughed.
Rejected Wu Sansi, she didn't go to the court official seat where Cui Xiang's four brothers were, Lianbu moved lightly, went to the place of the literati, a large number of white clothes were flattered, they all stood up to greet her, surrounded her in the center, and the cheers and compliments were deafening.
After a lot of noise, the night banquet program arranged by the princess appeared one after another, but she did not take the usual road, first a sword dance with a sonorous music, and then the twelve phase dances of the white horse Tibetan people that had been seen in the Taiping Princess's mansion, as well as the mask dance of the Oriental Wa Kingdom and the ** dance of Silla, all of which were Chinese martial arts and exotic customs, and the people in the banquet saw that they had a taste, and the scholars of the Wensi Spring were chanting non-stop, and the host of the princess and the guest of honor Wu Sansi were placed in the poems, an aria, and it was very lively.
Quan Ce is quite interesting to watch, whether it is Li Tang or Wu Zhou, the openness and open-mindedness of the government and opposition subjects are heartbreaking, if you miss this prosperous era, such a dance will either be insulted as a martial artist and a lowly martial artist, or you will be detained with a hat of immorality, where will people be allowed to appreciate the evaluation?
In the end, the princess arranged the finale program, "I heard that in the northeast border fortress, there are Hu people who ignore kindness and commit murder, and the general Linghu in the clouds has clashed with the Turks many times, and its hardships have caused pity in people's lives, and the daughter is a woman, and she can't go into battle to kill the enemy, so she can only do some entertainment plays, and Bo Zhujun laughs and cheers for the frontier athletes"
The princess is charming, serious and a little heroic, her hands are raised high, and she shouts for the frontier athletes with rhythm, "Long live the Great Zhou, the heavenly army wins"
After the blood boiled, with a wave of his hand, there were servants pushing the four-sided drum into the field, followed by two rows of twenty ** strong men with upper body, muscles knotted, rough faces, not like people from the Central Plains, the body was shining under the burning light, shining with oil, listening to the introduction of the princess, the left row, is the Khitan, the right row, is the Turks, the two corners are decisive victory, the winner can be recommended to enter the army, and the loser goes to the horse farm as a stableman.
"It's so strange, how can there be such a big lump?"
"Giggles, ma'am, is this a thought?"
"Bah, they're all savages, like beasts, and they stain their eyes when they look at them, so they won't taste them."
"Yes, yes, yes, you still have to pay attention to a taste, these savages will know how to do it, and it's boring"
"Yo yo yo, the county lord is talking about experience, oops, lightly, it hurts"
Quan Ce accompanied Princess Taiping, sitting in the group of noble ladies, and the sound of chattering and slapstick echoed in his ears, feeling very tormented.
"Knock knock" drums on all sides sounded together, two rows of strong men looked at each other, their eyes were scarlet and bloodthirsty, a gong sounded, the drum was paused, the strong men let out a thunderous roar, rushed towards each other, the flesh and blood of the two sides collided violently, fists and feet flew wildly, the targets were all vulnerable parts of the head, the two sides fought for a stick of incense, and another gong sounded, almost everyone's eyes, nose, bridge and mouth were full of blood.
The drum sound of "Dong Dong Dong" sounded again, and the strong men who had breathed after the breath stared at the enemy on the opposite side again, and after three rounds, someone continued to fall down with heavy injuries, some people struggled to stand up, and immediately someone from the other side stepped forward to crit, and the flesh and blood were blurred.
The final winner was the Khitan side, and there were still two of them standing, and all ten of the Turkic side fell to the ground, and except for two or three who were squirming on the ground, the rest were silent.
"Hiss...... Auntie, be lighter" Quan Ce's hand was pinched by Princess Taiping, she couldn't sit still at all, kneeling on the couch, her buttocks hanging in the air.
This is the call of the wild, and the onlookers are all restless and difficult to control.
Princess Qianjin was very satisfied with this effect, waved her hand proudly, and the musician class played two tunes, first the general's order, inheriting the killing spirit of Fang Cai, and then the plum blossom three lanes, washing people's hearts, and turning into the lingering love of children.
After the music, Wu Sansi said with a beard, "His Royal Highness the daughter of the blue heart, it is really a big pen, this friendship, three thoughts remembered, here the literary world people gathered, you may wish to sing the words, the music of the party, are all from the hand of Quan Langjun, Xu is the king is lonely and unheard, Quan Langjun is afraid that there are years of no pen, it is better to start with you, this king knows that you are stingy with pen and ink, it is one or two sentences also make"
There were many people who responded to this proposal, and Princess Taiping also tilted her head, supported her hands, and looked at him with smart eyes.
When Wu Sansi said this, he mobilized the masses again, and the power was not easy to shirk, so he stood up and arched his hands in all directions, and many literati flocked to him from afar, ready to listen to the good sentences, and they were not disappointed.
"If life is only as it first sees"
Shangguan Wan'er looked up at him, and was also walking in this direction, and stopped abruptly when she heard the words, her eyes full of sadness.
Memories are shared by everyone, and they will always be better than reality, and everyone at the banquet showed the color of reminiscence.
"Papapapa" Some people applauded, and gradually converged.
Quan Ce Xiao Suo smiled, bowed politely at Wu Sansi, and stretched out his hand to Cui Xiang's side, "Quan Ce throws bricks and leads jade, Cui Langjun is from everyone, has a wide range of literary talents, and Kunzhong is more than wings, glorious lintel, presumably there are more good sentences in the chest, please show your talents, don't be as stingy as me"
A word made everyone laugh, Cui Xiang is naturally not stage frightened, gorgeous rhetoric came as soon as he opened his mouth, and then there were many talented people who wrote poems and lyrics, and the power strategy was abnormal, and he was very active, but he recognized Cui Xiang, and often led the rhythm to everyone to praise, adding fuel to the fire, and greatly robbed Wu Sansi's dignity and limelight.
Wu Sansi looked a little dissatisfied, and even snorted coldly when Shangguan Wan'er also followed the trend and sang peace with Cui Xiang.
Zong Qinke is a child, seeing that something is wrong, he naturally wants to work, repeatedly interrupts, trying to snatch the rhythm back, but he has no choice but to have little ink in his chest, rob him but, repeatedly eat deflated and embarrassed, his qi cultivation kung fu is far worse than Wu Sansi, the wine is even worse, anger starts from the heart, evil is born to the side of the gall, and by the reason for the toast, a wine jar smashed straight into Cui Xiang's face, and knocked him unconscious on the spot.
Zong Qinke still refused to spare him, and rode on Cui Xiang's head, his fist fell like raindrops, and everyone hurriedly went to persuade him to pull away.
Quan Ce'an sat still, poured himself a drink, and chuckled, innocent like a child who succeeded in his prank.
Not far away, Shangguan Wan'er also smiled, and the pain that had just burned inside was melted away in this smile.
(End of chapter)