Chapter 96: The Four Princes
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In the middle of the crowd, there is a high platform, made of wood, the wood is wrapped in colorful satin, the red carpet is spread on the platform, the platform is shaded by a pergola, and there are more than a dozen five big and three thick men standing around, estimated to be guards, seeing Li Dongsheng and them coming, they stopped and asked, and also checked the invitation, searched behind them before letting them go.
In the center of the stage, there was a case, and Li Tai, the king of Wei, was sitting on a stool, smiling and talking to a scribe next to him. Li Dongsheng took a look at the stage, he looked like he had a wide waist and a broad belly, and he was fat, and he was as rich as his father-in-law. The fat on the face squeezes the facial features out of shape, and the eyes are full of energy, squinting when looking at people, as if they want to strip you naked and see your heart.
On the low table, there is a white porcelain tea set from the Yue kiln, a precious inkstone, and a bronze incense burner is smoking green, and there is a faint aroma, and the paper and pen are put in hand, a rich atmosphere.
Seeing Li Dexuan coming with Li Siwen and Duan Qiang, Li Tai got up and said with a smile: "Rare guest, I can still see a few of you at the poetry meeting, what day is it today, you are the second generation of gentlemen, Cheng Chumo and they arrived earlier than you, I don't seem to have invited you." Ha ha. ”
Li Siwen and the others are familiar with Li Shimin's sons, and they have known each other in the Qin Palace. You're not welcome: "Hey, we came with someone, this is Li Dongsheng, you invited it, let's follow him, you didn't say that you can bring a few people with an invitation anyway." ”
Li Tai's fat body squeezed out from behind the desk with difficulty, took Li Dongsheng's hand and said, "I've heard your name for a long time, and I only saw it today." ”
Li Dongsheng saluted: "I have met the four princes, and today coincides with a grand event, which is a great honor." ”
"There are a lot of people here today, they all want to see you as a talent, and there are a lot of little ladies who are also admiring it, today it depends on whether you have a good work, maybe you can still hold the beauty, haha." Li Tai pointed to the carriageway in the distance.
Li Dongsheng looked in the direction of his finger, and on the opposite side of the crowd, across the official road, there was a cyan cloth wall, which completely isolated the situation inside from the crowd by the lake and the servants, chariots and horses here.
There were also twenty or thirty carriages parked in the cloth wall, but there were dozens of female dependents in the carriages, most of them were young ladies from big families in the city, and it was inconvenient to show up for such a gathering, so they fenced this cloth wall, and there were maids chattering here, and it was also very lively.
Several people laughed and saw that someone else was on stage. Li Dongsheng said goodbye to Li Tai and went down to find their eldest brother first.
Turning around, I finally saw Li Dejian's coquettish appearance, a few people were drinking, and there were a few little ladies around, it was estimated that it was Ruoxue and them. was really brought out by Li Dejian, is it because of the handsome man or because of me. Li Dongsheng is also a bit narcissistic.
When there were still a few steps away, Li Chongyi and Li Dejian had already seen Li Dongsheng. Put down the wine glass on the desk, stand up and shout loudly: "Dongsheng, here." ”
The sound was too loud, everyone stared at it, and Li Dongsheng waved his hand to everyone, attracting a look of contempt. He didn't care, and now he was ready to let himself go completely.
When he arrived at Li Dejian, Li Dejian and Li Chongyi took Li Dongsheng's hand and introduced him: "This is Li Dongsheng, a talented man in Lantian, everyone has heard of it for a long time. Ha ha. Then he introduced his fox friend to Li Dongsheng: "Cheng Chumo's younger brother Cheng Chubi, Zuo Guanglu's doctor Qu Tutong's eldest son Qu Tushou, and Shangshu's left servant Xiao Yu's son Xiao Kai." ”
Li Dongsheng said hello one by one, everyone was their own people, and no one said that they put on a disgusting look that looked down on people. Everyone sat down, greeted each other, and had a good time. Li Dejian also asked Ruoxue to perform a pipa for everyone, which won a round of applause. Li Dejian also proudly bowed his hand to everyone, with an obscene expression and a hateful face, which was the evaluation given to him by everyone.
Ruoxue didn't know if she had any opinions about Li Dongsheng not going to the appointment that day, anyway, she didn't communicate with Li Dongsheng during the whole process, and she talked and laughed with the rest of the people, and Li Dongsheng didn't take it to heart, women are a little tempered whether they are Oiran or not.
Li Siwen, Li Dexian, and Duan Qian were telling them about Li Dongsheng's deeds of scolding Wang Jingzhi in front of everyone on the official road, and they couldn't sit still laughing one by one, Li Chongyi raised his glass and said: "Dongsheng is really very human, and scolding people is a corner." Ruoxue girl also covered her mouth and smiled, but when Li Dongsheng looked at her, she put on a cold look again.
Li Dongsheng asked Li Dejian: "Why can't you see Changsun Chong?" Li Dejian patted Li Dongsheng's shoulder vigorously and said proudly: "Now he can get as far away from me as he can, otherwise he will call me brother, haha." It's all your work, come, drink! ”
Li Dongsheng understood, I am the eldest grandson Chong and I will avoid him, otherwise it will be too aggrieved. After drinking a few glasses of wine, they heard a drum sound from the high platform, and everyone put down their wine glasses and looked over.
I saw Li Tai walk to the center of the stage and said loudly: "Today's wind and sunshine are beautiful, this king has organized a chrysanthemum poetry meeting, all the talents gather together, you don't need to be polite, what good poems must be taken out, the subject matter and format are not limited, and today's gathering can be recorded in history, haha." Come on, come on, everyone, take your seats. Come on, take out the flowers for everyone to enjoy! ”
At this time, the drum music sounded, a pair of maids holding all kinds of chrysanthemums from behind the high platform came out, divided into two teams, put the chrysanthemums in the passage between the futons, everyone stood up one after another, or held wine glasses, or pulled two or three friends, and enjoyed it carefully.
Li Tai also stepped down from the high platform and walked into the crowd with two scribes with a smile on his face, showing his approachable style.
Li Dongsheng also walked around with Li Chongyi in the chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemum is one of the top ten traditional flowers in China. The ancients called plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum the "four gentlemen" in flowers, giving them deep cultural connotations; Chrysanthemum frost does not wither, the charm is noble, chrysanthemum is known as the "gentleman in the flower" deservedly. In people's minds, chrysanthemums are a symbol of auspiciousness, health and longevity. In the Tang Dynasty, there were already many varieties of chrysanthemums, including "Wanling Chrysanthemum", "Peach Blossom Chrysanthemum", "Muxiang Chrysanthemum", "Golden Bell Chrysanthemum", and "Xirong Chrysanthemum" and so on. Many poets have written poems about chrysanthemums.
The breeze blows, and the fragrance of flowers hits people. Everyone's mood was high, and some people began to chant loudly the verses of the ancients: mainly Tao Yuanming's poems, he wrote a lot of poems about Yongdai, of course, the most famous poems like his drinking poems are "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan", and "Fangju opens the forest, and the green pine crown rock column; With this chastity and beautiful posture, Zhuo is the frost under the Jie", "Qiu Ju has good color, dew its Ying, forget this worry, far away from my world". The atmosphere of the poetry meeting immediately became enthusiastic.
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