Those who can come to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday, but they are all members of the third grade or above and the royal princes have this kind of qualification and honor, although they were a little shocked by Shou Tao at first sight, and in a blink of an eye, they felt that it was just Erer, grandstanding!

When several princes and adults around saw Qu Ping, they hurriedly came to say hello, surrounded Qu Ping, and everyone walked to the palace together.

Qu Ping had a casual conversation with them without a word and said, "Lord Qin's longevity peach is really brilliant." ”

A prince said disdainfully: "There is a way that wealth is not exposed, he is showing off!" ”

"But the Queen Mother likes it." Qu Ping said.

Everyone knows that Qin Hui led people to impeach Qu Ping, and now Qu Ping is rising instead of falling, and he is a prince in power, much more noble than the idle prince on the side. Therefore, if you don't see the situation clearly now and express your shame against Qin Hui, you will really be blind.

"Lord Qin, that's not going down the right path, and deliberately using some tricks from the side!"

"That is, the emperor accepted gifts at the palace gate, but he didn't want everyone to get together to compare, he was committing a crime against the wind!"

"It's just that we're all tightly packed. It's also a sign of respect for others. ”

"It's also the protection of yourself."

Everyone was gossiping, Qu Ping saw a person walking slowly in front of him, and his figure was a little familiar, so he temporarily said goodbye to everyone around him, and pulled Zhao Ping'er to catch up with the person in front of him quickly.

In front of the public, it is still in the royal palace, and it is estimated that only Qu Ping will dare to hold his wife's hand in a grand manner. The crowd can only turn a blind eye, and disregard the indecent ones.

"Who?" Zhao Ping'er asked in a low voice.

"King of Ningxia!" Qu Ping shouted at the man in front of him.

The man turned around, and sure enough, it was Li Changzuo. Li Changzuo waited for Qu Ping on the spot, there was no surprise on his face, and greeted Qu Ping: "Prince Xiang." ”

Qu Ping stepped forward and joked: "Why is the king of Ningxia alone and not with a princess, don't you know how to choose?" ”

Zhao Ping'er nodded to Li Changzuo and said hello.

Li Changzuo grinned and said, "It's a joke." Come in a hurry, go in a hurry, save trouble. ”

Qu Ping saw that Li Changzuo was not in high spirits, and asked, "What's the matter, absent-minded?" ”

"It's nothing, I haven't congratulated the prince on his ascension."

"Then let's have two drinks another day?"

"Okay." Li Changzuo felt bitter in his heart, you are a full man, you don't know that I am hungry! Who can I tell about the pain in my heart, and who can I feel it?

Qu Ping asked: "How many days has the king of Ningxia been in Beijing?" ”

"A few days, two days."

"Why don't you sit down with your brother when you come?"

Li Changzuo was stunned for a moment and said, "It was also in the past two days that I learned that you were on a higher level." ”

Qu Ping did not doubt that he had him, and said, "You entered Beijing alone?" ”

"There are guards."

"You don't have any other friends in Beijing, just go to me if you have nothing to do, we can be regarded as a life-and-death friendship, don't see each other."

Li Changzuo was slightly moved, he really has no friends in Beijing, even if he looks at the Great Song Dynasty, he doesn't have many friends, right?

Li Changzuo promised: "That's okay, don't let me eat behind closed doors." ”

Seeing that he was in a slightly better mood, Qu Ping probably guessed what Li Changzuo was worried about, and said: "People move to live, trees move to death." You have to look at the opening point, look at the long-term, don't always sit in your own one-third of an acre and watch the sky. ”

Li Changzuo saw that Qu Ping saw through his thoughts, and sighed: "Hey! I'll go to my brother and me another day, and we'll talk while drinking. ”

Qu Ping patted him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort, and instead said, "Did you see that big peach that just passed?" Qin Hui gave it to the Queen Mother. Pull the wind, right? ”

Li Changzuo remembered Qin Hui's appearance of being a fox and a fake tiger in front of him, and he was unhappy, and said: "Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one. ”

Unexpectedly, Prime Minister Wang Anshi's poem can also describe Li Changzuo's mood about the change of power at the moment.

"Watch this king pick peaches!" Qu Ping said.

Li Changzuo knew very little about the internal problems of the Central Committee of the Great Song Dynasty, and asked, "Why do monkeys steal peaches?" ”

"Just be patient!" Qu Ping said.

Li Changzuo complained: "If I hadn't let Qin Hui succeed, he wouldn't have today's status, and he wouldn't have hurt you, Lord Wang." ”

Zhao Ping'er hurriedly said: "Fate sometimes has to happen, if it weren't for that, it wouldn't be a blessing in disguise!" ”

Zhao Ping'er said something that did not blame, so as to better reflect that Qu Ping didn't care about this matter at all, so that Li Changzuo didn't think too much.

Qu Ping said: "I want to thank you, haha!" ”

The three of them chatted, and in front of them was the palace where the banquet was held.

There were already a number of princes and generals gathered outside the hall, although the door of the palace was open, but there was no leader to bring them into the hall, and everyone was embarrassed to go in first.

The emperor and the queen mother will definitely wait for everyone to come together before they will make their finale.

Qu Ping saw the many people wandering outside the hall, including Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and others, as well as his father-in-law, King Huainan, and stepped forward to greet King Huainan: "Father-in-law, why are you all standing outside?" ”

"Father." Zhao Ping'er called out to King Huainan.

Lee Chang-jo also greeted everyone politely. Lele Literature

Zhao Ping'er's biological mother was long gone, and King Huainan also came to the banquet alone today. Now Qu Ping's title is higher than him, a real prince with royal blood, he naturally can't put up a fight, but calls Qu Ping "Prince Xiang".

King Huainan said: "Prince Xiang, everyone is waiting for a leader to enter together." ”

Qu Ping heard his father-in-law call himself like this, and he looked angry, and said, "It's not good for my father-in-law to call me like this. ”

Zhao Ping'er said with a smile: "Father, you can call him by name or character, if you like it, call him Xiaoqu also!" ”

"Nonsense!" King Huainan feigned anger and said, "How can you be so rude! You're getting more and more unruly! ”

Qu Ping said: "You are the elder, and you are naturally respected at home." ”

Qu Ping's meaning is already very clear, as long as it is not above the official affairs of the court, it is still respected by the elders and children in the family.

The king of Huainan was very happy to accept it, and said, "Now that you are here, take everyone in!" ”

Qu Ping saw that everyone was tired of standing, so he greeted everyone: "Princes and adults, let's all come together!" ”

Everyone was happy to see it, and happily followed Qu Ping into the hall.

Qu Ping asked King Huainan in a low voice: "Father-in-law, it is also the first time for me to participate in such a major banquet, and I have no experience. The emperor and the queen mother didn't invite us in, will I lose my sense of proportion? ”

"Nope! In fact, whoever comes can go in whenever they want, but everyone is embarrassed and likes to be humble. King Huainan explained.

Qu Ping was relieved, otherwise his greeting, the Queen Mother would have had a discord with herself, so don't make it worse.

From where everyone stood just now, to go up to the palace, you need to go through nine steps.

Qu Ping walked on it, turned his head and glanced back, but he still didn't see Kutula, he was lost in his heart, thinking that he wouldn't have something to do, so how would he act in this scene?

When I went to the hall, there was already a row of waiters waiting beside me, waiting to receive every guest to take a seat.

Everyone's seating is arranged according to status and fame, the king sits in the front row, and the little king sits in the back row, which is called sitting in a row and eating fruits.

Classes are everywhere and cannot be absent. As long as it is a community relationship, even if it is animals and plants, there is an order of respect and inferiority, and there is no rule.

When the rules are used well, a round ball is formed, which can move forward. If the rules are not used well, it is still a ball, and everyone wants to get out.

Qu Ping's seat, of course, is the first in the first row on the left.

In the main hall, the seats are divided into three rows on the left and right, placed vertically, ten seats in each row, and each seat can also accommodate two people, a total of sixty seats. Further up, there is a small platform, two on the left and two on the left. The top throne, two on the left and right, is placed horizontally, obviously for the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.

In the middle of the two thrones, there is a hundred blessing golden peaches given by Qin Hui to the Queen Mother, which is particularly eye-catching.

Celebrating the Queen Mother's birthday is a major matter, and no one dares to delay the sloppy. Everyone basically rushed to the palace in the middle of the time, waited early to go, and was rude to go late.

Qu Ping sat down for about half an hour, and the invited princes and ministers were basically there.

Li Gang sat on Qu Ping's hand, and here on the left were all ministers of civil and military affairs, and on the right opposite were the relatives of the emperor.

Qu Ping looked up and looked behind him several times, but he didn't see the figure of Kutura.

Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and others thought that Qu Ping was looking for them, so they confidently got up and responded to Qu Ping. If you are lucky, you can get Qu Ping to nod in return; Unfortunately, Qu Ping didn't notice him, and he realized that he was wrong, and Prince Xiang wasn't greeting him at all!

Qin Hui sat in the back with his wife, and when he saw Qu Ping frequently visiting the rear, he didn't dare to raise his head to look at him.

Li Gang saw Qu Ping frequently turning his head and asked, "Who is the prince looking for?" ”

"Meng Guogong."

Li Gang also looked behind him and said, "I really haven't seen it." Looking for him? ”

"Big deal." Qu Ping replied simply.

It was almost noon, and the guests had almost arrived, only to flicker.

At this time, the official in front of the inner palace announced: "The emperor, the emperor, the queen mother, the queen, and the concubine have arrived!" ”

The ministers stood up and knelt down again, saying, "Welcome to the Holy Driver!" ”

Emperor Zhao Ji and Empress Dowager Wei sat side by side on the left side, and Emperor Zhao Gou and Empress Wu sat at the right table. Concubine Pan, Concubine Xing, and Concubine Na sat opposite each other and the two rows of tables below.

"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" The emperor asked everyone to get up and sit down, "Today's birthday of the Queen Mother, all Aiqing came to admire their faces, even thousands of miles away, I was deeply moved." According to the Empress Dowager's decree, today's monarchs and ministers are happy and share a feast to wish the new year! ”

The ministers said together: "I wish the Queen Mother all blessings and health, and her longevity is better than Nanshan!" ”

The queen mother can't live with the sky, only the emperor is worthy of living with the sky.

Empress Dowager Wei replied to thank the ministers: "Although today is a birthday celebration for the mourning family, it is also a feast for the mourning family to thank you!" If it weren't for all the secretaries of the family, working together to assist the emperor and create a prosperous cause, there would be no happiness for everyone today! So, first of all, I have to say thank you to all of you. Thank you! ”

When the Queen Mother spoke, she did not deliberately thank Qu Ping, the direct assistant, with words and eyes.

Qu Ping noticed that Taishang Zhao Ji listened to the Queen Mother's words, and his embarrassment flashed, obviously he felt guilty for his ability and behavior to govern the country well.

Zhao Ji deliberately found Qu Ping's gaze, the two glanced at each other, and Zhao Ji nodded to show his gratitude.

There are many elders of the three dynasties below, seeing Taishang Zhao Jigao sitting on the top, remembering the time when the ministers were together in the past, they are not very embarrassed.

Qin Hui looked at the Emperor Taishang, his heart was excited, and his eyes were even full of tears. The Emperor Taishang also saw Qin Hui and nodded to him. Qin Hui was even more excited.

The emperor saw that some people were observing the emperor, so he whispered to Zhao Ji: "Father, can you say a few words?" ”

Zhao Ji pursed his lips, nodded, and said to everyone: "Today's birthday of the Queen Mother, you and I wish the Queen Mother all blessings and health!" ”

Then, there is no then. Zhao Ji finished speaking in two short sentences, obviously not wanting to attract everyone's attention too much, but returning the focus to Zhao Gou.