After the crown ceremony, the Li family feasted guests, Niu Jinda, Cheng Yanjin and other generals took their seats.

In the past, Li Su ate and drank at their house, this is the first time the Li family has hosted a banquet for the generals, and I have to say that the Li family's wine banquet is very different.

A large bowl of oily noodles, braised hooves, stewed mutton, fried chicken, braised duck legs, and all kinds of fried vegetables, one by one delicacies were served on the table, and Cheng Yanjin and others' eyes were straight.

Stir-fry was not popular in this year, and the practice of food from ancient times to the present day is nothing more than boiling, steaming or roasting directly on the fire.

The guests were surprised, they didn't expect that the food would be eaten in such a way, and the generals were all warriors with big appetites, and as soon as the food was served, they ate it in their mouths, and they couldn't stop eating.

At the beginning of the banquet, the subordinates of the Li family served three pulp and grape wine, but they did not serve the five-step pour made by Li Su himself.

There is no way, the veterans are worried about drinking, and they will look for provocations everywhere after drinking too much, the generals have fought on the battlefield over the years, and they have made great achievements in the world, if they want to rank among these people, they are afraid that no one will obey anyone, and they will pick up their weapons and fight alone.

The courtyard of Li Su's house has just been demolished by the Ministry of Industry, and now the courtyard has roughly taken shape, and Li Su does not want his home to be damaged twice.

The small abacus crackled, but the veterans present saw through it at a glance, Cheng Yanjin and Niu Jinda only cared about dealing with the food on their own low case, and they didn't have time to take care of Li Su, but they just raised the bamboo chopsticks and pointed at Li Su, which was considered a warning.

Hou Junji's eating appearance is obviously much more pleasing to the eye than Cheng Niu's, from the beginning of the crown ceremony to the present, everyone laughed and he laughed, when Cheng Niu's two gobbled up, Hou Junji was very elegant with the dish, and took a shallow sip of wine from time to time. His eyes glanced directly at Li Su intentionally or unintentionally, as if he was observing something.

Others observe Li Su, and Li Su is also observing others.

Li Su is unguarded against Cheng Biting Jin and Niu Jinda, but for Hou Junji, Li Su is a little puzzled. It is said that he and Hou Junji do not have much contact, the only intersection is the battle of Songzhou, Hou Junji is the general manager of the three armies, and Li Su is just an idle official under Niu Jinda's account, everyone is not too familiar, today Guanli Li Su did not expect Hou Junji to come, it is really a bit surprising.

They are all veterans, all are heroic men, and they are all military talents. Hou Junji is no worse than Cheng Biting Jin and Niu Jinda, and many of the military exploits he has made have become legends in the market, but Li Su is still very sensitive to the fact that Cheng Biting Jin and Niu Jinda faintly kept a certain distance from Hou Junji, as if they were separated from him by a faint membrane, although they were close, but this membrane could not be torn apart, so the people who were close at hand were separated into two worlds.

The cups are staggered. The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, and this time the veterans didn't drink much for the first time. The dish was swept away, Cheng Biting Jin lazily picked his teeth after eating, complaining dissatisfiedly that the portion was too small, and the gap between the teeth was not enough, but the Li family boy was still such a bastard when he became an adult, and he couldn't treat the guests well. Hearing this, Li Su's face was blue and red for a while, if he hadn't been able to beat him, he would have thrown him out of the door and gone cold......

When the hall was full of joy, the holy decree came out of nowhere.

The front hall of the Li family was full of kneeling, and the eunuch raised his head proudly. After reciting the holy decree in a sharp voice, the hall was silent.

Li Su pursed his lips, his face was pale, and the eunuch held the holy decree and handed it to Li Su, but he remained motionless until Cheng Yanjin behind him noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly poked him with his finger.

After receiving the order, the eunuch seemed to have changed people, and greeted the veterans one by one with a smile, and Niu Jin Dahou Junji also cheered up and greeted the eunuch politely.

In the corner in front of the hall, Li Su hung his head, his hands holding the holy decree trembled slightly, and he didn't know what to think.

A big hand put on his shoulder, and when he looked back, it was Cheng Biting Jin.

"I'm angry and resentful, isn't it?" Cheng Biting Jin grinned.

Li Su was silent for a while, and smiled bitterly: "I was resentful at first, but then I figured it out......"

"Oh? In just a while, you have figured it out, tell me, what have you figured out? ”

Li Su sighed: "In fact, since the day His Majesty gave Dongyang to marry the Gao family, I have lost my fate with her in this life, even if Dongyang can't marry the Gao family, His Majesty will never marry me, because I deceived the monarch and committed the emperor's taboo, and His Majesty is already an extrajudicial grace if he doesn't behead me, how can he marry Dongyang to me?" Later, in order to avoid being given marriage to other powerful people again in the future, Dongyang suddenly decided to become a monk, completely eliminating the possibility of me and her becoming husband and wife......"

Li Su's smile became more and more bitter: "...... I had prepared for these, but I didn't expect His Majesty to be so decisive, Dongyang was not enough to leave home, he actually gave me a marriage, it seems that His Majesty has never been at ease with me. ”

Cheng Yanjin sighed: "You and His Royal Highness Dongyang deceived His Majesty, committed his taboo, His Majesty is also a person from the past, knowing that the love between men and women cannot be contained, you and Dongyang are dead-eyed people, if you really commit a hard time not marrying in your life, Dongyang has been a Taoist aunt all her life, and her Taoist temple is a stone's throw away from your home, you ask yourself, will you really not do anything with her to shame the heavenly family?" So...... You have to marry a wife, if you have a wife, you will have constraints, and you will marry yourself today, your wife will not pass through the door is a seven-grade order, and you can't scold or rest, so that you and Dongyang's feelings can be trapped to death. ”

Li Su looked at the holy decree in his hand, carefully tasted every word on the holy decree, and after a long time, he suddenly smiled: "Give a hundred taels of gold, a thousand silk horses, and give Chang'an City to ride a horse, hehe...... A stick made me dizzy, and immediately stuffed a sweet date into my mouth, oops, the date is so sweet, I forgot all about the beating I just received......"

Listening to these extremely sarcastic words, Cheng bit Jin's eyelids jumped, and hurriedly turned his head to look at Hou Junji and Xuanzhi Eunuch, and found that no one noticed Li Su's words, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and then kicked Li Su and staggered, lowered his voice and said angrily: "Bastard thing, the crown ceremony just now was done in vain, and the first thing to do in the new year is to control your mouth!" You know! He is a king, you are a minister, he didn't pursue the matter of you and Dongyang bullying the king, and gave you an aunt for nothing, and it is gold and Chang'an horseback riding, Your Majesty treats you very well, what are you going to do? ”

Li Su smiled bitterly, shook his head and didn't speak.

Cheng Biting Jin squinted at him and said, "The holy decree has been issued, what are your plans?" ”

"Except for marrying an aunt who has never even met in person, what else can a kid do?"

Cheng Yanjin nodded approvingly: "Finally said a word, of course, if you are not happy in your heart, and want to go to the Taiji Palace to point to the palace gate and scold the street, the old man will not stop you, His Majesty will chop you with a knife, the liquor and perfume business of our two partners will all belong to the old man, you die as you deserve, the old man has his own benefits, you and I have our own gains, how good." ”

After speaking, Cheng Yanjin smacked his lips with some regret, as if he really had the intention of pouting Li Su to go to the palace gate to scold the street.

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After the wine and food were full, the guests dispersed, and Li Su knelt in front of the hall, staring blankly at the holy decree.

Li Daozheng drank a lot today, his son Guanli he was the happiest, at the beginning of the careful drinking a few glasses with Cheng Biting Golden Bull Jinda and other princes and county princes, the wine was on the head, and the courage was inexplicably fattened, and at the moment he didn't care about any thoughts of dignity and humility, and Niu Jinda and others drank more and more enthusiastically, and finally hooked their shoulders and called them brothers, and they were very affectionate.

Later, the holy decree entered the door, Li Daozheng felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, this news seemed to him to be happier than his son's crown ceremony, his son did not marry for Dongyang, the incense stick inserted in the Li family incense burner was about to go out, I didn't expect His Majesty to give his son a marriage, Li Daozheng was eager to go to the Taiji Palace in front of the palace door and kowtow eighty-one heads, the long-hanging heart finally helped him solve it today, when the floating white.

After the guests dispersed, the smile on Li Daozheng's face still did not fade, but seeing his son staring at the holy decree in a daze with a gloomy expression, Li Daozheng suddenly smiled and approached him cautiously.

"Baby, men have to marry after all, what do you say if you don't marry, you and Her Royal Highness the princess...... No result, a few days ago your affairs were full of turmoil in the city, and in the end it still couldn't be done, my father didn't have any requirements for you, if you were not happy to be an official, you wouldn't do it well, and if you didn't do it well, you wouldn't do it, our family still had hundreds of acres of land, and our father and son could still guard these fields for a lifetime......"

After hesitating for a moment, Li Daozheng still said what he wanted to say: "...... There is no objection to marrying the princess's father, it is naturally best to marry, the princess's female baby father has seen it, she is a well-informed doll, and there is no royal nobles who are domineering, it is rare, but ...... What can you do if you don't have a fate with her? You can't just not marry for the sake of her life, right? Since you have performed the crown ceremony, your father will treat you as a man in the future, and a man cannot only have love and love in his heart, but also has a lot of things to bear in his life, which is more important than love and love......"

Li Daozheng said a lot, Li Su looked back at him and smiled, the smile was very strange.

"Dad, what are you talking about? The child didn't say that he wouldn't marry, since His Majesty made an order, the child obeyed the order. ”

Li Daozheng heard the satisfactory answer, his expression suddenly became happy, and he said one after another: "Okay, you should obey the order." Dad asked the Taoist priest to pinch the day, and the people in the house all moved to prepare family affairs for you, and Dad must have done it lively. ”

Li Su nodded, stood up, and suddenly tore the holy decree in his hand vigorously, and the holy decree on the yellow silk and white paper was torn in half by him.

"Good! I'm married! It doesn't matter who you are, that's all. ”

After speaking, Li Su threw the holy decree and walked towards the backyard wing.

Li Daozheng was dumbfounded, picked up the holy decree torn in half, endured the horror of fainting, took it into his arms, looked around carefully, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no one around.

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PS: There is one more ...... The schedule is messed up again, and there is no way to ...... (To be continued......)