Chapter 056: High-profile congratulatory gifts
"Ahh Qin Juan suddenly came to her senses. "It's them! No wonder my husband is happy. Brother Shang and Second Brother Zhang are kung fu jun, and their talents are also top-notch. It's good to me on weekdays, so it's good now! ”
"Hey, I'm jealous when you say that!" Yang Qing pretended to be dissatisfied.
"Watch out! Juan'er treats them as her own brothers. Qin Juan knew that her husband was joking, so she smiled and pushed Yang Qing. So ...... they in the future? ”
"I'll live in our house from now on. Go back and watch the packing up, make room for Brother Shang and Second Brother Zhang in the middle courtyard, and they will come over early tomorrow morning and go to Qujiang with us. ”
"Yes." Qin Juan nodded obediently.
"By the way, Juan'er, last night my parents said that who would go to the 'Qu Courtyard' tomorrow? I didn't listen carefully. ”
"In addition to our own family, there are also all the sons of the meritorious children team coached by the husband that day, and they will come to congratulate with their families, and General Xiao Guo is also invited, I don't know if it will come; My father's colleagues and friends will also come to congratulate him; The lord of Lan, Hui, Ying, and Li, who are good friends with the concubines, will also come; Oh, the lady in the palace said that if she has time, she will also come to congratulate her. I'm afraid it's going to be a battle of 100 people. ”
Damn, so many people! Yang Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head, this is a toast when he sees someone......
Qujiang, the public garden area on the southeast corner of Chang'an, the Hibiscus Garden and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda are among them. During the festival of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, regardless of whether it is noble or low, regardless of monks and laymen, all like to come here to play. Qujiang flowing drink, apricot garden feast, wild goose pagoda inscription, happy to climb high, a thriving scene.
In the early stage of Xuanzong, a large-scale repair was carried out on Qujiang, there were countless wine pavilions on both sides of Qujiang River, three small courtyards, literati and scholars in the spring and summer seasons to step on the Qujiang River in spring and summer as the fashion, the grand occasion was unprecedented, and Qujiang became the gathering place of Tang culture.
Although it is late autumn now, the number of people who come to visit Qujiang has decreased greatly, but you can still see scribes and maids in fresh clothes and angry horses, or rich and noble families traveling with their families.
Quyuan, located on the left bank of the Qujiang River, is a large-scale courtyard, which is mostly used to receive the royal family and nobles and the courtiers on weekdays. The main building is a two-storey cornices building, facing the river Range Rover, there are many exotic flowers and plants in the courtyard, although it has been late autumn, it is still lush and beautiful.
The Yang family almost set out as a family this time and brought all the things for the outing. Except for the banquet, which was organized by the drunken stopper, everything else was prepared by his own family.
Because the guests invited are all famous people with heads and faces, and almost all the magnates of Chang'an are gathered here today, so Yang Wang, father and son, all stood at the door to greet them, for fear of snubbing anyone. The ladies were welcomed by Mrs. Yang, Guo Ke, Qin Juan and others to the West Chamber.
Yang Qing, who had no time to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Qujiang River after the autumn, faced the guests one by one, and his head was big. The young people are okay, everyone laughs and jokes a few words and goes in, if it is a minister or an elder, they have to salute respectfully, and dare not slack off in the slightest.
The invitation sent by Yang Wang did not indicate that it was a wedding wine for his son and daughter-in-law, but only said that he would come to a gathering and let the younger generations get to know each other, but everyone knew that Yang Qing, who had been in the limelight recently, married Hu Guogong for 2,000 gold, which was the biggest news in Chang'an City recently. Seeing that there are more and more distinguished guests, the families that are good friends with the Yang family or have actually become common interests only have descendants, such as the Guo family, the Pei family, and the Qin family, which are the plenipotentiary representatives of Guo Yang and Pei Jing, and everyone's friendship does not need to be reflected in this aspect; In order to avoid suspicion, the generals in the army only sent their nephews to congratulate, such as the Huangfu family, the Liang family, the Wang family, the Feng family, the Gao family, etc.; But to Yang Wang's and Yang Qing's surprise, the rest of the mediocre friends of several lords of the court and many princes and marquis came to congratulate in person. Li Linfu is here, Yang Zhao is here, Yang Shenjin and Wei Jian are also here, Lu Guogong, Luo Guogong, Jiang Guogong, Lu Guogong, Yongxing Hou, Yingyi Hou, and Changping Hou are all here!
This kept the Yang family's father and son and Steward Ding busy, for fear of neglecting anyone. These people, the lord who stomped his feet and even shook the ground in Chang'an, many of them were still Ruizong, and even the lords of the Wuhou Dynasty, even if Xuanzong was there today, I am afraid that they would have to stand and speak. Yang Wang wondered vigorously, although he had a joint banquet with Grandpa Qin today, and in order not to be rude, these people did make a post, but according to the convention, these people should send someone from their nephews to send them away, so why should they come in person? All of them are solidly prepared with generous gifts, and their words are polite and decent, and they don't seem to have anything to do...... Blame!
Nearly noon, Yang Wang saw that there were no guests at the door, and after counting the numbers, everyone was there, so he wanted to turn around and start the banquet, but suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves from a distance on the official road of the bluestone slab behind him, and turned around in surprise.
The people who came to the horse were very fast, and in a blink of an eye they arrived in front of the gate of the Quyuan, a total of five horses, and at the same time turned over and dismounted, which was extremely neat.
Yang Wang fixed his eyes and looked at the first person who came, and his heart was shocked, Gao Lishi!
After leading the eldest son to step forward, Yang Wang bowed and saluted: "I don't know that Father-in-law Gao is coming, Yang has missed the distance, atone for his sins!" ”
Gao Lishi strode forward, held it in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "Lord Yang doesn't need to be polite, Gao is abrupt!" Then he leaned close and whispered, "If it weren't for Gao Mou coming uninvited, the East Palace was ordered to come in person, just behind, Gao Mou took a step forward to inform him." After saying that, he smiled and bowed his hand to Yang Qingyi: "Congratulations to Yang Xiaohou on his new marriage!" ”
Li Heng also came to congratulate? Yang Qing was secretly surprised while returning the salute, his holy grace hadn't reached this point, right?
After a while, I saw the prince Li Heng slowly driving in a car. Without waiting for Yang Wang's father and son to come forward to salute, Li Heng jumped out of the car quickly, avoiding everyone's big gifts, and directly took Yang Wang and Yang Qing's arms and went straight to the main building of the banquet.
The ladies sat in the back seat, separated from the front court by a long screen, Yang Wang invited Li Heng to sit in the guest of honor, and explained a few words of the scene, so he asked the prince to show it.
Li Heng stood up casually and motioned for everyone to sit down.
"Today, I came uninvited, because I heard that Yang Ziyin was newly married, and he feasted his relatives and friends on the bank of the Qujiang River. Lonely has always admired and loved Ziyin's talents, and introduced them as confidants. How could Naizi Yin not post and be lonely because of his identity, and he regretted it. I didn't want to miss today's event, so I had to ask for the holy order to come and congratulate him. Ziyin, I'm going to punish you for a few cups in a while! ”
Seeing the prince's self-deprecation, everyone relaxed and laughed a few times. Yang Qing also bowed half apologetically and half gratefully.
"The father and the concubine were quite happy to hear that Ziyin and the beloved daughter of Hu Guogong and Grandpa Qin, Miss Qin, married Qin Jin. The special orphan brought a small gift to give it to him. ”
Yang Wang's father and son hurriedly got up and wanted to make a big salute, but Li Heng waved his hand to stop him: "Father and the emperor personally promised that you don't have to be formal, so as not to spoil today's interest, just when the elders of the family send their sons and nephews to congratulate." This is a volume of the Tao Te Ching transcribed by his father and given to his son; This is the golden jade life lock that the concubine has worn for many years, and it is given to Miss Qin as a congratulatory gift. ”