Liu Yong's prestige in the imperial court is getting higher and higher. This made the right prime minister feel a little worried. Especially before the Chinese New Year, Emperor Lizong even followed the example of Emperor Ningzong to entertain Liu Yong's family in the palace.

It's a great honor. This was also Emperor Lizong's reward to Liu Yong.

Emperor Lizong and the empress hosted a banquet for Liu Yong's family in the Qinzheng Palace. The food and drinks of the night were very rich. At this time, Liu Yong's family had a few more people than that year. But there is also no Li Xinniang.

Li Xinniang gave birth to a male baby, and the happiest one is Chen An.

Liu Yong immediately gave the child two gold ingots. As a birth ceremony for a child. At the request of Chen An and Li Xinniang, the child was also named Chen Dong. Because the child was born in winter.

Li Xinniang and Chen An also liked the name.

As a woman, having another child, and still a boy, this is undoubtedly a great joy for her. When she saw her handsome son, she couldn't close her mouth with joy.

Yingying also likes this little brother of hers, and she doesn't want to let go if she holds it.

Chen An seems to be more motivated at work.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Liu Yong's family once again dined at the same table with the emperor, and this time Liu Yong's sons still behaved very well and ate very quietly. Because this time they are no longer so small, they can eat by themselves. Emperor Danlizong still found a little palace maid to accompany them to feed.

The etiquette of these children is all taught by Ouyang Lanlan.

At the dinner table, when Emperor Lizong learned that Ouyang Lanlan was Ouyang Xiu's granddaughter, he also became a little respectful. He even personally toasted Ouyang Lanlan with a glass of wine. Ouyang Lanlan also accepted it decently.

Emperor Lizong told Liu Yong that he really didn't expect that there would be Ouyang Xiu's descendants among Liu Yong's wives. And Emperor Lizong also knew something about Ouyang Fenqiang. When mentioning this matter, Ouyang Lanlan couldn't help but feel a little sad. After all, there was no news of Meizhou City that time.

And Emperor Lizong didn't know where Ouyang Fenqiang went. I only heard that he was at the border pass, but the exact location has not been determined. Ouyang Fenqiang did not accept the official position given to him by Emperor Ningzong at that time. He only said that he was going to the border and left.

Emperor Lizong's banquet for Liu Yong's family spread in the court again.

And the most jealous is the right prime minister, he has been the prime minister for decades, and he has not received a banquet from the emperor. It's not just that he gets sweaty. But what worries him the most is that Liu Yong's reputation in the court is getting higher and higher. If it goes on like this for a long time, it will jeopardize his position.

As I said before, the right prime minister is like a dog in the imperial court, with a sharp nose that specializes in sniffing out the dangers around him. That's when he smelled danger. He decided to do some counterattacks, some were not enough, and he felt that Liu Yong was threatening his position. He finally decided to get Liu Yong down. Since Liu Yong sat in the position of Zuo Cheng under his instruction, then he had the ability to let him go down.

The right prime minister didn't just think about it, but put it into practice.

Of course, this will be after the year.

At this time, Liu Yong's mansion began to prepare for the New Year again. Chaozhong also had a holiday, and Liu Yong didn't have to go to Shangshu Province every day. After eating the emperor's banquet, Liu Yong stayed in the house very leisurely every day, accompanying his wife and children. In the past nearly a year, Liu Yong has indeed been very busy, mainly busy with government affairs.

The rare leisure also made Lin Qingrou and the others very happy, except for occasionally going to Li Xinniang's place to see the children, the rest of the time was to accompany Liu Yong together.

Liu Yong felt happy, five wives, what a glory at this time. If it were in modern times, I am afraid it would not work. Every day together, they play cards, visit the back garden, eat and drink, and listen to Ouyang Lanlan and Yingying compose poems. It can be said that at this time, Liu Yong's life is like the life of the Grand View Garden in the Dream of Red Mansions, that is, luxurious and interesting.

Liu Yong is with these women and children every day, and he feels young again. In fact, he is also thirty-one years old this year. Looking back, I have been in the Great Song Dynasty for eleven years. And it only took him ten years to reach the pinnacle of his life.

Indeed, he invented soy sauce and sold it throughout the Great Song Dynasty, opened a bank, and made a lot of money. And he also became the prime minister of Zuo, this is the dream position of many scholars!

In this way, it is not an exaggeration to say that the pinnacle of life is not exaggerated. But in Liu Yong's eyes, he was not complacent about his achievements. Because he knew the final outcome of the Great Song Dynasty. He also wanted to find a place for himself. It is also for the sake of his future generations.

He now has four sons, and Zhang Xixi is pregnant again, and the birth date is probably in the summer of next year, so he will have five children, plus Yingying, and Li Xinniang's child. These are all things he wants to protect. He could not let his family be trampled on by the Mongols.

At the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Chen An and Li Xinniang came with their son Chen Dong in their arms. There was another large table in the hall on the first floor. Liu Yong was the first, and he was extremely excited to see that the table was full of his relatives.

The Chinese New Year's Eve meal was as rich as usual, and almost all the highest-grade ingredients of the Great Song Dynasty were included. And the cook in Liu Yong's house is also the best in Lin'an Mansion. The annual salary of the cook is 200 yuan, which can really be said to be a standard high-income group. But in the Great Song Dynasty, the price of a good cook was like this.

And this little salary is proud, Liu Yong is just a drop in the bucket. The annual operating cost of his entire mansion is about 1,000 yuan. For Liu Yong, it was just a drizzle. His salary in the imperial court alone is more than 3,000 yuan a year.

It can be said that he was not an official in the Great Song Dynasty, and that Yulu was beautiful.

Over the years, Liu Yong has accumulated a lot of wealth, not to mention that the rich can rival the country, but it can be regarded as a rich city. To put it mildly, it is not impossible for Liu Yong to buy the entire Lin'an Mansion now.

But it is impossible for him to use the money to buy any Lin'an Mansion, he wants to save the money for future affairs. Because once Song Meng started a war, then he would use this money to lead his family to escape this brutal war.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it was time to set off fireworks, and the children were the favorite. Now Yingying is older, and she is fifteen years old. She also became more and more ladylike, but she was still dragged by her brothers to set off fireworks. The younger brother pulled her, and she pulled Ouyang Lanlan.

Ouyang Lanlan is in her early twenties and still has a girl's heart. After a while, I played with Yingying and the children.

Bang, brilliant fireworks explode in the air, heralding a new atmosphere next year.

Liu Yong looked up at the fireworks, which reminded him of his parents.

Really, I miss my relatives every festive season!