Chapter 225 Shangguan holds a birthday banquet, and there is a letter from Yifu (celebrating Feng Tui, haha)

Chapter 225 Shangguan held a birthday banquet, and there was a letter from Yifu

What are books for? Ask 100 scholars, and 98 of them will return to become officials. There is a golden house in the book, Yan Ruyu in the book, and a thousand Zhongsu in the book. And for today's Shangguan Yi, he has everything he should have.

The trust of the Son of Heaven, the prominent official position, the magnificent mansion, the wives and concubines and a group of children around the knees, if there is anything unpleasant, it is probably the so-called fox fairy who has made the house unpeaceful in the past few days. Although he didn't believe this, many of his family servants swore that they had seen a fox fairy haunting, and the books he had clearly put away at night were often turned into a mess. Because of this, although countless posts have been sent out for the birthday feast, he always feels a little uncomfortable in his heart.

On his birthday, his birthday star Weng sat in the hall to talk to some early guests, and his son Shangguan Tingzhi greeted the guests outside. There is often an unwritten rule for entertaining guests - the younger the official position, the lower the seniority, the earliest to come, and the more senior the official, the later the guest. At this time, the sun had not yet set, and although there were many guests in the hall, they were all his protégés, and all they said were compliments.

When the old Shangguan was happy and proud, he saw a figure suddenly rushing in in a hurry. He has always attached the most importance to demeanor and appearance, and when he saw the appearance of the visitor, he first disliked it, and when he saw that it was his own son Shangguan Tingzhi, Shangguan Yideng's face sank.

"Dad, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Pei sent someone to send the birthday gift first!"

One sentence knocked back the reproach that Shangguan Yi had come to his lips. Although these false names have long been disvalued, among the many official positions, what the old Shangguan cherishes the most is not the title of the prime minister of Tongdongxi Taisanpin, but the crown prince and the prince - generally speaking. Being able to be the prince and the prince is all the prime minister, but the prime minister is not necessarily qualified to be the prince and the prince, which is the greatest glory of the whole world.

Seeing that a large number of young officials around him showed envious and yearning eyes, Shangguan Yi generously waved his sleeves and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Pei are so affectionate. I can't afford it. Now that the birthday gift has been delivered, how about you go with me to see it? ”

Everyone was eager to say this, and immediately agreed. hugged Shangguan Yi and walked outside. When they saw the dozen or so big men lined up at the door, people were immediately stunned; Seeing the high birthday gift again, most people left the old Shangguan. Curious to take a look. At this time, Shangguan Tingzhi easily took advantage of the loophole, and leaned in front of Lao Tzu and whispered: "Dad, the town house sword you mentioned last time has also been sent by someone today!" ”

Shangguan Yi's mind was completely attracted by the high birthday gift, and Shangguan Tingzhi said it three times before he came back to his senses, but he was still a little absent-minded. Nodding lightly, he put the matter aside - joke, even if there is really a fox fairy haunting, and he has no real stakes, where can he afford this generous gift in front of him?

The messenger sent the things to the Shangguan family's house first, but Li Xian did not leave immediately. Instead, he came to the East Palace first to settle accounts with Li Hong. This time, he simply piggybacked on the list of accounts, raw materials, equipment, and labor. A full list of details is listed. Taking advantage of Li Hong's efforts to bury his head in the eyes there, he didn't feel extremely proud.

This thing is indeed precious to say that it is precious, but it is indeed worthless to say that it is worthless. It's all about the method, and it's true!

After a while, Li Hong finally raised his head, and it was not an exaggeration to say that his face was as white as earth. Although he didn't believe that Li Xian, who had always been the most cunning, would spend so much money on this, but, as far as he knew, the cost was indeed eight or nine. In the end, he had to shake his head helplessly: "Sixth brother, you are so expensive, aren't you afraid of other people's criticism?" ”

"I spend my money, I don't care what others say!"

Li Xian shrugged his shoulders disapprerovingly, and seeing that Li Hong seemed to be about to break the sand pot and ask the end, he simply snorted and said, "All in all, Fifth Brother, you owe me 500,000 money this time, and I can record it in the account!" ”

The two brothers went out of the East Palace Fenghua Gate, and then turned left and exited the palace from the Jingfeng Gate, and you could see the tall wall of Yongxingfang. For officials living in Chang'an City, the circle around the imperial city is the most sought-after, not completely to show off their identity, but this court meeting is held early in the morning, if you live farther away, if you don't want to be late, you must go out in the stars and moon, therefore, as soon as Shangguan Yi became the prime minister, he immediately moved to the new residence of Yongxingfang.

Although Li Hong reduced the honor guard, he personally came to pay tribute to his teacher as the crown prince, and he was not allowed to be sloppy, so there were still hundreds of people before and after. Li Xian rode a horse as soon as he left the palace gate, and he only brought three entourages with him - Li Jingye's four companions were all good at joining in the fun, and they had already gone to pay homage to their birthdays first.

Before he reached the ground, he saw that the long carriage had almost blocked the entire alley, and there were many people on horseback. That kind of traffic

Elephant, the end is smacking and amazed. It took him a lot of strength to get to the gate, and before he could enter the gate, he heard a burst of admiration inside, and a large number of people were gathered in the courtyard facing the gate.

"How much does this cost, Rokuro is really generous!"

Among the countless discussions, Li Xian only caught such a voice, not only because the person who spoke was the most familiar to him, but also because this voice was the loudest and most explicit. Isn't it, everyone is there to praise how ingenious and clever they are, although they know that it is very valuable, but no one puts the word money on their lips, and only a bastard like Cheng Bohu can be so beautiful!

He coughed dryly, and then broke in with Zhang Jian, Wei Tao, and Sheng Yunwen, and those who knew him gave way one after another, as for those who didn't recognize him...... There are not many guests who can be invited by the old Shangguan, who don't recognize him. Even if you really don't recognize it for a while, someone will remind you by the side. Therefore, without much effort, he walked smoothly to the tall ice sculpture.

That's right, his gift from Li Xian is a tall ice sculpture, an ice sculpture that is several times larger than Shangguanyi's real person, but it is still vivid - the ice is artificially made, using saltpeter cooling method; The craftsman of the ice sculpture used several people, and the time was pressing, and his original proposal was rejected by Helan Zhou without saying anything. Therefore, Shangguan Yi's demeanor and demeanor admired by the people of the time, this ice statue only showed one-twelfth of it, but it still attracted attention.

The reason is only two words - rare! It is said that gold is priceless and jade is priceless, and in this season, when it has just cooled down, it is just a dream to hope that the water will freeze. And because of the ice food epidemic throughout the summer, almost all the ice stored in every household has been used up, and even the royal ice cellar has little left.

Besides, the ice stored in the Royal Ice Cellar would not be used by Li Xian to this kind of use no matter what. Rare is expensive, coupled with the ingenuity of this ice sculpture and the mind of the prince, it has become a unique treasure.

"His Royal Highness King Pei!"

Li Xian followed the prestige, and saw the old Shangguan greet him with a smile, the three wisps of beard that were quite immortal and fluttering in the wind, and even the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were beaming with joy, he hurriedly went up and said a congratulatory message such as the blessing of the East China Sea Shoubi Nanshan, and Shangguan Yi smiled at himself: "This gift is really unexpected, the prince and King Pei are so attentive, but I am ashamed of it!" ”

"This is all the fifth brother's heart, Shangguan Xianggong has a happy event this year, and he should congratulate him!" Li Xian saw that the people around him were looking at him, and his eyes rolled and he thought of a wonderful sentence.

"There is a saying, often like a guest, why ask Corning. But there is surplus money in the bag, there is surplus brew in the urn, and there is surplus grain in the kettle. Take a few pages of appreciative old paper and let it go. Xing should be wide, the skin should be stubborn, the facial features are smarter than a thousand officials, and there are still few in sixty years; Determined to become an immortal, empty troubles. But there is no vulgar voice in the ears, no vulgar things in the eyes, and no vulgar things in the chest. A few random new flowers, interspersed vertically and horizontally. Sleep late, get up early, a day is as idle as two days, and it is more than 100 years old. ”

Seeing that the old Shangguan was thoughtful over there, he knew that the meaning had already been understood, so he opened the folding fan in his hand in a chic manner, and added with a smile: "Shangguan Xianggong has a graceful demeanor in Chang'an City, and when the 60th birthday is full of children and grandchildren in a few years, I am afraid that I will be even more envious!" When the time comes, the fifth brother of the prince and the crown, the prince and the prince of Shangguan Xianggong will naturally be glorious! ”

In Li Xian's opinion, Shangguan Yi is good at everything, but he is very keen on fame. The Shangguan family comes to the door every day to give countless gifts, except for this kind of birthday, the old Shangguan does not accept all the things of gold and jade, but those poems full of compliments are all accepted according to the order. Such people often can't resist the temptation of others and fame.

Old Shangguan, since you are already the crown prince, you can assist my fifth brother the prince, don't toss any wasted deeds!

"Xiangye, Xiangye!"

A shouting voice suddenly came in, interrupting everyone's thoughts on Li Xian's words. Seeing that it was his own servant, Shangguan Yi's heart suddenly moved: "But has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived?" ”

The servant bowed in a panic, followed by a quick report: "Li Yifu ......"

He spit out three words vaguely, and when he saw that the eyes of the people around him suddenly became sharp, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva unconsciously, and then handed over a letter in a slur: "It was Li Yifu who sent a letter to Xiangye, specifying that it was to congratulate Xiangye on his birthday!" ”

Li Yifu wrote a letter to Shangguan Yi to pay his respects, isn't this a weasel greeting the chicken for the New Year? Li Xian almost couldn't believe his ears, and in the spirit of extreme curiosity, he hurriedly found a good seat to stand still. Seeing that Shangguan Yi frowned slightly, he immediately opened the seal with a comfortable attitude, and he immediately used his eyes to look up.

Really, Li Yifu's handwriting is too dragon flying and phoenix dancing, he didn't even recognize half a word!

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