On the first day of April, the imperial city is lit up, especially the Mingyuan Palace, which is about to hold a banquet. Ming Yuan Palace is located in the central axis of the imperial city of Liang State, is the area of the only palace of the Chengyuan Hall that holds the court meeting, it connects the former dynasty and the harem, is the place where the Liang Emperor holds a family banquet and banquets for civil and military officials, there are three main halls, five partial halls, ten halls with halls, in addition to the grand scale, the most distinctive is that there is a pool of clear water between the three halls, the three halls are just like the dew drops dotted on the three points of the clear water, the blue water is named the lotus pond because of the shape like a lotus canopy, and a water pavilion song platform is built in the pool, If you look at it from the air, you can see that its petals stretch out from the outside to the inside, just like a lotus flower in full bloom.

The feast of Emperor Liang's fiftieth birthday is set up in the Lintoe Hall in the south of the lotus pond, this palace is built on the pedestal of nineteen steps, the length and width are nine zhang, the palace is divided into two layers, staggered and built, the lower layer is divided into four areas by twelve red pillars surrounded by one person, each area is equipped with a long table that can accommodate twenty people, the ground is paved by the red carpet, eighty-one red lanterns are hung on the top, and there is a staircase on each side of the east and west at the end of the first floor; On the second floor, which is only half the size of the first floor, it is even more magnificent, with a red carpet covering every floor, separated by six three-person columns, long tables that can accommodate forty people on each side, and a wide avenue in the middle that extends to the end of the three steps, on which is the throne of the dragon's head and body. Standing on the second floor, you can clearly see the dance pavilion on the lotus pond from afar by the railing.

The red glow on the horizon is especially there, the Ming Yuan Palace has already begun to hold the lights, and Cui Gongcheng, the personal eunuch next to Emperor Liang, is placing all kinds of dishes in the orderly Zhang Luo palace maids, and all kinds of palace maids are shuttling back and forth in the Scales and Zhi Palace. As a eunuch in charge, Gonggong Cui has been by Emperor Liang's side for more than 30 years, with gray hair and a miserable white face with a ruddy lip.

"Cai Xiang has arrived!"

As soon as he heard that an official was coming, the sharp-eyed Father-in-law Cui immediately put on a smiling face that made people tired of looking at it, and trotted all the way, "Yo, Cai Xiang, you came really early!" ”

The person who came was Cai Quan, the prime minister of the Liang Dynasty, who was about fifty years old, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, a lovely smile, frosted sideburns, a tall figure, and a graceful appearance, and a purple robe showing an enviable status.

Cai Quan hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and his words were gentle, "Gonggong Cui has worked hard, today the emperor is not only setting up a family banquet, but also civil and military officials above the fifth grade are also present. Such a scene can only be controlled by Grandpa Cui, the old man looks at it, sure enough! ”

"Ouch, Cai Xiang is really a tormenting minion! You are too worried, but you have to take care of your body, the country is indispensable to a pillar like Cai Xiang! Cai Xiang, please come here! ”

Gonggong Cui personally led Cai Xiang to the second floor, Cai Quan, as the prime minister, was naturally the closest to Emperor Liang, and the banquet was set on the first seat on the left hand side of the throne. The officials of the three provinces and six ministries below Cai Quan were ranked according to their official ranks, and the seats on the right hand side of the throne were reserved for the emperor's relatives. On the second floor, only officials above the third rank are eligible to be seated, and the rest of the invited officials can only be seated on the first floor.

As night fell, officials arrived, and everyone was greeting each other. At this time, Grandpa Cui's sharp male duck voice sounded, "The prince has arrived!" King Xiang has arrived! King Yu, King Ling, King Zhuang have arrived! ”

The five princes of Emperor Liang appeared in the hall at the same time, the prince walked in the middle, the left and right were King Xiang and King Ling, King Yu and King Zhuang were in the rear, each dressed luxuriously, especially King Xiang was the most dazzling and eye-catching; King Yu took off his armor and changed into regular clothes, which was only a simple modification, and he was the most simple among the princes. However, King Yu was not in the mood to compare with King Xiang and King Ling, he was more concerned about the sixth brother around him - King Zhuang, because of eye disease, King Yu has been holding King Zhuang's hand.

Pei Zhenghao, Xia Junmao and Xuan Shaoning are eligible to enter the Lintoe Hall as the heroes appointed by Emperor Liang, and among the three, Pei Zhenghao is the loyal general of Zheng Sipin, but because he is the only son of the general of the previous dynasty, he was allowed to enter the second floor by Emperor Liang, while Xia Junmao and Xuan Shaoning can only be on the first floor, especially Xuan Shaoning, as a centurion from the ninth grade, can only sit at the end of the banquet.

Entering the palace for the first time in his life, he was both curious and afraid, Xuan Shaoning sat on the couch, but his eyes wandered back and forth, and suddenly he felt that there were eyes looking at him, and when he looked closely, he saw Xiao Moyan on the opposite seat! I haven't seen him for a year, Xiao Moyan's face hasn't changed, but his nobility has suddenly risen, and he is snickering at Xuan Shaoning. Originally, I was going to find time to see my classmates after meeting the saint, but I didn't expect to see Xiao Moyan here, Xuan Shaoning was very happy, and he also smiled at Xiao Moyan, and then made a silent gesture. Seeing that Xiao Moyan was seated before him, Xuan Shaoning secretly thought that his official rank should be above him.

"The emperor has arrived! Respectfully Jiafei is here! ”

Everyone immediately knelt down on the spot, although Pei Zhenghao told him to bury his head as low as possible when he met the emperor before entering the palace, but Xuan Shaoning still tried his best to provoke his eyes to peek at Long Yan, only to see Emperor Liang, who was wearing a yellow brocade dragon robe and a jade fixed bun, slowly walked into the main hall with the support of Gonggong Cui. Today is Emperor Liang's 50th birthday, but the person in front of him has a straight body, a ruddy complexion, sideburns like ink, and a steady gait, especially the shrewd and capable eyes. The woman who followed Emperor Liang was the concubine Jingjia, who had the highest ranking in the harem, her skin was like snow, her eyebrows were like the moon, her red lips were like blood, her chest was towering, and she wore a pink gauze faintly revealing a graceful figure, looking extremely young, full of jewels, and envious of others.

Emperor Liang and Concubine Jingjia stood on the throne hand in hand, looking at the civil and military officials prostrate on the ground, Emperor Liang ordered with a smile in his eyes: "Let's all be flat", and then Emperor Liang looked at his sons with blazing eyes, looked back and forth, and then fixed his eyes on King Yu, "Yun Qi, come here, come to the middle, let me take a good look!" ”

When King Yu heard the summons, he hurriedly walked out from behind his seat, bowed and knelt down, and replied in a loud voice: "Sons see the emperor!" ”

"There is no need to be polite between father and son, hurry up and let me take a good look at you!" At this time, Emperor Liang's eyes were full of his father's love and pity.

King Yu stood up and looked at Emperor Liang with burning eyes, he had been in Mobei for eight years, and only returned to Beijing every year on Emperor Liang's birthday during the eight years, and the time when father and son met was always short, thinking of this, King Yu felt very uncomfortable.

"Father, son, minister, ......" For a while, King Yu's eyes were foggy.

"Okay, you can come back, I am the happiest, this time I will stay in the capital for a few more days, and our father and son will have a good chat!"

"Yes!" King Yu endured and did not let the tears fall, and Emperor Liang also saw it in his eyes and was very moved.

King Ling, who was sitting under King Xiang, was leisurely watching the play, and deliberately whispered in the direction of King Xiang: "I didn't expect the fourth brother to learn to play the emotional card." ”

King Xiang rolled his eyes, smiled slightly, and saluted: "Please also ask my father to take care of my body, the fourth brother told me at noon today that he is looking forward to accompanying his father for a few more days!" Then he said to King Yu: "In the days when the fourth brother is away, my father misses it very much, and from time to time he will ask about the fourth brother, and the same is true for our brothers, now the fourth brother is back, and our family is finally reunited!" ”

"Hehe, Yun Sheng is right, our family is together!" Emperor Liang was very satisfied with King Xiang's words, and his face changed before the words fell, "Huh? No, what about Yun Xuan? ”

was asked by Emperor Liang like this, and everyone present looked around before remembering that Princess Yunxuan was the only one missing at the scene.

"Father! Erchen is here! ”

A string of silver bell-like voices came into the Lintoe Hall from not far away, Xuan Shaoning saw a woman running all the way, she didn't wear too much gold hairpin, her long ink-like hair kept swinging with her running, her eyebrows were like willows, her eyes were starry, her cherry lips were like apricots, and under her snow-white slender neck was a goose-yellow Luo shirt, with crisp breasts and a thin waist, and the girl's body was fragrant and quiet, which attracted people's attention. Xuan Shaoning asked himself if he had seen a beauty, Chu Hanqian and Qi Wantong were rare beauties, but Princess Yunxuan was not only beautiful but also innocent as a girl, which made Xuan Shaoning look stupid for a while, until this goose yellow ran in front of him, bypassed the main hall, climbed the stairs, and disappeared completely, and Xuan Shaoning was still stupid in place.

"My father is angry, it's not right for my son to come late!" Princess Yunxuan gasped and hurriedly knelt down to ask Emperor Liang for her guilt, and her plump breasts fell together. Her appearance immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.

Emperor Liang not only did not get angry, but said dotingly: "How can you say that you are also a princess, you can't lose your demeanor." Okay, for the sake of your fourth brother's return, I will let you go today. ”

Concubine Jingjia looked at Princess Yunxuan with a smile in her eyes, "I haven't thanked your father yet, it's normal for my daughter's family to dress up, not to mention our beautiful Princess Yunxuan, come to your father's side." ”

"Thank you father, thank you concubine!" Princess Yunxuan smiled, got up and came to Emperor Liang's side.

Xiao Yunxuan is the only daughter of Emperor Liang, sixteen years old, it is the age of flowers, her biological mother is Concubine Yun, one of the four concubines today, Xiao Yunxuan's appearance is very handsome like Concubine Yun when she was young, and both mother and daughter are very favored.

"Alright, the feast begins!"

As soon as Emperor Liang's words fell, the palace maid began to serve the food and wine like a swimming fish, until the palace maid put the wine and food on the banquet table in front of Xuan Shaoning, Xuan Shaoning came back to his senses, nodded a little blankly and thanked him, and the palace maid pursed her lips and smiled. In terms of appearance, the palace maid is not bad; The magnificence of the dishes on the long table was something Xuan Shaoning had never seen, but at this moment, his mind was completely not on these mundane things.

"Father" King Ling was the first to leave the table, "Today is the 50th birthday of my father, and my son has specially prepared a gift!" ”

"Yun Rui, it's the first one every year, what a gift, let me see!"

As soon as the king of Ling slapped his palm, there were four small servants who lifted a huge screen, about one and a half high, the screen was made of wood, and the picture was embroidered with landscapes, which was nothing special at first glance.

"Father, this screen is embroidered with the great mountains and rivers of our beams, it is not embroidered with ordinary thread, but the best craftsmen in Donglaiju used pure gold to spend three months to create the gold thread, this picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains is from the hand of Zhao Dongkang!"

"Zhao Dongkang? But Zhao Kangdong, the golden silk holy hand? Cai Quan couldn't help asking.

King Ling smiled arrogantly, "Cai Xiang is really well-informed, that's right, it is Zhao Kangdong, the golden silk saint!" ”

Emperor Liang looked at Cai Quan with a little doubt: "Cai Xiang also knows this person?" ”

Seeing Emperor Liang asking, Cai Quan stood up unhurriedly, and after making a salute, he said, "Weichen also heard rumors in the market that this person's embroidery skills are extraordinary, especially good at embroidering pictures with gold threads, and many eunuchs have asked him to do embroidery, but this person is a little high, and only talented and wealthy people will agree." ”

"Talented and wealthy?" Concubine Jingjia didn't understand a little.

"This first is the meaning of literature, and the second is the meaning of wealth." Cai Quan explained leisurely.

"I see!" Concubine Jingjia seemed to suddenly realize, "The King of Ling can ask this person to embroider this map of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, isn't it enough to prove the name of the King of Ling?" ”

Emperor Liang smiled with satisfaction, "Yun Rui has a heart, I like it very much, and I appreciate the twelve night pearls paid by the Southern Zhao Kingdom!" ”

"Thank you, Father!"

After the King of Ling thanked him with high spirits, the prince walked out, "Father, the gift of the son is much inferior to the seventh brother", saying that the prince took out a piece of paper from his arms, "Father, the son heard that Bai Yuting has a doctor named Mr. Wakaba, so he went to Annan Bai's house a few days ago, told this Mr. Wakaye about his father's body, and asked him to write a prescription. Erchen thinks that his father has a lot of opportunities and needs to take care of the dragon's body, and most of the imperial doctors in the palace are wise to protect their bodies, and they only hope that Mr. Wakaye's prescription can make his father live longer than Nanshan! ”

Xuan Shaoning faintly heard "Bai Yuting", and his heart moved, and the goose yellow dispersed, but it was replaced by Bai Luoyao's pure white, which made Xuan Shaoning uneasy, and he raised the wine cup in a panic and took a sip, but he didn't expect the wine to be strong, and he coughed hard.

King Ling, who had just walked back to his seat, saw the prince and took a prescription, and quipped: "My father's fiftieth birthday, the prince took such a piece of paper to congratulate him?" All the famous doctors of our Daliang are in the palace, so I'm afraid that Mr. Wakaba is in vain, how can such a Jianghu warlock's prescription be used casually by his father? ”

On such an occasion, King Ling's words made the prince very embarrassed, and the prince immediately blushed, and was about to refute, when he heard Xiao Yunxuan say: "Father, the son feels that the eldest brother has good intentions. First, all the imperial doctors in the palace do not seek merit but no fault; Second, the prince acted steadily, if he was not 100% sure, how could he easily give the prescription to his father? Only when the father emperor dragon is healthy, can there be thousands of miles of rivers and mountains! ”

Unexpectedly, although this Princess Yunxuan was young, she spoke so measuredly, skillfully resolving the embarrassment between the two princes.

"Yes, father, son-in-law also agrees with Yun Xuan. The prince has good intentions, although it is only a prescription, it is not lighter than the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains! King Xiang held the prince a hand, and did not forget to step on the king of Ling.

"Yun Xuan and Yun Sheng are right, I still believe in the prince, the prince is very pleased with his intentions, I will accept this prescription, and reward him with Tian Baiyu Ruyi!" Emperor Liang was also not annoyed by the dispute between Fang Cai's two sons.

"Thank you, Father!" The prince returned to the table satisfied.

"The fifth brother's birthday gift has always been the most thoughtful and the most brilliant every year, but I am not in a hurry to see it this year. On the contrary, I am curious about what birthday gift the fourth brother brings? "King Ling touched the head of the prince and suddenly pointed the finger at King Yu.