Chapter 211: Palace Banquet
The summer solstice is not coming, the summer has arrived, the branches under the tiles, the sound of insects and ants is everywhere, the warm breeze is slow under the night, and the smoke makes people's sweat seep out finely. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In Jialing City, the night market is not dispersed, and the curfew does not stop, just because tonight is the birthday of the Tang Dynasty.
After dinner, the idle people sat in the tea shop in twos and threes, guessing what kind of grandeur the palace should be, but any of them knew some of the people in the palace on errands, and all of them became the object of the rest of the people's questions, and the latter was also proudly and unusually saying some hearsay.
At this moment, in the palace where countless people are talking, the corridor is full of lanterns, and the pearl and jade pot are hung in the palace pavilion, which is bright and bright, and the dark night is driven away.
Chaotian Palace, strings and music, long sleeves dancing, pretty years are colorful, Miaoman's posture is pitiful, it is really pleasing to the eye.
On the high platform, Tang Huang was dressed in a soap-colored flying dragon suit, and his index finger was lightly buckled on the low table full of delicacies, obviously very satisfied with the performance in front of him.
Under the high platform, on both sides sat the king of Tangling, Li Mengxiao's sister and brother, Li Feng's brother and sister, Li Yunying in a green skirt, and a white-clothed boy with a childish face and dark eyes staring around the palace, Li Han.
This palace banquet is really a family banquet.
After a dance, the dancer's long-sleeved dance style left, Tang Huang glanced at His Royal Highness, and said with a little regret, "If it weren't for the seventh brother who couldn't pull away, he would have gathered ......."
When the words fell, Li Fengge got up and saluted, "Please also ask the Holy God to forgive your sins, spring is coming to an end, the sky is getting hotter and hotter, and soon it will be the festival of endless rain, and Xinyang is on the bank of the Wujiang River, and my father has to make preparations as soon as possible, so as not to cause water conservancy wrecks and floods to take advantage of the situation and make the people suffer." ”
"Alas, the seventh brother has also suffered all these years."
Emperor Tang raised the jade cup in his hand, "Since your father is not here, then you will drink this cup of wine for him." ”
"Li Fengge thanked the saint for his father."
After drinking the elixir, Li Fengge took out a carved sandalwood box from his side and presented his hands to his chest, "Holy Lord, this is a congratulatory gift brought by Father Ling Fengge." ”
Zhang Lishi, who was waiting to pour wine for the Tang Emperor, hurriedly trotted down the steps, took the sandalwood box from Li Feng's singer, and carefully handed it to the Tang Emperor.
In the sandalwood box, there are several brushes of different sizes, the pen barrel is white and warm, and a flying dragon hovers over it, shining brightly, like jade but not jade.
"My father knew that the saint was fond of pen and ink, so he specially ordered someone to make this set of compilation pens, the pen body was made of the bones of strange beasts in the Wujiang River, and the hair was made of the feathers of the bird's abdomen."
Hearing this, Emperor Tang laughed heartily, "This thing is very happy for me, and I will thank you for my good life with your father after you reply to Xinyang." ”
"Father, the son has also prepared a congratulatory gift."
As if afraid that the limelight would be robbed, Li Ze stood up in a panic, perhaps because he was too anxious, and almost bumped into the low case in front of him.
Seeing Li Ze like this, Li Mengxiao, who was whispering to Li Ming, couldn't help but show a hint of reproach in his eyes, and his slender jade hand helped him pull the wrinkled two-color golden dragon through the cloud big green robe, "Brother Ze, why are you so careless?" ”
"It's okay, I'm very curious about the emperor's gift."
With the words of the Tang Emperor, Li Ze naughtily stuck out his tongue at Li Mengxiao, and then took out two words from sitting down, "As the king of a country, the entire Tang Dynasty is in the pocket of the father, so the son feels that whether it is gold, silver, jewelry or jade playthings, they are all owned by the father, and he cannot express the joy in the heart of the son. ”
The immature face was flushed, obviously this passage had been recited for a long time, and now Li Ze also finished speaking in one breath, and the nervousness and excitement on his little face could not be erased.
On the side, Zhang Lishi took the two words, and opened them quite carefully, and the rice paper on the blue cloud brocade side was written on the eight big characters that Li Zegang said 'Blessing and Tianqi, longevity without borders', although the font is not as good as the master's work, but it also has a bit of charm.
"His Royal Highness the prince is really a good handwriting."
Zhang Lishi, who was the first to see the words, smiled and said softly, and later summoned two little eunuchs to unfold the words to everyone.
Seeing this character, Tang Huang laughed again, "Well, Ze'er's character has grown a lot, I like it very much!" ”
Hearing Emperor Tang's words, Li Zeyuan's fat little face showed an extremely happy smile, and after sitting down happily, he actually picked up the wine in the cup and drank it all.
"His Royal Highness!"
Li Ze's move shocked Zhang Lishi blurted out, Li Ze is only a seven-year-old boy, although his wine is potpourri and is not easy to get drunk, but seeing him drink so much, Zhang Lishi is still quite worried.
On the high platform, Emperor Tang stroked his beard with a smile, "It's okay, since you're happy, let him go." ”
Later, Li Yunying and the others all sent carefully prepared gifts, and even Liu Han, who was ignorant and ignorant, presented a few spiritual grasses that he had brought to him.
And the king of Tanglin always sat there quietly, pouring himself a drink.
Everyone's eyes also fell on the body of the Tanglin King, the brotherhood between the Tanglin King and the Tang Emperor is known to everyone, and tonight's birthday is also organized by the Tanglin King himself, so the people in the palace all want to see what kind of rare treasure the Tanglin King has prepared.
As if sensing the gazes cast from all directions, King Tanglin put down the blue and white embryonic peony pot that was about to pour wine, and looked around with a smile, "As Ze'er said, the world belongs to the imperial brother, so the imperial brother I have not been sure what kind of thing to choose to meet the monarch of the imperial brother, which is really distressing." ”
A joke drew a burst of laughter from the rest.
Shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, King Tanglin said with a little rogue, "Everything in the world belongs to the imperial brother, why don't you give me one thing?" ”
With a smile on his lips, Emperor Tang immediately responded, "The emperor's brother and I have a deep brotherhood, as long as it is what you want, I will give it to you." ”
Picking up the jade cup, shaking the lean and clear wine in the cup slightly, and turning on the reflected light, the king of Tanglin said with a smile, "Why don't you send this Tang Dynasty to me?" ”
As soon as these words came out, all four were shocked!
Just when the rest of the people thought that the king of Tanglin was just joking, a figure hurriedly ran into the hall, "The Holy Forgiveness, the Beijing Division has changed, the forbidden army and the flying armor have rebels, and even the Dongfeng Guard stationed outside the city has also rebelled and is attacking Xihua Gate!"
"Dangchang!"
On the high platform, the jade cup fell to the ground and was shattered.
Emperor Tang showed a chill on his face, "Fourteenth brother, this is the birthday gift you gave me?" ”
King Tanglin stood up slowly, still holding the wine cup in his hand, took a sip and said leisurely, "I'm for the Tang Dynasty." ”
With such a scene, Li Yunying said very anxiously, "Fourth brother, fourteenth brother, isn't it enough for brothers to kill each other once!" ”
"Eighth sister, you leave with the others first, and I promise you that I will not take his life."
Throwing the cup out casually, King Tanglin bowed slightly, "Yes, Eighth Sister, you take someone away, there are some things that are convenient for the two of us to talk about, if I win tonight, I will definitely not kill him." ”
Anger flashed in her beautiful eyes, and Li Yunying flicked her Yunshui sleeve robe angrily, "What happened back then is enough to sin deeply, so you can do it yourself!" ”
After that, Li Yunying led Liu Han and walked out, Li Fengge bowed, his eyes turned different, and he chased after Li Ming, who had already brought pear blossoms and rain.
The frightened Li Mengxiao sisters and brothers were reluctant to leave, but they were swept by the angry eyes of Emperor Tang, and they only reluctantly left the hall with worry in their hearts.
Everyone retreated, and in the main hall, the lights in the bronze lamp were burning quietly, shining on the figures of the monarch and the minister, the two blood brothers who had shared hardships and hardships.
"I'm afraid I would never have thought that you would rebel against the fourteenth brother!"
There was uncontrollable anger in Tang Huang's words, his chest was rising and falling, and it was obvious that he was trying his best to suppress the anger that was about to erupt.
As if he was not affected by the anger of the Tang Emperor at all, the smile on the pale face of the Tanglin King did not retreat, and he reached out to stroke the tips of the hair hanging down from his temples, and the long hair that should have been black had a silver frost color at some point.
"Hehe, Brother Huang, you have been in charge of the Tang Dynasty for 20 years, for 20 years, my hair has turned white in the past 20 years, but where is the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty! Back then, you were high-spirited and eager to swallow thousands of miles, but after sitting on the throne, you became more and more timid, and even the small lower courtyard of the worship courtyard could not be really used for you, and the corrupt officials also turned a blind eye, let alone reappeared in the prosperous era of Zhenguan! You have been living in the dream of thinking that the world is peaceful and benevolent, can't you see that Datang is becoming worse and worse than before! ”
Perhaps he was too excited, and the King of Tanglin couldn't stop coughing, and a trace of blood flowed down the corner of his mouth.
On the high platform, Emperor Tang's face was gloomy as frost, extremely terrifying, "This is the reason for your rebellion?" ”
"Is that enough! The Tang Dynasty has been passed down from generation to generation, and I can't watch it destroy in your hands! ”
Panting, a strange flush appeared on the pale face of the Tanglin King, and the whole person couldn't stop trembling.
A trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, and Emperor Tang slowly spoke, "In the first battle of the year, the blood flowed like a river, and the three emperor brothers died in battle, and now only his grandson Han'er is left in this vein; Lao Qi and I are both a pair of children; The eighth sister is still unmarried because of Liu Han; And the fourteenth brother, you have been infected for many years because of saving me, and you have no heirs, my Tang bloodline is withering, why do you bother, if the fourteenth brother you care about this throne, I can let you, as I just said, as long as you open your mouth, I will give up anything. ”
After saying this, both of them fell silent, as if they remembered that night, the night when they lost and gained but never wanted to remember again.
After a long time, King Tanglin wiped the blood stains on the side of his mouth with his cuffs, and his face was full of a wry smile, "Over the years, I have often said to myself to wait, maybe Brother Huang, you are in the next big game of chess, and the layout always takes time, but twenty years have passed, I really can't wait, and I don't have much time, so I have to take this risk." ”
The words are bleak and helpless.
Emperor Tang's grief was even worse than before, and he was silent for a long time, sitting there, as if he was petrified.
"Alas......"
After a while, Emperor Tang lamented, "I do have the expectations of the public, think about it carefully, there are many deficiencies in these years, maybe I am old, I always think about the way of peace, but I have forgotten the truth of not breaking and not standing." ”
After lamenting, Emperor Tang raised his head and looked at the King of Tangling, "But even if I have a lot of wrongs, the fourteenth brother, you should not have fornicated with the Xiongnu to go south, let alone colluded with Liu Han's people to kill my ancestor of the Li family." ”
"Ahem...... How could I do such a thing...... Hugh is going to talk nonsense...... Ahem......"
King Tanglin coughed again, and his whole body trembled even more, it was obvious that he did not believe what Emperor Tang said.
On the high platform, Emperor Tang took out the secret letter from his arms and threw it to His Royal Highness, "This is the secret letter of Liu Xi's fornication with the Huns, and the seal on it is only qualified to be used by my prince of the Tang Dynasty, could it be that I have wronged you!" ”
Picking up the letter, after King Tanglin glanced at it, his face changed greatly, and a violent cough followed, "This seal is true, but this letter is definitely my doing, colluding with the Huns, wouldn't it lead the wolf into the house!" ”
After saying this, the king of Tanglin was stunned, and the Tang emperor was also shocked, because in addition to the king of Tangling, the prince of the Tang Dynasty was left with the king of Zhenxi, who guarded Xinyang City.
At this moment, a group of armor soldiers rushed into the main hall, their armor was dark, and the long sword in their hands was as cold as the ice moon, and the leader was Li Fengge, who had left earlier.
"This letter is my work, and it has nothing to do with my father."