Chapter 54: The Banquet
Yang Lian knocked on the door outside, and heard a voice coming from inside, but no one came to open the door for a long time, and he didn't feel a little strange. However, he knew that women had always had many secrets, and after thinking about it, he stood outside the door and waited, never knocking again.
The knocking on the door stopped abruptly, Huairou pricked up her ears to listen, screamed, and said, "Ah, he's gone." ”
"Don't worry, princess, I'll go and see and stop him." The maid said.
Princess Huairou hurriedly pushed her, the maid nodded, hurriedly rushed to the door, opened the door, and saw Yang Lian standing with his hands in his hands, standing at the door and looking up at the sky. Yang Lian heard the sound of the door opening, looked back at her, couldn't help but smile, and said, "What about the county lord?" ”
The maid cried out "ah", and Princess Huairou hurriedly came over when she heard the voice, and shouted, "What's wrong?" Is he gone? ”
"Princess......," said the maid.
Yang Lian couldn't help but be stunned, princess? Huairou has become a princess? suddenly remembered that King Qi was already the emperor's younger brother, and the Tang Dynasty would be King Qi's in the future, although it was unreasonable for Huairou to be named a princess, but once King Qi ascended the throne, Huairou would be the eldest princess. Besides, Huairou has always been very much loved by Queen Zhong and the Son of Heaven, and it is reasonable to be named a princess.
When Yang Lian thought so, Princess Huairou muttered closer. Yang Lian looked intently and saw that Princess Huairou was wearing a lilac skirt, with a faint pink on her face, which was indescribably delicate and lovely. She was walking and sorting her clothes.
When she arrived at the door, Princess Huairou raised her head and saw Yang Lian, only to see Yang Lian looking at herself, her eyes were full of weirdness, she followed Yang Lian's gaze, and couldn't help screaming, it turned out that she had just come in a hurry, and the breast-length skirt was not tied, revealing half of her snow-white breasts.
"Ahh Princess Huairou screamed and hurriedly covered her chest with her hands.
Yang Lian also felt quite embarrassed, hurriedly turned around, and came out with an attitude of disrespect.
The maid hurriedly took a few steps back, closed the door of the house, tossed around the room with Princess Huairou for a while, got dressed, and then opened the door and walked out.
Yang Lian pretended to look up at the sky, he came on order, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen, which made him feel a little embarrassed. Hearing the footsteps, I turned around and saw that Princess Huairou had already been dressed, and the full-breasted skirt with Princess Huairou made people feel excited.
"Princess, this dress is really beautiful." Yang Lian pretended to smile easily.
Princess Huairou pursed her lips and asked casually, "Did it look good just now?" ”
Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, and replied casually: "It's good-looking." ”
Princess Huairou's face turned cold, thinking that this Yang Lian was really shameless. Her eyes widened, and she was about to get angry, but she suddenly remembered that she was going to become his wife in the future, and her aunt once said that men are all women who like gentleness, and Yang Lian will be no exception. I couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in my heart, what if I frightened him and openly resisted the order? I want to wait until this is done, and then I will give you a good look. Immediately, his face was as cold as ice and slowly melted.
Yang Lian saw that her face was red for a while, white for a while, and suddenly became full of smiles again, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and there were shallow dimples on the side, and she was holding a beautiful embryo.
"Princess, King Qi asked me to come and see you." As far as Yang Lian's heart is concerned, he naturally doesn't want to have too much intersection with Princess Huairou, after all, in Yang Lian's heart, this is the enemy. Although she has a very good relationship with Princess Yongxing.
Princess Huairou looked at him, her originally bright eyes suddenly dimmed, she gently rubbed the corners of her clothes with her hands, and said, "Why, if my father didn't call you, you wouldn't have come to see me?" ”
Yang Lian heard that her tone was a little wrong, and when she looked carefully, her eyes were full of grievances, and she hurriedly said: "No, I asked about King Qi, and I came here." ”
After all, Princess Huairou was so coaxing, and immediately her face was happy, and she smiled: "Really? ”
"Nature is true." Yang Lian smiled and nodded at the same time.
Princess Huairou's face suddenly improved a lot, and she immediately smiled: "You, what are you still standing outside?" Come in and talk. As he spoke, he told the maid to prepare tea.
Yang Lian walked into Princess Huairou's room and sat down in the hall, the inner room is Princess Huairou's boudoir, and the side room is where the maid lives.
"Young Master Yang, please drink tea." The maid said.
Yang Lian bowed his head slightly and said, "Thank you, girl." ”
Princess Huairou sat down on the side and said, "Yang Lian, you went to Kaifeng this time, but after walking for half a year, I, I heard that you are over there, it can be described as nine deaths, what happened?" "I wanted to say that I missed it, but when the words came to my mouth, I couldn't say it, after all, it was a woman.
Yang Lian didn't see it, just smiled slightly, and said: "This time in Kaifeng, it is indeed a life of nine deaths, but fortunately, I did not disgrace my life and formed an alliance with the Han State." ”
Princess Huairou didn't care about forming an alliance or not, and when she heard Yang Lian admit that she had died nine times, she hurriedly said, "What experience do you have, tell me quickly." ”
Yang Lian calculated the time, there is still a period of time to eat, anyway, he is idle and idle, so he will talk about the things in Kaifeng one by one, Princess Huairou followed Yang Lian's narration, a heart was sometimes nervous, sometimes relaxed, when she heard Yang Lian say that Liu Zhiyuan designed the poisonous dove ministers, and then blamed Yang Lian, she couldn't help clenching her fists.
"This Liu Zhiyuan is really bad." Princess Huairou concluded.
Yang Lian smiled slightly, it's no wonder Liu Zhiyuan, after all, if Yang Lian is in that position, I'm afraid the means will be more intense. It took half an hour before the matter was finished. After talking for a long time, Yang Lian felt that his mouth was dry, and he hurriedly picked up the tea and drank it.
Princess Huairou was still thinking about what Yang Lian said, thinking that this trip was really dangerous, and Yang Lian almost died. But now that he was in front of him intact, his heart was relieved again.
"Liu Zhiyuan is hateful, and those Wu Yue people are even more hateful!" Princess Huairou gritted her teeth.
Yang Lian smiled faintly, knowing that she remembered the matter of Wu Yue people, so she said: "Those hateful Wu Yue people, sooner or later I will definitely destroy them." ”
"That's for the best." Princess Huairou said.
The two chatted for a while, and a palace maid hurriedly came and said, "Princess, Young Master Yang, His Royal Highness King Qi is invited." ”
"Okay, let's get over it." Yang Lian said, stand up, the story is over, it's been half an hour here, it's time to go.
Princess Huairou also stood up and said, "Let's go." ”
The two of them walked one after the other towards the dining room. Along the way, they all had different thoughts, Yang Lian was thinking, now that Liu Yanzhen, the assassin of Hai and Chu, was placed by him, this position must be vacant, but how to get this position, you have to use your brains, although the King of Qi treats him well, but this matter cannot be rushed to express his position, otherwise it is very likely to be self-defeating.
But Princess Huairou was thinking, did he know about the emperor's marriage? If he knew that he was willing to come to the Qi Palace, the matter would definitely be decided. But if he didn't know, would he agree?
When thinking about things, time flies very quickly, and before they know it, the two of them have arrived at the dining room, and the dining room is already full of dishes, and you can smell the fragrance from a distance, which makes people salivate.
Yang Lian counted slightly, at least more than 20 dishes were put in, you must know that the people who ate were only three people.
Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, sat on the top, saw the two of them coming in, and said with a smile: "Yang Lian, Huairou, come and sit." ”
Yang Lian was a little hesitant, this seems to be King Qi's family banquet, where should he sit?
Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, smiled and said, "Come, Yang Lian, you sit here." "It was to his left.
At this time, Yang Lian was slightly stunned, and Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, said again: "Huairou, you sit here." He pointed to the right-hand side.
Princess Huairou walked over briskly and sat down on her right-hand side.
After a slight hesitation, Yang Lian also sat down on the left-hand side.
The dishes were all ready, Yang Lian smelled the fragrance and felt a little hungry.
Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, was very understanding, and said with a smile: "Yang Lian, this time you have returned with honors, this king simply put on a banquet for you to celebrate, you don't have to feel simple." ”
"King Qi's words are serious, how can Yang Lian be virtuous, everything is to serve the country, to serve His Majesty, and to serve King Qi." Yang Lian said, picked up the wine bottle, and said, "Yang Lian salutes King Qi with a glass." ”
"Good, good!" Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, knew Yang Lian's temper, so he didn't say much immediately, raised the wine bottle, and drank it all.
Princess Huairou said, "I want to drink it too." As she spoke, she raised the wine bottle, took a shallow sip, and immediately coughed, this wine was too spicy, she drank it for the first time.
Yang Lian smiled: "The princess drinks less and eats more vegetables." ”
"Yes, yes, Huairou, did you hear me? General Yang wants you to eat more vegetables. Li Jing, the king of Qi, put down the wine bottle and said with a smile.
Princess Huairou's face turned slightly red, thinking that it was caused by drinking.
King Qi and Yang Lian were drinking and chatting, Princess Huairou was eating slowly, seeing that the two were chatting hotly, and most of them were talking about national affairs, so they had to lower their heads to eat and drink.
After eating for half an hour, Yang Lian and King Qi were full of wine and food. As for Princess Huairou, she had already eaten enough, and she was bored for a while, so she retired early.
"King Qi, it's time for me to go." Yang Lian arched his hand towards Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, intending to leave, he still had something to do.
"Yang Lian, after returning to the inn, there is a good thing." Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, smiled.
"A good thing? What's good? Yang Lian asked strangely.
"It's a secret, you'll know when you go." Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, said with a smile.
Yang Lian nodded, knowing that King Qi refused to say it, so naturally he had his reasons, so he immediately surrendered his hand. The two eunuchs sent him to the door, and the guards had already brought Yang Lian's war horse, Yang Lian turned over his horse and ran towards the inn.
After drinking a lot, he went out, and was blown by the wind, and he was a little dizzy, Yang Lian slowed down, held the reins with both hands, and walked slowly. Halfway through, he saw a person blocking the intersection, Yang Lian felt that this person was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.
The person who came was Zhu Lingyun, he rode his horse and stood in the middle of the street, saw Yang Lian coming, snorted coldly, and said, "Yang Lian, you are so bold." ”
Yang Lian squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Lingyun, snorted, and said, "Good dogs don't get in the way." ”
"Bastard, who do you say is the dog?" Zhu Lingyun was furious.
"Whoever is my way is a dog." After Yang Lian looked at Zhu Lingyun carefully, he remembered, isn't this the dog in front of Li Hongji?
Zhu Lingyun clenched his fists angrily, seeing that Yang Lian looked drunk, he wanted to teach him a lesson, and felt that Zeng Yiling was in the hands of King Yan, and if Yang Lian came, he would look good sooner or later. At that time, it is not too late to take revenge, so why fight with him at this time? Immediately, he snorted coldly and said, "I was about to move forward, but I don't know that you are not in my way?" "I definitely refuse to block the way, otherwise I will be dismissed, how will I mix in Jinling City in the future?
Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, his gaze swept over Zhu Lingyun's face, snorted coldly, and continued to ride forward, as if he didn't see him.
Zhu Lingyun's face was very ugly, Yang Lian's war horse was taller than his, if Yang Lian really broke through, I am afraid that it would be himself who suffered, seeing that the distance was getting closer, Yang Lian did not have the slightest intention of reining in the horse, so he had to turn the horse's head and let Yang Lian walk over.
Yang Lian smiled back and said, "Obedient dogs are good dogs, come, I have two cents here to buy you a bone!" As he spoke, he really took out two pennies from his arms and flicked them towards Zhu Lingyun.
With the sound of the copper coin, Zhu Lingyun had to stretch out his hand and copy the two copper coins in his hand, and was about to ridicule each other, but Yang Lian had already gone away. Zhu Lingyun gritted his teeth, snorted coldly, and said, "The villain has the ambition, sooner or later you want to look good." With that, he rode his horse towards the Yan Wangfu.
At this time, in the Yanwang Mansion, Li Hongji was pacing, and he had just received the news that His Majesty actually wanted to marry Princess Huairou to Yang Lian. The little eunuch who came to report the news said that His Majesty had already written the holy decree and ordered Gao Ze to go and read the holy decree, which meant that Yang Lian became the master of the Tang Dynasty, which was already irretrievable.
As far as Li Hongji is concerned, he definitely doesn't want to see this kind of thing happen, if Yang Lian really marries Princess Huairou, Yang Lian's relationship with King Qi is one step closer, and he is bound to serve King Qi with all his heart, so that it will be more difficult for Li Hongji to snatch the position of prince from King Qi.
In addition, Li Hongji has always felt that Yang Lian is the old prince of the previous dynasty, if he really becomes a relative of the emperor, I am afraid that with his means, the country of the Tang Dynasty, maybe a few years, maybe more than ten years, will be surnamed Yang, not surnamed Li.
Li Hongji would never allow such a thing to happen, so he felt that he had to prevent such a reply from happening, but what should he do? Go to Your Majesty to take back the decree? However, in terms of time, it is very likely that Yang Lian has received the holy decree, and there is no joke, and it seems unlikely that the holy decree will be withdrawn.
So, what else can be done to annul this marriage? Li Hongji thought hard for a long time, but never found a way, he was like an ant on a hot pot, sweating in a hurry, but he didn't know what to do. At this time, Zhu Lingyun came in with anger.
"It's really unreasonable, this Yang Lian is really too arrogant." As soon as Zhu Lingyun came in, he muttered.
Li Hongji listened, and asked, "General Zhu, what happened?" ”
"I met Yang Lian just now, and this person is now arrogant, which is really angry." Zhu Lingyun said.
Li Hongji was stunned for a moment and said, "What, you met Yang Lian just now?" ”
Zhu Lingyun nodded and said, "Exactly." ”
Li Hongji suddenly became excited, and it seemed that there was still a chance, so he immediately walked through the door to meet his father. (To be continued.) )