"Steward Liu, how are the dishes prepared at the birthday banquet, and there are also utensils and wine, there must be no mistakes!" The sun had just risen, and Li Xiu asked loudly to the princess mansion steward beside him as he walked. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Li Saijiu, please rest assured, everything is ready, and the villain has specially checked it himself, and there will be no mistakes!" In order to keep up with Li Xiu's footsteps, Steward Liu, who was wide and fat, had to drag his fat body forward quickly, and all the sweat on his head was oil.

"Very good, all the wine and food at the birthday banquet will be contracted to you, if something goes wrong, I will ask you!" Li Xiu said very seriously, Ma Ye is not there, although the princess's mansion is in charge, but it still needs a person who coordinates the overall situation, so Li Xiu came to the princess's mansion two days in advance to serve as the coordinator of the entire birthday banquet.

Steward Liu immediately agreed when he heard this, turned around and ran back to the kitchen to prepare to count again, and then Li Xiu inspected the preparations on the side of the hall, as well as the choreography of singing and dancing, the preparation of security, etc., although all aspects of things do not need him to do it himself, but he needs to coordinate from it, he has been busy from morning to night every day for the past two days, and he has not even had time to drink saliva.

"Li sacrificial wine, the princess brought you a sour plum soup to relieve the heat, you can sit down and rest for a while!" At this moment, I suddenly saw the helmet walking out of the hall with a tray, today is the birthday of Princess Pingyang, although the guests have not yet arrived, but Princess Pingyang has come to the hall early to wait, and today's weather is also extraordinarily hot, the wind is hot in the early morning.

Li Xiu was indeed hot and thirsty at this time, and immediately took the sour plum soup and drank it all, this sour plum soup was chilled in ice, it was extremely cold and delicious, a bowl went down to the heat, Li Xiu put the bowl back after drinking and said with a smile: "It's really comfortable, is there ice in the hall, the weather is too hot today, there are so many guests sitting in the hall, it must not be hot to them." ”

"Don't worry, it's not the first time the princess has a birthday, the housekeepers know it, and you don't have to worry about anything!" At this time, the helmet persuaded with a smile, Li Xiu's busy feet did not touch the ground these days, and even the princess felt a little distressed, of course she didn't say it, but as the princess's personal maid, the helmet naturally knew the princess's mind better than anyone else.

"Well, I know, but Ma Ye was at home before, as long as he was in charge, there would generally be no trouble, but now that he is not at home, my sacrificial wine does not have the prestige of Ma Ye, so I can only worry a little more!" Li Xiu smiled at this time, although prestige is something that cannot be seen, but sometimes it is very useful, but unfortunately he does not have the prestige of Ma Ye, so he can only use this most difficult method.

The helmet saw that he couldn't persuade Li Xiu, so he didn't say anything at the moment, and entered the hall again with a tray, in fact, Li Xiu also wanted to enter the hall to chat with Princess Pingyang, and by the way, he could also eat some fruit or something, but in order to let Princess Pingyang have a happy birthday, he could only give up these temptations.

In fact, Princess Pingyang did not invite many guests, most of them were her brothers and sisters, and there were also some friends and the like, but her father was the current emperor's majesty, and she was the most favored of all the princes and princesses, so many ministers in the court also sent congratulatory gifts, even if no one arrived, the gifts would be delivered, and Princess Pingyang would not accept it.

It is precisely because of this that from near noon, the gate of the princess's courtyard began to be in an endless stream, and the guests took the carriage to the door and got off, and then Li Xiu stepped forward to greet them, and arranged for someone to lead them into the hall and sit down, and at the same time instructed people to enter the guests' gifts and carriages through the side door, the whole process was very formulaic and boring, but it made Li Xiu know a lot of people.

It is worth mentioning that many guests have long heard of Li Xiu's fame, and when they saw him in person, they were also very surprised by his youth, and many unmarried aristocratic girls secretly sent him Qiubo, which made Li Xiu very helpless, and it was sometimes not a good thing to be too handsome.

When it was noon, seeing that the banquet was about to start, and the guests who came were finally few, Li Xiu rubbed his smiling face, and was about to take a break and drink some water, but he didn't expect to see a group of people coming in the distance, and when these people approached, Li Xiu found that it was the prince Li Jiancheng who was the leader, and there were Li Yuanji and other princes and other people behind him, as well as several carriages, which were estimated to be the families of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji.

Seeing Li Jiancheng coming, Li Xiu had to sigh secretly and greet him, since the last time they met in the East Palace, he had never seen each other again, and it was really a little embarrassing to see him now.

However, in contrast, Li Jiancheng behaved very naturally, and even took the initiative to greet Li Xiu: "I didn't expect Li Xijiu to greet you outside the door in person, since the last goodbye, I also miss you very much!" ”

"Your Royal Highness is too polite, the princess is entertaining guests in the palace, the prince is invited to come in!" Li Xiu said a little embarrassed, and then stretched out his hand to invite Li Jiancheng and the others to go in, Li Jiancheng didn't say anything about it, and walked towards the main hall in the courtyard at the moment, but Li Yuanji looked up at him when he walked by Li Xiu's side, but he didn't say anything, if it wasn't for Princess Pingyang's birthday, he was still grounded, and today he was allowed to go out as an exception.

Li Jiancheng, the prince, is here, and there are no too important guests left, and Li Xiu doesn't need to stand at the door anymore, and the weather is hot at noon, even if he stands still, he can sweat, what's worse is that the society of Datang is not allowed to wear shorts, not to mention how hot it is in a robe, and the clothes on Li Xiu's back are soaked, so he also followed Li Jiancheng into the main hall and found a seat to sit down and cool down for a while.

Princess Pingyang saw Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji brothers come in, and immediately stood up to greet each other, and then the two brothers and sisters sat in the hall and talked, this is the main hall, and the sitting are some male guests, and the female guests are all sent to the side hall, and when the birthday banquet begins, Princess Pingyang will go to the side hall to greet them, as for the main hall here, it should have been Chai Shao to greet the guests, but because of well-known reasons, Chai Shao has never appeared, so every year here is Li Yuan or Li Jiancheng to greet the guests.

Originally, Li Yuan was also coming, but yesterday he suddenly sent someone to inform him that he could not come, it seemed that there was a drought in Shandong, and there were some small changes in the battle situation on the Tuyuhun side, Li Yuan really couldn't be separated, so he could only say sorry to his daughter, but his gifts were sent, including a few excellent peonies sent by Luoyang, Princess Pingyang was also very happy when she saw it, and she didn't pay much attention to other more expensive gifts.

Princess Pingyang chatted with Li Jiancheng for a while, and then asked him to entertain guests for herself, and then went to the side hall, and when she left, she also saw Li Xiu sitting in the corner, and she couldn't help but smile at the moment, and then turned to leave.

Princess Pingyang left, Li Jiancheng immediately announced the start of the birthday banquet, and the various dishes that had been prepared long ago were also sent like flowing water, at this time Li Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, he only managed to receive guests with this sacrificial wine, and the task of entertaining guests had been handed over to the prince, and then he just needed to eat with peace of mind.

However, Li Xiu obviously thought too simply, just after he had eaten a few bites, suddenly a steward of the princess's mansion sneaked in and found Li Xiu and reported in a low voice: "Sacrificial wine, there are two more guests outside, but they have a special identity, and the villain does not dare to call the shots, so please go and deal with the sacrificial wine!" ”

"What kind of guests, can't you just let them in?" Li Xiu said a little unhappily, from opening his eyes to now, he didn't even bother to eat breakfast, and now he is tired and hungry, of course he doesn't want to go out with so many delicacies in front of him.

"Sacrificial wine, the identities of these two people are really hard to say, and we don't dare to alarm the princess, so we can only call the shots!" The steward said with a bitter face at this time, they were also forced to come to Li Xiu in desperation.

Seeing that this steward was about to cry, Li Xiu had to sigh secretly, and then stuffed a few mouthfuls of food very unimaged, took a chicken leg and hid it in his sleeve, and gnawed while walking out of the palace gate, no matter how bitter he was, anyway, the guests were already in the hall, and he didn't have to worry about being seen by others.

Before Li Xiu could walk to the gate of the courtyard, he heard a violent quarrel at the door, and the loudest one was a child, which made him a little curious, and after a few bites of chicken legs, he strode over.

When he saw the situation outside the door, Li Xiu was surprised, only to see a few carriages parked outside the door, and a group of people standing next to the car, led by two children, the older one of them was seven or eight years old, but with an arrogant expression, he pointed to the subordinates who stopped them in front of the door and scolded loudly: "You guys hurry up and get out of the way, otherwise my father will come and you will look good!" ”

"What's the matter, whose child is this so arrogant?" Seeing this scene in front of the door, Li Xiu did not rush up, but grabbed the steward who had just informed him and asked in a low voice, A bear child like this happens to be the most difficult to deal with, and he has a lot of eyes and can't see him in general, so it's best to inquire about the situation first.

"This ......" The steward was also embarrassed at this time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Sacrificial wine, these two children are Huo Guogong's concubines!" ”

"Who is Huo Guogong?" Li Xiu didn't react for a while and asked, he really didn't know that Chai Shao was named Huo Guogong.

"Naturally, it's firewood...... General Chai is here! The steward spoke again, he wanted to say Chai Shao, but he changed his mouth again, because Chai Shao's name and title were a taboo in the house, and Ma Ye had expressly forbidden anyone to mention it before.

"What's going on? Chai Shao didn't come, but he sent his two sons? Li Xiu couldn't help scratching his head when he heard this, didn't he make trouble for himself, the two children are here, do you say to let in or not? (To be continued.) )