Chapter 186: Mid-Autumn Festival Family Banquet
When Yang Guang came to the rooftop, he saw his mother Dugu Jialuo holding the hand of his eldest sister Yang Lihua with a smile, and sitting side by side under the corridor on the south side of the courtyard and talking affectionately. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Seeing Yang Guang coming in, Dugu Jialuo beckoned to him and motioned for him to come close to him and speak.
"Ah Zong, when I was in the front palace today, I also said to my mother that the eldest sister probably won't enter the palace tonight to participate in this Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, Lihua, you don't know, how happy my mother is to see you coming." Dugu Jialuo pointed at Yang Guang and said to Yang Lihua, who was sitting beside him.
"Mother, the daughter is not filial, and she has also asked her parents to greet her on weekdays, yesterday she was sent by her mother to call, and today she came to invite her fifth sister in person, if her daughter doesn't come again, won't it be in vain for her parents to raise their daughter?" Yang Lihua spoke in a light tone, as if there was something in the words.
"Mother, the eldest sister promised me on the way here that she would move to my house and live with me in the future." Yang Awu shouted in a crisp voice.
"Fifth sister, that's the eldest sister coaxing you to play." Yang Jun, the king of Qin, who was sitting not far from Yang Awu's side, teased her with a wicked smile on his face, "With the second brother here, how can the eldest sister come to live in your mansion?" ”
Yang Awu pursed his mouth and said to Yang Jun dissatisfiedly: "Third brother, you are talking nonsense. Besides, the second brother will leave Beijing and go to Bingzhou in a short time, and when he leaves, what is the point of the eldest sister staying in the second brother's mansion alone, and then he will move in with me, and they can be companions to each other. ”
"A few days ago, my third brother and I came to invite the second brother to go out of the city to hunt, but we couldn't make the trip, tonight I took the opportunity of the eldest sister to enter the palace, and the younger brother wanted to try the archery with the second brother on the spot, so as to cheer everyone up, please allow the queen mother." Yang Xiu, the king of Yue, who was sitting side by side with Yang Jun, immediately stood up, bowed to Dugu Jialuo, and said.
"On a good full moon night, your eldest sister rarely enters the palace once, so there is no reason to try any archery?" Dugu Jialuo seemed to have eaten through Yang Xiu's thoughts, raised his eyebrows, and replied, "If you brothers really respect the eldest sister, you can come over and persuade her to drink a few more cups according to the eldest child, and it is better than dancing with a knife and shooting arrows without stopping for a moment!" ”
Yang Liang, the king of Han, who was sitting at the end of the prince's column, responded to his mother first, stood up with a wine bottle in his hand, and was about to come over to toast Yang Lihua when he left the seat, but was stopped by Yang Xiu.
"The queen mother, the sons didn't dare to sweep the interest of the queen mother and the eldest sister, they just wanted to play a game with the second brother, compete for a lottery, and add fun to the family banquet. How about it, second brother, you have been learning archery with Changsun Sheng for a few months, and now you won't even be able to pull a bow, right? Yang Xiu's fat body stood in front of Yang Liang, staring at Yang Guang with a provocative gaze, and said.
Dugu Jialuo since Yang Guang was allowed to open a government office, he was entangled by Yang Jun and Yang Xiu brothers every day and had a headache, although he liked that several sons were rushing to serve the court and share the worries for his parents, but he was worried that his sons would lose the harmony between the brothers because of this, so he never refused Yang Jun and Yang Xiu's request to go out of the town in person, but in the future, the court needs him to serve for a long time, and there are still many opportunities to prevaricate and shirk. In front of all his brothers and sisters, he openly shouted at Yang Guang.
"If you say this palace, do you just think it's a deaf ear?" Dugu Jialuo had a gloomy face and asked Yang Xiudao coldly, hoping that the most restless fourth son could stop here and stop being wrong.
Yang Xiu was holding back his strength, and wanted to compete with Yang Guang on the spot in front of the family tonight, and when he heard his mother's questioning, instead of retreating, he took an arrow that had been pulled out from the hands of the servants behind him, held it in his hand, and showed it to Dugu Jialuo, and defended himself in his mouth: "The eldest sister of vocal music and dance in Chang'an Palace is also tired of watching it in the past, queen mother, you see, the son has ordered someone to pull out the arrows of these arrows, purely to help the queen mother and eldest sister with the second brother, you ......"
Yang Guang stood aside, looking at Yang Xiu's expression of ambition, and couldn't help but recall that just a few days ago, he and Yang Xiu came to the door to find him to go out of the city to Zhongnan Mountain to hunt, but they were drunk in his own mansion by the Turkic prince, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart: Just rely on you as a defeated general under Dye Gan, am I still afraid of you?
"Queen mother, since the fourth brother has even prepared arrows, the son is bold, please ask the queen mother to agree, let the son and the fourth brother compare a few arrows to help the wine." Yang Guang's heart of strength rose, so he also asked Dugu Jia Luo Shili.
"Nonsense!" Dugu Jialuo couldn't bear it anymore, and scolded sharply, "If you two want to compete in archery, get out of the palace for me, and find a place to compete alone, Hugh has to make noise here!" ”
"Haha, the queen is slow and angry, according to me, the two children will shoot a few arrows each in the Tiantai courtyard, and it is not too much to compete with each other. It's Lihua, who will probably feel happy when she sees the improvement in her brothers' archery skills. ”
Everyone followed the sound and looked at the gate of the Tiantai Courtyard, only to see Yang Jian, accompanied by the crown prince Yang Yong, walking in quickly.
It turned out that Yang Jian heard the news that his eldest daughter Yang Lihua entered the palace to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet in the Wude Palace, and he was also overjoyed.
Seeing Yang Jian coming, everyone in the courtyard stood up and saluted Yang Jian.
"Your Majesty!" Dugu Jialuo also slowly stood up with everyone, and reminded her husband with resentment, "Today is the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, and it is rare for Lihua to enter the palace......"
Yang Jian raised a hand, signaling that his beloved wife did not need to say anything to dissuade him, approached Yang Xiu's side unhurriedly, and asked him with a smile: "What are you going to do?" ”
Although Yang Xiu is usually arrogant, and even dares to protest in front of the queen mother, who is known for her strictness, but in front of his father, who has always had a reputation for fear of guilt, he can't have the courage to come.
"You can't say an order, it's rare for your eldest sister to get together with her parents and siblings today, so you might as well go to your eldest sister to set an order, and the two of you will compare on the spot according to this order, how about it?" Yang Jian still smiled and instructed Yang Xiudao.
Yang Xiu agreed dumbfoundedly, and sure enough, she walked up to Yang Lihua, bowed to her and saluted: "Please ask the eldest sister to set the order, and the brothers will test the archery according to the order." ”
According to the rules of the royal feast, whoever sets the rules of the game during the banquet is not only honorable, but also usually has to give some prize to the winner of the game. At this time, Dugu Jialuo vaguely guessed the deep meaning of her husband's permission for her two sons to compete in archery on the spot: he wanted to take this opportunity to integrate Yang Lihua into the warm atmosphere of family reunion, and at the same time, he also deliberately highlighted that Yang Lihua's identity was different from that of ordinary princes and princesses, and comforted Yang Lihua a little.