On the first day of the first month of the third year of the Great Song Dynasty (1130), the snowy night was long.

Listening to the drums outside the door, when Mo Yue had just passed, Wang Huang, the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, also got up and walked out of the warm pavilion, and went straight to the burnt study, ready to take a nap before going to the court.

The Zhengdan Festival on the first day of the first lunar month has always been extremely important, because the activities to be held on this day are related to the official fortunes of many people in the coming year, and it is absolutely impossible to take it lightly.

It's just that while Wang Hao was walking, he was looking at the snowflakes that were falling outside by candlelight from under the eaves of the porch, and reached out to take a few pieces, that is, the adult's little fingernails were big, and they were melted by the heat when they started, and they couldn't help but think of an interesting thing, so they also smiled.

Seeing this, a middle-aged man behind him couldn't help but ask curiously, "Father, what interesting story did you think of?" ”

Wang Hao nodded, and said while searching: "Cheng'er can know that yesterday afternoon, the secretary Cheng Lu Siqian was sitting in the middle palace (on duty on holidays), chatting with people with broken mouths, and he also said something. said that in the past, hundreds of officials wanted to congratulate the prince or the prince, calling it a thousand years old, and now the long emperor Ji is in the court, I don't know if it is appropriate to call a thousand years old. ”

The middle-aged man who was called by Wang Hao as a young man is naturally none other than Wang Yanei, who was cleaned up by Huang Jie back then, and now he looks old, and his beard under his chin is almost a foot long, although he is only in his early thirties, but it is not bad for him to say that he is a middle-aged man.

Hearing Wang Huang's rare gossip with him, Wang Cong also listened carefully, and frowned when he heard the words: "If you follow the ancient etiquette, whether the princess is married or not, she can't call a thousand years old." There is also the matter of the eldest princess of the court who is in charge of the country saying long live, but this dynasty has never heard of it, that Lu Siqian is really broken-mouthed, and he is afraid that he will cause something wrong if he talks like this. ”

In general, there are not many activities in this Zhengdan court meeting, that is, the court will hold ceremonial activities for hundreds of officials to congratulate the emperor and the queen of the internal and external orders, and at the same time, the prince, the prince and their concubines will also congratulate the emperor and the queen mother respectively.

And then the crown prince naturally has to accept the congratulations of the hundred officials, and the prince, the kings and the prince (here is the imperial grandson designated by the next generation) are naturally eligible to accept the congratulations of the hundred officials to call a thousand years old. However, the regulations of the Song Dynasty are also strict, and "Chitose" is a rule, whether it is for the prince or for the kings, they are called "Chitose", not "Chitose Chitose" or "Three Thousand Years Old", "Five Thousand Years Old", "Eight Thousand Years Old", such titles are basically the names of the Ming and Qing dynasties after the Yuan and Meng, for example, the famous "Nine Thousand Years Old" Wei Zhongxian belongs to this list.

In the formal etiquette, whether it is a princess or an eldest princess, or an emperor, the eldest emperor, can not be called a thousand years old, only when the queen of the dynasty (and the queen mother has to be in the reign) can be called "a thousand years old", and the queen mother because "the mother is more expensive than the son", so she must be called "long live".

As for the various "Chitose" and "Chitose" in Huang Jieqi's dream in the middle and later generations, they are naturally all made up!

After being cleaned up by Huang Jie back then, only he knew whether Wang Yanei had changed his mind or not, but as Wang Hao was increasingly used in the new dynasty (that is, Zhao Fujin), he also grew up, although he had no official position, he served diligently in the palace, and now he is very favored by Wang Hao.

So even if his answer was not very satisfactory to Wang Hao, Wang Hao did not reprimand him, and said with a smile: "Whoever says no, naturally he is in trouble!" Yesterday afternoon, the eldest emperor summoned him to the ban, and when he left the palace for his father, he still didn't hear from him. But how can this Lu Siqian say that he is also a descendant of Lu Jianyi, and he will not be guilty of this, or embarrass him, I am afraid that there should be many self-righteous people tonight, but they are thinking about what to call tomorrow morning, do you say ridiculous? ”

When Wang Cong heard this, he also smiled and said, "What my father said is that this matter is really ridiculous. ”

But Wang Hao suddenly stopped, turned around and asked, "Yes!" Cong'er is talking, what should I call tomorrow? Is it long live? Or is it better to call Chitose? ”

Where could Wang Hao detect Wang Hao's return to the horse pistol, he was immediately stunned, and saw Wang Hao's eyes staring directly at him, and when he was nervous, he actually saw sweat on his forehead in the snowy night, and stumbled and replied: "This is ...... Child...... Also...... I don't know what to do......"

Wang Hao looked at Wang Cong's appearance, squinted his eyes slightly, but nodded quietly. Speaking of which, Wang Cong's performance is also in line with his expectations, and it is also the performance he wants to see, if Wang Cong just listened to this question and answered without thinking, it can be called "Chitose" or "Long live", but Wang Hao will be even more disappointed, because Wang Cong is still brainless even now!

Wang Hao used to be a very popular minister, and after several ups and downs, he naturally understands that a person is not afraid that he is stupid or really smart, but afraid that he is fake smart!

He didn't get angry immediately, so he also snorted casually, turned around and left, and said, "It's snowing tonight, you don't have to go to the study to wait, go back to the house to rest early." Tomorrow's Zhengdan court meeting, I'm afraid that there will be a will and a father, you got up early to make someone clean up, can you write it down? ”

Wang Cong hurriedly agreed, but asked curiously: "I don't know what the court will do with my father this time?" ”

Wang Hao also grinned and said: "It would be great if the official was reinstated, how dare you ask for extravagance!" ”

Wang Cong also hurriedly echoed when he heard this, if it is said that Wang Hao's official position as Shaozai (right prime minister, equivalent to the vice premier of the State Council) when he was unlucky, it would also be a great joy. Because since Wang Huang was unlucky because of the fourteen thieves and was demoted to the deputy envoy of the Chongxin Army, although he experienced the Zhao Huan and Zhao Fujin dynasties, he was appointed for nothing (temporary workers without official positions), and he did the job, but there was never a formal official position.

However, compared with the fourteen thieves of the year, Wang Hao's current situation is much better, after all, because he is also on the right team, such as Zhao Ye, Wang Xiaodi, Cai Mao, Li Di, Tong Guan, these people are either already on the grave, or they are drinking wind in the northwest, or they are slaves in the northeast, how can there be any good end.

Soon, Wang Cong also sent Wang Hao to the study to rest, and then returned to his back house, but he couldn't suppress his excitement and said to the concubine who served him: "Happy event!" Wedding! Fang only talked to his father, saying that he was afraid that he would have a will tomorrow to reinstate his father. ”

When the concubine heard this, her face was also full of joy, and when she saw Wang Cong's excited expression, she was also busy serving the maid who was busy making two side dishes so that she could accompany Wang Cong to have a drink.

Unexpectedly, Wang Cong was busy and stopped: "No! My father told me to rest early, and get up early tomorrow morning so that someone could clean up the house. ”

The concubine thought about it, so she also said: "That's right, the husband should go to bed early, and get up tomorrow morning to serve the father-in-law." ”