Li Shimin smiled and signaled, and the people of his own temple next to him took the gift presented by Li Chengqian, and carefully placed it on the imperial case, but stepped back, and everyone's eyes naturally looked at it, guessing what kind of gift it was, but from the perspective of form, it should be calligraphy, calligraphy and painting, etc., which may be the work of a famous master of the previous dynasty, or Wang Xizhi's calligraphy.

Everyone is not guessing out of thin air, after all, Li Shimin is keen on collecting Wang Xi's calligraphy, and it is not a secret in the court, and the prince must also know that it is not impossible to present this gift.

"Get up, just have this heart, no need for any gifts." Li Shimin smiled, untied the scroll silk matter casually, and when he gently unfolded it to watch, his face was suddenly a little stunned, and after a while, he seemed to be a little surprised, and looked down to watch it for a while, before he smiled happily: "Qian'er, I really have a heart." ”

"If my father likes it, it's fine." Li Chengqian hurriedly said, but he couldn't hide his joy.

"What is it, your majesty can't put it down."

"It must be Wang Xizhi's authentic work."

Some royal relatives and relatives, relying on their unusual status, talked in a whisper, but they also knew that they were restrained, just whispering, and did not dare to make a loud noise, Li Shimin admired the picture scroll for a while, and also noticed everyone's curiosity, and motioned to the palace maid next to him to hang the scroll and show it to everyone to watch.

"Hey, it looks like a map." The front row of magnates, the distance is closer, naturally see more clearly, unexpectedly, not what calligraphy and painting, naturally exclaimed, carefully looked, only to see the picture scroll, with a thin line outlining the shape of many mountains and rivers and cities, should be a map undoubtedly.

"It's not an ordinary map, it's like a ......."

"Kyushu, that's right, it's Kyushu map."

Talking is a few generals, sharp-eyed, and marching and fighting, how can there be no reason not to look at the terrain map, naturally faster than the civilian officials to find out what the map draws, hearing the reminder, everyone suddenly realized, out of the psychology of the meeting, several civil officials looked at it again and again, and there was gain, looked at each other and smiled, one person said: "Wrong, not Kyushu map." ”

"To be exact, it should be the Kyushu Siyi map."

Everyone looked again, and sure enough, they found that on the picture scroll, in addition to Kyushu, there are many scattered plates around, which are marked with Goryeo, Turkic, Tufan, Shiguo, Khotan, etc., anyway, no matter whether there are envoys to come to congratulate, as long as there are foreign countries and tribes with names in Honglu Temple, they are marked on the map.

In fact, in Han Rui's view, this map is seriously distorted, and the size of the territory is not proportional at all, but the current measurement technology is naturally a little backward, and it must not be too demanding, and Han Rui does not want to behave too much and arouse suspicion, so he will agree.

A few white-haired old men, for singing praises of virtue, seem to be quite experienced, when a few palace maids took the map and turned around, and returned to the side of Li Shimin's imperial case, they immediately stood up and shouted Your Majesty's wisdom, the world returns to the heart, and the four Yi surrender, everyone reacted and hurriedly agreed, which can be regarded as setting off a small **.

After a while, under Li Shimin's appeasement, everyone slowly calmed down, but after singing praises to Li Shimin, he naturally did not forget to praise the prince Li Chengqian.

Vaguely hearing a few words of praise, Li Chengqian's mood was naturally extraordinarily comfortable, but he was not so complacent, and happily returned to his seat, but he heard Empress Changsun say approvingly: "Qian'er, the gift is indeed ingenious, not only your father likes it, especially thrifty, I am also very pleased." ”

The crown princess Su Aya seemed to be complaining and said: "Everyone, in order to draw this map, the prince has forgotten to sleep and eat for a long time, no matter how much I advise, it is useless." ”

Empress Eldest Sun smiled softly and reprimanded: "Qian'er, you can't do this, you snubbed Aya'er, where did the emperor and grandson come from." ”

In a burst of uproar, Su Aya hung her head shyly, Li Chengqian was embarrassed and pleaded guilty, happy and happy, no matter who had any thoughts, she would not show it.

Li Shimin has many princes, the crown prince Li Chengqian is the eldest, the king of Chu Li Kuan died early, the third son Li Ke, the fourth son Li Tai, the fifth son Li You, the sixth son Li Su, the seventh son Li Yun, the eighth son Li Zhen, and the ninth son Li Zhi...... Among them, the most favored are naturally the three princes born to the eldest grandson, and according to the etiquette law, the status of the concubine is naturally higher than that of the concubine, so after Li Chengqian, it was not Li Ke who came out to present the gift, but Li Tai, but at the age of fifteen or sixteen, the body shape has a tendency to develop in the direction of the eldest grandson Wuji.

However, in ancient times, he was never ashamed of being obese, so Li Tai had no inferiority complex, and with a smile like a spring breeze, he stepped forward and offered his gift, a birthday celebration, the article was gorgeous throughout, and the rhetoric was beautiful, which showed that he had made a lot of effort, which naturally attracted the appreciation and nod of the Wenchen present, and also received Li Shimin's praise.

Modestly bowed his head and thanked him, Li Tai's eyes were a little gloomy, and when he looked up, he was full of smiles and stepped back gracefully, and then, it was the fair-skinned and pink, milky smell that had not dried, and a childish Li Zhi appeared, and walked to the front of the imperial case in a decent manner, blinking his clear and lovely eyes, but there was no movement at half-sound.

Li Shimin reminded with a smile: "Pheasant slave, do you have a gift for your father?" ”

"yes." Li Zhi nodded in confusion, as if he understood or not: "Today is the birthday of my father, and the queen mother asked the pheasant slave to come up...... What do you come up and do? ”

actually turned around and asked, the voice was crisp, spread all around, causing a slight uproar, Li Zhi was a little dazed, I don't know what everyone was laughing at, Li Shimin laughed loudly, beckoned Li Zhi over, hugged on his knees, next to the imperial case, there was a beautifully shaped wine utensil, which had been poured with mellow court jade wine, Li Shimin took it casually, and said with a chuckle: "Did you come up to drink with your father?" ”

"Like." Li Zhi wasn't sure, but he stretched out his white and tender palm, took the wine set, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Father, it's sweet, you drink it too." ”

"The pheasant slave is so good." Li Shimin said with a smile, picked up the wine utensils, and drank it all with his head held high, but the appearance of his father and son was filial piety, but it did not cause any waves, mainly because Li Zhi was too young and there was no need to pay attention to it.

At the right time, Empress Eldest Sun smiled helplessly and called gently: "Pheasant slave, come back." ”

Li Zhi responded and ran over quickly, Li Shimin smiled, suddenly stood up, picked up the wine lord that had been filled with fine wine, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, today is my birthday, I will celebrate with you......"

The audience stood up solemnly, raised their glasses and drank with them, and suddenly the bells and drums sounded in unison, the trumpets played, and the court ceremonial music sounded, indicating the official beginning of the banquet.

A sound of food, left and right, front and back, in all directions, thousands of palace maids, holding the case, the fish penetrated, in an orderly manner shuttled through the banquet, carefully put down the case, as if after thousands of drills, every action, every step, is so meticulous, there is no slightest mistake.

After a hundred breaths, the palace moth retreated, and on the case, the steaming meal was neatly arranged, and the foreign envoys who participated in the palace banquet for the first time, including the powerful officials of the imperial court, naturally sighed heartily in their hearts, and some people were even dumbfounded, stunned, and almost lost their honor in front of the king.

Fortunately, with the sound of court ceremonial music, hundreds of women wearing silk palace clothes and good looks jumped and danced, with graceful postures and wonderful appearances, which made people dazzled and couldn't take their eyes off it.

Of course, for the high-ranking officials and magnates who often attend the palace banquets, this show does not have any attraction at all, and after understating it, they no longer pay attention to it, and only care about staggering with colleagues and friends, whispering, at most, at the end, the applause of the accustomed surname.

However, the atmosphere of the banquet is very high, whether it is Li Shimin, or the lord and magnate, everyone's face is full of joyful and peaceful smiles, similar to usual, through the wine, a few Hongwenguan bachelors chanted the wind and the moon, splashed ink, some vulgar martial artists, do not know the etiquette, the interest came, draw a sword and hit the pillar, in order to show bravery, lead to the impeachment of the imperial history, the courtiers are sincerely afraid, but the son of heaven is benevolent, whispered to appease, not to blame.

Han Rui watched coldly, looked at the foreign envoys who were stunned, and smiled secretly in his heart, these are not arranged, but Han Rui noticed that there was a very tacit understanding between the monarchs and ministers, especially when he saw a few people such as the eldest grandson Wuji, a knowing smile hanging from the corner of his mouth was even more affirmative.

At night, the waning moon hangs, cold and hazy, the moonlight is like water, pure and transparent, not stained with the slightest variegation, a cloud and mist floats in, covering the curved moon, 10,000 stars are like night pearls scattered on the sky, flashing with brilliant silver light, and thousands of lights and candles in the palace compete for brilliance, beautiful scenery, the sky is between the rive.

The banquet is slowly coming to an end, everyone is a little drunk, but there are seven points of soberness, after all, in the court, there must be no powerful person who dares to let go of drinking, drunk and sleeping, if you accidentally do something prohibited, I am afraid that the head will fall to the ground, and you will not have to wake up in the future.

Knock, knock, knock, knock...... Suddenly, an earth-shaking drum sounded, and the horn was loud, making people feel as if they were in the barracks, and when they heard the sound of the majestic drums, not only those foreign envoys were stunned, but even the officials who participated in the banquet for the first time were also moved.

The drums gradually stopped, a tactful and beautiful tone fluttered in, high and very infectious, accompanied by the sound of the neighing of the horses, the two teams of military horses, slowly appeared, the battle flags fluttered, the soldiers waved, murderous, the two armies confronted, and the air condensed the atmosphere of tension.

"The Shengde period is prosperous, Yongxi Wanyuqing, Qiankun is educated, Haiyue is resting and ming, cultivating the soil, selling the soldiers, singing the emperor Ze, and holding He Shengping." In an instant, someone sang in a vigorous and majestic voice, and as soon as he heard the beginning, Li Shimin and several ministers frowned, no, it's not this poem.

(To be continued)