Chapter 646: Questioned at the Celebration Banquet
The Ouchi Imperial Palace displays honor guards, displays flags, and organizes grand events.
This grand meeting was full of courtiers inside and outside the banquet, and the four Yi vassals attached great importance to it.
Therefore, the elite of the 12 guards of the Southern Ya Forbidden Army went out and took charge of the internal and external honor guards of the Son of Heaven. The left and right guards of the South Ya are made of yellow armor, which is the guard of honor of the left and right compartments, and the yellow flag stands at the second of the two steps, and the court places the left and right to lead the three guards and sixty people, all of whom are magnificent people.
With the Qilin Hall of the banquet as the center, the east of the green dragon flag, the south of the red bird flag, the west of the white tiger flag, the north of the Xuanwu flag, the four directions according to different scenes are separated.
In particular, due north Xuanwu, by seven teams of soldiers composed of seven teams of soldiers such as Dousu, Niusu, Female, Xusu, Danger, Mursu, Bisu, etc., the image of turtles and snakes entangled together, forming a huge and bright flower of steel.
Countless palace maids and eunuchs hurried through the palace, they had to sweep the steps of the palace atrium, set up the stage, set up seats, and set up fruits and dishes, and they were really busy.
But despite the people coming and going, the huge Qilin Hall, no one made a sound.
Ye Yu followed Zhao Yan to the palace, first in the imperial study, the father and son chatted a little homely. Then Zhao Yan didn't forget to pull Ye Yu and came to the Qilin Hall with a grand arrangement.
Ye Yu looked around, but he was stunned, and sighed in his heart What a grand scene!
In the Qilin Hall of Nuoda, there are about 1,000 civil and military officials and envoys of Fanguo gathered together, each according to the official rank and level of the hierarchical seat, different languages and costumes are like colorful flowers in spring, blooming together in the summer.
Each table was filled with delicacies and fruits, and the refined wine utensils were filled with fine wine, and the celebrant eunuchs and palace ladies were waiting in teams to pour wine and deliver food to the guests at any time.
The huge performance team of Taichang Temple has been arranged along the steps of the Qilin Palace, and the upper and lower stages are ready to stop.
The backstage surrounded by embroidered and colored silk glows in the sun. The gorgeous clothes of the handsome men and beauties are dotted among the forbidden army flags in the sanitation hall, and the entire Qilin Hall is dressed up as a gorgeous and colorful huge flower mountain.
The arrival of Huang Luo's umbrella cover and the honor guard of the Son of Heaven made everyone quiet suddenly, and the ten palace attendants straightened their voices and said loudly: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”
"Boom!"
"Knock knock!"
The sound of drums is enough to shock the heart!
Two hundred heavy drumsticks struck the same rhythm, and the drums shook the palace from slow to urgent.
The civil and military officials bowed down in response, waved the Jinwu soap flag, and the soldiers of the forbidden army shouted long live with the sound of the drums and guns, which caused the hundred officials to cheer in unison, and the deafening made the birds fly in fear, and the bright moon was discolored.
Zhao Yan pulled Ye Yu past each official, making the ministers look sideways and hide their thoughts.
It wasn't until he came to the Dragon Court Imperial Terrace, only one step away from the Dragon Chair, that Zhao Yan turned around and said in a deep voice to the ministers: "The Qing family is flat!" ”
"Thank you!"
"I set up a banquet today to wash the dust for King Qin's celebration, come and give three cups of imperial wine!"
As soon as the words fell, the chamberlain Liu Wuyue personally served the jade plate, which was already filled with three cups of imperial wine.
Ye Yu naturally couldn't refuse, so he respectfully knelt down on one knee and said solemnly: "Thank you, Father!" ”
"Well, King Qin will sit on the left side of me later, sharing this prosperous feast!"
“……”
As soon as Zhao Yan's words came out, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were quite restless, and they whispered as if discussing something.
Although the crown prince Zhao Kai had a calm face, when he glanced at Ye Yu, the looming glint in his eyes became more and more obvious.
And as the party concerned, Ye Yu was secretly stunned when he heard the old man's words, and said in his heart should he thank him for agreeing?
He glanced at the extra seats on both sides of the dragon chair, and muttered in his heart instantly, because he didn't know if Zhao Yan's words were a temptation.
Sitting on the left side of the emperor's dragon chair, opposite is the prince's seat.
Since ancient times, only the crown prince has been qualified to sit in the first seat under the emperor's dragon chair, but now there are seats on both sides of the dragon chair in no particular order, how can this not let the ministers secretly discuss.
However, Ye Yu only hesitated for a moment, and then happily took the seat.
When Xiaozong Zhao Yan sat down, the hundred officials also sat down again.
The chief master of ceremonies held the edict in his hand and read it aloud, which was nothing more than worshipping the heavens and praying for blessings, and the emperor's grace was vast. When he finished reading, the drums began to beat again, and the musicians sang along with the drums and hammers, and the sound of the big drums was magnificent.
Before the drum music is finished, then hear the sound of silk and bamboo, this is the elegant music ensemble of Taichang Temple, led by Taichang Qing himself, each device is arranged in a team, and the drums and flutes are played in unison.
Starting with the "Yan Music" of the ten parts of music, Qingshang Music, Xiliang Music, Gaoli Music, Shule Music, Guizi Music, Kang Guole Music, Gaochang Music, Yanhou Music, etc., each showed their magical powers and played in turn.
As soon as the music ended, the Lin De Hall was silent in an instant, and Sumeru, the sound of cheers resounded under the Que.
Just when the ministers and the envoys of several countries had their own thoughts, the crown prince Zhao Kai took the initiative to speak: "The battle of the four emperor brothers really played the prestige of my Heavenly Empire!" not only killed the military generals and 100,000 troops of the Jin State, but also killed 100,000 Liao troops, which is really admirable for my brother! ”
Zhao Kai's words of praise made Ye Yu, who was pouring himself a drink, his face changed slightly.
Not to mention that the rumor of killing 100,000 Liao troops was wrong, just the sound outside of this made Ye Yu hear bad intentions.
Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Kai's words fell, the faces of the envoys of the Western Liao and the envoys of the Jin State who were present were gloomy.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, on behalf of my emperor, I want to question the King of Qin on behalf of my emperor, although it is not appropriate for my Liao State to launch a war between the two countries, but the two countries have never killed and surrendered their troops, and the King of Qin actually killed tens of thousands of soldiers of my Great Liao in Tengger pit, let me ask if this is the benevolence and morality of the Great Song Dynasty?"
As soon as the Western Liao envoy's voice fell, the envoy of the Jin State also left the table and stood up: "Yes, this envoy also wants to ask your country, Goryeo is a subsidiary of our Jin State, and it has always communicated with the Song State, why did your country send troops to destroy Goryeo for no reason, may I ask what is the reason?" ”
The envoys of the two countries did not mention the situation of the war, but avoided the important and lightly questioned the Song State with this unrighteous act.
The ingenuity of the language is quite surprising.
"This ......"
"Father, since this matter is all caused by the son-in-law, then the son-in-law will respond instead of the father, and please ask the father's permission!"
Zhao Yan was worried about how to respond, Ye Yu's initiative to ask, he was naturally full of joy: "Accurate!" ”
After Ye Yu received the order, he left the table and came to the palace, and first glanced at the envoy of Western Liao: "May I ask the name of your envoy!" ”
"Yelu Hongtao!"
"Oh, that's a good name......"
Ye Yu leisurely glanced around Yelu Hongtao, and looked at Yelu Rongtao's hair for a while, because when he looked at Ye Yu's eyes, he found that they were a pair of falcon-like sharpness.