Chapter Seventy-One: A Farce

What made Wang Xiang feel strange was that Li Er didn't ask him about the cook, nor did he mention the kitchen knife, but just said lightly: "Good job." It made the rhetoric he had prepared useless.

Next is the link where the prince and princess congratulate Li Er on his birthday, it stands to reason that it should be started by the prince, but from the beginning of the birthday banquet to the present, he has not seen Li Chengqian's shadow, and the eldest grandson Wuji can't help but feel strange, how could Li Chengqian, who has always been honest and filial, be absent from Li Er's birthday banquet, but at this time it is inconvenient for him to send someone to investigate.

Li Chengqian is not in other princes, and he can't help but congratulate Li Er on his birthday, the little fat man Li Tai got up and said to Li Er: "Father's birthday, the son prepared a gift for his father." ”

Li Er looked at Li Tai, who was proud of the spring breeze, and nodded with satisfaction, Li Tai was the most knowledgeable among all the princes, and he was the most popular with Li Er.

With his shrewdness, he had already guessed one or two about the gift he said to Li Tai, but he didn't say anything, but looked at Li Tai encouragingly: "What gift did Qingque prepare for his father?" ”

On this occasion, Li Er called Li Tai's nickname, which shows how much he likes him.

Li Tai felt the encouragement in Li Er's eyes and suddenly became more confident, took out a delicate sandalwood box and raised it to his chest, and said: "A few days ago, Erchen was allowed by his father to compile the "Chronicles of the Earth", and the bachelors of the Literature Museum were collecting information. ”

Li Er was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Chen Gui, who was standing behind him, "Submit it quickly." ”

Wang Xiang looked up at the little fat man Li Tai, he still likes to show off as always, holding his head high, and he has a feeling of looking down on the world. It's no wonder that he is so proud, among Li Er's many princes, I am afraid that only Li Tai's talent is enough to compile the "Chronicles of the Universe", plus he has always been spoiled by Li Er, so it is not surprising that he is arrogant.

Chen Gui presented the sandalwood box, Li Er opened the wooden box, and Wang Xiang also leaned over curiously to look at it.

There is a well-bound booklet inside, not thick, it looks like it is only about ten pages, and the cover is written in block letters with the three big characters of "Kuodizhi", even Wang Xiang, a person who knows nothing about brush words, can also see that the words are very beautiful.

Li Er nodded with satisfaction, opened the booklet and read it page by page, read it very carefully, and after reading it, the smile on his face was even greater, and he said: "This gift is very good, Qingque's knowledge has always been very good, and other princes should learn more from him." ”

The princes sitting there said yes one after another, and the envoys of various countries did not hesitate to praise the unparalleled talent of King Wei, and Li Tai was even more proud.

Li Er was in a good mood and said with a smile: "King Wei has made meritorious contributions to the compilation of the "Chronicles of the Kuodi" and the Tang Dynasty, and he has been added to the governor of Xiangzhou, and Xu Buzhi is an official, and he has devoted himself to compiling the "Chronicles of the Kuodi". ”

Originally, he also wanted Li Tai to move to live in the Wude Palace, but when he thought of Wei Zheng's old face, he was stupid.

Li Tai received Li Er's praise and reward, and the proud thanksgiving sat down.

The congratulatory gifts offered by other princes and princesses are nothing more than some treasures and the like, Li Er also smiled and praised them one by one, but compared to Li Tai's attitude, it was much worse, but when it was the turn of the little son, she presented a birthday poem written by herself, which made Li Er very happy, and praised the good poetry of the little son, and the beautiful handwriting, and at the same time did not forget to reprimand Wang Xiang next to him for not practicing the brush words well, thinking about what kind of quill pen to make opportunistically.

Wang Xiang innocently lay down and said weakly: "Your Majesty, the little princess's poem was written by Wei Chen. ”

Li Er glanced at Wang Xiang with disdain: "Competing with a four-year-old child is really insulting to the morale of the literati." ”

Wang Xiang asked the sky speechlessly, turning grief and anger into strength, burying his head in the hot pot.

The drum music sounded, Li Ke took a group of little Zhengtai and little sisters to make a grand debut, and the costume styling was handled by Wang Xiang, which caused a burst of exclamations as soon as he appeared on the stage.

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't know about the princess and princess's rehearsal of the stage play, and at this time, seeing the lineup on the stage, he was shocked to drop a piece of cloud ear into the pot, and the court officials at the same table were no better, and Wei Zheng was even darker.

"As a prince and princess, what kind of body does it become to be so disrespectful of manners!"

Seeing that Old Man Wei was about to get up and go crazy, the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab him and said, "Old Wei, today is Your Majesty's birthday, so many envoys from the vassal states are watching, don't block Your Majesty." ”

When Wei Zheng heard this, he immediately blew his beard and glared: "What is it to block Your Majesty?" As a prince and princess, regardless of manners, messing around with Haiyou in the palace in front of so many state envoys will damage the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, and you will turn a blind eye as a commonplace, for ......"

Wei Zheng's righteous words were completely useless when he met an old fritter like the eldest grandson Wuji, and the eldest grandson Wuji said lightly: "As a prince and princess, what's wrong with celebrating Your Majesty's birthday to show filial piety, but you, if you block Your Majesty at the birthday banquet, it will really damage Your Majesty's prestige." ”

"You ......" Wei Zheng was sluggish, and it was really inappropriate to advise His Majesty at this time.

Wei Zheng sat down angrily with a dark face, and cursed in his heart: What a bad idea from a bastard!

Wang Xiang was soaking a piece of fat mutton, and suddenly his nose itched, and he couldn't help sneezing, and the half-soaked mutton slices also fell into the pot, which immediately attracted Li Er's angry eyebrows.

Wang Xiang rubbed his nose embarrassedly and said unembarrassedly: "It must be my wife who misses me." ”

The concubines present couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

After several days of careful rehearsals, the stage play with a luxurious lineup finally collapsed, and those young princes and princesses were excited to find the north as soon as they came on stage, although Li Ke and Li Zhi tried their best to save the scene, they still failed to save the stage play from turning into a farce.

Of course, listening to the bursts of laughter in the hall shows that this farce still has merit, even Li Er couldn't help laughing out loud several times, and finally held back, seeing that Wang Xiang felt uncomfortable for him, being an emperor is sometimes really hard enough, and he has to hold back if he wants to laugh.

In any case, the unique performance of the stage play still makes everyone very interested, and many envoys of Fanbang don't know that the prince and princess are performing on stage, so they are unscrupulous when they laugh.

After a stage play of celebrating the birthday of the immortals, Wang Xiang was also a little apprehensive in his heart, and Li Ke and Li Zhi on the stage were even more ashamed, pulling the group of younger brothers and sisters who were still selling their cuteness to Li Er.

"Erchen...... Erchen screwed up. ”

Son-in-law? The Lin De Palace, which was still laughing just now, suddenly fell silent, and the envoys of the Fanbang sat down one by one, not smiling, the Lin De Hall was terrifying, and everyone didn't know how Li Er would react.

Wei Zheng glared at the eldest grandson Wuji, who closed his eyes and recuperated, and said in his heart: You don't want to look at it at this time.

Li Er looked at the princess who was still panting slightly on the stage, Li Ke and Li Zhi still had beads of sweat on their foreheads, and their faces seemed to be ashamed and aggrieved, for some reason Li Er suddenly felt that these princes and princesses needed the affirmation and encouragement of his father, and he also wanted to give them such affirmation and encouragement, he found that he had ignored too many things in the past. Once upon a time, he was so desperate to get his father's affirmation and encouragement.