Accompanied Li Chengqian and Li Zhi around the vegetable garden, except for a few vegetables and fruits that were not yet ripe, most of the things were recorded in Li Zhi's small notebook.

Li Chengqian was very satisfied with this trip, and after visiting the vegetable garden, he took Li Zhi's small book and the cook of Dengxian Tower into the palace, and asked the chef and the imperial chef of Dengxian Tower to discuss what dishes to make during the birthday banquet.

Wang Xiang originally thought that the matter would pass like this, although he lost some fresh fruits and vegetables, but Li Er's car of treasures could be regarded as making up for it.

Unexpectedly, Li Er's will came the next day, Xuan Wang Xiang entered the palace, and also sealed the position of the head of the birthday banquet, he didn't know what the head of the birthday banquet was.

I casually asked someone to find out that the head of the birthday banquet was a temporary position, no grade or level, and in previous years, it was done by the big eunuch next to Li Er.

The army of grass and mud horses that had not been seen for a long time rushed past Wang Xiang's heart in an instant, and the whole person was messy.

Nima, at that time, I felt that something was wrong, it turned out to be the word "big manager".

Now it's okay, no matter where Wang Xiang goes in the palace, he can hear others politely shouting "Manager Wang", don't care about your sister, but you can't have a seizure.

To put it bluntly, the chief manager of the birthday banquet is the person who helps Li Er take full responsibility for the birthday banquet, and the big and small affairs are under the management of the chief manager, and the power is not small. This is a real fat gap, and at this time of year, the eunuchs go to great lengths to compete for the position of the chief administrator, and it is common for them to fight.

Just because others care doesn't mean that Wang Xiang cares, he really can't look down on the little things that have been deducted, and he feels awkward in the name of a big manager.

"Manager Wang, how do you say this Lin De Hall should be arranged?"

The fat eunuch Wang Xiang with a flattering face in front of him knew that it was the more favored eunuch Chen Gui Chen Gonggong by Li Er's side, and he had followed Li Er a lot of efforts in the Xuanwumen Incident in his early years.

Wang Xiang got the post of chief manager, but Chen Gui was not the slightest dissatisfied, at least on the surface, how could he not have a little eyesight to get into his position, Li Er and Empress Changsun treated Wang Xiang like a nephew, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Jin also had a good relationship with him, and it was not a wise move to offend Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiang doesn't like eunuchs, but he can't say that he hates them, besides, this Chen Gui is Li Er's henchman, and he is also very polite to himself, so Wang Xiang didn't pretend to be polite, smiled and said: "Gonggong Chen is polite, I heard that the imperial chef has decided to make hot pot the main dish of the birthday banquet, and eating hot pot in Lin De Hall on this hot day is not a comfortable thing." ”

Chen Gui nodded and said: "Manager Wang is thoughtful, I heard that the Dengxian Tower in Chang'an City is as cool as autumn and winter in the hot summer, I don't know if there is really such a thing." ”

"Gonggong Chen doesn't go out of the palace gate, but he knows everything about things outside the palace."

"It's all about listening to the ministers in the court, and the miscellaneous family still thinks that the next time His Majesty goes out of the palace to do business, they will also go to the Dengxian Tower to have a look."

It is impossible for Chen Gui not to know that Dengxian Tower is Wang Xiang's industry, but he doesn't say it, after all, it is not a thing to show off when officials do business, and he also told Wang Xiang that we have also won the trust of His Majesty, and we don't have to avoid courtiers' deliberations, and whatever Your Majesty has will hand it over.

Wang Xiang naturally understood his thoughts and smiled.

"I have a way to make the Lin De Hall as cool as the Dengxian Tower, but I have to trouble Gonggong Chen to help prepare some things."

Chen Gui's eyes lit up: "The miscellaneous family forgot, Chief Manager Wang is the judge of the Gewu Academy, and flying in the sky is nothing, how can such a small problem be difficult for Chief Manager Wang, I don't know what the miscellaneous family needs to do?" ”

Eunuchs have no children or daughters, and it is impossible for them to be crowned officials and knights, so they have an almost fanatical pursuit of money.

Lin De Hall does not know how many times larger than Dengxian Tower, and the equipment for placing ice cubes has a lot of oil and water, and Chen Gui is naturally very satisfied.

Sent Chen Gui and Wang Xiang went to the song and dance workshop, this is the place used in the palace to rehearse songs and dances, Li Er's birthday banquet must be indispensable for singing and dancing performances, as the head of the birthday banquet, this also belongs to Wang Xiang's jurisdiction.

In addition to the eunuchs who serve as the envoys of the singing and dancing workshop, other foreign ministers are not allowed to enter casually, but Wang Xiang is different, he is not only the head of the birthday banquet, but also Li Erci's waist card walking in the palace, not to mention that the singing and dancing workshop is the back garden of the palace, and he also comes and goes freely.

The eunuch who served as the envoy of the teaching workshop was a thin old eunuch, and he was very strict with the haiyu in the palace on weekdays, and the slightest mistake was to serve with a whip, Li Er's birthday banquet came to many envoys from the vassal states, and the performance of the teaching workshop was related to the image of the Tang Dynasty, so he did not dare to slack off at all.

As soon as Wang Xiang entered the workshop, he heard the old eunuch's scolding and the sound of whipping on his body.

To tell the truth, Wang Xiang has always been not interested in singing and dancing performances, purely to see the beauties, the dozen or so haiyou who are rehearsing are all fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, with beautiful faces and good figures, plus the long-sleeved fluttering clothes worn by the line dancers look really eye-catching, but they seem to be very afraid of the whip in the hands of the old eunuch, and the trembling performances are naturally full of mistakes and omissions, and Wang Xiang, who looks pitiful and pitiful.

The old eunuch was angry again.

"Father-in-law Liu." Wang Xiang saw that he was about to whip again, so he had to open his mouth to call, although he had been in Datang for several months, he was still not used to this kind of random whipping of others.

When the old eunuch heard this, he put down the whip and looked back, and saw Wang Xiang hurriedly stepped forward with a smile on his face: "It turned out to be Manager Wang, the miscellaneous family is training these useless things, and it is really a sin not to see Manager Wang coming." "He is not Chen Gui, and he has some prestige in the singing and dancing workshop, and no one buys his account when he leaves the workshop, so he does not dare to be disrespectful in front of Wang Xiang. Eunuchs are the group of people who know how to tend to the flames.

"That's right, during Your Majesty's birthday banquet, His Royal Highness King Jin and I plan to prepare a large-scale stage performance, and there is a shortage of manpower, so I want to borrow some manpower from you."

The old eunuch hurriedly responded: "It's easy to say, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and the Chief Manager Wang are so worried about His Majesty's birthday banquet, which really makes the miscellaneous family ashamed. ”

Of course, Wang Xiang will not take these unnutritious sycophants seriously, it is important to get down to business.

"It takes time to rehearse, I wonder if I can pick someone now?"

"Yes, you can." The old eunuch nodded again and again, turned around and scolded more than a dozen little girls, "Don't let me stand up one by one, let Mr. Wang pick people!" ”

The old eunuch gave an order, and the little girls hurriedly stood up, and they all looked at Wang Xiang with blank eyes, hoping that they could be picked away.

In the end, Wang Xiang couldn't stand their begging eyes, so he had to bite the bullet and let them all go, and suddenly there was a burst of cheers, only the old eunuch's face was not very good-looking, although these little girls were often scolded by him, but they were the best Haiyu in the workshop.