Lu Jinping held her with one hand and said, "Okay, don't do this, I know you are for my good." If you hadn't done it for me, you would have strangled me to death and thrown me in the garbage heap, so I won't blame you. ”

"Thank you for your grace." Zhu Niang was grateful, with tears in her eyes.

While talking, the carriage arrived at a garden full of flowers, and after asking, he learned that this was the emperor's imperial garden.

The guards here are much stricter than before, and there have been several interrogations on the road.

When he arrived in the imperial garden, he parked the car, Lu Jinping and Zhu Niang got out of the car, and saw that many people around were looking at him with curious eyes, and when Lu Jinping's gaze swept over, they all lowered their eyes and did not dare to look at him. Judging from the dress, it should be a palace maid or eunuch in the palace.

There are a lot of soft couches and coffee tables in the garden, and there are all kinds of melons, fruits, peaches, plums, pastries and drinks on the coffee table, and there are already many people sitting on the soft couch. Seeing that they were all wearing official robes, they must be important ministers in the court, but Lu Jinping didn't know any of them.

However, when he reached the middle of the field, the officials all stood up and saluted respectfully. Lu Jinping hurriedly bowed and returned the salute. He wondered a little in his heart, wondering why they were so polite to this strange young man, was it because they knew their background?

If so, then it's easy to explain.

Now Lu Jinping's life experience is different. You must know that he is not only Shangguan Wan'er's child, but also the son of Prince Zhang Huai. And Li Xian, the prince of Zhang Huai, and the current emperor Li Chongmao are uncles and nephews. In other words, Lu Jinping is the cousin of the current emperor Li Chongmao, and he belongs to the direct blood relatives of the royal family.

No matter how big the official position of these officials present, it is not comparable to the emperor's relatives and relatives, so when they see him, they all stand up and salute.

It can be seen that these people already know Lu Jinping's identity. Or that his identity has been disclosed by Empress Wei and Shangguan Wan'er.

Although he is the illegitimate son of Li Xian and Shangguan Wan'er. But the Tang Dynasty was originally a very open dynasty, and Li Zhi's marriage to Wu Zetian's son and aunt can be accepted, not to mention that it is an illegitimate child, which is originally an orthodox bloodline, but it lacks the procedure of worship, and the bloodline cannot be changed. These ministers were very respectful, and there was not the slightest hint of sarcasm or disdain.

Lu Jinping glanced at the seats in the field. At the top of the two dragon chairs were placed on the top, presumably for the emperor and the empress, and next to the two dragon chairs there were several empty soft couches on the left and right sides, I don't know who they were left for, and the ministers sat separately under the empty seats.

Zhu Niang led Lu Jinping to the empty seat on his left hand, where a handsome young man was sitting. Wearing a brocade robe, this person saw Lu Jinping coming with Zhu Niang, and immediately stood up with a smile on his face and bowed down. He said, "Longi." Meet the Emperor! ”

Lu Jinping couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, could it be that the handsome young man in front of him was the famous Tang Xuanzong Li Longji?

Lu Jinping hurriedly hugged his fists and returned the salute, but he didn't know what to call it, and looked at Zhu Niang sideways.

Zhu Niang smiled and said: "You should call him the imperial brother, she is the child of your fourth imperial uncle, Li Longji, the king of Linzi." ”

Lu Jinping smiled at this time: "Hello royal brother, please take care of us when we meet for the first time." ”

Lu Jinping didn't know how to greet people in the palace, so he set out the words that were often said in film and television dramas in later generations. As a result, Li Longji couldn't help but be stunned. Then he laughed and said, "Please take care of the imperial brother." Come on, Brother Huang, please take a seat. ”

After that, he pulled Lu Jinping and let him sit on his left side. Lu Jinping's father, Li Xian, was the second son of Wu Zetian and Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, while Li Longji's father, Li Dan, was the fourth son. So from the perspective of generation, Lu Jinping is a cousin, so he naturally wants to sit at the top.

Another moment passed. I heard the sound of drums, and then a lot of people came out of a lobby one after another. In the first place, there was a phoenix crown and a xiaxia curtain, jingling sounds, followed by a young man in a dragon robe, followed by some concubines with flowers.

The salute chanted loudly: "The Queen Mother, the Emperor has arrived!" ”

The crowd hurriedly got up. Bow down and wait. In the Tang Dynasty, kneeling and saluting was not popular, and it was not as perverted as the Ming and Qing dynasties, so it was okay to bow down.

When Lu Jinping heard that he was called the Empress Dowager, he understood that the one who walked in front should be Empress Wei, the mother of the current emperor, that is, Empress Wei, who formed an alliance with her mother Shangguan Wan'er and prepared to be Wu Zetian's second.

Seeing that she looks dignified and generous, she has a lot of demeanor, and she has a taste of the mother of the country. But he didn't have the majesty of Wu Zetian, who was dominating the party as Lu Jinping imagined. No wonder she can't become Wu Zetian's second.

And behind Empress Wei and the imperial brother side by side is Shangguan Wan'er, it stands to reason that although Shangguan Wan'er is the Zhaorong of the ancestor emperor, of course, her power position cannot be compared with the imperial brother. And Empress Wei's arrangement for her to appear in a position second only to herself must have a deep meaning, indicating the alliance between the two sides.

When Shangguan Wan'er saw Lu Jinping, she couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of her mouth, and nodded slightly at her. After everyone sat down and sat down, Queen Wei looked at Lu Jinping with a smile and said, "You are Jinping, right?" ”

Lu Jinping hurriedly got up and bowed: "Jinping to meet the Queen Mother." ”

Empress Wei nodded slightly, turned sideways to the emperor Li Chongmao who was sitting beside her, and said, "Your Majesty, you should also go and meet your imperial brother!" ”

Li Chongmao humbly agreed, stood up and wanted to salute Lu Jinping, Lu Jinping hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and said: "Jinping to meet the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”

This set of sycophants only appeared in large numbers in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and Lu Jinping moved it to the Tang Dynasty, which naturally made Li Chongmao, who had just ascended the throne, very enjoyable, and smiled and stepped forward to support Lu Jinping and said: "The imperial brother doesn't have to be polite." ”

Empress Wei smiled and said, "It's rare for you two brothers to fall in love at first sight, so let's drink a few more glasses later." ”

When the two agreed to sit down separately, Empress Wei glanced at the concubines, princes, royal families and princes and generals in the court, and said with a smile: "There are two intentions for holding a family banquet today, one is that my emperor Chongmao ascended the throne as the emperor, and the second is to find Li Jinping, the long-lost son of Prince Zhang Huai. Both of these things are very gratifying! ”

Those imperial relatives and ministers all hurriedly got up and congratulated one after another.

Empress Wei motioned for everyone to sit down, and continued: "Li Jinping is the long-lost child of Prince Zhang Huai and Shangguan Zhaorong, and is the cousin of the current emperor. Therefore, the emperor decided to canonize Jinping as the loyal king. ”

Lu Jinping couldn't help but be surprised and happy when he heard it, he couldn't imagine that he would participate in today's banquet, and he actually made a prince, and he couldn't help but look at it.

Zhu Niang was standing behind Shangguan Wan'er at the moment, smiling and nodding at her, and seeing Shangguan Wan'er was also full of joy.

At this time, all the ministers hurriedly got up and congratulated again, and Li Longji, who was sitting next to Lu Jinping, also got up and clasped his fists and smiled and said, "Congratulations to the imperial brother." ”

Lu Jinping hurriedly got up and thanked him, and then bowed and thanked him, and stepped forward to thank the emperor and Empress Wei.

Then Empress Wei announced the beginning of the banquet. During the whole ceremony, the emperor barely got any chance to speak, and it was all his mother, Empress Wei, who was speaking for him, so it can be seen that the emperor was just a puppet.

At the beginning of the banquet, there was no speech by the leader at the ancient banquet, but singing and dancing, and toasting in turn.

Lu Jinping is a heroic person, as soon as he heard that he was going to toast, he held a wine jug in one hand and a wine cup in the other, and first stepped forward to toast Empress Wei, then toasted the emperor and Li Longji respectively, and toasted his mother Shangguan Wan'er. One by one, I saluted all the important ministers of the court, and everywhere I went, I was drinking to the glass, which was very bold.

It stands to reason that Lu Jinping, as the prince, should be toasted by the ministers, and now he is taking the lead in toasting these people, so that these people have a feeling of flattery. At the same time, I also feel that this young little prince has no arrogance to be kind and kind.

This kind of banquet is more of a courtesy, but after Lu Jinping saluted everyone, he was also dizzy.

At this time, the ceremonial officer loudly announced the end of the banquet, and all the ministers got up and left. And all the princes and royal families also stepped forward to say goodbye and left.

Seeing them leave one after another, Lu Jinping didn't know for a while whether he should go back to the small courtyard or leave the imperial city.

At this time, he saw Empress Wei beckoning to him, so he hurried over.

Empress Wei said: "It's hard for you to get a trip to the palace, so you stay and live for a few days, the emperor brother and your brothers haven't seen each other for many years, so let's chat, get close, what do you think?" ”

Lu Jinping hurriedly said: "This seems to be a little inappropriate, after all, I am a big man, and it is really inconvenient to live in the palace." Otherwise, I'd still live outside. If the emperor wants to talk to me, wouldn't it be more appropriate for me to come in again? ”

Empress Wei smiled, her voice raised a little, intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Shangguan Wan'er next to her, and said, "The emperor has named you a loyal king, and your prince's mansion will start construction soon." However, it will not be completed in the short term, so you will have to stay in the palace in the meantime. The people in this palace are all your aunts, aunts, sisters and sisters, what is the matter with you living in the palace? If you feel uncomfortable, then this is good, there is a small courtyard near the south gate of the palace, which was used by the Empress Dowager to meet the ministers when she was handling government affairs in the inner palace, and there is a wall separating it from the inner courtyard of the palace. You can stay there. You go back to the courtyard at night, and you can come in and play with the emperor during the day, is that good? ”

As soon as Lu Jinping heard this, he understood what Empress Wei's intention was in arranging this. He wanted to keep himself out of the palace, and it was not safe anymore, so it was best to put himself in the palace and monitor him. Of course, the purpose is to take herself hostage and force Shangguan Wan'er to join forces with him to deal with Li Longji.

What should I do when I see a fire pit in front of me? (To be continued.) )