September 23. Li Yong, the king of Yan, set up a grand luncheon to celebrate the 30th birthday of "Concubine Zhen". The five envoys of Silla, Eastern Turkic, Khitan Tribal Alliance, Murwei and Xi Nationality, as well as Tang Dynasty royal relatives, Wu relatives, ministers of civil and military affairs or their representatives, as well as senior local officials of Fanyang attended the banquet to congratulate them.

Most of the ministers and officials had their wives and daughters, and some of them brought their sons and daughters to the banquet, which they regarded as an excellent opportunity for their children to make friends with a large number of high-ranking figures, and more than 400 guests attended the banquet. They are all people with status and status, women are greased, golden, jade, dressed up in fancy clothes, men are not far behind, everyone wears luxurious dresses, try to maintain a well-dressed demeanor, and there are many people with beaded crowns on their heads, and gold threads are embedded in their clothes, highlighting their identity with jewelry. The whole banquet is worthy of the name of the clothes, fragrant sideburns, and crowns. There are also five ethnic groups to make it, and the Hu language and Hu clothes add a little alien/national atmosphere.

Many people at the banquet are old politicians who have been rolling in the officialdom for many years, and they are indispensable to connect with each other, and the greetings and laughter are endless. It's like being in a bazaar. Xu Qing asked Dong Xijun to stay at her mother's house for a few days, and the relationship between Dong Xijun and his father Dong Yuanshan has greatly improved, and the relationship has returned to normal with his mother, mother and daughter. When Xu Qing spent a lot of money to ask Dong Yuanshan to make the barrels of 800 submachine guns according to the design drawings he provided, Dong Yuanshan agreed in one bite although he didn't know what the tubes were for.

Xu Qing's trip to Chang'an has been planned for a long time, and from Dong Xijun's mouth, he asked Dong Bijun to hold a family recruitment conference The reason why Dong Yuanshan planned to dedicate Dong Bijun to the crown prince Li Hong as the crown princess, which famous righteous emperor Li Zhi and the powerful empress Wu Zetian, who controlled the government, both disliked Dong Bijun for not having a noble bloodline, and did not even give a chance to meet, Xu Qing then remembered that the prince Li Hong's unmarried concubine Yang recorded in the history books was a daughter of the family and beautiful as a flower, but it was a pity that he was raped by the most famous evil young man in the history of the Tang Dynasty before marrying the prince. Wu Zetian's sister, Helan Minzhi, the son of Mrs. Han, was deeply loved by Wu Zetian, and was given the surname Wu by Wu Zetian and renamed Wu Minzhi. Helan Minzhi has a younger sister named Helan Minyue, who was also given the surname Wu by Wu Zetian and renamed Wu Minyue.

Wu Zetian not only interfered in political affairs, but also dominated the harem, specializing in room pets, Gaozong Li Zhikong had three thousand beauties in the harem, but he didn't dare to approach, because after he was lucky, Wu Zetian immediately killed someone. Li Zhi had resentment in his heart, but he had no choice but to think of Wu Zetian, who had real power, a ruling team, and a large group of henchmen, so he had to come up with a bad move to retaliate against Wu Zetian, deliberately pampering Wu Zetian's sister Mrs. Han and snubbing Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian was worried that his queen's position would not be guaranteed, so he ignored his sister's affection and poisoned his sister Mrs. Han's diet and poisoned Mrs. Han without a trace. Helan Minyue suspected that her mother was killed by Wu Zetian, so she often went in and out of the palace to seduce her uncle, Emperor Li Zhi. It just so happened that Li Zhi still thought that the blow to Wu Zetian was not heavy enough, and he was fortunate to be a fifteen-year-old unmarried little beauty Helan Minyue.

Wu Zetian was angry and jealous, and poisoned Helan Minyue, his niece who had always loved and treated him as a daughter.

Li Zhi achieved the goal of perverted revenge, but killed two innocent lives.

Helan Minzhi suspected that his mother and sister were poisoned by Wu Zetian, otherwise he couldn't think of anyone who would poison the two women who were favored by the emperor, and who would dare to poison the two women favored by the emperor.

In order to take revenge on Wu Zetian, Helan Minzhi did two major things that people and gods were angry about, the first thing was to rape Wu Zetian's eldest son, the unmarried princess Yang who was personally engaged by the crown prince Li Honggang. Emperor Li Zhi, Empress Wu Zetian actually endured it, did not punish He Lan Minzhi, He Lan Minzhi was even more courageous, and did the second big thing, when Wu Zetian's eight-year-old daughter Princess Taiping went to her grandmother's house to play, molested the young Princess Taiping, and raped the palace maid accompanying Princess Taiping. Wu Zetian was very fond of his youngest daughter Princess Taiping, and he couldn't bear it, so he took back the surname "Wu" given to Helan Minzhi, exiled Helan Minyue from Beijing, and sent someone to kill Helan Minzhi on the way.

There is a reason why Helan Minzhi is so bold, arrogant, and dares to provoke Wu Zetian. He Lanminzhi is a wicked young man, a scumbag, a gangster, and a playboy in his bones, he is handsome and unparalleled in the world, and for the sake of power, he committed adultery with his eighty-year-old grandmother "Mrs. Rongguo" and Wu Zetian's biological mother. Wu Zetian was cruel and ruthless to the enemy, but he was very filial to his mother, in order to make the old mother happy, Wu Zetian not only did not cure He Lan Minzhi's crime, but also gave He Lan Minzhi's surname "Wu", which was better for He Lan Minzhi than for his own son and nephew. Helan Minzhi's lawlessness and unmistakable personality were developed, which also doomed him to a tragic ending later.

These things involve royal scandals, and the official history is very subtle, which is roughly what it means, and the wild history is very detailed, but the credibility is slightly worse.

Xu Qing traveled through time and space to the era of Wu Zetian's dictatorship in the Tang Dynasty, and he had long known the existence of Mrs. Han, Helan Minyue, Prince Li Hong's fiancé Yang family, and Princess Taiping, and wanted to see them as soon as possible, save their lives and prevent the stain on their lives, but Xu Qing incorporated the remnants of the old Sui army, created a new army, established a dart bureau, and relocated, and he has been busy all the time, and the trip to Chang'an has been planned for a long time, first because of the struggle with the Fang Gang, the Mei family and the Yan Wang, he can't leave Fan Yang, and then because of the strongest and most beautiful bodyguard, The congenital master Zhao Mengchen practiced in retreat and married the Dong family, making it possible to manufacture the barrel of the submachine gun.

However, Xu Qing was worried about the few Tang Meimei who needed him to save, and three months ago, when Fan Yang had not yet gained a firm foothold, he sent Yu Junsheng to lead dozens of disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall to arrive in Chang'an first and establish an intelligence station when Fan Yang had not yet gained a firm foothold. The news from Chang'an that Mrs. Han is not dead, the crown prince Li Hong has not yet been canonized as a crown princess, Xu Qing thinks that Princess Taiping will not be molested by He Lan Minzhi, He Lan Minyue will not be defiled by Li Zhi, Li Hong's unmarried crown princess Yang will not be defiled by He Lan Min, the trip to Chang'an is not so urgent, and from Dong Xijun's mouth, he learned that Li Hong's election of the crown princess is being carried out in the powerful and famous families, and the trip to Chang'an has become urgent.

So Xu Qing transferred Ji Yusheng, the second master of the bought front gang, back to the Longmen Dart Bureau to prepare for the trip to Chang'an, and waited until Zhao Mengchen came out of the customs, and if she couldn't wait, she didn't wait, so let Yang Ziyan bring a message to Zhao Mengchen, and as soon as she got out of the customs, she rushed to Chang'an to meet Xu Qing. At this time, "Concubine Zhen" was poisoned, her life was in danger, and Xu Qing was delayed again.

At the invitation of Li Mingyue, Xu Qing also attended this banquet, he came a little late, and there was almost no one in the audience who knew him, and he didn't know which seat to enter. Li Mingyue and her sisters, cousins, and cousins occupied a table, not according to court etiquette, the oldest Li Xiang sat on the table, and Li Mingyue accompanied the last seat. Li Mingyue's sharp eyes found Xu Qing and asked Xu Qing to sit next to Mei Kaifang. But Xu Qing didn't listen to Li Mingyue's arrangement, but sat next to Li Mingyue. Although Li Xiang has lived with Xu Qing, she has not officially remarried Xu Qing, and she must have attended the thirtieth birthday banquet of her second mother "Concubine Zhen", so she stayed at her mother's house in advance and pretended not to know Xu Qing at the banquet.

Xu Qing immediately attracted the jealous eyes of many men, this is because although Li Mingyue is still young, her beauty is already very famous in Fan Yang's high society, coupled with her noble bloodline, Fan Yang Guijie's son has many people who list her as a goal to pursue. Which of the young men attending the banquet today is not from a prominent family? Among them, there are many suitors of Li Mingyue. After all, Li Mingyue is too young, only more than thirteen years old, not yet fourteen years old, not yet at the age of falling in love, except for socializing with several of her cousins and cousins, she has never socialized with other noble sons.

Xu Qing ignored the jealous gazes around him, his mood was as calm as water, neither complacent nor restless, just silently looking at the few girls at the same table. Li Mingyue introduced Xu Qing one by one what he didn't know.

Mei Kaifang and Xu Qing were at the same table, and they felt very uncomfortable, she was originally Xu Qing's wife, and the person who accompanied Xu Qing should be her! The news of Xu Qing's feud with the Mei family spread all over Fan Yang, Li Mingyue knew that Mei Kaifang and Xu Qing were a couple who looked like each other, although she had a good impression of Xu Qing, but she hid her feelings deep in her heart, she didn't want to destroy her cousin's marriage, so she specially arranged for Xu Qing and Mei Kaifang to sit together. However, Xu Qing refused to sit with Mei Kaifang, which confirmed the rumors.

Li Mingyue also invited Xu Qing and Mei Kaifang to attend her mother's birthday banquet, Li Xiang was informed by her father, Li Xiang's ex-husband Fang Zairong must be cold, so she switched to the arms of Xu Qing, the enemy who killed her ex-husband, although Li Xiang is the lord of the imperial court, no one dares to lift her backbone, she is still afraid that others will scold her behind her back, so she does not attend the banquet with Xu Qing. Mei Kaifang wanted to attend the banquet with Xu Qing, but Xu Qing didn't go with her.

A young man like Xu Qing, who has impeccable character, appearance and martial arts, and has a successful career, is of course a girl's dream lover, but unfortunately Mei Kaifang understood too late, and her vision was far worse than that of her little cousin Li Mingyue, who was deeply impressed by Xu Qing when she first met Xu Qing.

All the women at the same table are stunning girls, Xu Qing secretly warned himself that the women he already has have far more than three wives and four concubines, Zhao Mengchen, Wang Meihui, the two young and beautiful female spies of the imperial court who were subdued by themselves, Xia Xiaoyu and Mei'er, the sisters of the Dong family, and Mu Jianci, the "moon fairy", the famous beauty prince who is far away in Chang'an, the fiancée of the princess Yang, Helan Minyue, Princess Taiping, and Shangguan Wan'er are still waiting for their own conquest and salvation, it is time to be content, and they must not owe any more debts. Don't squint.

After all the guests arrived, Li Yongcai, the king of Yan, brought the birthday star "Concubine Zhen" and the concubine who was no longer young but Yongrong was luxurious, Yu Wenqi, a descendant of the royal family of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and the impeccable second concubine "Concubine Tian" and ten concubines who were like flowers and jade, and had the official title of the imperial court, appeared under the protection of a group of guards with knives, not too early or too late, not only to make the guests wait a little, but also not to let the guests wait too long, and the appearance was just right, which made people naturally associate with his identity and status.

Li Yong was dressed in a gorgeous costume, wearing a crown, "Concubine Zhen" was dressed in a beautiful palace dress, with a phoenix hairpin on her head, more than a dozen strings of pearls hanging on the hairpin, and several golden flowers were inserted in the bun, and the stamens were embedded with various precious gems. If the dress of "Concubine Zhen" is changed to someone else, it may look bejeweled and vulgar, but for the "Concubine Zhen" who is beautiful and fragrant, it is a pearl and a beauty, which shows its peerless elegance.

The ministers and officials were solemn, knelt on the ground together, and the mountain shouted: "King Yan Chitose, Chitose, Chitose......"

After the ministers finished saluting, Li Yong waved his hand and said, "Everyone is flat, please sit down." "Envoys of various ethnic groups, ministers and officials of the DPRK and China took their seats.

The banquet was opened by the protocol officer. Dozens of palace maids shuttled to serve food, and the natural food on them were rare among the people, and they also took special care of the five ethnic groups to serve a lot of foreign dishes. On stage, there were wonderful performances by the court band and dancing girls. Pleasant music wafts in the ears, beautiful dancing girls dance in front of you, and the intoxicating wine exudes fragrance, only the clouds and mist are missing, otherwise it really makes people suspect that this is a fairyland.

Xu Qing experienced such a grand scene for the first time, and witnessed the most luxurious banquet in the world, and couldn't help but envy Li Yong's glory and wealth. Li Yong's three princesses on one side and ten concubines who have won the title of the imperial court are all stunning in the world, and nearly half of their beauty is not lost to Li Yuerong, the third beauty in the rivers and lakes, and Mei Kaifang, the fourth beauty. "Concubine Zhen" Mei Lanwei's beauty can compete with the first beauty in the rivers and lakes "Moon Fairy" Mu Jianci, Yan Wang Zhengfei Yu Wenqi is in her fifties, she is already old and decrepit, she is still elegant, beautiful and dignified, and her charm still exists, you can imagine what kind of stunner she was when she was young.