Lin De Hall is built on a high platform, the temple base is built by rammed earth masonry, the four walls are paved with stone bricks, the temple base has two layers of pedestal, the overall height, Li Bao estimated, about 14 meters.

Looking at this towering stone platform, Li Bao couldn't help but sigh: This Lin De Hall is not only the highest level banquet hall in the Tang Dynasty in terms of height but also in terms of specifications. The Linde Hall is combined with several halls of high and low, and the hall itself is formed by the aggregation of the front, middle and rear halls, and this architectural form is absolutely unprecedented in Chinese history.

In front of the main entrance of the Lin De Hall, there was a square the size of a football field in later generations, and sometimes Li Yi would order the soldiers of the forbidden army to play polo in this square. There are two square pavilions on the left and right of the nave, and there are two floors on the left and right of the apse in the north of the pavilion, called Yuyi Building, the adjacent building, all built on the brick platform of more than 7 meters high. From the building to the south, there is an overhead flying tower leading to the second pavilion, and from the second pavilion to the inside, each flying tower leads to the upper floor of the nave, and together forms a group of huge palace complexes.

Li Bao sighed in his heart at the huge size of the Lin De Palace, and walked towards the Lin De Hall with Li Ying. Li Ying saw that Ling'er was still carrying a food box, so she asked Li Bao, "Why didn't you register this pastry with the eunuch?" ”

"I have to personally present this pastry to my father in order to get his father's attention. If I give the cakes to those eunuchs, they will not take them to heart, and my hard work will not be in vain. ”

"Oh, I see. Let's go, let's go in and find a good seat. "Then go into the temple first.

Li Bao followed Li Ying forward, and when he entered the hall, he found that the vastness of this Lin De Hall was really not blown, and at a general glance, the area in this hall was four or five thousand square meters, and it was definitely very easy to be two or three thousand people. From this banquet hall, you can see that the mind of the Tang people is really majestic and heroic!

As soon as Li Bao entered the hall, there was a yellow door to guide their master and servant to their seats. At the northernmost end of the hall is a high platform, where is the emperor's throne, and many low stools are neatly placed under the high platform, which is a separate seat for civil and military officials and royal relatives who wish their birthdays. Although he is a prince, his qualifications are still lower than those important ministers and generals, and he is not as good as the big eunuchs in the palace. So Li Bao's seat was arranged in the second row near the emperor's throne.

Li Bao is very satisfied with his position, low-key and unassuming, and close to the emperor's throne, he can advance and retreat, and he is very free. Most of the seats around him were empty, because many princes and princes were in the Sixteen Princes' Mansion and would not come so quickly.

The princesses were arranged elsewhere, and his seat was not far away, Li Bao saw Li Ying beckoning to him and motioned him to go over, he saw that there were still a few princesses over there who had arrived, but he didn't want to go over, after all, unlike Li Ying and them, he was born to the same mother. So he shook his head and gestured. Li Ying had no choice but to give up.

Many officials in the hall have already arrived, most of the first ones are low-level officials, and the big officials are all late, and Li Yi is the latest. There was a buzz in the hall, and Li Bao sat in his seat, chatting with Ling'er idly.

About an hour later, a yellow door led a seven-year-old child to Li Bao's side. When Li Bao saw it, he immediately stopped talking to Ling'er. He arched his hand at the boy and said, "Shichiro is here, the weather has been cold recently, beware of the cold!" ”

The kid had clear eyebrows, and when he saw Li Bao taking the initiative to greet him, he also ignored him, and said "Hmm" to Li Bao, and answered with a sound.

Naturally, it is the Seventh Prince, the future Tang Zhaozong, whose current name is still Li Jie. Li Bao looked at this girl's arrogant appearance, and 10,000 grass and mud horses galloped past in his heart. I thought, don't you have the right to castrate and rob Lao Tzu of the throne, brother is not rare that hot potato. Thinking of his future fate again, I feel a little sympathy for this arrogant little Zhengtai in my heart.

Since Li Jie Xiaozheng is too unappreciative and doesn't want to talk to himself more, Li Bao is also happy and idle, and grinding his teeth with such a guy is quite boring.

After waiting for almost an hour, the officials had basically arrived, and the eunuchs from the Inner Servant Province had already gone to invite Li Luo. Li Bao finally met the future Tang Xizong next to his seat, Li Yan, who is still the king of Pu, Li Bao is still more interested in this Li Wulang, but he is the brother of Lao Qi, and after arriving, the two brothers are tired of going together. The other brothers, most of whom are adults, have no common language with Li Bao.

Li Bao was left aside again, he was very depressed in his heart, and roared angrily in his heart: Isn't my brother just low-key, as for you, you left my brother aside one by one, and he didn't even smile. I had no choice but to look back at Ling'er: This girl, when she saw that there were many people, she didn't dare to be presumptuous, and behind Li Bao, her little face jumped tightly. found that Li Bao was looking at her, and immediately made a grimace to Li Bao. Then he straightened his face again.

Li Bao smiled self-deprecatingly, alas, don't say it, it's all tears if you talk too much! Fortunately, Li Bao's depression did not last long, and the eunuch reported that the official family had come.

Li Bao can basically see Li Luo four or five times a year, and every time they meet, they are at such a singing and dancing banquet, and the ministers are carnivaling, and Li Yi has no time to communicate with his sons in such an atmosphere.

Now that the protagonist has arrived, all that remains is to go according to the procedure, the prime minister and the prime minister make a birthday speech, and then the ministers shout long live. Finally, Li Yi announced the start of the birthday banquet. Kabuki danced like a dancer, and the wine and food flowed up, and Li Bao didn't have the heart to watch the song and dance, just thinking about how to respond to Li Luo later.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, the officials began to toast Li Yi's birthday alone, of course, this toast and birthday celebration is also based on seniority, and after another hour, it was Li Bao's turn to toast and celebrate his birthday.

Li Bao walked up to Li Luo with a food box, Li Yi was wearing a dark hat on his head, his face was a little pale, and his eyebrows were very thick. His eyes were gloomy, and from this point of view, the wine-colored feasting had hollowed out Li Luo's body. Li Luo has a short beard on his lips and under his chin, and is wearing a yellow dragon-patterned robe.

Accompanying Li Yi was his favorite Concubine Guo Shu, who had a round face, a white complexion, a fallen horse bun on her head, and a bun full of various colors of pearls and emeralds. The body is a bright red skirt with a purple half-arm, the pink bandeau is a greasy white spring light, and the ravines are deep, Li Bao swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva when he saw it. Heart: The ancients said that "slow bunched Luo skirt and half exposed breast" is probably this kind of dress, this Guo Shufei looks only in her early thirties, not only has a beautiful face and a hot figure, no wonder she can spoil the harem for so many years, this kind of mature royal sister's style is really hard to resist.

Li Bao didn't dare to show it on his face if he wanted to think about it, for fear that someone would see the clue and immediately restrain his mind. Li Bao saluted in the face of Li Luo and the two of them, and said loudly: "I wish the adults a long life, a long life, a long life, and a long life." ”

Yizong looked at Li Bao and said: "Liulang is flat, I am worried about state affairs on weekdays,, working on national politics, and there are not many opportunities to meet Liulang, I have the impression that Liulang, your temperament is relatively calm and less talkative, today I met me, as soon as I opened my mouth, I have never heard these words, where did you learn it?" ”

When Li Bao heard this, he slandered in his heart, you are embarrassed to say that you are worried about national politics, which is really shameless. These auspicious words are all learned from Qing court dramas, can you tell you? Even if you tell you, can you understand?

Although Li Bao slandered, he couldn't snub Li Luo, and hurriedly replied, "These words are all learned from books, today is the birthday of adults, and Bao Bao can't think of himself, so I will say the words in this book to express my wishes and filial piety to adults." ”

"Oh, it's good that Liulang can learn with an open mind, what I saw today, I know that you work weekdays, study hard, and my Datang will still rely on a wise and discerning monarch to govern."

After Li Yi said these words, Li Bao should thank him and return to his seat. But Li Bao's business hasn't been done today, so he said to Li Luo: "My lord's birthday today, I want to keep a kind of pastry to be presented to my lord." ”

"Oh? Unexpectedly, Rokuro is not only sensitive but studious, and also studies in cooking? What kind of pastry it is, let me see. ”

"Before I offered the pastries, my mother told me a story when I was a child, which was also about birthday celebrations, and I would like to tell it to adults here, and I ask for your permission."

"In that case, you can tell it, and let the civil and military forces in this hall also listen to this legendary story."

Li Bao cleared his throat and said aloud: "This story is told by a folk genius named Ji Xiaolan who celebrated his birthday. After speaking, Li Bao gave the story of Ji Xiaolan, who had been seen in later generations, to the old woman's birthday. When Li Bao preached, Ji Xiaolan wrote the first line of the poem "This mother-in-law is not a person", everyone in the hall was booed; said the second line of the poem "Nine Heavens Fairy Descends to the Earth", and there was a colorful sound in the hall; said the third line of the poem, "Every son is a thief", and there was no sound in the temple; Continue to finish the fourth line of the poem "Steal the peach and offer the mother", and there was a burst of cheers in the hall.

After Li Bao's story was told, Li Yi listened to it with relish, and Concubine Guo Shufei was even more happy, and said: "The poems made by this genius are very ordinary, but the transformation of the subdued is extremely smooth. What a brilliant idea! ”

Li Yi couldn't help but praise this talent, it was really good, I don't know which dynasty it is, why haven't I heard of his deeds? Li Bao was a little panicked, he was from the Qing Dynasty, and he would not be born until hundreds of years later, so he immediately said to Li Yi: "This is just a folk legend, and it can't be true." ”

"Your mother told you about it, why don't I remember it?"

"My mother told me when I was a child, that adults are busy with state affairs and don't know about their mother's ingenuity, which is normal. Well, today I told this story to adults, just to let adults know, in order to be able to pray for a long life for adults, Bao specially made a peach for adults, and asked adults to smile. ”

After that, Li Bao opened the food box and put the "Shou Peach" cake on the low table in front of Li Luo. Li Yi saw a large smooth and white porcelain plate containing a huge peach. This peach is pale yellow, bright red on the top, and eight words are written with red pigment on both sides of the peach body: longevity is boundless, and there is a birthday star under the body, which is vivid. There are many cranes painted around the porcelain plate.

"Rokuro has such ingenuity, I don't know how to describe such a second thing. All the families came to see this thing. ”

Li Bao flashed to the side, and the eyes of everyone in the hall were on the "longevity peach" cake. They all exclaimed, it was really a second thing. Immediately, many Hanlin scholars admonished that this thing should be regarded as the auspicious fortune of the dynasty for the people of the world to admire and worship.

Li Bao listened to a black line, these nerds are stupid, how long can this cake be held, it will dissolve and dissipate in a few days. immediately interrupted everyone's words and said to Li Luo: "This thing is a pastry, and it can't be auspicious." Please also use chopsticks. ”

Li Yi listened to Li Bao's words, and just wanted to put down the chopsticks, but stopped again and asked, "How should I eat this thing?" When Li Bao heard this, he hurriedly said to Li Luo: "Adults just use chopsticks as knives, but be careful of cream." ”

Li Bao said it late, Li Yi went down with chopsticks, dug a large piece down, and then filled it into his mouth, a soft and delicious chicken cake, plus a creamy cream. There is also a little bean flavor of bean flour, which rushed to Li Yi's taste buds together. He couldn't help but let out an exclamation, it was so delicious!

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Note: The age of the two emperors of the late Tang Dynasty and Zhao is explained here, Ah Yong looked up a lot of information, some said that Xizong ascended the throne at the age of 12, some said that he was 14 years old, and the title of the king of Xizong was not unified, some said that it was the king of Pu, and some said that it was the king of Jin, and Ah Yong considered it, for the convenience of the text, so the king of Xizong was called the king of Pu, and the age of enthronement was 14 years old. Zhaozong is 5 years younger than Xizong, and now the time in the article is the twelfth year of Xiantong, Li Yan is 12 years old, and Li Jie is 7 years old.

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