Chapter 10: The Dinner Party
At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, Li Ran took a carriage and headed towards the palace. Li Ran in the carriage was holding two jade pendants in his hands, a dragon-shaped jade pendant and a phoenix-shaped jade pendant, this was a gift that Li Ran planned to give to Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, but now Li Ran was a little hesitant to give it? Finally, thinking of the scene of wearing a necklace for the eldest grandson, Li Ran finally decided to send it!
The banquet is held in the Taiji Palace, the Taiji Hall in the Sui and early Tang Dynasty is also the political center of the whole empire, is the emperor's main place to listen to the government and look at the court, the palace is set up in front of the book province, the door of the province, the house, the Hongwen Hall and other offices, every Shuo (the first day of the first month) to look at (fifteen) said, the emperor will come to this palace to meet the ministers In addition, the emperor ascended the throne, canonized the queen, the prince, the princess, the prince and the tributary envoys also received more in this hall, in the Chang'an three palaces in the most respectable position. At this time, people came and went in the Taiji Palace, and the officials and nobles who were qualified in Chang'an basically came. As soon as Li Ran appeared, he became the focus, and the legend of Li Ran has never stopped, many people want to get close to Li Ran, but they have not succeeded!
Seeing Li Ran enter the hall, there was immediately a eunuch to guide Li Ran, Li Ran's status is relatively special, so he sits better, located in the first position on the right side of the main seat, and the first position on the left side of the main seat is the prince's. Li Ran didn't like to deal with these goblins in the officialdom very much, and he could die if he wasn't careful, so he sat in his position with his eyes closed and waited for the end of the banquet, ignoring no one.
After a while, everyone who should have come came, and Li Shimin also came out with the queen.
Li Shimin was very amused when he saw that the old god Li Ran was sitting there and ignoring anyone, and then he didn't care about him, and then looked at the ministers with a smile on his face, so he casually said a few words for the leader and said to the eunuch beside him: "Let's start."
The eunuch replied and retreated, and soon saw brilliant fireworks rising in front of the Taiji Palace, and Li Shimin was also enough to scratch his bag, and the fireworks were set off for half an hour. Li Ran was a little suspicious that Li Shimin had swallowed Li Li's share of the fireworks.
After the fireworks in the Taiji Hall were finished, fireworks also rose in the sky above the Xiaoyao Palace, and fireworks were also set off in the palace.
The next thing is to give and receive gifts, of course, it is the official who sends it, and the emperor receives it. First were the ministers, then the royal family, and finally the prince. Li Ran didn't know what others were sending, anyway, there were all the gifts, when it was Li Ran's turn, everyone looked at Li Ran, after all, Li Ran gave good things that they had never seen before, and they were all greedy.
Li Ran was holding a phoenix jade pendant in his left hand and a dragon jade pendant in his right hand, Li Ran said to Li Shimin: "To be honest, I didn't think about what to give you, and I didn't know what you wanted, so I just got two jade pendants casually." This jade pendant has no effect, it will only save your life when you are in danger, and it also has some small effects to refresh your mind."
After Li Ran finished speaking, he flicked his hands, and saw that the two jade pendants fell on the necks of Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, and they couldn't take them down if they wanted to. Li Ran nodded with satisfaction, but Li Ran felt a little sorry for Li Shimin, as for why Li Ran felt like this, he really couldn't say it now, so he said again: "Li Er, I will suffer a little loss today, so I will make you another wish, but this wish must be something I can do, this must be grasped by yourself, if you miss it, you will not have a chance."
After Li Ran finished speaking, he felt a little bit in his heart, and that trace of guilt dissipated, at least Li Ran felt so. However, Li Er was very excited when he heard Li Ran's words, but now he really didn't know what wish to make, so he asked, "Can this wish be made later?"
Li Ran nodded: "You can make a wish whenever you want, I don't care"
Next is the gifts from the princes, but he doesn't care what he is giving, what he wants most now is to leave here, and then go to Li Lizhi that little girl. After the banquet officially began, Li Ran saluted Li Shimin with a glass of wine, then said hello to Empress Changsun and left. As soon as he swept his senses, he found that Li Lizhi was in a big attic with a few little girls, and Li Ran had no hobby of eavesdropping, so he collected his divine sense and walked towards the place where Li Lizhi was.
Li Lizhen saw Li Ran coming, and hurriedly introduced it to everyone, and then Li Lizhen introduced the girls present for Li Ran: "Eldest sister Xiangcheng, I will be ten years old after tonight; The second sister, Runan, will be nine years old after tonight; The third sister, Nanping, will be nine years old after tonight; The fourth sister is Sui'an, and she will be eight years old after tonight; The sixth sister, Yuzhang, will be seven years old after tonight; The seventh sister, Baling, will be six years old after tonight; The eighth sister, Pu'an, will be five years old after tonight; The ninth sister, Dongyang, will be five years old after tonight; The tenth sister Linchuan will be four years old after tonight; Eleventh sister Qinghe, who will be four years old after tonight; I'm the fifth, and I'll be seven years old tonight."
What a fuss this is! However, Li Ran still sympathizes with these little girls, except for Princess Yuzhang, the others either died early, or their husbands died early, and then remarried. Li Ran decided to help these little girls, at least let them choose who they like, but now they still have to deal with these little girls: "Come on, come on, call brother, if you call it, you will have a gift, and if you don't call it, you won't have it."
After tonight, Li Ran maybe, probably, maybe nine years old, so the little girls younger than Li Ran obediently called their brother, and Li Ran also sent a rag doll to each person, now the weather is a little cold, and it is still very warm to hold the fluffy rag doll in his arms, and now only Xiangcheng is left, and Runan and Nanping are not. Runan and Nanping are the same age as Li Ran, and Xiangcheng is one year older than Li Ran, the three of them are a little embarrassed to scream, and Li Ran is not embarrassed, so the three little girls each gave one.
Li Li asked curiously, "Brother Immortal, why aren't you in the Taiji Palace?" How did you get here?"
Li Ran smiled and said: "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, you are my fiancée, of course I came to you"
Li Lizhi blushed and didn't know what to say, Li Ran continued to laugh in Li Lizhen's ear when she saw this: "Lizhen, I'll sleep in your dormitory tonight, husband, okay?"
Evil, evil! Li Lizhi couldn't stand Li Ran's ridicule and hurriedly ran away. Li Ran sighed secretly: This ancient girl is too precocious, she understands so many things at such a young age, this is not the modern information age, maybe it is an ancient education and ideological problem!
At this time, except for Xiangcheng, Runan, Nanping and Li Liqing, the other princesses all gathered around Li Ran and asked this and that curiously. Li Ran also has questions to answer, and if he can't answer, he will talk nonsense, and the little girls who are flickering will be stunned.
However, after a long time, Li Ran had no patience, so he shouted at Li Lizhen: "Lizhen, why don't you get some food and drink?"
Li Lizhi came over and explained: "Only the Taiji Hall has started, and we can serve meals here, this is the rule, since it has started earlier, the meals on our side will be delivered soon."
Seeing Li Ran and Li Liqing talking, the little girls also retreated to Xiangcheng, Runan, and Nanping with interest.
Li Ran watched those little girls retreat aside, secretly praising being sensible and a little sad at the same time, how old is this child so sensible, hey! A bunch of children without a child!
Li Ran said with some interest: "Send someone to urge, it's so cold, it's not good to freeze."
Soon, the meal was served, and Li Ran originally wanted to get some drinks, but it was a little cold, and it was really not suitable for these children, so he gave up.
Time passed quickly, and those who should have dispersed were all dispersed, and Li Ran cheekily followed Li Lizhen to Li Lizhen's dormitory. Li Ran asked suspiciously, "Lizhen, why don't you live in the house I gave you?"
Li Lizhen explained: "My father said that it was not polite to live there, and only let us have time to go in and have fun."
Li Ran despises Li Shimin very much, what is not in line with the etiquette system, I am afraid that he is calculating me again. However, Li Ran still said: "Lizhen, I will give you another house, a house that belongs to you alone, find a place tomorrow, and notify me when it is done, so let's find a bigger place, I will send a larger one, and a little more room will be given to your sisters to live in, and the little girl will freeze in the cold."
Li Lizhi nodded happily, she was thinking about those fun games, of course, it was more interesting for a few people to play together. However, thinking that Li Ran was going to sleep with him tonight, Li Lizhi was nervous and said with a red face: "Brother Xianzhi, Lizhi is still young now, and he can't have sex with Brother Xianzhi, and he can only have sex with you after Lizhi grows up and marries you."
Li Ran looked at Li Lizhen a little stunned, and then asked a little mechanically, "Who taught you these?"
Li Li said assumedly: "Of course it's the queen mother."
Li Ran twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "What, you sleep in the back room, and I sleep outside, okay?"
Li Lizhi looked at the sky and had no choice but to agree: "Brother Immortal, Lizhi will go in and sleep."
After watching Li Lizhi enter, Li Ran casually found a place to sit, as if waiting for something. After another half an hour, Li Ran suddenly disappeared, and by the time Li Ran reappeared, the sky was almost bright.
Li Ran entered the back room and looked at Li Liqing, who was still sleeping, and then said to the maid, and then left.
The afterglow of the early morning sprinkled all over Chang'an, and Li Ran walked leisurely outside the palace, but at this time, Youran was thinking about last night's events, thinking about it, he actually laughed, and then sang a song and continued to walk outside the palace.
At this time, in the Lizheng Palace, the eldest grandson queen was lying on the bed in a trance, and the delicate face flashed confusion, doubt, pain, annoyance, shyness, firmness and other expressions from time to time, which showed that what she was thinking was quite complicated, and for a while she only heard the eldest grandson queen sigh, and then saw that the eldest grandson queen was the beautiful, elegant and dignified eldest grandson queen, as if nothing had happened just now.
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